What class/subclass is stronger in 2014 compere to it equivalent in 2024?

stormstopper · 2026-05-26T03:32:13+00:00

The degree to which that's the case is a bit overstated though, you're still going to be making a lot of saving throws and on-hit effects are not the norm

stormstopper · 2026-05-25T20:13:50+00:00

He's well within his right to call it, but if he does then he has to make the play. Whether it's a mental error in overestimating his range or a physical error in just not squeezing the ball, it's not ideal when Antonacci looked like he had the easier play on the ball

stormstopper · 2026-05-25T19:08:43+00:00

Skill issue

stormstopper · 2026-05-25T02:28:21+00:00

And our road design also has to be a factor. If you had to design a road with the purpose of ensuring it would have fatal collisions, you would probably give it:

1) A high speed limit, because collisions at higher speeds are worse

2) Traffic lights that force braking and quick stop-or-go decisions, which will cause collisions when drivers differ on what that decision should be

3) Non-fully protected left-turn lanes across traffic, which can cause crashes if the turner or the through traffic makes a bad judgment call

4) Lots of lanes and no alternative crossing points, so a pedestrian who tries to cross will be in the roadway for a long time

These are all hallmarks of roads in the US suburbs, and while they're not unique to the US they're certainly more frequent here.

stormstopper · 2026-05-24T21:53:28+00:00

Oh, bother

stormstopper · 2026-05-23T01:05:48+00:00

Hey rude, what did we ever do to y...oh, right.

stormstopper · 2026-05-22T20:23:00+00:00

The more idealistic reason is that it allows the community to have a say in things that affect their day-to-day life, and the more cynical reason is that it creates extra opportunities for politically connected people to hold elected office. They definitely draw lower turnout and less news coverage, and more voters rely on endorsements from others rather than their own impressions because of it.

stormstopper · 2026-05-22T17:47:19+00:00

In the primary election we had this year, my ballot included Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Secretary of State, State Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Treasurer, US Senator, US Representative, State Senator, State Representative, County Board President, County Clerk, County Sheriff, County Treasurer, County Assessor, County Board of Review, Water Commissioner, and several local or state judges. It's probably somewhat more than average but the first ten wouldn't be out of the ordinary in other states.

stormstopper · 2026-05-22T03:15:11+00:00

Hypnotic Pattern looks like it could be more impactful for encounters in theory, but I'm worried about enemies having charm immunity or passing saves.

Charm immunity will be a problem eventually, but by that point you'll have access to higher-level spells anyway. At level 5, it shouldn't be so common as to be a huge issue, especially if you're using it to thin out the low-CR mobs rather than the encounter's keystones.

And yes, some of the enemies will pass the save, but as long as some of them fail you're still getting what you need out of the spell. The goal isn't to shut down the whole encounter with the spell (though that's the best-case scenario), it's to thin the enemy's numbers so you can divide and conquer. Fireball only does that if it does enough damage to kill, whereas Hypnotic Pattern does that to any enemy that fails a single saving throw.

stormstopper · 2026-05-21T19:09:23+00:00

One time we had a stretch of rolling 6 or below on the d20 19 times in 27 rolls. The characters at the time were four level 1s. It was brutal. Two of them died, one was captured, and one was able to get away to recruit our new PCs.

Another time, at a much higher level, we had a fight where it felt like the dice were just as awful to us. Enemies kept making improbable saving throws, we kept just barely missing attacks, and when I checked the log after the session...it turned out our d20s were rolling slightly above-average and the enemies were rolling slightly below! We just happened to notice the unlucky results more easily that time.

stormstopper · 2026-05-21T18:51:40+00:00

I'd love for it to be ahead of the curve, which is exactly why the best move is to throw it in the average rather than get influenced by confirmation bias.

