I’ve been running Age of Ashes, and I ran into a situation where I had a creature placed on the map, I knew why they were there, And I knew what they were doing, but I wasn’t sure what should happen when the players opened the door and encountered them.
I improvised a version of a reaction roll, something old school D&D games would use to determine how creatures react to player characters, and it got me thinking about what a more in-depth, Pathfinder compatible reaction roll system might look like.
So, here’s what I cooked up. I wanted to share here and see if anyone had thoughts or had tried something similar in PF2 before.
Reactions and React to Party
The React to party action is used to determine a creature’s reaction to the party. It’s only used in cases where it’s not clear how the creature will react. This action references the creature’s Instinct.
Instinct
A creature’s instinct is what they want to be doing when the players interact with them. Because this doesn’t involve the player characters, you can prep this in advance when you make the creature. Think of what they’re doing right before the players interact. Think of what they would be doing if the players weren’t there.
Some example instincts include:

• To protect their young
• To hunt prey
• To forage for food
• To secure their territory
• To escape their environment
• To protect their wealth
• To obtain some item

React to Party [free action]
Trigger: A creature or group of creatures meets the player characters, and their reaction isn’t clear.
The GM rolls a secret Will save against the Diplomacy DC of a player-controlled creature.
If the player characters are not visibly armed or dangerous, this save suffers a -2 circumstance penalty.

• Critical Success: The creature takes relevant hostile actions against the party until they feel satisfied that they won’t interfere with their instinct.
• Success: The creature is alert and suspicious of the party, and they will take hostile actions if they have any reason to suspect the party might interfere with their instinct.
• Failure: The creature needs more time to study the players. Their disposition is set to Indifferent, and they’ll only respond to explicitly hostile acts.
• Critical failure: They don’t see the party as a threat to their instinct. They’ll accommodate the party until proven wrong or any explicitly hostile actions are made. Their disposition is set to Indifferent.

EDIT: Updated the critical failure effect to be less dramatic.

Trouble in turkey town is a free thanksgiving them familly friendly 5e adventure https://monsterfight5e.com/index.php/monster-fight-5e-presents-takedown-in-turkey-town/
An urban campaign mission designed for level 2-3 adventurers, trouble in turkey town is composed of an initial encounter (beware of headcrab like animated turkeys that turn people into turkey zombies),3 pathways to infiltrate a manor, and a mission to recover a cursed cornucopia within that mansion involving 2 gang factions, multiple groups of enemies including another designed encounter, and a final battle with giant turkey monster.
Other than hombrew monsters and an additional flashback mechanic allowing preparation to factor into the heist without actually taking time out to plan or roleplay that preparation before hand, it is run entirely on whatever 5e system you choose to use. Inspired by new jack city, the plot involves a gang leader producing thanksgiving meals from a fae gifted cornucopia that cause magical food comas, the manifestation of nightmare like food creatures, and possible were turkeys. He flees to his manor with the cornucopia after things go awry, wich the party must infiltrate to recover the cornucopia and undo its effect, encountering his traitorous right hand woman and a devious fae along the way.
All in all Trouble in Turkey town is a well polished, comedic, and self contained adventure likely playable in 2-3 sessions or longer if you stretch it a bit. It has few flaws, but there are a couple missed opportunities or areas that can use more guidance or elaboration for the GM and there is a lot of optional content that doesn't provide additional opportunities and may even make the final battle more difficult.
For example, the flashback mechanic: "To get the players right into the action of the heist, this adventure includes a flashback mechanic... For example: If the players are infiltrating Nino's keep from the north side. They could flashback to persuade the local guard to set up an explosion on the south side as a distraction."
Allowing players to simply describe things their characters had done previously to aid in a heist on the fly is a great way to start an adventure in the thick of it while still keeping to the genre, and allows for easier roleplaying of competent infiltrators by allowing preparations to occur with aid of hind site, as players can take advantage of ideas that would occur to serious skilled characters in planning but might only occur to causal role-players in a moment of need.
That said, the benefit is not really well fitted to this module as the heist does not occur until after an inital encounter and there is a full planning phase between the initial encounter and the heists beginning. As well as the missed opportunity of the description of the mechanic not fitting this adventure that well, there is a lack of guidance on what ways a flashback might be used, with only one example being provided. As only a small portion of the adventure includes an actual infiltration, and preparation could be difficult beyond that point as characters cannot interact with the mansion until that infiltration, this lack of guidance is strongly felt. I can come up with at least one idea, once inside the mansion players learn that the personel all have uniforms, and thus can flashback to replicating these uniforms for themself based on a description from an informant, but more guidance would be nice as well as guidance on how to provide examples or explanation of the mechanic to players.
Another area guidance would be critical is the alarm. There are two points during the initial infiltration where guards can raise the alarm, the path where the alarm is less likely to be raised being more difficult in every other aspect, but there is nothing that indicates what this actually does or why it is a significant enough risk that the other more enemy dense infiltration option is comparable. Obviously as a gm I could come up with what the alarm does myself, but given that there are so many moving parts inside the mansion and so many active threats the gang is dealing with, its hard to know what they would actually do.
The rest of the review are a list of potential flaws (including ones involving the final battle and optional content) that might be difficult to understand without reading the adventure, and are mainly for the benefit of the creator of the text.
A motivation for Tea is taking down niko, later it says he has a personal grudge. That information should be in his bio not outside of it, and I would like specification on where that grudge originates.
"•People who eat from the cornucopia become cursed eventually transforming into a were-turkey"
There is no mention of the food monsters appearance here, which is perhaps the more critical factor.
"Keeping the method and place of discovery abstract lets the story flow no matter where your players take it."
I'm not sure it does, not specifying where clues would be as an adventure writer does, but for the gm I'm not sure the same benefit applies.
There are no guidelines for character creation or party size. It would be nice if there were potential ways for players to connect their backstories to the mission, and a good or neutral aligned party seems more or less necessary without going pretty off script.
It's a little odd that the eaters can be awakened with just one action once the encounter starts, but could not be aroused at all before.
Is proximity required to use the action to wake up a bystander or can a player just shout at them?
Whether the number of bystanders saved correlates to by standers awoken before becoming zombies or just bystanders that don't end up dead is not clear.
The reward for playing this encounter well is pretty slim, just one extra potion.
"There are two vaults in the keep. One crew vault and Nino's personal vault. The players have been told that the cornucopia is in the crew vault but it is in Nino's vault."
This is likely something Pookie tells the crew despite knowing better, but that is not really specified anywhere and it just says that pookie knows it is in Nino's without telling where the players are supposed to get the info that that is not the case.
"During their time in Teo's warehouse the characters can rest and plan the heist. This is a good time to introduce the flashback mechanic."
Since the flashback is unrelated to what the players actually plan/prepare, I'm not sure it is.
"Have the players come up with an initial point of entry and begin the heist."
Does it have to be one of the three options? Also is the wall entry point supposed to be along the northern wall? Whether the players know that immmedaitly or find out after looking at all the walls it doesn't matter, but if they try to climb another wall it might be problematic, as some of the walls only have descriptions of wants going on at the keep near the outer wall not that section of the outer wall itself.
In terms of choosing pookie or teo, if they figure out pookie is sus but can't convince teo, the most likely option is to pick neither, but I'm not sure if thats intended as an option.
Pookie has two pretty big downsides that would not be hard for the players to figure out which might be a bit much, but having a named character that might transform if things go bad adds stakes which is nice.
"a empty plate of food and two folders one labeled ̈Crew Vault" the other "Private Vault". A turkey zombie hides in the south east corner."
What’s in them?
The reward for saving Remy in the kitchen encounter is also pretty low considering the dumbwaiter is so easy to find.
The dumbwaiter makes noise, but how guards might react to that considering it's probably a normal occurrence is not stated. Might whether the alarm has been raised effect this?
"The keys need to be inserted into the locks at the same time or the vault an alarm will go off."
Another point where there is an alarm but no stated stakes.
"The vault is full with paintings, sculptures jewels and gold. On the southern wall is a wardrobe that has been boarded up. Pounding can be heard coming from it as if someone is trapped inside."
Earlier the wardrobe is stated to be being carried in the stair room, make sure to say it is only in the vault if the goons were allowed to carry it down the stairs uncontested.
"If there is a battle, Nino will engage for a round or two then attempt to escape to his vault using his hat and get the cornucopia. He suspects it is powerful enough to use to maintain his power."
And if he succeeds in this? What happens then. That is not explained here, and at the final battle section he is supposed to show up after the players if he is alive. Which does not make sense combined with this. How would the players even obtain his hat without knocking him out or killing him? It's possible I'm sure, but it seems like it would be pretty tough.
The players are supposed to be able to learn about Nosh from the kennel master, but what would they learn? As it requires visiting the kernel master, then going all the way down to the basement to meet Nosh or revisit him even after the new imformation is gained, it should be pretty good info.
Make sure this info can in theory result in a positive benefit after interacting with Nosh, not just avoiding negative effects ideally. Perahps an alternate route to defeating the turkey, effectively a different ending path after getting info on nosh in one area, then doubling back to interact with him. Additionally, Nosh has semi critical information, and the only way to bargain with him at present is either to become a warlock or help Niko, step costs. Maybe there is something that can give you leverage over him that the kennel master reveals (it would be funny if it's just a favorite food). Furthermore, why must Nosh be bargained with? The option to attack him or just keep him locked in the wardrobe if he does not help is never discussed.
Killing both Niko and Aurelia should have some benefit, likely an alternate path to defeating the turkey or breaking the curse without it, otherwise thats 3 successive cr 2 battles including the turkey, and they have to fight the turkey without mooks distracting it.
When having the battle, make the monsters and NPC almost like background pieces and only interacting with the players when it makes sense. This will make it easier to run since you wouldn't need to keep track of everyone's hp and turns. It also gives the players a fighting chance against overwhelming odds.
Having the npc be a bit background makes sense, not sure having the turkey and the monsters it spawned be in the background is a good idea though as they are the main obstacle. The giant turkey without the things it spawns having an effect just isn't that interesting an encounter.
What if the players just take the cornucopia, rather than destroying it or having a way to immediately place it in the fey wild. Especially if they don't immediately have the info on how to break the curse this is likely to happen.
"On a success, the host reverts to its original mastiff form, and losing 10 hp."
Clarify that the health total is kept despite transformation, it doesn't go to base hp then lose 10 hp I mean.
"the turkey is destroyed and it reverts to its host form with 1 hp."
The it/host form here needs to be clarified to refer to the dog.
There is little difference between bite and pounce, pounce should do more damage to reflect higher cr, move has a different name anyway.
"Engulf. The ooze moves up to its speed into a medium or smaller target's space and engulfs the target. The target must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw or take 4 (1d6 + 1) poison damage and is suffocating."
Should specify target is grappled or restrained or ooze stays attached to them as they move, and give guidance on when a player makes saving throws to break out after failing the first time and if that takes any option from the action economy.
"Any creature may use its action to make a DC 14 Strength (athletics) check to rip off the turkey. On a success, the host reverts to its original form, and losing 10 hp."
Definitely need to change wording on this, like the last instance but even worse as it involves temp hp. Having the pull of method do more damage but work quicker ain’t the end of the world though.

Sorry for the long post. My (35f) grandmother (85f) started showing early stages of dementia several years ago. She was deemed a fall risk and, after a ton of battles with my family, she was finally put in an independent living facility. My younger golden child cousin (34m) and I are the only ones in our state here with her while my dad and uncle are living in other states. (Mind you, he and I have NEVER gotten along) A little backstory: GM and I have been close but had a bit of a back and forth relationship. I am the oldest grandchild and my family instilled this ideal in me that the oldest takes care of everything (i.e. my dad being the oldest son). When I was younger, my weight fluctuated a lot due to hormonal issues (undiagnosed until 30 when I learned I had PCOS) and having a stressful home life. She knew my home life was difficult and still would tell me that I needed to lose weight, drop a few pounds, boys like skinny girls, etc etc In addition to this, she was a gossip hound. She loved to talk trash about people to make herself feel superior even to the point where she made my uncles former significant other cry. Despite this, and my difficulty letting people go due to dealing with my fair share of tragic loss, I still would visit her, take her out, rush to see her if she was hospitalized, pick up her cigarettes and drive out on road trips when I wasn't exhausted from work and had the extra cash. My cousin hasn't done a damn thing to help. Since my dad lives in a different state, we would drive and meet at a halfway point to pass her off so she could get away for a little while. The drive was about 2 1/2 hours one way for me, 3 or so hours for dad. (She didnt fly because she gets lost and an airport would be overwhelming) I like to drive so it was fine with me. We did this many times over the years and though the drives were typically fine, there were times where she would get salty because she didn't want to go home. My dad, bless his heart, spoils her. Everything she wants, she gets and when she whines, he gives her something to make her happy. Now I'm not clocking people who like to spoil family, I too like to spoil my friends but there's a limit. Like if my step-mom makes a delicious meal and worked hard on it, GM whines that she wants Chinese food and complains until dad gives in and gets it for her. When I push back, dad gets me with "she's old and doesn't remember, we can't hold that against her, she's your grandmother" the pressure to care for her when I wasn't financially (single income) or mentally able to (looooooong story) was pretty heavy. Anyway, this last weekend was the last straw. I am very busy with my job and I'm constantly exhausted from work, depression and the hobbies I have to cope with it. Still, I arranged with my dad to "pass off GM", no biggie. My roommate, who is the best friend ever, was gonna come with to keep me company on the drive back. We usually drive up in the morning, have breakfast at this amazing place and part ways. So it's early, I'm tired from work and not a morning person, but stopped to pick up coffee for all of us and went to the home to get GM. GM says she doesn't want to go claiming she doesn't feel well. I check her temp, breathing and give her a once over and everything appears fine, so i ask what doesn't feel good. GM: I just don't feel well Me: is it your tummy? Congestion? GM: yeah im congested Me: knowing our allergy season has been worse this year we can get you some meds and dad will get you to a good dr GM: OP just let it go
Now, when GM has been sick, she's usually a lot more clearer with her symptoms (usually detailed and exaggerated for pity) and after watching her for years, I can tell when she's actually sick. This was NOT the case, she just didn't want to leave (despite her pestering us for weeks to get out) I call my dad and he had already been on the road for 3 hours so he was trying to convince her to go. She starts getting nasty and telling my dad to shut up. Then she started getting nasty with me. This is where I lost it. All the years of frustration and abuse finally poured out. Me: are you really not feeling well? Or do you just not want to go? GM: I don't want to go! Me: you're being really mean and it's not fair. you're obviously well enough to get up and walk around to have a smoke and get coffee and sign yourself out for the weekend GM: just let it go OP Me: we got up early to drive you, dad is already most of the way there, this is insane! You always do this! GM: Bull@%^# Me: you're a selfish spoiled brat! GM: I don't know who you think you are! Me: who I am?! I am the grandchild who comes to check on you,, im the grandchild who has left work early numerous times to meet you at the hospital only to find out there's nothing wrong! I get you smokes, I drive hours to take you on vacations and never ask for anything in return! Where are the rest of your damn grandkids? Huh? NOT HERE!"
This is when she grabs her walker and just walks away. Her last comment was "I've always been good to you..."
No, no she hasn't. So I'm done. I'm done being her errand boy, her punching bag and her scapegoat. The worst part is that she tells her friends that I'm her favorite. But we all know it's because I'm the only one who actually gives a damn besides my dad... So, AITA?

For starters, i am 25 years old and live in middle Tennessee and am currently employed at a major pizza delivery chain in an in my opinion, rather rich little river town. I have worked this job since i was 16, and have worked at this specific location since right before covid hit, and i've learned that pizza delivery can have a decent income when you play it right. Right now, i'm rather comfortable at my job and don't want to leave, and worse, i have 0 experience doing anything else.
When i started at this current location, the building was already in a state of cosmetic disrepair that comes with a building that was built in the 60s, nothing really major. Over these last few years, cosmetic has turned into disgusting, and in some times dangerous.
Some issues that have been building up over the last three years to its current state: -Our make-line which holds and stores food for us to make the pizzas and food with had leaky drain pipes and would keep all over the cooling tech and then keep the interior flooded with water (we were told to just elevate the food that was stored underneath on trays) -The prior mentioned make-line stopped stopped working and no longer operates at all (i wonder why) and we are instructed to keep ice inside of the top portion where the ingredients are so that it stays in temp. This does not really work well as the top of the food just gets warm, and the bottoms freeze as its in contact with ice through the container. This has been going on for well over a month. -Our mop bucket draining sink does not drain whatsoever, and will not over flow from where we pour it, but will instead leak from the pipes underneath and flood under and through a wall into a tight hallway which is a heavy traffic area. This has been going on for two years. -Our dishes sink will leak when we drain it, and keeps the prior mentioned hallway at a constant state of, not slippery, but visible standing water, and makes the area smell of sewage. This has been happening for one year. -Our toilet for three few months was in disrepair and would flood water and it had no where to go except the into and under the walls that led into the lobby where customers would go where it was not noticeable to them but now every-time we mop the lobby it smells of sewage. -tl;dr: Incomprehensible amounts of neglect, mismanagement, and ignored and continuing water damage.
To make this even worse, a tornado back in December passed behind the building and caused damage to the building itself. The door was slightly blown in, the roof had some holes in it, and the back parking structure that was leftover from the drive-in style dining place the building originally was purposed for, had a tree fall onto it. They kept the store down for the 3 busiest months of the year for repairs, which really hurt. We re-opened to no repairs on the store being done what-so-ever in that three months, other than the door being fixed, and they had that repaired in the first week. In this time, the franchise pocketed over $200k in lost revenue through insurance for the months we were closed, which was further inflated by not having to pay the employees during this time, and not a single dollar has been used for repairs. Not even the roof was fixed. Every-time it rains now, water pours from the ceiling over our oven and through its vents onto the area where we are actively making food. We will also have our electricity flicker on and off, and will hear pops from the fuze box. On Thursday, we had extremely bad storms hit again, and we just had to shut down entirely because we could not operate any-longer with how much water was inside of the building. THIS, all happening while the upper management, GM's, DM's, and even higher levels, and i cannot make this up, were all at an annual company paid for trip to Las Vegas. Last night i had to go to my GM and ask why none of the PTO hours i put in were on my paycheck. Turn out the the company just forgot to accept the PTO request, and many of us are now missing out on our money and will not be able to see it for another pay cycle. My GM then followed up this conversation by telling me how the DM's were sending hookers to each others rooms!!
My blood is boiling, and the disgusting conditions that all of us who are employed there that we managed to work around is now dangerous to the customers, the community which has been gracious enough to give me their money for my deliveries when at no point is a tip required. The same community that i have felt blessed to meet, and has inspired me to work my ass off and actually move here. In these three years, i have come to call this town my home, and this community as my people.
Now, onto the possible civil/ legality side of things. Its very obvious to me that asking them nicely to repair the issues is going to be continued to be met with a middle finger. So i have a better idea how to expedite this process, and based on the performance i've been met with this entire time by the management, they would probably try to just call a bluff that isn't one, and just fire me.
So my question to anyone who might know anything is:
A: If i were to threaten the upper-management with going up to city officials that are responsible to handle the sorts of things i've mentioned prior, documenting all the damage on video/pictures and posting to town-wide social media groups, and using my extensive knowledge of where every one of their regulars and the majority of their occasional customers live and go to their houses on my free time and show them the videos/ pictures, and they were to fire me for the threat, is it possible for me to sue the business for wrongful termination/ retaliation against me for bringing light to an issue.
B: When they do fire me for that, and i make good on my threats, would my job have grounds to come after me legally?

