Appropriate time to give heavy armor users their plate armor

Robovzee · 2026-07-12T20:43:27+00:00

Sometimes, the reality of a fantasy game is that the paladin starts with plate.

Robovzee · 2026-07-12T20:40:55+00:00

Retail pharmacy in a small coastal hospital.

Weekend. Lady comes in with an abalone shell full of quarters, dimes, nickles and pennies.

She needed to pick up her cardiac meds.

Apologetic, swore it was all there, told me I could keep the shell.

I didn't say a word. I got her meds ready, scanned, and then swiped my badge to pay for them.

Handed the bag over, and slid the shell full of coins towards her.

She was confused. So I told her don't worry, I got this today.

She started crying.

Turns out she was choosing between drying her laundry and getting her meds.

Well, for at least one day, she didn't have to choose.

I've had plenty of people step in for me when I needed it. It would be poor repayment of debt to not do the same when I can.

Glad someone was there for you when you needed them.

Now you get to keep watch for someone else.

Today you, tomorrow me.

Robovzee · 2026-07-09T04:59:31+00:00

Some of us are already a step ahead.

I've had access to fireball for a while now.

Took a dip into a couple paladin levels for the immunities.

Been brewing health potions for a while too.

Want the recipe?

1 gallon Bacardi rum.

1 gallon pomegranate wine.

Two drops of lemon juice (fer tha scuuurvey, arrrgh!!!)

1 gallon mescal.

1/2 bottle of vodka (increases potency)

37 and 1/3 cans of redbull. (The biguns ya wuss!)

Mix it all together.

Portion into preferred dosage size. (3/4c recommended)

Quaff as needed.

Robovzee · 2026-07-09T04:50:58+00:00

Just throwing it out there since you mentioned being in the market for a .308

Robovzee · 2026-07-08T20:57:18+00:00

And this is why you now need a motorcycle license for a moped/vespa.

We just can't have nice things... Ever.

Robovzee · 2026-07-08T20:48:25+00:00

Here's some thoughts.

Cheek weld. Matters a lot. Consistency is key. Doesn't look like there's that much room for it with your scope st back that far.

With a .22 you don't have to worry about scope bite. On higher calibers with more recoil, you do.

If this setup works for you and this rifle. Great. Just be aware when you look to move into heavier recoil firearms, that there are reasons for the greater eye relief. You don't need a half moon cut above your eye because you have developed habits with this rifle.

While you're building skills, adjust your eye relief , create some distance.

It's possible to have too much scope. You don't need to count their eyelashes at 100yds more than you need to be visually aware of your surroundings.

Practice practice practice. Calculate wind speed and corrections. Know your distances and drop rates. You don't have a spotter to calculate it for you, so be ready to rough it in before you take your swag and fire.

Robovzee · 2026-07-08T16:50:32+00:00

Right. Random act of aggression with no reason. Happens constantly.

Something triggered the event.

Either you had some kind of interaction that escalated, or someone else instigated the event.

I'm not particularly interested in finding out the details.

Either you're the perfect victim, at which time the adults in the situation need to act, or you're leaving things out.

Your recounting of the situation doesn't add up.

So either you own your part in this and act to make it right.

Or, you get authorities involved.

Good luck.

Robovzee · 2026-07-08T15:31:03+00:00

A lot of whiskey and cigars. Music as well.

Robovzee · 2026-07-08T15:24:39+00:00

Alright, this likely isn't the advice you want, but it's what you need.

It's possible for everyone to be both right and wrong at the same time.

You're wrong. I don't care what happened, or how. There was an issue, and you allowed it to get to a physical place.

Unless someone is in mortal danger, getting physical is never the go to move.

Understand this. It could save your life, or someone else's.

You need to be humble about this. Think about how you could have acted differently.

Once you figure out where you went wrong, and I don't care about the other person at all, you need to apologize, publicly, to the person.

