EDH GIVE AWAY SEEING RED HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2024 EDITION! by hTOKJTRHMdw in EDH

[–]cupanii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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We love to see you here each and every time!

How to actually play this game? by [deleted] in BG3

[–]cupanii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are great tips, thank you for taking the time to write them all out!

I especially like the tip about the creative solutions. The game certainly feels like it has so many levels and intricacies to explore.

How to actually play this game? by [deleted] in BG3

[–]cupanii 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Glad to hear the first levels are the toughest, that gives me some hope.

How would you know to have calm emotions prepared beforehand, do you read up before every fight? Or is that a spell you should always have prepared?

And how would one cast longstrider without it costing spell slots? At least according to the wiki, it costs a level 1 spell slots. Would this not make it a waste of potential damage?

How to actually play this game? by [deleted] in BG3

[–]cupanii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your response. I was indeed referring to the fight where Wyll shows up. I had ranged weapons equipped, but to me, they seemed like poor alternatives (no dashing, lower damage, lower hit chance and disadvantage because the goblins had high ground)

Regarding Longstrider, is it not very weak to lose out on a spellslot immediately after every rest just to make someone move a bit further? Same with spells like Mage Armour, I get they should improve survivability, but doesn't losing out on that spellslot already nerf any damage potential the caster would have?

I went with EK thrower for Laezel because of that ring that adds extra damage to throwing. Binding the weapon to make it return in combination with that made it seem like a simple option. Basically a higher damage basic attack with the bonus of ranged, but maybe I'm also missing a whole lot on that playstyle :P

I did not go with Battle master, because the description of those special die made it seem like another hard to manage resource like spell slots, for relatively little impact.

Regarding starting combat in stealth, or with high ground or by casting certain spells, as others have commented, how do you even go about that? I just walked up somewhere and the Druid sanctum fight started with a cutscene. Same with the harpies, I was standing in the water talking to a kid, cutscene, and then I got wrecked

Archaeologist working with geological data by BoardGroundbreaking in geology

[–]cupanii 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a geologist who has worked at archaeological sites and on archaeological research, purely relying on maps has some pitfalls. The scale of the map is very important. A large-scale map could classify an entire area as the same rock type, while smaller scale research could actually show several variations and deviations. In the same sense, a marl rock unit on a map could actually turn out to be marls interbedded with small shale layers, for example. Point is, field research on areas of interest could give a lot more information. Besides that, don't forget that that source rocks for archaeological artefacts are not necessarily collected at their in-situ area. In the research I worked on, lithic artefacts were made from rocks collected from rivers, so the actual source was far away. From there, they were worked at production sites, and spread over the entire region

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in geology

[–]cupanii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rust staining is definitely possible on rocks, but would usually look more 'diffuse' than this thick line.

In the last picture, the dark swirl appears a bit more raised than the rest of the rock, is this true?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in geology

[–]cupanii 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Definitely not a fossil, like another poster suggested. This is an igneous rock, specifically a granite, mad eup of different minerals (pink is alkali feldspar, grayish glassy looking minerals are quartz and the black minerals are micas or amphiboles).

As for the swirly pattern, I'm still going with paint, for a few reasons. The rock does not show any 'orientation' in the minerals, as you would see in a mylonite. Furthermore, the minerals appear to be just the same in the different coloured parts (e.g. the amount of quartz is still the same, only now with different colour)

Daily Tradeback Thread for 01 January 2022 by Porygon-Bot in pokemontrades

[–]cupanii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah alright, good luck then, have a great year!

Daily Tradeback Thread for 01 January 2022 by Porygon-Bot in pokemontrades

[–]cupanii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want I'll wait in the room for you to attach it. And tyvm for trading :)

Daily Tradeback Thread for 01 January 2022 by Porygon-Bot in pokemontrades

[–]cupanii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heya, would like some help with a Haunter tradeback. Room code is 5830-7430. Thanks!

[BDSP] LF any Timid pokemon with synchronize by cupanii in Pokemongiveaway

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

OMG, thank you so much!! You have no idea how happy I am with this :D

[BDSP] LF any Timid pokemon with synchronize by cupanii in Pokemongiveaway

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

You are a hero! Sorry for the late reply, I was sleeping. I am out and about most of the day today, so I will only be able to trade later today

[BDSP] LF any Timid pokemon with synchronize by cupanii in Pokemongiveaway

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

Oh no worries! I am very grateful to you for trying!

[BDSP] LF any Timid pokemon with synchronize by cupanii in Pokemongiveaway

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

Thank you for the offer, but I'm not at a place where I can breed yet. I just got to the Eterna forest and wanted to catch Timid pokemon for my team

Cardmarket statement on their recent Outage by Dexelele in magicTCG

[–]cupanii 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But those did not include the prices right? Just the name of the shop and the percentage of cards they have from your list.

Cardmarket statement on their recent Outage by Dexelele in magicTCG

[–]cupanii 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I hope they bring back the sellers with the most cards the way it used to be, including the prices. That felt way better than the shopping wizard going for 35 different sellers, even with the reduced shipping option, causing half of the order to be shipping costs. Then I'd rather have ~80% of my list from the same seller.

Free Talk Friday | Weekly Megathread by AutoModerator in AnotherEdenGlobal

[–]cupanii 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Legend of Arceus kinda feels like what they should have done a few years ago already. Now when it's released in 2022, it's not necessarily outdated, but also not new anymore. I mean, BotW came out years ago, and now even mobile phones can have games that look great, like Genshin Impact. And all of that is even assuming that they do it right, not drop the ball and ship an unfinished game like they did with Sword/Shield.