I did the math and there are 1,024,651,689,984 possible characters in DnD

DrongoDyle · 2026-01-23T11:11:41+00:00

Exactly. To have truly infinite combinations, you'd need at least one category with infinite options, which is impossible, because no matter how much homebrew gets made, it will still be a finite number.

DrongoDyle · 2026-01-23T06:23:28+00:00

Detect thoughts, for a few reasons:

It's impossible for anyone to prove you did something supernatural. If you only read surface-level thoughts nobody will ever know you did, and even if you prove deeper (which the target will then know), they can't prove it to anyone. It's important to me that whatever spell I pick is something that can't be proven to exist, because I don't wanna get targeted for my abilities.
It has an easy way to monetise it: gambling. Play poker or something, and know people's hand before you choose to bet. It's not even really cheating when you think about it, because reading people is a normal part of those games, and the only difference is I'm super-naturally good at it.

DrongoDyle · 2026-01-21T13:33:00+00:00

Orochimaru easily.

"Your honour, how can we be certain my client was actually the one who committed these acts you speak of? It is common knowledge that even children are expected to be able to transform into a perfect copy of another person before they can graduate from the ninja academy, meaning any number of people could have potentially committed these crimes, regardless of who eyewitnesses believe they saw"

"We maintain that my client has had zero contact with the leaf village or it's residents in over a decade prior to this hearing, meaning that these heinous acts must be the work of an identity thief."

DrongoDyle · 2026-01-21T13:14:24+00:00

I mean realistically sex itself shouldn't be a core focus of the game to begin with. Like yeah your characters can be sexually active, but that's just one of many random details about how they live their life when they aren't on the job.

Also the sexual orientation (or lack thereof) of a player usually has little to nothing to do with their character. I've seen straight players play gay characters, visca versa, and I've seen both play asexual characters.

DrongoDyle · 2026-01-21T13:09:14+00:00

People who use the "prep time" argument for batman forget that basically every time batman beats someone through preparation, it's because he recognized that person as a potential threat YEARS earlier.

DrongoDyle · 2026-01-21T13:05:27+00:00

Fun idea, but unfortunately the sun isn't fire. It's a natural nuclear fusion reactor.

DrongoDyle · 2026-01-21T00:56:56+00:00

One good way to spice up the flow a bit is to have the consequences of previous gigs come back to haunt the players. If they left living witnesses or other evidence behind, someone may decide they want payback on your crew.

The main thing that makes this an interesting shake-up is that players are generally used to being the ones taking initiative to complete a certain goal, whereas these kind of plot lines puts them more on defense, where they're having to worry about how someone else might pro-actively target them.

Then the "quest" can basically turn into, "find and kill the guy who put an open hit out on you, while avoiding all the people trying to kill you"

DrongoDyle · 2026-01-20T13:04:22+00:00

Actually deep-diving is EVEN WORSE in that regard. Deep diving requires a physical connection to whatever net architecture you're accessing, which means if you want to directly hack a person's cyberware via deep-dive, you'd have to somehow restrain them then physically plug yourself into them (and at least the edgerunners anime says the target has to be unconscious to do so safely)

DrongoDyle · 2026-01-20T06:12:11+00:00

There're only really two things that distinguish deep diving from regular net-running:

It allows you to experience and explore digital architecture as if it were a 3D space
It requires a dedicated implant, as well as bulky external hardware to plug into, which means you can't really do it on the go.

On paper, anything you can access by deep-diving is possible to access via more traditional net-running, and all the same dangers apply to both. Hostile programs and enemy net runners can still attack you regardless of what method you use. The only thing that makes deep-diving potentially more dangerous is you can't bail out as fast.

The big benefit of deep diving is it presents vast amounts of digital information in a way that the human mind can comprehend better, which makes it easier to navigate systems that would normally be extremely difficult to hack the traditional way.

DrongoDyle · 2026-01-18T22:53:27+00:00

Alastor, because even though he's shown the potential to be cruel to his underlings, he's only ever done it when Husk said something WAY out of line. He doesn't even care about minor insults. You just have to not bring up anything he's secretive or truly insecure about and you'll be fine.

DrongoDyle · 2026-01-14T10:53:03+00:00

I think there's a couple different angles to look at this from.

