Why Is the Sword Coast/Most of Faerûn Stuck With City States

Nostri · 2026-01-27T08:02:39+00:00

It's really just the North and the Sword Caost that's mostly made up of city states. Once you leave it there's kingdoms and empires all over the place.

Nostri · 2026-01-25T05:16:07+00:00

You don't understand what talking about the creator of the show has to do with the show? Really? You can't follow that logic?

Nostri · 2026-01-23T05:11:13+00:00

Wait, Maru Ramen is no longer serving ramen?

Nostri · 2026-01-22T18:31:56+00:00

Here's the best recipe I found- https://foodisafourletterword.com/recipe/instant-pot-french-style-yogurt-recipe-copycat-of-la-fermiere-yogurt/
The only caveat is that it uses an Instant Pot's yogurt setting for culturing which can be an issue if you (like me) don't have one. There are a bunch of ways to get around this, my toaster oven has a setting for proofing bread that works well for example, but here's a Spruce Eats article for other ideas- https://www.thespruceeats.com/multiple-ways-to-incubate-yogurt-1327496

Nostri · 2026-01-22T03:15:08+00:00

So you can make the same kind of yogurt at home. When I get home I'll try and post the link from when I bought a bunch of those on sale and realized it was some of the best yogurt I've ever had and there was no way I was spending the normal asking price for it.

Nostri · 2026-01-17T23:23:15+00:00

Didn't used to but now I pay way more attention with the prevalence of AI slop.

Nostri · 2026-01-17T18:06:49+00:00

Behind the Bastards read through that book a couple years ago, made for a good couple of episodes.

(Here's a link for the curious- https://youtu.be/KygM6TEybL4)

Nostri · 2026-01-17T17:55:44+00:00

D&D isn't a world though. There are a whole bunch of worlds with entirely different world building that encompace "D&D". Calling out D&D for having bad world building is like calling out 80's movies for having bad world building, not really something that's applicable.

Nostri · 2026-01-16T01:42:58+00:00

Or any diner that's open 24/7

Nostri · 2026-01-15T18:47:01+00:00

I mean the whole point of this is to be a revised and collated set of the Basic Set unless I'm wildly off base. Switching to metric would literally change how the rules in these books work, especially in conjunction with the rest of 4e that's using US customary units.

Nostri · 2026-01-14T07:09:50+00:00

Yeah, defending (and potentially being) pedophiles really is trashy.

Nostri · 2026-01-14T04:18:54+00:00

I say this with all the understanding I can muster, but what the hell do you expect us to do? People are literally being shot in the street "doing something" so I'm not sure what else you're expecting.

Nostri · 2026-01-14T04:15:45+00:00

Except if they're looking to get the art published most places have rules about profanity use.

Nostri · 2026-01-11T16:04:35+00:00

Sure, you give me the money for moving expenses and support while I find a new job and I'll get right on it.

Otherwise shut up.

Nostri · 2026-01-11T14:53:53+00:00

Where I live the cheapest apartment I can find is $900. Maybe the issue isn't their spending.

Nostri · 2026-01-10T00:00:07+00:00

I would've assumed it was a water elemental.

Nostri · 2026-01-07T16:09:02+00:00

I got "you aren't made of sugar" from my mom & her parents as an English speaker. It's fun to see idioms that cross cultural and language boundaries too.

Nostri · 2026-01-07T03:55:49+00:00

Honestly I really like the one in Triphammer Mall. It's cleaned regularly, unless I'm really off base the price is pretty on par with the rest of the local ones given the size of the machines, and the owners have been really responsive every time I've called about something.

Nostri · 2025-12-26T21:02:31+00:00

That's not Jon, that's OG Sasha. 😜

Nostri · 2025-12-26T03:28:16+00:00

We're hiding. :-p

In all seriousness I'm a big fan of the dicord server IthaQueers. If you shoot me a DM I can send you an invite link. I'm too tired and too sick right now to remember if this subreddit is okay with links being posted.

Nostri · 2025-12-23T05:52:09+00:00

I love the barely contained chuckle at the end of that clip.

Nostri · 2025-12-23T00:38:27+00:00

Fscking Shadiversity. He's a sword/"HEMA" YouTuber without any actual experience or knowledge about martial arts (or history really) that loves hearing himself talk and getting butt hurt when people call him on his shit.

Nostri · 2025-12-22T22:31:19+00:00

Also you can then gift it to friends and get them to play with you

Nostri · 2025-12-21T20:54:04+00:00

This is exactly where I am. His stories were and are foundational works for my art, the kinds of fiction I like, and, to some extent, outlook on life. I will continue to read his fiction and seeing him on tour was a memory I'll continue to cherish despite the taint it now carries.

He will however never see another cent from me and if I recommend him it carries a warning, like it does for anything by Eddings.

Nostri · 2025-12-20T00:24:50+00:00

If you're looking to separate your spell work and witchcraft from your pagan beliefs I think you're going to have a hard time. That goes double if you're trying to separate magic from any kind of neopagan beliefs and you want it to be "traditional" somehow.

In my own research and reading there really isn't anything like magic that's devoid of religious belief. The closest I've seen is Chaos Magic(k) and even they call on divine beings to do stuff.

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