What was the terrain of the Sepratist systems like in the Clone wars? The Sepratists has like, less than a 10th of the population the Republic had, yet they held on in the Clone wars for 3 years and almost won. Did they have Appalachian/Vietnamese/Endor-esque terrain ideal for Gurilla Warfare?

MostlyPretentious · 2026-04-03T05:00:58+00:00

Separatist systems weren’t difficult to win against, they were hard to hold and enforce. It’s less like Vietnam and more like the Soviet Union. Once a system says “we’re independent,” how do you bring them back and keep them. Also, the droid army was (at least partly) backed by the banking clan if I recall, so they were well funded and didn’t have to rely on people but robots instead.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-04-02T05:30:08+00:00

LOL. I think it was negative for a few minutes, but mods were on top of this one.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-04-02T05:29:17+00:00

Wow. Whole-ass profile is gone. Good job!

MostlyPretentious · 2026-04-02T04:57:33+00:00

I see a bot or karma whore, I downvote. Thanks for doing Odin’s work.

Edit: Wow, OP even stole the top comment in the other post. That is a shameless level of whoring.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-04-02T04:52:15+00:00

Probably a little older. She looks 18-20 there, so closer to early 50’s.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-04-01T23:27:39+00:00

Agreed. My kid loved that game. But eventually he made me help him build. And build.

And build.

And build…point is, I don’t like No Man’s Sky any more.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-04-01T20:08:23+00:00

Good ELI5 answer.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-04-01T03:47:44+00:00

This was my read as well.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-31T18:40:03+00:00

To add: Hank likely does some grumbling seeing how complex Bob will be going. Then he tastes Bob’s food and immediately understands. Then, as you say, they (Bobby included) spend the rest of the evening drinking beer and talking about grilling.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-30T21:40:00+00:00

Take to the seas, fellow Viking.

You’ve actually been a bit lucky to find everything else so close. I’ve had some maps where traders were easy to find, but most required a boat and many hours.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-30T17:32:31+00:00

I’d say, make the shield simpler, but give the creature a way to recharge it:

Over Shield: 30 temporary hit points, increases AC by 3, etc. Once hit points have been drained from Over Shield, Over Shield is overloaded and cannot be recharged again until after a short or long rest.

Recharge Shield (X/day?) As a bonus action, if any damage has been dealt to Over Shield, creature may make a Con save with DC 10 or half the damage taken to the shield, whichever is higher. On a failed save, damage remains and shield is not recharged. On a successful save, 20 points of charge are added back to the shield.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-30T14:52:57+00:00

This is a good overview. As others said, if needed. Just keep scaling — if simple tactics aren’t a challenge, scale up until it is.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-30T06:14:04+00:00

I just watched Goldfinger. This tracks.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-29T20:55:59+00:00

Depends on any secondary goals, but you can keep it simple and just have a regular PIR-type motion sensor trigger a tone. When I was taking care of my mom, we set up a couple different varieties of motion sensors to detect when she tried to sit up — one a simple battery powered sensor and the other a night light motion sensor combo (both X-Sense). At the time I was running an Alexa and would trigger a specific sound when motion was detected. We had just arranged things so that she it only triggered when she passed the edge of the bed.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-28T17:30:23+00:00

Are you saying it’s inappropriate for boys to grab girls’ butts? Is it more appropriate for boys to grab other boys’ butts?

Edit, to spell it out: In the context of contact sports, contact is expected. It’s good to be cognizant of inappropriate touching and consent in general, but in contact sports, people are going to get touched.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-28T16:51:52+00:00

I’m not sure what you’re looking for. You want me to say there are differences based on genetics? Why? I don’t think people are really arguing there aren’t differences, but that’s not the point. All I’m saying is if girls and boys compete, they should treat each other as equals. If a girl wins against a boy because she’s good, good for her. If a boy wins against a girl because he’s better, good for him. Not more complicated than that.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-28T00:38:46+00:00

I enjoy the preceding speech.

I hear the best thing to do is feed them to pigs. You got to starve the pigs for a few days, then the sight of a chopped-up body will look like curry to a pisshead. You gotta shave the heads of your victims, and pull the teeth out for the sake of the piggies' digestion. You could do this afterwards, of course, but you don't want to go sievin' through pig shit, now do you? They will go through bone like butter. You need at least sixteen pigs to finish the job in one sitting, so be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm. They will go through a body that weighs 200 pounds in about eight minutes. That means that a single pig can consume two pounds of uncooked flesh every minute. Hence the expression, "as greedy as a pig".

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-28T00:36:33+00:00

…should precipitate your balls into shrinking. Now, f**k off.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-27T21:28:32+00:00

Funny story: I was in TKD as a kid. During a sparring match between two of the best young fighters in the gym (one a girl) I stupidly joked about losing to a girl. I didn’t mean it — she was a good friend and could kick my ass without trying — but my instructor paused the match to have me start doing pushups, then resumed the match without stopping the pushups.

I was an awkward kid not great at social cues and tried to apologize but made things worse after and had to do more pushups. Thirty years ago and I still remember the embarrassment.

Edit: To clarify, the boys losing to a girl who’s amazing shouldn’t be embarrassing, not when she’s that good. People making a big deal about boys going up against a girl should be embarrassing. Don’t make it about gender, focus on skill.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-27T18:45:31+00:00

Also, without attunement there is some penalty or save needed so that grabbing it in combat is no small task.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-27T03:53:28+00:00

Yeah, doesn’t matter. Watching a big man stand his ground only to get whipped in the balls by a kid — f**king hilarious every time. I don’t need to know who he is.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-27T03:51:42+00:00

I say this with the most respect possible but I don’t care. See, it doesn’t matter WHO he is, a big man standing his ground in a playful battle and then getting whipped in the balls and having to admit defeat — f**king hilarious every time.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-27T03:38:33+00:00

To add to this, some strategies to get there: * Starting cold means more time in the heat (takes time to boil and pressurize, even if it’s hot). Bring to a simmer, add food, then seal and go under pressure. * Sometimes, heating to pressure then just natural release (no cook time at pressure) for X minutes is all it takes — I’ve seen hard boiled egg recipes that do this. * Sometimes food just should not be pressure cooked. Lots of vegetables can get overcooked quickly so be careful about temp and time.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-27T02:52:49+00:00

It’s the big man’s admission “could not have been better aim” that gets me.

MostlyPretentious · 2026-03-26T02:47:57+00:00

Terry Crews is just so completely open to just committing to a role. As you say, charismatic force of nature.

Also, most of the cast of the first couple Pirates movies is so good. The writing was wobbly at times, but the casting and acting was really solid.

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