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Words that NPCs might use for PCs
Ratcatchers:Â Especially in an urban campaign, this term is chosen specifically to disrespect and belittle adventurers. It comes from a more literal place, people who catch and dispose of rats and other vermin. It implies that adventuring is dirty work, unprofitable, undeserving of praise or respect.
Mercenaries: This one is more matter-of-fact. Itâs still not a respectful term by any means, but there is a sort of professionalism to it. It also implies greed, that the PCs arenât willing to do anything without the promise of pay. Also, there is the assumption that they are going to choose the violent solution to any problem, unlessÂ
Mercs:Â You might think this would be the same as mercenaries, but there is a wholly different intent behind the shortened version. This term assumes that the PCs are aggressive, that they only solve problems with violence. Not only that, this term implies that the violence isnât just a means to an end, but something they actually enjoy.
Rogues:Â Not in the same context as the class. This is used to describe people who are likable despite their lawlessness. There is an implied charisma or charm, but also the assumption of greed as primary motivation.
Scoundrels:Â Like rogues in almost all ways, but without the requirement of likability. Still charm and charisma, just often more sleazy than actually likable.
Madcaps: Again, similar to rogue, but with a heavy implication of madness. Villagers who live near a haunted forest might call adventurers who go in there âmadcaps.â
Bounders:Â Like scoundrels, but even without an implied charm. These are people without any sense of honor, motivated purely by greed.
Fixers:Â This one is straightforward. It doesnât actively disrespect the PCs, but it also doesnât elevate them above others. They are simply here to fix a problem, and after the problem is fixed, theyâre useless.
Dungeoneers:Â This one is certainly more specific. It is similar to mercenaries, in that it doesnât carry any respect, but it does have a professional air. Unlike mercenaries, there is an implied intelligence; a dungeoneer is an expert at dungeon-crawling. There isnât as much of an emphasis on violence, instead there is an implied sneakiness. However, there is still an implication that greed is the primary motivator.
Explorers:Â This term may not be used for most PCs, but when it does apply, it is used in a respectful manner. It assumes even more intelligence, and it implies a scholarly bent, that the PCs are motivated by knowledge, not greed.
Wanderers:Â Like explorers, but without motivation.
Vagabonds: Like wanderers, but with the implication of being problematic to the community. Or, a sort of wandering scoundrel.
Pathfinders:Â Like explorers, but with the implication that they are clearing the way for the spread of civilization. There is an honor to this word, but also more implication of risk or danger.
Adventurers: There is more of an air of respect in this. The use of the word âadventureâ implies a sort of storybookishness, thereâs less of an implication of dirt and greed.Â
Heroes: This is a word chosen specifically to praise the PCs. It implies selflessness, a need to help others, and a certain level of competence.
Champions: Heroes, but tied to a specific place or group. The pinnacle of a community.
(I made this because it gets boring listening to NPCs saying the word âadventurersâ all the time.)
âGotta get me one of those black bath bombs so I can dramatically emerge from the water like Iâm rising from the pits of hell. You know, self care.â
-Slytherin
âGotta get me one of those red bath bombs so I can heroically stand up, clutching an imaginary wound, like Iâve just fought a bloody battle and saved an entire city. Makes me feel good about myself.â -Gryffindor
âGotta get me one of those dark blue bath bombs filled with golden sparkles so I can slowly peer out from the starry sky from which I was born. Because if I donât do it who else will?â
-Ravenclaw
âI like bubble baths!â
-Hufflepuff
âDoes anyone have a good repairing spell? I may have misunderstood what a bathbomb is.â
-Seamus Finnigan
âDammit not againâ
-Dean Thomas
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10 Ways to Celebrate Pi Day with Us on March 14
On March 14, we will join people across the U.S. as they celebrate an icon of nerd culture: the number pi.Â
So well known and beloved is pi, also written Ď or 3.14, that it has a national holiday named in its honor. And itâs not just for mathematicians and rocket scientists. National Pi Day is widely celebrated among students, teachers and science fans, too. Read on to find out what makes pi so special, how itâs used to explore space and how you can join the celebration with resources from our collection.
1âRemind me, what is pi?
Pi, also written Ď, is the Swiss Army knife of numbers. No matter how big or small a circle â from the size of our universe all the way down to an atom or smaller â the ratio of a circleâs circumference (the distance around it) to its diameter (the distance across it) is always equal to pi. Most commonly, pi is used to answer questions about anything circular or spherical, so it comes in handy especially when youâre dealing with space exploration.
2âHow much pi do you need?
