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no problem. one suspects somebody at owlcat made the quest more difficult than it needed to be. is items which curious is not capable o' being sold to vendors, and would appear to be junk, but try and get rid o' that wooden fork. dare you. wooden plates and mugs, on the other hand, is tagged appropriate. no doubt there is a good reason why there were a need to differentiate bulk sale items from junk for purposes o' the quest in question, 'cause if you had been able to use mundane swords and armour to complete the quest, somebody's immersion woulda' been broken? alternative for owlcat were going through list o' all inventory items and tagging appropriate as junk... and predictable missing a few items in the process. our first time completing the quest were in the beta, before we got in the habit o' selling everything to only woljif (act iv) or wilcer garm (everywhere else). the problem for us were that just previous to having acquired the azata quest at issue, we sold almost all o' our accumulated junk to the skeletal merchant, and previously we had sold to woljif who had not yet been returned to our party. 'course we simultaneous had the issue where the skeletal merchant just stopped being available. fudge. worse, in the beta, the rate at which junk were turned into shiny doodads and edible thingies was much worse and you needed far more junk to complete the quest. *sigh* on our recent azata run we literal never got the skeletal merchant to show in act v. not once. whole lotta map travel attempting to trigger. no luck. maybe our stealth were too high? sure weren't a matter o' insufficient perception. dunno. HA! Good Fun!

did you bother to read any o' the posts you reference? you are gonna genuine defend one simultaneous "opposed to Communism and old school Socialism," and a comical proponent o' ubi and uhc? kinda tough to manage such a stance w/o coming off as utter lacking in self awareness, or just plain ignorant... maybe both. is nothing wrong with being ignorant btw. choosing to remain ignorant is kinda contemptable. so we got an individual running in circles, uttering self-refuting nonsense, and needing repeat the silliness which has not produced results from previous interactions numbering in the dozens... nevertheless claiming victory 'cause people point and laugh at his antics? is like some kid with urine soaked pants laughing self silly, yelling, "made you look," at those staring at him with pity and bruce curiously feels the need to defend the antics? for reals? *shrug* is just so weird what kinda silliness the internet breeds. HA! Good Fun! ps (edit) removed a repeat word

somebody really needs new material. qq or the equivalent? check. accusations o' being cyberstalked? check (such is a curiously qq complaint btw) retreat to some banal deflection effort after failing to address initial observation regarding lack o' self-awareness (bad commies & good ubi)? check. etc. education required. same exact pattern is being followed w/o any improvement or even change. am indeed troubled by lack o' education o' our fellow americans during these trying times. ah well, in before the warnings from the responsible adults. HA! Good Fun!

a rami directed and lovecraft-inspired marvel movie with cumberbatch as dr. strange woulda' sounded like the punchline to a joke if uttered back in 2000. next we will be told tim burton is doing an awesome andy film with forest whitaker in the starring role. HA! Good Fun! ps (edit) curious link fail

am knowing how that ends. we have attempted the teach a man to fish approach, but some folks never get past the stage where they is impaling themselves on their own tackle. takes us back where we started, and am blaming the inability o' some folks to learn from these encounters on a shortcoming in education. HA! Good Fun!

given the current legal climate, having some kinda insulation 'tween director/production and actors when filming sex scenes would be a reasonable safeguard and we would not be shocked if insures o' big budget films started demanding intimacy consultants or something analogous. HA! Good Fun!

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free education: with two mirrors, you may create infinite clowns. congrats. HA! Good Fun!

am frequent pointing out how lack o' education is the single greatest threat to the US. example: "Daddy needs; UBI, UHC, UFE and UFH." and "Now thats something I can get behind! I was raised to "kill a commie for mommy". " we won't avoid the problems o' extremism w/o real education. HA! Good Fun!

