#i don't wanna be switching weapons all the god damn time

[ampleappleamble]

set entirely within the Living Lands!

takes place shortly after Deadfire!

dynamic rock-paper-scissors combat requiring weapon switches!

context-sensitive ability and spellcasting button!

skill trees instead of classes!

no romances with your companions!

[gaming-thoughts-by-an-idiot]

Fable 2, may the frustration begin!

"Alrighty, let's go, I've already had a break after crying about Rose and Sparrow and I just named the dog Snape"

"Fuckin hell, there's a hurricane outside haha hope it doesn't take away the power haha"

"Woow, the shirt I'm wearing is -5.0 attractive! That's so mean!"

"I put my wagon up for rent cuz im smart this time"

Game: someone just tried to flirt with you

Me: damn, bad taste

"Theresa just said 'come with me' AND THEN WALKED IN THE WAY. MOVE BITCH MOOOOVE"

Theresa: when you come out from there, you're gonna be stronger-- much stronger

Me: from puberty

"Snape found something... it's a Ball! Thank god, I thought it was gonna be a condom"

"The controllers are a bit awkward, but that's probably more on me since I've been playing more pc lately"

"Old tomb, oh no Snape is scared! My baby:("

Game: this is what the different colour orbs mean

Me, laughing awkwardly: haha yeah I'm not gonna remember that

"Sluuurp it up like bubble tea!... oh ew"

*opens a chest*

*dog barks*

Me: yeah thanks I already found it...

"I think this is actually one of the times I prefer shooting enemies"

*actually uses the melee weapon*

"Oh, no I think I'm still a melee weapon bastard"

"There's some letters on some skeletons and they're all like 'I'm gonna poison my mates' so yeah they all poisoned eachother, brilliant"

"Ya know, the orbs are kinda like bubble tea... I've only had apple, oh or maybe frog eggs... you know what? Nevermind."

"Savin station, gotta love mah savin station"

Game, after I've slurped up the orbs: outstanding work!

Me: thank you! You know, I like this kinda of encouragement

*orbs slurped up and character glowing and stepping back*

Me: iiiiiii don't wanna say what I'm thinking but I'm gonna anyways... she just had an orgasm

"Oh look, a bright light in the middle of the room, that doesn't scream 'sword in the stone' at all"

Theresa: there were many with the hero blood in their veins, then there were none-

Me: cuz someone decided to be asexual

Theresa: now, step into the circle

Me: last time I did that my sister and then myself got shot soooo

"Fine, I'll step into the light"

"Holy shit, I just saw her underwear cuz of the animation"

"Crap she's talking about the orbs"

"Something about Will"

"Ooh, I spot another water dive thing"

"Omg swim faster, what? There's a rock in the way? Well fuck it and swim through it"

"If this is a condom- oh a weapon, nice"

"Ooooh... B is NOT the swim faster.. A is hahaaah oops"

"Ohohoh, a bunny! Ooh I can run?? Ooh I can throw the force? Hehe get back here ya lil shit. Fucking hell, yeah you get away this time! Until I figure out the controls, that is"

"Theres supposed to be a door here, Where's the door"

"Oh there it is, cant do anything about it I'm sure but there is it"

"Oh no, it's the smart door"

"I cant even laugh, the author door wasn't mean about it, unless it was and I'm just stupid"

"Damn, this guard really looked at this teen(?) And went 'yeah you look like a person who can fight, go do our job' like thanks I guess"

"Time to fight a bitch"

"Came a guy by, name Dick, and I had to take the safety off so I could kill him"

"But I'm the good guy I promise"

Game: you inhabit a morally grey area, doing what you feel like, when you feel like it

Me: wow, that is just me in every game ever holy shit

"Some times the sound will just disappear and its the game which makes this annoying, or I think it is..."

"It was the xbox, that decided mid game that switching sound source would be fun, and it was not fun"

"I hope I saved..."

"Almost pressed new character, scared me"

"I should delete the other saves..."

"I'm trying to get a discount with a trader by being funny"

"Hehe 19% off"

"Oh right, heart means they love me... this is gonna be a nightmare"

"Oh my god what have I created, corset, short shorts and long boots oh no I look like a whore"

"Theresa is gonna be so disappointed like 'I left you alone for ONE minute' omg"

"But atleast I'm 20% hot"

"The Y button is NOT inventory!!"

