What if the IRL you were in any movie, game, comic, etc? The spirit of this idea is that the real life you has been magically transplanted into a setting where magic and dragons are real, such as a D&D setting. You are very likely an ordinary person with a +1 to intelligence at best because you're a nerd. Think about a movie where an ordinary person goes into a fantasy world or the future or something, like Tron or Narnia, but without being lame, or a Doctor Who companion. You could also be the you of that setting. Because of this, the danger and the difficulty are greater than if you were built like an adventurer.
Rules: Take these revisions to the commoner stats (MM345). If you feel these don't suit the IRL you, justify it. Keep in mind, D&D characters are very above average people. D&D assumes 10 is an average ability score and 20 reflects the best a human can be, living or dead. A 15 therefore reflects being 1 and a half times better than average, or half way between what is ordinary for a human and the pinnacle for a human.
Race: What's your IRL race again? Human? Oh, yeah. Don't apply any racial bonuses.
Hit Dice: 1d8 is the hit die recommended for custom creatures that are Medium size in the DMG. 1d6 if you're 4 feet or shorter.
Speed: 30 feet. 25 feet if you're 4 feet or shorter.
Ability Scores: 4x 10s and 2x 11s or 5x 10s and 1x 12. Don't overthink this. If you really are that strong or that smart or etc., consider taking a 12 or a 13 at most.
Saving Throws: Pick any 1 ability that you think suits you.
Languages: Common. You don't know any standard in-game languages. Variant Rule: One other IRL language you know is mysteriously replaced by one standard in-game language.
Skills: Any 3 skills you think suits you.
Proficiency Bonus: +2 at level one, and progress as normal.
Background: Ignore this category.
Alignment: Do you generally obey the law regardless of whether or not you agree and try to be a good person? You might be a mischievous asshole or an indifferent git, but you likely don't function as a malicious person. Good people can do evil things in extreme situations and lawful people can do unlawful things in extreme situations, but let's face it, the worst you get up to is pirating anime and movies. You're lawful good. Deal with it, Clark Kent. You can change your alignment after level 1.
Tools: Any tools or instruments you are actually proficient in.
Game Sets: If you are actually proficient in games besides Skyrim and Monopoly.
Starting Equipment: 1 outfit you own and any objects you ordinarily carry around, plus 1 other item you own that you might have in a common situation for you.
Weapon and Armor Proficiencies: You are proficient in unarmed attacks, clubs, and other simple or martial weapons or armor if you have had formal training.
After Level 1: You can multiclass into any one class you like even if you don't meet the multiclass requirements once. If you want to multiclass again, you must meet the requirements.
Example:
BILL
Human, Lawful good
Hit Points: 8
AC: 10
Speed: 30 ft
Proficiency Bonus +2
Score Mod Save
STR 10
DEX 10
CON 10
INT 11
WIS 11 +2
CHA 10
SKILLS
Insight +2
Investigation +2
Perception +2
TOOLS: Painters Supplies
LANGUAGES: Common
WEAPONS: Clubs
ARMOR: none
INVENTORY:
Common clothes, phone, pen, wallet, shoes, rubber band
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Sunday, May 13, 2018
Going Nazi Punching
Going nazi punching is at this point synonymous for going on a witch hunt. Nazi punching represents a villainization and persecution of a group of people based on their political beliefs. This can not be allowed in a fair and equal society. People should not be subject to different standards based on their political beliefs. In fact, political ideology is considered a protected class under some laws and treating someone differently based on their political ideology is an illegal form of discrimination. If someone can prove you didn't hire them or didn't serve them because you disagree with their ideology, they can sue you for wrongful discrimination and it would be justified.
Part of the problem with nazi punching is that violent people were going on witch hunts for nazis. The other problem is stupid people were using the presumption of nazi status to justify mistreatment of other people whether they were actually nazis or not. This mistreatment included physical violence, threats, bullying, and ostracization. Nazi punching is based on hysteria, fear mongering, hyper vigilance, and virtue signaling. Another problem with nazi punching is that there just aren't that many nazis around and they aren't doing anything to you. Another problem, nazi punching is a symptom of a breakdown of our freedom of speech. You can't believe in free speech if you don't respect the speech of your enemies. Good ideas beat bad ideas, thugs beat nazis.
If you know what a nazi is, you would be able to appreciate that it stands for national socialism, and yes the third reich was classist and racist. To call someone a nazi implies antisemitism and white supremacy, and should be seen as slander and defamation of character. The term is so loose now, people seem to think it merely means a particularly ugly fascist. You'd have to have something decent to show that someone calling you a nazi meant to call you a racist. If you think about it like that though, it is a ball-less slander because it is so ambiguous. You'll have to show that it did damage to sue.
