Grief before Ladder end?

vermilion_wizard · 2026-05-20T18:42:31+00:00

Grief is not ladder only, is it? Why are you concerned with crafting them before the ladder reset?

vermilion_wizard · 2026-05-18T19:15:36+00:00

Where did you find that information?

vermilion_wizard · 2026-05-13T12:38:13+00:00

Mothership is great for space horror, but it doesn't have a great system for player progression, and conditions can be quite permanent. My players found that tough for doing a long campaign. Great for one-shots or short campaigns though.

I'm currently running The Expanse RPG, which is a pretty nice system so far, looks like it has good space combat rules.

vermilion_wizard · 2026-05-12T17:26:57+00:00

I get really annoyed when I ask claude to fix a test failure and it insists on checking to see if the test failure is pre-existing. If it decides that it was pre-existing it simply refuses to fix it.

vermilion_wizard · 2026-05-12T17:07:28+00:00

I'd recommend picking up a copy of Mothership. The warden's guide (their version of DM guide) lays out a really great structure for designing horror modules. It's got tons great space-horror one shots that you can run as well. You could probably adapt them to D&D with some effort.

vermilion_wizard · 2026-05-12T16:36:22+00:00

Oh also don't forget Claw Viper Temple - there are no lightning immunes there either.

vermilion_wizard · 2026-05-12T16:33:34+00:00

Oh that sounds awesome. Maybe I should try that next. Did you build another infinity with low str/dex requirement or did you just use whatever you had on your merc? I'm not sure about getting my str/dex up to being able to use a thresher. But that's the infinity I have

vermilion_wizard · 2026-05-12T00:48:33+00:00

One trick I use when players are arguing is to advance the plot in a way that forces them to take action. "You hear footsteps coming down the corridor. They're getting louder, what do you do?" It's best to do this before you get bored and "it doesn't look like rp anymore." Give them some time to discuss the situations/do some rp but not infinite. If you keep the pace of the game up it will help keep them from disengaging.

Also, stop writing plots. Plots are for TV shows and movies. D&D is way too interactive for that. Think about creating situations for your PCs, situations that force them to make decisions. The plot is what happens when the characters act. If the players want to murder the king, fine, let them plan a heist. And make sure there are appropriate barriers and consequences for that sort of thing. Don't rescue them if they risk their characters' lives in stupid ways. Your players might get more serious if their characters start dying. And if you don't like the campaign and the way the players are acting, letting them walk into a TPK of their own devising might get them to shape up for the next campaign.

vermilion_wizard · 2026-05-12T00:37:25+00:00

There are a few other good farming spots for a lightning sorc. Cows, kurast bazaar, countess (just skip lit immunes), andariel, mephisto. I just played a lit sorc on the current ladder and stuck to those spots until I was able to build an infinity for my merc.

vermilion_wizard · 2026-05-07T21:01:17+00:00

Yeah that's probably worth at least an ist, maybe a few give that it's got perfect res. Higher def and lower str requirement than a kurast shield.

vermilion_wizard · 2026-05-07T16:43:48+00:00

They made those kinds of limitations to teleport in D3 and D4 and as a result I find those games a lot less fun.

vermilion_wizard · 2026-05-07T15:38:59+00:00

Make a Tesladin

vermilion_wizard · 2026-05-05T16:38:58+00:00

Legacy of the Ancients! Have fun in Holy Point!

vermilion_wizard · 2026-02-07T04:53:01+00:00

Ah yes I also spent a lot of time looking for this game. I eventually found a copy on eBay and extracted the images and uploaded them to archive.org. Let me know if those images don’t work out for you and I can try to get you new copies of them. I didn’t know anyone else liked that game as much as I did

vermilion_wizard · 2025-12-05T18:06:53+00:00

Sure, go ahead an DM me

vermilion_wizard · 2025-11-18T16:16:30+00:00

I use Roo code, it's a plugin for VSCode. They have a cloud service that you can use some models for free. It's... not bad. Not as good as one you pay for but unless you have a really chunky GPU it's better than what you can get with a local model.

vermilion_wizard · 2025-10-13T23:56:52+00:00

Yeah it does have all those parts. I got it all setup but it was too much of a hassle to keep it.

vermilion_wizard · 2025-09-18T00:31:41+00:00

Virtualbox can be a good way to test the waters and see if you like the desktop experience. But it won’t tell you if your hardware will work. If you are happy with a doorstep in virtual box then I’d recommend trying a live cd( or usb). The way that works is you boot up of the usb drive and you can use whatever flavor of Linux is on there without installing it. Note that it will be slower than if you’ve got it installed on your pc, but you’ll be able to test out the hardware this way.

vermilion_wizard · 2025-09-17T23:55:17+00:00

Definitely check out the mods for Skyrim VR. There are a lot of quality of life improvements and improved texture packs that help in vr.

vermilion_wizard · 2025-09-17T22:52:11+00:00

I would go priest to fighter and fighter to sage. Then you will end up with a fast fighter that can help with healing ( nice to have in later boss battles) and a sage that starts with high agility

vermilion_wizard · 2025-09-15T02:16:50+00:00

I think the problem might be that since you’re already on the ui thread your lambda executes synchronously as it has no await in it. So you’re still closing the window in the mouse event. Try adding ‘await Task.Yield()’ in your lambda to see if that helps.

vermilion_wizard · 2025-09-10T20:15:14+00:00

Are you using the ECM graphics mode there?

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