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I mean, yeah, we can all see them. Metal plate helms with chainmail underneath.

But did you know these are not just cosmetic adornments? Chaos raiders actually take LESS DAMAGE if you shoot them in the noggin.

Shoot them in the torso for reasonable damage.

Tested this with the long bow, swift bow, and repeater handgun. Headshot damage was between 7-10. Body shot damage was between 25-50.

BODY YES. HEAD NO.

Hey folks, been doing software for a while - started in gaming but have spent the last 6 or so years in enterprise software. Zero professional game dev experience.

I've been nursing a concept for a while that I want to get started implementing, and the core of the gameplay is based on a lot of data that is generated in game, with a lot of many-to-many, and many-to-one relationships. Being able to access, transform, and modify this data quickly is important, and maintaining a rigid relationship structure is also important. We could be talking about like, a thousand entities with like a hundred - or a few hundred relationships for each entity.

My first thought, perhaps obviously, was to mana

I was lucky enough in 2010 to buy a Intel Core i7 930 which has served me well for the last decade without any issues. I've since upgraded my video card from a Nvidia 550 to a 1060 and increased my ram from 4 (DDR2) to 16GB (DDR3). I know my CPU is a bottleneck on some games I play and generally changing graphics settings is not really giving me much of a boost anymore (the 1060 seems sufficient for what I play these days)

The 930 CPU runs out of a motherboard sporting the LGA 1366 socket, and I was considering upgrading to an i7 990X just to avoid replacing my motherboard as well, but I'm not really sure if that's the right move.

My question is - would the added cost of upgrading my mothe

Why YSK: With the increase in accusations of fake news, the prevalence of disinformation campaigns, and the increasingly prominent usages of anonymous sources in journalism , being able to tell which sources to trust, and which sources to dismiss, is more important than ever.

This is something I was struggling with recently and I found a pretty helpful resource

So here are some basic tips (see the source) that help identify reputable information in the face of anonymous sources

1. Look for multiple anonymous sources being cited for the same information. Anonymous or no, sources can be

I sort of found out recently that how I feel about sex and relationships has a name so that's cool.

A recurring issue for me has been giving people the wrong signals on first dates I think. I have tried explaining how I feel about like, hugging and kissing and fing strangers and all that but it's just so strange to people - very awkward to explain on a first date. A couple of one night stands have been totally discouraging and one sided in the satisfaction department, leaving others feeling like they are unattractive or unwanted.

How do you even function like this? It seems so obvious how demisexuality can give totally incorrect vibes off with a romantic prospect, and if I can't make it t

Hey folks! I have been canoeing for about a year now with an ancient 18 foot old town canoe that weighs like 100 pounds and is just KILLING ME every time I try to drive it solo on the lake. I weigh like 150 pounds and the canoe could probably hold like 10 times that so it basically just sits on top of the water and I get blown whatever way the wind spirits dictate. Also it has no keel. Super unfun to portage, too. Good exercise but not the fun kind of exercise I want from a canoe.

SO! I need to buy a new one. I really need something that tracks well, maybe has an optimal weight between 175 and 300 pounds, is probably about 16' so I can store it indoors, and preferably weighs closer to like.

Hey folks,

I'm trying to put together a campaign in the neverwinter setting (4e timeline wise, but using 5th edition rules). The chasm that splits through the southeastern part of the city comes awfully close to Neverwinter river, and I'm concerned about the prospect of my players attempting to redirect the river into the chasm.

I don't necessarily want to stop them from doing it if they decide to, but I feel obligated to think through the consequences of that happening, and possibly any reasons why Lord Dagult Neverember or any of his administrators might not have recommended this as a course of action in the years since starting the New Neverwinter Movement. My initial thought would be

I'm working out the mechanics and strategies that I'm going to employ as an illusion wizard, and I've read a lot of debate in my research about what spells do, how they work, who makes checks when and why, etc. Some of the debate has been useful for informing my own opinion but ultimately I felt the best strategy was to compare these trickier spells to some well established, simple, well-balanced ones that don't encounter as much debate.

What do you view as a great example of a well balanced spell in 5e? This could factor in general utility, total damage per round, action economy, level, what saves are required, and so on. What's the least controversial? The least up-for-interpretation?