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DoT, as status effects, are not affected by crit for their damages but their durations. They are affected by Might however. Even if they come from weapon or spell, they are not affected by bonus damage to weapon or spells. Because their damages cant crit, bonus for crit damages are useless too for them. Only generic damage bonus,PL bonus and Pen bonus (see in comments) can work, for exemple : High Harbinger's Robes provide +10% damages (for self's DoT) Thaos' Headdress give +5% damage vs flancked (self) Crucible token , 15% vs designed enemy (self) Xoti's Lantern (Threshing Aura), <20% damage (everyone) Baubles of the Fin, +3% (everyone) Shattered Vengeance (Shards of Woedica) up to 25% taken (multiple effects can be obtain with summon by the way) (the list of items giving some PL bonus is below) Maybe I forgot some other items, and some others are specialized : Dire Talon : Tooth and Claw ( +10 cc and damage against beast) is universal Aamiina Legacy : Slayer of Beasts (+10 Accuracy and damage against Beasts) is universal Wicked Beast : Wild Heart (+15% damage against Beasts) is universal Amaliorra : Ash and Dust (+10 acc against Vessels) is universal Amaliorra : Innevitable Decay (+20% damage against Vessels) is universal Whispers of Yenwood : Soul Cutter (+20% Damage and +15 Acc against Spirits) is universal Bane Spirit (+20% damage against spirits) is universal (from the Spoil of Caed Nua Mod) There are also some abilities and passives that can increase the DoT damages : Takedown Combo (ranger) give +100 damage until a new direct attack that deal damage (for everyone's DoT) Hunter's Fang (ranger) < to 20% vs the enemies race (self) Sworn Enemy (and upgrades, paladin), +20% damage vs designed enemy (self ) Inspired Beacon (paladin), +40% damage (everyone ) Blooded (barbarian), +25% damage when bloodied (self ) Wilder Hunter (barbarian), +25% damage vs wilder (self ) Fighting Spirit (human), +15% damage when bloodied (self) Death's Usher (death godlike), +20% damage vs near death (self) Infamous Captain (Watcher) +5% damage (self) Ascended (Ascendant) +3 cipher PL, +20% damage (self) Resting Bonus : Bloody Mess (The Kraken Eye, if you choose violence for resolve The Better Man) +10% damage (self) Cleansing Flame (SC priest or scrolls) +100% tick rate during the effect All these bonus are working on current and further DoT, and are not anymore effectives when over (Blooded, Fighting Spirit, etc) For PL bonus, there are many way to gain some PL, from subclasses, races (godlikes), weapons, trinckets, ect. Considering only Generic PL, I made previously a topic about this, that take into account the scaling rules : https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/126420-prestige-enchantment-the-scaling-transcendant-suffering-overview/ For Keyworded PL, every bonus stack on top of generic PL but not from two same weapons (2 Sun and Moon allow +2PL, not 4, and 1 Sun and Moon + 1 Magran's Favor allow +4PL). By the same way, Acute and Brilliant from items seems to stack 1 PL with "ordinary" acute and brilliant. I'm not really sure because, when these effects are stacking, in the Character menu the second inspiration mention only the name of the inspiration, not the bonus (like ordinary). Lance of the Midwood Stag (Lord of the Forest) +2PL (generic) while under a plant status effect (self) Wicked Beast (Wild Heart) +2PL for Beast KW The Spine of Thicket Green (empowering Instincts)+3PL for Beast KW or (empowering Lifeblood) +2PL for Plant KW Magran's Favor (Fiery/Blazing Core) +2PL for Fire KW Sun and Moon (Celestial Attunement) +2PL for Fire KW (day) The Weyc's Wand (after empowering something) +3 generic PL Spider Silk Robe (Poison Master) +2 Poison KW PL (require BPM to work) Mask of the Grotto Deep +2Poison KW PL (Require BPM to work) Some pets give +1 Fire KW PL I'm not speacking about other KW PL because I dont see any DoT as Wind, Tempest, Electricity, Ice KW. Alchemy increase the poisons (consumables) effect as well do generic and poison KW PL bonus. Arcana increase the scroll PL as well do generic and correspondant PL bonus.

The Dollars trilogy were my favorite Westerns growing up (Westerns were huge in my family) but I don't think I've seen any of them in since I was a teen. The Re:View of The Good, the Bad, the Ugly made me want to rewatch them all.

As much as Bart derides my taste in movies, I wonder how he feels about the fact that my end of the year movie for my students is Galaxy Quest? The kids groan about the choice for about 10 minutes, and then they are onboard for the best scifi flick ever made.

an indirect way to increase damage is to increase PEN (indirectly also from PL). especially relevant on PotD. Importantly, the damage adjusts dynamically based on your current PEN, so once again crits don't help, but a buff like Tenacious or the chanter invocation (+3) or chant (+1) can be significant boosts to damage.

a few o' our all-time favorite movies is westerns. would include: the searchers, the treasure of the sierra madre, red river, the wild bunch. searchers is invariably top-ten for us and the other two are not far behind. a half dozen or more other westerns is vying for recognition and we have a hard time explaining why high noon, the ox-bow incident, the gun fighter and others ain't included with our top four. the thing is, many films and shows you perhaps don't think o' as westers is, or were at least western homage/influenced. kurosawa were heavily influenced by american westerns, as well as film noir and shakespeare. have mentioned previous how outland were effective high noon in space. if you like the mandalorian... etc. is also not the same thing, but if you like tarantino, then sergio leone is obvious a huge influence. HA! Good Fun!

At least there's something to make wild ass guesses about now.