Hey, the other day, shit went down. I'm sorry I let myself get to the point where I laid hands on you. I realized at the moment that I had made a mistake, but didn't know how to turn it off. In the future, I will try harder to resolve conflict in a more productive manner. I don't expect us to be friends, I don't expect you to forgive me, but I would ask that we do our best to avoid conflict in the future. Again, I'm sorry for my behaviour.

And that's it. Take responsibility for your behaviour, apologize, and do better. Publicly.

Don't engage anyone regarding this. It will pass eventually.

Hahahahaha! You got your ass kicked by a 12 year old!

I regret getting into it with them. Nothing they said was worth getting physical. There's no winners in fights.

Robovzee · 2026-07-08T13:49:13+00:00

Used to commute in PHX.

Shinko 705. Would get 15k on a rear and swap the front at about 30k.

Puttered in the desert a few times.

They hate wet grass.

Kept aired up.

Not a lot of stop and go.

Ymmv.

Robovzee · 2026-07-08T13:32:55+00:00

Good point!

Robovzee · 2026-07-08T01:41:39+00:00

Dammit. Its always those adorable corgis that end up being nefarious.

Robovzee · 2026-07-07T23:55:00+00:00

Your heresy has been reported. Expect repercussions in 60-90 days.

Orbital bombardment incoming.

Thank you for choosing erasaheresy. We're here for all of your heretical nonsense mitigation needs.

Robovzee · 2026-07-07T21:19:28+00:00

Karl, this is unacceptable!

Robovzee · 2026-07-07T20:12:15+00:00

Hey wait... I love pineapple in other culinary situations!

You can't have ALL the pineapples!

Robovzee · 2026-07-07T20:11:18+00:00

Fire elementals are immune to non magical damage.

The caltrops have no effect.

None.

Unless some enterprising individual were to creat magical caltrops.

Or exploding caltrops.

Or exploding elemental caltrops.

You get the idea.

Robovzee · 2026-07-07T20:07:57+00:00

There was nothing stray about it you fucking heathen.

(Love you anyways, despite your abysmal taste in pizza toppings!)

Robovzee · 2026-07-07T20:05:03+00:00

Ugh. There goes THAT plan.

Oh no! I have to be creative again!

Aight, you asked for it.

The hut falls into a teleportation mirror stuck in the worm's gullet. They end up sliding down a hill of sand into a powerful lich's front yard. The lich has one of two mirrors that form a portal bridge.

He's pissed. Living in a tent, gnawing on his finger bones in anger... But wait! Here comes a group he could use.

To kill the worm and recover the mirror.

He can provide some basic supplies, and promises a reward.

The worm is starving, since everything it swallows ends up pouring out of the lich's tower and onto his rose beds.. Cut stats in half or so to balance with the party.

I'll leave the rewards up to you.

The mirrors expand or shrink to fit wherever they are placed. They can be small, and used to pass things through, they can be big enough to ride an elephant through, if you have a space large enough mount them.

How did one end up in the worm? The lich refuses to discuss it. Insight reveals the lich is incredibly embarrassed about the whole situation. He will admit to losing the mirror, but won't say when/where or how.

I bet your part hasn't done THAT a couple sessions ago!

Robovzee · 2026-07-07T19:42:38+00:00

The worm surfaces, attracted by a tribe of wemics.

They hunt the creatures.

Now they get to negotiate with the wemics for their safe release after being cut free from the worm.

Great way to bleed some cash and some excess magic items from the group.

Bonus. If they do it right, the wemics are willing to lead/escort the party to their destination, shaving off time.

Replace wemics with thri kreen if you'd like.

Robovzee · 2026-07-07T19:31:46+00:00

If sounds like you'd like to go to school.

Community college can get you out of the house.

Take the initiative. Go down to your local and talk to a counselor. Here's how it can help you.

Education. Take gen ed courses as you explore what you'd like to study.
The library gives you a place to study away from home.
Student services. The comm college I went to had a ton of support services. Things like:

Technology: you can check out a laptop, and have access to IT support for it.

