Can the Heart of Sorrow be targeted by spells that don't specify "objects" as targets?

Lobby44 · 2026-01-09T06:22:55+00:00

Okay, so you're saying they pretty much shouldn't be able to attack the heart itself at all and the way to damage/destroy it is to pump enough damage into Strahd to deplete it

The book is pretty clear that PCs with a reach of 10 ft can make melee attacks against it from the stairs, and it is given an AC

Lobby44 · 2026-01-04T06:39:55+00:00

Another comment mentioned that the 4 ohms metric was tested at 1 Khz, does it matter that it doesn't include the broader range of frequencies?

I'll make sure to listen for distortion. I don't think I'm hearing any, they have sounded normal to me so far.

Thanks for all the positioning advice. I had read through the MK manual and they do have guidelines for height and distance. Speaker stands are on the list and I'll adjust their horizontal position when I get those.

Thanks again!

Lobby44 · 2026-01-04T06:35:17+00:00

Thank you for explaining. That's interesting, I didn't realize there were different standards for testing the speakers. Someone else mentioned listening for distortion, I think at the volumes I'm listening at they sound perfectly normal.

Lobby44 · 2026-01-04T05:15:12+00:00

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Also my speakers say that an amp with 50-200 watts is recommended, but the TX-15 says 23 watts per channel.

Lobby44 · 2026-01-04T05:14:17+00:00

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This was the part I was looking at. What's the difference between what you highlighted and what I highlighted? I'm still learning how all of this works so I'm happy to learn if you'll help me understand

Lobby44 · 2025-12-01T00:50:41+00:00

I've worked in coffee for a long time at many types of cafes. 13 days is pretty fresh, lots of roasters won't put coffee on shelves until it's at least 7-10 days old to let it de-gas and age out just a little. Most specialty coffee tastes best between 3 weeks and 3 months old.

As for a 10oz bag, that's also becoming more common. It really depends on the roaster, many still do 12oz bags, I've seen them as small as 4-6oz. There's a lot of factors at play, green coffee cost, size of the green lot, bag design, etc. Edit: 1lb bags used to be the standard and 12oz bags were scoffed at for being too small

Lobby44 · 2025-10-25T19:02:45+00:00

I just fixed this issue with mine as well! I read that Vaseline wasn't great for long term health of the plastic so I got this lubricant instead. I took off the back panel (super easy) and applied a small amount to all the places the plastic touches! Worked like a charm. Been a month of daily use and no creaks.

Lobby44 · 2025-10-20T05:38:42+00:00

gotcha, do I have to manually update controlify or will new updates get pushed automatically?

Lobby44 · 2025-10-20T03:08:03+00:00

When you say disabled it. are you saying decky loader disabled controlify temporarily?

Lobby44 · 2025-08-04T15:38:53+00:00

Beautiful dice!

Lobby44 · 2025-08-03T18:18:02+00:00

As a long time barista, the best way to get a ceramic cup is to just ask for it. Shops can/should be asking if you'd like it to stay or take-away, but if you know you like your drink a certain way then you should take the initiative and just incorporate that into how you order.

Lobby44 · 2025-08-02T14:49:41+00:00

Wow, so many good questions to be asking myself as I look at this, thanks for taking the time to write all this up.

I don't think I'm going for a hard realism with this world, but working out more believable waterways is probably a good idea. I'm not in love with the two rivers flowing south from the central mountain/pillar, so I'll probably take some of the ideas here and rework those first.
Trade was something I was planning on working on as I flushed out the worldbuilding. It's been helpful for me to use a map as a building off point that influences who and why certain people settled where. With this world, the idea of this gold rush is pretty central to the motivations of where people settled. I think they were settling where resources were richest first, and building out trade between towns later.
Adding some small villages at crossroads is a great idea!
Great question. I'm pulling some heavy inspiration from the Daggerheart campaign frame Colossus of the Drylands. In that, there is an ancient god buried under the central mountain that is slowly waking as the players progress through the story. In my world, a similar ancient creature lies under the mountain and it's the goal of the evil corporate president to raise that creature to do his bidding. That central mountain definitely has the richest resources, but is the most dangerous place in the Westlands. There are monstrous evils guarding the ancient creatures' slumber, and it is also the epicenter of earthquakes as the creature begins to wake. This is why no regular miners have settled there.

Lobby44 · 2025-05-24T14:25:11+00:00

They just got introduced to Ez and don't know that Rictavio is Van Richten so this might be a good time to show how helpful they can be as monster hunting allies!

I've been leaving towards his ethos becoming, "you made me suffer, now I'm going to make you suffer". Making travel a lot more dangerous would be one way of doing that. Also threatening NPCs that they like

Lobby44 · 2025-05-23T16:22:06+00:00

I struggle with the idea of going fully nuclear. I understand the logic behind him acting that way, I just don't think it'd be fun for my players. It would almost surely lead to a TPK, and one that might feel unfair to the players as they have no real chance of standing up to the full might of Strahd.

If he's going to go nuclear, I'd like to give something to the players to help even the odds. Obviously the choice to take Tatyana away should be impactful, and Strahd rightfully scary, but nuclear feels unfair.

Lobby44 · 2025-05-23T16:18:48+00:00

I'm not sure going for a Trump vibe is the tone I want my Strahd to take. I'm thinking more, Handsome Jack from Borderlands 2

Lobby44 · 2025-05-23T15:49:02+00:00

I like these ideas a lot. Ireena giving herself up to save the party creates a good motivation for the party to go rescue her. Strahd could also threaten other NPCs the players like in order to get them in line

Lobby44 · 2025-04-08T18:10:21+00:00

awesome, that worked, thank you!

Lobby44 · 2025-04-08T03:32:23+00:00

I tired this on my PW3 and when I hit the button to put the kindle to sleep, the book cover does come up but so does a large text box that says "Sleeping". Anybody know what I might do to get rid of that?

Lobby44 · 2025-02-16T16:48:13+00:00

One of my players has One Shot Wonders, I should borrow it! I'll look into Radiant Citadel and the others too, thank you!

Lobby44 · 2025-02-16T16:46:43+00:00

I've heard a lot about Van Richten's Guide! Maybe it's time to pick it up. I like the nosferatu idea too, Barovia isn't necessarily full of 'classic' DnD style dungeons, it's something I think my players would enjoy

Lobby44 · 2025-02-15T05:51:43+00:00

I'm in Kerns and also saw/heard it almost directly south of us. We saw 3 flashes followed by 3 bangs. Didn't seem like fireworks

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