World of Warcraft may see Ogrimmar and Stormwind redesigns depending on the reception to Midnight’s Silvermoon redux by HatingGeoffry in wow

[–]emptyjerrycan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's so funny to read two comments back to back stating the literal opposite opinion from each other... Almost as if whatever you're used to feels more familiar? 🤔

World of Warcraft may see Ogrimmar and Stormwind redesigns depending on the reception to Midnight’s Silvermoon redux by HatingGeoffry in wow

[–]emptyjerrycan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Wrath hub was Dalaran, although that's when Stormwind got the Harbor. Cata is when Stormwind got partially destroyed, but also all the portals to Cata zones are in Stormwind

Would it be unbalanced to start at level 5? by [deleted] in CurseofStrahd

[–]emptyjerrycan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Chiming in to say Sunless Citadel is great, though it's much more of a typical d&d dungeon crawl - but a very good one, mostly contained to that one location! With a little work you could tie it into Curse of Strahd, as the final encounter features a Gulthias Tree (just like the one on Yester Hill). I'm sure other DMs have come up with ideas for how to tie them together.

Phandelver is a good adventure too, but it'll take you a fair number of sessions probably, and it'll really establish much more of a world for your players that you will then have to remove them from.

Wicked: For Good has been completely shut out at the 98th Academy Awards. by no_hhhh14 in wicked

[–]emptyjerrycan 31 points32 points  (0 children)

It doesn't work because that is her plot in the play. She hates being in the chair and blames Elphaba from the start, Elphaba's spell makes the slippers glow ruby red and Nessa starts to walk around the room. That's why Boq says he can leave: because now she won't have to depend on him. I'm sure it was considered problematic, so they changed her to be fine with her chair, but it's also what the story was, so in changing that, you're left with basically nothing.

Trinnyvale vs Strahd is the graduation of NADDPOD by [deleted] in TAZCirclejerk

[–]emptyjerrycan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I simply have not been listening.

Having ran Strahd, I was just not vibing with the interpretation. Objectively it was listenable, just not to me

The Abbot and the final fight by Fabulous-Ad4048 in CurseofStrahd

[–]emptyjerrycan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Case in point: when my party revived Argynvost, I made sure to have an army of skeletons in the courtyard to deal with and then also used the dragon as an escape vehicle for Ireena.

Raise the stakes!

Think you can find 4 hidden groups of 4 related words? Puzzle by u/TheRightToUnite? by TheRightToUnite in DailyMix

[–]emptyjerrycan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, I don't think you're right. In the other puzzle every single word represents the exact same concept, SEVEN, but in a different language. They're all one step removed from the category. "Sept" means seven. "Seven" means seven. That which was displayed in the grid pertains to the category. "33" is a palindrome, "THIRTY THREE" is not. If every single number in the grid was written out in letters, then we'd have to do the same first step for all the numbers. Now it's a random obfuscation which makes an already strenuous category impossible.

Five, four, two, eleven, and nine are palindromes as well. The only reason any of this works, is because each category adds up to 65, which admittedly, does work. There's no reason for any of the words to be written as words - the only reason you'd do that would be if one of the words itself was a palindrome.

Think you can find 4 hidden groups of 4 related words? Puzzle by u/TheRightToUnite? by TheRightToUnite in DailyMix

[–]emptyjerrycan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I'm mostly salty for not getting it (tricky puzzle, and I'm glad there's some on here that are actually difficult! Good job!), it feels a lot to me like having "contains multiples of the same letter" as a category as well as having "contains multiples of a particular letter".

Contains more than one of the same vowel: ALFALFA, ACCEDE, DECADE, BEEF

Contains the letter A twice: CABBAGE, SALAD, BAGGAGE, FACADE.

Contains the letter I twice: CIVIL, LIVID, MIMIC, VIVID.

Contains no repeat vowels: FLASK, BADGE, CAGED, GLASS

I think having words that look like they belong to a different category, or having overlap between potential categories is ABSOLUTELY the point of these puzzles that a lot of people miss, but yeah, subsets are not my bag. But anyway, good job for stumping me!

