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Topic | 50k a year to work in the heart of downtown |
ocelot51 12/30/19 9:26:32 AM #2 | I wouldn't take a job where parking isn't free and also not covered by the company. |
Topic | Disney owns Avatar? |
ocelot51 12/26/19 1:52:40 PM #3 | Avatar has a whole park dedicated to it in Disney World even. |
Topic | Do you think the ESRB was a mistake? |
ocelot51 12/26/19 1:46:17 PM #3 | Either the industry self regulated or the government was going to step in and do it. Basically could have been much worse than what we ended up with. |
Topic | Damp Daddy is a member of the Nipple Gang |
ocelot51 12/23/19 2:21:40 PM #5 | For some reason this sounds like a Cr1tikal quote. |
Topic | Anyone else sick? |
ocelot51 12/23/19 10:41:03 AM #8 | He forced her to go home finally. Hopefully it wasn't too late! |
Topic | Anyone else sick? |
ocelot51 12/23/19 9:44:31 AM #5 | My goddamn coworker whom I share a cube wall with is sneezing and coughing up a storm and has the gall to stay and work. Work from home, lady! Our boss all but told you to. I refuse to get sick two days before Christmas. |
Topic | The WWE chapter in Paper Mario is the beat thing ever >_> |
ocelot51 12/23/19 8:37:11 AM #3 | Twilight Town isn't so bad. Chapter 2 though was boring as hell and I hate having to slog through it to get to Glitzville. |
Topic | This is why i hate mobile gaming. |
ocelot51 12/23/19 8:35:01 AM #5 | When Puzzle Fighter came to mobile it had a lot of potential. All it really needed was some AI matches and it would have been great. But instead it was online matches only and it shut down in like half a year. |
Topic | I feel like Ratatouille is underrated. |
ocelot51 12/22/19 9:50:10 PM #5 | It's my favorite Pixar movie for sure. |
Topic | Have you ever had to endure the struggle of not having a memory card? |
ocelot51 12/19/19 9:55:11 AM #4 | Garioshi posted... For about an hour after I bought my first PS1 game |
Topic | Super Metroid really was a step back in game design from the original |
ocelot51 12/18/19 4:29:27 PM #5 | You can tell that they just wanted to show off their fancy sound tech with that narrated opening line. The game was secondary. |
Topic | D&D 5E. Running Lost Mine tonight. Questions |
ocelot51 12/18/19 8:31:12 AM #56 | If you want to share things on Beyond with your players you need to invite them to a create a character in a campaign within it. Don't let them delete that character either because they'll lose the access. |
Topic | D&D 5E. Running Lost Mine tonight. Questions |
ocelot51 12/17/19 3:44:51 PM #46 | Your players HAVE to be driving the action. If they don't react properly to a simple question like "What's your character doing?" without more prompting then you guys need to find something else to play. |
Topic | D&D 5E. Running Lost Mine tonight. Questions |
ocelot51 12/17/19 3:19:09 PM #44 | Geez, you're a fine DM. Just relax and ready to be a little reactive. That's all there is to it. |
Topic | D&D 5E. Running Lost Mine tonight. Questions |
ocelot51 12/17/19 2:28:24 PM #41 | IfGodCouldDie posted... A tip for dming, a nat 20 doesn't have to guarantee success.It does if you're making an attack roll. The opposite is also true and you'll always miss on a 1. This is never true for skill checks or saves though. |
Topic | D&D 5E. Running Lost Mine tonight. Questions |
ocelot51 12/17/19 1:33:26 PM #39 | I don't understand. Trailing the goblins to their lair is a narrative footnote. It *should* be quick. This whole section of the module is Get Ambushed -> Trail to Lair -> Scour Lair of Goblins. This whole bit would be a session for my group and a strong majority of that would be in the cave. |
Topic | Which james bond movie is your favorite? |
ocelot51 12/17/19 12:11:06 PM #2 | Craig's Casino Royale. |
Topic | D&D 5E. Running Lost Mine tonight. Questions |
ocelot51 12/17/19 12:07:32 PM #37 | I think part of your problem is you're modifying the normally very easy to run Phandelver module too much as a new DM. Just run it stock! No need to craft random and branching encounter tables when they're not part nor a significant element of your campaign. |
