Honestly this could have been Oscar in DS1 if they hadn't cut his quest line.

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I Have Become a Crow Friend.

It started because I commute to work on an e-scooter, and a couple of crows had started to fly along side me. I mean close, maybe two feet from from my face. I know this isn't unusual behaviour for a crow, but for me it's magical. I am flying with crows! I presume they're gliding in my wake and it's fun for them, because they started to do it every morning. I wanted them to know that I admire them and want good things for them, so I started to travel with a bag of unsalted, unshelled peanuts. When I got to the end of the road where they glide with me, I stop and leave some peanuts on the grass for them, and then I continue on my journey.

Well, they certainly know who I am now, and so does their extended family. They get my attention in a number of ways. Sometimes they will fly directly in front of my scooter, and I fear I'm going to hit them, but I don't, because they know what they're doing. They will fly in my eye line and land in a place where I can't miss them. There is one set of cousins down the road who thought shouting at me and waiting for me to come out of a building would be a good idea, but I did not reward that, and it hasn't happened since. They don't normally shout at me, they just flirt with me by flying with me, being beautiful in my presence, and giving me the eye. Then I give them treats.

One day I couldn't ride my e-scooter because of the weather so I walked my route. I traded my usual blue coat for a warmer red one with the hood up, and no orange helmet. I figured my crow friends would ignore me, since I am no longer a wheeled creature with blue feathers and an orange head. But no: they know who I am. They know the scooter is a vehicle that I ride, they know the coat and the helmet are things I'm wearing. My crow friends recognize my face. I know this totally normal behaviour for crows, but I am honoured by it nonetheless.

I always talk them. I greet them. I warn them about weather that's coming. I ask them how they're doing. My ultimate goal is to have them talk back to me, which I know they are fully capable of doing. And one day maybe the crows in this area will spot people walking alone in the woods and will shout out, "Hello, friend!" and freak them the fuck out. That's the kind of legacy I'm after. My quest continues.

My town actually just made the busses free. And that's an awesome step forward.

i think it's pretty awesome how all public transport is free actually, it's like really nice of them how you can just not pay if you don't feel like it or can't afford it

Yeah I got Cutting Edge Purely from Credits found in the field, super tip for you Divers, seek our the buried shipping containers at some points of interest and blow them open with explosives to find medals, super credits and requisitions.

I have to say, I love this game so far, but I'm somewhat disappointed about the battle pass structure. Locking the elemental weapons up behind the micro transaction currency feels a little restrictive, even if it is cheap. Like I'm being poked for more money beyond the entry fee.

Otherwise, absolutely delightful experience. Let me upgrade my ship to a Cruiser-class vessel you cowards.

You can always get Super Credits on the battlefield! Elemental weapons inherently require a bit more game knowledge to use effectively, so by the time you’ve played enough of the game to get there, you should have plenty of Super Credits earned from missions!

Oh but imagine if we could make a Hellpod for the Patriot and just Titainfall those beauties in! I'm a sucker for standby for titianfall. I'd love an ability to choose to drop in as reinforcement already in a mech.

like the mechs could have a slow drop in which takes like 30 secs being carried down by a eagle ORRRR have the option of dropping in that bish-maybe with a helldiver inside

Oh, alright, I understand.

The reason Super Earth is able to safely drop most supplies from orbit is due to the design of the hellpods.

Unfortunately, the Patriot is… a bit too big to fit into a hellpod.

Fingers crossed

MORE? PLEASE MORE? MORE MORE PLEASE!?

What if the Dark Urge was a companion?

I love all the companions in Baldur's Gate 3 HOWEVER, I would've loved to see Dark Urge as a companion! Imagine the sweet angst and spicey scenes!!!!

What happens to him if you choose Tav over his origin makes me sad. So, I'm making this a thing!

Once you become a certain age, it is your responsibility to unlearn behaviors that hinder your growth as a person.

