DonnieDarkmode

joined 2 years ago
[–] DonnieDarkmode@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

When I was a player, my DM would print out whatever battle maps he needed and laminate them for the dry erase marker. An even more adaptable version of that would be a clear plastic sleeve or cover placed over the paper, so you could have a variety of maps handy and swap them out as needed.

Now as a DM myself I use my iPad and the procreate app, which works fairly well. I can have a ton of maps ready to go for both battle and exploration, and a bonus is that I also have an easy way to hide and reveal parts of the map using layers. There’s an iPad app called encounter+ that’s specifically for running combats off of an iPad, but it has some features locked behind a paywall and a bit of a learning curve, so I haven’t used it myself.

[–] DonnieDarkmode@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately I’ve gone so far past that save that it’s not worth reloading. Another playthrough I guess

[–] DonnieDarkmode@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If the ooze is still aggroing and killing Dammon, the fix that worked for me was to fast travel somewhere else as soon as Dammon and the ooze spawn in; you have to do it before he gets killed. If done correctly, you can fast travel back and he’ll be there while the ooze is gone. If his stuff is there but not him, that means he died, so reload and try again.

Sadly I’m sure this will affect the story down the road, but the alternative is to wait until Larian fixes this, and it’s been weeks now. Maybe they have by now and just didn’t put a patch note in, but I’ve progressed far enough past that it’s not worth going back to check

[–] DonnieDarkmode@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Do we have a fix for the Strange Ox murder bug and certain interactions with traders causing you to be unable to save?

[–] DonnieDarkmode@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah it sounds like CoS is the perfect fit for what I want, and I think my players will really enjoy the setting/atmosphere as well

[–] DonnieDarkmode@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Oooh ok good to know. CoS caught my eye in any case and one of the employees at a local game store has run it multiple times since the 90’s (including in 5e), so I’d have a great source of advice there

[–] DonnieDarkmode@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I looked at it a bit when it released but nothing more. I’ll check it out!

[–] DonnieDarkmode@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

More the latter. I think spending a decent amount of time really getting to know the game below like level 10 will be beneficial

[–] DonnieDarkmode@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Honestly micro lithography and chip design in and of themselves have been moving towards only a few big players in the space. TSMC is more advanced than any other manufacturer, and NVIDIA’s chip designs at the top end just have no competition for raw performance and capability, even aside from their software/AI work. Don’t get me wrong, all the major chip manufacturers have their respective anticompetitive bullshit, but traditional silicon is such a hard space to even keep up in, never mind break into.

[–] DonnieDarkmode@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean I straight-up didn’t say any of that, nor is it reasonable to infer that I take those positions from what I did say. I’m not even talking about the article; I’m talking about your initial critique of OPs comment. Now if you think that their comment is wrong or misleading then ok, sure, but that’s not what you said (or at least it didn’t seem to be).

This seems like it would be better suited as a top-level response to the post rather than as a response to something that I never said. There are enough libs on the internet that excuse or ignore fascism/imperialism such that you don’t need to invent new ones to argue with.

[–] DonnieDarkmode@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That’s a false dichotomy, but honestly even if you granted it I don’t think it affects the validity of the original statement. People dying for one thing when they think they’re dying for another is sad, even if it happens everywhere all the time. I also don’t really get the contention, that saying “a particular aspect of Russian nationalism is bad” is not notable, when this is literally a post about a particular aspect of Russian nationalism?

[–] DonnieDarkmode@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (5 children)

How does the existence of military propaganda in the US make the observation that there’s military propaganda in Russia a weird comment?

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