For simplicity, pi is often rounded to 3.14, but its digits go on forever and donât appear to have any repeating patterns. While people have made it a challenge to memorize record-breaking digits of pi or create computer programs to calculate them, you really donât need that many digits for most calculations â even at NASA. Hereâs one of our engineers on how many decimals of pi you need.
3âOfficially official.
Pi pops up in everything from rocket-science-level math to the stuff you learn in elementary school, so itâs gained a sort of cult following. On March 14 (or 3/14 in U.S. date format) in 1988, a physicist at the San Francisco Exploratorium held what is thought to be the first official Pi Day celebration, which smartly included the consumption of fruit pies. Math teachers quickly realized the potential benefits of teaching students about pi while they ate pie, and it all caught on so much that in 2009, the U.S. Congress officially declared March 14 National Pi Day. Hereâs how to turn your celebration into a teachable moment.
4âPi helps us explore space!
Space is full of circular and spherical features, and to explore them, engineers at NASA build spacecraft that make elliptical orbits and guzzle fuel from cylindrical fuel tanks, and measure distances on circular wheels. Beyond measurements and space travel, pi is used to find out what planets are made of and how deep alien oceans are, and to study newly discovered worlds. In other words, pi goes a long way at NASA.
5âNot just for rocket scientists.
No Pi Day is complete without a little problem solving. Even the math-averse will find something to love about this illustrated math challenge that features real questions scientists and engineers must answer to explore and study space â like how to determine the size of a distant planet you canât actually see. Four new problems are added to the challenge each year and answers are released the day after Pi Day.
6âTeachers rejoice.
For teachers, the question is not whether to celebrate Pi Day, but how to celebrate it. (And how much pie is too much? Answer: The limit does not exist.) Luckily, our Education Office has an online catalog for teachers with all 20 of its âPi in the Skyâ math challenge questions for grades 4-12. Each lesson includes a description of the real-world science and engineering behind the problem, an illustrated handout and answer key, and a list of applicable Common Core Math and Next Generation Science Standards.
7âHow Do We celebrate?
In a way, we celebrate Pi Day every day by using pi to explore space. But in our free time, weâve been known to make and eat space-themed pies, too! Share your own nerdy celebrations with us here.
8âA pop-culture icon.
The fascination with pi, as well its popularity and accessibility have made it a go-to math reference in books, movies and television. Ellie, the protagonist in Carl Saganâs book âContact,â finds a hidden message from aliens in the digits of pi. In the original âStar Trekâ series, Spock commanded an alien entity that had taken over the computer to compute pi to the last digit â an impossible task given that the digits of pi are infinite. And writers of âThe Simpsons,â a show known for referencing math, created an episode in which Apu claims to know pi to 40,000 digits and proves it by stating that the 40,000th digit is 1.
9âA numbers game.
Calculating record digits of pi has been a pastime of mathematicians for millennia. Until the 1900s, these calculations were done by hand and reached records in the 500s. Once computers came onto the scene, that number jumped into the thousands, millions and now trillions. Scientist and pi enthusiast Peter Trueb holds the current record â 22,459,157,718,361 digits â which took his homemade computer 105 days of around-the-clock number crunching to achieve. The record for the other favorite pastime of pi enthusiasts, memorizing digits of pi, stands at 70,030.
10âTime to throw in the tau?
As passionate as people are about pi, there are some who believe things would be a whole lot better if we replaced pi with a number called tau, which is equal to 2Ď or 6.28. Because many formulas call for 2Ď, tau-enthusiasts say tau would provide a more elegant and efficient way to express those formulas. Every year on Pi Day, a small debate ensues. While we wonât take sides, we will say that pi is more widely used at NASA because it has applications far beyond geometry, where 2Ď is found most often. Perhaps most important, though, for pi- and pie-lovers alike is thereâs no delicious homonym for tau.
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Hi.
Iâm your kidâs teacher, and I would take a bullet for your child. But I wish you wouldnât ask me to.
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We had an intruder drill today.
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I have shepherded children through a lot of intruder drills. I have also, on one memorable occasion, shepherded children through a non-drill. When I was a childrenâs librarian in a rough suburb, armed men got into a fight in the alley behind our building. We ushered all of the kids - most of whom were unattended - into the basement while we waited for the police.
During intruder drills, some children - from five-year-olds all the way to high school kids - get visibly upset. At one school, the intruder drill included administrators running down the hallways, screaming and banging on lockers to simulate the âreal thing.â Kids cry. Kindergartners wet themselves. Teenagers laugh, nudging each other, even as the blood drains from their faces.