Topic | D&D 5E. Running Lost Mine tonight. Questions |
ocelot51 12/17/19 11:28:15 AM #31 | Take a step back here. DMing doesn't need to be so stressful. I spend about 20 minutes prepping for my weekly in-person game: Estimate how far I think they'll get, then read up on the relevant sections of the campaign. I have my laptop out which I'll use to keep Beyond up (I have the campaign book up and tabs for monster stats), in addition to Discord where I keep notes and post up things I want players to see. I have a roll-out grid map I draw onto basically only when combat occurs, because that is the only time actually seeing the map matters. Getting newish players to roleplay is a skill. It takes time to coax it out of them. Constantly prompt them in that case until they start to do things themselves. Ask them things about their characters, and definitely reward them for playing along. |
Topic | D&D 5E. Running Lost Mine tonight. Questions |
ocelot51 12/17/19 10:45:41 AM #28 | Beyond is hooked up to Twitch because it's run by Curse, which until last year was a Twitch subsidiary, making them competitors. |
Topic | D&D 5E. Running Lost Mine tonight. Questions |
ocelot51 12/17/19 10:02:37 AM #26 | Here's a tip about perception checks: unless a creature is actively trying to hide via a stealth roll, everyone else is aware of them. Unless something is actively hidden, when the players turn over a room, just describe everything vaguely interesting without a roll. Maybe prompt them to look harder with a hint if something is actually hidden. Also everyone in your party has good stealth rolls? A bog standard wolf has a +3 to its own perception and also gets to roll with advantage because they have good noses and ears. The odds of one catching anyone but a rogue are very high. Another general DM tip is don't prompt your players to do something if doing that thing doesn't produce anything. If there's nothing to find in the river then prompting your players to check it makes it look like you're jerking them around. (You're probably not, just to be clear) I'm making some assumptions on your session so correct me if I'm wrong, but why set up a scene if nothing is going to happen in it? If moving to a new area, checking it, having nothing happen, and moving on is what happens, just skip it and get to the interesting parts. |
Topic | D&D 5E. Running Lost Mine tonight. Questions |
ocelot51 12/16/19 11:11:34 AM #15 | I recommend either using D&D beyond so you can quickly look up spells on the fly or just have your players write down or print out their spells. I *think* Magic Missile is the only (attacking) spell that doesn't require an attack roll or a saving roll. |
Topic | D&D 5E. Running Lost Mine tonight. Questions |
ocelot51 12/16/19 11:03:58 AM #13 | Most vets would assume that's how MM works out of hand because that's a legacy thing (except in early 4e, where it did require a roll and angered a lot of people), but the wording of all spell descriptions describe how they operate, and MM omits the need to roll. Check the text on Eldritch Blast for example, it explicitly calls for a ranged attack roll. |
Topic | Anyone use Outlook for work and are really annoyed at the new attachments button |
ocelot51 12/16/19 10:50:11 AM #5 | I still drag and drop, personally. |
Topic | D&D 5E. Running Lost Mine tonight. Questions |
ocelot51 12/16/19 10:48:58 AM #11 | How did Hank miss with Magic Missile? That's a spell that just hits, no roll required. It can only be deflected by specific things like the Shield spell. |
Topic | Netflix may be forced to start using advertisements soon |
ocelot51 12/10/19 4:32:53 PM #2 | They better have an ad free tier or I will drop it outright. Fuck ads. |
Topic | This uh..... this video..... >_> |
ocelot51 12/10/19 2:55:22 PM #2 | She was really good in Californication. |
Topic | FF7 RE only ps4 exclusive till 3/2021 |
ocelot51 12/10/19 2:44:52 PM #6 | We knew it was a timed exclusive when it was announced. |
Topic | Do you want to make price gouging for used products illegal? |
