Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Scribe]

Thank you all for indulging an aging edge lord who just wants some kind of edge to the class.

 

[Scribe]

OK, apologies for the additional back to back but, I'm in tears.

"CrowdStrike is being sued by its shareholders after a faulty software update by the cybersecurity firm crashed more than eight million computers and caused chaos around the world.

The lawsuit accuses the company of making "false and misleading" statements about its software testing.

It also says the company's share price dropped 32% in the 12 days after the incident, causing a loss in market value of $25bn (£14.5bn).

...

The suit filed in the Austin, Texas federal court, alleges that CrowdStrike executives defrauded investors by making them believe the company's software updates were adequately tested."

I mean I'm sorry, not sorry, I feel for the team that pushed that update because I'm sure someone if not several someones rolled for that one, but I just cannot with 'adequately tested'.

 

[CleverNickName]

If the Warlock class actually had some meaning behind the Patron, I think it would be potentially my favourite class. Without that weight however, it just reeks of Mary Sue energy.

I'm a fan of warlocks, so I'd like to push back against what you wrote here, but I can't. There's not a lot of meaning in the Warlock class, at least not as-written.

I think warlocks rely on the DM and the campaign setting to give meaning and purpose to the character. Sure, all characters rely on this in varying amounts, but the warlock is almost completely dependent on it. Without the player and the DM both working together to make the story work, none of the things that make the warlock interesting or different (their patron, the terms of their pact, their invocations, etc.) will ever matter. If you and/or your DM aren't willing to put in this effort, I think you'd be better off playing a multiclassed fighter/sorcerer instead because nothing is going to feel right. It'll all feel like a bunch of "Mary Sue energy," as you said.

That said, I also think that when the DM and the player are on the same page, and working together to develop the warlock's character arc, it's the most satisfying, story-rich, and memorable character class to play. (Just check out some of the warlocks in Critical Role or Dimension20, for example.) But that's a TON of work, and it takes a special kind of relationship between the player and the DM. I don't recommend warlocks for casual "beer and pretzel" games. They're best in a long-running campaign with close friends and deep roleplay.

 

[FrogReaver]

I honestly feel like I'm missing something.

But of all the pointless debates, arguing about what a corporation chooses to call a revision to their product seem more pointless than the communal crayon box in a kindergarten.

....thinks....
Okay, not the most pointless. This will always be the most pointless.

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But then again, that one was so stupid it circled all the way around back to brilliant.

Something to look forward to!

I prefer pointless arguments! Why yuck on my yum!

/sarc

 

[FrogReaver]

OK, apologies for the additional back to back but, I'm in tears.

"CrowdStrike is being sued by its shareholders after a faulty software update by the cybersecurity firm crashed more than eight million computers and caused chaos around the world.

The lawsuit accuses the company of making "false and misleading" statements about its software testing.

It also says the company's share price dropped 32% in the 12 days after the incident, causing a loss in market value of $25bn (£14.5bn).

...

The suit filed in the Austin, Texas federal court, alleges that CrowdStrike executives defrauded investors by making them believe the company's software updates were adequately tested."

I mean I'm sorry, not sorry, I feel for the team that pushed that update because I'm sure someone if not several someones rolled for that one, but I just cannot with 'adequately tested'.

If corporations can be successfully sued for incompetence will there be any more corporations?

 

[Scribe]

Without the player and the DM both working together to make the story work, none of the things that make the warlock interesting or different (their patron, the terms of their pact, their invocations, etc.) will ever matter.

Thats the crux of it for sure. You have this class with a built in hook that should be very much everything to the class, more so that Paladin-God/Oath, more even than Cleric/God, because Warlock/Patron is a deal. Its a bargain, and in any bargain there is cost, negotiation, terms, and that give and take.

Absolutely none of which is actually realized with the class itself. Its just woefully flat when it could be as you noted with the Player, DM, and Setting working together, absolutely central, as it should be.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I bet they’re by appointment only.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

 

[Ulfgeir]

Salmiak FTW!

And yes, I am inflicting it upon others. With glee!

I have yet to meet a licorice that I think to myself, "Self, that is too strong." And I keep looking.

I recommend the "Svenskdjävlar!" (translates as "Swedish devils!" or "Swedish bastards!") from Haupt Lakrits for the extreme kick of saltiness.. Supposedly the saltiest licorice in the world. The original version is a bit too salty for me, but I do like their "Heta Svenskdjävlar!" which is less salty, but also has some Strawberry and Carolina Reaper in them.

Though my preference for Salty Licorise would be "Djungelvrål" and "Tyrkisk peber".

 

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