Other children handle intruder drills matter-of-factly. âWould the guy be able to shoot us through the door?â they ask, the same way theyâd ask a question about their math homework. In some ways, this is worse than the kids who cry. To be so young and so accustomed to fear that these drills seem routine.
And then there are the teachers. There is no way, huddling in a corner with your students, ducking out of view of the windows and doors, to avoid thinking about what happens when itâs not a drill.
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People really hate teachers. I donât take it personally. It actually makes a lot of sense: what other group of professionals do we know so well? How many doctors have you had? How many plumbers? How many secretaries?
Over the course of my public school education, I had at least fifty teachers for at least a year each. So of course some of them were bad. You take fifty people from any profession, and a couple of them are going to be terrible at their job.
So I had a couple of teachers who were terrible, and a few teachers who were amazing, inspirational figures - the kinds of teachers they make movies about.
And then I had a lot of teachers who did a good job. They came to school every day and worked hard. Theyâd planned our lessons and they graded our papers. I learned what I was supposed to, more or less, even if it wasnât the most incredible learning experience of my life.
Most teachers fall into that category. Iâm sure I do.
Looking at it from the other side, though, I see something that I didnât know when I was a kid.
Those workhorse teachers who tried, who failed sometimes and sometimes succeeded, who showed up every day and did their jobs: those teachers loved us.
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Of course you can never know what youâll do in the event. Thatâs what they always say. In the event of an intruder, a fire, a tornado.
You can never know until you know.
But part of whatâs so terrifying, so upsetting about an intruder drill as a teacher, is that on some level you do know. You donât aspire to martyrdom; youâve never wanted to be a hero. You go home every night to a family that loves you, and you intend to spend the next fifty years with them. You will do everything in your power to hide yourself in that office along with your kids.
But if you canât.
If you canât.
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When people tell me about why they oppose gun control, I canât hear it anymore.
Iâm from a part of the country where everybody has guns. I used to be really moderate about this stuff, and I am not anymore.
I canât be.
Every day, I go to work in a building that contains hundreds of children. Every single one of those kids, including every kid that makes me crazy, is a joy and a blessing. They make their parentsâ lives meaningful. They make my life meaningful. They are the reason I go to work in the morning, and the reason I worry and plan when I come home.
Parents usually know a handful of kids who are the most wonderful creatures on the planet. I know a couple thousand. It is an incredible privilege, and it is also terrifying. The world is big and scary, and I love so many small people who must go out into it.
So when adults tell me, âI have the right to own a gunâ, all I can hear is: âMy right to own a gun outweighs your studentsâ right to be alive.â All I can hear is: âMy right to own a gun is more important than kindergarteners feeling safe at school.â All I can hear is: âMine. Mine. Mine.â
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When you are sitting there hiding in the corner of your classroom, you know.
The alternative would be unthinkable.
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We live in a country where children are acceptable casualties. Every time someone tells me about the second amendment I want to give them a history lesson. I also want to ask them: in what universe is your right to walk into a Wal-Mart to buy a gun more important than the lives of hundreds of children shot dead in their schools?
Parents send their kids to school every day with this shadow. Teachers live with the shadow. We work alongside it. We plan for it. In the event.
In the event, parents know that their childrenâs teachers will do everything in their power to keep them safe. We plan for it.
And when those plans donât work, teachers die protecting their students.
We love your children. Thatâs why weâre here. Some of us love the subject we teach, too, and thatâs important, but all of us love your kids.
The alternative would be unthinkable.
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When you are waiting, waiting, waiting for the voice to come on over the PA, telling you that the drill is over, you look at the apprehensive faces around you. You didnât grow up like this. You never once hid with your teacher in a corner, wondering if a gunman was just around the corner. It is astonishing to you that anyone tolerates this.
And the kids are nervous, but they are all looking to you. Youâre their teacher.
They know what you didnât know, back when you were a kid, back before Columbine. They know that you love them. They know you will keep them safe.
Youâre their teacher.
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If you are a parent who thinks itâs totally reasonable for civilians to have a house full of deadly weapons, and who accepts the blood of innocent people in exchange for that right, it doesnât change anything for me. I will love your kid. I will treat you, and your child, the same way I treat everyone else: with all of the respect and the care that is in me.
In the event, I will do everything in my power to keep your child safe.
I just want you to know what you are asking me to do.
But can you imagine Teddy and James getting in trouble at school and they are sitting in Mcgonagallâs office..
