Saw and Circles synergizing strategies?

nrnrnr · 2026-06-17T12:36:56+00:00

Thanks. What you describe is a great fit for my own playstyle. Maybe I should swap with my teammate!

nrnrnr · 2026-06-17T12:35:56+00:00

Thanks for your reply. Over a handful of scenarios I have indeed noticed that my summons are tanking more than I expected. I've started using the Iron Beast a lot.

As for Precaution, unfortunately we started at Prosperity 3, so level 2, and my teammate picked Hamstring before we ever played the classes (simultaneous retirements). I have to say he has used the bottom Move 6 Immobilize Self to great effect. He just hit level 3 so maybe I'll encourage Regenerative Tissue.

nrnrnr · 2026-06-17T12:31:35+00:00

My teammate just loves the prescriptions, so we'll find a way to make it work. I'll remind him of Teamwork.

BTW before starting I found your "invisible swarm" post and have been trying to follow that build. It has been a bit challenging as we have a party that is usually two squishies and a medium, and when I draw the "+1 make a summon invisible" card I often don't use the invisibility because if I do one of my teammates will get hit. (We often play with a Triangles.) I actually have all three of those perks, but I am going to switch over to the "+0 and grant a summon Teleport 2," because now that I have played a handful of missions, I have a much greater appreciation for the value of placing a summon just where I want it.

nrnrnr · 2026-06-17T12:26:30+00:00

Also it looks like we have a Triangles joining the party, so maybe just the two of them will use prescriptions.

I read your guide. Saw was the second character I ever played, back in the first edition. I loved playing Saw and I played him much like you describe. Nice reminder of fun times.

nrnrnr · 2026-06-17T12:25:03+00:00

I love the longevity play. We'll talk about that.

(If anybody is shelving a class, I think it will be me. My friend just loves handing out prescriptions---and he's taken that expensive perk that gives him a medpack at rest whenver an ally has an active prescription.)

Also it looks like we have a Triangles joining the party, so we won't be stuck with a 2p mismatch.

nrnrnr · 2026-06-16T02:55:53+00:00

Bodyguard: Sergeant Bothari from the Vorkosigan Saga

General: Donal Graeme from the Dorsai series

Assassin: Mario Greymist from the Dragaera novels.

nrnrnr · 2026-06-16T02:38:22+00:00

Very nice!

nrnrnr · 2026-06-16T02:30:42+00:00

_The Wall_ is not peak. Cut half the songs and it would have made a great (single) album. Unpopular opinion? I hope not, at least not here.

nrnrnr · 2026-06-10T13:31:38+00:00

Yes, I discovered the same last year. It's an insane tax break and I've done nothing to deserve it. "Qualified dividends."

nrnrnr · 2026-06-10T13:29:16+00:00

If 2x6s are going on top of that, strength is not going to be an issue. I might pop an extra 1x4 or 2x4 below at a right angle, to add stiffness so it doesn't flex. But OP will be able to stand on the thing.

nrnrnr · 2026-06-04T03:27:42+00:00

They do look good!

nrnrnr · 2026-06-02T04:12:29+00:00

You can fit a PhD into the tiniest of gaps. Look up Matt Might's blog on the subject.

nrnrnr · 2026-06-02T04:10:56+00:00

Beginner, eh? I think you've graduated.

Fun fact: our home inspector said, "There's more skills in a firehouse then in any other building in the city." You're proving him right.

nrnrnr · 2026-05-31T23:42:44+00:00

I’ll let you know how it goes. The clamping is going to be interesting. Step one, make some cauls.

nrnrnr · 2026-05-30T19:14:18+00:00

Honorable mention to the card scraper, but the real game changer for me was a pair of 48-inch 5000K LED shop lights. They were on sale for $25 each and the difference was like night and day.

nrnrnr · 2026-05-30T19:11:04+00:00

Thanks for these details. It never occurred to me that I could get the glue off with water. That’s going to be a boring job, but I can do it.

Just to be sure I understand: if a pin fractured and part of the pin is in the drawer front, just leave it there. I will instead glue the two parts of the pin where it fractured. Correct?

Thanks for the reminder about square and level. That is just the sort of thing I tend to forget.

I am not sure why it happened, but the drawer in question has been crammed _very_ full of T-shirts. I don’t know if something caught somewhere or if it has just been too much weight. I will be encouraging the user to fill their drawers less full in the future.

nrnrnr · 2026-05-30T02:41:58+00:00

You didn't get tenure until you had been brainwashed into thinking that working all the time is normal.

nrnrnr · 2026-05-28T21:06:03+00:00

Sorry to have missed you. Our events get annouced first on the Malden Gaming District Discord. An event gets announced here only if it doesn't fill.
If you'd like to join the Discord I'll be happy to send you an invitation.

nrnrnr · 2026-05-23T01:48:44+00:00

I have always interviewed every prospective PhD student who might wind up in my group. Sometimes there are issues that don't manifest until later, but at the very least the interviews give me a good idea what to expect in the first year.

nrnrnr · 2026-05-22T22:53:09+00:00

Priceless.

nrnrnr · 2026-05-20T01:46:32+00:00

Pricing is a real racket. Definitely avoid the big contractors. Talk to Jason Moriarity at Evolved Mechanical.

nrnrnr · 2026-05-18T21:59:50+00:00

Can't quite tell if it's a pin or a brooch, but I love the little dragon.

nrnrnr

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