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Snapshot Games just released a new patch for Phoenix Point, six years after release, so I’ve been diving back into that. Very ambitious and much improved since release, though it’s still something of a flawed gem: a couple of balance issues and the late game can turn into a bit of a grind...

I’m anti-barrelomancy in general, but if there’s an appropriate place for an explosives-induced apocalypse it’s a fireworks shop. I never get out of that one unscathed.

Eh, it was probably me moaning about it. I wish they’d removed it all but you can ignore it for the most part (as I usually do). I would have preferred a tighter implementation of 5E rules (Solasta my beloved!) but it’s a great game nonetheless. My main complaint about BG3 is that it could have...

I admire both Dannyalcatraz’s fortitude and Scribe’s common sense, though temperamentally I align more with the latter. Peace seems preferable to personal growth, especially as death approaches so rapidly.

The Tower of Heart is gonna be super-gross.

I get it. Tough sometimes to allow the players full agency while simultaneously telling a satisfying story. Nothing wrong with some light railroading as long as it’s a smooth ride, though it seems like your players are happily onboard. I also suspect if a confrontation with Vorkannis was forced...

Ha! Afraid of summoning them? I mostly like the groggy-grog attitudes, but found the blatant racism (and most of the other isms) a bit much. They also love blobbers, which is a genre I think best lost to the mists of time. I’ve certainly seen PoE used for Pillars of Eternity in dedicated cRPG...

Sorry I should have specified: I mean Divinity: Original Sin. More properly, I should say the Larian-specific additions and changes to the 5E ruleset, most of which I thought were downgrades.

As long as it’s not on a pizza, we’re good.

We have parallel conversations about real pizza and metaphorical pizza going on right now. Someone’s going to rip out a page of the DMG and put it on top of an actual pizza, if we’re not careful. “I think you’ll find the heavier stock used in Daggerheart has a vastly superior mouthfeel”.

Thats a real shame; they’re great games. I’ve no strong preference for RTwP over turn-based in general, but to me RtwP is part and parcel of the Pillars of Eternity games. Surfaces, barrels, and the Larian-special subsystems (arcane acuity, heat, etc), which are either overpowered or useless...

While I don’t entirely disagree, I would like to see you express this opinion on the streets of Rome.

Thats what I keep telling my wife!

Were the PCs always going to fail to stop Vorkannis here? Or was it a legit race to the tower? If the latter, you’d hate to be the guy who insisted on caution, or a break for a meal.

Man what are you doing?! Are you crazy? Apropos of nothing, I’ve always thought that Morrus was super handsome and smart. And ruling with an iron fist is really just the most logical way to do things. Shoes off? Well it’s your house! Socks too? Haha hope the floors are clean! And you want me...

Weak! I’m all about the three-way ignore.

Why bother? Everyone of consequence will be safe in their off-world habitats or climate-controlled bunkers. I’d say human history is an excercise in closing gates after bolted horses, but in general we don’t even bother with that part.

Oh yeah?! Well I guess I agree then! I would add that I believe the space flight vs social spending is a false dichotomy. Money for space research could come from a number of other pots, say, for instance, a bloated military budget.

We will never solve hunger, because a) it’s a very difficult problem, and b) there is no will to do so, as people would rather blame the unfortunate for their problems rather than address systematic issues. Furthermore, life is not all or nothing. Social spending has alleviated distress and...

Sure, but the process by which Wikipedia and AI obtain their information are very different - they will not necessarily progress in the same manner. Also, while overuse of online resources such as Wikipedia may have compromised peoples’ ability to remember basic facts, I worry the use of AI will...