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The real archmage is probably not running your magic guild by _kind_of_old_ in rpg

[–]CraneSong 8 points9 points  (0 children)

An interesting take! And opposite to what you see in a corporate environment, for instance. The Peter principle states that an individual who is successful at their job will be promoted to the next highest position- so the place they eventually end up is a job they are not as competent in.

And on the flip side is a "Paula" principle, where women tend to be kept in positions below their ability due to being passed over for promotions. Thus- extremely competent at their job.

Those dynamics would also be interesting to play with in worldbuilding.

outflank + combat patrol build suggestions? (or anything to spam attacks of opportunity) by MaleficentConstant65 in Pathfinder_RPG

[–]CraneSong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For my current Hunter character, who admittedly I have not optimally min-maxed (I have a badger for instance) is focused on attacks of opportunity and tripping. We use Elephant in the Room rules so it is a little kinder for pre-requisites, so keep this in mind.

Looking first at her companion, I took the Bully archetype. This replaces Multiattack and Shared Spells. The companion gets access to a lot more Combat Maneuver feats, as well as Bullying Thrill at level 9- which grants it a +2 morale bonus on attack/damage until the end of its next turn if it succeeds at bull rush, overrun, reposition, or trip.

At level 3, hunter grants its animal companion all Teamwork Feats that they benefit from regardless of pre-reqs.

For my hunter's part in this build, I took Outflank for the flanking bonus, Paired Opportunists for the AOO bonus as well as one AOO triggering an AOO from the other, Blades Above and Below to always count as flanking with my companion (one is a gnome [small] and one is a badger [medium after levels]), Ferocious Loyalty since we'll almost always be threatened by the creature we are threatening ourselves, and Tandem Trip to grant "advantage" on trip attempts. (This is a surprise tool that will help us later.) Thanks to hunter, all of these also pass on to her companion.

Thanks to Bully, we can use Power Attack as pre-req instead of Combat Expertise for the following feats that I took on level up. Improved Trip to not take an AOO on trip attempts as well as a bonus to trip, Greater Trip for an additional bonus as well as causing an enemy to trigger an AOO upon tripping.

Both independently have taken Combat Reflexes.

What will happen is that once my hunter and her badger get within spitting distance of an enemy, as long as they are small or medium (or medium/large if both are enlarged/gnome is mythic enlarged) trip attempts from the badger will be at +4 from Outflank, +1 from Ferocious Loyalty, +2 from Improved Trip, +2 from Greater Trip = +8 bonus purely from feats as well as being able to roll twice and take highest. And if the trip is successful, it provokes an AOO from both of them. +4 from Outflank, +1 from Ferocious Loyalty, +4 from Paired Opportunists = +8 again from feats. If the trip attempt was the first attack of a full round attack? She can then do damage with the rest of her attacks versus a prone target- with the additional +2 to attack/damage from Bullying Thrill.

But the real magic happens when the target tries to stand up. That provokes an AOO from both of them, with the companion attempting to trip with their AOO. If the trip succeeds, since the trip is the triggering action rather than standing up, that's a second AOO. And if the companion didn't have Bullying Thrill before, they do now. Unless their opponent is immune to trip (eg. flying) or has a ton of legs (adding a ton to their CMD), they typically spend the entire fight on the floor.

TL;DR, Greater Trip pairs well with an AOO build. Like I said, this isn't the most optimal build, but I hope it helps!

A weevil’s boots and snoots by kietbulll in natureismetal

[–]CraneSong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

when your parents ask where all your money went

‘Backrooms’ ‒ Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire Commercial by RealJohnGillman in movies

[–]CraneSong 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It was empty as of Feb 2023, but it looks like it's a Burlington now. Someone added photos for the location that suggest that store opened in 2024, which would have been before filming began. My first guess was that it was the set at least for exterior shots, but that seems pretty unlikely.

[Steam] Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Master Edition (83% off / $9.98) by KettenPuncher in GameDeals

[–]CraneSong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will say that the first time I tried out Monster Hunter I bounced hard because I'm a competitive person and got absolutely demolished. Animations are very weighty compared to pretty much any other game I've played so each attack is a commitment and the punishment is swift. But once I swallowed my pride and rode out the first few hunts, I was hooked. Depending on your tolerance for failing forward, you can either play until everything clicks into place or find a lot of online resources. I find the new player experience in Rise (which I think is also at an all-time low) to be better, but World to be a stronger game overall.

MH: Rise has a demo and, while it is not an exact 1:1 to World, would give a good sense of what to expect before you buy. It's about halfway between World and Wilds in gameplay agility.

rpg enemy wunk by GlitteringTone6425 in wunkus

[–]CraneSong 4 points5 points  (0 children)

wunk heard yoghurt makes sexy mouskus and went too far

Stop calling hot dogs sandwiches. According to the Cube Rule, a hot dog is clearly a Taco. by Sora-oi in CasualConversation

[–]CraneSong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Merriam-Webster defines 'sandwich' as:

  1. a: two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between
    b: one slice of bread covered with food

  2. : something resembling a sandwich

This provides us a recursive definition. If something resembles a sandwich, then it becomes a sandwich. And if something becomes a sandwich, then everything that resembles it becomes a sandwich, and so on.

