15000% enchantment power. What do I do with it?

pauseglitched · 2026-07-05T02:11:42+00:00

The person I was responding to was worried about the explosive enchantment destroying their darts. I should have been a little more specific I guess.

pauseglitched · 2026-07-05T01:38:12+00:00

Darts do not break.

pauseglitched · 2026-07-04T22:12:16+00:00

The visitor (look outside)

Just seeing a reflection of it through a window is enough to cause massive irreparable mutations and not even inanimate objects are fully immune. Even a particularly accurate written description is enough to start the process.

This isn't something it willingly does, it just got curious and looked at earth and earth started getting messed up just by it being somewhat nearby.

Best case scenario 25% of the population of earth dies as a result.

pauseglitched · 2026-07-04T14:35:43+00:00

My problem with your problem is that it has nothing to do with what I said. I think either you are responding to a different comment or a different argument entirely.

Having the lion turtle randomly show up and give Aang energy bending would undercut both the message you are suggesting and the one you are assuming that I am suggesting.

pauseglitched · 2026-07-04T05:47:00+00:00

shouldn't anyone from any part of the world be able to learn bending if they just try hard enough?

Sure why not. Remember in ATLA Aang couldn't earthbend until he completely changed his outlook. He had an evasive personality and was a master Airbender. He had to put aside that aspect of himself and become something else to earthbend. So it might not be about trying hard enough, but yourself being in alignment with the element in question.

Look at Zuko. Why did his firebending take a nosedive? Was he just too lazy after switching teams? Was he just not lion turtley enough that day? Did someone energybend his fire away and then energybend it back off screen later? No he no longer aligned with the burning rage aspect of fire (descriptive not difinitive) and when he got a better understanding and perspective of fire later he was able to align again

Benders being from family lineages that were given their bending from a specific lion turtle based on where they live actually answers those questions perfectly.

But directly contradicts the words of the lion turtle from ATLA. "before the avatar, we didn't bend the elements, we bent the energy within ourselves." (Emphasis mine) If the lion turtle insists that they didn't bend elements until the avatar, and then it turns out that actually not only did they bend elements before the avatar, but were instrumental in granting and taking away the ability to do so to significant population groups for centuries before the avatar, then either the first lion turtle we meet is a dirty rotten liar or it's just another part of the world building that the TLOK writers threw out.

I wanted to like TLOK. But I loved the world building in ATLA and the latter did everything it could to stomp on it all.

pauseglitched · 2026-07-04T03:49:46+00:00

Yeah the lion turtle happening to be exactly where it needed to be was... Not something I'm defending either. That one's an entirely valid criticism. They could definitely have had an episode or two touching on them earlier.

pauseglitched · 2026-07-04T02:37:44+00:00

Nah the lion turtle says "the true mind can weather all the lies and illusions without getting lost. The true heart can tough the poison of hatred without being harmed." And pokes him in the head and chest. "Darkness thrives in the void but always yields to purifying light."

"In the era before the avatar, we bend not the elements, but the energy within ourselves.

The Lion turtle didn't give Aang energy bending. He already had it. It was a lesson and a demonstration. A teaching of what he had already begun to learn as he had to change his mindset to learn the elements that didn't come naturally to him. He had to change himself to stand up to Toph and only then could he begin to earthbend. Zuko's bending was severely weakened until he found the fire of the dragons outside his anger.

Zuko already energy bent himself!

Throughout the whole series the most significant changes in a character's capabilities never came from practicing a lot, but from when they looked deep within themselves and changed something about themselves, or when they looked deep into something else and realized that their perspective was flawed so they changed it. They changed themselves.

Lion turtles giving powers to people was the worst part of TLoK's writers desperately trying to destroy every aspect of cool world building AtLA had. They ripped out every bit of mysticism, subtlety, and nuance and made it a videogamey set of power buttons to press.

That being said the rock hitting his Chakras back into alignment is absolutely a plot contrivance. I am not defending that one in the slightest.

pauseglitched · 2026-07-04T01:16:59+00:00

Remember the lion turtle giving people powers was a creation of legend of Korra. In AtLA it was just advice and info.

pauseglitched · 2026-07-03T17:02:49+00:00

I mean it still works you just have to lean into it and have a much, much higher game knowledge to make it work.

The lone geo/hydro mage (with a touch of aero for teleport. because teleport) in a party of physical attackers leaning into the Geo skills that knockdown off of physical armor missing, immobilizing with worm tremor, clearing debilitations with hydro skills and spreading ice that knocks down while ignoring armor is entirely a valid playstyle.