The way I understood it, his daughter is also in on the whole pro-Putin extremist propaganda stuff. So don't be sexist and feel pity, she probably deserved this at least as much as her father.

A Rickroll reboot for 2022?* Yes, please. *Yeah it's a commercial but it's well done/funny/nostalgic and I love that Rick Astley was willing.

we made boogaloo wonderland sandwiches we got a recipe which approximates a decent version o' the sauce. atk also has a recipe which is probable more accurate than what Gromnir does. our knock-off has near same ingredients as atk with a bit more vinegar and we replace the brown sugar with dark molasses. am reducing the molasses volume 'cause while is maybe less authentic, we prefer the sauce to be more smokey and less sweet. we use also abandon the chili powder and replace with ancho chile powder. regardless, is more fun to say, "boogaloo wonderland," than to say "sloppy joes with cheese"... minus the green bell pepper but with more onions. admission: we prefer jalapeño in our sloppy joes instead o' green bell pepper, and if we weren't making the boogaloo wonderland for somebody who had never previous tasted, we woulda' added jalapeño. HA! Good Fun!

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966). This is a fascinating method of drinking from a bottle, though not one I think I'll be trying any time soon: What I've learned from this film is that if you're ever going to double-cross someone, you should be certain that they're dead before you wander off, otherwise you might be caught in an endless loop of revenge and more double-crossing. In my specific case, you're right: there's nothing that's fundamentally wrong with new movies that will prevent me from enjoying them wholesale, whereas with the other two, well...exceptions are very rare. For someone who has different preferences and priorities (possibly Gorth?), that may not be the case, though.

Quiet quitting is a stupid name for wanting to just do your job.

Yeah, I guess I really am an alien. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow's CGI doesn't even try to pass itself off as real, and therefore is infinitely better than the CGI animals in Prey. The film looks like an animated version of a early 20ies/30ies sci-fi movie with a campy 50ies storyline. It is absolutely perfect in what it tried to achieve. Actually, if CGI was exclusively used for films like that, I'd sit here arguing for more instead of less. Is it a good film? Well, probably not. But it's simply wonderful. I was thinking of high budget movies in general, and there are those that are still shot on film, like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which I've never watched because I generally find myself not liking Tarantino films (in spite of them usually being more character and dialoge driven than regular films, I guess there's something about his style that simply doesn't speak to me). In epic action, fantasy or sci-fi films, even the big budget titles that don't look terrible fall flat because they're terrible for other reasons. The Force Awakens for instance had good sets instead of everything being CGI like in the prequels, but the film itself was creatively bankrupt to the point where it make Return of the Jedi's reuse of the Death Star looks like a vibrant, fresh idea. But yes, that mirrors the issue with triple-A gaming and (Japanese) animation, but I still think film is still in a better place than either anime or triple-A gaming. Anime often panders to the lowest common denominator in a way that just wouldn't be acceptable in film any more and employes rote tropes and stereotypical characters to that end, and modern character design looks gross and adds a malus to that needs to be overcome by everything else being better than it otherwise would need to be. Triple-A gaming does the same, with a different focus group. Films? Yes, the overwhelming amount of films that come out are trash, and there's a new dime a dozen romantic comedy or superhero film out every day. Yet, still, there's usually a bunch of servicable or better films in any given genre per year of varying budgets. The writing's on the wall, of course, with everything in the streaming world heading towards an inflationary period where everything is simply being drowned in mediocre trash to keep people subbed to a hundred different services. Subjectively, I had more success finding various films I enjoyed that were made recently than either games or anime. Actually a bunch of pretty good ones came out last year or this year. However, as per the initial part of this post, I guess my subjectivity isn't worth much to actual people. Don't misunderestimate (lol ) me here, I do enjoy the occasional so bad it is good film, and I have Masters of the Universe in my top 10 movies of all time list for a reason. Fire Birds isn't one of those, and Top Gun - at least the first one - isn't a bad film by any metric when looking at what it is, factoring in genre conventions of the time and adjusting your expectations accordingly. Something that is much easier when one is provided with contrast in the context of said conventions. It sure feels outdated nowadays and probably aged less gracefully than other films, but that is something else entirely. Still perfectly valid to not like Top Gun. I hated being forced to watch Bridget Jones's Diary too, but the film is arguably a good romantic comedy if one likes that sort of thing.

I never really considered The Best Defense. Honestly I haven't even read it properly it seems, just dismissed it as yet another bashing shield that's not Tuotilo's (I think I only ever did the Seeker path on one playthrough). Never noticed that it has damage scaling instead of deflection. Also Terrifying to Face seems super convenient for such a build, I think you might have just sold me on this one, and then Unbroken it is. The occasional riposts being being better is just icing on the cake. Shame that it comes fairly late.