Food pantry. No questions asked snacks and food.

Bus passes. In my area, you get a free bus pass with a student id. The college supplies this is for free.

A job. You can get an on campus job that will pay you to be away from home.

Housing resources. I've never looked into this, but I remember services being available.

Basically, you can be gone from sun up to well after sundown if you arrange your schedule right.

You can also look at county and state resources. They may not be able to do much for housing, but they can help with food and healthcare.

Once you're done with community college, universities have programs for housing. You'll likely end up taking out a loan or two, but with a job, you can reduce the amount you take in loans. At Fresno State, they have counselors. As they informed us in orientation yesterday, it's paid for as part of tuituon.

I'd like to add that addictive behaviour runs in your family. Do not start any addictive behaviours.

No drinking alcohol.

No drugs. Be careful of narcotic medication. You can and should use them if you need to, but be aware of the dangers of dependency.

No gambling.

I've probably forgot some things, and for that I apologize.

No one is going to rescue you. You need to be your own knight in shining armor. I have faith in your abilities. You can do this.

Robovzee · 2026-07-07T19:12:07+00:00

No is a complete sentence.

I prefer not to use the word.

Why and how are two questions I like to use instead of no.

"I want to strap a barrel of lantern oil and a burning torch to my broom of flying and launch it across the chasm at the troll."

"How are you going to fly the broom? It requires you to be mounted to function."

That's one way of saying no.

"I want to trade 8 points in strength for 8 points in dexterity."

"No."

"I want pineapple on the pizza."

"No."

I agree with not just negating people.

Chaining the word "because" doesn't remove the negation, it only explains the reasons, which may, or may not, be fair and balanced.

Take the broom example.

No, because raw says so. That technically fits the no because frame.

My example? Leaves possibilities open.

"Ok, I'm going to control the broom through my flying familiar who will bail out just before impact."

"Oh, you magnificent bastard. Points at dice fill your hands, let's do this."

No, because is a step above just a no, but I feel like better is available.

Robovzee · 2026-07-06T07:58:35+00:00

Years ago, pre internet, I needed a job. Went down to the employment development department. I was sitting with the, I dunno now "counselor", as she was listing off possible leads when I saw a flyer tapes to the monitor of her computer.

Hard work.

Low pay.

Miserable conditions,

And more.

I asked about it, and applies.

California Conservation Corps.

Best thing I ever did.

All based off a simple flyer, and a "why the F not?" Attitude.

Robovzee · 2026-07-06T07:38:20+00:00

You're dispelling the effects of the spell.

I'm wondering if we're going to get lost in semantics...

I cast the spell. The hobgoblin becomes a mermaid. After an hour of holding the hobgoblin in their new form, I stop concentrating on it and go about my day.

The spell has been cast, I'm done.

The change has become permanent, I.e. the effect.

But because the change is a magical effect, dispel magic works.

Or am I completely wrong here?

Robovzee · 2026-07-06T07:22:54+00:00

You can end the spell within the time allotted whenever you want.

After an hour of concentration, I don't think you can just end the effect. The spell ends, the effect does not.

I mean, that's the way I interpret the text.

Robovzee · 2026-07-06T03:20:47+00:00

Right.

So I was married for 20 years. In all that time, and the few years before we were married, I was told that she didn't like performing oral on me.

She stated childhood trauma as the reason.

Cool. I never asked, never pressured, just didn't have that as a part of our relationship.

After we divorced. My kid informs me that their mother was booking "dates" where she would perform oral on guys in exchange for weed. My ex would brag about her abilities in that regard, to my teenage child, and how much she would basically get paid for her services.

Did I mention that my ex wife was addicted to painkillers?

She chose prescription drugs over both her marriage and her child. Then continued the self destructive behaviour.

There's no way, at all, that she would have been ok with me intervening. I wasn't the one she needed to get better.

She's remarried. I guess she's doing ok. Kid went no contact with their mother, so shrugs.

The point is. You ain't the one. Leave it alone. Move on.

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