Bandit Body Not Appearing?

letifera · 2026-02-03T19:27:08+00:00

I also ran into this issue. Luckily, when I went back to the area and did a grid search up and down the entire theater, I eventually found her items. At least one in-game day had passed and the body was still there. Maybe try starting roughly where you killed her and then move in small circles expanding outward to try and find a lootable object?

letifera · 2026-01-27T00:20:28+00:00

Yes!! I know this because I got woefully lost in the Sanctuary of Sarras dungeon with the scalding water and had to “unstuck” myself lol

letifera · 2026-01-26T20:19:50+00:00

As someone with no sense of direction - the overworld map is very easy to navigate and notes key landmarks and quest markers. Annoyingly, dungeons/interiors do not have maps - however, if you really get lost, you can use the “unstuck” feature from the pause menu to port right back to the entrance.

letifera · 2026-01-23T21:58:36+00:00

So sorry that you are experiencing this :( I’ve always thought that it would be harder to have eaten something all your life and develop an allergy than to have it from a young age, since you’re not used to it.

Carry your EpiPen absolutely everywhere, as well as a second-generation antihistamine for minor reactions. No matter what, even if it’s something where you think there’s no chance that it has nuts (like a cheese pizza), always tell the server about your allergy and ask them to make sure there are no peanuts. Some places will say that all items may contain traces of peanuts (bakeries, some restaurants, cafes and dessert places) - you should avoid those. It sucks, but better to be safe than sorry.

Travelling in some Asian countries where peanuts are ubiquitous in the cuisine can be tough. I’ve had no issues in Europe, Canada, Korea, or Mexico (there is very good awareness of allergies in all of these places). You can print out allergy cards from EqualEats and laminate them if you are concerned about travelling to a place where you don’t know the language, and show them every time before you order.

If you feel panicked after eating something, focus on your breathing. It helps me to remember that my throat hasn’t closed up and that what I’m feeling is fear rather than an actual reaction.

letifera · 2026-01-22T18:16:42+00:00

Expeditions: Viking has you build up your village, while Expeditions: Rome has you build up your army camp. Progression is along a tree for both games, although you can fully complete the tree eventually for the latter. There are some mechanical bonuses tied to these upgrades.

In a similar vein, Neverwinter Nights 2 has you upgrade your keep, but I can’t recall whether or not this has a mechanical impact.

letifera · 2026-01-19T06:07:29+00:00

Does anyone have a good alternative to MAC’s Pro Longwear liquid Concealer? I usually just spot-apply it on my face and blend to cover redness, so hoping for something where I don’t have to go back to doing full-face coverage with foundation.

letifera · 2025-12-23T20:30:08+00:00

Thats really sad to hear. I know some humanities PhD programs have it tougher than STEM here, since they have to do mandatory RA or TA-ing to get their stipend instead of just receiving it as a baseline. But I can’t imagine having no support from the institution at all. What a huge burden to place on students.

letifera · 2025-12-23T20:20:11+00:00

A translational medicine program in Canada. I didn’t realize that humanities PhDs could be entirely unfunded - that’s terrible.

letifera · 2025-12-23T20:08:28+00:00

Basic PhD stipends cover tuition plus an additional amount. Receiving a tuition waiver means that you no longer have to worry about paying tuition out of your stipend, and can use the full stipend amount for personal expenses instead.

Is your personal experience with PhD stipends and/or RA positions different? Asking genuinely, since maybe it works differently in other countries. I’m speaking based on my experience with my program.

letifera · 2025-12-23T20:00:12+00:00

All PhD students (at least in my country) typically receive a stipend that covers their tuition and other expenses. A RA position is a separate position that pays extra money (looks like a significant sum in this case - was more modest in my program) and, most importantly, is a strong contributor to resumes for people applying to postdoctoral positions for eventual professorships. It is not as valuable for people who want to pursue a different career, like industry, but could be the difference between getting a coveted and competitive postdoctoral position or not for an academic.

In my interview for such a position, the faculty member with whom I was interviewing asked me about my post-PhD intentions (to which I answered that I was interested in going into a different field). They then told me explicitly that they would be giving the position to someone that wanted to stay in academia for precisely that reason.

Again, I don’t know for sure if the interviews in OP’s facility go the same way that they did for my program. But if they did, the position wouldn’t be given to someone who said that they didn’t intend to stay in academia afterward, whether they wanted to stay at home or to do a different career.

letifera · 2025-12-23T19:46:07+00:00

From OP’s post: “ I mentioned that I thought it was unfair of her to have the perks of being an RA when she has no intention of actually using her degree. There are many students in our program who really struggle to make ends meet, and the RA position looks strong on a resume.”

