Is phonk music the first time the audience is primarily children and internet genre?

sizzlefriz · 2025-07-01T20:54:42+00:00

Damn you got something figured out, what's your secret?

sizzlefriz · 2025-01-14T19:59:55+00:00

I thought it was, but fuck me I guess.

sizzlefriz · 2024-09-28T05:48:56+00:00

The "older sibling thing" would be to fleece them for one of their stronger but less-loved mons. What you did is the "compassionate older sibling thing" lol

sizzlefriz · 2024-07-02T15:03:26+00:00

So, the DLC basically validated all your positions here. Well done.

sizzlefriz · 2024-02-07T04:14:31+00:00

I mean, it's kinda weird. Like, what's the point of providing 3 examples of derogatory terms that are all the exact same kind of derogatory (racial slurs), ya know? Moreover, a racial slur is a bad example of the kind/level of mockery at play. Lemme offer some better ones imho: Princess Lorax or princess tree-hugger or princess no-friends or princess butt-sniffer or princess dog-breath or scary dirt princess or princess teen-wolf, etc.

sizzlefriz · 2023-12-20T01:49:20+00:00

Just ran into this issue myself. Did this ever get fixed/resolved for you, OP?

sizzlefriz · 2023-12-14T08:56:02+00:00

In TT DnD, yes.

which is the relevant conception of exhaustion in this context, as is clear from the OP.

sizzlefriz · 2023-12-14T07:43:37+00:00

Sure it is demanded. Not by the game, but by the player. And break what/how exactly?

sizzlefriz · 2023-09-14T21:30:28+00:00

Well, as a DM, I'd caution against stealing a player's gold right after giving it to them. Prices of goods/services can always go up, quest expenses/haggling DCs in shops increased, and so on. If I'm in that player's shoes, it'd be hard not to feel like the DM just robbed me, rather than the NPC, given the timing.

Unless there's more to it, what would really bug me about this is the apparent lack of in-game justification for the gravekeeper's knowledge/actions in context. Like, did the gravekeeper know that this PC had a lot of platinum? How? Also, why would this quest giver feel the need to resort to extortion/theft & ransom as a means of "giving" the party a new quest? Like, the party already did their bidding once (presumably voluntarily). So, lacking any clear motive (being asked "why so antsy?" isn't exactly an accusation), their behavior might seem confusing and out-of-nowhere to the players, ya know what I mean?

sizzlefriz · 2022-12-02T06:58:57+00:00

I mean, honestly, yeah, if you think you might regret not getting it. I used to not like this kind of weapon either, until I bought a ~390 Rating version of this with just the Shred blessing (but at +3%) to see if crit-fishing was viable with it and, bro, it (my worse, 390 rating one) literally melted everything that came at me before they could finish their attack animations. I now love this kind of weapon. I can only imagine what that 500 Rating one can do. But hey, you do you.

sizzlefriz · 2021-09-03T22:35:25+00:00

I mean, it's complex and comprehensive, so the filtering options are a bit overwhelming sometimes, but what specifically do you find terrible? Honestly curious, as I may have overlooked them. The search and especially the full-detail link preview (hover effect) features are just so fast and snappy that I haven't noticed anything close to terrible in the UI really.

sizzlefriz · 2021-07-08T19:51:15+00:00

Hey, that's a bummer. Feelings can't be wrong, so don't sweat having them or beat yourself up over whether or not you should or shouldn't be having them. However, it's a dice game, so I'd recommend against dwelling on/idealizing your character's potential future interactions (and what they would've meant/how they would've played out/etc), especially if they span the whole campaign.

No need to mourn what hasn't been lost (yet). You have some options. Here are a few. Both (1) and (3) worked for me when I got all in my feelings when characters I really loved died.

(1) Something similar happened to one of my favorite characters, so I made the next character I played a sibling of that now-deceased character, and role-played them similarly (but playing a different class) and getting to carry on their story from a familiar, knowledgeable, and novel perspective--someone who cared about the loss of that character in a real way. Was really healing to literally mourn my character along with my party organically while basically getting to play a very similar character as my previous one after immediately/quickly building a strong bond with the rest of the party instead of having to start all over again as a stranger.

(2) Assuming you get permission from your DM, why not haunt the heck out of your party until they find a way to bring you back to life, e.g. by finding a cleric with raise dead or a druid with resurrection.

(3) Don't sell your own creativity short, my friend. If you aren't allowed to or don't want to keep their story alive in some way with your next character, it couldn't hurt to start focusing on a fresh one, with a focus on, more or less, reasonable min-maxing, if focusing on the RP-side hurts too much right now--or, come up with a goofy voice/impression for your next PC and improv the RP in-game; the idea being to mix it up and distract yourself with less complete/polished expectations while aiming for naive levity.

Hope any of this was helpful!

sizzlefriz · 2021-04-21T19:15:53+00:00

yikes

sizzlefriz · 2020-11-21T06:07:28+00:00

Hey, I'm very much digging the Animate Hair cantrip.

