cjoll4 @ cjoll4 @lemmy.world

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Oh, sure. I can get on board with that. 5.5e it is.

What demands are you referring to? I'm out of the loop, haven't played since before the newer edition came out

I have not seen the episode or the meme before and I'm confused by your caption. We like 2014 edition better than 2024 edition, right?

What if OP woke up at 9:00 a.m. yesterday and saw a man with 5/8 of a nose?

The beef walk is when you walk away from company when you feel a fart coming on.

The fart walk is light exercise immediately after a meal to promote digestion.

ZA/UM was an artist-owned cooperative studio.

But then an investor fraudulently obtained financial control over the company, forced out the original leaders, and out-lawyered them. Now it's just another corporate game studio, and neither the lead writer, the lead programmer, nor the art director of Disco Elysium works there anymore.

*prima donna

But yeah, fuck 'im

No, her son Baldwin V was king. Guy was Baldwin V's stepfather. Baldwin V died in childhood which made Sibylla the Queen, and her husband was temporarily the King-Consort or Prince-Consort or whatever the appropriate term was for a Queen's husband at the time.

But in this particular time and place, the Queen's husband typically became King at coronation and assumed the role of monarch in her place. This is what everyone expected to happen. All the vassals hated Guy and wanted her to pick someone else.

... there's an Umberlee quest? Jeez, I've finished like five playthroughs and every time, I discover entire quests that I didn't know about. I'll be sure to pay more attention to the Wave Mother's temple next time.

Of course, the text of the Revacholian Nationhood thought makes it pretty clear that the whole thought is just about wallowing in spite and self-pity. As a result of internalizing this thought, you can't even think about the Revacholian Nation without being bitter.

They've fucked this place. Revachol is in ruins. The kojkos and the kipts and the armataurs with their desert pygmee magic spinning tops – they've fucked it! Oranjese liberals and vespertine moneylenders too. They're all socialists, especially the women and the kipts. You have only a vague idea what this means, but it's clear that a good strong state must be erected upon the ruins, if any of us are to have a future. The shadowy outlines of this State start forming every time you close your eyes...

The Revacholian State will be a serene place. (You should get a drink.) A beautiful, serene place of mystery and peace. It will not be a place for women to infect with their frailty and hysterics. Or where the Semenese will be allowed to wear their pants around their ankles. All of that will go. (Once you get a drink.) The socialist professors at the École Supérieure will be fired, the editors of Trompe le Monde will have to beg in the streets. You'll pour your beer into their begging hats and laugh. (You should get a beer.)

My interpretation is that fascism wounds Harry because it really isn't in his true nature. It's a weak, self-defeating philosophy that blames scapegoats and eschews responsibility. For Harry, denigrating women and ethnic minorities is a symptom of his pain and despair. It's a way to avoid self-reflection. Fascist Harry clings to spite just to distract himself from sadness.

In a game that's fundamentally about rediscovering yourself, finding purpose, learning to heal... struggling to keep your head above water in a world that drowns... the fascist mentality is like a dead weight around your neck.

I'll try not to spoil anything, but when/if you get the special fascist political quest from Endurance, I hope you follow it through! It's very humanizing and thought-provoking.

Toss my salad, Caesar

Definitely #3, but I'm still waiting for the coffee to kick in.

You're welcome, turkeys!

Assuming that there are many people on here who are left-leaning and even communists

I'm not sure whether to read this as "this is a question for those of you who are leftists or communists," or to read it as "this is a question for the whole community, which I am assuming are mostly leftists and communists."

As a centrist myself, no, I don't like him any less because he's a centrist. 🙂

I think his political alignment takes a backseat to his overall character. In the fulfillment of his duties and in his dealings with others, he is responsible, honest, and compassionate. I think that's enough to be a good person.

Even so, his political opinions are presented with nuance. We see that the core values of Moralism resonate with him, but that he is disillusioned with the Moralintern. He's someone who's realized that the people of Revachol have been profoundly failed by every school of economic and political thought. He feels that he can do more good for his community by focusing on the small picture rather than the big picture.

OP, does Kim's centrist stance interfere with your enjoyment of the game, or make you like him any less? Would love to hear your answer, since you posed the question.

12.5 is average for an adventuring hero using the standard array plus typical adjustments for race.

Even if you roll 3d6 across the board with no adjustments, old school, 10.5 is average.

An especially interesting example, given that the Swiss Confederation usually did all they could to prevent Swiss-on-Swiss fighting.

Apparently in this case, a treaty had already been signed and the bulk of the Swiss defenders had returned home prior to the battle, intending to cede Milan to the French. The Swiss who stayed to fight were a smaller force of fresh reinforcements who were hungry for plunder and misinformed about the strength of the French army. They actually launched a surprise attack against the French instead of waiting for the French to reach Milan.

Why is the bill wearing a Pepsi logo