You become immune to cosmic horror when your sense of self worth has been so blunted by capitalism that the Cthulhu mythos tells you you're worthless in the grand scheme of things and you're just like "yeah that's what Nelnet tells me, you don't have to rub it in fucker."
It needs to happen but I'm not sure people could handle a pseudo-shutdown as abused and burnt-out workers finally get the rest they sorely need from the last several decades.
That said, I'm sure it would drive wages up when executives realize nobody has to work anymore. Either that or it'll cause a great big push for automation, and if the safety net's in place when it happens, people won't have to stress over robots taking their jobs.
I can count on one hand the number of games I've bought not on sale from steam in the last 5 years. It also does help that you can get the poor man's demo so long as you keep a close eye on time played.
Jesus, how can you run a digital storefront in this day and age and not let people post reviews? I read a bunch of those on steam before I buy most of my games.
Devil's advocate, but parts of the Trek universe have shown that there are non- or quasi-sentient creatures capable of endangering starships like the Enterprise, in addition to the usual spacefaring hazards like asteroid belts and debris fields, and the potential to encounter, for lack of a better term, space pirates. It makes sense to arm the ship for a number of reasons not necessarily related to the power of coercion via the threat of violence. The Enterprise's weapons are also frequently outclassed by other ships of similar size designed for combat. It feels more akin to packing bear spray or a noisemaker to scare off wildlife, and the bear spray gets used to drive off a robber.
That said, the threat of violence against a better-armed foe in order to prevent combat is a trope the shows rely on frequently, so you have a point.
Cats. You all know damn well why, but for context, a friend and I caught it before the patch, where Judi Dench's ring was still visible, among other errors. We were having a good time just silently tallying everything wrong and comparing notes after.
Is it really that bad? Like I've had bad slaw before but the good stuff with fennel and celery seed is tasty. Nice little appetizer to your fish and chippo.
As a DM, ordinarily there are no rules for using fellow PCs as improvised weapons or for attacking incorporeal creatures with magic items other than weapons. However, there are a few things to consider with this approach:
If a player is reduced to doing this, they likely do not have any other magic items at hand that would make suitable improvised weapons (An aside - how do you have a party member with magic armor and another with no magic weapons or implements that might be used as weapons? Maybe follow this combat up with a discreet review of the PCs magical equipment and equalize if there's a large discrepancy)
it's funny as hell
Based on these two facts, assuming 5e rules, I'd let it work as a two-handed weapon attack, but the attack is made with disadvantage because the plated halfling with magic armor was not properly balanced for combat, and if it connects, it deals 1d4+STR mod damage to the ghost, and half of that to the halfling.
Why the /S? When you grow up you have plenty of time to play video games.