Welcome to the new and updated list of current builds from these boards. Each of the eleven classes in the game is listed below in alphabetical order, with each build listed alphabetically underneath. For each build you'll find a short descriptor, an indication of the game version it was built for and/or it uses gear and abilities from, and whether it has been meant or tested for solo play. DISCLAIMER: In drawing up the list, I assumed solo play to be untested for all builds that did not explicitly mention solo play in the OP. If anyone tested any of these builds for solo play and would like their experience to be reflected in this thread, please PM me or Tigranes specifying the build you used, the difficulty you tried, and whether you could beat the game. Similarly, if you want your build's descriptor updated, contact us with the updated descriptor. DISCLAIMER II: Included in this list are what builds I could find scavenging the boards, plus any builds that were PMed to me. If your build is missing, please PM me or Tigranes with the relevant information (link, descriptor, game version, solo play) and we will add it. FORMAT: Build Name [links to the build's thread] Short descriptor of what the build does or specializes in. Author: The user who made the build. Game version: What game version the build was created for, and/or uses equipment and abilities from. Solo: Whether the build is suitable for solo play. "Yes [Difficulty]" - The build was either created or tested for solo play on the specified difficulty level. "No [Difficulty]" - The build was tested for solo play on the specified difficulty level and the game could not be beaten. "Untested" - The build wasn't born with solo play in mind, but for all we know it might as well work—except nobody's tried yet. BARBARIAN Accident-prone Squire, The Low-Resolve, low-Perception build that relies on extreme Endurance regeneration and Firebug for AoE damage. Author: Braven Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Cauterizer, The Firebranded Barbarian lusting for blood. Author: Boeroer Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Golden Dragon, The The wild, unconventional, but also posh counterpart to a usual bodyguard. Author: Boeroer & Jojobobo Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Leech, The Time bandit tank. Author: Boeroer Game version: 2.0+, suitable for 3.0+ Solo: Untested Interrupt Barbarian Dual-wielding Barbarian focused on interrupting and debuffing enemies. Author: MountainTiger Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Immortal Martyr, The Twisted Barbarian DPS decoy Author: Boeroer Game version: 3.0+ Solo: No Trashman, The Single-axe Barbarian built to cleave through trash mobs. Author: Odd Hermit Game version: 3.03 Solo: Untested Very Annoying Barbarian, The A Barbarian that uses carnage to pile as many on-hit/crit status effects as possible on the enemy as well as passive auras and effects from being hit. Author: kungapa Game version: 3.05 Solo: Untested CHANTER Chillfog Cool soothing Chanter tank. Includes The Last Unicorn variant. Author: Boeroer Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Drake Ambassador, The Searing and mesmerizing Chanter tank. Author: Boeroer Game version: 2.0+, suitable for 3.0+ Solo: Untested Gunslinger, The Guns-only Chanter. Author: Jojobobo Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Yes [PotD] CIPHER Backlash Beldam, The Melee multi-retaliation Cipher tank. Author: Boeroer Game version: 2.0+, suitable for 3.0+ Solo: Untested NOTE: Retaliation no longer generates focus as of 3.02, thus undermining the foundations of this build. Dichotomous Souldbenders, The Twisted twin CC/DPS mophers. Author: Boeroer Game version: 3.0+ Solo: No (it's two guys, so...) Mr. Speedo Ranged frenzied maniac. Author: ottffsse Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested DRUID Batsh!t crazy Disabling Druid tank. Author: Boeroer Game version: 2.0+, suitable for 3.0+ Solo: Untested Hungry like the wolf Spiritshift aggro Druid. Author: AndreaColombo Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Thundercat, The Spiritshift off-tank Druid that's also good and slinging spells. Author: L4wlight Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested FIGHTER Engineer, The Shocking DPS Fighter artillery tank. Author: Boeroer Game version: 2.0+, suitable for 3.0+ Solo: Untested Glass Tsunami, The High-DPS glass cannon that relies on Endurance regeneration to outlast their enemies. Author: Braven Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Yes [Easy] Lady of Pain, The High-speed, high-DPS, heavy-armored Fighter. Available in four five variants: 0-recovery, Lord of the Crits, Hulk Smash!, Glass of Pain, and Tank of Pain. Author: AndreaColombo Game version: 2.0+, updated to 3.0+ Solo: Untested Unstoppable Wave, The Siege-breaker Fighter. Author: Elric Galad Game version: 3.05 Solo: Untested MONK Anvil, The Toughest Monk around. Author: Dr <3 Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Yes [PotD] Ascetic, The The rules of this build are quite harsh. You are not allowed to use any items (except for consumables). Author: Harpagornis Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Yes [PotD] Fulmineo Prondroni Duelist that runs super fast and can pick off priority targets and disable them with super-fast attacks and prones. Author: Boeroer Game version: 2.0+, suitable for 3.0+ Solo: Untested Juggernaut, The Non-min/maxed approach to making a heavily armored Monk that is durable and damaging. Works for Zahua as well. Author: KDubya Game version: 2.0+, suitable for 3.0+ Solo: Untested Monksterlash Elemental lashing and retaliating offensive tank. Author: Boeroer Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Shaolin Dragonslayer A beast-slaying Monk. Author: Undesirable Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Yes [? not sure what difficulty setting] Uber Disabler, The DPS/CC hybrid build that relies on bestowing as many afflictions as possible on enemies. Author: AndreaColombo Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested NOTE: This build relies on equipment that is currently (as of patch 3.03) bugged. Unless Obsidian fix those items, this build will remain not viable. Witch Doctor, The Mid-range DPS Monk disabler. Author: Boeroer Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested PALADIN Counselor Ploi Diplomat/supporter/mind controller jack of all trades. Author: Boeroer & Jojobobo Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Darcozzi Commendatore A variant of the Darcozzi Forward Observer. Author: PrimeJunta Game version: 2.0+, suitable for 3.0+ Solo: Untested Darcozzi Forward Observer, The Designates targets for the heavy melee party by increasing their Accuracy by large amounts. Author: Torm51 Game version: 2.0+, suitable for 3.0+ Solo: Untested Dull Runner, The Caster clipper Paladin tank. Author: Boeroer Game version: 2.0+, suitable for 3.0+ Solo: Untested Rauatai Captain, The Paladin tank that makes their allies tankier. Author: SimpleEnigma Game version: 2.0+ Solo: Untested Sh!t's on fire Basic off-tankish Paladin that deals a lot of fire damage and also pretends to be a Fighter with some gear found in PX1/2. Author: limaxophobiacq Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Bleak Walker Melee dual-wielding Paladin monster. Author: Blunderboss Game version: 3.0+ Solo: No PRIEST Fire Priest Priest focused on buffs and healing, and capable of some serious damage. It comes in 3 flavors: The Godhammer; Mecwyn, the Slave Queen; the Falling Moon (aka Moonfire.) Author: MaxQuest Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Schemer's Needle, The Rogue-like Skaen Priest. Author: Boeroer Game version: 2.0+, suitable for 3.0+ Solo: Untested Support Priest, or How I Buffed The Others Pure-support buff/debuff build that can contribute to combat too, but is better off casting anyway. Author: AndreaColombo Game version: 2.0+, updated to 3.0+ Solo: No Unfaithful, The Solo Priest build with strategies. Author: MimeTactics Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Yes [PotD] RANGER Apex Predator Firearm ranger. Author: MasterCipher Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Noober's Revenge The rules of this build are simple: You will never level up and remain at level 1 all game long. Author: Harpagornis Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Yes [PotD] Riptide & The Pit Fright DPS & off-tank melee Ranger double team supreme. Author: Boeroer Game version: 2.0+, suitable for 3.0+ Solo: Untested Storm & Plague Caller A slight variation of the good ol' Stormcaller Ranger that focuses on maximizing Stormcaller's proc and disabling/interrupting foes. Author: L4wlight Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested ROGUE Don Juan Dedicated trap/secret finder; laid-back passive build. Author: K-Slash Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Fast Assassin, The A rogue who goes for full offense, moves and attacks as fast as possible and does lots of damage. Author: Madscientist Game version: 3.0+ Solo: No Flaming Porcupine Rogue that takes advantage of full attacks' having 0 recovery via Riposte and full-attack abilities. Author: MasterCipher Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Mad Hornet, The DPS ranged Rogue. Author: Boeroer Game version: 2.0+, suitable for 3.0+ Solo: Untested Sorcerer's Apprentice, The Twisted sneaky DPS scroll user. Author: Boeroer Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Yellow Flash, The Riposte off-tank Rogue. Author: mosspit Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested WIZARD Bilestomper Tanky & corrosive drainer Wizard. Author: Boeroer Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Coldhearth Solo Ice-Wizard Author: Dr <3 Game version: 3.03 Solo: Yes [PotD] Frozen Lance, The A melee Wizard that engages his opponents head-on. Author: grausch Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Yes [PotD] Royal Court Battlemage, The Veritable jack of many trades, and perhaps even master of one or two. Author: ottffsse Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Yes Skeletor, The Spellcaster and spellbreaker. Author: Mlok Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Vecna's Legacy Solo blaster build. Author: Baron_Bathory Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Yes Witted Wizard, The Efficient spellcaster with high mental stats. Author: Ben No.3 Game version: 3.0+ Solo: Untested Zeblastian Hurtstacker Autoattacking double trouble DPS Wizard. Author: Boeroer Game version: 2.0+, suitable for 3.0+ Solo: Untested

