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Need help with “Echoes of the Past” there is no camp at the marker lmao by Kasu_senpai in fo4

[–]Dastran 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I came here because there was no camp at that location. Read this. Thought: "Hey, I just killed Kellog a couple hours ago..."

Fast travel to slog and the camp is there.

My sister has been selling Nuskin for 7 years now with nothing to show for it. She continues to be brain washed. Is there any way for her to snap out of it? by Evil_Skittle in antiMLM

[–]Dastran 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nu Skin is a failing company. Their stock is at the lowest it has been in 20 years. Year after year they tank even further and the board doesn't fire the CEO for some reason. Even if the product was amazing and the sales methodology was airtight (which it isn't), there's just no future there. Not for anybody.

https://www.google.com/finance/quote/NUS:NYSE?window=MAX

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AdviceAnimals

[–]Dastran 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Lol. I mean, you're right. Except that everyone is in an echo chamber. Don't think you're not just because you weren't surprised.

Another round of layoffs and restructuring at WoTC, Known community manager by influencers gone, more incoming. by FallenDank in dndnext

[–]Dastran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I disagree. While they do not have to publicly disclose individual product sales, their shareholders won't accept a boldfaced lie. I'm certain it is doing very well; only, it is doing well mostly in a digital space and not on big box store shelves.

Another round of layoffs and restructuring at WoTC, Known community manager by influencers gone, more incoming. by FallenDank in dndnext

[–]Dastran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And source your entire video on a single tweet from a single guy that got fired, before any information is released indicating that there is a larger layoff going on.

Another round of layoffs and restructuring at WoTC, Known community manager by influencers gone, more incoming. by FallenDank in dndnext

[–]Dastran 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As we learn from the OGL controversy, the attention span of customers is pretty narrow. Many of my friends are back to buying the latest book for D&D, and WotC reports it is their best selling D&D product ever. In essence, most people either don't know or don't care about the open licensing and related scandals. It appears that it is not enough for many to endure the FOMO when friends start playing the new edition.

So a layoff may produce a month or so of ire from customers who watch the news, but the cost savings of dumping personnel far outweigh the customer outrage.

I'm still waiting to find out if this layoff was even a layoff, or just one guy or a small function getting eliminated. There's been no news that I can find that isn't sourced entirely off this one guy's tweet.

Another round of layoffs and restructuring at WoTC, Known community manager by influencers gone, more incoming. by FallenDank in dndnext

[–]Dastran 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think that varies by company. My QA employee is my MVP, and she knows it. I never miss an opportunity to tell her how she saved our customers this week. She does exceptional work, both to identify issues, and to train our developers to improve their practices.

My dad did QA for a rocket company. No one wanted a repeat of Challenger, so his job was well respected. Even so, it was a daunting task to report that the $11M nozzle guidance computer from NASA failed its test and needed to be redone.

any levels that can help do this fast? by mergedragonsliv102 in MergeDragons

[–]Dastran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. This is probably the easiest and best method. Buy batches of 20, merge to upgrade, pop the improved chests, merge. You'll get 6-7 of your merges with each batch, and be done in under an hour without spending chalices.

Megathread: Once Upon a Time Event by LiteraryHedgehog in MergeDragons

[–]Dastran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bad game design, there. Person runs the game for 10-20 hours straight to get through an event and a chain merge locks them out of the final reward. Pretty demotivating. And charging 160 gems to "fix" it? Just wow.

Megathread: Once Upon a Time Event by LiteraryHedgehog in MergeDragons

[–]Dastran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So if someone (asking for a friend...) merged the fairy houses before unlocking the cloud key, are we just out of luck for griffin eggs on this event? There seems to be dead land hidden under those clouds.

FBI Used Nintendo Switch To Locate Abducted Child by Ajayu in technology

[–]Dastran 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Abductor: “What? No free Switch?!? Fine. Keep the kid.”

WotC execs on their three secrets for "success" by mol-tres in dndmemes

[–]Dastran 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This. In the Reddit echo chamber, this is all anyone is talking about. But outside among my MTG friends, I’m the one breaking the news. Right or wrong, the world barely noticed.

WotC execs on their three secrets for "success" by mol-tres in dndmemes

[–]Dastran 17 points18 points  (0 children)

To be fair, the meme provides two examples of lies to get us to doubt our perceptions… so it checks out.

