calculuschild

One thing I've started to notice in here is a ND person will make some joke based on typical Autistic dry humor (overly literal or pragmatic, etc.) or just putting a light-hearted spin on the situation, and some NT will swoop in to attack that person for "gatekeeping" or "mocking", not realizing this was an ND attempting some inside humor directed at fellow NDs.

Feels bad finally finding a community where we can safely share our traumas and quirks and insights, and then "allies" feel the need to attack and berate us when we're just Autistic and just socializing in our weird way.

Please be nice and don't shame our odd humor. We're struggling already as-is.

For example, a light-hearted ND joke here, immediately attacked by someone who doesn't realize this community is exactly where that kind of humor is very common: https://communick.news/comment/316930

I'm dumb. What is FTV in this context?

Heh. A stick gathering phenomenon that destroys the world.

I don't think you should be allowing "find healing herbs" without some kind of skill check

Yeah, it's all by the book as much as I can. He's a Druid with like +6 in Nature and proficiency with Herbalist Kit and he passes most of the checks I give him.

Yeah, we've had a few moments like this. For example, I warned him "these are the King's personal gardens. Your character is pretty sure he will be caught and imprisoned if you start digging up whole plants in plain sight of the guards escorting you." He was all for taking that risk, because "what if those blue flowers are MAGICAL?". So the other players characters decided to physically restrain him to keep him until they got safely into the castle.

Yeah, hes a surprisingly good player, getting really into the roleplay and trying to find creative solutions. He even has his own PHB he bought with his own money when he was 5.

I'll talk to him about lumping some of his crafting into a downtime period to try keeping the distraction down to a less distracting level. I like that idea, a lot.

Yeah, hes a surprisingly good player, getting really into the roleplay and trying to find creative solutions. He even has his own PHB he bought with his own money when he was 5.

I'll talk to him about moving his crafting into a downtime period to try keeping the distraction down to a less distracting level.

Ollie's parents are unfortunately not joining us. Ollie is just the friend of the kid (let's say AJ) whose parents started the campaign with me. I agree with you, if it were just me and Ollie and his parents that would be different. (Edited the original post for clarity)

However this case all three adults (both parents and a third adult) and the other kid (AJ) are becoming visibly more annoyed in each session, as the campaign was going smoothly until Ollie joined in a couple weeks ago. The three adults have gone as far as (in-game) tying him up so he can't grab things and (out of game) asking me if there's a way to handle this in the game because now that he's in, they feel bad kicking him out, but the game is no longer fun for AJ in particular who really just wants to explore the story. Hence my post.

If you haven't already, look up Graphic Audio. They make a lot of popular books into audio dramas. It felt a bit cheesy to me the first time but it's grown on me. I find them often on Hoopla or at my library.

"We're Alive" was a pretty fun audio drama that I think started as a podcast, but they edited into more seamless "books". Available as a freebie if you have Audible.

"Impact Winter" is another Audible freebie I think, about Vampires.

Alternatively, you may be interested in the Magnus Archives. It's a podcast with a short horror story in each episode, but all tied together by the researcher who narrates it. Eventually some connections form between the stories but each one is pretty short so you don't need to be super dedicated to the whole podcast if you just want a few stories.

I gotchu. I read it literally the way you say at first.

This is exactly the kind of joke I make all the time which is what prompted my friend to ask if I was autistic.

Yep I do this. The game can take 15 minutes to teach, but an hour for me to re-learn if I have to read the rules again. If I write my "teach" into a cheat sheet it's so much easier to replay because it removes the mental barrier of having to read yet another 39 page manual.

Plus, there's always some tricky rule that everyone gets wrong the first time I explain it. My notes help me ensure I teach it "right" the first time.

How much "lower carbon" is the soybean biofuel compared to standard Diesel petroleum?

What do you mean by keeping bookmarks? You mean like recording your place in the book so you can continue where you left off? I'm not understanding the benefit of that over a normal paper bookmark?