It’s those things that Batman throws

One of my favorite podcasts, High Rollers (sadly stuck in Hasbro Hell) uses “fate dice”, a set of d6s rolled at the start of each session, that can be used by the players (high rolls) or the DM (low rolls) to influence other rolls and situations, but doing so moves the die into the opposite pool. I do wish both sides interacted with them more though. It’s a cool idea. I think they got used the most during the window of time when the DM let the players spend them after seeing a roll (but before knowing the result). They get squelched by forgetfulness and what-if-I-need-it-later-itis. Sure, adding them then probably ruins the balance, but fun is more important than balance.

I think I don’t get the “plausible deniability” thing. Great comic by the way. I just read up some things about Durnan and was really happy to see him here.

My dad was one of the people who sincerely believed that “the queers are going to make everyone transition”, in part because trans people are able to be openly trans. But thankfully he died and is no longer able to spew his teansphobic hateful rhetoric.

Right alongside “Never get involved in a land war in Asia,” and “Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.”

Nice, its great that your Greek character has read up on Roman culture

No, no, no. Legally distinct, Wisconsin P. Toad!

Well that clears things up.

Late one night before the tavern keeper shut his door, A wobbly gentleman came in, his footing was unsure. Moustachioed and handsome, and his clothing touched the floor. He was no man at all, he was three kobolds in a trenchcoat

Basically always the result asking any group of randos what they believe. Edit: I’m a capitalist! What does that mean? That you should own the fruits of your labor, surrendering to no man, and not be told what to do by anybody! …

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3472226/

Scheduling, mostly. The classic big bad of DND.

https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/coriolis-the-great-dark/

Seriously, fantasy settings with a masquerade got a lot less interesting in the past decade or so.

Teleport?

Classic!

I don’t know for sure actually. definitely Sauron would have commanded the Balrogs during the Years of the Trees when Morgoth was imprisoned by the Valar. but then the Balrogs fled and scattered during the War of Wrath when Morgoth was defeated at the end of the first age. and then my knowledge of the 2nd and 3rd age history is pretty fuzzy, so I don’t know if Durin’s Bane (or any other Balrogs) would have been in contact with Sauron, or if he tried to regather them (which I imagine he would if he knew of any that still existed), or if they were all just isolated in hiding for thousands of years. but in any case, if the confrontation with the Fellowship had gone differently, Durin’s Bane might have been flushed out of hiding, and gone out into the world to discover that Sauron was regathering his forces, and in that case I don’t see any reason why he wouldn’t agree to ally with Sauron

Despite scheduling, you kept it together. Congratulations!

That was a few thousand years before Celts were around. Edit: It was also pretty slow; it was a couple of hundred miles across and took three thousand years to disappear, so it’s on the order of a few miles in a lifetime.

Honestly, me neither, but apparently those lyrics were still firmly lodged in my brain. I think I’m going to give them another listen, too.