Off topic and mild spoilers: this is one of the scenes that show that your choices don’t really matter (just like the coin toss and which pendant you want Elizabeth to wear). Regardless of your decision, the person next to Booker will grab his hand and point out his tattoo.

Someone once told me that the Mug root beer mascot looks like a right-wing boomer’s fursona, and now I can’t unsee it.

The kind of code an idiot would put on their luggage.

What I mean is that remembering stuff (like what someone casting a fireball looks like) is what 3rd edition would call a Free Action, like talking. You can do it as much as you like (that can reasonably fit into six seconds) at any time during the turn, and it doesn’t take up any resources (like your reaction). Even though you’re rolling a check, it isn’t using part of your turn.

If it did take a reaction to identify a spell as it’s being cast, that would mean that remembering something would take the same about of time and energy as an opportunity attack.

Recalling information never requires an action, the check is just there to determine if you know something or not.

If the spell is on a pc’s class’s spell list and it has components (verbal, somatic, or material), they know if the spell is being cast (e.g. if the wizard sees someone casting Fireball, they recognize it from the arm movements, magic words, and the smell of guano and sulfur). If it isn’t, giving the player a DC (10 + level of the spell) Intelligence (Arcana) check to identify it would also be fair.

What’s the difference between a BMW and a porcupine?

The porcupine keeps its pricks on the outside.

Oh cool, Wargroove is getting a sequel. Love me some medieval fantasy Advance Wars.

A stopped clock is still right twice a day.

What baffles me is that no one who supports this stupid ass idea realizes that having part of your new state be separated from the rest of it by a FUCKING MOUNTAIN RANGE that IS REGULARLY CLOSED DUE TO SNOW IN THE WINTER would be an administrative nightmare.

Edit for grammatical clarity.

I always heard it as “How many Super Saiyans does it take to change a lightbulb? Just one, but it’s gonna take like six episodes.”