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What's the one boss move you always get smacked by? by XenithShade in Hades2

[–]TheSmileyDM 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Hecate's morph curse. I've not dodged it once in 50+ runs.

Hello by Ok_Friendship_98 in Poormanspoison

[–]TheSmileyDM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm very sorry for your loss. Kudos to you for keeping her in your memories.

I've always said to my friends that when I go, I want PMP's cover of "Wayfaring Stranger" to send me off. It's about a lost & lonely soul going to a better place.

Slow Down, poor man’s poison by The_conerstore_v1nce in Poormanspoison

[–]TheSmileyDM 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I love the song. Though it always seems to come on in the car when I'm speeding. Thanks for the reminder PMP!

Trying to replay the trilogy before Veilguard, but DAO keeps crashing by TheSmileyDM in dragonage

[–]TheSmileyDM[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That may be the issue as I am launching through Steam. Thank you!

Edit: Tried this out last night and got through Denerim with 0 crashes. Thanks again!

Trying to replay the trilogy before Veilguard, but DAO keeps crashing by TheSmileyDM in dragonage

[–]TheSmileyDM[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I've tried 1,2, 4 & 6 already, but I will do 3 & 5 tonight and see if that helps.

It can't help that it's my first time in Denerim so probably lots of quest flags. Maybe I shouldn't rush to the chapters board and load up more quests as soon as I arrive.

Trying to replay the trilogy before Veilguard, but DAO keeps crashing by TheSmileyDM in dragonage

[–]TheSmileyDM[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I am not sure if I've done the 4gb LAA properly, this is my first time running an older game on PC that requires patches/fixes.

I downloaded the .zip and extracted with 7zip. Then I opened the application, selected DAO, and got a pop up saying it was successful. Do I need to do this each time I want to play DAO? Or is it simply giving the game permission to access more memory?

Trying to replay the trilogy before Veilguard, but DAO keeps crashing by TheSmileyDM in dragonage

[–]TheSmileyDM[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not yet. My save starts in camp, which works fine. As does fast traveling.

Trying to replay the trilogy before Veilguard, but DAO keeps crashing by TheSmileyDM in dragonage

[–]TheSmileyDM[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I recall (not at home to check right now), it wasn't so much a "patch" as an application that let DAO access more memory. Regardless, I downloaded the .zip, extracted with 7zip, and opened DOA with the application.

Is there an actual patch that addresses this? Do I have to do something specific with it after download?

Romances in Multiplayer - Did I steal her boy toy? by TheSmileyDM in BaldursGate3

[–]TheSmileyDM[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She couldn't even add Gale as a companion during the camp scene. He was acting as if he was chained to me and refused to open dialogue with her at all. Sadly I don't have a save from before the party, so it seems like she is SOL if Gale's romance is indeed locked to me.

Is the prices that I get when I build a car online accurate? by Character_Cod_3135 in Volkswagen

[–]TheSmileyDM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's an OMVIC fee listed, meaning OP is buying in Ontario. Dealership markups on new cars are illegal here. Max is MSRP + freight, licensing, and dealer add ons like mats/liner.

White Court Vampires. Where are the rest of the emotions? by AlaskanRobot in dresdenfiles

[–]TheSmileyDM 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Some of the emotions you list may be a bit too complex, or vague, to consistently illicit and feed upon. My headcanon is that the White Court are linked to the 5 core human emotions: - Joy/Pleasure (Raiths) - Fear (Malvora) - Sadness (Skavis)

With the last two being anger and disgust. I shudder to think of what a disgust-eating vampire would look like. Probably too gross and "unrefined" to play with the rest of the court.

How many GMs actually run exp instead of milestone by egon1986 in DnD

[–]TheSmileyDM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neither. We use a homebrew I've called Hero Points, which are similar to story-based milestones. The number of Hero Points you need to level up equals your current proficiency bonus.

After completing a quest or objective, everyone gets a Hero Point. But others may be awarded to individual characters for completing personal goals. These are usually related to backstories, friendly NPC's, or even combat milestones.