I suppose it's better than Japanese corporate culture. Not that it makes it good but things can always be worse. She was actually always trying to enforce fairness. She had a kid or two really young or something and it was hard for her to get ahead because she couldn't put in the 70+ hours her coworkers could. She enforced a strict 8 hour day and a not a minute more. We still had overachievers, somehow I was one, but we were all competing on a more level playing field since you generally had to actually be more efficient rather than having more time to devote to work. I have had some real bastards for bosses too.

Or just warped by NA corporate culture. Complaints are more on duties rather than hours, which is fine, I think - hiring support but making them do DevOps work is a bit much. Good way to get free things like kudos and praise, at least. Sounds like something a **** boss would have on their door, heh.

I had a supervisor who had a sign on her door that said fairness doesn't exist unless it's enforced. I hate using fair as an argument because life isn't fair. I don't actually have anything to add other than I still think quiet quitting is a dumb name

Still valid.

I think they may already be AT DragonCon...

But...SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW is awesome. "...lens cap." I hate that the planned sequel got scrapped.

Hey, I don't deride your tastes in movies. Well, not much...publicly, anyways, . I'm about to start deriding your recent usage of those lousy art style emojis if you don't stop with that nonsense, though. Who in their right freaking mind would use that crap over the legacy emoticons? Some of us have eyes, man! Well, that's the nice thing about Galaxy Quest: it has a good emotional core driven by its characters, strong performances from its cast in their respective roles, some clever but also cliched humor played tongue-in-cheek with regards to its nature as a semi-parody...and some sci-fi silliness and action to top it all off. What more could you ask for from a film of this type?

I remember that it has the following behavior (might be wrong): if you walk you will create (or "drop") rel. small instances of healing areas that pulse for some time and heal allies (if there's movement or not) - but new ones of those AoE instances only get created (or dropped) if you move. Iirc you can create a lot of parallel healing instances if you move back and forth a lot.

I guess I just don't understand well how PP works. I'm currently playing a SC lifegiver that's at lvl 11. Soon I'll get to directly experience how the spell works.

I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say - but maybe it doesn't work as I remember.

Unfortunately infinite two minutes is like an hour and a half. On the bright side, infinite confirmed to not be all it's cracked up to be. I haven't seen One Cut of the Dead but it looks great.

obvious entries which leap forward is tokyo godfathers, shrek, crusher joe, nausicaä of the valley of the wind, ghost in the shell and mulan. am not even a hardcore film historian, so am suspecting others is gonna recognize more. am thinking is ez to confuse trappings o' westerns with what were fundamental elements. mulan may be based on a traditional chinese story, but the storytelling is far more reliant on american western traditions. just one element, but is no way eddie murphy character is in mulan w/o american westerns. and tokyo godfathers were just too ez to identify. do a search on influences for tokyo godfathers if you are confused. HA! Good Fun!