Megapost: A list of statements, press releases, and other sources reporting and expressing concern and criticism about Israel's war in Gaza and related aspects of the war. (Part 3)

Notes: This is a work that is currently in progress; please check back for updates. Titles have been edited to provide details.
Part 1 is here: https://www.reddit.com/Social_Democracy/comments/1clx1uc/megapost_a_list_of_statements_press_releases_and/
Part 2 is here: https://www.reddit.com/Social_Democracy/comments/1cmjhpk/megapost_a_list_of_statements_press_releases_and/
Gaza medics tell BBC that Israeli troops beat and humiliated them after hospital raid (March 12, 2024): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68513408
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EuroMed Rights): Annihilation of education: 100 European academics sign Euro-Med Monitor petition against systematic Israeli destruction of Gaza Strip’s educational system (March 12, 2024): https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6220/Annihilation-of-education:-100-European-academics-sign-Euro-Med-Monitor-petition-against-systematic-Israeli-destruction-of-Gaza-Strip’s-educational-system
NEWS: Senators Bernie Sanders, Chris Van Hollen, Jeff Merkley, Mazie Hirono, Peter Welch, Tina Smith, Elizabeth Warren, and Ben Ray Luján Urge President Biden to Enforce U.S. Law with Netanyahu (March 12, 2024): https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-van-hollen-merkley-and-five-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-enforce-u-s-law-with-netanyahu/
United Methodist Church Council of Bishops calling for ceasefire in Gaza (March 13, 2024): https://www.unitedmethodistbishops.org/newsdetail/united-methodist-bishops-call-for-ceasefire-in-gaza-18303396
Vermont progressive Senator Peter Welch warns Biden Israel-Gaza will be election issue: ‘Young people are just horrified’ (March 14, 2024): https://www.welch.senate.gov/vermont-progressive-senator-warns-biden-israel-gaza-will-be-election-issue-young-people-are-just-horrified/
Anita Nikaj: Voices in Solidarity with Palestine from Prishtina, Kosovo (March 15, 2024): https://kosovotwopointzero.com/en/voices-in-solidarity-with-palestine-from-prishtina/
Great Irish Famine historians issue St. Patrick's Day statement on Gaza: A group of historians is urging Irish Americans to use their influence to avert a Famine in Gaza as severe as the one faced by their Irish ancestors. (March 15, 2024): https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/others/irish-american-famine-gaza
Thirteen Town Meetings in Vermont Call for Ceasefire in Gaza, No More Weapons to Israel (March 16, 2024): https://www.rakevt.org/2024/03/16/thirteen-town-meetings-call-for-ceasefire-in-gaza-no-more-weapons-to-israel/
Israeli Assurances to Use US Arms Legally Are Not Credible: Oxfam and Human Rights Watch provide evidence of Israel's violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza, undermining credibility of assurances for President Biden's NSM-20 arms policy (March 19, 2024): https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/03/19/israeli-assurances-use-us-arms-legally-are-not-credible
Irish National Teachers' Organisation statement on Palestine – critical action vital to prevent famine (March 20, 2024): https://www.into.ie/2024/03/20/into-statement-on-palestine-critical-action-vital-to-prevent-famine/
Humanists UK: Call for ceasefire in Gaza (March 21, 2024): https://humanists.uk/2024/03/21/call-for-ceasefire-in-gaza/
Association of Legal Aid Attorneys: CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENA OVER PRO-PALESTINIAN SPEECH VIOLATES FREE SPEECH, ALLEGES ATTORNEYS' AND LEGAL WORKERS' UNION IN ITS RESPONSE (March 25, 2024): https://www.alaa.org/media-releases/congressional-subpoena-over-pro-palestinian-speech-violates-free-speech-alleges-attorneys-and-legal-workers-union-in-its-response
NEWS: Bernie Sanders on State Department’s Statement that Israel Has Not Restricted Humanitarian Aid to Gaza (March 25, 2024): https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-on-state-departments-statement-that-israel-has-not-restricted-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza/
Russian actions in Ukraine to pave way for Gaza war crimes case in ICC: Lawyer leading investigation draws parallels between crises facing Ukrainians and Palestinians (March 25, 2024): https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/2024/03/25/russian-actions-in-ukraine-to-pave-way-for-gaza-war-crimes-case-in-icc/
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: A/HRC/55/73: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 - Advance unedited version ["After five months of military operations, Israel has destroyed Gaza. Over 30,000 Palestinians have been killed, including more than 13,000 children. Over 12,000 are presumed dead and 71,000 injured, many with life-changing mutilations. Seventy percent of residential areas have been destroyed. Eighty percent of the whole population has been forcibly displaced. Thousands of families have lost loved ones or have been wiped out. Many could not bury and mourn their relatives, forced instead to leave their bodies decomposing in homes, in the street or under the rubble. Thousands have been detained and systematically subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment. The incalculable collective trauma will be experienced for generations to come. By analysing the patterns of violence and Israel’s policies in its onslaught on Gaza, this report concludes that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating Israel’s commission of genocide is met. One of the key findings is that Israel's executive and military leadership and soldiers have intentionally distorted jus in bello principles, subverting their protective functions, in an attempt to legitimize genocidal violence against the Palestinian people."] (March 25, 2024): https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/ahrc5573-report-special-rapporteur-situation-human-rights-palestinian
In New Letter, 140+ Global Christian Leaders Call for Permanent Gaza Ceasefire, Halt of Arms Sales to Israel (March 26, 2024): https://cmep.salsalabs.org/ps-mar262024letter
Over 1,000 People Join 22-Mile Interfaith Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage (March 26, 2024): https://oaklandvoices.us/2024/03/26/over-1000-people-join-22-mile-interfaith-gaza-ceasefire-pilgrimage/
Former State Department official Annelle Sheline: Why I’m resigning from the State Department (March 28, 2024): https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/opinions/gaza-israel-resigning-state-department-sheline/index.html
I Could Not Stay Silent: Annelle Sheline Resigns from State Dept. over U.S. Gaza Policy (March 28, 2024): https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/28/annelle_sheline
‘We cannot be silent’: A statement from the Jesuits on Gaza (March 28, 2024): https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2024/03/28/jesuits-gaza-israel-ceasefire-247605
'I kept on saying goodbye': Gaza hospital reports rise in stillbirths and neonatal deaths: Doctors in Gaza are reporting an increase in adverse pregnancy outcomes, with staff members at a Rafah hospital saying they no longer see "normal-sized babies." (April 2, 2024): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-hospital-stillbirths-neonatal-deaths-rcna145582
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation: The Unprecedented Destruction of Gaza Demands an Unprecedented Response (April 2, 2024): https://rosalux.nyc/the-unprecedented-destruction-of-gaza-demands-an-unprecedented-response/
'Unprecedented In Modern History': U.S. Aid Experts Warn Gaza Likely Already Experiencing Famine: The officials made the comments in a government cable sent within the Biden administration on Tuesday and obtained by HuffPost. (April 2, 2024): https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-collapse-famine_n_660c96aae4b0328a72be47f5
A Former State Department Staffer on Why She Publicly Resigned Over Gaza: “There are people working very hard inside State to try to hold Israel accountable, but none of that will actually go into effect unless Biden wants it to,” says Annelle Sheline. (April 3, 2024): https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/04/former-state-department-official-regisns-joe-biden-gaza-israel-palestine-annelle-sheline/
UK Judges’ and Lawyers’ Open Letter Concerning Gaza [1000+ signatures] (April 3, 2024): https://lawyersletter.uk
Former officials speak out against Biden’s Israel support after aid worker killings: ‘No one can change his mind’ (April 4, 2024): https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/joe-biden-israel-arms-gaza-b2523435.html
Trócaire: The people of Gaza are Starving; for Food and for Justice (April 4, 2024): https://www.trocaire.org/news/the-people-of-gaza-are-starving-for-food-and-for-justice/
Elizabeth Warren says she believes Israel’s war in Gaza will legally be considered a genocide: “If you want to do it as an application of law, I believe that they’ll find that it is genocide, and they have ample evidence to do so,” Warren said of the case before the ICJ. (April 8, 2024): https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/08/israel-gaza-war-elizabeth-warren-00151120
Letter to the Editor: Don’t downplay the realities in Gaza (April 8, 2024): https://baptistnews.com/article/letter-to-the-editor-dont-downplay-the-realities-in-gaza/
Ex-Obama aides become Biden critics on Gaza (April 10, 2024): https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4583525-obama-allies-expose-dem-rift-over-bidens-israel-hamas-war-strategy/
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor joins labor groups calling for cease-fire in Gaza (April 10, 2024): https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-04-10/l-a-county-fed-joins-labor-groups-calling-for-a-ceasefire
Young European Socialists (YES) calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. More than 30.000 civilians have been killed in Gaza following Israel military actions. We recall that the protection of civilian lives is a fundamental principle of international law. (April 10, 2024): https://twitter.com/YESocialists/status/1777993174654275791
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EuroMed Rights): 13,000 Palestinians reportedly missing in the Gaza Strip (April 11, 2024): https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6264/13,000-Palestinians-reportedly-missing-in-the-Gaza-Strip
Former State Department official Annelle Sheline explains resignation over US support of Israel (April 11, 2024): https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/former-state-department-official-explains-resignation-us-support/story?id=109083137
Democratic Coalition Sends Biden a Demand on Military Aid to Israel: In a letter, a dozen groups and labor unions called on the president to enforce a law that bars military support from going to any nation that restricts the delivery of humanitarian aid. (April 12, 2024): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/us/politics/letter-biden-israel-gaza.html
Meeting between Norwegian Prime Minister Støre and Spanish President Sánchez on the war in Gaza (April 12, 2024): https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/meeting-between-prime-minister-store-and-president-sanchez-on-the-war-in-gaza/id3033979/
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland: Prayers and statements on violence in Israel and Gaza (April 16, 2024): https://ctbi.org.uk/prayers-and-statements-on-violence-in-israel-and-gaza/
Amos Goldberg, professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Yes, it is genocide (April 18, 2024): https://thepalestineproject.medium.com/yes-it-is-genocide-634a07ea27d4
Georgetown University Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine hold second vigil for Gazan academics killed by Israel (April 18, 2024): https://georgetownvoice.com/2024/04/18/faculty-hold-second-vigil-for-gazan-academics-killed-by-israel/
Statement from U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal, Joaquin Castro, Nydia Velázquez, Lloyd Doggett, Ro Khanna, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Becca Balint, Greg Casar, Mark Takano, Jim McGovern, Barbara Lee, Earl Blumenauer, Judy Chu, Hank Johnson, André Carson, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Jesús “Chuy” García, Jonathan Jackson, and Jill Tokuda on the Israel Security Supplemental (April 20, 2024): https://jayapal.house.gov/2024/04/20/statement-from-jayapal-castro-velazquez-doggett-khanna-ocasio-cortez-balint-casar-takano-mcgovern-barbara-lee-blumenauer-chu-johnson-carson-watson-coleman-jesus-chuy/
NEWS: Bernie Sanders Statement on Amendment Votes on National Security Supplemental (April 22, 2024): https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-statement-on-amendment-votes-on-national-security-supplemental/
NEWS: Bernie Sanders Statement on ‘Dark Day’ in U.S. Senate (April 23, 2024): https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-statement-on-dark-day-in-u-s-senate/
PREPARED REMARKS: Bernie Sanders on Ending Unfettered Military Aid to Israel and Restoring UNRWA Funding (April 23, 2024): https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/prepared-remarks-sanders-on-ending-unfettered-military-aid-to-israel-and-restoring-unrwa-funding/
Senator Jeff Merkley: Netanyahu’s War Campaign at Odds with American Values (April 23, 2024): https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-netanyahus-war-campaign-at-odds-with-american-values/
Stephen Tillett: As a Christian minister, I cannot remain silent any longer about Israeli-Palestinian conflict (April 23, 2024): https://www.capitalgazette.com/2024/04/23/stephen-tillett-as-a-christian-minister-i-cannot-remain-silent-any-longer-about-israeli-palestinian-conflict-commentary/
Bishops, delegates join rally sponsored by United Methodist Kairos Response for Palestine (April 26, 2024): https://www.umnews.org/en/news/bishops-delegates-join-rally-for-palestine
‘I stand on the side of the oppressed, whoever they are’: Interview with Palestinian-Ukrainian activist Adib Shaheen (April 26, 2024): https://links.org.au/i-stand-side-oppressed-whoever-they-are-interview-palestinian-ukrainian-activist-adib-shaheen
NBC News investigation reveals Israel strikes on Gaza areas it said were safe: NBC News found Palestinians were killed in seven deadly airstrikes in areas of southern Gaza that the Israeli military had explicitly designated as safe zones. (April 26, 2024): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/palestinians-killed-israeli-strikes-safe-zones-exclusive-nbc-report-rcna148008
Statement in solidarity with student protests for Gaza [Signed by: 350.org US; 18 Million Rising; 198 methods; Adalah Justice Project; Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association; AF3IRM; Afghans For A Better Tomorrow; Al-Haq; Alliance of Baptists; American Baptist Churches USA; American Baptist Churches Palestine Israel Network; American Friends Service Committee; American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC); American Muslim Bar Association; American Muslim Community Foundation; American Muslims for Palestine (AMP); Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action); Arab American Civic Council; Arab American Institute; Asian American Advocacy Fund; Better to Speak; Beyt Tikkun: A Synagogue without Walls; Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism (BLUU); Blue Future; Borderlands for Equity; Borderlands Resource Initiative; Breach Collective; Brooklyn For Peace; CAIR Action; CAIR California; CAIR Minnesota; CAIR Oklahoma; CAIR-WA; California Coalition for Women Prisoners; Cameroon American Council; Carceral Tech Resistance Network; Ceasefire Democrats; Ceasefire Now NJ; Center for Constitutional Rights; Center for Popular Democracy Action; Center for Protest Law & Litigation @ Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Chicago Area Peace Action; Chicago Faith Coalition on Middle East Policy; Christians for a Free Palestine; Civic Ark; Civil Liberties Defense Center; Clockshop; CommonDefense.us; Communities United for Status & Protection (CUSP); Council on American-Islamic Relations; CWA-News Guild Local 38010; Defending Rights & Dissent; Delaware Democratic Socialists of America; Delawareans for Palestinian Human Rights; Detention Watch Network; Disciples Palestine Israel Network; Diverse & Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM); Doctors Against Genocide; Dream Defenders; Dutch Scholars for Palestine; Eindhoven Students 4 Palestine; Emgage Action; En Conjunto; Episcopal Peace Fellowship-Palestine Israel Network; Faith for Black Lives; Faith in Texas; Fellowship of Reconciliation; Fight for the Future; For All; Freedom Farm Community; Freedom Oklahoma; Freedom To Thrive; Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA); Future Coalition; Gen-Z for Change; Gender Justice Action and Gender Justice; Get Free; Global Campaign to Reclaim People's Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power & Stop Impunity; Green Mountain Solidarity With Palestine; Green New Deal Network; Greenpeace USA; Hawai'i for Palestine; Health Justice Commons; Helena (Montana) Service for Peace and Justice; Highlander Research and Education Center; Hindus for Human Rights; Historians for Peace and Democracy; Human Dignity Project (THDP); IfNotNow Movement; IfNotNow New Jersey; Immigrant Defense Project; Immigrant Justice Network; Immigrants Act Now; Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC); Indiana Center for Middle East Peace; Institute for Policy Studies New Internationalism Project; Interfaith Ceasefire; International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network; International Mayan League; InterReligious Task Force on Central America; Iowans For Palestine; Islamic Society of North America (ISNA); Islamophobia Studies Center; Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); Jewish Voice for Peace; Jewish Voice for Peace-Hawai’i; Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ); Just Foreign Policy; Justice Democrats; Just Futures Law; Justice for All; Kairos USA; Libyan American Alliance; LittleSis / Public Accountability Initiative; Living Water Inclusive Catholic Community; Long Island Progressive Coalition; Make the Road Nevada; Malaya Georgia; Massachusetts Peace Action; Mennonite Action; Mennonite Action WA; Migrant Roots Media; Minnesota Peace Project; Mondoweiss; Movement for Black Lives; MPower Change Action Fund; MSA West; Muslim Advocates; Muslim Community Network; Muslim Counterpublics Lab; Muslim Power Building Project; Muslims for Just Futures; Muslims for Progressive Values; National Arab American Women’s Association (NAAWA); National Domestic Workers Alliance Staff Union, CWA Local 1180; National Iranian American Council; National Lawyers Guild; National Lawyers Guild - St. Louis Chapter; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR); National Partnership for New Americans; New Hampshire Veterans for Peace; New York City Veterans For Peace; The New Justice Project Minnesota; NH Peace Action; North American Students of Cooperation; No Separate Justice; North Carolina Peace Action; The Oakland Institute; Office of Peace, Justice, and Ecological Integrity/Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth; Our Revolution; Palestine American League; Palestine Legal; Palestinian American Community Center; Palestinian American Organizations Network (PAON); Palestinian Feminist Collective; Partners for Palestine; Pax Christi New Jersey; Pax Christi New York State; Pax Christi Pacific Northwest; Pax Christi USA; Peace Action; Peace Action New York State; Peace, Justice, Sustainability NOW!; Pediatricians for Palestine; People’s Action; PeoplesHub; Poverty Project at the Institute for Policy Studies; Presbyterian Church (USA), Office of Public Witness; Presbyterian Peace Fellowship; Progressive Democrats of America (PDA); Project ANAR; Project South; Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice; Reparation Education Project; Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment; Rise for Palestine; Rising Majority; Rising Tide North America; Rochester Committee on Latin America; RootsAction Education Fund; Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Centre; Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights; Sound Vision; Starr King School for the Ministry; Students and Faculty for Justice in Palestine at the University of Hawai’i (SFJP); Sunrise Movement; Sur Legal Collaborative; TakeAction Minnesota; Tech Justice Law Project; The Gathering for Justice; The Hague Peace Projects; The Social Justice Center; The Uncommitted National Movement; The Whatcom Peace and Justice Center; Transnational Institute; UndocuBlack Network; Unitarian Universalist Association; Unitarian Universalist Church of the Larger Fellowship; Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice; Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of North Carolina; Unitarian Universalist Mass Action; Unitarian Universalist Peace Ministry Network; Unitarian Universalist Service Committee; Unitarian Universalist Young Adults for Climate Justice (UUYACJ); Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East; United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network; United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR); United Voices for America; Until Freedom; US Campaign for Palestinian Rights; Veterans For Peace; We Are All America; Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club; Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center; Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press; Working Families Party; World BEYOND War; Young Democrats of America Black Caucus; Young Democrats of America Environmental Caucus; Youth Leadership Institute] (April 26-29, 2024): https://www.mpowerchange.org/gazastudentprotests & https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhlWqDQghbVaPb6K7coBoi0o3w1YDfmrPOSbUw5bqNKEnrhg/viewform
Tom Hurwitz: I was arrested protesting at Columbia in ’68. Today’s student encampments carry on a proud, brave tradition: Like the Vietnam War was nearly six decades ago, to many students, Israel’s assault on Gaza feels deeply personal (April 26, 2024): https://forward.com/opinion/607021/columbia-1968-protests-vietnam-gaza-wa
Nineteen American Sociological Association Presidents Endorse the Resolution for Justice in Palestine (April 28, 2024): https://www.sociologistsforpalestine.org & https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t-z9OTPbl5JB9_sKnFOqAl-bQV78qZ-SFvjjjMrPUgY/
Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton: Brief thoughts on the wave of campus protests across America (April 28, 2024): https://robertreich.substack.com/p/my-thoughts-on-the-wave-of-campus
We’re Jewish students at Columbia arrested for protesting Israel’s war (April 28, 2024): https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4626720-were-jewish-students-at-columbia-arrested-for-protesting-israels-wa
American Association of University Professors: In Defense of the Right to Free Speech and Peaceful Protest on University Campuses (April 29, 2024): https://www.aaup.org/media-release/defense-right-free-speech-and-peaceful-protest-university-campuses
Attorneys inside and outside the administration urge Biden to cut off arms to Israel: So far more than 90 lawyers have signed on to a legal letter alleging Israel’s conduct in Gaza violates U.S. and international law. (April 29, 2024): https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/29/lawyers-israel-arm-sales-biden-00154958
Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders: "I'm hearing disturbing reports that students face suspension if they don’t end their peaceful protests in #Columbiauniversity in the USA. This is a clear violation of their right to peaceful assembly" (April 29, 2024): https://twitter.com/MaryLawlorhrds/status/1785020792197038101
Cas Mudde: Why are US campuses facing an orgy of state repression in the ‘land of the free’? The right has painted nonviolent protests against the war on Gaza as hotbeds of ‘woke’ terrorism. It’s a pretext for repression (April 30, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/ap30/us-campus-peace-protests-overreaction-gaza
Joint letter to President Biden on humanitarian risk of Rafah operation in Gaza [Signed by: 350.org; ActionAid USA; Alliance of Baptists; American Friends of Combatants for Peace; American Friends Service Committee; Americares; Amnesty International USA; CARE; Charity & Security Network; Children in Conflict; Christian Aid; Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP); Center for American Progress; Center for Civilians in Conflict; Center for International Policy; Church World Service; DAWN; Demand Progress Education Fund; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Humanity & Inclusion; IM Swedish Development Partners; Indivisible; Islamic Relief USA; Islamic Relief Worldwide; KinderUSA; Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns; MedGlobal; Médecins du Monde / Doctors of the World International Network; Mennonite Central Committee; Middle East Democracy Center; Minnesota Peace Project; MoveOn; Nonviolent Peaceforce; Norwegian Refugee Council USA; Oxfam America; Pax Christi USA; Premiere Urgence Internationale; Presbyterian Church (USA), Office of Public Witness; Refugees International; Save the Children US; SEIU; The Episcopal Church; The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP); The United Methodist Church – General Board of Church and Society; Truman Center; Vento di Terra; Win Without War] (April 30, 2024): https://www.nrc.no/news/2024/may/joint-letter-to-president-biden-on-potential-incursion-into-rafah-gaza/
Michael Gould-Wartofsky: Trump Is Wrong. Columbia Isn’t Anything Like Charlottesville: I survived the deadly violence in Charlottesville, and am now a postdoctoral research scholar at Columbia University. To compare the two is unwarranted—and unconscionable. (April 30, 2024): https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-wrong-columbia-isnt-anything-like-charlottesville
United Church of Christ Officers issue statement amid ongoing unrest on college campuses; offer continued solidarity with partners and people in the Middle East (April 30, 2024): https://www.ucc.org/ucc-officers-issue-statement-amid-ongoing-unrest-on-college-campuses/
United States of America: UN Human Rights Chief troubled by law enforcement actions against protesters at universities (April 30, 2024): https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/04/united-states-america-un-human-rights-chief-troubled-law-enforcement-actions
Comment from United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain on Mass Arrests of Anti-War Protestors (May 1, 2024): https://uaw.org/comment-from-uaw-president-shawn-fain-on-mass-arrests-of-anti-war-protestors/
Fellowship of Reconciliation Stands in Solidarity with the Students (May 1, 2024): https://forusa.org/fellowship-of-reconciliation-stands-in-solidarity-with-the-students/
Juan González, Veteran of '68 Columbia Strike, Condemns University Leaders' Silence on Gaza Slaughter (May 1, 2024): https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/1/police_raid_columbia_2024_juan_gonzalez
Mike Littwin: As a veteran of the ’60s campus unrest, I know the value of free speech: Despite what you may hear, most of today’s campus demonstrations, including the one at Auraria, are typically nonviolent. (May 1, 2024): https://coloradosun.com/2024/05/01/israel-gaza-student-demonstrations-opinion-littwin/
On Gaza, NY Catholic Worker community echoes Pope Francis: 'Please! Stop the war.' (May 1, 2024): https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/gaza-ny-catholic-worker-community-echoes-pope-francis-please-stop-war
The Democratic National Committee's College Democrats of America Slams Biden On Gaza And Backs Campus Protesters (May 1, 2024): https://www.huffpost.com/entry/college-democrats-of-america-statement-biden-gaza-campus-protest_n_663278fce4b0849b2edded55
Tope Folarin, director of the Institute for Policy Studies: We Stand with the Students Protesting the Slaughter in Gaza (May 1, 2024): https://ips-dc.org/we-stand-with-the-students-protesting-the-slaughter-in-gaza/
'You are our hope': Palestinian students find strength in U.S. campus protests: “I feel proud that there is a group of students who feel what we feel now — and are helping and supporting us,” said Reem Musa Suleiman Abu Shinar, speaking to an NBC News crew in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza. (May 1, 2024): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/palestinian-students-support-us-campus-protests-israel-war-rcna149296
Bernie Sanders in CNN interview: 'This may be Biden’s Vietnam' (May 2, 2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6rQmvko18M
Catholic Relief Services representative for Gaza fears possible Rafah invasion (May 2, 2024): https://www.ncronline.org/news/catholic-relief-services-rep-gaza-fears-possible-rafah-invasion
‘Disgrace to diplomacy’: Bosnia accuses Israeli diplomat of genocide denial: Envoy to Serbia draws intense criticism for telling Russian media that calling 1995 Srebrenica massacre a genocide ‘diminishes the importance of that term’ (May 2, 2024): https://www.timesofisrael.com/disgrace-to-diplomacy-bosnia-accuses-israeli-diplomat-of-genocide-denial/
Helen Benedict, professor of journalism at Columbia University: ‘US student protests seeking peace in Gaza are the new anti-Vietnam War movement’ (May 2, 2024): https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/us-student-protests-seeking-peace-in-gaza-are-the-new-anti-vietnam-war-movement/articleshow/109766893.cms
Hundreds of U.S. Catholic leaders and laity sign letter urging Permanent Gaza Ceasefire and End to Injustice in Israel and Palestine (May 2, 2024): https://cmep.salsalabs.org/ps-may22024 & https://docs.google.com/document/d/16K1RvL3YdSgSChwO_eWB9iSvIglNP59ahqtAQ1aZiGM/
PREPARED REMARKS: Bernie Sanders on the Nationwide Student Protests and the Ongoing Humanitarian Disaster in Gaza (May 2, 2024): https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/prepared-remarks-sanders-on-the-nationwide-student-protests-and-the-ongoing-humanitarian-disaster-in-gaza/
Recalling Civil Rights Era Abuses, Legal Defense Fund of the NAACP Roundly Condemns Rising Violations Against Peaceful Protesters and Calls for Immediate Federal Intervention ["Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) issued a statement roundly and unequivocally condemning the rising civil and human rights violations against peaceful protesters across the U.S. and issued a letter calling for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct an immediate investigation into the treatment of peaceful protesters" (May 2, 2024): https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/recalling-civil-rights-era-abuses-ldf-roundly-condemns-rising-violations-against-peaceful-protesters-and-calls-for-immediate-federal-intervention/
United Nations Development Programme: As war in Gaza enters seventh month, 1.74 million more Palestinians will be pushed into poverty across State of Palestine according to United Nations assessment: UNDP and ESCWA estimate more than two-decades reversal in human development— beyond earliest recorded levels of 2004. (May 2, 2024): https://www.undp.org/papp/press-releases/war-gaza-enters-seventh-month-174-million-more-palestinians-will-be-pushed-poverty-across-state-palestine-according-united
“Workers Have Power”: Thousands Rally in NYC for May Day, Call for Solidarity with Palestine (May 2, 2024): https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/2/nyc_may_day_rally_palestine_solidarity
A Message to the Protesters From Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.: A call to keep raising the tempests on campus over the Gazan horror. (May 3, 2024): https://chicagomaroon.com/42811/viewpoints/op-ed/a-message-to-the-protesters-from-reverend-jesse-l-jackson-s
Association of Flight Attendants President Sara Nelson on Mass Arrest of Anti-War Protestors (May 3, 2024): https://www.afacwa.org/mass_arrest_right_to_protest
Rashid Khalidi, Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University: Opposed to Genocide in Gaza, This Is the Conscience of a Nation Speaking Through Your Kids (May 3, 2024): https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/rashid-khalidi-columbia-gaza-speech
“This Militaristic Approach Has Been a Failure”: Meet Hala Rharrit, First U.S. Diplomat to Quit over Gaza (May 3, 2024): https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/3/state_dept
Where pro-Palestinian university protests are happening around the world (May 3, 2024): https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/03/world/pro-palestinian-university-protests-worldwide-intl-hnk/index.html
100-year-old Jewish activist Jules Rabin is speaking up again — this time about Gaza [In a podcast on the nonprofit news site VT Digger, Rabin referred to the tragedy unfolding in Gaza as “a piecemeal Holocaust.”] (May 4, 2024): https://forward.com/culture/609442/jules-rabin-vermont-activism-gaza-ukraine-israel/
‘They’re sending a message’: harsh police tactics questioned amid US campus protest crackdowns (May 4, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/04/police-tactics-us-campus-protest-crackdowns
Anton Boonzaier: As a South African during apartheid, I admire pro-Palestine protesters’ tenacity (May 5, 2024): https://dailybruin.com/2024/05/05/op-ed-as-a-south-african-during-apartheid-i-admire-pro-palestine-protesters-tenacity
Union workers join students in rallies Saturday calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza [More than 200 people attended the Maine Labor for Palestine and Maine Students for Palestine rally.] (May 5, 2024): https://www.mainepublic.org/news/2024-05-05/union-workers-join-students-in-rallies-saturday-to-free-gaza
Oxfam reaction to Rafah evacuation order (May 6, 2024): https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/oxfam-reaction-rafah-evacuation-order
Patrick Gaspard, president of the Center for American Progress: American politicians forget: disruption and disorder are the point of protests: I have trespassed in peaceful protest. I have shut down government offices in civil disobedience. I have made the powerful uncomfortable. That’s the point (May 6, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/06/campus-pro-palestinian-protests
Save the Children warns of deadly consequences for children following new relocation orders for families in Rafah (May 6, 2024): https://www.savethechildren.net/news/save-children-warns-deadly-consequences-children-following-new-relocation-orders-families-rafah
The campus protesters for Gaza are making America great again: Readers on the demonstrations sweeping colleges and their hopes for the next generation. (May 6, 2024): https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/06/campus-protests-gaza-palestine-vietnam/
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF): There is ‘nowhere safe to go’ for the 600,000 children of Rafah, warns UNICEF: With hundreds of thousands of children in Rafah injured, sick, malnourished, traumatized or living with a disability, UNICEF calls for children to not be forcibly relocated, and the vital infrastructure on which children rely to be protected (May 6, 2024): https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/there-nowhere-safe-go-600000-children-rafah-warns-unicef
US campus protests of Israeli ‘genocide’ offer hope to students from Gaza (May 6, 2024): https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/5/6/us-student-protests-of-israeli-genocide-offer-hope-to-students-from-gaza
Brant Rosen: We Tried to Bring Food Into Gaza—but Israel Blocked and Arrested Us: As Israel continues to starve the people of Gaza, a delegation of rabbis marched toward the Erez Crossing during Passover carrying sacks of flour and demanding a cease-fire. (May 6, 2024): https://www.thenation.com/article/world/rabbis-arrested-for-bringing-food-gaza/
Catholic Workers Movement: After Arrests, Students Renew Call for Notre Dame to Follow Catholic Teaching on War, Investments (May 6, 2024): https://catholicworker.org/after-arrests-students-renew-call-for-notre-dame-to-follow-catholic-teaching-on-war-investments/
Hala Rharrit, former State Department official: Biden’s militaristic policy in Gaza is a failure — diplomacy is the solution (May 6, 2024): https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4646237-biden-gaza-militaristic-policy-failure/
750+ Jewish Students Affirm Support for Pro-Palestine Campus Protests [In Response to Biden’s Speech, 750+ Jewish Students on 140+ Campuses Stand Against Israel's Rafah Invasion, Urge Jewish Institutional Action to Halt Gaza Assault] (May 7, 2024): https://www.commondreams.org/news/jewish-students-support-gaza & https://mailchi.mp/israelpalestinecomms/jstudents
Kenneth Roth: Biden Should Not Stand in the Way of the ICC (May 7, 2024): https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/07/biden-israel-hamas-icc-gaza-netanyahu-arrest/
Letter by Ch. Lt Col (Ret.) Stephen Tillett to the Editor: Veteran Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza (May 7, 2024): https://baltimorepostexaminer.com/letter-to-the-editor-veteran-calls-for-ceasefire-in-gaza/2024/05/07
Three Orange County medics describe wartime health care in Gaza: A once-modern string of hospitals has been reduced to desperate physicians and others relying on wits and luck. Most of their patients are children. (May 7, 2024): https://www.ocregister.com/2024/05/07/three-orange-county-medics-describe-wartime-health-care-in-gaza/
Blinken Says Israeli Units Accused of Serious Violations Have Done Enough to Avoid Sanctions. Experts and Insiders Disagree. (May 8, 2024): https://www.propublica.org/article/blinken-israel-military-aid-human-rights-violations-leahy-law
Jeremy Brecher: Anti-Genocide Students Are Fulfilling Their Duty to Prevent War Crimes; Will You? (May 8, 2024): https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/students-prevent-war-crimes
The NYPD’s New Sizzle Reels Aren’t Just Dumb. They’re Dangerous. “This is copaganda, designed primarily to provide the mayor with political cover, but then also to show off the military might and alleged professionalism of the NYPD.” (May 8, 2024): https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/nypd-sizzle-reel-student-protests/
Haim Bresheeth-Žabner deplores the rot in Israeli society: 'Israel has turned into a Nazi society': The son of Holocaust survivors, Haim Bresheeth-Žabner believes the majority of Israel has been taught to normalise the occupation of Palestine (May 9, 2024): https://www.newarab.com/features/son-shoah-survivors-israel-has-become-nazi-society
‘It’s not human’: What a French doctor saw in Gaza as Israel invaded Rafah: When asked about the conditions of the hospitals he worked in, Dr. Zouhair Lahna is pained by the memories of the sick, wounded and dying. (May 9, 2024): https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/5/9/its-not-human-what-a-french-doctor-saw-in-gaza-as-israel-invaded-rafah
Japanese American Citizens League Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza (May 9, 2024): https://jacl.org/statements/jacl-calls-for-ceasefire-in-gaza
Trapped in Rafah, I'm watching genocide unfold before my eyes: Gazan journalist Amjad Yaghi's eye-witness account in Rafah describes the horrors of Israel's ground invasion as Gazans desperately try to flee to safety. (May 9 2024): https://www.newarab.com/opinion/trapped-rafah-im-witnessing-genocide-my-own-eyes
Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project: US Student Pro-Palestine Demonstrations Remain Overwhelmingly Peaceful (May 10, 2024): https://acleddata.com/2024/05/10/us-student-pro-palestine-demonstrations-remain-overwhelmingly-peaceful-acled-brief/
Biden’s arms threat to Israel ‘better than nothing’ but too late, say U.S. officials who resigned over Gaza policy (May 10, 2024): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bidens-arms-threat-israel-better-nothing-late-say-us-officials-resigne-rcna151454
Strapped down, blindfolded, held in diapers: Israeli whistleblowers detail abuse of Palestinians in shadowy detention center (May 10, 2024): https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/10/middleeast/israel-sde-teiman-detention-whistleblowers-intl-cmd/index.html

