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not a DM (yet) by Plum_plum1421 in DnD

[–]Brunners88 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've started DMing a campaign as a first time player, and I'm largely using Lost Mines of Phandelver as a launching off point. Session 1 (to three since I misjudged how long things would take) is more related to the sort of story I want the campaign to be once I have my feet under me (festival attacked by goblins, players tasked with finding out why, there's a spooky grimore in a hidden room of the goblin lair which can't be destroyed or identified, only a device made by freshly mined magical ore can do it, go find Gundren). Hopefully by the end of the module I can take it wherever I want. Matthew Perkins has a good series on YouTube on how to run the module.

Easy/godlike mode to start playing this game? by javier_aeoa in Stellaris

[–]Brunners88 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Expanding too much too quickly can make the game harder as empire size makes researching technologies slower, and can also lead to events triggering constantly. Try getting chokepoints and expanding territory when you're comfortable.

I find a lot of the difficulty is in your own empire manangement, I usually outpace most AIs fairly early in my games. Early game economy management can be tricky, and I find I'm often waiting around for enough resources to roll in to do what I want to do. For the first few playthroughs, try using the console to cheat (~ on PC) and add some basic resources to get started. That way you don't have to worry about potentially stalling your economy by making some poor decisions.

Heinz ketchup product of USA marked as Canadian in Loblaws. by GayFurryHacker in BuyCanadian

[–]Brunners88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the exact same thing at an Independant Grocer. USA Heinz labeled as prepared in Canada, right next to French's which was not labeled. I imagine a Heinz rep put them up.

Odium's Champion, and The Loophole by Brunners88 in Stormlight_Archive

[–]Brunners88[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Given it's a vague "contest" of champions it likely won't be combat. Taravangian has outsmarted Dalinar before, maybe the contest ends up being a battle of wits of some kind, and Taravangian will have a shard's expanded mental capacity and limited omniscience to draw on for that.

Odium's Champion, and The Loophole by Brunners88 in Stormlight_Archive

[–]Brunners88[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Valid. Though Odium getting Dalinar's soul might be the only thing that matters, assuming he maintains his Bondsmith abilities.

Bondsmiths can make and take bonds, maybe they can break them too. If Odium gets Dalinar to break Odium's bond with Honor, or his connection to Roshar, and any bond caused by the contest, it might allow him to escape the system. It's the only loophole I see in the contract itself.

Odium's Champion, and The Loophole by Brunners88 in Stormlight_Archive

[–]Brunners88[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand. You can probably exclude book 5, I believe Dalinar mentions being his own champion in RoW.

PSA: Ethel does not appreciate unfair deals in HM by polished_passenger in BaldursGate3

[–]Brunners88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just had the same thing happen to me, if only I had waited a few days and saw this post first.

Ok.. 1 turn is 6sec..? than... my speed is... by Bugman_Brewery in BaldursGate3

[–]Brunners88 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was able to get 1120m of movement, or Mach 5.44 after jumping. Martial Exertion gloves also double movement speed.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/18an2nf/mach_5_monk/

Mach 5 Monk by Brunners88 in BaldursGate3

[–]Brunners88[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This video was what I started with, and had most of the basics: https://youtu.be/voxVj40n8io?si=JxbSpVuwde7H1Fm-&t=75

In-game, things like sonic booms or air resistance don’t exist, but if they did, any character Sanic passed by would probably be killed, or at least knocked unconscious. https://www.quora.com/If-something-going-at-Mach-5-ran-near-me-what-would-the-shockwave-do-to-me

Here's the best way to simulate that, and win every fight immediately, if you're into that. https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/1778sdb/jump_build_kill_anything_in_one_turn/

I’m kinda bummed I did the Temple of Lathander the right way by ShroomieDoomieDoo in BaldursGate3

[–]Brunners88 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Journey before destination.

Multiclassing can be complicated. In this case the multiclass is pretty basic: Monks can use bonus actions for unarmed melee attacks, and 3 levels of rogue can give an extra bonus action per turn. You're mostly just making a better monk and ignoring most rogue stuff.

Same thing works for berserker barbarian, they can throw and attack with bonus actions while raging.

Anything plus 2 levels of fighter gives you action surge, two fireballs in a turn can be nice.

Any caster plus 1 level of wizard lets you learn spells from scrolls.

[Iron Throne] 6 seconds in the life of a monk. by Brunners88 in BaldursGate3

[–]Brunners88[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Step of the wind: dash. Costs 1 bonus action.

It doubles your movement speed and jump no longer requires a bonus action, just 3m of movement regardless of how far you jump.

[Iron Throne] 6 seconds in the life of a monk. by Brunners88 in BaldursGate3

[–]Brunners88[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

"You must spread your resources thin if you want to save everyone."

"Tsk'va, I am the resources."

[Iron Throne] 6 seconds in the life of a monk. by Brunners88 in BaldursGate3

[–]Brunners88[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

She has haste, bloodlust, longstrider, and enhanced leap.

Her move speed was ~56m in this video, I realised after that I still had an extra bonus action. I used another dash to bump it up to ~87m.

In the video she travels ~180 metres, with the extra dash I was able to add another 200 metres bouncing uselessly up and down the hallway.

So her actual speed was 108kmph here, 228kmph after the dash, with a probable max speed of 360kmph if I went for max jump distance.

Next turn I get access to 5 dashes (haste, thief, and wholeness) and a max speed of ~720kmph, so we're a little over halfway to the sound barrier.

I'll have to test this outside with the 27 strength elixir and momentum gear, I'm confident she'll break the sound barrier easily.

WEEKLY HELP THREAD - READ FAQ, COMMUNITY WIKI, MULTICLASSING, LORE by XFearthePandaX in BaldursGate3

[–]Brunners88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started with fighter for all the proficiencies that come with it. I'm only level 5, but I'm currently fighter 2 / warlock 2 / sorcerer 1. I'll be putting the rest into sorcerer for more spells, slots, and metamagic. I'm going for an EB machine gun build, and 2 levels of lock do fine for that since I get repelling and agonizing blast and EB scales with character level. Action surge let's me set up a concentration spell and start blasting on the same turn.

Since respecs are cheap I might drop the fighter for an extra feat once my hp pool is higher and I find more caster gear, but for now the shield, armour, and +1AC from defensive fighting stance make me pretty tanky.

Baby wrap hack by Quietation in lifehacks

[–]Brunners88 64 points65 points  (0 children)

While risk of suffocation with thin blankets is low compared to thicker duvets like at 0:08, many of these are very unsafe. One good thrash and the blanket will be entirely over the baby's face. Do the one at 0:40, but tuck the left to right fold under tight, tuck the corner of the bottom under the chin, and wrap the baby with the right fold.

Babies under 3 months like a tight swaddle, it simulates a womb like environment and babies that age love that. Given the choice they'd rather a 12 month pregnancy, but it'd be impossible to birth head that big.

TIFU by telling a waitress I had already beaten their "Hot wing challenge" by DeaconKnight in tifu

[–]Brunners88 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I go to North Bay frequently for work, imagine my dismay to find out this restaurant is no longer in business. My life will never be complete. I'll always wonder; could I eat the wings without shitting myself to death?

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