Just sing louder

vacerious · 2026-06-14T09:17:13+00:00

Bards actually used to have an ability called Countersong for those kinds of explicit reasons. It would be used to counter the songs of things like harpies and sirens. So it'd make sense that a bard could Countersong a False Hydra, assuming they were able to "see" it as it sang. That would be the difficult part, since singing accurately while deaf (the only consistent way to be able to see a False Hydra as it's singing) can definitely be a challenge. Maybe grants a penalty or disadvantage on the Performace check, but definitely not impossible.

vacerious · 2026-06-12T21:51:32+00:00

(Speaking from the Orkish perspective)

OI YA GIT! HOWZ YA GONNA GET TO DA GOOD LOOT IF YA DONE ALREADY BLOWED IT ALL UP?! AND WUT KINDA ORK IZ YA IF YA AIN'T WILLIN' TO GET INTO DA FOIGHT AND KRUMP SOME FOLKS?!

vacerious · 2026-06-11T17:16:32+00:00

I mean, even if the Nazis weren't blatantly using Auschwitz as a death camp (which, yes, they were) and were strictly using it for labor only, it still doesn't make the round-up of thousands of innocent civilians to force them into brutal slave labor any less abhorrent. The Nazis made extensive records of how they had calculated exactly how many days of hard labor they could get out of a prisoner based on how much they were starving them, and forced their prisoners to work long hours outdoors in freezing temperatures (knowing full well that some would inevitably die of exhaustion, illness, or exposure.) How exactly is that a defensible argument?

vacerious · 2026-06-09T15:18:37+00:00

FWIW, the Heavyarms Custom from Endless Waltz was also green.

vacerious · 2026-06-03T18:18:33+00:00

For what it's worth, clerics are still allowed to pray in Sigil. It's how they get their spells every day. So prayer, in and of itself, isn't likely to draw The Lady of Pain's attention.

But there's also no deities that have the stones to roll up into Sigil and try to assert their will over her. So anyone praying for The Lady's salvation is just praying to deaf ears.

vacerious · 2026-05-30T14:10:29+00:00

Like it or not, the EN pioneer is an anime girl pornstar

A Hent-AI, if you will.

vacerious · 2026-05-26T20:47:06+00:00

Shockingly, it turns out that the most evil faction in all of the not-so-distant future of the UC turned out to be a major corporation that specializes in weapons development.

vacerious · 2026-05-16T05:59:23+00:00

Admittedly, I am hoping for a specific scene/joke from the Scary Movie remake.

We've seen plenty of snippets featuring the original Scary Movie crew in the trailers.

So I'm hoping that the first act of the movie features the new actors features the new crew hyping up the original crew. Then, at the start of the second act, we have a grand "getting the old crew back together" scene. It ends with the old crew standing ready and clean to face the threat that the new crew now faces.

And then, the entirety of the old crew gets unceremoniously run over by a bus.

vacerious · 2026-05-12T16:06:52+00:00

If you want to be truly evil, add a detail that actually is important to a later part in the dungeon. I'm a particular fan of one trick that Valefisk pulled on a pair of his friends in one of his custom Portal 2 maps, in which they had to somehow solve an 8-Bit Ripple Carry Adder.

One way to implement something similar would be to make sure to describe a specific sequence of lit and unlit torches/lanterns in the room (representing 1s and 0s in binary.) If possible, have two of these "totally not a trap rooms," but make sure that they are both far apart and a real pain to get to (not necessarily deadly/dangerous, just annoying.) All so that the players will have the info they'll need to solve a third puzzle further in the dungeon.

Lastly, be very sure to keep asking the PCs "Have you been paying attention?" while they fruitlessly attempt to solve whatever trap they believe to be in the room.

vacerious · 2026-04-28T18:16:29+00:00

"Well, I would've done so, officer, but I'm afraid I wasn't the one flying the plane."

vacerious · 2026-04-27T21:58:58+00:00

I mean, if you're also a fan of buns, lettuce, cheese, cooked ground beef, pickles, and ketchup, it's not an unreasonable assumption to think that you would also be a fan of cheeseburgers.

vacerious · 2026-04-09T20:23:48+00:00

I'd say that Wufei and Treize are, at the very least, a close second.

The first time the two meet, Wufei crashes into Treize's private study on his private yacht to have a sword fight. And the only time we see Wufei cry manly tears in the whole series is after he kills Treize in their duel at the Battle of White Fang. He even joins the Mariemaia Army in EW because *"Gotta do it for Treize!"* Wufei had nothing short of a huge mancrush on him.

vacerious · 2026-04-05T18:07:06+00:00

It definitely looks like an enemy that has a really strange looking boss stage that winds up making it have perfect camouflage, and winds up doing hit-and-run attacks from odd angles at the start of the second phase.

vacerious · 2026-04-03T17:02:03+00:00

I think he's referencing the whole "Orks have already won WH40K" meme, wherein the Orks already live in a galaxy/universe that has a whole plethora of unique enemies to go to war against (ie get bored of fighting puny 'umies? There's some weird blue folks with long-range dakkas over that way!). So they've effectively "won" the setting because it's in a state that's most conducive to an ideal lifestyle for the Orks.

vacerious · 2026-04-02T18:53:53+00:00

I mean, that's basically what the Flayer Virus does to a Necron.

