JoshuaSlowpoke777

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[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

…by coming back as a yurei to haunt the people who wronged you? I’m not following.

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Like, why does it specifically mention potentially having an untested effect on the lungs?

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

…I’m out of the loop, are sorcerers somehow less effective in social and/or combat encounters with specifically blue and bronze dragons?

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777 3 points 10 months ago

“Oh, no, those powers require being the kid in that situation…”

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, you could easily reflavor component-requiring Animal Friendship as “just feeding the animal and somehow flawlessly avoiding harm”, just to make it ambiguous whether this is actually magic or just mundane.

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777 19 points 10 months ago (6 children)

I haven’t actually seen this being used, but since Hypnotic Pattern in DND5E can require a stick of incense as a component if you’re using spell components, I imagined someone casting that by twirling a thurible (incense burner on a chain) above their head, and somehow physically throwing the scent into the targeted area, and then a (mostly) harmless explosion of colorful, sparkly gas charms any affected targets through sheer fascination.

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777 7 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I think there’s a vast difference between what we have now (ChatGPT and whatnot), vs the theoretical possibility of an AGI (artificial general intelligence), or even an AI based entirely off of human neural patterns. Mind you, brain uploading sounds hard, so maybe I’d see a completely synthetic AGI as more likely.

But if we were ever to develop an AGI, we’d better start giving those things humanesque rights fast.

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777 22 points 11 months ago (8 children)

I mean, I agree with the meme completely, but I’d also want to turn around in their arms and cuddle them right back. I’m a fan of both hugging and being hugged, and it might be a sensory thing.

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777 2 points 11 months ago

The first sentence made me think “alright, Kingdom of Loathing”, but I don’t know if goblins in that universe imprint on people.

Come to think of it, there may have been one character in West of Loathing that popped, respawned, and had no memory loss at all, so never mind.

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was thinking something like a chisel, but yeah, these comments suggest even that would break before the ice.

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777 17 points 11 months ago (3 children)

One one hand, I don’t trust Kotaku articles as far as I can throw them. On the other hand, I’m hoping the “major games going out of stock” part isn’t gonna be a problem in terms of historical preservation of these games.

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So I’m guessing the chart is telling me that non-phone-nor-Switch/Deck handhelds don’t even have a niche scene, by comparison?

 

Edit: I assume we’d at least have to take intended acceleration and the mass of the spacecraft into account, at least, right?

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