#they’re so dndndndndn

[bubmyg]

hi hannah!! pls feel free to answer this whenever you feel like it bc i know this is a monster of a question. I’m trying to decide if I want to go to law school but don’t really have an accurate idea of what it would be like. I was wondering if you could share some of your experience especially the worst parts of it?

if your undergrad is any sort of discussion based logical thinking picking through a problem or piece of information then it’s no different and no harder it’s just different information. i was an english literature major in undergrad and it’s the same class style, same way of reading and thinking abt things, just completely different subject matter. it’s definitely a learning curve w that different subject matter tho. and u learn pretty quickly that not very many people get spectacular grades in law school. law school is the vehicle to get to the bar exam, doesn’t particularly matter how well the vehicle runs. obviously that isn’t me telling you to not study and take C’s w a smile but the hardest thing for me was dealing w the logistics of the mandatory curve LMAO

the other difficult aspect for me was being outgoing. you don’t have to be extroverted by any means but networking is like. the most important part. you gotta make urself comfortable w emailing professors and firms off linkedin. u gotta get used to volunteering in class bc they’re gonna cold call u anyway. ur probably gonna be completely clueless sometimes even if you read the information three different times. ur probably gonna think u sounded dumb in front of the class or in front of a judge or in front of ur professor. if ur like me ur gonna think ur the dumbest person in the room and how did you possibly get into law school when the dudes around you start talking abt business associations. and that’s totally cool!!! u just gotta come to terms w imposter syndrome being a semi normal occurrence n realize ur smart as hell too or u wouldn’t be there LMAO

it’s also a lot more self discipline??? ive only had one class so far that had a scheduled assignment regime otherwise ur only grade is the final and you have to schedule out studying and outlining and reviewing. ur prof might not even remind u abt the final until a day or two before (and will be teaching right up to it!) depending on ur undergrad major tho that might not be super scary. it wasn’t scary to me rlly just an adjustment

in my own personal experience it’s not the big daunting thing the stereotypes make it out to be. it’s just college again just w a bit more reading and professors w random name drop connections DNDNDNDNDN and there are so so many directions u can go w law that aren’t selling ur soul to big corporations i swear don’t let anyone tell u there isn’t money in helping people lmao (or if big law is ur gig then by all means go for it)

this was. all over the place I’m sorry djdnnd im happy to answer any specifics u have as well!!!!

#anonymous #long post

[fliipclaw]

session recap... 5? is this the 5th one?

the investigation is underway and i have to say this is probably my favourite session so far?? 

“it’s not very expansive” “it’s got to be more expansive than the list he gave us” “it’s really not”

the party go investigate around the senate

matt: has tarrik ever seen a gnome before? / me: i don’t know, has he?

“we’re so good at this game”

we really need to work on character voices bc i just realised bany was talking in character not out of character like i was

the first interrogation is a mess

“we’re reporters for the royal…. guard….. [something i can’t hear but that sounds a lot like ‘nut station’]"

“she’s not a dumbass, and we are, so we should tell her”

the gang tells neriona the truth of the assassination plot

“we’re great at this game” “we are” [kat chokes]

everyone has given up on remembering petpetor’s name and started calling him “not-calligula”

the gang makes a decision to vote on whether or not to frame neriona at the end of the investigation

neriona informs them that petpetor pulled some of the acolyte’s funding for himself, and the party decides to go investigate the acolytes

they go visit the temples outside of town

“i feel so out of place here” “how do you think tarrik feels?”

they talk to the priestess of jupiter, a halfling woman

“HEY! how do you feel about our lord and saviour petpetor?”

the priestess (sylienne, not that they ever ASKED) informs them that the emperor actually stole donations from the temples

tarrik asks about people coming to the temple of invidia out of anger and sylienne points them towards xia lun, the head priest of invidia

they point the party toward their friend vidant, a cleric of invidia who runs a healer’s surgery in town

they need a reason to enter the healers’ and so pluto stabs himself in the shoulder with his dagger and rolls maximum damage

vidant takes them into the room and heals pluto

reeliel steals some papers with recipes for various healing elixirs and several spells from his desk and hands them to grelynn whilst this is happening

pluto pickpockets vidant

“what is WRONG with you?” “it’s been a while since i stole something!”

“if this ever comes up again fully expect me to just deck pluto” “you and tarrik will have some great experiences together"

vidant asks pluto if he wants to keep the dagger

“i’m assuming it belongs to the person who stabbed you, but you can take it if you want” “no, it’s mine, i just kind of fell on the dagger” “i’m- i’m sorry, you fell on a dagger?” “yeah, i have… i have troubles” “do you have problems with your legs? is there something i can help you with?” “no, i… i guess i’m just a bit of a masochist”

tarrik takes the dagger whilst this is going on

“i’m going to say let’s not frame neriona because i feel so bad for her having to watch after us”

“haven isn’t the best place to live, and it hasn’t been for a long time-“ “no shit”

galle for president 2k17

they have a conversation about the cyclic nature of corruption and assassination

“i’ve given up hope” “you could be the leader?” “PLUTO, NO!”

