Ragitsu
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This has become a tense conversation of Morse Code.
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What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage?
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I've taken a shine to San Pellegrino's sparkling drinks; their Grapefruit ("Pompelmo") flavor is fantastic...and that's the Nestle (i.e., slightly cheaper) variety. The original version contains more fruit juice and less added sugar; furthermore, the can - in addition to being slightly shorter yet wider - features a protective foil cover. Assuming citrus is on the menu at your household, give it a shot.
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What is your preferred non-alcoholic beverage?
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You're the third guy that chose H20! Anyhow, I recommend "Reed's"; Canada Dry - at least, nowadays - places more emphasis on sugar than actual spice. Reed's regular ale is sharp, but their beer is even stronger (you may want to dilute it with lemonade or another comparable sweetened citrus juice).
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There is liberation in a pointless existence.
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I am merely echoing the sentiment; it is far from an original belief. To clarify: by "pointless existence" I mean a sapient life that isn't assigned a grand plan by a nebulous cosmic force or tied to a prearranged path decided by a deity (pick one...). There are those who wish to have the course of their lives dictated by an external force that is fundamental to all of existence, but I - personally - find the notion either terrifying (at worst) or depressing (at best). Why are some people seemingly destined to greatly suffer and/or cause suffering for others? "Life is unfair" is right; I'd hate for this - in the aggregate - to be considered "fair" or "just".
At least we have the freedom to make our own meaning. Granted, there are still financial, social, physiological and psychological barriers...yet it is still preferable to an existence that amounts to little more than a pawn (no matter how benign intentions end up being). If this is all going to turn out well "in the end", why the messy interim?
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A common rule of thumb across all TTRPGs is that a combat encounter that doesn't provide any challenge similarly doesn't provide any EXP/XP. Do you regularly follow this guideline? An example I have in mind involves an archer standing atop a ruined building and loosing arrows at a monster in the street below...a monster that is neither intelligent enough to find their way to the roof of said building (it is also physically unable to scale narrow stairs, thanks to its anatomy) nor in possession of a ranged attack; ultimately, this archer does not have to worry about reprisals. Would the player of the archer be awarded XP if their character manages to slay the monster by steadily whittling its HP down from afar?
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I don't mind one character among many seeking revenge in a greater/wider story (especially if said character develops to the point where they drop notions of satisfying revenge in place of ensuring actual justice), but the revenge genre itself rubs me the wrong way. There is a "revenge genre", right? Anyhow, a central premise which involves me spectating people put through hell just so some bad guy can eventually die in a gruesome manner just feels off.
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Because it was done to death by that point or...?
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Old school gaming is helping to save my sanity (seriously).
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Nouveau old school, then (i.e., AD&D 2e)
. Man oh man...when you don't have to account for this more contemporary pressure in the TTRPG community to be subversive/daring, then you can fully focus on honest-to-goodness character interaction, interesting "set pieces" and fearsome foes.
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If there is a place better than this, are we not duty-bound to locate such a haven...or should we spare it our failings?
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These days, I think of fantasy over science-fiction (if only because fantasy is more divorced from the sad realizations of our own existence). When all one has is dreams, it hardly hurts to dream big...
You do raise some fair points, however. Space colonization - at this point in our evolution - is incredibly complicated, glacial and almost self-defeating in some ways; we require miraculous advancements (e.g., faster-than-light travel that sidesteps relativistic issues, artificial gravity that isn't spin-gravity, fully protective radiation shielding, truly long-lasting plus safe stasis chambers, energy generation at least as powerful as reliable matter-antimatter reactors, et cetera) to make the endeavor worthwhile. The near-certainty that space exploitation is going to be guided by corporations is disheartening. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll go back to my former bleak thoughts.
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If there is a place better than this, are we not duty-bound to locate such a haven...or should we spare it our failings?
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I was speaking in a broader philosophical sense. Still, thanks for the website recommendations.
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Wizards of the Coast is making some crazy business decisions.
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They are changing the nature of certain monsters because some folks are perceiving monsters as humans.
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The old school got me back into fantasy tabletop gaming.
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AD&D 2e, as a matter-of-fact. What do the clones usually bring to the table?
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“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
- Arthur C. Clarke.
My inner cynic hopes that we aren't alone; I have to believe there's at least one lifeform out in the cosmos that hasn't screwed up as badly as homo sapiens. Then again, there is the possibility that we're the best of a bad lot. Golly...that is a depressing thought.
Still, even *if* we happen to be the only fully sentient/sapient species in this cosmic neighborhood, there could be an alternative universe - part of the proposed "multiverse" - that is truly teeming with life; my romantic side wants this to be the case, even though the implications are nothing short of an existential crisis for many people.
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Anyhow, thank you, Cancer. I appreciate the banquet you've given me to savor, but I regret I have little to offer in return.
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My question has always been this: There’s this whole thing about abortion. But no one is willing to step up with daycare. Or the cost of healthcare. Or defund the military by a few million — against its trillions — to rebuild our public school system. You can’t save the children then forget about them. It’s not about being Christian; it’s code for racism and suppression of women.
THANK YOU for saying that. I always ask this of Anti-Choice people, but they never give me a satisfactory answer.
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I use the term "Anti-Choice" for two reasons.
1. "Pro-Life" brings an asymmetry to a pair of definitions that should be accurate and focused on one single topic -> "Pro Choice" and "Anti Choice" as it relates to the option to have an abortion. The reasons as to "why" someone holds a P.O.V. can be brought forth in good time, but everyone should be on equal footing.2. Many "Pro-Life" people are for the death penalty, for imperialist/colonialist policies (i.e., offensive wars in general), for the "War on Drugs", for lethal means of self-defense, against universal healthcare, against universal maternity/paternity leave, against S.N.A.P., against subsidizing healthy food over junk food, resistant to green energy plans, et cetera. If someone truly is "Pro-Life" across the board, great: I applaud them for their consistency. However, because the discussion is not about the topic of life (and quality of life) in a wider sense, a broad term being used in this narrow context is inappropriate.
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Alexa may be his new (ditzier) squeeze.
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"If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in bad company."
- Sartre.
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Better than my social zombie, that is for certain.
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. I suppose there are morale rules at play here (I'm using AD&D 2e), but...there may be times when a character is shooting the proverbial "fish in a barrel" and I was simply curious as to how you'd handle XP awards in those scenarios.
