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If they don't ever stay at her place, why don't you do that instead?

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NinjaBreakfast posted...

The last jedi is a well made movie and the rise of skywalker is less a movie and more a frantic collection of trailers edited together

This.

Also, TRoS is much like the last season of Game of Thrones. It was so incredibly disappointing and bland that people barely remember it exists, which is not nearly proportional to the hype beforehand. Even if you hate TLJ, you have to admit it was a movie that stuck around.

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Sackgurl posted...

you might look at myth-weavers as a place for a less featured but more accessible character sheet. also it's free

Interesting. I'll check that out tomorrow. One really neat feature of dndbeyond was that they had info on all the spells and feats and stuff, but it turned out most of it was locked. I understand that the game isn't free, but it feels bad that every player has to pay huge money.

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Daily bump. No games today, and maybe not tomorrow either. Meanwhile I thought I'd throw out a question.

Do you have any quality of life home rules that you use? For example, I'll happily reward players who come up with clever solutions to puzzles by making the DCs a little easier. That way I figure it's a little more satisfying to be clever.

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Kastrada posted...

Heat yes, Sunny Day helping those out. But we are talking types. No heat-types but literal fire-types. Which isn't doing anything immediately good to a plant.

Fire is great for grass though. Heck grass literally evolved because trees were weak against fire.

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Kastrada posted...

Watering a plant helps it survive. It helps it grow.

Yes, too much water will kill it. Just as if you constantly spam and spam and spam a water move, eventually a grass-Pokemon will faint. But it's not effective because those first water moves are helping it grow. Hence the resistance/weakness.

Likewise, heat helps it survive, helps it grow. Too much heat kills it. And cold helps it survive, even stratifies the seeds of some species. But too much cold will kill it.

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Kastrada posted...

If this is a serious post, I feel sorry for any and all of your former science teachers. >_>

Have you ever had a plant

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toyota posted...

Cos im trying to getting through your thick skulls. Especially those smug morons around who are always like

Except every single time people explain why you're wrong and you have no argument so you just wait until the topic purges then try again

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This is the exact same topic you made like three days ago. And three days before that. And so on

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Hambo the Hog posted...

You're right, the game is too nonsensical. Let's all just agree to start using Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle instead.

Doesn't really make sense why grass beats water.

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Guns_of_Verdun posted...

Same problem though

Rock goes inside bag

Sweet. Now what? How is it defeated?

Is the bag full of some kind of acid that dissovles rocks but not plastic like in Breaking Bad?

It's locked inside a bag, so it's stuck there.

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In Swedish it's rock, bag, scissors. Then you trap the rock in the bag. But it's a soft bag like canvas, plastic or paper so the scissors can cut it. I guess these days it's canvas

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Wow I had no idea people got so triggered by the name of the game. IDK I don't really care I guess? It's a game, it needs a name. VVVVVV is as good a name as any.
I played it and I enjoyed it. Fun for what it was.

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Yeah you're right. These adventures are as much practice for me as it is intro for her. I've only ever been a GM once before so I can definitely tell that I need to get better.

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IfGodCouldDie posted...

She may have to return if you ever move away from 1 shots or start a group. You can keep all of this is your world as part of your world building.

Yeah that's true. I was thinking mostly as long as I keep to this campaign as well as the two follow-ups, I don't think there is a return to Gnomengard there.

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Makeveli_lives posted...

He swore plenty of times.

But was it toned down or was it like really bad expletives? I don't recall very heavy cussing, which is what's implied in the text in the OG.

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Yeah that's a good idea! I'll probably settle on something like a Gnome survivor who will seek vengeance. There's no good reason for her to ever return there. And it would be nice to actually have a sort of rivalry going on. Either that or I'll save that character idea if I start playing with someone else and I want to bring them together somehow.

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Barret is like mr. T dialed up to 11. But they removed all the cussing he does, and just has him yell a lot, it's pretty jarring compared to the rest. It's also jarring because he's one of the more comic book type characters (along with e.g., president Shinra, Hojo, and Heidegger), and since the style has kind of moved away from the goofy comic booky, it just feels weird

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We actually did have time to play today!

So gf started off with the Manticore quest, which in hindsight is pretty boring. It's essentially you arrive at the quest location, and the Manticore is already there trying to kill the person you wanna save. Then you either kill the monster or bribe it to go away, and that's it really. So she managed to make it go away by healing its wounds and giving it 10 days' worth of food. Pretty uninspiring.

