@eimyr that'sd be pretty cool to be able to adjust for purposes of using in a duel

if you found normal combat in a tabletop was a tad dry

hmm

i kinda want to do a day where the players are in a world completely made of food

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs The RPG

@nitsua60 mind telling me about it?

@nitsua60 Yeah, it's a mess.

brocolli trees filled with stirges that explode cheese when you kill them, the dirt road is made of oreo chunks

oh, nvm. translation rights flap. :P

ooh and the rare steak tree

when you cut through its browned and seared bark a juicy flap of steak is all that awaits

bees still make honey but now the hive is actually a warm juicy pastry with pockets of honey

what standard world items would you guys love seeing converted into food

@nitsua60 what the where now?

@Skyler strolen.com/viewing/Fields_of_Flesh

hey there @daze413

@Skyler lime Jell-O flavor gelatinous cubes, chocolate puddings...

I have been running that game for years now ^^ Have a new group of newbies to DnD currently enjoying it

@daze413 haha

a dark twist on what i was picturing but a great idea for what could be messed up there

I don't get it... everything in DnD is food for those who are brave enough

@Skyler If you are interested, I basically statted every creature there for DnD 5e, if you want to run it

@Shalvenay Yeah, that.

@Skyler Can I steal this?

@daze413 id love that

thanks

@daze413 help yourself

@Skyler hang on while I convert my scribbled notes into text

sure

I'll make a new room for it

hey there @JackStout

hi

how're things going?

chuggin' along

not happy with any of my designs, this week

awww :/ OK here

I've got a trap room that isn't paced properly. Trying to work out whether it would be more effective to hold the party or hold the goal item in order to slow things down.

ah

@JackStout mind sharing? :)

Let me grab a mockup.

I guess @JackStout fell into his own trap while fetching the plans...

hey there @eimyr

yo

@shalvenay wanna talk about realistic combat?

a little, although I'm not the best guy for that (there are a few folks on WB.SE who study HEMA and I also know someone from my other RP experiences who does the same)

well, I'm a folk like that too

though what I do stays well clear of the HEMA world, as we consider the HEMA label to have become too sports-oriented recently

ah

So what has recently been bugging me is that in many RPGs when you successfully land an attack, one or more of the following happens: you deal point-based damage, you inflict a wound with some immediate minor consequence, you set up an advantage for yourself or you inflict a long-lasting consequence.

meanwhile, in my classes an effect of a successful attack can be death or nothing.

yeah -- lethality vs playability is a hard balance

yeah but all that is also present in reality too

all the little nicks, advantages etc. are there - only they are squeezed into 2-3 second bout

yeah -- you have to work at sort of bullet-time when RPing combat

another irksome bit is that combat is a bit like consecutive series of check-moves in chess

that is totally not represented in games

but yeah -- one-hit-kills tend to be a playability problem

or at least can be

sure, that's true

have you looked at Burning Wheel at all?

that's why hema is rarely a spectator sport

that's what I've heard of at least in attempts to be simulationist re: RPG combat

I have tentatively, but its a bit too complex for my taste

ah. yeah, I've heard it's a very crunchy system

too crunchy :)

hey there @BlueMoon93 and @JackStout

@Zachiel We took that conversation to a different room.

what's up @Shalvenay?

not a whole lot, excited for tonight's game. a as for you?

My thursday game got pushed to sunday. Always makes me feel like I have to raise the bar.

What system are you running?

D&D 5e

Do you have a style of play you typically aim for?

i'm not the GM -- nitsua's running a short-form

my style is a bit of a "weird adventures" -- I do like to shoot for some sandbox elements

@Shalvenay when is "tonight"?

@eimyr 9PM EDT

:(

id join but it's 2 am

I've just been introduced to Your D&D Stories, which are excellently illustrated excellent stories from D&D. Imgur compilation.

Writers.SE discusses what it takes to have a satisfying defeat of a powerful antagonist in a story.

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dejeffification :P

noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeffff!

so long jeff

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ah y'all are weirdos

well i won't deny that

@mxyzplk I resemble that...