LordPassionFruit

joined 2 years ago
[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 17 points 4 days ago

My partner was eligible for ~$750 per month repayments under a Biden era plan that Trump scrapped. They now have to pay ~$4300 per month. The headline isn't far off.

[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

Great, now I'm Swedish

[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Apparently that's because I misremembered the band name this morning lol.

Youtube link to the song that introduced me. They do electronic stuff based on DnD classes or 40k lore.

[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is why I specified "nearly" the worst. It can absolutely get the job done and has basically every tool you'd need to do the job, but it's pretty much the worst amongst the "this will do everything you need" options.

My thought process was abacus < pen & paper < text file < spreadsheet < database solutions

[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I've been listening to The Barenaked Ladies & Great Big Sea a lot the last week, with a little Endless Taverns mixed in.

[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago

It was only a matter of time until the kings of human misery came out with one.

[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago (8 children)

You could run empires on the back of a spreadsheet.

You absolutely shouldn't, it's nearly the worst option you have available, but you could.

[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

Chatting with buddies, we'll use "our friend Luigi" as shorthand semi-frequently

[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

Something that might make it less suspicious, the PEI Premier became eligible for pension less than a week before he stepped down (it also killed a subpoena to provide a report that the government has been trying to hide for the better part of 18 months)

[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

Maritime Horrors is great, but for the same vibes as him I also watch Brick Immortar and Big Old Boats from time to time.

And if you're into mode sky boats then Green Dot Aviation is your guy

[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I want to make a comment about poutine for Canada. A lot of places do poutine as "fries, cheese, gravy, done", which never does it justice.

  1. You have to use cheese curds, not anything else. A lot of places will use shredded cheese or mozzarella, and it never works out the same.

  2. Bland fries = bland poutine. If your fries are just a normal russet potato with a bit of salt, it'll probably be alright but not great. Some of the best poutines I've ever had have used seasoned potato wedges as a base, usually with "New Potatoes" (the variety name) instead of russets as the base.

  3. Use more gravy. However much you think you'll need, use more. Just trust me on this one.

[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gigachad with sunglasses.

I don't agree with this, I'm just a nerd on Tumbleweed

 

I've been playing DnD since 5e came out, and I've always been a warlock fan. By far my favourite class to play, there's just so much versatility in the class.

I started playing BG3 with my table top group a few weeks ago, and to make sure that I don't miss out on story and stuff I started my own single player campaign. Created a Great Old One/Blade warlock that would mirror one of my favourite builds I've ever done (polearm master hexblade).

I'm now level 10 in game, and my Tav's Eldritch blast is absolutely terrifying. Between magic items and other features, I can pump out a minimum of 39 damage per cast (math at the bottom of this post).

It's just so useful, and allows me to have a proper DnD party where not everyone is combat optimized. I have a Dungeon Delver Astarion for dealing with traps and locked doors, Laezel and Karlach are different kinds of tanks, Gale casts Magic Missile and utility spells. I can actually take my "non-combat companions" into combat and not worry.

Now for the math:

Eldritch Blast:

  • 1d10 per beam on hit.

Level 9:

  • 3 Beams per cast

Agonizing Blast:

  • Add CHA mod damage to each beam.

Magic Clothing from Act 2 (can't remember name or how I got it):

  • Add CHA mod damage to every cantrip (basically duplicate of Agonizing blast)

Ring that grants advantage on all attacks:

  • Can't miss most targets

Ring that allows you to cast a cantrip as a bonus action once per short rest:

  • Double the number of beams

Hat that gives +2 CHA (max 22):

  • Gives 22 CHA (+6 mod)

With all of these buffs, eldritch blast becomes:

3 attack rolls +10 to hit /w advantage (1/400 to critical fail, 399/400 minimum 12 to hit) 1d10+12 damage per hit 1/short rest cast twice in one round.

Final damage totals:

Normal round: 39 - 66 (Avg. 54) Double round: 78 - 132 (Avg. 108)

 

I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, and it doesn't bother me, but I noticed this while messing around in the settings and figured I should mention it here.

My current cache is at 157.1 MB and maximum cache is set to 128 MB.

This might just be a nothing burger, but if it isn't I'd rather speak up than not. Loving the app

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