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I'm currently reading Frank Herbert's "Dune" for the first time.
I was struck by this passage. It comes right after the Reverend Mother has tested Paul Atreides. She is talking with him.
"𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺."
How apropos seventy years later.
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A book cover. Dune by Frank Herbert. A small circle surrounds the declaration in gold letters on a black background "Soon to be a major motion picture".
It is an image of red and gold dunes. Above, a black sky with golden stars and larger orbs, perhaps moons. A lone figure with a cape walks in the dunes.
Die Kassen sind leer. Statt das System zu reformieren, wird an Details gespart, wie zum Beispiel an der Homöopathie. Das hilft niemandem. https://taz.de/!6167338
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@tazgetroete
Also, an Homöopathie zu sparen ist IMMER ne gute Idee.
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@fedithom Artikel gelesen?
„Die Homöopathie füllt diese Lücke; sie ist selbst nur Symptom einer Störung im medizinischen Apparat. Hier jetzt einfach die Kosten zu streichen, ohne diesen Bedarf anzuerkennen, ist im Grunde auch nur ein Herumdoktern an den Bilanzen der Maschine Mensch.“
@tazgetroete
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@ArneBab
Bisher nicht gelesen, bezog mich nur auf den Tröt. Jetzt gelesen. Meine Aussage bleibt unverändert.
Gäbe es andere Änderungen, die sinnhaft wären? Klar, keine Diskussion. Und das Schaffen von (finanziellen) Freiräumen, die Ärtz*innen mehr Redezeit für Patient*Innen gibt, wäre fraglos super und richtig. Die Kürzung bei PT ist katastrophal. Trotzdem ist die Abschaffung von Quacksalberei in sich richtig.
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@fedithom Hast du verstanden, dass das Anamnesegespräch zu streichen (was bei der Streichung von Homöopathie passiert) realen Schaden verursachen würde?
Ärzt*innen können aktuell bei vielen Kassen mehr Redezeit bekommen, indem sie „Homöopathie“ draufschreiben.
Das können sie danach nicht mehr und die Redezeit ist weg.
Nicht ersetzt, sondern weg.
Das heißt, diese finanziellen Freiräume gibt es gerade.
⇒ Vor Streichungen *erst* das erwiesenermaßen Wirkende unabhängig machen.
@tazgetroete
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@ArneBab
Ja, ich hab deinen Punkt verstanden und kann ihn nachvollziehen. Zustimmen muss ich dir deswegen hoffentlich nicht.
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@ArneBab @fedithom @tazgetroete
Also sollen wir jetzt unwissenschaftliche Quacksalberei, die eine unbekannte, aber wahrscheinlich nicht niedrige Zahl an Menschen auf dem Gewissen hat, verteidigen, weil sie ein Schlupfloch in einem ziemlich kaputten System ist, das manchmal auch gute Wirkungen haben könnte?
Ceterum censeo afdem esse damnandum
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@ArneBab @fedithom @tazgetroete
"Man geht zum Arzt halt anders als zur Automechanikerin."
Ich für meinen Teil gehe zum Arzt tatsächlich genau so wie zur Automechanikerin (ohne zu erwarten, daß das die Norm ist), glaube aber, daß die meisten Automechanikerinnen wesentlich mehr Zeit in Anamnese und Diagnose investieren als Ärzte.
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@hllizi Das befürchte ich auch.
Wenn Ärzte sich nämlich Zeit für ein ausführliches Anamnesegespräch nehmen wollen, müssen sie Homöopathie anbieten.
Anders zahlen die Kassen das nicht.
@fedithom @tazgetroete
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@ArneBab @fedithom @tazgetroete Ja, schade. Und das alles, weil Ökonomisten ein theoretisches Problem ohne empirischen Nachweis entdeckt hatten.
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@hllizi Dass das Anamnesegespräch von Ärzten hilft, ist ja nichts neues. Das ist lange erwiesen.
Aber es wird inzwischen nicht mehr bezahlt.
Und wenn Ärzte das nicht mehr auf Kassenrechnung anbieten dürfen -- über den Umweg der Homöopathie -- verursacht das realen Schaden.
Denn es gibt zwar keinen Nachweis für Wirkung von Homöopathischen Mitteln über Placebo hinaus, aber es gibt empirische Nachweise für die Wirkung von Anamnesegesprächen.
