They said nerds not “Placebo Obsessesed Rich Nerds”

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Yes but not in that way.

Initiative determines the order of action. Usually in combat, but it could theoretically be applied elsewhere, a debate for example, or if a Bard challenges someone to a rap-battle (I guess those are both kinda just verbal combat though).

Action points are how many actions you can perform per turn of initiative. Usually a movement, an action, and possibly a bonus action.

Slipping on a banana peel could be done if you rolled acrobatics to leap over the banana peel but failed the skill check. Say you’re a Gnome whose lost their legs, taking a -6 modifier to Dexterity. This could cause an acrobatics roll of 12 to fall to 6, which could below the 7 you might contextually need to succeed at leaving over the banana peel.

“Using your powerful gnome arms you make a mad gorilla dash and leap with all your might, Unfortunately the loose dirt under your right hand gives way and you slip. You manage to catch yourself with your left hand, but before the squelch of the banana peel registers to your ear your arm slips out from under you and you strike your head upon the ground”
Take 1 Damage and Roll a Con save to see if you’re concussed.

Edit: I brainfarted and described a potential DnD or PF situation, this cannot occur in BG

I crit fail my players on skill checks if they have a negative with modifiers.

“Oh you rolled a -1 on your lockpicking roll? Sorry bucko, you broke your pick off deep in the lock because what you thought was a false set was your tensioner slipping”

“You” statements are often read as accusatory, consider the “I” statement: “I need you to calm down because I’m becoming stressed by your attitude”

We don’t have flying cars because people are fucking dumb, and because the viable options are loud as hell.

We absolutely have the technology, and if there were a drive to make it affordable there would be more significant research into doing so.

To do a flying car, you need to simulate friction in the air, with significant enough force to prevent colision, while also maintaining low enough noise pollution to be acceptable to the average citizens. This second part is why we don’t have Personal helicopters, despite aircraft being relatively affordable (in my cursory search I found two Helicopters less than 200K, one barely more than 100k, if there were significant drive to make them mainstream for the public they’d presumably be much cheaper, benefitting from economies of scale.)

Additionally, how do we as a society handle ATC for flying cars? Emergency stops? Impromptu repairs? Birds in the props‽

I’m not trying to naysay the retrofuturistic image we all want for the world. I am saying it probably shouldn’t include flying cars. Especially if they’re just Personal quadcopters.

Do you crit-fail your players on initiative roles? Brutal 😮

How does it feel being so much of a pawn you don’t even realize you’re in the game?

Centrists can get bent. Pick a side you capitulating coward.

Toothpaste only really works if you apply it to a buffing wheel, and at that point you may as well use an actual polishing compound.

I’ve actually got a speeduino conversion on the agenda, but the car needs a full plumb in place rewire first. Its been through like 6 owners before me, one of which let it get infested with rats so a ton of the wiring had been replaced (notice I didn’t say repaired, or fixed)

The thing is a mess under the hood, I’m planning to run conduits with access loops every few feet to keep the wiring nice and clean. The end goal is California Ready but tbh I don’t expect it to ever meet emissions requirements that strict with a carb instead of EFI. I guess since I’ll be doing a speeduino conversion it wouldn’t be that much more work yo convert to EFI, or at least mod a turbo blowby hat to accept a diesel atomizer with which to jury rig a carb into a carbuer-efi hybrid.

Idk, I’m spitballing at this point.

Their website advertises it as a homeopathic product, are you sure this isn’t a scam? It looks like its just some vitamins C and Zinc.

Guess i have work to do. Thank you 🙏

Tuned to run slightly lean with an aftermarket catalytic convertor installed.

I do my best not to destroy the environment while still maintaining a vehicle I can work on myself

Nope! Mid 70s MG, carbuereted. As far as I know it has a crank triggered ignition, ergo fully mechanical.

Edit: autocorrect assumed I no longer had this vehicle

Conversely, I’m a medical user exclusively for pain. I take 50mg twice a day and have very little effect on the mind but it stops my pain nearly completely.

My radio doesn’t even have a screen 😅

The only computer in my car is the radio, and that stays off most of the time. I’m honestly thrilled to not have so much tech in the car. Its nice to be able to fix nearly anything with some pliers, a multi-meter, and an adjustable spanner.

Static site generator then host it on a vape

Literally just having a hotspot built in is keeping me on android. The lappy goes where I go, and that means as long as I have internet access I’m as connected as I could ever want to be.

Basically everyone has wifi, usually available after. I might just go out and get an unlocked dumbphone this week honestly.

Edit: yes I know about the mp02, its on the wishlist. I haven’t had a job in over a year so I won’t be getting it yet.

Comes with a free Canadian Tuxedo

Hi friend, you’re gonna wanna edit an exclaimation point (!) In front of your square brackets there so your image loads inline instead of having a hyperlink with no text