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... is only 2:38 minutes o' singing. "sneaky little hobbitses." but if you want the "bell" to drive you insane, then... and HA! Good Fun!

technical the swarm doesn't become a giant spider. through agency o' the clemency of shadows ring (one o' the best crusade relics in the game btw,) a giant spider is summoned for 3 rounds whenever a party member, including summons, is rendered unconscious or dies. if you want a cheap way to create a functional impenetrable wall of summons, the monster or animal summons 1 spells will suffice 'cause when the giant spiders die or is rendered unconscious, they also trigger the clemency of shadows summon effect. as such, starting the daisy chain with the lowest level spell possible makes tactical sense. 'course clemency of shadows is most useful 'cause o' the attacks o' opportunity modifier, but the summoned spiders is kinda a hoot. HA! Good Fun!

@Sarex as o' five minutes ago, having reloaded the end boss o' colyphyr mines battle with our first aeon character, improved aeon bane, aeon immunities and aeon gazes work proper. we did not test aeon spells. am not knowing what kp references by judgements for aeon as that ain't a mechanics thing but rather is quest related. inquisitors (save for a few archetypes)and a hunter archetype get judgements, so is not surprising the patch notes mentioned inquisitor judgements and not aeon judgements. the only aeon judgements in wotr is your mythic quest related pronouncements. however, the aeon character we tested is a sanctified slayer multi-class with no judgements, so we could not test inquisitor judgements, in case such is a continued matter o' concern. unrelated, studied target definite were working. warning: we will observe how many months past, owlcat altered aeon gazes. owlcat decided those who are immune to gaze attacks should also be immune to aeon gazes, which were a serious nerf. a couple wide available feats will make enemies and companions immune to aeon gaze effects. complete unrelated: the colyphyr mine boss battle involves a dispel effect. as many have no doubt noticed, effects from most abilities (is a few exceptions... 'cause?) is not dispelled by the boss' mass dispel, so domain abilities typical persist. regarding cast spells, the dispel is near total and complete. however, there is a few spells effects which is not dispelled and am suspecting is 'cause the effects is coded as abilities and/or 'cause is stuff which modifies weapons as 'posed to party members. example: crusader's edge is not dispelled. HA! Good Fun!

"taco tuesday" still trademarked in new jersey... and trump was indicted... again. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-live-updates-grand-jury-2020-election-probe-arrives-courthouse-rcna96825 Trump has been charged by the Department of Justice with the following four counts: A conspiracy to defraud the United States "by using dishonesty, fraud and deceit to obstruct the nation’s process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election," according to the special counsel's office. A conspiracy to impede the Jan. 6 congressional proceeding at which the collected results of the presidential election are counted and certified. A conspiracy against the right to vote and to have that vote counted. Obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct and impede, the certification of the electoral vote. curious, am not seeing any news as to co-conspirators. conspiracy by definition requires more than one conspirator. (edit: six unnamed co-conspirators-- four attorneys, one doj official and one political consultant.) HA! Good Fun!

the one genuine surprise for owlcat's camellia arc is it manages to be considerable worse in act 5. HA! Good Fun!

'cause am old james jamerson bass and wilton felder, one o' the greatest motown sax players, on bass. HA! Good Fun!

gonna observe blaster always seemed like a good option from our pov and there has been improvements with patches. example: irresistible divine damage took some time to implement correct. the hd increases is underappreciated. is doubtful kp reads, but is also worth noting a merged spellbook angel or lich keeps the merged spellbook when going the gold dragon route, albeit w/o the inflated caster level, which as already noted in the linked post is not that big o' a sacrifice for a blaster. 'course the downside, much like with legend, is the lateness the gold dragon is available plus our only dedicated blaster character thus far were an azata and it felt wrong to kick aivu and the rest o' the lollipop guild to the curb for a little more power which 'course is kinda unnecessary late game. the difficult content in the game is early, so being a smidge more powerful for the last 10% is kinda underwhelming. still haven't done our anticipated lich-> gold dragon even though it is one o' the few remaining builds am curious 'bout. @Sarex the water elemental is beatable even on unfair w/o numerous reloads, but doing so requires exploitive gameplay HA! Good Fun!

