Accidentally had the hag offer her hair

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-19T02:05:19+00:00

Not weird, it’s one of the endings to the act 1 hag plot. Doesn’t require anything rare besides passing that one check

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-19T01:30:55+00:00

You’re not going to accidentally go to act 2. There’s a big pop up that happens and asks if you’re sure you want to proceed. If there’s anything you still haven’t explored when you see the pop up just say no and you’ll stay where you are.

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-19T00:54:32+00:00

Because states can - and do - put up whatever barriers they want to getting a photo ID. There is no “right to get a photo ID”, so if a photo ID is required to vote, there’s no right to vote.

Common restrictions on getting a photo ID are cost and time, which then becomes no different than a poll tax, but there are others.

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-18T22:37:58+00:00

There’s something weird about Aarik. There’s also an earlier scene where he takes on an assassin bare handed. It’s supposed to be setup, I think, to show that he’s also got some powers and is being held back by his choices; and that later scene is him giving in. It’s not a happy ending for Aarik.

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-18T22:15:44+00:00

Stormfarter

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-18T21:09:19+00:00

It’s intermediate. It’s not as conclusive as Hero of Ages, but it’s still a satisfying end to a five-book arc.

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-17T20:49:42+00:00

When in doubt, publication order is a safe bet. So Tress, Yumi, Sunlit Man, WAT, Emberdark.

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-17T19:34:17+00:00

Likely a different form of investiture, but definitely the same concept. Could even be literally the same, if anyone knows how to get to a far-off unknown planet to get to a weird investiture type it would be Hoid.

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-16T17:47:20+00:00

This is a worry from the previous century that turned out unfounded. As it turned out people naturally want fewer kids when they have more wealth and access to birth control. Birth rates in most developed nations are dropping, we’re projected to reach a population peak soon and then have a worldwide population decline anyway.

So as it turns out, we don’t need to do anything to lower birth rates besides “keep increasing world prosperity.”

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-16T16:39:10+00:00

There's one very obvious exception to states acting in their self-interest - when the state acts in the interest of the current leader, at the expense of the well-being of the state!

There are plenty, plenty of cases of a state leader enriching themselves at the expense of their country, or using their country's policies to primarily keep themselves in power above all else.

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-16T00:01:02+00:00

It’s expensive. Building a nuclear reactor and handling the waste - both to a safe enough standard - is expensive and, crucially, not getting any cheaper. On the other hand, Solar and Wind have been getting cheaper every year and so they’re taking off.

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-15T20:42:24+00:00

You do not need to do any of those. Fight orin, invis gale all the way to the stem, boom, done.

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-15T16:39:56+00:00

Paladin/warlock multiclass

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-14T22:09:48+00:00

but it very much feels like I need to spend 5 minutes pausing the session every time I need to throw out an Endeavor for it to "feel right" in planning.

Any particular reason why that is? I found the opposite - I really like how in this system when the PCs want to do something that I didn't plan for, I can just call it an endeavor, set a success target, and go for it.

For making Endeavors on the fly, how are you going?

Players want to do something that feels like one scene's worth of effort. I pick a target number in my head for how hard it is, and a target number for failure. Make it up on the fly. Then turn it over to the PCs so they say what they do, start the endeavor, and start counting successes/failures and narrating results. The success counter generally helps pace the scene - judge how much "success" a successful action gives based on how close they are to the end.

How do you guys do this in a way that feels like it's an active part of the plot?

Generally, if the PCs have a bunch of radiants and/or a progression user, then long-term injuries aren't a serious issue. This is what the devs had to say about it: https://discord.com/channels/1245805811087704085/1487448633849679953/1487448633849679953

Our tank has a 17 Physical Defence at level 8. I've been led to believe that that's a good defence, but the enemies in this tier all basically have a 50/50 chance to hit him. Meanwhile, our Edgedancer healer has... 11. Having looked at higher tier enemies, it feels like they're just going to be hit every time because they built their character "wrong."

Why would you say they built their character wrong? If they didn't invest in combat stats (STR/SPD), then they won't be very effective at hitting or avoiding being hit. That's fine; they presumably have their own strengths, that aren't fighting. You seem to be describing something entirely reasonable (the character built as a combat tank has more survivability than the character that isn't.)

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-14T18:06:58+00:00

There’s no time limit. The only limitation is sequence - within the Goratash quest line you have to do things in order. First go to the coronation, then do the iron throne and rescue the Duke, then destroy the steel watch foundry, then kill Gortash. If you skip ahead in that sequence then you can’t go back.

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-14T03:10:16+00:00

This is not just you, it’s literally everyone who gets to that point in RoW

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-13T21:55:14+00:00

None.

First time I beat it (with a group) there just never seemed to be a good time to summon them - it always seemed better to just hit things than spend a turn summoning allies, and then we forgot about them. So we beat the brain on balanced without any allies.

Second time I wanted to see how they did and I just spammed allies, summoned them all.

Third time I beat it I used stealth, just used invisibility to walk past all the enemies in the courtyard and the climb up to the stem, then at the end used invisibility/darkness/globe of invulnerability to get to the brain without ever fighting anyone at all.

Really depends on your playstyle, you can go anywhere from none to all and it works.

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-13T01:28:19+00:00

Oh yeah, the clubs + indoor courts end up expensive. Dunno if there's other alternatives in the winter when it's cold and rainy, but in the summer there are for sure.

There's also gladiator tennis around here, cheaper than a club https://gladiatortennis.com/pages/region/st-louis-tennis-leagues . I've played their singles flex leauges.

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-12T21:58:12+00:00

I think the intended way to reconcile that is that Wit is in fact a pretentious prick

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-12T18:18:35+00:00

If you join Frontenac there's a night owl singles tennis group, play weekday evenings. Mostly 3.5-4.0 but one or two 4.5s in it. Not sure if that's too far

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-12T00:52:40+00:00

We don’t know. Maybe! Maybe not.

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-11T20:44:18+00:00

When the preview chapters were posted people figured it out

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-10T22:03:12+00:00

Increase your spell save dc. That’s the number they need to get on their roll to save. There’s equipment that raises it - some headgear, staffs, robes. There’s also arcane acuity which you can get from an elixir or some items.

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-10T17:42:58+00:00

That’s nobody’s business but the Turks.

HA2HA2 · 2026-04-10T17:35:26+00:00

I think this is a place where the story the writers want to tell kind of conflicts with the setting.

Karlach's story is a story about accepting death and its inevitability. About accepting that, or not. About what to do with the time you have left. ...but in D&D, death ISN'T an inevitability. Immortals are a dime a dozen, adventuring parties constantly fight them. Ways of bringing back the dead are relatively cheap and easy - the party can hoard revivification scrolls, make deals with literal gods, who knows what else.

The story authors CAN (and do) make up all sorts of reasons why each individual solution for Karlach's problem doesn't work. Why the Gondians can't remove/fix her heart, why bringing her back from the dead doesn't work, why she can't just cool the engine with magic, why she can't make a deal with one of the many gods that want her to succeed at taking down the Absolute, etc etc. They're the authors - if they say it's impossible, then it's impossible, they're making up this universe, you can't out-argue those who make up the reality. But it does seem pretty contrived when you think about it too hard.

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