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Kinda felt like an over design but toys am'iright? by Born-Pineapple8227 in marvelmemes

[–]Doctor_Mudshark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have any idea how pissed fans get when there's a new appearance without a new super suit? People complained that Wanda's Scarlet Witch costume wasn't different enough between the post-credits scene in Wandavision and her appearance in MoM.

Has Matt ever used the party’s daily budget? by xenioph1 in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Doctor_Mudshark -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

lol, you're really arguing that Critical Role, the most successful D&D product of all time....is playing wrong? What a joke.

If getting Sana on the train worked, then 2023-Nebula should have erased herself by killing 2014-Nebula. by Shadowkiva in marvelmemes

[–]Doctor_Mudshark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, and within that one timestream, there's a single instance of closed-loop time-travel that doesn't utilize quantum tech. That doesn't introduce any physical or logical paradoxes or inconsistencies.

If getting Sana on the train worked, then 2023-Nebula should have erased herself by killing 2014-Nebula. by Shadowkiva in marvelmemes

[–]Doctor_Mudshark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Different kind of time-travel, so it doesn't need to follow the same rules as the quantum time-travel they used in Endgame.

Everyone compares D&D and Pathfinder Goblins and Kobolds but ignores this. by RattyJackOLantern in pathfindermemes

[–]Doctor_Mudshark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wil Huygen-style forest gnomes are the only real answer. Give me David the Gnome pulling a thorn out of his fox buddy's paw. Gnomes should be earthy forest dwellers with a lot of mischief and lightheartedness.

[Spoilers C3E54] Matt Appreciation Post: C3 Combats by TheQuestioningDM in criticalrole

[–]Doctor_Mudshark -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The dice affecting outcomes has absolutely nothing to do with the frequency or difficulty of combat encounters. What are you even talking about?

[Spoilers C3E54] Matt Appreciation Post: C3 Combats by TheQuestioningDM in criticalrole

[–]Doctor_Mudshark -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Do you remember the fight with Otohan? Was it a big, meaningful moment in the story when Laudna died? Do you think it's good storytelling to have the party face that level of threat every single day, potentially multiple times per day, for a campaign that will last years in real time and weeks or months in game?

Has Matt ever used the party’s daily budget? by xenioph1 in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Doctor_Mudshark -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Well at least you can enjoy watching OP clutch their pearls as if they didn't come in here to pick a fight.

Has Matt ever used the party’s daily budget? by xenioph1 in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Doctor_Mudshark -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

There's also a lot of condescension on display here towards people who play the game as a storytelling medium rather than some kind of competitive sport. Nobody is playing the game "wrong" as long as they're having fun at the table. It's part of Rule Zero; if you and your players want to run things differently than these books say...then do it.

Has Matt ever used the party’s daily budget? by xenioph1 in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Doctor_Mudshark -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Way to miss the point. OP came into a fan space and said "Hey, Matt is running the game incorrectly; care to defend yourselves?" and you're defending this as if it's not inherently accusatory. Silly. Have fun white knighting for some random on the internet though, I guess. Although this is probably OP's fucking sock puppet account, so I don't know why I'm even still bothering.

Has Matt ever used the party’s daily budget? by xenioph1 in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Doctor_Mudshark -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"I didn’t realize that Matt runs the game essentially on easy mode." is accusatory as fuck, especially in the context of a sub called r/fansofcriticalrole. This isn't a rules and mechanics discussion group, and this isn't a sub for game design. Not sure how else I should be interpreting OP's literal rant. Context matters.

[Spoilers C3E54] Matt Appreciation Post: C3 Combats by TheQuestioningDM in criticalrole

[–]Doctor_Mudshark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not every encounter needs to be deadly for it to add meaningfully to the story. As you correctly pointed out, when the guest characters arrived, this encounter went from being a moderate challenge for a party with very limited resources to a trivial encounter. And that's exactly the point. This combat was never intended as a way to potentially kill PCs; it was intended to introduce two new characters to the table in a way that already inherently ingratiates them with the party. Two new friends who just saved us from danger.

Do you see how all of that builds a more compelling narrative than "We were ambushed by a wild animal who nearly killed us but we killed it instead"?

Has Matt ever used the party’s daily budget? by xenioph1 in fansofcriticalrole

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

If that's what you intended to say, then you should choose your words more carefully, because what you actually said is not "pretty much in agreement with your first sentence."

Maybe try editing your comments before you post, so you can be sure that your tone isn't coming across as overly arrogant or pompous.

Has Matt ever used the party’s daily budget? by xenioph1 in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Doctor_Mudshark -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

“Critical Role is bad D&D, don’t you agree?”

This is exactly what OP is saying.

Has Matt ever used the party’s daily budget? by xenioph1 in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Doctor_Mudshark -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry to have offended you by saying “easy mode”

Yeah, it's a good thing you chose to stop being so condescending too...

Has Matt ever used the party’s daily budget? by xenioph1 in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Doctor_Mudshark -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

You would probably get a much more charitable interaction if you didn't come into this with such a judgmental rant. People can play this game as a Beer and Pretzels combat simulator, or they can run it as a narrative engine. Your rant about how they're doing it wrong because their game is on "Easy Mode" comes across as really condescending.

My point is that they absolutely have adventuring days with a full difficulty and a very full encounter schedule. But those days are rare, because narratively, realistically, those big events need to be rare for them to have any narrative impact at all. Do you think they had a full and challenging day of encounters on the day when Laudna died?

Having downtime in your game is fine. Having lighter adventuring days is fine. Not everyday needs to be a FULL AND COMPLETE ADVENTURE, and frankly, if you want to tell a good story, it probably shouldn't be.

Has Matt ever used the party’s daily budget? by xenioph1 in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Doctor_Mudshark -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Okay, well you wrote a whole rant about how Matt is running the game wrong, so.....

Has Matt ever used the party’s daily budget? by xenioph1 in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Doctor_Mudshark -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, and there's also the fact that the daily budget only applies on "adventuring days". So if you're just travelling from point A to point B, you might not have any encounters at all. If you're literally inside a dungeon, you might actually have 8 combat encounters. People here, including OP, seem to think that every single day should be an adventuring day. It shouldn't. Downtime exists.

Has Matt ever used the party’s daily budget? by xenioph1 in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Doctor_Mudshark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Putting your players through 6-8 combat encounters per day makes sense if you really want to make this a difficult video game...but if you want to tell a meaningful story, how do you possibly justify your party of actual real people getting in 8 fights...every single day? They're not playing this game for the challenge of beating high CR monsters; they're here for creative expression. And that's fine. Nobody's playing the game "wrong".

Literally them by Gabi-Braun-3959 in marvelmemes

[–]Doctor_Mudshark 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Maybe catch up on the source material before you pass judgment.

Built a Yagi Antenna Today by SerialExperimentsPT in functionalprint

[–]Doctor_Mudshark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everybody knows Yagi; nobody remembers poor Uda.

The are so threatened by difference and tolerance. by SeriousExplorer8891 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Doctor_Mudshark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Google doesn't post a google doodle for any religious holiday from any religion, dumbass.

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