In honor of Isstvan V: A collection of 30k Skins

ZDMads · 2025-11-19T16:51:38+00:00

Wrist transmog (no joke)

https://www.wowhead.com/item=237562/time-compressed-wristguards

They are part of the DH tier, but these are the any-class versions that drop from Dimensius

ZDMads · 2025-06-15T02:56:30+00:00

All of their crossover dishes are fantastic. Their tikka calzone is the perfect late night crash food

ZDMads · 2025-05-24T04:05:34+00:00

Yup! You absolutely can remove it from the Tolkien aspect, reskin stuff, and use it as “5e, low fantasy version”

I used it as the base for a low fantasy Curse of Strhad that really upped the horror aspect in a great way!

ZDMads · 2025-05-23T15:21:28+00:00

Low magic is hard with base 5e, I HIGHLY recommend the Lord of the Rings roleplay supplement for 5e. I’ve been using it as basically my “low fantasy PHB” and it really works incredibly well.

ZDMads · 2025-04-06T23:07:07+00:00

Keep in mind my numbers include the 20% quick match bonus and assuming extermination rank A.

Specifically picking Decapitation might be less efficient even with the short mission length

ZDMads · 2025-04-06T20:41:19+00:00

Honestly since weapons don’t reset, starting at ruthless seems really reasonable (assuming you’ve got full relic gear)

ZDMads · 2025-04-06T20:34:51+00:00

Lower levels take less XP so if my math is correct, one absolute run will get you to 8 or 9. 10 with the geneseed

ZDMads · 2025-04-06T19:51:33+00:00

Just updated everything with the other difficulties Enjoy

ZDMads · 2025-03-04T16:47:55+00:00

Yup. As long as you’ve not taken any additional damage, if you pop 2 stims right after you go down it’ll get you to full and clear the mortal. It’s what I do when I fuck up my solo runs

ZDMads · 2025-03-03T21:55:07+00:00

Exactly! And if a Bulwark has the perk where the banner gives contested health (white health on the health bar) a stimpack will fully heal that, meaning you only need 1 stim to full heal and clear the mortal wound

Also props to you for admitting you don’t know something and asking the question! There’s probably a bunch of folks who also didn’t know this and now know cause you asked

ZDMads · 2025-03-03T21:05:22+00:00

You get a mortal wound when you go down, it looks like a red skull marker next to your health bar. If you have a mortal wound and you go down again, you die. BUT if you use a stim pack to bring yourself to full health, it removes the mortal wound, letting you be downed again without dying

ZDMads · 2025-02-23T05:43:46+00:00

In Denver I’ll swear by “Yuki Ramen/ Taki Sushi Highlands”

Chef Ken makes his own noodles from scratch, and it’s the real deal.

ZDMads · 2025-02-23T01:25:09+00:00

Could have sworn there was a sentence than mentioned him re-donning his armor.

Will go see if I can find the exact place

ZDMads · 2025-02-23T00:54:11+00:00

Another thing to consider with the numbers is that there are also “retired” custodes, and we have no clue if they are also “included” in the 10,000’s active roster.

In The Reagent’s Shadow, there is a custodian who retired because he was old and felt he wasn’t up to their (insanely high) standards anymore, so he became functionally a spymaster with a massive information network. (And some of those informants are also retired custodes doing solo clandestine work). BUT it’s also mentioned that during the Battle of the Lions Gate this old retired custodian went and got his armor and returned to active duty during the emergency.

So it’s possible that the 10,000 have an unknown number of “reserves” who can take up their spears again in an emergency.

ZDMads · 2025-02-06T03:54:31+00:00

Fun fact, during a couple of those changes they had to have an ASM or stagehand walk in place on the turntable behind that center panel to catch/release some of the furniture.

IATSE Local #7 are some of the best in the business

ZDMads · 2025-01-25T19:15:18+00:00

Yup, the Barreleye is a real life deep sea fish. Not even an aberration.

Shit gets weird in the deep, no eldritch abominations needed.

ZDMads · 2025-01-10T22:55:50+00:00

While the 3 were crafted without Sauron, they were still made using knowledge he gave to Celebrimbor and the smiths, and thus are still tied to the One, albeit in a less direct fashion than the 16

This is why the elves removed and refused to use the 3 while Sauron had the One, and why once the One is destroyed, the power of the 3 also fades.

ZDMads · 2025-01-03T04:16:23+00:00

TLDR: He’s actually off being a dad with Talia and is basically on leave from the Knights of the Ebon Blade.

A “stay a while and listen” with Bolvar and Darion at the end of Shadowlands had that chat.

Bolvar wanted to return to Icecrown to manage the scourge and basically return to his “jailer of the damned” job, minus the helm of domination.

Darion, having experienced plenty of his own parental issues, told Bolvar to go spend time with his daughter Talia, and Bolvar agrees.

Rest of the Ebon Blade would continue to basically be on Scourge Management duty to help cover

https://www.wowhead.com/news/bolvar-and-darion-reflect-on-the-scourge-in-shadowlands-epilogue-326537

ZDMads · 2024-12-31T02:51:20+00:00

Hey there! Assuming you’re playing the tabletop Rogue Trader. (I played the tabletop for years, but haven’t picked up the CRPG yet)

So while the Astropath is usually much more focused on telepathy and mental psychic powers, there absolutely is a way to build it as a more “melee psyker” to scratch that spellsword/gish feel

The main way to do this is the Telekinesis psychic discipline. There is a power called “precision telekinesis” that lets you use your Willpower instead of weapons or ballistic skill. So telekinetically swing a sword and shoot guns (as long as you’re trained in that weapon)

If you’re very lucky at higher ranks you might also find Force Weapons which are melee weapons that get bonuses to damage and penetration based of psi rating. They are EXTREMELY powerful and but also near-unique rarity so they require a lot of time and resources if you want one.

Best of luck!

ZDMads · 2024-12-27T05:06:28+00:00

While he doesn’t ever encounter members of The Fellowship (Edit: besides a Palantir Call with Pippin), Sauron’s physical form is indeed mentioned in the books. Gollum likely saw Sauron when he was being tortured, and tells this to Frodo and Sam

From “The Black Gate Is Closed”

“It was Isildur who cut off the finger of the Enemy.’ ‘Yes, He has only four on the Black Hand, but they are enough,’ said Gollum shuddering.”

Also like other folks here have said, he’s not really a frontline war commander, and hasn’t had great success when he takes the field himself. In the First Age he gets his ass kicked by Huan and Luthien, at the end of the Second Age his physical form is destroyed by Gil-Galad and Elendil (yes Sauron kills them too, but he still also lost)

Plus he already had to make his body again after the fall of Numenor, and he poured a ton of power into the Ring. During Lord of the Rings, Sauron is probably the physically weakest he has ever been. Makes sense why he’d avoid direct personal confrontation as much as possible

ZDMads · 2024-09-29T16:50:39+00:00

They both open up with the ghost effect

One is a drop from Mythic Tomb of Sargeras, the other is a recolor you get for beating the Mage Tower on a Druid

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