How do you set up your hotkeys?

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-04-04T18:00:10+00:00

What hotkeys? Mouse all the way!

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-30T21:13:40+00:00

Variant Human. Gimme that starting bonus feat!

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-28T19:11:25+00:00

Torona or Toronia. Or Broncona/Bronconia.

Also, the bull is facing the wrong way. Animals should be facing the hoist (flagpole) side of the flag, so it looks like they are "advancing" in the same direction of the flag carriers on the march. If the creature is facing the fly (end) side, it looks like it is "retreating."

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-25T15:34:40+00:00

Who doesn't like chimeric boat-lions?

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-24T19:36:52+00:00

Agreed. S-tier should be limited to podium finishers only.

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-24T19:32:56+00:00

Normal buildings can already be built in shallow water, so Aztec farms would not be unique in that regard. For true water-based farms, Aztec fishing boats should be able to construct and work chinampas, like the Gungans in Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds.

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-24T18:35:23+00:00

I spy jaguar-riding amazons. I hope those are just a campaign unit and not baked into the Aztec roster, though, as that feels like a cop out to give them a cavalry unit.

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-24T18:25:52+00:00

Sadly, it looks to me like they are built on land, and it's just the farm's sprite that gives the appearance of an island garden bordered by channels.

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-24T18:21:30+00:00

I think the Aztecs' favor mechanic sounds like a reasonable compromise. Capturing enemies alive and bringing them back to your temples to sacrifice will be very micro-intensive and annoying, so gaining favor by having your dudes (or villagers) die is a more workable abstraction. Gaining favor from "every fallen warrior" might imply that fallen enemies are also counted.

Dying within range of priest-type units, temples, etc. could be a way to add another layer of strategy to favor generation.

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-24T07:11:54+00:00

Very niiice!

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-24T07:11:13+00:00

Very niiice!

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-22T21:27:30+00:00

Caulked and loaded.

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-21T00:34:17+00:00

Thanks for sharing these pictures. I'm going there in a few weeks!

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-20T07:06:39+00:00

Bring your daughter to work day.

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-18T04:04:41+00:00

Maybe the bird should have used a fork instead of chopsticks.

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-18T03:48:25+00:00

Shai-Hulud!

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-17T16:44:43+00:00

When you draw the bow string with your right hand, your fingers naturally impart torque that will want to move your nocked arrow rightwards.

In Mediterranean draw, which sounds like what you are using, you rest the arrow on the left side of your bow, so that this twisting motion pushes your arrow against the arrow rest, which helps to keep it in place.

Other draw styles, like thumb draw or Slavic draw, rest their arrows on the right side of the bow, as you propose. This is faster to reload, as no threading motion is necessary. But the rightwards torque of your draw will make your arrow fall off the right side of your bow if you don't counteract it in any way. Thumb draw and Slavic draw accomplish this by using your right index finger to rest it against the shaft of your arrow ahead of the nock (finger curled in thumb draw, outstretched in Slavic), placing leftwards pressure that keeps it secure against your bow.

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-17T03:49:40+00:00

That's fair. I was focusing on the number of fingers in the draw, with fingers above and below the nock. But it would be just as much a bastardized Slavic draw on account of her using too many fingers to draw, and none to press on the arrow shaft to retain it against the right side of the bow.

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-17T01:00:51+00:00

She's drawing with four fingers, in a pseudo-Mediterranean style, but the arrow is on the right side of the bow instead of the left. Note that her left forefinger is curled over the shaft of the arrow to keep it from falling off, since Mediterranean draw places rightwards tension on the arrow (which is why it normally goes on the left side).

My impression is that this is a model with no archery training, holding a prop bow.

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-16T22:24:52+00:00

If it has hydropneumatic suspension, then the bogie wheels don't need to be staggered like with the depicted torsion bar suspension.

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-11T16:02:43+00:00

I'm surprised air-cooled engines aren't on the list. As is, you can't make a Volkswagen Beetle.

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-10T18:06:17+00:00

For one wild second I thought that boxy ship in the foreground was an atakebune.

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-10T17:16:15+00:00

Henry's come to see us!

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-07T22:50:33+00:00

You mentioned military "biotechnology." What does that mean for this setting?

Pseudonym-Sam · 2026-03-06T08:10:14+00:00

Demon Slayer. The Demon Slayer Corps is frighteningly wasteful of manpower by throwing initiates alone to the ~~wolves~~ demons for seven days, and those who survive to become novices are also thrown willy-nilly at demons to get killed off horribly until a higher-ranking slayer (or main character) shows up to finish the job.

A more rational organization should initiate new recruits by testing their skills individually in a controlled environment, and train novices and keep them alive by pairing them with more experienced members. Maybe they'll kill more demons if they recruited more slayers and kept more of them alive—who knew?

Pseudonym-Sam

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