"But experts argue mass deportations are unlikely in the short term"
Okay, but like. Long term planning is a thing. The long term is in fact something you need to consider in the present, especially for an action that you might only have a limited window to undertake
I wonder how much this whole situation resonates with what happened in Argentina, when they elected Milei.
Milei to them was an obvious lunatic who would probably be terrible but had a small chance to be different, versus their traditional party who would very obviously just continue the country's predictable economic decline.
Then again, I can't really see any way Trump could be good for you if you're poor. Not ever by the most charitable interpretations.
If we can just hold those sanctions a little longer. Just make sure there's enough paperwork backing them up for a couple months of Trump's terms so he can't instantly fulfil Putin's every wish... then maybe..?
Big "The police department have investigated themselves and found no wrongdoing" energy
Best of luck, guys.
I know that doing things that can eliminate a political opposition are incredibly ethically sensitive, but it's demonstrably the correct choice here. I just wish that it wasn't a choice that had to be made. How are these far right parties getting so many votes? Where have we failed?
This is a pretty outstanding Dipshit Move, even by the standards of Trump. And a good 90% of his actions seem stupid to the point of being actively malicious anyways.
If it were possible to award a drone with a medal for performance, then this one would have to be a recipient
Valid post, and given the scale of DnD dragons I'd say that an adventurer is about the size of a cat relative to an adult dragon. IRL, a cat being able to attack you and successfully kill you would be pretty fucked up even if it's theoretically possible.
Incidentally however...
A cat in DnD does have the ability to reliably fight and kill a Commoner.
So what I'm saying is that it should actually be a valid plot to put humans in the position of some shitty media's dragons- once dominant, but through the power of one especially heroic housecat who has exceptionally strong plot armour, we are reduced to a dying race, ancient and forgotten by the new era.
Boris Johnson robbed my country blind; his party's Austerity sold off and destroyed our public infrastructure and services to such a terrible degree that it's unlikely the UK will recover within my lifetime if at all, and that's BEFORE you get into the truly devastating consequences imposed on us by Brexit, or the fact his verbatim orders to handle covid were "Let the bodies pile high in the streets!". All to line the pockets of him and his billionaire shitbag friends.
...So it is with some regret that I say: I can't argue with this statement.
Boris Johnson has a similar fascination, you see. This guy wants to be Winston Churchill sooooooooo badly. You would not believe how hard BJ wishes he could be a modern Churchill. It was an open secret that the russian government had some pretty solid influence over Boris, a lot of rumours about them having dirt on his father in particular- and many reasonable and well-founded theories that Boris pushed Brexit through at the behest of Putin. But Boris Johnson saw the war in Ukraine start and he changed overnight. He certainly didn't give up any of his vices or become a better person, god no, not at all. But he had stars in his eyes at the prospect of going down in history as a big and strong and heroic wartime leader studied in history books, and for that reason, he absolutely jumped at the prospect of helping Ukraine. Zero hesitation.
What I'm saying is that I genuinely believe Ukraine represents Boris Johnson's lifelong dreams as a human being. And for that reason even if Boris is a terrible person who is certainly prone to bias, he has every intention of supporting Ukraine as much as he can- hence his willingness to speak against someone that he was previously very close with.
I understand the feeling of pessimism, but let's not forget who Trump is.
Unless pardoning them directly and immediately benefits him, he's quite unlikely to give a shit
Excellent news, and congratulations.
I know that the numbers could always be higher, but missiles are complex beasts and production lines take time to set up and bastardly amounts of logistics to feed.
Here's hoping it becomes 100 missiles per month soon, and perhaps even 100 a week if the war keeps dragging on.
Even as a dedicated pokemon fan that hasn't played Palworld (the butchering mechanics don't really appeal to me)...
I really hope Nintendo loses this, and loses it HARD. I think that some actual competition would be really healthy for the pokemon franchise, giving them an actual impetus to make sure their games are high-quality and well-supported and don't pursue serious anti-consumer practices.
Godspeed, Palworld. Counting on you.
Man. I get being disappointed. I really do get it.
But tarring all these guys with "hitler youth" when just like every other group, at worst it's a 45-55% split... Come on. That's a hell of an insult to throw towards people, many of whom are doing their best and didn't vote Trump. Doing your best, doing everything that you can do, and still being met with scorn... I know how bad that hurts. I know how it sucks the will right out of you. I know it drives people away. And even if it doesn't drive them to Trump because they're good people, it sure isn't going to drive them towards finding a solution.
But remember, we DO. NOT. LET. UP.
Not until every vote has been cast. Not until it's over. Don't get cocky, this is the narrowest race I've ever seen and by god there is no room for apathy or overconfidence.
