I Really Hope The New Solomon We Get In Eastward Octopia Is Just The DLC's Version Of Tom Nook. No Grand

Thinking about 5e evasion and its utterly bizarre consequences.

Take the Fire Breath of an adult red dragon:

"The dragon exhales fire in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 21 Dexterity saving throw, taking 63 (18d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one."

Now, let's modify it slightly by removing that last part:

"The dragon exhales fire in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 21 Dexterity saving throw, taking 63 (18d6) fire damage on a failed save."

Which of these does more damage, on average, to a high-level monk/rogue (one with evasion)? If you said the former, congratulations, you made the reasonable choice. You'd also be wrong: the monk/rogue takes twice as much damage from the modified ability.

Anyway, it bothers me.

“can I see your teeth?”

thank you to brennan lee mulligan for my minor breakdown during my drive home from work today. much appreciated

girly time at the witch conclave

THAC0 Bell is just such a good pun.

Thinking about Silver's Namecloak

So, inspired by the whole "silvering a mirror" thing, I was thinking more about Silver's namecloak. Specifically, the fact that silver quite famously tarnishes, and the thematic parallel between the loss of shine and the Suvi+Silver breakup. What's more, the process of silver tarnishing has been accelerated by the additional sulfur in the air post-Industrial Revolution, and wizardry/the Citadel seems to be pretty much the magical Industrial Revolution. So, there's this crazy parallel between sulfur pollution tarnishing silver and the Citadel driving a wedge between Suvi and Silver.

IDK it's not totally coherent yet, but it did set off the gears in my brain.

oooh i think i've got it

you ever just be prepping a ttrpg session, go "is this going to be fun? no? oof", and just start over. and then do it again.

Went directly from the Ark to the Fire Temple. It was an absolute pain, partially because I have a total of 5 hearts and no food, but also because I still have no idea how you're supposed to progress through that dungeon.

Welp. I finally caved and started Tears of the Kingdom. Haven't touched it since 100%'ing my first file a year ago.

I just got around to playing it, and I'm just going to say: close enough.

I really hope the new Solomon we get in Eastward Octopia is just the DLC's version of Tom Nook. No grand scheme, just trading murder for capitalism.

“Brennan Lee Mulligan drops the fact that he’s now a father on the Worlds Beyond Number fireside chat while doing a bit about escaping the Panamanian jungle” was not on my 2024 bingo card tbh

"Bake for 10 - 12 minutes" is obviously code for "bake for exactly 11 minutes."