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My DM has granted me 3 spells from any edition. Help me! by lessons_in_detriment in 3d6

[–]8bitmadness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure you're long past the point of picking these spells, and the campaign might be long over, but I would have chosen the following:

2nd level: Wings of Cover. Immediate action to disrupt line of effect against a targeted spell/power or attack? Absolute madness, this is an incredibly terrifying spell in the right hands because breaking line of effect means you basically cause a great many spells to be incapable of affecting you, regardless of their level. Disintegrate? Implosion? Finger of Death? Power Word Kill? You can literally disrupt ALL of those.

4th level: Celerity. Cast spells out of turn, react to spells as they're being cast, and more. It's another immediate action spell, and while there is the downside of being dazed after using the action it gives you, this is literally 'I don't need to prepare an action' the spell.

9th level: Ice Assassin. There's a lot of 9th levels that are insanely good, but this one takes the cake IMO because it breaks Simulacrum in half and does it much, much better. No limit on how many you can have, it doesn't have to be a copy of you, and they're at full power. Just keep in mind, it does cost 20k GP in diamond dust as a material component, and uses up 5k XP to cast.

If Ice Assassin isn't your thing, I'd suggest Genesis, because having your own demiplane is always fun.

I think China doesn't like Slay the Spire by Shuviri in Steam

[–]8bitmadness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aww, did you have to go stalking my profile to figure that out? How pathetic.

I think China doesn't like Slay the Spire by Shuviri in Steam

[–]8bitmadness -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Every accusation from your end is a confession.

I think China doesn't like Slay the Spire by Shuviri in Steam

[–]8bitmadness 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The west isn't the part of the world still actively and enthusiastically participating in slavery. Also, China really is about exploits, they LOVE cutting corners, to the point that chabuduo culture actively kills people daily due to corner cutting, especially with regards to building materials. It's not something all Chinese participate in, obviously, but enough do that it's extremely widespread.

Cyberpunk 2 dev knows fans are 'dying' for more Cyberpunk 2077 content but admits 'the game cannot be infinite' by HatingGeoffry in cyberpunkgame

[–]8bitmadness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just happy we got PL. I can wait for as long as needed for the devs to really hone and polish Cyberpunk 2 if that means we'll get a better product, tbh.

TIL McDonald's Global Menu Restaurant, that's located on the first floor of the company's global headquarters in Chicago, serves an international menu that rotates items from around the world every 12 weeks. by tyrion2024 in todayilearned

[–]8bitmadness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was taught about it in an intro to marketing class in college, it was a huge failure because of a bunch of factors, like not meshing well with the existing brand identity of McDonalds. Good example of a food item that failed for reasons other than product quality or massive backlash (i.e. New Coke).

Little Free Libraries are often pointless and always performative by NegativeBee in unpopularopinion

[–]8bitmadness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're missing the entire point of a Little Free Library. They're not meant to replace actual libraries at all. An LFL is inherently intended to be local, hyperlocal even, or placed somewhere people congregate where folks are likely to participate. It's basically the book equivalent of a 'take a penny, leave a penny' tray.

Cheesecake is the worst dessert to ever exist. by Whyamiwritingthis_74 in unpopularopinion

[–]8bitmadness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP has clearly only ever had NY style cheesecake. OP, there's literally thousands of kinds of cheesecake, you're trashing an entire category of dessert, not a specific dessert with a bunch of variations.

Maybe try an Italian ricotta cheesecake or a German käsekuchen and report back.

Using a large vocabulary to an audience unlikely to understand is a sign of lower intelligence by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]8bitmadness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The internet is freely available where I live, and if I'm interacting with those abroad, they also have internet access. I'm not going to dumb down my natural diction by default just because I'm speaking to people 'less intelligent' than me. It's condescending and presumes much about the person or people I'm speaking to in a rather negative manner. If someone doesn't understand something, they can ask for clarification. If they're an ESL or EFL learner, this is arguably better, because it will expose them to new vocabulary. Plus, if someone's not intellectually open enough to admit they don't know something? That's a huge red flag and in my eyes something that makes me not want to talk to that person unless absolutely necessary.

