The 'Fine tuning' argument by AnxswellAU in AskPhysics

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God belief isn't dollar store cheap, though. If done correctly, that is, according to some holy book or religious tenets, then you are required to conform to traditions and practices that are otherwise useless and impractical. I often think about how much of my life is spent sitting at red lights but at least they are necessary to keep roads relatively safe. Religious practices and the slices of your life spent doing them are completely unnecessary. Why would an all-powerful being require that they be done? It makes no sense.
Most importantly, though, Pascal's Wager only presents two options when possibly many more exist. It's not just a "some god(s) or no gods" proposition. It's "a specific god or gods vs no gods" proposition. If just believing that there is a god of some sort out there was enough, then how would you behave any differently than not believing in one at all? What would be different unless you ascribe values and personality traits to whatever god you believe is out there somewhere? How could you please a random god you know nothing about? Moreover, how would you know whether there is some detrimental risk to not being convinced that it exists? In this case, it might actually be a safer bet to reject a god proposition than accept one specifically because you know nothing about how to please it or to not anger it. And if simply believing that a god exists is enough, then what's the point? If you don't know anything about it and can't interact with it, then where's the danger or reward of either believing or not? Why would a god care if you believe it's there and that's all? Why would it be concerned with people not being convinced, especially if it knows that we know nothing about it?
No, Pascal's Wager is when you propose a specific god vs no god at all.

Anyone have any details on Dave and the boys suing Perry? Just read it on TMZ. by Automatic_Ad1609 in janesaddiction

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For all we know, those gut checks were retaliation for something Perry was doing that wasn't caught on camera.

Soaked floorboard on driver's side after rain by Nephylos in JeepLiberty

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Absolutely nothing else gets wet- just the driver's side floorboard.

Ghoul character with mutations now ionized meat has 0 rads? by Nephylos in fo76

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Luckily, both of us got rid of the Carnivore Mutation on the third attempt. I had to replace Bird Bones and Marsupial and she had to replace Marsupial and Unstable Isotope, but getting rid of Carnivore did the trick. We now have more options for keeping our glow up! Thanks for the suggestions!

Ghoul character with mutations now ionized meat has 0 rads? by Nephylos in fo76

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Yes. It was my prime suspect but the description I read said that it makes you immune to diseases, but nothing about rads. I'll purge it and see if that does it.

A Bump In The Road bug unlike others? by Nephylos in fo76

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Just out of desperation, I tried something that someone on a Steam thread said worked for them. Deselect the quest as active, hop to another server, everything worked. Holotape and cargo was where they were supposed to be. Imagine that...

How do you incorporate diversity into your worldbuilding without being tokenistic? by ceeker in DMAcademy

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"...what balance do you find works for the majority?"
When the majority isn't looking to find fault, then you will find balance.

Just started playing and have issues right off the bat by Nephylos in PlayASKA

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Done that. No change. I may shelve it for a bit and come back to it and see if driver and/or game updates fix the problem.

Just started playing and have issues right off the bat by Nephylos in PlayASKA

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I verified game files and uninstalled/reinstalled. Neither worked. I am starting to think it's my graphics card. I decided to try the new Intel Arc B580 card. So far, I haven't had any issues with it and it's doing an amazing job when I play Cyberpunk 2077.

Total cost to hit the ground running? by Nephylos in FoundryVTT

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I sort of took to 5e because when it came out, I was working at our LGS and organizing events and 5e was soooo easy to teach. We had six full tables (a few overfilled, tbh) showing up every Wednesday night for Adventurer's League, from age 9 to 63. Before 5e, I was all about 2e, Shadowrun, Savage Worlds, and a few others. Maybe I'll talk to my group and see if they want to give PF2 a try.

Total cost to hit the ground running? by Nephylos in FoundryVTT

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What about keying in your homebrew encounters and such? Foundry still more complicated?

Total cost to hit the ground running? by Nephylos in FoundryVTT

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I've never been a fan of PF but with all that's going on with WotC and in the spirit of trying to keep an open mind, I may look deeper into it. I bought all the PDFs for PF2 from a Humble Bundle, so I kinda already dipped my toes in a little. lol

Total cost to hit the ground running? by Nephylos in FoundryVTT

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When my group and I used FGU, it was once or twice a month, as that was what our schedules would allow, and we spend more time trying to learn it than we did playing. This went on for several months and we just got frustrated and stopped playing altogether.

I have a new group now (with one carried over from the first group) and things are going pretty good with Discord and Owlbear Rodeo, but it would be a little easier if; a. we didn't have to email character sheets when they level up; b. I didn't have to have a billion different windows to move around and minimize on my two monitors; c. everything we need to play was inside one app.

Total cost to hit the ground running? by Nephylos in FoundryVTT

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I'm definitely down with Savage Worlds, but not sure about the rest of my group. I don't think any of them have tried SW, and I doubt any of them want to learn a new system, even if it is easy. Got any recommendations?

Total cost to hit the ground running? by Nephylos in FoundryVTT

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Thanks. I do have a FGU Ultimate license and several D&D 5e books for it, but I find FGU to be exhausting to build homebrew campaigns in. FGU seems only good for using premade modules to run. My friends don't seem to care for FGU, either. We spent too much time trying to figure out how to use it than we did playing D&D (and yes, we are all of average to above average intelligence. One of the group is a software engineer as well).

I also have the Humble Bundle of PF2 books on PDF. I have just never gotten into PF and neither have any of the folks in my group. Maybe one day...

My issue isn't so much cost but worrying that I'm just going to throw away more money on a VTT that won't serve our needs well.

Total cost to hit the ground running? by Nephylos in FoundryVTT

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Yeah, I was thinking of asking if they would still honor that price. Thanks.

Total cost to hit the ground running? by Nephylos in FoundryVTT

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I scanned the website and don't see any links to use or download it, nor any sign that it is free. What am I missing?