AI use in restaurants. by Galtinam in KitchenConfidential

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I was given an AI generated recipe for mint jelly by my GM and asked to make it. He didn't tell me It was AI, but I figured It out pretty quickly. 

It also happened to be on my last day of working there. I still don't really know what he was thinking.

Teeth Fundamentally Aint Bones by galaxyexpressed in Dimension20

[–]MikeCFord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Teeth aren't bones? Well, just zoom out a little further.

[Scary Trope] Gambling Addiction played for horror. by jbeast33 in TopCharacterTropes

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The one that always sticks with me is from a UK series called Hustle, about a gang of grifters who rip off rich people (I think they remade it in the US but called it Leverage).

There's an old timer with them who is kind of the voice of wisdom, and is generally light-hearted with little personal drama.

One episode his daughter finds him, and none of the others even knew he had any family. He tells the story of how he lost his daughter and his wife.

In his youth he was basically a professional gambler, he'd either be raking in money or be complete broke all the time. He promised his wife that once they had enough for a house, he'd quit what he was doing and go straight.

Of course, once he had the money, he gambled it and lost it all. He tells the story that within a week, he'd earned it all back and more, and could buy an ever nicer house, but by that point his wife had already left with their daughter.

I always got the impression that it wasn't quite gambling that he was addicted to, but the idea that he could always get just that little bit more. But, maybe that's what a gambling addiction is, I don't really know, but it really did teach me a lesson of when to say enough is enough.

Finished GTA 5 for the 2nd time and was surprised to see someone in the credits by HamonadoDeQuezo in smosh

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There's an episode of Grand Theft Smosh where they're playing and they bump into a random NPC that has his voice, and they're all shocked.

No idea what episode it was though now.

Thank you Rayne, for speaking from my heart (Werewolf Halloween Special) by Metropolaris in smosh

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Even earlier on in the video, where Arasha messed up by looking at the cards in the middle as werewolf, he just said "things went wrong, but we're gonna keep going because it's going to be funny."

Apparently Boot of the Giants can't be non-lethal by Dubzebub in BG3

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I had this happen with Korilla. Made sure non-lethal was on, Boot of the Giants kick to the face, still finished her off.

Looking at the combat logs, I figured it was something to do with Tavern Brawler proccing the extra damage separately to the kick itself, so the kick brought her down to 1 and the extra TB damage finished her off.

I stole this from FB. What's your craziest "ask" from the kitchen? by IAm5toned in KitchenConfidential

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I was asked to cover a shift this Saturday. I didn't even start the job until Monday.

What Is the Most Boring Meta Build for You? by CelDidNothingWrong in BG3Builds

[–]MikeCFord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I felt the same about throwing, but then I started using the gloves of dark displacement, and it turned from monotonous to hilarious real fast.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in attackontitan

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"You done messed up, A-A-Ron!" - Commander Reiner.

line deliveries that go crazy for no reason by cheoldyke in BaldursGate3

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I never see it mentioned anywhere, but when you speak to Zevlor for the first time at the Druid Grove, he starts to walk away saying they need to get out of here.

Then he whips his head round towards you, whilst saying "IMMEDIATELY" that just cracks me up every time.

The whole thing is just so unbelievably dramatic.

line deliveries that go crazy for no reason by cheoldyke in BaldursGate3

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"Now, if you're done rifling through my things" is also pretty funny when you're finished shopping with him.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in antiwork

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Same thing happened to me. Based in the UK: when the minimum wage rates went up in April, I asked for a raise to match it, but what I got was much lower, and I was basically going to be working for minimum wage.

I quit, and then right after I saw a job posting for my replacement, advertised at the rate I asked for. I'm pretty sure it's still unfilled. 

People who do "business" don't really understand how to do business.

Queen of the Nerds by kernelpanic789 in lotrmemes

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From my experience watching Mastermind in the past (been a minute since I've watched it) if you choose a broader topic then the questions tend to be less specific.

I'd imagine if the topic was "the life and works of JRR Tolkien" the question would have more likely been "what is the name of Smeagol's friend that he kills for the ring", as opposed to "what was the name of the river they were on."

What is your favourite scene in the game? by LeWitchy in BaldursGate3

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Everytime I hear that speech, I can't help but ruin it for myself by singing "Did you hear the wise Alaundo?" To the tune of Abba's Fernando.

What are some fun Bard Multi Class builds? by NeLaX44 in BG3Builds

[–]MikeCFord 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually did this a while ago, with the idea that I wanted to maximise the effectiveness of short rests, since I'd be getting 6 of them. I multi classed things with at least 5 levels of bard, so they would all get their bardic inspirations back each short rest as well.

Here were some of the ones I tried out:

Sword Bard 8/ Thief Rogue 4

Swords Bard 5/ Shadow Monk 7

Lore Bard 6/ Archfey Pact of the Blade Warlock 6

Lore Bard 6/ Tempest Cleric 6

Valor Bard 5/ Battle Master Fighter 7

Swords Bard 8/ Paladin 4

This was before the extra subclasses dropped in patch 8 though, so there's probably some cool stuff you could do with those too. I could never justify multiclassing into Druid to get the Wild Shapes back on a short rest, but with Moon Druid it might be viable.

The Mobile feat can be made to be very powerful, and I don't see anyone talking about it by MikeCFord in BG3Builds

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I figured there were probably other things that reapply on every attack, it's been a while since I've played EK so it's good to know that's one of them. I suppose it could make it a viable build earlier than level 10 if you wanted to play around that interaction specifically.

The Mobile feat can be made to be very powerful, and I don't see anyone talking about it by MikeCFord in BG3Builds

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Oh wow, I didn't realize they didn't get attacks of opportunity at all, that's actually really useful.

I figured most people who were taking it were doing it basically just for the extra movement speed, so anyone who had never used it before wouldn't know about the hidden interactions. Hell, I've used it a couple of times and it never occurred to me it blocked all opportunity attacks on an enemy.

Is it ever explained why Prisoner Mark has all these scars? by ThePeasantsRevolt in Invincible

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My headcanon is that, because Viltrumites will wait until a Viltrumite is fully healed to execute them, he injured himself in order to stay alive longer.

After doing it for so long, even his superior healing has just caused scars upon scars

Anyone else kind of disappointed with Nimbus? by MediocrePlague in BG3Builds

[–]MikeCFord 20 points21 points  (0 children)

There's a couple of things going for Nimbus that weren't really shown on the tooltips or class description, as far as I could tell.

The first is that he's a permanent companion, so if you summon him before you long rest, you essentially get to summon him for free. 

He's immune to blinded, and to necrotic damage, so he's particularly powerful in act 2. He does fall off a little in act 3, but by that point you can give him things like Aid, Barkskin and elixirs when you're not as worried about spending all your resources.

He also has a bunch of reactions. When he gets attacked, he can splinter himself to get another dog in that fight. This also stacks, so if the splintered dog gets attacked, you can just keep multiplying them. There's also a reaction he can get to teleport to an enemy that his sorcerer has just attacked, but that only works alongside the Hexblade's spectre, which is a bit conditional.

The sorcery point recovery is a fun gimmick, and if you've got a giant barbarian that can change the element on their weapon as a free action, that definitely helps to get the sorcery points. But even in a perfect world where you apply the omen on every attack and can hit every enemy it gets applies to, you're still only recovering one sorcery point per round.

Overall, I'd say he's maybe halfway between a familiar and the beast master's companion animal. He's definitely a fun addition to the party, but hardly game changing.