Ever since buying WotR about two months ago, the Pathfinder games became my new obsession, to the extent I specifically instructed the Mrs to please tell me if I should start neglecting her. After playing through it on normal I played Kingmaker and yesterday finished my first run. So naturally I intend to replay WotR now ;) . Want to try my hand at core, though and would like to know any general advice for dealing with higher difficulty.
I've managed to get the UMM running on the Steam Deck, so I can use the Bubblebuffs mod this time around. Besides that one I intend to run ToyBox just in case and to re-enable achievements, the ReSpec mod, DisableFilmGrain and Dark Codex. I used the SkipIntro mod for Kingmaker, but couldn't find one for WotR. If I missed it, please show me the link. Are there any other recommended non-cheaty mods I should use?
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Also for my planned party:

1. I intend to play as a Kineticist KC, as I've never paid attention to that class before in any D&D game I played, but really liked it on the twins. Don't want to go the default Earth & Air max DoT build, though. I found AoE either too powerful or impractical to use. I intend to go Fire->Earth-> Fire. That way I can still use Magma Deadly Earth with bowling and instead of cloud, then have Blue Flame later. Pitfalls I see: A) Will I make it until getting Ascended Element or have a useless main character? B) I wont actually get Blue Flame until lvl15 and it's dispelling infusion until lvl17. Kineticism stuff is still new to me so grateful for any advice. Does Dark Codex give me other build options I should consider?
2. I intend to run Regill as my tank instead of Seelah, as I've played with her last time. Want to respec him into a Skald though, as I've never played with that class before. Any links to good Skald tank builds? Any pitfalls to look out with the mod?
3. Is there a list with sorta hidden unmarked quests that give high XP rewards? Like killing that spectre 7 times in act3? During my first game, I only reached lvl20 about half an hour before reaching the final boss and I guess I could use any XP I can get for Core.

I (17f) work part time and have been at the same job for a year. All of my coworkers are very open about how much they make, and it’s a frequent topic of discussion how unfairly our boss pays all of us. Recently, a new girl started and I was responsible for training her. Somehow, it came up how much she was making, and she told me a wage that was higher than my own. I was upset by this, obviously, and in my head immediately made plans to talk to my boss about a raise. My coworker had just texted me asking how the new employee was doing, and I told him how much she was making (which was more than him too).
The next day when I came into work, he had told everyone about it, and people were understandably angry. A few approached our manager, and I guess some of them approached the boss. A lot of them were making significantly less than this new girl was supposedly making.
Fast forward a couple of days to the next time I was working with my boss. At the end of my shift, he pulls me aside and tells me that we need to talk. He’s starts telling me that he had a very difficult week because of me. He said that he had never had employees talk about their wages in the way my coworkers and I have. He knew I was the only one who had known how much the new girl was making and that I was the reason for these problems. He said that things are going to have to start changing around here, and that all the “generous” things he had been doing were coming to an end. That policies were going to change so this didn’t happen again in the future. He informed me that the new girl was not making the wage she had said, that she had been fired, and said, “would you have believed her if she said she was making 35 dollars an hour?”
Now, I know that it’s illegal to prevent employees from discussing their wages with one another, but at the same time it’s common curtesy not to do so. I’m not sure what to do now, and I’m scared to go back into work tomorrow.
I’m not convinced I’m in the right by any means, but AITA?
TDLR: I found out my coworker that I was training was making more than me and told another coworker about it who told the whole store. Boss found out and was mad.

After revealing that the nation could have been erased like Sodom and Gomorrah (Isa 1:9) had God not left a remnant, God goes on to promise and exhort a return to him. Their sins shall be cleansed if they will turn and begin to obey him. He is not satisfied with their religion, their sacrifices and new moons (Isa 1:13). He wants their hearts, and he wants them to exhibit his character.
What will be made more and more explicit throughout the rest of Isaiah’s book of prophecy is that God’s plan to make them “white as snow” involves him fulfilling all their religion with the sacrifice of his one and only Son, Jesus Christ. Only by faith in Christ can one’s sins be cleansed. In the process, God would not only save his people, the Jews, but he will also draw men and women from all nations who will believe in him. His Church will be filled with the Holy Spirit and have the laws of God written on their hearts (Jer 31:33). God still cares deeply about how his people act and think. He loves us and longs for us to be like him.
According to chapter 1, God’s plan to make his people “like wool” is to move them to repentance, teach them his ways, and remove from them any who will not obey (Isa 1:28). This, being about the salvation and restoration of the world, will apply to his Church, currently on Jesus’ mission to seek and save the lost. One day, Christ will return for the faithful who have trusted him and judge the world for its sins. In the New Heavens and New Earth to come, there will be no “rebels and sinners” (Isa 1:28). What will be left will be called, “the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City” (Isa 1:26).
Breaking Down the Key Parts of Isaiah 1:18

1 “‘Come now, let us settle the matter,’ says the Lord.”

