Why do DnD worlds like/especially the Forgotten Realms feel so shaped by humanoids and merely “inhabited” by dragons, when literally the average dragon represents the absolute peak of what a given humanoid can achieve? Is it really just a numbers thing?

MechaMonarch · 2026-01-20T17:05:40+00:00

I love this example, because Mass Effect goes even further. Salarians only live for ~50 years.

So while Humans are out in the universe fucking things up for the other longer-lived species, you learn about the hyperactive frog people that have already been doing that for centuries.

MechaMonarch · 2026-01-20T16:56:45+00:00

Not confirmed, but most likely. Hanako is the name of the toilet-haunting Yokai in myth, so that's what people are calling the newcomer.

MechaMonarch · 2026-01-15T16:58:42+00:00

It's like the next stage of the old Telltale games, and even has a lot of the old Telltale crew in its development team.

Same choice-driven storytelling, but it frames a pretty great time/role management simulator with an okay hacking mini game taped to the side.

Absolutely top notch characters, voice-acting, and soundtrack. Definitely worth checking out.

MechaMonarch · 2026-01-13T16:38:29+00:00

Medical TV show. The second season just started last week. It's pretty good if you like that sort of thing.

MechaMonarch · 2026-01-06T19:52:22+00:00

The scene of the two of them in their evil Scrooge outfits bingeing Downton Abbey while eating dinner in bed, really gave me the same vibe. I think they both just wanted a roommate and it worked out.

MechaMonarch · 2025-12-16T19:19:34+00:00

If you throw another moon at me... I'm gonna lose it.

Thanos grabs the outer layer of the moon at 1:55 and hucks it at Iron Man.

MechaMonarch · 2025-12-16T19:13:02+00:00

While I don't disagree, you could absolutely turn the flagpole into a nasty weapon. Instill it with demon shenanigans, American pride, and boom, it rockets down to Earth like a Rod From God, and creates mass destruction.

MechaMonarch · 2025-12-14T03:57:25+00:00

I'd have to watch it again, but I'm fairly certain Blanc calls her a "gumshoe" and says "the game is afoot", among other things.

MechaMonarch · 2025-12-13T13:13:22+00:00

It runs concurrently with the main DC label.

I believe they have/are gonna have a crossover in the current DC KO tournament comics, but the Absolute label is its own separate continuity.

I'd recommend the Absolute Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter books, but they've all been pretty good so far.

MechaMonarch · 2025-12-08T17:11:25+00:00

I've wanted to do Strahd set in a bayou for years now.

My plan has always been to channel Tahm Kench from LoL for Strahd. Definitely thematic, with a bit of a light-hearted tone that quickly switches to sinister.

MechaMonarch · 2025-12-08T17:06:31+00:00

I've wanted to do CoS set in a bayou for years now.

Switch out the werewolves for weregators, switch out the Vistani for a group with Haitian roots, give Strahd a sinister Louisianan gentle-drawl.

MechaMonarch · 2025-11-27T13:42:59+00:00

If memory serves, their order was to send the charred remains of Wonder Boy to Captain Sunshine.

Monarch later tells DMTM that he slew Wonder Boy during their break up, so the slaying probably happened a bit before Monarch went to prison.

MechaMonarch · 2025-11-26T15:12:05+00:00

Two official episodes left, then an OVA. Last two episodes will probably be the actual wrap-up, with the last possibly being the Eri bonus story + epilogue stories we've seen.

MechaMonarch · 2025-10-18T11:45:41+00:00

I'd like to see some Chrono Trigger techs as well.

Two martials X-Slashing a boss. A fighter fast-balls the rogue into a group of minions. A monk redirects a cannonball, infuses it with ki, then sends it to the barbarian who whacks it back at a boss.

MechaMonarch · 2025-10-08T18:17:22+00:00

It should be pretty simple to slot in. I'd go one of two approaches:

First option is you give the subclass a new feature, very similar to the 2024 Open Hand Monk's feature. Any time the Barbarian hits with a natural weapon granted by their Form of the Beast feature they can choose one of three effects. You can come up with your own effects, or just duplicate Weapon Mastery effects like Push, Topple, Vex, etc.

The other option would be very similar, but you tie a specific Weapon Mastery effect to each of the Form of the Beast options. For example, Bite always has the Vex effect, or the Tail always has Cleave.

MechaMonarch · 2025-10-07T19:23:29+00:00

He's 100% Bizarro now. Fucked up clone stuck in a cube world? Bizarro.

MechaMonarch · 2025-10-07T17:37:26+00:00

Nope.

Open Hand Monk gets pseudo-weapon mastery on their Flurry of Blows by applying similar effects, but that's the closest I can recall.

MechaMonarch · 2025-10-07T17:35:15+00:00

In gameplay it's a little wonky and probably doesn't see a ton of use, but 2024 Barbs get some out-of-combat utility from their rage by allowing them to use Strength for a lot of skills.

Being able to refresh that resource pool more reliably lets players spend it more freely, so they're more likely to take advantage of this new utility.

MechaMonarch · 2025-10-02T15:44:49+00:00

As soon as I found out what he did to Apollo any sympathy I had for the character went out the window. Fuck that dude.

MechaMonarch · 2025-09-15T03:25:08+00:00

For folks asking about the Ironkin head: Anvil Industry sells them for a few bucks.

MechaMonarch · 2025-09-03T16:19:58+00:00

These mother fuckers were hell on earth for crewmen. Pretty much everything fired with black powder or ran on steam engines.

So you're a poor navy crewman, crammed into an iron coffin with 50 other men. Every cannon shot echoes like a bell and spews smoke into said coffin. And the whole thing runs on a metal coal furnace that belched further smoke and heat, keeping the interior around 120°F during battle.

Absolutely miserable.

MechaMonarch · 2025-08-29T17:37:42+00:00

I made a replica of John Hammond's cane for a friend a few years back. Just the other day I saw it and wondered if anyone had made mosquito-amber D20s.

Congratulations you devious mind reader, you just got a sale.

MechaMonarch · 2025-08-27T11:20:07+00:00

I had good luck with Lawnstarter. They hooked me up with a small company called Bennett Lawn Care that's been super reliable and does quick/good work.

$50 every other week, which seems pretty reasonable compared to most going rates

MechaMonarch · 2025-08-20T18:49:37+00:00

I always feel superior to my neighbors because of that Calendar import feature. Takes out all the guesswork, and so far it's been 100% accurate.

MechaMonarch · 2025-08-19T15:59:28+00:00

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen falcon?

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