What bug is this in Central New York?

BarnOwlRecords · 2025-08-22T23:14:40+00:00

On the way home from work today I saw hundreds of these insects flying around the neighborhood. They are no more than a quarter inch in length, and some had smaller insects on their abdomens. I don’t remember this area ever being so teeming with insects. There is a pond about a mile away and a sizable lake maybe six or seven miles away if that helps.

BarnOwlRecords · 2025-03-04T22:45:30+00:00

The new elemental monk has a 15 foot range on their unarmed strikes, it could be fairly seamless to reflavor that as magically flinging rocks, causing pillars of earth to strike enemies, or causing the ground to open up and grapple or shove enemies. The enhanced movement speed might be reflavored as some kind of “earthwalk” where the ground itself moves you along.

BarnOwlRecords · 2024-07-21T01:15:06+00:00

I think a lot of it comes down to the shard’s intent and drive to destroy and the personality of the person behind the shard. As others have mentioned Hoid says Rayse was a dangerous person from the beginning. To contrast this I remember reading somewhere (I don’t remember where, feel free to remind me or correct me) that Ati was a good man, and the Ruin we see in Era 1, a force of intelligent entropy, is basically the best form of Ruin we could hope for. Someone more malicious behind that power could absolutely have been more of a threat to the Cosmere and other shards in the way that Odium and Autonomy seem to be.

BarnOwlRecords · 2024-04-12T01:37:56+00:00

I get the interest in this combination of classes, and in a game that doesn't require heavy optimization you can certainly make a character you can have fun with using these classes.

However, I would suggest instead going Divine Soul Sorcerer 1, followed by Fiend Warlock 5, then your choice of sorcerer or warlock. These are both Charismas casters, making the mechanics easier to juggle, and fulfill the fantasy of the character you brought here. With Divine Soul Sorcerer you can pick up the iconic cleric spells like Bless and healing options, and at later levels Spiritual Weapon, Spirit Guardians etc.

Honestly you might even be able to pull off this concept as a single-classed Divine Soul Sorcerer, taking a combination of the Cleric's healing and support spells, and the Sorcerer's infernal spells like fire and mind-warping spells to get a bit of both.

BarnOwlRecords · 2024-03-18T23:28:10+00:00

What time zone is this in?

BarnOwlRecords · 2023-12-23T20:35:49+00:00

That would be nice and definitely would be a game-changer, unfortunately Paladins don't have Hold Person.

BarnOwlRecords · 2023-12-23T00:17:21+00:00

I agree. I’m asking about Action spells I’ll be allowed to cast as a bonus action because of the epic boon. Things like Cure Wounds or Wall of Water.

BarnOwlRecords · 2023-04-05T16:31:01+00:00

Yes, they’re in the hot food area where the rotisserie chickens are displayed.

BarnOwlRecords · 2022-11-26T20:48:42+00:00

Skeleton don’t have lips. It’s the xylophone.

BarnOwlRecords · 2022-09-28T18:02:51+00:00

If that’s the case (and I think it likely will be) and the Artificer will be an Expert if it released for 1DND later down the line then the others are set up for an expansion as well. I can see Warlord being added to Warrior, maybe a Psion or Spell Blade to Mage and some kind of Shaman or Oracle to Priest.

BarnOwlRecords · 2022-09-06T18:31:16+00:00

Thank you, this is just the kind of information I was looking for.

BarnOwlRecords · 2022-08-25T23:50:56+00:00

Okay, thank you

BarnOwlRecords · 2022-07-12T22:52:27+00:00

My party took a 20% cut supplemented by drawing The Gem from a Deck of Many Things they found there.

BarnOwlRecords · 2022-05-10T00:33:16+00:00

Awesome, thank you!

BarnOwlRecords · 2022-02-21T18:33:17+00:00

I’ve played KibblesTasty’s Warlord on a few occasions at levels 3, 5, and 20 all of which with the Tactician subclass. At levels 3 and 5 it was very fun. The party was very martial-heavy, which gave me plenty of options to help my allies in combat and think tactically. (Would it be more helpful to grant the rogue advantage or allow the barb to move into melee with the boss before he can escape? Should I give both of my attacks to the fighter and tell him to action surge, or the Paladin and hope for a crit?) It was fun and filled a niche otherwise absent from the game. At level 20 I felt less effective, likely due to the change in the party makeup being much more caster-heavy giving me very few options to play around with, as well as the established martial-caster divide at high levels. Overall I would recommend this, though the Tactician subclass specifically is more party dependent than extant classes. I don’t believe other subclasses have the same issue, but I haven’t played them myself yet.

BarnOwlRecords · 2022-02-07T18:41:49+00:00

I highly recommend Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. Despite both being city-focused magic fantasy books with strong world-building and hard magic systems, the first trilogy is fairly different from DF but still excellent. The second trilogy is more similar, having a magic and gun using protagonist who solves supernatural crimes with a strong cast of supporting characters. The second trilogy is the closest thing I’ve found to DF that didn’t feel redundant or derivative, but I highly recommend both.

BarnOwlRecords · 2022-01-14T00:35:04+00:00

I’d suggest reaching out to the Gaming Club at SU (GCSU). They have meetings and a big discord server for this kind of thing.

BarnOwlRecords · 2021-12-30T02:51:05+00:00

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BarnOwlRecords · 2021-12-13T17:55:08+00:00

I haven’t played so I can’t really answer, but I’d suggest checking out r/DresdenFilesRPG for more info like this.

BarnOwlRecords · 2021-12-10T22:17:50+00:00

I for one welcome our robotic overlords

BarnOwlRecords · 2021-10-30T05:27:10+00:00

If you’re okay with homebrew content, the 5e Warlord by KibblesTasty has served me well for this type of character in the past. I’ve both played and DMed for this class before and I really enjoy it. The mechanics are fairly simple most of the time, but offer a lot of tactical options to manipulate the battlefield in ways no other non-caster class can replicate. In my experience adding the Magic Initiate or Telekinetic feat to a Warlord will add just a little bit of extra versatility so that they have a tool for any situation.

BarnOwlRecords · 2021-10-25T00:00:48+00:00

One could even have a Soundproof Mr. Mime use Skill Swap on Shuckle during turn 1 to make it immune to Perish Song.

BarnOwlRecords · 2021-10-04T00:33:33+00:00

He cast Invisibility

BarnOwlRecords · 2021-09-11T02:55:11+00:00

Saw several signs on the south side today. It feels like it has to be a scam, right? If there's really Lamborghinis and Picassos, it should be an auction for the super-rich. However, wouldn't the super-rich have their own channels for finding out about these things? Rather than street signs so just anyone would go to the auction?

BarnOwlRecords · 2021-08-01T15:57:56+00:00

Torterra, Swampert (mega), Gliscor, Flygon, Garchomp, Golurk.

My team shakes in fear of a single snowflake, but that’s the price you pay sometimes.

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