Mit oder ohne Homöopathie.
@fedithom @tazgetroete
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@ArneBab @fedithom @tazgetroete nee, ging mir hier um die Einführung der Fallpauschale, die ein Problem adressierte, daß m.W. hauptsächlich in Ökonomenhirnen existierte.
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Wenn sämtliche Ärtz*Innen, die Homöopathie anbieten, diese nur nutzten, um vernünftige Anamnesen anbieten zu können, und dann evidenzbasierte Behandlung verschrieben, hätte ich da eine gewisse Sympathie für. Da dem nicht so ist, kann das aus meiner Sicht weg. Das Geld ist dann anderswo (gerne in der Anamnese) besser angelegt.
Und natürlich hat unser Gesundheitssystem Macken. Der größte ist, dass es "Gewinn" abwerfen muss.
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@fedithom "sämtliche" -- das finde ich eine extreme Forderung.
Du wirfst diejenigen, die das machen, vor den Bus, weil nicht alle das machen.
Und das Geld landet dadurch ja gerade nicht in der Anamnese, sondern poliert Merzens Regierungsbilanz auf: "Beiträge gesenkt, mehr Leute krank, Erfolg ✔".
⇒ Erst Anamnese unabhängig machen (dass Ärzte auch ohne Homöopathie lange Anamnesegespräche bezahlt bekommen), dann gibt es keinen erwiesenen Schaden der Streichung.
@hllizi @tazgetroete
Sicherlich ist Homöopathie nicht der Kostentreiber im System, aber ich finde es absolut richtig, wenn die Solidargemeinschaft nicht mehr die Kosten für diese unlautere Methode tragen muss.
Unlauter deshalb, weil viele Ärzt:innen - selbst die, die Homöopathie anbieten - eigentlich wissen, dass es eine - zugegegebenermaßen ziemlich ausgefuchste - Plazebomedizin ist. Aber was passiert, wenn ich meinen Patienten ein Plazebo gebe? Ich bin nicht ehrlich und setze damit den Kern der Arzt-Patient-Beziehung aufs Spiel, nämlich die Vertrauensbasis.
Zeit für ausführliche Gespräche finde ich auch so. Könnte besser bezahlt sein, sicher, aber das ist es mir wert. Wenn die Knete für unwissenschaftliche *pathien in seriöse Gesprächsleistungen umgeleitet werden könnte wären wir schon einen Schritt weiter.
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@lkh Du meinst, du zahlst die ausführlichen Gespräche aus eigener Kasse?
> Wenn die Knete für unwissenschaftliche *pathien in seriöse Gesprächsleistungen umgeleitet werden könnte wären wir schon einen Schritt weiter.
Genau davon spreche ich in dem Thread hier immer wieder.
Was die Regierung aber machen will ist, das Geld zu streichen -- nicht es für Gespräche zu nutzen, sondern es wegfallen zu lassen.
@tazgetroete
Homöopathie hilft auch niemandem, außer dem Hersteller.
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@Mastodoentchen Artikel gelesen?
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@ArneBab @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete Homöopathische »Medikamente« helfen auch niemandem, außer dem Hersteller.
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@proedie Artikel gelesen?
Um die Mittel geht es im Artikel nicht.
@Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete
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@ArneBab @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete Werden aber auch gestrichen und das ist gut so.
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@ArneBab @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete Außerdem sollte es kein Kommentar zum Artikel sein, sondern zu deinem »Artikel gelesen?«. 😘
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@proedie dann hast du ihn also nicht gelesen.
Schade.
@Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete
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@ArneBab @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete Doch und ich stimme ihm sogar teilweise zu. Das an der Homöopathie aufzuhängen halte ich aber für ungünstig, denn, wie schon gesagt, homöopathische »Medikamente« helfen niemandem.
@ArneBab @proedie @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete ein Titel sollte eine Vorstellung vom Text geben. Der hier ist Scheisse gewählt, falls er das nicht tut.
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@Chubbypunk das stimmt leider.
Es geht im Artikel um den ungedeckten Redebedarf.
Rage Bait für Homöopathiefans, der darauf lenkt, dass es ein wirkliches Problem gibt, das seit langem ignoriert wird.
