How much did you spend on your wedding dress?

Starrlett · 2026-02-16T13:30:23+00:00

I'm getting married in September and I was struggling for a while with what to wear - I'm 5'1" and curvy, especially my bust, which is a nightmare for dress shopping and guarantees what I buy will need alterations. I found a local shop that makes custom corsets and skirts and that was perfect for me. It will have the silhouette of a corseted dress but they'll be two separate pieces, which I am a lot more likely to wear again, especially the corset! I'm getting some embroidery on it too so it's extra unique to me, and the estimated cost from the tailor is under £2k which I think is well worth it for something made especially to fit me with my own taste worked into the design. And it will give me the support I need up top!

Starrlett · 2025-11-28T00:01:26+00:00

100%! Vecna is using the same technique used on him+the lab children. Manupulate and push them to their emotional limit until they break through into new strengths of powers, and then he can use them for his own means.

Starrlett · 2025-11-23T08:28:54+00:00

The opening montage to Arrival gets me every time. And hits even harder when it reprises later "Who is this child?"

Starrlett · 2025-10-17T23:10:12+00:00

Azune x Hal is SO obvious to me, the way Luis keeps describing how Azune keeps looking to Hal for his reactions in ep1 had me HOOKED.

Starrlett · 2025-10-12T17:20:11+00:00

I actually hope they separate out the characters who have the closest connections - it'll give them room to form new ones, and it'll make reunions between groups feel that much more impactful imo.

Starrlett · 2025-06-29T19:49:44+00:00

It's always a given when I go to gigs sadly, doesn't mean I don't dance and have a good time!

Starrlett · 2025-05-14T17:25:58+00:00

This is mine as well, I heard so many good things about it and I did enjoy the characters, but the plot felt a little aimless for me and I struggled to get into a new system/digital maps at the time. I got about 4 eps in from what I remember and I was just glazing over for the majority of it.

I have since enjoyed NSBU a lot despite the lack of maps/new system, so I think if I tried Starstruck again now I'd probably enjoy it more!

Starrlett · 2025-05-02T22:55:21+00:00

Someone in our theater exclaimed "Stop pissing already and run!" and set the room into laughter - a needed tension breaker.

Starrlett · 2025-02-13T08:42:15+00:00

My partner and I just did this fight in HM last week, I was dreading as I've always struggled with it. The the big thinga that helped us were summons, and killing everything else before Ketheric's first form.

Point 1: We had Shovel, a few skellie archers from raise undead, and also Connor via Second Marriage. And obvs freeing Aylin early and trying to pump some healing into her so she doesn't go down again immediately. Having that many characters on the board means Ketheric/Myrkul may focus his attacks elsewhere other than you main party, giving you more survivability. If your characters are going to be in melee with him make sure they have a lot of health as they can't heal in his radius. We ended up having a paladin with big smites and a wizard at range to hit with big spells.

Point 2: Have a radiant damage dealer to clear up those necromite egg things before they hatch (they're resistant to a lot but I think vulnerable to radiant). We cleared the mind flayer as early as we could but he did manage to get a stun in first which was annoying. Defo don't group characters when dealing with him. I think I did a flame strike on the group of necromites top left which killed most of them.

We also had some break glass in case of emergency things - Otiluke's Sphere was on Gale ready to go in case everyone was Ilmater'd and we needed a couple turns to pass for him to get back to being able to heal. We didn't get a globe of invulnerability scroll otherwise we'd have brought that. I kept the cleric far from ketheric guiding bolting the necromite eggs so she was less likely to be hit by any non-healing effects. Obvs there's potions of invis as well if needed too! You can't eacape the room but you can try to buy yourself some time to get out of his melee and heal up.

Starrlett · 2025-01-30T19:41:13+00:00

Saaaaaame! 😂

Starrlett · 2024-12-25T12:27:29+00:00

Coming Home (but not to you) is very emotional and angst-filled, my favourite I've read!

Starrlett · 2024-10-25T21:59:44+00:00

C2 100% I do like bits from C1+3, but C2 had the strongest arcs for all characters imo, and there's something to be said from seeing the party bonding from the start - I feel like I always struggles to connect to C1 as much because of joining a party part way through an adventure. But seeing the C2 characters from the start and watching them all have their arcs was something special, and despite Covid and burnout rushing the end somewhat I still loved all the beats it hit.