System: Pathfinder 2e
Slots: 3/5 (two open)
VTT: Foundry VTT from personal server, communication via Discord. Mic required in general, but I also know how to accommodate mute people if needed.
Schedule: Friday starting from 19:00 (GMT+2 timezone)
Duration: My sessions typically run 3 to 4 hours, I usually don't have breaks but we can introduce ones easily.
Payment: 5 euro per player per session via PayPal or regular BankTransfer. Session 0 and first actual session free.
Why for so little? I don't really like to make a business out of playing games, I simply do this because I need some minimum additional income so I can buy food every month while studying in uni :D I will run this as your friendly neighbourhood gm's game while still trying to keep the quality high (because that's what I expect of myself too).

About the Game

Outlaws of Alkenstar is a steampunk/wild western adventure in a fantasy world. Being in the middle of the mana wastes magic is unreliable the best of days (how this affects the play of spellcasters is up to us on session 0). In this unforgiving wasteland lies the city of Alkenstar, the city of smoke, guns, clockwork, and outlaws. You will be playing an outlaw, on the run from the law, or whatever corrupt version of it got you in your current situation, looking for both revenge and to clear your name. Be warned, this is not an "evil campaign", simply our heroes might not be... completely morally clean... yea let's go with that. :D
(there is also a great trailer by paizo on youtube, feel free to watch! :D)

About Me / GMing Style

I'm a forever GM in several TTRPGs for at least 5 years now (tbh don't remember when I started), almost always running pre-written adventures while slowly writing one of my own, but it's faaar from done. I have 4 multi-year campaigns and several more adventures and oneshots behind me, with generally very positive player feedback.
I like to run pre-written adventures because there are so many tools and already existing points I can build onto, I tend to run them close to the story giving out good plothooks at the start so player characters can nicely fit the adventure, this of course doesn't mean the adventure doesn't adapt to the PCs, but it's a common effort to build something from the story we are given. My games have a world without a PCs too, I like to keep track of what NPCs are doing and events happening even if the players don't interact with them for several sessions, this makes the world feel alive and that stuff is happening all the time. This also means that if the party doesn't interact somewhere (or not in time), that also has a result that comes back, once again, a lively world.
My games are usually Heroic adventures, slightly higher than usual power level but also dangers, they are not dark or slow slogs where you have to put much effort into survival, although it is not fully removed from the game. I have some minor problems dealing with the mix-in of futuristic aspects as I like to keep it clean fantasy, but I'm not fully against it. Just expect that I won't have as much to offer to a typical Inventor or Gunslinger as I can for others. Expect fights to be a core of the campaign but never the only solution or the sol existence, just something like 30%-50% combat (dependent on group's vibe), and the rest mix between exploration, roleplay, puzzles, etc.
I'm a GM who likes to focus on the mechanics, how they are defined and used tells a story by itself. A monster doesn't have to talk to have a personality, how it interacts with it's surrounding already tells a lot. What tactics it uses, what does it value, who it targets or doesn't. All of them make sense and can be played around. I tend to stick to the rules, and hold my players to it as well with the occasional rule of cool dropped in of course.

Expectations about You

I expect people to:

• have a reasonable amount of game knowledge OR(/and) an enthusiastic willingness to learn. If you are a new player of course I know the learning curve of TTRPGs, and as long as I see you know your character and their abilities to a reasonable level, you'll be good to go (it is not that much, trust me), as we play more you'll learn anyway.
• want to interact with the campaign and their party members.
• show up (really hard to tell you a good story if you are not here half the sessions)

Contact

If you're interested in playing, or have any questions before expressing interest, send me a DM or start a chat with me here on Reddit.

System: Pathfinder 2e
Slots: 3/5 (two open)
VTT: Foundry VTT from personal server, communication via Discord. Mic required in general, but I also know how to accommodate mute people if needed.
Schedule: Friday starting from 19:00 (GMT+2 timezone)
Duration: My sessions typically run 3 to 4 hours, I usually don't have breaks but we can introduce ones easily.
Payment: 5 euro per player per session via PayPal or regular BankTransfer. Session 0 and first actual session free.
Why for so little? I don't really like to make a business out of playing games, I simply do this because I need some minimum additional income so I can buy food every month while studying in uni :D I will run this as your friendly neighbourhood gm's game while still trying to keep the quality high (because that's what I expect of myself too).

About the Game

Outlaws of Alkenstar is a steampunk/wild western adventure in a fantasy world. Being in the middle of the mana wastes magic is unreliable the best of days (how this affects the play of spellcasters is up to us on session 0). In this unforgiving wasteland lies the city of Alkenstar, the city of smoke, guns, clockwork, and outlaws. You will be playing an outlaw, on the run from the law, or whatever corrupt version of it got you in your current situation, looking for both revenge and to clear your name. Be warned, this is not an "evil campaign", simply our heroes might not be... completely morally clean... yea let's go with that. :D
(there is also a great trailer by paizo on youtube, feel free to watch! :D)

About Me / GMing Style

I'm a forever GM in several TTRPGs for at least 5 years now (tbh don't remember when I started), almost always running pre-written adventures while slowly writing one of my own, but it's faaar from done. I have 4 multi-year campaigns and several more adventures and oneshots behind me, with generally very positive player feedback.
I like to run pre-written adventures because there are so many tools and already existing points I can build onto, I tend to run them close to the story giving out good plothooks at the start so player characters can nicely fit the adventure, this of course doesn't mean the adventure doesn't adapt to the PCs, but it's a common effort to build something from the story we are given. My games have a world without a PCs too, I like to keep track of what NPCs are doing and events happening even if the players don't interact with them for several sessions, this makes the world feel alive and that stuff is happening all the time. This also means that if the party doesn't interact somewhere (or not in time), that also has a result that comes back, once again, a lively world.
My games are usually Heroic adventures, slightly higher than usual power level but also dangers, they are not dark or slow slogs where you have to put much effort into survival, although it is not fully removed from the game. I have some minor problems dealing with the mix-in of futuristic aspects as I like to keep it clean fantasy, but I'm not fully against it. Just expect that I won't have as much to offer to a typical Inventor or Gunslinger as I can for others. Expect fights to be a core of the campaign but never the only solution or the sol existence, just something like 30%-50% combat (dependent on group's vibe), and the rest mix between exploration, roleplay, puzzles, etc.
I'm a GM who likes to focus on the mechanics, how they are defined and used tells a story by itself. A monster doesn't have to talk to have a personality, how it interacts with it's surrounding already tells a lot. What tactics it uses, what does it value, who it targets or doesn't. All of them make sense and can be played around. I tend to stick to the rules, and hold my players to it as well with the occasional rule of cool dropped in of course.

Expectations about You

I expect people to:

• have a reasonable amount of game knowledge OR(/and) an enthusiastic willingness to learn. If you are a new player of course I know the learning curve of TTRPGs, and as long as I see you know your character and their abilities to a reasonable level, you'll be good to go (it is not that much, trust me), as we play more you'll learn anyway.
• want to interact with the campaign and their party members.
• show up (really hard to tell you a good story if you are not here half the sessions)

Contact

If you're interested in playing, or have any questions before expressing interest, send me a DM or start a chat with me here on Reddit.

Intro
Union organizing is my day job. Of the four players in the Pathfinder campaign I GM, I met three of them through union organizing. Because I love unions, RPGs, and cities, the two pages in Absalom: City of Lost Omens about “Guilds and Unions” are my favorite.
The ideas in these pages (and scattered in a few other places) are both super exciting, in that I can’t remember another fantasy RPG that had unions as a prominent feature, and pose some difficulties in terms of ambiguities or unanswered questions I have about them. Because my Absalom campaign prominently features Lifter’s Mooring (the dockworker’s union), I’ve done a lot of work expanding upon what the writers of this book wrote about them.
Obvious caveat: this is largely based upon official Paizo material. I haven’t read through the adventures that take place within Absalom, so if any of this contradicts Paizo’s official stuff, let me know. When I mention an NPC, I’ll try to make it clear whether it’s from the Absalom book or an invention of mine.
Guilds, Craft Unions, Industrial Unions, and Political Groups That Confusingly Have “Union” In The Name
Using the word “Guild” is really ambiguous, but that’s not Paizo’s fault. Unions in America do the same thing: News Guild and Screen Actors Guild, among others, are labor unions with nothing in common with the medieval “guilds” also featured in more traditional fantasy settings. I’m a union organizer, not an economic historian, so I’ll leave an explainer of what the “guild” system was to someone else, but for our purposes, I treat most of the organizations Paizo calls “guilds” as what we in the union world call “craft unions.”
A craft union is a labor organization based around having an elite, trained, not-highly-replaceable workforce. In real life, think of an elite job like a movie director: if they’re organized, they have a lot of economic leverage against their employers, not with numbers, but because their training and expertise makes them extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible, to replace. This was the model of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) before its merger with the CIO. Organizations in Absalom like the Barristers’ Guild, Locksmiths’ Guild, Navigators’ Guild, and Scriveners’ Guild are in this category. Organizations like the Perfumers’ Conglomerate probably act more like a cartel than a union we’d recognize in modern America. If you have an organization like this in your setting, their members are probably making decent money, and aren’t plotting to overthrow the system or break their chains of serfdom. They might charge extremely high initiation fees, or have a policy of excluding people they have a prejudice against: a craft union of clockwork artisans might deny membership to goblins, then refuse to do business with anyone who patronizes those goblins.
The alternative, an industrial union, is a labor organization based not around having a specific training, but being in the same industry. In real life, if a nurse in a hospital is a member of a nurses’ union while the rest of the hospital is unorganized, that’s craft unionism; if they’re in the same union as the cooks and janitors, that’s industrial unionism. In Absalom, Lifter’s Mooring is an industrial union: if you’re doing anything on the docks, you’re a member. These organizations are going to be filled with people worse off economically, and more prone to “negotiations” through burning down their workplace.
A couple organizations that aren’t labor unions are worth mentioning here: the Free Union and the Firebrands.
The Free Union, made up of Halfling former slaves, will help workers organize but has its eyes on a bigger political picture than just getting better wages and benefits. Paizo’s official words talk about what they do (“organize strikes, protest Lord Gyr’s secret prisons, and increasingly seek seats on the Low Council”) but little about how they’re organized beyond that their leader is Milly Tundall and that their headquarters is really nice.
My implementation: they combine democratic participation, drawn from their aversion to anything remotely resembling the domination they felt as slaves, with the militant discipline necessary to win their fights. I see Milly Tundall as not the head of a hierarchy, but the one democratically chosen by the rest of the Free Union to represent it when a speech or talking to the upper classes is needed. Other leaders have different jobs, such as this NPC from my campaign:

Orana Brovaird
Female / Halfling / Organizer / Level 5
Where Milly is the Free Union’s inspiring orator, the propagandist to the rest of Absalom on behalf of the Free Union, Orana is the militant firing up her fellow halflings to stand up for themselves. When someone tells her that they’ll go ask their boss for better wages instead of participating in a strike, she’s known to ask them, “do you want to ask for your freedom? Do you ask to be treated with dignity? Or will you stand up and demand it, with your actions instead of words?” Despite their opposing demeanors, she’s well aware that someone needs to rub elbows with the politicians of the city, and she’s relieved to have a friend and comrade in Milly who will do that. Orana will sometimes work with other unions, especially Lifter’s Mooring, but gets frustrated at how willing some of them are to compromise when she feels total victory is possible. She also draws a hard line at ever working with a former slaver: “they’ve taken my freedom from me once, I won’t give it to them again with a handshake.”