"Omg, her new hair... and make up... jesus"

"So, how attractive am I? 20% for clothes, 10% for hair and 12% for make up, that's pretty good, I mean I look like a slut but ya know"

"Crap, I was gonna go see Theresa"

"I've just been crying while trying to make swords and it's probably horrible, I'm so sweaty from the anxiety but I made 336 coins"

"I changed my name to dumpling and I'm feeling weird about it"

"Earning money so I can buy houses so I can be a horrible landowner to put rent up so I can continue this"

Game: you're now a blacksmith!

Me: jesus christ no

Game: you've successfully made 7 swords

Me: don't @ me like that, I have emotions

Game: this villager is attracted to you-

Me: that's a first

"Heheh, this man loves me, and now I got 25% off"

"I stole something from a chest and it gave me +5 in evil and guess what it is? A fucking condom"

"I got evil for stealing a condom"

"Eeehhh, looks like i gotta play more lute to get that up"

"Hehe"

"Fable is just like stitch, need to get my good-ness level up"

"I've earned 3k and only 82 swords but I also lost like 400years of my lifetime die to stress so"

"I need 400 more to buy a house ugh"

[sburbian-sage]

Okay I dunno if this is an actual “thing” or not, but I’ve noticed that all the heart players I’ve played with have HATED changing weapons. Like, guy enters the game with a weapon, and NEVER upgrades it. Eventually I got curious and asked my current session’s heir of heart about it and he said:

“I get bonuses for being true to myself, and my weapon is part of who I am.”

Now maybe that’d be okay most of the time. In other sessions I’ve had with heart players it’s worked out, right?

But we have a problem, because this guy in the current session, his weapon sucks. It’s a slinky. Like a really long metal one, sure, but still fundamentally it is a children’s toy. He says it has sentimental value. He won’t even try to upgrade it or anything…

I don’t wanna nag him bout it if it really matters that much to heart players, but he’s mostly not doing anything with it in combat… Like, sometimes it hooks into an underling’s eye or whatever, but usually he just flails it around and it does nothing. Most of his effectiveness just comes from his heart powers, but are they actually being boosted enough by him not upgrading his weapon to make it worth not trying to convince him…? He doesn’t seem any stronger than I’d expect, and in fact seems kinda weak…

Heart players in general do tend to get sticky about integrity and authenticity. I assume that having a power set based around forcibly altering the nature of things, in some cases being very reminiscent of brainwashing, will do that to you.

Your guy is also half-right. The fact that he's allocated his Specibus with Slinkykind is actually a huge boost because SBURB rewards weirder, more niche, or more "ineffective" weapons with damage bonuses. It's why yoyos and frying pans can do just as much damage, if not more, than swords and guns. And a slinky is pretty darn useless, therefore it must be good! I also wouldn't be surprised if there was a Heart-based roleplay coefficient adding onto these bonuses, but obviously you can't just rely on the damage bonuses from weirdness/roleplaying alone. The main issue is coming in from the "refuses to upgrade or alchemize it" part. I already explained how SBURB is like a JRPG in the sense that hairpins will do more damage than miniguns just because, but like in those JRPGs, the real "oomph" behind the weapon is the upgrades and levels. The weapon in the next town is always stronger, and your Heart Player is sticking with gear from the home town that gets destroyed in the first act. He's using a wood mop when the rest of you have moved onto the weapons named something goofy like Grandlion or Soulbrandt.

There's a few avenues to take with this guy. I would first and foremost recommend he adopt an actual fighting style. I know it's a god-damned slinky, but I've been a consistent user of rulerkind and I don't just swing it around like a brute. The puppetkind users that can actually fight seal the deal, he has no excuse. The second is trying to negotiating with him. Usually with these "I'm so attached to the shitty weapon" guys, they have a sentimental attachment to the old one. They used it for a while and beat up an Ogre with it and now they want it to be their best friend and will react to the idea of swapping it out like you just recommended playing sportsball with their grandmother's urn.

There's two strong approaches I can think of, although one is just an elaboration of the first.

Voice your concerns about his weapon. Partially the "it's falling behind in stats and you can't fight" thing, but also point out that weapons can be broken or stolen through various means. This might encourage him to switch to a newer/different slinky (and hopefully a stronger one) while keeping the old one tucked away, which is perfectly fine.

See if you can mod your Alchemiter with Jumper Block Extensions or other mods. I would also consult an Alchemy Guide, there's zillions out there. Usual alchemy processes end up "destroying" the base materials, because the card needs to be punched to carve the Cruxite Dowel, and punching a card renders the contents permanently stuck inside. But it is possible to circumvent this. If you can alchemize a new slinky with the old one, then you can let him keep his old slinky, while giving him a new one that "contains the spirit of the old one, so it may never leave your side".

