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Started drawing blobfish and tripped over this soapbox. Who put that there?

A map of words borrowed by English from other languages, according to their location and language family of origin. Derived from this older post of mine!

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A while ago, someone had commented about including more physical tasks, so I listened.

First, education is important so you do not hurt yourself.

Reading through the following infographic will give 50XP.

Wait! There’s more!

Let’s work on POSTURE, which can also help with back pain and strengthen your core. Do the three (3) ISOMETRIC EXERCISES:

Completing 1 exercise or modified exercise reward is 40XP.

Completing 2 exercises or modified exercise reward will be 75XP.

Completing 3 exercises or modified exercise reward will be 125XP.

Hamstring Curl to a Box/Bench

Lie on the floor, face up, with your heels on a box or bench that allows you to keep the knees and hips at a 90 degrees with your toes pointing up. From this position, curl the pelvis under so that the tailbone is lifted off the floor, leaving the lumbar spine flat on the floor. You should feel tension in the back of the thighs. Hold for 30 to 60 seconds.

MODIFIED: Do NOT use a box or bench. Place feet on the ground. From this position, curl the pelvis under so that the tailbone is lifted off the floor, leaving the lumbar spine flat on the floor. You should feel tension in the back of the thighs. Hold for 30 to 60 seconds.

Glute Bridge with Abduction

Lie on the floor, face up, with your feet flat on the floor and your knees bent at approximately 90 degrees. Place a yoga block (or ball) between the thighs, just above the knees. Tilt the pelvis under slightly and squeeze the block (ball) with the thighs. Lift the hips by clenching the buttocks and pressing the heels into the floor. Hold this position, making a flat line from the knees to the shoulders, for 30 to 60 seconds. Do 2 sets of 5-10. Increase as you feel comfortable.

MODIFIED: Lie on the floor, face up, with your feet flat on the floor and your knees bent at approximately 90 degrees. Place a yoga block (or ball) between the thighs, just above the knees. Tilt the pelvis under slightly and squeeze the block (ball) with the thighs. Clenching the buttocks and pressing the heels into the floor. Hold this position for 10-30 seconds. Relax after. Do a 3 sets of 3. Increase as you feel comfortable.

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Stand with your back against a wall and your feet out in front so that your lower back stays flat to the wall. Place the backs of your hands high and wide against the wall to form a “Y” and press backward into the wall from the shoulders for 10-30 seconds. Bring your hands out from the shoulders to form a “T” position and press backward into the wall for 10-30 seconds. Next, bring the hands in so that your thumbs are around ear height to make a “W” shape and press backward into the wall for 10-30 seconds. Finally, slide the hands down outside the hips with the thumbs pointed out to make the “I” and press backward into the wall for 10-30 seconds. Repeat the series of movements one to three times and increase the amount of time spent on each position as your endurance improves.

Btw Iove your art and it's inspired me to try out line work again

Thanks! And hey, that's a good question.

Here's the thing I've learned as a DM - you don't have to plan EVERYTHING.

In fact, the less you plan, the more prepared you'll be!*

*Some restrictions apply

How I like to think of when I DM is that me and my players sit in the middle of a WHEEL of possibilities. It looks something like this:

Every session you start with, you have a set amount of possible go-to points. These are limited. Usually, your party won't go from sipping drinks at a tavern to walking out the door and fighting cult members in ONE session.

The possibilities are endless, so what you need to prepare is just the next few steps. In the above image, what I mean is that they first two darker shades are representative of what you need to have prepared immediately, and the lighter shades are plans you can have on the back burner, but don't need to flesh out.

As your party makes choices and travels outside of the Starting Spot, you can prepare the NEXT steps based on the ones they chose.

So, say your party is in your tavern, and they decide to go to the Adventuring Guild to look for a job. You don't HAVE to prepare the Heist Mission in the Wizard's tower for that - you can know it's a possibility, but once they've made their first choice, you have a direction.

You can then kind of visualize what their next steps are.

Of course, this wheel isn't one way! Your players could always just... hop over to an adjacent topic! If they're solving a mystery, that could link up to a Cult involvement. And from there, they can discover a Secret Hideout for the Cult, which you already know was a possibility if they were to go into the forest.

And once that sort of adventure has started, you can go ahead and think about what other things you had planned out might link up to or evolve from where they are.

At that point, it's like playing a giant board-game. Which involves laying down track in front of an oncoming train.

My recommendation is that you keep a few things on hand which can be used anywhere:

a few maps that somewhat relate to multiple things on your map (for example, a dungeon-looking map that could be a Secret Hideout OR the Wizard's tower)

Some named NPCs - at least one per location that you can throw up immediately when they arrive

a few puzzles/plotpoints which can act as a placeholder while you think of details (for example, a Mystery can be hard to think of on the spot. Give them some random clues, such as a missing person, a few discarded items, etc and then take your time before the next session to link those items together!)

The rest is.. well... just making it up as you go along!

Of course, that's just MY personal way of doing things. Some people prepare way less, and some prepare way more. It's just all up to how quickly your players move/how comfortable you are with details.