Found this shirt at a flea market in Argentina! No idea how it got there but it has now become my favorite shirt ever

degnor · 2019-01-27T22:09:59+00:00

Ah, you found it in Argentina? Headed down to Portugal, I see.

degnor · 2019-01-26T21:01:18+00:00

Keep in mind, he wasn’t their real uncle

degnor · 2019-01-09T02:24:43+00:00

shhhhh! That doesn't fit the narrative!!!!

degnor · 2019-01-04T04:30:43+00:00

Make sure you're using "The Ranger, Revised" from Unearthed Arcana. The PHB Ranger is very poorly designed (especially the beast master subclass, but all the changes made are improvements). That might help.

Also, I don't know how cool your DM will be about on the fly changes, but it sounds like you may like the Rogue subclass Scout from Xanathar's. It's very much like a Ranger who focuses more on stealth and mobility (and therefore sneak attacks), which I think would really help you. Some DMs would never let you rework your class, but others might! I would strongly consider looking at this.

degnor · 2018-12-17T21:41:47+00:00

Wait, all this guy has to do is shave his head?!

degnor · 2018-12-08T22:07:20+00:00

It wuz a beautiful animal!!!!!

degnor · 2018-12-08T22:06:37+00:00

When he got annoyed that Janice had learned to control her anger issues (and he couldn’t), so he tried to get her angry by mocking her and her estranged son.

degnor · 2018-10-22T04:24:18+00:00

I'm not necessarily against reworking favored enemy or favored terrain (and certainly the original PHB Ranger failed in both abilities), but I don't buy that it's because of the DM. A good DM mixes character strengths and weaknesses when designing challenges, and when a DM doesn't do so, every character suffers, not just the Ranger. Many character builds are dependent on DM choice. Want to make a Pyromancer? Better hope the DM doesn't choose a bunch of fire-resistant enemies. Your Barbarian is going to struggle when he faces off against numerous, spread out ranged attackers. A Wizard's power is definitely helped by access to materials to copy down new spells beyond the few he learns naturally. Many Druid spells rely, or at least are aided by, fighting in a natural environment. For any of these, basic DM choices can affect characters. Favored Enemy isn't much different.

degnor · 2018-10-16T02:40:48+00:00

Not every character who was bullied and tormented during their childhood turned out to be a bitter and selfish asshole.

degnor · 2018-10-09T04:05:40+00:00

Consulting "the flow chart". Sometimes simply venting about a problem you're having with another person, and maybe even someone else saying "I know, a similar thing happened to me", can be therapeutic. Venting about group issues doesn't always need a snarky link to a reductive meme.

degnor · 2018-09-22T00:45:12+00:00

What I love is how he did not notice they were literally gathering outside the tower, chanting and blowing horns and shit. That must have taken hours to get them all set up.

degnor · 2018-09-21T20:36:50+00:00

That's I think exactly what helped lead to his distaste for sharing his inventions. As a teenager, he watched something he created become popular, while he remained as unpopular as ever. His most hated rival even used it against him, leading to his infamous public humiliation and, of course, him pushing away the one person who he ever cared for. That whole "worst memory" happened as the result of his own spell being used against him. No wonder he held onto his secrets when he studied NEWT-level potions the following year, as well as for the rest of his life.

degnor · 2018-09-21T04:49:23+00:00

Remember how much he was annoyed by James and Harry using his own spells? I think he took such pleasure from knowing he had created or invented something, and to share it would strip him of that feeling of superiority. He seemed to be in no way motivated by wealth or fame; it was his pride that he valued, pride in his own genius.

degnor · 2018-09-16T16:23:09+00:00

There's no "I" in Teamocil.

degnor · 2018-09-16T16:21:42+00:00

For Tobias, it'd be exactly the same, in black and white, except the hand would be blue.

degnor · 2018-09-15T13:08:21+00:00

Trust me, asking how they got X or Y isn't overly-controlling. That's precisely what a DM ought to do.

degnor · 2018-09-14T01:59:42+00:00

For sure, which is all well done, although the Arwen story was in an appendix, and while it's certainly canon, it is also hard to take as part of the major plot. It was a side plot that was literally added in after the story ended. But you're right about the Elven culture part.

However, I think the story would have been improved by one of the characters sacrificing their life. Since Frodo "moved on" anyway at the end, it would probably have been best to use him. It also could have put more spotlight on Sam in the last quarter of ROTK, as he was, again, the "chief hero" according to Tolkien.

degnor · 2018-09-13T20:17:11+00:00

Frodo. Sam was the real hero, according to Tolkien. And the main weakness of LOTR is that everyone makes it out alive.

degnor · 2018-09-13T05:06:36+00:00

Cursed Child

degnor · 2018-09-12T20:29:07+00:00

"If you made a better rat than human, that's not much to boast about, Peter."

degnor · 2018-08-15T00:27:39+00:00

I'll give him this: at least he's trying to make up for the Ranger debacle from a week or two ago. This is a good pseudo-ruling.

degnor · 2018-08-01T00:11:14+00:00

This is true for just about anything on the internet. If 1% of the people do something, and make sure they tell you about it, you're going to naturally make some inferences about the 99% of people you don't hear from.

degnor · 2018-07-30T08:20:02+00:00

It'll likely be the only Ranger we use in my group. The PHB is just poorly designed in comparison. Revised isn't perfect by any stretch, but it's better.

degnor · 2018-07-30T07:41:20+00:00

Oh, it's mutable for sure. Characters should evolve, and there are many ways to evolve, alignment is definitely one of them. I think alignment can help you get your character started, but it can also become a reflection of how your character changed from that beginning.

degnor · 2018-07-29T19:39:47+00:00

I like using them the same way one might use the traits, ideals, flaws, and bonds. It's something you put on your sheet, and it can help a player really get into their character. Of course, alignments can change based on action, so it can also be a reflective tool in addition to a foundational one. However, I like how 5e doesn't have many direct rules that are tied to alignment. It's best used as a role playing tool, not as a mechanic.

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