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Buck Wildman)
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the gnoll lifecycle is gross folks
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Aug 10, 2023 03:29
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I make the gods real but more like Tulpas when I run D&D. If you're a cleric your God might come down and talk to you and help you out but you also have other clerics worshipping the same God, different aspects, and getting someone totally different and probably contradictory.
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Aug 10, 2023 03:41
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I'm three missions into Sniper Elite 3 (yes I know I'm very late to be getting into this series since they're now up to #5) and the game does a really good job of making you feel like Mark Wahlberg in Shooter (2007) the stealth mechanics are very well spelled-out so that you generally always know what you're doing, and the Relocation mechanic gives you the ability to keep landing sniper shots all throughout the game while also forcing you to move around, as opposed to what happens in other sniper segments where as soon as you miss one shot it all goes to hell. The UI is just very well made and intuitive, and that counts for a lot in a game where being precise and deliberate is so important
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Aug 10, 2023 03:51
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uber_stoat posted:i accidentally turned that on and my coop partner saw me jack off an orc. lol
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Aug 10, 2023 03:56
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uber_stoat posted:i accidentally turned that on and my coop partner saw me jack off an orc. accidentally.
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Aug 10, 2023 03:59
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I feel like a good fantasy setting with regards to religion is Warhammer Fnatasy Roleplay (as opposed to the war game) as it's an established polytheistic imperial religion with some fun regional rivalries. When are we getting that as a video game? They could go the Owlcat way and just adapt one of the big campaigns like Enemy Within. The best one though is still Glorantha. Let me play a duck that worships Humakt.
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Aug 10, 2023 04:45
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If you're just going to treat religion as magic powers in your game then why even bother.
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Aug 10, 2023 04:48
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oatchi more like GOATchi
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Aug 10, 2023 04:53
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I think its really funny that the evil gods in the Forgotten Realms never offer their worshipers any positive benefits at all. In Eberron, the cults run by evil beings usually tend to keep that poo poo on the down low and open up with positive stuff, like the Blood of Vol promising community togetherness and luxuries provided by necromancy and then later on when you're in deep they start showing you the human sacrifices and crazy poo poo like that, but the Forgotten Realms evil deities are like, "Ok, in order to join, you gotta rip one of your eyes out and then be hit with studded whips for a week straight and maybe we'll give you like one level in Cleric."
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Aug 10, 2023 05:44
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what can you say some people are nasty like that
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Aug 10, 2023 05:49
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Lostconfused posted:If you're just going to treat religion as magic powers in your game then why even bother. malazan game when
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Aug 10, 2023 05:50
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Fuligin posted:in forgotten realms the gods *are* worshipped by everyone, u arent dedicated to just one unless ur a cleric or whatever. smdh at nerds who dont know their lore my entire understanding of forgotten realms is dungeon hack and baulders gate 3. this is not my lore. i will not claim it.