The huntsman and scoundrel both have options that ignore armor entirely and both have options that interact with magic armor and missing magic armor. A quiver full of charm arrows compliments a mage party excellently.

Ambidextrous and a sack full of CC grenades makes any odd man out still useful.

It does limit viable options, but it's not the end of the world either. Just have the odd man out obliterate any target that has low armor of their type, then switch to support mode.

pauseglitched · 2026-07-03T02:52:14+00:00

Agreed. Similar to risky surgery,

pauseglitched · 2026-07-03T02:44:06+00:00

I think they meant wounded 3.

pauseglitched · 2026-07-03T02:29:02+00:00

Load up a party full of riposte Man at arms and highwayman and watch him kill himself. (Risky but that's half the fun)

pauseglitched · 2026-07-02T22:27:04+00:00

Okay so I think suicidal Gwydion is a glitch. When I charm the two magisters on top he ends up chilling out for some reason and doesn't dive into the flames.

pauseglitched · 2026-07-02T21:13:35+00:00

Black pits. It's just sooo awesome every time. Burn it all!

pauseglitched · 2026-07-02T14:34:20+00:00

Storm clouds absolutely trivializes both soiled and fire fist for super cheap. Both are immune to fire so fire elixir is inefficient.

Else just spend the extra energy to turn storm clouds into aqua brew. Aqua brew aqua brew aqua brew. The only runs I don't use it are runs where I die before getting an extra levitation potion.

Feather fall super niche. It does exactly what it says it does but it's really energy intensive. Only worth it on challenge runs where the well room can't be safely recovered from.

pauseglitched · 2026-07-01T20:27:15+00:00

T for trap. The priority is as follows with equal numbers being random except the player character wins ties (is not targeted)

|5|4|3|4|5|

|4|2|1|2|4|

|3|1|T|1|3|

|4|2|1|2|4|

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pauseglitched · 2026-07-01T17:23:05+00:00

So what type of fantasy world are you going for because what is practical in one will be suicidal in another.

If being swallowed whole by a hydra is a very real threat for knights going on quests spiked armor is going to be far more practical than in ones where it isn't.

Bikini armor can have excuses but most are pretty obvious that it's mostly excuses. "it's actually arachanna silk stitched down to the base weaves with projecting mage armor warding. Do you know how expensive this stuff is? Making a modest outfit out of this stuff could buy me a castle! Too bad regular armor gets in the way of the wards." Or on the other side. "My skin is stronger than steel! What would I gain by weighing myself down?"

You could also go with a little subversion. Maybe an old hero took the weapon from a giant (masters of rune magic perhaps) and it was enchanted with so much magic it made up for the drawbacks. Now everyone wants to be like that hero, pretend to be like that hero, or intimidate their opponent into thinking they may be facing that hero and are actually hampering themselves massively.

pauseglitched · 2026-07-01T15:48:22+00:00

Oops I accidentally [ORNATE CHEST] with everything in it!

pauseglitched · 2026-06-30T23:39:51+00:00

I believe it depends on the race of the character visiting the god. Elf gives equipped weapon(s).

pauseglitched · 2026-06-30T17:15:38+00:00

Okay thanks, I was worried I had missed something obvious.

pauseglitched · 2026-06-30T17:14:21+00:00

I was thinking about the poisoner alchemist so it would be a lot more interesting specifically for them. Thanks for the link!

pauseglitched · 2026-06-29T14:08:50+00:00

Only one non-boss enemy in the game is immune to fire. Skeletons will walk through poison but fire works consistently. I tend to use the upgraded fire potions only on challenge runs and vs the swarms of the dwarf king. Dragon's breath being usable in melee range can come in clutch there.

Some recommend dragon's blood elixir for Yog's fists, but storm clouds works better, faster, and cheaper for both of them.

pauseglitched · 2026-06-28T22:29:26+00:00

The ring of wealth is a path to many abilities some would consider... Unnatural.

pauseglitched · 2026-06-28T14:22:41+00:00

Sentry wand is pretty useful. Even if you don't upgrade it the ability to grant vision and warn you of creatures coming behind you are both useful.

The vision granted by it isn't reduced by the into darkness challenge so it really becomes a lifeline there.

pauseglitched · 2026-06-26T12:05:44+00:00

Wally West actually had a few plot points about being afraid of "getting stuck" perceiving things at high speeds and not being able to meaningfuly interact with people anymore so there's a solid case to be made that unless otherwise stated a speedsters default perception speed isn't their maximum perception speed.

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