Technology themadcodger • 1y ago • 99%

Microsoft wants to move Windows fully to the cloud

If this happens, will it be a mass exodus to Linux/Mac? Or will people just live with it? The fact that the Steam Deck has shown great promise in playing games on Linux has made me reconsider Windows yet again.

Technology themadcodger • 1y ago • 100%

Bridges on Matrix

I recently discovered that [bridges](https://matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/) exist on Matrix allowing you to communicate with others on different platforms. I would love to make use of this, but I lack the technical abilities to spin up my own server… at least not without a step-by-step for noobs. Does anyone know of a server that's open to join that has bridges available to use? I tried joining a few open servers, but they didn't seem to have bridges enabled/installed. Or barring that some reasonably priced turnkey service? I saw one that was $22/mo for up to 50 users, but that seems a bit much for just me.

News and discussions about technology themadcodger • 1y ago • 100%

Bridges on Matrix

I recently discovered that [bridges](https://matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/) exist on Matrix allowing you to communicate with others on different platforms. I would love to make use of this, but I lack the technical abilities to spin up my own server… at least not without a step-by-step for noobs. Does anyone know of a server that's open to join that has bridges available to use? Or barring that some reasonably priced turnkey service? I saw one that was $22/mo for up to 50 users, but that seems a bit much for just me.

Gaming themadcodger • 1y ago • 100%

Dungeons and Drag Queens Debuts a Fabulous, Fearsome Foursome

gizmodo.com

Watch the trailer for Dungeons and Drag Queens, a new Dimension 20 season where Dungeon Master Brennan Lee Mulligan leads Alaska, Bob the Drag Queen, Jujubee, and Monet X Change on a dangerous new adventure.

*I should note that I was cleaning up my reddit account (read: deleting all my comments before deleting the account) and found this from a bit ago. Thought I'd preserve it for posterity* [Age of Ashes](https://paizo.com/store/pathfinder/adventures/adventurePath/ageOfAshes) is a level 1 - 20 adventure path dealing with a threat uncovered hiding under a keep the players take over. It travels all over the inner sea region, so you have a nice variety of settings. It does have some balance issues in books 1 and 2 but if you decide to run it it's easy to fix them. I ran this and it was quite fun, especially the last 3 books are excellent. [Extinction Curse](https://paizo.com/store/pathfinder/adventures/adventurePath/extinctioncurse) is a level 1 - 20 adventure path. The party plays a group of circus performers who get drawn into an organized threat to the isle of Kortos. It struggles to keep the circus theme relevant and has some real balance issues. I'm enjoying it as a player but I think there are better APs. [Agents of Edgewatch](https://paizo.com/store/pathfinder/adventures/adventurePath/agentsOfEdgewatch) is a level 1 - 20 adventure path. The party plays members of the Edgewatch, the city guard for Absalom. They have to track down serial killers and conspirators. This one has some rough spots not just on balance but also in terms of content. [Abomination Vaults](https://paizo.com/store/pathfinder/adventures/adventurePath/abominationVaults) is a level 1-10 adventure path, and is the most recommended adventure for new groups. It takes place in the same town as the Beginner Box so you can easily run both and there is even some threads of connectivity between the two. It's a megadungeon, but that doesn't mean it's just kick in the door and fight. A motivated party can peacefully resolve many encounters as they delve deeper under the lighthouse to figure out what is causing the mysterious light to emanate from it after 500 years. [Fists of the Ruby Phoenix](https://paizo.com/store/pathfinder/adventures/adventurePath/fistsOfTheRubyPhoenix) is a level 11-20 adventure path. Would not recommend for new players as starting at level 11 would be overwhelming. This is a fighting tournament adventure. It goes some wild places as teams of fighters are dropped on an island to duke it out for the chance to enter the tournament proper. Very fun, and some of the cooler set pieces in any adventure, works alright as a follow up to Abomination Vaults or other 1-10 APs as the party's exploits would be likely to have earned them an invite to the tournament. [Strength of Thousands](https://paizo.com/store/pathfinder/adventures/adventurePath/strengthOfThousands) is a level 1-20 adventure path. The game takes place over decades as the party starts as students in the Magaambya academy. Everyone is a spellcaster of as least some kind, and gets some extra abilities to allow any class to have some spells to cast. Very role play heavy and extremely well done. [Quest for the Frozen Flame](https://paizo.com/store/pathfinder/adventures/adventurePath/questForTheFrozenFlame) is a level 1-10 adventure path. The party is from the Broken Tusk tribe, wandering the frozen tundra searching for something that was taken from them. It's a wilderness survival AP that has a heavy emphasis on exploration. [Outlaw of Alkenstar](https://paizo.com/store/pathfinder/adventures/adventurePath/outlawsOfAlkenstar) is a level 1-10 adventure path. You play outlaws in the clockwork and steam powered city of Alkenstar, setting up a plan to get back on the real villains here. [Blood Lords](https://paizo.com/store/pathfinder/adventures/adventurePath/bloodLords) is a level 1-20 adventure path. The party plays wannabe "blood lords", officials in the undead court of Geb. This is an evil or at best lawful neutral AP, good characters need not apply. It oozes gothic horror from every pore. Players can easily fit in as undead characters like a ghoul, skeleton, or mummy, but living characters work here too. [Gatewalkers](https://paizo.com/store/pathfinder/adventures/adventurePath/gatewalkers) is a level 1-10 adventure path. The party is a group investigating why they all lost their memories of the moment they stepped through a teleportation gate, and their newfound connections to strange powers. It is a really fun start to an adventure path, one of the stronger Paizo has written and I think it will be seen as one of the better adventures Paizo has written. [Kingmaker](https://paizo.com/store/pathfinder/adventures/adventurePath/kingmakerap) is a level 1-20 adventure path that was converted from 1e officially by Paizo and Legendary Games. It is a rewrite of the 1e AP by including content from the Owlcat video game. It's about the party being given a charter to explore and claim an untamed land for themselves. It's fun, I ran it twice in 1e, though kingdom management got tedious after a while for my groups. Others have really enjoyed that aspect though. [Stolen Fate](https://paizo.com/store/pathfinder/adventures/adventurePath/stolenfate) is a level 11-20 adventure path. Not even destiny itself is safe when powerful forces seek to seize control of the future, and now it falls to a band of heroes selected by the power of a magical Harrow deck to step in and ensure that fate is not stolen from the world! Already noteworthy in their own right, this new band of adventurers finds themselves quickly swept up in a race to gather and control the scattered cards of a powerful, mysterious artifact tied to the destinies of all who live on Golarion. It’s a race that must be won, for to lose means all possible futures fade save for one—a stolen fate meant to bring power to a very select few and leave the rest of reality in ruin!

There’s some really interesting changes coming for 2e! Bards have full martial proficiency, clerics can f finally get heavy armor from within their class, wizard schools of magic are gone… Then of course the big named news, like the replacement of dragons with the magic traditions (arcane/nature/religion/occult), and the completed removal of alignment. Are other people as excited as I am?