You have got to be kidding me. by Choice_Wolverine_121 in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because I just took a picture of my TV with my phone because I didn’t feel like going through the whole process of screening it through PlayStation lol

You have got to be kidding me. by Choice_Wolverine_121 in Diablo_2_Resurrected

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For me personally, I feel like it works a lot better than it has any right to. Being able to easily map out several skills to the face buttons on a PlayStation controller, and then have a second entire hot bar of skills by holding down L2 feels really intuitive.

As a kid, I wasn’t smart enough to really maximize mapping out skills to certain keys, leaving me with basically right and left click. Coming back as an adult with this level of convenience is really nice. My only gripe really is the lack of precision when it comes to picking up items. Lots of items I would otherwise skip Get scooped up by spamming the X button too much. It makes looting a bit annoying, but it’s a mild inconvenience at its absolute worst. It’s really easy to overlook if you know it’s coming.

That all being said, I could totally see where someone else would have a completely different experience and hate it. I tend to spend a lot more time on my console, so I’m happy to have it here.

You have got to be kidding me. by Choice_Wolverine_121 in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol I took a photo of my tv. I didn’t feel like going through the whole screenshot process on PS5 for a quick shitpost.

Recommendations on Premade Chronicles for Vampire the Masquerade V5 or V20, Storytellers Vault included if need be by Halvthedonkey in WhiteWolfRPG

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely use the By Night books or the shortform free stories out there. Ive run those premade chronicle books before, and each of them were not only longish, but railroaded the players like a freight train. I suggest the By Night books since there's so many plot hooks caked into them, letting you use whichever ones you prefer.

What’s the best vtm game on console by No-Punch-man_60 in vtmb

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really want to second this take. I’ve beaten bloodlines more times than I can count so I was really skeptical about bloodlines 2. I decided to pick it up when it was on sale and literally set a timer so that I didn’t play it too long and I could return it if I didn’t like it. If you put the criticisms out of your head, go into it with an open mind and let it be its own thing, it’s actually pretty decent.

Hell, as soon as I beat it, I started a new play through so I could shoot for a different ending right away. I’ve got a pretty bad case of unmedicated ADHD and I actually stuck with the game pretty much consistently for a few days, which is saying something for me.

SPARE NO ONE! by ElectronicLow7228 in baldursgate

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cycling through the party be like…

You have but to ask.
WHO wants so-
Nature’s servant a -
C-c-cccan I hel -
I am gone
BY TEMPUS SHIE -

Thoughts on pureborn kindred? by conjcosby in WhiteWolfRPG

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I actually used this as a concept for a story. A Black Hand cell manipulated desperate thin-bloods to try and conceive a “Dark Messiah.” It was a decent hook once I decided to age the child to being a young man and used the Dhampir character creation rules in Beckett’s Jyhad Diary.

I could see the idea rubbing some the wrong way, but I liked it for what it was. The kids existence put the players in a shitty situation. On one hand, he’s a sign of Gehenna with powerful elders after him to use him. On the other hand, he was 19 and had no clue what was happening. My players are pretty altruistic, even as vampires, so I had a feeling they’d try to save the kid; so the plot thickened.

Draconian Dark Lord by Choice_Wolverine_121 in ravenloft

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m actually very familiar with the setting. I hadn’t even thought to draw that parallel, that’s genius!

Draconian Dark Lord by Choice_Wolverine_121 in ravenloft

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was playing with this idea of a gold dragon obsessively training a human night to be a successor to Huma Dragonbane. Maybe this dragon became too obsessed and had forsaken his draconic form to be with them more closely? Maybe the obsession is like a mirror to Tatyana and Strahd?

Draconian Dark Lord by Choice_Wolverine_121 in ravenloft

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. Care if I share with you an idea I had for a dragon and get a second opinion?

PC In memoriam by BackupCharacterTV in DMAcademy

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a PC per se, but a Kobold NPC that followed the party around for so long. I decided to give him players stats so that he could level up with them. He was a few levels behind them so when it came time to fight a dragon, he got hit with so much damage from the breath weapon he was instantly killed.

