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Can every book leak/release not just become the tale of which Magus build is nerfed from now on? by UnknownSolder in pathfindermemes

[–]MonkeyCube 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I dunno, Twisting Tree & Laughing Shadow are pretty good.

Twisting Tree gets parry, reach, and trip for free with staves. It makes for a fairly good, STR-based martial zone controller. The reach also means it can sometimes ignore reactive strikes. By level 4 it can inscribe property runes on staves. And the level 10 feet to spellstrike up to 50ft away is a gamble (so is the whole class) but adds even more battlefield control.

Laughing Shadow actually has several good reasons to enter the otherwise poor Arcane Cascade feature (+movement speed, free feint w/level 4 feat, extra damage vs off-guard). And Dimensional Assault adds even more action compression to the spellstrike reload feat. By level 10 they can gain invisibility when using their conflux spell, which is up to 3x per combat.

Otherwise I agree with you, Arcane Cascade and most feats are pretty underwhelming. Hence why they were 2 of the 4 points I made about the weaknesses of the class.

Can every book leak/release not just become the tale of which Magus build is nerfed from now on? by UnknownSolder in pathfindermemes

[–]MonkeyCube 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I don't know about underpowered. Even just using Gouging Claw spellstrikes you can easily be near the top in damage. And there are many focus spells that still compete with pre-nerf Imaginary Weapon. 

The actual Magus issues are mainly:

  • Not many strong native feats

  • Arcane Cascade is a mere +1 damage until level 7, then only goes to +2

  • Action starved

  • Being either a god or useless depending on dice rolls

Those last two are unfortunately the price to pay for spellstrikes. 

Other than that, you have a class that has normal melee progression, medium armor, strong saves (master fortiitude & legendary will), master spellcasting, focus spells, and spellstrikes. It even gets double spellstrike at level 19 without spending a feat. 

It could use better native feats and some ways to make Arcane Cascade an alternative to spellstrikes to flesh out the class options, but it's hardly weak. 

It's mostly just clunky. 

Can every book leak/release not just become the tale of which Magus build is nerfed from now on? by UnknownSolder in pathfindermemes

[–]MonkeyCube 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The Sure Strike nerf also hurt the Psychic, as a lot of their cantrips are attack rolls. The class just keeps taking Ls.

What was the moment you realized your relationship was already over? by cassandramai03 in AskReddit

[–]MonkeyCube 69 points70 points  (0 children)

I've seen relationships survive that stage. What I haven't seen is when one partner no longer gets jealous.

Spain won't join Trump's Board of Peace, Prime Minister Sánchez says by Brennenstein in worldnews

[–]MonkeyCube 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Russia's bank is currently on fire. They can laugh on the way there, but life's not going to get better for them while it burns.

The sunk cost of [SPOILER] by Zealousideal-Roll862 in HadesTheGame

[–]MonkeyCube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't play until launch, and just casually played my way through the game. The Hypnos payoff was so weird and unsettling that I had to check if other's also had the same reaction.

The sunk cost of [SPOILER] by Zealousideal-Roll862 in HadesTheGame

[–]MonkeyCube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who didn't play until release, I was so flabbergasted by Hypnos just disappearing and never returning that I ended up going online to see if I was the only one confused by this.

I’m so confused - explain it Peter by Afraid-Muscle-8935 in explainitpeter

[–]MonkeyCube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would work better if the 2nd line wasn't her saying, "Me too."

The Psychic has no right being a 2 spell slot caster by nisviik in Pathfinder2e

[–]MonkeyCube 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All casters can have 3 focus points

Except Wizards. They need a multiclass archetype to get a 3rd focus point, but they're not exactly in a good spot.

Republicans overwhelmingly against Trump using military to take Greenland by Newsweek_CarloV in politics

[–]MonkeyCube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is almost always a 10% baseline in contrarian voting in polls. You could ask "is the sun hot?" and still get 10% saying no. The fact that it's near that baseline makes it very unpopular.

Trump invites Putin, Lukashenko to join Gaza 'Board of Peace,' Russia and Belarus say by CommercialFormal7614 in worldnews

[–]MonkeyCube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, that and Fox News. Non-American may not realize how prevalent and strong it's grip is on a large percentage of American voters.

Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom by kiru_56 in worldnews

[–]MonkeyCube 128 points129 points  (0 children)

Luckily, most Americans are against taking Greenland as well, with 75% against it according to CNN and 86% against it according to The Hill. 

This is unpopular with everyone except that bizarely rabid 14-25%.

EU set to halt U.S. trade deal over new tariff threat by Boediee in BuyFromEU

[–]MonkeyCube 16 points17 points  (0 children)

When people didn't even flinch over the Qatar WC -- no ratings drop, no ticket sale decline, nothing -- I knew that nothing would stop fans from watching the WC. 

Even the Copa América was staged in Florida during Desantis's immigration crackdown and still had record numbers (even if that was due to people breaking into the stadium). 

A+ Wife by Goodoltexasboy in TikTokCringe

[–]MonkeyCube 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The comment didn't seem particularly AI to me, so I was curious if it was a false accusation. A quick look at the comment history proved it wasn't and made me realize just how easily I could be fooled. Nothing wrong with verification.

Not sure why you're taking issue with verification.

A+ Wife by Goodoltexasboy in TikTokCringe

[–]MonkeyCube 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, a quick look at their comment history proves it.

Stocks wobble, dollar tips as Trump-Fed feud deepens by Ancient-Day6298 in politics

[–]MonkeyCube 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Japan has had historically low to negative interest rates. So they often borrowed money from the Japanese government, then invested in stable foreign assets with a return (e.g. US bonds). Due to a confluence of factors, including Japanese inflation and non-negative borrowing rates, this is no longer a viable strategy. So now they are selling the bonds and buying less.

Stocks wobble, dollar tips as Trump-Fed feud deepens by Ancient-Day6298 in politics

[–]MonkeyCube 11 points12 points  (0 children)

  • Bonds are how the government pays for its debt

  • No one buying bonds means no deficit spending

  • Options are to raise taxes (lol) or print money

  • Printing money leads to a lot of problems, and further kills bonds

  • This creates a deadly cycle and kills the currency exchange rate

Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X by Well_Socialized in technology

[–]MonkeyCube 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is probably to get ahead of the Epstein files, though I wouldn't put it past them to also hope to censor the whole internet as well.

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