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Nothing can stand against barrelmancy/lava. There are a lot of ways to cheese your way through, but it makes the battles more gimmicky, than tactical. Expeditions: Viking. Cleared the prologue. The time limit strongly reminds of Pathfinder: Kingmaker, as does the settlement/clan management screen, but, fortunately, no advisors or random events yet.

Ironically, combat was the only thing I liked about D:OS. It took FOREVER, but there was a lot of tactical flexibility.

Been a while since I've been playing games, but I figured I'd go back into it, starting by finally getting around to Divinity: Original Sin. And, uh... Hmm... Response is rather mixed so far, for me. The combat was outright aggravating during the first section of the game, though it's been getting better as I've gradually learnt more about the game's mechanics and the likes. However, a lot of the writing and story is just preposterous, sometimes amusingly so but other times headachingly so. The story is a mish-mash of the worst Chosen One tropes, all to deliver a bunch of fluff that has staggeringly little to say, with motivations from the behalf of villains and auxiliary characters that makes no sense whatsoever. The voice acting is atrocious, everyone seems to be competing with one another to see how much of the scenery they can chew, stretching and accentuating every word of what is already often very flowery prose. Exploration and questing have been decent enough, on the other hand. Still, I'm not surprised so far that the recommendation so often seems to be to skip straight to D:OS2 (which I plan on getting to right after).

Ukrainian claims, namely Arestovych that the bridge was blown, due to lucky HIMARS strike at the bridge segments which were already mined by explosives by Russia. And therefore it exploded prematurely, while a lot of Russians and their equipment were still on right bank, forced them to leave more equipment behind as planned, and retreat through Kakhovka dam, which was allegedly blow up later and according to Russian plans. Also the airfield of Chaplynka, near to Crimea, from where were conducted sorties against Ukrainian positions on right bank of Kherson, already got HIMARS treatment. Also first barracks, where were retreating Russian soldiers temporarily stationed on the left bank, were hit by precision strikes, causing two truckloads of cargo 200. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/11/13/7376122/

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I'm sure it's a fine show. Except for the fact that it made me want to decapitate the main character within the first minute of watching it, and seeing the rest of the episode only made me want to slowly draw and quarter him instead. Could be the greatest show or movie of all time, if I hate the main character and can't connect with them when I'm supposed to, it's not going to be enjoyable. Call it an issue of appeal more than anything else, since they clearly weren't trying to appeal to me with that bozo. @majestic I was wondering if you were going to give Amentep an earful for daring to post that, particularly without the context of having seen the show himself. Although I should admit that I almost nitpicked the same thing about the first ten or so episodes not even having Chibi-Usa...but the thing is, I did restrain myself. Luckily, I had you to pick up the slack, . Personally, I saw the show as an adult first and didn't have an issue with Chibi-Usa and liked her outside of SuperS, but most everyone and everything is wrong in SuperS, so I'm not going to hold it against her personally even though she and her pegasus problem are definitely the absolute worst part of that season. So unless Scrappy Doo is actually magically much better as an adult (and that would be very difficult to believe), the comparison really just doesn't fit for me.

If you're going to post Despacito, atleast make it the metal Despacito!

Börje Salming, a Swedish hockey legend, was diagnosed with ALS in August but went to Canada this weekend for the Hall of Fame and was given one hell of a tribute and dropped a ceremonial puck. He was one of my inspirations growing up and playing hockey.

Edgerunners was cool, ya'll just generic haters on a internet forum.

Scappy Doo was just an awful joke character that was constantly getting in the way and being annoying for comic relief...but Chibi-Usa becomes a protagonist where much of the story is told exclusively from her perspective with a big focus on the way she feels. If you hate Chibi-Usa, this is probably much worse than just being the joke character, .

Probably going to discard this one. Item abilities might be different from spells sometimes. "Iridescent" scales may hint toward any Blight type rather than ice one. That being said BPM summoned blight scaling should work normally.

Democrats to maintain control of the United States Senate am posting not for the story but for the comments. fox news articles is worth reading if only to get a looksee at what fox readers/viewers believe. in any event, the next two years will be interesting. success o' democrats is gonna depend on foreign supply chains, the housing market, putin and a bunch o' factors they is gonna have even less control o' in 2023. perhaps more vital to democrat fortunes is how the gop reacts to the 2022 midterms and to the trump legal problems which is only gonna increase in the near future. am doubting anybody believes trump is gonna try and fade into the background as the gop power dynamic is clarified. how does the gop respond this time. after january 6, many gop leaders made an attempt to distance themselves from trump. a few visible republicans even criticized trump excesses which they had ignored the previous four years. has been multiple times during the past +6 years republicans shoulda' showered off the trump filth and stank, but didn't. is 2022 gonna be different? am thinking we are stuck with trumpism for awhile, but the gop could be in for major or minor changes as republicans either swear new loyalties or reaffirm their devotion to trump. is so many times republicans coulda' turned away from trump but did not. is 2022 different? am genuine uncertain. Did Lindsey Graham Say Republicans Would Get 'Destroyed' If They Nominated Donald Trump? credit where credit is due, eh? call, him a spineless hypocrite, but many o' lindsey's pre 2016 election predictions 'bout trump look positive prescient, yes? HA! Good Fun!