God is ready to reveal through the prophet Isaiah what is the “matter” with his people and why they have been disciplined. God would not keep them in the dark, because he considers it just to make them know the cause of their affliction and the way to escape it.

2 “‘Though your sins are like scarlet,’”

The wages of sin is death (Ro 6:23). Death means blood, which is why God mercifully gave his people the sacrificial system. Their consciousness was taught by the ceremonial law of God that it is a grave thing to disobey God and an affront to the structure of reality. Humans have been put on earth to pursue and create what brings life, but because of sin and rebellion, even God’s chosen, rescued people, the Jews failed again and again in this.

3 “‘they shall be white as snow;’”

But, rich in mercy (Eph 2:4), has a way to redeem the world. The righteousness of God will be made manifest apart from the law in Jesus Christ (Ro 3:21), who has reconciled the world to God and cleanses us of our sins. His Holy Spirit will enable his Church to obey God in a way that the Jews, in their own strength failed to do. Those of them who believed Jesus were made “white as snow.”

4 “‘though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.’”

This is a poetic restatement of the previous section. Isaiah is known as the most literarily skilled of the prophets.
https://connectusfund.org/isaiah-1-18-meaning-of-though-your-sins-be-as-scarlet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_dpHgQgrzc

After revealing that the nation could have been erased like Sodom and Gomorrah (Isa 1:9) had God not left a remnant, God goes on to promise and exhort a return to him. Their sins shall be cleansed if they will turn and begin to obey him. He is not satisfied with their religion, their sacrifices and new moons (Isa 1:13). He wants their hearts, and he wants them to exhibit his character.
What will be made more and more explicit throughout the rest of Isaiah’s book of prophecy is that God’s plan to make them “white as snow” involves him fulfilling all their religion with the sacrifice of his one and only Son, Jesus Christ. Only by faith in Christ can one’s sins be cleansed. In the process, God would not only save his people, the Jews, but he will also draw men and women from all nations who will believe in him. His Church will be filled with the Holy Spirit and have the laws of God written on their hearts (Jer 31:33). God still cares deeply about how his people act and think. He loves us and longs for us to be like him.
According to chapter 1, God’s plan to make his people “like wool” is to move them to repentance, teach them his ways, and remove from them any who will not obey (Isa 1:28). This, being about the salvation and restoration of the world, will apply to his Church, currently on Jesus’ mission to seek and save the lost. One day, Christ will return for the faithful who have trusted him and judge the world for its sins. In the New Heavens and New Earth to come, there will be no “rebels and sinners” (Isa 1:28). What will be left will be called, “the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City” (Isa 1:26).
Breaking Down the Key Parts of Isaiah 1:18

1 “‘Come now, let us settle the matter,’ says the Lord.”

God is ready to reveal through the prophet Isaiah what is the “matter” with his people and why they have been disciplined. God would not keep them in the dark, because he considers it just to make them know the cause of their affliction and the way to escape it.

2 “‘Though your sins are like scarlet,’”

The wages of sin is death (Ro 6:23). Death means blood, which is why God mercifully gave his people the sacrificial system. Their consciousness was taught by the ceremonial law of God that it is a grave thing to disobey God and an affront to the structure of reality. Humans have been put on earth to pursue and create what brings life, but because of sin and rebellion, even God’s chosen, rescued people, the Jews failed again and again in this.

3 “‘they shall be white as snow;’”

But, rich in mercy (Eph 2:4), has a way to redeem the world. The righteousness of God will be made manifest apart from the law in Jesus Christ (Ro 3:21), who has reconciled the world to God and cleanses us of our sins. His Holy Spirit will enable his Church to obey God in a way that the Jews, in their own strength failed to do. Those of them who believed Jesus were made “white as snow.”

4 “‘though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.’”

This is a poetic restatement of the previous section. Isaiah is known as the most literarily skilled of the prophets.
https://connectusfund.org/isaiah-1-18-meaning-of-though-your-sins-be-as-scarlet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_dpHgQgrzc

After revealing that the nation could have been erased like Sodom and Gomorrah (Isa 1:9) had God not left a remnant, God goes on to promise and exhort a return to him. Their sins shall be cleansed if they will turn and begin to obey him. He is not satisfied with their religion, their sacrifices and new moons (Isa 1:13). He wants their hearts, and he wants them to exhibit his character.
What will be made more and more explicit throughout the rest of Isaiah’s book of prophecy is that God’s plan to make them “white as snow” involves him fulfilling all their religion with the sacrifice of his one and only Son, Jesus Christ. Only by faith in Christ can one’s sins be cleansed. In the process, God would not only save his people, the Jews, but he will also draw men and women from all nations who will believe in him. His Church will be filled with the Holy Spirit and have the laws of God written on their hearts (Jer 31:33). God still cares deeply about how his people act and think. He loves us and longs for us to be like him.
According to chapter 1, God’s plan to make his people “like wool” is to move them to repentance, teach them his ways, and remove from them any who will not obey (Isa 1:28). This, being about the salvation and restoration of the world, will apply to his Church, currently on Jesus’ mission to seek and save the lost. One day, Christ will return for the faithful who have trusted him and judge the world for its sins. In the New Heavens and New Earth to come, there will be no “rebels and sinners” (Isa 1:28). What will be left will be called, “the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City” (Isa 1:26).
Breaking Down the Key Parts of Isaiah 1:18

1 “‘Come now, let us settle the matter,’ says the Lord.”

