MoonSong
Rules-lawyering drama queen but not a munchkin
Fate, BESM, 5e or even homebrew?
D&D and the rising pandemic
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Azzy
ᚳᚣᚾᛖᚹᚢᛚᚠ (He/Him)
Yes on Fate, no on BESM. However, if you put the time and effort into it, you could create you own BESM (or other not-currently supported system). It's not as simple as using an existing system, but it can be done. Yes, it allows you to do homebrew—from game system to adding things to existing systems.
abirdcall
(she/her)
The USA just hit over 200 000 cases.
They are now the country with the highest death rate in the world.
New York state has a population of 20 million and has over 85 000 cases alone. That is a density of cases of 4250 per million. That is over twice what Italy has, the country which currently has the most deaths.
Social distancing is so important.
Our D&D games are now fully online. The bad news is that I'm not a huge fan of adding technology to D&D. The good news is that we're now playing 1x/week rather than 1x/every 2 weeks. So silver linings.
They are now the country with the highest death rate in the world.
New York state has a population of 20 million and has over 85 000 cases alone. That is a density of cases of 4250 per million. That is over twice what Italy has, the country which currently has the most deaths.
Social distancing is so important.
Our D&D games are now fully online. The bad news is that I'm not a huge fan of adding technology to D&D. The good news is that we're now playing 1x/week rather than 1x/every 2 weeks. So silver linings.
Enevhar Aldarion
Hero
Reported death rate is not the same as actual death rate, unfortunately, as we will probably never know how many actually died from this in places like Iran or China.
abirdcall
(she/her)
While true, do you think the current death rate is still that high in China?
I think the number of deaths that have happened in China is likely much higher than what was reported. I have not heard that there are currently a lot of people dying. Maybe that information is not readily available.
Regardless, the point stands. The outbreak in the USA is expanding at an exponential rate. It is not slowing down any time soon.
It is hitting New York hard and will be hitting many other states just as hard soon.
Enevhar Aldarion
Hero
Considering everything coming out of Wuhan about the vast number of urns of peoples' ashes, that city by itself may actually have had 50k+ die from this and not the "official" countrywide number of under 4000 deaths.
Though when this is all over, the US will probably have more actual deaths from this than China's real numbers, even if our death rate is only 1% of cases. The rate may be lower that than once we have the time and ability to test anitbodies to see who had it and recovered and never reported being sick.
abirdcall
(she/her)
Yeah a lot of deaths won't be included in the statistics.
Collateral deaths are going to be a big thing too. People who need hospital care for other issues but won't be able to get it are going to start dying as well.
Enevhar Aldarion
Hero
Talking of collateral deaths, I am seriously worried about the poor in places like India. How many will starve to death because of the lockdowns, but will not be counted?
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