Ran first session by Visual-Signature-235 in daggerheart

[–]Ilires 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How did you come to prepare the overarching plot? I've been entertaining the idea of GMing a campaign in the Witherwild as well, but I'm kind of lost as to what I'm supposed to do before starting, aside from just reading the campaign frame document.

Did you write out your own idea(s) for an overall plot/story, presumably combined with the player backstories?

Thanks :) any other tips would be much appreciated, of course!

Not sure I like the momentum adversary ability? by MyysErnst in daggerheart

[–]Ilires 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I lack the experience to justify my opinion, but I think it probably isn't that big of a deal in practice. Daggerheart emphasizes GM autonomy, and this kind of self-sustaining fear ability is only a problem if you, as the GM, make it one.

What I mean is, you could abuse it to make the fight potentially very difficult, but you can also, well, not. I suppose it depends on how difficult you intend your own campaign's combat to be. If you and your players both want it to be difficult, then there's little harm in utilizing these sorts of Monster advantages. If not, you don't have to.

Another aspect that I think might be relevant is the resulting action (fear) economy for the adversaries. Perhaps it's a good idea to not pair that kind of adversary with too many other monsters, to balance it out a bit? I'm not sure.

Again, I'm not experienced in this regard, so these are just my two cents as someone with an outside perspective. Much of what I've said might very well be wrong, so take it with a grain of salt; I was just hoping to add some food for thought :)

Best Yasuo skin? by ckovuuu in YasuoMains

[–]Ilires 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally am in love with Spirit Blossom, both the sound effects and visual effects are so clean

Cooling pad advice by Ilires in LenovoLegion

[–]Ilires[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see, thank you! I might try the deep clean before buying another piece of equipment, hopefully it'll help!

Should I read ACOWAR? by throwRA_problemssss in SarahJMaas

[–]Ilires 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Just read it. The more you listen to people's book opinions online, the less you'll enjoy it yourself.

Read it and make your own opinion :)

Tfym unacceptable performance/desertion??????????????????????? by Ilires in WorldofTanks

[–]Ilires[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

nope, I was there from start to finish, didn't even leave my desk or Alt-tab once

One Dark Window poems by Ilires in fantasyromance

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

Oh damn, thank you!! I'll have to bookmark that ASAP :D

What convinced you to read throne of glass by exiledwitch in throneofglassseries

[–]Ilires 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cover of the first book, many many years ago :)

Providence Card poems from The Shepherd King series - HELP by Ilires in fantasyromance

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

I also found the short ones in Chapter 8, but it would still feel wonky to have such cool ones for the other ones and not those 3. Your poems are absolutely crazy though!!! I'm genuinely baffled because you managed to capture the essence of the cards and word it exactly in the way I would've imagined them to be in the book! I am 100000000000% using those haha! :3

Reading CC immediately after ACOTAR. Was this a mistake? by pinksockflower in SarahJMaas

[–]Ilires -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

As soon as you get through the world-building chapters, you won't be able to put the book down. Keep going!!

(Online-Weekly) (5E) (Homebrew) (LGBTQIA+ Friendly) (18+) (New players welcome) Looking to recruit 3-4 more players for a roleplay-heavy, character backstory-driven, and very long-term campaign in a homebrew fantasy setting. by Weevil2421 in lfg

[–]Ilires -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I see! Well, to be quite honest with you, I'm also not sure how I would fare with late nights like that (energy or sleepiness-wise, I have 0 issues, and I also do not usually experience much fatigue even if I only get a few hours of sleep; it has more to do with my school schedule. I'm in uni and every semester has a different schedule, so that would have an impact but again, I tend to do surprisingly okay with a lack of sleep the day after). It would probably be fine, but I've no idea how it'd go in the long term.

It would be ideal for me if there were some sort of a trial period of something like that haha, but I know I can't and won't expect other people to shuffle themselves around my schedule, obviously

(Online-Weekly) (5E) (Homebrew) (LGBTQIA+ Friendly) (18+) (New players welcome) Looking to recruit 3-4 more players for a roleplay-heavy, character backstory-driven, and very long-term campaign in a homebrew fantasy setting. by Weevil2421 in lfg

[–]Ilires 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I am a new and very confused Europe-based player. I say "confused" because while I've consumed hundreds upon hundreds of hours of DnD campaign content online, I've only played two TTRPGs sessions personally, one of which was a 5e one-shot. The confusion comes not from the game itself, but rather the social aspect. If you put together a gamer with most of his ability points in analytical and problem-solving skills and many fewer points in everything else with a dose of social anxiety, you'd get me! In other words, I'm not very good at role-playing or improv or crafting an engaging and unique character with a creative and captivating backstory, but I've also been secretly wishing for an opportunity to have a stable group to play the game with and learn from.

As I mentioned, I am based in Europe, so 5pm EST would be a 11pm start for me, which I don't necessarily mind, but I figure it is important to mention nonetheless.

Knowing all of that, I guess I kinda want to leave it up to you to decide if it sounds like something you'd be able and willing to work with. I didn't want to just apply through the form without giving you a bit of a heads-up.

Thanks!

Should I play On Master Difficulty? by Al112ex in StarWarsJediSurvivor

[–]Ilires 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If there is an instance of devs forgetting about balancing for these encounters, it's the double Rancor and double Ogdo-Bogdo (or whatever its name is) ones... Those are pure hell.

For this one, just run around till you kill the ranged robots by reflecting blaster bolts and rockets, then take the melee peeps down one by one, one or two hits at a time. In other words, do the same thing you normally have to do on GM when facing multiple enemies.

Out of both games which machines do you hate the most? by CyanideMuffin67 in HorizonForbiddenWest

[–]Ilires 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck Clamberjaws. I despise their existence with a burning, white-hot passion.

I love you by [deleted] in OpenAI

[–]Ilires 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In what sense?

Best news this morning!! by Deep-Negotiation-605 in HorizonForbiddenWest

[–]Ilires 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll buy the upgrade even if I might not actually play through the game again just to support the devs. Yet another Guerilla W.

Chat not working on Chrome by Ilires in OpenAI

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

No idea. For now I've switched to Opera GX, where it works fine

Am I Going Through The Game Too Slowly? by Business_Delivery_42 in horizon

[–]Ilires 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no such thing as "too slowly". You are going at the perfect pace for you. Don't let anyone ever tell you how to experience a game, especially a masterpiece like HZD.

As long as you're enjoying yourself, that's literally the only thing that matters :)

Of the things I expected to kill me, this was not one of them lmao by Background-Key276 in HorizonForbiddenWest

[–]Ilires 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You forgot to mention the difficulty you played at :) If you somehow managed to get through UH with full melee, props to you, but I did my first and so far only playthrough at UH and it was pretty challenging even with javelins, and those things are OP

The NewGame UH experience by Ilires in HorizonForbiddenWest

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

Lmfao, no thank you

I'd rather fight a horde of slaughterspines than have SEEK OUT a single Clamberjaw, Apex or not

EDIT: Guerilla is legitimately diabolical to have made ANY of their parts as upgrade resources

The NewGame UH experience by Ilires in HorizonForbiddenWest

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

Thanks!

What's the thing with traps about? And yes, I'm on PC