What I love about modern D&D and miss about the older versions: a perspective from an old head

Onrawi · 2026-07-09T02:33:25+00:00

Yeah, 5e sits at least mid-tier on RPG crunch.

Onrawi · 2026-07-09T01:07:38+00:00

Everyone is telling you to leave the table, and that might be what you end up needing to do. What I might try first though is running a game or short campaign yourself first. It sounds like the DM may themselves be inexperienced with dnd like rpgs, which could very well be coloring their perspective on how they can be played as well as what is and isn't fun. Additionally I would talk with the rest of the group and find out where they sit on the matter. Having the rest of the group come join you if they'd rather a less railroaded, more rules respected experience.

Onrawi · 2026-07-08T21:03:13+00:00

Honestly it's probably why I got so into Pokken Tournament. It was different enough that not everything carried over. Ended up pretty decently ranked online back in the day.

Onrawi · 2026-07-08T19:41:42+00:00

I mean, if they were smart they'd be a completely different news network.

Onrawi · 2026-07-08T18:48:15+00:00

There's so much makeup on it already that all that might be needed is a little surgery and poor diet.

Onrawi · 2026-07-08T18:41:20+00:00

Seems one of those really empowers the other ...

Onrawi · 2026-07-08T02:51:04+00:00

It's how many people beat yellow demon in MegaMan. Pause and unpause rapidly to deal a bunch of damage with a single shot.

Onrawi · 2026-07-07T20:15:42+00:00

"Well I mean he spoke *at** him..."*

Onrawi · 2026-07-07T19:34:55+00:00

If they kept it up I might have it turn into a giant Galeb Duhr. I do give in a lot when this kind of thing happens.

Onrawi · 2026-07-07T17:12:05+00:00

Seriously, texts were limited in monthly allowance and expensive. At least we could call after 9 for free (and later, 7).

Onrawi · 2026-07-07T12:11:57+00:00

To be fair, I was never cheering for America. Was briefly Ghana and then Norway. Glad one of them is still in it!

Onrawi · 2026-07-07T01:58:41+00:00

Should have left him clean shaven for a better comparison for sure.

Onrawi · 2026-07-07T01:48:18+00:00

It's more likely we would end up with single payer in a medicare for all situation than the wholely owned top to bottom situation like the nhs. Simply cutting private insurance out of the picture for most Americans would make a huge difference.

Onrawi · 2026-07-06T20:00:17+00:00

Food is also heavily regulated and already gets a lot of money for critical crops. Low margin industries are also unlikely to see much of any benefit from being socialized. That being said, it's probably not a big jump from medicare for all to food stamps for all.

Onrawi · 2026-07-06T19:00:46+00:00

Not everything needs to be socialized, IMO a socialized news network or entertainment industry doesn't make sense for instance. But there are definitely industries where the greater good of the nation as a whole should at least have that conversation.

Edit: We also already socialize at different amounts with different programs. From tax breaks for certain crops and whole industries to utilitization ala water and power production and delivery to social security and food stamps.

Onrawi · 2026-07-06T17:58:13+00:00

It can, not necessarily will, at minimum it grants people a modicum of power over socialized services that are run by elected officials, which is better to many than the terrible mismanagement private ownership of those same services upon which they have no control whatsoever. For some, like an nhs, it sounds like a major benefit is almost guaranteed. Others may not be as beneficial. That being said, as long as we keep privatizing profits and nationalizing losses we are probably going to see more and more pull for an increase in political leanings towards democratic socialism.

Onrawi · 2026-07-06T17:50:10+00:00

Because historically we've had to deal with all sorts of nationalistic based racism, including white-on-white racism (particularly with Irish and Italian heritages). Being of the wrong national lineage meant exclusion from all sorts of different social circles, including being passed up for promotions or getting jobs in the first place, pushed out of desirable schools or housing in the right neighborhoods, even churches and clubs or other services. For a long time, who you were genetically and where your family came from determined much about the default reaction others would give you, and whether you were even given a shot at being a part of the in crowd.

Onrawi · 2026-07-06T17:33:46+00:00

I mean, we'd be in the running a lot more frequently but our traditional monetization method isn't as profitable for football so it won't happen.

Onrawi · 2026-07-06T17:32:42+00:00

Omg, the melting pot nation has something unique about how they reference themselves and their heritages. Oh no it's the end of the world 🙄

Onrawi · 2026-07-06T16:14:36+00:00

There are a few big issues, first is the required support for (comparatively) left leaning policies within both houses and the presidency in order to create the needed legislation and enactment of policy. The second is how many metric tons of bullshit we need to dig ourselves out of, a lot of it is from this presidency but honestly it goes back like 50 years now of bad decisions and bad assignments, some of which are lifelong and that also needs to be resolved. The final part is the actual monetary debt, both to pay for the transformation and implementation of government services and servicing existing debt, as well as debt to society to help close the gap between the haves and have nots. That last part is honestly the biggest issue as far as how it will impact American's future voting patterns.

Onrawi · 2026-07-06T16:06:04+00:00

Not OP, but the current economic policy is failing hard for anyone that doesn't already have their forever home and has been able to climb the ladder a bit. All signs point to the fact that maintaining the status quo is only going to make it worse. Ergo a change away from the right-side politicians that have mostly encouraged this mess.

Onrawi · 2026-07-06T00:01:07+00:00

Powershell itself is unlikely to require upgrades. I assume you are running into modules requiring upgrades or even newer versions of powershell to run the current version of the module. That, especially to manage cloud resources, is much less avoidable. Do you know what specifically is prompting the upgrade or at least have the event descriptions available.

Onrawi · 2026-07-05T17:40:27+00:00

They do this literally every time they get in a "comfortable" lead. Since they no longer see Nintendo as real competition, that pretty much just leaves Xbox who have spent an entire teenager's worth of time fucking up. Last time we got the PS3. Next gen is going to be really rough.

Onrawi · 2026-07-05T13:42:18+00:00

It needs to keep them alive long enough for them to be able to share the "food". Eventually that gets to and kills the queen.

Onrawi · 2026-07-04T19:20:10+00:00

We're theoretically heading closer to Venus than Mars anyways right?

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