Mmmm reminds me of a series I saw where they did hidden death saves, not even the player knew, the DM would just roll over the next 6 turns or until someone reached the body, when they'd reveal if the other was alive or not.

GMs: What's a rule/mechanic you've stolen from one game and use in almost every game you run?

One of mine is Dungeon Crawl Classic's "Recovering the body" rule - in which dead PCs have a chance of quite dramatically NOT being dead and instead being barely alive and wounded when the other PCs go to recover the body. It makes for such a fun final roll for the character and can have a wonderfully dramatic and exciting payoff if the roll goes well. Plus, because it's a "may" rule it gives the player a chance to say "No, I think Alfred the Wise dies here. It's a fitting end." and it's only utilized when they want that exciting maybe final moment with the character.

We gotta do a back to back badasses with that and Ralph's Garu form.

One more Tristan for the road : his Caul form, merged with his Geist! :D

oh shit rpg maker xp is completely free to own this week on steam??

Motherfucker really came out here wielding a goddamn Keyblade huh?

Fallout: New Vegas is all about rebuilding society in the Mojave, and the three given factions all attempt to do so by recreating the past. The NCR models itself on the now-destroyed United States, with all the problems involved. Caesar created the Legion in the image of Rome because he believed it could best thrive in the wasteland. Mr. House is arguably the most forward-thinking with his focus on technology and eventual interplanetary travel, but he still rebuilt New Vegas from his nostalgic recollections of the city. Building on the past isn't wrong, the problem is these three factions don't appear to be learning from anything that happened.

NCR characters never directly acknowledge that they're following the example of a society that destroyed itself. Caesar criticizes them for this, believing the republic functioned best while under the quasi-monarchy of Aradesh and Tandi. But Caesar ignores how 1) Rome also fell and 2) he's confronting the same problem as a brain tumor is on the verge of killing him. Even if you treat his tumor, he's still mortal. Caesar was given an education, and his knowledge of strategy and history let him build the Legion, which he then made anti-intellectual and revisionist. The society he created cannot replace him, and will fragment when he dies. House is more contemptuous of the pre-war world, but he still brought it back, and specifically assigned the Omertas with the role of ruthless mobsters who will kill anyone in their way. Apparently he thought that was a good idea.

This extends into the DLCs, too. Elijah plans to use the Sierra Madre to wipe the slate clean and restore the Brotherhood of Steel to their position of unrivaled power, with himself back as Elder. Every day, Joshua Graham feels the pain of being burned. The Think Tank scientists are all stuck in loops, stuck in the past, stuck with their flaws centuries after believing they overcame their humanity. For all my grievances with Lonesome Road, it fits the pattern, as Ulysses saw a new society forming, saw it burn, and couldn't move on. If you let Ulysses live, he has similar criticisms of the NCR, Legion, and House. They're all idealized recreations, like the Vera Keyes hologram. Let go, begin again.

Benny may be a weird mix of dangerous and absurd, but he contrasts the other factions well. He jumped at the chance to join House, fought his tribe's previous leader to make it happen, then planned to take down House, too. House dismisses Benny as not understanding complex technologies due to his tribal upbringing, but he built a computer lab attached to his suite and studies technology as best he can. Benny doesn't want to relive the past, he wants to move forward, he wants something better. You can kill him and take his role, or, when facing certain death at Caesar's hands, he'll explain his vision and ask you to see it through.

After replaying everything, though the other endings have understandable support, I think the Independent route fits the story's themes best, the only one where something definitively new is being built. The Courier isn't remaking anything. Part of this is simply open-ended roleplaying, allowing the player to imagine the character's completed goal. If you choose one of the other three, the Courier can work to correct their faction's flaws and counter the destructive nostalgia affecting them. The Independent ending isn't necessarily the "best" for the Mojave, the Courier's morality and a hundred other decisions determine that, but it is the most compelling conclusion to the story.

Rebecs.