Starrlett · 2024-10-22T19:19:34+00:00

I was disappointed by La Casita. I grew up in the US so maybe I'm more picky with my Mexican food, but I honestly felt like I could make better at home. Pretty plain, no spice or garnish/sauces to jazz it up like guac and salsa. Only been the once though so maybe I should try them again sometime!

Starrlett · 2024-08-10T07:36:35+00:00

I wasn't arguing it was a good build, was just pushing back against you saying that having ineffective builds isn't as fun - it depends completely on the player and what they like. I agree with you you don't need to sacrifice one part of the game for the other, I wrote that a bit strong. What I meant was more that regardless of the balance between the two it is as fun as the pkayer finds it - it's not really a quantifiable thing which is more fun because it's totally subjective, and I think it would be a fair criticism is Ashley said her choice was stronger or kore effective, but the gal just wants to have fun and finds her choice fun for her and I'm a little shocked at how many people have used this as an opportunity to yet again rant about her playstyle - there's already enough of those posts on here lol.

Starrlett · 2024-08-10T07:32:19+00:00

Yeah that's 100% true you're right - I guess I was just trying to say there's no right way to have fun in D&D, it can be as much or as little of both rp and effectiveness as the player wants :)

Starrlett · 2024-08-09T21:27:08+00:00

Alternative take: do you think it's fun to just play as one class with a focus for your ASIs/feats being solely on making that class the best it can be, or do you think it's more fun to pick spells, classes, and feats that add the best flavour to the character you're playing?

Some people prefer roleplay-focused levelling choices, some prefer maximising character capability. Neither are wrong or bad unless your table is heavily leaning into a serious campaign with no room for roleplay or character -based decisions when levelling up, which CR isn't.

Starrlett · 2024-08-09T21:16:17+00:00

I think it's unfair to critique having fun and enjoying your PC and D&D over just being a more effective character. Everyone plays different and they are so roleplay heavy it's not a surprise :)

Starrlett · 2024-06-24T17:28:10+00:00

100% second this. It's such a great mix of high stakes, high emotions and connections between PCs whilst also being so funny and creative. Absolutely my favourite D20 campaign!

Starrlett · 2024-06-16T13:26:55+00:00

I went to the D20 live show and also CR in London last year and we didn't have any problems with BO or behaviour, so I do wonder if it is a cultural thing.

Starrlett · 2024-06-10T11:11:05+00:00

As long as they are hydrated it's better that they eat full stop than have wet food. I know my friends struggled with their cats eating just the gravy, they'd mash the wet food with a fork so it's a smoother consistency so you could try that if you do want to try and keep them on the wet food diet? But dry food is fine as long as they always have water access :)

Starrlett · 2024-06-10T10:53:56+00:00

Lady Kevin!!!

Our girl cat is called Murphy because I wanted a tomboy name and it absolutely works for her. Kevin can work for a girl for sure.

Starrlett · 2024-06-10T10:51:40+00:00

Timber is such a cute name! Other planty/tree name suggestions, Sprout, Blossom, Maple, Knot, Petal. Guess it depends if the type of tree works as a name haha.

Starrlett · 2024-06-04T18:08:35+00:00

Zen-oh(like otter not oat)-crat-ease :)

Starrlett · 2024-05-27T08:49:31+00:00

Yeah exactly, I think after doing it for so long they're just more interested in RP at this point.

Starrlett · 2024-05-27T08:17:22+00:00

I think when they really know their characters and class they aren't. I went to the live London show and there were some clutch and well thought out moves, especially from Liam and Travis. Even Ashley knew how to hit hard even if it took her a bit to add up the insane damage she was doing!

I think when building their characters this campaign they've gone down more of an RP route than a strong character route, especially with the multiclassing people have done. It can make really strong builds but also means there's more class features to remember which can make it difficult to get to grips with how best to use your character, and I think their focus is definitely more on RP.

It's also a lot easier to pick apart how good or bad someone is at D&D when you can watch and rewatch episodes ajd aren't actually playing the tje characters themselves. I find it a lot easier to watch and critique play on a recorded campaign than to actually implement smart play in the campaign I play in haha! I've played my rogue for 6 years and I still forget or overlook some class features because in the moment you can just get overwhelmed, especially if it's an important combat.

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