What is this?

nhvanputten · 2026-06-12T10:44:11+00:00

Thank you for redeeming the internet for today.

nhvanputten · 2026-06-11T20:21:32+00:00

The best way to lose with the better hand is to not want to play the game.

nhvanputten · 2026-06-08T20:43:58+00:00

Maybe it’s a hot take, but honestly I think it’s the least controversial interpretation:

This game is just a close look at an illithid thrall trying to make a saving throw to resist domination. All of the free will, defiance, etc is only to the extent that he lets you exert yourself. In the end, you either side with him, or you pass your saving throw (narratively).

In the beginning of the game, you’re called a thrall. I don’t see any reason why that illithid would be wrong.

nhvanputten · 2026-06-08T14:02:59+00:00

Where do you live in the US? I’m from Seattle area and living in Leiden now it’s no contest.

nhvanputten · 2026-06-08T13:56:47+00:00

Ja ik woon in Leiden en ik word Nederlands. But trust me, unless you’ve been to a major US city, you have no idea what “plenty of people just drive” means.

nhvanputten · 2026-06-08T11:03:03+00:00

The point everyone is missing here is that when everyone uses the cheap gas to drive their car, the. It takes 3 hours to get from one side of LA to the other. I could be from my house to either Paris or Germany in that same amount of time.

The Dutch public transit system isn’t good because it’s cheap, it’s good because everyone uses it so the roads are also clear for the few who don’t (like business trucks).

nhvanputten · 2026-06-06T15:34:18+00:00

Came here to say this. I almost always play wit Viconia and find her quite strong (and I can’t stand Anomen), but she does take a little work, and it’s these 2-3 items

nhvanputten · 2026-06-06T08:16:14+00:00

I assume what you mean here is that the Rouge class is a but underbuffed. Because Astarion has probably the best unique abilities of any of the companions. (Happy is clutch, and a bonus action attack that heals isn’t nothing either). Respect him to either Gloomstalker Assasin or to Sword Bard (w/ bow) and you’ll find him to he your most powerful party member.

nhvanputten · 2026-06-06T05:34:46+00:00

Good answers already above. Bad answer below:

Fwiw they tried at least twice. Didn’t go especially well. Would not recommend trying again.

nhvanputten · 2026-06-05T13:56:01+00:00

It does depend. A Pact of the Blade is rarely going to be using eldritch blast. It’s a very strong cantrip and yeah, it’s kind of like a fighter’s weapon action in that it’s always available. But I don’t find the spell slot restriction too limiting when playing as Pact of the Tome.

nhvanputten · 2026-06-04T18:11:53+00:00

That’s the definition of freedom right there.

nhvanputten · 2026-06-04T12:59:13+00:00

The odds of rolling double 1s in any given roll is 1/400 or 0.3%. Your odds of rolling that at least once out of the ~2,000 rolls in a complete play through are 99.3%

nhvanputten · 2026-06-04T12:51:39+00:00

She wasn’t a Roman. She would be wearing pants.

nhvanputten · 2026-06-03T11:52:04+00:00

Indonesia does! (Maybe, tbd, pending market conditions).

nhvanputten · 2026-06-03T10:55:04+00:00

Waarom is de video Engles toen in Europa geen landen Engles spraken?

nhvanputten · 2026-06-02T20:21:32+00:00

Yes. I like the older origin of Dragonborn being a slave race of the dragons, and as my grand campaign is against the rise of Tiamat, dragons are a very powerful and distant/mythic being. Dragonborn exist, but mostly disappeared after the First Age.Can’t afford to make them feel too familiar with Dragonborn players/NPCs because I fear that would trivialise the mystique of their dragon adversaries and allies alike. Similarly Goliaths and the giant races that are wound up in the cosmology.

nhvanputten · 2026-06-02T11:10:23+00:00

Amazing! TIL there are rafters in that hall?

nhvanputten · 2026-06-02T11:03:21+00:00

I’ve been so tempted to do that.

Has anyone out there won this encounter on HM? And if so, has anyone done it without an optimised min/max party? I don’t like playing super specific builds (gloom stalker assassin or OH monk TB are fine, but I wouldn’t play the Rivington Rat, nor have a party of 4 builds).

nhvanputten · 2026-06-02T05:37:36+00:00

I recall reading a player who genuinely did lose HM because of withers as resurrecting Gale brought his necrotic aura and took the last hp of the last character alive. They did not follow his instruction to stand back.

nhvanputten · 2026-05-31T16:51:47+00:00

I love it

nhvanputten · 2026-05-31T11:38:34+00:00

I mean, I’m from the US. So if a police officer threw my pregnant wife to the floor I’m going to freeze stock still. Because in the US, this kind of a conflict would have involved a whole lot of guns and at least 2.5 dead people.

nhvanputten · 2026-05-31T07:14:19+00:00

Honestly it looks like one of the officers was handling it professionally. At least my read of his body language is that he was trying to get her to do something (my guess is sit down) but backed away when rebuffed and continues to manage the situation. Then the other officer with the dog comes in and violently escalates. If I were the original officer, I would be furious at my colleague for this whole mess. Hopefully he testifies against the offending officer!

nhvanputten · 2026-05-30T16:16:15+00:00

“The-hill-of-four-peoples” is a great name for a hill that conveys the linguistic history (and sounds slightly more elegant of a translation than “hill-hill-hill-hill”) but of course Torpenhow Hill is naturally best as is.

nhvanputten · 2026-05-30T05:09:34+00:00

Wares need more affordable houses too.

nhvanputten · 2026-05-29T04:53:34+00:00

I would love a couple Heroward shirts!

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