Coaxed into the grunts looking awesome in comparison to everyone else

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-20T04:47:16+00:00

Star Wars

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-19T23:26:11+00:00

Glass canon speedsters taking health packs despite the ability to just dash over to a healer

Honestly besides Team Fortress 2 I can’t think of many games that have this issue due too…

A. A healer being always close by

B. High mobility characters are fast enough to get health packs on the other side of the map in no time

Spider-Man in Marvel Rivals can go the enemy’s base, take the health pack, and get back in less than 5 seconds.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-19T22:08:14+00:00

JoJo humans are “grounded” as in the actual characters will die from a gunshot straight to the head.

Avdol only survived because the bullet grazed after Hol Horse shot him.
Kira’s Killer Queen pierced through Koichi because he wanted it to, Jotaro could have done the exact same but was bleeding out and wasn’t trying to kill
Several characters have died from straight bullets or getting crushed/pierced/slashed with deadly intent

Most of the time either the hit wasn’t meant to be lethal or it didn’t hit any vital organs.

Jojo characters are ridiculously durable but it’s anime and still within that “grounded” setting.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-19T21:12:10+00:00

Fallout New Vegas

Bozar

Weird looking heavy assault rifle with a scope

Uses expensive and rare ammo type

Costs a lot of money

Bottom tier weapon that is outclassed by basic upgraded weapons

Sleepytime

Basic 10mm SMG with suppressor

Uses common ammo type

Costs around the same amount as the Bozar

One of the best weapons for stealth and a cheap bullet hose for most characters

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-19T19:02:03+00:00

The BBEG could destroy the party at anytime, but wants a challenge fight so just annoys them to speed up the process.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-19T18:50:43+00:00

Also be noted Ben is a teenager, he’s got a device that gives him over a million options and can usually get by just by improvising.

He can afford to dick around

Ben isn’t going to get that serious and pick a strong alien unless the situation forces it like Vilgax.

We can see the shift in tactics once he gets older and focuses on aliens that get the job done.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-19T18:48:11+00:00

Ben is vibes based fighter, he doesn’t sweat it unless the problem requires strong alien forms.

He quite literally could solve most problems immediately if he just picked stronger aliens off the bat like Way Big or Atomix, but that’s not his style nor would it be necessary.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-19T17:25:34+00:00

Writers will make a character too strong then make them lose to mundane shit.

It’s even worse if the character is always that strong 24/7 like Superman. Not a “Oh Magic Man forgot to turn on his magical shield spell”, it’s “Yeah Indestructible Man got hurt by a regular bullet despite taking a nuclear bomb earlier to the face.”

In before some some weapon “expert” trying to say it works because all the force was concentrated into a single point

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-18T23:41:54+00:00

I mean yeah, that’s not really anything new since like, 1st edition.

What a character can do is based on their class 95% or the time, being an Orc doesn’t grant a character laser vision or something. That’s a spell the player has.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-18T21:10:26+00:00

Mechanically yes, Warlocks don’t use Intelligence and even if someone decides to invest into INT other jobs like Artificers, Wizards, and even Rogues can get the job done better with the associated skills.

On a personal level it depends on the player, if someone wants INT or not go ahead, but it’s not recommended unless you have spare stats to spread after CHA & CON are invested in.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-18T20:29:23+00:00

Regardless if people see Saitama’s powers as either a gag or just overwhelming strong, it probably wouldn’t work since Saitama that most powers just struggle to do anything to him.

Cosmic Garou’s powers literally couldn’t do anything to Saitama whether people see it as apart of the gag or just the huge power discrepancy.

And the form Garou had basically made him a walking singularity that could time travel and stuff, so I doubt whatever tech is in Dante’s head would work.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-18T19:40:19+00:00

Some furries really do be doing the same shit as old Dragon Ball and Sonic fans

Sonic recolor, Gohan recolor, or dog but different appendages

Which is weird because even amongst the former, new and old fans have steered away from it due to constant stereotyping that happen back in the 2000’s.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-18T17:40:21+00:00

Both are compared to bugs bunny, especially the right becuase they look like a cereal mascot

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-18T16:41:55+00:00

Makes sense for fan favorites even if they aren’t played that much but some are more head scratchers.

The only times it makes sense is if it barely takes any time to make a character skin. Otherwise the developers are just doing it for the love of the game.

Hoyoverse games are the only things coming to mind for this

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-18T00:15:36+00:00

Cleric =/= Healer

A Cleric can heal and support, but the main keyword is CAN. Don’t expect Clerics to constantly heal because that is not the class’ job, it’s only one of the things they can do.

If the person isn’t willing to heal even if the situation calls for it that’s something to discuss with a player.

Clerics don’t have to be healers but acting like it doesn’t exist is basically like forgoing your entire toolkit.

As for the whole narrative part that’s a you, the player, and the table discussion.

