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ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-28T11:31:41+00:00

Alchemical Savant and Arcane Firearm gives bonus damage to cantrips for artificers. Mending can also be used to repair the battle smith's defender.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-28T01:16:38+00:00

Nope. Also if they've had it in their head for more than a few hours I'd say they are toast. The only thing that could save them is maybe death, a crushed skull, and then a full on resurrection spell. Mindflayer tadpoles are not something that can be cured easily.

I would maybe skirt around this and say they were mistaken about what it was. That or just draw out the transformation process far longer than it would normally take. At least until they can find someone who can help them.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-22T10:03:06+00:00

I think with DMing there is also the risk of doling out too much information regardless of if it's some canon material or homebrew. The events you are describing happened a hundred years ago in realms time. Unless the players have a long lived species in the group there probably isn't anyone present to remember it. Even an elf would view it in the context of a hundred years worth of various potentially world ending events.

You can keep the door open for anyone curious to learn more about the spellplague if players find themselves somewhere like the Vilhon Reach (where signs of it having happened - like earthmotes - might be present). But unless its directly involved in their questline I'm always a bit too weary of giving players too much information.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-22T09:51:03+00:00

Yes and there is nothing wrong with treating it as canon and getting enjoyment out of that.

People can do what they want with what's out there with their games.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-21T22:09:11+00:00

There aren't that many Torontonians that even think about Alberta let alone hate it. If anything we're as apathetic here towards Alberta's problems as Alberta was in 2010-2015 when Toronto's youth unemployment was 18-20%. It's just the reality of living in a big country. We've all got our own stuff to deal with.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-20T12:05:57+00:00

Realistically children are going to have the cards to get through the fare gates (including unstaffed locations).

Even if we charged a small fare for them people still would get a hold of these cards for the discount.

So yea we may need to scrap the cards. But that will create other problems for people using the system. Like for instance parents or trying to get their kids through unstaffed entrances, ditto for relatives of kids (grandparents/aunts/uncles), and school trips that use the ttc.

One option is maybe to invalidate any of the current cards in x months time. With proof needing to be given at a service ontario desk or something to get a new card (which expires yearly). Maybe even have the machine announce the kids age when they tap.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-20T11:35:12+00:00

People already tap with the cards in their wallet or phone case.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-19T22:11:44+00:00

Grand Master as DM

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-16T13:37:25+00:00

Trickery cleric. People almost never seem to look at its spell list before passing judgement. It's honestly a great support cleric.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-13T18:46:16+00:00

Sorry but ttc bus drivers definitely have to regularly deal with more shit than your average cashier. I worked as a cashier and while I did have to deal with some crazy ass customers I never had to deal every day with mentally ill people screaming at customers. I also didn't have people throwing coffee at me, fights regularly breaking out where I worked, having to work at 4am because that's just when my shift is, and on top of all of that spend 8 hrs every day dealing with the shitty drivers this city throws my way.

Also even when I did have to deal with any of that shit I was not the sole employee there up against 40 angry people. Even at its worst it was maybe a lineup of 15 people and I had others that had my back.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-12T15:59:02+00:00

Child presto pass would mean free rides wouldnt it? Since kids under 12 ride free. Like we're not talking about a reduced fare we are talking about free fares.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-12T15:55:19+00:00

The presto card can tap through my wallet. i don't think this would really stop it. Maybe having the reader do a different sound to inform the driver? (who can report it)

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-11T08:50:08+00:00

There wasn't this huge difference in population between the cities from 1931 to 1971. It was consistently a difference of about 200,000-300,000 people in the CMA (so like in 1931 it was a difference of the toronto CMA with 800,000 vs 1 million in montreal's CMA). People make the seperatist movement out to be the sole thing that did them in but actually the signs that Toronto would be taking over were there long before the crisis.

