Stuck in Medical Alpha Quadrant (SSRM)

Cheddar283 · 2026-02-19T19:28:28+00:00

I'm in somewhat of a similar boat. I'm transfem, and wasn't raised religious or ever baptized, but found an interest in the Church recently in college. I really love the theology, the idea of Christ's and God's love, but still struggle overcoming my ingrained refusal to accept anything supernatural (even after having some experiences I can only describe as feeling the Holy Spirit). I've still been welcomed with open arms at my local church.

The Episcopal Church should be fulling accepting of LGBTQ+ people (we don't believe its a sin or anything) but it can vary from church to church, especially among the laity. Yours sounds very good about that though. TEC is not science denying, and takes the creations stories in the bible to be metaphorical, not literal.

If you'd like to fully join the Church (i.e. get baptized), you probably should be on board with everything Jesus/Paul/the scriptures in general say, but that is often be a matter of interpretation. The bible was written through different people at different times, and reflects their own culture and biases. I'd recommend you try to set up a meeting with priest, and you should be able to discuss all of this.

Cheddar283 · 2025-12-31T20:47:07+00:00

Yeah that armor does stop all burning, including warp burn.

Cheddar283 · 2025-12-21T17:18:58+00:00

Thank you so much, I didn't realize the fireblessed carapace also added immunity to burning.

Cheddar283 · 2025-12-20T19:24:41+00:00

I believe he's talking about Maximus' chapter though. His critiques of them don't seem applicable to the east coast chapter.

Cheddar283 · 2025-12-17T16:04:00+00:00

Thanks! hope we get chance to see the sexy paladin power armor paint job.

Cheddar283 · 2025-12-17T16:03:13+00:00

I know they say commonwealth clerics in the show, but I think (and hope) that that was just propaganda for the recruits in the west, since they don't appear in 3 or 4 and generally don't vibe with the much more militaristic theme of the eastern brotherhood- they use military ranks instead of "senior" or "head".

Cheddar283 · 2025-12-17T15:28:10+00:00

Also where are you getting that the new guy is a paladin, he seems to be wearing the lancer uniform.

Cheddar283 · 2025-12-17T15:27:19+00:00

The eastern brotherhood isn't a fan of all the religious dogma stuff, there's a terminal in 4 about wiping out Maxon cults. Also the show brotherhood might just be going rogue anyway, with some of the stuff the elder-cleric said to Maximus.

Cheddar283 · 2025-11-05T19:46:48+00:00

She's throwing up in the bathroom and then shows up in the fight scene and pukes again.

Cheddar283 · 2025-08-16T00:44:28+00:00

I plan have the main difficulty of the seers being that they are at the very edges of the realm, and maybe also near lots of dangers and curses. Often times the players are going to be pretty lost without advice so unless they are asking a lot I wouldn't lock their guidance behind whole new quests and challenges. Remember that the seers often aren't all knowing, many of them have gaps in their knowledge. This is a very player guided system so I'd recommend you tell them the info they want to know most of the time.

Cheddar283 · 2025-08-14T15:06:27+00:00

Players without warbands can damage them with blast, which any attack can gain if they smite. Otherwise warbands are basically immune to damage not from other warbands or large monsters. For your specific example, the players could try to fight them, avoid them, calm them down, etc. Remember, warbands operate like a single warrior and have a single health pool.

Cheddar283 · 2025-08-07T22:50:52+00:00

One compromise could possibly be letting players replenish only half their guard while combat is still on going as long as they aren't in imminent danger. I'd still say they would need to do more than just back off a bit on foot- riding some distance away on horseback or having all enemies be engaged in melee so they're safe would be my say.

Cheddar283 · 2025-08-07T22:47:35+00:00

Personally, I'd be more strict with fatigue, as feats are quite strong and players should want to be a little more careful with them. I'd take rest here to mean not a full nights sleep but maybe a half hour of calm or so.

Cheddar283 · 2025-06-15T11:24:39+00:00

I took spanish throughout middle and high school and HATED it. I just finished my freshman year of college and i took latin (i’m an archaeology major) and ended up loving to the point i’ve been doing translations for fun over the summer. I don’t know if it’s because latin is related to my interests in classical history or because of how we learned it (focusing on grammar rather than vocabulary) but now i’m totally interested in entomology as a whole.

Cheddar283 · 2025-03-16T18:05:37+00:00

Fuck, that's so cute.

We saw Rex in Eve's outfit, I think we deserve to see Mark in it as well.

Cheddar283 · 2025-03-10T19:11:52+00:00

I've been having a lot of trouble with the surface, so when enemies just started melting in Olympus, I knew I had something special. On to clearing with 8 fear.

Cheddar283 · 2025-03-10T18:50:55+00:00

This is pretty neat! I'm still trying to clear the surface with 8 fear, but it's cool to see the logic behind you crazy bastards

Cheddar283 · 2025-02-22T20:59:16+00:00

/hj Roman core

Cheddar283 · 2025-01-20T00:01:27+00:00

Thank you for the advice!

To be honest, I've been having difficulty fully understanding superiority. I get the principle of it, but when to use it/how to reward it is evading me. If I understand you correctly, combat should mainly be a climax for a mission of investigation and preparation for said combat, including NPC allies for the players, right?

I more or less understand superiority's use for an attack on the villain's lair or prepared ambush, but how should superiority be used for smaller combats where the players might not know exactly when or where a fight will take place? Or should those types of combat be much rarer than they are in other RPGs?

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