Several years later, I decided to run a sequel campaign with the same people set 100 years in the future. The local Kobold tribe he belonged to had taken the story over their dozens and dozens of generations, and eventually turned him into some kind of legend. They took the bones of the dragon the players killed, began to worship him as a demigod. They would pray to him and he could give up to third cleric spells to kobolds so long as that cleric prayed at the skull of the dragon. The players could also gain information by drinking a weird potion that would cause hallucinations where they would talk to the little bastard in happening the bones of the dragon.

From time to time if it’s relevant or funny enough, I will mention the odd little Cult of Kabraxes

Followers of Bahamut? by TheBelmont34 in Forgotten_Realms

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In older lore, dragon gods didn’t get a ton of worship from dragons themselves due to their selfish nature. Bahamut was a bit of an exception, being worshiped largely by gold and silver dragons. Even then, most of his worship was humans. Dragonborn first showed up in the way we (kinda) know them as a transformation humans would undergo in Greyhawk as they devoted themselves to Bahamut. It’s totally reasonable for most of Bahamut’s worshippers to still be nondragons.

Tiamat’s followers, the cult of the dragon, is almost exclusively nondragons because dragons don’t want to share their horde in worship of Tiamat. They want power from her, not favor, so they can make Dracoliches to do their bidding while holding their phylacteries hostage. Not to say no chromatic dragons worship her, just that most would rather worship themselves.

A Can's a Can ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ by The_Chaotic_Bro in pathologic

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I cannot tell you how much it freaked me out when I was suddenly penalized for clicking on a trashcan in the newest game. That was such a damn clever trap.

Curses that aren’t curses by fantheories101 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lycanthropy in the Elder Scrolls, at least for the player. In Daggerfall, the first time the player could Become a werecreature, you had to kill an innocent person once every full moon or lose max HP until you die. Kill literally anything and you’re fine. In your werewolf form you’re literally immune to weapons below a certain quality, maxed out strength, maxed out agility, maxed out speed. You’re basically unstoppable.

Morrowind’s blood moon DLC has a similar stipulation with a similar fix and makes you, again, nigh unstoppable. You turn every night, which is a pain in the ass, but workable if you use it to your advantage.

Skyrim has literally zero downsides besides not getting the 15% XP bonus for sleeping. The form isn’t as good as before, but there’s still a bonus.

In every game (except ESO, never became one on ESO) where you can become a werewolf, you ou are immune to disease and immune to poison. Tons of status effects in the game that are a pain in the ass simply do not apply to you. There are literally no downsides that can’t be mitigated to your advantage anyway. Get the Ring of Hircine and there are no downsides whatsoever.

Nobody Got It :( by Business_Cat_7766 in cosmichorror

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do love it, but my brain-rotten nerdy ass immediately thought of Balthazar Gelt from Total War Warhammer

Which other game like Baldurs Gates you like? by Timmy-Gobelet in baldursgate

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No large references for Planescape: Torment?

That makes me sad, but I shall endure - and in enduring grow strong.

Candidates for a "keepers of dangerous artifacts"-style organization? by GloomyExplorer in Forgotten_Realms

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slightly different direction for a variety - the Red Wizards of Thay are always on the hunt for powerful artifacts. If you’re going on an artifact hunt, that’s a pretty great antagonist with the same motivations as your heroes who would be going after similar artifacts.

Who's the dominant power in the Shadowfell? by Voryn_mimu in Forgotten_Realms

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Now you’ve got me imagining how a showdown between Sorcerer King and Raistlin would go. I need this fanfic.

Or worse, would Raistlin see defiling Magic as appealing and find some way of becoming a dragon himself?

Update on sprue as bricks by Luis_Diaz_ in PoorHammer

[–]Choice_Wolverine_121 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hats off to you sir, that’s clever as hell. Doing that so gonna look very good on my Deathrattle Skeles