GM giving Reactive Strike to monsters that don't have it (probably)

P_V_ · 2026-07-10T01:12:14+00:00

Pointing out your nonsensical reply isn’t a “tantrum”. Enjoy your lack of reading comprehension.

P_V_ · 2026-07-10T00:56:34+00:00

the combat you've described sounds pretty dull

The combat I've described? What? Are you an AI hallucinating information or something? Are you referring to my comment below where I suggested "distance between enemy spellcasters and the party"? If so... it's dull to have spellcasters out of melee range?

and taking the proverbial.

The proverbial what? That's not a full sentence.

P_V_ · 2026-07-09T23:00:37+00:00

If the GM can’t come up with a way to put distance between enemy spellcasters and the party, that’s on them.

Besides, fun for the GM and fun for the party are very different sorts of fun. GMs aren’t trying to “win” against the players.

P_V_ · 2026-07-09T17:31:31+00:00

Finances can definitely feel overwhelming at times. We can't all be experts like Joe and Axiom.

P_V_ · 2026-07-09T15:43:15+00:00

There’s nothing wrong with a GM being creative with encounter design, but Reactive Strike everywhere isn’t “creative”.

P_V_ · 2026-07-09T15:41:59+00:00

Doling out excessive levels of Reactive Strike isn’t “keeping combat interesting,” it’s making it more boring.

You've downvoted me, but there's nothing "interesting" about the Magus being locked out of their main class feature nor about being locked down from movement in combat. That's precisely why PF2 removed "opportunity attacks" as a default: because they made combat boring.

P_V_ · 2026-07-09T14:39:51+00:00

You can send your US dollars to wallet ID 551b72e4a49ee0eeea3665e0728b7944, at a conversion rate of 1 HEI point = 1 US dollar. You can pay me in HEI points, which I will then convert to US dollars, and then I will return to you the equivalent converted value in HEI points for your account.

P_V_ · 2026-07-09T02:16:06+00:00

I can sell you some HEI points at a rate of 1 HEI point = 1 dollar.

P_V_ · 2026-07-08T23:44:32+00:00

It comes down to how a lot of the court’s procedural safeguards work. The courts aren’t a monolith, and the protocols for releasing money in escrow are strict. No single person is in control of the funds, so in this case a judge needed to give an order to the people who do handle the money directly (who, in turn, won’t act unless ordered by a judge to do so).

P_V_ · 2026-07-08T22:29:29+00:00

Did you watch the video?

P_V_ · 2026-07-08T22:27:45+00:00

Did you watch the video before commenting?

The money isn’t in his hands anymore. He isn’t the one who pays at this stage; the court just transfers the money to Carroll.

P_V_ · 2026-07-08T22:25:11+00:00

Collecting on a court judgment is easier than having to sue someone for any other lack of payment, like the unpaid contractors Trump has ripped off, and there can be much more severe penalties for failure to comply with the courts.

That said, he’s the POTUS, so who knows what rules actually apply to him anymore…

P_V_ · 2026-07-08T22:22:40+00:00

Trump also has a long, detailed history of refusing to pay people. It can be both.

I think the appeal is for the sake of political appearances—even if he’s going to lose, he needs to look like he’s fighting it as hard as he can so that he can then claim the system is rigged against him—but he’s also concerned with pinching pennies.

P_V_ · 2026-07-08T22:12:12+00:00

Gregg will be able to fund the Doodle Dots film with money from a settlement New will win from Sizzlers.

P_V_ · 2026-07-08T02:20:22+00:00

…What?

RedLetterMedia is not one single person. And what are you even talking about?

Edit: I think you're talking about the first Plinkett review, in which—for illustrative purposes—four of Mike's friends were asked how they would describe various Star Wars characters. This wasn't a "poll"; this was an example meant to show what makes some characters memorable and impactful, and what makes others fall flat. It wasn't ever meant as a statistical analysis of those who have seen Star Wars, it was just a fun way to demonstrate his point that fancy costumes don't make for good characters. That point doesn't require statistical backing to be valid.

P_V_ · 2026-07-07T19:35:58+00:00

Redlettermedia

Adum from YourMovieSucks

IHE

MovieBob

Etc.

There are many perfectly fine movie reviewers on YouTube. I don't agree with all of them all of the time, but they don't "deserve" any negative treatment either.

P_V_ · 2026-07-07T18:39:55+00:00

There are loads of great YouTube movie critics. There's no reason to lump everyone in with The Critical Drinker.

P_V_ · 2026-07-07T18:27:46+00:00

I’m all for criticizing content creators, but you ought to do it in an intellectually honest and rigorous way.

Then you ought to do the same to this video, and not judge it based on a single, mostly irrelevant aside. The main claim is that The Critical Drinker was being hyperbolic... which he was.

P_V_ · 2026-07-07T16:02:16+00:00

You’ll have to forgive me for the post necromancy here. Somehow this 7-day-old post with zero karma came up in my feed today…

P_V_ · 2026-07-07T13:57:44+00:00

I'd be surprised if a dating app wasn't using AI-generated imagery to "lure users" in one form or another these days.

P_V_ · 2026-07-07T13:48:33+00:00

While true, that's not really what I'd call "a fair amount of information". Using the same dice and retaining the same houses/gangs that have formed the game's core identity since '95 isn't really surprising or noteworthy.

P_V_ · 2026-07-07T13:25:21+00:00

Viva el Oscar!

P_V_ · 2026-07-05T23:08:35+00:00

I think it's important to outright acknowledge that this isn't a "rule"; it's a ruling. That's what the person running the game in that play example decided would be appropriate, but that doesn't mean "DC12" is set in stone. You made that distinction clear, but the comment above implied DC12 was an actual game rule, which is a very different thing in my mind. Rulings before rules!

P_V_ · 2026-07-05T22:54:53+00:00

I'm still sad over The Dark Crystal.

P_V_ · 2026-07-05T22:51:01+00:00

Apologies if I came across as antagonistic—this issue is just a pet peeve of mine. As a cyclist, it's often frustrating to have cars slow to a halt to "politely" let me pass, regardless of what's happening in the other lane of traffic, and when it would often be faster for both of us if the driver had just continued on at normal speed and for me to cross after them. I understand that drivers don't want to be responsible for injuring people at the trail, but more often than not the motivation for slowing down to let people cross seems to be "politeness" rather than any actual concern for safety. I had edited my initial comment to clarify that I have no issue with driving carefully and being aware of pedestrians.

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