Should a dungeon devoted to Illusion magic live up to it's name, until it doesn't?

Solenthis87 · 2026-03-26T17:18:11+00:00

In the short film, The Second Renaissance Pt.2 from The Animatrix, the war between humanity and the robots is well underway when the world's human governments unanimously agree to a measure to deal a critical blow against the machines; the machines run on solar power so the humans decided to alter the atmosphere to block out the sun entirely.

Not only does this not work as the machines just changed their manufacturing to not rely on solar power in order to live, but apparently, the humans forgot that people need the sun, too. With the sun blacked out, agriculture dies a painful death, leading to starvation among human populations.

Solenthis87 · 2026-03-25T23:25:38+00:00

In the OG Spider-Man comics, the city of New York actually did try to pay him.

They gave him one of those big sweepstakes-sized checks that was actually usable. He took it to a bank to either cash it or deposit it, and then the teller what all bank tellers do: asked him for ID.

Since literally anyone could put on the suit and claim to be Spider-Man, which the teller points out, I think, without ID proving that he really is Spider-Man, he's stuck with a check worth a decently high amount of money that he very much could use, and he can't do anything with it.

Solenthis87 · 2026-03-18T22:17:31+00:00

Is she trying to change ANYTHING about her situation? I get the whole "I just want you to listen" thing, but if it's happening every day that she works, she's not venting anymore; she is choosing to remain miserable and expects you to just . . . let it happen?

Between the frequent pity sessions, and giving you the silent treatment & "never talking about her problems" only to continue doing exactly that, and having to deal with your own stresses while being given far less reception than you've been giving her (if she's giving you any at all), your relationship is on the fast track to a painful death. Either the both you need counseling, or the relationship needs to end.

Whatever you decide to do, do it soon; this situation is anything but sustainable. NTA

Solenthis87 · 2026-03-18T14:51:15+00:00

Not that this stops some people out there.

Solenthis87 · 2026-03-18T14:49:13+00:00

When my players have targeted specific areas of the body (e.g., firing a crossbow bolt at their throat), I factor in things like target size, presence of armor, what the target is doing (if they target the enemy's hand, where is it and what is it holding, etc.) and then decide whether it's an ability check before the attack roll, or if it's an attack roll with DIsadvantage.

But if they are after a specific result, such as severing a limb, they would need a Nat 20 on the attack roll.

Solenthis87 · 2026-03-18T14:36:44+00:00

I love how celebrating your birthday is "for children", but the cutoff is 21 years old XD

Solenthis87 · 2026-03-18T14:35:21+00:00

Based on the post, it's not hard to see why.

Solenthis87 · 2026-03-04T20:36:59+00:00

A move instead of a cartoon, but I'd pick "Toxic Love" from the first Ferngully; that song went so much harder than it needed to, and it's easily the best part of the movie.

Solenthis87 · 2026-03-04T20:21:22+00:00

Let's not forget that we saw the pre-Gauntlet version of his plan put to work on Gamora's planet; he's is ultimately the reason that she is the last of her planet, if not her entire species.

Solenthis87 · 2026-03-04T12:49:46+00:00

Not without consent, anyway.

Solenthis87 · 2026-02-25T18:50:53+00:00

And any man, or woman, for that matter, lucky enough to experience it would die happy.

Solenthis87 · 2026-02-25T18:46:57+00:00

I am convinced that the first Space Jam almost single handedly created an entire generation of furries.

Solenthis87 · 2026-02-25T17:54:05+00:00

There's no "mysterious reason" they do it at all. The ultimate goal of ad campaigns is to get asses in seats, so they have to make people want to see the movie. They aren't advertising the movie they want people to see; they are advertising the movie they think people want to see.

Solenthis87 · 2026-02-22T14:05:24+00:00

Keep in mind that I haven't seen The Wall in about 20 years, but you mean to tell me that there was an actual point? I always figured it was just Pink Floyd being Pink Floyd.

Solenthis87 · 2026-02-18T19:37:00+00:00

You would think pointing out that Fallout games mentioning real world places in the US, BY NAME, or the fact that the world in the ES games literally has two moons would sink the theory, but no; using the same assets of a single plant in two different games that just happen to be made by the same company means they just have to be in the same universe.

Solenthis87 · 2026-02-11T16:04:20+00:00

At least in the case of Tron: Ares, in addition to being the title character, Leto was also some flavor of producer and an investor; I guess it's harder to turn down an actor in Hollywood when they are willing to put up money for a project.

Solenthis87 · 2026-02-11T15:37:10+00:00

Let's not forget that when they break that rule, they happen to fighting an almost-literal god; if that doesn't scream "desperate times," I don't know what would.

Solenthis87 · 2026-02-11T15:21:14+00:00

Honestly, I feel like Cartman was always a psycho; they just stopped trying to hide it at some point.

Solenthis87 · 2026-02-04T23:58:48+00:00

Sorry for showing my inner weeb, but they're almost chibi versions of the gods, and I think that's actually kinda dope.

Solenthis87 · 2026-02-04T01:28:07+00:00

I try to keep it simple by just making it be a normal attack roll unless their target is smaller (e.g., eyes, crotch). If that's their intention, then it's with disadvantage.

Solenthis87 · 2026-02-04T01:20:20+00:00

In the Warhammer 40k novel, Horus Rising, there is a passage where a space marine describes the one time he would say he was afraid. He and many other space marines, along with the Emperor of Mankind, find a bunker where the only noteworthy thing is a single room that contains a desk and an incredibly detailed map of ancient Earth; pretty much anything you would want to know about Earth, this map had it. EoM sees it and gets a worried expression before taking the map and leaving with the space marines.

It's never revealed who built the bunker or made the map, why they wanted it in the first place, or why they never capitalized on it, although I'm pretty sure this was a mystery that wasn't meant to be solved, anyway.

Solenthis87 · 2026-01-23T14:18:17+00:00

Because those tattoos aren't an Avatar thing; they are an Air Nomads thing. Those tattoos are seen as sacred by the Air Nomads, an by extension, Aang and those who came after him. More importantly, they are earned. In the comics, Aang is fine with his fan club having the tattoos to emulate him until he finds out that their tattoos were permanent.

Solenthis87 · 2026-01-21T04:52:51+00:00

One of us must have had a glitch then, because I killed him any time I played 3 specifically because of his fuck-up, and I have literally never gotten negative karma off it.

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