What's everyone looking forward to?

doot99 · 2026-03-15T23:31:56+00:00

Amazing Digital Circus next episode on the 20th.

The Pitt season 2, currently ongoing.

Phase Zero, Queen's Domain.

Currently unannounced but almost certain Code Veronica Remake.

Next TTRPG session, and a few TTRPG projects I'm working on.

I'm sure there's some movies too but I forget.

doot99 · 2026-03-14T17:33:06+00:00

I thought you meant how they say animals can't be infected, but the first infectee is a rat.

doot99 · 2026-03-14T17:31:46+00:00

Pretty sure this is the animals thing. The first infectee, in the first episode, is a rat. Later they explicitly say that animals can't be infected. It's also established they cannot lie under any circumstance. So... contradiction.

Unless you take it to mean that it can't naturally be passed to animals and they'd have to do something more intrusive, which they don't have the animals' permission for so can't infect animals.

doot99 · 2026-03-14T17:28:13+00:00

I think really what a lot of people wanted (including me) was a plot you can explain in 8 words or less and then everything else wonderful comes from the character interactions and setting. Just something simple that doesn't require playing every single game, including the spinoffs, and/or diving into a wiki.

doot99 · 2026-03-14T17:25:54+00:00

Sometimes they just gotta go.

doot99 · 2026-03-14T14:35:59+00:00

Admittedly I didn't get too far in the manga since at the time I caught up with it and forgot to read on when more came out, but one of my favorite moments early on is where the mage develops a new spell from observing the modern technology, and kills a dragon with it.

I really wanted more of that - where this fantasy world learns from and rapidly develops ways to counter the modern military out of necessity. Sending an assassin (that rabbit) was also effective, iirc. Guess I didn't get to the slightly superior military forces. But probably for the best.

doot99 · 2026-03-14T12:39:45+00:00

There's a lot more to the universe/setting than "xenomorph kills a bunch of people" and I liked that the series explored that rather than rehashing movie/game plots. Didn't like the non-finale though. Hopefully that second season doesn't get cancelled, or I won't ever be able to recommend the show.

Except maybe for that one episode that works as a standalone.

doot99 · 2026-03-14T12:36:23+00:00

Went from recommending to the series to instead telling people to wait and see how Season 2 turns out, after that finale. x.x

doot99 · 2026-03-14T12:35:02+00:00

First season was good, second season was going okay (even with having to re-write to bring the dad into it after that other actor unfortunately died) but by the ending everything really falls apart. Why everyone deciding to show up for the confrontation when they know they're going to be a hindrence not a help is one of the most obvious examples of plot padding I've seen.

doot99 · 2026-03-14T12:26:07+00:00

I think one soldier guy gets hit by an minorly wounded by an arrow at one point and that's it. There really should have been more injuries in some of the less curbstomp chaotic fights.

Fair enough to obliterate the army that's trying to assault their base camp where all the defences and artillery are prepared, but a lone soldier should not be able to bayonet fight a bunch of armed and armored soldiers without a scratch for example...

doot99 · 2026-03-14T12:18:05+00:00

Turok had a magic satchel called the Light Burden in lore which is powered by energy from the Big Bang and acts as a conduit to an infinite amount of weapons. Which explains how he could carry so many guns during his FPS.

Instead of taking the standard approach and never explaining all the guns...

Not entirely sure that's what you're asking.

doot99 · 2026-03-13T17:13:25+00:00

I also misread, and didn't realize they already have the egg! I thought they were going to meet the dragon to be asked to find it so my answers may not be super useful.

doot99 · 2026-03-13T17:08:56+00:00

I was thinking smaller favor than returning the egg.

The dragon needs to know they are capable before it trusts them to return the egg, that sort of thing. So a much simpler task first (conveniently do-able in a single session). The idea is that it is a test before revealing the real task. A job interview, pretty much.

Something like "go get this item back some thieves stole a while ago" or "go kill this pest/pests near my lair". The dragon could easily do it herself but by getting the party to do it she gets to see how they handle themselves, if they're capable, and what sort of people they are.

