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Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

@Dynamo Frokane

Which is my point, that everyone has their niche appeal, but all of it has to deal with who they are speaking to, how they are saying it, and what they are saying. In the case of Lauren Southern, as with any of the other names, I could not tell you anything about her because I do not listen to her, just as I do not listen to any of the others; she has as little of my ear as Alex Jones or Milo Yiannopoulos does. In fact if it were not for the sole truth people constantly complain about her being, and I quote, an "Alt-Right blonde white woman", I wouldn't know who she is at all; the name would have no value to me, just as the fact I would have no idea Ben Shapiro is Jewish if people hadn't begun blasting him for supporting Donald Trump as a Jew.

It seems fairly clear the only ones who care that she has "sex appeal" are the ones constantly screaming at the top of their lungs about her being that. For myself I find this laden with a heavy dose of irony, that it seems to be acceptable racism and sexism - claiming she is only successful because she's white and a woman - more than the fact she's an online personality and political activist from the Right-wing in the middle of a heated divide between two ideologies where it is relatively easy to get famous as a "Hero of the Right" by so much as beating a bunch of roleplaying communist ninjas with a stick or being a Fed-Ex man who puts out a burning American flag.

And yes, I will gleefully play down the "effect of optics" as I can point to any list of the so-called "Alt-Right" and say appearance or history makes for pretty minor impact with these people, as I already noted. No less, it bears mention again I have stated previously while the sexual attraction factor assuredly exists, it is probably not the fact she rose to fame at all. Having a pretty face reliably will help someone than not, but claiming that is all they are, not what they say or do? Blatant double standard.

As an addendum,

The know exactly who the alt right is but they cant acknowledge them because it hurts their arguments. I long gave up on trying to find common ground with dishonest people.

No, some of us do not actually hold them as messiah or even follow anyone, let alone their word as "Right-wing gospel". The only dishonesty going on here is your willful labeling of people who you believe to sympathize with "white nationalists" and attempting to leverage that belief as the lone truth when I doubt any significant number of people here, let alone the "Alt-Right", are white nationalists. To date I personally am relegated to a "part" of that tribal divide and made into the "other" and I have still yet to meet a single "true" Alt-Righter who embodies any of the supposed qualities, be them seeing other races as lesser, to wanting an ethno-state, to flying any colors but the United States' flag or the Gadsden battle flag.

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

I chose my quotations with purpose, because if you believe even tangentially any of what the new wave of conservatism believes, as in not the stereotyped "Republican in Name Only" types, you are now suddenly "Alt-Right" no matter what you believe or admit to being a skeptic of. By your own account you list a great number of people who are not entirely wrong in their assumptions even, be it the fact that there is suggestion the Charlottesville driver was originally attempting to leave to the fact some embrace the "Alt-Right" title, even to the point of parody like organizations as the "Alt-Knights" or the Kekistanis. Not to retread ground that you already just gave in added confirmation of this, I will note it is simply proof that there is a glaring double standard.

It is easy, convenient, and expedient to call one group all Alt-Right and throw everyone into it from the New Right, the "Alt-Right" as I said, to the actual Alt-Right. I have discussed this at great length previously in this very topic, but my point here and now is that is essentially lifting from one and placing it upon them that which is not theirs, but denying the other openly embraces the identities and ideologies labeled on them by the number.

No less, please cease attempting to pretend I own any political faction as my own because I "prefer them". I would as soon throw anyone claiming to be the Right-wing under the turning wheels, McCain, Bannon, Scaramucci, et al., at their failure to my standards as I would anyone on the Left-wing if we had or have overlap. No one is special, @Pepperm1nts.

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

Probably pretty marginal considering people actually listen to Alex Jones, Ben Shapiro, Paul Joseph Watson, Milo Yiannopoulos, Rush Limbaugh, among others, all of whom share some more or less overlap to varying extents, and none of whom would be considered "attractive" by conventional standards in addition to being all called "out of their minds", @Dynamo Frokane. I am going to err on the side reality where it probably helps increase their numbers and base, having a pretty face, but state it likely has much more to do with what they are saying, how they are saying it, and who it is being said to.

As an unrelated note for the record, @Pepperm1nts, I have heard fewer complaints about the behavior of the extreme social justice warriors than I have the "Alt-Right" disavowing actual white nationalists and Neo-Nazis. So if we wish to make comparisons about who by the numbers adopts which mantra more, or is at least more sympathetic to, probably goes without saying the modern prevalent Left-wing as a whole probably buys into the "hate speech" is a thing notion or that "words are violence" significantly more than the independents and for sure the Right-wing. There are plenty of videos where not just students getting interviewed betray the fact they believe those principals exist, no matter how nonsensical they might be, and not just from Ben Shapiro or Steven Crowder either.

