RegularBard

joined 2 years ago
[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 49 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm glad this site has reached the point where raccoon memes hit my page. More, please!

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Hey! It sounds like you've prepped a lot with the books and DM screen, which is a good sign!

As a DM, I jumped into running a full year long campaign after just running a couple one shots. It really IS easier than you think!

All you have to do is help your friends interact with the world in the books. That's your only job.

The only tips I have are these:
Make sure both your players AND yourself are having fun! It can be easy to stress and bend to your players every whim so they have as good a time as possible - don't do that. Make sure YOU'RE having fun, too! It'll improve your ability to run the game and everyone will be able to tell.

Don't worry about the tabletop aspect too much. I ran a game for over a year with nothing but my laptop and a map I drew with my friend that had the names of cities on it. I hid my dice behind my hand because there was no room for a DM screen - it really just comes down to you and your players having fun. The objects aren't necessary. Don't worry about not having them.

Have fun! Let us know how it went!

 

With Twitter and Reddit the way that they are, many people are turning to federated servers as their online home, kbin among them.

How are you using kbin? As a Twitter replacement? Reddit? As something new entirely?

Personally I'm trying to follow multiple types of federated content, magazines, and people.

I think kbin has a lot of growth to go through before all that content can become streamlined and look nice - but it's all there, and that's what counts.

If there's one thing I would change, it would be putting the comment box at the top, or in a drop-down instead of at the very bottom of a thread. But, I'm also just happy that the site is more stable and people are posting!

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I fell off halfway through watching Love is War but I might pick it back up this weekend! Baldurs Gate got its hooks in me

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

As others have mentioned, those Spirit Guardians are phenomenal.

My personal honorable mentions are Silence to mess with enemy spellcasters, Beacon of Hope if you're in a tough fight and keep losing your front liners, and Spirit Shroud, if you are a melee Cleric

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a beardy glasses guy, why WOULD I put my face on a profile picture? I already fade into the background IRL at least here I can be interesting

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I have scoliosis, and it was not noticed when I joined the USA military. Then, during a training exercise, I fell down a flight of stairs while carrying >100 lbs of gear.

After medical and a discharge, I was at home and I stood up from my couch only to hear a loud crack and suddenly realized that when people see stars they LITERALLY see stars

My lower back felt like someone had jammed a needle between two vertebrae, and I could see pulsating waves of red and blue over my vision. 0/10, do not recommend. Don't join the military 👍

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you! I had fun making it up, I hope it gets used well

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Regular Bard

Ancestry: Northern European
Advantage on Con saves against weather affects and immune to Exhaustion caused by Cold

Background: Dissilusioned Millennial
You gain the starting benefit of the last 5 classes you have made progress in, as your inability to decide on a career path has led you to many business ventures which, while failures, have still taught you something.

Class: Mechanical Engineer 1/ Physicist 1/ Teacher 1/Technical Writer 3/Machinist 5
Proficiency in Drafting, Proficiency in Abstract Thought, Proficiency in Patience, Proficiency in 1 additional Language of your choice, Proficiency in Persuasion, Proficiency in 3 sets of tools of your choice, Proficiency in Crafting

Class Features:
It's not due until tomorrow
You gain a +5 instead of a negative modifier to any check made to write on a subject you haven't prepared for.

Dimensional Metrology
You instinctually know when a design you have seen will result in a good part or a bad one.

Operational Parameters
When making a crafting check for any tool you are proficient in, you can add double your proficiency bonus.

Emergency Modifications
You gain the ability to add a +5 to any crafting check you make, up to a maximum of your INT mod times per day.

Feats:
One With Sleep
You gain a +3 to any skill you have no positive modifier in after an 8 hour bout of sleep.

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I'd agree to that. I've been a pixel user for a few years now, the only reason I chose them over Samsung is that I don't like Samsung's software preload.

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

The S8 is very similar to the S10 in construction! Very repairable with proper know how. I recommend looking up ifixit videos for specific repairs, they are easy to digest and in depth instructions.

Battery repairs are easy but you will still need to heat up the back of the phone to separate the glue holding on the back. If there's visible bloating to the battery inside the phone, I'd either be extremely careful at this stage or opt for a new phone entirely. Battery fires aren't common, but they aren't straightforward to extinguish either.

For screen repairs it depends on part availability. Often Samsung OEM screen will come with a new frame preattached to a screen and it's a simple matter to remove the battery, motherboard, subboard with charge port, and cables from the original frame and I stall them all into the new frame with the new screen. No gluing of the screen necessary!

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I haven't seen one in person or online in over a decade

I'd love to be proven wrong though!

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Would this happen to be Breakers waterpark? If not, I guess it's just a common story lol

Gone but not forgotten is Gameworks. I still have a card with $7 on it that I'll never get to use

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