Looks like Rhapsody has an ability I didn’t know about which lets you consume your +3 from Scarlet Remittance to either guarantee a crit, heal yourself, or give a target disadvantage on saving throws.

https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Scarlet_Feast

I still think which one is better depends on how many spells you’re going to be casting.

If you’re a spellcaster, sure, just for the stacking bonus to spell save DC and spell attack rolls. But then it’s better to compare it against a magic staff, not a shortsword…

For actually stabbing people, I think Knife of the Undermountain King is better.

I dunno, who told you Rhapsody is better and what was their explanation when you asked them how?

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Justice for Shippy McShipface

Looks like it could be a mascot for KISS

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

This is definitely the wrong community, but I’m so happy to see the footage and read the article that I don’t even mind. Far out!

“Neighboardhood?”

*Case in point

I think the Retributive Strike has to be an intentional action by the attuned wielder. I don’t think damage from external sources triggers it, even if it breaks the staff.

… the 50-pound, beach-ball-size nuclear device …

… The climbers scampered down the mountain after stashing the C.I.A. gear on a ledge of ice, abandoning a nuclear device that contained nearly a third of the total amount of plutonium used in the Nagasaki bomb. …

… Scientists say the generator will not explode on its own — for one, there’s no trigger, unlike in a nuclear weapon. But they worry about a sinister scenario in which the plutonium core is found and used for a dirty bomb.

Are you absolutely sure? It doesn’t sound tiny.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria?wprov=sfla1

A vending machine that dispensed a set amount of water for ablutions when a coin was introduced via a slot on the top of the machine. This was included in his list of inventions in his book Mechanics. When the coin was deposited, it fell upon a pan attached to a lever. The lever opened up a valve which let some water flow out. The pan continued to tilt with the weight of the coin until it fell off, at which point a counter-weight would snap the lever back up and turn off the valve.

Thanks for teaching me something new. I had never considered the factorial of zero before

It might be referring to German political prisoner and P.O.W. camps (Offizierslager?) during WWII, which housed many of the Polish intellectual elite.

EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_XVII-A?wprov=sfla1

The prisoners were encouraged to occupy their time productively. They formed a choir and a theatre group, and built their own sports ground, the Stade Pétain. One of the most popular activities were the lectures at the Université en Captivité, headed by Lieutenant Jean Leray, formerly a mathematics professor at the Université de Nancy. The University awarded almost 500 degrees, all of which were officially confirmed after the war.

I’m not sure if it’s the same incident since it doesn’t seem to be focused on “historians,” but here is an example of an actual legitimate university being organized by (mostly French) prisoners of war while being held captive by the Nazis.

EDIT 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solovki_prison_camp?wprov=sfla1

It might be more likely referring to the early years of the Solovki prison camp, the prototypical Gulag. A lot of the Ukrainian intelligentsia were sent there, including many notable historians. I don’t know enough to say for sure.

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It seems to be a crude joke about 14-year-old Marie Antoinette and 15-year-old Louis Auguste having trouble consummating their marriage. Court gossip at the time speculated that he had a small misformed penis, but really they were just young teenagers who were perhaps not ready for sex.

Yeah, Europeans caught syphilis from indigenous Americans, and without any existing immunity to it there was a genuinely terrifying pandemic in Europe with worse symptoms than present-day forms of the disease (and no penicillin to treat it).

But indigenous Americans caught smallpox, measles, influenza, and typhus from Europeans, so it really wasn’t a fair exchange.

TIL! Thanks!

All of the above are true, right? They had advanced astronomy, agriculture, ceramics, economics, and systems of government while living in the Stone Age. Their tools and weapons were made of wood and stone, right? Not bronze?