⇒ "Homöopathie Symptom des Problems"
@proedie @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete
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@ArneBab @Chubbypunk @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete »Rage Bait für Homöopathiefans« – das trifft es gut. Leider ist es damit automatisch auch Bait für Homöopathiekritiker/-gegner und das macht diesen Artikel irgendwie kaputt, denn es ist eben keine gute Idee, Homöopathie zu verteidigen, nur weil sie eine Lücke schließt, die bedauerlicherweise von der »Schulmedizin«, bzw. genauer vom Gesundheitssystem, offen gelassen wird.
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@ArneBab @Chubbypunk @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete Genausogut könnte man sagen, Sekten und Faschismus seien gut, weil sie orientierungslosen Menschen einen Weg zeigen. Der falsche Weg ist eben nicht immer besser als gar keiner. Übertrieben? Sicher, aber im Prinzip trotzdem so, meine ich.
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@proedie Sekten und Faschismus sind nicht wirkungslos, sondern verursachen bei fast allen, denen die teilnehmen und denen die das nicht tun, Schaden.
⇒ Vergleich passt nicht.
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@proedie Ein passender Vergleich wären Kirchen:
Bevor Kirchen abgeschafft werden können (wenn das dein Ziel sein sollte), muss sichergestellt werden, dass die wichtigen der Dienstleistungen, die sie bringen, anderweitig weitergeführt werden.
@ArneBab @Chubbypunk @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete Das tut Homöopathie leider auch. Verspätete oder ganz unterlassene Therapie führt zu gesundheitlichen Schäden am Kranken und zu finanzieller Mehrbelastung an der Gemeinschaft.
@ArneBab @proedie @Chubbypunk @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete
Wenn es um indirekte Wirkungen geht, ist auch Homöopathie und ähnliche Quacksalberei nicht wirkungslos, sondert verhindert häufig, dass wirksame Behandlungen aufgenommen werden und richtet so erheblichen Schaden an. Der Vergleich ist also gar nicht so übel.
Ceterum censeo afdem esse damnandum
@proedie Ich würde von Homöopathiegegnern erwarten, dass sie so einen Artikel dann erstmal lesen.
Schließlich schreiben sie sich auf die Fahnen, grade keinen Bullshit zu verbreiten.
Und beim Lesen sollte schnell auffallen, dass der Artikel Homöopathie nicht verteidigt.
(Zitat: „solche Quacksalberei“)
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@ArneBab @Chubbypunk @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete Ähm. Vielleicht solltest du den Artikel auch noch mal lesen.
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@proedie habe ich.
Jetzt zum dritten Mal.
Nein, er verteidigt Homöopathie nicht.
@Chubbypunk @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete
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@ArneBab @Chubbypunk @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete »Es gibt hier einen Bedarf, der über konkrete Wirksamkeiten hinausgeht. Die Homöopathie füllt diese Lücke; sie ist selbst nur Symptom einer Störung im medizinischen Apparat. Hier jetzt einfach die Kosten zu streichen, ohne diesen Bedarf anzuerkennen, ist im Grunde auch nur ein Herumdoktern an den Bilanzen der Maschine Mensch.«
Das Verstehe ich als Kritik an der Streichung.
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@proedie Kritik an der Streichung ist es, klar.
Aber es ist keine Unterstützung von Homöopathie, sondern Kritik daran, dass das Anamnesegespräch mitgestrichen wird.
Der Bedarf ist ja nicht Homöopathie, sondern das Gespräch (und ich finde das wird im Artikel auch deutlich -- das kommt sogar aus dem Titel: es gibt Redebedarf).
@Chubbypunk @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete
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@ArneBab @Chubbypunk @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete Natürlich ist es eine Unterstützung von Homöopathie, wenn du Homöopathie forderst.
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@proedie Das heißt, du Unterscheidest nicht zwischen dem Anamnesegespräch und den Mitteln?
Wenn du das nicht machst, dann gibt es Wirksamkeitsbeweise.
Denn für das *Anamnesegespräch* ist die Wirksamkeit empirisch erwiesen.
Du kannst das nicht gleichzeitig vermischen und (wahrheitgemäß) sagen, dass es keine Beweise für Wirksamkeit von Homöopathie gibt.
Damit die Aussage wahr ist, *musst* du das Anamnesegespräch von Homöopathie abtrennen.
@Chubbypunk @Mastodoentchen @tazgetroete
@kensanata @phf @lkh For some reason, I want to run a Star Frontiers game, trying to capture that '80s sci-fi aesthetic.