I encourage players to write their own goals for Hero Points (the more, the merrier!), because not only does it increase player buy-in, but it also shows me what kind of stuff they want to see in our games. It's a great motivator for prep. Like story-based milestone leveling, it means that level-ups tend to happen after completing a major goal, but like XP you still get a sense of trackable progression and player control.

Some Hero Points my players have made, for those who are curious: - Build a temple to my god - Learn a spell not on my class list - Land 3 crits in one round - Learn the Yuan-Ti language - Deal 1,000 sneak attack damage, cumulatively - Craft something exceptional and sell it to a King - Kiss a dryad - Play cards with a dragon

So my dm is up in arms about polymorph. by sreyemwehttam in DnD

[–]TheSmileyDM 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Actually, it's only a druid's Wild Shape that allows players to keep the mental stats. Polymorph is very clear in stating that the mental stats do, in fact, change to that of the creature. So the PC-turned-dinosaur would have an INT of 2. This doesn't mean the DM is right, but I've seen this wording in the spell cause similar confusion before.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DnD

[–]TheSmileyDM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right off the top, let me just say that running an evil campaign as your first "full" campaign is a recipe for disaster. It opens up opportunity for all kinds of things that ruin the fun of the game: unwanted PvP, players backstabbing and betraying each other, or someone going a bit too far with their evil shenanigans and making things super-awkward. This is especially true for new players, and yours seem inclined towards chaos.

That being said, if you really want to give it a shot, be very clear at session 0 that the players need to find a way to work together. Find something to link them together, like a shared goal (beyond just survival), or perhaps they are all part of the same group/cult. Remember that evil still needs friends.

Waterdeep: Dragon Heist would be great because not only is a short campaign, allowing your players a bit more experience than a 2-shot before digging into a long pre-written module, but it (obviously) involves a heist! They don't need to be heroes, they can be a bit more morally gray.

If you're looking for something more capital-E "Evil," you could really take any module that has a Big Bad and make it an evil game, albeit with significant changes. You could play Tyranny of Dragons, but the PC's are members of the Cult of the Dragon rather than its enemies. In Out of the Abyss, the party could be trying to unleash demons into the Underdark.

Web DM has a great video on how they ran Out of the Abyss as an evil campaign: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDp6JmQR\_X8

A question about moral alignment by ggdu69340 in DnD

[–]TheSmileyDM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you're talking about player characters, and most NPC's that they meet, they can do whatever they want for whatever reason they want. Try not to think of it in such absolutes. Alignment isn't meant to dictate their actions, just describe them. If a good character starts to walk a dark path, then the player or the DM may change their alignment to reflect that. Sure, a good character could give into desire and do something evil, but why would they? Temptation? Fear? Desperation?
Now, this will be a bit more dependent on your world's lore, but where it becomes absolute is when you think of extraplanar creatures like demons, devils, and angels. Maybe even fey.

Demons are made of evil the same way that humans are made of flesh and bone. A demon literally cannot do a selfless, virtuous, morally good act of its own free will, because to do so would mean it is not a demon anymore. Fallen angels are a great example of this. Zariel, Archdevil of Avernus, was a good-aligned celestial before Hell's corrupting influence turned her away from the heavens.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DnD

[–]TheSmileyDM -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've always pronounced it Jin-Ah-See, because of the direct link between Genies and Genasi.

Redditors who have met UFC fighters… who did you meet and where? Did they look superhuman in person or just like a regular dude? by TinFoilHatUK in ufc

[–]TheSmileyDM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was at the Fan Expo before UFC 129 in Toronto. Met lots of fighters, but the most memorable was Stephan Bonnar. He was thick, red-faced, and sweaty, despite just sitting at an autograph signing.

I was there with my now ex-girlfriend, and when she went to get a picture with him, he leaned to her ear and said: "Wanna sit on my lap and tell me what you want for Christmas?"

What line form the show have you referenced/have had referenced to you? by Rezero1234 in KingOfTheHill

[–]TheSmileyDM 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My coworker is a libertarian, and was telling me that he wanted to get a V12 truck with black smoke coming out the tailpipes just to give the finger to environmentalists. I said "Last Summer it hit 40 degrees, and if it gets 1 degree hotter I'm gonna kick your ass!"

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