The Firebrands, being a collection of autonomous cells with no formal relationships between them, fittingly have inconsistent relationships with unions. Cells such as Oh My Gourdness- yes, this is a canonical Firebrands cell from Paizo- explicitly help workers meet their demands (in their case, doing sabotage to help workers for loggers), but others can have different interests or get in the way entirely. In Absalom, many cells such as Mithril Chefs are headed by the owners of a business, rather than common workers.
If your players are Firebrands, you can get creative with having them take actions workers themselves cannot: raiding a warehouse holding goods made by scab workers, or tying a union-busting boss to the tallest tower in your city, for example. If your players are on the union side working with Firebrands, you can play up the romantic idealism of the Firebrands while hinting that they may care more about the fame and glory than the cause they’re helping with. (Or they may think nothing of spending 100 gold on fireworks for a fabulous distraction instead of giving that to the workers who have been without pay for months.)
Lifter’s Mooring: a deeper dive
Here I have to call out Paizo for what seems like a clear mistake: the Absalom book lists “Dockworkers’ Union” separately from “Lifter’s Mooring,” which it also describes as a group of dock workers. The chapter on the Docks refers exclusively to Lifter’s Mooring, as do the NPC descriptions. I’m going to disregard everything about “Dockworkers’ Union” and refer exclusively to “Lifter’s Mooring.”
One of the unanswered questions I had was: how do the docks work now that there’s a union? We know that the strike that created Lifter’s Mooring, to get its founder Guyton Grerton compensation for an injury that crushed his legs, shut down the whole docks. So what was the settlement that put the docks back to work?
In my game, the union runs a sort of hiring hall. (If you’ve seen season two of The Wire, remember the scenes where a guy is yelling out who has work that day.) Unlike the guilds who charge exorbitant fees for members to join, union membership in Lifter’s Mooring is as simple as showing up at the right time of the morning. You get your union card, which becomes your proof of seniority for getting the better jobs as you work longer. The person distributing the jobs (in game terms for my players, their first questgiver) is Nazko.

Nazko
Male / Troll / Union official / Level 7
Nazko is short for a troll, in that he’s only twelve feet tall. He’d long been sick of getting pushed around and cheated out of his wages on the docks, even as he was doing the work of five people for one person’s wages. When the word went out about Guyton Grerton being hurt and not getting compensation, Nazko dropped the cargo he was holding and went ship to ship telling everyone that their work was done for the day. No one dared contradict him.
On the picket line, he was the first line of defense for the other workers: the owners of warehouses and other businesses on the docks came together to hire strikebreakers to try to beat the newly-formed Lifter’s Mooring back to work, but above-average humans lose easily to a below-average troll. He was careful not to hurt them, though. Just threw them in the water, one by one.
His current position as a union official isn’t just a retroactive payment for his work on the picket line, though. Despite troll’s reputations as being dumb and short-tempered, he’s always fair with his fellow workers, if a bit gruff. Whenever someone grumbles that he doesn’t do real work any more, he’ll remind them that no one else on the Docks can stand up to two dozen orcs that all disagree with their job placement for the day.
After work, he’s usually found at The Grog Pit, and at one copper each, he can afford to keep up a tradition of his: buying every union member a drink on their first day.

Unions outside of Absalom (and making your own (in a campaign, but feel free to make your own union in real life too))
Unions in a metropolis like Absalom are going to be more established, more accepted, and more bureaucratic than out in the wilds where a lot of campaigns take place. Here’s how I would advise incorporating them.
First, outside of the reaches of organized law enforcement (let alone labor law), the organizations running industry like lumber and mining are effectively the only “law” there. As such, any labor organizing is going to be more prone to direct actions, more hidden about who is involved (to avoid blacklists and other repercussions), and less able to rely on third parties for support. What the do have is the advantage of all living together, and being the only labor in the area. In Absalom, it can be difficult even finding all your coworkers after your day is done, and nearly impossible to stop replacements from coming in. When you’re a week’s travel from anywhere, this isn’t the case. Villainous bosses in Absalom might have to smile in the public square at everyone; when they’re in the wilderness, they won’t be so shy about telling workers they’ll get to work or face death.
If you’re incorporating a union or themes of labor struggle, ask: was this something the workers started doing themselves (an independent union)? Or is it a strategic workplace that an existing labor organization targeted? If the latter, who is the boss? What other industries are they in?
Adventure/campaign ideas
Salt in the Wound: the players sign up to be fighters in The Irorium, Absalom’s largest gladiatorial arena… because they were hired by the Street Performers and Actors’ Guild to convince the fighters to join their union. The party has to not just fight, but figure out who are the most influential fighters there who they need to convince, then survive long enough in seemingly-unwinnable combat to convince those fighters they deserve more. (Have you seen the health insurance costs when your job is fighting magically-created chimeras? And they have to pay for it out of pocket!) [Combat-focused with persuasion minigame in the middle; 1-2 sessions.]
Which Side Art Thou On: in a remote wilderness, a group of Dawnsilver miners are at death’s door on strike over unsafe conditions and much less pay than they were promised before they traveled out here. The players have to scour the wilderness for food to keep the strikers alive, fight guerrilla battles against the company’s hired goons, plan advances and retreats like a general, and keep the morale of the miners up to stop more of them from slinking back to work before the company gives in. [Grand strategy with time-based mechanics; 4-6 sessions.]
Outro
I hope that GM’s running campaigns in Absalom got some good ideas for incorporating the canonical unions into their stories, and I hope other GM’s got some campaign ideas for union-involved campaigns. I’d love to hear how other GM’s are incorporating unions into their Pathfinder campaigns, whether in Absalom or maybe in a different setting than Lost Omens altogether.

In my feywild campaign, drinking water from a special well creates effects inspired by fairy tales. I thought I'd post my table (largely european background), in case anyone has fairytales from other cultures or backgrounds they could add. let's make some fun magic happen!
Rules:
a. The effect must be inspired by an actual fairy tale, not a movie or mythology (that could be a different list?)
b. The effect should primarily affect the person consuming the water (though environmental effects can be a part of it)
So far, it's a d20 table, but I'd love to transform it into a d100 table :)

d100 fairytale inspired wild magic surges

1. Take 3d6 psychic damage and roll again.
2. The Little Mermaid - You lose your ability to speak and cast spells with the verbal component for 1d4 days.
3. Sleeping Beauty - You fall asleep for 1 hour, only a kiss can wake you before that
4. Snow White - you take 2d8 poison damage and are under the effect of a Feign Death spell for 1d6 hours.
5. Cinderella - you cast Alter Self on yourself which lasts until the next midnight. You can choose the form you take, though you cannot gain natural weapons from it.
6. Red Riding Hood - You must succeed on a DC13 Constitution Saving throw or contract lycanthropy for the next 1d8 days. A Remove Curse spell can end this condition at any time.
7. Beauty and the Beast - your eyes are unclouded by judgment and prejudice. For the next 1d12 hours illusions can’t fool you and you see clearly through others’ disguises.
8. Rumplestiltskin - you gain the ability to spin straw into gold for the next 1d4 days. Alternatively, everybody forgets your name for the next 1d4 days.
9. The Frog Prince - you transform into a bullywug for 1d4 days.
10. The Princess and the Pea - you are vulnerable to bludgeoning and piercing damage for 1d4 days.
11. Pinocchio - for the next 1d12 hours, you make every deception check with disadvantage as lying makes your nose grow or gives you sneezing fits (depending on campaign vibe)
12. The Six Swans - you are polymorphed into a swan for 1d12 hours.
13. The Snow Queen - a swarm of snow bees appears and follows you, shielding you from harm. You are resistant to piercing and bludgeoning damage but after every short or long rest you must succeed on a DC10 Constitution save or take 3d4 cold damage. This lasts for 1d4 days.
14. Alice in Wonderland - Roll a d20. If the result is even, you grow a size larger and if it is odd, you grow a size smaller, as if you've cast the Enlarge/Reduce Spell. The effect lasts for 1d6 hours.
15. Frau Holle - roll a charisma saving throw. On an 11 or higher, you are showered in gold, on a 10 or lower, you are showered in pitch. For the next 1d4 days, you can’t get rid of this by any means short of a wish spell. In that time you roll all luck checks with advantage if covered in gold or disadvantage if covered in pitch.
16. The Goose Girl - for the next 1d4 days, you can ruffle your hair to cast Gust of Wind in a random direction. You may do this once per short rest.
17. Puss in Boots - a spectral cat companion grants you advantage on the next 1d4 deception checks you make. Every time this happens, the cat steals your shoes/boots or another piece of your clothing.
18. Rapunzel - for 1d12 hours, your hair grows very long. If you didn’t have hair previously, use an equivalent appropriate for your species/appearance. You can use it as a whip in fights, that does 1d4 + your proficiency modifier + your consitution modifier slashing damage, or as a rope for climbing.
19. The Pied Piper - for the next 1d4 days, you can speak with rats, mice and other rodents. Unless you prove yourself a foe, they treat you like a friend.
20. The boy who learned fear - your sense of fear is dulled. For the next 1d12 hours, you are immune to the frightened condition but you roll wisdom based checks and saving throws with disadvantage.
21. Briar Rabbit - For the next 1d4 days, you ignore difficult terrain
22. Red Shoes - you are affected by Otto’s Irresistable dance until another character uses its action to wrestle your shoes away from your feet. Use contested Athletics checks to resolve this.
23. Chicken Little - for the next 1d4 days, while under open skies, you have disadvantage on rolls against the frightened condition. Sleeping under an open sky leaves you with a point of Exhaustion.
24. Little Match Girl - You start to shiver and shake in even the most balmiest weather but can sit in a roaring campfire without discomfort. for the next 1d4 days, you gain resistance to fire damage and weakness to cold damage.
25. Emperor's New Clothes - for the next 1d12 hours, All clothing and armour vanish from your perception. Your attacks can ignore armour DC.
26. Urashima Taro - you have aged, happy birthday. For the next 1d4 days, you appear significantly older and you gain the benefit of one class feature that would be available to you at your next level. However, you make all Dexterity checks and saving throws with disadvantage.
27. Golden Goose - You are struck with exterme intestinal discomfort. During your next... Ahem, toilet visit, you will find a golden egg. Ewww. [20 through 27 courtesy of u/MutatedMutton]
28. Jack and the Beanstalk - for the next 1d4 hours, you can be easily convinced to give away an item of value and trade it for a randomly rolled feywild trinket. (Feywild trinket should offer some fun valued adventure.) So maybe not "randomly rolled." [u/derbyvoice71] alternative: lose reputation with giants. For the next 1d4 hours (or days) the attitude of friendly creatures of size large or bigger drops to indifferent, while indifferent large creatures become hostile. [u/badgerbaroudeur]
29. Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Your taste buds warp drastically, and you become very picky when it comes to food and drink, even potions. You may only gain the benefits of every third potion you consume, as it is "just right". This lasts for 1d4 days. [u/FungiDavidov]
30. The ugly duckling - everyone in a 10 ft radius must succeed on a wisdom saving throw or burst into laughter as if under the effects of a Tasha’s Hideous Laughter spell [u/Slightlyonpoint]
31. The Green Children of Woolpit - your skin turns green, and you can speak only in a mysterious unknown language for 24h.
32. Robin Hood - if you are the richest member of your party, you immediately lose 3d6 GP to the poorest member. If you are the poorest, you gain 3d6 GP from the richest member. If you are the second richest or poorest, 2d6 gp is exchanged, and so on. alternative: until your next short rest, you have advantage on ranged attacks made with a bow.
33. Herne the Hunter - you grow a pair of stag antlers, and have advantage on all attack rolls against beasts, for 24h.
34. The Giant and the Cobbler - every time you make a successful deception check in the next 1d6 days, you gain one free use of the Mold Earth cantrip, up to a maximum of 5.
35. Lady Godiva - your current clothing (including armour) takes on the appearance of a beautiful gown. It functions as normal while in this form, which lasts for 1d6 days or until you choose to remove it. Removing the gown takes 1 action, at which point the clothes return to normal and can be donned as usual. Any creature who looks at you after the gown is removed but before you re-equip your clothing must make a constitution saving throw or be affected as if by the Blindness spell.
36. Spring-Heeled Jack - you gain the ability to jump up to 20ft from standing until your next long rest.
37. The Hedley Know - you are filled with optimism about your situation, and are able to find the silver linings in any misfortune. You may expend some of this optimism to reroll any natural 1. The effect wears off after 3 uses. [31. through 37. by u/deep-blue-seams]

The following are not associated with a specific fairy tale, so I’ll exclude them from the official list. you are welcome to still use them though.

• ⁠Voice of a princess - For the next 1d4 days, once per short rest, your singing can draw in flocks of birds or swarms of woodland creatures to aid with tasks or attack your enemies. You summon a swarm of creatures appropriate to your surroundings (GM’s choice), that aids you for up to 10 minutes. [u/MutatedMutton]
• The Midas touch - the next object, creature or substance you touch turns into solid gold. For creatures, they succumb to the petrified condition. After 1d4 days, the charm reverts. A Greater Restoration spell can end the condition sooner. [u/MutatedMutton]