This is why this spell is the better for this tactic (I mean without Effort) : PP can be cast at will, and every time an inspiration proc, that cause an adustement to his duration, or if the inspiration is countred by an affliction, the inspiration come back after a while.

Watched enough Star Trek for the parody to work? I loved Galaxy Quest, but I'm not sure if that film is interesting at all without it working as intended. Other than that: Usual and obligatory comment on the Dollars 'trilogy' whenever it comes up: Like some of the commenters on the RL re:View video, I think Once Upon a Time in the West is Leone's best film, even if Clint Eastwood would probably have been a better main character than Charles Bronson - but alas, one can't have everything, right? Casting Henry Fonda as the villain was a bold choice, and from what I recall from interviews one of the biggest reasons Henry Fonda took the role in the first place. Doing something else for a change.

Unfortunately, like @majestic, I very much dislike Tarantino. Another case of a director whose work is technically impressive, usually quite amusing, and seemingly well-written...and yet who leaves me feeling completely empty inside after seeing anything by him. His films are a bit like riding a rollercoaster for me: it's exciting enough while it's happening, but not much of note otherwise. I have not seen a single one of the films (or The Mandalorian) that you listed - a hearty combination of ignorance of and not much interest in the genre, I would think. Of all the films I would qualify as being a favorite of mine, I feel as though there is very little Western influence in any of them. And even if there is, it's probably what I would consider to either be irrelevant to why I like it or possibly even the weaker and less interesting components of whatever film it is. Here are my top 50 non-TV films (warning: somewhat dominated by animated films, particularly at the top...I'm very much an animation person more than anything else), see if you can quickly identify anything as being particularly Western-influenced: Fun fact: a good bit more of my top 50 films were made before I was born than after. I wonder how often that happens for people, particularly given how much of a hassle it usually is (relatively speaking) to watch older movies.

Criterion streaming looks interesting. It works with a VPN supposedly. There are a bunch of lesser known Samurai drama on there too. Kurosawa's are all very western inspired.

Settled all the planets in Andromeda. Must have settings wrong but the game blinds me a lot - go to menu and come back to sunlit scene, white out. Disappointed to find a giant worm in the desert and just have it be background scenery though.

If you watch A Fistful of Dollars (and even if you don't) you should absolutely watch Yojimbo. It's easily my favorite Toshiro Mifune performance ever, and that's really saying something. The movie (and its Italian ripoff homage) is absolutely dripping with delicious cynicism. The Criterion Collection blu-ray I own is Japanese with English subtitles, as it should be. I really need to read Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest some day so I can judge for myself whether Yojimbo is an adaptation of it, as is debated (but never confirmed).

Resting bonus if you choose violence in the quest to clear out the Kraken's Eye room. All universal damage bonuses should work including Ascendant's Ascended bonus in unmodded game.

"If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying." - Joe Montana

It depends who did the killing. In Al Mabhouh's case most of complexity comes from fact that Israel send it own agents to do the killing. If Ukraine agents did the hit, it also adds quite lot complexity in the scenario. Like how Ukraine infiltrated its agents in Russia during war time. How Ukraine agents acquired needed information and explosives (as it not that easy to smuggle them over the border). How Ukraine agents hide from Russian authorities and (planned to) escaped the country. Killing itself is only small part of such operation regardless of fact do you blow bomb in car of suffocate person with pillow in their hotel room. As target Al Mabhouh seem one that would be more likely to be assassinated by state operators than either of Dugins

It was quite complex assassination. Bomb seem to have put in car, which was registered in Darya's not her fathers name (according to leaked government documents) during cultural festival which Dugins participated. It seem that it had remote trigger or timer as it exploded five minutes after car left the festival area. Bomb seem to have designed only to kill people inside of the vehicle. Assassin(s) had pretty good knowledge about Dugins, their schedule, which car they drive. And they had access to explosives and trigger, were able to bypass Toyota's theft deterrent system and knew where explosive needs to be installed in order to kill driver instantly. They also installed explosive in festival site's parking lot during daylight. Russian investigators believe that it was contract hit, which probably will not make it easier to prove who was actually behind the hit.

I think the hyperbole and attributing Dugin to direct influence on Putin is unhelpful The article is also written by the Jewish Chronicle and they focus on anti-Semitism in Russia generally from the Soviet time but they raise parallels between Dugins rhetoric and Putins propaganda. Thats the influence I am referring to like the example below "Dugin’s buzzword, “Novorossiya”, meaning “new Russia”, was repeatedly used by Putin on national television in 2014 regarding the annexing of Crimea, resurrecting the Tsarist terminology of the Russian empire. Dugin envisages a “new world” centred around Russia, and Putin’s victorious press release about Ukraine was similarly titled the “offensive of Russia and the New World”. According to Ukraine’s Page News, its proud publication had been scheduled for two days after the Ukraine invasion. With efficiency typical of the Soviet era, somebody forgot to remove it from the automated timer function"

