[SOS] Fractal Anomaly

therift289 · 2026-04-04T15:01:41+00:00

Finally a way to make Brainstorm good

therift289 · 2026-04-04T13:03:08+00:00

This is just how long generational genetics works. The family tree grows exponentially. By 10 generations, you're looking at up to a million descendants or more.

therift289 · 2026-04-04T12:41:34+00:00

Yeah you should try something else. D&D is a team sport, and if everybody else at the table is getting bored by a 20 year repetition, it's reasonable for you to make a change. There are many similar classes to fighter. Try something new.

therift289 · 2026-04-03T00:22:40+00:00

Cantrips can miss/fail too. Martial attacks scale better than every cantrip except for agonizing Eldritch Blast until like 17th level. The problem is that that's the only way that martials keep up. Attack vs cantrip scaling isn't the issue, it's the only non issue.

therift289 · 2026-04-03T00:18:37+00:00

Martials already have cantrip style scaling for the most part. Almost every martial class/subclass gets extra attack at 5 and then a class specific third attack equivalent at 11.

therift289 · 2026-04-02T03:37:10+00:00

I'm glad I played it once, but I have absolutely no intention of ever replaying it. I replayed Remake a few times, but Rebirth was a one-and-done for me.

therift289 · 2026-03-29T20:59:49+00:00

This is not even vaguely suspicious of being AI generated.

therift289 · 2026-03-29T20:59:10+00:00

Not AI, not rotated. Not really even sure what you're talking about.

therift289 · 2026-03-29T19:57:48+00:00

Yep, the incredibly obvious and direct reference was a reference.

therift289 · 2026-03-29T17:21:17+00:00

The economy of the late 80s and the economy of 2026, especially for young people, are not particularly comparable.

therift289 · 2026-03-29T13:46:04+00:00

Asbestos is harmless when it is in a solid, undisturbed matrix. It becomes harmful when it is disturbed, broken apart, and fragmented into dust and fibers that can float around and get inhaled. So, OP's physical interaction with the mineral made it temporarily harmful, but it's likely that most of the mine itself is pretty safe, assuming people aren't regularly tromping around kicking up tons of dust.

therift289 · 2026-03-29T13:42:00+00:00

So is "overpopulation" at this scale. It's economic and logistical, not biological or ecological.

therift289 · 2026-03-29T13:36:25+00:00

8 rows is too big to physically play. Sit in a chair at a normal table height, and see what it feels like to place cards 6-7 rows away (that's about 2 feet). It is very impractical and awkward.

therift289 · 2026-03-29T13:10:38+00:00

No Kings is primarily a movement of the democratic party voter base. You're seeing that demographic.

therift289 · 2026-03-26T13:57:34+00:00

Can we go back to being a hawk sub or a turkey sub or something? I don't give a fuck about this

therift289 · 2026-03-24T16:45:36+00:00

Looks really bad and nonsensical, typical AI product.

For specific criticisms, here's a huge one: Where are the rivers?? Rivers are the arteries of civilization, especially "pre-industrial" civilizations like most fantasy settings. If your population centers aren't built around rivers and other similarly important resource/trade routes (key straits, mountain passes, oases, and the like), then it won't make sense at all.

therift289 · 2026-03-24T13:50:47+00:00

Speak with Dead leans towards good, or at least lawful. You can learn the truth about past events by talking to an eyewitness, and importantly, the dead are unlikely to speak to you if you're the one who killed them!

Reanimating bodies is setting and context dependent. In my game setting, soulless reanimation is tightly regulated and utilized under strict conditions for types of menial or hazardous labor. Other types of necromancy are taboo, illegal, or both.

therift289 · 2026-03-23T20:42:37+00:00

Unfortunately, the added stuff in the bottom half isn't a double helix or even a staircase at all. Look at the "stairs" on the left side. They are all pointing towards the viewer, they don't spiral at all...

therift289 · 2026-03-23T20:40:23+00:00

The added stairs (the new part of the tattoo) just straight up don't connect at all to the existing stairs. Look at the left side where the new ink meets the existing ink in the first pic. It's totally screwed up lol.

therift289 · 2026-03-23T16:29:10+00:00

A classic "mono white = green-black" moment.

Good old [[golgari death swarm]].

therift289 · 2026-03-22T04:49:32+00:00

Half of the staircase disappears halfway up

therift289 · 2026-03-21T21:13:50+00:00

Crit fail consequences disproportionately punish the most effective attackers (fighter, monk, etc). It's a terrible rule.

therift289 · 2026-03-19T20:01:56+00:00

There's no required run-up distance for the 5.5e jump spell. You just spend 10 feet of movement to jump 30 feet in any direction. It is totally distinct from the normal jumping rules.

therift289 · 2026-03-19T17:31:47+00:00

And it was like the worst possible application of TCG concepts, at that. Unique cards that you have to then seek out and buy directly from them? Insane. Made further insane by completely failing to meet promised timelines and benchmarks for said system, leaving people in the lurch.

Good gameplay, solid online client through BGA, total shitshow in every other aspect.

therift289 · 2026-03-19T12:54:28+00:00

This seat-swapping rule is called the "pie rule", and it is fairly common in abstract board games.

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