I'm just glad we won't have to much hear or see Mitch McConnell. Now there is a guy that I could do the rest of my life without ever thinking about again. Having the Georgia seat is important for another reason as well: the 2024 senatorial elections will defend 2018's results, and that was a blue wave year in a large way, so it is likely that one or multiple of those seats will flip. In particular... 1. Sinema's seat in Arizona (who may be primaried out anyways) 2. Jon Tester in Montana 3. Jacky Rosen in Nevada 4. Sherrod Brown in Ohio 5. Joe Manchin in West Virginia ...are probably all the most vulnerable seats, especially IMO Tester and Manchin (both of these guys are kind of unicorns for continuing to win their seats). There doesn't look to be even a single seat in 2024 that Democrats could realistically expand their majority with - maybe Indiana and Tennessee, but I'd say both are long shots. (e): One other positive from this election has been that the cries against "fraud" and democracy have been way less compared to two years ago. Seems like a lot of the conservative anger has instead been directed towards Trump and other leaders not named Ron DeSantis; DeSantis and Trump look to be the presumed heavyweights for the 2024 presidential election, assuming Trump is still a free man by that point. DeSantis winning that battle could certainly be...interesting, what with the cultish fervor Trump inspires. On a completely separate note, via ballot initiative, it looks like Connecticut will implement early voting, Nevada will implement open primaries and ranked choice voting, and Michigan will implement early voting.

am thinking georgia is a near must for democrats. manchin is up for reelection in 2024 and is quite possible he needs to out gop his gop rivals if he has a chance o' victory. sinema is... weird. am not sure what is sinema's endgame, but if the republicans ever get a budget reconciliation effort passed (filibuster proof) or whenever Presidential appointments are up for senate approval, democrats should not feel comfortable they got the senate votes to prevail. am thinking dems serious need to hit the georgia messaging with all resources at their disposal. yeah, the kinda majority the gop is likely to have in the house has only ever been effective during crisis situations when both parties set aside differences... and am thinking there were one oddball year when a bunch o' Congressmen died due to disease right after an election and so a bare majority effective increased, but a gop majority in the house is still bad news for democrats and not just 'cause o' the investigations. similar, the razor-thin margin democrats will enjoy in the senate is deserving a momentary sigh o' relief, but not much more as you got at least a couple senators who is as likely to vote with gop as the libs. regardless, and unfortunate for more than a few posters, while 2022 were not great for republicans, it is terrible for progressives. the only legislation which is gonna get made law for the next two years is the increasingly rare bill which got bipartisan support. even Presidential appointees is gonna need tend towards moderation to be successful. unfortunate, progressives ain't fans o' compromise anymore than has been the maga republicans. if every issue represents an existential crisis, then it is indeed immoral to ever give ground. in any event, am predicting a whole lotta stoopid investigations from the likely (not certain) new House majority, 'cause am gonna assume the gop did not get the memo (in the form o' unanticipated poor midterm gains) from their constituents that all the trumpy vendetta and outrage is providing diminishing returns for their party. furthermore, if we were a democrat we would be mighty concerned 'bout manchin and sinema these next two years. georgia is if not vital, it is still mighty important and am thinking the messaging on that point so far has been lacking. HA! Good Fun!

Kids these days, they just don’t make them how they used to 😝 I blame video games and watching too much anime 😂

Yes, it's good to play with a friend so you can laugh at the story and some NPCs. Cat puns are a bit more managable if you have someone you can groan with. D:OS2 is overall a better game, though I felt they made some unfortunate misteps with some of the combat mechanics. Writing and story got more attention though personally I wasn't a fan either.

No, but there is a powerful witch here. She is called Abeloth, and we need @Hurlshort's daugther to defeat her. He should bring her to us. Bring her to the forum. Yes.

Not sure where to post this. The Funny thread? Politics? "This is what his vision of the future man looks like." Then you see 1:31. 🤣

Russians released the footage of how they blown up segments of Kakhovka Dam. Notice, that there is absolutely no visible damage to the road over the dam, despite months of HIMARS treatment of the near vicinity of the dam. Because contrary to Russian propaganda claims, all of the hits were performed to the bridges over water outlet on the left bank of Dnepr, which can be seen on the Maxar image, which I have linked few posts ago 🤷‍♂️

A Clockwork Orange today would have been an 8-part series on Netflix that started out well but went off the rails in season 2. Honestly though, there is plenty of dark and edgy stuff being greenlit today.

