Doubt is natural. But remember what you were taught in school? Multiple choice? Always go with your first impression. No new information? No reason to challenge that.
Finished my run through of Pokemon Yellow last night when I got the last TM. Now I have all the tools ready for Sun/Moon, including a Mew with Soft-Boiled.
P. Luna: From the future?! This is most serious, Lyra. We must get to the bottom of this post-haste! Tis a shame such a dreadful occurrence would fall upon this day of merriment.
Lyra: I don’t think you understand, your highness.
P. Luna: Have you the benefit of knowledge on this subject? Please, enlighten us as to the nature of this dash- is it of the Rainbow variety? And upon what am I to withhold our voice upon so as to avoid its “eyesore”? Lyra: I our? P. Luna: Eye hour? I-We said… Oh… Heh heh heh. Lyra: You’re a- P. Luna: Hahaha! Lyra: You’re breaking character your majesty! P. Luna: AH HAHAHAHAHA! Lyra: Hahaha!
P. Luna: Oh I so love participating in this every year! So much fun to overact!
Lyra: And I love having you here! Thank you so much for flying out here every year!
P. Luna: Wouldn’t miss it for the world!
Muffins: Yes! It is I, Lyra Unicorn-! Lyra: No M. It says who you- Muffins: And I absolutely love humans! I would never give up on my search and study to prove they exist-! And possibly become one. It is my passion in life that completely ignores my cutie mark. I also love to sit on benches and walk on my hindlegs! I do it all the time and they are integral parts of what makes me, me! I have nearly no noticeable interest in music and sometimes wear a hoodie and pretend nopony knows who I am! I’d love to go party with you, but I have to slip past my girlfriend Bon-Bon, who I am only depicted arguing with, and go emulate humans to a maddening, obsessive degree- for no explainable reason!
There’s this awesome little frontier-sounding track that plays when you
ride a horse in the region of Serendia in the game Black Desert Online. And that’s what this post was
supposed to be about. Kinda lost focus and just started talking about the game. That’s all after the break now. The track is what I was trying to highlight.
Lyra: Because he doesn’t want to risk interfering with his sister’s life.
Bon-Bon: That doesn’t make any sense
Lyra: It makes perfect sense. He doesn’t want to be a burden.
Bon-Bon: That makes less sense. We burden ourselves with others everyday. He’s not even going to give his sister the choice?
Lyra: The choice is already a burden. She’s fine. It’s better this way.
Bon-Bon: Does it feel better?
Lyra: It’s not supposed to feel better. It’s selfless. It’s right.
Bon-Bon: It’s selfishly denying family an opportunity. If he would really drag her down, which I highly doubt, then it’s her right to make that choice.
Lyra: You don’t understand. You never grew up rejected. Shielding others from yourself is how you show you care.
Bon-Bon: No, Lyra. I don’t think you understand what it means to have a family. I hope you never deny me a choice like that.
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Tread carefully whelp, you have much to overcome.
I completely forgot Jake was a shaman. It’s not really mentioned in DMS.
2) “I don’t think it’s catching on,“ Milhouse lamented, “Maybe Bart was right…“ Nelson scoffed, “Bart is a quitter. The only things he’s good at are the things he’s done well right away. That’s not a measure of anything.“ Milhouse felt Nelson’s’ arms wrap gently around him, followed by a peck on his cheek. “These things take time,“ Nelson continued, “Just pace yourself and chans will be plastered with your face before you know it. You’ll be famous!“ Milhouse could feel his face redden, “You really thinks so?“ A hard slap across Milhouse back preceded Nelson’s response, “Are you calling me wrong?!“ Milhouse reached his hands up and nervously adjusted his glasses, “No sir!“ Nelson’s arms relaxed around Milhouse again, “Good. Make me proud. You don’t have to succeed, but it would be better if you did.“
3) I might be. Don’t know if it’ll happen though.
You’re right about the background! And I’ve never even thought about changing it. I love it so much!
in regards to things like morality-alignments like chaotic-good/true neutral/lawful evil how do you determine what counts as lawful, or chaotic, or even good or evil? is it the perspective & intentions of individual being assigned a designation, such that they could be chaotic good while doing evil things if they truly believe that it’s right or is it an assignment solely from the observer’s viewpoint?
lawful follows strict rules e.g. devils are lawful evil due to their adherence to contracts and the like whereas chaotic is more of a “do what you feel” instinctual approach to things
i’d be inclined to say good/evil are from an objective standpoint due to the fact that angels lose their connection to their deity if they commit an evil act even if it’s unintentional or they’ve been tricked into doing so
good and evil also occupy a pretty broad spectrum of acts
a good character will, at least sometimes, go out of their way to help people
an evil character will act in a selfish manner and only do what’s right for them even if it means destroying lives to further their goals
a neutral character will just sort of go with the flow, helping themselves but not at the expense of others
As a strong proponent for “there is no cosmic good and evil” there is one important thing to remember. D&D exists in worlds where gods exist and war against one another, within view of mortals, and empower their followers with fractions of their strength. Good and evil are factions. A character could mean well and still do something evil from the perspective of another. It’s all about whether they act in a way that good supports, or the way evil supports, regardless of what the individual supports. This is further evidenced by the existence of things like chaotic good gods (instead of chaotic meaning the rejection of).