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I strongly prefer Ward, but it is pretty different.

Writing style remains the same, but the themes and focus is pretty different. Wards is more thoughtful in a lot of ways, but it means the pacing is slower and more introspective.

While Worm, keeping spoilers light here, kinda has the Taylor avoid introspection as much as possible, with several stories beats showing how unreliable she is at understanding her own motivations.

Yes, I know. Not my point; my point is that you can't disprove it with a cheap gotcha, not that it's real. I say I don't think its real in my post.

Yeah, I don't think astrology is any more real than, say, tarot cards. But both are complicated enough systems to be fun to play with, and also too complicated to simply 'disprove' like this post is trying to do.

Lotsa people think Astrology is just those sign things printed in newspapers (and, this does include some people who believe in it)

I always find it shocking when people say this. Impossible Meat (and the others in the market, like Beyond) are... Fine? But are very distinctly Not Meat to me, in both flavor and texture.

I mean no shade, I'm glad you found a meat replacement you like! And besides, your not the only one I've seen saying thag. I genuinely prefer things that are aiming to be their own thing. Black bean burgers remain my fav type of patty, for example.

Nah, that's silly. Asia obviously has the longest coastline.

Sure, based on that paradox, the specific measurement of a given coastline will differ. But if you pick a standard (i.e., 1km straight lines), Asia is easily the longest. Doesn't matter what standard you pick.

The only way the paradox matter here is of you pick different standards for different coastlines. Which, os obviously wrong.

Okay, but technically, incubus/succubus means demon who lies on top/beneath

Its summon top or bottom, not summon male or female

Yes. No photos would be better than the ai-slop. Like, they aren't even relevant to the article, they're just '' pop-sciencey'. If you're gonna use ai images, you could at least make them relevant to the topic?

I assume he's using a depreciation calculator, based in large part on milage. Y got a pretty good amount of miles on it for not being that old.

If you were playing Bilbo in DnD 5e, the class that makes the most sense to give bilbo is Rogue. Commoner isn't a class; bilbo could only be one if he was an NPC.

Does he exactly map onto the DnD rogue chassis? No, he doesn't, but he maps worse onto every other class.

Rogues aren't really designed to be good at everything, they are designed to be very good at a few skills (in 5e). Bards are the 'generalists' (which, imo. is blatantly OP considering they are also good spell-casters).

PF2e is where they just kinda get all the skills (along with investigators).

I mean, if we're talking DnD 5e, rogues are one of the weaker classes.

In part, its cause they're only okay at combat. Pretty good damage (but not amazing), only moderate control options, and little defense, while relying on modes of attack that require work to function (sneak attack, stealth)

And, they do work as a skill monkey, but Bards are just kinda... better, at almost everything, on that front. Magic is just generally overtuned in its effectiveness, so really, a Wizard can be a better skill monkey, if they prep utility spells that day.

Big disagree, though still upvoted you cause that is a hell of a hot take.

Sneaky stabbers are cool, and I like skill monkies. Not just 'the theivery havers', but also the bag of tricks, the preppers. Batman is basically a rogue.

And, sure, it can be interesting to have the party be bad at Stealth on purpose. To have to bumble their way through everything. I don't think Rogues are strictly necessary. But I like that they're an option.