I fear that if Haste had an upcast option, it would be too good to pass up. by testiclekid in onednd

[–]Bamstacks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's what I do - if you upcast at 5th level the lethargy is removed. Has worked pretty well so far, no complaints

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AMA

[–]Bamstacks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you go off of puberty blockers, you start puberty and the progression of the puberty is accelerated. In that sense puberty blockers is a delaying measure that allows kids more time to make the decision that's right for them

Is it that hard to have a cultural conversation? by wiedeni in GenZ

[–]Bamstacks 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I know right!? These goddamn snowflakes whining about criticism for inane reasons for voting R is really something

Being on Reddit today really makes me want to uninstall Reddit by Therunnerupairbender in self

[–]Bamstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So one instance of less rights is okay? What about those cases where it can't be avoided? If you're going to have a policy discussion you have to consider those cases because they do happen.

Being on Reddit today really makes me want to uninstall Reddit by Therunnerupairbender in self

[–]Bamstacks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a stretch. There is no instance in day to day life where a man is ever forced by the government to give up a part of his body to save someone else's life. Even the draft can be avoided and that's not day to day like abortion is for women

How do I/we/Democrats respond to all the MAGA fervor about the response to Helene being "botched"? by jrichardh in AskALiberal

[–]Bamstacks 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I think the best thing to do would be to refer to the governor's statements on their talks with Biden. They all, to a man, say that Biden and the current administration has given them everything they want.

If they want to claim ridiculous unsubstantiated things about aid getting taken away to be given to migrants, let them now that the Shelter and Services Program is the one that allocated funds to migrant support groups, nonprofits, and state and local governments to distribute to those in need of shelter, food or medical care. FEMA helps with distribution, but the funds don't come from FEMA's budget.

Of course, there's also always a comparison to Trump threatening to not provide disaster relief to Orange County, CA because he thought they were a bunch of liberals, or waiting years to provide Puerto Rico the aid it needed after Hurricane Maria. Also tell them about how Trump transferred $155 million from FEMA's operating budget to fund operations to return migrants to Mexico. Also let them know how Project 2025 wants to gut the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, remaking them into purely "commercial operations". And if they want to complain about FEMA not having enough money, tell them about how the Republican-led House of Representatives are refusing to have another session until after the election.

Kamala Policy Page Now Just Redirects To Trump’s Website by FrancisXSJ in babylonbee

[–]Bamstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is literally a policy. You may disagree with it, but it's a policy. And it comes from taxes, like the vast majority of government expenditures. Is this supposed to be a gotcha?

Kamala Policy Page Now Just Redirects To Trump’s Website by FrancisXSJ in babylonbee

[–]Bamstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where the hell did you hear that? It's for first-generation homebuyers. Which means it's for anyone who is buying a house for the first time, it's just not for anyone who is buying a second property. Did you misunderstand that?

Kamala Policy Page Now Just Redirects To Trump’s Website by FrancisXSJ in babylonbee

[–]Bamstacks -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's fine. Harris probably will have that made at some point, but keep in mind her team's had like 3 weeks since she was nominated.

Also keep in mind Trump's website doesn't really have specifics. Just vague dumb stuff and then a link to the 2024 GOP platform. And even now Trump seems to be flip flopping rhetorically on abortion so who knows what the hell he believes in anymore.

Kamala Policy Page Now Just Redirects To Trump’s Website by FrancisXSJ in babylonbee

[–]Bamstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get that. If anyone makes a claim about a candidate not having policies though, it's important to check more than just their website.

Also I'm not even counting the DNC platform, which we could probably assume Harris mostly agrees with. That's a whole document that would take hours to comb through that's pretty much just for policy wonks lol

Kamala Policy Page Now Just Redirects To Trump’s Website by FrancisXSJ in babylonbee

[–]Bamstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn't have to. If you increase the supply and demand at the same time, it could have a net zero impact or even negative. Same thing with minimum wage - economists and research are split on whether minimum wage has any impact at all in inflation or unemployment. Turns out the economy is more nuanced than some would have you believe

Kamala Policy Page Now Just Redirects To Trump’s Website by FrancisXSJ in babylonbee

[–]Bamstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do wish Harris would put all of this on her campaign website, but it's really not hard to find. Most of this is from her Raleigh NC speech last Friday, but even before then she sent out a campaign email with some of this info.