I'm initially thinking simple rules for characters (no skills/PSAs) but using the advanced rules for some equipment and for advancement (essentially just increasing stats).
I don't know if SF ever was popular in Europe - it wasn't particularly popular in the US but I did play it and actually quite like it.
Any interest at all?
I’m feeling like in that joke from Soviet times (or so I heard) about somebody looking at the obituaries on the front page of the newspaper. “They are in the back,” the vendor says. “The one I’m waiting for will be on the front page,” is the reply.
I can’t wait. Sadly, there’s more than one I’m waiting for. And we still have to fix the media ownership, and the tax-free billionaires, and the bought justices, and teach the next generation to choose and vote and decide with wisdom and knowledge.
It’s a big ask, I know. Luckily we have all the remaining days of our life.
Not sure what emoji to use here.
I saw something on a profile that makes good fedi etiquette: “Post reach is at my discretion. Do not alter it by replying public to a private post or by adding hashtags in reply to a public one.”
This is the same sentiment I have about people tagging accounts being talked about when the original post didn’t tag them. If it was an oversight, it is probably no big deal. If it was on purpose, adding it is akin to snitching. Don’t do it.
Das ist einer der stärksten Blogartikel der letzten 10 Jahre, welchen ich gelesen habe. Er spricht mir als GenX so massiv aus der Seele, ich wünschte ich hätte selbst diese Worte gefunden.
Das schlimme, da fehlen noch locker 30%. Aber jenes welches hier in Worte gefasst wurde, kann ich so unterschreiben.
Diesen Link hatte @dde in seinem Blog geteilt.
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@evan I never felt like SoundCloud was unhealthy, or IRC back in my days. But yes the so called social media that is just algorithmic based spitting out horseshit of content and bullshit ads absolutely are.
Yesterday my online #ttrpg group had some major issues with our voice chat, and I thought that might be a good way to get them to move something else. But boy, the sound quality of the Jitsi instance we were using was horrible. Possible that it was just this instance? What are some other decent options for pure voice chat other people are using? (We're doing regular chat etc. in a VTT anyways).
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@mhd tbh i never encountered a jitsi instance that didnt have the sound of a discarded Softdrink can.
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@lkh @SalemsLot I might give that a try. I mean, in the end basically everything is WebRTC, and it probably depends on the preprocessing how good the sound quality is. Or I might need to investigate if Mumble is still a thing…
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@mhd @lkh @SalemsLot
I think that server bandwidth has an effect on the quality. If you use a free service, they might have a limited and shared bandwidth.
well, good news mostly for me, as I finally managed to get my selfhosted instance of the Convos #IRC web portal running again.
it's available on https://convos.wilderland.ovh and gives access to our little #osr #ttrpg community
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mind you, I say little, but we have a few dozen users and it's more active than most other ttrpg-focused IRC networks I've come across
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now mind you, what I've set out to do before was make a bridge between #minecraft and #irc for my kids' server.
And I still haven't managed that.
Man I get distracted so easily
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but it is actually a bit of an issue as it seems everybody doing IRC plugins for minecraft just stopped ten years ago.
well.
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@kyonshi
Ten years ago? Odd, I've seen a functional IRC-Minecraft chat bridge as recently as six and a half years ago... though that involved a very isolated community I want nothing to do with anymore, full of coders of its own, so they might have done it themselves for all I know.
There was one refreshing exception however: when a pirate vessel was encountered, and parleyed with, a character was confronted with his secret past and the partial reveal that followed was played out to the groups enterainment and surprise.
Still, the result of our flailing around sounds like a decent scenario for our next, final session. The crew, in coalition with said pirates, wants to take their captured drone ship armada, and a hired mercenary landing battalion to finally secure the campaigns prize: the massively valuable rogue planet Satan's World.
@phf @alex @lkh I'm also curious - asking for a friend >.>
::EDIT:: the server is running snac, so someone would have to create a user for us. I ran snac a while ago - I'm not really impressed with it so I'll pass, I think. 🙁
::EDIT (2):: what the hell - since snac is really about the local timeline, if @lkh is willing, I'd be happy to get a snac account on grenzland.club too.
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Poking around the AD&D GM’s Guide definitely has advice I feel is very counter to a lot of neo-old school thinking.