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edit: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.85.0_2.pdf pp 27-31 is worth your time. HA! Good Fun!

have mentioned previous how we use the microwave instead o' parboiling taters for home fries, and we also use microwaves to speed up baking of russets or sweet potatoes. ... am gonna admit we learned how am having been using the microwave to soften butter all wrong. old dog. new tricks. HA! Good Fun!

"Former library spaces at some schools will be converted into rooms where students who misbehave will be relocated to watch lessons virtually, work alone, or in groups with differentiated lessons. Books will remain on shelves and students will still be able to borrow books on a honor code system." *chuckle* how long before that approach is deemed a complete failure? however, we couldn't help but reflexive set the wayback machine to 1985 when we saw libraries will be used for dealing with students who misbehave. pretty much describes the setting o' the breakfast club. dystopian miss by a year. is not orwellian 1984 but hughes' 1985? aside: at the time we couldn't help but be impressed by the shermer high library aesthetic and size. were disappointed when we discovered it weren't a real high school library but rather a converted school gymnasium at a defunct high school. HA! Good Fun!

Biden's dog, Commander, has been biting Secret Service agents not cool. not the dog's fault but am having little patience for those who is irresponsible pet owners. 'course we have never met a person who thinks o' themself as an irresponsible pet owner. HA! Good Fun!

recent recovered audio (remastered) o' an early 1970s steely dan beer commercial jingle... never released HA! Good Fun!

CDC Recommends RSV Vaccine For Older Adults Adults at the highest risk for severe RSV illness include older adults, adults with chronic heart or lung disease, adults with weakened immune systems, and adults living in nursing homes or long-term care facilities. CDC estimates that every year, RSV causes approximately 60,000–160,000 hospitalizations and 6,000–10,000 deaths among older adults. the vaccine will be available in the US this fall. HA! Good Fun!

this is our problem. chicken fried steak is something we made a few times for family and friends, and most o' our acquaintances is midwesterners, californians or yankees o' some stripe. chicken fried steak is not something our friends and family is likely to have had more than once and chances are what they had weren't a particular good example o' the dish. our family experienced a pleasant kinda a shock when they realized how delicious were chicken fried steak, so now it is one o' the most common requests we get precise 'cause is not something they make for themselves or enjoy at a local restaurant. what family thought was chicken fried steak... wasn't. edit: most o' our family is not adventurous when it comes to menu selections. HA! Good Fun!

