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  • On Reddit, I was mainly subscribed to a few niche subreddits. By reddit’s standards, that’s still like 100k subscribers. But over here, even though there might be 1000 people subscribed to those same niche communities, the 90-9-1 rule still applies. Either the community has one super-spammy power user trying to boost life into the community, or there’s just no one actually posting anything.

    I’m getting enough of a fix to stay on Lemmy and wade out the peace and quiet, but I do long for the engagement of 50k+ users on a truly niche topic. My willingness to stay on Lemmy has been helped by me starting to re-utilize off-site forums specifically to those niches. But I can totally understand how it just feels dead to a lot of the Reddit exodus.


  • I’ve had the original Pixel, the Pixel 4a 5G, and the Pixel 7a.

    The only reason I ditched my 4a 5G was because my cell service seemed to be degrading (which was odd, because it was 5g).

    Now that I have the 7a, I can honestly say I’m disappointed in its battery life. My 4a 5G could last 36 hours on a charge, even 3 years into ownership. My 7a seems to get down to 15% consistently by the time I get to bed each day.


  • MrMusAddict@lemmy.worldtoRPG@lemmy.mlrecomend a game system
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    1 year ago

    I’m newish to the RPG scene, mainly played 5e and recently pathfinder. Also watch Critical Role. That being said, they featured a new system recently called Candela Obscura. I’m sure it’s based on pre-existing systems, but I’m too new to know what those might be. . The system is designed for a kind of Lovecraftian Horror aesthetic, however its systems feel like they could be transplanted into a TV drama with some work.

    Here’s a real quick gist:

    • How practiced you are in each skill tells you how many D6’s you get to roll for skill checks
    • The highest die determines the result of your skill check:
      • 1-3 = fail
      • 4-5 = mixed success
      • 6 = full success
      • multiple 6’s = critical success
    • You have a number of extra dice you can expend, an there’s a mechanic to recharge those
    • Throughout a campaign the player can claim they possess an item that will help them in their scenario. The don’t need to have said up front that they have it, they can just Deus Ex Machina it so long as the GM accepts the explanation for how their character has it. They can do this 3 times by default.