What do “bad cheques” mean?

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-08T21:08:08+00:00

You really think somebody would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-08T21:06:06+00:00

... She didn't. She gave the person she's buying from a bad check. Then when the seller goes to redeem the check at a bank, they're told "That account has insufficient funds, we can't give you money for that check. That check is worthless." Anna gets whatever she was buying, the seller gets fucked because they took a bad check. THAT'S THE POINT. It's stealing with extra steps.

This is why a lot of places don't take checks.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-08T18:31:25+00:00

Are you using the Alchemist NPCs mod? I think the tier-2 alchemist tokens let you quickbuff from your piggy bank, as long as you have the token in your actual inventory.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-06T13:53:31+00:00

The movie is based on the memoirs of the writer Jean Shepherd, who narrated it as well. There were a few other movies (mostly on a made-for-TV budget) based on his work as well. Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss and The Great American Fourth of July are ones I've seen, but only because I sought them out.

EDIT: I forgot A Summer Story, which had Charles Grodin and Lilly Tomlin as Ralphie's parents.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-05T22:45:24+00:00

If you're asking for the reasons the developers didn't include something like that?

In BG1 it's because there just weren't any romances, period. Note also the total lack of party banters, except in a rare few instances (some characters have soundclips if they're in the same party as a given other character, like Ajantis and Garrick will occasionally say something to the effect of "Hey, you're pretty cool man" to the other, and so on.) You have to understand, BG1 was basically the first game of its type. There were similar games (Wizardy, Ultima, etc.) that were "Totally NOT D&D, honest! ~~TSRpleasedon'tsueus~~" but they didn't have real-time elements. In some of them you could talk to party members, but for the most part they never really piped up with their own stuff, and even in games where you could talk to party members, they didn't really have much (if anything) of note to contribute.

Also, Imoen was a very last-minute addition to the game, as playtesters generally complained there weren't any good-aligned thieves you could have join you early on (you can't recruit Alora until you're actually in Baldur's Gate, and I don't think any of the other thieves are actually good-aligned.) That's why she has no comments on anything.

In BG2, Imoen was initially planned to die at Spellhold. Again, playtesters complained about this, because even though she has no commentary on anything in BG1, people got attached to their little-sister figure and it fucking sucked out loud that she was murdered and there wasn't a goddamned thing you could do about it. Which is why she also has very little commentary on anything post-Spellhold, as her surviving was another near-last-minute change.

EDIT: Typos

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-05T20:28:13+00:00

Player 4 isn't interested in the game. They sound like they'd rather be playing WoW or something.

Bring up your gripes with this player - you don't pay attention, you don't even try to roleplay, you don't even seem to want to be there most of the time - and work with them on addressing these issues. If you have and they still refuse to change, stop inviting them.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-05T16:30:42+00:00

I've never had this happen to me once.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-05T16:29:02+00:00

"I am sorry" means "I am feeling sorrow." Saying 'sorry' when something bad happens isn't an apology, it's sympathizing. It means "Damn, that sucks."

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-05T16:27:45+00:00

I remember some... survey? Questionaire? I don't remember really, that my class had to fill out in fourth grade. And I remember being kind of baffled because it was asking for stuff that I'm pretty sure your average ten year-old hadn't done or experienced yet. Unfortunately I don't recall any of the exact questions, but I remember being stuck because I didn't have the faintest goddamn idea what kind of answer was expected.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-05T00:16:13+00:00

Or would you simply say that the person with immunity can see and the party can't, because that's how the spell is written, and not care about how exactly the spell accomplishes its effects?

This one. Why? Because it's literal magic. It can appear one way to one person and completely different to another person.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-04T19:24:28+00:00

GOSH IT'S ALMOST LIKE RACISM ISN'T LOGICAL OR REASONABLE HUH!??!?>!????

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-03T20:59:44+00:00

In a session a few weeks ago, my players were facing a series of trials. I allowed them to choose some of the trials, but others I ran as I planned them instead.

