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by Mantis
Wed Aug 14, 2024 12:16 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder
Replies: 819
Views: 106450

Re: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder

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by Mantis
Wed Aug 14, 2024 12:02 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder
Replies: 819
Views: 106450

Re: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder

Pros and cons. Is it worth you sacrificing your action in order to prevent one of your teammates using their actions to potentially do something which may harm the party? Seems like a good trade off to me. Also requiring a full action to allow a save to break the charm when the rules as written don'...
by Mantis
Wed Aug 14, 2024 11:58 am
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder
Replies: 819
Views: 106450

Re: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder

Making it so a player character has to use the Help action to snap someone out of it makes sense. I can't imagine that one of us would easily be snapped out of a charm trance if a skeleton was shaking/slapping us or Fauxpus was nibbling our knees. It feels like it would require someone with more of ...
by Mantis
Tue Aug 13, 2024 1:23 pm
Forum: Music & Literature
Topic: AI Music - aka maannnn fuck this shit :(
Replies: 9
Views: 1075

Re: AI Music - aka maannnn fuck this shit :(

It's quite nasty when you think about it. What incentive do platforms have to host real artists who they may have to pay royalties to when you can just upload a ton of AI created tracks and reap all the revenue for yourselves.
by Mantis
Mon Aug 12, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: Server Renewal and Fate of the Forum
Replies: 19
Views: 1443

Re: Server Renewal and Fate of the Forum

Well that settles that then, I think there's enough consensus to keep the place running. Our hosts are being rather tight about giving me any kind of customer loyalty discount on our renewal so I may shop around and it might be that at the end of the month the forum goes down for a period whilst we ...
by Mantis
Thu Aug 08, 2024 7:39 am
Forum: PC Gaming
Topic: 40K Space Marine 2
Replies: 11
Views: 2657

Re: 40K Space Marine 2

Promising sounding preview from Eurogamer.

https://www.eurogamer.net/warhammer-40k ... ous-effect
by Mantis
Wed Aug 07, 2024 9:37 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: Server Renewal and Fate of the Forum
Replies: 19
Views: 1443

Server Renewal and Fate of the Forum

Hi all, we're coming up to the end of my paid up subscription term for the current hosting provider so renewal is on the horizon. I thought this would make a good opportunity to discuss where we're at after 6 years in the new digs. The forum is ticking over at a quietly steady rate, we only really s...
by Mantis
Tue Aug 06, 2024 1:09 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan
Replies: 2033
Views: 529405

Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

It certainly ups maintenance costs when the stuff does pack in. Digital door handles seems like a really bad idea just from a safety point of view to me. Doesn't seem that unlikely that in the event of an accident the system would fail and you wouldn't be able to get out of the car. I really hate th...
by Mantis
Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:31 am
Forum: Music & Literature
Topic: \m/ Metal \m/
Replies: 199
Views: 83464

Re: \m/ Metal \m/

Nice. Sounds like an interesting mixture of their more recent classic prog sound with added growls.
by Mantis
Wed Jul 17, 2024 3:43 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: The Absolute State Of It - It's The UK Politics Thread!
Replies: 1169
Views: 369577

Re: The Absolute State Of It - It's The UK Politics Thread!

He was on the Sky coverage for a little bit on election night before he found out he'd lost his seat. Absolute insufferable prick.
by Mantis
Thu Jun 13, 2024 3:49 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: The Absolute State Of It - It's The UK Politics Thread!
Replies: 1169
Views: 369577

Re: The Absolute State Of It - It's The UK Politics Thread!

I would love to be able to vote Green but even knowing that it's a protest vote which will mean nothing to the two horse race in my constituency I still couldn't bring myself to. They are just too absolutely insane. A whole bunch of their policy ideas range from completely head in the clouds mindset...
by Mantis
Sun Jun 09, 2024 10:46 am
Forum: Music & Literature
Topic: AI Music - aka maannnn fuck this shit :(
Replies: 9
Views: 1075

Re: AI Music - aka maannnn fuck this shit :(

That said, this is amazing and I hate that I like it.

:lol:

That first one almost sounds like Russell Allen from Symphony X.
by Mantis
Sun Jun 09, 2024 10:46 am
Forum: Music & Literature
Topic: AI Music - aka maannnn fuck this shit :(
Replies: 9
Views: 1075

Re: AI Music - aka maannnn fuck this shit :(

Art is dead.
by Mantis
Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:02 am
Forum: General Gaming Discussion and News
Topic: Elden Ring
Replies: 164
Views: 35602

Re: Elden Ring

That martial arts style mage looks like a lot of fun.
by Mantis
Tue Jun 04, 2024 8:17 am
Forum: General Gaming Discussion and News
Topic: Elden Ring
Replies: 164
Views: 35602

Re: Elden Ring

There are some very strong magic builds where the extent of your spellcasting is just loading yourself up with buffs before charging into melee. It doesn't really feel like playing a mage really but it gives you some build variety at least.