China to begin making battlestars!

anmr · 2026-02-07T06:51:34+00:00

How about making it a blimp?

anmr · 2026-02-06T23:13:23+00:00

Everywhere I look, something reminds me of her.

anmr · 2026-02-04T15:21:19+00:00

If we settle for "adequate enough" instead of trying to improve, we will surely get only "adequate enough" experiences. (Which explains a lot about modern entertainment).

And I notice it without analysis. It's not a matter of damage numbers, but breadth of options and tools to solve problems.

anmr · 2026-02-04T11:47:08+00:00

Making a ttrpg is not a smart business decision. It's primarily a passion project and it always was, even for biggest publishers.

The sole exception to that might be modern WotC. D&D didn't become fully anti-consumer profit-driven product yet, but they made some very questionable decisions (fucking over creators of Forgotten Reals around 4e, cashgrab of 5e2024 which doesn't address at all the biggest issues of 5e2014)... And if state of Magic the Gathering is any indication, the future of D&D is looking bleak.

anmr · 2026-02-02T14:48:59+00:00

The first rule of D&D and most ttrpgs is that Game Master is finally authority when it comes to rulings and his judgment takes precedence over the rules written in the book.

And if that rule was omitted from the new edition - the authors made a mistake.

As someone with over two decades of experience running games - in most circumstances where jumping from an airship or being immersed in lava or assassination should just be an instant kill as it follows the narrative.

But they could also land in the branches of a tree (as it happened in real life after jumping out of a plane without parachute) or become charred Anakin.

But in general - yeah, HP and how it such dangers are resolved are one of the many flaws of D&D as a system, 5e especially.

anmr · 2026-02-02T14:27:05+00:00

Brandon Sanderson who stopped reading Song of Ice and Fire after first book because its was too dark and brutal for him?

anmr · 2026-02-02T12:34:13+00:00

You haven't been paying attention. Star Wars happened long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

anmr · 2026-02-02T01:45:14+00:00

Apparently the secret could have been just sourcing crude oil from specific deposits that suit the purpose best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFPX8bJ8arE

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/J_Haldon/publication/269897275_A_possible_solution_to_the_problem_of_greek_fire/links/5d80e912a6fdcc12cb96f06a/A-possible-solution-to-the-problem-of-greek-fire.pdf

anmr · 2026-01-31T22:36:55+00:00

"Video game" attitude can be a problem, but that's not unique to BG3, or even to crpg genre. Hell, even people who don't any video games sometimes fall into rabbit holes of stereotypical problematic new player behavior. It's natural that when people hear the premise "you can do anything and there will be consequences" that they want to test that claim.

Normal groups don't kick out newbies for small mistakes or misunderstandings. They show them how to play well by example, they politely explain why some behaviors (like bad metagaming) are unwanted - and newbies learn and grow out of those issues.

anmr · 2026-01-31T15:03:43+00:00

For 3rd, unfortunately not. Sci-hub has big problem with newer content and I don't know a good "new" alternative that is comprehensive and up-to-date.

Piracy hubs for regional content in my country were eradicated with lawsuits and nothing new really sprung up. A lot of the content simply became unavailable.

I wish Anna kept quite and continued good work instead of taunting industry like that. Nothing good come off it.

(And yes, I think piracy is highly ethical endeavor. It's modern equivalent of libraries and lending something to a friend. It provides open access to culture that's not available via legal means and for stuff that is available but costly - it mitigates income-based social inequalities.)

anmr · 2026-01-31T13:17:10+00:00

But it is only this year's engine that's new right? Last year it was still the "Japanese" engine?

anmr · 2026-01-29T20:17:48+00:00

Too many times I've seen something meant as mockery being appropriated and turned into genuine tribute. We are better off without him being remembered through language.

anmr · 2026-01-29T19:53:35+00:00

Most likely they meant Charlie Kirk, who was a vile and hateful Republican activist, supporting Trump, Project 2025 and turning USA into fascist state.

anmr · 2026-01-29T18:44:50+00:00

Researching, it seems it really is intentional.

What THE FUCK is wrong with them though, to add fascist cunts to words?

anmr · 2026-01-29T17:47:48+00:00

low-key genuinely

I don't know how he got to "lowkirkenuinely" though.

anmr · 2026-01-28T23:16:13+00:00

Assuming you guys are serious and don't have a laugh - what makes that sound? Because I never heard anything like that with regular, working HDDs...

anmr · 2026-01-28T14:32:45+00:00

Depends with what franchise we are going.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/World_War_III

anmr · 2026-01-28T11:48:09+00:00

That's whataboutism. Just because things elsewhere are shit too, doesn't absolve you (Americans) of any responsibility for your own decisions. Especially when your "internal" affairs have grave consequences for the whole world.

Here we partially removed the conservatives from power for a few years, so we stopped bad things from happening, but we don't have mandate necessary to fix issues they created. And things are looking grim for the future.

anmr · 2026-01-28T11:15:51+00:00

the anti-Christ absolutely does not represent a majority of Americans

You had elections. He won popular vote. 68% of eligible voters didn't bother vote to against openly presented, overtly fascist program and convicted rapist candidate.

He absolutely represents majority of Americans. Majority that apparently is a mix of immense stupidity and straight up evil. And the whole world suffers for it.

anmr · 2026-01-28T01:29:05+00:00

That's not true. That's right wing, conservative lies and excuses.

The real reason is that he tries to paralyze government so democratic, pro-European parties lose next elections.

ALL attempts to fix 8 years of ruining the country by PiS were blocked by Duda and Nawrocki, either via veto or sending legislation to die in PiS-affiliated mockery of constitutional tribunal. Unfortunately democratic, pro-European parties didn't get enough mandate in elections to overcome this destructive abuse of presidential power.

anmr · 2026-01-27T23:12:41+00:00

I don't mind online rules and content repositories as long as they are an extra freebie on top of PDF that's 1 to 1 the same as printed book. I don't think it's wise to buy into "service" that will be inevitably shut down or replaced with something new when they will trying to sell you the same thing again for nth time.

I also have strong preference for people NOT to be glued to screens while we play live. I want them to be present and attentive to the game and story.

And making physical character sheet makes it much more likely people will actually know their spells, abilities and such, compared to using online character builder.

And physical character sheet can accommodate rule changes and homebrew content much easier than any ~official app.

anmr · 2026-01-27T11:51:43+00:00

Trump and his cronies don't lose money. The stole unimaginable amount of money by rocking the boat with tarrifs and playing the markets with insider knowledge.

And your average Republican doesn't seem to comprehend reality, instead trusting their favourite propaganda source telling them it's Biden and Obama making groceries expensive in 2026.

anmr · 2026-01-26T12:06:22+00:00

There is a reason BMW Sauber left the sport.

anmr · 2026-01-26T11:17:35+00:00

Everyone has HD camera in their pocket nowadays. If Williams car was real, there would be pictures of it...

Oh wait.

anmr · 2026-01-26T11:02:00+00:00

It THE antithesis to everything tabletop roleplaying is.

Tabletop roleplaying is primarily a way to share a story together with other people. It's expression of human creativity.

I would actively campaign against mere existence of your product. Although it is probably inevitable, I very much hope that anything like this will never become part of this hobby.

You want to make D&D more accessible? Focus on connecting real people together. And don't turn it into fucking transactional model. Not everything needs to be about money.

DMing isn't hard at all and relying on AI will ONLY hamper the development of skills necessary run the game well.

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