ocelot51 12/10/19 11:09:53 AM #4 | So who gets to decide the price then is the real question. |
Topic | OMG jill is wearing pants in REmake3. clearly its a no buy for me! |
ocelot51 12/10/19 10:37:29 AM #4 | Pre-order it and you can get her original costume as DLC. |
Topic | Rewatching Burn Notice. Did any of you like it? |
ocelot51 12/09/19 2:42:56 PM #44 | I enjoyed the hell out of the show. I was anticipating it before its premier and I loved it start to finish. It's at its strongest right up until Jesse is introduced imo |
Topic | ITT: most intense video ever caught on tape |
ocelot51 12/06/19 4:57:51 PM #3 | This played out like a horror movie. Goddamn |
Topic | Reminder the XFL is coming |
ocelot51 12/06/19 4:31:24 PM #8 | I'm low key enjoying his stupid Lloyd Christmas sweater. |
Topic | Reminder the XFL is coming |
ocelot51 12/06/19 4:20:05 PM #2 | The Battlehawks have a fun name but lame colors. |
Topic | This chick's pussy is HOT!! >_> |
ocelot51 12/06/19 3:59:02 PM #6 | Real concerned about that person about to lacerate themselves with a handsaw |
Topic | The President, on toilets |
ocelot51 12/06/19 3:40:45 PM #7 | coh posted... Can I take this opportunity to say fuck public restrooms with motion sensor based sinksHow about going into a stall with motion sensor flushing and finding out that the previous user somehow avoided flushing that way? I can't unbutton my fly without setting it off! |
Topic | All songs 100+ years old should be public domain |
ocelot51 12/06/19 3:00:22 PM #3 | Ethically perhaps, but not while capitalism is a thing. |
Topic | Am I entitled if I don't want to be a dishwasher? |
ocelot51 12/06/19 2:24:18 PM #2 | No one wants to be a dishwasher. Some people have to get what they can get. |
Topic | I had a college roommate who played EVE Online >_> |
ocelot51 12/06/19 10:55:24 AM #2 | One of the guys in my FFXIV raid group was a high ranking officer in Goon Squad, one of the largest and storied alliances in that game. He has a million stories about it and you can hear the trauma in his voice. |
Topic | The 5th Smash dlc fighter is gonna be someone no one wanted |
ocelot51 12/03/19 3:28:42 PM #24 | AlecSkorpio posted... Another generic anime sword fighter, then? I'm low key rooting for it to be Adol from Ys tbh |
Topic | ITT: Good games that are disappointingly short. |
ocelot51 12/03/19 11:07:26 AM #3 | MadWorld (It's still a great game despite this) |
Topic | Anything pointless you do compulsively in video games? |
ocelot51 12/02/19 2:12:01 PM #4 | Sword cancel in Halo 2. |
Topic | Stopping points in video games. |
ocelot51 12/02/19 8:31:49 AM #3 | luigi13579 posted... The final dungeon in RPGs. That seems to happen a lot. Every time I resolve to play FFIX, I always stop right before Memoria. Every time. |
Topic | No Time to Die (Bond 25) teaser |
ocelot51 12/02/19 12:47:37 AM #19 | Was this really a trailer for a trailer? What a world we live in. |
Topic | Soulcalibur VI is FUN |
ocelot51 11/27/19 10:17:06 AM #2 | I enjoy it a lot. Yoshimitsu is my jam. |
Topic | It's almost the end of November. Where are all these stink bugs coming from? |
ocelot51 11/26/19 2:01:32 PM #3 | I'm with ya buddy. I saw a cloud of gnats outside yesterday too. Bleh. |
Topic | "I play video games for the story." |
ocelot51 11/25/19 3:02:20 PM #6 | Having gone to an elementary school play just last week to see my niece, it was amazing, but not for the right reasons. |
Topic | Binge watching Initial D |
ocelot51 11/25/19 11:32:26 AM #20 | I found Initial D on Hulu after missing it on Netflix way back and I binged the whole thing recently. Still love it. |
Topic | Rumor is activistion is doing a Tony hawk remaster thing like the spyro/crash |
ocelot51 11/25/19 11:31:21 AM #15 | Solar_Crimson posted... I thought they no longer had the license to use Tony Hawk's name and image. It's the other way around. *Tony* doesn't have the rights to his own name and image. Activision does. Tony would kill for some new THPS. |
Topic | So was Terminator 2 the best movie sequel? |
ocelot51 11/25/19 11:18:41 AM #8 | T2 came out in 1991. |
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