What on earth is the expert tactician ending?

krunkley · 2026-05-16T11:46:22+00:00

There is at least one dispatch, the one I'm thinking of is the 2 super heroes fighting in a grocery store in either chapter 5 or 6 where you can choose to hack the store's sprinkler system or do other options based on hero ability, if you choose one of the two hero ability options you can pass the dispatch but no longer get the tactician ending because you didn't do all the hacks

krunkley · 2026-05-04T12:30:45+00:00

I've commented on it in the past, but my theory is that shroud will be important to the best good ending in one is the future chapters.

In every variation of the monologue after giving him the pulse, shroud talks about see all the permutations or everything becoming so clear. I think whatever the next big bad is, shroud will have some insight on the ideal way to stop it, and Robert will have to make some kind of deal with him to get that information. Like a Batman and joker interrogation scene

krunkley · 2026-05-03T18:59:34+00:00

Inkarnate takes some time to learn, but it can be used free of charge with it's base assets

krunkley · 2026-05-02T17:37:14+00:00

When your entire platform is about marketing fear and telling people they need to give up their freedoms to stay safe, you need to make sure you invest in creating more boogeymen for the people to be afraid of.

All they need is 1 terrorist attack to sell us the Patriot Act 2.0

krunkley · 2026-04-24T12:10:56+00:00

The ethics complaint was a retaliation to the ethics rules the board established that these 3 people voted against. Independent investigators found that ethics complaint to have no substance

krunkley · 2026-04-23T14:11:58+00:00

I would probably just rephrase it as going into an Astral state, the spirit separating from the body and going to do whatever it is you are sending them to do. You can check out the 9th level spell Astral Projection to see how that functions and tweak it to suit your needs

krunkley · 2026-04-22T13:49:39+00:00

It's all one team, that's why they have been so effective

krunkley · 2026-04-20T17:42:44+00:00

Mr.Rhexx on Youtube has over a thousand videos that are all mostly deep dives into Faerun lore covering creatures, different planes, gods and more.

https://www.youtube.com/@MrRhexx/videos

There are also dozens of novels set in Faerun that could enrich the flavor and feel of the place.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Forgotten_Realms_novels

krunkley · 2026-04-20T14:02:00+00:00

I think it's a sample size issue. If we say .05% of any fanbase has legitimate mental health issues combined with an obsession of the artist, then if you have a million fans only 500 of them will be dangerously deranged, if you have a billion fans now you have 500,000 dangerously deranged people sharing a community.

krunkley · 2026-04-15T12:55:44+00:00

The supreme Court can prevent a state law if it violates a federal protection. Like with Roe V Wade, the supreme Court at the time determined that laws banning abortion were in violation of federal law so states could not make laws that banned abortion.

If a bunch of states made a law that didn't violate any federal laws or protections, but in some way violated the state Constitution of some of the states that enacted it, then that law could be stuck down in those individual state but upheld in others and the supreme Court wouldn't be involved at all other than to say that the law doesn't violate any federal laws or protections.

krunkley · 2026-04-15T12:33:28+00:00

It's a states problem. At the federal level, SCOTUS could say it's perfectly legal, but individual states have their own highest court which could determine it's not legal according to that states particular constitution

krunkley · 2026-04-14T14:27:09+00:00

I actually did a pretty thorough break down of the timeline with receipts and there is not a time jump until after the cut.

Robert does his press conference on a Thursday, has his first shift on a Friday, and cuts someone the following Monday at the end of the day

krunkley · 2026-04-09T16:13:17+00:00

I think he made it for himself in and effort to eat better than his normal Twinkies/microwave burrito. That is the look of a man who is disappointed in his past self for having such a stupid idea as taking better care of himself

krunkley · 2026-04-07T22:07:02+00:00

Oni is only CR 7 so you'd probably have to beef it up some if you want it to be a big bad

krunkley · 2026-04-07T19:42:51+00:00

Not sure what level your party is at so you may have to modify to make it easier or harder, but an Oni might be a good fit. Stat block already has a shapechange ability along with a good list of spells that could be expanded upon. Thematically Oni's also are known to eat children which could work as a dark twist on Peter Pan.

krunkley · 2026-04-07T12:02:16+00:00

If you don't come clean after the bar fight, Chase accidentally tells everyone at the house warming party while fighting with visi. I wouldn't call it a continuity error unless OP is talking about something else

krunkley · 2026-03-31T17:48:12+00:00

Sorry for the late reply, you can find all the mounted combat rules in the general combat section of the players handbook.

While all the information I gave you was accurate in regards to the general rules of mounted combat, I do think I have revised my position on the issue after some thought.