Peak Konsi content, this might not normally be my style of character but I LOVE it when she gets to nonchalantly and completely accidentally upend people's understanding of reality
Yeah, I've been saving hard for nearly 6 years now, I have zero debt from higher education, extremely cheap rent because I live in my parents' backyard, and a well-paying job... and I still don't know if I'll be able to get a house by 2026.
If even one of those factors were different for me, then owning a home would become completely unrealistic.
And politicians wonder why we're not having kids, huh.
WotC and failing to understand their own game, name a more iconic duo
Forgive my caps, but:
WHAT THE FUCK IS REUTERS DOING??? YOU DO NOT POST PICTURES OF A CITY'S CURRENT AIR DEFENCE LOCATIONS WHEN THEY ARE ACTIVELY AT WAR!! THAT WILL GET PEOPLE KILLED!
Megalovania
Found a really nice little dragon game
The game's called Cavern of Dreams!
I really like dragons, but I tend not to enjoy most games that they appear in because the games are either too grimdark (Dark Souls), make dragons too rare/emphasises killing them (BG3), or doesn't give us intelligent dragons.
Anyways, this little game isn't super serious or difficult or anything, but I absolutely loved it so I wanted to share it here! Maybe you guys have games of your own that you like and want to talk about?
If you want memes about your homebrew, you gotta do it yourself
Credit to VexAtlas from the Lancer community for the meme format
Here's the homebrew this is based on, in case you hadn't seen it here before! The art is still being added, but mechanically it's in a pretty refined state now.
Consort's Playable Dragons! A big homebrew for high levels.
Ha, you know, I forgot this community was a thing!
Anyways, here's my contribution: a homebrew for levels 11-20, which should be great for your Eve of Ruin game if you're running that, or just your custom world~
It's not perfect but I've carefully refined it and balanced it for the last 9 months, it's in the best state it's ever been and should feel fair at any table that uses more than one encounter per Long Rest.
Due to a lack of content I will be pushing the Tiamat Agenda, I will not apologize
"Is it possible to learn this power?" "Not from WotC."
I offer you this meme. It isn't much but it's mine.
By the way here's my dragon homebrew. It's still undergoing playtesting and balancing, and it assumes that you're willing to start your game (or oneshot) at 11th level, but I'd be honoured if you'd use it.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eFc2qQTY9P3ym9fyMNYHCmIogpt9kNrOdm5nyj1cs/edit
Why do I not simply play a different system? Because I like the DnD dragons. Next question.
I have made an entire playable dragon race template. It completely defies all 5e conventional design.
Behold: My 10 second class on how to make your dragons not suck
I can also give a 5 hour class on the matter if you're interested.
Baldur's Gate 3 ended up making me regret playing.
Spoilers below, I want to complain, not ruin anybody else's experience with the game.
Okay, so. The main reason I play dungeons and dragons? Aside from the sense of adventure and the ability to write my own story? It's the dragons.
Now my problem is that in any and all official DnD content (and most other media tbh), dragons get absolutely fucking screwed, ESPECIALLY the good ones. It's why the ability to write my own stories with DnD appeals to me so much.
I didn't go into Baldur's Gate 3 with high expectations. I know that the idea of having a powerful force of good that isn't under player control or completely useless is beyond the comprehension of most game/show/book writers (It's really unimaginably fucking easy to have one that doesn't destroy character agency btw, just putting that out there. I can write a whole god damn essay on how to have Big Good forces that aren't fucking useless while maintaining narrative tension).
All I wanted, in the game that advertises itsel
Well, Baldur's Gate 3 ended up making me regret playing
Spoilers below, I want to complain, not ruin anybody else's experience with the game.
Okay, so. The main reason I play dungeons and dragons? Aside from the sense of adventure and the ability to write my own story? It's the dragons.
Now my problem is that in any and all official DnD content (and most other media tbh), dragons get absolutely fucking screwed, ESPECIALLY the good ones. It's why the ability to write my own stories with DnD appeals to me so much.
I didn't go into Baldur's Gate 3 with high expectations. I know that the idea of having a powerful force of good that isn't under player control or completely useless is beyond the comprehension of most game/show/book writers (It's really unimaginably fucking easy to have one that doesn't destroy character agency btw, just putting that out there. I can write a whole god damn essay on how to have Big Good forces that aren't fucking useless while maintaining narrative tension).
All I wanted, in the game that advertises itsel
Are there any really good pokemon Romhacks out there?
Title. Ideally I'd like one that has pokemon from all the generations, and reasonably difficult.
Main reason I'm looking into romhacks is because I don't want to pay $60 for a game that's designed to be easy for 3-7 year olds, I'd like a bit of a challenge.
If it has furry stuff that's a bonus
Having some trouble making image posts
When I try to upload images to Lemmy, then I get a message that says something like...
