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Cake day: September 5th, 2023

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  • Finished up the last session of my 3-shot intro of Scum and Villainy to my group that usually floats more dungeons and dragons.

    Although by the end, the players ultimately weren’t as in love with the system as I am, a good time was had by all. The crew snagged a storm drive for a squeaky-voiced intern at HNN, committed war crimes against a bunch of suits who want to detonate stars for capitalism, and saved the crystalline princess of a galactic empire that was usurped by the current hegemon. It ended with two marriages, a simmering bromance, and a poor mystic jaded by the knowledge of what a projector is.









  • no map update this week, i’ve been eyeing other things.

    I will say I’ve got plans however. I want to make four more sheds. One to grow Fairy Rose year-round in pots. Another to make Diamonds. Another to make Jade, and the last one, uhhh, i dunno. Maybe another brewery shack. I just want an even number, eheh. Part of me wants to make a dedicated preserves shack, but I just don’t produce enough cucumber roe for that, and salmonberry / blackberry jam doesn’t seem worth the investment.

    Once I get the island hut repaired, I’m gonna go all in on year-round starfruit production too. I like my steady supply of Ancient Fruit, but I want some big numbers to make the fairy dust I’m gonna be producing worth it.




  • I think TTRPGs should be unbalanced. Balance is a construct of games, and the fictional worlds the players will interact with are less immersive when everything is predictably tuned and equal. I think the fiction of a rogue being about as good as a fighter at combat is stupid. I think rust monsters and undead creatures that hurt your stats are way better than dire boars and skeletons who just shoot you with bows. I think that when rocks fall, things should die. These all contribute to the fantasy world seeming more dangerous, more ‘real’, like a spectral hand isn’t shielding you from the worst the world has to offer.

    I also recognize this is my dark fantasy bias yapping away