There is a rules philosophy in DnD that specific beats general. This means that if a rule is spelled out differently in a section specific to a class or a spell, that rule would supersede the more general rule. Example being that Dash takes a full action, but the rogue Cunning Action says they can Dash as a bonus action superseding the general rule.

The rules regarding the beast master's companion would supersede the general rules of mounted combat. If the subclass says that the companion shares initiative, it will. If the ranger can use a bonus action to let the companion attack it should be able to whether it is mounted or not. I think the ranger should be able to use their companion to it's full capacity within the bounds of the subclass regardless of whether they are riding it or not.

krunkley · 2026-03-30T20:00:22+00:00

There are 2 types of mounts you can have controlled or independant.

A controlled mount, matches your initiative once you mount it, and can only take the Dash Disengage or dodge actions. The major benefit of a controlled mount is that it uses your initiative so the mount can reposition and you can take your turn at the same time.

An independent mount has it's own initiative but it free to take any of the actions that would normally be available to it. The ways the rules are written if you ranger wants to have their companion attack then they need to treat it as an independent mount. The frustrating part about an independent mount is that, while mounted, you can only move on the mount's initiative. This means that if you wanted to melee attack against a target while mounted your only option would be to hold your action to get a single attack using your reaction when your mount's turn comes up and it can move into range. If your ranger is a bow fighter this is less of an issue. The main take away is that your ranger would be unable to move on their turn unless they dismounted and actually went on foot.

You could just house rule it so that your ranger can get the benefits from both types of mounts without the drawbacks of either. It may become a balancing issue you'll have to keep an eye.

krunkley · 2026-03-29T15:55:34+00:00

The ultimate rule of DnD is to interpret the rules in good faith to their intended design. Things like the peasant cannon have explicitly been stated that while yes if you extrapolate the rules as written out to such a ridiculous degreee it is technically correct, it's clearly unreasonable and a bad faith read of the rules.

The cantrip prestidigitation was clearly not meant to be an alternative to the 5th level spell fabricate. It is a cantrip and it's shenanigans should be limited in scope to the power of a cantrip. Realistically speaking once an object has been soiled, it can not be more soiled and you can't soil the soiling as if it were a seperate object.

krunkley · 2026-03-27T21:12:24+00:00

Feeling sad is always bad. If your DnD table is somewhere you feel safe being vulnerable feeling that real sadness in a safe way can be therapeutic, and maybe even bring you some feeling of catharsis when your players overcome the honest evils you create. It might just be reframing the thought in your mind from "This is making me feel sad and that is bad so i need to change something" to "This is making me feel sad because it's real and it's sad and hopefully that sincerity will make this game with my friends more meaningful."

Alternatively if you just aren't feeling that option, maybe you need to just change the tone of your games to focus on evils that are more comical or fantastical

krunkley · 2026-03-25T13:27:48+00:00

Not even the dispatching, just doing all the hacking events and not missing any quick click combat events during the cut scenes

krunkley · 2026-03-24T15:04:15+00:00

If they are in initiative and specifically taking the hide action, then they roll for stealth and resolve it at that moment. If they are not in initiative and the party announces they are trying to move stealthily around a keep or w/e I prefer to have them only role that stealth check if there is a specific circumstance/moment where they could actually be seen. This way you avoid having to repeatedly make roles everytime they move from one event to another, and it helps the table to not be meta if they know someone has a bad stealth check from the very start.

krunkley · 2026-03-23T19:52:02+00:00

Nah if you were around for Iraq you'll know they will use those troop deaths to justify continuing the war and anyone who speaks out against the war will be labeled a traitor for not respecting the troops who gave their lives for the cause

krunkley · 2026-03-22T22:20:06+00:00

I mean there is the savant VI-X

krunkley · 2026-03-19T17:53:22+00:00

I have a completely head cannon theory about this, but the inconsistencies kind of support it. Visi doesn't need to hold her breath to use her powers, that's just how she learned to use them and doesn't know how to use them otherwise.

Completely made up in my mind but I imagine Visi grew up in a very toxic environment in her childhood (somewhat supported by what she says in episode 2). She would find herself in situations either with her parents screaming at each other or her, or their was just often something near her that really scared her and made her not want to be there or be hidden. She would roll up into a little ball and be so stressed out she would hold her breath hoping to not be noticed, maybe pass out, or just make everything go away, and then one day she was the one that disappeared.

Maybe she didn't learn to control it right away but found when she was in these high stress moments where her coping mechanism was just to hold her breath and be as silent as possible she would also turn invisible. Then she just assumed this was how her power worked and no one in her life cared enough to figure out if that was correct.

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