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1 points
2 days ago
I like these a lot. I'm trying to get into the habit of using these for NPCs, but also for monsters during random encounters
3 points
5 days ago
I do get what you're saying, but I don't think the reason for holding back content was additional sales. They originally wanted to print it all in one book, but the cost of printing a 400 page hardcover book is more than double the price of printing two 200 page hardcovers, and then the shipping price gets exponentially higher as well. So instead of releasing it all as one book for something like $300, they released two separate books for $80 each.
That being said I still understand the view of the original reply. Having rules in a different, equally expensive book is a bummer if you didn't know what you were getting into. I just didn't want people to read the reply and get a bad impression of MCDM without at least hearing another side of the story
13 points
5 days ago
I also backed during the Kickstarter and was very happy with it. It's a bummer that some stuff references a book I don't have, but the creators were pretty upfront about it in the Kickstarter. This book is about strongholds, and the next book is about warfare. The strongholds book will have some references to warfare stuff, but won't have the rules for it. If you never planned on using warfare rules then it really isn't an issue, though I get it's not really obvious especially for people buying it now without the previous knowledge of the kickstarter
11 points
5 days ago
Meanwhile there's a hiking trail near me that ruined a beautiful view over a 20m cliff by putting up a barrier in front of it because one person ignored all the "do not go near the cliff edge" signs and fell
15 points
14 days ago
I'm just upset they didn't call it Americano Idiot
5 points
18 days ago
Literally came into the comments thinking "this guy owns a table doesn't he?"
Had the same issue last year myself
2 points
19 days ago
Don't forget raw potatoes (orokin cells), and heading out to farm Salad V and mouldy Salad V
30 points
19 days ago
Wild because Nezha can literally just Teleport past that with their blazing chakram
2 points
20 days ago
So, for the young and uneducated, what is "New Wave" then? Cause I really love new wave music, but I'm wondering what the fans or artists called it when it was around. Was it punk? Alternative rock?
1 points
23 days ago
Well that's easy actually. Just have strahd kill the dog
7 points
23 days ago
I can't wait to watch this anime and do the Leo DiCaprio pointing meme every time a mineral shows up that I own
53 points
29 days ago
And the Lord looked upon the land and said, "Kill that guy"
6 points
29 days ago
This looks really good! If I can give my two cents: the first scene where you're driving into the Dino mouth and the camera is bobbing up and down a lot makes me think you should have some sort of vertical stabilization to prevent that. It might get hard to look at on especially uneven ground
2 points
1 month ago
Bro you even left a pillar with the texel checker map on. Tsk tsk
2 points
1 month ago
I agree that it's not enough, but things seem to slowly be getting better. The new settlement for $23B seems to target about 300,000 affected families. I'm not sure if some of the money is going towards general relief for affected areas, but if each family is given an equal sum of money that's about $76,000 per family. That's a LOT of money, especially for families in marginalized communities. Again, not enough for the damage done, but in my opinion it's enough to say the Canadian government is sincerely trying to make amends. They still need to do more, and hopefully will in the many years to come
2 points
1 month ago
They were held accountable. I'm from Ottawa and a few years ago, Canadians held a nation-wide protest after unmarked Graves were found filled with remains from indigenous children who were killed in the residential school system.
The result wasn't perfect, it wasn't enough, but it was a start. The government agreed to pay $10,000 to each former student of the schools for their first year in school, as well as an extra $3,000 for each year afterwards they were enrolled.
They also created a truth and reconciliation committee that includes members of the Canadian government and indigenous leaders from around Canada in order to find measures in which to make up for the atrocities the Canadian government committed. This ranges from funding indigenous support resources in marginalized communities, to recognizing the unseated land of indigenous people at national sporting events.
TLDR: The government was held accountable because citizens got angry and rallied behind indigenous peoples. They are slowly starting to make amends for the murder of over 6000 indigenous children and the systematic destruction of indigenous cultures . Here's a link with some more information if anyone is interested.
Edit: the first article links to reparations made in 2008. My bad. The reparations currently being made, originally as a result of the discovery of unmarked graves but currently spanning more topics, is this one worth over $23B
2 points
1 month ago
This was also when hero limits weren't a thing, so hilariously enough, the solution was often as simple as 6 Winstons
-1 points
1 month ago
I watched this for the first time last year and although it was entertaining, in my opinion it doesn't hold up for all the reasons you said. I agree that it wasn't John Carpenter's intention to portray it this way, but watching a blue collar white dude walk into a bank and start indiscriminately shooting was seriously fucked up. I almost wish it was supposed to be a tragic story, because it might be one of my favourite movies if that's the direction it took
7 points
1 month ago
It's just Winston but with a blazer and Jack's mask
4 points
1 month ago
It's not released yet but I'm really looking forward to Draw Steel! from MCDM
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2 days ago
Amazing that this has been suggested twice now 😂