God is ready to reveal through the prophet Isaiah what is the “matter” with his people and why they have been disciplined. God would not keep them in the dark, because he considers it just to make them know the cause of their affliction and the way to escape it.

2 “‘Though your sins are like scarlet,’”

The wages of sin is death (Ro 6:23). Death means blood, which is why God mercifully gave his people the sacrificial system. Their consciousness was taught by the ceremonial law of God that it is a grave thing to disobey God and an affront to the structure of reality. Humans have been put on earth to pursue and create what brings life, but because of sin and rebellion, even God’s chosen, rescued people, the Jews failed again and again in this.

3 “‘they shall be white as snow;’”

But, rich in mercy (Eph 2:4), has a way to redeem the world. The righteousness of God will be made manifest apart from the law in Jesus Christ (Ro 3:21), who has reconciled the world to God and cleanses us of our sins. His Holy Spirit will enable his Church to obey God in a way that the Jews, in their own strength failed to do. Those of them who believed Jesus were made “white as snow.”

4 “‘though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.’”

This is a poetic restatement of the previous section. Isaiah is known as the most literarily skilled of the prophets.
https://connectusfund.org/isaiah-1-18-meaning-of-though-your-sins-be-as-scarlet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_dpHgQgrzc

This is a weekly reminder post of this sub's stance on potential copyright infringement. This is a serious issue that needs to be kept in mind when creating and listing NFTs.
Original post by u/HurleyBird1
Quick disclaimer: I AM NOT A LAWYER. THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE - THIS IS SIMPLY INFORMATION WITH WHICH TO EDUCATE YOURSELVES AND PREPARE YOURSELF FOR LEGAL ADVICE FROM A LICENSED SOURCE.
Now that that's out of the way. My credentials are: MBA, with a bit of business law classes under my belt.
I want to give a quick explanation of how copyright works - and I'll do so through quick blurbs n some myth/reality bullets.
Source: copyright.gov (US)

1. Subject matter of copyright: In general28(a) Copyright protection subsists, in accordance with this title, in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. Works of authorship include the following categories:(1) literary works;(2) musical works, including any accompanying words;(3) dramatic works, including any accompanying music;(4) pantomimes and choreographic works;(5) pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works;(6) motion pictures and other audiovisual works;(7) sound recordings; and(8) architectural works.(b) In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work.

- Myth: I can use any image/song/video/writing I want.
- Reality: No. Not true at all.
- Myth: Well they never said it's copyrighted.
- Reality: Upon publication (and even while a work in progress) a work is automatically protected via copyright under US Law.
- Myth: Well they never sold it.
- Reality: It doesn't have to be commercialized to be protected.
- Myth: Well it was a long time ago
- Reality: Possibly true...as long as the creator is deceased (or if multiple creators, the last living one is deceased) and the required time has passed...although this gets tricky with "estates."
(d) Duration of Rights.—(1) With respect to works of visual art created on or after the effective date set forth in section 610(a) of the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990, the rights conferred by subsection (a) shall endure for a term consisting of the life of the author.
So what's this thing I hear called "Fair Use?"
Straight from the source:

1. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use41Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.

Uhh...help me translate that please... (here's a decent official translation: https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html)

1. above...if it's non-profit educational use, you're usually good to go...if it's for money or trade (commercial nature) then you're usually NOT...unless YOUR piece is "transformative"

