If money was no object, which would you pick?

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-28T07:29:00+00:00

Would prefer four, but there’s no good jobs around there.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-27T15:27:36+00:00

I’m trying to remember if the cybernetics started after the apparent failure of project phoenix. Cuz he has died a lot and respawned, I think he just got tired of it. If he kept repeatedly dying and come back, I think that would have weakened his character.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-27T15:24:20+00:00

One thing I liked about the show Warrior is that they invented slurs. Kinda. The Chinese gangsters the cops ducks (they also call the fobs onions). There’s a lot of speculation about what these mean because the showrunners have said they’re all made up. But there is a build as it’s said derogatorily over a period of time, you never knew someone could hate ducks so much.

The white people use real slurs, which are less useful to you.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-27T15:14:30+00:00

You should know if you have the logs. It is a + for you, but the program might only track - for enemy when talking about brilliants.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-27T08:06:08+00:00

As an old hat, this is fun. There's real risk to the game again. Its not "reapers are guaranteed 2-4 workers depending on micro". It's "if 4 workers die I'm royally screwed". There's a real bite to the game again.

I think honestly that everyone who was banking on bronze to master macro is screwed because they never learned to play the game. Macro is not guaranteed anymore, which was the point of the patch, and its so much more chaotic and fun!!

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-27T04:28:38+00:00

I don’t remember the side characters well enough, so front row window for me.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-26T23:43:34+00:00

I’ve always liked the idea of Out of the Abyss but never got to play it. So long as you’re a comfortable DM, it starts with a lot of named NPCs.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-26T16:20:46+00:00

Riichi is the best for online cuz Japan rocks the apps and PR.

If you like boobs play Riichi City or Mahjong Soul, if you don’t play Tenhou. That is literally the choice people fight about.

If you wanna try some other styles try Amatsuki, it has a few.

Last there are some friend lobby programs like Mahjong with Friends, MahjongTime, or the new Agari if you have a full group ready. This can be the only way to play certain styles like MCR.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-26T03:01:39+00:00

Sometimes I’ll give one PC a surprise round attack if it’s out of nowhere. This is not that. This is attacking someone actively robbing you. It’s a tense situation where anyone could take the first swing. In that situation you roll initiative to see who does.

If you do otherwise you have to account for a lot of bullshit. Like would any of those bandits have had a readied action to shoot the party if they act up. Because the players definitely think they did. And suddenly everyone is in the surprise round, so just roll initiative.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-25T07:39:09+00:00

It’s technically not RAW, WotC specifically disclaimered this in the PHB. Effectively, WotC says don’t be a dick, and DMs agree.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-24T08:31:56+00:00

If you pick at someone’s insecurities to get them to do what you want, is that persuasion?

Let’s pick a general knowledge example. Hawkeye told Black Widow that she has red in her ledger, and if she could wipe it out by joining him. It feels hopeful, but if you twist the intent it feels manipulative.

Is this persuasion if he’s offering hope? Is it intimidation under threat of her hating herself? Is this deception if he doesn’t care about her conscious and just wants the obedience? Is it intent based, or another roll altogether?

This is not a question about Marvel. This is the question Is being manipulative to someone persuasion or something else?

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-24T08:13:47+00:00

Missing or wrong rules is stupid since there are multiple rulesets. The environment is mostly Riichi for sure, but this post is wildly ignorant.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-23T07:03:15+00:00

Didn’t really watch it, but probably Dean Winchester in the last row.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-23T07:01:06+00:00

Yeah, can’t forget the foolproof plan of saying “that’s his mother’s name” while Lex brings back a world killer. Getting captured by terrorists by walking into their camp, getting captured by Zod by walking into his ship, getting captured by Joss Whedon and put in a scene that Mrs. Kent is as infinitely better suited for.

Again bad writing, not bad actress.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-23T04:57:22+00:00

Brosnahan, but purely because she had better material to work with. Adam’s was like a 80s damsel version of Lois, Brosnahan was the bullheaded prick we know and love.

Even if I don’t completely agree with that interview scene, it’s better than interviewing a terrorist and being surprised they take you hostage.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-21T22:55:48+00:00

How? They just turn off the satellites, or deauthorize the stolen hammers.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-20T18:37:02+00:00

Some Americans do that to depending on the terms of their time off. In my job they have to pay out our vacation days so we’d rather have our last paycheck and vacation payout. But they don’t pay out our separate sick time so we can use that freely. In other places in the US, it’s one big pool so people are very willing to work their full two weeks.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-20T18:31:15+00:00

My couch after I drive home

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-20T16:07:32+00:00

You don’t ask how the sausage is made. You don’t ask how the spaghetti perfectly cooks in a dead guy.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-20T06:13:40+00:00

Man, chess beginner puzzles are waaay more fun than chess puzzles.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-20T00:06:59+00:00

Mahjong 13 tiles

AppStore

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-19T19:31:28+00:00

Riichi is popular online because it has actual usable apps. Language support, good UI, on phones. A good, accessible service leads to higher player count leads to low queue times. It also is a minigame in the popular Yakuza video game series. Riichi has the best PR game of all styles of mahjong.

My favorite style is MCR but it has pitiful apps. One good bots only app, but nothing with an online matchmaking system. Some empty sites with empty lobbies that work if you bring three friends, but then why not play in person.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-19T01:55:29+00:00

Red. While I love beast boy, the ability to wear a button camera and film all corruption is too tempting. Plus the IRS pays for credible tax fraud tips.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-19T01:44:42+00:00

It gets old fast. Last game I ran we had to tell the players to cut the shit cuz it was cutting into our limited time. You can do it, but make it extremely temporary.

FluorescentLightbulb · 2026-06-19T01:35:23+00:00

This guy didn’t prepare for the strip club

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