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Aug 10, 2023 08:15
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Whirling posted:I think its really funny that the evil gods in the Forgotten Realms never offer their worshipers any positive benefits at all. In Eberron, the cults run by evil beings usually tend to keep that poo poo on the down low and open up with positive stuff, like the Blood of Vol promising community togetherness and luxuries provided by necromancy and then later on when you're in deep they start showing you the human sacrifices and crazy poo poo like that, but the Forgotten Realms evil deities are like, "Ok, in order to join, you gotta rip one of your eyes out and then be hit with studded whips for a week straight and maybe we'll give you like one level in Cleric." This is so wrong i don’t even know where to start
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Aug 10, 2023 08:20
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my impression was that the good gods do jack poo poo for their good little praypigs and the bad gods will give you a treat but you are liable to get gutted at any moment by your fellow cultists when you dont eat a kitten enthusiastically enough or something and your god is more liable to smite you
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Aug 10, 2023 08:33
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Whirling posted:I think its really funny that the evil gods in the Forgotten Realms never offer their worshipers any positive benefits at all. In Eberron, the cults run by evil beings usually tend to keep that poo poo on the down low and open up with positive stuff, like the Blood of Vol promising community togetherness and luxuries provided by necromancy and then later on when you're in deep they start showing you the human sacrifices and crazy poo poo like that, but the Forgotten Realms evil deities are like, "Ok, in order to join, you gotta rip one of your eyes out and then be hit with studded whips for a week straight and maybe we'll give you like one level in Cleric." I mean in the olden days the Big Three explicitly were there for Fascists: if you worship Bane the church becomes the state and takes over everything, expanding forever Psychos: if you worship Bhaal you get to murder people, people (Bane-ists for example) pay you for murder and the church hides you etc Sociopaths: the dead are better workers, fighters, friends, and the church supports you in becoming a better necromancer (you get the bodies from Bhaal etc) later you get those lame upstarts liky Cyric who tries to be all three and it just sucks, the Dynamic Trio simply was the best there was
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Aug 10, 2023 09:01
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oh remember how I didn't like Brotato? well I turned the music up and wow
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Aug 10, 2023 09:34
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Buck Wildman posted:I don't like the tiefling barbarian sorry I know she's kinda the thread favorite She's probably the least annoying but her voice is way too chin chimminiy chiroo for a yoked devil woman The gith and elf lady are unbearable and astarion is a tory oval office That's the problem with being bri'ish and engaging certain media. There's a whole cadre of anglophile yanks it caters to who are like "Oh how enchanting! This one said absolute nutter" and meanwhile I'm like "oval office, wanker, wanker, oval office, tory, twat, ponce"
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Aug 10, 2023 09:50
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ScootsMcSkirt posted:didnt realize hoots wife is a furry lmao
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Aug 10, 2023 10:16
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Communist Thoughts posted:She's probably the least annoying but her voice is way too chin chimminiy chiroo for a yoked devil woman To me it's the dudes that are the most bleh. Astarion is an insufferable oval office. Wyll is boring generic goody-two-shoes hero. Gale is an annoying nerd. Druid guy is fine I guess, he hasn't joined me yet though. All the ladies are fine. Shadowheart is kinda generic but ok. I like when the gith lady chk's at me.
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Aug 10, 2023 10:41
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gently caress these racist rear end goblins for denying me what's mine.
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Aug 10, 2023 10:47
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I like the gith lady, she's got spunk. I didn't realize that they were an entire race of red-dragon-riding interdimensional special agents though. that's quite a campaign detail to open the game with and it seems a lot more interesting than whatever is going on in Faerûn.
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Aug 10, 2023 10:48
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I'm not sure who my favorite companion is. Karlach just kicks all the rear end but I agree that the voice is a bit off. Shadowheart is a slow burn where it is pretty obvious what her two secrets are but I want to get dealing with them over with. Wyll is a nice guy but, again, his quest is going to take forever to deal with. Same with Gale. Astarion is difficult, I kinda know where his story is going probably but it just takes forever to get to a point where he doesn't pout about every decision we make. Laezel is interesting enough, like every gith companion in gaming history, and she has some funny dialogue. But again, will probably have to wait until Act 3 to start resolving their quest properly or get anywhere. Most of Larian's companions tend to be a slow burn. In fact I would say Baldur's Gate 3 in general is just slow as molasses in a lot of ways.
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Aug 10, 2023 11:34
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gale is a mid 90s cool guy fantasy wizard
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Aug 10, 2023 11:38
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Buck Wildman posted:elminster also founded the harpers who are my personal pick for most obnoxious organization in forgotten realms wtf even is the Harper philosophy? Like what are they even *about*? Been playing DnD games for 25 years and still don't know that. Haven't bothered to read any books on them because lol gently caress that
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Aug 10, 2023 11:46
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grate deceiver posted:To me it's the dudes that are the most bleh. Astarion is an insufferable oval office. Wyll is boring generic goody-two-shoes hero. Gale is an annoying nerd. Druid guy is fine I guess, he hasn't joined me yet though. mad?