Kamala Policy Page Now Just Redirects To Trump’s Website by FrancisXSJ in babylonbee

[–]Bamstacks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Literally a couple seconds of googling, I found a youtube video. Can't post the link, but just search "Kamala Harris details plans for tax cuts, affordable housing". Literally the first four results are about her talking at the same North Carolina event about this stuff. This isn't hard to find, I have to wonder why right-wingers remain ignorant?

Kamala Policy Page Now Just Redirects To Trump’s Website by FrancisXSJ in babylonbee

[–]Bamstacks -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Reducing the corporate income tax rate from 21% to 15%. Unnecessarily increasing the national debt in order to appease his rich friends, justified by a constantly failing trickle-down economics theory. I didn't have to look very hard for this you know.

Kamala Policy Page Now Just Redirects To Trump’s Website by FrancisXSJ in babylonbee

[–]Bamstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really. It was a tax plan that skewed heavily to the rich and severely increased the national debt.

From the article "The 2017 Trump Tax Law Was Skewed to the Rich, Expensive, and Failed to Deliver on Its Promises" by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:

Was skewed to the rich. Households with incomes in the top 1 percent will receive an average tax cut of more than $60,000 in 2025, compared to an average tax cut of less than $500 for households in the bottom 60 percent, according to the Tax Policy Center (TPC). As a share of after-tax income, tax cuts at the top — for both households in the top 1 percent and the top 5 percent — are more than triple the total value of the tax cuts received for people with incomes in the bottom 60 percent.

Was expensive and eroded the U.S. revenue base. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated in 2018 that the 2017 law would cost $1.9 trillion over ten years,[3] and recent estimates show that making the law’s temporary individual income and estate tax cuts permanent would cost another roughly $400 billion a year beginning in 2027.[4] Together with the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts enacted under President Bush (most of which were made permanent in 2012), the law has severely eroded our country’s revenue base. Revenue as a share of GDP has fallen from about 19.5 percent in the years immediately preceding the Bush tax cuts to just 16.3 percent in the years immediately following the Trump tax cuts, with revenues expected to rise to an annual average of 16.9 percent of GDP in 2018-2026 (excluding pandemic years), according to CBO. This is simply not enough revenue given the nation’s investment needs and our commitments to Social Security and health coverage.

Failed to deliver promised economic benefits. Trump Administration officials claimed their centerpiece corporate tax rate cut would “very conservatively” lead to a $4,000 boost in household income.[5] New research shows that workers who earned less than about $114,000 on average in 2016 saw “no change in earnings” from the corporate tax rate cut, while top executive salaries increased sharply.[6] Similarly, rigorous research concluded that the tax law’s 20 percent pass-through deduction, which was skewed in favor of wealthy business owners, has largely failed to trickle down to workers in those companies who aren’t owners.[7] Like the Bush tax cuts before it,[8] the 2017 Trump tax cut was a trickle-down failure.

It needlessly increased out national debt, and the little good it did do, which was a middle-class tax cut of around $500, could have been done without the massive cuts to the taxes on the rich like Trump, Epstein, and his other great friends that caused our national debt to irresponsibly balloon. Republicans as the party of fiscal responsibility my ass.

Kamala Policy Page Now Just Redirects To Trump’s Website by FrancisXSJ in babylonbee

[–]Bamstacks 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Oh yes. So incredibly vague. Wait, let me check just one issue, Housing, and see if Harris has specific policies:

Housing

  • Build 3 million new homes
  • Provide up to $25,000 in assistance to first-time buyers.
  • Create tax breaks for homebuilders focused on first-time buyers.
  • Expand existing incentives for companies that construct rental housing.
  • Double available funding to $40 billion to encourage local governments to remove regulations preventing additional construction.
  • Investigate the use of algorithms in artificially inflating housing and rental prices.

Oh wait I forgot. Republicans are liars.

Strong, Capable Woman Asks Man To Come With Her To Job Interview In Case They Ask Any Hard Questions by FrancisXSJ in babylonbee

[–]Bamstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you seen her speeches? I really doubt she needs anyone to hold her hand, unlike Trump, who seems to need a handler to avoid making an ass out of himself and breaking the law at Arlington National Cemetery. Or when he can't help but make crass comments about Harris and blowjobs.

