#table top

[lostcompanyofficial]

“The Toh-Ka Aliens” Having fled to the stars many centuries ago and lying in wait; planning, experimenting, the alien beings known as the Toh-Ka have finally engineered a batch of champions to reclaim their homeland and re-establish their roles as the native caretakers of the Severed Veils.

[katjohnadams]

My favorite four tools for running a game:

Yes, And: most people are familiar with this. You accept what the player is doing and add to it. "I go to open the door." "You open the door and a large friendly dog jumps out, pinning you to the ground."

No, But: a lot of people know this one, too. You aren't letting the player Do The Thing, BUT something else happens! "I try to stab the shop keep." "The shop keep dodges your attack, but trips and falls to the floor, dropping the key he was palming."

Yes, But: much less used but fun! The player's choice works, technically, but there's Unexpected Consequences! "I go to smash the box." "Your mace falls squarely on the chest but it deforms, absorbing the blow and revealing a massive row of teeth!"

No, And: use with caution, for moments when the Fuck Around has occurred, and now it's Find Out's initiative. "I'm going to try and seduce the guard." "Unbeknownst to you, the guards are all eunuchs under a vow of celebacy and he takes significant affront at your presumption."

I don't use these for everything, but they're great tools for when an action needs a bit of back-and-forth.

Have fun, don't die!

[avatarobi]

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

[theimmortalthinktank]

[littlealienproducts]

Autumn Arbor DnD Dice Set by FennekandFinch

[ilikeit-art]

[impressionim-paintings]

Oleanders

Artist: Vincent Van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890 )

Date: 1888

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, United States

Description

For Van Gogh, oleanders were joyous, life-affirming flowers that bloomed "inexhaustibly" and were always "putting out strong new shoots." In this painting of August 1888 the flowers fill a majolica jug that the artist used for other still lifes made in Arles. They are symbolically juxtaposed with Émile Zola's La joie de vivre, a novel that Van Gogh had placed in contrast to an open Bible in a Nuenen still life of 1885.