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Yeah, never eat mushrooms. Eating mushrooms is smurf domicide.

As there is no better place (with the exception of one thread defending Assad’s and Russian murderuous spree in Syria), and the current events are unfolding mainly due to someone being to busy to sacrifice hundreds of thousands own people in WW1 style meat grinder, I’ll post it here. Assad has “run” to Moskva, as soon as Syrian rebels has decided to show Russia, how a 3 day Special Military Operation should be properly executed. Aleppo along with more than 50 towns, including strategic airbase at Abu al-Duhur, have been liberated from Russian occupiers overnight.

Then single class Bloodmage totally works. I wouldn't raise Might too high because it also increases the self damage of Blood Sacrifice. INT, DEX and PER are the most important attributes. For gear besides the helmet and +1-spells-grimoire I mentioned above you might want to look at Fleshmender (Leather Armor with a regenerative healing effect). It also gives you more Quick Slots = more grimoires. The more grimoires you can hold in your Quick Slots the more flexibility with your spell selection you can have and be able to pick more passive abilities from the ability tree instead of picking spells which you'd only use occasionally.

It might be perverse to say it, but this might actually be the case here. Russians with Assad has already shown, how much disdain they have for human life. So in other words, ex Al Qaeda is currently attacking the biggest and richest terrorist organization in the world, with the help of Syrian Kurds, which are probably the single entity in this chaos, who might be, at least with handful of sand, described as the “most-likely good guys”. There is at least a small glimpse of hope, that in future, it would be easier for Syrians to overthrow unafilliated terrorist group than Russian State-Backed Terrorists, which are currently the “official governing body” in Syria 🤷‍♂️

No fun allowed in Moscow.

I couldn't say, because I don't know enough about the forces trying to root out the entrenched part. But I suspect both decided the risk of loss of life of own troops outweighed any consideration for collateral civilian casualties (in both cases) edit: i.e. for me, there is no difference between Hamas in Gaza and HTS in in Aleppo, nor is there any noticeable difference between the approach of the Syrian and Israeli government when it comes to dislodging them

You mean the people in Aleppo who werent massacred by Assad the last time? Have you ever seen the photos of what Aleppo looked like after Russia, Iran and Assad were finished, this is a good link because it shows before and after photos so you can see the magnitude of the destruction https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/aleppo-before-and-after-syria-civil-war/4/

And another giveaway. https://www.gog.com/en/game/oaken

Eyo, thanks so much for the advice!!! My bad for not being more specific omg- Really thinking of just having my bloodmage be on the backlines, slinging debuff spells mainly, since I am planning to build Aloth for the more hybrid setup w/ his multiclass. Also, will be playing on Turn-based mode mostly, since RTWP for all of POE1 was... a bit rough for me, I wasn't a huge fan of RTWP combat at all kekw- Oh my god, that is gonna be so freaking funny to keep doing LMAO- Especially considering the bloodmage subclass 😂

