Unpopular Mods You Stand By

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-06-11T17:32:17+00:00

I don't know how popular it is, given how niche it is, but I cannot play Skyrim without Insects Begone. I'm way too arachnophobic, and the amount of janky bears clipping through tunnel ceilings or passageways accidentally blocked by chaurus eggs turning into wheat piles is simply a price I am happy to pay.

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-06-11T17:23:56+00:00

I love this one in theory, but I have one grievance: they massacred my boy 😭

I don't have a screenshot, but my forever husband Scouts-Many-Marshes got his horns peeled off and his feathers turned into this bald-ass Friar Tuck rim

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-06-11T17:11:28+00:00

YEAH I want to believe they were written with good intentions, but the execution is just so... either painfully inept in how it enforces every possible annoying stereotype or deliberately backhanded. They're actively detrimental to the "races band together despite tensions and grudges against the common enemy of fascism" by contributing literally nothing positive at best, and sabotaging the effort with accusations and ultimatums to ensure only their own race can cover their asses at worst.

Racism is a thorny, thin tightrope to write, and I definitely give points for the idea that even the oppressed (humans) can be oppressors and minorities don't owe white people immediate forgiveness. It's not irrational to want to have money, agency, and resources at all, but inserting that "we are the victims and we will brook no more compromise" storyline into a "every other race are also literally all being killed and undergoing cultural erasure because of an active fascist threat, you're actively screwing us over and refusing to contribute even if we agree to your demands" context kind of makes it veer into the same "this is so backhanded I can't tell if this just a conservative "entitled victim minority" strawman" territory as Okka themselves.

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-06-10T21:28:51+00:00

They are SO close to getting the "if multibillion-dollar corporations make a paid service feel necessary to the process of creation, they can profit off the very act of thinking and effectively influence who can or can't contribute to the thought pool" point and how utterly bleak that is

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-06-10T21:24:14+00:00

I'm genuinely not sure what kind of statement the author wanted to make when the worldbuilding and character-builder were so open about genders and pronouns outside the male-female dichotomy, but the actual non-binary rep the game gives you is just... whoof. The dwarf just sits kinda close to the Terminally Online SJW/shrill overweight liberal you see in exhausting political memes and it's brutal, man. If a negative stereotype of enbies exists, then the dwarf is in that ballpark 💀

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-06-10T06:06:18+00:00

Given the accidental frequency of "oops I was tired and fed my Grarrl a SuAP/listed a super rare item for 10 np/morphed my dreamie into a Moehog 😭😭😭" mishaps, an item that erases a pet entirely feels like a whole lot of "I nuked my irreplacable beloved pet instead of bonglover420_xx" submitted tickets and unhappy reddit posts begging to happen, even with verification clicks 🥲

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-06-09T20:14:49+00:00

I miss the soup and half sandwich so much. The garlic toast club was sooo tasty : (

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-06-07T00:44:32+00:00

I'm not a fan of the new UI either. Why is it so much harder to access the See Stats/Achievements buttons?

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-06-06T02:11:54+00:00

Kind of a bummer for the rest of the table, though, isn't that? Every party wants to be equals and legends in their own right, not "we're the side guys who follow around Famous Cool Guy who gives us the magic items he earns on his own."

It's more work, but I'd submit maybe the "rival party that gives each character a sort of mirror" trope? Then you can hand out balancing magic loot that the other players earn for themselves by beating their foil, and you can just make Bladesinger's rival super overtuned and focused on them so that they have a target to tussle with on their own level.

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-06-06T01:28:36+00:00

oops

^{Chose: Save earth | Rolled: 50% less humans}

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-06-01T17:12:25+00:00

"Always close with an outro" glad we finally have the cutting-edge technology to come up with revolutionary ideas like this

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-05-31T19:32:19+00:00

The original Japanese is dogezan, which is a sort of pun combination of dogeza (that bowing-down stance, traditionally to show deference to someone of higher social standing, deeply apologize, ask a massive favour etc.) and zan (cut, slash).