“The final word, then, is the game. Read how and why the system is as if is, follow the parameters, and then cut portions as needed to maintain excitement.”
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“For example, the rules call for wandering monsters, but these can be not only irritating - if not deadly - but the appearance of such con actually spoil a game by interfering with an orderly expedition. You have set up an area full of clever tricks and traps, populated it with well-thought-out creature complexes, given clues about it to pique players’ interest,“
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“and the group has worked hard to supply themselves with everything by way of information and equipment they will need to face and overcome the imagined perils. They are gathered together and eager to spend an enjoyable evening playing their favorite game, with the expectation of going to a new, strange area and doing their best to triumph. They are willing to accept the hazards of the dice, be it loss of items, wounding, insanity, disease, death, as long as the process is exciting.”
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“But lo!, everytime you throw the ”monster die” a wandering nasty is indicated, and the party’s strength is spent trying to fight their way into the area. Spells expended, battered and wounded, the characters trek back to their base. Expectations have been dashed, and probably interest too, by random chance. Rather than spoil such an otherwise enjoyable time, omit the wandering monsters indicated by the die.” AD&D GMG
How very not OSR that is. 🤣
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“A few brief words are necessary to insure that the reader has actually obtained a game form which he or she desires. Of the two approaches to hobby games today, one is best defined as the realism-simulation school and the other as the game school. AD&D is assuredly on adherent of the latter school. It does not stress any realism (in the author’s opinion an absurd effort at best considering the topic!). It does little to attempt to simulate anything either.”
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“ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is first and foremost a game for the fun and enjoyment of those who seek to use imagination and creativity.”
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@deinol I use to bring this point up to osr enthusiasts back in the day. They are pining for a game that was rarely, if ever, played the way they expound upon.
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@randomwizard it has been interesting to revisit the book I learned from 40 years ago. Certainly my tastes have changed.
“An example of the use of wisdom can be given by noting that while the intelligent character will know that smoking is harmful to him, he may well lack the wisdom to stop (this writer may well fall into this category).”
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I have always stood by the principal that the "rules" of any roleplaying game are, at best, "guidelines".
Anyone who says otherwise is missing the point.
This is also why "RPG" video games always fall so flat. There is no nuance to them, no flexibility, no (dare I say it) soul, no matter how good the storytelling.
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Oftentimes, especially with older rules sets, it can be hard to guess what a particular rule might do, but it usually comes together when applied consistently at the table and as far as the classic D&D's are concerned especially so in the long form, multi-faction campaign game. Consistency is probably the key here.
I know I have been disappointed as a player when I noticed rules being disregarded, when they could have been applied easily and it would have made sense to apply them. And I don't mean this in a rules lawyery way. When I know the GM is making a conscious choice - or ruling - in a way that's consistent and supporting the diegetic reality, I'm all fine with it. That's the GM's job. But when e.g movement allowance or shall we say fictional positioning doesn't even have a meaning, what am I here for? That's breaking immersion, and ultimately taking away degrees of freedom. Aren't those games about choice and player decisions?
Pulling off an amazing feat because we all thought it's a fun idea is one thing (and not to bad a one really), but pulling it off within the bounds and constraints of the rules, that's a game for me, and quite a story to tell.
Trust is also an issue, when it comes to my own GMing. I'm tired of rules futzing. I want my rules system to work out of the box, so I don't have to question everything when I try to apply the tules. That's why I'm so fond of GURPS - it eases my mind, I know I can trust it. What Gygax was writing in parts of the DMG might have been an effort to add consistency and trustworthiness to the hot mess that OD&D had become at that time. I think he succeeded for the most part, but failed here and there.
So yeah, consistency, trust, maximum degrees of freedom within a dependable framework of boundaries.
Alright, I could go on, sorry didn't mean to rant. And I don't mind if I'm missing the point here. Happily so I guess, cheers 🍻
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Trust and consistency is definitely important. But role-playing isn’t magic. And even magic there are sets of rules you can decide to play. Magic commander and standard and draft all operate differently.
Or GURPS is an even more perfect example. GURPS is a toolkit to build a game from. Every time you run a GURPS game you leave more than half the system off the table. Are you using space ships? Psionics? Magic? Super powers? Martial arts?
@lkh @rdm @deinol Indeed. That reminds me of the people who say that the reason by Monopoly takes so long and causes so many fights is because of all the house rules.
