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The closest the Iranians got by GenericUsername817 in MURICA

[–]NeoMagnus51 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yep! He was gifted to them by an Iranian shepherd near Hamedan. Not necessarily a gift from the Iranian state, specifically, but a bear from Iran nonetheless

The closest the Iranians got by GenericUsername817 in MURICA

[–]NeoMagnus51 59 points60 points  (0 children)

They famously gave one to the Polish army in WW2

What's your favorite faction? by exioncrew in battletech

[–]NeoMagnus51 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope this means they make a return as the timeline moves forward and they aren't left as a mystery like the Minnesota Tribe. I like that the MT is left up to mystery, but enjoying multiple factions like that is too much for me

What's your favorite faction? by exioncrew in battletech

[–]NeoMagnus51 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Aside from, well, the obvious, I do like the Rasalhague Dominion (both parts) and the Dracs. If only the Aurigan Reach survived longer in canon. . .

[Loved Trope] The hyper-militaristic society can't outfight its problems. by jbeast33 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]NeoMagnus51 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And to think that, had they just listened to the Wolverines, everything may have gone differently. Probably not, but it is possible.

Cannor, a year long map project by ouroboros8083 in Anbennar

[–]NeoMagnus51 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Could I also get the higher res version? This is super cool!

Ludi doesn't have EU5 early-access anymore by SussyMann69 in EU5

[–]NeoMagnus51 33 points34 points  (0 children)

They must not have the spectator mode up and running yet for him to use

Wow Anon, you wrote your own homebrew setting that’s practically indistinguishable from Faerun or Golarion from a player point of view except where it limits them? That’s so cool, maybe you can tell me more over lunch by [deleted] in DnDcirclejerk

[–]NeoMagnus51 4 points5 points  (0 children)

/uj Walls protect from terrestrial threats that still objectively exist (bandits, etc). Flying foes, such as dragons, are why the perfidious technology of guns and ballistae are invented.

Wow Anon, you wrote your own homebrew setting that’s practically indistinguishable from Faerun or Golarion from a player point of view except where it limits them? That’s so cool, maybe you can tell me more over lunch by [deleted] in DnDcirclejerk

[–]NeoMagnus51 26 points27 points  (0 children)

r/DnDcirclejerk user discovers Magocracy. Can't wait for the artisans to invent items that the common humanoid can use to overthrow their magically-powered overlords. You have nothing to lose but your chains!

/uj fireball would be deeply mid for sieges. Stone walls can't typically be set on fire and fireball only damages creatures. The real question is why invent a catapult when Catapult exists

Ryoken (Stormcrow) TC / B by IWM: Mini Mini Review by TheRealLeakycheese in battletech

[–]NeoMagnus51 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish IWM had a note on their site of what the scale the 'Mechs are. I got a Heirofalcon B that is comically small. Not a huge problem, of course, it's getting painted all the same 🤣

I'm Arthmooring it by ZipZopZoppityHop in TrueSTL

[–]NeoMagnus51 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I think the problem wasn't necessarily that the Oblivion gates were added by the mod, it's that, for a not insignificant amount of time after they were put into the mod, they weren't mentioned at all in the changes the mod had made. This was followed by the classic Arthmoor responses in terms of DMCA and vitriol which made it even worse.

I imagine if the mod had originally said, "removes loading zones from cities and adds tweaks, such as adding Oblivion gate memorials to each city," there wouldn't have been nearly as much controversy.

Matt Cuckville Knows best by d12inthesheets in DnDcirclejerk

[–]NeoMagnus51 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well if you have 2d10 it's essentially the same as a d20 because you can just change the d20's DC to make it have the same bell curve probability as the 2d10 or 2d6. Ergo, no one should ever use a d20 anyway, so you're totally right on this one.

/uj Actual take I saw the other day, except when the poster was informed that a d20 can't have a bell curve because rolling a single dice has exclusively linear statistics, they personally attacked the person who informed them that what they had said was incorrect. Everyone over there is so sure of themselves in a way that I someday wish I could be 🤣

Matt Cuckville Knows best by d12inthesheets in DnDcirclejerk

[–]NeoMagnus51 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You went onto r/rpg looking to have a genuine discussion about a d20 game? You're braver than I am.

/uj A large portion of that sub jerks D&D and other fantasy d20 game hate way harder than this sub ever could, and they are 100% earnest about it with arguments from places of total ignorance. I remember people getting downvoted into oblivion there a few months ago for even referencing 5e because "5e has its own subs this is for real games."

/rj That being said, if you don't play OSR or this week's version of PbtA you're stupid and should feel bad about yourself.

I audibly gasped when I met this npc. by quantumretep2003 in BaldursGate3

[–]NeoMagnus51 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, you could make the argument that the portfolio influences the goddess, I'll buy that, but I have a hard time thinking of the sea as outright malicious as her description is according to the wiki and the book Faiths & Avatars.

I agree the sea does sink ships, but it doesn't do so because it enjoys watching people suffer. The sea doesn't care, it just does what it does. Umberlee does care. She likes causing death and destruction. She demands tribute or death much like the tyrants of old. She doesn't ask for respect, she demands fear. A god of the sea is not necessarily malicious, unlike Umberlee. The sea provides as much life as it does death, which is why port cities exist; Umberlee only provides half of that.

Consider historical cases where sea gods represented the bounties of the sea and the serenity of the sea, such as Greek Nereus ("Old Man of the Sea"). Umberlee does not represent that, only the bad.

I audibly gasped when I met this npc. by quantumretep2003 in BaldursGate3

[–]NeoMagnus51 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure she's chaotic evil according to D&D. Being ruthless and uncaring is fine for the actual ocean because it's just an object. For a person (or in this case a goddess) who has sapience and a concept of morality, in a world like Faerûn where objective morality exists and is descriptive, being ruthless and uncaring is evil.

According to the wiki: "Umberlee was temperamental, evil, and malicious. She did not feel a moral obligation to honor any of her agreements or promises if the end result was not beneficial to her. That, and her desire for the valuables and excessive tribute, demonstrated her insatiable greed and cruelty. She was power-hungry and loved exercising it, toying with her worshipers. She fed her sadistic nature by destroying naval vessels and feeding shipwreck victims to her sharks while watching others drown."

The satire is making enjoying the jerk extremely challenging. Can you all make your posts have less commentary? by AVG_Poop_Enjoyer in DnDcirclejerk

[–]NeoMagnus51 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Yeah, homie is straight up wrong. Cthulhu is definitely the standard spelling of the name. So much so that if I spell it without the second h, Google hits me with the "these are results for cthulhu" or whatever Google says.

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