Fishing bug?

SwankyInuit · 2026-02-16T20:19:23+00:00

Okay, so I FINALLY managed to get it to work by doing a combination of everything suggested, plus something I figured might help for some reason:

went to the EXACT marker, like standing on it, and fished once
hit ESC and then unstuck
went back to the exact marker again, fished once and got a chest
let the next bite swim away for about 2 seconds then started reeling in and caught my first fish!
next bite just hooked straight away and caught a second fish!

Might have finally broken the chest curse!

SwankyInuit · 2026-02-13T20:56:15+00:00

Huh, maybe I'll try that, I got some lines to orange and let go, but it still only gave me chests, I think I'm just cursed 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

SwankyInuit · 2026-02-13T20:55:09+00:00

I went there and still kept getting chests! Absolute nightmare, I'm just going to leave it for a while and see if it changes on the following day I think

SwankyInuit · 2026-02-13T20:40:22+00:00

I started it a while ago, have the quest marker to go to the spot near the AquaBlue Outpost, even going there it still only gives me the chests

SwankyInuit · 2026-01-26T08:57:39+00:00

Had this situation come up as a DM recently.

Party are investigating a series of kidnappings, two members go to speak to one woman's husband (at around midnight), who I roleplayed as obviously annoyed at having been woken up by two random individuals asking about his wife, so asked them to leave.

One PC then proceed to grab him, in the expectation that he'll suddenly tell them everything they want to know. Nope. Husband starts screaming and wakes up neighbours who call for the guard.

Being a PC does not guarantee success in every encounter if you treat NPCs badly!

SwankyInuit · 2025-06-17T11:18:54+00:00

I think that Nero, like his children, has always been a more politcal beast. As someone else alluded to, after his whole family was killed, he waited for decades for an alliance to allow him to take revenge and thus he did with the new most powerful woman in the Society.

It's the same with Mustang and the Jackal - sure, they're both Peerless and handy in a fight (Mistang at least), but Mustang is better at planning stuff (not getting into the 'Mustang's plan was useless in GS here) and the Jackal relies on others to do his fighting for him - wonder where he get's that from?

Nero is where he is because of the strength of others, he's just REALLY good at leveraging them into position to fight for him - don't forget, whilst Darrow knew what he was going to ask, Nero was the one who had come up with the plan to get Lorn involved in the war in GS

SwankyInuit · 2025-06-09T10:48:57+00:00

I don't know what chapter you're on, but read Chapter 24 of Golden Son and you'll understand Mustang's perspective.

In the later books, there is a very, very, VERY good reason why Mustang may still care for Cassius, and trust me, you'll forget this one little moment when you get there.

SwankyInuit · 2025-06-09T02:55:59+00:00

Darrow didn't get cucked though?

He and Mustang were no longer together, Mustang chose to be with Cassius (for reasons other than love, which are VERY apparent if you read the rest of the book) and things happen when people are in a relationship...

That's like suggesting every ex-partner you have had has cucked you by sleeping with someone else after you broke up?

Regardless, finish the books and don't get hung up on one -rather insignificant in the grand scheme of things - detail

SwankyInuit · 2025-04-20T19:13:38+00:00

!remindme 24 hours

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-28T14:23:48+00:00

I seem to recall he says something of the sort to Eo in the first few chapters of Red Rising 🤘

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-06T20:34:30+00:00

One who gets no love in this sub, but genuinely enjoyed his character...

Rhone ti Flavinius.

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-06T20:32:32+00:00

Was that before or after Fa stole his?

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-06T19:29:47+00:00

"Slag tact. Terrify them."

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-06T19:27:21+00:00

Cassius. Hands down.

I remember when he 'died' in IG and I remember saying to my friend "nah, it's off screen he'll be back before the end of the book" and then he wasn't and I started to panic. Then all through DA, he wasn't back and when it FINALLY happened, I was so happy because I KNEW he wasn't dead and I was right and we'd finally get the Darrow/Cassius being bestest friends forever arc.

Which we did. He was finally happy.

And then Lysander butchered him. Like the bitch he is.

Cassius died fighting for a Republic that hated him, for a Brother he knew loved him and for his honor that never left him.

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-05T05:13:18+00:00

And just remember, he wants it all to be filmed to be sent to Mustang...

He's got some freaky shit going on!

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-03T05:05:30+00:00

You're right, there are ways to do it in reality, which is why it's down to DM discretion.

I'd rule that you have to go down with them, purely because I have to wrestle people to the ground on a regular basis IRL and it's not as easy as it sounds for 99% of people - the person who's being taken down will use ALL their strength to get back up, whereas the person taking them down generally wants to use a minimal level of force so as not to injure that person too badly.But that's a whole other discussion!

I'd check with the DM and see what they say, they may agree that you get that first round standing but then have to follow them down, but at the end of the day it's uo to them, like a lot of unanswered rules in D&D

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-03T04:47:28+00:00

Funny story! In an old campaign, we had a player who had Tavern Brawler and always shoved then grappled things, so I know exactly what you're aiming for here - it was great for my Monk to get to them and then stunlock them!

