1940s Community

How's my bladesinger build?

I'm the off-tank and only other melee character to help a useless barbarian who attacks the party. The campaign is Critical Role's Candela Obscura but set in WW2 1940s London. The DM keeps the party so poor, so I have no scrolls or magic items at L8... Luckily the DM has homebrew house rule... read more

Someone Needs to Know This.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but let me kindly, on a non-parasocial level grab you by your shoulders and tell you; Do not get your social advice from anime or any other media. Playing the "mysterious gentleman" will never get you what you want, and quite frankly you sound like you're... read more

Bioshock: Rapture

So I seem to be on a videogame books kick lately and I've started reading this. I'm only about a third of the way in and it has already taken off at a bit of a clip in terms of development and technology from normal 1940s stuff to crazy sci-fi stuff in a handful of years in the book. :O

On This Day in History - April 11, 1980

April 11, 1980 OTD Ice hockey legend Gordie Howe (Pictured) played his final game, bringing an end to a career that had started in 1939. Earlier in the year, he had become the first and only player to compete in the National Hockey League in five different decades (the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s... read more

Old Hollywood Vibes

Dressed up to go to a friends daughters high school graduation party. Another friend did my makeup. I think I look like a vintage 1940s Hollywood star.

D&D Candela Obscura night

My high elf R&D scientist (Esoteric Order of New Sciences, blade singer wizard), based on Oppenheimer since the setting is 1940s England, is visiting his old alumni, Briarbank college to reclaim his old records for sentimental reasons. Turns out Mikhail's upper class man betrayed him to the... read more