grozeng

And Pacheco wasn't drafted that far ahead of Purdy.   It's kind of great that very late 7th rounders will be so impactful in the game.

2 hours ago, Mr. Chatywin et al. said:

It's because people think a lot of halfway competent QBs could run that offense. 

Well, they did lose to the Rams with Sam Darnold at QB.

15 hours ago, Mr. Chatywin et al. said:

Why? Darnold isn't good. Idk why he had so much hype going into the draft.

Because Wilson sucked.  Wilson wasn't any better than Darnold.  Darnold was rated higher than Wilson coming out of college.  I was in the give Darnold some more weapons and see how he does camp over starting over with another unproven QB who just had one good season.  And take the can't miss Left Tackle who you know is going to be good.  And they could have traded down to get Sewell and got a couple more picks.  At that point they weren't a QB away from competing, so trade down and get more picks and some help for their QB.

9 minutes ago, Mr. Chatywin et al. said:

You're pure evil.

I always thought the Jets should have kept Darnold and drafted Sewell or a WR.  But I really wanted them to take Sewell.  And then they could have signed a WR in FA to give Darnold another weapon.

We should all take a moment to pause and think about how Sam Darnold is the first QB of the 2018 draft class to make a Super Bowl.

On 1/26/2024 at 6:19 PM, Leofric said:

The canisters filled with purple liquid found throughout the ship are highly explosive, collected them as you make your way to the bridge and drop them next to the two combatants and let the Ithillid take the commanders health down as much as he can before he dies, then ignite the canisters immediately.  May be enough to take him down.  Could also send Us in to add damage on the commander, if you freed him. 

I think I killed Us.  I figured a Paladin wouldn't align with anything on the ship that wasn't trying to escape.

I didn't switch anything from what they started with and I was still Level 1, so maybe I missed something.  I maxed out Charisma and put 1 point in Strength (I think). 

I think I may start over.

2 minutes ago, Kalbear said:

Yeah, you can savescum it.  But it's probably not that necessary honestly. I just beat them to death. 

My Paladin kept missing when I tried attacking him and Lazeal was doing 9-10 points of damage, so it would take 10+ turns to kill him.

1 hour ago, Whiskeyjack said:

You have command, it's a level 1 spell for Shadowheart.  Go into your spellbook and replace one of your current spells with command and you're all set. 

I used the Everburn blade for the entire first act, maybe longer.  Definitely worth the effort. 

So basically you are saying keep reloading until Command works

2 minutes ago, Kalbear said:

Yes, there is. He will basically only target the mind flayer, so if you focus on keeping that mind flayer alive with buffs and heals and attack him - especially if you have anything that can knock him prone like Tasha's laughter - you can get him down before you effectively run out of time. The Everburn blade is great.

You can also use command to make him drop the weapon but he has a really high saving throw so it doesn't tend to succeed all that often. 

I have Lazeal, Shadowheart and a Vengeance Paladin, so don't think I have command.  But I will try again to see if I can get it.  So I will just rush him while he is fighting the mind flayer.

Finally started my game.  I really hate the Playstation controllers.  I wish I got this on a PC.

Is there anyway to kill the big guy on the first ship?  I like his flaming sword, but he has too many HPs for me to get him down.

How crazy was the Saints/Falcons ending?  I saw it on Sportscenter last night.  I am sure players have done that before, but Jameis Winston was probably like "You brought in Derek Carr, so who the F' cares"

I was leaning towards Ranger as a Beastmaster or Paladin with the vengeance subclass for the first time.  I agree, in the old versions it was easier to be a fighter the first time to learn how to play and then be a magic user.

So my computer can't handle the game, so I just got it for the PS5.  What is the best character class for starting/learning how to play?  I see all different suggestions online.

Was away last week so did not get to post.  

Dynasty

mcbigski (3) vs grozeng (4)
 

Keeper

grozeng (1) vs JJ (6)

I ended up winning both leagues and Westeros A.  So 3 out of 5 is not bad.  Congrats WJ on Westeros B (and 5th place in C).  

Dynasty

BluRay (1) vs grozeng (4)
BL (2) vs mcbigski (3)

Keeper

grozeng (1) vs Race (4)
briantw (2) vs. JJ (6)

I started watching the movies with my older daughter when they came out and couldn't watch them.  I heard positive things about the remake, but not sure if it was from a site that can be trusted

Any advanced news on the new Percy Jackson show?  Thinking of having my 10 year old daughter watch it, but she did not read the books yet.

Dynasty

BluRay (1) - bye
BL (2) - bye
mcbigski (3) vs briantw (6)
grozeng (4) vs Tywin (5)

Dynasty

grozeng (1) - bye
brianw (2) - bye
JJ's brother (3) vs JJ (6)
Race (4) vs BL (5)

18 hours ago, Tywin et al. said:

Also, Bryce Young, whoof. Told ya'll that was going to be a disaster of a pick.

I traded for him in one Fantasy league so paid attention to that game.  He is looking Zach Wilson (barring yesterday) level bad with his decision making and inability to hit wide open receivers.

3 minutes ago, Whiskeyjack said:

Everyone is a free agent now, since waivers already ran - you should be able to just go pickup Zappe and drop Wentz, right?

Yup.  That worked.  Sorry about that

@Whiskeyjack I just clicked on the wrong thing on my phone.  Meant to drop Carson Wentz, not Bailey Zappe.  Hit cancel and it processed the move.  Can you switch it so I dropped Wentz instead?

3 hours ago, Bronn Stone said:

I wish you had - then I would not have played Taysom.

Funny.  I think I did the same thing in another league.  I know I put in Taysom for Ferguson. Not sure about Kittle.  I am afraid o look at this week after my poor QB play.

Sorry it took so long for me to accept, Bronn.  I saw the trade, looked at your lineup, saw you had one QB and hit accept.  I probably would have countered to see if I could have had Taysom Hill instead, but didn't want to take more time, so just accepted once i saw it.

@Whiskeyjack Bronn and I have a trade.

he gets Bagent and the Arizona TE

i get Aiyuk and Kincaid

i assume Bronn wants to start Bagent tonight since he only has one QB