Transformative uses are those that add something new, with a further purpose or different character, and do not substitute for the original use of the work.
- Myth: Well this is paid for in Algos, not USD so it's not "commercial"
- Reality: IT IS commercial. You could even barter for bacon and it'd be commercial. It's an exchange of one good/service for another good/service.
- Myth: My piece with Batman inside a card is "transformative"
- Reality: No, unfortunately, more-than-likely the courts would say it's not. A good litmus test is..."If Warner Bros Entertainment (owner of Batman) wanted to make an NFT/ASA "Batman card" would yours compete with it or be possibly mistaken (by a reasonable person - so in America think 8th grade education) for real merchandise? Probably...thus it's not transformative enough.
"nature" gets a little tougher. This looks at protecting the "creative process." Thus, using other works of art is less-likely to be protected than using factual sources - like historical photographs since it's easier to "create art" and thus "transform" factual pieces than other art pieces. This is also talking to things like "parody." Satire is NOT protected. "Parody" is. What's the difference? LegalZoomputs it well: While a parody targets and mimics the original work to make a point, a satire uses the original work to criticize something else entirely. Another way to look at it is that satire uses another work as a way to comment on something happening in the world that has nothing to do with the original work.
- Myth: I added a different border, extra planets, and some blur effect to MTZ's World of Light - it's a new piece of art.
- Reality: Not likely the courts will see it that way.
- Myth: This guy added a filter, some burn effects, and collaged a bunch of newspaper headlines together - isn't that a violation!
- Reality: Probably not...the courts would probably see this as a creation of art out of factual sources.
amount/substantiality in relation to the whole...this is where using clips of songs that are only like 5 seconds long works! But using more than that...runs into problems. This is tough to decipher too...as some songs are EASILY identifiable from just 5 seconds (Ice, ice, baby) - and thus NOT fair use. But some aren't. Usually you're safe using a very small clip of a song or video - especially if you're adding more to it. But this is a dangerous game to play - and there's places to get free audio (some sources below)
effect of the use - this is probably the biggest one. Courts will look at simply...does YOUR work affect the sales or potential for sales of the copyright owner. Of note...this is looked at at the time of the issue being brought to the court, not at the time of sale. For example, let's say my batman card sells for 10 Algos today, but Algorand BLOWS UP and soon every NFT is on Algorand. And now my OG Batman NFT is seen as one of the first Batman ones and official. Warner Bros gonna sue the shit outta whoever owns it at the time they sue to get the rights to all sales of that NFT. So that person is left holding an empty bag when Warner Bros wins in court.
- Myth: Well they're not commercializing it NOW so I'm safe.
- Reality: Technically, yea Warner Bros probably won't spend the money to go after the OG artist and the hands the asset passed through...HOWEVER, they may. That's their right. Who knows - the Napster days showed us the lengths companies will go to. EVEN BIGGER HOWEVER, the last person holding it when Warner Bros DOES decide to go after that Batman NFT...uh oh for them - they just lost their asset.
- Myth: Well it's been like a year, and no one has brought up copyright. So I'm good.
- Reality: If this was in a normal market...maybe this argument would work. If McDonald's let you sell a Ronald McDonald poster for like a year on Amazon with no issues, some court may say "bro, you took too long to bring this to us." HOWEVER, with cryptocurrency being so new (and Algorand being so little known/discussed), most courts would see it as "reasonable" that a copyright owner failed to exercise their rights within a year - possibly even a decade. (Updated because I realized last example dealt with trademark not copyright :o)
So what am I safe to use?
US Government works (mostly)...any deemed free to use by creator...and any a copyright lawyer says they have your backs on (cuz now they're liable).
Here's some great sources for free use items (please add to this list below if you know of some!!!):
Pictures: https://buffer.com/library/free-images/ (Unsplash is one of my faves)
Music: https://www.wix.com/blog/photography/2019/11/27/free-music-for-videos/
Video: https://blog.hootsuite.com/free-stock-videos-sites/
You'll notice there's a lot of "shoulds" "coulds" "probably" etc. This is because copyright cases are all unique and go to the courts. The best bet is to go with stuff you KNOW is free and fair-use. If not, I'd look up copyright law, consult supreme court cases concerning copyright, and ultimately, talk to a lawyer.
AGAIN: I AM NOT A LAWYER. I AM NOT PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE. I AM SIMPLY PROVIDING INFORMATION. THERE MAY BE ERRORS ABOVE THAT COULD CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES - CONSULT A COPYRIGHT ATTORNEY IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE.

I swear...Today was just a bad day for me and the party. As we were just getting low rolls on an investigation as to who could be a witch on our Ship.
For some context: As degreed by King Suez, the King of the Gods, Witchcraft is punishable via instant execution. And questioning his word is heresy. And in the last session, the ship our party is on was saved from a Ghost Ship via some form of magic. Namely Witchcraft. Ironic as Elves and various Fae exist.
Now onto the story; While investigating we just failed to turn up anything via interrogating the crew and talking with our allied NPCs. And while discussing what would happen when it comes to light that there's a witch on board the vessel, everyone getting punished, a member of the crew stood up and headed to the edge of the boat. Soon revealing that he was the witch and then jumped.
This lead to Z, my Elven knight, to try and catch him. Not to save his life, but to personally execute the man via beheading. Yeah I know brutal. But I failed my roll and was unable to grab onto him.
So my friend had his character, an Eccentric noble name Dorian, jump in after. Wanting to save the man's life as thanks for saving the ship. Risking his life to make everyone be punished for having someone who practice witchcraft on the vessel. Leading to me having my character jump into save the fool. As Z didn't want a him to die, leaving his wife and children without him.
Dorian soon managed to get the now corpse out from the water as he and Z are pulled back onto the ship. However, the Ship's Capitan Epiphania, a noble woman, tosses the corpse back into the water and punishes Dorian with ten Lashes for his foolish actions. All the while, Z just dislikes what Dorian had done. As he disregarded his own safety and how his family would feel if he were to die.
Also while speaking with Epiphania after all of this, she reveals that she believes that the witch had died after hitting his head against the ship after jumping into the water. Which acts as a counter argument for Dorian thinking that foul play was used to kill the man.

