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I'm not sure how many other females visit this forum (especially this section of it, heh) these days but I'm going to put this here anyway. Even if you aren't interested in having children yourself, if you have irregular cycles, maybe all your life, it still would be worth going to a doc to check for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. because while not having regular menstrual cycles can feel like a boon (unless one wants to have a baby, ofc), there's a whole lot of other risks/increased risks with it. It's not uncommon or anything, but I believe it's something often overlooked as a possible issue/explanation until a woman is actively trying to get pregnant or whatever. I think if you don't have extra-hair or aren't overweight, some docs may not check for/think about it at all (kinda like how some docs think t2 diabetes/pancreas etc = alcoholic...). Or perhaps birth control hides/hid it for ages. And if you do have it, the earlier you make lifestyle changes (there's no "cure"), the more you might prevent those future complications. And yes, I have finally been confirmed that I have it. It (partially) explains a lot of things. Health PSA end. Keep healthy, folks.

In honour of the release of the Enhanced Edition I got off my lazy bum to come up with this: As many players noted how incongruous it was that casting a spell that consigns the souls of its victims to flames of eternal woe doesn't shift alignment one iota. I initially wanted to draw Daeran and Sosiel in place of Arushalae and Seelah, but then remembered that they too could cast Hellfire Ray.

Warhammer 40k Squats are back! No, I'm not going to collect a Squat army. I have piles of unpainted miniatures, lots of them still in blister packs or shrink wrapped boxes. Collateral damage from constantly moving interstate/internationally. I sort of get along well with the local Games Workshop staff and the local manager gave me one of the new Squat miniatures to try out. I said yes, with the caveat that I haven't actually painted a single miniature for more than a decade. Shopped for some paint, dusted off my old brushes and settled on an orange colour scheme. Because why not? I can now check something off list. I've never in my 30+ years of playing Rogue Trader/Warhammer/WH40k etc. painted anything orange. Not even a Dwarf Slayer (and I do have a box with Gotrek and Felix). GW did change the name though, they are no longer called 'Squats', but 'Leage of Votann', because that is apparently a much cooler name for Squats (aka Dwarves in space). My first real paint job in 10+ years

This weekend I completed the Tour de Cure. I was able to reach the Championship fundraising level with the rest of my team, and we raised $31,373 total for the year. Our group was the biggest non-corporate fundraisers at the event. It was a perfect day for a long ride and I managed to complete the 100-mile route at an average speed of 18.9 mph. I hung with my team until mile 66, and then the group started to split and I ended up in the 2nd group with a partner. We rolled together for the rest of the time. I felt really good about my nutrition, which is always the tricky part of these 5+ hour rides. Special shoutout to my mysterious benefactor from these forums.

Getting ready to go to Texas for funeral. With luck won't get COVID from this trip (not for myself but family are all vulnerable).

the fact that employees actually got some bonuses out of it hopefully takes some of the sting out of it landing like a wet thud at launch. it also kinda points to marketing being a major issue - outside of some black swan games like Breath of the Wild or Skyrim, I'm not sure it's very typical for games, even RPGs, to have such long tail of sales. Really seems like people are discovering the game on their own and it's standing up on its own merits in that context.

I have nothing to contribute to the thread's topic, but **** is not on the word filter, in one of these barely explicable happenstances. Much like ass and arse are not, but **** is and arsehole is not. Neither is butthole, nor asshat, nor bunghole. edit: Way to go to prove me wrong, apparently **** was added at some point. How am I going to call Twitter Twatter now? edit 2: So Twatter is not on the filter because it apparently can distinguish between words, but C0ckatrice, C0ckpit and C0ocktail are? Well, as Volo would say: R00fles. What twattiness.

I am seeing him online from time to time on GOG galaxy maybe we can summon him if someone want to start playing mechwarrior with us

CDPR needs to commit to another trilogy of Witcher games, gaming companies should always stick to games that are guaranteed cash cows

perception 2 possibly the best

When I first read the title (before clicking the link), I had mental image of a giant trebuchet launching a cow into space... I need to lay off the Monty Python videos

It might be funny for you, but Russia have blown up ammunition factory/storage few years ago in Czechia - village of Vrbětice. And the response at that time, was very lacklustre. And now we all kind of live through the consequences of the lack of action against us on our soil, because we are still considered to weak and comfortable to do proper action Also IIRC, Russia did blown up something in Bulgaria during Covid as well…

