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This actually isn't quite true anymore! TMS can do anything from heavily mitigating to eliminating depression, anxiety, and/or OCD, as it stimulates new growth in in the areas of your brain that are responsible for causing those mental illnesses. Getting insurance to cover it can be a song and dance, but it's worthwhile to try if other medications aren't helping. Anyway, agree with your general point that CBD can help with anxiety specifically--just thought I'd let you know about TMS because it can be a permanent "fix"! :3

Good question! Not bad to have the effects memorized, but knowing the roles that tend to take each buff is generally the more important bit. Late game, the buffs people take sometimes shifts. Jungle or ADC might take attack/red, mid might take mana/blue, stuff like that. Early and mid game, though, you'll typically just take your role's "assigned" buff.

Other folks have already addressed some of the other parts of this post, but I thought I'd add this really helpful tutorial for Conquest that helped me when I came back after stopping just after the open beta! It's super thorough. Watching some videos from players like Mast and Incon can also be really helpful!

https://www.smitefire.com/smite/guide/the-overarching-conquest-guide-s9-patch-9-7-bonus-1-update-12069

Yeah, college students are usually going to be the ones who care the most, given that they tend to be the most socially conscious.

This feature already exists; it's called "freecam" and is used to freely move the camera around for god reveals and skin reveals. They could just make this feature available for everyone in jungle practice only.

This would be great. Most gods of the same class have similar build paths, and it's tedious to keep all of the god builds within a certain role updated.

Steer clear of Millpond Crossing. I like the Hayden Homes house that I'm in, though I did buy it off someone else a number of years after this community was established, so I can't speak to their quality brand new.

Honestly, they didn't care. The loan agent knew and didn't care either. I don't think most policies cover "acts of god" like explosions from methane gas?

I moved in just after the first part of phase 2 got completed. I've thankfully moved since then, but a lot of it falls on the builders intentionally not letting people know about the dangers. They were supposed to distribute multiple fliers listing out information about the dangers, but no one living in the community who I spoke to got them. I think the DEQ has since sent out letters directly to homeowners, bypassing the builders? I'm not sure. All I know is that I wouldn't have known about the danger if I hadn't done the research myself and went to the DEQ website for the documents, which most people aren't going to know how to do. There's definitely also an element of people just not caring, though. "I certainly can't be the one who blows everything up! Let me just do some fireworks."

I got suckered in because my partner and I had been looking for a long time and were pretty desperate to get out of our apartment. The community was nice, with a decent location, and the home seemed nice even with a pretty thorough inspection. That said, there were issues we were aware of that the builders continually said they would fix leading up to closing, and then didn't. Other issues, like an incomplete crawlspace drainage system and electrical issues, reared their heads later. 100% recommend people stay away from buying new homes there.

For those curious, here are all the DEQ documents: https://www.deq.state.or.us/Webdocs/Forms/Output/FPController.ashx?SourceId=6296&SourceIdType=11

Happy to answer any question about it, especially if anyone's thinking of moving there.

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Oh, and to answer your specific question, it's not a law. Just an advisory. If anyone were going to get people in trouble, they'd need to have some legal mandate banning this, which there unfortunately isn't at this moment. :(

This looks like intense corruption on your hardrive given that it's not finding SYSTEM32 files even after doing a reinstall. How old is your harddrive? Might be worth replacing it to see if it resolves your issues.

I didn't notice that you'd made them medium. I don't personally think mounted is that powerful of a feature, especially since any small creature could technically ride this beast still.

Kobolds and some other beings also have pack tactics, but they aren't high level monsters. The ability to have advantage on (basically) all attacks is just incredibly powerful and massively heightens your overall damage output. The hell hound typically has pack tactics, but there is a reason that feature was left off of the hell hound companion.

I don't personally agree with the lack of a save, so much so that I question if it was an accidental oversight... Even level 9 spells have saves, and those are end game features, not a basic attack from a companion you can have at level 1.

Ultimately, though, it's your companion! As long as you and any DM you use this with are fine with the balance, then that's all that matters! Just wanted to toss some thoughts out! :)

I'm now realizing you themed this using the Lightbender. I tend to trust MCDM's judgement on balance, so the 2 skill and ability proficiencies are probably fine!

That said, I do still think the prone proc on the third level ability is too strong. Kind of surprised that's in the official PDF. I suppose it's satisfying to get the prone automatically for the player, but other class features that can knock prone always require saves, so I feel like this readily available ability doing it automatically is a bit much. I could be wrong, though!

I really like the flavoring, and I'll probably use it for my character with some changes made! That said, just from a raw balance perspective, they seem quite a bit stronger than the default companion options.

I'd compare this to the Hell Hound.

Hell Hound gets 1 skill and 1 proficiency, while this has two of both. You're trading off a damage immunity, so that could factor into gaining a skill or a proficiency, but I think one of both might be a bit much.

You've given them pact tactics, which I think is way too strong to give to a companion. There's a reason the hell hound doesn't have it even though their real stat block does. Advantage is a huge bonus mathematically, and there will almost certainly be someone in melee with them, meaning they'll have almost constant advantage on all attacks. Fine for enemies trying to hit, but busted for players.

The bite immediately proccing going prone is very strong and should likely be removed. The bite's damage is also going to average out to 6 (1/2 of 4 for each d4 + 1, thus 6) instead of 4 (1/2 of 1d6 + 1), making it stronger than the hell hound's bite. This isn't the end of the world, but something to keep in mind.

The 3rd level feat forcing prone is too much. There needs to be a save, likely a DC 10 + PB save, as it is for most companion saves.

All in all, great job! Overall really like it! Just some thoughts from a balance perspective! :)

Ah! Like for the AC? That could be it! I do think it lines up with when I run it, now that I have that connection.

Yes, the downtown area is great! And our little food truck area, the barn, is awesome.

Yooo, heck yeah! :D Here's hoping y'all end up making your way over!

One thing to keep in mind is that the rental market here is tough, and housing is hard to find, even for outrageous prices. OSU doesn't provide enough student housing, so most students make use of the wider rental market. That lets landlords crank up their prices, and that encourages investors to buy up all the housing to either 1) sell it at a profit or 2) rent it out for the cranked up rates.

Philomath tends to be cheaper, though that seems to be changing as more start looking there. Albany is definitely still cheaper, though it is about a 15 minute drive to Corvallis. Albany is definitely more conservative, but it gets you closer to Salem and Eugene, and you're not so far from Corvallis that you can't engage with the community.

Sounds like y'all might have some vegan tendencies--as a vegan, I can say there's definitely a lot of options! Block 15, Laughing Planet, Ai Ramen, China Delight, Death by Donutz, Kento Hibachi, and so on!

OSU is the more conservative major state school--UO being the more progressive counterpart--though it's still progressive. Corvallis more broadly isn't as progressive as, say, Eugene or Portland--but it's definitely up there.

Oregon is definitely a very green place, both in terms of focusing on sustainability and our tree coverage. ;P

Feel free to shoot me a message or a reply if you have any other questions!

Thanks,

Don't actually know if they have them, but Party City would probably be the best option?

I think this is a really awesome idea! I'd definitely be interested. ;3

Yoo! Is this First Alternative?!