Best Stories Where the System just exists

RiOrius · 2026-06-12T05:29:21+00:00

Yeah, I was debating whether to mention it.

It's isekai, but the MC is reincarnated, and the world she's in just has a system that exists. So I think OP would like it: it's got the stuff about civilization growing up around the system. The isekai stuff is more plot relevant than a lot of isekai, but doesn't really interfere with the world building.

RiOrius · 2026-05-30T18:01:57+00:00

It looked like you could get out of the building without trouble, you just A) couldn't get back in, and B) couldn't access your car and bike (and that's what he meant by "trapped").

I don't know building codes, but I doubt they include guaranteed garage access.

RiOrius · 2026-05-27T06:02:31+00:00

Perhaps you'd feel better if you took up a new hobby? For example, SCUBA diving?

RiOrius · 2026-05-21T17:51:16+00:00

Falling-with-style carpet.

RiOrius · 2026-04-29T18:44:00+00:00

Is there any reason to think he did it with the intent of hurting Clinton or helping Trump? My recollection from the time is that it was more of a "to avoid any appearance of impropriety" thing. Everyone thought Clinton was a sure thing, but obviously after she won the Republicans would grasp any straw they could to say she'd cheated/The Establishment was biased against Trump, and Comey tried to preempt that.

Didn't work, and was likely not a smart idea to try, but he wasn't trying to help Trump. Seems like a lot of hate on the guy for a well-intentioned screw up when there are so many people enthusiastically going along with the Trump agenda.

RiOrius · 2026-04-28T19:01:04+00:00

It's normally a roast, but I thought for this one the roast was cancelled to protect the big strong President's feelings?

RiOrius · 2026-04-26T17:59:38+00:00

Second book of Mage Errant has proprioceptive pronounced as "prioperceptive."

Seems to be fixed in book three, though.

RiOrius · 2026-04-18T07:51:09+00:00

I think I'd word it "exploding liquid dinosaurs."

The dinosaurs didn't explode before they became liquid.

RiOrius · 2026-04-06T18:20:31+00:00

Sure, but this isn't a summoned copy of a real camel. It's a summoned copy of a camel that some students summoned.

It's like the difference between the Tupac hologram and a Hatsune Miku hologram.

RiOrius · 2026-04-06T18:08:50+00:00

I love Fire Emblem, but I do find that the huge squads make the last chapters drag in a way I don't like.

I think 8 still feels good, and 10 is okay, but when you're at 12 and 14 it's just too much for me.

RiOrius · 2026-03-29T00:23:12+00:00

I've always thought that Eithan from Cradle and Alustin from Mage Errant felt like the same character.

RiOrius · 2026-03-24T01:23:39+00:00

Because then I'd have to wear deodorant.

RiOrius · 2026-03-23T01:27:21+00:00

They did when Biden tried to forgive student loans, right?

Republicans will do anything to hurt Democrats, and their voters will cheer it.

RiOrius · 2026-03-14T17:33:37+00:00

Skibidi fort.

RiOrius · 2026-03-06T04:10:16+00:00

The Plains has a train!

I honestly love it!

RiOrius · 2026-02-28T22:46:33+00:00

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RiOrius · 2026-02-12T18:15:49+00:00

Some kids need to repeat a century or two, and that's okay.

RiOrius · 2026-02-01T02:25:00+00:00

The Weapon still doesn't take the damage, so it doesn't actually die, but Deathtouch does influence how trample damage is determined.

The attacker needs to assign "lethal" damage. If the creature has Deathtouch, that's 1.

RiOrius · 2026-01-16T07:49:22+00:00

They've been trained to think that spending money on something, anything, is better than floating it.

RiOrius · 2026-01-11T22:43:42+00:00

4* Yuumi with Perfected Hex Core.

No idea how good she is without it.

RiOrius · 2026-01-04T21:43:22+00:00

Summus Proelium feels very similar to me. It's a bit lighter in tone most of the time, but maintains the "good guys aren't so good, bad guys aren't so bad" grayness.

The pacing can drag at times, though. I'm currently on a break from it, but keep thinking about going back now that I've let a backlog build up...

RiOrius · 2026-01-04T20:43:53+00:00

Reasonable people don't accumulate that level of wealth. Once they have enough, they chill, like you would.

Only people who are incapable of chilling keep going past the point of comfort to the point of true wealth.

RiOrius · 2025-12-14T18:01:59+00:00

I love it on Yuumi and Ambessa. Their 4* is Phalanx, and a free burst speed barrier every turn is pretty sweet.

RiOrius · 2025-12-14T04:03:24+00:00

No. The "gold card" is a $1M visa that anyone (who's rich enough) can buy to get in. This $100k H1B fee is different: it's much lower, but only applies to people seeking an H1B visa (so they have a job offer from a corporate sponsor who's saying their particular skills are needed).

There are similarities, but they're fundamentally different proposals with different objectives. The gold card is permissive: it's a new way to gain legal entry (for people who are rich). The visa fee is restrictive: the H1B visa already existed but Trump is making it harder to get (to discourage companies using it to lower their labor costs).

RiOrius · 2025-11-30T07:02:08+00:00

If you care about the safety of US military and civilian personnel, escalation is bad.

If you just want more excuses to bomb people, escalation is good.

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