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  • AlataOrange@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneNCRule
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    5 months ago

    Is it better to starve for scraps in a dead world of dwindling resources or to strive to find a new one?

    Realistically irl, it’s way easier to teraform a mostly fine planet with a working magneto sphere and liquid water as opposed to going to another planet where you’d have to do all that yourself, but sci-fi likes to pretend there are thousands of lush green worlds out in the endless black waiting to be colonized.

    The larger issue would be the lack of easily available fuel to rebuild earth with, an issue only made infinitely harder by being light-years away from home and starting on a new dead rock instead of a mostly dead one.


















  • How would you react if a group of ants managed to in perfect English ask you to pretty please just take walk nominally further to go around their ant hill instead of stepping on it, and they they would feed you if you did?

    You’ve made a boss with no actual motive to destroy the town other than that the monster is lazy and can’t be bothered to walk about three extra miles on it’s trek.

    I personally would argue that this is a no roles required sort of event. Probably have them roll to make the food, they seem to already be proficient with Cook’s tools so it’s just whatever the highest attribute that they can justify + proficiency is. Then just have them talk.

    You don’t need to make them roll diplomacy or anything if you don’t want to or if it would bog down the scene. Let them beg for the life of their village, try to make their case to something that could kill them without a second thought that they are worth allowing to exist in this world. If their arguments are bad or drive the monster to anger the fight starts now. If their arguments are good and would sway an apathetic beast and have the monster walk what is to it a trivial amount of extra distance.

    Some important things to think about are why does this monster refuse to move its path. Did arrogant and believes all life weaker than it is worthless intrinsically. Is it simply lazy and doesn’t care about anyone but itself. Is it actively spiteful and hates that other things exist on principle. Does it itself feel trapped governed by forces out of its control. Etc.





  • Question: “I shouldn’t be expected to assume that. Furthermore, when they tell me and my natural response is “Huh?” I shouldn’t be vilified for not knowing what they mean”

    Who has ever done this to you. Ever. Who have you met that asked you to address them in a specific way then got pissy at you over it? I’m not saying it didn’t happen, but neither me nor anyone I know nor anyone who knows a person I know has ever had this happen to them.

    Also: “and that should be taken into consideration, but that doesn’t mean everything they say is right.”

    How can someone be wrong about the courtesy title that they choose to use? Like the entire concept and name ‘courtesy title’ make it pretty clear what they are about.