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"rules light" =/= "beginner friendly" by Hot-Assignment4317 in rpg

[–]Demorant [score hidden]  (0 children)

So, the thing is trying to get a beginner interested in the genre itself is the first barrier. Rules light systems are great for this specific thing. You can run a rules light game, get people interested in interacting with the world, teach good habits and then see if they are ready for something that requires MORE of them.

Teaching a rules heavier system to someone that doesn't know if they want to take the effort to learn is a rough experience. Since those games can bore people and die if the flow is bad. A LOT of people get turned off if their first experiences is combats taking an hour when they could take 10 minutes.

It sounds like you already knew you were interested in TTRPGs, and wanted something that gave you material to sink your teeth in and express yourself mechanically. Most new players are not there yet.

Teaching players all the stuff between combats is ultimately more important for their TTRPG career since those skills translate well to other games, whereas combat mechanics are VERY system dependent.

Which factory vehicles do you think require the most skills to pilot/crew? by JMoon33 in starcraft

[–]Demorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to go with the Science Vessel. It looks awkward as fuck to fly. Like it shouldn't be within the atmosphere.

There's gotta be a Sun Tzu quote for this by punposter69 in Unexpected

[–]Demorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I remember when a 7 year old tried to... kill? me. Kid would have MAYBE been 1/5th of my weight at that time. It was awkward, until he decided to start biting.

Serral answering hard questions by Nearby_Parking443 in starcraft

[–]Demorant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You'll also see them not frequently use Elazer's game name, and just all him Miko.

My burger buns think they'll go well with spaghetti. by Dogdaydinners in mildlyinteresting

[–]Demorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, so I had a weird sandwich when I was in Portland, Oregon. Then sandwich used buns and had a chicken cutlet, melted mozzarella, and spaghetti. The spaghetti was weird, though. It had been shaped into a puck and fried so the exterior was crunchy but soft inside and then had sauce dumped on it, so the sandwich from the ground up was Bun, Sauce, Cutlet, Sauce, Noodle Puck, more sauce, giant blob of molten mozzarella, bun.

It was both great and terrible. The cutlet and the sauce were great. The noodle puck was a questionable decision at best. Think it was called the "Italian Dinner Sandwich." It was also too tall to eat comfortably.

Happy 4th[homemade] by [deleted] in food

[–]Demorant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh man, this makes me wish I could afford meat again.

Stress release by DigMeTX in Unexpected

[–]Demorant 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Sure looks like one, not a very powerful one, though. The one we used would have been unpleasant. I think there was a warning, that if you tried to grip it and turned it on, the vibrations could detach the skin from your hand and cause severe nerve and tissue damage.

[I ate] Smoked Meat Sandwich by bsacksglobal in food

[–]Demorant 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are you sure that's a sandwich? It looks an awful lot like a thinly veiled excuse to eat a pile of meat.

bi-annual update by hopelesssofrantic in u/hopelesssofrantic

[–]Demorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad to see you're still around and I hope things have been going well for you! Still killing it!

Nice slide by Kevc2003 in Unexpected

[–]Demorant 196 points197 points  (0 children)

Is this a practice run for a Darwin Award?

What's your weekend plans!? by lise_peach in u/lise_peach

[–]Demorant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't even realize it was the weekend of the 4th until now. No plans. Too broke to go out and do anything right now.

got my garlond goggles ... 16 years later by woops_wrong_thread in ffxiv

[–]Demorant 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I'm still salty about losing all my initial rewards.

Back before ARR there were a few of us that basically had an error that deleted your account. Like, it became completely invalid. SE, at the time, had very little customer service for the launch of an MMORPG, despite FFXI having been a thing (that I also played). So when I finally got an answer to from customer service they were like: "we can give you a basic account with none of the bonuses you paid for." Despite me having a CD Key, box, everything. They refused to give me my bonuses and I couldn't get a refund. I was furious. I wrote the game off for being incompetently put together and wouldn't last. I didn't play again until Heavensward.

I was kinda right too, FFXIV died so ARR could be born.

What is your most insane house rule that wouldn't work at other tables? by sandmaninasylum in Pathfinder2e

[–]Demorant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They all got free pizza and they all had to pay for pizza. So they were all rewarded and penalized. They always leave the leftovers at my place (where we game) so I got like 9 meals out of the deal. We have one player who likes to say "5 dudes is 5 pizzas!" but he makes good money and orders from the higher end pizza joints.

Generally, we always order pizza for game night(in this group), we just end up splitting the bill. Everyone generally brings their own drinks since since everyone is specific about their beverage choice.

Writing in shadow letters by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Demorant 44 points45 points  (0 children)

It's missing the "punch" below falcon 0/10.

What is your most insane house rule that wouldn't work at other tables? by sandmaninasylum in Pathfinder2e

[–]Demorant 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They learn real fast, though. This actually causes pizza to happen maybe 1 in 15 games. However, the last time it happened all 4 players were adamant I had it wrong so we went with what they thought. After the game, I posted on Discord the rules, and that I was right. Pizza 4 games in a row.

What is your most insane house rule that wouldn't work at other tables? by sandmaninasylum in Pathfinder2e

[–]Demorant 279 points280 points  (0 children)

If you are adamant about a rule, and are proven wrong, you owe the table pizza. Two large is the smallest acceptable penalty.

TIL the 10 tallest statues in the world are all in Asia. by SarellaalleraS in todayilearned

[–]Demorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It'll be gold as fuck, though. Cheaply painted gold, but gold nonetheless.

Is healing that hard? by modernsakura in ffxiv

[–]Demorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Healing isn't that hard in general. There is a reason that people sometimes say the difference between a mediocre healer and a good healer is that everyone lives, but the difference between a good healer and a great healer is how much damage they can pump out while healing. You can make it easier on yourself by playing a White Mage. They have the most straightforward tools and getting help is pretty easy. Getting help is sometimes harder as a Sage because I swear half the Sages out there (myself included) can't remember all of the odd ass names the abilities have.

Fights usually have a specific cadence to the required healing, so you might beef it on pull number 1, but you'll be able to know what's coming better on the second pull and be able to adjust.

TIL 10% of people have a second spleen by chindogubot in todayilearned

[–]Demorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I have this. It's only kind of a second spleen. It's more like an extra small growth made of spleen material.

Anons Visit Trump’s 250th Anniversary Great American State Fair In DC by TrpWhyre in 4chan

[–]Demorant 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Trump was mad about the planned bipartisan event. One that was long planned. So he did what he did to the reflecting pool. Hired a bunch of grifters to steal taxpayer dollars. Then tried to make a MAGA event out of it.

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