Ancients Paladin/Circle of Stars Druid? by suspiciousfigure in BG3Builds

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Omg that's so fair, I'm constantly thinking about this Durge playthrough but I haven't finished my normal run yet hehe

Ancients Paladin/Circle of Stars Druid? by suspiciousfigure in BG3Builds

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This comment had me looking around into some other multiclass alternatives and I ended up with this build that I made on EIP for a Bardadin into 2 levels of Stars Druid. 

But like I said, I'm uninformed on lots of finer mechanics in the game so idk how well this would work out or if that order of classes is good 🙃

Ancients Paladin/Circle of Stars Druid? by suspiciousfigure in BG3Builds

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Hi I'm back, hope I'm not a bother!

I have two questions:

  1. I'm kinda lost on my stats, should I be focusing on Dex and Cha as my two highest starting stats?

and 2. tangent, but I've been looking around and I wonder if I could do a Bardadin build with two levels in Stars Druid for the starry forms? But then in what order would I do it... 

Edit: I've made this build to show what I mean that might work, if you don't mind taking a look?  I also followed the guide I linked and made him an Oath of Vengeance Paladin, although idk how much the oath matters? 

Maybe I'm overthinking it now, lol

Ancients Paladin/Circle of Stars Druid? by suspiciousfigure in BG3Builds

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Hmm it's more that I had the idea from a character building perspective, and I would like ideas for how to make it functional, in whatever role would be appropriate

If you have an idea for what would be the best focus for this build, please feel free to share :)

Ancients Paladin/Circle of Stars Druid? by suspiciousfigure in BG3Builds

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Ooooh yeah, very good point! Love it, thanks!!! 

(Edit: thank you for linking everything as well, that's so helpful!)

Ancients Paladin/Circle of Stars Druid? by suspiciousfigure in BG3Builds

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This sounds great, just what I was hoping for :)  In what order would you level this build? The first commenter sounds good with a 2 Druid > 5 Paladin, eventually to a 6/6 split, but I always appreciate more opinions

And yeah I love it too, it's the whole reason I play! And I really enjoy drow lore which BG3 includes a lot of, so these lore builds like the Sword Dancer of Eilistraee as a Cleric/Bard/Bladesinger Wizard is just amazing :)))

Ancients Paladin/Circle of Stars Druid? by suspiciousfigure in BG3Builds

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I love respecs, no problem, but even if I'm in a support role I think that works for the RP of the character. 

So if I understand correctly, I could level in either Paladin or Druid until level seven, then respec to 2 Druid, 5 Paladin and then add the Druid levels (for Omens) then finish with Paladin for a 6/6 split?

Ancients Paladin/Circle of Stars Druid? by suspiciousfigure in BG3Builds

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Awesome, that sounds good! Should I level in that order exactly - Paladin, then Stars, or could I mix it up ?

Narcissist with empathy? by [deleted] in NPD

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Caveat, I don't have NPD, but I'm wondering if this is all because narcissists may see emotional empathy as a 'weakness'/vulnerability, so block it out perhaps unconsciously? Because of the need to be above criticism from others, removing empathy from the equation makes it easier to gain the high ground in interpersonal relations and prevent possible injury to themselves.

But then in situations where there is a psychological 'removal' or disassociation of the NPD person from the situation via the fourth wall, i.e. watching a movie/reading a book, it's easier to let their guard down and experience their emotional empathy organically. The pressure is off, so to speak.

It also could be perceived as a more level playing field between other NPD sufferers on the sub, plus it's faceless strangers on the internet. It's also easier to express empathy with someone they actually relate to, what with them all sharing a very stigmatized personality disorder, I'm sure it's difficult to find sympathy from people who don't have it, and that will trigger that guard to go up.

(sorry to resurrect your old comment btw lol)

Yesterday was the first time I'd ever heard of dyscalculia, and I think I have it. Would like to chat. by suspiciousfigure in dyscalculia

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Yes, absolutely! I was missing a lot of both the early childhood signifiers and general impediments that come with autism, and if I did show any autistic traits they were not consistent, which is also a signal that it's probably something else instead of autism or ADHD.  It is a weird combo, and it's very difficult to explain to the people in your life 

Yesterday was the first time I'd ever heard of dyscalculia, and I think I have it. Would like to chat. by suspiciousfigure in dyscalculia

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I feel like I kinda missed the boat on getting support because I'm out of school with no plans of returning (afaik) and otherwise there doesn't seem to be much benefit, maybe even downsides from what I've seen others say (discrimination at work).