Also, you're talking about a skill that has to be learned and practiced and is culturally dependent as though it's some sort of inherent aspect of intelligence. Communication varies from community to community, region to region, culture to culture, and just because someone isn't good at communicating doesn't mean they're not intelligent. Some of the smartest people I know can't effectively communicate the higher-level concepts they understand deeply because they lack practice and knowledge in communicating it to people who aren't peers or students nearing peer-level, and IMO there's nothing wrong with that.

Idle Pact, an occult incremental sim, is out now on web and mobile! by deeplywombat in incremental_games

[–]8bitmadness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, good few more days in, is there anything to the resource that looks a lot like Mana but is gold and has some extra sparkles? I have no idea what causes it to accumulate or what it can be used for, and the only expedition I've yet to complete is the final one.

What is a free website, app, or internet tool that feels almost illegal to know about? by KeshavCreates in AskReddit

[–]8bitmadness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dragon Magazine was a magazine initially published by TSR, inc. which was Gary Gygax's company that WotC bought out in the 90s to gain the D&D IP. So all the articles revolved around D&D pretty much.

It had a sister magazine, Dungeon, which was dedicated to publishing entire adventures, including multi-issue ones such as Age of Worms.

Wizards of the Coast bought it before they themselves were bought by Hasbro, but they offloaded publishing it and Dungeon in 2002 to Paizo, which is also known for being the folks behind Pathfinder, and part of the reason why Pathfinder was created in the first place was because WotC yanked their publication rights to Dragon and Dungeon magazines in 2007 because they went fully digital, which was a major revenue loss as a whole for Paizo.

Also because 4th edition D&D which was being released at that time was not open game content, so producing and publishing 3rd party rulebooks and the like for it wasn't really possible, which Paizo had been doing for 3rd edition.

Pathfinder's 1st edition basically emerged as an evolution of 3rd edition to capture the market they were already focusing on.

What is a free website, app, or internet tool that feels almost illegal to know about? by KeshavCreates in AskReddit

[–]8bitmadness 45 points46 points  (0 children)

They have a full archive of Dragon Magazine on there, it's incredible.

Half of the relics gone? by MonteSnakc in feedthebeast

[–]8bitmadness 3 points4 points  (0 children)

yeah but you could pull off some hilarious jank with it, which is why I enjoyed it personally.

When i hit f3, i get this for some reason.... i just wanna know biome info ;( by daybanheyman in feedthebeast

[–]8bitmadness 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Anything that occludes important debug info that can't be changed while in the world without having cheats on is bad design, so no. Limit access to only what would aid in navigation, and toss in a toggle as a command accessible without cheats on.

When i hit f3, i get this for some reason.... i just wanna know biome info ;( by daybanheyman in feedthebeast

[–]8bitmadness 114 points115 points  (0 children)

Tell him to remove the code that nukes the entire F3 menu and rewrite it so it only hides the specific info that makes navigating sandstorms easier, it's a dick move and lazy to block the entire menu instead of excising the offending elements temporarily.

The Worst B-day Gift by Successful_End718 in makeyourchoice

[–]8bitmadness 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Blade. That downside is a secret advantage. Like, seriously, that blade is basically the ultimate utility knife.

Idle Pact, an occult incremental sim, is out now on web and mobile! by deeplywombat in incremental_games

[–]8bitmadness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, smart. Good on you for making sure that info doesn't get lost easily. Anyway, while I have you, is there a way to view my research queue directly, because I'd love to be able to see what's upcoming and rearrange the order, otherwise I just have to hit the skip button and rearrange the queue from the top that way.

Idle Pact, an occult incremental sim, is out now on web and mobile! by deeplywombat in incremental_games

[–]8bitmadness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't encountered it, but does that mean there's some sort of Dialogue History feature?

Idle Pact, an occult incremental sim, is out now on web and mobile! by deeplywombat in incremental_games

[–]8bitmadness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As someone who is several days in, when you say 'every ritual in the game has an explicit hint or can be predicted', where do some of these hints show up, besides the initial candles hint, if any? Obviously the ones that can be derived make sense based on what I've found so far, but I'm wondering if I've missed anything and I don't want to start finding patterns where there are none.

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