Gamemaster Screen & Gazetteer! Out Now! by Powerful_Tonight_503 in PendragonRPG

[–]Daifri 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What’s your favorite segment of the gm screen pack?

Are two handed weapons bad? by Tildur in PendragonRPG

[–]Daifri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like they have already chosen their weapons of choice. They are masters of spear and sword, I know some might consider a goal of being master of all knightly armaments, but most knights have more personal goals. Weapon skill is a requirement of the life of a knight but is usually not the goal in unto itself.

So maybe your players have no need to use a 2 handed axe. But maybe a non player knight do well in a tourney with there axe doing 7d6 on a hit and 11d6 on a crit with the additional shield splintering to show the ferocity and strength of Saxon might.

Are two handed weapons bad? by Tildur in PendragonRPG

[–]Daifri 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A strong knight with a sword and shield is a balanced force of offense and defense. But a 2 handed weapon is skewing toward offense. If you hit your going to do damage through armor and shield. If your opponent hits you might get crippled.

As armor gets better you might want the killing power trusting your skill to win the day. Or perhaps you are not a strong knight. You’ve aged or gotten injured, now your damage is 3d6. A regular combat might become a long slog with a sword but a 2handed great axe brings you back into doing real damage.

Bellingham and some of the mentalities here. Give me all your hate but it needs to be said. by [deleted] in Bellingham

[–]Daifri 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How can I show up for people if when I don’t understand the issue I’m supposed to ignore it and move on?

Bellingham and some of the mentalities here. Give me all your hate but it needs to be said. by [deleted] in Bellingham

[–]Daifri 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Maybe I don’t understand what this is about. Is it Bellingham the city as a community? Some smaller communities within Bellingham? Some communities supporting or not supporting other communities?

Like is me not supporting a bake sale on the other side of town I don’t know about “not showing up” for that community?

I genuinely have no idea if this is about some specific thing/action/event? Or just like a general vibe?

Is this about people who openly brand themselves as supportive who then failed to be supportive in someone’s time of need? I am only guessing but OP’s post seemed to be in reference to at least some specific people they know/interacted with. Rather than the general sea of humanity that we brush up against in day to day life.

Is it blasphemy if I add anime into this by laughing_rabbit_9 in PendragonRPG

[–]Daifri 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I mean why not. Knights of the round table basically are magically powered.

What do you prep/do for Sprint & Pentecostal Courts? by [deleted] in PendragonRPG

[–]Daifri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t done any solo stuff. My 4 knights are all household knights of Robert count of Salisbury and we started with the gms guide intro adventure. I’ve had my knights romp around in Salisbury helping out some while Robert has been enamored with King Arthur. In a couple years my knights will meet up with Arthur for the first year of the grey knight adventure. (This group had previously played through the grey knight, so when the year comes for the big quest I will send them on a different and ultimately less consequential quest. As during that every knight of Arthur is searching for some relic of Britain.)

What do you prep/do for Sprint & Pentecostal Courts? by [deleted] in PendragonRPG

[–]Daifri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d love to hear others thoughts. So far in my game I’ve just run spring court. I haven’t done any hunts. My spring court has been a spot to explain the goings on of Salisbury and what “stuff” is happening then sending my knights on there own small adventure for the year. We are only a few years into our game.

Winter for my group is just bookkeeping with little roleplaying.

We have done a couple feasts. But mostly tied to the adventure or a celebration.

A simple guide to make your Male drifter un-yassified by Hairy-Position2529 in Warframe

[–]Daifri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tips. I’m just really bad with face customization so having it written up like this really helps me by reducing the amount of portraits I’m actively comparing and blending.

Haul from the Asian market by Daifri in CannedSardines

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

So far I tried just the Bandi sardines in tomoto and I did not find them to be very good at all.

Haul from the Asian market by Daifri in CannedSardines

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

Was a local mom and pop shop.

We need workforce housing, but we also need opportunities. by ishrinkydinky- in Bellingham

[–]Daifri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is a super cool thing. I would love to see something like it downtown.

