Gregory Lella (he/him/his)

@alwaystheself It's more likely small bone fragments. As for the wreckage, implosions are often caused by a single or a few points of structural failure. Large sections that didn't fail could also have survived intact, especially if they were critical, strong structural components.

@alwaystheself I doubt they are reffering to whole body parts, but it's possible. Small bits of debris may be blown clear of an implosion. They recovers intact work gloves and other intact things when USS Thresher imploded. It's possible some elements of human remains survived in that way.

@patrickklepek If it was just because physical was obsolete that would be fine. The problem is with digital, studious have become comfortable with releasing utterly unfinished games.

I wonder if, eventually, nearly all physical releases eventually become a form of vinyl for video games. The expectation is that you buy it digital upfront, and then purchase a physical copy, produced later, if it’s something you want represented in your home.

@arielmaelambe Yes, to me that's cultural history.

I'm a historian. I do history. I might use a novel as a source, but generally as a primary source for the purpose of writing history. Am I allowed to take a canonical novel and propose new *literary* analysis of a central motif? For a semi-historical piece I'm writing? Be blunt.

@redwyrmofficial Thank you!

@redwyrmofficial A mysterious man in the Outland tries to sell the party a stolen Modron spelljammer helm.

The 6yo DM wants to help make your plot hooks better. If you give him a plot hook, he will give you some ways to make it more fun. #dnd

@redwyrmofficial Oh my God, that's amazing lol

@greglella The pyramid Modron stole it from the sphere modron and the modron wars are about to begin.

Shout out to this terrifying mechanical camera monster that keeps buzzing back and forth over the faculty section trying to behead us #naugrad

@_danigilbert A napping chair that reclines, as my office has too awkward of a shape for a couch lol

@HollyEvanMarie Yeah if it's published or presented you should, in fact if you're making a similar point to, building off of, or using a previous argument to support your current argument then I think it's required.

can i cite myself in a dissertation chapter?

@redwyrmofficial He's so cute. But it seems like he's been five years old for quite some time!

Conversations with the 5yo DM: 5yo DM: I have started carving my spells on stone tablets so fire won’t destroy them. Me: Let me see. What spell is this? 5yo DM: Glyph of Warding #dnd

Thank you so much!!

People on the job market: CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS. Job talk invitations end up in my spam box because SBU's email has decided anyone with emailing from that university's domain is a spammer.

It's outrageous. I never would have gotten to defense without the CIE. They've done more marginalized students than any other office on this campus. Please sign this open letter and tell Admin not to cripple the CIE! docs.google.com/document/d/1XU…

@redwyrmofficial There probably are, but my party has never met them. No one has asked to play a half tabaxi.

The 5yo DM wants to know… Do you have half-tabaxi in your world?

@redwyrmofficial Of course, afterwards I was told that Baldurs Gate III had a very similar start and I was slightly frustrated, but it was still very fun lol

@redwyrmofficial I actually did something similar to a "jail start" recently, I had characters abducted by Neogi and wake up in a Neogi Spelljammer. It worked because it wasn't a surprised, the premise of the campaign was "abducted by aliens" and so the players built their characters around it.

Hot take: Why I don’t like starting in prison. 🧵 1. It removes player agency in the name of an “exciting” start to a campaign. I want to know why my character is in prison. Why didn’t they fight? Runaway? Sneak away? Persuade the guards? Deceive the guards? Die fighting? 1/x

@redwyrmofficial Size matters not.

Conversations with the 5yo DM: 5yo DM: Would a Stone Giant Jedi be able to use the force to pick up bigger rocks than a smaller Jedi? Me: Good question. I don’t know. 5yo DM: Can you ask Twitter people for me? #starwars

@HN2DM Yes, and my players had more fun. They had an interesting plan that took place over two rounds to finish it off, they successfully out thought the enemy boss, and I wanted their plan to come to fruition rather than killing it early.

Today's DM Question: Confession time! Have you ever increased a monster's HP or damage in the middle of a fight because your players were absolutely slaughtering it? Would you do it again? #ttrpg #dailydmq