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The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24
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I diligently try to avoid it, because I think it damages discussion. Which doesn't mean I may not have slipped in while not paying...
Jan 7, 2026
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I think its optimistic to think that no player or players will get fussy about extent settings "being right". That's enough of a known...
Jan 7, 2026
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Is Point Buy Balanced?
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So, as I said, not the majority (arrays are just standardized point buys in the end; they're still not random).
Jan 7, 2026
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Is Point Buy Balanced?
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I understand that's important to some people. But given they're going to not be arranged identically all the time, I don't find any...
Jan 7, 2026
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Do you guys need me to build another histogram? Cuz I'll build another histogram.
Jan 7, 2026
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Is Point Buy Balanced?
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If that happens, but that's a big if. Its rare for all the die rolls to land within the normal point buy scheme. In addition, some...
Jan 6, 2026
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Or, he can, you know, just accept that he doesn't need to be the final word in absolutely everything in the game. That's not required...
Jan 6, 2026
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How Does AI Affect Your Online Shopping?
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If you're knowledgable in economics, you've got to know that assuming rational actors is, in reality, a failure state.
Jan 6, 2026
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I'll admit it sometimes takes me an additional cycle or two before I notice circling has started happening and I bail.
Jan 6, 2026
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In every conversation, or discussion, or debate, there comes a point where everything that can be said has been said, any new insight...
Jan 6, 2026
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I can see that one. Honestly I can see a lot of that on big ticket things of that nature. But the question is, let's say its something...
Jan 6, 2026
Thomas Shey
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I think if you think that will be read generally as "No other race" (as far as visual/biological structure goes) "will be permitted...
Jan 6, 2026
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Though uncommon (and I know someone will come along and claim its not possible for this to work without degenerate results, but I...
Jan 6, 2026
Thomas Shey
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Is Point Buy Balanced?
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Yeah, the point really is that the random roll is less likely to get to a balanced result, not that there's some magical quality of the...
Jan 6, 2026
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I think there is a little tension here, in that I haven't seen anyone saying "I know AI won't sell, but I feel I have to use it" nor "I...
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