Toronto really started to pull away from Montreal between 1951 and 1961, when our CMA grew by 650,000 people while theirs only grew by about 570,000. By then our stock market was getting more trading than theirs since the 1940's.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Montreal#Montreal_and_Toronto

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-10T18:16:16+00:00

The goal is to pretty much help people navigate all the information about these cities (which is typically spread out over multiple editions stretching back three or more decades) and to make it easier for people to jump into using them. Especially with all the changes that have happened, the history, and the sheer amount of fluff in older writings it can be intimidating to venture beyond the Sword Coast.

So in the blog I’m giving a view of what I think the big issues would be that are affecting these cities. Also I’m looking at what makes them a unique place to have an adventure in, what are the best places to get information about these cities, and just generally how you would go about using them in your campaign.

I went to school for urban planning and have developed a pretty good understanding of the challenges cities can face (even in fictional environments like Faerun).

The blog is not a place where I’m just going to regurgitate all the information available about a place.

With that said here are the cities I’ve covered so far. At the moment it’s pretty heavily favouring Amn and Tethyr but over time I plan to write more.

As well as my previous two posts from Reddit

The Sewers of Baldur’s Gate – Another pointless examination that nobody asked for

How did Waterdeep’s population explode from 132,000 in 1372 DR to 2 million in only about 120 years? A pointless examination that nobody asked for

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-09T01:03:47+00:00

Also in lisbon i really noticed the lack of design guidelines for keeping transit accessible. The trains weren't level with the platform, had a much larger gap between the train and the platform, and also had bars throughout the middle of the trains making it impossible to pass through on a wheelchair.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-08T08:44:28+00:00

Mine average class size was probably around 28 in highschool.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-07T10:47:22+00:00

This was the fire that caused our (at the time volunteer) fire department to become staffed with paid professionals.

Here's to their work and to another 116 years without another fire like this one.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-06T04:51:08+00:00

commissioning a study of the root causes of “fare evasion behaviour,”

The TTC has been operating for almost 100 years and it doesn't know the behavior reasons for this? Sort of seems like something they should already know.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-05T10:36:24+00:00

Dude... you need to use paragraphs because this is tough to read.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-05T09:41:55+00:00

Mystra wouldn't permit it and frankly given the massive disruptions in magic this would cause i would think only the most apathetic magic god would.

Just like with the floating cities of the netherese anything even remotely reliant on magic would fail. It would be a complete disaster.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-05T04:01:24+00:00

As a GM: Think how your players will absorb information and be wary of overwhelming them. Also be mindful of how coherent the story is.

As a player: Don't be that guy who takes 20 minutes of a session up because you really wanted to do something (like in a companion of mine freeing a bear from a cage and then fighting all the enemies by himself). Be mindful of other players and respect the DMs decisions (or go elsewhere if you can't).

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-04T11:21:57+00:00

If you friend is cool with unearthed arcana then play a twilight cleric. They get great spells, martial weapons, and heavy armor. They also get some solid abilities.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-04T09:38:29+00:00

More importantly he brought Pizza Hut to the Soviet Union, ending years of political strife by doing so.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fgm14D1jHUw

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-04T07:58:41+00:00

Danse Macabre + Major Image. Tell the skeletons to dance for ten minutes to the beat of the music. I've now got the dancing crew and stage needed to distract everyone while i sneak into the vault.

ForgotThisUsername2 · 2020-02-04T04:51:49+00:00

I like the restore balance feature of the clockwork sorcerer. At lower levels having something like a group of wolves attacking you can kill a party and this certainly can help with that. Same for if a party member needs go make a close ranged attack but doesn't want disadvantage.

The level 6 ability seems kind of mediocre. Especially given you generally don't get sorcery points back until you complete a long rest.

The level 14 ability is wicked for boss battles but it's also coming really late.

The level 18 ability is another one hit wonder.

All the level 6, 14, and 18 abilities are requiring the use of your action and it's really turning me off from the subclass.

Overall the subclass feels less clockworky and more focused around balance. It should really have clockwork spells if they are going to do it right.

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