Any arguments you make are really going to have to appeal to his dumb emotions, so get ready to mollycoddle like there's no tomorrow. I don't have a high tolerance for this stuff myself. But I do think that you can reach a compromise by ensuring he can keep the old slinky around as long as he uses a better one.

I finally want to stress that there's nothing fundamentally wrong with being attached to your starting weapons. I never throw away my old weapons. Partially because the Strife Deck has no limit. Partially because an old weapon could make really useful alchemy material in the future. And partially because yeah, it just feels wrong to throw away my old rulers just because they became obsolete. The main issue is that I don't brute-force my way through deadly obstacles with low-tier equipment because it looks nice. Part of playing the game is growing up, and I know it gets old doing the same maturity quests into perpetuity, but sometimes you have to wear the silly awful clown outfit with the large ass because the stats are better. It's just a part of playing the game.

[kosi-annec]

[HAIKYUU!!] Season 2 episode 21

I just realized hinata tried to block that shit

OMG IT'S OUT, I THOUGHT THIS WAS GONNA CHANGE THE TIDE HOLY SHIT. That made me so fuckin nervous

LMAO i almost feel bad for oikawa. Don't worry, your bf's got u handled

"I bet he's gonna be pretty quick on his feet" no shit kage, did you not see wat he did last round??

Ofc mad dog respects iwa, he has to babysit the playboy child constantly lol. Honestly watching that interaction feels like a child picking favorites with his parents HSKSHK

COME ON ASAHI! Fuck- it's ok buddy! Shake it off!

Oh? Both 1st serves are out! Damn interesting start to 2nd set

Oh shit! MAD DOG'S PLAYING FR THIS TIME! wait why's he coming from the side- HOLY SHIT! I forget that you can actually technically play out of the court a lil as long as the ball doesn't drop

Shit seijo's taking the lead on this set... Lol yeah turnip-head, even I figured it out

Oh shit- A COLLISION! Mad dog's going to be the cause of one of these guys going to the nurse i swear

HHHH come on crows, ya gotta get a point. Oh, well, we take those ig lol

FU- THEY FELL FOR IT SHIT! His hunger to hit the ball is so strong he make a good decoy... Almost like hinata

"how about we make those fangs of yours even sharper" uh oh, oikawa's in scheming mode now

OMG FINALLY THEY GOT A POINT!

LMAO everyone's reactions, they're all wondering just wtf is up with this tennis ball head dude

Fuck another sharp spike- oh nvm then

If noya's having trouble with receiving a spike like that, then you know it's strong af

Ya know i noticed that a lot of the points karasuno's getting are mostly from aoba johsai messing up, which is ok we take those, but I wanna see my crows make their own points

LET'S GO NOYA! Fu- oikawa's being smart nooo. God, oikawa such a good setter and just an overall strategist

13-11 jesus why tf are they so close, it's giving me anxiety

Damn i don't understand a single thing about these hand signals they be doing, but i think its just neat

OMG ARE THEY GONNA DO IT?! BACKROW ATTACK!? HELL YEAH- FUCK, NO! Goddammit oikawa stop being so smart

Oh?? Coach watcha planning? Gonna try having 2 setters on the field?

... I still don't get it even with the exposition hsksh, not smart enough to understand big words. All i got, was that Suga's gonna help take the win, and I'm here for it

Uh oh, oikawa's eyes are serious-serious, this serve's actually gonna land this time. OK NEVERMIND IT WAS OUT, but it's getting better and better and I don't like that

AAA THAT WAS CLOSE! YES TANAKA! Another point!

GSAP OMG, DOUBLE SETTERS IN PLAY, I'm so curious how this is gonna go

OOOH SUGA YOU SMART MOTHERFUCKER! LET'S FUCKING GO!! Keep it going! Don't let mad dog up!

OMG OMG SETTER SWITCH, SETTER SWITCH! HELL YEAH KAGEYAMA, NICE KILL!!

Ok but, hinata just being there in the background between the setter stare off is just hilarious LMAO

Ah shit, ofc that tactic wasn't gonna work for long. Nooo, Suga's gone now, but he made such a good impact for the time he was there

Ya now, I'm starting to recognize the reused animations for certain scenes, like oikawa setting or a ball getting received. Not complaining, it's to be expected

HHHHH fuck karasuno needs a good clutch rn, but idk what other strategy or weapon they could use

Fuck! It's ok hinata, even I fell for it

HOLY SHIT THE SERVING ANIMATION WTF

HHHH oh fuck, how the hell is karasuno gonna win this set...