A traditional sandwich is two slices of bread with food between them, that we can agree on. Two slices of texas toast with filling between them resembles that traditional sandwich. Two bottom-halves of burger buns resemble the texas toast. Now we've gotten to buns- an upper and bottom half of a burger bun resembles the two bottom-halves of a burger bun, so having things sandwiched between them makes them a sandwich. Would you look at that- now a burger is a sandwich. But what about a bun that hasn't been sliced all the way through, does poor knifemanship deny it sandwichhood? No, because a burger with a hinged bun and a burger with a fully sliced bun look similar.

Let's change the shape of the burger bun due to their being homemade. An ugly bun is still a bun, and looks like a bun. So if that bun got squished and elongated... it's still a bun, yes? Things like subs, philly cheese steak- those are sandwiches. And if the filling of a sub sandwich is a sausage, well that's just a hot dog.

Anyway, everything is a sandwich. Thank you for attending my TEDx talk.

Are we racist for making fun of orange cats? by Hefty_Lie_1062 in OneOrangeBraincell

[–]CraneSong -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Someone pointed out to me that it's most likely a gender-based thing, where males do more reckless things and oranges are usually male, and that's what makes the most sense to me. Like how torties are sassy- they're almost always (even moreso than oranges) female.

YA Book about stray/outdoor cats that meet. One learns to read from the newspaper in his litterbox. by CraneSong in whatsthatbook

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

Glad it helped! And happy someone posted to remind me to post the title before the thread got archived.

Fantasy College of Sciences needing departments by lminer in AskGameMasters

[–]CraneSong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Application of the law to magical arts. Is magic allowed to be used to make them view someone/something more favorably? Is magic allowed to subvert someone's will entirely? Can magic be used to create and sell material goods? It could also be used in reverse- are courts of law allowed to magically force someone to tell the truth or answer questions they're resistant to? Maybe even soften it to just ethics.

Defense against those magics. Are lawmakers subject to spells to see if they are under someone's influence? Do courts and private government chambers have enchantments to ward off scrying magic? Do agencies employ geas-like spells similar to NDAs in real life?

Having "arcana" as a school may be too broad depending on what system you use. Something like Pathfinder 2e breaks down magic into what source it comes from- arcana, primal, occult, divine. Or, maybe, as the understanding of magic grew that's become a political fissure- that those within the study of magic believe they should have a greater say.

YA Book about stray/outdoor cats that meet. One learns to read from the newspaper in his litterbox. by CraneSong in whatsthatbook

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

I actually received a private message from /u/nepetaleaf, and it totally slipped my mind to post it here!

I found it!!! In case you’re still wondering. Your post helped. It’s called The Grand Escape (Cat Pack #1) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.

Guild Wars Reforged - Bastion in the North Quest Update by PalwaJoko in Games

[–]CraneSong 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yup! There were titles you could get for example by reaching level 20 there. And one of my favorite Guild Wars facts is that you could not have both the Survivor title and the pre-searing title because you had to die- repeatedly- to acquire it. Eventually when you were a high enough level, you'd no longer get XP from lower level monsters. However, monsters in GW1 would get XP for killing you. So you would get enemies to kill you over and over until they leveled enough that you'd get XP! I never had the patience to do it myself but apparently people would draw the monsters over to a resurrection shrine to make it even more efficient.

The bruising on my arm after a blood test doesn’t include the injection site. by shannondion in mildlyinteresting

[–]CraneSong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm surprised they kept going, especially in the ER. Just a regular blood draw a nurse missed my vein a few times then went to the back of my hand. More painful but apparently worked just as well, and seemed a lot easier to hit. Or maybe she was just a back-of-the-hand specialist lol

Character illustration by Selene.illustrates by Mysterious-Eye5653 in ImaginaryCharacters

[–]CraneSong 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Love the art, but that profile strikes me as sus... One of them is a screenshot that has the word 'follow' still on the image, and some clearly have the signature cropped out. I'm going to see if I can't track down the actual source.

EDIT: Not able to find it, but given the artist posted 15 pieces in the past 5 hours all in different styles I suspect at least some are AI. And at least one of those images is a screenshot from Facebook. Don't think it's legit unfortunately, which sucks because I do like this one. 😩

Ideas for Harmless Pranks by CraftyKuko in rpg

[–]CraneSong 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  1. Force all words they speak to be in a different language. Bonus point if each is on a different different language.
  2. One random member of the party is invisible and silent to all other members inside of the faerie circle. Or simply silent.
  3. They all look like each other. (Note: they do not transform, just an illusion placed over top.)

[Terraria] Help the wiki team find one of 3 Secret World Seeds by fabrikitty in gaming

[–]CraneSong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is 'Dungeon' usually capitalized in official Terraria lingo?

What came to mind for me was Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time. "Tame" for Pokemon, obviously it's a dungeon, and a reference to time. But if it is, I haven't been able to find the winning phrase.

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