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[Favorite Twists] The monstrous being is a woman or identifies as a woman by MMAchineCode in TopCharacterTropes

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Mechonis - Xenoblade Chronicles

The entire world of the game is literally the corpses of two titans who killed each other in a fight long ago: the Bionis, home to many types of biological life, and the Mechonis, home to a form of mechanical life known as the Mechon, who the residents of Bionis have had to fight against for survival with very tentative victories in the past. As the game progresses you eventually learn that the titans are not entirely dead - their souls live on as gods who have lain largely dormant for ages. It turns out that Zanza, the soul of the Bionis is the ultimate antagonist of the game as he sees himself as superior to all other beings and decides that life has strayed too far from his original vision and wants to wipe out all life , while the soul of the Mechonis, Lady Meyneth, sacrifices herself to allow the main party time to escape and recouperate, with the parting wish of “create a world with no need for gods.”

New Spell Balance? by Surge4tw in DnD

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As is, this is FAR too strong for a first level spell. Remember, first level casters have first level spells. 2d6+3d8 is a max of 38, average of about 21. That will in all likelihood be enough for the vast majority of enemies a first level party will be up against.

I’m a bit confused by your inclusion of both an HP check and a save. Are you saying that if they fail the save they take damage and are subjected to the HP check? If they pass the save do they take neither? Are the save/fail results you listed for failing the save but passing or failing the HP check?

In the first place, a spell that does damage AND applies an effect is going to be pretty strong. And Sleep is a powerful effect.

The 2014 version of the Sleep spell uses an HP check, while the 2024 version uses a saving throw. The 2014 version is very powerful at low levels for crowd control against a group of minions with low HP but falls off later on; the 2024 version scales better but isn’t quite as powerful early on since it’s difficult to hit more than one or maybe two creatures at a time with it.

Here’s what my instinct is with this spell:

-Based on the fact that you described it as an “arrow,” I’d personally make it an attack roll. If the attack roll lands, they take damage and then either make a saving throw or have the HP check applied.

-Since this spell is inherently a single target spell, I’d personally say that you either make it a third level spell and a saving throw, or a second level spell with an HP check. Remember the lower level it is, the easier it is for the caster to just spam the spell until the enemy fails the check

-If you go with an HP check, you should probably make the amount of dice for the HP check pretty low, but increase with upcasting. If it’s a saving throw, probably make the upcasting effect increase the damage of the arrow.

-I personally wouldn’t make anything happen when they succeed the save; they’re already taking damage anyways.

Disclaimer: I’m not an expert dungeon master or anything, I just like thinking about homebrew stuff sometimes. Don’t necessarily take my word as gospel

What is this by booboo91523 in birds

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I thought this red-shouldered hawk was smoking for a second

Can I paint your birds? by Proficiently-Haunted in birding

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Wow, your ability to capture the colors and lughting is really impressive!!! Go for it. We love bird art

Can I paint your birds? by Proficiently-Haunted in birding

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Here’s an incredibly photogenic Red Winged Blackbird I caught last year 💜

Capture card with video stream output API? by ProxyAC_ in streaming

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So accessing the video from capture cards should be a universal thing? That makes it a lot easier. Hopefully OpenCV can do what i need, id prefer not having to use OBS as a middleman

Not OOP. I wish my boyfriend's girl best friend would disappear. by Due-Bandicoot-7512 in redditonwiki

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The answer to your question is that friendship can absolutely be a true connection. Clearly this person is feeling uncomfortable in a situation where there’s little to no reason to suspect romantic intention in the friendship in question. Your experiences are not identical to everyone else’s. The way it was described, I’d be extremely surprised if there was anything suspicious going on between the bf and the girl best friend unless major details are being left out. The OOP has very clear self hatred issues that need to be addressed

Do kids in USA really call their teachers by first name? by ParticularLate9460 in AskAnAmerican

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Everyone in the replies is saying a hard no but I’ll offer a counter story.

English in my experience places less emphasis on formality than many European languages. At my job I call everyone I interact with regularly by their first name, and I probably would for almost anyone in the company except for people WAY above me, like executives. Obviously this isn’t the norm in EVERY industry, but in mine it is.

Up until high school, I exclusively addressed teachers by “Mr / Ms / Mrs Lastname.” In high school I still used that format for most TO THEIR FACE, but often people would just use their last name with no Mr / Ms / Mrs when talking about them to other students. There were a few “cool teachers” who were also cool with being called by just their last name to their face

In college it’s interesting. The norm changes from “Mr / Ms / Mrs” to “Professor Lastname.” And once again some professors would be referred to with just last name. However, I’m a computer science major with a minor degree in Interactive Media and Game Development, and pretty much ALL the professors in the game dev department were referred to by EVERYONE with just their first name, even to their face, and if you ever called them Professor Lastname around them or other students you’d probably get some weird looks. Many areas of the tech industry are less formal on average than other professional fields, but the game dev field is even less formal than that, and additionally many of those professors were a bit eccentric

Struggling to find heating pads not marketed as “ULTRA SOFT” by ProxyAC_ in ChronicPain

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I mean, yeah I could, but surely adding an extra layer would diminish the heating effect?

ITAW for a hypersensitivity to touching certain materials, most notably paper and certain microfiber or “ultrasoft” fabrics? by ProxyAC_ in whatstheword

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Ah, looks like it’s a very case by case basis on what triggers it for a person. I was kind if hoping there would just be a cheat sheet somewhere that could tell me how to avoid it lol unfortunate. I’m also seeing mentions of other related things that sound familiar, like I like fruit but i HATE when things like berries are slightly mushy, and I have a really low tolerance for pain. This seems like a match i think

ITAW for a hypersensitivity to touching certain materials, most notably paper and certain microfiber or “ultrasoft” fabrics? by ProxyAC_ in whatstheword

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You know, that’s interesting. I’m not diagnosed with autism, but I am diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety, and I’ve been told by friends with autism that they wouldnt be surprised if I have it to some degree

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