Eris235

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[–] Eris235@hexbear.net 31 points 3 days ago (5 children)

thanks for the blanking. Seeing this go around elsewhere, wild how its still cool to openly shit on ND people

[–] Eris235@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

I don't really care for the beyond meat type stuff. I'd take a portobello cap over it. But my fav would be a blackbeat/mushroom burger.

[–] Eris235@hexbear.net 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This just in: An artist has released |media| that is |controversial|, sexual style

Please, click and share this controversy

Less cynically, good for her. I don't care about her or her music (I'm very picky with my musical tastes), but like, get that bread

[–] Eris235@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

my primary problem with bg3 is I just hate all these fuckers. deeply unlikable cast of companions.

[–] Eris235@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

I did add some Dunder slop from my first run, which was mostly piloncillo

[–] Eris235@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You are forgetting that it's rum on account of me calling it rum

(but fr, you are absolutely correct)

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Rum (hexbear.net)
 

Making some homemade rum.

Base is feed corn ($10/50lbs near me).

Pictured is the result of 8lbs of corn, 1.25L of 60% spirit, aging with some toasted applewood chips, and various spices (basically pumpkin spice).

Final result was good, but not great. Still had a very 'fresh' taste to it, that was pretty sharp. Might let it age longer next time: this was only aged a week (is much faster to age in a jar with chips over a barrel, due to surface area, for better and for worse).

[–] Eris235@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

The profound alienation our society inflicts hurts everyone. Shouldn't be surprising the cruelty and exploitation shown to the the psychotic in particular, but somehow it always is. I'm sure its said by a lot of minorities, but it feels at times like we're one of the few that its still seen as 'okay' to dunk on, even in 'leftist' spaces (luckily, the Hexxed Bear has been pretty good about this).

[–] Eris235@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

his-and-hers sinks give big 'wife bad' energy. Everyone I know who wants them is a guy who complains about how much space his wife's make-up and hair products take up. (source: I've spend a fair bit of time working in custom home construction) The stuff rich people prioritize for their houses is nuts to me.

[–] Eris235@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago

I feel like its everywhere. Like, scrolling other social media, there's just, constant thirst traps, horny ass art, conversation topics that are thirsty as hell. Photos with just, a girl doing cosplay or another hobby are full of people harassing her.

Some of the above things are 'fine', others aren't. Like, idk if people want to post and discuss their fetish art. But its all very gross to me, and I want to stay far away from it. I don't have any desire to talk about sexual content with anyone other than my partner.

[–] Eris235@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh rad, glad I could inspire you! I'm just about to fully crack my own open; I've been traveling, these past 2 weeks, though I did sneak a taste before I left, and thought it was great.

I really like this recipe, largely because I'm allergic to nuts, so this, and silken tofu-based cheese, are the only two I've found that I can make/have. But that goat-cheese like tang is something I like, that I'd been kinda missing.

 

Keshek el Fouqara, a Lebanese recipe for vegan cheese made from lacto-fermented bulgar wheat.

After fermenting the wheat, you press water out, roll it into balls, and coat with herbs and spices, and jar in olive oil. I did fireball, galric onion herb, and black sesame pepper mustard for the three batches.

Has a smooth texture, and tangy, funky taste, to be used like a goat chevre.

[–] Eris235@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

never met a better chip than a basic tortilla chip with a good bean dip.

Doritos all taste pretty nasty to me, and potato chips are like, fine? But generally too greasy.

[–] Eris235@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Maybe this is judging by its cover, but Alan Wake 1 and 2 both seem, not my speed? They seem very 'cinematic', in a way I don't like. Emphasis on cutscenes, acting, campiness, etc. Which like, aren't objectively bad qualities, but I just don't like 'movie-like' content myself, idk why, but it doesn't work for me.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Eris235@hexbear.net to c/art@hexbear.net
 

Drew the party for the 'wizard school' game I'm running in Pathfinder 2nd edition.

We got a Sprite Fervor Witch, Wispi Winki

Dwarf Spellshot Gunslinger, Rudy Snoke (focused on two pistols)

Ratfolk Armor Inventor, Stump

And Anandi Summoner Wugaloshka, and their Construct Eidolon Gashkalowu

 

Rant spoiler-ed below, because its mostly just complaining, but it feels like a lot of games lately have added 'gamified xp' to their systems, and I don't understand the appeal at all. The most positive any player I've talked to has felt about the systems are 'meh, I could take it or leave it', with most slightly disliking them.

So, mostly, I'm looking for people that like these kinds of mechanics (I have to assume they're out there if so many games feel like they're adding them), and what you is it you like about them.

But I feel like Milestone XP just makes the most sense for any traditional coop party RPG.

rantI like trying out a bunch of different systems, and there's a lot to like, especially with a lot of the smaller games out there. I do like there 'narrative' approach ttrpgs feel like they've been taking recently, but between Chronicles of Darkness, ICON, Forged in the Dark, Apocalypse world, etc., and all there spinoff systems all having XP be earned for specific actions in game, its just a pain in the ass, that takes me out of the action.

I mostly GM, but I strongly prefer milestone XP. For some of the above games, its easy enough to gut their bespoke XP systems out of it, and just have players advance over time, but in several of them, it fucks with the overall balance, since several actions are 'bad', but made worthwhile because they earn XP.

But I don't like the feeling of interrupting game to award point, and adjudicate character advancement. And I hate systems that have players advance unevenly. There's always going to be a certain degree on uneven-ness in player attention, of rules mastery, and of spotlighting. As GM, its important to manage those so that everyone gets a chance to shine. But it just feels like increasing that workload for the GM, to need to additionally pay attention to the XP, and try to drag or XP share the players that don't find those systems engaging to not mechanically fall behind.

And as a player, I tend to have higher system mastery and attention than the others I play with, and tbh it feels bad to end up with more XP because of that. But also, it feels bad to knowingly pass up free XP by purposefully not engaging with those systems.

Really, only Call of Cthulhu and Paranoia feel like their gamified XP fits, and that's largely because the games are supposed to feel hopeless and unfair, and in the case of Paranoia, gamified and playing favorites.

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