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Indeed. Though, it's a little more complex than that for spells or attacks that use multiple dice. The interactions aren't linear, and the overall effect when using large dice pools is actually subdued. Inner Radiance Torrent, at Rank 2, does 4d4 damage, and E[4d4] = 10. But E[4d4c1] = 11.5, rather than 12.5. Things get even weirder with larger dice, since cascading provides the potential for more rolls, but done at lower dice sizes. E[1d6] = 3.5, and so E[4d6] = 14. But E[1d6c1] works out to be about 15.9, so we're gaining less than 2 damage. A Rank 3 Fireball has E[6d6] = 21, while E[6d6c1] = 23.875, a gain of less than 3. And this is lower than the naive expectation, because E[1d6e1] = 4.083 and 4*E[1d6e1] = 24.5. Compare this to increasing the die size. IRT would have an expected roll of E[4d6], which, again, is significantly higher than 11.5, while Fireball at 6d8 has E[6d8] = 27 (vs 23.875). So, this is providing a comparatively small boost. But, of course, this all assumes fair rolling. When you see what's happening at my table -- which I believe is mostly caused by less than vigorous rolling -- the difference gets even smaller. Assuming a 50% chance of getting a 1 (so weights of [3, 1, 1, 1] on a d4, or [5, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1] on a d6), we end up with E[4d4c1*] = 11, and E[6d6c1*] = 23.25. The game-impact:enjoyment ratio winds up being quite high. Much higher than I had expected.

@mrjafo@wanderingadventure.party Everything is ahowing up here fine, feom all sides

@grumpasaurus @futurebird To be fair, there's also the story of how someone (Uber?) halved their ad spend, bracing themselves to see what effect it had, and... nothing happened, there was no perceptible changeApparently the more direct metrics were so dominated by fraud that they were meaningless

Sorry I legitimately took that as you thinking that stick drift could be “fixed” by calibrating the controller, as in the controller would be back to normal. Yeah you can do a workaround to at least stop the games from registering the drift as input, but I think if you suggest that then you need to make sure people are aware of the loss in precision and that it will make the stick feel unresponsive. Taking my downvote away.

@futurebird when I was ten (knowing nothing about cars) "cold-cranking amps" made me imagine a strange "test rig" contraption involving a box of ice to immerse a battery in, a weighted crank, and a motor the battery was connected to. Battery turned crank, and marks on the crank showed how many "cold cranking amps". I put it in a short story for my fifth grade teacher, and she made me take it out for the second draft. I have never since learned anything about "cold-cranking amps".

And you couldn’t buy the game digitally either if that’s the case. What you can do is continue playing your copy that you already have.

@DavidM_yeg [myrmepropagandist lets out a final death squeak from under a pile of horrible rock puns]"I know I brought this on myself."

Ah man, but tests of athletics are so fun to narrate! First roll: "Seeing your clear physical advantage, the shaman leaps toward you as soon as the competition begins, managing to work his way into an advantageous initial position." Second roll: "Pressing the advantage, the shaman is able to weave between the arms of your stronger grab, heaving you up and down to the ground. At this point, there's only one chance for you to recover." Third roll: "It all happened so fast. Despite superior strength and every magical boon at your disposal, the shaman's quick reaction and formidable skill at using his own body has managed to pin you just long enough to eke out a win. 'A little overconfident, weren't you?' he says, offering a hand to help you up (or glaring down at you if he doesn't like you)."

@GGMcBG "I tore a section of Produce racks"I didn't understand the context and thought this meant you just... ransacked a bodega every morning for no reason for a moment!

could have put it on a usb drive for that much

Stardust Crusaders, chapter 141


Pride and accomplishment baybeee

@scarlet This feels obvious. But I also was unable to put the next step with "local politics" in a succinct way. Thank you. That this is exactly what we need to do. This is a great post. Even if you are mousey and get called "a liberal" all of the time by the cool kids this post still contains things you can and should do. Let's go!

@Aurani @fritzoids @gbargoud is murder *always* wrong? hm. much to think about.

Why not? *The Queen's Gambit* launched it into mainstream, and there are a number of high quality chess YouTubers and Twitch streamers. I think chess has always been something people respect, and now it's more accessible than ever. To pair with this, there are new formats that keep things interesting and watchable, from shorter time controls (rapid = 10 min, blitz = 3 min, bullet = 1 min) to chess 960/Fischer random (shuffle back row pieces. Chess engines are also essentially free, so you can analyze your games to improve, without needing a coach or a bunch of books. It's pretty reasonable to go from knowing nothing about the game to being reasonably good in a few months, you just need to memorize a few openings, do puzzles, and analyze your games to pick up on patterns. So yeah, chess is having a bit of a moment, and it's really fun IMO.

People wrote in to the Giant Bombcast before to say that they were ordered to destroy code and materials at studios that were going out of business, and they instead hid drives with the files in the drop ceiling on their way out.

I made $875 off Parleys from this game

If Murray and Denver’s bench plays like that most of the playoffs Nuggets are winning it all

Absolutely. I do miss having an unlimited favorites menu like they added in skyrim and as much as I enjoy having a dedicated magic slot, I miss dual weilding/casting. I'm really hoping there's a mix of the two systems in ES6. I also wish there was a survival mode in Oblivion, I always enjoy having to manage food/water/sleep/temperature even if it is kind of trivial. I'm sure I can find a mod for that though.