The rules were written for a reason, and when you think it's fun to add things like "Landing on Free Parking gives you all the money in the middle" (it doesn't; it just means you don't have to pay anyone, which is a godsend in the late game), or landing on Go means collecting double, you're asking for trouble.
The game is carefully balanced to play in a certain length of time, and anything that increases the amount of money in circulation will automatically increase the length of time that the average game takes, which will naturally increase everyone's frustration and irritability.
If you understand that, and you still want to add those house rules, then go ahead, and do it with your eyes open.
It's the same with TTPGS. Rules are *rules*. And they've been carefully and thoroughly playtested and the designers know all the reasons they exist and the implications of them being there. Before you houserule, understand exactly what and why and what effect it's going to have on your game.
In my opinion. :-)
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"in the example above it is assumed that they are doing everythingThe author does not suggest to generally dispose of random encounters. Also:
possible to travel quickly and quietly to their planned destination."
Know the game systems, and you will know how and when to take uponWell, I don't dig that babbling about ultimate power to be sure, but he definitely is onto something with "know your game systems".
yourself the ultimate power. To become the final arbiter, rather than the
interpreter of the rules, can be a difficult and demanding task [...],
for your players expect to play this game, not one made up on the spot.
Also, I do have experienced bad vibes with Monopoly RAW. To my mind it still serves best to demonstrate how disruptive capitalism can be, and if I'm not mistaken, this was the original intent of Elizabeth Magie's "The Landlord Game".
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@lkh @rdm @deinol you're right. And it does so brutally effectively. Particularly the "all properties must be auctioned" rule, which is designed to make the game flow quicker. Unless you get really unlucky with your rolls, it only takes a few goes around before all the properties are owned. At which point, the fate of the one who owns the least of them is generally sealed.
It's not all that much fun, and someone on the old Dicebreaker YouTube channel once commented that the reason he doesn't like it is because there's literally zero player agency; it's all luck. But I put it to you that that's kinda the point. ;-)
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Try my Monopoly Legacy variant!
After each game, record which player owns each property. Next game, you play your children. Start with $200 and the deeds to your parent’s properties.
Enjoy!
@deinol The Old School Renaissance IMO has a lot in common with the original Renaissance, where in an effort to recapture the glories of an earlier era they accidentally dramatically improve on the original, but also reject a lot of innovations from the intervening era that were worth keeping.
Warum ist das nicht in den Schlagzeilen: In Offenbach a.M. hat die AfD ihr Ergebnis HALBIERT. Wenn sofort "AfD stärkste Kraft!" kommt, wenn sie in einem Wahlkreis knapp mit 25 % auf Platz 1 liegt, warum werden ihre Niederlagen verschwiegen? Warum sind es nur News, wenn die AfD gewinnt? https://www.volksverpetzer.de/analyse/kommunalwahl-ergebnis-ioffenbach-halbiert/?utm_source=mstdn
Just learned about these two (UK-only?) miniature sets. Loving the cover! One can almost see that Games Workshop was on the cusp of releasing Warhammer Fantasy Role Play, no? 😉 (Picture stolen from some Japanese site, sorry!) #citadel #miniatures #RetroDnD #UKDnD
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Two boxes of miniatures with a cover that goes together: Adventurers to the left, monsters to the right. I hear there's a poster of this image somewhere as well.
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@randomwizard @lkh
Hexes still missing. A good map has to have hexes.
Just kidding. Looks awesome. What tools do you use?
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@FrankBlack78 @lkh Just GIMP and a mouse.
I maintain a plugin to generate hexes but I have not tried in GIMP 3.x yet. This reminds me I need to work on it.
@randomwizard @lkh So one line is a rather high but mostly gradual increase? Or is most of the maps rather low hills (or steep cliffs)?
Anyway, you could pick up a few "prime fortification spots", where you have both a source of water and some high defensive position nearby and place some settlements and/or fortifications.
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50 oder 100 m per elevation line might make sense.
Btw, where did you find this map? I really like the approach!
CC: @randomwizard@vivaldi.net @FrankBlack78@social.tchncs.de
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@lkh @mhd @FrankBlack78 I copied the lines from topagraphic maps available at
https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#4/39.98/-100.06
Although, I did not copy the all the lines, just the major ones. And I did not copy them exactly.