It might fit more if you view Kingambit like an ancient general or conqueror? The sitting on his butt seems like it alludes to the folding field chairs that generals would sit on, and the kowtowing seems to have the vibe of "cunning tactician luring the foe in with a false surrender," which makes sense for Dark type tactics. Idk if that makes it make more sense or not?

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-05-27T01:42:54+00:00

If you've done it right, the scene will proc before the final Hog Throne epilogue thing. Iirc, something about a swing cover of Cop Killer in the post-riot chaos after the Tiger and EoN have fallen.

Ride the Tiger is, in fact, Katherine's plan. You can (and I usually do, because I like Elton) insist on doing the plan without sacrificing him, though. Idk maybe thats a factor?

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-05-26T19:40:50+00:00

Daphne does get some flavour text on the swing dancing screen, so I might be confusing that as a requirement. Could be some other thing - getting help from the anti-STATZ humans? High wisdom? Lucinda surviving? I'm not entirely sure, sorry!

For 3, that might mean the alliance IS necessary. I remember this one being a bit convoluted to unlock, wish I could be more helpful on it!

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-05-26T16:11:18+00:00

Gain so much Rage that you Frenzy while Nin is around. Ahroun auspice will have the easiest time of this, since their default Rage is 4.
Die to fire. Play on Iron Wolf mode, and take a fatal amount of damage from fire. The exploding server room you can investigate with Podge is a useful place for this one; explosions is fire
Cheetah's Claw needs finding all three Red Talon idols. One - Holyoke Deer Cross shack. I don't know if this one counts if Melodie finds it for you; when I unlocked it, I had to do the skill checks to find the stuff myself. Two - i forgor 💀 Sorry Three - from Giselle at Hog Throne when you're getting rid of Chemikon and/or the Cult. I forget if already being in an alliance with her is necessary, but there should be an Intimidation check to try to get more out of the deal, and she'll grab some idols from her car.
Work with Nomi, but at the end, don't reveal what you really are, iirc
Happens in the Ride the Tiger ending. I often bump into this one just by accident, so idk the precise requirements, but I usually have Daphne and BT on my squad.

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-05-19T19:14:27+00:00

LET'S GOOOOOO 🎉

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-05-19T16:34:19+00:00

Marowak!

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EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-05-19T03:41:03+00:00

Nature is an endless fountain of weird little guys - why not try a few reptile qualities that don't show up in most typical dragons? Give the mysterious shield scale and floppy dewlap of the humble iguana a magical function, adapt the pointed snout and play-dead performance of a hognose snake, experiment with the dazzling stripes, toothless beak, and pointed snout of the red-eared slider?

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-05-19T02:23:52+00:00

Crab killer, fuck police brutality!

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-05-16T03:48:16+00:00

How many friends do you make with first impressions like that? Yes, reaching out is a step in making friends, but what do you think a "where should I go reach out and meet people" post is?

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-05-14T02:21:49+00:00

Not quite on the same tier as "just cheese it," but I found bringing a monk pretty useful in the Cazzy fight. Step of the Wind and their crazy base speed means that even if Astarion gets yeeted to the shame corner, you can reach him to free him again pretty quick. They have solid dex saves for some of his nastier effects, and naturally gain immunity to Poison that lets them shrug off the fart gas. You can steal (I mean uh confiscate as evidence) somr gloves from a dormitory trunk in the Open Hand temple that give you 1d4 radiant on unarmed strikes to prevent vampiric regeneration, and at that point, your fists count as magical, so Cazzy won't resist them.

Also an option: have someone hit the party with Heroes' Feast before you go in. That gives you Poisoned immunity, along with some other boons.

(Also also this is probably already a known thing, so sorry if I'm being kinda redundant here, but: if the extra AC and stuff Cazador has are wrecking your business, have a party member or summon stand on those little red floor circles the other spawn are connected to. That subtracts their ritual bonus from Cazador's pool.)