"but still" is an admission o' self undercutting, yes? you make the counter argument and then "but still," for your main point? not to mention we disagree. honest makes us wonder if we played the same game. gonna limit to weapons: kitchen stove led to multiple builds being developed 'round the weapon. https://forums.obsidian.net/search/?q=kitchen stove&quick=1 silly op. marux amanth were not only powerful but were useful for multiple different classes and builds. we got extreme use from the burn + the extra attack chance for priests. am thinking people didn't fully understand the deadfire maths if they failed to recognize just how many extra attacks is functional possible generated with a priest wielding marux amanth. magran's favor were kinda op for fire users, which is what our contemplative were. we had never used a battle axe the whole game but 'cause o' the way deadfire didn't force us into single weapon specialization, we were able to get serious benefit from the axe late gam. in fact, for our first deadfire run, we started dual wielding sceptres with our contemplative, cause the helwalker+ priest o' eothas were kinda squish and range made sense. then switched to marux amanth + whatever relative early. the ball and chain flail seemed world beater effective for our high crit build. 'course late game were a dagger + axe 'cause with our contemplative wielding magran's favor we could lay down over-the-top pillars of fire. were no mechanical punishment for using the axe or the dagger or the flail. lord darryn's voulge were the primary weapon for our shaman and it were extreme fun to use... and strongk. stacking daze on crit and with a barbarian we were critting frequent enough. late game we might be tempted to switch to the also ridiculous powerful chromoprismatic staff, but for a shaman, the lightning aoe were tough to ignore. speaking o' our shaman, modwyr not only had the speed stacking quality (again, am thinking people didn't understand the maths, so perhaps seeming small stacking bonuses were overlooked too often) but the weapon were easy to upgrade and it eventual provided immunity to the confused state, which until mid game were our one shortcoming as a shaman. for the shaman we also thought tekēhu's weapon were mighty keen and so we upgraded and used for much o' the game when needing a ranged alternative. worked a bit like kitchen stove with our berserker. do we need to mention the plethora o' sabres? were actual a problem 'cause so many backers who paid for a custom weapon wanted sabres, so there were more good sabres than anything else at release. is not difficult to find threads complaining about why there were so many great sabres and not many hatchets... or whatever. etc. edit: shouldn't need be stated, but am thinking a main point o' deadfire gear scheme is missed. gear is important in deadfire, but is almost never what defines a character or makes a build strong. xzar serious undersells the kitchen stove, but that weapon is almost unique in that is more than a few builds which is dependent on the weapon. a major goal o' deadfire were to exorcise that stoopid. in wotr, we near always have ember go the fire route or focus enchantment spells. why? 'cause gear makes enchantment and fire the obvious wins. most wotr builds is as much gear dependent as they is focused on player abilities.bg2 were even worse with gear almost wholly defining the efficacy o' a majority o' builds. obsidan were specific trying to avoid such in deadfire. somehow the deadfire gear goal, one we see as a positive, needs be explained and apologized... which kinda misses what obsidian successful did. and for @Sarex and others who once again mention that deadfire were not perfect balanced, we observe such were never promised or even a goal. the obsidian developers observed that particular with creative players, there were always gonna be exploits if people looked hard enough. the actual goal were not to eliminate every powerful build but rather to make sure every class and build were viable and fun. observe the existence o' "outliers" is strawman 'cause obsidian specific noted on multiple occasions how elimination o' outliers were not a goal o' their balancing efforts. sure, the developers nerfed stuff more than once, but the real focus were to make every class viable... and potential fun. so, what were the prohibitive weak class in deadfire? if you tried hard or had extreme bad luck am s'posing were possible to self gimp with multi class, which is something obsidian warned 'bout in-game as well as on the boards. a not viable single class in deadfire? not seeing it. somebody in this thread actual mentioned a monk subclass, which