the junk in your inventory is the stuff which you were unable to sell via bulk selling, yes? doesn't count. seriously though, buy-back the cheapest stuff you sold merchants, then work your way up to cheap jewelry and silver dust and the like. HA! Good Fun! ps along with the shiny bits and edible whatzits, via the transformative effect you will be adding junk such as small toys, handheld mirrors, greeting cards, and the infrequent potion or low level magic item, none of which will be available to use for transformation. you need the right junk. pps

it's an obscure quest, but your problem is not a bug, which is good news, yes? use junk. go back to merchants with whom you have previously interacted and buy back your junk items. the junk items will be capable o' transformation into either edible whatzits or shiny mural pieces. HA! Good fun! ps as an aside, with azata dc boosting spells, our nenio at level 20, who is having considerable investment in arcane trickster to take advantage o' blasting and is not a dedicated illusionist, is able to manage dc 47 weird casts thanks to gear similar to stuff already mentioned... though 'course her personal quest is populated by 2/3 undead and/or constructs, 'cause that kinda thing is what owlcat believes is funny/amusing game design.

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am knowing the history o' the bellamy salute has been referenced on these boards in the past, but would appear to be relevant once more, so am offering a link for those who may have forgotten or who never saw. HA! Good Fun!

is infrequent we tell somebody their favorite song or piece o' art is less worthy, but there is a definitive number one christmas song. o' sure, am a fan o' handel's messiah, and gabriel's message is in our "best" short list. run dmc does indeed deserve a nod, as well as the pogue's christmas song. johnny cash's little drummer boy? maybe the kinks? can't ignore the vince guaraldi trio for a rare jazz offering from Gromnir, though is perhaps better known as the peanuts christmas song. all runner-ups. HA! Good Fun!

the weird blue alien sex scene in avatar were kinda cringey and if somebody with any real influence had suggested to james cameron he might wanna consult an intimacy expert while the film were still being edited, we woulda' applauded the advice. chances are we wouldn't have enjoyed avatar more with a better sex scene, but our memory is too good and we literal cannot forget such badness. if amazon hired intimacy experts to make hobbit pr0n less ridiculous, and lotr turns out to be gawdaful, is doubtful we see the two things as inextricable linked. am not looking forward to lotr from amazon and am not even knowing the cast or director or whatnot, but if the sex scenes is less terrible than avatar or watchmen (2009), am gonna avoid complaint 'bout the money spent on an intimacy expert. HA! Good Fun!

the pledge is not prohibited in public schools. gotta keep reminding folks how the US is a republic and is typical left up to states and school districts to decide such issues. the federal courts has determined, and ruled consistent since mid 40s, that persons cannot be compelled to do the pledge, but such a ruling ignores the peer pressure and stigmatizing aspect o' being the one jehovah's witness kid sitting quiet while everybody else were standing and reciting the pledge. so it goes. call it butthurt? regardless, can't be compelled, but is not inherent prohibited by FED law. again, is a republic, so just 'cause in san jose, ca is perhaps verboten (am not knowing if it is or is not btw,) does not mean in rand, wv school children is likewise freed from a request to join in a daily recitation o' nationalism. our legal tender has in god we trust emblazoned on every coin, Congress is opened with a prayer and religious figures, carved in marble or cast in bronze adorn many state and federal buildings, so while the "one nation under god," bit is frequent the avenue by which plaintiffs attempt to exorcise the pledge from schools, is kinda tough to pinpoint exact when the law were transformed to exclude such observations and as such most such cases die swift and forgettable deaths. HA! Good Fun!

from our second favorite tv christmas special, which am embarrassed to admit we only discovered recent having never read the discworld books and discouraged by the typical sky1 craptacular production values, am offering the following yuletide message: the reality o' christmas is its least important quality and complete beside the point. whether is santa or baby jesus don't matter neither. krampus? fine. if you believe there is meaning in christmas, then there is. oh, and our #1 tv christmas special is not the star wars wookie thing. am waiting for the day when the little match girl is done such that am satisfied, although one suspects the hans christian andersen tale is gonna have too much o' a religious taint for @Gorthto appreciate even with the danish pedigree. HA! Good Fun!

