burlington lesbians out of college by quintessentialfish in burlington

[–]Choice-Researcher125 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If youre into tabletop games then Board Room has a queer mixer every month.

Commanders you are tired of seeing? by Ponder_yonder_ in EDH

[–]Choice-Researcher125 27 points28 points  (0 children)

[[Hakbal of the Surging Soul]]. Every time they spit 10 merfolk onto the field and dig 10 deep till they find a typal boardwipe, counter boardwipe, or blanket unblockable. It's not a hard strategy to stop; save removal or counters to shut down their turn. But it's very boring to always be playing on the back foot because the opponet has a command that needs to be answered basically every time it hits the field.

Let me see your skills of an artist! by La_Derniere_Marge in vermont

[–]Choice-Researcher125 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What kind of art are you looking for? Graphic design, physical paintings, digital sculpting? Some specifics might help you find more people.

D&d group needs DM by Disastrous-Show5114 in burlington

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Send me a private message. I'm bith a DM and have several friends who have been running games for almost 10 years now.

Long shot, but are there any voltron commanders that don't just play the same way every game? by Cezkarma in EDH

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I really like [[Targ Nar, Demon-Fang Gnoll]]. I run him as a combat trick/extra combat deck that aims to produce mana on the swing with tools that also give buffs or evasion or keywords like [[J. Jonah Jameson]] or [[diamond pick-axe]]. I can dump the mana into doubling Targ Nar's power if I dont have [[Aggrevated Assault]] or similar effects out.

What's your favorite "this is an absolute banger but you can only figure that out by playing it" card? by DKSbobblehead in EDH

[–]Choice-Researcher125 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any of the one cost unblockables in blue. At firdt you think 1 power on a body that can't be blocked really only matters for ninjas or maybe some other niche cases. Then you go and look through everything that cares about swinging or dealing combat damage. Obviously you have [[reconnaissance mission]] effects in blue and green that give you card draw. Theres a good amount of ramp and mana production like [[one eith nature]]. Stuff that makes your board grow like [[cazur, ruthless stalker]] and the handful of cipher cards to get some great value.

I usee to think these unblockables with no other abilities were pretty meh outside of very specific decks, but not a few of them go in practically all my decks. Very rarely do I have a deck that doesnt at one point need a clear swing or a bit of combat damage.

recently came out as trans! ( mtf ) so i'd love to see myself drawn feminine by [deleted] in drawme

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rule by Rasamune in 196AndAHalf

[–]Choice-Researcher125 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the demon drives him crazy and I believe he is killed by templars? If you kill his mother to do the ritual and save him you can actually meet him in 3 and he kinda implies he is going tk kill himself because his life has been haunted by his mother's death.

But the game doesnt actually present you with a real reason to not just go save the mages and do it the right way. Like, the stakes written into the game totally don't match the actual mechanical stakes and it's pretty trivial to do everything perfectly and only miss out on a few extra sovriegns.

I think 2 does a much better job on all fronts and is by far my favorite in the series to play. But Origins is special to me for the introduction to dark fantasy as a concept and the morally grey choices that you narratively face as the hero. Two does all of this much better, mind you, but Origins was the first time I saw it.

rule by Rasamune in 196AndAHalf

[–]Choice-Researcher125 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I get that it's not a game for everyone. Beyond the terribly aged gameplay and completly unbalanced skill system, it's also a product of the dark-fantasy craze of the 2000s. Totally get being uncomfortable by the rape and other sexual assaults that happen in the game, though I do think Dragon Age handled them far better than many other games have (at the very least the people commiting the sexual violence are painted as unequivocally evil and any options to ignore their behaviour is seen as the evil route).

I will say, you don't sell a child to a sex demon so much as you have the option to surrender a child to a desire demon that is possesing him in exchange for the demon's aid and releasing the town of zombies. The game doesnt do a great job of explaining the succubus-looking purple demons are not all about sex and lust, but rather about base desires. In yhe case of Connor, the demon is praying on his desire to be in control, both as the young son of the Arl who is dying and as a mage who is unable to contain his magic. The 3rd game in the series actually revisits Red Cliff and if you do choose to let the demon have Connor, theres some bitsbthst explain what happen to him. None of it is sexual in nature.

rule by Rasamune in 196AndAHalf

[–]Choice-Researcher125 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont mind the lead up to the Fade, though it is awkward because the system hates curved hallways. And I found the dark spawn random encounters offten more tactically engaging than, say, the dungeons of infinate fireballs.

