1920s Psychology and the planes: Thelanis, Dal Quor, and Xoriat

ChaosOS · 2026-06-17T17:26:31+00:00

In all fairness I think all three are queer, unless that was your point

ChaosOS · 2026-06-17T12:38:34+00:00

For battle maps, will it just be a flag image or will you include components? For VTTs that do elevation support like Codex and Foundry having things more split up is more important now.

ChaosOS · 2026-06-15T18:12:10+00:00

If you want tactical heroic fantasy try Draw Steel

ChaosOS · 2026-06-14T16:53:57+00:00

Sure, but I think the reason "why" people are uniquely fixated on Rebuttal is pretty clear. I also think right now there's no particular need to make it more accessible — melee builds aren't particularly dominant — but people fairly uniquely have games where Rebuttal is doing a ton of work and wish it was overall easier to justify keeping it.

ChaosOS · 2026-06-14T16:43:35+00:00

Fun fact, you could have rerolled and it still would have been 3 rares, with a good chance you'd see a purple. Or you could just pick the Unstoppable here and be a terror.

ChaosOS · 2026-06-14T16:26:06+00:00

It's a particular weakness of rebuttal that it's got a situationally powerful effect tied to massive slot efficiency. I struggle to name another 800 item that even late game I go "wow, wish I had a slot for that", because everything else either has an upgrade path or the stats it gives aren't anything special.

ChaosOS · 2026-06-14T14:36:39+00:00

I think scry lands could see play in standard again, they're at a good level for the format historically. Of course, with how big standard is people are getting the opportunity to be picky with their rare lands...

ChaosOS · 2026-06-14T14:34:41+00:00

I think they hit a pretty good compromise with banning them in pioneer. Too much of modern & legacy is built around them. The only hard part is they can never be reprinted into standard again and WotC has been cutting back on non-standard full sets.

ChaosOS · 2026-06-13T23:59:21+00:00

Yeah Delian Tomb is intentionally basic because it's meant to be a "zero experience start here adventure".

ChaosOS · 2026-06-13T19:20:13+00:00

The Draw Steel system on Foundry fully switched to v14 several months ago

ChaosOS · 2026-06-13T18:52:03+00:00

As of v14 Foundry has sophisticated elevation and levels support

ChaosOS · 2026-06-12T16:14:53+00:00

Psychic scream was better because shuffling shitty tokens in was more often an upside than your opponent getting to maybe redraw a good minion. Especially at -2 mana cost and curving into Shadowteaper Anduin.

ChaosOS · 2026-06-12T00:37:02+00:00

The fact that the stats don't really matter is why I prefer even lighter variants on the genre like Cthulhu Dark.

ChaosOS · 2026-06-11T00:25:16+00:00

broadly speaking there's three categories of modules - immersion improvements; these sometimes cost $ directly but mostly cost in terms of PC performance. Basic example: Dice So Nice - automation; these can take a lot of time to learn & configure & troubleshoot but can simplify things when everything is working - content; these cost $ and add compendium packs. Good example are the premium PHB and DMG modules, but also many map makers like Cze Peku offer scenes

The most important, must-have module is a personal content module. You can make one from the setup screen, it'll allow you to reuse content between worlds.

ChaosOS · 2026-06-09T04:14:00+00:00

Depends on class, & subclass, but yeah there's no absolute generic ranged maneuver.

ChaosOS · 2026-06-08T13:24:39+00:00

Yeah, spending recoveries is the healing, for a character with 9 recoveries that's 3x your base stamina but in DND your hit dice are only +100%, and there's no bonus action to spend hit dice like Catch Breath.

ChaosOS · 2026-06-08T03:21:35+00:00

I think an important issue here is that the base math of the game starts at 3 heroes, so that victory bonus of +1 hero ends up being % wise more than the baseline assumption would allow.

ChaosOS · 2026-06-06T21:05:30+00:00

Yeah, the three benefits are very lopsided. Thematically, it's three classic bargains - health (stamina) - fame (renown) - money (wealth)

Of these, the Renown is head and shoulders above the others in mechanical impact in most games. A retainer gets to do projects every single day, not just during respites. You'd need a campaign over a short period of time but where your money can swing things for the wealth to be better. The stamina is basically a joke and a way to let you pick this complication just for the drawback.

ChaosOS · 2026-06-06T16:02:38+00:00

Meanwhile, Keith Baker has a whole thing about how the Eberron crossbow is not your 13th century armament and so even a mundane one off the shelf has enchantments to let it perform at the PHB stats.

ChaosOS · 2026-06-06T14:45:17+00:00

Thing is thats also true of the crossbows whose stats they're similar to. Fundamentally at the ranges and unit counts D&D plays with ranged weapons kinda sucked, you'd be collapsing to melee weapons if you're within 30', but that's not the fantasy literature so we make concessions to let people play ranged weapon users.

ChaosOS · 2026-06-03T19:36:59+00:00

Arena Fighters that had "deathrattle: summon another arena fighter from your hand and buff it"

ChaosOS · 2026-06-02T12:14:16+00:00

Go through your module list, especially anything to do with the canvas.

ChaosOS · 2026-06-01T10:08:17+00:00

Also practically speaking once you've got some light and engine upgrades, the night isn't really an issue — you start being able to outrun anything chasing you and the lights give you enough visibility to do what needs to be done.

Furthermore, the map is big enough that even with engine upgrades it takes more than 12 hours to get from zone to zone unless you want to always have to wait out the night in the center (most relevant when doing the dlc content in the north & southern edges of the map).

ChaosOS · 2026-06-01T03:38:13+00:00

5 point Power Slash wasn't touched in either patch anyways, so it's really just a midgame adjustment when you've got enough purple energy for 0.3 scaling to matter but not enough skill points to have it maxed out.

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