I’m with you, I don’t get the draw - I’m not a fan of the clutter it would cause but whatever floats their boat, it’s not sinking mine :P.

I feel like it’s the same as collecting shoes or purses - fashion/collecting just of something else. The abe meme is spot on.

Wholesome AF. Enjoying the discussion.

My comment was 10,000% sarcasm. Of course they don’t add jobs, trickledown economics is a complete crock of shit lol

Bahahaha I felt that I didn’t have to add /s to the end of that, I was obviously wrong…

My take? The issue I have with the mega rich is that they (generalization here) aren’t playing by the same rules as you or I. I don’t have an issue, with not paying all of your employees 6 figures. Different jobs, skills, training, and capabilities are (and should be) worth different amounts of money. It’s important that people with good ideas, or business capabilities have avenues of expanding, bettering themselves, and enjoying the fruits of their labor.

When you pay money to write rules that are favorable to you, you become the problem. Money in politics is the problem. Imo, that has enabled all of this. Don’t have good healthcare? Likely it was lobbied for because someone wanted more money. Stuck in prison? Oh yeah, money in politics got you there. Minimum wage hasn’t kept up with inflation? Something, something trickledown-bullshit, money in politics. Kids killed in school constantly? Oh you know…FUCKING MONEY IN POLITICS.

Favorable can be lobbying against health & safety or environmental regulations because it impacts your bottom line. It is donating to political campaigns for tax cuts (you know, fucking bribery). It’s blocking minimum wage hikes to secure your bottom line.

All of that said, how people sleep at night with absurd amounts of money and minimal charity is disgusting. I don’t fault someone for enjoying an oppulant lifestyle…I do fault someone for Scrooge McDucking and hoarding cash…for what? Bragging rights? Power?

TLDR: be gaddamn ethical about it.

That’s not a dog…it’s a raccoon! Oh my god, look at that raccoon wearing a hat!

But if they lose money they can’t invest it and create jobs.

Bahaha nice catch.

I adore classic dungeon crawls & this looks like a blast. My group really dislikes mega dungeons…or really any dungeon… they’re weird people but they’re my weird people <3.

That is absolutely hilarious. They should’ve offered him @twitter in exchange, it would only be fair…

10:10 wholesome response.

Just blocked the reddit@lemmy.world and my feed is soooo much better.

Really frustrating that all of those above was spammed into all of those communities.

Just rewatched this with my wife the other day, such a good movie!

This is the most interesting one I’ve read so far.

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe this year is the year I make the same jump. Really good, practical use of the tool.

Dedication. Hopefully you used a script lol

I really like this, the scarcity aspects are a nice twist. I especially like the ability to easily share with the party via savable link.

While a little off topic for a cost & scarcity standpoint, Ive found using ChatGPT is a fantastic brainstorming tool for on-the spot/ interesting shops.

I use this template for pretty good results for our settings:

Using the D&D 5th edition rules, please provide the name of the shop, a succinct description of the outside and inside, shop owner description (include gender and race), their name, and one or two unique items the players could obtain from the shop from the following prompts:

Shop themes: random

Shop specialty: Dried food

Part of town the shop is located in: outskirts of town

Love it. Simple & elegant.

To build on the idea, if a bookshelf doesn’t fit the vibe of the area you could use light hitting crystal prisms that put out color, that the party could rotate to get the right color alignment or have them shine their light on the door or a spot on the wall or floor.

6 is doable but I find i have to spend more conscious efforts ensuring everyone stays engaged. It can be easy to zone out or feel left out when 5 other people have things they want to accomplish. If you feel like you can have a good effective zero session where you talk through your thoughts on the larger group to make sure everyone is aligned it should be ok… I could imagine with 6 randos it might be a challenge, but idk, I’ve always played with friends in-person or online so take my perspective with some grains of salt :P.