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Got into my first DnD game yesterday, playing as a smooth talking dwarf merchant who's a sorcerer on the side. His family is massive, a noble house that makes up one of the most powerful entrepreneurial empires in the world. Wanted him to be a little Tahm Kench or Benoit Blanc, southern twang and all, but ended up playing him as a Foghorn Leghorn/Grandpa Simpson chatterbox who fills every silence with nonsense. His favorite target is the Goliath barbarian, who is too soft spoken to tell him to shut up. The table seemed receptive, but I'm not great at improv, so I've been writing down some prompts and tangents to belt out at any opportunity, and I'm looking for more ideas.

Some examples...

Got into my first DnD game yesterday, playing as a smooth talking dwarf merchant who's a sorcerer on the side. His family is massive, a noble house that makes up one of the most powerful entrepreneurial empires in the world. Wanted him to be a little Tahm Kench or Benoit Blanc, southern twang and all, but ended up playing him as a Foghorn Leghorn/Grandpa Simpson chatterbox who fills every silence with nonsense. His favorite target is the Goliath barbarian, who is too soft spoken to tell him to shut up. The table seemed receptive, but I'm not great at improv, so I've been writing down some prompts and tangents to belt out at any opportunity, and I'm looking for more ideas.

Some examples...

When plugging my F500 into my PS5, I get a notification for a software update for from the PS5 thinking it's a DualSense. But trying to update it simply gives a "can't complete the update" error. My stick is up to date with the firmware, and I don't see any updates for the S5 dongle on the website, so I assume it's up to date too.

The stick still connects to the PS5, and all the buttons seem to work, albeit with *horrible* input lag that I hope the update would fix. Is this normal?

I get the basics; two pals plus cake equals egg, different pairings result in different species due to math, etc. But I keep seeing mention of specific pals offering special utility without any further explanation, mostly the two Broncherries. I can't find any information about those interactions no matter how hard I look, just crappy "Get this incredible perfect endgame Mega Mewtwo Y with just a Totococo and a Celeray before the first boss!" clickbait guides.

I don't want the step-by-step family tree to birth a new god, I just want to learn the more niche mechanics behind it and experiment for myself; I want the tools, not the solutions. What do the Broncherries do? Are there any other Pa

Especially with the spike in new players with the 1.0 release

I'm looking at buying a 2022 Leaf, but I'm unsure about the whole charging situation. My living situation isn't very EV friendly and I'll probably have to run an extension cord out of a window. Are there adapters for American 240v dryer outlets? Is using an extension cable a big no-no? Anything else I need to consider about buying an EV?

In the ongoing quest to take certain really bad pokemon and make them slightly less bad, I've been reaching deep into the toolbox to see what kind of BS I can throw together and make work. This was on Gourgeist, but for the purposes of this discussion, that doesn't really matter, I'm well aware that there are better candidates for these shenanigans. It just got me thinking about these two moves.

Skill Swap swaps Abilities. That's good. Stealing an Ability from your opponent can lead to all kinds of nonsense (the idea of Dragonize Explosion on Gourgeist had me giggling, even though I realize how unlikely that is), and many teams and pokemon get shut down without their Ability. The proble

I've been talking with this girl who has crippling self esteem issues as well as body dysmorphia. She has, let's say, a very...atypical body shape. She's been through a lot throughout her life, and has been going through a particularly rough patch lately, but wouldn't be appropriate for me to discuss it here in any detail. For what it's worth, none of that changes how I feel about her.

Yes, a therapist would be ideal. No, she doesn't want to see one.

Im not here trying to fix her, I just want to support her however I can.

I just want to know how to respond when she puts herself down, or when she shoots down my compliments. What do I say when she says she's a failure, a freak, unlovable,

I don't want to have to start over once the update drops. I know my character will probably be safe, but I'll want to make a new world with all the new stuff and that means building a new base, wrangling some cattle, setting up minecarts and drills all over again...

New to OLD, still figuring things out. Got a comment from a girl asking to talk on Snapchat rather than, y'know, the messenger built into the site. Also, she lives three hours away with a pretty large city along the way, so surely she could find closer people.

Are these warning flags valid? Or am I just being paranoid?