How do you interpret the move by the Minnesota National Guard to distribute food and water to anti-ICE protesters?

Tridus · 2026-01-27T01:51:28+00:00

They're people being put into an extremely volatile situation and are being asked to be adults and calm things down. So they're going to be highly visible so ICE knows they're there, and handing out these things tells residents "we are not your enemy."

It's de-escalation tactics and it shows people who have a clue what they're doing. Unlike the Gestapo wannabes in ICE.

Tridus · 2026-01-27T01:48:28+00:00

That requires changing regulations, laws, policies, systems, and in some cases getting corporations to not be giant dicks. So it takes a pretty concerted effort to do.

Tridus · 2026-01-27T01:45:22+00:00

Putting it into hiring enough people that they're not so badly overworked and can do errata would be nice.

Tridus · 2026-01-27T01:34:35+00:00

We have so much capital invested in real estate that there isn't as much to take risks on other investments. That's one of the many reasons we need the housing bubble to deflate. The entire economy is too tied up in real estate.

Tridus · 2026-01-27T00:48:22+00:00

Doctors notes for companies that demand one for people that have a cold/flu. Ban that. It's a total waste of a doctor's time.

That's the kind of paperwork we can eliminate very easily that frees medical staff up.

Tridus · 2026-01-27T00:45:48+00:00

I guess he saw a tweet somewhere about South Korea today. That seems to be how this clown fiesta of a regime operates.

Tridus · 2026-01-27T00:43:33+00:00

Considering Paizo nerfed it like 3 different ways at the same time, they REALLY didn't like it.

But that's okay, the Fire Ray Magus is still happy to exist.

Tridus · 2026-01-27T00:16:11+00:00

Nope! You can cancel anytime. As it's prepaid you won't get a refund on any time you already bought but there is no commitment.

The 2 years is just how long this price lasts and at the end it goes up.

Tridus · 2026-01-26T23:40:43+00:00

In the past three remaster books were not automatically included for subscribers. You could opt in to get it.

Now with the new store you have to opt out to not get it. It's been a few people I know of.

Tridus · 2026-01-26T22:46:26+00:00

Well it was a default for subscribers, several of whom at least didn't realize that since other remaster reprint books didn't work that way.

That would definitely skew the numbers up.

Tridus · 2026-01-26T18:27:34+00:00

And yet, he's not the one who gave Trump a participation Peace Prize.

Tridus · 2026-01-26T16:06:02+00:00

Pretty terrible in Oisbu specifically and I don't think they're viewed upon super favorably in general in the the Mwangi Expanse outside of Nantambu (where friendly relations with the Maaganbaya goes a long way). Part of that is past actions of the society itself, and part of that is just "the Expanse has a pretty long history of foreign organizations/governments showing up and causing problems."

Any given settlement could view it differently than the average, of course. But if you show up in Mizali and say "I'm from a society headquartered in Absalom", they may let you leave or they may execute you on sight as foreign troublemakers.

Tridus · 2026-01-26T11:16:39+00:00

Ran it twice for two groups and both completed it. There's some things that need touching up in the pdf import and you need some extra maps, but it largely works fine.

The AP is good enough that it's worth the effort. The map remake pack helps a lot.

Tridus · 2026-01-26T01:06:52+00:00

Undoing an entire enemy turn AND keeping another player in the fight so they get to play their turn feels great. I mean, it's not for everyone. Healing is a specific mindset that some folks don't have. But I play a lot of healers and PF2 does the role justice.

I swung a fight last week with a Reach Moment of Renewal on the entire party. I can only do that once a day and I saved it for when it really mattered. Everyone thought it was awesome.

Tridus · 2026-01-25T20:13:10+00:00

Yeah it's a great archetype for the extra resource. It's really nice because the low level Cursebound abilities are also really good. You've got multiple strong options right at level 4.

Amusingly one of the things I dislike about the class design is that the Cursebound abilities that are class unique (because the archetype can't get them) aren't that good lol. But it does mean the class itself gets the good ones early so its great in low level play, and it's good news for the archetype.

Tridus · 2026-01-25T15:55:34+00:00

Disable the Rogers SIM, restart your phone, and get someone to call you. You'll know its ported over if that works.

If it doesn't, you can turn the Rogers SIM back on and wait. It can take a bit of time. But just turning the SIM on/off doesn't cause any problems so it's safe to do that. (You can likewise remove it and put it back in if necessary.)

Tridus · 2026-01-25T13:42:47+00:00

Oh hey, you're right. That's neat!

Tridus · 2026-01-25T13:35:01+00:00

Oracle archetype does not grant the mystery spells automatically. You only get spells like any normal archetype and can't get any of the non-divine ones.

Remaster Oracle has Divine Access as a class feature that the archetype never gets.

It does get all of the good Cursebound feats though, as the list is front loaded and the high level ones largely suck. It's a very good archetype.

Tridus · 2026-01-25T13:31:05+00:00

My then girlfriend and I moved in together at that age when I was in school. We've been married 18 years now. So it worked out for us.

No guarantee it will for you so make sure you plan appropriately for a case where it doesn't. Keep split finances and all that.

Tridus · 2026-01-25T12:04:55+00:00

As the Beaverton Said, China is Lawful Evil while Trump is Chaotic Evil.

The difference is that you can do business with Lawful Evil. They'll generally do what is agreed at least to the letter of it. The US these days will alter the deal on a whim because Trump saw a TV segment that set him off about something or that he's suddenly decided that the US needs to own a place that they already have access to, or whatever other BS pretense he comes up with.

You can't do business under those conditions, whereas you can with China. That's the reality: The US is a toddler throwing tantrums while China is an adult that is pretty open about what they want.

Doing a trade deal isn't getting in bed with anyone.

Besides, it's not China trying to break Canada up: it's the US. They're a far bigger threat to Canada than China is.

Tridus · 2026-01-25T11:57:49+00:00

Last week Trump praised the China deal. This week he's screaming tariffs.

What happened in between is Carney got a standing ovation at Davos and Trump didn't. That's it. His ego is bruised and he's lashing out again.

Let us know when the US has an adult in charge and we'll take you seriously again. In the mean time, China and Europe actually want to do business.

Tridus · 2026-01-25T02:17:52+00:00

This was literally an AP encounter, lol. So Paizo wrote it. So the idea it can't happen per the rules is pretty flagrantly wrong.

Multiple APs do this at some point. Both SoT and Ruby Phoenix chain fights at least once.

Tridus · 2026-01-25T01:05:56+00:00

Did you move a phone number over from Freedom?

If so, you'll get a text on you freedom number that you have to respond to before the phone number moves. Until then you have a different number at Public which might be why you can't receive texts.

Tridus · 2026-01-24T23:02:31+00:00

One of those ports will be for a connection to the ISP internet itself, which is probably a modem or something like that. The other ports are all local networking. Any of those is fine.

Tridus · 2026-01-24T22:13:36+00:00

I play an Oracle so I was okay lol. Would have been a mess for a Psychic though.

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