Looking on the interwebs I couldn’t find a really good comprehensive list of curses that suited my game, so I made a list of 200. I’ve pulled some of these from other sources (such as reddit posts, youtube shorts, and so on), but the vast majority were from me going “wouldn’t it be funny if…”
Some of the curses have optional mechanical rules attached because I was asked to rule on them. Your mileage may vary (you’re obviously welcome to leave mechanical effects off altogether at your table). That said, I have a hard time believing the rogue can spot a pressure plate when the floor appears made of molten nacho cheese…
Enjoy! Hope you feel inspired and use some in your campaign or your curse tables.
Dreamfey Curses D100:
1 - All of your teeth fall out, and a tiny hand springs from your gums in each one's place. - If you cast a spell with verbal components, roll a d20. On a 5 or lower, the spell fails and is wasted.
2 - Your hair falls out and begins to rapidly regrow from your ears. - You suffer disadvantage on checks requiring hearing.
3 - You can no longer blink your eyes. - Disadvantage to vision checks.
4 - Your fingers become toes, and your toes become fingers. - Disadvantage on dexterity checks requiring fine motor control.
5 - You lay an egg, and are overwhelmed by the instinct to brood it. - If the egg hatches after 30 days, you gain a familiar. If it dies, you suffer disadvantage on charisma checks due to depression until the curse is removed.
6 - You can only speak in the scat style of song. - You are incomprehensible and cannot cast spells with verbal components.
7 - You laugh uproariously at anything sad or distressing. - Disadvantage on charisma checks in upsetting situations.
8 - You may only ingest things that are yellow. Any other color makes you violently ill. - Food and potions must be carefully considered. Water must be made yellow.
9 - Each time you laugh in real life, your character takes 1d4 damage.
10 - You believe yourself to be a spy working for the enemy, and are very bad at it.
11 - All livestock that see you want to be near you, and do their best to get as close to you as possible.
12 - You crave humanoid bones, and can only be satisfied by eating them.
13 - You cannot turn right. - Disadvantage on dexterity saving throws.
14 - You must loudly shout, "SURPRISE!" when walking through doorways.
15 - You become a pacifist. You can no longer intentionally attempt to deal lethal damage.
16 - Every time you have an even remotely romantic feeling, you become intensely nauseous. - DC 15 CON save or vomit, still look sick on success.
17 - You become intensely magnetic.
18 - You become incredibly beautiful, and must look in any mirror you encounter for at least one minute. - Advantage on seduction-based charisma checks.
19 - Every time you harm someone, even intentionally, you must apologize profusely.
20 - You cannot tell the difference between copper and gold.
21 - You may only speak in questions.
22 - You learn one random useless fact every morning, and can't stop thinking about it until you've told someone. - Automatic failure on concentration checks before disclosing fact.
23 - Your joints pop loudly whenever you move.
24 - Moths are fascinated by you.
25 - Your dreams are visible for others as small illusions above your head.
26 - Whenever anyone doubts you for any reason, you must answer with, "But I know magic!" - Disadvantage on deception checks.
27 - Whenever you hear someone utter a number under 100, you must count up to 100 from that number.
28 - When you walk through a door you forget what you were doing.
29 - Anything you drink takes on the consistency of yogurt. - DC 10 CON save each day to consume drink.
30 - All of your intentional movements are reversed--for example, attempting to move your right hand instead moves your left hand. - You automatically fail all dexterity checks and saves.
31 - You fall hopelessly in love with the next person you see, and actively pursue a long term relationship with them.
32 - You are now unfailingly polite and servile.
33 - You smell strongly of barbeque. - Disadvantage on stealth checks.
34 - You forget how to properly put on your armor, and it has a chance to simply fall off. - When hit by an attack, roll a d20. On a 1, your armor falls off.
35 - Whenever you see someone new who is not hostile, you must introduce yourself and kiss them on both cheeks.
36 - You become terrified of the sun. - Disadvantage on all checks, saves, and attack rolls when in direct sunlight.
37 - You can feel your parasitic twin attempting to assert control over your body at the worst times. - Enemies have advantage on attacks against you.
38 - You have the hiccups. Forever. - Disadvantage on concentration checks.
39 - You must shed your skin like a snake every day. - The time required for your long rest is extended by 2 hours.
40 - If you have a suggestion, you must whisper it conspiratorially to only one person and pretend you said nothing when anyone else asks.
41 - You believe you’re invisible. You're not.
42 - Every day you get bitten by a mosquito in a difficult-to-scratch place. - Disadvantage to charisma checks due to constant itching.
43 - All undead look like beautiful, pleading men and women to you.
44 - Random belongings from nearby people will occasionally fall out of your clothing in front of them.
45 - You think you can talk to animals. None of them seem to like you.
46 - You can only speak in lies, and you love telling lies. - You cannot cast a spell with verbal components.
47 - Whenever you score a critical hit, you must spend your bonus action and movement (if available) doing a victory dance.
48 - You are easily addicted to things. You deny that this is the case. - Automatically fail addiction checks.
49 - Your shadow mocks you.
50 - You feel the constant need to speak in a gravelly voice (like Batman). - Disadvantage on charisma checks.
51 - You cannot abide the sight of the opposite sex, and must avert your eyes in disgust. - You are blind with respect to humanoids of the opposite sex, and suffer disadvantage on attacks against them.
52 - All speech in Common sounds like terrified screaming to you.
53 - You are committed to forming a committed relationship with a troll, and must try to guide the group toward that objective.
54 - Your hair becomes a tangled mass of non-venomous, mostly-harmless snakes. They are not friendly to you.
55 - You believe yourself to be a were-halfling. You are not.
56 - You believe yourself to be an actor, and this campaign is an elaborate play. The audience is invisible and all around you.
57 - Nobody can remember your name, but that doesn't stop them from trying and getting it wrong.
58 - All beasts of CR 1/4 and lower are frightened of you, even your pets and livestock.
59 - You are immune to the effects of potions and poisons.
60 - You compulsively narrate your every action in a whisper.
61 - You compulsively sing, whistle, or hum a theme song that changes from situation to situation.
62 - You must now speak in the style of Randy "Macho Man" Savage.
63 - Every time you hear the word "magic," you react as if struck by the Vicious Mockery cantrip at lowest level.
64 - You become breathtakingly ugly (doesn't impact CHA). Every mirror you pass shatters loudly.
65 - You glow in the dark (dim light, 10 ft radius). You make up a different reason why whenever you’re asked.
66 - If viewed by someone using True Sight, you appear to be a mindflayer to them.
67 - You cannot eat food. Instead, each day, you must make someone cry in order to remain sated.
68 - Lightning is attracted to you, but it's shy.
69 - When crafting something, roll a d20. On a 10 or lower, you accidentally drop the item over and over when attempting to craft it.
70 - The slightest amount of intoxicant of any kind has its full effect on you (such as a thimble of beer causing drunkenness).
71 - You believe yourself to be visibly pregnant. Anyone that you complain about this to must say "Congratulations!"
72 - Your blood turns into coins as it leaves your body. Each hitpoint lost results in one silver coin falling from the wound.
73 - You must spend your first turn of combat in earnest attempting to have a dance-off against your enemy.
74 - You grow a set of vestigial gills. They are not functional. You believe they ARE functional.
75 - Your main weapon, whatever it is, begins to speak with you. It criticizes your form each time you miss an attack.
76 - You must speak like a black-hat cowboy. - Advantage to intimidation checks.
77 - All birdsong stops within 1 mile of you. Birds watch you constantly.
78 - Your sense of touch is extremely sensitive. - Advantage to sleight of hand, disadvantage to concentration checks when taking damage.
79 - You must attempt to make innuendos, or insinuate them where they do not exist. - Disadvantage to persuasion checks against decent people.
80 - A talkative flea lives in your nose. Only you can hear it.
81 - You become blurred, even to your own perception. You don't know which of the blurred images is you. - Enemies have disadvantage to attack you, you have disadvantage on dexterity saving throws and checks.
82 - You fart at inappropriate times. Whenever you are sneaking, you must roll an occasional d20 to hold the fart in. - The DC to hold this fart in is a CON save, and begins at 10, increasing by 1 each round until released.
83 - You are overwhelmed by kleptomania. You must attempt to steal something from your companions regularly.
84 - One of your companions slowly begins to find you irresistibly attractive.
85 - You grow a long, wizardly beard. Even if you shave it, it grows back within an hour.
86 - Your eyes and mouth change positions (mouths where your eyes were, an eye where your mouth was).
87 - You think if you just think a happy enough thought, you can fly. On a natural 20, you can (for one turn)!
88 - You have a crippling phobia of magic. This includes the Remove Curse spell that would cure you of this phobia.
89 - Male spiders everywhere begin trying to attract you as a mate. It's cute sometimes.
90 - You have to take ever-increasing risks to satisfy your escalating need for a thrill.
91 - You grow an extremely talkative mole on your nose. You should get that looked at. Hey, who you lookin' at?!
92 - You are compelled to challenge the occasional passerby to duels. This happens at random.
93 - You believe yourself to be actual royalty. Kneel, peasants!
94 - You cannot tell the difference between individual humanoids except temporarily, by taste.
95 - A tiny stormcloud floats two feet above you and drizzles on you constantly. Oddly, it's kind of soothing at night as long as you can block the rain.
96 - You have t-rex vision. You can only detect your enemies if they’ve moved that round or the round before. You also have advantage on attacks against lawyers.
97 - You believe you have the ability to see the future. It all seems so clear… (you don't, and it isn't).
98 - You develop the annoying habit of discussing a specific bit of cuisine any time there is a lull in conversation.
99 - You see your death in the future. All of your deaths. You are frightened of all enemies in combat until making a successful DC20 wisdom saving throw at the end of your turn, at which point you are immune to this effect for one hour.
100 - A contract falls into your lap. It promises one Wish in exchange for a child to be delivered to The Pale, courtesy of the Conclave of the Moon. There are numerous stipulations written in every conceivable language, but it seems pretty straightforward. You may immediately benefit from another Fey Curse and the advantage it conveys.
101 - Your nipples detach and begin to crawl all over your body like caterpillars. They can't be plucked off.
102 - You are terrified of the color blue.
103 - Your head turns into a donkey's head. You're capable of speech.
104 - A colony of gregarious spiders takes up residence on your face, imitating a beard. You can shake them loose whenever you like, but the colony always reappears on your face within half an hour, regardless of how many you kill or displace.
105 - Every time someone makes a joke, pun, or innuendo that you can hear, you suffer the effects of Tasha's Hideous Laughter. (DC15 to save afterward)
106 - Dandelions sprout wherever you walk as long as it's on dirt or grass.
107 - Your skin turns a violent shade of luminescent pink.
108 - You hear the song "Banana Phone" playing over and over in your mind.
109 - You always feel a bit too cold.
110 - Whenever you tell a lie, you fart loudly. - Automatically fail deception checks that involve a lie.
111 - You have drawn the attention of a miniature Genie who grants you whatever you wish for. While he generally means well, he plays a bit too loose with the creative license. Also, he gets angry if you try to stifle his creative freedom and make specific wishes (such as attempting to replicate a spell effect or a guaranteed standard outcome). He loves to try and grant wishes whenever you say, "I wish…" as well.
112 - Drinking alcohol makes you feel like you're invincible.
113 - You must now eat and digest food "in reverse." You know what I mean.
114 - You moan loudly whenever you make physical contact with another creature.
115 - Your eyes glow in the dark, and their color reflects your mood (red for anger, blue for calm, green for fear, pink for love, etc.).
116 - Large, onomatopoeic words appear and float in the air whenever you do something that makes a noise, and last a few seconds.
117 - You must end everything you say with, "Myah, see? Myah!"
118 - You must speak in pig latin.
119 - If you spend a turn yelling loudly and flexing without moving or taking any actions, bonus actions, or reactions, you may make an extra attack on the next turn with advantage. You glow brightly the entire time you're yelling in this situation.
120 - You become exceptionally greedy.
121 - If you take damage, you must use your item interaction to make sure your hair is okay on the following turn.
122 - You prefer the romantic company of bears instead of other humanoids.
123 - You have tinnitus.
124 - You absolutely REFUSE to step on cracks of any kind (mechanically, you must move only using the arrow keys).
125 - Whenever you look at someone for more than three seconds, their face appears to start melting (this is a hallucination).
126 - Any time you say a word without pronouncing the "silent" letters in it, you bite your tongue. It hurts a lot, and draws blood, which most people have no problem seeing.
127 - You speak in haiku.
128 - You can't see clothing or armor anymore. This includes your own. - Double the amount of time required to don armor.
129 - Whenever you accidentally harm an ally with an errant shot or area of effect ability or spell, you feel the power of Ryfe flow through you--you gain temporary HP equal to the damage you inflicted on your friends. This temporary HP stacks.
130 - Your thoughts are literally written on your face. In Dwarvish.
131 - Failing an ability check makes you pee, just a little.
132 - You can't see race (or gender) when looking at humanoids. Everyone looks like a white cismale human.
133 - You tip at least 50% whenever you spend money on something. If you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to buy!
134 - You think anyone shorter than you is a literal child.
135 - You develop male pattern baldness--full on horseshoe style.
136 - A brownie starts following you and cleaning up after you. If you fail to thank it each day by leaving it a present, it will sabotage you somehow.
137 - Any reptile or amphibian you see you think MUST be a cursed prince. One little kiss could break that curse…
138 - You develop a severe stutter. - Disadvantage on spellcasting ability checks.
139 - You must now regularly whisper, "I like you," in the ears of your companions, especially when they're sleeping and you're not.
140 - Whenever you're talking to someone, you must try to touch them at the same time, preferably their face.
141 - Whenever you see a beggar, you give them at least 5% of the money you have.
142 - Your sense of spice is reversed. Plain white bread is the spiciest thing in the world, and only exotic peppers taste bland to you. Water tastes like hot sauce.
143 - Any time you hear the word, "loot," you have an earthshaking orgasm.
144 - You are terrified of healing. Much like a child afraid of getting shots, you flee from people trying to heal you.
145 - If you swear, a silver coin falls out of your pocket (if you have any).
146 - You have a slow nosebleed. It never stops, except when you're looking straight upward or sleeping.
147 - You see dolls following you. They always seem to disappear around corners or behind objects and vanish right after you notice them.
148 - Reading gives you a vicious headache.
149 - Whenever nobody else is around to see, doors close and lock you in whatever room you're in (if it has doors that lock).
150 - Your bellybutton turns into a little mouth that screams out cheerleading slogans and hype for you at random moments.
151 - Your hands ooze delicious butter substitute. On attacks of natural 1, you fumble your weapon.
152 - Your mouth is permanently dry. Make with the lip-smacking sounds!
153 - Your character must loudly sing a "poop song" whenever you go to the bathroom in real life.
154 - Whenever someone says your name, you have a sneezing fit.
155 - You remain oblivious to clues obtained through sight or sound, and must roll investigation checks using your sense of taste instead. You don't suffer any particular disadvantage for this--enjoy synesthesia!
156 - When you're in crowds or moving through city streets or the like, random and hurtful insults are hurled at you from people you can't see.
157 - There's always a piece of broccoli stuck in your teeth. You can feel it, though you can never quite liberate it from your teeth. Everyone can see it, but you can never spot it in the mirror.
158 - Everything you put in your backpack or bag of holding gets covered in glitter. This doesn't make shopkeeps happy.
159 - If you are feminine, you grow a third breast. If you are masculine, you grow a third butt cheek.
160 - You always suggest peace as the first option to resolve any conflict. Even conflicts you start. This means if you start a fight, you must spend at least 1 action suggesting you all stop and think about just talking it out.
161 - Your finger and toenails grow at a rate of one inch per hour, and your teeth are the only thing that can cut them (or so you believe).
162 - Your feelings are delicate--you're easily offended and prone to loud bouts of crying.
163 - You are colorblind.
164 - Your clothes flutter heroically in a breeze that nobody else can feel or detect. The breeze smells strongly of hot garbage.
165 - You think about 50% of pockets are mimics.
166 - Your ears are now inside your mouth. You are deafened unless your mouth is open.
167 - Your eyebrows are always meaningfully arched.
168 - Your cheeks hang low and flap like a bloodhound's jowls.
169 - You continually emit a loud, high-pitched noise that only children under age 18 can hear.
170 - Any time you are immersed in darkness, you hear childlike laughter around you.
171 - You never wake up where you went to sleep.
172 - You think you're one of the other members of your party, selected by the GM.
173 - Every piece of food you touch turns into peppermint candy.
174 - You don't believe in the fey so hard that you literally cannot perceive them. Any effect caused by a Fey creature you rationalize to protect your disbelief.
175 - You believe you can speak with plants. They flatter you and tell you secrets (which may or may not be true).
176 - Any time you handle paper or books you get a papercut.
177 - The floor looks like molten cheese to you.
178 - You believe your imaginary friend has become real. He is not happy that you've been neglecting him all these years.
179 - You become painfully skinny.
180 - You become morbidly obese.
181 - Your nosehairs grow to be 6 inches long and constantly wiggle. Even trimmed, they regrow at the end of each long rest.
182 - Honestly, you're not sure how you're doing, but you'd love to talk about it.
183 - Whenever you critically miss an attack roll, the attack rebounds and hits you (for the lowest possible damage on the dice if applicable).
184 - A tiny purple worm dwells within your body. It harmlessly erupts from your skin to do things like eat your food, chew holes in your clothing, and scare children.
185 - You have head lice so long as you have the curse. The lice are real, and contagious.
186 - Ants begin to worship you. Each morning you see tiny cults of insects that have brought you gifts, such as crumbs of bread and bits of metal. Behold your almighty power!
187 - Every time someone says your name, you're convinced that they're propositioning you.
188 - A snail begins to chase you from somewhere in Illostere. If it ever manages to touch you, you'll die. You are fully aware of this fact.
189 - The Metacurse. If you ever make a comment that implies that you're metagaming, your gender changes. This effect is permanent. The DM makes the call on if you're metagaming or not.
190 - You are under the permanent effect of Disguise Self, appearing to look like one of your comrades, as determined by the DM.
191 - Whenever you see a rainbow, you are compelled to find the gold at the end of it. This happens every time that it rains.
192 - You believe (loudly, and to anyone who will listen) that you are the incarnation of the god that best suits your alignment and personality.
193 - You have performance anxiety.
194 - You have imposter syndrome.
195 - Every stranger you see looks like they're wearing a Nemo mask.
196 - Every stranger you see looks like Nemo wearing a stranger mask.
197 - Every time you touch a coin, it springs to life (sprouting little arms and legs, as well as eyes and a mouth) and starts singing loudly about having "Money for Nothin" while fleeing from you.
198 - Your bed--whether it be a mattress, bedroll, hammock, or otherwise--has an appetite… FOR YOU! You think your bedding is a mimic trying to eat you. (It's not, but you have trouble being convinced of that or resting).
199 - Pixies, which are normally shy creatures, suddenly find you irresistibly attractive.
200 - A dark metal coin containing one humanoid soul falls into your lap. It whispers in terror and pain at all times. Fiends cherish these coins, and may be willing to trade for them. You are able to immediately benefit from another Fey Curse and the advantage it conveys.

Read this in continuation of the 2022 CSAT post so that you realise how tricks repeat even if the questions don’t.
To make the most of this post, read just the tricks, solve 2023 paper and then refer to explanation of every question. Reading the explanations directly will not help you much.
The general tricks are to remove 1. Extreme statements 2. Too specific statements 3. Counterintuitive/illogical statements 4. Statements no where mentioned in the passage 5. For “assumption” questions, read comment section. 6. To find crux of passage — follow this example. Suppose passage talks about how melting of polar caps is leading to sea level rise. Then the passage is NOT talking about global warming leading to melting of polar caps and it also NOT talking about afforestation to stop the melting. Often the cause/effect/solution of the passage are mentioned in the options for a question on the crux of the passage, however, we know these things from our general knowledge and not what the passage is talking about. So in crux, only restrict to what is mentioned in the passage and not what we know from our general knowledge. Usually when what is IMPLIED is asked, then sometimes a solution not mentioned in the solution apply. But that solution directly addresses the problem or cause mentioned in the passage. For example, the passage is about how air pollution is causing global warming, then “implementing emission standards to control air pollution” can be an implication of the passage because it directly solve a problem mentioned. (Refer Q2 to better understand this)
There are 27 questions in total, even if you get 22 right and 5 wrong, you can score 50 in this section alone!
As per Set A —
Q1) The passage is about water allocation, so the action required should also be about water allocation which is mentioned in Option A. Option B (interlinking), Option C (water transfer) and Option D (sectoral demands) are not even mentioned in the passage. Moreover, option B is extreme as it says ALL river systems to be interlinked. Option C can’t be right it cannot be an IMMEDIATE action as required by the question. Same for Option D. So while Option B, C, D might make sense in general, they are not related to the passage.
Q2) Observe how the options use words from the passage, but not in the context, the passage uses them. For example, it says “For an economy that will be more dependent on highly skilled workers, this poses a significant challenge. Here “this” is referring to how malnutritioned children have poor cognitive ability (mentioned in the line before it). It’s not talking about skill development program is the need (Option B) or health and nutrition of only skilled workers to be improved (Option C). Option C is also extreme as it says ONLY skilled workers. Similarly it doesn’t talk about education system or rural areas (Option A) — both these keywords are nowhere mentioned in the passage. The entire passage talks about how poor health and nutrition leads to (1) Less productivity today and (2) less potential tomorrow by reducing cognitive ability of malnourished children. So if the problem is health and nutrition then the IMPLICATION has to be something that solves this problem of health and nutrition (Option D). So again, while option A, B, C make sense in general, they are not related to the passage.
Q3) Option A is wrong because it puts major responsibility on the government — when the passage only talks about what government can do, not that it has the main responsibility for adaptation and mitigation. Option B is wrong because land use patterns nowhere mentioned. Option D is wrong because extreme – mitigation is NOT possible, also not what passage is talking about. Option C is the only suitable one — refer to last line of the passage.
Q11) Similar to Q2, observe how the options use words from the passage, but not in the context, the passage uses them. Passage says “Businesses” who fail to hedge will fail, NOT “Businesses” who causes emission need to close down/pay (Option A). Option B is opposite to what passage is saying. Passage is saying technological change may or may not help, so it can’t be the only solution. Moreover, ONLY solution is too extreme to be correct. Now, Refer to trick 5 on crux of message. Option D is talking about a solution when the entire passage is based on a problem. Solution ki toh baat hi nahin kari. “Renewable energy sources” nowhere mentioned in the passage. Option C is correct because passage talks about how technological change may or may not help and businesses that do not hedge against this uncertainty will fail. Option C is just reiterating this – you can’t wait until technology improves ie you have to hedge.
Q12) Edit after the official answer key To find rational assumption, check every option to see if the passage can be true even if the assumption is false. Initially I thought Option C is right but making this change after the official answer key. I think Option C could be wrong based on the fact that it sounds a bit too extreme with “even if environmental problems go unattended” Option B is wrong because government is nowhere mentioned, the passage is about individual efforts. Option D is wrong because western values are nowhere mentioned.
Q13) In crux message, eliminate anything not mentioned in the passage — Universal Basic Income (Option A), GM crops (Option B), Fortifying (Option D). Moreover the line “Part of the reason nutrition is under threat worldwide is that our food systems are not properly responding to nutritional needs”. So food systems must respond to nutritional needs, that is, food waste nutrition should be focused, which is given by option B.
Q21) Implication of the passage = solve a problem that the passage directly mentions, and not a problem, we know from our general knowledge. Passage talks about the need for a scientific and reliable information and not arbitrary actions because they won’t make a difference. Option a wrong because not mentioned in the passage. Option C wrong because driving without periodic pollution test is not a problem the passage mentions. Option D wrong because no reason has been mentioned as to why administration tends to make Arbitary decisions, the only thing that has been mentioned is that they are unfair. Option B is correct because it’s picked from the last line of passage. Scientific and reliable information = evidence based approach, knee-jerk reaction = Arbitary decisions.
Q22) Passage is talking about how rapid growth in international markets have made corporate governance and economic/political agenda. Then it talks about how effective corporate governance leads to more external financing by investors because it leads to standards of disclosure, timely and accurate, financial reporting etc. Option A is wrong because corporate governance has become an important agenda and not access to good external financing (line 2 of passage). Like 2 also talks about how rapid growth in international capital markets has led to corporate governance being an agenda of discussion and not necessarily GOOD corporate governance. Option D is wrong because robber supply chain, nowhere mentioned in the passage. Option B is right from last line of passage.
Q23) Passage is talking about what elephants do is also helping other species. It is not talking about only the Home range of elephants to be vast area of rich biodiversity (Option A) because home range ke bahar bhi ho sakta hain. Option C is wrong because it is too extreme – CANNOT be maintained without elephants. Passage Bol raha hain ki elephants are important and not necessary. Option D is wrong because it is too specific – regenerate forests with species AS PER THEIR requirement, aisa toh kuch bola hi nahin passage ne. It only says elephant apne liye karta hain cheezein (not as per other species requirement) and woh bas baakiyon ke kaam aajati hain. Option B is correct because it says elephants benefit biodiversity which is what the passage is about.
Q31) Both assumptions aren’t related to the passage because it does not talk about government/private sector. There are only 2 problems mentioned — segregation is rare, recycling, mostly with informal sector rather than formal sector (could be private/public, doesn’t matter), only small budget left for processing/resource recovery. So private ya govt karein, uski baat hi nahin hain.
Q32) Option a is wrong because cost of energy generation not mentioned in the passage. Option B is wrong because it is extreme – most ideal way, the passage only says biomethanation offers a major solution and not that it is the only/most ideal one. Option D is wrong because the last line gives biomethanation as a solution for the biodegradable component of municipal solid waste, so it cannot be inadequate. Option C is correct because it is directly mentioned in the passage – “waste to energy fit in the chain AFTER SEGREGATION, collection, recycling…..”
Q33) Option A wrong because the first line itself says that “a claim (or assumption, as asked in the question) is that organic farming is inherently safer and healthier” Option B is correct because it directly solves a problem mentioned in the passage — “FARMERS AND CONSUMERS ARE NOT ONLY CONFUSED…”, so they need to be educated.
Q34) Option A, B and D are wrong because they are too extreme and counter logic, moreover the passage is about how organic farming lacks awareness about best use and NOT that it is inherently not a good idea. This awareness issue is addressed by option C – “farmers need to be guided”
Q35) Eliminate options not mentioned in the passage. Option A goes against last line “intensive, monoculture agriculture practises can perpetuate food and nutrition security”. Option D — subsidies are nowhere mentioned as a cause. Option B and C are more generic and directly related to the passage.
Q41) Edit after official answer key The answer is A ie Assumption 1 is correct. I am unable to justify that, if anyone can, please it up in comments. Here’s the original explanation I gave — This is a relatively tougher question to comprehend, so in case you are not able to solve it during exam time, better to leave it and move to easier questions. Option A is wrong because global warming as a cause is nowhere mentioned. in fact, no cause has been mentioned only the impact of early and longer spring. Option B is wrong because the only thing the passage mentions is that as the ice melts earlier, the birds don’t return – it talks nothing about it, not being good for bird populations.
Q42) The passage talks about poor nitrogen use efficiency and its harmful impact on the environment. It doesn’t talk about any solution like switching to crops that do not require excess nitrogen (Option C) and replacing conventional agriculture (Option D). Agar passage mein problem poor nitrogen use efficiency hain toh solution should also address nitrogen use efficiency which is done by Option A. Option B is wrong because it is too extreme.
Q43) Option B, C and D are not even closely discussed in the passage. And Option A is directly addressed in the line "The crucial question in the next few years will be how resources, technologies and REGULATIONS are used to support the victims of climate change”
Q51) Option A wrong because too extreme — food, yielding trees cannot just replace other trees. Option B wrong because passage only talks about how food from non-conventional agriculture helps in food security, and NOT that without conventional agriculture, food security cannot be ensured. That just becomes too extreme. Option C seems probably but notice “To help the poor” in the end, which makes it too specific and poor as a section haven’t been mentioned in the passage. Option D is the most general statement that goes with the theme
Q52) Passage is about how pollution from antibiotic factories. It’s NOT about environmental awareness among people (Option B). Then Option C and D are wrong on two fronts — (1) they talk about solutions when the entire passage is just highlighting a problem and (2) they are both very extreme extreme solutions that don’t make logical sense. option A is correct because it gives solution to the problem that is mentioned in the passage. Problem mentioned is pollution from antibiotics, factories and solution is proper effluent treatment protocols taaki pollution release hi na!
Q53) Passage ka point hain pehle fundamental padhai at primary level karo to build a base, tabhi toh uske upar higher education ki skills learn kar payenge. Similar to Q2 and 11, observe how the options use words from the passage, but not in the context, the passage uses them. Compare how knowledge economy has been used in passage v. How it is used in Option B. Option C is counter intuitive to what the passage is talking about. Passage bol raha hain build foundational skills, while Option C is saying build higher education skills. Option D is wrong because parents ki baat hi nahin huyi.
Q61) Option A wrong because “societal structure” nowhere mentioned. Option B wrong because the passage is talking about confusion due to many choices and not uncertainties around those choices. Option C wrong because again, it is about having too many choices that impaired our decision making ability due to this plethora of choices and not because someone is influencing our opinion. Option D is the only suitable answer that talks about what is directly mention in the passage
Q62) Edit after Official Key Only those solutions will work that directly address a problem mentioned in the passage, not solutions that would work in general sense. So problems mentioned in the essay are (1) onerous bureaucracy (2) scepticism of organised financial institutions (3) lack of basic information about which of the services and providers is best for each family (4) how one can make the transition between them if necessary (iska matlab hain transition between the physical assets they invest in and the financial products the passage wants them to invest in). So all problems mentioned here are on the consumehouseholds side. So solutions must also be addressing the household side exclusively on the 4 problems mentioned. Now coming to the solutions mentioned in the question — Option 1 one is correct because it addresses problem (4), that is, only if there is a flexible environment, can households make a transition from physical assets to financial assets. Option 2 is correct because it addresses problem 3 by providing information on what is best for each family (customised solutions). Option 3 is correct because it talks about a generic solution which encompasses the above two.
Q63) Passage talks about pros and cons of patents. Nowhere it is mentioned about dependence on other countries (countries ki toh baat hi nahin huyi) ie Option 2. Similarly, Option 3 is talking about a solution when the essay only mentions the pros and cons of a patent. Since the option is about pros and cons, Option 4 talks about finding a balance between the two, and thus it’s correct.

