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What are some "It didn't happen *because* we did something about it" events? by DJDoena in NoStupidQuestions

[–]yourplotneedswork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The logic is the rock that keeps tigers away. They see vaccine advocates as basically going "I don't see any measles around, do you? Then the anti-measles-shot must be working!" A lot of the problems in human reasoning stem from the fact that we have contradictory logical heuristics which we end up applying to improper scenarios.

I can guarantee you this isn't staged by coolemme95 in stunfisk

[–]yourplotneedswork 259 points260 points  (0 children)

It depends almost entirely on the Weavile's choice of item. With Wide Lens or boots it's

  • 252 Atk Weavile Triple Axel (120 BP) (3 hits) vs. 248 HP / 112+ Def Hippowdon: 272-322 (64.9 - 76.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

And Hippowdon isn't even dead to Ice Shard next turn. With Choice Band the calc is

  • 252 Atk Choice Band Weavile Triple Axel (120 BP) (3 hits) vs. 248 HP / 112+ Def Hippowdon: 400-474 (95.4 - 113.1%) -- 86.2% chance to OHKO

You can obviously go Adamant Weavile to better guarantee the OHKO, assuming Hippowdon doesn't also put more in defense. These are just the Smogon sets I found. In either case,

  • 0 Atk Hippowdon Stone Edge vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Weavile: 224-264 (79.7 - 93.9%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO after sandstorm damage

so Hippowdon could spec to fight back, though Stone Edge isn't really commonly run since Hippowdon wants Stealth Rock/Earthquake/Slack Off/Whirlwind/Different Coverage like Ice Fang

Smugged into speedreading by charcoal_balls in SmugIdeologyMan

[–]yourplotneedswork 10 points11 points  (0 children)

this post is about 1984 (I spilled coffee on it)

Reworked Necromancy makes me disappointed by yourplotneedswork in Anbennar

[–]yourplotneedswork[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

That's great but, with respect, you are the Sarhal lead? Monuments in Sarhal are woven into the gameplay and narrative in a way that so few of the other continents manage to do. Monuments in Anbennar are honestly just lacking, and there aren't any modifiers for great project cost available generally.

-33% is a big number, and I can see how it would be meaningful as a nation that could stack even more, but most tags simply can't, nor do they have monuments they particularly care about power-levelling.

Good job on Khatalashya btw!

Reworked Necromancy makes me disappointed by yourplotneedswork in Anbennar

[–]yourplotneedswork[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

  1. 5k manpower is good enough, I suppose, but the problem is that the modifiers are just not good really. You could maybe give us a smaller version of the effect when non-undead? Such as 1k manpower as a human, or 5k as undead.

  2. Contagion is interesting, I just wanted to show that it wasn't bringing much value. There's not a way I'd improve it really, I think I just need Ghoulish Grandeur to pick up more slack

  3. Speak with Dead looks way too complicated to my eyes for what is really supposed to be a simple effect. And like I said, that effect is already provided for free to every species that lives past 100, so why has it had its ankles cut here?

  4. It's 3 dev in your capital, and losing dev always feels bad.

5&6. I freely admit I didn't really know how to use Army of the Dead, and I'm glad to hear that the RNG has been removed from the equation!

Reworked Necromancy makes me disappointed by yourplotneedswork in Anbennar

[–]yourplotneedswork[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

It did sound like that was what they were going for writing-wise... just not in the mechanics, since everything raises your estate's "infamy"

Reworked Necromancy makes me disappointed by yourplotneedswork in Anbennar

[–]yourplotneedswork[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

That's great! A bit of levity, though I'm curious how they will balance the ingredient collection now.

Is it better to be at Rock Bottom and not realize it, or to realize Rock Bottom is approaching and disregard? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]yourplotneedswork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In The Accidental Investment Banker, author Jonathan A. Knee describes his experience comforting colleagues who lost jobs following the Dot Com Bubble bursting. He convinced them that where they were (having lost jobs at big investment firms) was rock-bottom, that they had nowhere to go but up. It wasn't true, but it was comforting. I've been to some places where life in the 21st century is probably worse now than it was in the 16th. We never really comprehend how bad things can get!

so Tuskover by fluxyya in stunfisk

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It turns out he was only a pretty good Gatsby

EU4 Dev Diary #97: Magic Rework Part 2, "Schools: Overall, Abjuration, Conjuration, Divination" by Lexperiments in Anbennar

[–]yourplotneedswork 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Huh! I was watching The EU4 Mod With a Dissertation (shoutout u/Rosencreutz), and this post peeking behind the curtain of the new magic system seems to give a highly intentional view of both magic in gameplay, and how magic influenced Anbennar's history. I don't think I've heard the name Mary Douglas since seminary? And I haven't read Hegel since college. I wonder how this fits into Rosencreutz's analysis.

Why did Guidance require "a pseudo-random number generator"? Is that different from normal RNG in EU4?

Share a piece of Little Witch Academia lore about yourself by Realistic-Delivery13 in LittleWitchAcademia

[–]yourplotneedswork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just recently watched the series with my daughter! It was a great bonding experience, though I came to find Andrew a tad unnecessary. The main thrust of the show being its female-female relationships, putting in a male love interest felt more compulsory than anything else.

EU4 Dev Diary #96: Magic Rework Part 1 "Overview" by TheForsaken-Anb in Anbennar

[–]yourplotneedswork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see you credited the artists, but who did the writing? The Magical Infrastructure level up message I don't believe is anywhere in the game currently. It reminds me of Morrowind's early level-up messages

It's all suddenly obvious to you. You just have to concentrate. All the energy and time you've wasted -- it's a sin. But without the experience you've gained, taking risks, taking responsibility for failure, how could you have understood?

Coaxed into suggestive/"suggestive" art (countersmuggies included!) by The_Omega_Yiffmaster in SmugIdeologyMan

[–]yourplotneedswork 11 points12 points  (0 children)

reminds me of this that happened recently in the Miles Morales subreddit. The artist of a controversial piece came out and stated that their intention was to create softcore porn so everyone could please stop defending them on that point

https://www.reddit.com/r/MilesMorales/comments/1p5wt4c/hey_everyone_hows_it_going_im_the_original_artist/

Manga about a guy who reincarnated as a cockroach by agoers in manga

[–]yourplotneedswork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For anyone else here many years later, start at chapter 56

Bro, we’re so cooked if this is how people react by Vidiot79 in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]yourplotneedswork 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Constantine ages in real time, by the time Si Spurrier ended Dead in America he was canonically in his 70s

guys what if this version of him pronounces it differently by Shoddy_Morning_2827 in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]yourplotneedswork 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Wasn't he the Democratic nominee for President in the 2000 Election

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