Hi! There is no definitive answer for your question. Both can be very good, depending on what you want to do/how you want to play your Bloodmage. In general a Bloodmage - like all Wizards - can be great as a single class character. They get fantastic spells at the highest Power Levels (which multiclassed Bloodmages won't get) - and they advance through their Power Levels/spell tiers faster than a multiclass and get better scaling for their spells. This is most advantageous if you want to play a traditional Wizard role: sling powerful spells all day long. However, if you want to play a Bloodmage a bit differently, for example play one who also can do good stuff in melee combat or who can heal party members or is good with ranged weapons and so on, then multiclassing might be better. Even when focusing on spellcasting a multiclass can be great. One example is Assassin(Rogue)/Bloodmage. Even if you don't plan on using weapons at all: the Assassin gets +25 accuracy and increased penetration as well as increased crit damage for all his offensive actions if he's stealthed or invisible. This also applies to his spells. This can be a valid reason to go that multiclass route - even if it means that you lose access to the high level spells. Livegiver(Cat form)/Bloodmage is also a popular spellcaster. You combine your healing spells with Blood Sacrifice and use the Cat form (and Cat Flurry) to cast spells incredibly fast. Then there's also some potent synergies between certain (subclass) abilities: for example Fighter's Unbending + Bloodmage's Wall of Draining makes you basically unkillable. Same as Barring Death's Door (Priest) + Wall of Draining, which makes you truly unkillable. Rogue's Escape gives you +50 deflection for a very short time. But if combined with Wall of Draining it stays for a very long time instead... So I would suggest you specify how you envision your Bloodmage to function, then we can give better advice. If you just like the classic Wizard feeling then single class Bloodmage is great. The last two spell tiers are awesome. That also depends on the specific role/how you want to play him. A backline spellcaster can relatively safely drop CON* and RES. Profits from high INT, DEX and PER. High MIG, too - if damaging spells are a priority. If the focus is on debuffing/CC then high MIG is not needed. *Don't drop CON all the way as a single class Bloodmage. You rely on your health to regain spell uses (Blood Sacrifice). It's beneficial to have a robust health pool if want to draw from it frequently and have no constant source of healing. Again depends. But a generally goodthing is to use arquebus. There's a soulbound one which can be bound to wizards. And it can give your spells a 10% corrosive lash - a multiplicative damage bonus. It also heals on hits occasionally which is nice for a Bloodmage. Essential Phantom (wizard summon spell) copies your weapons. So it's possible to have a phantom running around with your arquebus, shooting enemies. Since the phantom doesn't cast spells you might want to get the Red Hand arquebus (best arquebus for DPS) and hold it while you summon the phantom. Then the phantom will have it, too - and use it on enemies. Then you can switch to the soulbound one I mentioned before. Must-have equipment... there's too much stuff that is great for all kinds of approaches. But in general for a single class Wizard getting Rekvu's Fractured Casque (helmet) + Grimoire of Vaporous Wizardry is a top choice. You will get +1 spell uses for each spell tier. But you will get interrupted every time you take damage - which is super bad. Fortunately the helmet makes you completely immune to interrupts as long as you have an injury. It is very easy to cause yourself a harmless injury: cast Necrotic Lance on yourself out of combat until you drop, done: very minor injury, immunity against all interrupts and lots of extra spells. The rest doesn't matter too much and also changes throughout the game. A Bloodmage might profit well from +max. health gear (mostly amulet) and health regeneration gear (rings, belts and/or armor). Also bonus INT, PER and DEX items alre always welcome. If you specify how your wizard is supposed to play there can be more specific recommendations for gear I think. Cheers!

And we were supposed to avoid eating mushrooms. Not much of a problem for me, having never really liked them anyway. Good old times.

And we were not allowed to play in the sandbox.

Carnage can trigger multiple times, but if it does in a short time frame (for example when Swift Flurry/HBD procs) the game will tell you something like "similar effect already applied". So it doesn't really "stack" like it did in PoE1. Weapon effects which get triggered not only by weapon attacks but on spells etc., too (universal), should also proc on Carnage hits (or kills): Scordeo's Edge: Double Strike Sungrazer: Return Orbit Engoliero do Espirs: Cruel Blade and Blade Feast The Twin Eels: Breath of Life Azure Blade: Wrong Place, Wrong Time Sanguine Greatsword: Thirsty Blade and Parched Blade Oathbreaker's End: Found Guilty/Innocent Dire Talon: Tooth and Claw Aamiina Legacy: Slayer of Beasts The Spine of Thicket Green: Purge Decay Wicked Beast: Wild Heart Amaliorra: Ash and Dust Amaliorra: Innevitable Decay Whispers of Yenwood: Soul Cutter Xoti's Sickle: Soul Reaper List originally composed by @Constentin Lévine

Yeah I did that (advanced settings as well, disc release). There are some micro freezes in busy areas that seem more to do with A-Life though, that is AI entering the fold and spawning. Plus there is one underground sequence so far where the fps drop (very briefly). So the game isn't completely without drops even on a 2019/2020ish computer (that's what my PC is roughly spec'd at, not a high end one though). Overall, the game plays fine. Also gave Call Of Pripyat a shot for the first ever time. Seems they went into the Stalker 2ish direction years ago already, with more open maps and all. There's also surprisingly few battles so far in that one, unless you actively engage every mutant roaming the zones. Considering that the introduction states there'd be just like 100-200 stalkers roaming the entire area, that seems more believable. Internet rumor has it that THQ pushed them to have more gunfights for Shadow Of Chernobyl back in 2007. Considering that was also the year Bioshock's devs were scared chicken of boring the FPS crowd if they didn't introduce more stuff to shoot in the face (sorry, German), I'm almost inclined to believe that rumour. 😄 Watching a couple Chernobyl docs these days too. Still remember when we had to wash our hands after playing outside in kindergarten (I was in my last kindergarten year in Germany, April 1986 was a couple months before I went to elementary school that summer). #allindazone

Actually, there is an application for AI that is extremely beneficial for someone like me who is hearing impaired. AI is hugely improving the performance of captioning systems.