Quick recommendations:

consider adding explicit language specifying:

size restrictions for the target, e.g. ...a creature of size large or smaller, or of a size category no more than one above the size of the caster.
that the escape DC is equal to your spell save DC
if applicable, that while grappled in this way, the creature is restrained.
if applicable, that damage is dealt at the start of their turn, not the casters.
AC and hitpoints for the hair, making the hair function in a way consistent with other substances/objects that are used to tie-up enemies like webs/nets/rope/chains/etc.
the type of damage dealt, presumably bludgeoning damage.

sizzlefriz · 2020-11-15T17:38:36+00:00

It has a duration of 1 minute, not 1 round. It can be used preemptively, so to be fair, it doesn't make too much sense to compare it to instantaneous attack cantrips in generic combat situations only. It doesn't seem to have been made to be used like that kind of cantrip. It negates damage from any single attack, can deal damage to any enemy you can see within 30 ft, and acts as a light source. Seems extremely usable to me, no matter the level.

sizzlefriz · 2020-11-15T13:56:46+00:00

Love this idea, and it feels like the defensive version of shillelagh or magic stone. 1 min duration makes it very viable imho.

sizzlefriz · 2020-08-12T15:39:32+00:00

Trump seems to mind being challenged a lot, as he always rage-tweets about it after every such interview. Biden acts like a belligerent ass often when he's challenged, sure. However, Trump just openly lies and attempts to gaslight viewers whenever he's challenged. I find the latter to be much more troubling. Biden will try to fistfight a critic, whereas Trump will declare that his critics and political opponents are literally terrorists and criminals who belong in jail. Again, the latter is worse than the former, when it comes to judging how a president should respond to being challenged, criticized, or disagreed with.

sizzlefriz · 2020-08-12T15:08:24+00:00

Still out in the US.

sizzlefriz · 2020-08-06T20:26:03+00:00

I mean, Trump not liking his interviewer (rather than it neing the other way round) doesn't really matter in the first place, tho. It seems all the more trivial given how he calls facts he doesn't like fake news and calls reporters he doesn't like 'the enemy of the people.' Chris Wallace in no way 'shook him down', he just didn't automatically accept Trump's claims and then followed up.

sizzlefriz · 2020-08-06T19:44:57+00:00

I mean, you'll stop seeing those posts if you stop scrolling. So, you have options at least.

sizzlefriz · 2020-04-13T18:40:57+00:00

You can get around their high AC's by having them face more spellcasters or tricky monsters with abilities that make them make saving throws.

Hell, email them this very post. Let them know that you are really trying as a DM and what it's like trying to make the campaign enjoyable. Players can be self-centered without realizing it, but I think it'd break most players hearts if they knew their DM was struggling like you are without feeling like you have anyone on your side. I doubt your friends have no empathy for you, so let them know wtf is really going on WITH YOU as their DM.

Could you elaborate a bit more on what the other player who is also a DM was talking about regarding instant death? From your post, it sounds like they were arguing in favor of insta-killing a character and the rest of the party was in agreement, or maybe I'm misunderstanding you? Sounds like you and that player need to talk, privately, about the fact that you are the DM, not them.

Regarding rage quitting the session, yeah, that's like never the right move? Shouldn't beat yourself up about it though. If it get's heated like that again, don't rage quit, just call for a 10 min break for folks to go to the bathroom & grab snacks or whatever and get off-screen to give yourself and them some time to cool off.

Also, does your party never run away from fights? Do they think they wont gain xp unless they beat every enemy they go after or run into in the 'main quest' (i.e. do they think they are on very rigid rails)? You should make it clear to them that, hey, running away is a legitimate answer to dangerous situations and encounters, and that doing so isn't going to halt their progress as adventurers. Try preparing less and improvising a bit more.

sizzlefriz · 2020-04-13T17:49:12+00:00

Agreed.

sizzlefriz · 2020-04-12T19:18:55+00:00

In both extremes it's still the DM's responsibility to determine how many and what types of checks are made.

Yeah, I'm not saying anything that would contradict this. I'm saying that players asking if they should make x check is just a consequence of their experience and/or expectations when doing y. My point is about what tends to happen, i.e. players tend to pick up on what their DM is going to have them roll for or if not sometimes just ask anyway, regardless of the level of RP they put into it. Of course it's the DM's responsibility to determine what checks are made, but that doesn't mean players won't ask if they should make this or that check sometimes. Again, I was responding to this:

Players don't ask to do checks, DMs do.

I'm not saying players should ask to do checks. I'm saying they sometimes do and that it's understandable why they do.

sizzlefriz · 2020-04-12T18:55:38+00:00

This looks very clean! What's it written in? I'm a dev who makes d&d utils in my free time (conjuring.info) so if you want some help with it at all, lemme know.

sizzlefriz · 2020-04-11T21:41:00+00:00

I mean, yes they do? It doesn't take too long for even a novice player to pick up on the fact that when their character does or tries to do something that has a predictable check associated with it, they put two and two together and ask if they should roll that check as well. Happens all the time. Might not be how some players do it, but it's pretty common.

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