6 Answers2025-09-23
For large clan raids and events where dozens of players are on screen (as in the screenshot above), all bets are off. For such occasions I have a separate ‘raid profile’ with everything on Low, except for the players’ names and health bars, in order to get as many frames as possible and as little to no visual distraction as possible.
Later, after the event, I switch back to my regular profile which is meant for in-game action and exploration rather than mass combat events. For raid events dozens of players are usually on screen and information clarity is far more important than visual aesthetics. Such a setup is a travesty to look at but it renders well enough and runs smoothly at low settings.
8 Answers2025-09-25
One can imagine a simple witch with very basic hypnotic powers in one story, and in the next a secret cult attempting to bring back a planet-eating horror of unfathomable size. It’s never sure just what kind of magical problem Conan will be facing in any given tale. The looseness of the rules is a hallmark of the pulp storytelling style in which Howard wrote, allowing him to focus on atmosphere and action above and beyond rigorously-consistent internal logic. Magic in his world serves but one purpose: to facilitate whatever single, idiosyncratic fantastic element is needed to drive the current story to its conclusion. It is a tool, not an end in itself. The possibilities are limitless.
8 Answers2025-05-27
A lot of the AE2 specific concepts are very brilliant, the channel system, P2P tunneling, subnetwork management. Most addons for AE2 are wireless terminals or tons of storage, which lets users build around the system instead of learning about how it works. The best ‘addon’ for new AE2 users is a decent series of tutorials for vanilla AE2, that way when they finally do build a decent system for themselves they can add in all of the quality-of-life updates to make building easier and to better appreciate what they have built.
5 Answers2026-01-23
To make sense of all of this, I like to simplify and explain the Outlander books over coffee to my friends. Essentially the two tracks of the timeline are Collins 20th century life and 18th century Jamie’s world. Exile between the two tracks can occur in several ways: Claire’s abrupt return to her own time following the Jacobites; Jamie’s life as an exiled fugitive attempting to survive in an unforgiving world or attempting to build a new world; Jamie and Claire’s deliberate exile to the colonies in order to escape the Highlands.
Book stops include Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood and the following books in the series. Each title moves along with the time of the story and shifts the stakes for the characters' exile in terms of time, land and family. The shifting of these stakes makes for a very engaging and long saga.
10 Answers2025-10-21
I love the community's perseverance in trying to get more content. I think it just goes to show how fun of a game it is. I know I said that the financial model wasn't set in stone, but Microsoft typically doesn't release first-party DLC for free post-launch, especially for something as small as this. ‘Sea of Thieves’ is a live-service game, with free major updates to the game down the road, all funded by cosmetic sales. ‘Minecraft Dungeons’ is a premium dungeon crawler with traditional expansions for extra content. Changing that model up to try and perform differently mid-stream would have been a business disaster.
2 Answers2025-08-30
A beholder's hoard would be focused to demonstrate its otherworldly mind and paranoia, containing items such as those for defense, for increased perception, and for control of reality. Items such as an Amulet of Proof Against Detection and Location, a Crystal Ball, and a Rod of Rulership would be good choices. Additionally, a ring of Mind Shielding would be a good piece of personal gear for a beholder. 'Claimed by the Fallen King' is another take on the whole "claiming power from a monstrous entity" idea, but set in a fantasy romance setting. The main character must survive by making a dangerous deal with a Fallen Sovereign, rather than going on a typical dungeon crawl to get treasure.
3 Answers2025-05-16
Sherlock Holmes was a product of Dr. Joseph Bell, one of Doyle’s professors at the University of Edinburgh. He was famous for being able to tell a great deal about a patient from slight physical clues. Dr. Bell was also very good at observing small details that others had missed. Doyle was greatly influenced by his teacher and he used Dr. Bell as a basis for his main character Sherlock Holmes. He was also a great observant and used his skills to piece together small details that others had missed.
Many of the popular detective stories of Doyle’s time included cases solved by a rational detective rather than brute force. These were particularly influential in relation to the character of C. Auguste Dupin in the stories of Edgar Allan Poe. However, while Doyle was heavily influenced by these stories, the character of Sherlock Holmes was vastly more complex and drew a great deal from Doyle’s experiences of Victorian society and the emphasis on science and progress.
In addition to these Doyle needed a character for his stories. Holmes, a completely original character at the time, became very well known and instantly associated with his creator. The stories in which he appeared did much to establish the reputation of their author as a writer of crime stories. They also greatly contributed to the re-definition of the genre into a more intellectual and more exciting one.
10 Answers2025-09-13
I’d like to offer an alternative perspective, starting with the quality-of-life mods. These aren’t particularly flashy, but they save so much time and agony that they are worth highlighting first. Material Editor and Item Layer are two excellent examples. Layering out accessories properly or tweaking material properties on the fly is a huge time-saver and makes a world of difference in terms of the overall creation experience. It transforms “fighting the game” to “playing the game” to create, which is far more Enhanced Gameplay to me than any single piece of content.
4 Answers2025-11-18
A really good introduction to the great Detective Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle would be to start with ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’. The stories are all fairly short and the samplers together present a wonderful cross-section of many of Holmes’s greatest and most famous cases. The stories introduce readers to the great detective and to his ingenious methods – the remarkable powers of observation and the cool and logical powers of his great brain, which enable him to solve the most complex of cases and unravel the most intricate of puzzles.
Other works by Doyle include The Sign of the Four, an intriguing combination of adventure, and a complex plot full of twisting turns which make for a highly entertaining read. While the reader is pondering the plot, he or she is having fun at the same time.
I hope you get to read these and can see why Doyle has had such an influence on the detective genre.
5 Answers2026-07-06
I ran a Reborn Lineage Blood Hunter. They were a great gothic edgelord. I ran them with Order of the Ghostslayer, so all hits dealt radiant damage. The Rite of the Dawn feature turned my sword into a beacon of sunlight, which is kind of awful for Strahd. Also, the Reborn’s abilities to avoid dying and then come back to life saved me from being charmed by Strahd not once, but twice. Oh, and don’t play a Reborn in your campaign, because your party will hate hearing your tragic backstory monologues.