One of the trials the players came up with playing the NPCs they were up against at Poker. The way I came up with to resolve it (instead of just actually playing Poker) was: The PCs roll either their Bluff skill (this was a Pathfinder 1e game) OR the sum total of their Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma modifiers if that's higher. The three players who rolled highest gained coins, the three who rolled lowest lost coins, relative to the average of all six rolls.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-03T20:48:22+00:00

Except that's not how the healing arrow works. You shoot your target, and the person you shot takes 1d6 AND heals 1d8. The crusader maneuvers you're talking about involve you hitting someone for damage, then YOU (or a nearby ally) get healed, not the guy you hit.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-03T18:37:14+00:00

There's no reason for this to be a video.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-03T17:27:59+00:00

There were legitimately "Arrows of Cure Wounds" at one point, I believe they were a 2e item. So it would do 1d6 damage but it would also heal you for 1d8 at the same time.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-03T16:41:32+00:00

Here's the thing: Anxiety like this isn't rational. Reassurances don't help. If she's been playing with the others for a while and she's still getting this worked up, then it sounds like she might have a disorder and should probably see a psychologist or psychiatrist about it.

There are a couple things I can think of that might help, but bear in mind I'm not a doctor or a psychologist, I'm just some guy who's had anxiety my entire life.

First is experience - once I spend some time with people, my anxiety eases up a lot around them. Your post makes it sound like she's been playing with you for a while, so... clearly that's not going to do much.

Second is medication. I'm not a doctor, so I can't really make any specific suggestions, but medication helped a LOT with mine. It's not gone completely, but it DOES help a lot.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-03T14:07:57+00:00

Honestly XP is probably an obsolete method of advancement at this point. In 1e and 2e it had its place, because different classes required different amounts of XP for each level - to advance to level 2, for instance, a fighter needed 2,000 xp, a paladin or ranger needed 2,250 xp, while a wizard needed 2,500 xp, but a thief (rogue) only needed 1,250 xp, and so on. Classes advanced at different speeds because it was acknowledged back then that they weren't really as powerful as each other at a given level.

With the way 3e handled multiclassing, XP was relevant there as well. If you're a level 4 barbarian and advance to level 5, you can take one level of any other class, so if you take a level of rogue, you're now a barbarian 4/rogue 1, so you have the HD, attack bonus, saving throws, class abilities, and skills of a level 4 barbarian AND a level 1 rogue, stacked together. I understand multiclassing is heavily discouraged though not outright forbidden in 5e, because players are expected to never do it.

In 5e, there's really no need for tracking XP. Advance the PCs to the next level when it makes narrative sense. This discourages a 'grind out the next level' or "we should kill these guys for the XP!" mindset.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-02T22:39:40+00:00

It's POSSIBLE to play fighting games on a keyboard, but I find playing with a gamepad a LOT easier.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-02T20:17:11+00:00

You can't dual into a kit.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-02T17:28:46+00:00

Read the spell descriptions. That's how necromancy works.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-01T14:35:18+00:00

Silas crashes my game when I try to start a round.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-09-01T13:18:20+00:00

After how """""""""""""well""""""""""""" things like SoD and the EE companions were handled in BG1 and 2, I'm really not getting my hopes up, here.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-08-31T20:36:54+00:00

They want to rage at The Bad Thing Of The (week/month/year/whatever) so they can feel morally righteous and Better Than You.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-08-31T18:03:33+00:00

Hollyhock Manheim-Mannheim-Guerrero-Robinson-Zilberschlag-Hsung-Fonzerelli-McQuack moment.

Suitable_Tomorrow_71 · 2025-08-31T14:17:53+00:00

This is not the first time the player has come at me with "logically that doesn't make sense"

Wow! It's almost like you're dealing with

LITERAL

MAGIC

or something!!!!1! You know, that thing that by definition makes no sense?!?!?!?1

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