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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org I'm old enough to remember grunge
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Sesame Street put out a website about how to talk to kids during natural hazards and other disasters.
It's cute, but also quite well done
#EmergencyManagementhttps://sesameworkshop.org/topics/emergencies/
I hung out with a bunch of people I know through work and ALL of them loved my D&D shirt.
ALL
These are people who worked in spec ops at various points, who LOVED my D&D shirt.
Then they talked about the value of diversity.
That's some moral FUEL.
You cannot love American soccer if you don't love Black America
I gave each of my cousin's kids a d20 while I was at the family reunion.
One of them was fascinated because their scouting group is playing but he hasn't joined yet.
Another was interested because he loves math and stories -- like, duh!
The third thought it was cool that I thought of him.
The youngest looked at me confused. He's three.
"Why do you wear so many shirts with dice on them?"
"Because the game taught me that a diverse group is a strong group when you work together."
Fight Tyranny
Defend the Oppressed
Ask Nothing in Return
What's it called when you watch a sitcom about psychiatry in order to feel better?
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From the 2014 rules of 5e #DnD there are 37 different "downtime" activities spread across at least four books
Acq Inc lists all of them at the time of its publication.
In 2024 none of these are removed with Bastions and Crafting rules layered atop.
ITS a lot
And that's why I think it's really a full pillar, because there may be more rule support for this than Social or Exploration.
Sundays are for adventure
It's not "what do you do with the time between adventures?"
It's "how do you prepare to succeed? What is your plot?"
One is the space between and the other is the connective tissue of #DnD
Scheming >>>> Downtime
https://fullmoonstorytelling.com/2026/04/27/rebranding-downtime-into-the-fourth-pillar-it-deserves-to-be/
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@aggiepm@poweredbygay.social yes, but it's on a field where one team hasn't paid it's bill in months
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@mattblaze@federate.social I remember driving around central Tennessee and being able to listen to home NBA games in Dallas and Toronto.
And twenty seven country stations, coast to coast's conspiracy theories and a dozen revivalist talk shows
Happy anniversary to my first soccer blog post that went viral - back on this day in 2009.
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@mhoye oh, I thought threat modeling was about threat painting, threat armies, threat squad actions, threat shelves, threat dice, threat meetups, threat local gaming stores
Saturdays are supposed to be for blogging, but I saw a 10am movie which threw the whole writing process off
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@Craig@dice.camp appreciate it. I'm going to fill out more ideas around conversion and unifying the systems that belong in Scheming
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@theraccoonbytes@theforkiverse.com ignore the arguing about the best protocol.
Advancements in Starter Packs/Collections
Bridgy added more capabilities
Sounders declared that they are S tier
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Exploration, at its origins, is a ten minute chunk when in dungeons. 5e doesn't make that explicit. Those ten minutes are still a shadow influencing things. Rituals are easy to integrate into exploration challenges as is the old "take 10/20" system that is impossible in Social or Combat situations.
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I'm using that quote the next time I give my natural hazards prep RPG talk
What is happening?!?!
We never knew it was a warning
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@reesecommabill it's shameful that these things are illegal in most communities (let alone an HOA being rude)
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@ingalls@mstdn.ca a city park in Santa Cruz was the only place I've gotten a tick
Not from numerous military and Scouting field exercises in WA/OR/BC/TX/AZ/CA/TN/KY/NC/GA/MO, but playing frisbee in a city park
311, the band, is a large part of how I keep myself positive and love my life.
The lead singer exudes positivity, but recently started opening up more about a several years' addiction and mental health struggles in this podcast.
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I think this weekend I finally publish my essay on The Fourth Pillar in 5e
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Now, 2024 adds Bastions which are measured in weeks. Other subsystems exist outside of the three pillars exist that are measured in days or weeks as well -- travel, crafting, political machinations, training.
Generally these can be lumped into downtime, but I hate that word for the concept of a Fourth Pillar.
And so today I ask what is an excellent word for the Fourth Pillar - that being actions and activities that aren't measured in seconds, minutes, ten minutes, but in days and weeks?
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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org you see the people that tracked a Danish destroyer by sending a single postcard?
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Starting with the Church of Quar. I have three concepts
Acolyte - alt uses for healing potions
Deacon - potion creation, Aid
Reformed - first aid cantrip, skills
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Added a few more paragraphs because I wanted to explain the story elements.
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Social is slower. It is conversations of usually a few minutes. It generally captures negotiations, shopping, interrogations, bar scenes. Rituals could be cast, but would be obvious and likely provide discomfort.
Trivia for @mattdoyle.bsky.social and #Sounders fans
Two cupsets into the Open Cup round both feature two former Sounders pipeline players on the lower division side
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@mattblaze@federate.social @tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org this reduction in radio has significant impacts during disasters as internet/wireless failures are more likely than radio failure
@benwright.bsky.social thanks for bridging this!
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@Alphastream@dice.camp they removed the label while dramatically expanding options via Bastions and Crafting.
Additionally they're official statements suggest all things not changed in 2024 still remain valid.
I think there's a branding problem with the label "downtime"
What's fun about downtime!
I'm moving forward with Scheming which are those activities that take days, weeks and months