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@randomwizard @lkh @mhd @FrankBlack78 I wonder if there's a way to configure Open Street Map (e.g. via OsmAnd) such that it produces a map without streets, without buildings, etc.
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@kensanata @randomwizard @lkh @FrankBlack78 I'm not sure how much OSM etc. pre-render into their tiles and/or how easy it is to render your own without that.
I do know that some people are using the (quite complex, IMHO) GIS tools like QGIS for mapping, e.g. this one https://idraluna-archives.bearblog.dev/a-tutorial-for-making-hexcrawl-maps-in-qgis/
(They also made a few real-world maps including a high-res version of Antarctica: https://idraluna-archives.itch.io )
Am Wochenende haben wir in Mainz die #PinkPonyOfDeath No. 2 Mini #osr Con ausgerichtet. Es war total schön, mit Leuten aus der ganzen Republik, ein Wochenende lang old schoolige #pnpde zu spielen. Es waren etliche Leute dabei, die ich über Mastodon kennen gelernt habe ❤️
Hier reift derweil der Plan, die PPoD 3 vielleicht mal etwas größer aufzuziehen? 1/2
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An Systemen gab es auf der #pinkponyofdeath con:
#Adnd1e #SwordsAndWizardry #Shadowdark #LiminalHorror #BlackHack #Odnd (LBB + Chainmail + Outdoor Survial), #Warlock #Mothership #StayFrosty #Mausritter #Cyborg …und ich hab bestimmt was vergessen (?)
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Outdoor Survival Spielbox
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Auslage auf der Pony Con mit selbstgedruckten „Tattoos“ und Zines
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Those three valleys to the northwest of that bend in the river look interesting, kind of like a claw. There are two islands a bit downriver, too. The river may be fordable at the larger island. A likely place for a settlement.
It's a days hike to get from Riverford to the Three Claw Valleys, a place of worship for the three forces of creation. Mystics say, this is where the Ur-Dragon left it's footprint in the landscape.
Auf der Suche nach einer Discord-Alternative sind wir bei pnpde.social grade dabei ein Forum auf Basis von Discourse zu etablieren.
Unser Ziel: kleineren #pnpde Communities ein selbst verwaltetes* Zuhause ermöglichen
Wir glauben, dass diese gemeinsame Plattform Raum für Individualität gibt und gleichzeitig den Austausch zwischen Communities beflügelt.
Wir suchen jetzt Leute, die sich vorstellen können, dort mit ihrer Community einzuziehen. Lust auf Unabhängigkeit von Discord? Schreib uns!
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@dnddeutsch Ich melde mal Interesse für „Rollenspiel in Münster“ an. Wir haben zZ 80 Menschen in der Signalgruppe.
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@dnddeutsch ich würde mir das gerne für unseren Verein Mal anschauen. Hast du eine Test Community um Mal die Funktionalität zu sehen? 🤓
Another clue that may indicate that the Temple of Elemental Evil was linked to the Drow series and the Eldar Elemental God.
In G3, there is this passage
"If the drum is beaten, the chimes rung, and the triangle struck while the altar is changed, a glowing golden eye will swim into view from the stone's writhing center." and "If a second summoning of this Elder Elemental God is made within the same day, it will act as follows (d 12):"
Now compare the symbols on the chests of the warriors on the original cover of T1 The Village of Hommlet.
#dnd #rpg #ttrpg #osr #gygax #toee
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@randomwizard One of the players in my Barrowmaze game has a shield like that... 😇 Took it off of a zombie they found who wore an outfit like that... 🧟 @lkh
I really dig snac2's threaded view.
As a side effect, I see the need to unfollow a couple of accounts to uncrowd the time line. Which doesn't mean I don't like those people anymore. I'm still seeing what they're posting in reply to other people's posts and when their posts are boosted by people I follow.
Like, on reddit (while I was there) you don't follow every user you're interacting with, neither on G+ (while it was there).
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- follow: show me everything a person posts, boosts and every thread (in it's entirety, with all its participants) they're interacting with 🤗
- neither follow, nor block: we're good, I don't see everything you post, but still a lot if you're interacting with my friends, and I will happily interact with you 🙂
- block: for whatever reason, I don't want to see anything you post or boost 😞
on grenzland.club. I like it so much, that I'm in the process of
migrating my tabletop.social account to this snac2 instance.