were kinda insane. every monk were arguable too powerful in deadfire, so even the arguable worst were strong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiIu1d_T9Uk streetfighter + shattered pillar were extreme strong, but even a vanilla shattered pillar, particular with an instruments of pain build, was a wrecker. you will find no shortage of shatter pillars builds in the deadfire forum. aside, am recalling how during the beta we kept seeing complaints that rogues were weak. *snort* rogues weren't noticeable buffed during the beta, but sure enough, when deadfire were released and people actual played 'em, the rogue complaints disappeared. the rogue complaints, coming almost entire from people who hadn't bothered to play a rogue, were illustrative o' a major problem. 'cause deadfire were once again implementing rules different even from the original pathfinder, players made assumptions after reading class and item descriptions w/o realizing the actual gameplay efficacy o' those classes and items. everybody knew rouges sucked, but nobody had bothered to test 'em? 'ccording to obsidian's deadfire telemetry, literal nobody had played a shaman for a month or two following release, and near nobody had played a contemplative, but there were plenty o' opinions on shaman and contemplative builds. is why we played a shaman berserker + priest o' wael shaman. our first run were the helwalker + priest o' eothas. to say we were satisfied with our powha is an understatement. regardless, while there were indeed outliers in deadfire, there were no classes which were not viable. every class was effective. however, we will note an oft mentioned obsidian example were misleading. to show the range o' possible builds possible in pillars and again in deadfire, obsidian developers would reflexive mention how you could build a sooper smart barbarian. ... the obsidian barbarian example is opposite o' what the developers suggest. we played pillars and deadfire priests with high resolve or high might or high dexterity and all were viable and even fun. however, am thinking there were self gimpage involved if a player attempted to build a not sooper smart barbarian unless they were particular deft with the system. the example obsidian used all the time to identify more options actual represented one o' the rare cases o' homogenization. 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chicken fried steak is literal the only recipe for which we use cube steak. our mother's swiss steak was... terrible. god rest her soul, but is no way to forgive what our mom did to swiss steak and we have never quite recovered from the trauma o' swiss steak nights. we mention 'cause o' the weird conflating terms-- "swiss" is the process to create cube steak but is also a tomato and cube steak recipe. swiss steak is called swiss steak 'cause you use cube steak and not 'cause o' switzerland origins. whatever. we rare have the patience to swiss meat for proper chicken fried steak. furthermore, we have never had an urge to try and make swiss steak as an adult, which also uses cube steak but is complete different than chicken fried steak. unnecessarily confusing. chicken fried steak is one o' our go-to dutch oven recipes and the resulting pan dripping thyme gravy is 100% artery destroying goodness. however, we let our butcher swiss the meat. 'course when is as hot as it has been recent, we rare use the dutch oven. good news is local tomatoes just beginning to hit ideal season and so for the next almost two months we will be eating tomato everything... but not swiss steak. curious, am understanding swiss steak didn't original call for tomatoes, but that is so not the point. today we did have a glorious tomato sandwich which involved homemade bread, oh-so-ez homemade mayo, salt, a sprinkle o' cream of tartar and fresh ground black pepper. bread were the most complicated part o' the sandwich and kinda unnecessary. we also made an all-purpose marinara as well as a similar-but-not-same chicago style pizza sauce which we risk offending the culinary gods by topping a detroit style pizza we plan on making tomorrow eve. am risking our south-side credentials by admitting that when we make pizza at home, we almost always 'go detroit style 'cause is easier and we don't need any fancy equipment to get it right. we also picked up an armenian cucumber when we bought our tomatoes... just 'cause. am gonna see how the cucumber works for tzatziki. we got a decent gyro meat knock-off recipe but is just an excuse to use tzatziki. ordinarily we use english cucumber for the yogurt-based sauce but we figured we would live dangerous and try armenian. HA! Good Fun!