GSAP OMG OMG, YAMA'S GONNA PLAY, AND HE LOOKS CONFIDENT TOO AAAA

[nightmare-niko]

Chapter twenty-three

Edited: no

Warnings: avengers(1) spoilers, swearing

A/n: I was socially burnt out then I got swamped with school and now I’m sick!!! and now I wanna write soOoOo here is chap 23!

“Nadia!" Natasha darts to Nadia Once she's in the line of Sight and Nearly Knocks her on her ass from the impact.

“Jeez Nat, What's your damage?” Of Course Nadia hugs back, wanting to live In this moment forever.

"Stay here, don't leave my Sight,” Natasha commands.

"Well If you're leaving I will be out of your sight…” She Interupts

“Shush daring, Sit here and I don’t Know, make this hair tie Float until | come back.”

"Why can't I Come with you?"

"Because your boy Steve Is being Flown in and I Want your attention today.”

“Damn Okay I will stay put."

In all honesty it didn't take all that long for Natasha to return. But instead of a Calm briefing on what she missed. It Came with an alarming alert on the fact that Loki has been located.

Nadia has to rush into a quinjet and rush into her Outfit with Natasha close behind. They Show up Just in time for Loki to cause more mischief, Nadia freezes from fear once She sees Loki.

She Watches as Steve Jumps down and blocks Lokis Shut. He's In his Suite! Nadia thinks to herself.

"I haven't Seen that Suit Since 1945!” She exclaims.

“It's not as cool as the photos Make it," Natasha shrugs.

“with that lame Helmut he doesn’t look cool at all,” She counters, Loki ducks down, the people around him too.

"You know, the last time Iwas in Germany and Saw a man Standing above everybody else we ented up dissagreeing.” Steve stands tall at the god.

“wait were in Germany?” Nadia’s eyes round in shock.

“Girl, where have you been?"

“The soldier!” Loki quips at him. "the man out 0f Time~” The god teases.

“I’m not the one out of time,”

Taking that as her que, Natasha flips a Switch on the Ceiling Of the Ship and a gun comes out

"Loki, drop the weapon and stand down.” Natasha Says In to the Speaker. As a response LoKI shoot's a beam at the Ship (Which Nat dodges) and Cap Sends his shield flying at Loki. It bounces off his chest and Cap throws Which a punch, he misses, they fight some more. Nadia can’t bare to look.

"The guys all over the place,” Nat Comments.

Nadia begins to hear an additional thought, Tony Stark. She smirks to herself In triumph.

I knew he’d Show up

“Agent Romanoff, you miss me?”

Suddenly The PA system glitches and begins playing rock Music. Natasha and Nadia share a look and go back to watching Steve and Loki fight. Tony (Finally) flies In and Shoots Loki WIth Two energy beams, Knouting him into a Small Flight of Steps. He extends his hands, ready to Shoot any moment

“Make your move, reindeer games.” Tony Speaks to Loki

What on gods green earth does that even mean? She project, To Natasha who Simply Shrugs.

•

Nadia Stands Idly with Tony and Steve in the back of the quinjet.

“I don’t like it,” Steve Speaks up, quietly for only Tony and Nadia to hear.

“What, Rock of Ages giving up so easily?” Tony responds, He talks very weird.

"I don't remember it being that easy. this guy packs a wallabo-”

"Still, you are pretty Spry for an older fellows, you too Nadia.”

Spry? Wallaby? Nadia's, foreign under Standing Of The english language flies out of the window when listening to them speak.

“What's your thing? Pilaties?" Tony questions the two Soldiers.

“What?" Steve Says, “Huh?” Nada Overlaps

“Its like calisthenic. you might have missed Some things spending time as popsicles.”

There is a moment of Silence before Steve Speaks again. "Fury didn't tell me he was calling you in.” Steve maintains his calm composure.

He told me~ Nadia teases.

Not Now- Steve responds

This guy speaks Funny... Is It because I'm Romanian or Is It a problem for you?

“yeah, there's a lot of things Fury doesn’t tell you.” Tony responds Sass leaking through his tone,

Lightning flashes in the distance. It distracts everyone,

"where’s this coming from?” Nadias eyes dart to a frightened Loki. “What's amatter Old guy? Scared of a little lightning?"Nadia teases the god.

“I'm not overly Fond of what follows,” he responds. Another flash hits and Something lands on the Jet.

