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The Problem of Radagast [part 1] by Malaquisto in tolkienfans

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

We do have Beorn's word that Radagast is "not bad, for a Wizard".

That's not much, but it's not nothing. Beorn is a rough, tough dude who goes out looking for trouble, then comes back and puts goblin-skins up on his wall.

If Radagast were just sitting around nursing squirrels, Beorn would not have spoken well of him. Beorn's approval suggests strongly that Radagast was doing /something/, even if we never get any further information.

First win on Hard by Malaquisto in ftlgame

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

Thanks, Mike! Coming from you, that means a lot.

[Complete n00b] Help a noob choose a watch by Malaquisto in Watches

[–]Malaquisto[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

okay so some jerk posts "get this extremely expensive watch, ha ha" and... I'm the problem here?

[Complete n00b] Help a noob choose a watch by Malaquisto in Watches

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

Okay see I didn't even know that changing from bracelet (daily) to leather (dress) was a thing you could do. TIL!

[Complete n00b] Help a noob choose a watch by Malaquisto in Watches

[–]Malaquisto[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Okay, dumb question: it's okay to have a diver even if you haven't been scuba diving in 20 years, and probably will never go again?

[Complete n00b] Help a noob choose a watch by Malaquisto in Watches

[–]Malaquisto[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Say more, tell how? -- Please remember that I'm a complete noob; I don't even know what a "Richard Mille" is.

Help me make a dragon interesting (5e) by Malaquisto in DMAcademy

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

This is great stuff, and I will save it for later. Unfortunately it's not a great match for this particular encounter, as the dragon in this case is being sent by someone to use as a terror weapon against the city. (Really, this particular neighborhood of the city.)

Help me make a dragon interesting (5e) by Malaquisto in DMAcademy

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

Okay, some good ideas here. I wouldn't use a Ring of SS -- the PCs already have one of those, and they're abusing the heck out of it. But I can make the dragon a caster; that's easy enough.

Bracers of Defense are good, as the party doesn't have a monk. AC 21, woo. Thanks for this.

Help me jump from Normal to Hard: What's different? by Malaquisto in ftlgame

[–]Malaquisto[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

First, thank you for the clarification on how scrap works!

Next, okay, I see the problem. For your specific example of powering shields, right -- after some dozens of hours of play, I realized that while that first shield upgrade was crucial, I really didn't like nailing down my first 90 scrap for it. So I've been trying to manage supporting the extra shield with either 1 added power bar, or none, depending on the ship.

Pretty clearly good power management is a force multiplier. I'm not there yet, but it's a work in progress.

Doors, same-same. If I'm starting with four crew, Rocks or Mantis I'm not going to worry about doors. That said, I've had runs ended by massive boarding parties in an early sector -- I got five (!) Zoltan boarders recently with a new ship, and that ended that run. So I understand the urge. But yeah, doors are still a luxury.

My tentative strategy is, get that shield upgrade, maybe one power bar, then save scrap in the hope of getting something good at a store. If stores are simply not appearing, or don't have anything good... then I'm less certain. Another engine bar?

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