McGonagall: *looking over the write up of what the boys were caught doing. she sighs* Oh you canât be seriousâŚ
James: Actually professor, Sirius is my middle name. *smirk*Â
Teddy: *snorts*Â
Mcgonagall: *stares at both of them, feeling the absolute worst Deja Vu*Â
Teddy: Are you alright, Professor?Â
James: Yeah, Minnie, you look like youâve seen a ghost or something.
Mcgonagall: *tries to shake herself out of it. Clears her throat* Yes, Iâm fine. Now, Mr. Potter, Mr. Lupin *pauses. Suddenly seeing James and Remus in front of her instead of James and Teddy. she sighs* You know whatâŚjustâŚdonât do it again. 5 points from both of your houses. Off with both of you!
Teddy: *grins* Wicked. Thanks Professor!
James: *winks* Yeah, thanks Minnie.
Teddy: *rolls his eyes and grabs Jamesâ arm, dragging him out of the office and muttering* Thatâs enough of the flirting you prat, we already won her over.
Mcgonagall: *watches them leave, then sinks down in her chair, rubbing her temples* I need a vacationâŚ
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The most hilarious thing about the fact Buckbeak had a trial and lost is that later on JKR resolves the issue by having Hagrid take him in again and renaming him Witherwings. Thatâs literally all it took. What if in POA, Hagrid simply said, âSorry, Buckbeak flew away.âÂ
âThereâs a hippogriff right there, Hagrid.â
âA different hipprogriff.â
âIâm⌠pretty sure thatâs the same hipprogriff.â
âProve it.âÂ
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Prisoner of Azkaban continues to be the most frustrating book
Someone should have just adopted Sirius and started calling him Gerald.
Remus: Erm⌠this is our new order member, my⌠cousin Gerald. Gerald White.
âMr. Lupin that is Sirius Black with glasses!â âOh come now Minister, Sirius Black doesnât wear glasses. That wouldnât make sense.â âWell have Mr. White take off his glasses then!â âHe canât he needs them to see.â
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Itâs honestly a miracle to me that wizarding society doesnât collapse every other week because like
Youâve got this world full of people who can destroy whole buildings or turn people into beetles or make vehicles fly just by waving a stick at them
And there is literally no common sense
Anywhere to be found
Voldemort would never have had anyone find out he was back if he just went around calling himself SteveÂ
Okay, see, I thought I saved this post to comment on it but Iâd like to bring up
The Minister would NEVER EVER disbelieve in Gerald White. Heâd buy it hook line and sinker. The wizarding world would buy it hook line and sinker. The GOBLINS wouldnât but wizards have been shown to be pretty blindingly clueless. Still, Gringotts would grudgingly give Sirius access to the Black fortune.
But, but, but, you know the one person
the one person
who Gerald White would drive AB-SO-LUTELY FUCKING BATSHIT?
Severus Snape.
Snape would do everything, EVERYTHING, to get people to believe that itâs Sirius. But the Order would ignore it (they accepted Sirius as Sirius before anyway) and Remus would just be so⌠so affronted.
âSeverus, he is my cousin.â
And Sirius would love it. Heâd love the fact that Snape just hated it. Heâd be the BEST DAMN GERALD WHITE EVER b/c Snape is doing everything from dropping veritaserum into his firewhisky to capturing a dementor in a box and releasing it on Sirius when he least expects it
That one causes problems for a bare minute because SHIT A DEMENTOR ATTEMPTED TO GIVE GERALD THE KISS MAYBE SNAPE IS RIGHT except Harry comes forward and is like âexcuse me, Iâve never committed a crime and dementors are ALWAYS attacking me, I think theyâre attracted to glassesâ
and the magical community is like âshit, yeah, youâre rightâ
and just
Spare. Snape goes spare.
Picturing Snape as Mr. Crocker from the Fairly Oddparents now.
Gerald White eventually becomes a fully registered animagus. When he turns into his animagus form right in front of Snape, Snapeâs bursting at the seams, just pointing at him and spluttering:
âHEâS A BIG BLACK DOG! A DOG - THAT IS BLACK. SIRIUS BLACK. BLACK DOG DOG BLACK.â
And Remus calmly says:Â âThatâs absurd, Severus. Sirius Black was never an animagus and besides which, peopleâs names donât have any influence over their animagus forms or anything like that. Thatâs ridiculous.â
And Snape yells:Â âShut it WEREWOLF MCWEREWOLF!â
Everyone looks at Remus, who blinks and sighs as Gerald White turns back into his human form.
