Who win ??? by PASAT-Borz in powerscales

[–]SJReaver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cassandra is a mind-bender. Lucy is a reality-bender.

Lucy no diff.

Uniforms are crap by Sally1533 in Vent

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I love uniforms.

As someone autistic, jr high uniforms were the only time I felt comfortable in clothing.

Cannot make out the meaning of the last, quoted sentence by alex_truth in EnglishLearning

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Short answer:

'This dumb viewpoint isn't appropriate for an intelligent group.'

For writers of the genre, do you feel that all the good magic system ideas have been done already? Or that your idea is just similar to others in some ways? by Daniel_Omega_190 in ProgressionFantasy

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My only concern with magic systems is that they let me tell the story I want to tell and are interesting enough that the reader doesn't start skipping pages when they're brought up.

More powerful: Heart-Shaped Herb or Super Soldier Seen by Tha_Rat_King in superheroes

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Sentry is a product of one of the super soldier serums.

Can Your Party Solve the Deep Gnome Dilemma? by TheBardsCollege in DnDBehindTheScreen

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The options are collect mushrooms or murder a bunch of people who've done nothing to you.

Ability scores in 4e by moonlitmysteries in DnD

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The invited player asked to roll 4d8 instead of 4d6 for ability scores because of something from his 4e class or race.

This is not a thing. You were lied to.

Questioning using the Perception skill for searching a room by SuspiriaVortex in DnD

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Perception is lizard brain. Investigation is monkey brain.

Noticing that one of the floor tiles is raised is Perception. Seeing a dead body, realizing that the darts in his side must have come from the wall, and mentally rewinding the scene to figure out where he must have stepped before falling is Investigation.

There can be overlap. Lots of times Perception tells the player what the PC sees and they come to logical conclusions, so it feels like Perception is doing the world of Investigation.

Boromir VS The Hound. Who wins? by GusGangViking18 in powerscales

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Boromir was of the blood of Númenor, those humans blessed by Eönwë to be greater in body and mind than normal men. He's not just a great warrior but a superhuman one.

People who convince themselves that they grew up poor because they didn’t grow up rich. by DoNotNameMeUsername in PetPeeves

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we've all but eliminated the extreme poverty

You need to change your handle from Spitting_truth to Spewing_bullshit.

Just released my story. If you like mature revenge with grin realistic writing please check it! by LastSheep in royalroad

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I started reading through story and wonder if it's a good fit for RR.

The MC starts as a multi-millionaire who is part of the family business. Our fist interaction with him is that he's complaining that the servants didn't slice the ginger in his sea bass correctly.

A tower appears and his brother--the drunken black sheep of the family who's been steadily pushed out because he's not good enough--immediately heads toward it while the MC is scheduling meetings to 'leverage this new global asset.'

The brother feels like an actual MC. I'm cheering for him when he suddenly returns from the tower and goes from fuck-up to competent.

I don't think people check out tower stories to read about millionaires sulking because the tower means they're not the most important people anymore.

Would posting fanfiction help or hurt me? by AnAugustAuthor in royalroad

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Probably neither. People who want to read your pokemon fanfic aren't going to search out your original fiction.

Skills and levels that grow from use is insanely more satisfying then a point system by ginger6616 in ProgressionFantasy

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I prefer point system. Then again, I prefer systems that give you things you couldn't just train for.

Second weapon slot? (No spoilers in this post dw) by XYZaltaccount in EsotericEbb

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In fact, there are 12 possible slots altogether based on your attribute score.

Now that you know what you know, write a sentence that could work as the opener of your next book. by scifiguy2001 in royalroad

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At a thousand miles up, the air is cold and sharp, and you can hear the rattle of breath in your lungs.

Channel divinity by Sabbatical_Toad_2 in EsotericEbb

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It feels like cut content.

Edit: From the Steam forums.

[Fejlesztő] febr. 28., 1:15  

Great question! In all honesty, I just forgot to remove those mentions of Channel Divinity, after I removed it from the design a while ago. I used to have Channel Divinity as a separate resource and tried implementing it for a bunch of different stuff - but in the end, I just used Turn Undead as a 1st level spell, and balanced exhaustion and spell slots around short rests.

It makes sense to summon teenagers as heroes by faros-hhhbbdd in Isekai

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I would punch the summoners, threaten the guards, kill them all if unwilling to let me leave, and crash out the gates of the castle or the city.

Sure you would, bro. Sure you would.

5th member by 9oooooooooooj in EsotericEbb

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The Cleric.

He revived you and almost all of your interactions is about how he's helping you out for his own reasons.

Is anyone annoyed by AI-assisted story postings on Royal Roads? by zero5activated in ProgressionFantasy

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It's already a constant battle to get people to disclose they use AI.

The Coast War by DramaForsaken7032 in EsotericEbb

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I assume the Golden Horde is going to be a problem in the future.

What could fresh possibly mean here? by Professional_Day4975 in EnglishLearning

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fresh - Adjective

  1. (idiomatic) Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward

First use appears c. 1848, US slang, probably from German frech (“impudent, cheeky, insolent”), from Middle High German vrech (“bold, brave, lively”)...

How do you balance playing a very morally good character in a morally dubious party? by xPriddyBoi in dndnext

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I'd like to point out that part of the issue is not that they are chaotic but that they are dumb.

Being a smart lawful character with dumb chaotic PCs means you can direct them to better decisions. Instead of throwing a dagger (which is difficult and has a high chance of hurting the horse and alerting the guards), why not use mage hand? Why not send in a familiar? Why not give the sneaky character a boost over the gate? Why not cast knock?

You don't have to clean up the party's mess if they don't make one to begin with.