D&D 5e -- The Lost Children

That is correct.

Falling Unconscious
If damage reduces you to 0 hit points and fails to kill you, you fall unconscious. This unconsciousness ends if you regain any hit points.

SRD

Death is a strange quasi-state now where you are at zero hit points, unconscious, and rolling to stabilize and awaken in d4 hours or die. Unless of course you roll a natural 20 and suddenly you are back up at 1. So this said the positive news is, is that he isn't as bad off, but the bad news is, is that he is still very much dying.

How to get interest in your interest checks?

The truth is with interest checks on the Roleplayer Guild is the genre, the category, and then when it is posted that matters the most. First, the most popular topics tend to be of the fandoms, fantasy, superhero, school, or anime variety, particularly in the casual section, but free as well; the other sections narrow your audience greatly. Lastly, there is a general cycle of activity that flows with the current of the education system and colleges, meaning activity dips particularly low during the usual exam periods.

This one should try to keep in mind, but then comes the topic itself. Players tend toward a topic that is easy to read, familiar, with maybe a few paragraphs and then bullet point style details. A long introduction, higher reading level, excess fluff or detail, or lack of what you specifically want or do not want makes it less likely to receive the attention it might well deserve; think of it as an advertisement for a product, almost.

Last, though not least at all, you might need to "bump" the topic per day or so as prospective members tend to look for and through the first few pages more than anything else. This all said, there is a bit of a game involved and hopefully this insight will see you further off than where you were.

Hello There

Welcome to the Roleplayer Guild, @Rokoran. There is a fairly lively tabletop community here on the forums, as well as many other fantasy freeform topics. As a genre it tends to have a large audience here so much so that once you find yourself in a better place to commit further to topics and create your own, you are likely to see a reasonable amount of success. That said, if you ever have questions, feel free to ask away of just about anyone on the forum - we are all by and large quite willing to assist.

Post a random fact about yourself.

The only furniture I own or care for is dark wood and of the espresso variety.

Introductions

Greetings, @Bacchus, seeing as you are new to play-by-post roleplaying, be sure to ask away if questions arise. There are a great number of those who are willing to assist here on the Roleplayer Guild so you are in no shortage. That said, my advice is to browse around and develop a feel for what you have interest in, perhaps even log on to the Discord and get a lay of the land there as well, all that sort of good business.

D&D 5e - Hoard of the Dragon Queen

I put something forward, even if it is still awaiting another to come inform Brannor. If anything can be gleaned from now starting to try to note and discern the various ranks and qualities of the cultist's army, please do let me know, @Hekazu.

D&D 5e - Hoard of the Dragon Queen

The hunter paid little mind to his two accompany "fellows", if anything he kept to himself and spoke little. Whatever work they told him to do, he simply did without complaint or protest, following exactly to the detail; no questions asked, no information given. It seemed to do well the trick as it were, that they only stayed around him out of fear he might be a danger. Rightfully so the tall man, gritty in tactic and technique, was unquestionably a threat in plain sight, of which some knew directly. Few slaves were anything of competent combatants or more and it seemed as one well imagined most were just common folk thrown into the place of thralls.

Performing at a steady pace the outlander never was hasty or urgent in his tasks for them, granting his captors neither the pleasure of his hand at their work nor the joy of reprimanding him for resistance. This too came to give a reward of sorts, that the cult's guards became less and less on edge toward him, until two often became one or he was left under the ward of some other taskmasters. At times Brannor's mind wandered toward exploiting their weakness, when they would be drinking or babbling amongst themselves; that a carelessly left weapon just in reach could be used to cut them down. How tempting it were to strike whenever the back was turned or their lips took in more ale from almost assuredly pilfered goods.

The phrase, "Hurry up." was all that could enter his mind, especially as now and then he noted his companions going about their own work under their own disguises. Some earning strange glances from the more senior cultists, which began to develop a clearer pattern to the hunter; many of these people were undisciplined, but others? Others were not just in this for whatever promise the cult had beyond its dragon and the loot they took, like all of that which they stole from Greenest, but instead followed its dogma. Some actually believed in this madness, this corrupting shadow born under leathery and scaled wings.

It returned him to the felling stroke his hand issued upon one of them but a night before, a memory that only further urged the wilder to pursue this mission more. In fact, it was what spurred him to keep more an eye on them as he toiled.

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