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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Motorskills" data-source="post: 6784473" data-attributes="member: 15921">My new player is playing a Halfling Barbarian (emotional artist-wanderer, it's quite a cool trope actually. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />)She is starting as a tavern slave-employee in the Foreigners' Tavern. Captured a year ago, she tried to escape and was only saved from execution because the tavern owner found her useful. Her bonus language is Undercommon, so she acts as a translator in the tavern. The Stone Guard captain has offered the halfling her freedom if she can capture Droki. But she has failed twice already, thus will trade the party assistance in the city, and a friendly contact in Blingdenstone in exchange for help capturing Droki, and escort to Blingdenstone.I'm hoping it will work really well.To convey the atmosphere of Gracklstugh, I'm describing it as being like the old East Germany. Cold personalities, everyone is very functional and all business (except the ones that aren't!). The Stasi are everywhere, and most folks are fearful. everyone is always looking over their shoulders. Foreigners are viewed with suspicion, and mostly need to keep to their own areas.My new player is a generation younger than me, so this comparator resonates less well with her! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />I've told her to watch The Lives of Others before the session if she can.[video=youtube;n3_iLOp6IhM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3_iLOp6IhM[/video]For the smog, I'm referencing the problems that Beijing is currently having.[video=youtube;q4DtOhe2LfQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4DtOhe2LfQ[/video]For the Derro areas, I'm not sure it quite works, but I'm thinking civil war Liberia. Terrible state of affairs, horrible crimes, complete madness and cruelty.  I'm most familiar with Operation Barras, the SAS hostage rescue raid on the West Side Boys, and the video intro gives some good image and atmospherics about the people, culture, clothing etc.[video=youtube;cvCvrEk5BLs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCvrEk5BLs[/video]</blockquote>

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