The easiest way that is pretty much always doable (at least pre-EE, no idea about any changes) is to turn off XP sharing until you have a full party, reach level three in the Shield Maze*, give Lann a Divine Hunter level and pick the Leopard companion. Buff it with Camellia, send it to facetank the Water Elemental and win. edit 2: To explain, with reaching level three on Lann, you can give him the Leopard and Boon Companion, pushing the Leopard to level three. That means it can have Doge and Diehard, making it possible to withstand more punishment from the Large Water Elemental. You can (well, should, I suppose) cast Enlarge Person on your party to make everything have reach and hit more easily and harder. Charge in, pull them out, charge back in, as charge gives a nice chunk of extra AB. Use Glaives and the Masterwork Greatsword for the 1.5 extra damage multiplier to get through the DR 5. Other ways are kiting, because it is damned slow, or having a CHA to AC double dip MC - that way you can potentially push your armor class with buffs to a point where it's possible to withstand the attacks provided you can stomach reloading a couple of times. It has 'only' 17 attack bonus, but 37 AC is really hard to reach (more like impossible), so you need as many debuffs on it as you can make stick. Also, of course, do the entire Shield Maze before taking on the Elemental for all the scrolls and potions. *One of the things that is very noticable on Unfair is how many more enemies there are in the game. Combined with hogging all the experience for yourself (it is pointless not to until you can get out of the prologue and add party members or mercenaries), it provides a much needed level boost. That is even more of a reason why simply increasing the difficulty to Unfair for boss fights is not indicative of how a full Unfair run plays. That circular room in Blackwater that @Gorth had problems with - IIRC on Unfair that had three times the amount of demons. With much, much better stats. edit: Ah, ninja'ed.

can't speak for others. the only way am doing the entire shield maze on unfair is at gunpoint. we do boss battles unfair, just to say we did so, but am not seeing the fun in an entire unfair run. make sure you got a leopard companion, 'cause is the only critter capable of tanking the water elemental at that level, even with camellia spamming protective luck. fighting defensive, your leopard may have as high as +30 ac ad you got a blur potion as well. add as many animal companions as possible. you do need to get lucky with attacks, but the chances o' even the unfair elemental hitting a fully buffed leopard is poor and with camellia doing nothing but spamming protective luck chances are you win if you can do enough damage before blur, shield of faith prayer and other buffs wear off. also, do anything possible to boost ab... which is obvious but much more difficult to pull off in practice. charging is good but only characters with reach weapons may charge multiple times 'cause you don't wanna provide the water elemental with attacks of opportunity. and yeah, reloads happen with hosilla and the water elemental. is an unfun way to play the game from our pov, but there is a "cheevo" so some folks will suffer through the slog which is a full unfair run. is likely others ways to take out the unfair water elemental, but for us leopard tanking is key. have also done a very improbable kite thing, but were more luck than anything else which had us survive. HA! Good Fun!

Still out before Star Citizen, too.

A bunch of updates from CDPR. There will be more than one new Witcher game.

Was never a fan of Led Zeppelin live as Jimmy Page tended to be much too casual and loose for my taste, but bloody hell this is good. I'd be willing to bet that the galloping bassline here was a major inspiration for Steve Harris and Iron Maiden in general.

Well another recent findings, at Pisky-Radkovsky near the Oskil River, another torture chamber has been found and among other findings, there was a box full of torn dentures. The photo evidence I rather not post here, but it is possible to find amongst the threads at Special Kherson Cat twitter… so no, Bucha is definitelly not an isolated incident. The guy is happy, that Kherson Oblast is being liberated, and at the same time, he is afraid that they find similar evidence there as well. On the other hand, at the begining of the war, the Russian soldiers in the Kherson Oblast were definitely the least brutal. They even allowed demonstrations. But with the rise of partizan activities, there has been a rise of FSB activity as well…

It took me time to realize Distracted from Blunderbusses causes Confusion on a Tactician

I suggest you delve into the workings of the Russian military at least a little bit. Look at how brutal it is, look at how much hazing and abuse is reported and then extrapolate how much of it may be going on beneath the surface. Look at how many conscripts are either killed or commit suicide while in service. Then think what happens when an army as brutalized as that gets its hands on helpless civilians who are deemed to be their enemy. Please don't be so naive.

But don't you need Confusion to cast SoT on foes in the first place?

Yep, this one is way above others as it allows the party to take trickster's feats, meaning you can give little miss Hellfire McRay those "Improved improved mighty thrice improved again" criticals, also much fun can be had with "Completely normal spell". Arcana 1 and 2 good if Charname is party's identifier, persuasion's good for an intimidator (if it works yet? Because quite a few Trickster's tricks did nothing for a long time, not certain if they got unbugged).

Are you joking? I mean, did you seriously think it was isolated to towns like Bucha? Dear Bruce, it is the norm. I'm sorry, that was patronizing. But how could you have thought otherwise?

The weapon effect like Wounding (Lacerating, Maiming, mortal Wounds) are not a separate roll, and dont benefit twice from SA/DB/Backstab! But it take into account every weapon damage bonuses including Lashes (Soul Annihilation excepted) in the %. Like Soul Whip, Draining, Battle axe modal etc. and Wounding Shot. But these 4 weapon effects are not applied again when already on the enemy (you need to wait the effect fade to reapply it), contrarly to Wound Shot or Boar attack, etc. So graze are a double penalty when applying the DoT.

