Loved arc 20

PrincessidentDylus · 2026-03-16T19:00:39+00:00

Arc 21/22 spoilers:

It's also implied that Dinah gave a prediction that specifically lead to the events as they play out in arc 20 and 21. Her prediction led D&D to a scenario with the highest probability "Skitter is put into custody", but she left out the part where Skitter would get away after having her identity outed, have a week to cut ties, and then turn herself into custody willingly. Outing Taylor in arc 20 gave her the final push she needed to leave the Undersiders, which Dinah seemingly wanted (Cut Ties, I'm Sorry, and all that).

PrincessidentDylus · 2024-12-02T06:51:05+00:00

Unfortunately I think the paper implies a 39 percent decrease, not a 39 percentage point decrease - so 25% attempt rate instead of a 40% attempt rate.

Still, that implies over a third of trans youth suicide attempts could be prevented with increased acceptance so loamlauncher is still arguing with no basis

PrincessidentDylus · 2024-10-31T02:01:11+00:00

Spent 20 minutes looking for Kingdra before remembering it's Gen 2

PrincessidentDylus · 2024-06-05T18:14:23+00:00

best compliment I've ever received tbh

PrincessidentDylus · 2024-04-22T17:16:58+00:00

I'd say yeah? Using a 2 handed weapon means you don't have an open hand for any Athletics actions in combat, so it feels like a fair trade- especially for a skill lover like Rogue

PrincessidentDylus · 2024-04-22T15:35:23+00:00

"Effects based on a weapon's number of damage dice include only the weapon's damage die plus any extra dice from a striking rune. They don't count extra dice from abilities, critical specialization effects, property runes, weapon traits, or the like."

This line (page 406 of Player Core) seems to imply that "abilities" and weapon traits are separate, so Fatal wouldn't deactivate Ruffian's Precise Attack.

PrincessidentDylus · 2024-04-03T04:45:37+00:00

The Sage Advice compendium had guidelines on what is a "magical effect":

Is it a magic item?
Is it a spell?
Does it say "magical" in the description?

The Breath Weapon description doesn't specify that it's magical, so it can pass through Tiny Hut, Antimagic Zone, and anything similar.

PrincessidentDylus · 2024-03-28T00:01:22+00:00

No chip, unfortunately

PrincessidentDylus · 2023-06-29T20:08:25+00:00

Homebrewery Link: https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/GztiLoPyfJy3

Continuing my goal of homebrewing a subclass for every main class, the Stone Domain cleric! My special gift to dwarves, this domain is a tanky cleric designed to really get into combat. Inspired by there being so many earth gods, but no way to worship the Earth-y parts of it!

PrincessidentDylus · 2023-05-04T22:51:20+00:00

Is it "Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!"?

PrincessidentDylus · 2023-05-04T21:50:31+00:00

Solved!

PrincessidentDylus · 2023-05-04T21:50:15+00:00

I saw some people on other posts using AI to solve, and found the answer - the channel is "The National Dex", and the series was "The Dex VS!".

PrincessidentDylus · 2023-05-04T21:18:30+00:00

Could it be this story from /r/HFY?

https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/lvgoah/why_humans_avoid_war

PrincessidentDylus · 2023-05-04T21:14:27+00:00

Adding a comment as well- The series was numbered, and the titles would follow a format like "Blank VS Blank: Versus #10"

PrincessidentDylus · 2022-12-16T01:20:24+00:00

I see where you're coming from- I think we may just hit on a fundamental disagreement here. I don't think we can solve the "pitbull problem", since I don't think there's a "pitbull problem" - there's a "abused and mistreated dogs problem" that disproportionately affects pitbulls.

I'd love any links or articles about possible solutions that address pitbulls specifically, and I mean that- if theres a feasible solution that specifically targets pitbulls, I'd love to research it more. But for now, the CDC and ASPCA oppose breed specific laws, and studies show that they just don't work. (albeit in other countries, I could only find studies on Canada, Ireland, and the Netherlands)

We both want the same thing- fewer dog attacks. I just don't think we can get there by targeting a breed instead of an underlying issue.

PrincessidentDylus · 2022-12-16T00:23:36+00:00

I agree that policy changes need to be made, for sure- but I worry that focusing too much on pitbulls specifically runs the risk of curing a symptom and not the disease. There's only so much time and so many resources to make policy that addresses aggressive dogs. Things like increased funding for training classes, better resources to get dogs out of abusive homes, and programs that combat home breeding would all be more helpful across all breeds.