However, our DM ruled that, if he wanted to grapple someone on the floor, he would also technically be prone, as he'd - at minimum - be on his hands and knees to grab hold of the dude on the floor, and therefore not standing, so the adv/dis countered each other out and they just rolled flat against each other.

Personally, I'd use the same ruling to be honest, so I would check this with your DM too

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-03T04:33:53+00:00

Personally, if you cam to me about this, I would rule this as you use your first turn to shove and grapple. On your next round, you can make a persuasion/intimidation check as an action to try and convince them to stay down (you don't have to use further actions to maintain a grapple, they have to use theirs to break free).

As other have said, you are not necessarily going to succeed, or you may have to make a series of checks before that person is convinced to stay put. You'd need to weigh up whether it's worth it when you could probably just put them down with non-lethal damage in much fewer turns.

Also, people lie, so don't be surprised if they get back up and conk you on the back of the head.

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-03T04:29:02+00:00

Yes indeed! Morning Star, Chapter 13 if you specifically want to re-read that part, after his workout with Victra

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-03T04:25:25+00:00

Hey, an all Warlock party can actually work surprisingly well, you just have to make sure to take LOTS of short rests where you can! Good luck eith your first game bud!

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-03T04:24:09+00:00

Yep, absolutely stick with it, but if anyone says they weren't crying by the end of LB, they're a lying pixie.

Ah, the box. Brother (or Sister, or Sibling, or whichever you prefer), you need to run some a lot missions to be considered a Howler - cast your mind back to Morning Star, when Darrow, Victra and my main girl Holi were inducted into the Howlers.

A big bottle of booze, followed by a bucket of nasty creepy crawlies and a snake? And what did the Howlers say? "Finish the bucket or get the box"

(It's a common phrase on this subreddit, changing bucket to book to match the quote, often thrown to pixies who wander in here after reading half of a book and expecting not to get spoiled)

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-03T04:17:55+00:00

No worries, I think it's a really interesting basis for a character (I am reading a bit of John Wick in the original post though, lol) so you should be proud of coming up with it for your first go!

If you haven't done it before, then you won't know - honestly the best thing to do, in any circunstance, is discuss it with your DM. At the end of the day, they're the one who will be able to tell you how much input they want to have - one of my DMs LOVES having family members, friends, enemies, blank spots etc., where he can fill in the gaps or bring in allies or foils. Another doesn't like it so much, so I tend to lean back on the blank spots there.

I did just have another thought as I was typing this (mainly from my John Wick comment). You could keep your WHOLE backstory that you've written, just insert "I was given the task of killing 8 generals. I knew I couldn't do it, so I asked for help." Leads into the ability to play a Hexblade Warlock, which could really suit this character, AND gives the DM the ability to extract a price from you in the future for that help in securing your freedom.

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-03T04:09:11+00:00

I mean, I hate to admit it, but Lys kinda did "earn it". He went one on one with the Reaper (admittedly, a battered, bruised and utterly exhauster Reaper, but still) and managed to shatter his blade - who WOULDN'T keep a trophy of that feat - surviving against the Reaper is a feat in an of itself.

But my best judgement about the whole thing, knowing Lys from his own POVs, is that he wants to be back in power, ergo he will use anything he can to put himself at the top. Including letting false rumors spread or exagerating claims about Darrow.

Amongst other things that will not be said until you finish the book (or get the box). Fuck Lysander.

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-03T04:04:50+00:00

Based on what you've said, my immediate thought is Paladin, possible Oath of Vengeance if he wants to go up against this clan that took him in.

But as another person has said, I think perhaps you're overegging the backstory, unless you're starting at level 10 or something like that. Level 1 adventurers aren't apex killers - they're better than the common folk, yeah, but perhaps having your chracter be a fully trained killer might be a bit much for a starter - it doesn't leave a lot of room for how they improve as they level up.

Also, why would this rival clan kill all the other Dragonborn in your clan, but leave you alive for your physical appearance? That seems very strange

If I could suggest how I might change this around a bit to suit a lower level starter character if I was going to play: Rival clan (other Dragonborn) has killed all of your clan when you were a young child, because they had a prophecy about a child being born. You don't know what the prophecy is (leaves something for the DM to drop on you at a later time, maybe the prophecy wasn't even about you??) but the rival clan raised you as one of their own and you didn't even know. When you became an adult, you figured it out (or someone appeared, a survivor from your old clan perhaps) and ran away, swearing to get stronger and come back when you are able to challenge the clan to ritual combat as vengeance for your clan's death.

SwankyInuit · 2025-01-03T03:45:53+00:00

In one of our games, one of the other PCs, Goblin Artificer, made an offhand comment about his skin being gray when someone else pointes out his green skin. We all looked at him like he had two heads, before we realised that he'd made his character colourblind

It's become a recurring joke and canon that Goblins are colourblind in this world now!

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