u/PossibleChangeling

I require antipsychotics to function, which cause weight gain and increased appetite. I'm 27 M, 5'9" and 250 lbs.

Despite that, I'm really afraid of the infamous "wegovy face." I want to be healthy, but I don't want to lose my appearance. I care how I look, its why I'm so depressed to be overweight.

Can anyone offer any advice? I'm really hoping for an overwhelming consensus of "the side effects aren't that severe" or "Oh, you can just take a minimum dose and not lose 50 lbs in three months."

I'm an experienced GM looking to make friends IRL. I want to run the most popular TTRPG on the market for this reason.

I'm a huge fan of World Of Darkness, as well as Fear And Hunger. I want to run something that I feel strongly about. Because of this, I'm writing a horror campaign based loosely on Curse Of Strahd. The campaign has themes of Gods As Unknowable, Occultism, Nihilism, Survival and Human Conflict. However, despite being very aware of how to write horror, things like Bleed in TTRPGs, and sensitivity, I'm worried my idea is just not good for D&D. I know D&D suffers a lot from people 'forcing' the system, and I'm wondering if I should go back to the drawing board.

Here's the outline of my campaign and setting:

Writing an adventure loosely based on Curse Of Strahd called The Throes Of Dead Gods. It's heavily inspired by the themes in Fear And Hunger, albeit adapted to the sensibilities of TTRPGs to prevent bleed.

Core themes are the deities as eldritch entities, nihilism, divine abandonment, occultism, survival and horror.

The plot follows players trapped in the fog-shrouded nation of Barovia. The gods of Barovia are twisted and alien, but had deep-seated interests in humanity. People pray to gods out of desperation, gaining their blessings which often are indistinguishable from curses.

Strahd Von Zarovich is an Apostle of one of the three deities. The gods have died, but their influence remains, and a damned Strahd seeks in vain to escape his fate and find his god before he loses his mind and body to his curse.

Amidst all this, cults seek enlightenment and sacrifice, creatures of horror lurk outside the cities, and wars are raged for food and power.

The players are outsiders in this story. Will they find meaning in the throes of dead gods, or be lost in Barovia?

Edit: I'm getting a lot of mixed answers, and I'm not sure how to feel about it.

I'm a very high effort worldbuilder. I like researching the real reasons behind things, but geography, specifically designing landmasses, is something I've always struggled with.

What are the rules for how landmasses form and change? What causes things like mountains, deserts, valleys and rivers to form? I feel like a lot of things are determined by air currents, so what governs those?

I realize it sounds like I'm an amateur worldbuilder biting off a lot, but I'm an experienced one who just is used to writing in established settings. Most of my experience writing is in sociology, power structures, social systems and things like that, so any help is appreciated.

Don't get me wrong, play cautious around Guard or Tau, but sometimes you need to lose models to make it up the board.

There have been a lot of games I've played where being aggressive is the only reason I won. Sometimes, getting shot at is worth it if you force your opponent into a bad spot. 40k is all about mental stack, forcing your opponent to waste resources.

Especially for me starting out, it was easy to think playing cautious was required, but World Eaters need you exerting pressure to be good. This is why I love Goremongers; they force your opponent to have to play in your threat range if they want to win.

Just a reminder for new players who are scared to lose models. At a learning level, you need to lose games to learn how to win.

Khorne does not care from wence the blood flows, so go forth and build a throne for the blood god!

Location: Portland, Oregon

I work at a hotel on the west coast. The previous property manager sold the hotel, and now a new property manager is cracking down and trying to drive up profitability.

One thing that came out today. Apparently we either don't acrue or can't use sick time and PTO for six entire months after being rehired.

Is this legal? I also don't get a lunch due to being alone in the hotel most shifts. I've been working at this location for going on two months, but got rehired about two weeks ago.