aeon is a powerful mythic path but the downside is it only becomes relative strongk once you hit mythic six. is our opinion, but wotr is most difficult early. in terms o' early game power, nothing compares with the merged spell book angel or lich. trickster is also relative strong sooner than other mythics. azata casters may be powerful early as either favorable or zippy magic is a serious upgrade for casters and the first superpower comes at mythic 4. aeon, on the other hand, feels a bit underwhelming with meh spells and ok-but-not-great abilities. however, the aeon gazes scale well, the greater dispel from improved aeon's bane is one o' the best abilities in the game, and the level six and seven mythic spells for aeon is busted powerful. oh, and the aeon's cloak is one o' the better items in the game. unfortunate, the problem with being the aeon being one o' the most OP mythics late in the game is every other mythic is capable o' being extreme powerful late in the game. HA! Good Fun!

twitter files? what were revealed in the twitter files hearings were that the proclaimed bias against conservatives didn't actual exist, the reporter who broke the story didn't actual investigate anything, and the only real pressure from government against twitter came from the trump white house. vijaya gadde, james baker, yoel roth, the twitter folks who were grilled at the twitter files hearings, all said there were no pressure from the fbi regarding the laptop story or any other o' the scary lib stories jim jordan and others claimed were censored. however, while it were an embarrassing reveal, we did learn there was pressure from the trump administration which resulted in a change o' twitter policy, which is arguable censorship but so is not what the twitter files and taibbi were trying to sell the conspiracy minded audience. https://www.axios.com/2023/02/08/twitter-executives-house-hearing-hunter-biden-laptop "I am aware of no unlawful collusion with, or direction from, any government agency or political campaign on how Twitter should have handled the Hunter Biden laptop situation," said Jim Baker, Twitter's former deputy general counsel and a former FBI lawyer, during his testimony Wednesday." every gop censorship boogeyman were dispatched with similar alacrity. serious, just as with the rfk jr hearing link which am doubting 99% o' boardies bothered to watch, the twitter files hearing were a near complete bust for republicans. yeah, the fbi's monitoring o' tweets and making some admitted hairball kinda recommendations at times should be addressed, but the weaponization committee didn't delve into those issues and they didn't even try to get witnesses or experts to make suggestions as to how the FBI should change behaviors. no, the fbi didn't "demand" or "coerce" or "shut down" in regards to the undertaker parody, but am thinking is ridiculous this is the kinda thing somebody at the fbi is monitoring and issuing warnings regarding. even so, the twitter file hearings were useful in showing how as often as not, twitter rejected fbi recommendations. more than 60% o' fbi warnings were rejected by twitter. hard to show coercion when the emails from twitter folks show 'em using eye-roll emojis when internal discussing and dismissing fbi input. and speaking o' taibbi, he routine left out important details such as how when the bidens reached out to twitter to ask for the removal o' tweets, it weren't 'bout the laptop or hunter's burisma connections but rather were limited to the nude photos which clear violated twitter's own terms o' service. taibbi also didn't bother to do anything other than summarize his conclusions regarding the emails 'cause he never even tried to get comments from the twitter folks who were s'posed being bludgeoned into suppression o' speech. the following is a painful to watch taibbi response to twitter files criticisms: as to missouri v. biden, it looks like political theatre as a couple o' state ag is trying to create a cause o' action from an unsupported conspiracy theory, which is why the judge in the case has taken more than a little heat so far. HOWEVER, with the almost zero evidence offered so far, is difficult to say the case is a dud or real. IF the plaintiffs is able to prove government interference on a scale they claim, then their efforts is warranted, but so far this looks a bit similar to the idiotic election fraud cases gop state ag put forward to impress voters knowing there were no chance o' success. at this point the plaintiffs need not prove anything so the fact they hasn't is hardly crippling, but we woulda' expected something for a judge to be granting a preliminary injunction. again, has been no ruling on the merits, and have not seen any real evidence offered thus far, but is too early to be complete dismissive o' missouri and louisiana efforts. as is our habit, we suggest a wait and see approach w/o drawing conclusions from simple fact the case is in the court system. the restrict act is so not what key suggests, but it is vague to the point o' almost certain being an unconstitutional auto fail, even with the current Court. "dubbed the Patriot Act 2.0"? is like trump's "many people say." the act applies to "any foreign government or foreign nongovernment person engaged in a long-term pattern or serious instances of conduct significantly adverse to the national security of the United States or security and safety of United States persons." also, those foreign adversaries need be engaged in activities which "pose undue or unacceptable risk." for the act to be triggered. what constitutes undue or unacceptable risk? "The RESTRICT Act only has the power to mitigate extremely high-risk actions – like sabotaging U.S. tech, catastrophically impacting infrastructure, or interfering in our federal elections." restrict doesn't give the secretary the power to censor just any chinese, north korean, cuban, iranian or venezuelan content. is also no private citizen criminalization function so making the comparison to Patriot Act is based on either ignorance or willful misrepresentation. choose. next. HA! Good Fun!

is why @HoonDing mentions spell focus... and presumably spell specialization. dispel is a modified cl check. on core difficulty the boss in question is an outsider level 39, and owlcat decided that means his caster level is also 39. you need a merged angel/lich with school mastery: abjuration, spell focus: abjuration and spell specialization: greater dispel, as well as a couple bits o' gear which boost caster level, to have a meaningful chance o' dispelling buffs on the boss in question... or you need be a trickster... or aeon. obvious your azata ain't a merged spell book angel/lich. is why we mentioned how on higher difficulties for the late game bosses it isn't worth the effort to dispel. makes more sense to just stack ab/dc and add debuffs. the boss in question also shows up in the aeon mythic, so if you wanna see the battle go a bit different, you may go the aeon route and create character with high initiative and a whole lotta melee attacks. btw, for a considerable amount o' time after release, it were not difficult for an azata party to dispel all buffs o' the azata quest boss 'cause aivu benefited from the same broke maths as the azata mythic boss. aivu's dragon level were her caster level. HA! Good Fun!

we got a suggestion for the next veteran's day. HA! Good Fun!

