Welp
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Not in the sense people usually use the phrase âaction pointsâ.
In D&D, on your turn, you get one action. That might be hitting someone with a sword, casting a spell, or whatever. You can also move, but thatâs not typically an âactionâ. Some classes also get what are confusingly called âbonus actionsâ, which are extra things you can do on your turn. Rogues, for example, can try to hide as a bonus action even after they did a normal action like shoot someone. A regular fighter who shot someone with a bow wouldnât be allowed to try to hide on the same turn, but the rogue could.
Because you only get one action (and bonus actions), no one calls them action points. You might say âyou already took your actionâ or something.
Compare with a game like the original Fallout. You get a number of action points based on your stats. For an average character, itâs 7. Shooting someone typically takes 2, a called shot takes 3. I think movement also takes action points. So on your turn you might shoot someone 3 times (six action points) and move a little (1 action point). Or take a called shot (3 AP) and move a lot (4 AP). Lots of options. Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2 also use action points in a similar way.
This is way more explanation than you probably needed. The key thing is on D&D you typically do one thing on your turn (eg: attack, cast a spell). Pretty much every action has the same âcostâ in this sense. You canât really mix and match, and thereâs not as much tactical depth on your turn. (Pathfinder 2e gives you three actions per turn, but I donât think anyone calls them points there, either.)
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The US has always been fascist, since Manifest Destiny up to and after WWII. Fascism is just now turning inward towards the people who never thought theyâd see this end of the stick.
Still, despite all the hatred and forces pushing us apart and pinning us down, this is our opportunity to restructure the country and make reparations to those weâve wronged.
Have radical optimism in the face of radical hatred.
Top take.
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Pretty wild how when Jimmy Kimmel left the Man Show, he was replaced by rogan.
i forgot all about that show. never watched it. but i remember it existing.
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Pretty wild how when Jimmy Kimmel left the Man Show, he was replaced by rogan.
Yeah this is a point Iâd long forgotten. Ziggy âŚetc
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I voted for Jill Stein. I was part of the 0.5%.
Congrats, you fell for a Republican trap.
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And when that canary croaks, itâll be another. And another and another, so long as we donât have to get up off our asses and stamp out these evil fuckers and undo their shit
Itâs not that easy though. We are at the conclusion of a decades long campaign to poison not just our government and politics, but our society as well. Take out every fascist tonight, and we still have to contend with the fact that, as a people, we are no longer capable of operating a democracy. Healing the divides and fixing generations of indoctrination takes time we donât have.
Iâm not saying there is no hope, but we have to sober about the tasks ahead of us if this country is ever going to heal.
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Iâm sure that the same folks who couldnât get Harris elected will be able to create an international pact more powerful than the UN.
Well weâre not allowed to vote in US elections, so the Harris situation doesnât really reflect on our abilities.
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Hey, a lot of ârespectableâ people are fascists - and pedophiles.
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Well weâre not allowed to vote in US elections, so the Harris situation doesnât really reflect on our abilities.
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Ehh naw we just need to let it reset. The house of cards will crumble as soon as Trump croaks, then once ceaser is gone Rome will burn. Hopefully what comes after is better, but it probably wonât.
Personally, my family came to this foreign land, thatâs not ours, to seek out a better economic life and freedom. 2024 was the first election that the youngest voting generation went more conservative in the last 100 years. The beliefs of this nation no longer align with my own, so Iâm returning back to Europe where my family once came in search of those very values. I realize a lot isnât great there either, but I have more trust in the EU protecting my fundamental rights than I do the US Constitution.
Failing that, at least Europe has better wine and Iâll just enjoy the view while the world ends.
If you think europe is better you really havenât been paying attention. This is a worldwide concerted effort.
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You mean like when there was a writerâs strike and basically nothing happened and basically nothing changed?
maybe more like when they took away social media in nepal and they burned that fucker down
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Heâs definitely also weak, he flip flops on every move. They would be further along if they werenât handcuffed to a senile narcissist with one foot in the grave. OTOH they have only gotten this far riding his cult of personality, once he kicks it I have a feeling the whole party will collapse into infighting and not get anything done.
Oh Trump is definitely weak, but the progression of fascism under him is not. These two things can be true at the same time, especially because the issues he flip flops on (mostly tarrifs) arenât actually necessary for the fascist takeover.
They would be further along if they werenât handcuffed to a senile narcissist with one foot in the grave.
Iâd say the opposite: Trumpâs aggressiveness and recklessness has actually been a boon to MAGA (and a bane to everyone else). A more careful fascist mightâve actually had to win the midterms.
OTOH they have only gotten this far riding his cult of personality, once he kicks it I have a feeling the whole party will collapse into infighting and not get anything done.
I see this view a lot, but to be frank I think itâs naive. I mean, up in Canada fascists have rallied around Pierre fucking Poillievre (hereâs hoping I spelled that right); these guys will take anyone as long as they can do their fascism. Fascism isnât an artificial construct; itâs a political phenomenon that arises under certain conditions and no one person is necessary for its success once those conditions are met. That is to say: After Trump dies theyâll just find someone else, probably after a brutal and bitter internal power struggle.
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They have literally taken charlie kirks death and used it as a means to attack left leaning people from all walks of life.
- This is a full blown government takeover of the American media
- Theyâre forcing left leaning people out of their jobs in almost every industry.
And what makes this even worse is that it is so blatantly obvious that the info surrounding kirks shooter is almost a complete invention of the trump administration. The ridiculous bullets. The note that magically disappeared. The text messages that sound as if they were written by a 55 year oldâŚ
This country is so good and truly fucked. It just so depressing and sad. And even more depressing because it seems like no one is really even trying to fight back.
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ABC execs only care about money, same thing with every other corporation bending the knee
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âWhy repairing the tunnels would be devastating for the prosthetics industries around the mines.â
Well, you did it. Your comment just made me laugh/spit fish allllll over my dog. He thanks you.
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The time to do something was back a few decades ago⌠back in November there was a good chance to buy some time⌠now itâs all uphill but it will only get harder the more you guys keep on âwaiting for itâ
Out of all the possible ways out of this, 99% of them started with Republicans not having full control of the government. Buying time would have allowed more Boomers to die and more Millennials to pull their heads out of their asses and start voting, getting elected and involved in party politics.
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The US has always been fascist, since Manifest Destiny up to and after WWII. Fascism is just now turning inward towards the people who never thought theyâd see this end of the stick.
Still, despite all the hatred and forces pushing us apart and pinning us down, this is our opportunity to restructure the country and make reparations to those weâve wronged.
Have radical optimism in the face of radical hatred.
Right. I briefly didnât feel the stick for a month in 2015 but other than that the last time was last millennium.
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Please stop spamming this in every thread without providing a proper source.