Episode 6
Back in the woods just west of Cincinnati in a dilapidated barn, Ridgemont and his supervisor, Harlan Brooks, were surveying the area to put signs to indicate the rural and largely undisturbed nowhere they stood was to become the path of a major railway.
In the frenzied gnats and baking sun beside an old rusting Ford F-250 just under the cover of the barn. On the back window, a sticker still visible that read “I will NOT worship your DEIty,” they had stopped for a break before they headed back to their state vehicle parked off the main road.
Brooks was a hard-working man who had been in the same department – installing wayfinding signs for the state – going on almost 23 years. He was a simple man, easy going…always on time and rarely took any sort of extended vacations.
“You do gotta be careful,” he explained to Ridgemont. “This can be a dangerous job. We’re lifting up a ten foot square of sheet metal – something happens…it ain’t secure or something…you’re lookin at a giant guillotine.”
“Has anything ever happened?” Ridgemont asked him.
“I seen it one time,” Brooks began. “About 15 years ago, we were up over just north of Cincinnati, below Clifton puttin up a new exit ramp sign. I hadn’t quite made supervisor yet, I was still on crew. This particular day we had a community service group putting in their hours they had assigned to us. And in our group, we had a new guy, about 22 years old, named Alberto. Two of the community service walk-ons were up in the bucket getting it secured to the frame and Alberto went underneath to get a look at how it was lining up. Well one of them in the bucket thought the other one had it bolted on already and they let it go and it fell straight down through Alberto’s neck and out his torso…it cut him in half, pool fella. I almost quit. One of the worst sights I ever seen.”
“Wow,” said Ridgemont, obviously unphased.
“So 2 warnings,” said Brooks, “don’t stand under no signs and we always do a triple check to make sure it’s bolted on tight before anyone lets it go.”
Ridgemont looked out into the woods, “So where’s this rail going?” he asked.
“As far as we’re concerned, to the river,” he said. “But I think it’s supposed to go down to Wichita.”
“How many signs do we need to do for this one?” Ridgemont asked.
“Says 6 from downtown Cincinnati to the river at Delhi Hills – then the Kentucky crew will take it from there. Typically we’ll get our order form for the week, usually about 50 -60 new signs, change-outs, inspections…and when we’re done with those – we’re done for the week. So we can usually finish up by Thursday – a 4 day work week. Not bad, you know.”
“Yeah,” Ridgemont said…”not bad.”
Vance Owens stood inside the Kentucky state capitol building, speaking into what was known as the media box – dubbed ‘the meadow’. It was a virtual reality room in which anyone or podcaster or syndicate could pull the feed and comment, ask questions. The senator was providing commentary on the developing space program and the new discovery of an Earth-like planet found orbiting the star, Alkaid in the Ursa Major constellation.
“Kentucky – particularly Mayfield – is committed to being a central hub and accommodating location for the pursuant space program and new efforts to reach the stars,” he said. “We are right off the Ohio River, feeding into the Mississippi. We are at a geographic location that isn’t light-polluted and Kentuckians are ready to take on this challenge and take this generation into distant reaches of the galaxy.”
Someone in the VR indicated via light that she had a question.
Owens pointed over, acknowledging.
“Thank you, Senator Owens. Recent talks have definitely gotten people talking and this all seems very ambitious. Given that the CIRN Federation is the leader in space exploration and these announcements around coming on the heels of their admittedly, now-failed ten year colonization efforts of Mars, what kinds of resistance do you expect for America 2 to pursue a mission lightyears away?” asked the woman.
“Well I think that’s a valid and grounded skepticism to hold,” he answered. “And I understand this is an uphill battle to gain public trust in the mission and we will need all 5 American sektors on board – but I have seen the science and new technology behind what might be possible and I want Kentucky to be at the forefront of this – that’s a gamble I’m ready to take.”
It was about 8PM when Ridgemont and Madame Tandoori arrived at the little studio of Ron Rosen. It was a converted upstairs bedroom of a fairly unimpressive house in north Cincinnati. Rosen had a sizeable following – but that didn’t translate to wealth. He made above the universal basic income, but no enough to be extravagant. Most of the people who hung around his house just used drugs, wasting away.
The pair walked up to Rosen’s upstairs studio and took a seat. The lottery numbers would be called at 9PM and Rosen would compare with the numbers Madame Tandoori had chosen the night before. The hour leading up to the drawing was spent with Rosen veiled insulting the pair and other jokes at their expense as the room of his ‘yes men’ types laughed.
It was 8:55 and Rosen shifted his conversation but maintained his tone of Ridgemont and Madame Tandoori being the butt of his jokes, “Alright, it’s about the moment we’ve all been waiting for…they’re about to call the lottery numbers in 5 minutes. And so last night, I asked you to put your powers to the test, and you filled out a six-numbered lottery ticket, the Cold Cash Slamma Jamma and we will reveal here, in real time how you did,” he said with inflections of cynicism.
He turned in his seat and opened a vault with a sealed envelope and asked one of his co-hosts to open them and hand the ticket to Madame Tandoori. Rosen had been insulting her all evening long and this was to be the climax of the show in which he would completely humiliate her.
“And before they call this, I want to let be known, I am so confident in this that I found a casino to take this bet at massive odds and I put down $30,000 betting you would not get any more than 3 numbers correct – and I only gave you that allowance in the event of random dumb luck. But that’s how confident I am that you are a fraud,” he said.
“Wow,” she said, unphased and looked over at Ridgemont. “I’ll tell you what, I don’t want you to walk away empty-handed, so when I win, you can have half the ticket.”
They all laughed. He asked one of his co-hosts what the winning jackpot prize was, and it was $2.63 billion.
“So it’s a win-win,” Rosen said. “Either way lads, we’re gonna be moving into a much nicer studio, better house…”
The lottery came up and the numbers began coming up and they were; 45-19-18-02-37-20.
Rosen looked up and said, “Okay, so 2, 18,19,20, 37, 45…as if the odds weren’t bad enough, but the odds of 3 consecutive numbers like that? 18,19,20….but let’s get to the main course…Madame Tandoori…please reveal your ticket to the us and 44 million other people watching around the world right now.”
She looked at Ridgemont and they grinned at each other. She held up the ticket and it read, 02, 18,19,20,37,45.
Rosen’s crew erupted. Rosen went pale, stunned and then flush red in the face, terrified. “That’s impossible,” he uttered.
He looked around and back at her, “Well, at least I get half!”
She looked at him and said, “Yep, I’m a woman of my word, here is your half,” and she ripped the ticket in half and gave it to him and ate her half.
The room was split between people shocked and people screaming.
“You sick bitch!” Rosen screamed at her. “Shut down the stream!” he yelled. “You two are dead!” He was slamming his fist on the table.
He jumped up to lunge at Madame Tandoori and as he was charging toward her he stopped and grabbed his head, screaming. His eyes rolled back into his head and his mouth agape and tongue hanging out. His arms, wrists, fingers and legs were locking and spasming and he fell to the ground. Madame Tandoori watched and looked back at Ridgemont, who sat there stone expressionless watching Rosen convulse on the ground.
One of the guys in the room got up and started charging toward Ridgemont, “What the fuck did you do??!”
As he was about to shove Ridgemont with his massive arms, he stopped and grabbed his chest, gasping for breath and collapsed.
Just outside the home studio of Ron Rosen, in a nice vehicle, sat Daphne Chambers. She looked up to the window of the studio and Madame Tandoori walked up to the window and looked outside at her and they looked one another in the eyes.
“We’ve got enough room for one more,” Madame Tandoori told her through their minds.
Daphne started the car and drove off.
Come back next week for Episode 7