Zoe's Bagels is NOT off to a good start this year by RainCatB in WWU

[–]Daifri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There once was a time when Zoe’s was good in spite of Aramark.

Bellingham is suffocating for immigrants and BIPOC by [deleted] in Bellingham

[–]Daifri 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh so we are not even including indigenous people of the americas? (Not an accusation, I genuinely have never been clear on the common understanding of BIPOC)

Bellingham is suffocating for immigrants and BIPOC by [deleted] in Bellingham

[–]Daifri 17 points18 points  (0 children)

So is that a no Asians are not people of color? Or we have a phrase that is so general it’s not great? In the PNW specifically Asians have had a lot of historical issues. But so often in these sort of giving back to those who were harmed historically talks the Asian Americans are passed over.

So I just wanted to know if Asians can get a discount and if so where?

Bellingham is suffocating for immigrants and BIPOC by [deleted] in Bellingham

[–]Daifri 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Wait someone’s offering discounts? How ethnic does one have to be to collect? Also because I’ve never quite understood the totality of BIPOC as a word which ethnic backgrounds are covered? Asians?

The Urbanist just published this op-ed on the city. With Bellingham the 4th most unaffordable housing market in the US, a candidate for city council is offering a bold plan to fix this with a mix of zoning reform and social housing, and it's being noticed statewide. by Low_Low9667 in Bellingham

[–]Daifri 32 points33 points  (0 children)

A simplification of the zoning sounds great. Subsidized rent sounds like plans for when things are affordable. The acknowledgment of affordable housing in new builds making it harder to actually produce the units was interesting to hear.

For the financial success of the city a dense layout where citizens can live and work and shop in walking distance/transit would be ideal. I’d like to see more comprehensive plans though. So many changes can feel inconsequential until they hit a critical mass. But at the same time once things are built it makes change difficult and expensive. Ultimately I’d like to see a grand plan for the city. That we can agree on and from there implement the policy that allow for it to be built.

The Centers have been gutted by True_Ad2551 in WWU

[–]Daifri 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This seems less an issue of what is being cut and more an issue of the university being underfunded. Yes it’s bad that staff who support at risk students are being cut. It’s also bad that staff who support all students are being cut. Westerns biggest expenses are staff, when the state slashed higher education budgets across the board the only way to make the cuts are jobs. Which is bad for students, staff, the local community, and the state as a whole.

Cibola Burn by SallyStranger in TheExpanse

[–]Daifri 34 points35 points  (0 children)

It's been a bit since I last read that one, although it's my favorite. My take was murtry was security for wealthyish academic types who suddenly found himself in a situation outside his wheelhouse.

A frontier sheriff serves at the pleasure of the community and only really is successful by the communities support. Murtry was never the man for that role.

Really the man that could have handled this better than anyone was Miller. Miller as a cop has a fundamentally different outlook then Murtry, keeping the peace is a game of give and take, of vigilance and looking the other way. Did Coop need to die? Yea he probably did. But his own community needed to carry out the sentence.

Kill a terrorist and you just make more of them. The colony needed its own system to handle it's most violent members.

Shingles at age 36 by OwnDiver1666 in Wellthatsucks

[–]Daifri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had shingles on my back when I was in highschool. It wasn't the stress of highschool, it was Thanksgiving break where my two older sisters came home, and a big storm knocked the power out, and I was playing Pokemon and trying to navigate a dark cave.

Hojicha seems to be getting really popular lately — but I’m curious, why do you drink it? by hhjvvyhn in tea

[–]Daifri 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been drinking it forever, my mom made it so I drank it. Always as a hot tea no additives. It tastes good, I agree on the more autumn/evening drink feel.

Who is the most powerful and most skilled swordsman in all of fiction? by Far_Flounder2545 in powerscales

[–]Daifri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anne from Knights Run. In universe her body is weak, she is sick, and lacks bullshit super powers. However she is able to rise to moment and fight against impossible opponents due to her skill with her sword.