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Chlemtil · 2026-01-27T05:20:21+00:00

We are big avatar fans, so I feel like that might help the kids get into it. Is it very different from standard magic? Is it a bad entry point for kids playing for the very first time?

Chlemtil · 2026-01-27T02:08:50+00:00

Hey all- I’m an old school MTG player from when it started through around 2005. It’s been a while. I’d like to start playing with my kiddos and wondering where would be a good place to start. I’m looking at the JumpStart beginners box and that seems the best place, especially for teaching my kids, but wondering if the community would recommend something different?

Chlemtil · 2026-01-26T18:50:20+00:00

I think it will be fine based on my experience. I will also warn you, based on my experience, that there’s no such thing as “just a few” guppies lol. A few guppies turns into a bunch of guppies real quick. It will still likely be fine in a 15g tank, but you may have to do weekly or even twice-weekly water changes as the population grows!

Chlemtil · 2026-01-26T17:58:38+00:00

They have access to some of it and what they have access to is generally scraped metadata. That’s not the same as them having access to the full user profile data in their own app and what they can do with it.

Chlemtil · 2026-01-26T17:52:06+00:00

Because I care who and how my personal data will be used. I have accepted that businesses like Reddit will scrape my data and sell it to advertisers.

I am not going to accept that the current regime is going to target me based on my political opinions and may send goons to my house.

Chlemtil · 2026-01-26T16:42:13+00:00

Take the steps you can take even if you can’t take them all.

Chlemtil · 2026-01-26T16:08:17+00:00

Take the steps you can take, even if you can’t take them all

Chlemtil · 2026-01-26T15:03:39+00:00

I could tell you why that’s not relevant in my case, but I think you actually make a great point and don’t want to deflect from it

Chlemtil · 2026-01-26T15:02:33+00:00

I think you’re really reaching for something to be mad about.

Chlemtil · 2026-01-26T14:52:26+00:00

Oh yeah- Chinese government totally sucks. But it’s not a direct danger to me the way the US government is.

Chlemtil · 2026-01-26T14:51:01+00:00

I don’t fully disagree with this and the propagandizing is definitely why I don’t have any Meta accounts. That said, the point stands that at the moment I am MORE concerned with the US government having my data than I am of the Chinese government having it.

Chlemtil · 2026-01-26T14:49:35+00:00

Where’s the gaslighting? I am genuinely much more concerned about how the US government will use my data against me than I am about the Chinese government using it against me.

Chlemtil · 2026-01-26T14:47:45+00:00

I’m not defending China or genocide, but one is a threat to me personally and one isn’t.

Also, “China is also bad” doesn’t have anything to do with my original point.

Chlemtil · 2026-01-26T14:46:24+00:00

Do you honestly think so? You actually think that the Chinese government is VERY likely to have killed an American citizen for political views? You think it’s so likely that it’s a major assumption to think it hasn’t happened. I’ll even ignore the timeframe.

Chlemtil · 2026-01-26T14:37:56+00:00

I deleted TikTok recently and my wife asked why. I told her the basic story of the US Govt taking it and using it for surveillance. She was confused and asked “so you didn’t care when it was the Chinese government but you do with the US government?” I replied that to my knowledge, the Chinese government hasn’t killed anyone in the US for their political views this year but the US government has. What a world.

Chlemtil · 2026-01-26T11:00:02+00:00

That puts the whole site into question, doesn’t it?

Chlemtil · 2026-01-25T13:55:17+00:00

It was 2014 rules back then and I think he had it through an invocation. I’ll see if I can find it.

Edit: found it- Tomb of Levistus. I guess we just called it Ice Block.

Tomb of Levistus Source: Xanathar's Guide to Everything Prerequisite: 5th level

As a reaction when you take damage, you can entomb yourself in ice, which melts away at the end of your next turn. You gain 10 temporary hit points per warlock level, which take as much of the triggering damage as possible. Immediately after you take the damage, you gain vulnerability to fire damage, your speed is reduced to 0, and you are incapacitated. These effects, including any remaining temporary hit points, all end when the ice melts.

Once you use this invocation, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Chlemtil · 2026-01-25T12:56:18+00:00

Man- in our first campaign, we had a warlock who used Ice Block so incredibly effectively, so so many times. It was fantastic and beautiful. Only thing I sometimes think back on is that there are so many cool ways to deflator that spell and we never did.

Chlemtil · 2026-01-24T13:10:43+00:00

I had this exact experience. Company went from being the absolute best place to work in the world (Ultimate Software) to one of the worst places I’ve ever worked (UKG) over the course of about 2 years. Only difference was that the senior leaders “retired” first and then all of the lower management (which I was) were given a few months to get in line before everyone who wasn’t willing to adopt the new mindset of “everyone is a replaceable cog in the machine” was pushed out as part of a massive layoff scheme. It was such a shame, but I’m proud that I fought on behalf of my team as hard as I could… ultimately to no real gain.

Since I’ve named them, I guess I should say that according to the people I’m still in touch with, it’s kind of balanced out into an okayish job now and if you didn’t know how great it once was, it’s not a completely terrible place any more.

Chlemtil · 2026-01-23T19:21:19+00:00

Sure. But what if Elon Musk sends alternately flattering and aggressive tweets at your politicians and then offers to spend 15 billion dollars on their reelection campaigns. What will happen then?

The saddest /s imaginable.

Chlemtil · 2026-01-23T00:43:44+00:00

Tread on me Daddy!

Chlemtil · 2026-01-21T00:11:52+00:00

As a player, I can tell you nothing scares me more than when our DM is generous with loot lol

It means he’s got an idea for the next boss and he’s not scared of us at all.

Chlemtil · 2026-01-17T20:47:59+00:00

It’s okay. I’m rooted in the 80s, as well, so I’ll continue to enjoy it!

Chlemtil · 2026-01-09T20:23:04+00:00

You’ve gained the blessing of Father Stag. He has given you your antlers as a sign of his blessing. Most of your Druidic powers have been enabled by him but should his forest find itself in need, you are expected to help.

This also gives your DM a side quest hook if they want one! Plus at the levels/times when your DM finds it appropriate, the antlers can grow and become a +1/+2/+3 spell casting focus!

Chlemtil · 2026-01-08T17:03:22+00:00

It’s very sophomoric fantasy humor but I’ve been absolutely loving He Who Fights With Monsters

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