▲ 97 ▼ Technocrats really are the fun police (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 days ago by Atlas48@ttrpg.network to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] thestrike@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 2 days ago (8 children) I don’t get it permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Ratio_Tile@lemmy.blahaj.zone 63 points 2 days ago (5 children) This is a World of Darkness joke. The sigil on the fox furry is from Changeling: the Dreaming, and represents the Pooka, kith who take the form of animals in their seeming. Pooka are playful fae who delight in deceit and tricks. Their bane is that they are completely incapable of telling the truth, even if they want to. The sigil on the truck represents the Technocracy, an organization of mages who think reality should follow the rigid logic of science and reason and that a world where a jealous neighbor can curse you with the evil eye or a dragon can burn your village down is a bad place to live. As is evident by the fact that our reality seems to follow their ideology, they are winning. Unfortunately, the Technocracy has found that, unlike dragons and krakens and the Mothman, certain things rhat go bump in the night such as vampires and werewolves and changelings do no stop existing when the Sleepers (we non-mages) stop believing in them. So, they are forced to make them stop existing the mundane way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Archpawn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (2 children) Their bane is that they are completely incapable of telling the truth, even if they want to. Just say some obviously false things so people get the pattern. Or start with "Today is opposite day", which isn't a real thing so they can say that, but people will understand they're implying everything else they say is false. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Atlas48@ttrpg.network [S] 1 point 22 hours ago* Personally, I just rule it as an OCD-like compulsion to withhold the truth when prompted out of them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ratio_Tile@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago* Depends on your storyteller, tbh. The book suggests that most pooka communicate in metaphors, which allow you to get much closer to the truth. It's clearly a class you play for the roleplay. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thestrike@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 days ago (1 child) Cool, thank you for the thorough description. I’d heard of some of the World of Darkness systems but I didn’t know about the lore. Now I wanna play em permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Atlas48@ttrpg.network [S] 2 points 21 hours ago Shameless plug (mods, feel free to delete, just don't know how to properly organise a game over lemmy), but I've got a small server that occasionally runs games. I'm seeing if I can get together a small group for about 3-4 sessions, but that might fall through. Lemondice! To get past the barrier, say you're from lemmy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dojan@pawb.social 8 points 2 days ago (1 child) We can’t have nice things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Pomal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago And they’ll shoot you if you try. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ratio_Tile@lemmy.blahaj.zone 63 points 2 days ago (5 children) This is a World of Darkness joke. The sigil on the fox furry is from Changeling: the Dreaming, and represents the Pooka, kith who take the form of animals in their seeming. Pooka are playful fae who delight in deceit and tricks. Their bane is that they are completely incapable of telling the truth, even if they want to. The sigil on the truck represents the Technocracy, an organization of mages who think reality should follow the rigid logic of science and reason and that a world where a jealous neighbor can curse you with the evil eye or a dragon can burn your village down is a bad place to live. As is evident by the fact that our reality seems to follow their ideology, they are winning. Unfortunately, the Technocracy has found that, unlike dragons and krakens and the Mothman, certain things rhat go bump in the night such as vampires and werewolves and changelings do no stop existing when the Sleepers (we non-mages) stop believing in them. So, they are forced to make them stop existing the mundane way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Archpawn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (2 children) Their bane is that they are completely incapable of telling the truth, even if they want to. Just say some obviously false things so people get the pattern. Or start with "Today is opposite day", which isn't a real thing so they can say that, but people will understand they're implying everything else they say is false. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Atlas48@ttrpg.network [S] 1 point 22 hours ago* Personally, I just rule it as an OCD-like compulsion to withhold the truth when prompted out of them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ratio_Tile@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago* Depends on your storyteller, tbh. The book suggests that most pooka communicate in metaphors, which allow you to get much closer to the truth. It's clearly a class you play for the roleplay. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thestrike@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 days ago (1 child) Cool, thank you for the thorough description. I’d heard of some of the World of Darkness systems but I didn’t know about the lore. Now I wanna play em permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Atlas48@ttrpg.network [S] 2 points 21 hours ago Shameless plug (mods, feel free to delete, just don't know how to properly organise a game over lemmy), but I've got a small server that occasionally runs games. I'm seeing if I can get together a small group for about 3-4 sessions, but that might fall through. Lemondice! To get past the barrier, say you're from lemmy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Archpawn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (2 children) Their bane is that they are completely incapable of telling the truth, even if they want to. Just say some obviously false things so people get the pattern. Or start with "Today is opposite day", which isn't a real thing so they can say that, but people will understand they're implying everything else they say is false. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Atlas48@ttrpg.network [S] 1 point 22 hours ago* Personally, I just rule it as an OCD-like compulsion to withhold the truth when prompted out of them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ratio_Tile@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago* Depends on your storyteller, tbh. The book suggests that most pooka communicate in metaphors, which allow you to get much closer to the truth. It's clearly a class you play for the roleplay. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Atlas48@ttrpg.network [S] 1 point 22 hours ago* Personally, I just rule it as an OCD-like compulsion to withhold the truth when prompted out of them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ratio_Tile@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago* Depends on your storyteller, tbh. The book suggests that most pooka communicate in metaphors, which allow you to get much closer to the truth. It's clearly a class you play for the roleplay. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thestrike@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 days ago (1 child) Cool, thank you for the thorough description. I’d heard of some of the World of Darkness systems but I didn’t know about the lore. Now I wanna play em permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Atlas48@ttrpg.network [S] 2 points 21 hours ago Shameless plug (mods, feel free to delete, just don't know how to properly organise a game over lemmy), but I've got a small server that occasionally runs games. I'm seeing if I can get together a small group for about 3-4 sessions, but that might fall through. Lemondice! To get past the barrier, say you're from lemmy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Atlas48@ttrpg.network [S] 2 points 21 hours ago Shameless plug (mods, feel free to delete, just don't know how to properly organise a game over lemmy), but I've got a small server that occasionally runs games. I'm seeing if I can get together a small group for about 3-4 sessions, but that might fall through. Lemondice! To get past the barrier, say you're from lemmy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dojan@pawb.social 8 points 2 days ago (1 child) We can’t have nice things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Pomal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago And they’ll shoot you if you try. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pomal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago And they’ll shoot you if you try. permalink fedilink source parent
