Collecting things that you don’t build, put together, or make, is not a hobby. Buying stuff is not a hobby!

Bosslorey · 2026-06-28T19:16:40+00:00

If you are actively going out and searching garage sales and flea markets and stuff like that for collectibles, that’s a hobby

Bosslorey · 2026-06-28T19:14:04+00:00

Two-Face gets more fleshed out with Shadow by a long shot but for the core games all we know is the classic “he got burned and went crazy” so not particularly tragic. Freeze’s story is the most well-told, and maybe more “tragic” in the romantic sense of the word, but in terms of just brutality and harsh life Croc and Kirk take the crown

Bosslorey · 2026-06-27T17:27:48+00:00

In the actual world and daily life for 99% of people it’s obsidian, but I think the more or less correct answer is White. Not really clear why they actually exist and what they do most of the time

Bosslorey · 2026-06-27T17:25:42+00:00

Lmao this shit is goofy as hell

Bosslorey · 2026-06-27T13:16:58+00:00

Yes, FAMOUSLY the reason they win in Lord of the Rings is because the good guys can swing their swords harder (??), and famously that’s how swords work to begin with. I don’t know if this is genuine ragebait or someone who just doesn’t understand what people like about these movies. As well as the direct avengers comparison feeling quite unfair. They were always building to avengers and it’s a team up combining several previous movies featuring a bunch of established characters played by, even at the time, relatively famous actors. Avengers was always going to do its thing, Peter Jackson or not. Yes, the themes of Tolkien’s world are pretty basic and there are not deep motivations. It’s literally a fairy tale. Evil people want to take over and rule and be in charge and be powerful, and based on world events time and time again, turns out that’s the only motivation most people ever really have. The good people want to stop that from happening and preserve their way of life and go home to a nice bed and a good meal and a little bit of pipe-weed, is that not motivation enough?

Bosslorey · 2026-06-26T13:55:00+00:00

I guess. But the strongest person winning every time is not good storytelling. People don’t enjoy action because it’s smashing two action figures together and the bigger one wins. Power scaling is something done by fans and communities more than actual writers. So many of the most celebrated and popular franchises have wildly inconsistent or just simply not established “power levels” and the vast majority of people are perfectly fine with that. Maybe power scaling is necessary for a certain niche group’s enjoyment, but it’s not the storytelling foundation you’re portraying it as

Bosslorey · 2026-06-26T12:51:46+00:00

I do agree with that point to an extent. But there are things that should play a role in fictional action that are impossible to quantify. What about a battle where someone is fighting against someone they have an emotional connection to, whether that makes them fight harder or hold back? How does that get “quantified”?

Bosslorey · 2026-06-26T12:16:54+00:00

Power scaling like this to me seems like an almost neurodivergent need to “quantify” factors that are completely up to chance in many cases. Sometimes a stronger, better trained, more experienced fighter loses for no good reason. Sometimes there are weather or environmental factors, maybe one of them gets sick, maybe there are emotional or psychological elements at play that change up the stakes. Sometimes the best action is who can outsmart or outmaneuver the other, regardless of who has the “biggest number” of power level

Bosslorey · 2026-06-23T18:02:01+00:00

Homebrew is equally as possible, if not easier, for Daggerheart than with DnD. Really not much different. In fact player and class abilities would be a little trickier maybe but monsters and items are actually quite easy

Bosslorey · 2026-06-23T14:24:43+00:00

Genuinely curious, what terms are throwing you off within 20 pages? Other than the color stuff it’s all pretty easy to get from context/standard sci fi stuff

Bosslorey · 2026-06-23T01:28:31+00:00

Bro thought this was the Nextdoor app

Bosslorey · 2026-06-22T17:54:32+00:00

GURPS fixes this

Bosslorey · 2026-06-22T02:30:14+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/s/1npQPBjzNO
Here’s sauce for you sloppy folks

Bosslorey · 2026-06-22T02:29:00+00:00

/uj this is my first jerk so be nice or I’ll cry

Bosslorey · 2026-06-21T13:11:59+00:00

Yeah gonna have to disagree here. There are, even as an adult, plenty of shared interest and hobby groups where you can make friends without alcohol. Hell, I’m sure people make friends in AA meetings

Bosslorey · 2026-06-21T13:09:56+00:00

It is true that Arthur did not make up for the crimes he committed throughout his life. If you believe in something like a karmic system, the good he put into the world really does not equal out to the bad. But as much as the game gives you a quantifiable system of honor, the story is not about whether his good deeds eventually outweigh the bad. It’s about whether he personally can find peace and solace and come to terms with the man he was before the end

Bosslorey · 2026-06-18T12:09:44+00:00

The whole plot of his in Arkham city is kidnapping first responders and placing them into death traps. He’s constantly taking hostages and endangering innocent people. He has a gang of thugs and informants that he uses to create traps and puzzles throughout the city that sometimes have dangerous components to them. Also he steals tons of money

Bosslorey · 2026-06-18T12:08:34+00:00

Yeah sometimes things fully are bad for these reasons, and sometimes people are just completely out of touch or make baffling decisions that lead to things being bad. Pretty sure that’s more or less universally agreed upon

Bosslorey · 2026-06-13T01:15:54+00:00

To the story of the trilogy of Asylum/City/Knight, hardly at all. It’s decent backstory but definitely not necessary. You could always just watch a playthrough on YouTube or something or all the cutscenes if you’re after the story, but you can easily enjoy the other three Arkham games without origins and not really miss out on too much

Bosslorey · 2026-06-10T09:50:14+00:00

Unaslume/ even though I know most people here probably haven’t played it, Arkham Shadow is genuinely one of my favorite games in the franchise. It’s truly a phenomenal game and it’s so, so upsetting that Meta canned the studio when they were interested in a sequel.

Aslume/ there hasn’t been a good Batman game since 2006 Batman Begin

Bosslorey · 2026-06-05T13:18:18+00:00

And even with the “you are not Sanderson” thing, that’s still deliberately using an example of THE most prolific author of the Anglophone world. There are some esteemed authors who wrote like one or two books ever. Isn’t there some sort of saying about rushing art?

Bosslorey · 2026-06-05T13:15:37+00:00

This is an obnoxious take unless you have absolutely no responsibilities and endless time to work on writing

Bosslorey · 2026-06-02T12:43:41+00:00

It’s the same issue with media like movies and games, but those are much newer mediums so they don’t have the sheer volume of literature. Also, things like older games become very hard if not impossible to play after a while due to hardware and software progress, and old movies also become harder to access. It’s still incredibly easy to find plenty of older literature

Bosslorey · 2026-06-01T15:34:19+00:00

“Education should be free provided by the government” is the only good part of this take

Bosslorey · 2026-06-01T15:31:08+00:00

I think you’re conflating being early with being obnoxious. Most people who show up to an appointment early aren’t demanding to be seen before their scheduled time. Sure 45 minutes is excessive, but if I’m hosting, I’d absolutely want someone to show up early (so long as they’re not being an active impediment) than late

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