Four players and one NPC child were fighting a few Shadows and the Ranger, Eloh, gets hit to zero exactly. She was, coincidentally, only one who was doing any real damage to the monsters.
Cleric: I’m gonna move to Eloh and use Lay on Hands to heal her.
DM: That’s gonna be an attack of opportunity from those two if you walk over there, my dude.
Cleric: Wait… oh, right.
Ranger: Not if he cartwheels over there!
Table: *laughing*
DM: …You—
Cleric: <i>What????</i>
DM: Wait, you… okay, you know what, fuck it, acrobatics check to cartwheel past this Shadow.
Cleric: *instinctively rolls dice* Wait, wait, are you serious?! *looks over sheet* I… nineteen.
DM: That's—that’s a success.
Table: *laughing harder*
Ranger: OKAY WAIT—
DM: John fuckin—John does a sick cartwheel into the splits, the two Shadows give a polite golf clap and you—you use Lay on Hands. Do the rolls.
a pretty standard arrangement for engagement rings. a raised stone is better than nothing. 3/10
a lovely, simple, elegant wedding band. a classic anybody would be pleased to get married with. useless in a fight. 0/10
huge. tacky. kinda pretty tho. but look at that raised diamond in the center. you could easily break someone’s tooth with this. 7/10
also huge and tacky. at first glance you’d think the rounded edge might not cause much damage but look at how those rows of diamonds are raised in the second view. you could really rip up someone’s face. 9/10
this one is almost elegant. no sharp edges, but it’s solidly built. you would cause more damage with the ring on than off, which is a solid basis for choosing an engagement ring. 5/10
a lovely design, i enjoy open filigree. however im not sure how said filigree would stand up to the impact of being slammed into someone’s face. 2/10
the twisting design is pretty, but im not entirely sure that socking someone in the jaw wouldnt break off those stones. it looks somewhat reinforced but do you really want to leave the Punching Power of your engagement ring up to chance? i wouldnt. two raised stones tho. 6/10, pending experimentation
HAHAHAHA holy shit. thats Five raised stones, with reinforced prongs, for maximum damage at any angle. i highly recommend this ring both for its sapphire centerpiece and its capacity for causing pain. 10/10
there’s not even a stone, its just gold which aint exactly the hardest metal in the world. just fucking stay home if you’re not going to take this seriously.
*jeweler voice*
That filigree you gave 2/10? much sturdier than the filigree tacky rings… Trust me. Those are super hollow and light on the settings so that they aren’t too heavy or expensive. (and so they don’t roll on your finger)
Also worth noting:
White gold = sturdier than yellow gold (which is why most prongs are in white)
Now, if you want a ring that’ll hold up to socking someone in the nose, may I suggest 10kt white gold (hardest of gold options, sturdier than silver, and more reasonable than platinum)
See how thick all that metal is? It’s not going to cave in on you.
And you can do this with it:
Because nothing says punching a nazi in the nose like a diamond/sapphire/ruby encrusted Captain America ring…
read this again but imagine its Peggy Carter picking her engagement ring
Being able to admit when you’re wrong is such an important life skill. You have to always have some distance between yourself and your beliefs and ideologies, you have to have space for doubt, for learning, for new perspectives. When we get so close to something that we fail to see the things around it, behind it, after it, before it, that’s when ignorance and stubbornness creeps in, that’s when we start bringing pain to ourselves and those around us.
A big pet peeve of mine is when people get rid of their pets bc they’re going to have a baby. Your pet is your baby, and was your baby first. Its unfair to them to rip them away from their home because you want to have an actual child. It breaks my heart.
Whatever the problem is, there are so many alternatives before just getting rid of the pet altogether.
I dont care what the excuse is, I’ll never undrstand it. Its being an irresponsible pet owner. When you get a pet its your responsibility to give them a full, healthy, happy life until death.
