Which movie/show is this famous gif of Denzel Washington from?
You‘d think the (often blood-drenched) mutant half drow half illithid with the bhaalist outfit and the giant ass glowing trident would ring a few alarm bells.
I don’t think I’ve ever played a whole team of full casters before. But on my latest play through I’m playing a Red Draconic Sorcerer GithyankI (a durtha’gith reference) for those who know.
For the Mind Flayer Colony I chose Wyll, Jaheira and Shadowheart just because they seemed lore appropriate. They were all Level 9. I was doing the Myrkul fight for the first time in a long time and basically forgot how his fight worked and that you have to free Aylin first. The result was that I kept hitting him a bit, just blowing level 2 and 3 spellslots.
I eventually remembered and freed her around the time that Myrkul managed to down Jaheira and Wyll (In the bone chill aura). Though their summons (the Cambion from the Infernal Rapier and a Dryad) were still alive but barely doing any damage at all. And Shovel was already dead by this point. And then Aylin got frightened.
So I basically had only 2 characters at this point Myrkul had almost 200 hp left.
At this point I was like ok, let me just go out in a blaze of glory and reload and actually fight tactically this time. So I decided to just blow through all of my spell slots and sorcery points.
I had Shart pop an Insect Plague on top of Myrkul. Then had my Tav cast a Level 5 Fireball then bonus cast a Level 4 Fireball with Quickened Spell.
Between them they managed to do almost 100 points of damage in 1 turn.
I was like wait what?
The next turn Myrkul was hit by the Insect Plague again. I had Shart blast him with a Level 4 guiding bolt. Then I had Tav blast him with 2 Level 4 Fireball. This time it did actually add up to 100 hp of damage. And Myrkyul died.
Jaheira and Wyll didn’t even fail a death saving throw.
I basically killed the guy in 2 turns with 2 party members… It was the most insane thing I’ve ever done.
I know I probably got a bit lucky with rolls but still it really shows you the level full casters operate at.
Imagine if I hadn’t been dumb and freed Aylin instantly with a Misty Step and then just blasted him with 4 Level 5 Spells.
The whole fight could have been finished up in a Round or 2.
For those who don’t know in DND a Duthka’gith is a special Githyanki who has been infused with red dragon blood by Vlaakith. These bio-engineered soldiers are among Vlaakith’s most loyal and powerful subordinates, serving as elite shock troops and palace guards.
However, they’re also looked down on by other Githyanki, which explains why Tav is looked down on by most other Githyanki you meet during the game.
I built her as a monoclass Red Draconic Sorcerer obviously. I think she looks awesome. Only problem is people sometimes call her green or toady in dialogue. Wish the game had a way to detect your character’s skin color during dialogue.
Bonus pics of her with Mama K because why not. Also they make a cute couple with their matching skin tones.
They have no idea how right they are about how similar this is to an American presidential election… Basically 2016 and 2024 all over again…
I don’t think it’s crazy to say they were the 2nd best team in both 2018 and 2026.
So because I hate myself I decided to watch Mark Manson recent jubilee debate with manosphere supporters.
Something that struck me was all the discourse about how men and boys are struggling on modern society. and Mark even conceded the point and said something about how women tend to have better social skills, etc. which is why they are performing better in the modern world.
What is this world in which women are doing better?
Women earn 80 cents to the dollar on what men earn. Congress and the Senate are both almost completely men. The executive branch is almost entirely men. Two-thirds of all federal judges are men. Almost all of the Fortune 500 CEOs are men. Almost the entirety of the Forbes list is men. Over 50% of women experience some form of sexual abuse during their lifetime. Yes women get more degrees overall, but that number is enhanced by gender studies and interpretative dance therapy degrees. Men completely dominate STEM degrees and MBAs. Even in the medical and legal fields in which women have attained parity at the entry level, men still dominate senior leadership positions.
Even that oft-repeated statement about men having a higher suicide rate than women is dumb because women actually attempt suicide at higher rates. It’s just that men tend to prefer more dramatic methods that have a higher success rate.
What is this alternate world men’s rights activists are living in which women somehow dominate the world or are doing better than men? And the crazy thing is that while debating them you have to somehow concede this point to them, even if you blame it on some other factor than feminism like capitalism.
Men are not struggling by any metric. Unless by struggling you mean that the extreme domination men have had for 10,000 years is now shifting to something vaguely resembling parity. Yes men now have to compete with women on a somewhat level playing field. That is apparently the great tragedy that men are enduring. And that beautiful, intelligent young women aren’t forced into marrying their ugly asses because they have no other prospects in life or have no way of earning a living, and now have the freedom to choose a partner that they actually like or not choose a partner at all if that’s what they want.
And don’t these men’s rights types claim to capitalists who hate socialism anyway? If women really are better than men and somehow dominating the world… why should the state step in to help men? Why don’t they just try to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. And hey if women are really are smarter and better at their jobs than men… then they deserve to take their jobs.
I hate that this non-issue has somehow become electorally significant enough that even liberal or progressive politicians are feeling the need to comment on it and talk about ‘boys struggling’.
Bottom right is obviously Naruto and Middle right is Steven Universe.
I think top left might be Bocchi the rock?
Heck I might even rate Bankai Shunsui > Shinigami Aizen.
Kinda looks like a tv show set in the 80s? Maybe Welcome to Derry?
I think it’s from a movie maybe… but I’m not sure tbh
Yvonnel had a thing for both Drizzt and Cattie-brie so it would make sense that she’d be attracted to their kid, who resembles both of them.
They’re both around the same age too.
I could definitely see Jarlaxle sending her on a mission to save Yvonnel and then meeting that way and becoming friends and maybe eventually more…