Im about 6 hours into Underrail and Im really enjoying it I love the whole strategic nature of combat and the myriad of character customization options the game provides And I particularly enjoy the whole exploration aspect of the game, its very open world around where you can go outside of the initial "fallen rock " barriers but this is the beginning of the game and there are lots of map regions to visit I decided to be a Psi with crossbow and throwing skills and I am spending points on Stealth This game is another example where you dont need expensive AAA features or the best visuals to have a thorough and excellent gaming experience

Oh my god, guys. I finally did it. My weapon started to break down near the end, so I had to do the last couple attacks with barely dealing any damage. It was really damn close and I expected having to restart any second now. But for some reason Kos (or some say, Kosm...) kept missing me. Maybe my frantically dodging to the left broke the ai before it broke me. PS: Even after all those years, the spoiler function is still dog poop. Why can't I edit text inside a spoiler? Why is there no markup editor here? Terrible forum software.

I always liked how Obs handled diversity in Deadfire, i.e. they just put it there along with world building for it to make sense, no fanfares or shining a spotlight on it.

I’m a NECROMANCER! Every class build I have presented so far was a melee type so I wanted to do the opposite this time. This is a one man army of the dead and rotting, poison, corrosive, and death magic. Enjoy either sitting back and letting your army deal with the soon to be also undead, or fling about your UNLIMITED POWAH, laying waste to all those around you. Lots of grimoires cover almost every spell you need, with only a couple picks needed. How’s it play? Send in your army of skeletons, maybe summon up some more and/or send in your ghostly ancient weapons to hold back a big monster long enough to drop the appropriate damage type on it. Charm of bones is a great summon tool (if you don’t mind some cheese import a character with one so you can have a second for recharging). Game Version: 5.0 Difficulty: PotD (+all Upscale, no mods & CP) Solo: Not tested Race: Pale Elf Class: Loremaster (Troubadour/Blood Mage) Home: White that wends Background: pick one Starting Stats (includes BB): Mig: 8 (10) Con: 8 (10) Dex: 19 (Elf) (21) Per: 20 (Elf+home) (22) Int: 18 (20) Res: 5 (7) Skills: Arcana / Metaphysics Abilities: 1. Spirit Shield/If their bones/Soft winds 2. Missiles 3. And Hel-Hyraf 4. At the sound/Infuse vital essence 5. White worms 6. Necrotic Lance 7. Ancient Brittle/Combat focus 8. Shield that Cracks 9. Ancient memory 10. And their fear/spell shaping 11. Spirit of decay 12. Their putrid Stench 13. Rapid casting/Far casting 14. Reny Deret’s 15. Ben fidal’s 16. Quick summoning/secrets of the rime 17. Pull of eora 18. Tough 19. Many Lives/Wall of draining 20. Ancient instruments Weapon slots: Main weapon: Effort Back up weapons: Blightheart (bound to chanter), Chroma staff Gear: Mask of grotto Deep Shroud of the phantasm Charm of Bones Effigy’s husk Fire thrower’s gloves Ring of overseer Kuaru’s prize Vithral Slippers Trollhide belt Animancy cat Grimoires: Ninaguath’s teachings Iron clasped Lich’s Brawler’s Snakeskin

It crossed my mind that perhaps I should look for a new website/server host. Something cheaper. I only need email address ability and some file storage for occasional, y'know, picture uploading. That's it, I do nothing else now. So I start internet searching. Everything feels like an ad, whether a big name magazine page or tomshardware or anything else that comes up that has a site name I vaguely recognize - and all the "click link so we can get affiliate funds", the listed packages from all these companies feels too good to be true (maybe this is normal now?), all the companies seem the same and seem to create their websites from the same template, and reviews are all suspect. I'm totally lost. I could actually live without ever posting screenshots, but I need (many) dedicated email addresses. gmail or whatever is common now will not suffice. >.> F, I hate the internet now.