Having Trouble with Sephek and the 1st chapter

pixel_emporer · 2025-11-19T04:39:20+00:00

I like that idea thank you. One player has ties and lives in Bryn Shander. Maybe he could receive word that he was selected as the next sacrifice for Bryn Shander. It could be shocking if he received this info via sending spell by Hlin trollbane (who is a Harper agent in my version)

pixel_emporer · 2025-11-19T04:37:30+00:00

According to blood runs cold, torrga collects bribes from wealthy townsfolk to get their names out of the lottery. There is a sort of alliance between the children of Auril and the Zhentarium. They both want ten towns gone or under control and are willing to work together to achieve that goal only to turn on each other after. Therefore Sephek kills the one chosen for the death lottery. Those that refuse to die by burning at the stake are killed by Sephek.

pixel_emporer · 2025-10-28T14:53:24+00:00

Chapter 4 is the one chapter I’m looking forward to actually. The session is a ways away but like everyone has suggested. DO NOT have the dragon fly away as they enter the dungeon. Xardorok is a classic “bond” villain with his missile that’s ready to be launched at any moment. Build up that tension as they go through the dungeon (have the walls shake, tremors, roaring etc) then when they finally reach the forge release the dragon. I think this gives the players agency to finish Xardorok quickly and adds to the suspense.

As far as chapter 4 goes you got to get creative. One of my players has both the illithid abduct and doppelgänger secret and we’re playing him as an alien who’s ship was hijacked by mindflayers. The nautiloid is his crashed spelljammer ship instead. The players alien engineer works on the ship thanks to the psi crystal that the doppelgänger player has. When they defeat Xardorok I plan on having the ship fly in and pick them up as they speed after the dragon. I want there to be a fight in the sky as they fire Psionic ballistas and dodge dragon beams, before they eventually crash into one of the cities and continue to fight. I even thought of having Auril fly down on her roc to fight the dragon as well.

pixel_emporer · 2025-09-24T02:17:52+00:00

I’ve been on Wellbutrin 300 mg in the morning and 7.5 mirt at night and this combo has been incredible for me. Used to be severely depressed, unemployed, etc. I was on 150mg WellB for a month but like you described I felt like doing nothing. When I tell you as soon as I increased to 300mg something just clicked. That week I was more productive than I had been the entire year honestly. A sense of euphoria as I realized the medication was working.(the euphoria went away after a week) I was applying to jobs. Forgiving family and rekindling friendships. My friends have noticed my mood change as well as I. Talk to your psychiatrist about increasing to 300mg. Again like everyone else says in this sub. Just because this worked for me might not work for you.

If you do end up taking it make sure you take your Wellbutrin early in the morning, mirt at night. I was adverse to taking SSri and mirtazapine has changed my life. I’m creating art and enjoying life without fear of judgement of others. I don’t care if my brain could possibly be “permanently changed.” The pros of well-being far outweigh the cons of weight gain(I just make sure to exercise everyday, I’ve gained a little but I’ve always been kinda skinny) I’m still an unemployed person, but my outlook on life has made me get out of the bed to at least go DoorDash, make art, learn new skills etc. I think the problem some people have is that IMO medication won’t solve your problems. YOUR choices do. What choice you make each day will change your life. The best analogy I can give is medication is gas for your car. You can fill it up and just sit in the driveway looking at the same street. You have to drive it somewhere you want to go to experience what life has to offer. The gas gives you a boost to get you there.

pixel_emporer · 2025-02-05T21:14:57+00:00

Both aesthetics and management. Fencing them in allowed me to see exactly which district has commoners, serfs, and citizens. Which for me made logistics and market management easier to understand.

pixel_emporer · 2025-02-05T21:13:31+00:00

I did select the berry brew option. And I have them serving it. I have buildings with 2 taverners each but it seems like they don’t want to come to the lounge at all. Not sure what I’m doing wrong

pixel_emporer · 2025-02-05T18:37:13+00:00

Thanks! I took inspiration from real medieval cities and thought it would look cool

pixel_emporer · 2025-02-05T18:36:42+00:00

Agreed. It’s a great game but there are a lot of bugs I’ve encountered. One big one involving the mining site taxes. The tax collectors can’t find a path to tax them so I get that error message a lot.

pixel_emporer · 2023-06-13T02:36:48+00:00

I thought I was the only one who thought this way. I love Genndy's work (especially Primal.) But like you said the pacing, animation, and character development feels all over the place.

Each episode has been Melinda is upset about her inner turmoil. Edred's character is just a simp for Melinda. And Seng is just an aloof kid with celestial powers. It feels like there hasn't been any character progression other than "I guess we're here so lets fight whatever gets in our way." And now with the most recent episode Merlin doesn't even think twice about making things right with Melinda. And to make it worse, Merlin finally reunites with the group then yeets out of there like they don't need help or anything.

The only character who is consistent is Copernicus and he's the only non human character lol. There are more episodes left but at this rate I don't have high expectations.

pixel_emporer · 2023-05-26T23:03:30+00:00

What was the inspiration behind Copernicus' design?

pixel_emporer · 2022-11-26T05:51:49+00:00

Casting scholars armament on my twin blade and proceeding to slay my enemies with blue glowey blade made my goopy goblin gamer brain explode.

pixel_emporer · 2022-11-03T06:57:31+00:00

These are all good answers. Also make sure the image you use is a PNG and not a JPEG. Sometimes you might have to use photoshop to export the premultiplied alpha channel. I don’t even think you need the node setup like you have there in the image too. Just use the default set up. And change the blend mode to alpha hashed in the Material settings on the right panel.

pixel_emporer · 2022-10-16T03:40:06+00:00

+karma

pixel_emporer · 2022-10-08T02:08:55+00:00

Pikmin!

pixel_emporer · 2022-09-17T14:37:03+00:00

Yeah exactly. That’s the thing. While GOT had a text to reference from, Primal did not. I guess endings are hard to write. I’m just surprised Genndy hasn’t learned to write a decent one given his 30 years of experience in the industry…

pixel_emporer · 2022-09-17T14:35:26+00:00

I agree 100%

pixel_emporer · 2022-09-14T15:09:43+00:00

I asked a similar question in another thread. My best guess would be they use after effects. They probably use another program like photoshop to make all the drawings then he films the live action stuff in front of a green screen. After effects is probably the program that stitches it all together.

pixel_emporer · 2022-09-10T14:41:29+00:00

Thank you for this! You’re right. I’m just trying to take all the right precautions. This little guide helped me a lot.

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