
Aerial view of Hamilton’s set.. how incredible it looks from up above.

Aerial view of Hamilton’s set.. how incredible it looks from up above.
(same group as this post)
In a Dragon Age campaign based during the first blight, we had been in a very large city for quite a while. The Blight caught up with us, and the dark spawn began to assault the city. We met the force head on in the outer sector of the city, only to come face to face with a horde of Hurlocks and the Archdemon itself.
Me, the Qunari Barbarian: (surveying the map our DM had drawn out) Ok, we cant win this – but if we run now we’ll die anyways. We need a diversion. How about this cow?
Our DM had drawn a small enclosure with a cow inside it.
Human Barbarian: What if you throw the cow.
Me: I attempt to pick up the cow and throw it at the Archdemon.
Me: (Rolls nat 20)
DM: … You somehow lift the cow above your head, and throw it directly at the Archdemon… 80ft away from you.
Necromancer: I CAST SUPERIOR WALKING BOMB ON THE COW.
Everyone pauses to stare at our mage. After a quick check, the spell has a 120ft range. The spell succeeds.
Our DM begins to roll a saving throw for the Archdemon.
DM: (Rolls nat 1)
DM: … Roll for damage.
Necromancer: (Rolls crit, max damage)
DM: (Holding face in hands) The cow explodes, and transfers the spell onto the Archdemon and the nearby Hurlocks, who also explode. The explosions continue and damage the Archdemon until the entire group you were facing are dead, and the Archdemon is a pile of steaming goo.
DM: This was the main battle I planned for this session.
DM: I hate you all.
DM: I am never drawing a cow on the map again.
my boyfriend and I sometimes struggle to be on the same page when it comes to comforting- often i just want to vent and don’t need advice, whereas validation confuses him and he wants a plan of action
to counter this, we’ve come up with a system where we ask: “do you want advice, empathy, both or neither?”
if it’s just advice, i know to go straight to action points and not spend time on fluffy words
if it’s just empathy, he knows i want to be reassured and comforted and that’s all
if it’s both, it’s time for advice that recognises how hard the situation is and is perhaps gentler in nature
if it’s neither, just a hug is really good
i recommend trying to use this in your lives! it makes sure you’re giving and getting what you need, and reduces the risk of resentment or similar

Untitled Oakland Project, starring Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal
The film is a buddy movie that uses style and humor to discuss issues of race, gentrification and class.
Hamilton’s America (2016) dir. Alex Horwitz
“I feel like Hamilton chose me. He reached out of the Chernow book and grabbed me, and wouldn’t let me go until I told his story. You can’t manufacture another Hamilton. I’ll never write another Hamilton. Hamilton is singular; the man and the creation of the show.” – LMM