I'm writing this post in ed(1) on the command line btw. 🤓
Uhh, Samstag und Sonntag ist wieder die #PinkPonyOfDeath-#Con, diesmal in Mainz.
Ich werde den Dungeoncrawler #Grotten anbieten und freue mich wie ein Schnitzel, Leute vom #OpenTable in Person wiederzusehen und Leute wie @madmoses , die ich auf der #LoFiCon letztes Jahr kennenlernen durfte. Ich werde aus Kostengründen über Nacht fahren und Samstag Morgen wahrscheinlich ziemlich verknittert da ankommen. ^^ Da werd ich dann auf reinem Adrenalin auf der Con fahren :D
Biete nur eine Runde an, damit ich bei den anderen viel mitzocken kann. <3
Thanks goodness for RSS.
When I wake up, I get the joy of reading a while range of blogposts, distraction free, written by people whose writings I choose.
All there, in one place.
The best of the web, and an underrated technology.
(With many thanks to @freshrss!)
Recent discussions got me to thinking back on the Gazeteer series again. Every now and then, I lament the point that Basic D&D was looked down upon in the 80s. Everyone cool was playing Advanced D&D.
But Basic had a lot of stuff going on in it. It tried all kinds of crazy rules, settings. It was a more open canvas.
The Five Shires finally gave halflings their due. Written by Ed Greenwood. Lot of interesting ideas for the setting.
In addition, it provided a way for halfing's to become the protector of the forests. They got a mix of druid and magic-user spells, as well as some completely new spells.
This idea was like prestige classes before 3e ever existed.
Ed Greenwood has hinted in the past that the Five Shires would fit comfortably within the Forgotten Realms, within the halfling kingdom of Luiren.
https://www.dmsguild.com/en/product/16980/gaz8-the-five-shires-basic
Don't know exactly why, but I really love this.
Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/mapmaking/comments/1rr6sxd/upside_down_mediterranean/
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A map of the region stretching from just above the British isles to the Ghana/Nigeria coast from north to south, and from Cape Verde to Afghanistan on the west-east axis.
But here's the twist: The Mediterranean region is flipped upside down, so the Italian "boot" is emerging out of north Africa etc.
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So today, I spent hours figuring out how to build an AI character in GURPS. This character will be able to upload themselves (literally) onto other computers of high enough complexity. It can have duplicates, which can share memory when they make contact, however it's also reprogrammable which is an inherent danger, and it's got no manipulators, no legs and depends on electricity - daydreaming about transhumanity 🤯
I feel I'm well prepared for tonights chargen session 🤓
If you've ever wanted a more relaxed, contemplative place to talk about TTRPGs, Alarums & Excursions' legacy continues with https://everanon.org/ _Ever and Anon_ -- a free collective/collated fanzine (also known as an APA), compiled once a month! We've been getting a lot of OSR new contributors over the last month, but APA hacking isn't really about nostalgia; it's a different flow and approach to conversation and creation, and I'd love to see more people trying it! #ttrpg #apa #rpg
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Glimmermark session 45: first time since 2024 they dared to go further down into Castle Dyson. That is, after finding the goblin castle encroached by rather nasty undead at night.
(Which they caused but they don't know that)
A fight with gargoyles turned out to be much more difficult than they had hoped (4 attacks per round!), but it was a surprise attack by a wererat on the rear during the fight the nearly saw two of them go down.
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Actually two of them DID go down, but some lucky rolls on the death and dismemberment chart only knocked them out.
(Funnily just before we had a discussion of how soft my game is having that at all, in stock odnd these would have been deaths)
And then the wererat decided to abduct one of the KOd characters.
Not that this character doesn't have issues anyway, according to the rules poor Sturlo contracted lycantrophy from all that.
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GIVE ME YOUR FEEDS
i want to subscribe to your blog
i will read it, and every once in a while i will even email you to let you know i enjoyed your blog post
give! me! your! feeds!
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about not using a smartphone: https://lkh.sdf-eu.org/flipphone/
rss links provided 🙂
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@lkh Remember that every fedi instance install “burns” a domain name because other instances remember the public keys and a new instance install changes. So don’t switch lightly!
I also like how the list of people (followed and followers) shows their bios by default. Of course the list becomes much more wordy like this, but also more informative at a glance. And I feel somewhat encouraged to think about who I really want to follow :-o