âPure coincidence,â Gerald says. âMy aunt was into Roman mythology. Has to happen sometimes.â Then he pauses to give Snape an overly concerned look. âAre you alright, Severus? Youâre looking a little red.â
Honest question⌠has this been turned into a fic?? Because I need this hilarity in my life
Ideas for non-combat encounters/events
For when you want some variety for your tabletop RPG. Â These events will also give your players a chance to use character skills they donât often have opportunities for.
Natural Disaster - Have the town the PCs are in catch on fire and see what they do! Â Do they cut their losses and run? Â Do they heroically try to save trapped townspeople? Â What do they do about the aftermath? Â Natural disasters are an interesting challenge because there can be lots of danger and drama without necessarily having a villain. Â It may also get your PCs to use skills they donât commonly have a chance to. Â You could also try floods, earthquakes, raging storms while at sea, etc.
Powerful Fortress - Put one of your partyâs goals in a location where they wonât be able to prevail through combat alone (Example: a fortress where they are vastly outnumbered). Â Your players will have to rely on either stealth or guile (or both) to accomplish their goal. Â The pacing of such events can be frustrating to some players, but few sessions are as rewarding as a creatively executed heist or infiltration.
Dangerous Crossing - Give them a dangerous physical obstacle to overcome. Â A canyon, or a raging river, or quicksand or an old battleground littered with traps and mines.
Festival - Have the PCs encounter a festival or tournament! Â With lots of contests! This could be a good opportunity for them to build their fame and fortune (especially if you allow gambling). Â Some of my favorite sessions have involved festivals.
Entertainment - Put the PCs in a situation where they have to entertain someone. Â What do they come up with?
Letter - Have one of the PCs receive a letter, either from an NPC theyâve dealt with before or from someone involved with their backstory. Â This is a good way to make the consequences of their actions seem more real. Â You can also use it to introduce new plotlines/sidequests.
Crafting Challenge - Put the PCs in a situation where they need to craft something in order to accomplish their goal. Â Maybe they need to make something in order to fix a mechanism? Â Or in order to satisfy some local gift-giving custom? Â Or they need a forgery? Â Maybe as part of an exchange for something else they need?
Lost and Found - Have your PCs discover someone or something that is clearly lost. Â Maybe they find an infant in the wilderness. Â Or a key with a strange inscription, or some kind of talisman. Â Throw in a clue or two to present your players with a tantalizing mystery. Â
Inhospitable Wilderness - Have the PCs go somewhere itâs an effort just to survive. Â A barren desert, a treacherous swamp with poison gasses, a forest so dense the ground never sees the sun, or even the bottom of the ocean. Â Test their endurance and survival skills!
Dinner Party - Have the PCs be summoned to a formal event! Â Test them on the battlegrounds of social grace and etiquette! Â Even better if itâs in a dangerous environment or an alien culture.
Thief - Have something important stolen from the PCs. Â See how they handle it.
Needle in a Haystack - Give the PCs something very difficult to find. Â Like a single specific housecat in a sprawling metropolis, or a legendary weapon of which there are many fakes/copies. Â
Really, if you need any more inspiration, look at your playerâs character sheets and see if theyâve invested any points in a skill they havenât gotten to use much. Â Then invent a challenge they could feasibly use that skill for. Â If you canât think of a situation that could be helped by an Appraise, Craft: Calligraphy or Handle Animal check, you need to practice your own creative problem solving skills!
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i will never be over vernon dursley telling people at his wedding that james potter was some kind of amateur magician, implying that he wasnât even that good
100% believe that if petunia hadnât cut lily out of her life, james would have just rolled with it and learned muggle magic tricks and performed them at various family functions, like
try to wear the full magician costume to dudleys christeningÂ
âyou canât wear that jamesâ âitâs the only way iâm going, lilâ âfine but give me your wandâ âmy real one, or the fake one that shoots out flowers?â âboth, and youâd better tidy the handkerchiefs are trailing out of your trouser leg before we leaveâ
âIâm not a magician, marge, iâm an illusionist.â
petunia walks in on james pretending to saw toddler dudley in half for toddle harryâs amusement
actually incorporating magic into the tricks and freaking the hell out of vernonâs extended family
standing up at christmas and saying that heâd like to perform a magic trick. and vernon and petunia are HORRIFIED and lily just pours more wine but marge says âlet him do itâ so she can mock him?? and he tries/fails to âvanishâ the napkins 3-4 times and it doesnât work, until the fourth time when it DOES and it freaks the hell out of vernonâs extended family
and that is probably when petunia cuts lily out of her life for Real
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