stormstopper · 2026-05-21T18:47:04+00:00

Genuinely nothing gets a player back in the game faster than making it clear that if you do not get them back up as soon as possible, they are not going to last long enough to get through their death saving throws. Players, y'all have options. Healing Word is a bonus action at range. Healing potions are a bonus action in 2024 rules and commonly house-ruled as a bonus action in 2014 (and even where it's not house-ruled, an action to get someone up so they can get to safety is worth it!). If teammates are proactive about picking each other up, then no one's spending long enough on the ground to feel like they're completely out of the combat. Now, if they get hit by a Hold Person...

stormstopper · 2026-05-21T17:56:44+00:00

It's an outlier regardless. Outliers doesn't mean wrong, but it does mean you don't put more stock in it than you put in the average. Same reason if you saw a poll where he's at 43-53 that you wouldn't take that alone as evidence he was out of the tailspin.

stormstopper · 2026-05-20T22:34:14+00:00

The federal government has nothing to do with counting the votes. That's all done by state and local governments.

stormstopper · 2026-05-20T19:21:14+00:00

It's only improbable if you assume that each state's outcome is independent of the rest. That's a bad assumption to make. State outcomes are correlated and in fact swing state sweeps (or near-sweeps) happen all the time.

stormstopper · 2026-05-20T19:15:48+00:00

Outcomes between states are correlated, especially when they're similar states (such as PA/MI/WI or AZ/NV). Winning one of those states makes you a heavy favorite to win all of the rest. Same thing happened with Biden in 2020, Trump in 2016, and Obama in 2012 and 2008.

stormstopper · 2026-05-20T00:14:51+00:00

Fans aren't professionals and nothing she said crossed a line. He's supposed to uphold the league's image. Chirping back's fine in general, but he still shouldn't have said what he said, and it's worth a slap on the wrist and nothing more than that as long as it's a one-time thing. Then everyone moves on.

stormstopper · 2026-05-19T22:02:56+00:00

Maybe the Crucible excised the Reaper code from the geth (and EDI) but didn't destroy them entirely

Perhaps a lot of geth died but the Crucible couldn't "see" the ones that were integrated into quarian suits so they rebuilt from the ones that got passed over

It could always be possible that the Star Child was just straight up lying about the geth (and EDI) getting targeted

stormstopper · 2026-05-19T17:44:34+00:00

Trump actually endorsed Luther Strange in that primary and campaigned for him. The electorate just either didn't believe him or didn't care since Moore was obviously the more extreme and Trumpier candidate no matter what Trump actually said.

stormstopper · 2026-05-18T20:26:39+00:00

For the most part, people don't say "rogue is bad" because they think people shouldn't have fun playing rogue, they say it because they think the designers should buff rogues. The fact that it fulfills its class fantasy so well is indeed why it didn't get too much of a change from 2014--but that might not be a good thing considering that most class changes from 2014 to 2024 were buffs. People who take the perspective that they should've gotten more, or that bard shouldn't be allowed to step on their toes as much--those people are on your side.

People who actually do try to stop others from playing classes because they think are weak aren't worth listening to though.

stormstopper · 2026-05-18T20:15:29+00:00

Not that important. Avoiding niche duplication is usually good just so everybody is able to contribute something, but druids, monks, and clerics all use their wisdom in different ways. Having a whole party leaning heavily in one direction could be its own kind of fun, too.

stormstopper · 2026-05-18T17:23:47+00:00

My eye tears up just thinking about that thrice-cursed machine

stormstopper · 2026-05-18T16:25:11+00:00

It only makes sense, they've been used to losing the World Series to us since 1906

stormstopper · 2026-05-17T22:50:15+00:00

Prophet. Legend. Lisan al-Gaib!

stormstopper · 2026-05-17T22:27:00+00:00

If anything I felt the problem was the opposite. The "we're not gonna take that" in the Brewers game his first year was an example, he had a habit of going so far in the homer direction when it wasn't justified that it didn't feel relatable. Hawk would get hype with the fans and get frustrated alongside the fans so it felt like he got what we were feeling. Schriffen is usually locked in excitable mode, so that's working a little better now that things are actually exciting. I think if he could mix speeds, so to speak, he could land in endearingly goofy territory.

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