'Syntax Error: JSON code, unable to parse, error on line 1'
That's not an exact quote, but is this a known error, or do I need to use some particular filetype, disable my privacy plugin? I'm not that technologically proficient.
Loads Thunder damage with Lawful Neutral intent
So which kind of dragon is your favourite, anyways? Sapphires are my favourite Gem (although Amethysts have some epic tail going on), Bronze for Metallic, and Chromatic is a tough call, I actually really like four of them... But I'll have to pick Green.
I like Dragons
For the uninitiated, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBLdQ1a4-JI
The Felkin Lore of my DnD
cross-posted from: https://yiffit.net/post/484280
As promised, here I am! It's time to talk about how I decided to handle the Felkin in my original world, after having fleshed them out a bit.
The World in General
Let's start of with a quick rundown of my world itself. Initially, then the humans and the human-similar races were on Pherica, and most of the furry races like Tabaxi, Dragonborn etc were on Geodeus. There was a Pherican exodeus to Geodeus in process because Pherica was experiencing Plot.
After the party's level 3 Wizard smashed the two planets into each other by sheer power of RNG and overconfidence, then that wiped out most Pherica races because they'd concentrated in the impact area during their exodus, and it quite thoroughly fucked over most of the furry races too.
Now, an important distinction: The furry races here were all of the ones that, while common and popular in furry art, needed to have actual species names assigned, rath
The Felkin Lore of my DnD
As promised, here I am! It's time to talk about how I decided to handle the Felkin in my original world, after having fleshed them out a bit.
The World in General
Let's start of with a quick rundown of my world itself. Initially, then the humans and the human-similar races were on Pherica, and most of the furry races like Tabaxi, Dragonborn etc were on Geodeus. There was a Pherican exodeus to Geodeus in process because Pherica was experiencing Plot.
After the party's level 3 Wizard smashed the two planets into each other by sheer power of RNG and overconfidence, then that wiped out most Pherica races because they'd concentrated in the impact area during their exodus, and it quite thoroughly fucked over most of the furry races too.
Now, an important distinction: The furry races here were all of the ones that, while common and popular in furry art, needed to have actual species names assigned, rather than just being referred to as Anthro Wolves, Anthro Eagles, Anthro Cats, a
I really think that Felkins need Lore
While dragons remain my absolute favourite furry (scaly) species by a pretty wide margin, in recent months I've gotten really interested in Felkins for a few reasons.
And if one thing about them sticks out to me, it's just how weird the amount of porn they've managed to accrue is, considering that outside Furaffinity and e621... it's like they don't even exist.
I can't think of any other species that manages that. Pokemon have absolutely earthshattering popularity, but they have a very reputable series of games behind them. Avali have Starbound and a 131-page lore guide. And other original species... regardless of design, generally don't come anywhere close to the amount of great porn Felkins have.
But if you search for Felkin outside our favourite horny sites... well, they don't seem to have any story to them at all. No media whatsoever. Not even memes. Even the official reference for them on Deviantart barely has a paragraph about them. (and much of that official reference get
I'd really love to talk about my furry DnD setting in here
cross-posted from: https://yiffit.net/post/337017
Not just to share the characters and the stories with a wider audience, but also to get worldbuilding tips from likeminded people, and more ideas on how I can be creative. Let's see if I can get your attention with this opener...
Welcome to the world of the Two Collided, also known as Castoria.
This planet was of a bizzare shape maintained by a cosmic reaction; as it was not one sphere of rock hurtling through the void, it was two. They were their own distinct landmasses, however their extremely close proximity along with some magical intervention allowed the oceans of the two planets to link, creating a stream known as the River of Deaths.
The two planets that now make up Castoria are Pherica, the world of Skin, and Geodeus, the world of Hide.
Recently, humankind and its' relative races had fallen on hard times. Elvenkind's individualism was used against them by a creeping curse that requ
I'd really love to talk about my furry DnD setting in here
Not just to share the characters and the stories with a wider audience, but also to get worldbuilding tips from likeminded people, and more ideas on how I can be creative. Let's see if I can get your attention with this opener...
Welcome to the world of the Two Collided, also known as Castoria.
This planet was of a bizzare shape maintained by a cosmic reaction; as it was not one sphere of rock hurtling through the void, it was two. They were their own distinct landmasses, however their extremely close proximity along with some magical intervention allowed the oceans of the two planets to link, creating a stream known as the River of Deaths.
The two planets that now make up Castoria are Pherica, the world of Skin, and Geodeus, the world of Hide.
Recently, humankind and its' relative races had fallen on hard times. Elvenkind's individualism was used against them by a creeping curse that required collective action. Dwarvenkind's life below the rocks was shattered by an earth