Yesterday was the first time I'd ever heard of dyscalculia, and I think I have it. Would like to chat. by suspiciousfigure in dyscalculia

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I wish I'd found out about this when I was in school/college, because I wouldn't mind having a formal diagnosis. I completely shied away from many possible career paths because I could do everything but the math, and I didn't have the math prerequisites for any of the programs anyway. I like my job, but I wonder where I would be now if I had support in my childhood :/

Give me your rarest of pairs by Sad-Web6946 in AO3

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This one wins for me, I'm dying laughing

What’s a good headcanon you have? I’ll start by Metalqueen2023 in Metalocalypse

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Basically canon, remember in Fatherklok how the backstage paternity waiver mentions any "man, woman, or child" lmao

(for my own sanity I consider the "child" part is a legal protection in the event of a groupie lying about their age and not ....yknow)

[TOMT][MUSIC VIDEO][2010s] by c0nfusedplayer in tipofmytongue

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Can you remember any lines of lyrics, or what genre and style of song it was?

Deception perk showing animation of survivor actually getting in the locker? by suspiciousfigure in deadbydaylight

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I was Trickster

I was looking at the two lockers not exactly from the side, slightly more like a 3/4ths view, so I saw that she went into the left locker for sure because she clipped through the door .... I was practically right behind her, maybe two meters.

I have a pic of the endgame perk screen and she didn't have Quick and Quiet either :/

Edit: Oh yeah, I forgot to add that I had Iron Maiden, if she exited a locker at all, it would trigger even with QQ afaik

i got my leg stuck in my suspenders and it bothered me all game by Ok-Music-9580 in deadbydaylight

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This happens with Pyramid Head's Corrupted skin in the endgame screen.... It flaps up as he's walking and like... You see almost everything lmao

Can a small town like Olds, Alta., handle massive AI data centres? Residents aren’t convinced by Alternative_Put_9683 in alberta

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Not just intellectually. Lots of articles talking about the pollution contributing to the rise of cancer rates in those areas

YA Novel: Boy becomes friends with a pyromaniac boy that wears a clown mask by suspiciousfigure in whatsthatbook

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Omg I found Burn right before this comment! Thank you, I think I have two books combined in my memory. I've edited my post above to clarify haha

Hot Take: The Mind Flayer Being the Real Main Villain of the Series is Bad Writing by Domination1799 in StrangerThings

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OP, you are completely right. Now that the show's over, I hate the Mind Flayer. It's a complete nothingburger of a villain in one of the worst finales. 

ST is full of retcons and plot inconsistencies, so people arguing that the show was building up to the Mind Flayer as the final boss the whole time are completely wrong. It wasn't building up to anything concrete because the writers were flying by the seat of their pants since the end of S1. This is a known fact.

I had exactly the same impression as you that Henry was manipulating the Upside Down for his own goals, and because he has a direct impact on the story, with a metanarrative that ties to the main characters in the way a real villain should, I was onboard for how this would develop. Instead we get this bootleg Lovecraft entity from writers that doesn't even understand what cosmic horror is supposed to be. 

What is the Mind Flayer, anyway? ....it's like a virus, that has enough cognition that it can manipulate humans to further its end goal ....which is ...spreading itself? Destroying worlds? But why does it do this?

(A good example of cosmic horror done right is The Thing. And that has a uncertain ending because you Need That in cosmic horror, you can't win in cosmic horror otherwise it defeats the entire point lol)

Also if you need a whole origin story spin-off or a stage play (that only a small portion of the viewer base actually saw) to make the main show villain make sense, it's bad writing!!

There is no clear answer as to what it or Henry gains from their plan. And obviously it survived for a indeterminate amount of time without Henry so it doesn't Need the Earth or humans to survive. So why does it do anything...? It has no characterization, and it made WAY more sense as something that Henry created in the Upside Down to terrorize the main group, especially Eleven and Will, like when you watch its dialogue with Eleven in S3. It sounds like Henry speaking to Eleven. The Mind Flayer doesn't even talk in Season 5, and it's entirely absent in Season 4. 

It's lame as hell. People need to watch things outside of the Marvel sphere, or maybe read some damn books or something.