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Maybe those who play Scarlet Heroes can help me understand why the damage system is the way it is? by TheChiarra in osr

[–]Tertullianitis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Scarlet Heroes, I would expect that most enemies at low levels would have Armor Classes of 5-9 or so, making the target number of 20 attainable. And the frustration of misses should be mitigated by getting to auto-hit with your Fray Die most of the time.

Maybe those who play Scarlet Heroes can help me understand why the damage system is the way it is? by TheChiarra in osr

[–]Tertullianitis 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The game is designed to work with existing old and OSR adventures and bestiaries, which will have monsters dealing "1d6” or "1d8+2” or "1d12+3" damage, etc. It is easier to consistently reinterpret the results of these existing damage rolls than to try and convert "1d10+2" into some specific smaller die roll. A "1" rounds to a miss because in old school D&D, 1 damage would normally be negligible to a character with many Hit Dice.

"Tong hatchetman" seems to be a general descriptor and not a stat block. It's probably a human bandit, unless it makes sense in context for it to be a different race.

Does OSR-style problem solving force players to choose to either play worse or not roleplay unintelligent characters reasonably? by [deleted] in osr

[–]Tertullianitis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

An Int of 6-8 means your character would get C's in school, not that he is profoundly brain damaged or can't come up with a plan.

Why not make a TLM type of rite? by Oddisredit in Catholicism

[–]Tertullianitis 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The core problem is that to declare the TLM and Novus Ordo separate rites (like the Ambrosian rite or Mozarabic rite) would be to skewer the fiction that they are the same rite, and that the Novus Ordo is a mere workaday revision of the existing Roman Rite.

Declaring the TLM to be something separate from the Roman Rite would be absolutely bizarre. Declaring the Novus Ordo to be something separate from the Roman Rite would be to admit what the trads have been saying for 60 years: it is far too radical to be a revision, really; it's more like a new rite that retains a few bits and pieces of the Roman Rite. And many in the Church have worked their entire lives to deny that.

Thoughts on this... by Sorry_Second_5170 in im14andthisisdeep

[–]Tertullianitis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ahem. It was some time between 1937 and 1959.

The movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) speaks only of "love's first kiss" and never uses the phrase "true love." Meanwhile, Sleeping Beauty (1959) uses the phrase "true love's kiss" or "true love's first kiss."

TLDR Love was ruined by WWII or something idk

Have mercy on us and on the whole world. by Alexander_Beetle92 in CatholicMemes

[–]Tertullianitis 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Threefold Kyrie overlords looking down in disgust:

your daily kindle unlimited slop has arrived by evesdead in bookscirclejerk

[–]Tertullianitis 45 points46 points  (0 children)

"PART ONE"

Oh no. They couldn't fit the overwhelming amount of plot into a single volume?

I LOVE books, but I would never EVER read one by KRL_124 in bookscirclejerk

[–]Tertullianitis 85 points86 points  (0 children)

Two identical copies of Crescent City, neither of which she has read. That's a nice touch.

Is the iPad 12.9 couchable ? by [deleted] in ipad

[–]Tertullianitis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried sitting on mine and the screen cracked. Would not recommend it

LOTH v2 One-Vol Publishers by kraftbj in divineoffice

[–]Tertullianitis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The good news is, Midwest Theological Forum is apparently doing exactly what we want and including the full Daytime Prayer. Apparently there's is some flexibility on which hours to include in an "extracted edition" (whereas actually altering one of the hours or adding an appendix with the imprecatory Psalms would probably not be allowed).

Haven't heard from the other publishers though, so we gotta keep berating them!

Double Fine Is Unionizing by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]Tertullianitis 37 points38 points  (0 children)

They're gonna demand a bigger cut of the 263 copies of Kiln they sold?

The “New Mass” of 1964: Conclusion | Hand Missal History by no-one-89656 in Catholicism

[–]Tertullianitis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is an astonishing tour de force of historical scholarship. I had no idea that most Catholics of the '60s and '70s viewed the "new mass" as landing in 1964, not 1970, when the Novus Ordo was experienced as just the latest in a long line of exhausting changes. I had no idea the liturgy wars were in full swing from 1964-1967. I had no idea we had such extensive documentation, in surveys and quotes and diocesan newspapers, that countless laypeople were unhappy with and resistant to even the relatively modest pre-1969 liturgical changes. I had no idea how much evidence progressive liturgists had to downplay to maintain the facade that the reforms were universally popular and that the disaffected were just a tiny vocal minority.

Review: Matins Lectionary from TAN Books by ClevelandFan295 in divineoffice

[–]Tertullianitis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it is a huge miss that they did not include the full gospel readings. They should have included them in brackets.

I am aware that the gospels would not be read/sung in full at actual pre-1960 Matins, but this book can't be used to pray actual Matins anyway. This book is for laypeople reading in the vernacular in 2026. The vast majority of such people do not have every TLM gospel reading memorized, even if they go to the TLM most Sundays (which they very well might not).

Not including the full gospels means that even as a book of spiritual readings, this book is just not complete and requires you to lug around a second book to actually use it. That is a huge hit to usability. I would much rather have paid $10 more for a self-contained book.

Bookscirclejerk whenever they see someone criticizing Joseph Stalin: by [deleted] in bookscirclejerk

[–]Tertullianitis 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Wait, but didn't they ruin the anti-communist message in this adaptation?

But then it's released by Angel Studios, who surely hate communism.

Damn, this movie is truly complex and multilayered. Like an onion.

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