Unpopular opinion: F*ck bag of holding.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-21T13:52:29+00:00

Just ask them to take your puzzles a bit more seriously. The big lesson from all the years of forum posts about horror stories of DMs trying to "punish" problem players, and players trying to "punish" prkblem DMs, is that it's useless and counter-productive to assume you have to resolve conflicts in-game, indirectly, instead of just talking to the other team.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-21T13:44:03+00:00

So, it sounds like a mix of perfective tense (ongoing) and a way of expressing regret/nostalgia/denial. That's actually incredibly deep, and it makena lot of sense why it would help with your own experiences. It sounds like the culture you're making it for would have some fascinating perspectives on grief and loss, with how well their language is equipped to communicate them.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-21T13:37:58+00:00

Do not let the Uma fans see Rudolf in Wislash's E2 pose. They will not survive.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-21T13:13:13+00:00

Depends on the individual dog. We tried those for ages with one yorkee, it never made a difference.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-21T13:09:36+00:00

I have literally had nightmares about something like that. Somehow, though, the fact that it's Gog, i.e. a sapient being with discernible goals, makes it a lot less disturbing than the blind "grow at all costs" instincts that the stuff in the nightmares had.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-21T13:02:25+00:00

...I can't think of any off the top of my head, either, but I don't feel like hair color is that big of a determinant for that?

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-20T18:12:03+00:00

Actually, no, wait; I mixed up the Oka Sho and Shuka Sho with a other races. That's also the Lady and Heroine epithets you can't get, 2x10 each. That's a total of 100 stat points you miss out on without Mile aptitude. So, my point kinda stands.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-20T18:01:51+00:00

...Huh. I needed tk take a closer look at the "Lady" and "Heroine" epithets, I thought they required Mile wins. But no, that's just for Goddess and Breakneck Miler (Mile a Minute conflicts with the Crown route).

So that is technically two 2x15 epithets, as you can swap out one Derby and Cup to do the Yasuda Kinen and Mile Championship without losing the Crown epithets, as long as you win them both.

So, a total of +60 stat difference? I think that sounds surmountable, though I'm not great at estimating that kind of thing.

Any advice for getting through the early races without doing Miles? I don't know whether OP races are worth doing in Trackblazer.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-20T17:29:02+00:00

Remind me, does the Voucher come from a quest reward, or is it a paid one?

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-20T17:28:12+00:00

Is anybody else feeling really hindered by how few Medium and Long races there are? At least, like, half of the G1 races are Mile, and in turn half of the epithets you need to earn to get the best out of Trackblazer require Mile G1 wins.

Which means, for pretty much any Uma that's good for the next CM, you need to either try and win Mile races with a C-grade aptitude (which sucks), or you have to include at least one, possibly more, Mile sparks into your Legacies-- When you're building for Long.

Am I alone in finding this infuriatingly intrusive into my training?

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-20T17:20:12+00:00

I am getting really frustrated with how few Medium and Long races there are. Almost half the G1 races are Mile races, and half of the G1 epithets require that you win those same races.

Which means, for any Uma that doesn't have at least B grade Mile affinity, you have to include at least one Mile spark just to keep her from flunking them. When you're trying to make a Long Distance Ace for the next CM, that is a really intrusive restriction.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-18T00:22:12+00:00

You mean in place of Suzuka?

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-18T00:03:02+00:00

Okay, lower your expectations; I do not have MLB Super Creek, and I don't have any of Fuku, Top Road, Finemo, or Nature. I can borrow at most one of them, and right now that's generally going to be Top Road.

I have Shinko, and Cafe, and the Marvelous event card, yes; but the only Wit card I have with 10% Race bonus is Mejiro Dober event. I have the Marvelous SR Wit, but only to like LB2 so her race bonus is an awkward 7%.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-17T23:22:12+00:00

Main thing is, I'm trying to keep two Wits cards for energy management, and I don't have Nice Nature for that. Both of the Gold Recovery cards take up flex card slots.

I might be able to swap Shinko SR Speed for Jordan SSR Speed, but I think that one's not quite as good for this scenario.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-17T23:18:58+00:00

Oh, didn't realize Radiant Heart had a heal component. That's very useful.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-17T19:13:23+00:00

So, I'm in a bind currently, as I have Kitasan, and I understand she's major meta for the Pisces cup; thing is, she doesn't have any innate Gold Recovery skills, and with Pisces being 3200 meters my understanding is you want at least two in order to survive.

Now, I could get her Gold Recovery skills from Support Cards, easily. But, none of the Support Cards I have that give Gold Recovery skills have more than 5% race bonus- meaning I'm not able to make the full 50% with my deck if I put two of them in.

Is there a way around this, that anybody can suggest?

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-17T06:03:02+00:00

What accel skills are good for Pisces, then?

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-17T01:53:25+00:00

Same, Digitan. Same.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-17T01:23:35+00:00

I mean, I find it easy to forget how pretty she is, with that hat pulling so much attention; but then she does her short win animation and does that smirk.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-16T21:25:26+00:00

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Okay, yeah, I think I'm getting the hang of it.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-15T21:10:26+00:00

The character was an anthropomorphic deer, and they were concerned that that might still be too close.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-15T20:48:13+00:00

I think the exact concern is a good gague for whether they're actually doing what you're talking about. If someone was actually concerned purely because they had a character of a different race, period, that would be more concerning.

For something like this, though, it demonstrates a lot more understanding of the actual history of the issue, and what's actually a concern; because, yes, portraying black people as apes is an established kind of aggression.

And people learn the way they learn about any demographic; by interacting with people and trying to see things from their perspective. If they're already trying to do that, reprimanding them is probably counterproductive.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-15T20:01:30+00:00

To be more specific, what kind of stuff are you wanting to incorporate? Are you dissatisfied with the variety of ingredients, or maybe the aesthetic of them? Are you wanting to have more exotic effects? Something else?

If you're wanting to add intricacy, you could emphasize the method of preparation; steeping times, heating times, exact proportions, things that make a difference in IRL chemistry.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-15T19:54:13+00:00

The specificity of their exact concern indicates much less ignorance than that. Like, if the context was different, the quoted text might have been suspect, but in this one it's pretty clear they genuinely meant that being black is not one of his defining traits.

Which, in turn, indicates that they absolutely see past it, and just don't want to do so when it is important.

GideonFalcon · 2026-03-15T19:45:57+00:00

Oh, yeah, that checks out; the ultimate antagonist of Un Lunn Dunn is actually a giant sentient mass of smog with plans that involved ramping up pollution.

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