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Let's take a second to consider Russia's goals here. Since they went for an attack on Kyiv right away, we can rule out simply trying to annex the contested regions. They're obviously concerned with the entire government of Ukraine. So do they want: A) total and permanent military occupation, where p...

there is no "internal sabotage" that OPL can do by having representation. Right, sure. Except for the part where Russia is trying to replace Ukrainian loyalists with their own people as they march in. Like they did to the mayor of Melitopol. And oh shit, Galina Danilchenko, their chosen p...

Russia has invaded Ukraine.

Frank once proposed a Necromancer had a pool of essence that you had to invest in undead minions to animate them. Then, as the minions are killed (or if you don't animate any), you get that essence back and have stronger curse blasts or whatever.

pokemon is a dogshit example because their actual chart looks like this: http://www.wikihow.com/images/3/3b/Pokemon_Type_Chart.svg.png Now here's a question: if you decided to re-do that chart to make it more symmetrical, to show clear patterns and visually pleasing arrangements, would that automati...

But coming out and saying how much of a failure pokemon is absurd, pokemon is literally the most valuable IP in the world. Let me repeat, the most valuable intellectual property right now in the world is Pokemon. For someone complaining about redefining words and equivocating, you should consider y...

He's not saying you have to remove these kinds of patterns, just that they do nothing to help game balance. But if they're only there for (1) fake balance and (2) because you like patterns, then you should step back and rethink things. As a rule of thumb, if you have an emergent pattern that arises ...

Longes2 wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 25, 2021 7:07 pm

Ah. So your cool plan is to keep calling me a nazi. No reason to continue talking then.

"I'm going to stop making Nazi talking points because you called me a Nazi" is one hell of a self-own.

Stopping things from happening is an exercise of power.

Stahlseele wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:34 pm

Even if they survived, i would advokate for them to be removed from the gene pool.

Just so we're all clear, this is very much a Nazi take. Like, exactly and literally Nazi ideology.

Fuck off, stahlseele.

I think you'll find that people who condemn the idea of having "hate in your heart" pretty much all grew up in a Christian culture. Even, or perhaps especially, if they happen to be a satanist. Thoughtcrime is a deeply Christian notion. As far as the ACLU, it turns out that "civil lib...

Things are easier to remember when they're in chunks. But the chunks aren't the point.

deaddmwalking wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 19, 2021 4:58 pm

Why did you decide that reflected images don't have power?

Presumably for the same reason that moonlight doesn't hurt vampires, even though it's just reflected sunlight.

acquitted on all counts.

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. 40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. 41 And when he had taken the pies, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the pies, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the pies divid...

What will the fascist do without a proper scapegoat? It's too bad they don't have a centuries-old edifice of conspiracies and persecution to fall back on.

"important things that need to stay together" should be class features. That's the whole fucking point of having classes and levels.

What is the distinction between skills and stats in systems that only have one or the other? If you only have one series of numbers that determines how good you are at doing shit in-game, is there any point in calling one series Skills and one series Stats or Attributes or whatever? If a game only ...

trying to make ability scores work better is a fool's errand. -if they contribute to your primary shtick, then you fuck up everything else -if they only matter for minor checks, then you don't need that level of granularity. People can just be "strong" without trying to parse out Str 14 v...

You want this thread: viewtopic.php?t=53893

Mechanical difference is important but not the sole thing, thematic difference is also important. If you are a class system there is a very good reason to have say, the Barbarian using a rage mechanic be a different class then the Ninja using a rage system where the rage is called "Poise"...

a game should feature exactly as many classes as it has resource management systems. If you have one system (like 4e's daily/encounter/at-will) then you should have one class. And yes, this is the same as a classless system, assuming similar rules are in place to ensure level appropriate defenses an...

JonSetanta wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 23, 2021 11:11 pm

Then why did you mention teleport?

do you understand what analogies are

I do not care about what happens at PL's tables anymore than I care about what happens at anyone else's because it's not my business, I'm not there, and there is no point in making any decisions for people who are not me and don't game with me. What we're talking about is designing a game. Pick one...