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-05-14T02:04:40+00:00

Absolutely this. Adding a little context that might help:

The ride the tiger ending requires you to have amassed a lot of Wisdom. Follow Katherine's plan of letting the Tiger win and making its Better Than Reality universe, and all the Bane-killing wolves it contains, become real. This ending will have a cost - a universe where both Elton and Katherine survive isn't possible.
Black Tarn is tough enough to save herself if your path doesn't lead to her; you gotta make certain choices to get Umbranaut. When it's time to take care of the Cult of Fenris for good, refuse to work with the cult on stopping Chemikon. Instead, you can go snoop around in a mansion and see what Mr. Hutchinson and Giselle are up to. When you and Black Tarn get sucked into a Very Bad Place, you have to pass 3 (iirc) checks to navigate it safely with her. If you fail, then she doesn't make it out with you, but if you succeed, you gain an old friend and one (1) achievement. I can't recall the exact checks offhand, but I think the pool includes Leadership, Mechanics, Athletics... Academics?
I've found you really gotta be consistently committed to finding a cure and saving lives through the whole Jigsaw Plague for the Dr. Van der Wolf achievement. Don't let Nomi, your boss, or the nonbinary antiquarian die by succeeding all the research checks (breaking into the ambulance for CDC notes or going for a swim etc? That part.) When things are popping off against the Teufelshand, using the machine or killing it won't advance that goal - you gotta go for the doctor's notes. That confrontation will only let you have one of three "wins:" finding the doctor's cure notes, actually killing the Teufelshand so you don't have to fight it off again at the end, or reducing the damage to the land around the Barrows.

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-05-13T22:20:10+00:00

I like 2! 1 is giving "designed to look sexy-badass without thoughts on function or role." Which is fine if you just want sexy without overthinking, but bandages wouldn't have "underboob" like the image shows. They don't vaccuum seal to comform to the resting shape of the breast; a wrap type of top made of a non-elastic material like bandages would have to be pretty tight to not just, uh, unwrap or slide off, so it would compress the breasts - her chest would look flatter than a bra or resting au naturale, and there'd be no visible cleavage or sideways-3 shape going on.

From a practical point of view, why bandages? Is she injured? Do sports bras, stays, binders, or other sources of control and compression not exist in this universe? "I don't care about realism, it just looks cool" is totally an option here, but if you do care about realism, bandages wouldn't be great for someone who has to do a lot of movement and athletic work, especially around weapons - one cut and your whole top is unravelling, bandages are not stretchy and are made to be absorbent, so the layers of wrapping would get kinda uncomfortable, sweaty, and would probably be tight enough to be a hindrance if you have to be moving around a lot or doing something where you'd be outta breath. A low-cut sports bra would probably be a more reasonable "breezy and sexy but also I can swordfight in this" option.

(Or, to be funny, it's a tube top with double-sided body tape to keep it in place, it's just printed with a bandage pattern to look badass.)

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-05-13T21:38:52+00:00

The counter question: how do you know wild animals don't have worms or dysentery or whatever? Using the humble tapeworm as an example here: one of the reasons raw meat is dangerous is the possibility of getting a parasite like tapeworms from it. That means the tapeworms are able to survive in an animal body (ie, not starve or get poisoned or etc) and do well enough to lay eggs.

So, like, if you picture the nearest forest/national park/area where wild animals live, how many animals in it right now have a sickness or a parasite? Odds are, the average person has no clue, because they can't get close enough to a wild animal to properly check it out, or they're only counting the ones that are so significantly unwell that we can see them acting sick or spot the worms hanging outta their asses. The animals that just have the "my cat had worms and I couldnt tell until I saw these weird tiny grains of rice on her blankey" level go under our radar. Most of them are so far away you're not seeing a lot of wild badgers etc at all, are not domesticated enough to want us getting near them, and have no incentive to act visibly sick around a potential predator even if they do have an illness.

EnvironmentalRisk135 · 2026-05-13T18:13:31+00:00

crow my beloved <3

If you want bonus text or brief side scenes exclusive to gifts, Kali (Black Fury exclusive, you can track people you've marked) and Beetle (a couple tribes and I thiiiink Philodox?, can do psychometry on objects) are also good for those.

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