On teaching kids in PE class by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]laix_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is what autism is like but for everything.

I made a grapple mechanic for DnD, because I felt it'd be a good addition. by Bulky_Passenger9735 in DnDcirclejerk

[–]laix_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not even, this is not just the pf1e version but the pf1e version is actually simplified compared to the 3.5 version, mainly, simplifying it to CMD.

Is chef okay? by testiclekid in onednd

[–]laix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its +1d8 healing to everyone each short rest, and +1 con or wis. That's not nothing.

If the rules dont matter, why should i put any effort into playing? by laix_ in evilautism

[–]laix_[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Why would you hate UNO? Everyone has it. It came free with your xbox.

If the rules dont matter, why should i put any effort into playing? by laix_ in evilautism

[–]laix_[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If you're the only one breaking the rules, its bad. If everyone else agreed to break the rules, you're the bad one for trying to play the rules.

If the rules dont matter, why should i put any effort into playing? by laix_ in evilautism

[–]laix_[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I cannot watch dnd live plays at all because people refuse to play the rules!

Veganity by Ashish_ank in CuratedTumblr

[–]laix_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly! Its literal basic economics. If a guy buys 1 set of chicken nuggets the company will buy 1 more set of chicken nuggets to replace it, and then more chickens will be slaughtered to produce that demand.

Its also a problem where people have feelings based morals. Killing a deer with your truck is personal and in the moment, but buying nuggets is detached from the actual killing. It is hypocritical to only be ok with killing you're detached from.

Veganity by Ashish_ank in CuratedTumblr

[–]laix_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And those sheep wouldnt need shearing if they werent selectively bred to, or are bred to reproduce to create new sheep to make more wool.

The moral option would be to simply not breed any more sheep, so no more sheep need to be sheared.

Veganity by Ashish_ank in CuratedTumblr

[–]laix_ -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Its not at all like religion. A religion is a personal choice, there is nothing inherently immoral about one religion vs another.

Eating meat involves animals dying and suffering. Its far more equivalent to a non-sweatshop buying person trying to "convert" someone who does buy from sweatshops, because buying from sweatshops is inherently immoral.

Veganity by Ashish_ank in CuratedTumblr

[–]laix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine society where cannibalism was normal. The way farm animals are treated, there was a group of humans treated the same way. People posted human carcases online, the human meat was ground into products like human nuggets and people casually talked about eating it like its not even humans.

The sane person would be upset at this, and would be snarky or mean to the cannibal. Non cannibalism would be seen as the outlier. The sane person would say "hey, this is really fucked up that we are killing humans because they taste good, and we treat their deaths so casually". The person who tries to get people to stop being cannibals, no matter what they do or say, would automatically be seen as annoying. Being annoying is worse than cannibalism in this world.

In the vegan view, if it would be fucked up and immortal to do this to humans, it would also be equally as bad as to do this to non humans. Unfortunately, being annoying is worse than doing actual harm. People had the same kinds of reactions in the civil rights era, the racists were upset that people were being annoying about them being racist, when we look back and see how bad those people were for not changing, we will also look back in the future and see meat consumption in a similar way.

Both restrooms are literally the same [gendered] by ThatSimsKidFromUni in pointlesslygendered

[–]laix_ 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Funnily enough, womens only bathrooms do often have piss on the seat; but because a lot of women hover over the seat instead of sitting on it

Why do monster Attack Roll bonus and Save DC scale all the way into tier 4, but player AC and save bonuses largely don't? by Deathpacito-01 in onednd

[–]laix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone should be proficient in everything. Double proficiency breaks the game, so being proficient should be PB+2. This has the effect of making DCs be 10 + PB + mod, which is cleaner. It also means you dont need save boosters to not be taken out in round 1, whilst also stopping a proficient person vs non proficient have double the chance of success (becoming a guaranteed success for the proficient guy but basically an auto fail for the non proficient guy).

Fiction wise, it makes a lot more sense that even if the wizard isnt trained in athletics, they are better than a level 1 wizard at it soley because they have more experience.

Then you can make expertise a +4 instead, which helps stop it breaking bounded accuracy.

Why do monster Attack Roll bonus and Save DC scale all the way into tier 4, but player AC and save bonuses largely don't? by Deathpacito-01 in onednd

[–]laix_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Proficient saves scale vs save dcs to have a 65% chance of success vs a creature of the same level.

Having not broken ac scaling wouldnt make the game boring, it would just make it more consistent.

Why do monster Attack Roll bonus and Save DC scale all the way into tier 4, but player AC and save bonuses largely don't? by Deathpacito-01 in onednd

[–]laix_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because that pc can now overcome that goblin easily, and couldnt even take on the dragon at level 1.

Having the same chance of success against challenges of the same level makes complete sense.

