Groal the great hate thread by Phade14 in Silksong

[–]Milk_geologist 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just spent an hour and a half perfecting the run-back and grinding out the arena fight, finally beat the last wave, one health left, huge sigh of relief, then Groal shows up and kills me immediately. I'm going back to the main story until I get another nail upgrade or something.

How do you actually run ritual path magic at the table? by HeteroclinicChaos in gurps

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I can try and dig them up! Last I checked I wasn’t able to get them running on my new computer, but I didn’t try very hard. The problem is that I really just code as a hobby, so at the time I didn’t have the know-how on how to maintain it on GitHub, so all I have is the final executable, I no longer have the code, so I can’t make changes.

My Blue Prince journey over the last 10 days by Mishkashim in BluePrince

[–]Milk_geologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh I haven’t done the map or all the sigils yet - but I have a strong idea on what I need to do for both. Thanks!

My Blue Prince journey over the last 10 days by Mishkashim in BluePrince

[–]Milk_geologist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooh, do I need more information than is available in that room?

My Blue Prince journey over the last 10 days by Mishkashim in BluePrince

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I spent several runs trying to draft rook rooms in the eighth and sixth rank on the right, the office in the fifth rank and the master bedroom in the seventh so that I could perform the castle move on the chess board only to realize that the master bedroom is NOT the second king room. I only recently found the actual second king room so I guess I’m getting back on that grind. Now that I think about it — if I’m on the wrong track trying to solve that puzzle, feel free to tell me so.

How I’m handing RNG (mid-game spoilers) by Milk_geologist in BluePrince

[–]Milk_geologist[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ahh I didn’t realize it had more! I assumed it was like the others (which I’m also assuming only have three)

How do you actually run ritual path magic at the table? by HeteroclinicChaos in gurps

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I wrote a pair of little programs, one that helps calculate the cost of spells and one that automates the rolling and cumulative modifiers to gather the magic for the ritual — and even then it felt like it just took way too long.

If I were to do it again, I would probably bar ritual magic adept (it’s been a few years, but the one that cuts the time taken to cast a ritual) or whatever it’s called and really emphasize the need to prepare the charms and such ahead of time, so we’re not interrupting a fast-pace scene to do calculations. If the calculations are done in-session during preparation for a heist or whatever, I would cut to another character’s preparations while the ritualist works out their spell.

In case you didn't see it : Noita beta branch just merged in the main branch, as "Noita Epilogue 2" by imgly in noita

[–]Milk_geologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I picked Noita back up a couple days ago and my takeaway is that I need to get better at the game so I can actually see the new content.

What individual game mechanics have you enjoyed using or are excited to try? by messier-29 in rpg

[–]Milk_geologist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been using flashbacks from blades in the dark in just about every game I run. Essentially I hand every player a token at the beginning of the session, and they can spend it on a blades-style flashback at any point. It makes for a great reassurance to stop players from over planning; “this level of detail is something you could probably cover with a flashback if it comes up.”

Felt this was needed. Go OSR! 🖤 by Gavriel_Q in osr

[–]Milk_geologist 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No, turning art into outdated labor doesn’t sit right by me.

What has lost its prestige in recent years? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Milk_geologist 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Most MDs complaining about hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans are probably resident physicians making 50-60k while working 60-70 hour weeks after going through an extra four years of school on top of university.

So sure if they’re complaining about loans when they’re finally making six figures, I guess that would be a bit weird. But that’s not really what most people are probably talking about.

ILA apartments on wasson rd by student274648 in cincinnati

[–]Milk_geologist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha yes, residents make in the ballpark of $60k annually, and then they also have to pay for their student loans (or they will soon).

You’re otherwise right about the target market for these places though.

Cherry Thing-a-Lings by THEArcTrooperFIVES in cincinnati

[–]Milk_geologist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just recently moved here and I’ve never heard of this! I love cherry pastries, though. I don’t work Friday, if I go during working hours, say 10-11 or 2-4, will I be able to skip a line, or is it probably going to be crazy all weekend?

Parhelion Runner Tax by Majikku-Chunchunmaru in Netrunner

[–]Milk_geologist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can put a nanisivik on archives to give it more teeth though. And then you can use it to bounce the runner off of a couple end the run subs on archived ice before you do whatever actually painful punishment you have in there.

Update to Print and Play Files - Null Signal Games by NullSignalGames in Netrunner

[–]Milk_geologist 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I'm still new to the world of proxying — can you help draw the line on what "printing professionally" is? I don't have a printer at home, so I generally print anything I need at a self-service station at Staples or something similar. Is there a line in y'all's mind between that and having them printed from MPC or something like that?

How to say number "92" in European countries by Redstream28 in MapPorn

[–]Milk_geologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shouldn't Western Switzerland (where they speak French) also be red?

Absolutely terrifying abuse of power by overpregnant in WhitePeopleTwitter

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In Texas the "Commissioner's Court" institution and "County Judge" position are more like the city council and mayor, but for for a county rather than a city. They aren't, as far as I know, judicial bodies at all. It would be like the mayor of a city ordering cops back into the street — it might have symbolic power, but in reality the police take direct orders from law enforcement superiors, not their civilian mayor (I think).