Kale Good morning folks
Lunchtime?
#30MinuteMissions time.
The ABC is running an article on 'marriage sabbaticals' and...
Did you just try to rename 'trial separations'?
The millennial urge to reinvent shit and think it's different just because we/they do it.
Cryptomnesia allll the way down
Current status: on a giant beanstalk, surrounded by orks and an ankylosaurus
To be clear, the plan was:
Kale: spots orks
Wizard: can telepathically talk to them
Kale: hey, tell them... you're their god, and your prophet is arriving soon
Wizard: what?
Kale: we'll get them to escort us, it'll be great
Wizard: and I teleport you in their midst?
Kale: yes?
Wizard: I'll drop you on them
Kale: wait, no... I'll use the beanstalk spell, you can drop me down, the beanstalk will catch me, it'll look cool.
... that's how I ended up in a beanstalk, at 'far' range.
In amongst the 'that's AI' (when it isn't), we also have 'that's IRL'...
... when there's literally a fucking Worth1000 watermark in the bottom left of the image.
Looks like someone from Worth tried to say 'hey! we're over here now!'
... and the link is on the .ai TLD
... no, no thanks.
AI art gen comps? sure, I'll glance at that shit, show me your prompts.
But no, not at all the same as photoshop comps. Not even close.
So, #Daggerheart
We're up to... five sessions(?) now, and level 3, and it's basically just... unhinged as fuck.
I have NO idea how a party is meant to be 'managed' by a GM in this system, it's all completely fucked and broken by a few innocuous cards.
Like, mechanically, it feels like certain cards + other cards are just... yeah, ok, I guess that's fucked up
This isn't even getting into how the construct wizard (clank?) for our party got a free elemental for a pet.
Like, my character got a random trophy, the wizard got a fucking portable battery.
Ranger pets suffer from the standard 'if it costs me an action to command my pet to attack, why aren't I just attacking with my action?' that a lot of RPGs seem to have (genesys does the same thing with drones/familiars, but I think it's a maneuver instead of an action, which is ok-ish)
Let's have a look at the Book of Illiat domain, shall we?
> Arcane Barrage: Once per rest, spend any number of Hope and shoot magical projectiles that strike a target of your choice within Close range. Roll a number of d6s equal to the Hope spent and deal that much magic damage to the target.
Ok, so you can max at 6 hope (typically, I think?)
so, 6d6 auto damage. Right, sure.
... but! our wizard can use armour as hope as well (it's a t2 item)
So, he has a fucking pool of some shit like 11 Hope.
He can auto-attack you for 11d6 dam.
This is, hilariously, not even the worst in this tier.
> Telepathy: Spend a Hope to open a line of mental communication with one target you can see. This connection lasts until your next rest or you cast Telepathy again.
Our wizard has been using this to harass the fuck out of an NPC that pissed him off.
You see that person, ONCE, and you're automatically in their head. Until you stop to rest.
Now, let's look up Sage domain, level 4:
>Make a Spellcast Roll against a target within Close range and choose one of the following options:
> You pull the target into Melee range or pull yourself into Melee range of them.
> You constrict the target and force them to mark 2 Stress.
> All adversaries between you and the target must succeed on a Reaction Roll (13) or be hit by vines, taking 3d6+2 physical damage.
(and you get vines to restrain them)
The fuck is with that first option?
'pull them to you from close to melee'
Yeah, ok, but... why wouldn't I just... walk over there?
You have to make a spell roll for this.
Fifty percent chance you lose focus (by rolling fear).
Like, fifty percent chance your 'come over here' move just shifted control back to the GM, leaving you with an enemy standing next to you?
... why?
Now, compare that with Vicious entangle. (level 1, Sage):
> Make a Spellcast Roll against a target within Far range. On a success, roots and vines reach out from the ground, dealing 1d8+1 physical damage and temporarily Restraining the target.
> Additionally on a success, you can spend a Hope to temporarily Restrain another adversary within Very Close range of your target.
... it does damage, is Far range (not close!) and also restrains!
... WHY WOULD YOU BOTHER WITH THE OTHER OPTION?