dunno. unions were created so folks could just do their job and not need worry 'bout getting fired or passed over for promotions. unfortunate, there is more than a few jobs where working your forty don't... work. @Hurlshot no doubt is able to share experience 'bout teachers and how ordinary it is for them to work considerable number o' hours past end o' the school day. sure, once a teacher gets tenure is maybe too difficult to be fired, but many/most teachers spend considerable hours doing their job beyond the minimum requirements if for no other reason than 'cause is always kids and classes which is needing more help. ... consider for a moment a young person who is starting a new business. she paints houses. gets paid to paint houses. as a person new to the field o' residential exterior painting, she is creating a business and she is selling her services to those who need their properties to be painted. chances are for the first couple years, until she develops a clientele and acquires a positive reputation, she needs underbid competitors and perhaps even take the occasional loss on a job or two (or three) to grow her business. the painter is working more hours than competitors and making less money than her work is actual worth, and her actions is not only reasonable but likely necessary if she wants to break into a market where there is already more than a few established house painters vying for jobs. young person working at a bank or as a peace officer or as a dental hygienist is not different than the painter. sure, it seems different but with almost any job you is first and foremost selling yourself, and chances are if you wanna separate self from the competition (your fellow employees) you need work harder and better than your competition. yeah, particular for jobs where is a surplus o' labor, bosses, absent well-established and powerful unions, may engage in nightmarish levels o' exploitation o' labor. am not blind to the injustice o' the capitalist v. worker dynamic. however, 'cause am old and retired and grumpy, we can't help but think some o' the younger generation has been warped by participation-trophy silliness and forgotten how genghis khan's attribution is just as applicable today: so, suck it up buttercup and get back to work, 'cause if you don't wanna work eighty hours and go above and beyond, then chances are somebody else will do so and when is time to hand out promotions or decided who is being let go during lean times, what reasonable boss wouldn't choose the overachiever? am kinda kidding... somewhat. a little. 'course shady is in a field where businesses is falling all over themselves trying to keep qualified people, so am suspecting he gots considerable leverage even if he does bare minimum required. young painters, or lawyers, is facing considerable competition from their peers and if they don't set themselves apart from the herd at the start o' their career, the handful o' plum positions may be forever out o' reach. not fair? who ever promised it were gonna be fair? if somebody did make such a promise to you, they were liars or fools... or both. HA! Good Fun!

Nope Yesterday I was using an empowered PP to spam over and over Venombloom on enemies and create a wonderful deadly field of flowers (really deadly, env. 15 rolls per 3s that interrupt on crit) and I was stationary. My rogue was bodygarding my druid, and take damage from a ranged enemy away from the flowers, and regenerate his health each 1s (nobody in my party was moving during the test) because of the PP. I think by the way the pulsating spells like Venombloom, Nature's Terror, Chillfog etc and Moon's light, Moonwell or Concecrated Ground are really good to stealth with Grimoire imprint.

Sweet! I don't imagine I will buy a gas car again. The Ford Mach-E is probably my favorite out now, but there are a ton of other good choices.

Two words; arrows of detonation.

I wasn't sure where to say this, but dang it I had to. I will be 40 this year, I have not played a game with a good story and an amazing world since Baldurs Gate 2 and Final Fantasy 7. I thought perhaps I was losing my love for games and RPG's, but nothing could be further from the truth. Truth is, I haven't been engaged in a game to the degree that I have presently am having with PoE since I was a young kid playing Baldur's Gate. The walls of text, amazing descriptions and writing that makes me feel like I am playing a character in a good book are what has been missing. I am so thankful to you all over at Obsidian for making this game, I feel a sense of wonder and fascination with PoE that I haven't experienced with a game for so long I feared it would never return. I can't wait for the next CRPG to come out of Obsidian, you have a loyal fan for life.

Or Engoliero do Espirs, the constitution malus (or bonus) restaure the healh to the character when switching, even if enfeebled or drug crashed for Nazpalca monk.

That is coming in S2 I'm pretty sure. She gets her own stories in the manga. Was there a mission on a cruise ship in s1?

Uncle From Another World 3: How The Uncle Becomes An Aunt And Gets A Larger YouTube Audience Not as funny as last week, but still pretty funny. EDIT: Also finished s1 of Spy x Family It was fun, but I wish there would be more focus on Yor, whose assassinations have taken the back seat to Loid's spywork and Anya's school escapades. I think we've had more screentime of the monocle teacher saying elegant than we've had of Yor's double life.