Do you think the scourge from Rymrgand's Incarnate grows too? As a beast of winter copy..

https://investors.remedygames.com/announcements/remedy-entertainment-signs-a-co-development-and-co-publishing-agreement-with-505-games-for-control-2/

Highlights from this years Paris-Dakar Rally

Just in case anyone wants to try this build here is what I ended up with, including what I would change. Shadowdancer: Monk (Forbidden Fist) + Rogue (Trickster). The build really relies on Soul Mirror, Riposte and Disengagement attacks to deal with mobs whilst using Enfeebled affliction plus DoTs to deal with strong single targets. With high Deflection, high Crit rate and Rogues damage bonuses' you can kill anything. The part I had issues with was surviving but I'll recommend a few changes that should help. This build isn't really about using the Forbidden Fist ability for damage, its more for the Enfeebled affliction or providing an alternative damage type. I never really stacked it up because it had such a short timer vs the characters recovery/action speed. Most of the characters time was spent casting with the character doing damage automatically. Race Orlan is best for the extra RES but DON'T USE WILD ORLAN, or any sub-race that has a Resistance as this will affect your wounds and reduce the number of afflictions Attributes Max PER and RES. I wouldn't add anything to INT or DEX, if anything I'd steal a couple of points from DEX to add to MIG and CON. As we aren't stacking up the FF ability, the self damage is less of a concern whose damage scales with MIG and length with INT, but you do have to be aware of it. Not putting points into INT will mean less time on your abilties and DoTs but we can add INT through an ability and items. Abilities Weapon & Shield + Soul Mirror + Riposte + Persistent Distraction + Mirrored Image and/or Llengraths Displaced Image + Ryngrims Repulsive Visage (if enemies not immune to RES) + Deep Wounds - Get Deflection as high as possible and cause enemies to disengage create a lot of passive damage. Need more Engagement as those are the only targets that get attacked when they disengage. Lowering there PER helps make them miss more often. Swift Flurry + Heartbeat Drumming + Dirty Fighting for more crits and more attacks on those Riposte and Disengagement attacks. Blade Turning - Help defend against Resolve immune/resistant enemies or redirect abilities applied by there weapons. Long recovery and not very long effect time. Thunderous Blows - More MIG and Pen so those Riposte and Disengagement attacks hurt even more plus more healing. Enlightened Agony - Flat 5s removed from hostile effects and halved. Hence want to be hit (but not too hard) with Fort, Ref or Will targeting abilities. Smart for more Int helps with ability length. Iron Wheel - More CON so aren't too weak on FOR defence, plus more HP and DR to give time to heal. Gouging Strike - Use blunderbuss (or two) to apply this to AOE for the Blind and small but never-ending RAW DoT. Deathblows - Lots of extra damage if can apply afflictions to the enemy (Terrify, Distract/Blind). If not solo should be easy for companions to do this, even if they hit this character it shouldn't last long help heal. Ring The Bell - The main DoT ability. I wait until Enfeebled is down to a few seconds on the target, then use RtB which gets the +50% time buff, then wait for Enfeebled to end and reapply, giving another +50% hostile ability time. If you get RtB high enough doing this, you can repeat the Enfeebled trick, let it end and reapply, unless Enfeebled crits and ends up too long that 50% extra doesn't add very long to RtB. Theres not many points left, mostly early as nothing "key" there, I tried at various times: Escape - Handy and only one point. 50 more DEF for ~5 seconds can help in a bad situation. Parting Sorrow - Helps keep wound generation up when enemies die or disengage. If don't need more wounds then skip. Arms Bearer - For the 3rd slot for Blunderbuss' opener. Two Weapon Style - Really not needed, most damage is passive or DoTs. Rooting Pain - Due to cast times, i'd be at 10 wounds most of the time, so this wouldn't trigger. Small damage but the Interrupt was probably more use but very optional. Uncanny Luck + Improved Critical - More damage done and less taken. +10% more crit damage isn't much when you have Deathblows but against bosses with lots of immunities its a bit extra to help. Force of Anguish - Rarely used, would Enfeeble and apply DoT then kick the enemy away, especially if immune to RES afflications. Raised Torment - Handy to Stun enemies behind your target and use some Wounds up if Enfeebled applied and don't need to cast Enlightened Agony, Thunderous Blows or Blade Turning. Skyward Kick - Helps with single target damage, interrupt and disable them for a bit. Arterial Strike - I didn't tend to use as wasn't using Blunderbuss at the time and Guile is limited and lots of other key abilities use it. Toxic Strike - Same trick as RtB, damage numbers get silly BUT so many boss enemies are immune to it and 3 guile is too much. Weakened is also wasted because you have Enfeebled from the FF ability. Two great Watcher ability