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  1. Helena Real

    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Short but incredibly cool one-shot. (Against the Odds playtest session)
  2. Helena Real

    Dragonlance Tasslehoff's Pouches of Everything Now On Fantasy Grounds!

    This is awesome! #LongLiveTheLance
  3. Helena Real

    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Epic as all naughty word, arrr! (Rapscallion, final session of a three-shot)
  4. Helena Real

    D&D 5E Advanced D&D or "what to minimally fix in 5E?"

    I lowkey love this SO much. I still have friends that sadly only play 5e, but I can't summon the will to run it for them anymore. I've been searching everywhere for a "sensible" 5e (killing any and all sacred cows in service of ease-of-use) and this is the best attempt I've seen in a while...
  5. Helena Real

    AI Art Removed From Upcoming Terminator RPG Book

    Well, you're ignoring the first thing I said: created by humans. Collage made by humans = Art (inspo + craft). The same with remixes and reedits and all the other strawmen you set up. My qualifications are being a professional writer for 15 years, friend and lover to many real artists, and a...
  6. Helena Real

    AI Art Removed From Upcoming Terminator RPG Book

    In short? No, it isn't. Art = Inspiration + Craft. "AI" could in a very special case have Inspiration (although it usually never does), whereas it never has Craft. You didn't draw or paint that; a LLM just stole bits and pieces from other artists' work to patchwork-like join them in a single...
  7. Helena Real

    AI Art Removed From Upcoming Terminator RPG Book

    I'm really happy they did this and I hope more people give this game a chance if only because of this. "AI" (LLMs really) is not and can not ever be art. Art can only be created by humans.
  8. Helena Real

    Jennell Jaquays posthumously wins SFWA Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award

    I'm really happy for Jenelle and her wife. She was such an influential figure in our hobby, and an incredibly inspiration for all of us queer game designers 🥺🖤. I hope she gets all the awards she didn't get in life.
  9. Helena Real

    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Setup complete and characters created. (Session Zero of a Against the Odds playtest two-shot)
  10. Helena Real

    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Cathartically horrifying all the way. (Bluebeard's Bride)
  11. Helena Real

    MichaelSomething's 4E Comeback special

    Sadly I have the 9th occupied but, if not, I would've joined in a heartbeat. Good luck! ☺
  12. Helena Real

    D&D 5E Help me understand & find the fun in OC/neo-trad play...

    The thing is that, at least in my anecdotal experience, OC/neo-trad players usually do not come from a TTRPG background. Instead, they come from text roleplay on places like deviantART originally, and nowadays on Discord. I participated in one of these recently and it's fascinating how they...
  13. Helena Real

    D&D 5E Help me understand & find the fun in OC/neo-trad play...

    Something else I wanted to say but forgot in my first post (and I don't where to add it, so that's why I'm writing it here) is that PCs in OC/neo-trad, the way I see it, have to be, most of all, vehicles for drama. It's not about PCs getting more powerful; instead, it's about creating characters...
  14. Helena Real

    D&D 5E Help me understand & find the fun in OC/neo-trad play...

    I'm still reading the thread, so someone may have said this already, but OC/neo-trad as it is defined here is how I've been trying to play since I started roleplaying, back in 2001, so it's not something new. And it doesn't have to do with PC empowerment only; I love it and I'm mostly a forever...
  15. Helena Real

    Homebrew A5E Character Sheet - Google Sheets

    Hi! No, I was just confirming whether this was the latest version or not. Thanks a lot for all your work! ☺
  16. Helena Real

    D&D General When did you leave D&D? Why? For what game? And what brought you back?

    The first time I left D&D (2nd Ed), I left for Vampire The Masquerade. For a couple of years I exclusively ran or played in WoD 1.0 games. Then I felt the itch to play something fantasy-related (I always oscillate between epic fantasy and goth stuff). I discovered D&D 3.0 (and then 3.5) and...
  17. Helena Real

    Homebrew A5E Character Sheet - Google Sheets

    Thanks so much for this! Any updates? ☺️
  18. Helena Real

    A question about Highlander

    Highlander was (and still is) one of my life-long obsessions. Its world always felt so mysterious and cool. I ran a one-shot using a fan made adaptation to WoD 1.0 rules back in the day and it was lots of fun. I remember someone creating a more in-depth version for WoD 2.0 rules that I read but...
  19. Helena Real

    Spoilers X-Men '97 spoilers

    So much YES on the Cyclops restoration. I missed the team leader and main heartthrob SO much from the Fox-Men. Don't get me wrong: I love Wolverine, but for me Scott and Jean will always be the main couple, the heart and soul of the X-Men 🖤
  20. Helena Real

    Spoilers X-Men '97 spoilers

    Well, that was one awesome season finale if I ever saw one. This felt SO good. I'm happy to have read somewhere that we'll get season 2 and potentially 3 of this, so I can only wait with baited breath until we get a release date. All the wonderful cameos in this episode made me wish for an...
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