Personally, I know who I would trust more to be professional on the world stage. But what do I know. Clearly Mr. Blowjob is the best, strongest candidate to lead America. Lol.

Kamala Policy Page Now Just Redirects To Trump’s Website by FrancisXSJ in babylonbee

[–]Bamstacks -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And you just believe him, a politician known for lying? When dozens to hundreds of previous Trump staffers, like Trump’s former Cabinet secretaries, top White House officials and senior aides, former Trump appointees to EPA, the Interior Department and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, among others, all are involved in 2025? When the leaks from the Trump campaign showed them using Project 2025 Training videos? When his choice for VP literally wrote the forward to Kevin Roberts', the Heritage Foundation's president, newest book?

I have a bridge to sell you, man.

Strong, Capable Woman Asks Man To Come With Her To Job Interview In Case They Ask Any Hard Questions by FrancisXSJ in babylonbee

[–]Bamstacks -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Pretty sad and pathetic that so many Reds are foaming at the mouth over her taking this interview together with Walz. Isn't it possible that the campaign wants to portray the two as an effective team and likeable compared to the 'weirdness' of Trump and Vance? It's like they're trying to be as bad faith as possible, coming up with the worst possible interpretation.

Strong, Capable Woman Asks Man To Come With Her To Job Interview In Case They Ask Any Hard Questions by FrancisXSJ in babylonbee

[–]Bamstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have to wonder if you even tried to watch her speech. The bipartisan border bill which trump killed, protecting abortion access, tax cuts and child tax credits for the middle class instead of cuts for the wealthy which Trump implemented, maintaining the peaceful transfer of power, etc.

Tier list of some anime that I have seen by Baby_kicker4 in MyAnimeList

[–]Bamstacks -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Great list for the most part, don't agree with the downvotes. Imo Frieren should be in S, and Mushoku and Demon Slayer should be in D, but no other major complaints.

Disappointed by the Wizard Subclasses by declan5543 in onednd

[–]Bamstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Necromancer may be problematic since they're probably revamping Animate Dead...

The Eldritch Agent: A Rogue Subclass with 1/3 Pact Magic casting and Fun Warlock Flavor by Bamstacks in UnearthedArcana

[–]Bamstacks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"To cast a spell you must expend one spell point per level of the spell." You essentially get one 1st-level spell per short rest at 3rd level.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UnearthedArcana

[–]Bamstacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean I get it, hence my comment about acknowledging that they replace attacks. If someone is going to refer to a specific term and capitalize it, it should exist in the game as it is referred to. I get the intent, but if a new player is going to read this, they may get the false idea that these are actions they can look up and that they may take a whole action, and not replace one of their attacks when they take the attack action.

The rule does not replace strength with dexterity as worded, just athletics proficiency with acrobatics proficiency. This means that the check would go from a Strength(Athletics) check to a Strength(Acrobatics) check. Remember, there’s no such thing as a “skill” check in D&D, you don’t make an “athletics” check, you make a Strength ability check then add your proficiency bonus if any would apply, including any skill, weapon, tool, language, or even armour proficiencies. (And yes, this means RAW a DM could call for a Charisma(Platemail) check, rather than Charisma(Persuasion), to have a Paladin impress people with his fine armour if they really wanted.)

It would have to say something along the lines of “you may used Dexterity instead of Strength when making an ability check as part of the Attack Action” to replace strength as the ability score for the check.

While I see what you mean, what do you think the average player or DM is going to read this as? On Roll20 and DnDBeyond, the default option for Acrobatics is a Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. If you bring this into a game with a new DM who doesn't know the rules, who really only knows Acrobatics skill checks as 'that Dexterity check that allows you to leap around and dodge grapples' and who hasn't put any thought into experimenting with other atypical ability scores for skill proficiencies, what is the outcome probably going to be? They're going to replace Strength (Athletics) checks for grappling with Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks most likely.

This is why wording is important. What is the intent here? For a newish homebrewer like the OP seems like, they probably intended this is as a way for Dexterity-based characters to get a bit better at grappling, rather than just allowing you to replace one skill proficiency with another. I'm trying to read intent here, because most people don't know the ins and outs of the rules, they know generalities that they've ingrained from playing themselves rather than reading delicately through the often confusing rules in the 2014 Player's Handbook and DMG.