Then off to the Gnome quest, which turned out to be quite difficult for a complete beginner. You traverse a network of caves with Gnomes in them, with a little bit of fighting and a little bit of persuasion. Then you find that the king has locked himself in because a Mimic is hiding about, eating the Gnomes one by one. He refuses to open until he's convinced the Mimic is dead. The player's objective there is actually just to bring back a magical item, so they can finish the quest any number of ways. Gf managed to (after some gentle nudging since she was stuck) trick the king into believing that a piece of rope was the Mimic corpse, and she got a Wand of Pyrotechnics as a reward. She's now contemplating if she should actually look for the Mimic at all or just go back. It's pretty tricky since I'm a new GM and not really used to new players who don't really know what they can do. We had to stop there so we'll see next time what she ends up doing. I'm advising her to try and think what her character would want to do (a chaotic neutral cleric). But it's a pretty fun quest, all in all. If I end up being a GM more often, I'll definitely reuse it.

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Barrett was so awful I had to switch to Japanese

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Putting a bump here just in case. Not sure we'll have time to play today. I'm quite looking forward to the next quests. One is a mystery where a Mimic is hiding in a Gnome community, which seems really fun. The other is just fighting or negotiating with a Manticore to have it stop harassing the potion maker. I'm really hoping she picks the Gnome one, it's the goofiest quest in this thing

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Mine is my favorite but it's quite CE specific

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That's a great name for a doctor

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So the campaign we're playing is "Dragon at Icespire Peak", and we just finished the first quest.
Gf is a Cleric of the Tempest domain and has an elven warrior sidekick. They went to an excavation site to earn a couple of dwarven treasure hunters that a dragon has come to the region. What followed was a looting of a ruined temple, fighting two jelly ochres, then on the way home they ran into two orcs.

Went pretty well, but it was a short adventure with minimal RPing. I had to severely tone down the encounters and traps because they were not suitable for level 1 characters. Gf would have died like three times at least if I didn't switch to lower damage. But it was a good intro to exploring dungeons. Now she's learned to always look for hidden exits, and to be wary of ambushes and traps. Next two adventures can be solved without fighting if she wants. I think I accidentally both have her exp and a milestone level up, but I'm thinking that since she's a newbie and playing alone, it doesn't hurt to have an extra level.

We're using dndbeyond for character sheets which is nice but annoying. Everything is behind a paywall and we're not interested in paying so much for both of us, when I already have access to the rulebooks and stuff via friends. But it's really convenient to keep track of stuff! Will try to also use roll20 in the future so I can show her a map in a convenient way.

And overall I'll say that DnD has me conflicted. It's very nice in some regards, but spells and classes are a mess compared to my favorite game, Symbaroum. If she enjoys playing, I'll probably try to move us to some hybrid where I adapt DnD modules to Symbaroum rules.

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ROBANN_88 posted...

I've never tried 1-person adventure before.
Honestly, i don"t think i'd like it.

I did DM a one-shot a few days ago.
It took 7 hours.
I loved it but it was mentally exhausting.

I would say give it a try. It has its ups and downs. For example, you make progress a lot faster. Each encounter can be turned into something really intense. Etc.

And to be clear, I wouldn't say this campaign is a one shot. It's a collection of adventures for levels one through six, and there are follow up campaigns up to I think level 13. I really like the format! Very short descriptions so it's easy to prep. And it already has some balance suggestions for single players.

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Bad_Mojo posted...

I play alone a lot [Sad, I know] and I use this and just dungeon crawl -

https://www.kassoon.com/dnd/dungeon-map/

Gives you the map and fills in what is in the rooms.

Your player[s] are looking for a side quest to do or you, as the DM, need a quest idea, just roll here - https://www.kassoon.com/dnd/random-plot-hooks-generator/

That's a pretty interesting site, thanks! Don't think I'll be needing it for this one, but maybe in the future.

averagejoel posted...

a 1-person adventure seems... hard

Yeah I'm a little worried since she's gonna miss out on opportunities to role-play. On the other hand, the times I've played one on one with a GM have all been quite excellent. And I've done some reading on tips for one-on-one play as well so I'm not going in cold.