that synergise well for harder fights (1/rest): No Time for the Lost - Foe AoE Distracted, AoE -10s hostile effects and +10s beneficial effects, Steadfast. Extra RES which you can't do otherwise. +10s is great to extend short abilities like Blade Turning. Awe of the Death Herald - Target Frightened, MIG & PER Inspiration for long time, no other ability gives PER for Monk/Rogue. Main Weapons Fire In The Hole + Hand Mortar - For applying Gouging Strike. Mohorā Tanga + Small Shield - More accuracy, spear modal for more engagement, RAW DoT, more pen + damage with Survival skill. Kapana Taga + Small Shield - Chance of Daze, more engagement + damage, more raw damage, Immune to Flanking (protect that DEF!). Shield is Tuotilo's Palm once can get it. Counts as weapon so two hits on Full Attack abilities, riposte attacks and disengagement attacks, two chances of crit so more chance of triggering more attacks! More riposte chance or more DEF+REF per wound, either is valid but DEF is hard to increase so i'd take that. Early/Mid game options (I used) Xoti's Sickle - Best early game option, adds a bit of DEF, more damage per kill (religion increases), and Raw DoT on near death enemies to help finish them. Possibly applied by a Riposte or Deflection attack, so good! Marux Amanth - Extra Accuracy, burn AoE chance and unique ability Worthy Sacrifice. Sun and Moon - Two hits so more chance of crit and triggering more attacks. Rannigs Wrath - Extra Accuracy plus more from the Rapier modal, chance to recover immediately and extra DEF if your crit. Main Items Armour - Fleshmender / Cabalists Gambeson / Garari Cuirass. Head - Whitewitch Mask for better Illusion level and free Ryngrim's Enervating Terror when Bloodied. Mine lost its abilities (not sure why) so I switched to Heaven's Cacophony for +2 INT and added Shock damage per weapon hit (see a theme, all those two weapon riposte and disengagement attacks). Boots - Shorewalker Sandals for +1 RES. Footsteps of the Beast can be a handy way of applying another affliction to enemies to enable Deathblows. If your confused it will help with wounds and healing to! Cloak - Deflection +7, need all can get. The Magnificent Escape Cape is an option, gives free Escape but I prefer the simple always active +7. Gloves - Hylea's Talons for more enemy RAW DoT damage. Could apply to yourself but its a short DoT with all the hostile ability reductions which is self healed when it ends and gives wound. Belt - Girdle of Mortal Protection for more CON and crit reduction. Another option is Undying Burden gives same CON but extra Second Wind and damage reduction as you lost HP rather when your crit. Even with 150 DEF I was getting crit cos some enemies had 200 accuracy. Ring 1 - Greater Regeneration for HP/S Ring 2 - Voidward to reduce damage from FF ability, Hylea's Talons and any raw damage applied by enemies until you can remove it with Enlightened Agony and your other hostile effect reductions. General Fights If can group enemies then Gouging Strike them with Blunderbuss. Apply instant cast defences Mirrored Image and/or Llengraths Displaced Image. Swift Strikes. Enlightened Agony. Ryngrim's Enervating Terror OR Blade Turning. Thunderous Blows when you can. If all abilities up use FF and pick your Ring The Bell target carefully as don't have lots of Guile. I'm sure better players than me could solo with this but it was fun. Just don't try and do too much, I was so focused on maximizing DoT's I was struggling as the main tank (or solo attempts) hence the adjustments i'd make but couldn't to subrace and starting attributes. I enjoyed it so much I might try a solo run with it, maybe not on PotD though... Enjoy!

D:OS2 is an excellent game, it has great strategic combat and interesting party companions with worthwhile side quests There are also good mods you can load on Nexus

Spy x Family 19 One of the worst episodes so far. A student plots revenge against Damian. Anya oversleeps.

I'm always open for contracts, and what girl doesn't want to become a magical girl.

I'm really curious about your reaction. Have your teenage daughter contact @Make a contract with KP, you might be able to change something about it. All for the price of a little... help.

ZA-UM Drama continues Fired ex-Disco Elysium accuse current majority shareholder of fraud and are in process of considering future legal actions. [edit1] ZA-UM Drama continues further ZA-UM denies allegation, and claims that employees were fired over so,E really bad behaviour - including not treating their fellow employees nice, attempting to steal the IP and not doing their jobs. [/edit1] Mick Gordon vs ID Software drama strikes back Back in a day DOOM: Eternal's soundtrack was reported to be mixed poorly, and ID Software put the blade on soundtracks composer Mick Gordon. Now, two years later, MG claim it wasn't so. Goes even further to accuse ID Software of using far more of his work then they contractually agreed to, and refusing to pay him for the difference. edit2. MG post is lengthy but fascinating - he brings quite a few receipts to support his story. If his account of the events is accurate, then it’s quite a chilling tale.