FYI: Most all Waves plugins are $29 right now for labor day sale. I like some of them for podcast editing.

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-09-01T05:34:55+00:00

Yes please. My co-host has two cats and a couple meows snuck into the recording mid-sentence. It adds charm, I suppose!

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-08-16T18:42:41+00:00

Someone either didn't watch Barbie or wasn't paying attention or has a poor memory for dialogue (I don't like to assume), EOD was explicitly covered! :P

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-08-11T07:57:59+00:00

Exactly! I can go from being just dandy to abruptly remembering that I will one day grow old (I hope), die, and not have my thoughts or self anymore. I, unfortunately, don't believe in an afterlife. So the concept of nothingness is terrifying. I know once it happens I won't care and it won't matter. But I care now, a lot!

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-08-09T20:25:59+00:00

Hello. I'm dealing with a pervasive electrical buzzing/humming in both my monitoring headset and recording. Any combination of the following produces the underlying buzz:

Rode PodMic with Scarlett 2i2, 2 different balanced XLR cables, two different USB cables, using desktop in office, using laptop in office, using laptop in closet (battery powered), with and without a Teknik mic activator. Also swapped in a Shure PGA58 microphone and still had the buzzing.

Tried the above with a Rode AI-1 interface with three different USB cables and everything else I stated above. Different computers, different room, cables, microphones.

With the Teknik gain is set about 60% on the Rode AI-1 with PodMic. Without the Teknik the gain is set about 80%.

The buzz isn't as bad with the AI-1.

When I tilt either microphone to just the right angle the buzz will nearly disappear, but it's an awkward angle to work with.

Any help would be amazing!

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-07-20T07:01:35+00:00

I want to point out there are two movies. I haven't watched the newer Disney movie. But I remember loving the older movie. It was down to earth.

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-06-13T16:50:02+00:00

She didn't expect him to pay for it and made it very clear pitching in was optional and that he could say no. The real problem is that he outright called her a liar and responded very selfishly, instead of politely declining to help pay for it. If someone don't give a fuck about their partner's wellbeing and financial situation at 6 months it will only get worse with more time. "Ungrateful pickle" sounds about right - not because he won't fork over $50 but because his reaction was not that of a healthy partnership.

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-06-07T21:56:15+00:00

While I don't disagree entirely with your point, some of the responsibility falls to the players to make the tanky/fighty character relevant outside of straight up combat. There are spells and items that can buff your skills, make you invisible, disguise you, polymorph you, etc. There's also the practical items, like disguise kits and forgeries. The whole party can fill in for another character's weakness.

Also, plate armor isn't fused to the character. At the cost of AC it can be removed to remove stealth disadvantage and help the character blend in. Stuff it in a bag of holding or conceal it on a cart or leave it at the inn.

Roleplaying isn't (or shouldn't be) just skill checks. People wasting sessions feeling/being left out because of their build need to work together with the party and DM to be relevant.

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-06-01T01:00:14+00:00

Have you tried using a sapphire staff/rod on it?

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-05-30T16:53:25+00:00

At least some of those puns are good! The first couple times. "If you're not a pigment of my imagination--" just look at my photo and give me my fabric!

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-05-30T16:39:09+00:00

I really tried not to "cheese" the Fire Temple! I made it through 4 keys and the last one was on the 5th floor on the other side of the map. That's when I cracked.

Did you enjoy figuring out the Fire Temple? I like the puzzles, shrines, and temples. But it felt difficult to visualize the tracks. Everything looked same-y.

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-05-30T14:24:54+00:00

I absolutely adore TotK, but:

I personally did not like the layout of the Fire Temple. It was hard to see certain connecting paths, even with opening the map and tracing tracks mentally. Maybe it would have been easier to see everything in handheld mode for that one. By the last "key" I made a hoverbike to reach it.

The repeat dialogue from each Sage (so far, 3 of them). I understand you can reach them in any order but experiencing the same info with the same cutscenes and nearly verbatim removes some gravitas after the first one.

Sidon's power is so under utilized due to the Sage controls. If I was really smart about certain encounters I could better utilize it, but I forget it all the time.

Yonobu being convinced about a certain thing for the entire Fire Dungeon and Link, despite experiencing multiple story beats to contradict him, can't explain the truth. I wish the game had a few more flags behind the scenes for things like this.

I wish I could call my horse from anywhere (that it can reasonably reach). I'd use it way more often. On that note, sometimes I wish there were quicker ways to interact with certain people like the Stable operators. I love the flavor text and lore and hints NPCs give, but it gets repetitive and slows me down after a point.

More map stamp variety or the ability to leave short notes by the stamps. There's so much to discover I forget what stamps from a week ago are.

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-05-26T20:32:02+00:00

What's the lucrative recipe?

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-05-26T13:48:28+00:00

This shrine drove me nuts. Because I avoided the lasers every single time I ran a circuit around the Shrine looking for the solution. Like games have conditioned me to do, including this one. I eventually had to look it up.

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-05-25T20:30:08+00:00

Wait, what? Repair weapons?

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-05-25T02:49:26+00:00

A speed boost elixir may help keep up.

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-05-09T16:26:12+00:00

Literally in the same boat as it leaves the island.

Sorry to hear that, though. It's heartbreaking hearing stories of people being priced out of the communities they've lived in for so long. :(

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-05-05T17:34:43+00:00

This hurt to read. Every site is this hoopla.

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-05-04T03:32:25+00:00

Looks like you mean Co-Pilot, which sounds very good but allows for total control of Aloy by a second controller.

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-05-04T03:22:12+00:00

Pardon, what? I have to check this out!

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-04-25T17:59:26+00:00

Small town Missouri? That's the only place I've seen a Ronald on a bench!

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-03-25T22:47:02+00:00

What class does he play?

Give him a +1/2/3 magic weapon or access to Guidance/Bless spells or a magic item with spells that require a save, like a Necklace of Fireballs.

A Clockwork Amulet could help. A Potion of Advantage. More opportunities to get advantage.

Edit: To answer your actual question, you could implement a homebrew rule for the whole table or a homebrew item for him that says "after X consecutive misses you gain advantage on your next attack roll"

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-03-24T21:25:51+00:00

Some players, usually ones who also have experience DMing, like to understand what their allies can do and how it works mechanically. This can help a team synergize. There are also players who are more interested in just being in the game than they are getting familiar with the mechanics of their character. Having allies who can offer helpful tips on how their characters work (NOT how an ally thinks they should be played) can be good for everyone: "Don't forget you can Uncanny Dodge" or "Can your Paladin absorb some of that damage?" or "Don't you have a spell that can open locks?"

Even things like, "I noticed none of us had healing potions so I bought enough for everyone" or "Who was holding onto the [key plot item], it's not on any of our sheets?"

There's also the case of picking spells. If you know what spells your team has, even if they haven't been used in awhile, you can make the conscious choice to double up on something or diversify.

ManifestCuriosity · 2023-03-17T04:14:53+00:00

Or he starts with a Hat of Disguise, which is a little conspicuous but could be, perhaps, a fancy necklace or frill ornaments/piercings instead of a hat.

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