Hey all, I'm Han, 24 years old also caucasian. My timezone is GMT +3 and i'm from Turkey. I'm looking for someone to talk daily about anything and if you're also an artist maybe we can create some stuff or draw together? I'm totally down for gaming or watchin stuff too!
I'm hugely into any kind of art as an artist, (Concept and 3D art mostly) and mostly draw or game in my spare time and sometimes I do watch anime and tv series + love going to gym. Also my mbti type is INFP-T .
I have a cat and I'd burn whole world for him. (You can see him if you look at my profile) Named him after one of my favorite bosses in Dark Souls 1. Guess which one.
I have lots of playlists for any kind of mood i'm having. Here is my spotify link ( Most of my playlists are too melancholic & slow or gym based )
https://open.spotify.com/usem5kdvdl6zg156mpb2jp5t33lt?si=72901339bf1a46aa
Also this is me https://ibb.co/xmxbs88 https://ibb.co/kmf2xKR
I'm 6.1 ft - 1.84 and i do powerlifting.
I don't have a favorite music, band, game etc. they are always changing but for now Bell Witch and Neroche are my favorite bands. And I love souls-like and rpg games in general.
+Huge coffee lover here, no sugar pls but i'm sucker for chocolate tho, you can bribe me with chocolate.
Well if you're interested feel free to send me a DM!

Platform(s): PC / Unknown
Genre: Stealth, shooter (maybe just shooter)
Estimated year of release: 2003 - 2007
Graphics/art style: Kinda like this art style or at least that's how the guns looked
Notable characters: N/A
Notable game-play mechanics: First person alien shooter.
Other details: I remember being scared of the aliens so I might have tried to play it like a stealth game while it wasn't a stealth game. I also remember there being some kind of shop of store and there was a glass window. There were lasers that went from top to bottom or bottom to top. I remember being scared of the aliens so I might have tried to play it like a stealth game while it wasn't a stealth game. Time frame might also not be entirely accurate because I don't really remember anything about it.
Edit: updated the estimate a bit

So I’m not sure how long ago it was but I was around 10-11 when dad brought home diablo 3 for the ps4 and I fell in love with it pretty quick. Im 18 now and have just finished the campaign after waiting all of these years for it. With all of that being said I am so happy with how this game turned out, I won’t say no spoilers but the campaign was amazing, from the lore that I love, to the characters, to the plot, and the end was incredible. The last boss fight was so good. Highlight for me was when a certain ‘guy’ jumped on my head from diablo 2 (which I also enjoyed a ton on resurrected) and i audibly yelled ‘no!’ out of horror for how hard that guy was in diablo 2 😭 really just wanted to come on here and thank blizzard for the fantastic job they’ve done on this game.

