So some context:

I’m DMing for the first time in a homebrew campaign, and my players (all level 3) were traveling through a forest to get to the next city. I had planned for them to encounter an old man who would tell them bandits were on the road ahead setting up an ambush, and to travel off the road for a little bit. Then I would ambush them with some dryads and a basilisk if they did so to hint that the old man was trying to kill them or something.

Anyways they got to the forest and decided not to trust the old man and went on the road ahead. I really wanted to hint at the old man being evil because he’s actually my BBEG so I made a smaller fight on the road with just one basilisk and nothing else. The idea was that the old man charmed the dryads into thinking the party would hurt the forest.

So…yeah combat didn’t go so well and I had to nerf the basilisk immediately because it was way too strong for them. Halfway through the fight I had a dryad come out and call off the basilisk, explain the situation and apologize to the party. She did not reveal that they were charmed by the old man.

One player was…really mad at these dryads. So next session she bought some oil and torches and started a massive fire in the forest. I was narrating that they could see giant plumes of smoke in the distance the entire day, and the whole city was panicking because they really didn’t want to piss off the dryads. And now the players are sailing off to some other destination because they don’t want to stick around in case of consequences.

So what would these dryads do? I’ve portrayed them as protectors of the forest, but I’m not sure how willing they would be to leave. All I can think of is maybe they’d send a team of druids and rangers after the party.

Any help would be appreciated. I don’t want to kill the party, but I like the idea of a confrontation. The world is alive and there are always consequences.

This is a species list for a zoo/aquarium in Royal Woods, Michigan (where The Loud House takes place). I mainly made this to see how the Fandom would use it, but this is also kind of a passion project. I've been planning this for quite a bit, and here's the species list:

(Also, if anyone wishes to help with it, feel free to DM me on Reddit or on DeviantArt.

Wetta Eagle Canyon

• Andean Condor
• Steller’s Sea Eagle

Outback Trail

Willawong Station

• Budgerigar, Cockatiel, Eastern Rosella, Princess Parrot, Red-Fronted Parakeet
• Blue-Faced Honeyeater
• Palm Cockatoo
• Kea

Roo Valley

• Bennett’s Wallaby, Red Kangaroo
• Common Wallaroo, Emu

Koala Crossing

• Queensland Koala
• Short-Beaked Echidna
• Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat

Devils Of Tasmania

• Tasmanian Devil

Desert Dome

Free-Flight Birds

• Australian Wood Duck, Blue-Bellied Roller, Cape Teal, Cape Thick-Knee, Chestnut Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Gambel’s Quail, Hooded Oriole, Hottentot Teal, Magpie Shrike, Orange Bishop Weaver, Red Bishop Weaver, Scott’s Oriole, Speckled Mousebird, White-Winged Dove, Yellow-Billed Duck, Yellow-Crowned Bishop

Namib Desert

• Black-Footed Cat
• African Jacana
• Blacksmith Plover, Chestnut Weaver
• African Helmeted Turtle, Klipspringer, Nile Softshell Turtle
• Serval
• Common Dwarf Mongoose
• Rock Hyrax
• Puff Adder
• Cape Cobra
• Northern Sand Gecko
• Red-Billed Hornbill
• Black Mamba

Red Centre Of Australia

• Rough-Scaled Python
• Lace Monitor
• King Brown Snake
• Rough-Scaled Death Adder
• Brown Tree Snake
• Common Death Adder
• Centralian Python
• Collett’s Snake
• Woma Python
• Inland Taipan
• Perentie
• Laughing Kookaburra, Masked Lapwing, Tawny Frogmouth
• Cunningham’s Skink
• Eastern Pilbara Spiny-Tailed Skink

Sonoran Desert

• Collared Peccary
• Cougar
• American Kestrel
• Burrowing Owl, Greater Roadrunner
• Bobcat
• Baja Blue Rock Lizard, Mexican Spiny-Tailed Iguana
• Baja Blue Rock Lizard, Common Collared Lizard, Giant Mexican Horned Lizard
• Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
• Black-Tailed Prairie Dog
• Mexican Spiny-Tailed Iguana, Sonoran Box Turtle
• Swift Fox
• Arizona Black Rattlesnake
• Cantil Viper
• Mexican Beaded Lizard
• Santa Catalina Rattlesnake
• Mottled Rock Rattlesnake
• Great Basin Rattlesnake
• Sonoran Sidewinder
• Redtail Splitfin
• White-Nosed Coati

Himalayan Highlands

Yeti Camp

• Red Panda, Reeve’s Muntjac
• Bar-Headed Goose, Red-Crowned Cra

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

The Great Empire of the Dawn (GEotD). Ancient dragonlords who once harnessed dragons before the Valyrians, leaving numerous structures across the world, with their capital being Asshai, all brought down by the Bloodstone Emperor.

Or so the theory goes. #The Foundation of the Hightower at Oldtown This theory’s strongest evidence would be the fortress on Battle Isle made of black stone fused by dragonfire: >fortress of black stone that dominates that isle. ... a type of construction that is seen elsewhere, most notably in the dragonroads of the Freehold of Valyria ... The dragonlords of Valryia, as is well-known, possessed the art of turning stone to liquid with dragonflame, shaping it as they would, then fusing it harder than iron, steel, or granite.

>The World of Ice and Fire (TWOIAF) - The Reach: Oldtown

The fortress is older than Valyria, however, so it had to have been made by an older civilization with dragons: >If indeed this first fortress is Valyrian, it suggests that the dragonlords came to Westeros thousands of years before they carved out their outpost on Dragonstone, long before the coming of the Andals, or even the First Men. ... More troubling, and more worthy of consideration, are the arguments put forth by those who claim that the first fortress is not Valyrian at all.

>TWoIaF - The Reach: Oldtown

In Yi Ti, the people believe in legends that their land was once part of an older civilization, the mythical GEotD: >the YiTish legends of the Great Empire of the Dawn...

>TWoIaF - Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria

Specifically, there is a single legend, a single line, suggesting that one of the emperors of the Dawn may have built the fused black stones of the Five Forts: >the great walls are single slabs of **fused black stone ... The Five Forts are very old, older than the Golden Empire itself; some claim they were raised by the Pearl Emperor during the morning of the Great Empire...

>TWoIaF - The Bones and Beyond: Yi Ti

So the theory is that this legend is true, and therefore the GEOTD may have also built the fused black stone on Battle Isle, because of this single line and single legend.

However, there is also a single line suggesting that the fortress on Battle Isle was built by the Mazemakers, based on the simple observation that the fortress is a maze: >The labyrinthine nature of its interior architecture has led Archmaester Quillion to suggest that **the fortres

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

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Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

You take away their little brooms

There hasn't been a post all year!