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I agree that a group would be fun, but I'm kind of curious how one-on-one will work. One huge advantage is that it's very easy to plan. Finding a time when a whole group is available is always tricky. For example, I'm playing Delta Green in a group right now and there are several months between the sessions.

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Hey guys.

I just bought a DnD Essentials Kit to try out with my gf. I've played a bunch of RPGs before and she wanted to try, so I figured we could try this because I've heard a lot about how simple DnD is. And there's a lot of content.

Would you table top RPG fans be interested in hearing about the progress? We're gonna play one-on-one sessions starting tomorrow.

And we could make this a general RPG topic since I haven't seen one for a while.

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Didn't listen to a lot of them but not really. Some were bad and some were generic okayish. Iceland stood out. But I'll listen more closely at some point

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Iceland is by far the best song

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UnfairRepresent posted...

sigless user logic

the literal opposite is true

The quintessential UR post

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toyota posted...

Whats that have to do with anything? Either a mask does protect you or it doesnt.

The same way a seatbelt protects you if you're driving, but if you're just sitting in your car on the driveway, there's no evidence it will help protect you. But whatever protection it does offer is kind of useless since you're not putting yourself at risk

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toyota posted...

What sort of upside down world are we living in where promoting mask use and being pro-mask is considered trolling?

The very regular GameFAQs CE one where ssj-kenobi has been trolling this place for ages

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IMO Wario Land 2 is the peak of that series. Wario Land 1 is the peak of Super Mario Land

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Finally

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Is it really that hard to imagine that if you're taking care of someone, you are a lot closer to them and thus risk exposure in a different way?
Yeah, if you expect that you're gonna be up in the face of strangers, then you should wear a mask (and a visor, and a hair net, etc). If you're just walking around keeping a safe distance, then there's no evidence that masks do shit to help

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NinjaBreakfast posted...

It's almost like he's a troll!

What no how can you think that

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toyota posted...

Bro, the only mental gymnastics around are the ones surrounding not using masks. Lets take shit that people acknowledge as true

* Highly Contagious disease
* Masks help minimize spread if a person is infected
* People can be Asymptomatic carriers
* Dont use masks bro!

Cmon man thats some straight up dumbass shit

I'm not really surprised but you're very actively ignoring everyone ITT

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Yeah I get your point, and that's a good thing to have in mind.

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Yeah Godnorgosh summed it up well so I won't repeat it. But it's about the discrepancy in coverage between Bernie and, e.g., Biden.

And I still disagree with your standards for evidence here. The examples outlined ITT (and we both know there are plenty more) are definitely enough to imply there's a discrepancy. Can we make the conclusion with a 100% certainty? Maybe not, but to a greater certainty than warranting dismissals such as "there is no conspiracy" or "us vs the world"-complex. Statements like that really make it seem like you're taking a stronger stance against this whole idea rather than "you could be right but didn't provide proper evidence".

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darkphoenix181 posted...

How does it stop the spread while not protecting you?

Is one side of the mask permeable and the other is not?
Otherwise, it would afford you the same protection.

Why would it? The purpose of a mask is twofold - prevent potentially infected droplets to spray out from the mouth, and protect them from entering the mouth. Once you have infected droplets in the air, they can infect a person via any mucous membrane. That includes eyes and ears, and it's the reason why medical staff also need to wear visors. A functional mask will very effectively stop an infected patient from spraying covid droplets, but it's not going to stop droplets from getting into someone's eyes, or onto someone's hands and then put into eyes, ears, nose or mouth.

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toyota posted...

But I still find it absurd that mask use is a practice that the WHO/Media is discouraging acting like it does nothing to help the situation when it makes no sense.

I outlined several reasons why mass usage of masks could potentially make things worse, for very little gain.

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This is not the first time you're making this topic, you're starting to sound like a broken record. There are some notable arguments against implementing nation-wide mask requirements:

• Difficult to implement and enforce fairly
• Masks only help if used properly, changed often, etc
• Wearing a mask might give people a false sense of security thus acting less safe
• It would affect the supply which risks shortages in healthcare where they are a lot more effective
• If you do proper social distancing, you're not really at risk to begin with, so masks aren't helping

Just stay at home dude. Please.

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COVxy posted...

The existence of negative coverage of Bernie is absolutely not evidence of bias!

And that's not the case I'm making. Could you be more specific about which premises are unreasonable?

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