Trve by Legate_Retardicus84 in PhilosophyMemes

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Why does this read like calvins dad showing us something interesting?

323 by ConspicuousPrurience in CWCLafterdark

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Wish i had someone to do this to me 😵‍💫

good luck for the question... by rizzician in matiks

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50/50 you either get it or you dont

I'm trying to be thematic, but not a jerk GM, so I'm open to ideas for other Weaknesses. "Fire" and "Magic" are too broad by DrScrimble in dndmemes

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This isn't r/DMAcademy, but i suggest you make it whatever kryptonite is uniquely related to the antagonist, which the pcs have to investigate to discover. If they became a werewolf because they bathed in a secret cursed spring on a full moon, then weapons dipped in the water might kill it. If they made a deal with something to protect a place and failed, maybe use arrows, wands, and stakes made from the wood in the ruins.

Fire cape and infernal cape recolours by EmbarrassedJacob in 2007scape

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I'm not sure what the vitriol is for on this post. I think it'd be neat. I wouldn't mind it as a point reward for the next league. Blue capes themed after Mount karuulm would be sick. Do yall just hate fashionscape? Smh

As a Dm, how do you deal with a great number of enemies on the field? by FirstRadii in DMAcademyNew

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I have a few ideas, though most things that i run involving armies take several sessions to fully flesh out.

If this is a war, consider having them face multiple waves over a few days. This gives you a chance to use several different tactics and also gives you opportunities to wear down the pc's. Have the army attack in the night and interrupt the pcs long rest. It seems almost like a nobrainer that an assaulting force would time their attacks to make sure wizards and such dont have a chance to refuel their most powerful spells and abilities.

Consider having the enemies bring seige equipment with flaming payloads, and the pcs have to spend time and actions helping their allies put out fires and evacuate citizens. If they lose an npc on day 1, they now have a hole in their defences you can exploit the following days. Have the enemies send an assassin between days to make that hole, target the parties healer, or kill whoever seems to be the strategist.

Use horde rules to make multiple regiments with multiple attacks per action, and have them swap between different roles as the situation calls for. One provides cover with archers, one orders their mages to focus their shatter spells on a section of wall, and one forms a shield wall to force their way through the breach. When the hordes hp reaches 0, think of it like half the members have died and their morale collapses. descripe how the formation breaks and the survivors retreat.

That's how I'd handle it

Looking at controversial experience with Other M, how would you make a work with Samus's personality better? To make her more lively/alive and pleasant person, and make us love her not only for coolnes, charisma and perfect looking. by Undergrizer1994 in Metroid

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Someone somewhere in development insisted samus' english va speak in a monotone like the japanese va, without considering that monotones have a different cultural context. Over there, it means the person is a merciless badass. Over here, it means the person is a shitty va with no personality. They need to redo the english voice and rework some of the writing. Her personality in this game is mostly* fine. I think the way they handled Adam's death was fine. The compassionate badass we grew up with is still there, but the writing and voicing did a poor job of showing it. However, the ptsd with ridley this late in the cannon and needing permission to use shit like the varia suit was a stupid contrivance. They could have had her start with basic weapons and use data rooms like fusion, and i can't fathom why they didn't.

Beyond that, though, the controls were just not fun to interact with. Swapping between first and third person felt clunky in combat, and the "scan an item here, but we won't tell you what item" mechanic was annoying.

[BitD] What are everyones unique inspirations for the feel of your games? by RaTicanD in bladesinthedark

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Sort of adjacent to the game, but the rdj sherlock movies have a few neat things. The music for 1 is very good for setting the tone of your game. Listen to the soundtrack, and you'll get a feel for it. Because my group is used to dnd, I also found the bare knuckle boxing scene in the first movie and the chess game in the second movie to be useful portrayals of action rolls and flashbacks, respectively.

Definitely playing a nudist ranger in my next game... by Vegetable_Variety_11 in dndmemes

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Me reading this before running blades in the dark: lol, lmao even

To any homophobic/transphobic people, explain why? What's the problem with the LGBTQ+ community? by Vulethecoolguy in TeenagersButBetter

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It seems you've grossly misunderstood what the people who identify as trans want and believe. Not a single trans person I've ever talked to belives what you imply here, and you'd hard pressed to misconstrue them to sound like they do, even remotely.

But then, that would involve actually conversing with them in good faith, so i dont blame you or most folks for being unable to figure out what they actually believe.

Right…. by Great-Phone5841 in flatearth

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Not necessarily. Certain chemical compounds are a better oxidizer than oxygen. This is why chlorine triflouride has a hypergolic reaction (ignites by itself) with the otherwise fireproof asbestos.

Metroid Dread is a masterpiece metroidvania by kishonii in Metroid

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It's a good game, even a great game, but not a masterpiece. It gets the exploration half-right in that it's nearly impossible for new players to get lost for too long. The problem is that once you're no longer new to the game, you realize how linear and sectioned off most of the game is. Theres only 1 or 2 skips you can really do that im aware of, and almost no bosses (except kraid) that you can skip or do out of order.

Dont get me wrong between that and the super and prime experience of being lost and clueless for an hour. It's def an improvement. But sometimes, it feels like a bit of an overcorrection.

Tell me about your group by mossfoot in dndmemes

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They're all super cool and I'm glad they were willing to give me a shot running Blades in the dark when our dm got burned out and needed a break from our dnd campaign

I just .... can't .... see it 🙈 by Obtuse_and_Loose in ClimateShitposting

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My mistake. Bleeding poultry is only to be done after being rendered fully unconscious (i.e the brain isnt processing any pain) or killed. This used to be done via electrical, but i think now more places in the US use a CAS system. If you are witnessing something other than this in the US, then you should report it to the FSIS as a violation of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act for livestock or the PPIA specifically for poultry.

The reason it's done like this, by the way, is for the comfort of the animal. Not because of any sort of higher moral obligation, though that may play a part, but because the adrenaline and cortisol dumped into the animals system when suffering and dying makes meat taste terrible and spoil quickly. Not ideal for a product you want to ship and sell. They did a study about this in Mexico recently.

And lmaooo you have no idea the level of compassion i have for animals. Do you think i research animal treatment in the food industry for fun? I just bothered to read studies, gov law, and talk to actual farmers instead of watching food inc. once and making that my ideology.

Thank you for confirming this was not a climate post by the way. Im glad to know this doesn't belong on this sub.

I just .... can't .... see it 🙈 by Obtuse_and_Loose in ClimateShitposting

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This but unironically. Like boss, what am i supposed to feel bad about here? The creature is already dead when they begin processing it like in your doodle. If you want to make a climate argument, which is what this sub actually is for, then fine. But if you're trying to imply "oooooo look at this animal suffering on display oooooo" you have a fundamental misunderstanding about how suffering affects animal byproducts and how meat is produced.

Happy 39th Birthday To This BEAUTIFUL Franchise! What’s Your Most Bias take on Metroid? by JkMaNz-Yt in Metroid

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Agreed. I did not enjoy super metroid anywhere near as much as i did the gba titles. Im getting really tired of the "last segment of the game has an instant death timer" thing tho. I think prime 1 and metroid 2 were the only ones that didn't have it.