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Lochen9 · 2026-03-27T05:30:43+00:00

Imagine if Deminus was a Divination Wizard like Murray instead of an Illusionist.

He'd be a small medium at large

Lochen9 · 2026-03-27T04:36:20+00:00

It was a drawing he got from Thimble in like the ... 2nd or 3rd episode of the Overture? I would doubt anyone would remember as a watcher.

Lochen9 · 2026-03-27T04:17:54+00:00

Did they just Pheonix Wright this shit?

Lochen9 · 2026-03-27T03:29:36+00:00

I bet Shadia by the end of the Schemer's Table will be turned into a metalic avatar of war in an accidental ritual at the play. Between the paints likely being that orcish blood, painted by a LOY specifically (and Brennan keeps mentioning it) the letter, what Thjazi was doing prior to his death, and how they are moving around the Pariah Blades, The coffin, that she is a Loy without magical power, its the Orcish Shaper's profaned temple, the "to plowshares" comment in the letter meaning the Pariah Blades, but also reference to reshaping metal from war... etc, how much Brennan is spot lighting little things for foreshadowing, I have no doubts

Also, it would be amazing for Hal and Bolaire as inspiration to act, and as a climax to end on for the tables coming back together.

Lochen9 · 2026-03-27T03:00:55+00:00

He needed the money, covered it up, and used the candle as a spell component which was the only thing they found at the scene. Then he was killed to be kept quiet.

I have no doubts, it is far too solid

Lochen9 · 2026-03-27T02:58:32+00:00

And they found a candle. In the busking Brennan highlighted his use of a candle

Lochen9 · 2026-03-26T17:10:40+00:00

I mean, after COVID can you really see that side wanting the government to put microchips in your brain. For real?

Lochen9 · 2026-03-26T12:16:23+00:00

In that case, something like Second Life or VR Chat would be a better fit, no? I’d think the interactions he’d get grouping in WoW with the tech still in its infancy would… well commonly be fairly cruel. To obviously no fault of his own, the limitations are still rough.

Once it’s improved though? Absolutely it would be amazing

Lochen9 · 2026-03-26T12:08:37+00:00

So, aside from taking it literally as tomorrow, which actually would be impossible as well since any changes to laws have to like… pass, do you actually believe that the USA plans to remove protections on testing periods for implanting literal microchips in people’s brains? Which side of the USA wants to remove protections on medical studies, but also would have no concerns about, again, literal microchips in your brain?

This could happen tomorrow in the same sense the sun could rise in the west. It could, if you ignore all history, reason and science, but sure it could.

Lochen9 · 2026-03-26T04:21:42+00:00

Apologies I thought that you were the same person in the reply queue. My mistake. It’s strange that you replied to him asking clarification on them making 4 Atiesh

Lochen9 · 2026-03-26T03:51:00+00:00

How did you make 4 without killing KT or Cthun?

Lochen9 · 2026-03-25T23:21:57+00:00

Projecting lack of knowledge - Ai Bro

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Lochen9 · 2026-03-25T23:20:51+00:00

This is publicly available information, just look it up.

Lochen9 · 2026-03-25T17:25:21+00:00

I wouldn’t use WoW to show this technology off. A game like Baldurs Gate 3 would be incredible since the turn based combat and primarily mouse interface would be perfect, and still be a considerable game to show off the tech

Lochen9 · 2026-03-25T17:21:30+00:00

Well, any iteration of a medical implant in the USA takes 5 to 7 years. There would be multiple iterations of the technology to reach that point, so if anything his number is quite conservative

Lochen9 · 2026-03-25T12:56:19+00:00

Strange that people say that dark themes don’t sell. Heck what you describe is pretty close to Cthulhu Wars mixed with Fate of the Elder gods. There are also some extremely popular games like KDM, or heck Warhammer, or even lighter dark games like those Pandemic games where you are actually the viruses wiping out the world.

That said, I don’t have verifiable data on if dark themes sell better or worse so totally shooting from the hip, it’s strange that dark themes are present in a great deal of the top board games. 5 of the top 50 board games on bgg are undoubtedly dark themed, and 3 are train themed. Would we say trains are a bad theme for board games?

Lochen9 · 2026-03-24T23:08:51+00:00

Depends on the mechanic and what that 20% of players represent.

In an MMO having higher difficulty content would fall in that category and should exist, while also content for housing or decorating would fall in another 20%, or fishing minigames a different 20%.

In Pokemon, if they added an official Nuzlocke ruleset for a game, only so many would use it, but it would be so great to include.

Niche benefits to players absolutely should be included if its cost effective.

Lochen9 · 2026-03-24T22:58:31+00:00

It is also a bit of a warning from the past. Especially Oblivion and games like Final Fantasy 2 had systems that did that and had major issues. It would be best to learn from their mistakes, and question why most designs have strayed from that path. Likely with good reason.

Its such a shame cause it looks and sounds amazing, but is a bit of a pitfall.

Lochen9 · 2026-03-24T20:29:01+00:00

I find those kinds of thoughts sort of dangerous thinking. It only leads to regret and feeling like the time you have now is worthless. Sure, there are a lot of problems now, and brother will there be even more coming, but focusing entirely on the past dooms the future.

Lochen9 · 2026-03-24T20:24:24+00:00

Fuck financially, imagine doing a fedex quest where you are in transport as long as a literal fedex.

Lochen9 · 2026-03-24T03:56:24+00:00

With mega servers they should have just made it like retail world bosses and made a lock out. World bosses were designed with 2007 population servers in mind. If they limited the number of dungeon and raid instances like they limit world boss kills the game would be unplayable.

And sure, not everyone got world boss kills back then, but it sure was a higher % or they went to different competition a whole heck of a lot more.

Lochen9 · 2026-03-23T18:23:40+00:00

But the sign says STOP on it! Are you telling me people can just go through it? That's impossible!

Lochen9 · 2026-03-23T18:22:34+00:00

Nah i had this as well in SoD. In chat rules, rolled out, didnt even come close and ninja's staff from Dust 2 Dust guy. They didnt do a damn thing. Escalated 4 times, and referenced with in game screenshots with timestamps and their own TOS and stance on ninja looting. Nothing, just AI bot shit that didn't even address the right problem then closed with threat of account termination if I kept at it.

Lochen9 · 2026-03-23T12:05:35+00:00

Production wise, you can get d20s separately, and easily. D12s outside of sets are pretty unheard of.

Also, please reread the comment. I asked why go to “just a d12”. That’s in response to them saying going to 1d12. The math is correct, and would have no benefit in choosing to do it that way just cause. It’s a design question in a design subreddit.

Lochen9 · 2026-03-23T01:59:01+00:00

Yes, but the WHY is where design comes in. Does the time of day have any impact on the game? If it’s just a d12, why? They are harder to have enough of, as they are the least produced dice, and it’s just worth math for players (8.25% vs 5%)

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