TRPG General Chat

12:00 AM

Soapachu made a twitter image thread that is "Your regular reminder that a corgi crossed with any other breed just ends up looking like a corgi disguised as the other dog."

Bardic Wizard

@BESW corgi crossed with corgi look like corgis disguised as corgis, then?

BESW

@BardicWizard All corgis are secretly really corgis, yes.

Bardic Wizard

@BESW looks around just to see if anyone nearby is secretly a corgi spy

thinks ‘what if corgi are trying to take over the world by being cute’

BESW

In the late 90s when Taco Bell had its Chihuahua ads, all the boonie dogs in my neighbourhood slowly morphed into bizarre short-legged giant-headed hybrids over the next generation.

Prior to that our typical boonie dog was a short-haired rot/pit/lab kind of mix. And they kept that head, but their legs shrank and their backs got longer.

Bardic Wizard

12:17 AM

Now I have the sudden urge to write an RPG about being secret corgi spies for the Raowrr-man empire trying to take over the world from the humans by being cute

BESW

Honey Heist but your stats are Cute and Spy?

Bardic Wizard

@BESW Link? (If it’s been posted before, I apologize but I am lazy and supposed to be doing homework)

BESW

@BardicWizard Honey Heist by Grant Howitt. 1) You have a complex plan that requires precise timing. 2) You are a GODDAMN BEAR.

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Of interest: the original handwritten version of Honey Heist.

On itch.io, Honey Heist has been in the top tier of physical games sorted by popularity so consistently, for so long, that other devs talk about their games' success in terms of "beating the bear" and how long they've managed to stay "above the bear."

SmokeDetector

12:37 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer (1): What is a good way to challenge a Warlock with the Agonizing Blast invocation? by success007 on rpg.SE (@Rubiksmoose)

Someone_Evil

@SmokeDetector Sorry about that, just getting it fed to smokey :)

Rubiksmoose

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nitsua60

1:02 AM

@BESW Sorry, "boonie dog"? What's that mean?

trogdor

@nitsua60 it's a dog that isn't someones pet and also probably doesn't have like a pedigree or anything

they live off of whatever they can get and probably look pretty scruffy

Shalvenay

@nitsua60 random stray doggos IOW

BESW

@nitsua60 Boonie dogs are the dogs that live independently on the edges of human life. They aren't owned by anybody but they aren't wild. Are you familiar with rez dogs? Similar principle.

nitsua60

Aah. Stray, but not to so far as to be wild.

trogdor

yeah they don't typically bother people

nitsua60

1:05 AM

And, triple-sniped. Must be getting on middle-aged-o'-clock =)

trogdor

but they also aren't immediately trusting either

nitsua60

@BESW Passing familiarity with rez dogs, yes. That makes sense.

BESW

The best house dogs are boonie dogs that decide they want to live with you. They're hardy and smart, and already house-trained.

nitsua60

(The various descriptions above do a worryingly-good job of describing my own children, come to think of it.)

trogdor

@BESW wait what? this happened?

people like, bred them to look more like that?

Shalvenay

1:08 AM

@BESW "Congratulations! You got adopted by a dog!"

trogdor

this is a horrible night for a curse

BESW

@trogdor Not on purpose; boonie dogs always get down with house pets, so the boonie phenotype always trends toward whatever fad dog breed is most popular.

trogdor

ooooh

god I was losing my sanity over that being on purpose

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