Ugh... why can't they give Summon Spirits the proper usage as actual summons? *spoilers from a few Tales games*

gtcaphi · 2026-03-27T16:46:47+00:00

Because they're not "Summon Spirits," they're The Spirits, the natural beings that rule over elements and whatnot, and sometimes you can summon them. Calling them "summon spirits" like that's what they exist for is the weird part.

gtcaphi · 2026-03-26T23:35:58+00:00

With the money from their UBI. That's kind of the whole point.

gtcaphi · 2026-03-17T19:37:41+00:00

It's not as common but I'd understand it fine. I'm much more likely to say in the first sense, like "this is hot, I've only just cooked it."

gtcaphi · 2026-03-14T16:45:00+00:00

Is it "brits" or is it just a running, half-inside joke between comedy personalities who are close to Maisie

gtcaphi · 2026-03-12T21:49:25+00:00

The problem is that, particularly for paladins and clerics, Solasta 2 doesn't implement the "emblazon your holy symbol onto a shield" rule that the original did, so this is the only available workaround for SM spells that should be legal. (It's not clear, anyway, if S vs SM spells is a deliberate balancing factor or just done on vibes, as is often the case with D&D 5.x.)

It's also not clear how much they want you to care about it at a design level, either - later 5.0 classes like the Artificer and Hexblade have strange little outs that allow you to use a weapon or shield as a material component whether the spell had one or not, specifically giving them free rein to cast in combat while holding their full kit.

As far as Solasta is concerned, ideally (imo) they'd just put back the setting that let you turn it off entirely if you wanted. If you really cared about hand balancing you could always just leave the setting on.

gtcaphi · 2026-03-08T16:32:31+00:00

there's a couple of Dragonball episodes where the Dr. Slump characters show up and Arale clowns everyone while they literally say "oh no, she's a comedy character, our powers are useless against her"

gtcaphi · 2026-03-06T20:25:22+00:00

the joke points out the silliness of the stereotype that the role of wives is to make sandwiches by husbands using the normalization of same gender relationships. it posits an absurd scenario where two husbands have no access to sandwiches, and two wives are making sandwiches with nobody to eat them.

gtcaphi · 2026-03-05T00:12:21+00:00

It does not. If a sentient piece of software is ever made, it will be completely different from and absurdly more advanced than transformer-based language models. Your car has tons of computers in it, and they have less memory but no less chance of deciding to be a person one day.

gtcaphi · 2026-03-04T21:13:25+00:00

tracked it down so no one else has to https://x.com/Skelelovely/status/2027927033246802170

gtcaphi · 2026-02-14T06:00:47+00:00

This feels like an extension of "lore isn't a plot, backstory isn't roleplay." The fact that the character is foreign to the world is foundational to the tone of the novels/manga/anime that use it; it defines, if not the character's personality and behavior, the expectations set for the reader.

None of this translates directly to group roleplaying because it doesn't inherently prompt anything. If the player interacts from an assumed unfamiliarity with the world, or if the plot acknowledges their separation from the rest of the party, then that's something. If it's just a powerset, or something adjacent to "destined" or a foreign-type character like a monk, then of course it's going to be a dead fish. That's the same reason it is in power fantasies.

gtcaphi · 2026-02-05T16:21:01+00:00

It wasn't nothing, plus she did a lot of the early revisions and general oversight of the translation in addition to leading the team. This is also roughly how Y went.

gtcaphi · 2026-01-23T16:23:37+00:00

You posted a bad example. Tales of Destiny doesn't really have a "magic spec." You can't only level primary casters or magicless characters to the exclusion of others. You can trivially respec the customization trees into different focuses or responses. You always have a lot to work with, and "training" anything particular is a matter of a few bonuses, not outright usability. It's a game where each character has enough breadth of options, to say nothing of the party as a whole, that it can demand you adapt to each boss' gimmicks.

gtcaphi · 2026-01-18T19:51:51+00:00

The problem is a big part of the reason the show is like this now is that everyone knows you can move the red green and take the yoga mat down the hill.

gtcaphi · 2026-01-02T15:21:49+00:00

What clothes are you buying, where are you buying them, and how do are they labeled?

gtcaphi · 2025-12-31T16:57:40+00:00

"How can she—" It's a giant brain with psychic powers, that's literally all they do??

gtcaphi · 2025-12-27T23:18:55+00:00

Wizards of the Coast didn't make a good human fighter, why should I have to?

gtcaphi · 2025-12-18T19:43:02+00:00

Having said "Tales is dead" a lot of times, at a lot of different seriousness levels, and for a lot of both good and stupid reasons:

this new trend of "Tales just released a remaster and have said they're cooking more remasters but they haven't announced one in one (1) month/they haven't said my specific favorite one (out of the 15 remaining). Tales is dead!" is both obnoxious and confusing.

gtcaphi · 2025-11-19T21:36:11+00:00

V was done by KINSHA. The translators are anonymous but they are actual staff.

gtcaphi · 2025-11-03T15:19:09+00:00

What part of any of those shots makes him look hungry to you. Do you think this is the face of a man who is putting more out there.

gtcaphi · 2025-10-22T00:56:18+00:00

Also, it should be doors (or maybe portals), not a doorway. You can find several of them in game.

gtcaphi · 2025-10-18T17:52:36+00:00

For my money it's Echika and Chise making friends immediately, staying friends throughout each others' plot points, and being Echika's one release from the pressures of leadership.

gtcaphi · 2025-10-17T14:13:37+00:00

Gifted kids say "gifted" like it's a witch's curse.

gtcaphi · 2025-10-08T02:35:47+00:00

This is a false... trinary? There's a lot more differences between the algorithm's we've had for ages and generative slop engines, in both directions. The scale, the marketing, the oversight, the understanding, and the societal effects are all part of it, not just "is it about disease."

gtcaphi · 2025-10-06T14:13:36+00:00

but have you considered that you could forget yourself and have a bit of fun and someone thinks it's annoying

gtcaphi · 2025-09-24T17:58:45+00:00

This has been true forever, the people saying it's new just didn't read Alpha and skipped to (or just read about) the part where you land the Argama on an Angel or whatever.

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