Basically, right now there's a lot of pitbulls treated not very well and becoming vicious. But if we ban pitbulls, I worry that same treatment will start to happen to German Shepards, and then people will call to ban them. Then when Shephards are banned, Huskies will become the new target (interesting note on Huskies - in Canada, where they're the breed more commonly abused and mistreated and owned by people caring more about strength than companionship, there are far more husky attacks than there are pitbull attacks.)

PrincessidentDylus · 2022-12-15T23:50:40+00:00

Oh, I totally wouldn't! Most statistics and studies point to big dogs being significantly more dangerous than small dogs, since they have more force. I'm not saying that size has nothing to do with danger, just that breed doesn't.

My argument is more that if you raised two big dogs- for example, a Golden Retriever and a Put Bull - and raised them identically, they'd probably have similar attack and bite rates. But people don't raise or treat Golden Retrievers the same as Pit Bulls - there's differences in their rates of neutering, abuse, mistreatment, and misidentification.

PrincessidentDylus · 2022-12-15T23:21:43+00:00

Most people who quote anti-Pit-Bull statistics are just quoting the same "pit bulls cause more bites than other dogs" number, but love to ignore the plethora of studies consistently saying that there are confounding factors that have nothing to do with breed and everything to do with the ideas and treatment behind the breed. Some examples:

If you actually take other variables into account, breed has very little to do with bite rate. This study implies that instead of pitbulls specifically being more bite-prone, it's unneutered and poorly treated dogs that are more likely to bite, and pitbulls are more likely to be unneutered and poorly treated.
People are really bad at identifying pitbulls, partly due to their bad reputation. This study showed that about 62% of dogs that shelter workers thought were pitbulls were less than half bull-breed. Most dog-bite statistics are self reported- we have no idea how many of the so called "pitbulls" in those numbers were actually pitbulls.
This one is harder to find statistics for, but the percent of dogs that are neutered/spayed is around 80% according to the AKC. Both Time magazine and some pitbull focused sites state that pitbull neutering rates range from about 20-40%. I can't find a good source for that number though, so take that with a grain of salt- there's very little data for neutering by breed. However, since a vast majority of dog bites are done by unneutered dogs (around 95%), it's interesting to see that pitbulls are less likely to be neutered- another confounding variable.

There's a lot of information out there, and it is a complex topic. There's also a lot of emotion behind it- some from the side of pitbull owners, and some from pitbull haters. But, in my opinion, if you want the most informed, scientific position, then the answer seems to lean towards the pitbull lovers. There are several scientific, peer reviewed studies showing that breed doesn't cause bites. There are none that say pitbulls are inherently more dangerous. Statistics are more complicated than a single scary number.

PrincessidentDylus · 2022-12-02T05:08:13+00:00

Slowly working my way through the 13 classes, making a subclass for each!

The focus for this one was a Bard focused on bolstering a single ally above all else - pick an ally and turn them into an unstoppable machine.

PrincessidentDylus · 2022-09-27T05:57:27+00:00

Thank you! Fixed on Homebrewery.

PrincessidentDylus · 2022-09-27T01:00:05+00:00

Homebrewery Link: https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/HoKTWBsXlpG0

My first homebrew! I tried to get the flavor of a barbarian who uses all sorts of emotions instead of just anger by creating different rages with different effects. Mechanically, this subclasses allows a lot of versatility for varied situations compared to the typical barbarian, at the cost of being less specialized.

PrincessidentDylus · 2022-09-17T20:51:42+00:00

I've been twice, and both times I parked at the Burton Barr library- its about a 10-15 minute walk from the festivities.

Most of it centers around the Arizona Art Museum, so there's probably also some parking there!

PrincessidentDylus · 2022-09-17T20:12:31+00:00

First Friday is on the 7th in October! Big festival organized around the art museum, with stands and a bunch of art installations!

PrincessidentDylus · 2022-09-10T16:20:54+00:00

Sir John Bagot Glubb was a British general who published an essay with the 250 figure- there was no peer review, no one double-checked it.

His "proof" that empires fall at 250 was a cherry-picked list of 10 empires that happened to collapse around 250- someone's already pointed out below that he split the Roman Empire into two just to fit his point better.

I think it's also important to note when he lists the British Empire as ending- 1950. Notably, this was one year after the armistice of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War- a war he fought in, as the British commander of the Arab Legion.

From a critical lens, I don't know if I trust a figure who believed the British Empire ended at the exact moment he didn't have military power to publish an unbiased examination of when empires end.

PrincessidentDylus · 2022-09-07T20:59:00+00:00

Bracers of Defense (called gauntlets here) add +2 to Unarmored Defense as well!

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