Tony and Steve put on their helmets and Nadia Tightens her gloves. Tony opens the Hatch in the back of the ship.

“where are you going?” Nadia asks.

“What are you doing?” Steve asks.

That's when She hears it, the booming thoughts, Within Seconds, Thor Comes landing on the door of the Ship and up to Tony in a threatening manner. He hit's Tony With his hammer and Grabs loki by the neck and Picks him Up. Nadia truly doesn't know exactly what to do, two gods before her Fighting. (more like Loki is being beat)

Sudenly, Thor (With Loki Stil In his grip) Jumps out of the helecarrior. Tony Stands Up with a groan, “and then theres that guy.”

“Another Asguardian?” Natasha asks making Sure to Keep eyes ahead.

“That guy's Friendly?" Steve asks, Voice raised so he can be heard.

"Surly not;" Nadia responds matching the Volume.

"Doesn't matter. If he frees LokI or kills him the tesseract is lost!” Tony turns to leave the ship.

“Stark, we need a Plan of attack!” Steve Yells after him.

“I have a plan. Attack.”

Nadia Shrugs and Pulls her hair up into a Pony tail. She runs after Tony and Follows him out of the Ship. Without a parachute, Falling from a height is always terrifying. She wishes at this moment she could fly and take things at her own pace. She knows Steve followed the duo off the ship, he wouldn’t let her fight alone.

Just as Nadia lands She Can hear the distant argument Of thor and Loki;

“You listen to me!” Thor threatens his brother. Just on que Tony barrels In and takes Thor.

“…I’m listening.” Loki says to no one in particular. Nadia let’s out a laugh before slapping her hand over her mouth. She leaves to be of any help to Tony.

Nadia Catches Up with Tony and the god missing the majority of their conversation.

"Tourist,” Thor mumbles and Sends his hammer Flying towards Tony and he goes backwards With great force.

Looking away to Loki, he makes eye Contact and Smiles a wicked Smile She can't deny the god was attractive, but Something deepin her mind told her that he wasn't as bad as he wanted to be.

You’re different, a voice invades Nadias thoughts. why aren't you fighting?

Because I'm not needed, Nadia responds. What did you do to my Powers?

To be honest I don't know, but from the Looks Of it I unlocked your true Potential.

Nadia Struggled to Pay attention to the Fight She was not a part Of. A Crack of lighting is summonel by Thor, leaving Nadia distracted for a moment.

Theres somethng about you that amazes me, Nadia.

And there's Something about you that tells me Youre Scared.

We’re the Same. You and me

To this Nadia rolls her eyes. We're Nothing alike, She denies.

Our powers are the Same, Our intentions-

You want Complete Control, Loki All I want Is a family.

Nadia Watches as Thor Shoots his ligntening at Tony, She gasps and Tony Falters for a Second, She hears as his AI voice in the Suite tells him that his Power is at 400% Capacty.

“How about that?" Tony Cocks his head to the side as he shoots Thor miles away.

I'm afraid I have to go now, don’t get yourself Killed, Nadia Prepares to run.

You Can teleport. Loki Interupts

What?

Go on, give it a try…

She Closes her eyes as a green light engulfs her and takes Her to where Thor and Tony are (still) fighting, with the amount of fighting She's doing She might as well take a nap.

“On C'mon.” Nadia loses her Patience and uses her powers to lift Tony up when Thor threw him down.

A little help Nad? Steve Finally Shows.

"Hey!” Steve Yells to get the attention of The three fighting Fools. He launches his Sheid to Nadia, Who Sends It toward the other two.

"That's enough," She Scolds talking for the first time In what feels like ages.

"Now I don't Know what you Plan on doing here-” Steve Speaks to Thor in that authoritative voice he always uses.

“I've come here to put an end to Loki’s Schemes,”Thor interupts, Nadia rolls her eyes.

"Then prove it! Put that hammer down.” Nadia lowers Herself with her powers onto the Ground. (Something She Wasn't Sure was capable of).

“Yeah…No,” Tony shakes his head. “Bad call he loves his hammer.”

Thor smashes Tony down with the hammer, “You want me to put my hammer down?" He completely looks past Nadia and to Steve. Making her feel Invisibe.He Jumps at Steve and Steve uses his shield to block the blow. A massive Force and Explosion of blue light Sends Thor Flying While Nadia Stays Put with the help of her abilites. Tony and Cap both get Up and look at the unphased Nadia.

“Are we done here, boys?" They all stand and look at each other for a moment. “Okay, I thought so.”