I have interviewed with Panda several times. I just interviewed with them today for the gm role and I’m not sure if I will be moving to the next round of interviews. I asked the interviewer did she have any hesitations about me or my resume and she said that it’s against policy to provide feedback so that tells me she may not move me forward. I’m not sure if my experience is an issue or the way that I answer questions. It could also mean that I don’t fit their culture because they only like to hire white and asians for management. I also wanted to mention that the interviewer seemed very interested in our conversation and would always smile when I asked her questions and while I was answering her questions. I just want to know what they’re looking for as far as experience and race. I forgot to mention that I have 4+ years of management in the food industry.

TL;DR I'm in the process of working on a Fallout game/setting using the Mythras ruleset. In this post I will present my ideas so far and include a bit of my design thoughts and processes. This will be presented through headings, ranging from Skills, Careers and Perks. Feel free to critique and discuss ideas!
About me: My Mythras experience is not vast, but still adequate - I've also played BRP-engine games like CoC, Delta Green and Runequest for +5 years.
I do have access and have read Mythras Firearms as well as the Mythras Imperative. Me and my group(s) will also be playing using Foundry VTT, so some extra bookkeeping will be automated, mostly meaning that I am not super afraid of extra "bookkeeping mechanics".
My experience of the actual Fallout the Roleplaying Game by Modiphius has been of general disappointment, though it got some bits that I like. I'll use some wording and ideas from Modiphius' game when designing my own Fallout setting using the Mythras ruleset.
What am I looking for?
Help, tips and suggestions on the various mechanics of Mythras within the Fallout universe. In general, I would like to stay true to both Mythras and Fallout, though one would probably need to dismiss one in certain design situations.
Looking at the chapters/headings of this post, feel free to only comment on aspects you find interesting. There is no need to force yourself to read the whole post.
Why Mythras and Fallout?

• Skill-based
• Combat-focus
• Great system for cultures and cults/brotherhoods that fit well into Fallout's factions

Character Creation

Characteristics
It'd be great to have S.P.E.C.I.A.L.S but for simplicity we will stay with the Mythras or BRP base characteristics: Strength (STR), Constitution (CON), Size (SIZ), Dexterity (DEX), Intelligence (INT), Power (POW), Charisma (CHA).
Fallout otherwise have Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Agility and Luck. Five out of these seven have more or less a direct counterpart. Fallout's Luck and Perception will be partly covered by POW. Perception moves to become a skill.
Species/Origin
One needs not to be confined to just humans; I figure Ghoul and Super Mutant would be the go-to alternatives here aside from human. Additional alternatives would be Synths (3rd generation) or other robots like Mister Handy.

• Is it boring to just give bonuses and penalties to characteristics? Like +4 CON & -2 CHA to Ghouls, and +3 CON, +3 STR, +4 SIZ, -4 CHA, -4 INT to Super Mutants.
• This could also include some sort of ability, trait or bonus perk; like "Necrotic Post-human" or "Forced Revolution" per Modiphius' Fallout. Basically giving a bonus to Radiation resistance, prolonged lifespan, etc.

Pulp
How much of the Pulp Heroic character rules would you use? As of now, I only have double the Healing Rate, but might have to include other aspects also to make the game a bit less deadly.
The addition of perks will make characters more powerful. However, there is no magic that characters could benefit from. I would imagine characters will also benefit greatly from consumables and equipment in general.

Skills

While Fallout uses a smaller set of skills than Mythras and most percentile-based games, I think a mix would suit well. We don't want skill bloat, with too many skills overlapping or too many skills ending up being either useless or extremely situational. At the same time, having enough skills to let players feel like they can specialize and be the only one that covers certain skills is also a relevant approach.
I also would like to incentive the allocation of skill points into more niche skills such as Culture, Lore, Art, and Craft. This could be done by separating the pools of Professional and Standard skill points more during character creation.
In Fallout 4 skills were entirely replaced by perks. The Fallout 3 skill list includes: Barter, Big Guns, Energy Weapons, Explosives, Lockpicking, Medicine, Melee Weapons, Repair, Science, Small Guns, Sneak, Speech, Unarmed. New Vegas added a Survival skill. New Vegas also merged Big Guns and Small Guns into a Guns skill, with the design intention that there weren't any early game Big Guns to use. Big Guns would include Flamers, Miniguns, Missile Launchers.
Combat Styles are therefore something I would like your suggestions on. Should I handle Combat Styles more like traditional weapon types like in Call of Cthulhu, i.e., have Combat Style (Shotgun), Combat Style (Guns), Combat Style (Rifles), Combat Style (Swords), Combat Style (Blunt Weapons), etc.?
Right now I am working with the idea of having 5 Combat Styles + Unarmed. Them being Big Guns, Energy Weapons, Explosives, Melee Weapons, and Small Guns. Is Small Guns to broad (making use of all sorts of pistols, shotguns and rifles)? Is Explosives a redundant skill? Especially so that you would need Athletics to throw an explosive. Perhaps have Explosives as just a professional skill, used to disarm mines, craft and handle explosives, and general knowledge about explosives.
As of now, this is the skill-list, with standard skills listed as (S) and professional skills listed as (P), somewhat arbitrarily:

• Acrobatics (P)
• Art (P)
• Administer (P)
• Animal Handling (P)
• Athletics (S)
• Barter (P)
• Barter (P)
• Brawn (S)
• Combat Styles: Big Guns, Energy Weapons, Explosives, Melee Weapons, Small Guns, Unarmed
• Craft (P)
• Culture (P) - ***Merged with customs. "***Useful for knowing social codes, rites, rituals, taboos for a particular society. Culture relates to societies that the character has either grown up in, or ones that is foreign to the character’s own. Each Culture skill must be given a particular faction, nation or society to which it applies."
• Decieve (S)
• Disguise (P)
• Endurance (S)
• Evade (S)
• Insight (S)
• Intimidate (S)
• Investigate (S) - To make Perception less impactful. " Useful for investigating a crime scene, finding information in a book or library, spotting secret compartments and inconspicuous clues, and recognizing symbols. Search for clues and make deductions based on the clues. Remembering relevant information from previous investigations. Find a piece of information, such as a certain book, newspaper, or reference in a library, archive or collection of documents, assuming the item is there. Researching by reading books or other documents may take several hours. If the player tells the GM what they do, how they do so, and what ability they use, they should automatically succeed if there is a clue hidden to be found if their Investigate skill is high enough. A failure on the roll can mean that a clue is found, but it leads to other unanswered questions or complications. An extreme success could mean additional context."
• Lockpicking (P)
• Lore (P) - "This skill represents a character’s expert understanding of a subject that falls outside the normal bounds of human knowledge, standard sciences and classic subjects. It can include the history of a particular town, or a specific social class, but should stray away from subjects that are covered by other skills such as Culture. Lore specializations can be more general, of which successful skill rolls will generate more generalized knowledge. Specializations of Lore can be specific and unusual versions of existing skills such as Occult and Survival; 2100s Lore, Brotherhood of Steel Lore, New Vegas Lore, Moon Landing Lore, Fiend Lore. Specific Lore specializations will generate much more accurate and specific information regarding that subject."
• Medicine (P) - Merged with First Aid as I believe consumables such as Medpaks and Stimpaks will be used frequently.
• Perception (S) - "Entails how well you use your five senses. Observation and perception of threats and dangers. Discover ambushes, dangerous obstacles, or even notice visually strange things about people on a high success. Could be used to listen and detect scents too."
• Persuade (S)
• Pilot (P)
• Repair (P)
• Science (P) - This skill determines the chance to successfully hack computers. It could also include general scholarly knowledge of scientific subjects.
• Sleight of Hand (P) - The go-to 'thievery' skill.
• Stealth (S)
• Streetwise (P)
• Survival (S) - Like Medicine and Science, Survival might cover a bit too much for a single skill. "Proficiency at cooking, making poisons, and crafting "natural" equipment and consumables. Also yields increased benefits from food. Knowledge of this skill provides the expertise required to survive in extreme environments. Inherent is the knowledge of hunting, building shelters, hazards (such as the avoidance of poisonous plants), etc., according to the given environment. A character can follow a person, carriage, or animal over earth and through plants/leaves. Factors such as time passed since the tracks were made, rain, and the type of ground covered may affect the difficulty level. The go-to hunting skill. This skill could also be used to traverse the wilds or set simple traps. In neighboring, yet unfamiliar locations or biomes, Survival should be made one or more grades harder."
• Swim (S) - Perhaps redundant. Maybe just use Athletics, Endurance or something else instead?
• Willpower (S)

Culture

There are a number of cultures, but five basic types: Urban, Wasteland, Militant, Criminal, Nomadic. Any other name suggestions for these?
It could be relevant to try and differentiate Cultures with Cults/Brotherhood. Would "Vault Dweller" or "Brother of Steel" be more of a Culture or Cult/Brotherhood?
Urban
Urban would be the 'Civilized' one.
Culture/Lore: NCR, the Enclave, New Reno, Vault City, Shady Sands, etc.
Standard Skills: Insight, Persuade, Willpower; and four of the following: Brawn, Deceive, Endurance, Evade, Investigate, Perception.
Combat Style: Any.
Professional Skills: Art (any), Barter, Craft (any), Lore (any), Science, Streetwise.
Cultural Passions

• Nominal democracy – de facto fascism
• American exceptionalism
• The American Dream
• Rule of Law
• Freedom

Wasteland
Wasteland would be the more rural or tribal survivor.
Culture/Lore: Boomers, Children of Atom, Children of the Cathedral, Megaton, etc.
Standard Skills: Evade, Nature, Persuade, and four of the following: Athletics, Brawn, Deceive, Endurance, Insight, Investigate, Perception, Stealth, Survival.
Combat Style: Any.
Professional Skills: Animal Handling, Administer, Art (any), Barter, Craft (any), Culture (any), Lore (any), Repair, Streetwise.
Cultural Passions

• Never trust outsiders
• Unify all people under a single banner
• Eliminate the unfaithful from the world
• Ensure the safety of the tribe

Militant
Militant could include Caesar's Legion as well as the Brotherhood of Steel.
Culture/Lore: Brotherhood of Steel, Caesar's Legion, etc.
Standard Skills: Athletics, Brawn, Endurance, Evade, and three of the following: Deceive, Insight, Intimidate, Perception, Persuade, Survival, Willpower.
Combat Style: Any.
Professional Skills: Art (any), Craft (any), Culture (any), Lore (any), Pilot (any), Repair, Streetwise.
Cultural Passions

• Preserve advanced technology
• Ensure the long term stability of the faction
• Stand firm to your ideals
• Hate an enemy faction/culture

Criminal
I'm thinking raiders here mostly. This kind of overlaps a bit with most other cultures.
Culture/Lore: Fiends, Jackals, Khans, etc.
Standard Skills: Athletics, Evade, Nature, and four of the following: Barter, Brawn, Deceive, Endurance, Insight, Intimidate, Perception, Stealth, Survival.
Combat Style: Any.
Professional Skills: Art (any), Craft (any), Culture (any), Lore (any), Lockpicking, Repair, Streetwise.
Cultural Passions

• Make someone pay
• Hurt people
• “Omerta”
• Keep your friends close
• Chase the big bucks

Nomadic
This would be the more 'lone survivor' culture, or nomads traveling in small bands.
Culture/Lore: Commonwealth, Mojave, etc.
Standard Skills: Athletics, Endurance, Evade, Survival, and four of the following: Brawn, Deceive, Insight, Nature, Perception, Willpower.
Combat Style: Any.
Professional Skills: Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Art (any), Barter, Craft (any), Culture (any), Lore (any), Medicine.
Cultural Passions

• Always keep moving
• Don’t stand out
• Loyalty to the clan, faction, leader
• Love (friend, sibling, romantic lover)
• See new places

Fame & Infamy (Reputation)

One major and great aspect of the Fallout games is the reputation you can gain from various factions.
"Fame is positive and Infamy is negative. Both types of reputation are tracked separately, the combination of which determines one's reputation with any given faction. The benefits and drawbacks of any given reputation depend on the group itself. The characters may receive discounts with merchants, provoke attacks from hired thugs, or simply be treated differently.
Points are accumulated by various means. Completing quests, helping people, and generally making oneself useful will result in accumulating positive reputation points. Negative reputation can be earned by things such as killing members of a group, being caught stealing, lying, being rude or treating people poorly, betraying the faction or completing quests for the opposite side."

Careers

With this list of careers I would like to cover most (if not all) professions in the wastelands. Is there a career you think is missing or should be renamed? Is there a career who should have their skills switched around?
Agent (Assassin, Detective, Informer, Spy)
Standard Skills: Combat Style (Small Guns or Melee Weapons), Deceive, Evade, Insight, Investigate, Perception, Stealth.
Professional Skills: Acrobatics, Culture (any), Lore (any), Disguise, Sleight of Hand, Streetwise.
Bounty Hunter (Assassin, Mercenary, Soldier of Fortune)
Standard Skills: Brawn, Combat Style (any two), Evade, Perception, Survival, Willpower.
Professional Skills: Barter, Culture (any), Lore (any), Medicine, Streetwise.
Cook (Apothecary, Bartender, Barkeep)
Standard Skills: Combat Style (Unarmed), Endurance, Evade, Insight, Investigate, Perception, Survival.
Professional Skills: Survival; and any of the following: Art (any), Craft (any), Medicine, Sleight of Hand.
Courier (Messenger)
Couriers sometimes travel very long distances to reach their targets. You can be sure that travels are always dangerous.
Standard Skills: Combat Style (any), Endurance, Evade, Investigate, Perception, Survival, Willpower.
Professional Skills: Barter, Culture (any), Lore (any), Medicine, Repair, Science, Sleight of Hand.
Crafter (Builder, Artificer, Artisan, Handy-man)
Standard Skills: Brawn, Endurance, Insight, Perception, Persuade, Survival, Willpower.
Professional Skills: Craft (any); and up to two of the following: Barter, Science, Sleight of Hand, Repair.
Cultist (Guru, Hermit, Priest)
Standard Skills: Combat Style (any), Endurance, Insight, Perception, Persuade, Survival, Willpower.
Professional Skills: Lore (any); and up to two of the following: Art (any), Craft (any), Science, Repair.
Doctor (Physician)
Standard Skills: Endurance, Insight, Investigate, Perception, Persuade, Survival, Willpower.
Professional Skills: Medicine; and up to two of the following: Craft (any), Science, .
Entertainer (Acrobat, Dancer, Musician, Poet, Singer)
Standard Skills: Athletics, Brawn, Deceive, Evade, Insight, Persuade, Willpower.
Professional Skills: Art (any); and up to two of the following: Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Barter, Culture (any), Lore (any), Sleight of Hand.
Farmer (Gardener, Herder, Hillbilly)
Standard Skills: Athletics, Brawn, Combat Style (any), Endurance, Perception, Survival.
Professional Skills: Art (any), Animal Handling, Craft (any), Culture (any).
Hermit (Nomad, Radio Host, Wanderer)
Standard Skills: Athletics, Combat Style (any), Endurance, Evade, Perception, Stealth, Survival.
Professional Skills: Survival; and up to two of the following: Barter, Craft (any), Culture (any), Lore (any), Medicine, Repair.
Hunter (Forester, Poacher, Ranger, Scout, Trapper)
Standard Skills: Athletics, Brawn, Combat Style (any two), Investigate, Perception, Willpower.
Professional Skills: Survival; and up to two of the following: Craft (any), Culture (any), Lore (any), Medicine, Repair.
Merchant (Broker, Caravan Merchant, Money Lender, Smuggler, Storekeeper, Trader, Vendor)
Merchants are the primary source of items and equipment in the wastelands, aside from scavenging or looting from dead enemies. Merchants usually specialize in a certain area such as weapons and ammunition, food, armor, and clothing. Some merchants, such as scavengers or traveling merchants, carry a wide variety of items. Merchants operate out of either fixed stores or are part of traveling caravans.
Standard Skills: Combat Style (any), Deceive, Insight, Investigate, Perception, Persuade, Survival.
Professional Skills: Barter; and up to two of the following: Art (any), Craft (any), Culture (any), Lore (any), Medicine, Repair, Streetwise.
Official (Dean, Minister, Overseer, Steward, Tax Collector)
Officials are appointed or elected to an office, charged with some administrative duty.
Standard Skills: Combat Style (ranged weapon alternative), Deceive, Insight, Investigate, Perception, Persuade, Willpower.
Professional Skills: Administer, Craft (any), Culture (any), Lore (any).
Officer (Deputy, Sergeant, Sheriff)
Officers have a leading role in military or pseudo-military outfits. They can be police, military, criminal – self-proclaimed or appointed.
Standard Skills: Athletics, Combat Style (any two), Intimidate, Perception, Persuade, Survival.
Professional Skills: Culture (any), Lore (any), Medicine, Streetwise.
Politician (Advisor, Conspirator, Courtier, Delegate, Diplomat, Sycophant)
Politicians serve as rulers, advisors and policy makers for settlements, factions and governments.
Standard Skills: Deceive, Evade, Insight, Intimidate, Perception, Persuade, Willpower.
Professional Skills: Administer, Barter, Culture (any), Lore (any), Streetwise.
Scavenger (Rover, Survivor, Trader)
Scavengers scour the ruins of the Great War looking for valuables to use or sell.
Standard Skills: Combat Style (any), Endurance, Evade, Investigate, Perception, Survival, Willpower.
Professional Skills: Barter; and up to two of the following: Culture (any), Lore (any), Repair, Streetwise.
Scientist (Engineer, Programmer, Scribe, Technician)
Standard Skills: Insight, Investigate, Perception, Persuade, Survival, Willpower.
Professional Skills: Science; and up to two of the following: Lore (any), Medicine, Repair.
Servant (Captive, Slave)
Standard Skills: Endurance, Evade, Insight, Perception, Persuade, Survival, Willpower.
Professional Skills: Animal Handling, Art (any), Craft (any), Culture (any), Lore (any), Repair.
Soldier (Knight, Mercenary, Ranger, Trooper)
Standard Skills: Brawn, Combat Style (any two), Evade, Endurance, Perception, Survival.
Professional Skills: Culture (any), Lore (any), Medicine, Pilot (any), Repair.
Thug (Bodyguard, Boxer, Henchman, Mobster, Raider)
Thugs often work for a criminal operation. Sometimes they work independently as thieves, pickpockets and muggers, always looking for a victim.
Standard Skills: Brawn, Combat Style (any two), Endurance, Intimidate, Perception, Survival.
Professional Skills: Animal Handling, Craft (any), Culture (any), Lore (any), Repair, Streetwise.
Thief (Bandit, Burglar, Pickpocket, Swindler)
Standard Skills: Brawn, Combat Style (any), Deceive, Evade, Investigate, Perception, Survival.
Professional Skills: Lockpicking, Lore (any), Sleight of Hand, Streetwise.
Vault Dweller (Barber, Clinical Test Subject, Crematorium Operator, Fry Cook, Hairdresser, Jukebox Technician, Laundry Cannon Operator, Little League Coach, Marriage Counselor, Masseuse, Pip-Boy Programmer, Pedicurist, Shift Supervisor, Tattoo Artist, Vault Chaplain, Vault Loyalty Inspector)
Standard Skills: Combat Style (any); one of Deceive, Intimidate and Persuade; one of Evade or Endurance;one of Investigate or Perception; one of Stealth, Survival
Professional Skills: Art (any), Craft (any), Culture (any), Lockpicking, Lore (any), Medicine, Repair, Science, Sleight of Hand.

Perks

I've added a number of Perks trying to mostly be faithful to the original perks of the games. Characters can choose a single perk during character creation, than perhaps every other progression process.
Below is a selection of perks. Consider aspects such as balance and wording.

