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Hey @Azdeus look, you're no longer the worst food heathen on the forum.

I just want Obsidian to know that I prefer Pillars of Eternity 2. World building, lore, setting, immersion, atmosphere, ect. But also dialogue choices, attitudes (aggressive, clever, ect), ect. Only combat is superior in Larian's game. Even exploration is better in Pillars of Eternity, because the game world feels like a world and not a tabletop board. This is just my opinion and I just want Obsidian to know about it. Love you, bye!

ah yes i completly forgot taht it sucks up all your focus. ok, sounds pretty good to me then. good job!

with *2 multiplier and 25% raw lash, the difference is 8%. IDK, if BW is "overall" 8% more damage it's probably worth considering, but we're only looking at a very specific use and the advantage is still so small that if we just occasionally cast a spell it disappears. But I agree the lash can't be too high because the AoE applications you mentioned. I'm still rooting for your 0.625 SW/BW solution

did a quick test, it's indeed 5%, and weapon part also benefits from PL. the corrected result would be M<376/(108+135L), so even with a lash, DW needs a ~300% multiplier to match BW. still, with 250% multiplier and no lash, the difference is very small: DW 153.0625 vs BW 158.3625, a 3.46% difference if change BW to 30% lash the difference is 10.7%, slightly more visible but probably not good enough

New try for Wild Mind : all following effects 1) 50% chance of +2 PL for 3s extended by INT on cast (most likely works as (1-50%)² for spell with dual attacks such as Mental Binding) Roughly equivalent to a wizard specialization, doesn't not work every time but works on all spells. +2PL 100% chances is a bit strong and not ideal vibe fluff wise. That is still +1 PL on average, with okay variance. 2) 20% chances of an additional effect, each with 2% chance - -2 PL for 3s (extended by INT, reduced by RES not PL) (the +2PL version has 50% chances of happening) - +2 Empower Point - -1 Empower Point - Foe Random Tier 3 Affliction for 8s vs Will (+2 Accuracy per PL beyond 0) - Foe Random Tier 3 Inspiration 8s - Push Target - Echo Spell cast - Foe set invisible for 15s (extended by INT, not PL) until next attack (note that it is on average 3 times less than current) - Give Full focus - Miscast : - 2.5 radius, Hostile only - Electricity Keyword 7 PEN elecricity damages - Empty focus, set to 0.75 base damages per focus lost - Added PL Scaling (considered as Tier 0 ability) : +2 Accuracy, +0.5 PEN, %5 Multiplicative damages (a bit more generous scaling than usual) 3) Empowered Spell 100% chance of triggering miscast effect (basically Empowered spells are Soul Annihilation in an AoE). Because I like the Miscast effect.

from here I think I probably saw PL affecting the weapon part when doing tests earlier today (20.3 roll with a sabre). Not sure as I'm not on computer right now.

My doctor is a bit like that. A long shopping list of things for the pathology to test for 😂 But that is Ok, I'm like $35 out of pocket for that annual expense and it's nice to know that I don't suffer from anything cholesterol or diabetes related (among the long list of things being checked). Despite my childish demeanor at times, I'm not entirely young anymore 😖 So this frail old man needs to look after his body a bit, every now and then.

Keep in mind that the U.S. and the West are reliant on China and others, not only for ammo but even for various needs, like fossil fuels and minerals. https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/16/us-military-china-minerals-supply-chain/ https://www.voanews.com/a/putin-profits-off-us-and-european-reliance-on-russian-nuclear-fuel-/7220368.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-natural-gas-european-union-dependence-ukraine-war/32754244.html It's only later that they called for bans, but with a lot of concern because their manufacturing base is not prepared to go on a war footing, and they lack oil and minerals to maintain middle class lifestyles. (There's one report which even shows that the U.S. is wholly unprepared against China because its industrial base is shot.) Meanwhile, many don't want to serve in the military, if not unfit to serve: https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/01/conscription-is-seeing-a-revival-across-europe-is-that-a-good-thing https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/09/28/new-pentagon-study-shows-77-of-young-americans-are-ineligible-military-service.html One expert even pointed out that most U.S. youth are not even fit for many careers, and the main reasons involve drugs, alcoholism, criminal records, unwanted pregnancies, poor physical or mental health, obesity, and low test scores. Lastly, there has been growing distrust of the West by the Global South, as seen in moves away from the petrodollar and increasing bilateral trade, and what appears to be the emergence of a multipolar global economy.

There are a tons of ideas there, and I thought about a modal too. Modal shall have a very clear gameplay related intention though, not just random mode / non random mod. I also thought about a systematic PL increase upon casting but with a random value. Like +1-3 PL. So something random, but not too much, with 100% chance and only positive outcomes. The issue there is that with spell with mutliple attack loops it would proc at least twice and the game mechanics would make it stacks (and Cipher spells really love to have a separate attacks for main target and for AoE) . Another idea would be to make the miscast AoE 100% chances on empowered attacks, like a desperate measure. Could be fun in addition to regular proc but might overcomplexify the subclass. It would go well with the tweak granting more Empower points than average. Also I can't technically have more than 1 ability, so it's either passive, active or modals (with possible multiple effects and different proc chances but a single nature). Because technical reasons. But many things are still possible. I just have to keep in mind the low enthusiasm about random negative effects but I always try to keep the original fluff of abilities. Let me think (but you can still suggest ideas).

All the Judas-parts are pretty fire, though. This guy can sing.

Soup-o-rama continues. I made a clean out the fridge special jambalaya. Delicious. Kind of hard to **** up a jambalaya.

The gloves only come out once in Raedric's castle now, and in a place where they never came out before, for me at least, they only come out on the 19th, the time dropped is between 1 and before the day changes, there is enough slack, the 2x time is not valid, the loot hasn't changed yet and the gloves don't come out yet. The gloves come out in the hidden stash in the cells, where Giacco is, if anyone is interested, of course I'm talking with the current beta patch, if someone doesn't use it the loot is still the same as always.

Probably old news, but the new games on Steam have started to explicitly state how the generative AI was used during the development. So far, 3 of anime-style products released today have it. Examples: I suppose, it allows to make informed decisions about purchasing them, which would be harder if it was a tag that could be added to the Ignore list (granted, mine is already full). E.g., DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) is ML, so the text-based disclosure seems like the best solution.

My wacky cheeseburger pizza boat creation: It's ugly, but delicious. Not much to it: pizza dough, tomato sauce, mozzarella, and ground beef. I made it that shape so that I could pile the beef higher.

I also prefer bleu cheese but I like ranch a lot too

If you haven't been to this doctor, they may want to get a baseline for a few visits and then drop you to annual physicals unless something happens. Or they may just want that sweet, sweet insurance money.

Carl Weathers

One last note on the steak thing. A good chunk of the people I served in the military with ended up going into food services and they all told me that by ordering your steak well done you're actually more likely to get a subpar cut of meat because you can cover up most of the sketchiness by cooking the hell out of it. Last night I made p'sghetti with some jarred sauce that had porcini mushrooms that I punched up with sweet Italian sausage, tomato paste, spices, and pasta water. Tonight is leftovers.