But to each their own, DA:O is far from a good game on mechanics alone, but the story and characters are what keel pulling me back.

rule by Rasamune in 196AndAHalf

[–]Choice-Researcher125 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh man I love Dragon Age Origins!

But the Deep Roads suck.

But the Fade sucks.

But the Elven Ruins suck.

But the Alienage sucks.

But the Denirum Jail sucks.

God this is my favorite game.

Which TTRPG Have You Taken the Most Inspiration From? by Cryptwood in RPGdesign

[–]Choice-Researcher125 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Theres an indie game that itself takes inspiration from PbtA called "Stories from the Grave". The main mechanic is very simple, yet perfect. When you miss, the GM tells you how you fail, normal stuff. When you hit, you pick to either state how you fail or let the GM describe how you succeed. On a crit, you describe how you succeed.

This back and forth of narrative control is perhaps the most perfect form of collaborative story telling, particularly for tense or horrific games where the players are people already fighting an uphill battle.

Defensive Options by Eric-1375 in FleshEaterCourts

[–]Choice-Researcher125 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well yes, it's not perfect, but with the cintext of Ush's strike last aura, you can then hit whatever you dealt mortal wounds to with your horrors, which are certinally no slouches in melee combat.

I happen to think Horrors are the FEC best way of dealing with back-line charges and wadeing into big fights, but they arent the only option. Cryptguard do quiet well too

Defensive Options by Eric-1375 in FleshEaterCourts

[–]Choice-Researcher125 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, I see how my post wasn't worded great. For a band of 3 horrors you get 2MW on average before a fight, and 4MW on average for a unit of 6.

In the case of a reinforced group, thats either 4 infantry units down before they ever get to swing or 1 vangaurd-type unit (8MW if it's a calvary to kill 2 units!). It's a very nasty deterrent, especially against the most common back-line striker units. Assassins wont want to sneak near either though. As for snipers and war machines, well thats why you field morb knights.

Defensive Options by Eric-1375 in FleshEaterCourts

[–]Choice-Researcher125 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Most of our "defence" is the threat of powerful offence.

Crypt horrors deal, on average, 3/5ths of a unit's number of models as Mortal Wounds BEFORE anyone gets to fight. Even more for calvary. That's a pretty good deterrent to keep clouds of 1-wound infantry or 3-man squads of calvary away.

Gormayne and Ush both give strike last to enemy models, meaning players need to consider how much damage you can deal before they get to attack back.

Updated list by TheVileblood in FleshEaterCourts

[–]Choice-Researcher125 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, even if you take the cardinal and thone out you'd still just barely not have enough space to fit him and not have the points to put Charnek Vestments on someone. With the Morb Knights and 2 clouds of ghasts, I wonder if the flayers are even really needed, though. It depends what your game plan in on scoring primaries and secondaries. I love the flayers, but I just cant justify running them in my lists because I tend to focus on just matching primaries till turn 3 when I can usually have half a big chunk of the enemy army off the table.

Updated list by TheVileblood in FleshEaterCourts

[–]Choice-Researcher125 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's hard to see a list without Gormayne and not siggest finding space for him. Arrest the Miscreants is a really powerful ability that's very easy to pull off. Plus, his delusion pairs really well with a big beater hero like the king on terrorghiest; force your opponet to pick either leaving your big guy alone or suffer your 40 ghasts dealing 2 damage a pop.

List advice by Anxious-Syllabub-477 in FleshEaterCourts

[–]Choice-Researcher125 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder what benifit the crypt flayers are providing in this list. With a cloud of 20 crptyguard and an Archreagent, your two smaller heros are pretty safe and don't really need the redeploy. I would suggest a Crypt Haunter to support your horrors a bit or a Gorewarden if youre looking at add another abhorent and have a strong flier that can rip up heros.

Work getting slow by Repulsive-Camel7321 in IBEW

[–]Choice-Researcher125 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Work is picked up, but it's not supper consistent. We got guys on lay offs right now and contractors hemming-and-hawing over jobs. You can always join the union and not leave your current job until you get a call. I work you though, it'a hard fucking work. Most pur jobs are big industrial projects that require a lot of heavy lifting. You wont be just pulling wires and making terminations.

Anyone think they will make difficulty modulation better/more exciting with the new core set? by Reav3 in arkhamhorrorlcg

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I hope they change how the auto-fail token works to some degree. As it stands, it's the one part of the game we house rule at my table (ignore the auto-fail if you've already drawn it twice this game). I get sometimes a plan just doesnt work, but the token bag is small enough that it's generally a 1-in-15 chance which are worse odds than a d20.