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Plenty of Divination spells target someone you explicitly don't have LoS/LoE to. That's the whole point.

I've never played WoW, but I assume that's his scripted behavior from the game.

I'll defer to an expert here: Please Don't Edit Me Out

Hopefully that provides some useful context, without getting political.

I'm not clear how aborting fetuses with Down syndrome is in any way "supporting medical research intended to help people live longer, better, healthier lives". Unless you're suggesting that they don't count as people? I'm here for medical research and better technology, there's tons of peo...

maglag: that is a bullshit false comparison and you know it. Masks aren't to protect yourself, they're a fucking public safety measure, it's abhorrent to compare having agency over your own mobility aids with rejecting a public health measure. Exactly this. But also, blaming the entire pandemic on ...

This stuff gets pretty contentious pretty quickly, but let's run down the list. Is it possible to not be ableist while still acknowledging that, given the option, I'd prefer to have the use of my legs (or eyes, or whatever) than not? Sure, as long as you can acknowledge that the reverse may be true ...

I have a lot of people on ignore, and it's still hard to go back to old discussions and try to get anything useful out of them. Things may be better now, but not better enough. DSM, strongly disagree. Ableism, fundamentally, is about erasure and contempt. Which is ironic, because most abled people w...

Part of it is that online play has forced them to ban problem cards more consistently, but part of it is some serious design failures in recent sets. He's been writing high-minded theory articles about designing Magic cards since he started working for Wizards in 1996 (he's been in charge since 2003...

Blicero wrote:So, what do failures in MtG look like? Do they frequently "own goal" themselves with unforced errors?

If you're going for this kind of time-sensitive investigation, then a push-your-luck mechanic could suit things well. Say you start out with a good chance to find clues/get info from suspects/track people down/etc Each time you follow a lead your success chance goes down, until you restart ("th...

I think the section you're referring to above is one such example. Makes sense. It was jarring to have the first couple paragraphs feel like a rough draft, and then slide into smoother prose for the rest. Your editors are doing great work! As before, thanks for reading and offering feedback, Whatev...

Dean wrote:Y'know, a run of the mill fantasy heartbreaker. Orcs, elves, swords, mages.

I think it's worth considering having a setting that's well-integrated with the rules. Something like Earthdawn (though very much not actually Earthdawn), where the game logic is also the world logic.

Fun chapters! Some quick notes for your proofreaders: "cheese and soapstone carvings" should be "soapstone carvings and cheese" unless you mean they traded for this: https://stephscorner.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/cheese1.jpg "It was also taking Ciara, the older of Ballinac...

Krusk wrote:Have a list of your 15 skills

I want this to cover all the mundane stuff characters can do, like "use thumbs" or "know things" and I have yet to find a satisfying skill list for that.

This is good stuff. I noticed that I'd occasionally stumble over an awkward, overlong sentence but that happened more in the initial chapters than the later ones. Definitely enjoying the world, feels real and makes me want to know more. Went back to read the older vignettes, and I'm excited for an e...

Fate-style compel mechanics could work for intentional failures. Particularly the sort of bartering aspect, where the GM might bribe you with more points because they have a really good idea where the failure goes, or refuse to give up points for a boring failure. Well, I'm not trying to tie the fa...

Unless you just want to get rid of randomness entirely, which... is an idea. That's the idea, yes. An element of an action points style system I think might be particularly useful here would be. Spend points for successes. Failures earn you points. A little tweaking in starting/free over time point...

I think that's "working as intended" this time, Kaelik. Probably not if all the players choose backgrounds that let them all choose to be good at all non combat things, because then you can't showcase overshadowed characters by giving them the stuff they are good at and other benefits of ...

What if a player wants their character to: reprogram a portal they found to let them sneak straight into the BBEG's treasure room? Find the ancient mega-spirit of the forest and tame it into being their pet at level 1? Craft a ring of power by melting down the first gold coin they're paid? I think ...

First, a quick explanation of what I'm considering "skills" for this discussion. If something is a defined action (like casting a spell, making an attack roll, moving 30') then I'm not worried about it here. Likewise if you're reacting to something (rolling a saving throw, taking damage, o...

OgreBattle wrote:How did the illuminati get North Korea to dance to their viral outbreak hoax too

Why do you think North Korea is real? Have you ever been there, or even met someone who claims to be from there? Open your eyes.

I hope no one wastes their time with that video. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Veritas Project Veritas is an American right-wing activist group.[1][2][3][4] The group uses "disguises and hidden cameras to uncover supposed liberal bias and corruption".[1] The group is known for prod...

Men can get false positives on pregnancy tests. Doesn't mean that babies are fake. Just means it's testing for a specific a specific protein that happens to be associated with pregnancy and also with certain kinds of testicular cancer. Even if some tests were poorly made, or the swabs got contaminat...

What even is that Denizen post about? I have no idea what even the point is. That's because he's not making "an argument" since that would be subject to incredibly straightforward refutation. Instead he's making an observation, namely, that one set of tests produced some false positives, ...

In case anyone was wondering "how many dead bodies does it take before far right extremists give up their conspiracy theories?" we already know that the answer is more than six million. Will COVID-19 give us a new high water mark? I certainly hope not, but like the corpses piling up in the...