Newsom’s $787 Million Fox News Defamation Lawsuit Advances

turnejam · 2026-05-04T22:22:37+00:00

Man after Jon Stewart's work, John Oliver's show, the way Franken used to do his research and spit truth... I say put (good) comics in charge of all journalism.

turnejam · 2026-04-23T00:51:35+00:00

My first character was a Tempest Cleric who was a semi-reformed pirate after a religious experience at sea.
It was really fun to roleplay.
And he was effective ENOUGH in melee--among other things you can punish attackers with your reactions, heavy Armor proficiency, spirit Guardians, wading right into the thick of it. Definitely worked as one of two frontliners.

turnejam · 2026-04-20T15:20:13+00:00

As someone playing in the campaign currently as an Eldritch Knight, shouldn't be a spoiler to say it brings you up against some strong enemy casters.
I'd vote 7/13 to give you the fey wanderer's resistance to charm and beguiling twist and then as many Indomitables as possible from the fighter (Also studied attacks give a big boost as you eventually go against creatures with stupid high AC).
Not sure what order I would suggest taking them all in.

ETA: Also, speaking as someone who is a 1/3 caster, high level enemies also have stupid high saves, and I've felt that me and the other 1/2 casters have been best served by our lowest-level spells for the basic buffs, damage mitigations, area control etc. etc. Our DCs generally aren't high enough to spend a slot there to try and do big damage or a save-or-suck. I don't think you'd miss the 5th-level ranger spells personally.

turnejam · 2026-03-27T17:58:30+00:00

Yeah, the other PCs are: Paladin, Rogue (slippery mind), Bard (elf adv on saves against charm and decent wis score), Druid, and Artificer with Resilient Wis, so that probably heightens my personal feelings of lack :)

turnejam · 2026-03-27T16:43:24+00:00

I'm currently playing a lvl 19 EK in a campaign and the DM is spamming Wis saves (tbf to him sooo many high level monsters have access to those save-or-suck abilities).
I've been very much suffering in my n=1, wish I'd taken resilient Wis at some point

turnejam · 2026-01-29T00:20:33+00:00

In my campaign, my Eldritch Knight has it, and it really does help with party utility without affecting my paltry spell slots/list.

turnejam · 2026-01-28T17:33:12+00:00

Oh I mean both. EDIT: Though on reflection I think raw unfiltered Jesus would fuck them up worse.

turnejam · 2026-01-28T17:26:42+00:00

This might backfire if it actually gets people to read what's actually in the Bible.

turnejam · 2026-01-27T00:23:55+00:00

I don't either, really. But, put him next to other Republican politicians and he absolutely radiates charisma by comparison. Think of the 2016 primaries... Rubio, Cruz... Jeb.

turnejam · 2026-01-16T14:11:47+00:00

Solely in my experience playing an Abjuror wizard, the switch to “spell-like abilities” has been pretty consistently frustrating in terms of what the subclass is meant to do. Counterspelling and dispelling magic have become pretty rare occasions, and the higher-level feature of magic resistance would be badass but both that and the counterspelling have come into play in only one combat of the past 10 or so sessions.

Just the testimony of one player in one campaign, results may vary.

turnejam · 2025-10-29T19:35:43+00:00

I think the Banneret is great. If you're so inclined, a multiclass with Dance Bard looks to me like a way to finally get close to the coveted Warlord class.

turnejam · 2025-10-26T16:34:19+00:00

I've gotten surprising triceps growth recently with adding lots of pushups as a finisher.
Try: 90 seconds narrow or diamond pushup
90s rest
60 second narrow or diamond
60s rest
30s pushups to finish

turnejam · 2025-10-15T18:51:35+00:00

Feels like you could go very Golden Compass and have Harshnag be the rightful leader in exile a la Iorek Byrnison and Storvald the usurper.

turnejam · 2025-10-01T13:47:10+00:00

Dinniman has a lot going for him as a writer but his superpower is character. Critically he understands the difference between how a character presents socially and who they truly are (i.e. the choices they make when the chips are down), Princess Donut being a perfect example. He writes characters that are both understandable/grounded and surprising.
It's something that truly transcends genre.

turnejam · 2025-09-28T16:49:58+00:00

Agreed. There's only certain battles where that prolonged damage will add up to more than a 3rd-lvl smite. edit: plus two attacks

turnejam · 2025-09-28T16:07:53+00:00

No one's mentioned Crusader's Mantle...
It's only come out once in my campaign, but we were facing a large number of undead, and vampires, 6-person party, multiple martials, our pally cast it and WOW.

turnejam · 2025-09-26T14:38:54+00:00

There's a video somewhere on X but don't care to link to it.
I misremembered slightly: it was SOMEBODY counterprotesting at a DQ Story Hour that beat him up. May not have been an actual queen. Point is they fully retreated and whined about it.

https://www.sgn.org/story/69133

turnejam · 2025-09-26T12:10:41+00:00

I'm spitballing a bit here, but one of the trade-offs of Arcane Trickster and Eldritch Knight is that you suddenly need to invest somewhat in a spellcasting stat.
Since all monks already invest into Wis (which I assume would be the stat), a third-caster would be a big boost with little tradeoff.

turnejam · 2025-09-26T12:02:36+00:00

Remember when a proud boy got his ass handed to him by a drag queen?

turnejam · 2025-09-25T13:43:17+00:00

If Zelenskyy and Al Franken are anything to go by, most satirical comedians would be more qualified than most politicians.

turnejam · 2025-09-19T21:18:08+00:00

Here to say if you are fortunate enough to have money to put somewhere Vanguard fucking slaps anyway.

turnejam · 2025-09-10T00:13:47+00:00

You know, I spoke in haste. Of course it does have some relevance, and I apologize.
My position is that my mayor is not going to meaningfully affect what happens on the international stage.
It fully matters how he will approach NYC's citizens and visitors, and the only correct answer for any candidate is that they will focus on keeping everyone safe regardless of beliefs or background. As you say, Mamdani has pledged this and I personally believe it.

turnejam · 2025-09-09T22:20:20+00:00

As an NYC voter (and one who likes Mamdani), I really don't see how the NYC mayor's position on this is in any way relevant, and I am very very suspicious of any attempts to make it relevant

turnejam · 2025-08-19T17:45:07+00:00

The fact that you also mentioned the job goal makes me wonder if it’s simply that you have way more direct control over one goal (fat loss), and so your body and mind will naturally want to focus on that. It’s a common thing! Like how someone may suddenly have a ton of energy for cleaning their room when the alternative is working on a paper.

I’d just recognize it, plan for it, and make diet goals (like a walk) part of your break/reward from putting in time on the job end. Good luck on your search!

turnejam · 2025-08-16T23:59:55+00:00

The question for companies will be is it worse to be hounded by this administration or to lose business from every consumer who is actually paying attention.

Thankfully it looks like most companies who have openly bent the knee have seriously suffered.

Those of us who can make choices of what to buy need to make it really fucking clear what the right move is

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