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    Sociotard got a reaction from Ranxerox in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    I for one hope Donald Trump lives to 120. It's the only way I won't be bombarded with assassination cover up theories. "Heart attack? Impossible! Release the autopsy long form!"
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Tom Cowan in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    I for one hope Donald Trump lives to 120. It's the only way I won't be bombarded with assassination cover up theories. "Heart attack? Impossible! Release the autopsy long form!"
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    Sociotard got a reaction from assault in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    I for one hope Donald Trump lives to 120. It's the only way I won't be bombarded with assassination cover up theories. "Heart attack? Impossible! Release the autopsy long form!"
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Lord Liaden in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    I for one hope Donald Trump lives to 120. It's the only way I won't be bombarded with assassination cover up theories. "Heart attack? Impossible! Release the autopsy long form!"
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    Sociotard reacted to Hugh Neilson in Two Key ignition: Advantage or limitation?   
    Whenever I see a build like this, I like to remind my players that their choice of limitations and complications are my guides for the types of challenges they want to see in the game.
     
    For example, "Susc: Green Argonite" means that you want to see the occasional scenario where that special element shows up and is used to create a significant challenge for the hero. DNPC means that you want to see scenarios where your character must place himself in a disadvantageous position to help out that DNPC.
     
    The "someone credentialed" mitigates any limitation considerably. If you make it a Limitation, expect situations where those Credentials stop working at the worst possible time.  Maybe Super is Mind Controlled to attack his DNPC - too bad he cannot activate that item to save himself and the innocent bystanders around him.  Or maybe another Argonian will steal the item - poor Cop can't prevent it as he can't activate the item on his own. Perhaps someone with Shape Change on a cellular level can trick that credentialization - and that cop.  What does it take to turn it back off again?
     
    This sounds like players with a very adversarial mindset in Player vs GM mode.
     
    I see all the "it makes PERFECT sense in context of my backstory" arguments.  How does it make sense in the context of "these are the interesting scenarios and stories it might lead to in-game"?
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Psybolt in Impromptu Superdraft II   
    Primary Antagonist: Adam (Hazbin Hotel)
     

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    Sociotard reacted to Chris Goodwin in Does Desolidification, Usable Simultaneously, still require STR Affects Physical World?   
    If they're also Desolidified you can affect them.  However, you'd need to either buy Affects Physical World on the Desolidification to make a solid person desolid while you're using it, or deactivate your Desolidification before reactivating it to affect yourself and the target simultaneously.
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    Sociotard reacted to Cygnia in A.I is here and it will make the world worse.   
    Some teachers are now using ChatGPT to grade papers
     
     
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Hermit in Impromptu Superdraft II   
    Paragon: Ted Lasso (coaching the wrong sport again)
    Organization: Kingpin's Hellfire Club (Wilson Fisk as White King and Tony Stark as Black King)
    Wings: Angel, Warren Worthington III
     
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Old Man in Impromptu Superdraft II   
    Paragon: Ted Lasso (coaching the wrong sport again)
    Organization: Kingpin's Hellfire Club (Wilson Fisk as White King and Tony Stark as Black King)
    Wings: Angel, Warren Worthington III
     
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Old Man in Impromptu Superdraft II   
    Mar A Lago, Florida
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Cancer in Impromptu Superdraft II   
    Mar A Lago, Florida
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Old Man in A.I is here and it will make the world worse.   
    Oh hey! I'd already tried the "Vary selection" tool, but "steel stars" worked where shuriken, throwing stars, and ninja stars did not.
     

     
    Anyway, Midjourney just released a new tool that tries to extract style from images, so I'm going to play with that.
     
     
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Pattern Ghost in A.I is here and it will make the world worse.   
    Oh hey! I'd already tried the "Vary selection" tool, but "steel stars" worked where shuriken, throwing stars, and ninja stars did not.
     

     
    Anyway, Midjourney just released a new tool that tries to extract style from images, so I'm going to play with that.
     
     
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Christopher R Taylor in A.I is here and it will make the world worse.   
    I am loving Midjourney V6, but I'm hitting some of the same obstacles. I can't show a broken bottle used as a weapon (the algorithm has a hard time showing broken things, and bottles aren't normally held by the neck like that). I can't show a creepy pyramid levitating upside down (because it is so trained on pyramids pointing up). I can't have people reaching inside things, like a magician reaching inside a hat.
     
    And I still can't put shuriken on Seeker's sash/bandolier.
     