Part of the problem with nazi punching is that violent people were going on witch hunts for nazis. The other problem is stupid people were using the presumption of nazi status to justify mistreatment of other people whether they were actually nazis or not. This mistreatment included physical violence, threats, bullying, and ostracization. Nazi punching is based on hysteria, fear mongering, hyper vigilance, and virtue signaling. Another problem with nazi punching is that there just aren't that many nazis around and they aren't doing anything to you. Another problem, nazi punching is a symptom of a breakdown of our freedom of speech. You can't believe in free speech if you don't respect the speech of your enemies. Good ideas beat bad ideas, thugs beat nazis.
If you know what a nazi is, you would be able to appreciate that it stands for national socialism, and yes the third reich was classist and racist. To call someone a nazi implies antisemitism and white supremacy, and should be seen as slander and defamation of character. The term is so loose now, people seem to think it merely means a particularly ugly fascist. You'd have to have something decent to show that someone calling you a nazi meant to call you a racist. If you think about it like that though, it is a ball-less slander because it is so ambiguous. You'll have to show that it did damage to sue.
Monday, March 26, 2018
Gun Control is a Red Herring
There is no problem with weapons. The problem is with violence. Violence is the nature of the beast, so to speak. Violence is a part of human nature and a part of life. It's inevitable. Violence is already outlawed in most forms. The only legal forms of violence I can think of are self-defense and use of force by police (which is a whole other issue). Safety is an illusion. You will never be absolutely safe.
To reiterate, there is no problem with weapons. That is a red herring. Some people seem to think that if you make weapons go away, you can make the world a safer, less violent place. How do you propose to demonstrate this? Outlaws don't care about laws, that's why they're called outlaws. If you restrict weapons, that's not going to stop, however much it may inconvenience, outlaws from getting guns. Someone who wants to kill someone bad enough will work it out. Where there's a will there's a way. You could walk into a school with a collection of dishes, smash them on the ground, find a nice big wedge shaped bit and there you have a weapon. At the end of the day, what do you think will stop the bad guy with a weapon? The answer is a good guy with a weapon. This is usually a cop or a some other good Samaritan with a carry permit.
Violence is already forbidden by law. Passing laws on tools and machines to restrict potential violence is redundant and retarded. The problem is not with the weapons, it's with the people. The psychology is harder to understand than the gun, but the fact is guns don't make the decisions. You can't make violence go away by banning guns. You can however make the violence go away. That's far off and away but I a certain humankind will get there. In the meantime, please don't surrender your liberties, even ones you find silly, it will only be a vain gesture or token of idealism and good will.
I can hear you plea "but something has to be done!" You're right but ineffectual. From my point of view, a solution with some promise is more guns. Our culture is still so primitive that we don't have a third solution. Maybe there is no third solution? Respond to violence with violence or respond to violence with no violence. Idealists have been working on this one since forever. I think it's naive of you to think you have the solution. Be like me, a pragmatist. Shoot to protect.
To reiterate, there is no problem with weapons. That is a red herring. Some people seem to think that if you make weapons go away, you can make the world a safer, less violent place. How do you propose to demonstrate this? Outlaws don't care about laws, that's why they're called outlaws. If you restrict weapons, that's not going to stop, however much it may inconvenience, outlaws from getting guns. Someone who wants to kill someone bad enough will work it out. Where there's a will there's a way. You could walk into a school with a collection of dishes, smash them on the ground, find a nice big wedge shaped bit and there you have a weapon. At the end of the day, what do you think will stop the bad guy with a weapon? The answer is a good guy with a weapon. This is usually a cop or a some other good Samaritan with a carry permit.
Violence is already forbidden by law. Passing laws on tools and machines to restrict potential violence is redundant and retarded. The problem is not with the weapons, it's with the people. The psychology is harder to understand than the gun, but the fact is guns don't make the decisions. You can't make violence go away by banning guns. You can however make the violence go away. That's far off and away but I a certain humankind will get there. In the meantime, please don't surrender your liberties, even ones you find silly, it will only be a vain gesture or token of idealism and good will.
I can hear you plea "but something has to be done!" You're right but ineffectual. From my point of view, a solution with some promise is more guns. Our culture is still so primitive that we don't have a third solution. Maybe there is no third solution? Respond to violence with violence or respond to violence with no violence. Idealists have been working on this one since forever. I think it's naive of you to think you have the solution. Be like me, a pragmatist. Shoot to protect.
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