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Aug 10, 2023 11:57
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Orange Devil posted:wtf even is the Harper philosophy? They're the loose cannons that don't play by no rules but they get the job done but are somehow also super naive. They protect nature (I guess) and preserve history, but try to do it in secret. Like in general they are a reactive force to other organizations like the Zhentarim or the big bad of the week, so you can't really compare them to much in the real world. Unlike say the Moonstars who just used to be the secret police of Khelben Blackstaff's, and Force Grey who were uuuuh, I don't know. Pinkertons? They never really put down any workers but they caused a whole lot of collateral damage on behalf of the guards. Edit: Like legit reading about the Harpers they are all about Freedom, so I guess they are True Neutral but also maybe Centrists if you wanna go down that route. evilmiera has issued a correction as of 12:19 on Aug 10, 2023 |
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Aug 10, 2023 12:17
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Orange Devil posted:wtf even is the Harper philosophy? Harpers are like the Assassins in AC imo
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Aug 10, 2023 12:18
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Communist Thoughts posted:astarion is a tory oval office Well yeah, he's a monster that lives on the lifeblood of others.
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Aug 10, 2023 12:33
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Actually wait no, they apparently tended to rob rich nobles to fix economic disparity, so they aren't centrists at all. I think they are just meant to represent generic players of DnD, aka people who just randomly decide to rob a noble one day to give to the poor and another teach a history class to a bunch of nice kobolds or plant seeds after a war torched a community. To be honest I think they might just be whatever the writer wants them to be.
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Aug 10, 2023 12:38
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dungeons and libs
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Aug 10, 2023 13:06
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Al! posted:i told a gnoll a joke so funny it paralyzed him and all the nearby gnolls and hyenas thats racist
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Aug 10, 2023 13:16
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they struck me as basically the Justice League. what if we just did good things but never changed anything and generally hated anyone ever telling us what to do except what we feel like doing this week
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Aug 10, 2023 13:17
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Tiler Kiwi posted:they struck me as basically the Justice League. what if we just did good things but never changed anything and generally hated anyone ever telling us what to do except what we feel like doing this week The Justice League never robbed anybody except the people who bought variant covers.
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Aug 10, 2023 13:25
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16-bit Butt-Head posted:dungeons and libs Campaigns & Candidates
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Aug 10, 2023 13:27
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The only good fantasy factions are the "rebels," "bandits," and "barbarians" the player is free to slaughter without remorse, as they represent the dispossessed peasantry.
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Aug 10, 2023 13:28
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Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3 posted:The only good fantasy factions are the "rebels," "bandits," and "barbarians" the player is free to slaughter without remorse, as they represent the dispossessed peasantry. the best fantasy faction is pirates, actually
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Aug 10, 2023 13:29
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a pirate is a dispossessed peasant on a boat
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Aug 10, 2023 13:34
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I'm playing with a full party of pals so that probably changes how much we like the npcs since you basically come home from a hearty day of adventuring to find them taking credit and sniping at one another, being rude to you or expositing about their boring back stories. We were chatting after last session which I think was us mostly polishing off Act 1 and we're saying its funny the game is fun and enjoyable but in a lot of ways it is just as annoying as a railroady 5e campaign. Lots of the same issues with the swingy sloggy combat and DM npcs who want to tell you how cool they are or speak down to your more fun characters. Nobody telling you anything concrete and just repeating the same quest breadcrumbs as the last guy over and over. And little conversation bits where it wouldn't cost the dm anything to let you do or change something but the game just refuses. Also after the cool intro you're back in the same goblin hunting woods as every dnd campaign where the dm insists on sticking to the monster manual Also we are all striking out with every npc so far wtf just let me finish. My giths dick looks absolutely horrendous and I want my friends to have to look at it
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Aug 10, 2023 13:35
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Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3 posted:a pirate is a dispossessed peasant on a boat peasants are just dispossessed pirates
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Aug 10, 2023 13:37
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possessed pirates
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Aug 10, 2023 13:38
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