     
    Read about Googles AlphaGeometry.
    It did well on geometry proofs at the International Mathematical Olympiad. What makes it really interesting is the way it makes a machine learning system and a symbolic logic system work together.
     
     
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Old Man in A.I is here and it will make the world worse.   
    I am loving Midjourney V6, but I'm hitting some of the same obstacles. I can't show a broken bottle used as a weapon (the algorithm has a hard time showing broken things, and bottles aren't normally held by the neck like that). I can't show a creepy pyramid levitating upside down (because it is so trained on pyramids pointing up). I can't have people reaching inside things, like a magician reaching inside a hat.
     
    And I still can't put shuriken on Seeker's sash/bandolier.
     

     
    Read about Googles AlphaGeometry.
    It did well on geometry proofs at the International Mathematical Olympiad. What makes it really interesting is the way it makes a machine learning system and a symbolic logic system work together.
     
     
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Pariah in World Creation Superdraft 7: July 2023   
    Once there was a wisp that Fitz admired. She used her little nudges to help people find things. Keys and kittens, lost children and lost paths. By the laws of hypostases, he reached a portion of his essence out to her, and elevated her. She is no longer limited to mortal awareness. Pray to Strangcharm. Pray to Fitz. But spare a prayer for the one that finds the little things that fell out of notice.
     
    Champion: The Patron Saint of Lost Things
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Pariah in World Creation Superdraft 7: July 2023   
    Request: would any divinities present mind being my god's absentee parent? I'd like to play one who clawed his way up from demigod to full apotheosis as ...
     
    God of Bastards and Neglect.
     
    (Neglect as in he looks out for the neglected and admonishes those neglecting)
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    Sociotard reacted to Cygnia in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    One Woman’s Mission to Rewrite Nazi History on Wikipedia
     
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    Sociotard got a reaction from DShomshak in World Creation Superdraft 7: July 2023   
    Just envisioning the world, we  know we are in a big cylinder. We don't see the opposite side because there's a firmament style sky above. We have no ocean, but several posts have mentioned continents. So, what's between the continents? We did have one draft pick for Sand. I suspect we have many continents separated by vast dune seas.
     
    We also don't have anything for Crafting. Tools and textiles, wicker and metalurgy and woodworking. Again, the god of Neglect feels the need to step in when such happens.
     
    Gift to Civilization (2nd bonus): Glass Dune Ships, their crafting and sailing.
     
    And so man harvest sand from the Great Dune Ocean, and using alchemy crafts it into glass with a shocking range of properties. Glass fibers make sails, hardened glass makes hulls. And the glass ships sail the Great Dune Ocean.
     

     
    Of course, if the glass fibers are able to make a sail, they can probably do clothing. If hardened glass is good enough to make a hull, it can probably make a sword or a house. Who knows how man may repurpose this gift to civilization.
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Old Man in World Creation Superdraft 7: July 2023   
    Just envisioning the world, we  know we are in a big cylinder. We don't see the opposite side because there's a firmament style sky above. We have no ocean, but several posts have mentioned continents. So, what's between the continents? We did have one draft pick for Sand. I suspect we have many continents separated by vast dune seas.
     
    We also don't have anything for Crafting. Tools and textiles, wicker and metalurgy and woodworking. Again, the god of Neglect feels the need to step in when such happens.
     
    Gift to Civilization (2nd bonus): Glass Dune Ships, their crafting and sailing.
     
    And so man harvest sand from the Great Dune Ocean, and using alchemy crafts it into glass with a shocking range of properties. Glass fibers make sails, hardened glass makes hulls. And the glass ships sail the Great Dune Ocean.
     

     
    Of course, if the glass fibers are able to make a sail, they can probably do clothing. If hardened glass is good enough to make a hull, it can probably make a sword or a house. Who knows how man may repurpose this gift to civilization.
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Hermit in World Creation Superdraft 7: July 2023   
    Okay, it looks like I get one more secondary domain and two bonus gifts to civilization.
     
    I was going to do "serenity and longsuffering" but I think that might be too close to "Resilience".  Let's do Secondary Domain: Responsibility and Accountability
     
    As for the other two, the god of Neglect is compelled to review the other gifts of the gods to ensure nothing was overlooked. The "high brow" gifts are well represented. Commerce, learning, philosophy, espionage, politics. We're fine there. There is herding, but no horticulture. Most of the plant gifts in this world are intoxicants or remedies.
     
    Gift to civilization: Agriculture and Aquaponics.
    There. That will ensure plenty of work for my rivers.
     
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    Sociotard got a reaction from Lord Liaden in A.I is here and it will make the world worse.   
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