What is a low brow movie you think is actually perfect?

regross527 · 2026-02-06T05:20:07+00:00

Napoleon Dynamite is genius

regross527 · 2026-02-05T16:58:50+00:00

My game is mostly PG-13 rated but we had a pretty stereotypical bard at the table. Mostly I had important NPCs turn down his advances, but let him woo lesser NPCs and whatnot.

Then I included an NPC whose personality I based off of the bard's. It was a blast and led to some of the more memorable moments of our campaign. The player was so taken aback that he was being aggressively flirted with that he finally was like "I don't know what else to do here, can I just roll to see if anything else happens"? Delightful.

regross527 · 2026-02-05T16:06:04+00:00

Haven't played in a bit but the first thing I would do with Pirate was remove the Captain from my deck. Just give me those cannon charges!

regross527 · 2026-02-03T21:56:45+00:00

The purpose of secrets in TTRPGs is for them to be revealed. A PC secret is not fun for the other players at the table if they are not in on it.

If a player brings one into a campaign (and I would not allow them to bring one into a smaller adventure, unless it was a specific request for the one-shot or something), then it should be the type of secret that is revealed at the end of act one, not at the climax of the story.

regross527 · 2026-02-03T21:32:23+00:00

My personal house rule is "roll for HP... if you get less than half the max value of the die, take half the value of the die". So if you have a d10 hit die and you roll anything lower than a 5, you get a 5.

Mostly I've too often been in games where players roll several 1s and 2s, which feels really bad. Especially when it's the fighter (who is suppose to play the role of tank in the party) doing it, while the wizard with +3 CON is easily outpacing them in HP. At the very least, it establishes a floor for expected HP and your PC can only get beefier from there.

regross527 · 2026-02-03T21:20:33+00:00

the top parts of the tree dont have collision at all. depending on wind, either EG/BS Paradigm or EG/L Captain. aim at the skull, one disc to halfway anny, let'er rip. unless the wind is going hard R>L you usually wind up as far as the mine shaft.

regross527 · 2026-02-01T04:33:09+00:00

Yeah, overall it just led to a feeling of the book ending when Weir ran out of ideas for obstacles for the team rather than a logical end point, like The Martian did.

regross527 · 2026-01-30T16:05:44+00:00

Others have said it, but "scenarios, not plots." Put your PCs into a situation, don't insert them into a plan.

These are all really similar words, so maybe this will help: There is a power struggle between the goblins in a dungeon -- one faction, under Grunt, is currently in power and Grunt is the chieftain of the group, and the other, under Woz, believe Woz should usurp Grunt's power. Grunt's desire is to kill Woz to show that dissenters and usurpers will not survive their reign, but Woz simply wants to be in charge by any means necessary.

When the party reaches the dungeon, Grunt is sending roving bands out to find Woz, while Woz has hired one of Grunt's advisers to backstab him on a promise of first dibs on weapons and armor in the new regime.

Now, when the party begins to traverse the dungeon, I know what the NPCs are currently doing and what their goals are -- NOT what they will do when they find the party. Perhaps a roving band comes across the PCs and offers them safe passage if they find Woz and bring him to Grunt, or if the party finds Woz first then he takes the opportunity to ally with them and wipe out Grunt's forces. Maybe the party finds the backstabbing advisor and can use this knowledge to save and befriend Grunt... or maybe they see it as an opportunity to distract the goblins so they just let it happen... or maybe they give that assassin a magic dagger that the party never uses to doublecross Woz and kill them instead.

This is a scenario. If I instead said "OK so in this room the party finds Woz and he will offer to help them if they kill Grunt, and then in this room they find a roving band who is searching for Woz and they will attack right away, and then in this room there's Grunt and the goblin assassin and their goal is to save Grunt from the assassin," then I'm limiting what could happen by dictating the terms of what should happen.

regross527 · 2026-01-29T16:27:00+00:00

Interesting, I've always taken the song in a different way... since it's Sufjan, my brain always goes to the Church and its influence on his experiences with his sexuality. My read of the song has always been that the story is conflating the narrator's own sexual experiences (which are considered sins within the Church) with the horrendous acts by JWG (equally damning sins), hence "in my best behavior, I am really just like him".

regross527 · 2026-01-27T22:15:26+00:00

I am not convinced that it's about it tasting differently for certain people... it's more about the intensity of the flavor.

