It takes basically no effort to properly censor things. You left the 9-digit ZIP code in there, which identifies the exact building.

It is hard to stay afloat as a comic book store.

It depends on what I’m trying to maximize.

If I just want the happiness spike ASAP, then I would just buy $15 worth of Magic cards, or maybe a booster pack or three, depending on the set.

If I’m trying to maximize my overall happiness over any amount of time, I think spending $15 on something reusable, like a nice pair of socks or a hat would work out for me.

If I want to maximize happiness in general, then spending it on someone else I care about does double duty. It makes someone else happy, and I get happiness from being involved in the process.

I play a wood-elf monk in my current campaign, and part of the power fantasy for me is being fast, lithe, and graceful. I think people may go for high elves for the majestic, pristine, timeless feels. And Drow for a sort of “tainted perfection” vibe? Not sure.

When I was losing weight, tracking my progress on things like running and weight helped me stay consistent with it. Every time you exert yourself, it’s towards a goal, and if you can track your progress it feels less pointless.

Thanks, that’s cool! I remember using ssh back in college when I was attempting to major in computer engineering and interacting with the student server.

Is keystroke timing a legitimate way for programs to decipher/narrow down a password?

I’m not a Linux user, so maybe this is all way over my head, but what’s the purpose of software like this?

I’m still a pretty new player, but I’m fairly certain that in my group’s second combat encounter, our DM saw that we were going to struggle, so a few rounds before he thought we’d die, he started hinting that people on the street were hearing us. He didn’t play around with his rolls at all, which meant us getting hit by some very powerful (even permanently crippling) critical hits, and some of us rolling awfully on his critical miss table. As we started to go down, one by one, the door was getting battered, and when the crew was down to 1 member alive, the city guard arrived and intervened, scaring the remaining mobs and healing up the three of us on the floor.

To me, it meant that he cared about the dice rolls and wanted consequences and actions to feel real, but also he didn’t want our journey to end on the first night. But he didn’t make the entire encounter feel like a victory, and our characters had to deal with the repercussions of that encounter.

I’m still new to DnD, but after a few quick experiences, I think playing in-person has some benefits, especially for newcomers. It’s hard to get going with an online group when people have different levels of investment and commitment to the timeslot, and I’ve found online groups fall apart more easily than IRL groups. As a newcomer, my first “group” fell apart after 3 sessions, and I never really got a good feel for how the game went. It took my cousins and their friends inviting me for an IRL game to really get into it and enjoy it.

If you’re really looking at online, there are various Discord servers that will run games on roll20 and whatnot. I also just saw an ad for startplaying.games earlier, which apparently has paid games.

As for tools, it’s really up to you. Some people like using the physical books, others enjoy the way the information flows in something like DnDBeyond or Roll20’s compendiums.

Welcome! It’s always good to know that the community is growing and that there are people passionate enough to help it along.

For the sake of conversation, what’s a DnD memory you’ve been unable to forget?

Would things like watermarks be considered as “usable and not excessively downgraded state”? I don’t create any OC and am new to the hobby, but that at least seems like a half-decent way for artists to have their stuff available but not in “perfect” condition.