Yes. That's one reason that the Fate system basically disallows characters ever being low level. Low level starts aren't actually particularly fun, and they can prevent characters from having diverse epic shared backstory.
That could get old. But...
I play Pathfinder, by the way.
Oh its the old marry me and have some kids sting. Oldest trick in the book.
Like Talor Tominsons comedy bit:
"Oh, are you going to stay loyally by my side for a lifetime and die of old age holding hands in matching medical beds? Is that your dating move?!"
Is self empathy distinct from self pity?
Absolutely.
Pity is when I wallow in how unfair everything is to me.
Empathy is when I realize I genuinely got dealt a shit hand, then give myself some time to recover, and then get on with life.
Is it still compatible with all the money I wasted on 3.x Hasbro D&D?
While technically the answer is "no", people who emphasize the difference don't apply the "Rule of Cool" as liberally as I did.
I re-used all kinds of D&D 3rd Edition resources while switching to Pathfinder.
Sure, we absolutely shouldn't just dogmatically use the numbers given in a 3E book with Pathfinder.
But I didn't find it terribly hard to whip up Pathfinder monster and NPC number adjustments based on my 3E source books, more or less on the fly.
Many numbers given are close enough. Most abilities are easy enough to convert in a way that is fun. The Challenge Rating isn't tuned as carefully, but i find the usual GM toolkit can address that. For example, throwing in a few extras baddies from over the hilldside can scale an encounter up, and awarding the players various story advantages "for good role playing" can scale an encounter's challenge down.
If my napkin translation went too badly, I threw "Rule of Cool" at it, and just made sure the players were still having fun.
I will say, I relegated 3E stuff to filler encounters, just as I do with anything else I homebrew.
I don't mind being on my GM toes for a quick encounter, or a short story arc. But I don't like having something poorly balanced have a recurring role in my campaigns.
All to say I have used 3E source books liberally in my Pathfinder campaigns, and I'm not sure any of my players have ever noticed.
While you can setup a second profile to put the Google services into, I don't recommend it.
The version of Google Services on GrapheneOS thinks it has root, but it does not.
So there's no dramatic need to setup a second profile, unless you want it for other reasons.
I personally think the second profile feature is one of the things people think they want/need from GrapheneOS, but really are happier without.
(Sure it's safer, but GrapheneOS is already so much better than other mobile OSes - and I hate to see someone quit GrapheneOS just because they didn't like the optional profiles.)
An exception I have seen is for apps mandated for a job. I'm happy to bury that stuff deep.
Worth adding - let's all shop from unionized businesses whenever possible. There's strength in solidarity.
It still is, it's a standard for imaging devices.
Oh, thank you. I had forgotten that!
And also a nightmare.
Yes. Now that the memories are coming back, I do notice most of them aren't very nice...
Is also very very queer tho JSYK
That could be our new Lemmy slogan.
"The Mandalorian" is fantastic space western, and worth watching for what it is, if you can ignore the Star Wars connection.
It might tempt you to also watch "Boba Fett", which does not stand in it's own at all, but does weirdly contain a couple of good enough bonus episode of "The Mandalorian" for marketing reasons.
EnsignWashout
joined 2 years ago
I think it is because one of these approaches requires skill and time, the other requires a ChatGPT subscription and George Jetson to push one idiotic button.
It makes people feel that they can contribute in fields where they were previously (and still are) useless.