u/SegaGenesisMetalHead

I do not have a problem with acne. But I've noticed some gunk in my pores and wanted to deal with it. So I got a cetaphil daily face wash, for normal/oily skin. And I am using Cerve daily moisturizer for nomal/dry skin. Neither of these say they strip away any protective layer of the skin.

After using these for a couple days I am now seeing some bump and zits here and there.

Me and a close friend got into a discussion about the DSA and both of us have mostly negative feelings about it. However the only real difference is that I think they may be able to be worked with pragmatically, while he thinks this is tantamount to joining them outright.

It got ugly. I don’t think it needed to in hindsight.

I’ve noticed people like Destiny have a growing list of people on the left they no longer associate with over this.

I will accept an argument that working with the DSA is a mistake, but I won’t accept that it’s a crime, or selling out.

Am I mistaken on what I consider to be a minor difference?

Will not even begin downloading. Says 0 seeds and 0 peers. But I know there are many seeds.

using NordVPN.

I've gotten the most recent Qbit version. (5.2.3)

Set listening port to "Any". (I've tried random port numbers with no luck).

Socks5 proxy server.

Network interface to "Any Interface". Also Tried "Nordlynx".

Restarted qbit after each change with no luck.

Made sure qbit was allowed through firewall.

No idea rn.

Windows 11.

Is AI a serious enough topic where you feel you should distance yourself politically from individuals based on their views of it?

I understand this may seem like a weird thing to be so worried about, but I was wondering if someone here might could help me understand to what degree I should feel guilt.

I was careless.

I’m not 100% certain that it was a legitimate reason, but I’m thinking I know why it happened.

I’ll try to be vague. I had an account which I used for viewing nsfw material. I made a post on a subreddit sharing some nsfw images of popular adult actresses. Many, many subreddits do this.

But the post was flagged for breaking a major rule of reddit. Number 3. I’m thinking I must have mistakenly put something in there from a private collection. Or something that was copyrighted. In hindsight, I believe one of the images may have been from OF that I carelessly overlooked. That’s the understanding I go with right now.

My appeal was denied.

I know I messed up. But I just feel so incredibly gross and guilty. How bad of a person am I for this?

I was wondering if maybe you all had some ideas on how a Kenku might end up as a swashbuckling hero type rather than as a thief or subservient minion type.

Also, just how uncommon are kenku in Faerun? I know there aren't many. But if the average Baldurian saw a Kenku walking down the street would they be "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT" or would it be more "Is that a kenku? Huh...never seen one".

I ask about her specifically because with the artifact she is more inexorably linked to the main story than some of the other characters. I want it to just be Gale, Wyll, Astarion, and then my character.

Does the story feel awkward or less fleshed out without her?

I’ve already experienced her story and romance.

I know the image of him with his rapier is a more iconic visual. But I don't have Gale in my party for this playthrough and I wanted a more traditional caster in my party while keeping him a warlock.

Sorry if this is a super newbish question. I haven't played just a ton of this game.

Like old vhs videos of preachers railing against pokemon and DnD or Karens today seeing satanic messaging in mundane things.

Idk why I’m fascinated by it.

To be clear: I don’t need a subreddit that actually believes these things. Just a place where people post it like “get a load of this guy”.

I ran my first game, and I'm excited to make more.

I am going to be running a one shot with this group where the entire thing is in a crypt. I feel like I'm going to need to add traps to keep things interesting, but my worry is that I'll either make them too easy or too punishing.

Any advice?

I was hoping to hit level 9 before leaving. But It seems I'm struggling to hit 8.

I'm not seeing any more quests I can do. The only things I'm not sure about are the pigs which are on fire, and there is a well somewhere which is asking for water.

I've killed every magistrate within fort joy, as well as all of Griff's group. I've cleared every encounter within the marsh. I've fought a pirate skeleton that summoned a group on me. I've killed the blood rose lady. I freed the dragon. Almost everything is pointing towards heading off the island.

Anyone know any XP I'm overlooking?

I am doing a lone wolf party with a custom character and Sebille. I backstab with her as much as possible but sometimes I do just attack face on. Trying to decide if warfare or scoundrel is better to increase on her.

When I meet a character it gives me the option to swap their class. They say they are proficient in one thing but can do anything. Is this to be taken literally or is it just saying what their default is?

I understand why people love the genre and why it tends to be difficult. I love the physical tabletop experience but in video games it just doesn’t resonate with me much. I get overwhelmed.

Is there something that would give me an easier time than BG3 or Divinity Original Sin 2?

Also, I know about the easy/story modes. But it’s not just the difficulty. It’s also the large amounts of mechanics at play.

This will be my first time DM’ing. These people are very experienced players and DMs.

Without going in to incredible detail I just struggle with communication. Things which make sense to me don’t make sense to others, and things which seemingly make sense to others fly over my head. I might sound fine here because I can think about what I have to say before typing it out. But navigating conversation has been a strenuous task my entire life.

Where I should be hands on, I may be too hands on. Where I should be hands off, I may be too vague and directionless. My story follows logically to me, but it may not to them.

I’m really anxious this is going to be a disaster, and didn’t know if there was some advice you all might could give me.

This is what I sent the group. I’ll be DM’ing for the very first time.

Premise:

Your village has always held an almost religious reverence for the Great Forest which lies only a mile to the north. If there is any one thing someone is taught from childhood, it's that entering the forest is taboo, and worthy of exile - assuming one manages to return. Your panic is therefore justified when you awake deep within its darkest reaches with no memory of how you arrived. All you have are your weapons, and a note which reads: "Go to the place where a great tree once stood, and destroy the evil which dwells there. Please do not return. We are sorry."

Is this too vague? Is it silly sounding?