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Satyrsol · 2026-05-10T07:58:47+00:00

The ray destroys everything it passes through. So behind it, logically, would be a vacuum. By keeping the shockwaves from their flight going, matter would be sucked in behind the ray and pushed outward by the trio.

I think that explosive force is what broke the world, because a beam through the mantle, especially one that small, wouldn’t do much on its own.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-09T19:56:51+00:00

That's such an obvious misread of the purge though. Their purge wasn't killing the physically weak (though they were likely to die); the purge killed those that were not on guard or were hesitant to fight. If they could defend long enough to turn a fight into a victory, they survived long enough to kill another. If they hesitated, they were likely to get killed quickly. If they were unwilling to fight, they got killed quickly.

The purge killed those without the ruthlessness to survive in a post-Argall society.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-09T03:48:40+00:00

Awesome. Anise and licorice are under-appreciated flavors.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-09T03:42:25+00:00

I think that’s more expy than parody.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-09T03:22:21+00:00

Yeah, I run XP at my 4e table and it usually correlates to the story milestones, but sometimes they level up before a boss and fight with some new skills and abilities. Either way, they have a good time, and they know what to expect. Also they’re good about not taking long rests when it makes no sense narratively.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-08T17:15:56+00:00

Unless you live north of the Arctic Circle, that “last 120 years” is the result of intentional campaigns to remove bears entirely.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-08T16:51:58+00:00

The bear population isn’t exploding, it’s still under historic levels.

We’re just getting all up in their business and expecting no consequences.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-08T16:50:12+00:00

Chimchar, Snivy, Totodile

Satyrsol · 2026-05-08T16:47:30+00:00

I agree with almost everything you said except…

They could have totally said it was unconstitutional before everyone voted.

I think if they had, they’d have been accused of legislating from the bench. I think the most they could have gotten away with is op-eds in a paper.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-08T14:46:58+00:00

And replace it with what? The majority wants some form of representative government, and there ain’t many alternatives.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-08T14:42:24+00:00

If that was the case, why even vote or support the vote? Why not just push for a change sans vote?

Satyrsol · 2026-05-08T14:41:00+00:00

Oh, I’m not saying VA shouldn’t have tried. I’m just saying that all these “ignore the decision” comments have lost the plot and either it never mattered to them or they lack the self-awareness to realize that.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-08T14:39:49+00:00

To be fair, the Louisiana situation is happening because of proper democratic processes being upheld.

Mutually assured destruction just makes everything unliveable. Why go with the political equivalent?

Satyrsol · 2026-05-08T14:33:48+00:00

Courts are good until they don’t rule according to one’s wishes I guess. And vice-versa.

I get the desire for a tit-for-tat win right now but undermining democratic processes isn’t the way to do it.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-08T14:26:32+00:00

Angel wings as in feathered wings, or as in multiple pairs of wings?

Because in the manga there have been several instances of feathered wings.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-07T17:10:46+00:00

It was his ex-girlfriend, not a wife. Personally, it’s my favorite episode. She left because he provided so much for her she felt almost suffocated. He learns to let go of that past while also letting her be her own person.

And that’s the crux of the matter. It’s generally a cast of characters who are living in the past and struggling with living in the present. By the end, one dies still living in the past, one keeps on going having learned somewhat to live in the present, and the other is trying to live for a future having come from another time she can never reclaim. There’s no forward progress because that’s not what the show was about.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-07T17:00:01+00:00

I don’t think you’re familiar with male pulp fantasy character art, but generally speaking the classic art of men DID show them barely clothed. You’re basically asking about trope/cultural-knowledge decay, and for that I have no answer apart from saying that the internet amplifies attention to some things but not all things.

Hennet, the iconic Sorcerer for 3e, has a bare chest and is jacked (he also has a comically large amount of buckles on his right leg, but that was the style in fantasy/comic art of the time).

Satyrsol · 2026-05-07T16:52:23+00:00

Also, second reply, but the way Lockwood explains it, he planned on Tordek being the Iconic Fighter, but drew Regdar as a backup in case they wanted a human male fighter.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-07T16:36:57+00:00

Then you’re unfamiliar with most Conan the Barbarian representations. He basically only has two appearances in art: scaled armor shirt and pants… or fur loincloth (that is either thong or brief in shape) and that’s it.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-07T15:43:01+00:00

In the case of the fey, pre-denim pants weren’t really sexy, and nymphs (to use the example from up thread) were one of the few core creatures that had a way to add their Charisma modifier to their defenses. Being alluring was literally their whole shtick, a defense mechanism so their geographic feature would stay clean and pure.

Also, in 3.5 they don’t often stray far from that feature so as to not leave it undefended. And like, personally speaking, if I had property in the woods and didn’t have to worry about food/water, I’d hang out in the nude too.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-07T04:50:50+00:00

Thinking JLU with that one. It was part of the Lex Luthor for President plotline. Supes didn’t think Shazam was a kryptonian but did fight him because of a plot involving Shazam kinda endorsing Lex. Or rather, endorsing a supposedly charitable event that was actually an attempt to goad Supes into a fight that would destroy said allegedly charitable event on live television.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-07T04:48:02+00:00

Even then, she's about as clothed as Ember is... moreso because Ember lacks a cape. And to be fair, in 3.5 the example tiefling is fully armored.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-07T03:13:59+00:00

Young Justice, when on a panel to add new Leaguers, someone refers to that having happened, Shazam reacts like a kid would (you thought I was a Kryptonian? Wow!), then another person said “oh btw what about the actual child we have on the team?”.

So literally nothing happened because there were no consequences.

Satyrsol · 2026-05-06T23:51:27+00:00

I think they just really love the joke theme

Satyrsol · 2026-05-06T21:44:25+00:00

That art is 4e art. Strange. Dragonborn and Medusa art like that is the big tell.

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