am gonna ignore the questionable legal analysis by @majestic. happy? however, and perhaps you and others may think o' as a quibble, but pardons is not part o' the legal system in any meaningful sense. justice is blind. in the US it were recognized just how potential exploitive were the pardon power in the hands o' a monarch. however, seeing as how the US President were not a popular elected office or a hereditary title, the founders believed the capacity for exploitation were minimal. suckers. individual state governors with pardon power were a more tricky conundrum, and as such pardon power were hardly universal in the original states. is an unfortunate reality that the fair application o' man-made laws will, from time-to-time, result in unconscionable wrongs. the pardon power exists 'cause o' the recognition o' the imperfection o' the legal system, or at least such is the reasoning in the US. pardon is not law, is not part o' the legal system. is political, extra-legal and supersedes application o' law even where the law were applied fair and appropriate. is opposite o' what we think o' as law 'cause one person is given the power to override the application o' democratic created laws and the entire system o' justice which makes those laws meaningful. the fact pardon is so potential exploitive and extra-legal in nature is precise why the south african constitution placed considerable limits on their national pardon power. point to pardon use as a flaw in the legal system is a mistake, 'cause is one person, a governor or President, acting unilateral to overturn law... ideally to correct a miscarriage o' justice, but as often as not for personal political gain. HA! Good Fun! ps the fact that a person could languish in prison in spite o' clear evidence they is innocent is indeed a flaw in the legal system and such a result is worthy o' ridicule. however, misuse o' pardon itself is not a valid criticism o' the legal system seeing as the power by decree invalidates the application o' law.

the blightmaw loot drop, btw, is one o' the near required bits o' gear if you wanna play a non-blaster caster in wotr. caster level is swell and all, but dc's and sr is the real hurdles for any caster who uses spells which require saves... although there is so many sr defeating items in the game, as well as the mythic spell penetration feat, which together make mid/late game sr a negligible obstacle. regardless, obscure gear available in optional encounters is the difference 'tween being potent and useless? an odd design choice, eh? is an amulet which may be purchased in drezen in act iii which boosts mind affecting spell dc's by +2. is bracers which you find in nexus which boost enchantment by 2. IF you kill the succubus priestess of nocticula in the midnight fane (no ez task), you receive mittens/gloves which boost enchantment spell dc by 2. the puzzle reward staff from the ivory sanctum which increases all spell dc by two is also functional necessary... oh, and is a rando book which boosts enchantment dc by 1. so, play a half elf azata, 'cause the azata got two dc boosting spells (one for the dc o' any spell cast and one for spells with will saves) and half elves benefit from the highest possible starting charisma, and find all the obscure 100t drops we mentioned, then maybe you are able to generate spell dc necessary to be useful in boss battles on core and perhaps even hard difficulty... if you are extreme lucky and choose all the right feat selections. oh, and make certain you are a fair blaster as well 'cause 1/2 foes are immune to mind affecting spells, so... btw, another not so obvious choice is to make seelah a court poet if you wanna play enchanter or illusionist, 'cause skalds have the capacity to boost intelligence and charisma of party members by up to 6. admitted, the sweet spot for seelah in our most recent run were 11/8/1 paladin/court poet/demonslayer, but we were rolling a blaster and the dc boosting were less essential. the +4 to int and charisma were a nice boost even so... +2 to dc, mark of justice, smite, etc. with the brobdingnagian stat bloat for foes, utilizing obscure builds and finding hidden loot is practically required, and such is not essential for unfair difficulty alone. anything 'bove (and perhaps including) normal difficulty encourages player cheese, which offends our crpg aesthetic, but it is what it is. wotc is weird and not just 'cause o' ember and camellia. HA! Good Fun! ps (edit) the reason for suggesting half-elf is also tied to the sorc bloodline which is boosting dcs, so makes more sense to go sorc route than other arcane casters, although a one-level dip in sorc would be enough. however, is a couple azata spells and abilities, such as life bonding friendship, which are specific tied to charisma, so... *groan* so much metagamery nonsense.