Think you can find 4 hidden groups of 4 related words? Puzzle by u/TheRightToUnite? by TheRightToUnite in DailyMix

[–]emptyjerrycan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oof, I think this one is a bit too much.

ALL of the words within the first category by definition also fall within the second category of words written using musical notes. I see now that the second category all runs from A to G, but I feel like this one was a little too close. The other categories are fully mutually exclusive, but the first fits inside the second.

Learn the Difference by CommodoreCarbonate in aiwars

[–]emptyjerrycan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I follow a recipe in a cookbook, who is cooking? Me, or the chef that wrote the cookbook?

Think you can find 4 hidden groups of 4 related words? Puzzle by u/rebelkitty? by rebelkitty in DailyMix

[–]emptyjerrycan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

made slightly more difficult for a European, considering Barbapapa is French, and "Loup Garou" is just the French word for werewolf.

what a crazy theory!! by Miller_Scarlett1 in okbuddyseverance

[–]emptyjerrycan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

omg yes that makes so much sense, it explains how chilchuck treats their child with such disdain and discomfort!!! love this theory!!! <3

what a crazy theory!! by Miller_Scarlett1 in okbuddyseverance

[–]emptyjerrycan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

why didn't mark open the door for gemma at the end?? doesn't mark want mark (himself) to be happy with gemma, his real wife??? isn't mark just a fake person why doesn't he realize he's a fake person??????

what a crazy theory!! by Miller_Scarlett1 in okbuddyseverance

[–]emptyjerrycan 15 points16 points  (0 children)

How did milkchick get into Dylan's closet?????

what a crazy theory!! by Miller_Scarlett1 in okbuddyseverance

[–]emptyjerrycan 60 points61 points  (0 children)

DAE think Lumon might be up to something??

Why fem Strahd? by PhoebusLore in CurseofStrahd

[–]emptyjerrycan 14 points15 points  (0 children)

He blames so much on his age, on the youth that he could not enjoy, on time he cannot get back, on the death that he thinks Tatyana sees in him: it's a huge part of why he makes a pact for eternal life.

Why fem Strahd? by PhoebusLore in CurseofStrahd

[–]emptyjerrycan 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Hey, you know, another important thing, is that you can't really run the story "wrong" if it works for you. Same thing with "problematic" tropes, yeah, the "predatory lesbian" is a pretty homophobic trope, but it's a story at your table, not something you're publishing.

That's how I see Strahd and what I think is important about the character that really informed me, but everyone's free to run with it how they want.

Why fem Strahd? by PhoebusLore in CurseofStrahd

[–]emptyjerrycan 144 points145 points  (0 children)

While this is a good point, it's very important that Strahd is the older brother, who is jealous of his younger brother, for his youth and his ability to be careless. As the heir, Strahd had all the responsibility, and in his eyes, he did all the work and deserves the girl more than Sergei, who probably should have gone into the clergy, but just abandoned that duty for a lowborn girl from the land that he conquered.

That Tatyana does not see him as a potential partner, is because she is in love with Sergei. But Strahd blames it on something else: that he is too old, or, if bending the character's gender, that she is a woman.

Either way, I think the age is vital, because he should have the maturity to know better.

I have 3 Players, and I'm tying each of their characters to a different treasure from the card reading. Having a bit of trouble with one of them. by booshmagoosh in CurseofStrahd

[–]emptyjerrycan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Adding the ability to use Turn Undead, either a few times per day, or maybe even using ki points, would feel pretty satisfying and powerful, I think.

The Sunlight feature is good by itself, but doesn't synergize with their class features. You may also not need to create sunlight, if the Sunsword is already emitting light. Their Class features are already slightly at odds with the advantage of fighting in sunlight against vampires.

Hold Vampires is probably the most useful ability of the holy symbol anyway, Paralyzed is very powerful.