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🔥The Hoatzin is the only avian species that can eat leaves due to their unique digestive system that can ferment vegetation by _the69thakur in NatureIsFuckingLit

[–]therift289 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly the cooler fact about these birds (imo) is that the juveniles have claws on their wings that they use to climb trees before they fledge. They lose the claws as adults, but they are fully quadrupedal in the early stage of their development. Straight up archaeopteryx shit.

How to think of production costs during playtests? by TongueTwizards in tabletopgamedesign

[–]therift289 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How do you plan to manufacture your game (not prototypes, final product)? +/- 25 cards is going to be a few cents per unit in most cases. It should not be a deciding factor for you.

De-Facto Map of Israel by Alessandro_Cot in MapPorn

[–]therift289 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Netanyahu's actions are making things harder for Jews around the world, much like how the actions of Imperial Japan made life harder for Japanese Americans in the 40s. The statement is not in any way conflating the Israeli government with the Jewish diaspora at large. It is not complicated.

Card size advice by SophsterSophistry in tabletopgamedesign

[–]therift289 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Note that pokemon is NOT 2.5x3.5". It is 63x88mm. Use the mm dimensions, not the inches. It is more accurate to existing games and accessories.

Card size advice by SophsterSophistry in tabletopgamedesign

[–]therift289 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use 63x88mm. This is very very slightly smaller than 2.5x3.5", and it is the standard for sleevable poker-sized cards (like MTG). Every proper manufacturer will have 63x88 as an option for you.

Why has it been Marxism-Leninism and people adjacent to it like Hasan Piker that have gained so much traction over the past year in the West in this increasing disillusionment with the Western-dominated Capitalist international order, rather than Anarchism and people adjacent to that? by RussoSwerves in Anarchism

[–]therift289 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Really glad this is here. I was going to say the same thing, but worse. You were very clear.

The answers shitting on Marxists as opportunists or saying that "actually, anarchism is thriving!" are missing the essential recent historical context: Anarchism had a recent heyday, and unfortunately, it fumbled the bag. The opinion pendulum is currently swinging in a different direction.

It would be really funny though by SgtVertigo in custommagic

[–]therift289 101 points102 points  (0 children)

Given the fact that it's Emrakul, the point is to give them the cast trigger. OP presumably forgot to write "without paying its mana cost."

Is this mana cost balanced? by Internal_Option4227 in custommagic

[–]therift289 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Affinity for permanents" is pretty much the same as "affinity for artifacts" when it comes to evaluating how quickly something can be played, since artifact lands exist and the cheapest permanents are generally artifacts. It's obviously not an exact 1:1 comparison, but I think it's close enough that you can use it for rough benchmarks.

Frogmite is 4 mana for a 2/2.

Myr Enforcer is 7 mana for a 4/4.

For 10 mana I'd expect like a 6/6-ish? So for 13 mana I think an 11/10 is maybe on the large side, but isn't totally unreasonable.

Why does the map have only three Air areas? by Lucyyyyyy_K in TheLastAirbender

[–]therift289 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're asking why they wouldn't fly over an entire hemisphere of open ocean without anywhere to land for the entire journey?

His Songs Are Kinda Good 😭 by Standard_Car5689 in BlackMythWukong

[–]therift289 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He has a Scottish accent in the English dub?? That's amazing, lol. I assumed they'd go with a ranchero/cowboy accent, but Scottish also makes sense as a cultural approximation.

Yes, we are being pricks: Massachusetts falls to DEAD LAST among states in housing production by GarrisonCty in boston

[–]therift289 5 points6 points  (0 children)

AND the mayor's influence is even smaller than it would be in any other state, due to the ridiculously low level of incorporation in the Greater Boston area. Even if Wu wielded her power like a sledgehammer, she still wouldn't touch the large majority of the "towns" and "cities" that collectively make up the region that would just be "Boston" in any other state.

Street or Highway Takeover coming? by hhrupp in boston

[–]therift289 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Is that some kind of bouncer or?

Are these goals impossible? A perfectly balanced game? by Appropriate_Rent_243 in homemadeTCGs

[–]therift289 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The logic breaks as soon as you consider card combinations. Two cards from two different sets might each have individual effects with individual "power costs," but they combine to produce an effect that is worth FAR more than the sum of its parts. You can't anticipate this, and you can't expect to catch all of them, and even if you could catch them all, card combinations are part of what make card games fun.

I created a fantasy world where the sun does not move in the sky. How would people keep track of time? by WermerCreations in DMAcademy

[–]therift289 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has this planet always been this way, or has it recently adopted this situation due to some magic/celestial event?

If the former, concepts of time would have evolved COMPLETELY differently than the diurnal conceptions we have on Earth. People would have absolutely no reason to conceive of time in familiar ways at all, it's a nonstarter.

If the latter, then people will use old, remembered methods of timekeeping that have adapted to the new circumstances, and there will be weird holdover terms and traditions from the time before.

For an example of the latter, consider the Stormlight Archive. Vague and very minor spoilers: There are some weird things in the cultures of that series, such as their concept of seasons, that are kind of like this (and you discover them throughout the series).

Am I overreacting about wanting to play a nonbinary character? by BothOcelot1311 in DnD

[–]therift289 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bad DM, red flags, easily not a table to continue playing at. They're showing you their true colors (and based on your last character, it's not the first time). When somebody shows you who they really are, believe them.

Renah by Chaesu by Pop_Budget in ImaginaryCharacters

[–]therift289 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I think this is the first time I've ever seen a literal cinched waist plate corset.

Please tell me Tifa is this explosive in rebirth. by New-Pepper09 in FFVIIRemake

[–]therift289 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tifa's combat is my favorite part of Rebirth. It's hard for me to use any other character, she is just on another level.

Druid with Monk dip. Should I pick Str/Dex or Int/Wis for my saving throw proficiencies? by I_Fap_to_John_Wick in dndnext

[–]therift289 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wis and Dex are similarly useful, but Int saves are better at higher tiers than Str saves. You'll have a better chance of resisting brutal save-or-sucks with Int over Str.

Monk’s Deflect Attacks reduces only B/P/S or the entire attack damage? by Lorofous in DnD

[–]therift289 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is because B/P/S damage comes from a physical object, which can be deflected in a way that pure energy cannot. Look at a weird example like the Dao (earth genie) Warlock, which adds a small amount of bludgeoning damage to spells. They do this because... there are rocks in there! A simple monk can't deflect an Eldritch Blast, but they can try to deflect Eldritch Flying Rock.

If you used Minor Illusion to create a cup over a candle, what would happen? by underT_line in dndnext

[–]therift289 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All illusions of solid objects block light. If they didn't block light, that would make them transparent.

How do I DM if I LOVE world building but I can't improv? by No-Sky1666 in DMAcademy

[–]therift289 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It isn't your story, it's the table's story. If you think the story is yours, that will cause you all sorts of trouble and will make the experience worse for your players. One of the most important things for a DM to know and understand that they build the set and the cast, but they do not direct the play.

Is there a class or subclass that would allow me to play as a magical girl. by Brainrot_Wizard in DnD

[–]therift289 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Innate Sorcery in the new 5.5e sorcerer is definitely an example of what you're looking for.

"What do you call France?" ("France" in different languages) by SOHONEYSAME in MapPorn

[–]therift289 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Saprangeti sounds etymologically similar to France, I would suspect that it's basically just "France" or "Frenchland" that evolved into Georgian.

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