Finally the offensive component, including +damage, decreased recovery, increased action speed, etc. Due to the huge number of abilities and weapons with unique enchantments, lash effects, per rest/encounter abilities and power levels to consider, I've not included their effects however powerful, unless they fall into one of the categories below. Increased Crit chance (Hit to Crit) : Gambit (rogue ability), - 40%+ hit to crit Scales with number of remaining guile Frenzy, etc (Barbarian abilities), +30% Crit Disciplined Strikes (fighter ability), +25% Crit from inspiration Potion of Perfect Aim (potion), +25% Crit Bloody slaughter (Barbarian passive), +20% Crit against <25hp targets only against <25hp targets One-handed style (passive, all), +20% Crit with single 1h weapon use single 1h weapon only Ring of Prosperity's Fortune (ring), +15% Crit Scales with wealth, 200k gold for 15% Merciless Gaze (wizard spell), +15% Crit Potion of Merciless Gaze (potion), +15% Crit Min's Fortune (weapon, sabre), +2% Crit stacking per hit Stacks +2% Crit/hit but reset on crit Curent's Rush (weapon, scepter), +1% Crit stacking per second Stacks +1% Crit/sec but reset on crit Exalted Focus (paladin modal), 5%-10% chance (10% in community patch) The Willbreaker (weapon, morningstar), +10% Crit Ngati's Tusk (weapon, pike), +10% Crit Aldris blade (weapon, sabre), +10% Crit Dirty fighting (rogue passive), +10% Crit Fair Favor (helm), +10% Crit Crossbow (weapon, any), +10% Crit Just hold any crossbow Sanguine Greatsword (weapon, greatsword), +10% Crit Uncanny Luck (passive - all classes) - +5%-10% chance (10% in community patch) The third eye (necklace), +10% Crit with spells Spells only Bone Setter's Torc (necklace), +5% Crit Twin eels (weapon, greatsword), +5% Crit+ Milx (pet), +5% Crit with spells/abilities, self Pes, etc (pets), +5% Crit with weapons, party effect Increased Hit chance (Miss to Graze) : Fleetbreaker crossbow (weap, crossbow) 30% miss to graze Sanguine Greatsword (weapon, greatsword), 30% miss to graze Saucco (food/drink), 25% miss to graze Potion of Spatial alacrity (potion), 25% miss to graze ranged only Potion of Perfect Aim (potion), 25% miss to graze The Willbreaker (weapon, morningstar), 25% miss to graze Whispers of Yenwood (weapon, sword), 25% miss to graze Duskfall (weapon, sword), 25% miss to graze Gauntlets of reliability (gloves), 15% miss to graze with proficient weaps Noah, etc (pets), 5% miss to graze chance, party effect Increased Hit chance (Graze to Hit) : Discipline Barrage, etc (fighter abilities), 50% graze to hit from inspiration Dire Blessing (Priest ability), 50% graze to hit AOE from inspiration Eldritch Aim (wizard ability), 50% graze to hit from inspiration Tactical Meld (Cipher ability), 50% graze to hit from inspiration Cog of Cohh (necklace), +50% graze to hit when nearby ally score kill Confident aim (fighter passive), 30% graze to hit Flail proficiency (weapon, all flails), 10%-30% graze to hit (30% in community patch) using flails Potion of Perfect Aim (potion), 25% graze to hit Whispers of Yenwood (weapon, sword), 10% graze to hit Decreased Recovery time duration (%): Streetfighter sneak attack (rogue passive), -50% recovery against flanked/afflicted when self flanked/bloodied Hunting bow/pistol modal (weapon, hunting bow/pistol), -50% recovery hunting bow/pistol only Scordeo's Trophy (weapon, pistol), -5% recovery per hit Stacking, -5% recovery/hit, all for 30s Mob Stance (fighter modal) - -5% recovery per threatened target for attacks Scales -5% recovery per threatened target Contender's Armor (medium armor) -30% recovery (approx max) Scales with Athletics skill Whispers of the endless paths (weapon - greatsword) -20% recovery 10 stack max, -2% recovery/hit Mohora Wraps (food), -20% recovery Blade of the endless paths (weapon - estoc) -15% recovery Two weapon style (passive, all) -15% recovery with dual wielding dual wield only Devil of Caroc Breastplate (medium armor) -10% recovery Pale Hide (light armor) -10% recovery during night Miscreant's leather (light armor) -10% recovery Changeling's Mantle (light armor) -10% recovery Helm of the Falcon (helm), -10% recovery for 2h weaps with 2h weapons only Orishia (necklace), -10% recovery random effect per encounter Wizard specialization (class specific spells) -10% recovery spells specialist class specific spells only Swift Hunter's Garb (light armor) -5% recovery Necklace of the Harvest moon (necklace) - 5% recovery On crit Decreased recovery / recover immediately: Scordeo's Edge (weapon, sabre), 5% chance to ignore recovery on hit (notable that this effect can be prolonged) on hit Weyc's Wand (weapon, wand), on empowering an ability when empowering an ability Blood thirst (barbarian passive) on kill on kill Eager blade (weapon, estoc), 10% chance on hit on hit Sun and moon (weapon, flail) 5% chance on hit to repeat attacks depends on day/night Ball and chain (weapon, flail), 10% chance when critically hit when crit hit in melee Sungrazer (weapon, flail), 10% chance on hit on hit Rannig's Wrath (weapon, rapier), 10% chance when missed in melee when missed in melee Stalker's Patience (weapon, spear), 20% chance on crit on crit Veilpiercer (weapon, war bow), 50% chance on crit on crit Saint Omaku's Mercy (weapon, war bow), 50% chance on crit on crit Increased action speed (%). Most apply to all actions, unless otherwise stated for weapon or spells. Reckless Brigandine (heavy armor) +5% action speed per engagement Scales with more engagements Spiritshift Cat flurry (Druid ability), +33% action speed 1 per encounter Frenzy, etc (Barbarian abilities), +25% action speed Time Parasite (Cipher ability), +25% action speed ..And sip from the marrow (chanter invocation), +25% action speed Captain's Banquet (food), +20% action speed High Harbringer's Robes (cloth armor), +20% action speed Scales with decreasing health Bloodlust (Barbarian passive), +20% action speed on kill On kill Pukestabber (weapon, dagger), +20% action speed under effect of alcohol Squid's escape (weapon, rapier), +20% action