D&D and the rising pandemic

[Dannyalcatraz]

A thing: “Terminal” is poor word choice. A condition can be terminal while having an expected end of life anywhere from hours to months to years. I had a cat with progressive kidney failure that was in this state.

Certainly.

My maternal grandmother was diagnosed with terminal cancer and was told to go home and put her affairs in order.

...ten years later, she died on Christmas.

I was just pointing out a difference in how using carefully chosen words in a stressful situation differs from being cavalier with your language.

 

[GreyLord]

So, Dungeon of the Mad Mage was just not working as great for us. We ended up in Skullport and decided to end it there. Instead, going for a more narrative system and started on the FFG Star Wars RPG in a campaign. First session went Great! Primarily using Edge of Empire with other books open if people want.

We have a Wookie Jedi Apprentice player
A Bounty Hunter
A Smuggler
A Droid Medic
and an Ace Pilot.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

So, Dungeon of the Mad Mage was just not working as great for us.

I've run this! We kind of put it on pause indefinitely, as they leveled up to fast, as I was trying to make the fights interesting.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

So, in my county today, we have another death, and 3,585 cases overall. Keeps going up.

 

[ad_hoc]

So, in my county today, we have another death, and 3,585 cases overall. Keeps going up.

Sounds like quite the outbreak.

Hope you're safe.

Luckily we only have 25 or so cases in my area.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Sounds like quite the outbreak.

Hope you're safe.

Luckily we only have 25 or so cases in my area.

It is a big outbreak. People won't stay home or wear masks. Marijuana dealers are considered essential here, and are still open.

I'm safe. I've stayed home for 3 months, now. I wish we could be opening up, but these people won't stay home, making me have to longer.

Lucky.

 

[ad_hoc]

It is a big outbreak. People won't stay home or wear masks. Marijuana dealers are considered essential here, and are still open.

I'm safe. I've stayed home for 3 months, now. I wish we could be opening up, but these people won't stay home, making me have to longer.

Lucky.

They're considered essential here too. As well as liquor stores.

Cant just cut people off from the drugs they're accustomed to taking/using.

 

[NotAYakk]

The practical alternative to considering them essential is accepting bootlegging/smuggling. And that would probably spread it faster than official stores.

 

[Umbran]

Cant just cut people off from the drugs they're accustomed to taking/using.

Alcohol DTs are not to be sneezed at - they can send you to the hospital. When this started, the idea of having all the detoxing alcoholics show up just as surges of covid-19 hit was a pretty horrible scenario.

 

[Deset Gled]

The practical alternative to considering them essential is accepting bootlegging/smuggling. And that would probably spread it faster than official stores.

I'd also point out that when people try to cut their own hair, they occasionally end up looking goofy for a while. When people try to make alcohol in their bathtub, they occasionally go blind.

Here in PA, they shut down the liquor stores at the start of quarantine, but beer stores were considered "essential" and stayed open. I thought that was weird, but no more weird that the fact that PA already requires them to be two different stores (and beer can't be sold at most supermarkets and no convenience stores).