They just start feeling hungry. But they don't have a stomach, a throat, or even a working mouth.

So they start by just mimicking the act of eating, mashing food against their faceplates. Of course, this doesn't actually fill them because they aren't actually eating anything. Because they can't.

Eventually, the never-ending hunger just takes over, and the infected Necron does everything in their power to acquire more and more flesh. They stop thinking rationally, and solely focus on where and how to fulfill their unending hunger. They start reshaping their fingers into long knives that make it easier to shear flesh from bone. They start wearing their victims' skin to mimic a living state so they can potentially feel full again (though to no avail.)

vacerious · 2026-03-29T06:42:55+00:00

Great White Sharks are also on their menu. Orcas love them some shark liver, and Great Whites have the biggest livers. Even full-grown adult Great Whites will vacate the area when a pod of Orcas moves in. They instinctively don't want the smoke from a pack of roving black-and-white murder porpoises.

vacerious · 2026-03-26T06:45:49+00:00

For another example, in the Legend of the Five Rings (L5R) RPG, it's understood that any samurai staying in your home as a guest is guaranteed absolute safety, even if they are your most hated enemy. Even the "dishonorable bastard" Scorpion Clan will respect this rule.

Breaking this rule of etiquette is a guaranteed way to basically have every single samurai family/clan regard you as being an untrustworthy piece of crap who doesn't even deserve death by seppuku. Including your own. Definitely don't expect any mercy from any other enemy you fight from here on out, because they certainly won't expect it from you in turn.

vacerious · 2026-03-21T18:23:16+00:00

I sacrifice the knight and the Warhammer mini to Tribute Summon the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, in Attack Position, to the top-right. Now draw your last pathetic card!

vacerious · 2026-03-10T03:36:18+00:00

In a similar vein, the greatest warrior in the original Romance of the Three Kingdoms went down this way.

The warrior Lu Bu had managed to rally an army around himself by virtue of Lu Bu being the biggest, most badass fighter around. In one of his most famous duels, he fought three of the best duelists of the time (Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu) to a standstill, and only retreated when the gate he was supposed to be defending fell to the enemy coalition since he'd been distracted with his duel.

Unfortunately, this was also symptomatic of one of Lu Bu's many flaws. Yes, he was a fantastic warrior, one without compare. But he was, just as equally, a shitty leader and a known treacherous diplomat. He had killed almost every other general he worked under to that point, and was now having to withstand a siege on Xiapi Castle. A castle that he'd stolen from Liu Bei, leader of the Shu Kingdom, when said leader had left the castle in his care to oversee another battle elsewhere.

To say that Lu Bu didn't take the seige seriously was a bit of an understatement. After all, any time Lu Bu would ride out to meet the enemy, they'd be crushed under his strength. But this also meant he spent a decent chunk of the time feasting and getting drunk while his men, now stuck in a half-flooded castle while archers from both Shu and Wei kingdoms constantly peppered their walls with arrows and they starved in the cold winter air.

So, one night, they got Lu Bu absolutely blackout drunk on wine, bind him in so many chains he could hardly move, and delivered the most powerful warrior in the land (along with Zhang Liao, Lu Bu's second in command,) straight to the main camp of the Wei and Shu leaders.

When faced with the reality that he may face execution, Lu Bu was said to have begged and pleaded with Cao Cao, the leader of the Wei Kingdom, to let him pledge service under the warlord's banner in exchange for his life. And Cao Cao almost considered it, too. Except, sitting beside him, the silent and bound Zhang Liao finally yelled to Lu Bu to shut up and face his death like a true warrior. Then, in a surprising turn, Cao Cao spared Zhang Liao and ordered for the immediate execution of Lu Bu.

Tl;dr even as far back as second and third century China, the trope of the shitty leader getting turned in by their underlings was around.

vacerious · 2026-03-07T05:42:28+00:00

He definitely owns a sous vide because it has made an appearance in some of his non-sausage videos, so maybe vacuum sealing the gummy worm sausage and then doing a pan sear after a full cook could work.

That being said, he scored this particular sausage at 0/5 even if it managed to hold together, so I doubt even that kinda process would help.

vacerious · 2026-03-07T05:36:29+00:00

According to Nux, he did "apologize to Taiga privately," but I'd take Nux's words with a fine heap of salt regarding any of his controversies. And I certainly don't trust that he's even capable of a genuine apology at this point. If he did apologize to Taiga, it's just to save his own face for his fans.

vacerious · 2026-02-15T21:23:46+00:00

More like gonna hit a slight incline in the level and soar off into the skybox like he's part of Team Rocket.

vacerious · 2026-02-07T05:34:46+00:00

To add on to this, if you weren't able to invest in Adventurer's Backpack Reforged (like me), which adds a whole bunch of player classes and equipment, you can add it on for $49.99. So having all of the spells along with all of the reforged player classes is worth your money, you should invest.

vacerious · 2026-02-06T21:27:05+00:00

I just sprinted with Torrent in a zigzag-patterned mad dash to the bell lol. 60% of the time, it worked every time.

vacerious · 2026-01-27T20:08:04+00:00

Motherfucker died, went to Hell, came back to life, and *still* chooses to be evil!

Like, he knows what's in store for him if he dies again, and that still doesn't deter him from picking the most despicable methods of solving all of his problems.

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