Perk	Rank	Requirement	Description
Action Boy/Girl	1	None	You gain one additional Action Point during the first round of combat.
↘️	2	DEX or INT 14	Instead of above, you gain one additional Action Point permanently.
Adamantium Skeleton	1	CON 13, non-robot	Your skeleton has been infused with indestructible metal. All your limbs Hit Locations receive +2 natural armor.
↘️	2	CON 15	When taking a Serious Wound to a limb, you roll Endurance twice versus the attack, taking the better result.
↘️	3	CON 17	All your limbs Hit Locations receive +4 natural armor (instead of +2).
Center Mass	1	DEX 14	Fire straight! When you make a ranged attack, you may choose to strike the target’s abdomen or chest location. Decide before you shoot. You do not need the ‘Choose Location’ Special Effect, but you may only do this once per Combat Round.
Educated	1	INT 12	As you learn, you grow. You gain one additional Experience roll during progression.
Gun Fu	1	DEX 13	You've learned to apply ancient martial arts to gunplay! When you succeed at a ranged attack with a gun, you may use that same level of success on a second target during the following turn but the same round. You cannot use any Special Effects on the second attack.
↘️	2	DEX 14	As above and increase the damage to the second target by +2.
↘️	3	DEX 15	When you succeed at a ranged attack with a gun, you may use that same level of success on a second and third target during the following turns but the same round. You cannot use any Special Effects on these attacks. Increase the damage to the second and third targets by +4 (instead of 2).
Inspirational	1	CHA 12	Because you lead by example, you and all your allies may reroll one Experience roll each during progression.
↘️	2	CHA 13	Your allies cannot harm you with attacks and can’t be harmed by your attacks.
↘️	3	CHA 14	You may spend 1 Luck Point to have an ally reroll an Endurance or Willpower roll.
Intense Training	1	80 % in at least one skill	Increase one of your characteristics by 1 point.
Light Footed	1	DEX 12	While sneaking, you never trigger mines or floor-based traps.
↘️	2	DEX 14, POW 12	You roll Stealth at decreased difficulty.
Mister Sandman	1	DEX 14	You are an agent of death. Your silenced weapons do an additional +1D4 in damage against surprised foes.
↘️	2	DEX 15	Your silenced weapons do an additional +1D6 (instead of +1D4) in damage against surprised foes.
Night Person	1	None	You are a creature of the night! Reduce any difficulty increase due to nightly darkness by one.
↘️	2	None	You gain +2 INT and POW during the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
↘️	3	None	You gain +3 INT and POW (instead of +2) during the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Pain Train	1	STR 15, CON 12	Choo Choo! All aboard! While wearing Power Armor and taking the Charge action, all enemies in your path have to roll an Endurance or Evade roll. On a failure, they take 1D4 damage + damage modifier and are staggered for one round. Robots and enemies with a combined SIZ+STR above 35 are immune to the stagger.
↘️	2	STR 16	The Endurance or Evade roll is made at one degree higher difficulty. The damage is increased to 1D6 (instead of 1D4).
↘️	3	STR 17	The damage is increased to 1D10 (instead of 1D6). On a failure, they are also knocked prone. Only enemies with a combined SIZ+STR above 45 are immune to the stagger.
Paralyzing Palm	1	Unarmed 70 %	Your unarmed attacks gain the ‘Paralysing’ weapon trait.
Quick Hands	1	DEX 15	In combat, there's no time to hesitate. The Load time for guns is 1 lower.
Shotgun Surgeon	1	Small Guns 50 %	And I started blasting. As a critical Special Effect, your shotgun shot can gain the ‘Armor Piercing’ trait.
↘️	2	Small Guns 75 %	When you take the ‘Maximize Damage’ Special Effect, the opponent also has to roll Endurance or become staggered for a round.
↘️	3	Small Guns 90 %	On a critical success, your shotgun shot automatically gains the ‘Bonus Limb Damage’ weapon trait.
Steady Aim	1	STR 12, DEX 11	Stay on target! Hip fire accuracy is improved when firing any ranged weapon. Whenever you spend a Luck point to alter your ranged attacks, you automatically gain the ‘Maximize Damage’ Special Effect.
Terrifying Presence	1	SIZ 12, STR 10, CHA 12	You may take two actions to make an opposed Intimidation roll against an opponent’s Willpower. On a success, the opponent flees in fear. They must move away from you during this round of combat.
↘️	2	One of SIZ, STR or CHA at least 15	When you roll Intimidation, you may reroll once.

Weaponry

I've always seen weapon descriptions from Mythras to be a bit lacking (or rather confusing for newcomers) when it comes to weapon traits and Special Effects. For instance, most bladed melee weapons in Mythras are listed to have either the Bleed or Impale Special Effects (or both), making one assume that they are restricted from other Special Effects.
I don't have a solution to this, though, and I wouldn't want to list every single Special Effect for every single weapon. Either way, below are some selected Weapon tables without any Special Effects listed.
All costs is in bottle caps and straight from New Vegas. At a glance, some weapons seem very overpriced or under-priced, but there are factors such as ammo scarcity and other properties that come into effect.
One Handed Weapons

Weapon	Damage	Size	Reach	ENC	AP/HP	Traits	Cost
Bowie Knife	1D8+1	M	S	1	6/10		1000
Cattle Prod	1D4	S	S	1	10/10	Fatigue Damage	450
Cleaver	1D3	S	S	1	5/4		20
Chopper	1D4+1	S	S	1	5/6		800
Combat Knife	1D6	S	S	1	5/8		500
Hatchet	1D6	S	S	1	4/6		75
Knife	1D3	S	S	-	5/4		20
Lead Pipe	1D8	S	S	2	6/8		75
Machete	1D6+1	M	M	1	6/10		50
Police Baton	1D6+1	M	M	1	6/12		70
Ripper	1D10	M	M	1	6/12		1200
Rolling Pin	1D3	S	S	1	3/3		10
Shishkebab	1D10	M	M	5	6/12	Immolate (1D3)	2500
Tire Iron	1D4+1	S	S	1	4/6		40
War Club	1D8	S	S	1	4/8		75

Small Guns (Pistols)

Weapon	Damage	Range	Firing Rate	ENC	Ammo	Load	Cost
.357 Magnum Revolver	1D6	50/100/200	1	1	6	3	110
.44 Magnum Revolver	1D10	50/100/200	1	1	6	3	2500
.35 Auto Pistol	1D8	50/100/200	1	1	7	3	1750
5.56mm Pistol	1D6+1	50/100/200	1	1	5	3	1200
12.7mm pistol	1D12	50/100/200	1	1	7	3	400
Hunting Revolver	1D8+1	50/100/200	1	1	5	3	3500
M&A 9mm Pistol	1D8	50/100/200	1	1	13	3	1750
N99 10mm pistol	1D8	50/100/200	1	1	12	3	750
Ranger Sequoia	1D8+2	50/100/200	1	1	5	3	1200
Police Pistol	1D6+1	50/100/200	1	1	6	3	1000
Silenced .22 Pistol	1D6+1	50/100/200	1	1	16	3	80

Other Stuff

Creating Cults/Brotherhoods from scratch is something I haven't had time to do thus far.
I've created a radiation mechanic that works like this: Eating and drinking most food items or entering an irradiated zone gives the player radiation poisoning, or ‘RADs’. Characteristics drop at certain thresholds, and radiation poisoning kills the character at 100 rads.
There are five thresholds (20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 rads).

Rads	Level	Effect
0-19	No Effect	-
20-39	Minor Radiation Poisoning	-1 CON
40-59	Advanced Radiation Poisoning	-2 CON, -1 DEX
60-79	Critical Radiation Poisoning	-3 CON, -2 DEX, -1 STR
80-99	Deadly Radiation Poisoning	-3 CON, -2 DEX, -2 STR
100+	Fatal Radiation Poisoning	Death

Rad exposure is usually limited; only very rarely will zones be so irradiated that venturing into them results in a quick death. One needs to stand in +1 rad water for a significant time and more generally it is possible to move through radioactive water dozens of times before reaching the 20 rad threshold.
When exposed to radiation, per the GM:s decree a roll of Endurance should be made. The difficulty grade depends on the level of radiation. How often these rolls are made are up to the GM but in the table below there is an estimated period of which a new roll should be made.

Level of Radiation	Period	Difficulty	Effect (Critical, Success, Failure, Fumble)
Minor Radiation	Every hour of exposure	Easy	0, 0, 1, 3
Major Radiation	Every hour of exposure	Standard	0, 1, 1D10, 10
Critical Radiation	Every 20 minutes of exposure	Standard	0, 2, 1D10+1, 11
Deadly Radiation	Every 10 minutes of exposure	Hard	0, 3, 1D10+2, 12
Fatal Radiation	Every minute of exposure	Formidable	0, 6, 1D10+5, 15

Adding to this are ways to lower your radiation poisoning (paying a doctor, using RadAway, etc.), and having your Radiation Resistance improved through clothing, armor or chems.
I have more tables on this and that but reddit formatting is killing me.
TL;DR I'm in the process of working on a Fallout game/setting using the Mythras ruleset. In this post I will present my ideas so far and include a bit of my design thoughts and processes. This will be presented through headings, ranging from Skills, Careers and Perks. Feel free to critique and discuss ideas!
Edits: Formatting, added Characteristics summary.

My concern toward various things…is starting to fade. But…though the feeling is meager…there are still people…who I want to save.

Phil Hawkins was the first child born in space. As part of a covert experiment to test human function outside the atmosphere, Phil's childhood was…not great, to say the least. He was placed into a cyborg body when he was only three years old, leading to stunted development, and he spent his days wondering and wandering the space station that never felt like a home. That is, until he found a family in the Union, who took him in as one of their own (his mom is still alive she just has no narrative presence).

Key

Scaling

• Andy & Victor / Undead
• Nico Vorgeil / Unforgettable
• Ruin / Unruin
• UMA Sick

Notes

• Feats are listed in order of appearance. Hover over a link to see the chapter(s) of origin.
• Feats from chapters up to 132 are from the 100th Loop.
• Feats from 133 on are from the 101st Loop, with this RT leaving off at 205.
• Feats labeled [Robot] are from before he acquired his Negation and the artefact body of Entruster.

Strength

• [Robot] Rams into an alien to interrupt its attack on Nico
• Carries Andy's motorcycle up the Union HQ shaft
• Plucks out one of Billy's stubble hairs
• Steers the Union shuttle pod into a river from the outside

Durability

• [Robot] Still functioning fine after his body gets eaten and torn into by aliens
• Union member suits are bulletproof, stab-proof, and generally incredibly durable
• Falls into Longing from Move's portal
• Takes a punch from Victor
• Tanks the heat of re-entry trying to divert the Union shuttle away from a city, his skin superheating until Gina keeps him together

Skill

Technopathy

• Phil's brain was transplanted into a mechanical body when he was three years old, meaning his brain is the only organic part of him left
• Hacks into the Union's spaceship and uses it to perfectly move a pipe of invisible unchanged air into a space station to make a path for the Union to enter through
  • This was so expertly done that Nico believes it was done by either an incredibly sophisticated AI or someone smarter than him
• Drops down a space station's shutter door, and sets up a firewall to prevent Nico from hacking in and reopen it
• Takes control of one of Nico's Psycho Pods and uses it to fly around

Other

• The neckties of Union suits grants the wearer access to a number of public services and organizations and it also functions as a universal translator which even works with writing
• The insignias on Union suits can play recordings and function as comms with other insignia wearers
• Participated in the capture of UMAs Burn, Eat and Past, alongside other Union members
• Engaged in combat with Top against Feng and Bunny offscreen
• Easily navigates his space station while weightless

Entruster

General

• Phil's entire body is made of artifacts, parts of him can be detached at will
• Has access to large arm attachments that look like they're made of rock
• The emotional strength in Entruster made the alien queen grow to a huge size
• Holds the memories of Loop 100 Phil
• Debilitates those who use it by absorbing their feelings
• Eating food restores damage to it

Lasers

• Accidentally fires a powerful laser through at least six floors of the Union base
• Burns one of Victor's bodies to a crisp, and ricochets another laser off of Nico's psycho pods to shoot through a different body
• Is fending off more Victor bodies with lasers in the background
• Vaporizes Andy's upper body
• Chars Ruin
• Shweens off of UMA Splash
• Flies in space
• Disintegrates multiple walls of a hospital

Other

• Prevents the Union railgun from overheating via ice encasing his arms
• Slices through the Alien Queen's carapace, which was untouched by anything else Creed, Nico, Gina, or Fuuko threw at it
• With giant scissor hands, cleaves the Alien Queen in half
• Has a lance and gun

Negation: Unfeel

Type: Self-Targeting, Compulsory Activation
Tragedy: Losing his feelings just as he discovered he had them.
Unfeel is an ability that negates Phil's feelings and sensations.

• Prevents his mind from being flooded with Apocalypse's memories when touching it
• Prevents the Union railgun from overheating until his body can't take any more and he dies
• Actively erodes his feelings until nothing is left
• Gives him the unique ability to use Entruster with no drawbacks

Mom…you don't have to worry. I've had feelings… I've had a soul this whole time.

I'm new to D&D and while my GM does sometimes give me hints, she's also more than happy to let me make some pretty big blunders. Backstory is that my character Anitta is a spore druid from a place called the Necropolis in her world. It's a pretty evil take-over-the-world-burn-it-all kind of place, and Anitta over her adventure reformed. A former player's druid came to her in her dreams and taught her how to bond with nature, something the Necropolis severed to their druids. Recently, after defeating a big bad, she came home and upon stepping into her room was accosted by a skeletal hand around her neck as she heard, "BETRAYERRRR!" Her spells had formerly been focused through the empress of the Necropolis, and that was completely severed now as an undead army now marches her way. This leads to a party member taking her to see the witch in the hills to get her powers back. They go and the woman invites them in. My GM thought she made it explicitly clear this woman was fey in her descriptions, but I don't know anything about the fey so it meant nothing to me. Just an old woman to Anitta. She's offered food, and accepts. She asks for help and explains the situation. The witchy woman forcefully takes her blood, puts it in her soup, and tells her to drink. Anitta drinks without question. Says her powers will return, can't say when. They leave, Anitta thanks her as they do.
After the game, GM chimes in. "By the way.. your fellow adventurer has been apprenticing with her for a while now. She knows the rules about fey and basically watched this whole thing and said nothing. And you basically enslaved yourself to that fey now by taking a gift, eating her food, and thanking her."
What do I do? :sweat: Sticking with character lore, the only plan to undo this is that Anitta, even when she was evil, believed in helping those who help her. She takes care of her friends. Seeing this witchy fey woman as a friend for helping, and not just with this I might add, she is genuinely motivated to both repay the kindness and then some; she also still has no idea in character that she's done anything wrong or severely indebted herself. I figured if and when it comes up, that she would be heartbroken and mention something to the effect of, "You are my friend and I would gladly aid you even if you did not ask." How well would that go over ya think? (I don't have high hopes, my GM is a sadist. XD :editedit: but in a good way! She's a good friend, she's not setting me up for failure here. It's just part of the story that my character doesn't know much about the outside world, she has to learn somehow.) What alternatives do I have?
*editedit* I'm enjoying the campaign. The fey is being used as a tool to advance the story, to explain why characters are picking up skills. It's all part of the journey. So this whole "You basically enslaved yourself to a fey" isn't like I'm boned, but it leaves me an opportunity to figure out how to problem solve. I'm just not sure, with the fey ettiquete rules, exactly how to do that. My brain is very.. follow the rules exactly as presented, I take everything literally. It makes it difficult sometimes. I don't want to kill the fey, I want them as a resource. Quite frankly, I'd like to find a way to truly become friends because in our story this woman is secluded, unfriendly to the local population because of their treatment toward her, and looked down upon. So is my character, people very often discriminate against her because she comes from the necropolis. It might not go well, I realize. I just want ideas to try. It's not a dire situation, it's that being familiar with options helps me be less anxious as I play.

This is an exhaustive ranking of isekai wormfics, according to my totally unbiased, objective, and clearly superior opinion. Enjoy.

Great vegetables

Queen's Circle, Dresden, Post-GM. Taylor was living a normal life as a college student in an alternate Chicago when she met Harry and got introduced to the supernatural world. Because being Harry Dresden is suffering.
This is excellent. Two buddies agaisnt the evils of the city, their team, and the way the story handles the crossover elements. So good. And then there's Derdriu, best girl.
The Sanctionedverse. Great comedies, more details are in the link.
Administrative Mishap, Supergirl (DC), Post-GM. QA gets isekaided to the Supergirlverse, has to live in Taylor's body, and develops a personality.
Addy is a terribly likable main character. Her headspace and worldview are very entertaining, and her personality is lovely. The other characters are also nice, and I love The Live Wire.
The drama is good, there are many moments of well written tension, or comfort, or emotional tiredness, etc. As expected by her other works, you can tell the author is good at feelbending.
On the other hand, the action is often dull and repetitive. Not always, but more often than not, the action is a drag. People has boring and generic powers, or they forget some of their own powers, or don’t use their powers to the fullest, etc. DC is just not a good setting for this kind of story, not without the audiovisuals making up for its glaring flaws.
Forgotten, Forsaken, Kancolle, Post-GM. Taylor reborns as an Abyssal.
I just love the tone. It is very dark, some arcs are straight up misery porn. But the story is also capable of pulling out some of the most wholesome, decompressing scenes I've read. How it can shift from torture and despair to cathartic bliss in only a few chapters, I have no idea, but I like it.
The world building is also fantastic. People, events, factions, places, the magic system, etc. The world just feels so vast, and the fanfic does such a good job exploring it from the eyes of a newcomer. This one is a must for world building enjoyers.
Oh, did I mention this is shipgirl fiction? That part is cool too.
Tower of Adamant, Dresden. Alexandria isekaided to Winter.
Very cool isekai, especially if you discover the setting along with her. In a constant state of intrigue, Alexandria must discover all she can about where she is and how this new world works without giving out how lacking her knowledge is. If you know nothing about the Dresdenverse, this is the fic you should start with. The characterization was top notch, probably the best Alexandria in the fandom?
Asphyxiation, Dresden, Post-GM. College student Rebecca Costa-Brown is tormented by dreams of white halls, golden light, and insects down her throat.
Arana, Bleach, Post-GM. Afterlife is a hell where everyone loses themselves and ends up eating each other. And they prey on the living too! Taylor's determination keeps her from slipping away and she remains close to Lisa.
Holy shiiiiit, what a read! It was fantastic, I loved the tone. A setting even more depressing and fucked up, a lot of good escalation and a Homura-esque relationship, what with going against the natural order of the universe for the person you care the most. It was very great and I ship them. The third arc was a bit wordy, but aside from that I loved the whole fic.

Wonderful reads

A Name to Conjure By, snip, Otherverse, Post-GM. A practitioner reads Worm and decides that Taylor would make for a great coworker, so he wills her into reality.
SCP-3108, snip, SCP, Post-GM. Taylor is secured, contained and protected.
All My Sins Remembered, Superman & Lois (DC), Post-GM. Taylor is the English teacher of Superman's kids.
A story overflowing with potential. It’s also one of the few isekais that remains connected to the wormverse.
Memoirs, Pale, Post-GM. Taylor moves into the small town of Kennet, and her presence doesn't go unnoticed.
Game of Monarchs, Game of Thrones, Post-GM. Petyr Baelish watches as a hole in the sky drops an unconscious girl.
You won't believe how well this story works. What the hell.
Taylor Hebert and the Army of Acromantula, snip, HP, Post-GM. Taylor reincarnates and goes to Hogwarts.
Intercession, complete, HP, Post-GM. Contessa gives Taylor a new life on another Earth. A decade later, her son Harry receives a letter.
While the story didn't stick the landing, it is still an excellent read all the way through. The author did promise a second version fixing the issuese, and indeed you can read the updated (and much better) versions of some important scenes in the extras, but unfortunately the final work never materialized.
The Berserker, Fate Zero, Post-GM. Taylor summoned on the Holy Grail War as the worst class she could get slotted into. Good thing she's used to major setbacks.
Skittering Shadows, Naruto DoS, Post-GM. Taylor is reborn as an Aburame (ninja that does bugs).
Died before any meaningful cross could happen, so might as well count as a normal Naruto isekai. Nonetheless, a wonderful and dead story.
Scarab, snip, RWBY, Post-GM. Pyrrha has a troublesome teammate.
Escalation City, Yu Gi Oh, Post-GM. Pegasus dreams about GM and draws Taylor’s card, which ends up summoning her in his dimension.
A dumb story, but in that charmingly delighful way. Damn I can't believe this how well this cross works.
Remnant of a Worm, RWBY, Post-GM. Taylor wakes up in a hospital in Vale and runs away.
This has a very good and unique characterization, in which instead of ignoring or time skipping away Taylor's traumas, it works with them. And the story doesn't pull any punches either, it almost goes full on misery porn for a few chapters. The action and slice of life scenes are very enjoyable as well.
TWNY, RWBY, Post-GM. Taylor gets isekaided to Ozpin’s desk, she’s a moth-girl now, and Yang has hots for her.
Well written racism and a ship with chemistry, in this fandom full of puddle-deep nazis and cheap femslashes? Oh, yes. The plot looks promising too.
Reprieve/Reform, Marvel, Post-GM. Taylor gets inserted in the Parker family. She lives a normal life until Peter gets superpowers, which prompts her to get back to the cape game to take care of her "big brother".
A few problems with the prose aside, it is a fantastic story. The action is pretty good, and mostly kept to street levels. The slow fusion of the settings is interesting and something we don't get to see often. And the character writing is great, Peter and Taylor have one of the best dynamics in fanfiction. That mix of awkwardness and sibling love is super engaging.
This Is Your Only Purpose, Destiny isekai/fusion, Post-GM. A nameless girl resurrects in a post-apocalyptic future.
The action is fantastic. It is very well written and easy to follow, more in line with something methodical like spec-ops rather than a chaotic street gunfight. The enemies always have superiority in either numbers, raw power, or both, keeping the girl and her teammates on their toes. And is full of variety, with many different situations or environments.
But the story itself... It's fine. It is not bad, in fact the way this fusion works is very interesting, and there are some very memorable moments. But the pace is very slow, and the characters don't have a lot going on. It's clear where the strengths of this fanfic lay.
Exodus, complete, BH6, Post-GM. Hiro and Baymax rescue a dying, mysterious girl, and they bond upon subsequent visits to her rehabilitation.
Holy shit, an actual rehabilitation arc for her brain injuries. That was nice. The action is very nice too, with a shoutout to the crowbar scene in particular, which was super epic. And enjoyable character writing as well.
This is story is far from perfect, and it has a good amount of flaws, some of which actually piss me off a bit. Nonetheless, t pulls off a competent redemption arc for Taylor.

