[D&D SECRET SANTA] 2024: Going Out On A Classy Note (Names Sent! Gifts Soon!) (2024)

Stuff you made—That'd be awesome! Art especially.

Cookies/sweets/food in general—I'm not allergic to anything that I know of, and I'm not watching my diet at the moment, though maybe I should. I'm generally not cooking much for myself, but ingredients wouldn't be unappreciated unless they're perishable and have a short shelf life.

Posters and wall hangings—I have very few of these myself, unfortunately. Landscapes and depictions of natural environments are preferred.

Notebooks—The truth is that I hoard these things like a dragon. A beige dragon. I am always wanting more. If you get lined paper, I would prefer it to have lighter, fainter lines.

Graphic Tees—I'd prefer ones that are pretty or handsome over cutesy or funny or references, thank you.

Dog things—Rousey, our husky, really needs them, unfortunately.

Pans—I have access to a lot of nonstick pans, but they're all real scruffed up. I'm not that big a cook, but I need to get some new pans. Pots I'm in less need of.

Clothes in general—With the possible exception of pants (which I do need and would appreciate some, but I've struggled with finding pairs that fit me), I'd be down for some hoodies, sweaters, etc. Hats, scarves, and gloves are less appreciated, but not totally unappreciated. I'd also appreciate it if synthetic fibers were avoided where possible, though sometimes polyester is an inevitability. Due note that I live in a place that's warm to hot most of the time, though not always. Below, spoiler'd, are some sizes:

Shirt: Men's large
Shoes: Men's 9.5 wide
Pants: I've found that a lot of men's pants, even if they fit my waist and most of my legs, are too tight at the hip. But, if you're really sure about this, sicko, then I'm a 34w/32l

Video Games—I have a powerful gaming PC, a Switch that I never use, and a 3DS lying around here somewhere. I generally play RPGs and strategy games, though I am open to games of all types. I have an overstuffed, unorganized Steam wishlist HERE and I have a short Switch wishlist below:

* Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
* Fire Emblem: Three Houses
* Pokémon Rescue Team DX
* Pokémon Scarlet/Violet
* Pokémon Legends: Arceus
* The World Ends With You: Final Remix

TTRPG Stuff—I don't know what this would even cover aside from dice, but, to give you an idea, I've been into Exalted 3e and Chronicles of Darkness recently, and I've been open to playing Pathfinder and Lancer in the past.

Films/Blue Rays—I'm not much of a cinema person myself, but I do have a list of things I do want to get around to watching eventually. I've listed a non-exclusive below for your perusal:

* Into the Spiderverse
* The Bad Sleep Well
* O Brother, Where Art Thou?
* The Big Lebowski
* True Detective s1
* Perfect Blue
* Paprika
* Summer Wars
* Princess Mononoke
* Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind
* Mean Girls
* Princess Bride
* Puss in Boots 2
* Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* The Shape of Water
* Drive
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
* Barbie
* Lord of the Rings trilogy

Books—I haven't been reading much lately, but I've certainly enjoyed a good book in my time. I'm more of a fantasy/sci-fi/mystery sort of guy, but I'd be down for a good history or something. I have an Amazon wishlist, but it's so badly out-of-date and badly-maintained that it might do more harm than good if I include it.

Dip pens/pen holders/ink—I don't think I'd actually use them all that much, but I've been known to stare at these things with longing in my eyes.

Bluetooth earbuds—I'd be down, I'd like to listen to music at work again, but I think I might immediately lose them, so.

Comics—This is weird because I'd absolutely be down for comics, but I don't care about superheroes at all. I know that there's some good stories in that genre, but it's generally not for me. Also no Walking Dead, I don't care about zombies.

Vinyls—I gave my dad a turntable last year, but we don't actually have a receiver/preamp to actually play anything. I'm not unopen to vinyls, but they're real low on my list. I'd like video game OSTs or specifically Spiritual Instinct by Alcest. Dad's a classic rock sort of guy—I think he's a real Pink Floyd fan—and a fan of Gregorian chant but I think he's down for whatever I like.

NSFW stuff & sex toys—It's not that I don't want it or I wouldn't appreciate it, it's that I live with my dad, and it'd be embarrassing.

Lego—I'm just not into it at the moment. And I don't have anywhere to store it.

Tea—I'm just not much of tea drinker.

Coffee and coffee accessories—Out of all the things in this section, I think I'd most appreciate getting coffee and coffee stuff the most, but I've fallen out of regularly drinking coffee, since consuming a lot of caffiene while on Adderall gives me chest pains. If you must give me coffee, I'd prefer decaf.

Board games—I just don't have anybody to play them with. I would laugh if you got me Twilight Imperium, though. It would probably end up just collect dust somewhere, but I would laugh.

Figurines—Possibly excepting 40K/AoS stuff, but even then, I find that I'm really picky about the stuff I'd pick up. I didn't pick up the Custodes combat patrol because I found the termies in it to be absolutely doofy looking. I think if you rolled the dice on this, it'd probably come up snake eyes. I'm not into gunpla either.

MMO Subs—Other people are scary, and I'd like to take games at my own pace, rather than have a countdown loom over my head.

D&D things, specifically—I'll play Pathfinder, but D&D has left me cold recently. I didn't get very far in Baldur's Gate 3 because I hate hate hate how 5e operates. Unless it's a kobold-specific thing, then I'm all about it.

Queer Pride merch—Unfortunately, I'm closeted, so as much I'd want to display my queerness openly, I'd like to remain closeted at the moment. This doesn't mean I don't want queer things in general, it's that I don't want things that are designed so that I should perform queerness, as it were.

Generic Nerd Ephemera—I am, indeed, a nerd, and a fan of nerdy properties, but I find most 'nerd stuff' to go past me. I grew up in the time of the GameCube, for one.

Tchotchkes and knick-knacks—Don't have any place to put them, and they really don't spark joy in me.

Ties—I have a lot of ties already, and I don't have many occasions to break them out.

Gift cards/cash—I mean, sure? But I'd prefer gifts with some thought put into them.

Alcohol—I don't drink, and some of the worst episodes of my life were caused, in part, by alcohol. I'm actively uncomfortable around it. The only sort that I'd be okay with would be cooking alcohol, but even then, it's a stretch.

Extravagance—I'm middle class myself, but I don't make that much money, so I don't have that much to spend on my Santee. Likewise, I'd feel real bad if somebody splurged on me and I wasn't able to respond in kind. I don't want to feel like I don't deserve the things I'm getting. I don't expect everything I want on this list to reach me, and honestly I don't want it to. Please don't overdo it.