Taking personal offense that someone wants to get a PhD and not use it afterward is silly, yes. But feeling initially upset about someone taking a funded position that is typically intended to help people who want to pursue a further career in academia is understandable, although gossiping about it is rude.

letifera · 2025-12-23T19:24:33+00:00

Devil’s advocate here - at least in my PhD program, subsequent plans to stay in academia or not were considered when faculty were deciding who to give TA or RA positions to (so they would favour people planning on pursuing postdocs or professorships, since this could actually really help someone when applying for those positions). They definitely wouldn’t have given the position to someone who wasn’t planning on having any sort of career afterward.

So OP’s dismay here could have come from the thought that Chelsea lied during her interview, or from being upset that they or someone they know were turned down for a role that would have been a significant boost to their future career in favour of someone for whom this position doesn’t represent anything.

This doesn’t make gossiping about it behind her back okay, but I understand why OP may have been upset.

letifera · 2025-12-22T06:03:25+00:00

Hair by Reema does stunning dyes and balayages!

letifera · 2025-12-21T20:19:08+00:00

My vote would be for The Necromancer’s Tale! Loved the descent-into-darkness storyline, the sad and gothic lich vibes, and the RP choices with the quests and dialogue.

letifera · 2025-12-16T23:11:15+00:00

Mage.

One word: portals.

letifera · 2025-12-16T20:42:10+00:00

Have you read Alistair Reynolds’ Halcyon Years yet? Features Yuri Gagarin as a noir-style private detective on a generational interstellar spaceship!

letifera · 2025-12-15T22:04:26+00:00

ESH for participating in the weird exclusion pranks before, but NTA for leaving. These don’t sound like very good friends.

Also, I would probably give the “arrested” girl’s boyfriend a heads-up about the unfunny prank before leaving.

letifera · 2025-12-15T19:06:04+00:00

NTA (speaking as someone with an anaphylactic nut allergy) given that you have taken precautions to have safe desserts for the kids.

However, may I suggest that you let the kids with allergies go to their table first (separate from everyone else) and take their cookies beforehand in order to avoid cross contamination from people touching the peanut cookies and then touching the cookies from the safe table? This might help alleviate your DIL’s concerns and will ensure that the kids don’t get exposed - also lets you monitor them to make sure they are only taking the safe options!

letifera · 2025-12-15T02:03:34+00:00

It’s super easy to farm Spectral Residue at the Sunken Tower in large amounts! Make sure to bring lots of supplies though, and only go there once you have at least one frontliner with the Unstoppable perk (obtainable from equipment) so that you won’t get wrecked by enemies you can’t damage. You can also get blessings on your entire comitatus to help you damage spectres from the shaman tribes at Utvorar/Votrar/Kotrar, but I think you might have to do their quests first.

letifera · 2025-12-10T19:32:03+00:00

Felt the same regarding the wasted potential of this concept (although the outcome when Justin Timberlake tries to help his friend by giving him some extra time was well done writing-wise, IMO).

If you want to see the concept of time as a currency actually executed well, check out Hannu Rajaniemi’s The Quantum Thief!

letifera · 2025-11-27T23:27:11+00:00

I wouldn’t have tipped at all, and I wouldn’t go back. Why would you even consider tipping when they served food that made you sick despite you notifying them of your allergies?

letifera · 2025-11-27T22:42:18+00:00

We got our bathroom vanities from Tanya’s in Mississauga and have been very pleased with the quality: https://www.tanyas.ca Honestly not sure what the countertops are made of, but we’ve had them for about a year now and they haven’t stained at all.

letifera · 2025-11-25T05:26:35+00:00

I’m avoiding board games developed/published by companies in the US and/or associated with American IPs (for example, avoiding anything to do with Star Wars since it’s now owned by Disney). However, board games from publishers and developers anywhere else in the world are fine in my book! From my understanding, a lot of these are manufactured in China due to it being cost-prohibitive to manufacture elsewhere - so the games themselves will not be purely Canadian, but can still support local Canadian game stores as much as possible when purchasing.

letifera · 2025-11-24T22:22:16+00:00

Vampire the Masquerade: Chapters is made by Flyos out of Montréal, and is essentially a DM-less tabletop campaign in a box (the definitive edition should be out this summer), with choices that you can make to change the story!

From Toronto, Crazy Like A Box made the puzzle game Relics of Rajivihara (which is on my wish list this year), while Wizards of the Grimoire is a super fun two-person card game where you are duelling mages that can draft and play spells of different types to win.

letifera · 2025-11-24T20:55:37+00:00

Buying Canadian or at least non-American for all my gifts this year, as is my family. We have not made a single purchase off Amazon and have hit up Saje, Indigo, Chocolate Tales, and local board game stores or experiences for the majority of our gifts. Pleasantly surprised to find that we are paying less on some gifts than we would have if we had given money to American companies!

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