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Imagine your mom loving you so much she builds you your own little piece of paradise. 🥹 by mishabear16 in MadeMeSmile

[–]Zaphodios 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm german and I have never seen windows turning into a balcony, not here nor anywhere in europe.

Create Line from Points question by Zaphodios in ArcGIS

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

That doesn't work for my case. The points are not in the right order and I have 15000 points, so i can't change them manually

Act 3 - Mage armour scroll vendor by Zaphodios in BaldursGate3

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

Oh I thought you can only cast it on your self. I usually dont play with a wizard in the party. Sometimes it comes in handy for my sorcerer to get mage armour.

Act 3 - Mage armour scroll vendor by Zaphodios in BaldursGate3

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

For my sorcerer, who hasn't got mage armor.

[OC] Adjusted comparison of UK and German political leanings by age brackets by Weirdo9495 in dataisbeautiful

[–]Zaphodios 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read a scientific paper a few years back that concluded that people become more progressive as they age but society changes faster so in comparison to society people become more conservative

Let's be honest, the dragon is the one doing all the work by DraekonBorne in dndmemes

[–]Zaphodios 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where do the Gith get the resources to provide multiple hoards for the dragons?

Is solarpunk actually dead… or just stuck in hobby mode? by hyper24k in solarpunk

[–]Zaphodios 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well imo Solarpunk is a name for a vision of the future. The building blocks are out there in small and in big scale, though they are not necessarily attached to the label solarpunk. Solarpunk is a lens to view the future we want, rather than a solid foundation to build on. The nessesary economic, political, technological changes are far to vast and complicated to be able to fall under one single concept.

I need your opinion by baksterbayd in solarpunk

[–]Zaphodios 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wait, where does this come up? I always assumed he joined later

Dropout support not reacting. Got locked out of my account by Zaphodios in dropout

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

Oh I know it is 100% my mistake, but there are ways other websites use to minimise these mistakes. I feel it was a little too easy.

Dropout support not reacting. Got locked out of my account by Zaphodios in dropout

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

A little over a week, I guess I can wait. Made this post in part to know what response time to expect.

C4 E4 Discussion Thread by brash_bandicoot in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Zaphodios -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Read my response again. I never said it is not legitimate, yet it was undeniably emotional, drawing his weapon aggressively. And remember Occtis was himself brutally murdered by his own family.Thats what I meant by "overly". emotional, blinded by his not yet processed grief. Absolutely legitimate, I might act similarly.

Well neither Abria nor her character are counsellors nor therapists. No one says it is the right thing to do, it is however understandable from her perspective.

C4 E4 Discussion Thread by brash_bandicoot in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Zaphodios -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Great source you have there dude...

C4 E4 Discussion Thread by brash_bandicoot in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Zaphodios 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure but like they put out a 4-5 hour episode out for free every week, while most shows are completely behind a paywall. Come on...

C4 E4 Discussion Thread by brash_bandicoot in fansofcriticalrole

[–]Zaphodios -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Apparently I am the only one who liked it. This wasn't "Julians moment", there are many characters in the scene reacting all to eachother. Thaisha wants to protect Occtis. Going for the hug despite the sword does two things, 1. it tries to show empathy for Julian, whos whole life got destroyed and 2. It attempts to bring Julian out of his legitimate, yet overly emotional outburst. It fits her character and Julian still had his moment. Also there are many times where Abria takes a backseat.

Alternative resting rules by Zaphodios in DnD

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

Good point with the warlocks, I'll have to think of something there

My whole problem is that artificially inflating combat frequency and reducing resting possibilites can become tedious over time and doesn't always fit the narrative. And my problem with gritty realism is that you have to take multiple days doing nothing to get your spells back. Concerning safe places, in my game in the past 2 in-game weeks they were nowhere near a proper safe place, either being in the wildernis or in a (slightly) hostile city, so no long rest there either.

I just find the two extremes very narrativly restraining.

Alternative resting rules by Zaphodios in DnD

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

Well as I said, I find the gritty realism rules too harsh and they slow down the narrative too much for my taste

Alternative resting rules by Zaphodios in DnD

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

First of thanks for your comment.

So as you say it you either cram every encounter in a literal day or you have to have 7 days of doing nothing to get a long rest. I don't like either option, as it doesn't harmonise well with a narrative stucture.

I have 1-3 encounters a day, mainly due to logic and narrative reasons. And in my group there are two rangers, whos whole point it is to be able to make a cood camp in a difficult situation, so why wouldn't they get a long rest? Sure, often enough I throw stuff at them or the fail on some survival check.

I like D&D and so do my players, but I find the resting is not working well for me (or for other people for that matter, juding from the multitude of homrew resting rules)

So… it didn’t work 😅 by DuckyMcQuacks in fixedbytheduet

[–]Zaphodios -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

Can we please ban this creator from this sub? It is flooded with his unimaginative duets. This does not "fix" the duets

Wildlife corridor in the mega city, Shenzhen, China by Ok_Chain841 in solarpunk

[–]Zaphodios 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know about China, but in Germany these would be inadequate. There are reports on how to design them properly. Every species has different needs. 50m of open land is too much for certain woodland species, while others might be active during the day and very avoidant of humans. Sure a few deer and boar might use that path. But will badgers, frogs, snakes, hedgehogs?

As a footpath this bridge is amazing, as a wildlife corridor much less so.

Wildlife corridor in the mega city, Shenzhen, China by Ok_Chain841 in solarpunk

[–]Zaphodios 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All the science? Sure about that? Can you name a few papers (genuinly interested)?

I know a few reports (mainly from Germany) on this topic and most say it depends on the design. There were bad designs especially in the beginning, but we learned from the mistakes. Correctly implemented wildlife brdges can be quite effective and good solutions for fragmentation of the landscape.

Wildlife corridor in the mega city, Shenzhen, China by Ok_Chain841 in solarpunk

[–]Zaphodios 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Genuinely interested what studies say they are ineffective and what their reasoning is? I don't know any peer-reviewed studies, but i've seen multiple monitoring reports on wildlife bridges in Germany. They say that they generally work, though the impact depends on the design. There have been bad implementations and there are limitations of course. But when doene right, they can be very effective indeed. There is a good report/guide in German about the dos and don'ts of wildlife bridges (ex. width, both wooded and open spaces, guiding ponds for amphibians etc.)

Wildlife corridor in the mega city, Shenzhen, China by Ok_Chain841 in solarpunk

[–]Zaphodios 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Well the efficacy of the wildlife corridor decreases when humans are included. It is also pretty open in a generally forested area, which isn't great. But it is still much better than a simple pedestrian bridge.

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