that was an extremely australian review, and we don't mean such as an insult. am gonna admit to not being much o' an ember fan, but we do enjoy regill and am thinking the hat you gave him should be made part o' his standard kit. haven't quite finished our azata run but am only having to do the final battle... kinda dragging our feet on the finish. will likely wait for a few dlc and maybe a patch or two (or maybe six) before we go with an aeon. HA! Good Fun! ps ember does make for a fine late game blaster, and her hexes is useful from act i through vi. we got no complaints regarding her party utility. am realizing she is meant to be over-the-top, so is tough to complain 'bout the excessive nature o' her character.

late 80s animation tells us all dogs go to heaven and that burt reynolds was not a great choice for a musical... which is so weird 'cause it weren't even the first musical in which he sang. regardless is perhaps appropriate that in the afterlife kennels should be for those who go to a different destination than heaven. @Guard Dog find where we said you is a trump supporter. will wait. ... still waiting. of course the they are all bad silliness precludes you from acknowledging any kinda support trump or any other holder o' national office. duh. however, and perhaps curiously, you are a functional trump apologist, working kinda hard at times to minimize the magnitude o' his failings, 'cause they are all bad doesn't work if you got an example far worse than the other options, eh? subvert rule of law, and indulge in transparent graft while seeking to overturn the results o' free and fair elections? tough to find a balance for such unless you first convince self that trump offenses weren't as bad as described or visible to any paying attention. HA! Good Fun!

am not seeing: When Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died following a raid by American special forces in his Syrian bolthole, Donald Trump was delighted to report, in October, that the Islamic State leader had “died like a dog”. You mean enfolded by love and grief, Mr President? You mean surrounded by human beings who feel like they have just had their hearts ripped out? Not quite. If anyone was in any doubt about how a dog dies, Trump was happy to elaborate: al-Baghdadi had “whimpered, cried and screamed like a coward”, he chortled. “[He] spent his last moments in utter fear, in total panic and dread!” also indian-giver which is hardly a solitary example o' current or past idioms which folks has or should abandon. however, using the defense o' idiom is the kinda predictable generalizing misdirection we see all too frequent to excuse gaslighting efforts and trump. is a dog-eat-dog world but is no reason to doggedly hound a man for innocent use o' inoffensive turn o' phrase. after all, have personal admitted to being dog tired by one poster's dog with a bone fixation. IF trump infrequent used dog idioms to express appreciation for an under-dog by noting every dog has its day, then is unlikely we woulda' added dogs to list o' those insulted by trump. duh. "This also is not the first, second, or even tenth time the President of the United States has referred to one of his opponents as a dog; a scroll through his extensive and toxic list of dog tweets shows that Trump clearly means “dog” as a vicious insult, one that he deploys against enemies he particularly wants to malign." you people is so weird. HA! Good Fun! ps expounding on the prospect o' insanity from another thread, coupled with our infrequent repeated observation that all obsidian posts are arguable star trek posts, we shoulda' included the following: a missed opportunity corrected, though is perhaps time to call off the dogs.

and speaking o' those willing to embrace gaslighting Peng Shuai denies making sexual assault allegation against retired Communist Party leader, but WTA concerns persist for those who may not recall those who is suspicious o' ccp will congratulate selves for seeing through the gaslighting. those who sympathize with ccp will deflect and claim fake news; perhaps ask why so many qq over a nothingburger. perhaps indulge in transparent whataboutism? *shrug* HA! Good Fun!

you suggested hyperbole as you had no recollection o' trump making disparaging comments 'bout dogs. if trump claimed that individuals he disliked had died or begged like a woman, you would no doubt agree such were insulting to women. call a simile or figure o' speech does not make any less insulting. is only ok 'cause is dogs and not women or asians or whatever. and the "inability to say with certainty defense" is getting tired. trump doesn't have a dog. his ex claims trump doesn't like dogs. trump routine compares the worst aspects o' humanity to qualities absent in canines. pretty strong prima facia case for trump dislike o' dogs... which again is irrelevant to question o' whether trump had ever said anything insulting 'bout dogs. ... is partial on us for bothering to respond. mea culpa. HA! Good Fun!

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/politics/article/donald-trump-dogs serious, where have you been? one of trump's favorite insults is to compare ____________ to dogs. HA! Good Fun!