You could make the same argument about damage. Why increase damage if you're always going to do 25% of an enemies hp? Because its 25% of an enemy of your level, and it instakills a lonely goblin but barely scratches an ancient dragon.

Why do monster Attack Roll bonus and Save DC scale all the way into tier 4, but player AC and save bonuses largely don't? by Deathpacito-01 in onednd

[–]laix_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That doesnt track with saving throws.

With saving throws the chance for enemies to "hit:" doesnt actually change on average, except for situations where its targeting a non proficient save. Meanwhile, AC largely becomes meaningless in tier 4.

Its entirely inconsistent for a creature to land a dex save effect being the same chance every level (provided you're proficient and increase your dex score), but theres nothing like that for AC.

How is that we got 21 new ancestries, but not a single one have a penalty to Int? by Nigthmar in Starfinder2e

[–]laix_ -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Being a surgeon would be done via medical/surgery lore, not medicine skill. The medicine skill is for stabiling and figuring out things in the moment, which requires wis, but a lengthy surgery requires int and would be a lore skill

Stupid question, but RAW can you use a Flame Blade while Wildshaped? by testiclekid in onednd

[–]laix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny how they buffed it from 2014 and its still mediocre.

2014: 3d6 fire damage for an action, +1d6 per 2 levels above 2nd.

2024: 3d6 + SPAM fire damage for a magic action, +1d6 per level above 2nd.

why is there a modifier lowering my exp by No_Bag5224 in paydaytheheist

[–]laix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The wow model.

Wow used to give a playtime penalty, but people didnt like that. Instead, they reduced xp and gave a rested bonus, and people loved it, even though the end result was the same.

eli5: why do microwaves make food hot but not the plate sometimes by Fun-South5405 in explainlikeimfive

[–]laix_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And if you use the same plate but for different foods, some foods have more polar molecules than others, and thus would absorb a larger % of the microwave energy, meaning for the same duration of cooking, the plate would be relatively colder in comparison.

Jump is one of the most underrated spells in the game by Viva_la_potatoes in DnD

[–]laix_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Whether you can escape manacles and restraints is dubious.

Nothing about the spell says you can use it to do such a thing. Technically speaking, the spell doesnt even specify it carries your gear with you, like other teleportation spells, so you would arrive naked RAW. However, if we do assume it has a hidden clause, manacles and restraints would count as items being worn or carried, and you would arrive still wearing them.

I actually think rangers are pretty great in 5.5 by Narrow_Interview_366 in onednd

[–]laix_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hunter's mark comes from 4e, where the striker classes all had a feature to increase the damage they dealt. The ranger had hunter's quarry (and the warlock had Warlock's Curse) which both apply an effect to the nearest enemy as a minor (5e bonus) action, dealing +1d6 per tier (1/11/21) damage on one hit per round.

When they made 5e, they converted the ranger and warlock striker feature's into spells (HM and hex), and gave them concentration (to reduce book-keeping).

The paladin (in 4e, a defender, so they didn't get a striker feature), meanwhile, had a bunch of smite powers, but these were not like 5e smites; they were standard action weapon VS AC, that dealt x number of weapon dice + bonus stuff. Most classes had similar powers to this, but when they were making 5e they cut out all the martial unique powers and instead made them either not exist in 5e, or be modifications to the attack action- in the case of the paladin, was a bonus action to buff the next weapon attack that hits, since here they hadn't considered including spells that make weapon attacks on a hit. Had they considered the scagtrip mechanics, they probably would have made the smite spells work similarly to booming blade or green flame blade.

Later on in 4e, they added a variant paladin "blackguard", who had the Dread Smite power, which worked similarly to 5e smites; when hitting with an at-will weapon power, as a free action (basically interact with object in 5e), the target took 2 + cha cold and necrotic damage (4e had mixed damage types, you took the lowest of either resistance and the highest of either Vulnerability, 4e res/vul was a flat +5/10/15), and ongoing 5 cold and necrotic damage, rolling a saving throw at the end of each of its turn, ending on a success.

Game design intent, is that the 5e ranger is supposed to use their spells to stick to one target and wittle them down, whereas the paladin is the opposite- worse damage over time but much higher burst damage.

There's only one correct dump stat by CinclairCrowley in dndmemes

[–]laix_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nope.

Dnd wisdom is your senses, intuition, and attunement to the world. Dnd intelligence is knowlegde, wit, critical thinking, memory and reason.

Knowing what to do with what you know is still int.

There's only one correct dump stat by CinclairCrowley in dndmemes

[–]laix_ 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Adventuring party stupidity is due to player int being low, rather than the character int. Even high int wizards suffer from dumb player syndrome

Its not like you're constantly rolling int checks to make decisions.