“you’re very lucky you’ve never met the emperor” “you want grapes? tell him where he can stick his grapes!"

“you’ve met the emperor?” “NO” “unfortunately” “we robbed him” “so have you met him, have you not met him, or did you rob him?” “yes”

“are you asking me these questions because you’re planning on killing the emperor?"

“we won’t kill him. we might rob him though”

vidant reveals that he has a sister, lumea, who works in the apothecary next door

the party decides to go check out the apothecary

or rather, tarrik decides, and everyone follows him to make sure he doesn’t destroy anything

pluto pays for his medical treatment with the money he stole from his healer

galle goes straight to the poison shelf. the others follow. because that’s not suspicious at all.

kat: drops her phone and screams

“guys i have 20 gold who has 130”

“if i catch you stealing money from someone who needs it i’m going to fucking deck you”

“tarrik whispers to pluto, ‘don’t even fucking think about it’”

neriona is holding onto everyone’s money (she assumed it was stolen) and also has a licence to hold poisons and so she buys the truth serum the party is looking at

“neriona! friend!” “old buddy old pal!”

they have a short discussion with lumea and figure that neither of the pirmel siblings are guilty

“i vote that after we stab petpetor in the back we try to install neriona as empress because i got wildly attached to her and she’s been doing a good job”

“i just think she’s the best option.... and also galle’s just a little bit of a lesbian, so” “MOOD"

“does anyone have zone of truth?” “i had the option of having it but i didn’t think we’d need it” “saaaame” “goddamnit”

the party asks ilah to take them to the criminal underground

(also galle calls ilah sis and that’s adorable)

they have a discussion about what to do with neriona and make a deal that if they catch the culprit then neriona won’t go after any of them or their criminal contacts

“don’t tell her that!” “she knows you’re criminals anyway. she arrested you. did you forget that."

“you said west, i said west philadelphia, was she born and raised?” [a chorus of sighs]

“do we all rush in?” [sigh] “goddamnit"

neriona is dressed up in grelynn’s cloak, reeliel’s hat, and tarrik’s mask to hide her identity

ilah tells her contacts that she needs to go downstairs. her contacts move a rug to reveal a trapdoor and stairs to the literal criminal underground

they go down to a cavern containing the black market

“so the BLACK MARKET…. is there parade here?” “no…” “stop” “MARCHING CRIMINALS!” “you’re terrible”

[matt and kat proceed to collapse into hysterics]

tarrik goes and talks to a drow selling crystals

“they’re crystals, my man, i don’t know what you want me to say here” “it’s been a long time since someone called me ‘my man’”

nobody can say the word suspicious

pluto spots a couple of people in the corner of the cavern- a half elf woman and a man in a cloak- and the party heads over to investigate

“can i help you?” “yes” “what can i help you with?” “um… i’m looking to have the not-calligula killed, could you help?” “….i’m sorry?”

the woman reveals that she trades in creatures- she ships and sells magical beats and monsters

pluto asks about her client- the cloaked man, now revealed to be a dragonborn- and the client aims a knife at him

tarrik tries to push pluto behind him but fails on a strength contest

the client grabs pluto in a headlock and holds a dagger to his neck

“how long would it take for me to get a pseudodragon?” “yeah, ignoring that guy in a headlock, how much it would be for a t rex?”

me, exhausted: give me a second to look this up

(the answer is: way out of their price range)

“hey, i’m really sorry if i offended you, i know offending words cause offence”

the dragonborn pushes pluto on the ground and leaves

grelynn is the only one who rolls high enough to see him and follows him through a tunnel out of the market

the others don’t see where she goes and so tarrik communicates with her telepathically using awakened mind while they wait

“have you got something in your mouth?” “[muffled] yes, a pencil” “you could just sit it down on the table” “[muffled] i could, but that’s too easy"

grelynn loses track of the guy but manages to track him to outside of the death arena

“you know the master of the arena?” “yeah?” “is he a dragonborn by any chance?” “yeeeeaaaah… i didn’t plan for any of you to figure this out!"

the party manages to figure out that the gamesmaster (etu) has been conferring with the beast trader to get new creatures for the arena

“to the tunnel! dndndndndn!”

the party makes its way to etu’s office, which is where we’ll resume next session

#bee.txt #quadrant campaign #this one was so much fun. no battles. just shenanigans. #also i love how everyone is slowly becoming more attatched to neriona #me at the end of last session: this is going exactly as planned #me now: i have no idea what's happening but i LOVE it