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Why Not Both? (ttrpg.network)
submitted 1 month ago by ahdok@ttrpg.network to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network
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“Alcohol is a mild poison” has been a house rule within my extended roleplaying circles for a long time. It fits well into almost any setting or metaphysics, and allows you to do interesting things with intoxication.

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[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 156 points 1 month ago

Sorry it's been so long, I've been rather busy and have had less time to draw (I'm planning/prepping a wedding.) - I hope to get back on the wagon again though.

Anyway, here's a bonus Konsi.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 38 points 1 month ago

Woohoo! Conga-rats!

Conga rats

[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Welcome back!

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Cannedtuna? You don't happen to do anything with The Elders Scrolls on YouTube, do you?

[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Nah. Is there someone by that name on YT?

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah The Cantina which is a play on well canned tuna.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

planning a wedding seems only appropriate. My congratulations to you and your fiancé!

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 28 points 1 month ago

It's going well, I think. We're on top of it. I'm not panicking.

There's a Konsi in the invitation art. I'll colour her in so y'all can spot her.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago

What's with the comb/moustache? :D

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 18 points 1 month ago

Heraldry be like that sometimes.

[-] CalamityEmu@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 month ago

That is the best wedding invite ever. Congrats!

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago

Congratulations on the wedding ~planning!~

[-] cactopuses@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Congrats on the wedding! :D

[-] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

Congrats on your wedding!

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Congratulations on the wedding! Welcome back! Konsi would speed run the 5 stages of grief again if she knew how many of us desperately miss her when she is gone. :)

[-] TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 month ago

Congratulations for the wedding!

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Welcome back :3

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

SHE'S BACK

INJECT THE CUTENESS INTO MY VEINS

sorry the withdrawal has been difficult

[-] grillgamesh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 1 month ago

"alcohol is a mild poison"

...... it actually is though? its even defined as such in medical texts I've read.

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 37 points 1 month ago

Oh yes, although with roleplaying setting metaphysics, it's probably good to define this to be true if you're using it in your game. (To make sure it interacts with the rules correctly and has the right keywords etc etc.)

For example if you cast "detect poison" do you detect bottles of alcohol, or a hidden wine cellar, etc etc. If your DM has never considered whether or not alcohol is a poison it probably wouldn't occur to them to mention it, but if they have then they might!

[-] Malgas@beehaw.org 10 points 1 month ago

Hmmm. It's often said that the difference between medicine and poison is a matter of dosage.

Which means that you could potentially use lesser restoration to kill someone who is receiving mundane treatments for a lethal disease.

Or, heck, consumed in sufficiently large doses, even water can be toxic.

[-] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

That relationship is why in every edition but fifth, healing is necromancy, and why Heal and Harm are identical in 3rd/pf, because they're the same fundamentally, you just had to tweak the settings on one to get the other.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 month ago

I think I'd go for intent mattering for detect spells, but having it still work with healing.

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 month ago

I like that kind of thing in a lot of settings, especially more philosophical or metaphorical settings.

DnD always feels to me like it's a world where the metaphysics are defined by the players having an hour long argument at the table about "what RAW says", while people look up rules in books. Back in my 3.5 days, someone would manage to find a ruling in an obscure 3rd party book, in 4th edition, you'd find some hard definition in the source material. In 5th edition, someone will find a tweet from Crawford, and the table will agree it's stupid and decide the opposite is always true.

For my experiences in D&D, the question of "whether x counts as y" is a definition that sticks to the universe itself - there aren't many examples of metaphysics in D&D where the answer varies by intent. (I'm sure there are some though!)

Caveat: As with everything I say about D&D rules and definitions, this is not advice, just how I think of things, and the objective correct answer is always "whatever works at your table."

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Perhaps it needs to be 190 proof like ever clear to count as a poison.

[-] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 month ago

This comic is what hooked me to Lemmy when i started lurking (two?)years ago. Just made an account, so I can finally say how much I like it!! Konsi and co. are adorable and were greatly missed. Glad to see you back and congrats on the wedding :)

[-] ahdok@ttrpg.network 17 points 1 month ago

Thanks so much, it means a lot to artists to hear this kind of thing :)

It's going to be hectic in the next few months, so I may be a bit sporadic, but everything will be back to normal by the end of October, and I should be able to knuckle down and focus on drawing a lot more!

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 18 points 1 month ago

Yippee I missed these

[-] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This reminds me of a minor plot point from “if I pay thee not in gold”, a book I read many many years ago that helped form some of my moral framework. Imho, go read it, it isn’t -that good- as it’s rather superficial and they could have done a fuckton of more interesting shit with the way that universe works, but it also isn’t that long; couple hundred pages in big font like my copy, and it’s about women with magic! But only conjuration magic. And only women, for very specific, logical, and understandable plot reasons that don’t make a person want to hurl! And it’s largely about personal growth due to sex with demons!

Anyway, because they can conjure things and then dismiss them at will, the poor quarters bars are all conjured alcohol, so if any problems arise they can instantly sober up their patrons.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

KHONSI

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

YES YES YES NEW KONSI

[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

You LIVE! Welcome back, I was wondering what ever happened to this comic.

[-] squaresinger@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Didn't know these were on Lemmy! Love it!

[-] puppycat 3 points 1 month ago

yay i love this art! <3

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