speed when threatened by 3+enemy when threatened by 3+ enemies Eager blade (weapon, estoc), +20% action speed 4 stack max, +5% action speed/hit Potion of Spatial Alacrity (potion), +20% action speed with ranged ranged only Modwyr (weapon, sword), +20% action speed 2% stack/hit 10 stack max, +2% action speed/hit Swift strikes, etc (monk ability), +15% action speed Griffin's blade (weapon, sword), +15% action speed Rust's Poignard (weapon, stiletto), +15% action speed stack on flanked 3% stack/hit 5 stack max, +3% action speed/hit Xoti's sickle (weapon, hatchet), +15%+ action speed near kill Scales with religion skill Deleterious Alacrity of motion (wizard spell), +15% action speed Saint Omaku's Mercy (weapon, war bow), +15% action speed to allies, AOE Scales with decreasing health Chromoprismatic staff (weapon, quarterstaff), +5% action speed+ Scales with metaphysics skill Sasha's singing scimitar (weapon, sabre), +2% action speed stack per held phrase, AOE Potion of Relentless striking (potion), +15% action speed Potion of deftness (potion), +15% action speed Champion's Helm (helm), +3% action speed per engagement Scales with more engagements, non-godlike Champion's Cape (cloak), +3% action speed per engagement Scales with more engagements, godlike only Shroud of the Phantom (cloak), +10% action speed with spells Spells while having mind inspiration Duskfall (weapon, sword), +10% action speed Kahua Hozi (weapon, spear), +10% action speed Rapid casting (passive, all casters), +10% action speed with spells spells only Violet Redemption (cape), +10% action speed melee when stationary 2% stack/hit Max 5 stacks, +2% action speed/hit Coral Snuff (drug), +10% action speed Aegor's Swift Touch (gloves), +5% action speed with weapons Orishia (necklace), +5% action speed random effect per encounter Zealous charge (paladin aura), +5% action speed AOE (community patch only) Increased AOE (spells, chants, abilities, etc): These all stack, including 2x rings as well as with intelligence-affected increased AOE. Shared nightmare (cipher passive), +1% AOE per focus Scales with focus Aloth's leather armor (cloth armor), +15% AOE Crusted Swordfish (food), +20% AOE Loki (pet), +15% AOE self Ring of overseeing, +10% AOE Luminous Bathhouse The Abyss (rest), +10% AOE Misty, Peter, etc (pets), +5% party effect AOE Spell Echo, recast spell a second time : Evoker/Priest of Magran Thaumaturge's evocation keyword spells actually stack with all three, giving 1 - (1 - 0.15)*(1-0.1)*(1-0.05) = ~27% chance of spell echo Evoker (wizard class), 15% chance on evocation spells evocation spells only Marux Amanth (weapon - dagger), 10% chance with priest spells priest spells only Vithrack Silk Slippers (shoes), 5% chance Increased penetration (all sources): Driving echoes (Cipher ability), +8 pen! to ally ally only And with furious... (Chanter invocation), +3 pen all AOE Their champion, etc. (Chanter invocations), +2 pen all from inspiration Thunderous blows (monk ability), +2 pen all from inspiration Frenzy, etc (Barbarian abilities), +2 pen all from inspiration Champion's boon (priest ability), +2 pen all to ally from inspiration The arrow sings.. (Chanter phrase), +1 pen all AOE Orishia (necklace), +1 pen all random effect per encounter Increased penetration (conditional: spells/weaps): Crusted Swordfish (food), +2 spell pen Caster specific elemental or cipher spells (passive), +1 pen (eg. Scion of flame -> fire keyword) Hot Razor skewers (food), +2 weapon pen Potion of Piercing strikes (potion), +2 weapon pen weapon modals (many weap types), +1 or 2 pen with weap Ring of the Marksman (ring), +1 pen with ranged ranged weap Harming thoughts (cipher passive) +1 pen with weap Increased damage dealt (all sources): High Harbringer's Robes (cloth armor), +10% damage Crusted Swordfish (food), +10% damage Xoti's Lantern (shield - light), +5%+ damage AOE aura Scales with religion skill Baubles of the Fin (necklace), +3% damage AOE aura AOE aura Increased damage dealt (with spells): Captain's Banquet (food), +20% damage spells Griffin's blade (weapon - sword), +10% damage spells Blightheart (wizard soulbind), +10% corrode lash spells Harley (pet), +10% ranged damage including spells Increased damage dealt (with weapons): Streetfighter sneak attack (rogue passive), +50% damage against flanked/afflicted when self flanked/bloodied The red hand (weap passives), 20-40% damage until rest Greatsword modal (weapon, greatsword), +30% damage greatsword only Sneak attack (rogue passive), +30% damage against flanked/afflicted against flanked/afflicted targets Blooded (barbarian passive), +25% damage When <50% hp Retribution (paladin passive), +5%-25% damage weapon when damaged Max 5 stacks, 25% max Reckless Brigandine (heavy armor) +20% damage weapon Scales with decreasing health One stands alone (Barbarian passive), +20% damage when near 2+ enemies Pukestabber (weapon, dagger), +20% damage melee under effect of alcohol Sworn enemy, etc (paladin passive), +20% damage to marked enemy Soul whip (cipher passive), +10%-30% damage weap depending on upgrade Akola's Apex Ward (large shield), +15% damage weapon When <50% hp Potion of relentless striking (potion), +15% melee damage Melee weaps Grog (food/drink), +15% melee damage melee weaps Mouth Char (drug), +15% weapon damage Two-handed style (passive, all), +15% melee damage, 2h weapons only Two-handed weaps only Weapon specialization (fighter passive), +10% damage with specialized weapon weapon proficiency with equipped weapon Champion's Helm (helm), +3% damage weapon per engagement Scales with more engagements, non-godlike Champion's Cape (cloak), +3% damage per engagement Scales with more engagements, godlike only Violet Redemption (cape), +2%/stack melee when getting hit Max 5 stacks Claim and Refusal (necklace), +10% damage melee also +10% damage taken Pes (pet), 10% melee damage, self Harley (pet), +10% ranged damage, self Cog of Cohh (necklace), 5% damage AOE aura AOE aura Mercedes, etc (pets), 5% melee damage party effect Bernhard (pet), 5% ranged damage party effect