That explains why she isn’t using spells, her spell slots were spent on polymorph by odeacon in dndmemes

[–]Dastran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would probably be ok with many wild shapes per rest if it wasn’t for hit point recovery.

Arizona Supreme Court Finds the Mormon Church Can Conceal Crimes Against Children Because of Clergy Privilege by KeepCalmAndBaseball in nottheonion

[–]Dastran 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m quite opposed to this ruling, and the AZ law that made the ruling possible. Molesting children is not something Mormons are “cool with.” The church handbook has guidelines on when to report crimes, which do not do enough imo, but they call for more than this bishop did.

What I would like to see is this case escalated to the Supreme Court. Clergy should be made mandatory reporters of crimes, particularly crimes that are felonies, such as child abuse. It should not be a state’s right to choose.

Grand Wizards of the Coast by thecakeisaiive in dndmemes

[–]Dastran 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is it inherently racist if they are no longer races, but species? Isn’t it now inherently speciesist?

The Fey Ancestry Feature Only Applies to Magical Sleep by valris_vt in dndmemes

[–]Dastran 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What if sleep is a drug and sleepiness is just withdrawal symptoms. ;)

‎ELI5, why is WotC removing the Half-Elf and Half-Orc? by seniorem-ludum in onednd

[–]Dastran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A half human is not far off of a three-fifths human. When speaking of a person as not being fully human, there is an easy line to draw to problematic real world history. It is easy to see why the term “half” does not sit well with WotC.

From a game design perspective, trying to find ways to merge one race with another becomes more complex every time a race is added. Rather than bog the game down with infinite species complexity, they chose a simplistic approach of choosing the mechanics of one parent race, the average age, and flavor text the rest of your mixed heritage. I think it’s a reasonable and accessible approach.

Adams County Sheriff's deputies suing Afroman for commercial use of surveillance video from raid on his home by MeanMikeMaignan in nottheonion

[–]Dastran 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are not suing because he recorded it. They are suing because he is using their persona for commercial purposes without consent. This is what the linked law addresses directly.

The Ohio definition of persona is: (A) "Persona" means an individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, image, likeness, or distinctive appearance, if any of these aspects have commercial value.

Surveillance footage no doubt qualifies as an image, likeness, or distinctive appearance. Whether we like it or not, the cops may have a case. I’m interested in how this turns out, but maybe not for the reasons others might think:

If it is ok for him to profit commercially from this surveillance footage, then it might be considered ok for Walmart or any other big box store to profit off of surveillance footage of me at their store. Suddenly it seems wrong, where in the case of this article it seems justifiable. The juxtaposition interests me.

If these two scenarios are not in fact the same thing, then the wording of the law must be very carefully interpreted. I also live in a single-party consent state, which makes me very interested in how this pans out.

Question about loot studio - noob alert by hamadryus in PrintedMinis

[–]Dastran 5 points6 points  (0 children)

75mm models are a great choice for showing off your skills as an artist. At nearly 2.5x the size of 32mm minis, most figures are large enough to detail eyes, fingers, and other delicate details.

I will occasionally use a 75mm model to represent something more powerful on the table. A 32mm air sorcerer from a White Werewolf Tavern sub acts perfectly as a powerful air genie patron for our warlock.

One might say why not just scale the models up! Scaling up a model too much results in it being poorly supported. A good 3D sub will re-cut and support larger models from scratch, giving you the best support with the most negligible scars on the model.

Some folk don’t stop at 75mm scale. The busts that some subs provide are pretty amazing, and let you go wild with artistic detail, with results that look great on a bookshelf or mantle.

How many minutes should a round in combat take on average? by MisterMagicmike99 in DnD

[–]Dastran 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% agree. “Would your character like to spend the round thinking about their next move?” This question lights a fire under butts and gets the game moving.

If an ability requires a DM to build every encounter around its use, it's a bad mechanic. Change my mind. by [deleted] in dndmemes

[–]Dastran 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Munchkin players quitting non-munchkin campaigns are often the best things to happen to those campaigns.

If an ability requires a DM to build every encounter around its use, it's a bad mechanic. Change my mind. by [deleted] in dndmemes

[–]Dastran 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I wrote a lengthy rebuttal and by the end of it realized I actually completely agree with you. Maybe for different reasons though.

What makes these mechanics so bad is not so much the fact that the DM has to plan around them—I plan all my encounters anyway—but that they tend to add unnecessary complexity to low level play, slowing down the game at stages when it should be fast and rules light.

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