ping

Ah. Never played, so I didn't know that he's a robot boy (nor that he's saving any societies).

Charlotte Braun was a very minor character appearing in early Peanuts strips - introduced on 30 Nov 1954, appeared a few times over the following one or two weeks, then disappeared until she got another two or three appearanced in early 1955. She last took stage on 1 Feb, never to be seen again. It's not very surprising, since she honestly was mostly a joke character befitting FE Fates: Her name is very similar to Charlie Brown (and she even says that her friends call her 'Good ol' Charlotte Braun'), she has the same round face as him, and very much unlike him, her voice is very loud, to everybody else's annoyance. What makes her unique is that Charles M. Schulz drew her with an ax in her head, which isn't really something one would expect from the Peanuts. A reader, Elizabeth Swaim, wrote Schulz a letter requesting that he would remove Charlotte from the active roster, to which he replied: ...accompanied by the little doodle of Charlotte getting the ax. Shortly after Schulz died in 2000, Swaim donated that letter to the Library of Congress.

Genocide and Other Atrocities... IN SPACE! Flooring Inspector of the Caribbean Rob Graves, Punch Nazis, Lecture at 4PM The Myth of the Clean Wehrmacht: MS Excel edition Local Society Man Ruins Everything

I recommend heresy.

Well, there's Phantom Ship (I'm never too sure if I remember XP curves correctly, but early-promoted Artur should be realistic, right?), a handful of midgame monster maps that aren't quite as rough, and I personally do find Darkling Woods challenging, although that one might be related to me not warp- or flyer-skip any of the reinforcement zones. However, I don't disagree that maps with human enemies are overall more difficult than monster maps. But I don't think that the Sage class is that much better at fighting humans than the bishop. Getting Thunder is good, don't get me wrong, but the way I see it, it's a pretty minor bonus in "vs. Human" maps opposed to a very significant bonus in "vs. Monster" maps. To put some numbers behind this - Bishop w/Lighting vs. Sage w/Fire: +7 Hit, +5.5 Crit, same Atk, same AS. Bishop w/Lightning vs Sage w/Thunder: +17 Hit, +0.5 Crit, -3 Atk, same AS. Bishop w/Shine vs. Sage w/Thunder: +12 Hit, +3.5 Crit, -1 Atk, same (Moulder) or -1 (Artur) AS Bishop w/Divine vs. Sage w/Elfire: +2 Hit, +10.5 Crit, -1 Atk, -2 AS As long as you're not attacking Brigands in the mountains, and assuming that you're not using Fire, the Sage promotion is better, or at least more consistent. But it's just not that big, compared to a Bishop's ability to throw a 36 Mt Divine at a Deathgoyle. Plus, for Artur, there's still the instant Staves (C) rank, which I think is honestly more important than all this "who does fighting better" talk. I think I got the idea from you

Yeah, I forgot that the fandom wikis don't like hotlinking. It was supposed to be an audio file. https://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/Imoen#Quotes - "Damage" sound effect.

When Jesus was born (and also some centuries before and after), Iberia was the direct western neighbor of Albania.

And here I thought Macedon wasn't very close to either Iberia...

Seriously. Frost does not wear glasses. (I do like the hat)

For male characters, yes. Link goes to the "getting damaged" sound of a Baldur's Gate character. I shall resist making the obvious joke.

To be honest, I think Bishop is just straight up the better class for both Moulder and Artur. Yes, Anima magic is better than Light, but there are enough monsters in the lategame that the Bishop's effective damage against those outweighs that advantage (especially if you plan to do the Lagdou ruins). Artur also directly goes to Staves (C) instead of (D), which is quite significant in a game as short as SacSto. He can immediately use Barrier to boost himself to Physic rank, which is great even if you don't care about warp skipping. Not that Sage is a bad class for them. But its only real bonus compared to Bishop is the Anima access, i.e. purely combat, and it's outdone by the Slayer skill. Sage's higher Mag cap doesn't really come into play - Moulder's Mag is pretty arse (19.4 as 20/20 Sage, 20.4 as 20/20 Bishop), so it's completely irrelevant for him, while Artur hits Bishop Mag cap at 20/17 (at 25). However, his 20/20 Sage average is 25 point five, so this is still only relevant for a Mag-blesses Artur with an Energy Ring on top. Maybe a bit more relevant in a Lagdou run, but, well, that's where Slayer is particularly strong.

It's (3/4)^15 So not nearly as unlikely - about 1.3%, or 1 in 75. 0.0000000093% would be the likelyhood of him gaining Def every single level. e: Ninja'ed and I missed that he did gain Def once. Good job, me

Has, as it turns out, no weaknesses.

This means that the Emotional Support Himbo has no weakness, given that I'm quite sane. A scary thought. I hope he uses his power for good, like distributing cookies among those who are hungry. --- A proper danger sense. If mere cookies drive Wraith up the wall, I shudder imagining his reaction to

Assassin is an interesting pick for Joshua and Marisa, actually. In the kill XP formula, Assassins only have {Lv+10} as their internal level, instead of {Lv+20} like most other promoted classes. You lose a few stat points upon promotion in favour of faster level gain, the ability to use Lockpicks, and (for what it's worth) the Silencer skill. Similarly, L'Arachel gets more kill XP if she goes Valkyrie, but only starts with Light (D) instead of Anima (C). Otherwise, I think that most characters have one promo option that is just more useful than the other. Gerik has been mentioned as an exception (Axes vs. Canto and +1 move), Ross is another (Warrior is his worst option, but both 'serker and Hero have their merits). Can't think of another one, though.

Yes. If I had a secret favourite, this is precisely how I would depict them.

Definite proof that Isadora is actually just B - A - D. ...if you start bottom left and then read clockwise Very disappointing that BinBla!Marcus isn't B -A - E, though.

Nope! iirc, somebody in the final city (the one with the electric gym) makes some comment along the lines of "he's really quite brilliant for someone so young" alongside telling his age. Of course, he doesn't look like he's 27, either. But I guess for a 10yo kid, everybody above 25 appears basically the same, i.e. really old.

Obligatory reminder that Cyrus from Pokémon DPPt is 27. Equally obligatory ProZD skit, as well, for people who want their midlife crisis to start when they're 17.

Banned because Today is a Tuesday, and that's Pyrite at best.

BROOKLYN BAN! Nyeh.

Something for the weebs around here. I think I overall prefer the first part ("I'm driving in a Cadillac, Cadillac"), though.

You will be shocked - shocked! - to learn that the Washingtonian magazin, who dug out that very authentic letter to the editor in 2017, "was unable to find any record of a Carolin Gallego as secretary to Trump". €: Props to him for finding a less John Smith-y name than "John Baron" or "John Miller", though.

Banned because maybe some references are overused... in America.

This got a laugh out of me. Peak Drumpf.