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12:00 AM

It's the kind of thing he'd love to mess around with: very British, just obscure enough that most of his readers have never heard of it before, but not so obscure that they can't look it up and feel smart, and a lot of opportunity for pathos.

Bardic Wizard

12:12 AM

Hey, @BESW, can you link your game about the grim? I recently found myself with a forced 10-minutes-per day time to sit still (have to soak an infection) and could use something to fill that time

BESW

Only if you'll give feedback, it's a draft that needs testing. Walkies with Grim

Folklore Jam 2020 hosted by W.H. Arthur is an analogue game jam on folklore, myths, urban legends, and the people in them. Submissions during the month of August.

Bardic Wizard

@BESW will do!

BESW

I hope to submit Walkies to the Folklore Jam, it meets the criteria.

Bardic Wizard

2:00 AM

I just got asked by my neighbor why I was wearing a “Star Trek Halloween costume” in July and had to explain cosplay and comic-cons. The things I do for my fandom.

GcL

Missed opportunity. "The waves of stupid are interfering with the transporter and they won't send a shuttle down to this planet"

Bardic Wizard

@GcL she’s the aunt of one of my rpg players

I don’t really want to insult her rn

But next time...

GcL

You went to a con?

Bardic Wizard

Not really. This weekend is SDCC, and I’ve never been able to afford it before, but it’s free online this year so I’m making the most of it

Including cosplay

GcL

2:15 AM

That seems like a good plan.

BESW

The con I run a games table at got cancelled this year, unfortunately.

...I haven't done full cosplay for fifteen years.

Hot RPG Questions

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Q: How to make crime meaningful for rich players?

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BESW

2:32 AM

@HotRPGQuestions Easy, play a setting and system that's designed around social stakes rather than purely physical stakes.

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D&D just isn't designed for that kind of scenario, you've voided the warranty.

Bardic Wizard

I sewed it myself. It’s not the best costume, but it was cheap and easyish (except for disassembling the sewing machine twice)

@BESW what was the last cosplay you did?

BESW

Faustus from the webcomic Fallen by Kaido Rakaen AKA Yuko Ota.

Bardic Wizard

Cool! This is just a (slightly inaccurate) 2374 engineering track Starfleet uniform that is close enough

Joel Harmon

@BESW Bah! That can't be right. I just checked, and "Social interaction" is listed in the 5e PHB as one of the three pillars of adventure, along with "Exploration" and "Combat". Therefore, you must be wrong. QED. /troll

Bardic Wizard

Is there a stack exchange that deals with cosplay? Would that just be arts and crafts?

Joel Harmon

2:40 AM

@BardicWizard Probably, but I think there are more than 100 different stacks, so I couldn't say for sure.

BESW

That'd probably be spread across several different stacks; scifi.se or movies.se for accuracy and references, crafts.se for some of the assembly, etc.

But there are definitely better communities online for cosplay; the Stack Q&A structure just doesn't lend itself to the kind of conversation, mentoring, and accompaniment a passion like that really thrives on.

KorvinStarmast

@BESW seconding this. Stack and cosplay don't seem to fit well.

Bardic Wizard

@BESW True, true. But for technical issues like the actual making of costumes, I think it might be crafts.se based on a quick search

user15026

I've never been brave enough to cosplay and I have rarely gone to any sort of con thing. But iut sounds fun

BESW

@Ash Honestly unless you get caught up in "SPEND ALL THE MONEY" for hyperaccurate representation, it's very accessible from a material and creative standpoint; one of the biggest challenges is often just... putting yourself out there.

Bardic Wizard

2:47 AM

@BESW and that is why I wore mine for Halloween and inside the house, not out

Joel Harmon

I was once trying to explain to a friend why D&D didn't support social nearly as well as combat. He argued that it was well supported, because the DM could just improvise, and maybe ask for a skill check or something, possibly with (dis)advantage. Only later did I realize the right counter there was to rework the combat system to mirror the social instead, and tell him to "just improvise it".
You'd get four skills for physical and magical offense and defence, and maybe another for support.
You'd then take out HP (including temporary HP and hit die), saves, death saving throws, weapons, armo…

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