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Granted. You get nothing. The alternate version of you was kind enough to wish for someone else's health and happiness, and wanted nothing for themself. Also, your curse is to know with certainty that not only are you not this superior version of yourself, but you've proven by your inherently selfish wish that you will never be that person.

I wish the genie is so bad at curses that everyone always enjoys being cursed by them.

Actually, he held the door closed so people couldn't get in. Very rude.

Not if you never get to play that character. Then they last forever.

When you find that sweet spot between funny and serious... A character that is a single really bad joke but fleshed out so much that people don't realise the joke until several sessions in... Ooh, that's the good stuff.

Every figure leading every cult of personality is now seen as an imposter pretending to be themselves. For example, people think some orange-faced lunatic keeps trying to get on stage at a Trump rally, but Trump himself just disappeared.

Just for fun, I wanna put forward my ideas of each player.

Edgin is always coming up with shenanigans, to the point you forget how seriously he takes his backstory.

Holga is absolutely the kind of player who plays a Barbarian. Snacking during play, letting the bard play the face, only kinda following along when people discuss magic but still with a clear place in the world.

Doric is the new player. She picked a tiefling druid cause it seemed fun and magical, and said "can I turn into an owlbear?" in her first session, so the DM obviously said yes.

Simon is the one who invited Doric because he has a crush on her. He tries to flirt with her irl by flirting in the game.

I would argue that the group used to have a different DM, and Forge was the PC of the player who took over the DM's chair.

The entire speak with dead scene is how I'd run it as a DM, honestly. Especially the "I'm bad at math" bit.

You might be able to streamline the process by saying "fears of World War III" and letting them fill in the gaps themselves.

I first heard it as lawnmower. And either way, it's more about the structure than about getting every word right. If nobody could put their own spin on existing jokes, we never would have gotten Norm's version of the moth joke.

I was very careful in having him say "am I right in assuming" instead of "that means" for that part.

Okay, but have they ever been only half way up?

Feeding off of dead bodies isn't what makes it vegan or not. Plants are plants and animals are not, regardless of their diet.

Or are you trying to argue that grass isn't vegan?

I would say yes. Plants feed off of the bodies of dead lions according to this animated documentary I saw, and that doesn't make them any less vegan. Then again, I'm not a vegan, so I might be entirely wrong.

You can't say "no politics intended" and then directly discuss politics. The answer will invariably include politics.

Trump didn't want to be a politician. He wanted to be president. Being a senator or congressman is a job, but being president is a mark of prestige. If he can become president again, he will, because it makes him look good. There's no point for him in taking a lower position with less power.

When I get drunk, I constantly evaluate how drunk I am and accounce it to everyone around me. You'll see me stand up to do something, sway a little too much and then declare "okay, I'm at, like, a four." If I notice I'm getting a little too smashed, I'll try and slow down or eat some bread or just generally try to take care of myself. Still having fun, though.

You want others to like you. You want others to be happy. You put your own desires aside for the benefit of another. It's not mindless, it's selfless.

You make an assumption about a person, and they never give you cause to doubt your assumption. It will take you a long time for you to think your assumption might be wrong. After all, they agreed to it, so they must enjoy it, right? And they invited you to do this thing they like with them, so you don't wanna bring the mood down by refusing.

It's obvious in hindsight, or from a third person omniscient perspective like we have, but in the moment? It happens. It shouldn't, and that's why it's a paradox.

See also: Peer pressure, false consensus, "Don't rock the boat"

You have fundementally misunderstood the paradox.

Person A wanted to please person B and suggested a given action. Person B assumed person A wanted that action and wanted to please them, so they agreed. Nobody wanted the action, nobody was forced to take the action, everyone had a chance to deny the action, nobody even necessarily lied. People wanted to please others and everyone did something nobody wanted to do.

Yes, it is a failure of communication. Specifically, it's a false consensus, where everyone misunderstands the opinions of the wider group. Even more specifically, it's the Abilene paradox, where everyone acquiesces to the misunderstood desire of the wider group.

In the specific context of the OP, nobody liked the guy, but everyone thought everyone else liked the guy. They didn't want to openly insult someone everyone liked, so everyone kept quiet, so nobody realised nobody liked the guy and nobody told him to go away. It's the paradox in action.

Genesys. Technically. I've played the Star Wars FFG system that eventually became Genesys (and loved it), but I haven't played Genesys itself. I even own the Genesys dice, but I lack anyone else to roll them with.

There's a thing called the Abilene paradox. A family is hanging out when one of the suggests having dinner in Abilene. It's a hot day and a long drive, but nobody wants to be left out, so they all agree. After a terrible dinner, they all reveal their frustrations at the event when the person who suggested it notes that it was the first thing they thought of, as they thought everyone else was bored.

Thus, everyone sits in wonder at how they all convinced each other to do something nobody among them wanted to do.

It's fun how often that includes hanging out with someone.