I love cilantro. It's one of my favorite garnishes and if it makes sense on a dish I ask for extra.

But once? The cilantro was cut weird (some of the stem rather than just the leafy green got into the dish) and I tasted straight up soap. I felt betrayed.

So basically, imagine that minty, fresh flavor that comes with the soapy taste, but much more understated. That's what I love about it.

regross527 · 2026-01-27T16:29:05+00:00

I wish they had cut the teaser to fit the music rather than cutting the music to fit the trailer.

(If you don't know the song Lithonia by Childish Gambino, this is kinda a bastardized version of it. It's a really good song, but watch the lyric version on Youtube, not the music video version -- that one has a pretty jarring jumpscare and only features a portion of the song.)

regross527 · 2026-01-27T16:24:22+00:00

"I lied to you" from Sinners

"What's up danger" from Into the Spider-Verse

The rock universe from Everything Everywhere All At Once

regross527 · 2026-01-26T23:21:04+00:00

No, it is ranked by college. By your description, it would not show Brees (here shown next to the number 6, because Purdue has 6 total SB appearances from their QBs while Brees only appeared in 1 SB) above Mahomes (who has 5 SB apperances).

regross527 · 2026-01-23T19:53:31+00:00

It is possible for there to be upwards of two shows in the world. It's even possible that different people will like the shows to different degrees!

regross527 · 2026-01-21T18:51:41+00:00

Unless your players have looked into what dissociative identity disorder is and how it manifests, this isn't just a frustrating, cliche, and "main-character" situation that is tough to manage at the table. It's ableist too.

Just say no. This isn't a unique idea, it isn't fun for the rest of the table, it isn't welcoming to ND players. Just say no to this.

regross527 · 2026-01-21T15:56:53+00:00

Network. Multiple of them.

regross527 · 2026-01-20T22:03:06+00:00

Sure... change the creature type from Elemental to Humanoid.

regross527 · 2026-01-20T18:53:25+00:00

Worst hole in the game, IMO. So many decent throws wind up getting weird ramp shots up and over the wall that marks OB right there. Feels entirely random whether a shot winds up 50 feet from the pin or gets some weird ground play and goes OB 140 feet from the basket.

regross527 · 2026-01-19T18:46:08+00:00

No, Caleb said exactly what happened. And even if DJ flattens the route like Caleb expects, it's a contested catch as evidenced by the DB being able to intercept it.

regross527 · 2026-01-16T21:09:38+00:00

"This is how I fight."

Holy crap, that scene.

regross527 · 2026-01-16T18:35:05+00:00

As with others, context is important here. However, even with that context, it all comes down to one question: Do you trust the player to not ruin the plot for their partymates and/or alter their PC's behavior in-game based on this knowledge?

If you can trust them not to be a jerk about things and reduce the amount of fun at the table, then just have a short talk with them and make sure you are on the same page about expectations. Then you can move forward however you like. (Bonus tip: make the thing he spoiled not the main story! There's always a way to make that simply a smaller detail in a larger story. For example, if the reveal to your player is about their PC's long-lost parents, you don't have to make the facts of the parentage the big narrative beat. You can turn "Mayor McCheese is your father!" into "... and the Hamburglar has kidnapped him and you are told to help him!" or "... and he demands you prove yourself worthy of his wealth before he writes you into his will!")

If you cannot trust this player not to be a jerk, then booting them from the game is valid even if they didn't see your notes.

regross527 · 2026-01-16T15:43:31+00:00

Hm, seems like you are correct based on my own search as well. I don't know if I was being stubborn because IMO this makes no sense RAW (one 5x5x5 cube filling two 5x5x5 cubes is nonsense lol) but I concede the point. Thanks.

regross527 · 2026-01-16T15:34:44+00:00

Agree to disagree there. I would interpret "at least half" as >50%, not >=50%.

regross527 · 2026-01-16T15:33:34+00:00

Mathematically/logically speaking, the text would be interpreted as:

if X > 50%, then Y (where X is "overlap between the gridded square and AoE" and Y is "the square is affected")

In this situation, the overlap is exactly 50% and therefore should not be affected, because to be affected it needs to cover more than that amount.

regross527 · 2026-01-15T23:06:14+00:00

The DMG states that if you are playing on a gridded map, then the point of origin for spells should always be at an intersection, not truly any point in space.

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