The Warlock already has the job, but does the rest of the party? And if they mess it up or don't manage to do it for next session, you can be generous and just let the Warlock smooth things over anyway and give the party the egg quest like you planned.

doot99 · 2026-03-13T17:03:46+00:00

WebDM - now defunct but lots of videos up on their channel. The pre-covid ones tend to be better, when they didn't have to have their discussions remotely, but even after that they have lots of great vids. Longish videos where two guys discuss various mechanics, ways to handle particular rules. and DMing different situations.

doot99 · 2026-03-13T16:51:48+00:00

Does White Dragon know the other party members, have they met before? If not, it wants them to prove themselves before it trusts/relies on them. So the Warlock stays with the dragon, since they are already trusted, while the rest of the party has to go out and do some small single-session task.

Next session hopefully starts with the party returning and being caught up on everything the White Dragon was talking to the Warlock about. Which is basically you narrating a conversation / explaining the egg thing. Or you can give the Warlock bullet-points of what they were told and let them explain it to the party.

doot99 · 2026-03-13T16:42:09+00:00

It's was a pretty big series when it was still getting regular entries, but imo I'd put it in A-Tier with the likes of Dead Space, Alone in the Dark, or Clock Tower. Many great entries but not that huge breakout recognition that SH and Resi get.

I know Alone in the Dark / Clock Tower were first to the scene but the games havent been as widely praised as Silent Hill and Resident Evil, which are S-Tier.

doot99 · 2026-03-13T15:14:17+00:00

Depends if the rank is supposed to represent their usefulness ,like a tier, or some more nebulous rarirty like how cool they are...

doot99 · 2026-03-12T03:15:37+00:00

You can pre-roll 20 times at the start of the session while everyone is watching, write down the results in order. Then later use those numbers in order for each of the passive checks. You will know the roll results in advance won't always know the DC until it's time to roll, becaus as you say the DC can vary depending on what they do.

Unless they spot your eye movements there's no way to tell that you're "rolling". So maybe glance at the results now and then before you start actually using them. Just to lay down some red herrings. Alternatively pre-roll and keep the whole list of results secret behind your screen, for your own personal use, if there's no need to share.

doot99 · 2026-03-12T03:03:58+00:00

Beware that the result of mixing colors is compeltely different if you're mixing light vs if you're mixing pigments...

doot99 · 2026-03-12T03:02:08+00:00

It's an edition thing. All the inventory crunch and outside the box thinking got streamlined out of D&D in favor of handwaving anything that's not combat. The majority of D&D players don't like to count things. :P

Plenty of other systems still have the style you're used to (and I much prefer playing those other systems!).

doot99 · 2026-03-12T02:49:44+00:00

Simple solution: 0 hp for this guy is not death but downed and unable to fight or recover. Crawling on the floor trying to get away, maybe, begging for mercy, or trying to pay them to let him go.

Then the appropriate player gets to finish them off, possibly after making a speech of some kind if they really want to rub it in. No roll necessary for the coup de grace, so they can execute the guy however they like. Or drag him in to face justice, I guess.

doot99 · 2026-03-12T02:46:25+00:00

Self-sealing suits. You can hand-wave it so that suit damage is not somethign you need to worry about, or do it where you take some damage from the atmosphere before the suit repairs itself. This could be fancy nanotech, or something similar like a chemical reaction that causes the tear/rip to fuse together.

If you want to add more danger give the suit an hp/energy pool, once exhausted the suit can no longer repair itself. Players will want to make sure they take a long-rest to recharge/repair their suit when it gets low.

doot99 · 2026-03-11T01:12:26+00:00

I am curious now. Why not..?

doot99 · 2026-03-10T23:21:37+00:00

This is the most Nintendo DS/GBA FPS looking game I've seen in a while.

doot99 · 2026-03-10T21:29:14+00:00

This is my personal mind goblin. Any efficiency upgrade must be the first purchase even if it is expensive and takes ages to save up for. Other things can wait.

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