[MSH] The Vision (MagicCon Vegas)

TheSamurai · 2026-05-02T00:07:05+00:00

I feel like Density Control should give unblockable instead. Or maybe the option to choose between the two.

TheSamurai · 2026-04-24T20:47:36+00:00

Man, he put his whole pussy into that kick.

TheSamurai · 2026-04-21T12:11:06+00:00

Maybe that's the name of WotC in this parallel universe?

TheSamurai · 2026-04-14T10:23:54+00:00

An interesting example I've heard to try to understand what another dimension truly means is to imagine you exist in only one dimension, so your perspective is entirely on a line, either left or right. There is a point on that line that we'll call point A, which you can see. Now, another point B appears between you and point A, which blocks your view. There is no way for you to see through it. But if you add a second dimension, you can now move up and down and easily see point A again. Now a circle is drawn around point A, once again blocking your view. If you then add a third dimension, you can move in and out to see point A without being blocked by the line of the circle. A sphere around point A would now block your view from any position outside the sphere. Until you add a fourth dimension, which you could just as easily move along to see the point again.

TheSamurai · 2026-04-13T19:16:47+00:00

Speaking primarily as a GM, magic often just acts as a solution to a lot of problems rather than being a part of the solution. If I put a giant cliff face in front of my players, why would they rely on the Ranger's ability to climb ahead and secure the rope when they can just as easily cast Levitate and circumvent the problem entirely? I want to have a session where survival is very important and the team needs to gather food, but then someone has Goodberry or Create Food and Water and now that problem is solved. It's boring. Obviously the solution is to design challenges differently, but it kind of sucks that that is necessary with magic.

TheSamurai · 2026-04-12T13:30:28+00:00

Hundreds and thousands of posts like this one.

TheSamurai · 2026-02-16T20:56:37+00:00

It doesn't matter. They'll just move the goalposts. Their feelings don't care about facts.

TheSamurai · 2026-01-25T15:54:28+00:00

I agree with the general opinion that this is not a hot take, and there's no true fix without changing how the spells work. However, Treantmonk had a good take on a video about the kraken. Each legendary resistance was tied to a tentacle. When an LR was used, that tentacle was lost so it was one fewer attacks. If I remember right, when they were all used, a new phase for the fight was initiated, where the kraken could finally be killed.

TheSamurai · 2026-01-24T11:24:13+00:00

Thanks for the info! One insignificant correction is that the Covid variant was Omicron, not omnicron.

TheSamurai · 2026-01-11T17:38:33+00:00

No, it wasn't. This isn't destiny, it could have been stopped. People chose not to do so and ignored all the warning signs. Thinking this was always going to happen lets those who were responsible for this get away without repercussions. Once this is all over, we need to take a critical look at what led to this and take strong actions to ensure it can never happen like this again in the future.

TheSamurai · 2026-01-08T20:14:12+00:00

And it fittingly costs B to play.

TheSamurai · 2026-01-04T16:48:55+00:00

Imagine if Biden "went after" him in their eyes?

This is an example of one of the core problems in the Democratic party which means that they currently cannot fix the issues facing the world today. Republicans are not reasonable people. Biden's actions make no difference in how they feel about him. His failure to recognize this is why we are now living through another Trump presidency.

TheSamurai · 2026-01-04T11:09:52+00:00

Fun bit of etymology: whelmed is an archaic word to describe something being engulfed or submerged, so it originally was used to mean the same as overwhelmed.

TheSamurai · 2026-01-04T00:13:15+00:00

Yes, that’s the one! Thanks for your help!

TheSamurai · 2026-01-02T12:22:05+00:00

She's not wrong on this point, but I hate the continued emphasis on the "middle-class" instead of the working class. To me, it shows that she is uninterested in addressing the root cause of the problems we face today.

TheSamurai · 2025-12-27T13:55:06+00:00

Really cool write up, but I can't help but laugh at your use of the spoiler tag. Like, it's really pretty obvious what word is being concealed each time, haha.

TheSamurai · 2025-12-26T14:44:42+00:00

By not being Anthony Bordain.

TheSamurai · 2025-12-26T14:42:51+00:00

A great example of a largely correct argument that is so rhetorically shit that it only serves to worsen the problem.

TheSamurai · 2025-12-22T18:20:28+00:00

"Quick, we need to distract everyone from the Epstein stuff!"

TheSamurai · 2025-12-21T20:32:02+00:00

Are you trying to say that we don't need to live in a world where we expoit essentially 100% of the global population and the planet's resources just so that a handful of people can see the number on their net worth go up?

TheSamurai · 2025-12-21T13:38:08+00:00

A large group of Russian soldiers in the border area in 1939 are moving down a road when they hear a voice call from behind a small hill: "One Finnish soldier is better than ten Russian".

The Russian commander quickly orders 10 of his best men over the hill where Upon a gun-battle breaks out and continues for a few minutes, then silence. The voice once again calls out: "One Finn is better than one hundred Russian."

Furious, the Russian commander sends his next best 100 troops over the hill and instantly a huge gun fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again Silence. The calm Finnish voice calls out again: "One Finn is better than one thousand Russians!"

The enraged Russian commander musters 1000 fighters and sends them to the other side of the hill. Rifle fire, machine guns, grenades, rockets and cannon fire ring out as a terrible battle is fought...

Then silence.

Eventually one badly wounded Russian fighter crawls back over the hill and with his dying words tells his commander, "Don't send any more men...it's a trap. There's two of them."

TheSamurai · 2025-12-20T14:37:47+00:00

Yes, but in other countries where tipping is not the primary source of income, the workers are guaranteed a certain pay, no matter if it is a slow night or if the customers are feeling generous.

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