the poblanos and jalapeños in a pazole is gonna tend towards mildness particular as the peppers gets cooked down a bit. did your daughter leave the seeds in the peppers? that would explain unusual heat from usual tame green pozole. 'course sometimes peppers is unnatural hot, particular if they is homegrown. if you pull the jalapeños off the plant from your backyard, you could end up with heat far beyond expectations. from jacques pépin we learned it is always best to taste a tiny bit o' each jalapeño, serrano or whatever 'cause is not as if peppers have uniform heat. on the positive side, now you got a family story which is more likely to endure. am recalling a family thanksgiving when a turkey took an improbable amount of time to reach correct temp. at the time our mom were kinda mortified waiting on the bird to reach safe internal temp... and she didn't even stuff the turkey which is an ordinary culprit o' prolonged cooking time. guests made jokes as the cooking stretched on and on and on and mom died a little bit every time she checked the bird for doneness. particular for mom the evening were not amusing, but years removed... in any event, sounds like your family enjoyed themselves and the meal, so all's good. HA! Good Fun!

@Sarex mentions the goggles of pure sight, which is a good for one attempt and should be de rigueur for many boss battles. brilliant inspiration, the azata equivalent, as well as the fortune hex and sosiel's luck domain ability will allow you to reroll and take the better result o' rolls including dispel checks, which is also beneficial. there is an exploit involving the fortune hex + cackle which will result in being able to extend the duration of the hex. there is an earthbreaker purchasable in act 4 which allows at will greater dispels at character level, so for a legend it becomes a bit op. woljiff and greyboar, if they ain't multiclassed, can become useful dispellers by taking the rogue dispel talent. the dispel on sneak attacks is not greater dispel but is gonna be per attack and will be based on slayer or rogue level which is why multiclassing impedes. a dual wielding greyboar and woljiff is gonna get a whole lotta attacks. am not sure o' your mythic. merged spell book lich and angel has heightened cl and lich additional gets something called corrupt magic. aeon is dispelling buzz saws... eventually. not surprising, tricksters get a cheaty skill for dispelling. legend with the aforementioned earthbreaker is win, and legend also provides one o' the few options for exceeding cl 20 as you may add mystic theurge prestige class. aside, you will face a couple boss battles in which your party buffs is guaranteed to be dispelled, so... ultimately, based on the wonky manner in which owlcat implemented pathfinder mechanics, dispel is a huge advantage if you are able to pull it off, but on higher difficulties it is a challenge to manage boss dispels unless you are a merged spellbook lich or angel, legend with the earth breaker, trickster or aeon. as such the game obvious ain't designed to make dispel required. wotr mechanics lacks subtlety and for the most part is 'bout stacking your party ab and dc to stratospheric levels and applying as many irresistible debuffs as possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20VjisjtWv0 HA! Good Fun!

lordy. improbable, but as far as we could tell, there were not a single example of government censorship offered after more than 3.5 hours. we watched the whole thing yesterday. First Amendment applies to government limits. doesn't apply to private publishers or platforms in part 'cause those publishers also have free speech rights. furthermore, the government isn't required to provide a platform to a guy just 'cause his name happens to be kennedy. whiney nepo baby. rfk jr mentions First Amendment, but there were no First Amendment issue found. we also learned that rfk thinks that disagreement with his opinions, by means o' "targeted propaganda" (rfk jr. thinks the use o' direct quotes and uncomfortable facts is targeted propaganda) or labels with which he dislikes equals censorship. at ~4:00 o' rfk jr. opening statement he marvels that he has been called an anti-vaxxer. *gasp* moving on... we also discovered rfk jr has a fundamental misunderstanding o' more english words than "censorship," 'cause he also believes recommendation= mandate. however, am gonna observe we were shocked it took rfk jr more than two minutes (but less than 2:30) to mention his father and jfk. uncharacteristic restraint. rare does it take rfk jr so long to mention bobby or jack. ... washington dc is the one place on earth where clown shows elicit almost no laughs and regular last more than three hours. edit: most o' rfk jr bs "facts" regarding covid and vaccines is stuff he has repeated before. here is a few months remote video for anybody who is curious 'bout a quick fact checking o' claims, many which were repeated during the hearing. rfk jr. knows he is spewing bad data 'cause he has been corrected numerous times but he continues to do so. HA! Good Fun!