I'm looking for an RP where my character would swap bodies of a girl a different race from himself. I would like to play around with the idea that my character doesn't suspect anything lewd going on at all until after the body swap would actually happen and even then would play along with what the person he swapped with asked. I don't necessarily want the rp to be all direct smut, but a lot of it is where my character is coerced or tricked into more and more lewd acts by your character. For example wearing overly tight clothing with slutty words written across them or extremely skimpy outfits.
I would like it where the girl initially looks very innocent and only merely interested in being in a male body but internally is beyond happy to now be a (white or black) male. Before the swap she made plans to turn my character into a total racial slut. Maybe on the first day it's just them getting used to being with each other but with the previously mentioned lewd clothing and then could slowly escalate telling my character to act his race or other demeaning things. A huge turning point would be where the girl convinces my character to get a tattoo in her body either by saying she booked it way in advance or really wanted to get it done now without telling him of what the tattoo is going to look like exactly, either way she convinces my character to go through with it. Depending on how fast you want to move the progression this could be as simple as a tramp stamp, spade tattoo, womb print or to where my character is put under before waking up to find he's now covered in racially motivated sexual tattoos. This is only a basic outline so I'd love to discuss this in detail with you.
As for the race of the girl she could either be white, black, hispanic or asian for the sake of this rp but I'm also potentially open to mixed race girls too! As for who she is exactly is up to you, an aunt, step-mom, half/ step-sibling, classmate, teacher etc.
The way they swap bodies are honestly endless but for me personally I like the ideas of swap class, a remote or even some sort of magic. A fun idea I had was that our character's would willingly consent to swapping for a day but maybe your character "accidentally" made the swap longer than it should have or found ways to keep extending the duration of the swap until there's no going back.
I only RP in first person and would like you to as well. I usually hover around 3-15 sentences and would like you to as well.
Kinks - Anal, anal training, ass to mouth, tasting myself, buttplugs, milfs, coercion, being lied to, outfit control, slutty outfits, incest, noncon, dubcon, power reversal, teasing, rimming (giving and receiving), musk, sweat, incest, feminization, demeaning, race play, interracial, race change, tattoos, tramp stamps, body modification, queen of spades, queen of hearts, and many more. Just ask!
Limits - 3rd person, one-liners, and vomit
Dm or chats if interested in playing something out with me! For now I'm only interested in rping on discord for now!

Lately in the manga we've had two dragons get fodderised, dragons were really a big deal, every time a dragon appears it's serious time, the cadres were dragons, heck even Garou and Boros are canonically dragons, the same thing happened to demons, DSK was dominating S class level characters back to back, now demons get one shot by Puri, I know this is how mangas work but still, I still believe dragons should rarely appear, want to create tension ? throw in 3 demons or something idk
As much as I love Genos, neg diffing a dragon is way too much power

The main problem I have with the TV adaptation of Fatal Attraction is that it just doesn't work as a post-Me Too retelling of the original movie, which had very different sexual/gender politics (it also should've been another movie, not a series, but I digress). The show also wants to have its cake and eat it too: it portrays Alex as this super volatile, self-centered, conniving woman but wants the viewer to sympathize with her and ultimately see her as the victim when she's actually the aggressor.
The fix: Make a 1:1 inversion of the original movie. Just have Alex be who she is, but make her the main focus. Don't make the viewer question the plot's events by switching between her and Dan's POV. Have her be scheming and obsessive and going after what she wants without making her have to be humanized and likable (we do this for terrible male characters all the time). Minimize/cut the subplots about Dan trying to exonerate himself and how his daughter reacts to his past as she grows up. I'd also change the ending so Alex fakes her death (making it look like Dan killed her) and comes back at some point after Dan gets released from jail and kills him, making it look like a suicide.

We should have more "Normal" stories about the characters in the 41st(42nd?) millennium. I don't want another "space marine captain kills everyone while all his underlings die" story. I want "Normal Space Marine Squad does normal Space Marine Squad things".
I think it would better contextualize how strong these characters really are, and how they would act if they weren't in a galaxy-ending battle.
Example: Swarmlord gets dunked on every second book. Why not have at least a few short stories of the Swarmlord just obliterating a hive world both tactically and physically.
Example 2: Eldar with low stakes. We wluld really be able to see how intelligent they truly are without the guarenteed failure at the end of every major story (as if the eldar win, they WIN win.)
Any thoughts?

