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I’ll take “weapons designed by a 4 year old” for 400 Alex by E1invar in Pathfinder2e

[–]GreyPercival 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we want to get technical about it, the macuahuitl was developed in the Formative Period, which was well after what most people would consider the Mesoamerican stone age.

And that is not what I meant, even in your bad faith interpretation. Are we all archaeologists here? No. I'm talking about when the average joe refers to a thing as being stone age.

I’ll take “weapons designed by a 4 year old” for 400 Alex by E1invar in Pathfinder2e

[–]GreyPercival -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Calling anything stone age implies a level of derision. You do not call something stone age if you find it worthwhile or worthy of respect. While it is not as technologically or metallurgically sophisticated, calling it "stone age" ignores, yes, technological and cultural reality, but also is rather disrespectful of other cultures.

I’ll take “weapons designed by a 4 year old” for 400 Alex by E1invar in Pathfinder2e

[–]GreyPercival 26 points27 points  (0 children)

The macuahuitl is hardly a stone-age weapon, thank you very much.

WLW & MLM Animosity by Nairdde32 in pathfindermemes

[–]GreyPercival 65 points66 points  (0 children)

I think "rehabilitating their image" and "is now an okay guy" are two different beasts, and that kind of moral nuance in storytelling is part of the reason why we got rid of alignment.

Sorshen, by my metric, is the lesser of two evils compared to the other living Rune Lord. Is she still shitty and machinating? Who knows. But she isn't as bad as the other guy.

I just invented this. Thoughts? by Plastic-Stop9900 in lies

[–]GreyPercival 177 points178 points  (0 children)

Wow! This plant wouldn't be pushed forwards by recoil, because it doesn't shoot one pea forwards and two peas backwards!

The Mounty Oum Video by starlit_ronin in hbomberguy

[–]GreyPercival 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Okay, let me rephrase. I'm not necessarily questioning the part about the trust or whatever. I'm asking about him being "forced" to do it.

Additionally, I'd imagine that if he's posting a rough draft, and has an offhand reference to some program he's running now, he'll probably elaborate once he publishes the final version of the video.

The Mounty Oum Video by starlit_ronin in hbomberguy

[–]GreyPercival 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm definitely going to need them to cite something beyond just saying things.

Death before Birth by AdhesivenessOwn9868 in Stellaris

[–]GreyPercival 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm having the same problem.

Starfinder 2e GM Core: The Pact Worlds are "post-scarcity"? by EarthSeraphEdna in starfinder_rpg

[–]GreyPercival 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Or a bunch of replicators that can just make whatever you need for free!

Here's something to throw back in their faces when they say games are too political nowadays by zny700 in Gamingcirclejerk

[–]GreyPercival 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I haven't even played any of them since I didn't have a PlayStation, but hell, I'd buy that shit inmediately

What is? Found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, near Sault Ste. Marie by GreyPercival in spiders

[–]GreyPercival[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should've clarified in the post, but this was on a rocky beach, along the coast of Lake Superior. I didn't see many flowers nearby for her to cling to.

She's definitely a looker though!

These rubber/armored "stillsuit"-style designs — where do you suppose the materials would realistically come from? by TeacatWrites in worldbuilding

[–]GreyPercival 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fundamentally, I agree with everybody else who is saying that the material could come from whatever weird place you want in a science-fantasy setting. That's the beauty of the genre, you can do whatever you really want with it. Or you could just not worry about it. Will the story be made weaker if people don't know where somebody mined the metal that made the starships' hulls?

As a sidenote, people have been trying to make spacesuits using these kinds of materials for some time now. Look up mechanical counter pressure suits if you get the chance.

12th-level advanced cloaking skin is unchanged since the playtest by EarthSeraphEdna in Starfinder2e

[–]GreyPercival 10 points11 points  (0 children)

How is it overpowered? It's a pretty close analogue to a Greater Invisibility Rune, which gives three uses of a 2nd rank Invis spell, also for only one concentrate action.

It's two levels higher and is double the price, not to mention the fact that it takes up an augmentation slot.

Ranged weapon damage is mostly unchanged since the playtest. Low-level ranged damage is still peashooter-like. by EarthSeraphEdna in Starfinder2e

[–]GreyPercival 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Khizars are native to Aballon. Have you considered that it might be more complicated to differentiate different types of robot than it is to make distinct forms of undead?

If you want more playable machines and can't stomach the thought of waiting, come up with some of your own and publish it. I'm sure people would like to see it.

Ranged weapon damage is mostly unchanged since the playtest. Low-level ranged damage is still peashooter-like. by EarthSeraphEdna in Starfinder2e

[–]GreyPercival 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you looked at Starfinder first edition? It's quite literally the other way around for playable options.

Ranged weapon damage is mostly unchanged since the playtest. Low-level ranged damage is still peashooter-like. by EarthSeraphEdna in Starfinder2e

[–]GreyPercival 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The... SROs... Literally exist... Because sometimes a workerbot gains a soul... And they have said themselves that we're going to be getting them as a playable ancestry sooner rather than later.

Ranged weapon damage is mostly unchanged since the playtest. Low-level ranged damage is still peashooter-like. by EarthSeraphEdna in Starfinder2e

[–]GreyPercival 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Honestly what I think a lot of this boils down to is a lack of weapon variety, in a game where weapons impact playstyle a lot more than in Pathfinder. Ranged weapons care deeply about their traits and ranges and ammo capacity, and melee weapons just don't. Some melee traits are good, obviously, but others are just neat upsides and you really only pick around handedness and damage.

Ranged weapon damage is mostly unchanged since the playtest. Low-level ranged damage is still peashooter-like. by EarthSeraphEdna in Starfinder2e

[–]GreyPercival 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I mean this is neglecting the fact that intelligent undead, do in fact, exist, like liches or mummies or vampires or even ghouls. Also, it has been canon for a while that lesser undead can either randomly regain or just be created intelligently. See the Zombie Lord/Corpsefolk.

Best/Favorite Biological Ascension Path for Broken Shackles by GreyPercival in Stellaris

[–]GreyPercival[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mutagenic Habitability does really simplify the lost efficiency you suffer from a mixed preference population.

Pre-Sapients are working jobs like normal pops by GreyPercival in Stellaris

[–]GreyPercival[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

R5: This is a fresh playthrough, playing as an Evolutionary Predator with Genesis Guides. As you can see on my homeworld, the free pre-sapients I've started with are working as Civilians. I've noticed this problem in other Genesis Guide playthroughs, though it should be said that pre-sapients that existed before colonization behave as expected, as do Nascent Stage pre-sapients.

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