D&D and the rising pandemic

[J.Quondam]

On gaming and covid...
I recently finally got my hands on Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft. I don't have much of a background in the material, since i skipped the setting in previous editions, so aside from Barovia, it's all new to me! I'm reading it in little chunks every night before I sleep. For the most part, i'm enjoying it.

Last night, I got to the section on Richemulot, the domain of plague. Strangely for me, I found myself vaguely discomfited by the concept of the place. Of course I've heard of others becoming upset about references to epidemics in movies or books or whatnot, but this was the first time something like that happened to me in some small way.

 

[niklinna]

On gaming and covid...
I recently finally got my hands on Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft. I don't have much of a background in the material, since i skipped the setting in previous editions, so aside from Barovia, it's all new to me! I'm reading it in little chunks every night before I sleep. For the most part, i'm enjoying it.

Last night, I got to the section on Richemulot, the domain of plague. Strangely for me, I found myself vaguely discomfited by the concept of the place. Of course I've heard of others becoming upset about references to epidemics in movies or books or whatnot, but this was the first time something like that happened to me in some small way.

Torg Eternity, a game with separate parts of the world exhibiting different genre tropes, debuted with their Pan-Pacifica cosm feature a "contagion" that basically imitates a zombie plague. They've been releasing cosm-specific sourcebooks and this will be the last...with the contagion much less prominent, last I heard.

 

[Ryujin]

Torg Eternity, a game with separate parts of the world exhibiting different genre tropes, debuted with their Pan-Pacifica cosm feature a "contagion" that basically imitates a zombie plague. They've been releasing cosm-specific sourcebooks and this will be the last...with the contagion much less prominent, last I heard.

Having played the original TORG for several years, back when it first came out, I've been collecting the sourcebooks as they came out. Orrorsh has always been my least favourite Cosm in which to play, even before that little gem.

 

[niklinna]

Having played the original TORG for several years, back when it first came out, I've been collecting the sourcebooks as they came out. Orrorsh has always been my least favourite Cosm in which to play, even before that little gem.

Oh, yeah, I didn't even think to mention corruption—another plague-like thing in Torg's horror-genre cosm. It's such a lame mechanic (lose a point of Charisma, go below 5 you become an NPC) that could have been handled in an interesting & compelling way, and when the community said as much, the designers doubled down. "Corruption is eternal" (italics original, they wanted to be sure you got that), ooh scary, hm wait I'll just roll up a new character.

Wouldn't real life be cool if you could just roll up a new body when you got Covid (or whatever)? [Alas, the answer is probably no.]

But for the record, I've been playing in a Torg Eternity group since just before Covid dropped and really enjoying it in spite of all the rough edges.

 

[Ryujin]

Oh, yeah, I didn't even think to mention corruption—another plague-like thing in Torg's horror-genre cosm. It's such a lame mechanic (lose a point of Charisma, go below 5 you become an NPC) that could have been handled in an interesting & compelling way, and when the community said as much, the designers doubled down. "Corruption is eternal" (italics original, they wanted to be sure you got that), ooh scary, hm wait I'll just roll up a new character.

Wouldn't real life be cool if you could just roll up a new body when you got Covid (or whatever)? [Alas, the answer is probably no.]

But for the record, I've been playing in a Torg Eternity group since just before Covid dropped and really enjoying it in spite of all the rough edges.

I haven't had the chance to play yet, as my usual group has gone with the four winds, but I enjoy reading the stuff. When playing in Orrorsh, in the original game, I would always make up a new character, just for that, rather than using one of my long term characters. Roughly 50% of the time I would end up playing a Martyr Card and saving the day, when things went pear shaped. Had much more fun playing my dual .45 cal wielding Mystery Man, my Elven Monk, or my last character, a minimally cybered-up mutant Pain Weapon wielder from Tharkold.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

If antivaxxer antics at vaccination centers continues to escalate, some regions may be forced to call up the national guard.

County mandates security at Colorado vaccine clinics after reports of fireworks attack and slashed signs

Roving central Colorado with three vans, pop-up tents and folding chairs, public health workers in Jefferson County set out this spring to get coronavirus vaccines to the people who were hardest to reach. They brushed off heckling from passersby who sometimes yelled that covid-19 was a hoax or...

www.yahoo.com

 

[Zardnaar]

Well in lockdown noticed a cat hanging about. Suspected he was a stray.

Went door knocking post lockdown, flyers, FB lost and found pets and no luck. No one knows anything.

Think he's young bit thin no microchip and he isn't neutered. Snuck in through the cat door.



Would you trust this face?

Sister in law is gonna adopt him. Their kiitty crossed the rainbow bridge a few months ago and she missed having a cat during lockdown. Poor little blighter didn't time his arrival right. If he turned up earlier he could have had a home sooner.

Been feeding the little tyke he seems to be used to the concept of regular food.

 

[niklinna]

Make sure you get him his covid vax so he's microchipped! ;-)

 

[Garthanos]

There's a court case here coming up here about defence force personal protesting about mandatory vaccinations. Basically get vaccinated or lose job.

In the US we can mention that George Washington by fiat declared something similar to the troops.

 

[cmad1977]

In the US we can mention that George Washington by fiat declared something similar to the troops.

Clearly our founding fathers didn’t believe in freedums.