RegularBard

joined 1 year ago
[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm glad this site has reached the point where raccoon memes hit my page. More, please!

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Hey! It sounds like you've prepped a lot with the books and DM screen, which is a good sign!

As a DM, I jumped into running a full year long campaign after just running a couple one shots. It really IS easier than you think!

All you have to do is help your friends interact with the world in the books. That's your only job.

The only tips I have are these:
Make sure both your players AND yourself are having fun! It can be easy to stress and bend to your players every whim so they have as good a time as possible - don't do that. Make sure YOU'RE having fun, too! It'll improve your ability to run the game and everyone will be able to tell.

Don't worry about the tabletop aspect too much. I ran a game for over a year with nothing but my laptop and a map I drew with my friend that had the names of cities on it. I hid my dice behind my hand because there was no room for a DM screen - it really just comes down to you and your players having fun. The objects aren't necessary. Don't worry about not having them.

Have fun! Let us know how it went!

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I fell off halfway through watching Love is War but I might pick it back up this weekend! Baldurs Gate got its hooks in me

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

LMAO someone stop me if this is a bot repost, but Twitter has the character limit because when Twitter was first founded you could text a phone number to post a tweet

Text messages had a limit of 150 characters or so. That means all the tweets did too.

That's all it is

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

As others have mentioned, those Spirit Guardians are phenomenal.

My personal honorable mentions are Silence to mess with enemy spellcasters, Beacon of Hope if you're in a tough fight and keep losing your front liners, and Spirit Shroud, if you are a melee Cleric

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'd agree to that. I've been a pixel user for a few years now, the only reason I chose them over Samsung is that I don't like Samsung's software preload.

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The S8 is very similar to the S10 in construction! Very repairable with proper know how. I recommend looking up ifixit videos for specific repairs, they are easy to digest and in depth instructions.

Battery repairs are easy but you will still need to heat up the back of the phone to separate the glue holding on the back. If there's visible bloating to the battery inside the phone, I'd either be extremely careful at this stage or opt for a new phone entirely. Battery fires aren't common, but they aren't straightforward to extinguish either.

For screen repairs it depends on part availability. Often Samsung OEM screen will come with a new frame preattached to a screen and it's a simple matter to remove the battery, motherboard, subboard with charge port, and cables from the original frame and I stall them all into the new frame with the new screen. No gluing of the screen necessary!

[–] RegularBard@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

As a phone repair tech, Samsung phones are some of the easiest to repair. Especially for batteries or (if you can get Samsung OEM parts) screens.

I highly recommend you take a look at installing the new battery yourself if you're able to be precise with a screwdriver. All it takes is the aforementioned screwdriver, a hair dryer/heat gun, and an old credit card.

The only parts you'll have to buy are the battery and the water resistant seal for the back glass.