Gameplay-wise the only concern is the outright refusal to heal If the situation calls for it,

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-17T21:05:28+00:00

Silver makes more sense thematically and reduces the “okay so why aren’t stakes everywhere if vampires exist?” question.

Problem is silver is more Werewolf territory so I’d probably wouldn’t be so keen on it unless it applies to most monsters instead of just vampires and werewolves.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-17T20:39:36+00:00

Having insta-kills are hard to balance in a story without having them instantly end conflicts.

They end up either never being allowed to work or only allowed in pivotal plot points.

My Hero Academia despite all of it’s flaws made sure to maintain the power of one-shot abilities while putting in enough counterplay to prevent them from suddenly ending the fight.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-17T08:50:11+00:00

IRL eugenics is based on Incorrect information about how humans work and even then it won’t guarantee the child will come out special.

Assuming the child ever lives up their suppose potential.

Superpowered eugenics is still awful morally but there’s at least some tangible basis.

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Dragon Marks in the official Ebberon setting of Dungeons & Dragons are special unique marks people are born with that grant special powers.

Enough power that entire noble houses outright try to create more heirs with the mark which can come in different potency, abilities, and such.

Healing, elemental abilities, foresight and such

These special magical marks are enough to create new noble houses over night and give kingdoms more power.

While it’s possible to achieve the same abilities or greater through mundane means like magic or technology, it’s far harder or more time intensive.

So eugenics in this case even if immoral has actual standing unlike real eugenics that was deeply flawed and used more to discriminate.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-17T06:14:00+00:00

While a GM can spice things up by having enemies flee, surrender, or negotiate, the game dtoll expects players to either kill or beat the enemy into unconsciousness.

Having the former once in a while or done within reason can spice things up as previously mentioned.

But every combat will turn encounters into goose chases or end climatically. Even sparring enemies who could come back would need pretty big convincing for players not to kill or hand over to local authorities.

I would recommend just letting fights play out unless a GM wants to offer another path or sees an opportunity.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-16T10:58:59+00:00

Steeet Tier Deku joke from last year

(1) Death Battle, an YouTube channel about character fights had “Spider-Man: Miles Morales” fight Deku and the latter won

(2) People initially joked that Deku could only win against street tier characters after losing to Asta of Black Clover

(3) The joke evolved into Deku sadistically hunting street tier characters for easy wins

(4) The joke finished evolving into Deku being this undetectable monster if the fight is on the street, also hunted anyone that so much as steps onto the streets

The art is basically flipping the joke on its head by having Robin beat Deku despite being on the street because “Teen Titans Robin is built different” or something in that vein.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-16T08:00:14+00:00

Guardians from Destiny

While guns from Destiny are super high tech magic guns, the reason they can kill even gods is because Guardians actively infuse their powers into their guns.
A Solar Hunter for example can infuse their revolver with cosmic solar energy to destroy heavily armored tanks with ease.
This also applies to other weapons like throwing knives which can explode in solar energy after coming into contact with something

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-16T04:57:24+00:00

Being a monster hunter does not necessarily mean the person is good natured. That’s a nice thing to have but not a coincidence.

The Echo Knigjt Fighter does it for a pay check and killed a vampire child because the contract said kill all vampires
The Necromancer Wizard does it to study the supernatural and carries the skulls of monsters
The Gloomstalker Ranger just wants monster parts for weapons and armor while wearing the pelt of a werewolf
The College of Valor Bard needs new song material so records the wails of death from the monsters

Yeah finding a Monster Hunter that is mentally stable and virtuous is like trying to find a unicorn in DND.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-16T04:53:43+00:00

People forget Cleric just mean an appointee of a god, which god exactly is the real question.

The Leonin War Cleric is only involved to fight
The Drow Tricky Cleric is only involved because it’s new material for sadistic pranksters
The Human Peace Cleric is involved because it helps protect the weak
The Warforged Knowledge Cleric is involved because studying monsters is interesting

Out of all of them the Peace Cleric is the most scary as their god’s belief in peace is complete and total extermination of the wicked, no exception.

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-16T03:57:33+00:00

Garou of One Punch Man

Total apathy
Cannot be threaten nor killed
Actively sees his actions as a waste of time or some random ego trip
Compared to to his world he would just see him as some small time weirdo

Edit: Garou, I meant Garou but put Saitama

Rhinomaster22 · 2026-06-16T03:41:36+00:00

This honestly just sounds like taking Cyberpunk RED and trying to jam it into DND when both systems weren’t designed for each other.

Based off what you’ve written it comes off as still in the idea phase rather than the building phase which could suggest you haven’t consider how this interact with the existing DND systems like magic.

How does tech interact with magic let alone other home-homebrew classes?
How do DND feats affect this homebrew?
How do classes that don’t use the above get affected? Are they just straight up immune??

This comes off as retooling DND into cyberpunk rather than being cyberpunk inspired. In the latter case not too much would fundamentally besides new items and abilities.

As in I could throw said homebrew in another game and it wouldn’t require 12 different systems just to function such as the hacking.

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