A decent time

Necrofantasia, snip, Touhou, Post-GM. Gensokyo has a new resident.
Tattered Capes Under a Shattered Moon, RWBY, Post-GM. Defiant and Dragon land on Remnant with no way back home.
Exile, snip. Something goes wrong during the bank heist, and Lisa and Amy get isekaided to a barren planet.
If you like it and want more, the first part Kim Possible fanfic Alone, Together is not only a similar take, but one of the best fanfics I've ever read. It beats everything on this post. The second part sucks tho.
The High Priest, Dresden. Eidolon is isekaided to a random street, on a random city, on a random alternate Earth. And for the first time in a long time, he can be a real hero.
Paradise Lost, and Found (1, 2, 3), snip, MHA. Eden gets isekaided to MHA as an amnesiac child.
I've only had Child!Eden for a day and a half, but if anything happened to her, I would kill everyone in this room and then myself.
Our Retirement Academia, MHA, Post-GM. Taylor and Sophia are married and own a café.
Aside from the out of character couply parts (which I like, btw), there's a lot of small and reflective moments.
Night's End, Days Begun, MHA. Taylor, Lisa, Amy and Vicky get isekaided during the bank heist. 15 years later, they work at UA High School. Himiko gets adopted by Pillbug.
Isn't therapy an amazing superpower? This is a nice fixfic, even if some fixes are too forced. Most of the narration are POVs of characters natives of the setting, which was enjoyable. More isekais should do that. The tournament arc was too long, I did not like that.
One Hell of an Afternoon, Young Justice (DC), Post-GM. Taylor isekaided to Gotham. She also has brute powers now.
The first quarter of the fic is solo vigilantism in Gotham, which was very fun. Then she joins the young justice as an instructor, which isn't as fun. I just don't really care about these kids. It's probably more enjoyable for a DC fan.
Aspects, HP, Post-GM. Taylor, Blake, Sylvester and a few other people get isekaided to the Potterverse.
Familiar, Otherverse (Pact). Taylor dies during Cell. A few dimensions away, she rises as Molly's new bogeyman.
Not gonna lie, I find the relationship between Taylor and Molly way more interesting than dealing with Scion or fighting some goblins. I wish it had ignored the action or the Worm side of the crossover, and focused exclusively in these two. We just don't have many stories with intrigue and suspicion in this fandom.
Butterflies in my Stomach (1, 2), snip, MCU. After something goes wrong during the Echidna fight, Skitter and Clockblocker find themselves in some desert.
WannaBee, Hazbin Hotel, Post-GM. Taylor ends up in hell. Literally. And Alec is here too!
Witch, The Witcher, Post-GM. Lisa and Victoria go out drinking and somehow wake up in a forest in the middle of nowhere. They get mistaken for witches.

Meh. Didn't like it, didn't dislike it.

Breathe, snip, Demon Slayer, Post-GM. Taylor is resurrected as a demon by Tamayo.
Fucking Tinkers, SAO, Post-GM. Taylor gets plugged into SAO.
Boring beguinnings, but the latter parts are actually thrilling. Too bad that it takes too long to get there, and then it dies.
Paradoxical, Destiny, Post-GM. Taylor works for a different kind of alien queen.
Damp Detours, snip, Subnautica. Taylor finds herself dropped over an alien sea.
Salve, HP. A bunch of Death Eaters try to summon their Dark Lord, but instead they get Bonesaw.
A short and dead story with a lot of potential.
Woe Betide, APGTE, Post-GM. Taylor reincarnates and grows old in Creation.
It works as an introduction to get me interested in a longer story... but there's no longer story.
An Idiot's Guide to the Underworld. Taylor wakes as a god.
Same as the previous story. Good introduction, but unremarkable read on it's own. I did dislike that it narrates gameplay, for some reason.
Saving The World in 287 Steps, snip, Zelda. Contessa does a Breath of the Wild speedrun.
Is fun, but the joke runs dry by the end, specially with such a lengthy bossfight.
Spirit of Nature, original. The Undersiders and a few heroes get isekaided to a medieval world and are mistaken for deities.
A Cape in Konoha, complete, Naruto, Post-GM. TINO gets inserted in the body of Sakura Haruno.
Well Traveled. TINO is a Planeswalker who has adventures in random settings.
The first two arcs are really bad, but it improves from there. It never really becomes great tho, and it died when it was finally getting interesting.
These are the Voyages, Star Trek, Post-GM. Taylor’s career on the Starfleet is on the line because of an insubordination incident.
The First Light of Morning, snip, Dark Souls, Post-GM. Taylor gets isekaided to Anor Londo and becomes friends with a Fire Keeper.
Dungeon Warlord, complete, Danmachi, Post-GM. Taylor becomes a hybrid monster.
A decent read as long as you're willing to put up with some anime tropes, like the obsession with breast sizes (sigh). There's also that rushed train wreck of an ending, and the TINO characterization.
Ten Times, Post-GM. A collection of (mostly anime) TINO Post-GM isekai snippets/fics.
Mostly unremarkable, except a ocasional good one here and there. I guess each reader will have their own favorites.
I liked Four's a Party, Damed if I Do, and God Save the Queen. I used to like Chaos Theory, but then the author decided to turn Taylor's boobs into a plot element. I can't convey how much I fucking hate anime.

Post-isekais, characters returning home:

The River Keeps Running, complete. A tinkertech bomb goes off and sends Armsmaster and the Undersiders to another planet.
Godkiller. After a lustrum living as an isekai MC, Taylor retires and returns to Bet, where only a few days have passed.
Taylor is DOOMed, complete, DOOM. Taylor wakes up in Mars, and is full of demons.
The first part long and too repetitive, things get more entertaining once she returns to Brockton and fights the Nazis.
The Wonderful Adventures of Sophia Hess, Babysitter Extraordinaire, complete. Sophia and the kid she's babysitting end in a nightmare mirror dimension.
Miraculous Escalation, complete, Ladybug. When something goes wrong during the Echidna fight, Taylor finds herself in an alternate Paris, and has very poor first impressions with the local heroes.

TINOs, but they're fun so who cares

People just write a lot of out-of-character crossovers, for some reason. Alas, as long as they're good, I'm fine with it. And it turns out, there's a lot of that can provide a wonderful time as long as you overlook the TINO.
Felix Fortuna, HP, Post-GM. A de-aged and amnesiac Fortuna goes to Hogwarts.
Has a very adventurous feel, which is nice. The side character is from Flavia de Luce. I don't know those books, but I like her character. There's an Alexandria spin-off as well.
Undying Scarab, Warcraft, Post-GM. Taylor is raised as undead to serve Kel'Thuzad. Unknown to everyone, QA is there too, and she takes a very active role. With her help, Taylor becomes a magic prodigy.
Some action scenes can drag forever, and the prose is extremely wordy, but the plot and the magic stuff is cool.
Savage Khepri, Savage Divinity, Post-GM. Taylor first months in this new world are a fate worse than death. Fortunately, she's rescued by a tribe of powerful warriors.
My introduction to cultivation stories (chinese shonen). It's so good, it left me craving for more stuff of this genre.
Princess, complete, RWBY, Post-GM. Taylor spawns in Salem's home.
I liked A LOT the first half, and I reread it from time to time. The mothedaughter relationship, exploring the world, meeting people, Neo, taking over the criminal underworld just because, etc. So great.
The second half? It's bad. The author shoehorns the shipping so hard it turns the story into a fluffy lesbian harem monstrosity. It could have a pass if at least the characters had any chemistry or the author put a bit of effort into actually developing romance, but there was none of that.
A wand for Skitter, complete, HP, Post-GM. A very psycho Taylor gets isekaided to the body of an eleven years old muggleborn and gets sorted into Slytherin. So It Begins.
This story gets a lot of bashing because of its poorly written elements… which to be fair is mostly true. But, if all you're looking for is some shallow entertainment, oh boy it will deliver. This is so much fun.
Think of this story as a reverse slasher movie, an excuse to carnage the bad guys and not feel bad about it. Edgy as fuck and very over the top. Is great! As a bonus, this fic may just have the bestSimurghscene of the fandom.
I Woke Up As a Dungeon, Now What?, Post-GM. Taylor is reincarnated as a literal fantasy dungeon.
This one is so good, I would actually buy the book. Maybe someday the author will publish it, it's not like it would be too hard to edit out the Worm references. The plot is interesting, the characters are fun, the world building is decent and, a true rarity, it has well written LitRPG munchkin.
Ruk's collection, snip, Post-GM. A snip collection, some of which are isekais.
I haven't read the whole thread, but of the stories I checked out, the ones I rec are Jorogumo's (MHA) and The Consultant (Marvel). You can find them on the index.
Ship's Administration, Star Trek, Post-GM. Taylor becomes the personification of a Starfleet ship.
If it's your first shipgirl content, as was my case, you can find this story a bit weird. But it is nonetheless is a very entertaining story, so give it a try. Unfortunately, it died before fully merging these settings, which would have been cool to see. A Lisa subplot was also left on a cliffhanger.
Slouching Towards Nirvana, MHA, Post-GM. A troubled girl summons a spirit to possess her body and live her life in her place.
Surprisingly chill, even with the occasional action scene and the occasional problem to deal with. It really feels like some kind of retirement. A low stakes superhero second life.
I like a lot how the fic doesn't usurp the canon plot of MHA and makes up its own story within a small corner of this setting. I also enjoyed how it turned the language barrier into a story element, very smart.
Oogway's Little Owl, Kung Fu Panda. Oogway was meditating when perceives a girl in troubles, and decides to interfere. Now Taylor is an owl, and learns kung-fu.
I just can't convey how feel good the story is. Just pure distilled comfort.

Isekaided into the Wormverse:

Leaf, Cosmere. After getting lost during a Shadesmar expedition, Lift ends up stuck in Earth Bet. She proceeds by doing what she knows best: stealing food and hearts.
Vindication, Cosmere. Vin gets isekaided to the Leviathan fight, and gets knocked out by a tidal wave. She wakes handcuffed.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCjbu5t25Pw&ab_channel=Hell%27sKitchenThailand
Challenge: The final six met some of the best street food vendors in Bangkok. Chef Off and Chef Ian spun a wheel to determine the chef-vendor pairs, then each vendor drew a straw from Chef Pom to determine the traditional street food dish each pair would have to cook. The head chefs would judge all 12 dishes without knowing who made what. Jib's basil and fried egg over rice and Beer's crispy catfish over rice both scored a perfect 12 which made them joint winners. The other four black jackets received mediocre reviews at best, with Bill's chicken noodle stir fry only netting 1 due to barely having any chicken. Khun Nan from Boonpak was the highest scoring vendor chef, with a perfect 12 on squid fried rice, going against Keng who scored 6.
Reward/punishment: Jib and Beer spent the day at Saiyok Elephant Park in Kanchanaburi, much to Keng's jealousy. The other four had to clean out the buffalo pens. Also, the channel has been aggressively promoting a spicy paste with Piero and now Maruay + Sous Chef Are appearing in ads.
Menu: Chef Pom's appetizers (Dawei chicken salad and beef pastry puffs), Chef Off's entrees (wagyu tenderloin and pork chop risotto), Chef Ian's desserts (harvest potted plant and banoffee tart, which must be deep fried and served tableside)
Service: The black jackets had relatively minor setbacks on appetizers and entrees. Kerr tore the gold leaf on a pastry puff but recovered. Beer needed Kerr and Jib's help on chicken salad before serving one with chicken pieces that were too small and prepared one more than what was on order, while Lookchan overcooked a tenderloin. However, the banoffee tableside station was a complete meltdown. Keng didn't fry the phyllo dough long enough, causing the ice cream to melt, while Bill forgot the berry compote. Jib and Beer went to help Keng after finishing entrees while Bill worked on the ice cream, but Beer caused further delays by burning the oil, forcing them to start over, for which Keng berated Beer in front of the customers while not realizing that he had run out of phyllo dough requiring even more help. With the communication at a complete standstill, and service unable to proceed due to Bill and Lookchan adding so much liquid nitrogen to the ice cream that it froze solid, Chef Ian had no choice but to close the kitchen, while demanding the four people who made the most mistakes to be nominated.
Elimination: Keng, Kerr, Bill, and Beer all nominated themselves. Jib argued for Bill to stay as he not only did his job but also others', citing the miscommunication as the reason for failing to complete service, but was unable to say who was primarily responsible (likely due to having gone on dates with both of the options). Chef Willment sent Kerr back in line and asked Keng and Bill for their side of the story. Bill took responsibility for the ice cream mistake, while Keng blamed Bill and Beer. Chef Pom finally asked Beer to explain why he needed so much help on salads. Ultimately, she decided to eliminate Keng for lacking the temperament of a head chef and refusing to be accountable for his mistakes.
Chef Pom's comment: "People who can become Hell Kitchen champions cannot just see other people's problems while forgetting to look at their own problems."
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j4QjBLPdreH_9UuyJadP0cGmAy_v6dob54fNAV9qIbg/edit#gid=1856272800

System: Pathfinder 2e
Slots: 3/5 (two open)
VTT: Foundry VTT from personal server, communication via Discord. Mic required in general, but I also know how to accommodate mute people if needed.
Schedule: Friday preferred, from 17:00 GMT+2; weekly run
Duration: My sessions typically run 3 to 4 hours, I usually don't have breaks but we can introduce ones easily.
Payment: 5 euro per player per session via PayPal or regular BankTransfer. Session 0 and first actual session free.
Why for so little? I don't really like to make a business out of playing games, I simply do this because I need some minimum additional income so I can buy food every month while studying in uni :D I will run this as your friendly neighbourhood gm's game while still trying to keep the quality high (because that's what I expect of myself too).

About the Game

Outlaws of Alkenstar is a steampunk/wild western adventure in a fantasy world. Being in the middle of the mana wastes magic is unreliable the best of days (how this affects the play of spellcasters is up to us on session 0). In this unforgiving wasteland lies the city of Alkenstar, the city of smoke, guns, clockwork, and outlaws. You will be playing an outlaw, on the run from the law, or whatever corrupt version of it got you in your current situation, looking for both revenge and to clear your name. Be warned, this is not an "evil campaign", simply our heroes might not be... completely morally clean... yea let's go with that. :D
(there is also a great trailer by paizo on youtube, feel free to watch! :D)

About Me / GMing Style

I'm a forever GM in several TTRPGs for at least 5 years now (tbh don't remember when I started), almost always running pre-written adventures while slowly writing one of my own, but it's faaar from done. I have 4 multi-year campaigns and several more adventures and oneshots behind me, with generally very positive player feedback.
I like to run pre-written adventures because there are so many tools and already existing points I can build onto, I tend to run them close to the story giving out good plothooks at the start so player characters can nicely fit the adventure, this of course doesn't mean the adventure doesn't adapt to the PCs, but it's a common effort to build something from the story we are given. My games have a world without a PCs too, I like to keep track of what NPCs are doing and events happening even if the players don't interact with them for several sessions, this makes the world feel alive and that stuff is happening all the time. This also means that if the party doesn't interact somewhere (or not in time), that also has a result that comes back, once again, a lively world.
My games are usually Heroic adventures, slightly higher than usual power level but also dangers, they are not dark or slow slogs where you have to put much effort into survival, although it is not fully removed from the game. I have some minor problems dealing with the mix-in of futuristic aspects as I like to keep it clean fantasy, but I'm not fully against it. Just expect that I won't have as much to offer to a typical Inventor or Gunslinger as I can for others. Expect fights to be a core of the campaign but never the only solution or the sol existence, just something like 30%-50% combat (dependent on group's vibe), and the rest mix between exploration, roleplay, puzzles, etc.
I'm a GM who likes to focus on the mechanics, how they are defined and used tells a story by itself. A monster doesn't have to talk to have a personality, how it interacts with it's surrounding already tells a lot. What tactics it uses, what does it value, who it targets or doesn't. All of them make sense and can be played around. I tend to stick to the rules, and hold my players to it as well with the occasional rule of cool dropped in of course.

Expectations about You

I expect people to:

• have a reasonable amount of game knowledge OR(/and) an enthusiastic willingness to learn. If you are a new player of course I know the learning curve of TTRPGs, and as long as I see you know your character and their abilities to a reasonable level, you'll be good to go (it is not that much, trust me), as we play more you'll learn anyway.
• want to interact with the campaign and their party members.
• show up (really hard to tell you a good story if you are not here half the sessions)

Contact

If you're interested in playing, or have any questions before expressing interest, send me a DM or start a chat with me here on Reddit.

System: Pathfinder 2e
Slots: 3/5 (two open)
VTT: Foundry VTT from personal server, communication via Discord. Mic required in general, but I also know how to accommodate mute people if needed.
Schedule: Friday preferred, from 17:00 GMT+2; weekly run
Duration: My sessions typically run 3 to 4 hours, I usually don't have breaks but we can introduce ones easily.
Payment: 5 euro per player per session via PayPal or regular BankTransfer. Session 0 and first actual session free.
Why for so little? I don't really like to make a business out of playing games, I simply do this because I need some minimum additional income so I can buy food every month while studying in uni :D I will run this as your friendly neighbourhood gm's game while still trying to keep the quality high (because that's what I expect of myself too).

About the Game

Outlaws of Alkenstar is a steampunk/wild western adventure in a fantasy world. Being in the middle of the mana wastes magic is unreliable the best of days (how this affects the play of spellcasters is up to us on session 0). In this unforgiving wasteland lies the city of Alkenstar, the city of smoke, guns, clockwork, and outlaws. You will be playing an outlaw, on the run from the law, or whatever corrupt version of it got you in your current situation, looking for both revenge and to clear your name. Be warned, this is not an "evil campaign", simply our heroes might not be... completely morally clean... yea let's go with that. :D
(there is also a great trailer by paizo on youtube, feel free to watch! :D)

About Me / GMing Style

I'm a forever GM in several TTRPGs for at least 5 years now (tbh don't remember when I started), almost always running pre-written adventures while slowly writing one of my own, but it's faaar from done. I have 4 multi-year campaigns and several more adventures and oneshots behind me, with generally very positive player feedback.
I like to run pre-written adventures because there are so many tools and already existing points I can build onto, I tend to run them close to the story giving out good plothooks at the start so player characters can nicely fit the adventure, this of course doesn't mean the adventure doesn't adapt to the PCs, but it's a common effort to build something from the story we are given. My games have a world without a PCs too, I like to keep track of what NPCs are doing and events happening even if the players don't interact with them for several sessions, this makes the world feel alive and that stuff is happening all the time. This also means that if the party doesn't interact somewhere (or not in time), that also has a result that comes back, once again, a lively world.
My games are usually Heroic adventures, slightly higher than usual power level but also dangers, they are not dark or slow slogs where you have to put much effort into survival, although it is not fully removed from the game. I have some minor problems dealing with the mix-in of futuristic aspects as I like to keep it clean fantasy, but I'm not fully against it. Just expect that I won't have as much to offer to a typical Inventor or Gunslinger as I can for others. Expect fights to be a core of the campaign but never the only solution or the sol existence, just something like 30%-50% combat (dependent on group's vibe), and the rest mix between exploration, roleplay, puzzles, etc.
I'm a GM who likes to focus on the mechanics, how they are defined and used tells a story by itself. A monster doesn't have to talk to have a personality, how it interacts with it's surrounding already tells a lot. What tactics it uses, what does it value, who it targets or doesn't. All of them make sense and can be played around. I tend to stick to the rules, and hold my players to it as well with the occasional rule of cool dropped in of course.

Expectations about You

I expect people to:

• have a reasonable amount of game knowledge OR(/and) an enthusiastic willingness to learn. If you are a new player of course I know the learning curve of TTRPGs, and as long as I see you know your character and their abilities to a reasonable level, you'll be good to go (it is not that much, trust me), as we play more you'll learn anyway.
• want to interact with the campaign and their party members.
• show up (really hard to tell you a good story if you are not here half the sessions)

Contact

If you're interested in playing, or have any questions before expressing interest, send me a DM or start a chat with me here on Reddit.

Hi folks,
In the Tian Xia World Guide book there's a lot of fun and interesting rituals in the Trials. But as my friends and I were reading through, we couldn't quite understand if the anathemas remain once you've 'finished' the trial and got the full brunt of the ritual's benefits.
Every one of these trials have a clause:

Doing XYZ is anathema to this ritual and immediately ends its benefits. If the ritual is ended in this way, you must conduct an atone ritual before attempting this ritual.

In short, the idea we came away from is: Conduct Ritual and roll your checks -> Outcome depends on your rolls -> Do the Trial Listed to get the full benefits. Throughout that process, you must avoid your anathema.
So does the ritual 'end in this way' imply that the ritual ends when you complete the trial of the ritual? I.e. the success of the Unseeing Blade Master:

"You call a blessing into your sword to guide you on the path and are bound by the ritual’s anathema. Once you’ve used that sword against 20 enemies, each significant enough to grant XP, you gain the Blind-Fight feat (Player Core 145)."

So does this mean you can take off your blindness and have blind-fight permanently? Or do you still have to contend with your anathema to maintain it? This is exacerbated with the Seed of Mercy ritual:

"The sprout withers if you don’t personally water it with at least 1 Bulk of pure spring water a day or if it’s left unattended in dangerous circumstances. It’s anathema to this ritual to let the sprout wither, and doing so immediately ends its benefits. If the ritual is ended in this way, you must conduct an atone ritual before attempting this ritual again."

But in the success of this ritual it says:

"Success You nurse the bird to health. It returns to you with a seed that, when planted and watered, grows into a sprout with a single flower. Once you’ve cared for it for a week, you gain the Toughness feat (Player Core 263). If you lose Toughness due to violating the ritual’s anathema, you lose a number of Hit Points equal to the decrease in your maximum Hit Points."

The main reason why this is so weird is pondering about the example provided for anathema in Perfection of Essence ritual:

Anathema for this ritual is determined at the time of the ritual. You choose 1 anathema, and the GM chooses 2 anathema. You’re aware of all of your anathema. Appropriate anathema might include avoiding physical contact with a certain creature or substance (such as members of your bloodline or jade), eating certain foods (such as meat or grains), or wearing certain items or materials (such as silk or cotton).

For a ritual where you have to then survive 1 day of a poison once the ritual 'completes' and you do your rolls to get the benefits of immortality. Why would the example be something like 'don't eat certain foods' or 'don't touch jade' when that is something very achievable and easy to do? At first, I thought this would be a scenario where you have a permanent 'achilles heel', which is incredibly cool thematically.
What are people's thoughts on this? Thanks!