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> You approach the crowd and pull a few of them aside to ask what's happening. "A protest, silly! ...Or, maybe a riot. We haven't decided which it is yet." "Yeah, we sent Bill to go fetch a dictionary earlier so he could tell us which one's which." "Trouble is, he couldn't find a dictionary, so...

Only Doduodrio and the active Judge should post in this thread. Session 1 Start After three days' travel through rough, snowy tundra, you finally arrive at the small town of Glacierfront. Glacierfront: a quaint, rustic place where the townsfolk bundle up in log cottages and drink hot tea by...

This one's a bit bigger in scope than the last one! As before, this thread can be used for signups and discussion. Judge's Handbook (draft) Overview Adventure by Post (ABP) is a long-form storytelling game. In this game, one player (called the Quester) controls a Trainer and their partner...

You panic. How much are repairs going to cost? There's too much water to mop up. Does it have to be pumped out? Where would you even get a pump? Oh god, what about foundational damage? Is the water seeping down through the floorboards into the cement? The damage is getting worse second by...

You rub your electrified cheek against Kukui's arm. "YEOWCH!!" He cries out. Such pain! Hastily he releases you, so that he can rub the blister you gave him. How puzzling... you didn't think you delivered that much of a shock. But then you realize that he, you, and everything else in this room...

Full throttle you ride at the Professor! A trail of electricity sizzles behind you. Steadfast, Kukui holds his ground. "Rushing in, no hesitation? Attaboy! That's the spirit!" You aim a tackle for the middle of Kukui's chest. A handful of milliseconds before contact: Kukui deftly lowers his...

Tree's Battle Design Philosophy This is not a part of my ongoing series on TTRPG design. If you're only here to read TTRPG-related stuff, you can skip this. The scope of this post is entirely about the battling aspect of the discontinued version of Battle Tree. Someone in the Discord sent me a...

You fly to the door, grasp the doorknob, and yank it open. Standing at the doorstep: Professor Kukui. On his face, a flash of surprise gives way to a big smile. "Hey there, lil' fella! ...Hm? What's the matter? And, where's your Trainer?" (sprite by Beliot419) Concerned that something might be...

You tip your stingers with bright purple venom and gently, softly put their points to the paper. You write. (with trepidation at first). But as your stingers dance across the paper, you quickly discover that your nervousness is unwarranted. How beautifully you draw the letters! "Happy holidays...

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You give the washing machine a swift strike with your paw. The sound of your impact echoes throughout the room. Still, the beast rampages. Were you not clear enough? No, that can't be it. You realize it then: this one is rebelling! It ignores you because it doesn't respect you as its superior...

You press your electric cheek pouches against the beast's cold, metal body and nuzzle some volts into it. To your surprise, the washing machine drinks up your electricity like a sponge to water! It's as if its body was made for receiving electricity. Could it be a Volt Absorb user...? With a...

With some effort you nudge the basket towards the staircase. It teeters there at the edge of the topmost step. Now, once you've made sure the path is clear... you headbutt it! BONK! CRASH! THUD! WHOOSH! OUCH! ...? (after the hamper arrives on the floor, a wild, discombobulated Joltik scuttles...

Ripple the Raichu-A! :sv/raichu-alola: Picking moves Nuzzle and Extreme Speed --- For a Pokemon, life with a Trainer is a cozy arrangement. You can play whenever you feel like, eat until you're satisfied, and on days when you feel particularly lazy and your Trainer isn't home to entertain you...