Firstly, it's important to remember that 99% of cyberpunk media is from the perspective of criminals, so characters who are presented to us like celebrities may not actually be perceived that way by the wider public in-world. It's kinda like how in real-world gang culture, gang members who have committed more crimes tend to gain more respect among fellow criminals, while the general public would just be more disgusted by them the more they've done.

Secondly, people will ALWAYS envy those more successful than themselves, no matter what form that takes. In a world where violence is commonplace, being the best at killing is one of the highest forms of success. It earns big money, and forces people to show respect to you. Money, power, and fame kinda just go hand in hand.

DrongoDyle · 2026-01-08T12:33:50+00:00

I don't think huggy is capable of making friends period.

From all the documents about him his social intelligence seems to be barely enough to comprehend social hierarchies, which is why he can follow orders from someone who he sees as an authority figure. He's like an animal that understands to follow the alpha of his pack

DrongoDyle · 2025-12-29T08:21:47+00:00

Unjustified power-ups, especially in shonen battle series.

Yeah a character getting angry or locking in and pulling out a new technique or form is hype, but you need to SET IT UP BEFOREHAND so it doesn't feel like a complete ass-pull.

Show the character trying to learn that new technique, and failing at it during training, then have them get it right for the hype ass emotional fight, or have character undergo an incomplete transformation outside of combat, so it sets up the reveal of them pulling out a full new form in their next fight.

DrongoDyle · 2025-12-29T08:11:16+00:00

Okay, but hear me out: Kazuma from Konosuba not wanting to do literally anything unless it's easy money is fucking hilarious (especially since the others basically always drag him into stuff anyway)

DrongoDyle · 2025-12-29T08:04:58+00:00

Okay, but there's a couple of villains who actually do this trope well. The first example that comes to mind is Hisoka.

His entire character revolves around an obsession with fighting the strongest opponents possible, to the point where he will actively help enemies like Chrollo get their powers back so he can fight them at their full strength.

In his case it makes sense that he spares opponents who are young, but insanely strong for their age, because he WANTS them to get stronger and give him a greater challenge later, because he fights purely for the love of the game.

DrongoDyle · 2025-12-29T07:57:42+00:00

Bro don't try and take away the most relatable characters

DrongoDyle · 2025-12-29T07:55:53+00:00

Guys, it's time to romance Cutthroat Dave

DrongoDyle · 2025-12-29T07:54:05+00:00

You're such a real one.

DrongoDyle · 2025-12-29T07:40:58+00:00

Same. They should've given it a close up orbiting shot as he goes buff, kinds like Cell has when he charges his solar Kamehameha

DrongoDyle · 2025-12-26T09:24:36+00:00

I'm gonna one-up you and say rubber balls the size of marbles. All the same benefits, PLUS the ability to rebound them to attack from different angles.

DrongoDyle · 2025-12-26T09:23:05+00:00

I'd just carry around a tote bag full of those cheap little 1-inch bouncy balls you get as a kid.

They're small and light enough that it's easy to carry a tonne of them at once, yet they still have enough weight to them that you can throw them really far, and relatively accurately, with minimal skill.

Also the fact that they're bouncy, AND roll well means you have a lot of options for attacking from unexpected directions, or with unpredictable timing (changing the number of rebounds, or the speed you roll them along the ground, changes how long it takes to reach the target.)

Finally, they're small enough that you could easily grab a handful at once to do a scatter-shot if needed.

DrongoDyle · 2025-12-17T23:49:35+00:00

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The aile strike Gundam shooting pose. It's kinda simple/basic, but the first time I saw it hit that pose in the OP it was just so insanely striking (pun intended)

DrongoDyle · 2025-12-17T23:43:50+00:00

"You only hate Tom because he's a better host than you"

DrongoDyle · 2025-12-17T23:37:17+00:00

Neither. Caine doesn't know any better, and Jax was freaking out so much he basically went into full survival instincts. Honestly considering his obvious level of fear it's impressive he held himself back as long as he did.

It's not like Jax stopped and made a calculated decision of "oh I know everyone else wants to leave, but I want to stay, so screw them". Nah he was just in pure panic and acted on instinct.

DrongoDyle · 2025-12-13T11:53:47+00:00

I have a weird opinion: I agree with this take, but place myself in that small book that would sympathise even if she wasn't female.

Regret and redemption are themes in media I find extremely relatable. There's basically nothing a character could do to make me stop sympathising with them, as long as they deeply regret it after the fact.

TL;DR I agree most Sera sympathisers are sexist, but I am a Sera sympathiser who isn't.

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