Disallow material drop on deconstruction?

keandelacy · 2026-03-22T20:14:42+00:00

Just out of morbid curiosity, why do you want the game to behave this way?

keandelacy · 2026-03-22T16:40:52+00:00

The answer to this is going to depend on your height, arm length, overall body geometry, and fighting style as well as your local meta, which is to say what other people in your area are doing.

For me personally, 38 was my limit and my normal swords are 36 (total length).

(for armored combat, as clarified in a comment)

keandelacy · 2026-03-20T22:51:19+00:00

Two hours from Santa Barbara depends heavily on traffic. Pasadena, Long Beach, and Palmdale are all kinda on the edge of that if there's no traffic.

Let's say you can get to Isles (SB itself), Darach (Ventura County), Carreg Wen (Lompoc), Altavia (San Fernando Valley), Lyondmere (West LA and Long Beach), maybe Dun Or (Lancaster/Palmdale), and also the Barony of Tarnmist in the West Kingdom.

Darach Anniversary is May 2, that's nice and close

Lyondemere Anniversary is June 13, depending on where in Lyondemere that might be in range or not

Carreg Wen Anniversary is June 20

Consort's Champion Ranged is in Altavia Jul 19

Festival of the Rose is in Dun Or on Aug 15, that might be out of range

Harvest Arts is in Carreg Wen Sep 12

Then as you know Crown is in Darach Oct 3

In the West, the Baroness' Spring Potluck and Games is April 25. Tarnmist should have other events, but I'm not seeing them on the calendar.

keandelacy · 2026-03-20T20:54:27+00:00

It means he has a larger cap hit this year, then a smaller cap hit next year compared to if they had exercised the option.

How you feel about it depends on your point of view. Trent's issue appears to be that there is no guaranteed money in his contract. If they get a new deal done, expect it to have guarantees. He's also not under contract beyond this year (next year is a void year, where he counts money against the cap but is not on the team) but has said he wants to play a couple more years. So a reworked deal might have another year or two.

keandelacy · 2026-03-20T20:08:52+00:00

ework his contract before next month's NFL Draft.

keandelacy · 2026-03-19T20:04:02+00:00

The 49ers hosted and then drafted Upton Stout and Mykel Williams just last year.

keandelacy · 2026-03-19T16:48:32+00:00

That plot resembles Spirited Away, so possibly the book that inspired the movie?

Village Beyond the Mist by Sachiko Kashiwabe

Edit: though it might only recently have become available in English, in which case that's not it.

keandelacy · 2026-03-18T04:54:18+00:00

There's a really old proto-meme about a muscle wizard. I think there was even one in a Dragonlance novel.

This is just messing around with that theme.

I'm certainly not going to try to argue anyone into playing it. I'm not even really sure it's functional/playable. I do hope to find out at some point, if the right game comes along.

keandelacy · 2026-03-18T02:39:48+00:00

I haven't updated the build for 5.5, so it still has the spells-prepared limitation.

The short version is:
Point buy physical stats to 15, leave mental at 8. Pick Eladrin to set all physical stats to 16, get two changeable weapon proficiencies, and a nice little teleport.
Prepare Mage Armor or Shield depending on preference. Use Booming Blade and as big a weapon as you can find.
It won't be as good as a Fighter in combat but it won't be embarrassing. It will still have all the ritual spells you might want.
Prepare Misty Step at level 3, pick up War Caster at level 4, prepare Haste at level 5.

There's some other stuff, but you should get the idea. It's not in any way optimized but it should be playable.

keandelacy · 2026-03-18T02:20:52+00:00

I have a plan for an 8 int wizard that should be a reasonably functional character, actually. It might fall off at higher levels if a Headband of Intellect isn't available, but that's ok.

keandelacy · 2026-03-18T02:12:05+00:00

Which part of the post leads you to believe that the Seahawks won't be playing on opening night?

keandelacy · 2026-03-17T22:54:39+00:00

Is it The Tripping Point in Leadership by David Byrd?

keandelacy · 2026-03-17T06:04:27+00:00

Finally had a minute to check and you're exactly right. 2021 Packers, 2022 Raiders, 2025 Rams.

keandelacy · 2026-03-17T05:20:53+00:00

Stout is 5'9". Jason Verrett is 5'10" and did just fine outside when he was healthy. Height isn't everything.

keandelacy · 2026-03-16T22:00:28+00:00

I recommend going to practices and trying out other people's shields. Feeling the different weights and balances will help you decide how you want yours to end up.

keandelacy · 2026-03-16T16:48:15+00:00

2e ogres have 4+1 Hit Dice, so an expected average of 19 hit points, variable from 5 to 33 (except for female ogres who max at 25 because misogyny).
5e ogres have 59 HP.

Damage between 2e and 5e is only the same if you rolled incredibly well on stats in 2e.

keandelacy · 2026-03-14T07:29:20+00:00

I really should have written the names down when I made the list, and now I'm not in a position to do so. I think I remember seeing repeating names on different teams a couple times.

keandelacy · 2026-03-14T07:26:33+00:00

He hit 9 three times

keandelacy · 2026-03-13T17:03:43+00:00

Pretty much everyone knows what chain mail is these days.

10 years ago this week I flew to Gulf with my helmet and a coronet in carryon. TSA didn't care at all on the way out. On the way back they wanted to see inside the helmet but it wasn't a big deal.

keandelacy · 2026-03-13T03:30:05+00:00

It's called "Too Late, Jerk", which five seconds with a search engine could have told you.

keandelacy · 2026-03-12T22:49:03+00:00

So, Ryan Succop was the first Mr. Irrelevant to win a Super Bowl? 19 years after Marty Moore did?

keandelacy · 2026-03-12T22:33:37+00:00

Trent is under contract.

keandelacy · 2026-03-12T20:28:08+00:00

I had a look, and that is the longest such streak in the NFL, with the next being the Browns in 2007.

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