TL;DR I really cannot tell if my older male co-worker is interested in me or if I am misinterpreting his kindness.
I started working on a small unit at new hospital a few months ago. Soon after, an older individual with my desired career introduced himself to me. He is very attractive (former athlete) and kind, and at first not flirtatious. I might be considered by others to be the female equivalent of that and tend to get on very well with coworkers and patients. I told him that I was applying to programs for said career path and he immediately took me under his wing teaching me and bringing me on rounds each time I saw him.
Once, a female coworker asked me(in front of him) for an update on a guy who had approached me at the gym and was sending me Instagram DM's. I was trying to be professional so didn't reply much, just said that I wasn't very interested. Male coworker immediately gets up and asks to see messages from the guy. He read them and told me "tell him straight up, 'no thanks, I'm not interested. Be straightforward and blunt." I also started to notice that whenever there are conversations on the unit about personal relationships, he always looks at me and asks what I think - always smiles and perks up around me.
Fast forward a few weeks: He is coming frequently and sitting next to me, showing me funny little things and teaching me every day. One day, when it was just us sitting at the computers, he says good morning and asks me how my training is going. I thought he was talking about my work but he says no, he thought I had been training for a marathon (I am in objectively very good shape). I laughed and said no. He asks me if I go to the gym and we start talking about our workouts. I make a joke about clocking out early to go to the gym and how I already make very little money in current work position. He laughed and continued the convo. Later, he came back and was drawing diagrams of surgical procedure he had done that day and we were sitting very close together.
This is where I am wondering if I have the correct interpretation: the next day, he came up to unit despite having no patients to see. He was very happy and acting goofy. Sits next to me and is drawing another diagram. We were chatting and then he got up to go, I said have a good weekend and he said "eh" and walked a few feet away. As he was going to leave, he turned around and said to me "you know you don't have to pay for a gym membership, you could go for free." I made a joke and played dumb. He then said "no, you could go with me." Then he said goodbye and walked away. The next week, I got sent to another unit and secretary told me he came over to her and asked her sort of quietly where I was and that he thought I was working that day.
I heard that our unit will be closing for construction and sent him a text saying that I am thankful for his mentorship and hope I see him around the hospital. He replied immediately that I should keep his number and text him anytime I want, also that he would still see me wherever our patients get sent. I replied platonically and the next day he texted me about an intense workout he was going to do at the gym that day. He ended the text with "yikes... wish me luck."
So sorry for the lengthy text.

95% of the tabletop games I've played have never really gone above level 10, so when my DM said he's going to run WotR, I knew I would inevitably encounter an issue where I feel like I'm doing the math wrong, so I am going to scream my calculations into this void and hope someone can tell me if and where I have made a mistake.
I just hit level 11 and got improved vital strike, so, I am going to break this down:
My normal damage is 2d6+12+3, IE: Base weapon damage, 1.5x my attacking stat because I am two handing (7+(7/2)) = 10.5 rounded down to 10, and then +2 due to weapon specialization, and my enchantment bonus of +3. Easy enough. I can also include my level to damage, as per CavalieSamurai challenge feature, so 2d6+12+3+11.
Now, if I were to use improved vital strike, with mythic vital strike, my math is something like this: 6d6+36+9 with an optional +33 if the target is challenged. IVS+MVS means basically I triple everything involved here. Though I'm not sure if I'm meant to just roll 2d6 three times ala 6d6 or do a 2d6*3, but I assume the former.
I'm, for the most part, confident this is all right thus far. But now I'm a little confused when I crit, because my character has a decent threat range. So far I have calculated it like this:
Assuming I crit a challenged target with MVS+IVS with my x3 weapon, I will, through my own calculations, be rolling: (2d6+12+3+11)*3+4d6+24+6+22, as I am under the impression that any vital strike crit should just be treated as if you crit with a single regular attack and any bonus damage you would be getting from vital strike normally does not apply to crits.
With this math finished, I have a few questions:
1) If I get Mythic Improved Vital Strike, would any of my calculations actually benefit from it at all? I assume I need some sort of enchantment based damage like a +1d6 bonus damage enchantment or some form of precision damage.
2) As a follow up to question 1, if I were to get an icy burst enchantment, how would this apply? I would assume I would get an extra 1d6 cold per vital strike 'tier', so 3d6 with MIVS, but what about the 2d10 on crits?
3) More of a general mechanic thing I'd like to clear up: If Vital strike is a standard action to perform, I cannot perform anything else that would require a standard action? IE: Another type of special attack that wants me to specifically use a standard action to do it. I haven't been doing this but I'm mostly just curious.
Thank you for reading and any help you could provide is appreciated.

The finale of S6 inspired me so much i decided to write my own show inspired by it it's called "The Food Chain", a show set in the 1970s and the story is told from the perspective of a federal informant who is supplying information to the FBI on how the drug game works and he describes it as a food chain but he isnt the main character. The federal informant will not be revealed up until the last season so the mystery around who it is will keep viewers on the edge of their seats and spark theories and stuff lmk what you guys think