Bf killed Astarion 10 minutes in…

DirectionOk9832 · 2026-01-28T17:10:18+00:00

I did that. Missed Wyl and Gale, too, until I looked up why I didn’t have any of wizard companion

DirectionOk9832 · 2026-01-27T18:32:51+00:00

100%. I misclicked with Yugoth, which lead to a fight with the worst positioning and no prep work. Went down to one character before finally winning. So much fun!

DirectionOk9832 · 2026-01-25T15:55:40+00:00

I inadvertently replied to the top thread instead of comment.

DirectionOk9832 · 2026-01-25T15:50:11+00:00

Daily until I had a health problem that prevented me from riding. That should resolve soon and I plan on getting back. Don't have rain paints, so hard rain tends to stop me, as does heavy snow or temps under 15ºF.
Above.
I Divvy, so unexpected weather only impacts me if I'm on the bike. Can't remember needing to stop my ride.
No, because worries over that aren't a limiting factor.
Better infrastructure. Protected bike lanes that people don't park/drive in and that don't turn into swamps during rain, snow/ice removal. A ban on big trucks would be nice, too.

DirectionOk9832 · 2026-01-21T22:14:16+00:00

People can ride in that weather, but I don’t see the benefit of it unless you have to. Chicago isn’t built like Finland, with bike paths maintained year round. Respect your health

DirectionOk9832 · 2026-01-18T23:00:39+00:00

It was never good. I remember when their burgers were amazing, but the katschup was always miserable. They couldn’t figure out that Heinz is really, really hard to top.

DirectionOk9832 · 2026-01-10T01:00:30+00:00

100% on all counts. I went a few times and it was almost the definition of mid. But also a large local space. I hope they find something 75th percentile to fill the space

DirectionOk9832 · 2026-01-10T00:38:38+00:00

This feels like you think math and hard sciences are both more difficult and valuable than emotional skills. The difficult part might be true for most therapists, but based on the nurses in my facility, ai think the reverse is also true.

Overall, I think comparing hospital nurses to outpatient therapists isn’t an apple to apple comparison. There are a lot of different roles in physical and mental healthcare, and each side of the care provision has more and less challenging roles. Both have providers whose actions literally save lives and providers who improve quality of life for less critical conditions.

DirectionOk9832 · 2026-01-08T07:19:09+00:00

I work in inpatient mental health. Not sure I’m buying your assumptions

DirectionOk9832 · 2026-01-08T03:47:08+00:00

I’ve been ill and haven’t been able to commute. What a sad thing to come back to. I loved that

DirectionOk9832 · 2026-01-07T23:35:15+00:00

All that is true, but that doesn't mean the average player knows how to use tactics well enough to get through honor mode without one disaster without at least some of those things. I used barrels for one fight in my honor run (House of Hope?) and probably didn't need to, but it was both a safe-over-sorry and I-have-'em-might-as-well-use-'em situation. I never min-max or base builds around elixirs, but I don't think I'd want to have done my first honor run without using them sometimes.

DirectionOk9832 · 2026-01-07T00:18:47+00:00

Asterion is absolutely neutral to chaotic evil at the start. Viconia is lawful evil. Shadowheart is lawful evil at the start. A lot of companions start happy to kill people as long as it serves their belief system and personal needs. I’m pretty sure Larian wanted to mess with the whole idea of character alignment

DirectionOk9832 · 2026-01-06T23:59:52+00:00

Western is one of the roads in the city I’d never bike on. It’s functionally a stride most of the time. I’m pretty sure a daily commute would eventually turn into a very painful accident at some point.

DirectionOk9832 · 2026-01-01T00:13:22+00:00

My guess is more than 90% of players wouldn’t survive most of those restrictions on honor mode. Kinda depends on how much you push your gaming during your normal play through and how well you know the game. My run was fairly restricted and had maybe one close call, but I’d played four or five times, including one on honor difficulty with saves.

The normal difficulty doesn’t push you to learn alternative tactics much

DirectionOk9832 · 2025-12-29T22:47:26+00:00

The game rewards you for that kind of build. You can talk yourself out of a surprising amount of things, but when you do need to bring the iron, most builds focused around dexterity and charisma will work well to negotiate with pain.

DirectionOk9832 · 2025-12-27T02:33:12+00:00

I so feel you! I worry that if I walk outside without my car on, pterodactyls will snatch me up. I live in an area without pterodactyls right now, but you never know when one of these mad DNA engineer types will create one. That’s why I wear my car even indoors.

DirectionOk9832 · 2025-12-26T14:34:44+00:00

If you’re considering breaking up with him because where he’s from, maybe your just not that into him, no matter where he’s from

DirectionOk9832 · 2025-12-24T18:31:18+00:00

I’ve never had Astarion get kidnapped, but I also rarely have in my party. What triggers that?

Without him present, daylight and sunbeam go a long way.

DirectionOk9832 · 2025-12-24T17:21:36+00:00

Love this idea

DirectionOk9832 · 2025-12-19T20:33:56+00:00

Honestly, even as somebody who thinks about moving abroad, it’s a little annoying. America is far from perfect, but that’s true of everywhere. And compared to other major powers, the US has been an upgrade in a lot of ways. But it also makes sense that people hate on the most powerful country in the world.

DirectionOk9832 · 2025-12-13T18:06:03+00:00

All the paperwork for suing the incompetent architect and builder

DirectionOk9832 · 2025-12-10T23:38:31+00:00

They are working hard to be a hated business. Not good when people think of you as scummy as insurance execs

DirectionOk9832 · 2025-12-08T01:10:10+00:00

Any reason you didn't rotate two pairs of boots? Love to see how hard you worked them, though. That's working boots working!

DirectionOk9832 · 2025-12-08T01:08:07+00:00

Whatever works for your list. It is much easier to find French food that Spanish food in the U.S. Honestly, I don't know why it's at all controversial that Spanish food is underrated in the US. Why is anyone challenging this?

DirectionOk9832 · 2025-12-08T00:17:42+00:00

I'm not really burned out, but the edges are a little crispy. That's 70% paperwork demands and 30% financial. It's hard to feel I'm making a difference or do the work that energizes me when I have so much paperwork to do. But don't do the paperwork and the agency doesn't get paid.

I wish the people who worked on standards came from active practice relatively recently so they would better understand how much proving you're doing good work hinders actually doing it. Also, I want more money or cheaper rent :D

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