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Yeah, that's my sentiment as well, it's just interesting that the polymorph spell specifically notes "benefits" and doesn't just say the gear loses any magical properties/effects for the duration of the spell. It also seems focused on equipped gear, not carried inventory, which further complicates.

So, the interesting thing about this conundrum though is that it doesn't say loses ALL properties, though, or use the word inert. It says no BENEFITS, and cannot be activated/used BY the polymorphed creature.

Ah right, I get you. Hmm, I feel like the intention is for the items to become completely inert as part of the polymorphed form, but rules as written, it really depends on if we consider the portalsplosion to be a "benefit" or not in this instance. My gut is nosplosion.

The gate originates where the one item was placed inside the other. Any creature within 10 feet of the gate is sucked through it and deposited in a random location on the Astral Plane. The gate then closes. The gate is one-way only and can’t be reopened.

wotc actually has errata for this!

Placing a portable hole inside an extradimensional space created by a bag of holding, handy haversack, or similar item instantly destroys both items and opens a gate to the Astral Plane.

There are some parents whose presence is more harmful than their absence and we need to be more cognizant of that.

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OP goes into that downthread!

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I've seen two roundups of queer books on the Locus finalists list so far, and my book was absent from both, so just a reminder that it is in fact a queer & trans & intersex (!) book and it is a Locus finalist title.

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I feel like treating this as a gotcha ignores the context that other warnings were added after the fact when the original concept gained traction because people remembered other content warnings exist. They are all secondary to the main, labeled function (dog death).

With DOOM DARK AGES coming out, just a reminder, Bethesda, Xbox etc are all on the BDS Microsoft gaming boycott if you're participating. If there's an option to fly the 🏴‍☠️, do.

Yeah I was gonna say shitting on her factual presentation for not being sensitive is hitting both my sexism and ableism (re autism) buttons even if I don't know this person's neurotype.

Like the thing is that she's objectively correct. Especially with the weirdness of the "does the dog die" litmus and stuff. No one has that for even human children, let alone other pets/animals. It IS weird and specific to dog people.

How is this new science isn't this just the basics of surface area

AI replaces thinking, which ought to be the cornerstone of education. But decades of emphasis on rote learning/standardized tests over original thought means kids have already disconnected learning from thinking, while the insane price of US college frames the degree itself as a paid commodity.

I don’t care what it says. Gen ai bots are a stupid scam that erode your ability to use your brain, pushed on us by Amway-pilled weirdos who spent billions and are wrecking the planet even faster than before because the whole world owes them a chance to make up their losses.

It’s giant hogweed.

This story explains a LOT of things: ChatGPT appears to be rooting on sociopathic mental illness by validating every delusion of grandeur.

It also explains, in part, the hype cycle around AI: rich people, addicted to praise, invented a Compliment Machine.

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A lot of people are misconstruing this and to put it bluntly a lot of these people are going to restaurants etc like normal and I'm saying we should refuse service and verbally mock them in public. They should be as afraid of going in public as boy band members at the height of their careers

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I feel like if a trigger warning would "spoil" the story, then the story is using triggering material for cheap shock value and it doesn't have enough going on outside of that. Like that's such a red flag lol.

I find the replies to this, especially from non-women, that are like "just follow the women" or "women will save us!" to be missing the point by a mile. For one, the Trump admin has a number of women working for them. For another, you cannot wait for a demographic you are not in to save you.

Just from the screenshots I'm like wow experiencing a negative emotion is "cloudy"--toxic positivity alarm bells ringing in surround sound.

Ugh I'm sorry that's happened.

Yeah as someone who got into Overwatch long after release I don't think stuff like this is as restrictive with "late" as anxiety can make it feel! Like you get toxic shitters in any online gaming space dominated by cis dudes but I've never seen it specifically heightened towards new/"late" ppl.

Why would it be too late?

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Hit me up if you want to attend. The novella is about 100 pages, so it's not too late to get started reading.