Take a look: https://www.neoseeker.com/pathfinder-wrath-of-the-righteous/guides/Ascension#Mythic_Trick So first of all there are several Mythic Tricks that have nothing to do with their associated skill. Since you're running a Barbarian Mythic Trick Athletics can get you +5 BAB, which is another attack and higher accuracy. Other than that Arcana maybe? Getting two extra effects and a +1 on your gear is pretty good. And of course Perception to 2, so your crew can grab the special feats that break the game. I think the Trickster has the most options by the numbers so just go through everything and come up with what works best for your build.

Stop being naughty and watch I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss with us.

Like every 3 months or so, I am faced with an announcement like this from a site I use: To which my reply, of course, is: "Screw you, I ain't watching any of that garbage...and while we're at it, screw all you people on here that will: we are not the same kind of people, I'm only on here to find old crap, while you lot are the rotten poison ruining the medium." ...I guess I have some internalized anger towards the people who make the anime industry what it is today, .

Real Elon fans probably won't be breeding actually

@Lexx and probably some other people, who were talking about blown up pipelines, and that US might be behind it. Few minutes ago was released a very interesting analysis of the operational design of the “incident”, and I think he presents a few very good and logic points on why it was most likely Russia. What do you think?

It's worth noting that the Frost AR on Flame Shield is really just for show. 80% of the time this is redundant since a Frost keyword attack will directly cancel your Flame Shield, since most Frost damage comes from spells with keywords. Perhaps a more extreme proposal for your suggested spells. Maybe give Priest of Magran inbuilt healing from burn damage like Fire Naga, Dorudugan, Rekvu's cloak, etc. instead of massive Burn AR and self heal. Would facilitate a more up close and personal play style (e.g. stand in your own Storm of Holy Fire) and perhaps more interesting than an instant self heal.

On the Kherson battle: https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2022/10/03/russian-forces-poised-for-major-defeat-in-kherson-says-dod-official/ On possible Putin escalations as his army gets defeated in Ukraine: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/03/politics/ukraine-russia-putin-nuclear-weapons-us

Before or after the Tesla Air autopilot crashes into it?

Tbh, Id be shocked to see substantial changes in Iran.

I must say it is particularly heartwarming to see such unfettered idealism during these difficult times. (I completely agree, btw!)

I completed BG2 SoA and my battles with Irenicus were very memorable, the first battle with him at the Tree of Life was very tough and I died at least 5-6 times before I adopted a winning combat strategy that included Spells like Breach and Piece Magic to weaken his magic defenses Spells like Chaotic Commands and Death Ward to protect my party I used summoning spells like Mordenkainen's Sword to distract him I ran away when he used AOE spells like Ice Storm My fighters used potions like Fire Giant strength to enhance their combat effectiveness And then in Hell I initially ran away so I could focus on his summoned monsters and then I changed into the Slayer to kill him, I very seldom use the Slayer and this was only the second time in the whole SoA I used that special ability I am now playing ToB, my favorite RPG of all time, and Im in the Marching Mountains. I had some real issues initially with the first Bhaalspawn battle with Illasera, I was killed at least 5 times. I then reran the Ascension mod and removed all '' make Bhaalspawn fights harder " that include Illasera and Gromnir and the fight became reasonable and fun I think there was a bug with my Ascension mod because the Illasera battle seemed almost impossible?

Henlo a little quote from Josh Sawyer's tumbler site today: Link: https://jesawyer.tumblr.com/post/697035912579891200/hello-i-just-finished-pillars-of-eternity-2-and-i

An old song by my favourite Faeroese songbird

A bit of 80's nostalgia...

One of my all-time favourite musical pieces. Mathematical, haunting, beautiful, hell to play, at least on the drums, at least for me (starts with 17/16 with the hands on top of 4/4 on the bass drum).

@Gromnir: There's a hilarious video of Billy Joel losing his rag in Moscow. I wonder if you've seen it. Good songwriter, no question.

She is soooooooooo cute.

Euro Dance Trash from the 90's was when I changed my mind and thought MAD was not such a terrible outcome

Infidel! Seize him! But if you want some more Scooter, here's one with a shuffle dance music video: Anyway, but I have something better for you. What could possibly be better than Euro Dance Trash from the 90ies? Indeed, 90ies Euro Dance trash combined with German Schlager music. See this once in a lifetime collaboration of Schlager sensation Andrea Berg and your own favorite Swiss DJ, songwriter and coreographer, DJ Bobo!

Scooter was there to remind people that the 80's were irrevocably dead, beyond any hope of resurrection Like the proverbial death knell for music...

Video spam... because I listen to too much Youtube while working

Things that played on the radio all day long when Gorth was a teenager. Yes, the synth was strong with that decade (early 80's)...

An old Queen Song... nostalgia time I was just a skinny lad Never knew no good from bad But I knew love before I left my nursery Left alone with big fat Fanny She was such a naughty nanny Hey big woman, you made a bad boy out of me I've been singing with my band Across the water, across the land I've seen every blue eyed floozy on the way But their beauty and their style Went kind of smooth after a while Take me to them naughty ladies every time