I almost can't believe anyone bothered to learn it
I mean, I can definitely see the possible usefulness of knowing it, but seeing as no one grew up speaking it,..... there are certain incentives missing
it isn't that it would have been useless to learn it when it was made,..... but it only would have been useful if everyone had actually bought into it, which clearly didn't happen
XD
and I don't really blame anyone for thinking it might have been a silly idea either
it might have been a great idea if it had worked, but it did not
Conlangs are cool and all, but when humanity eventually has a universal language it'll be the result of long organic processes (and it won't automagically replace local languages; the concept of an auxiliary language is a good one and something we've seen develop in pockets throughout history).
I can definitely see us having a "universal language" eventually, but certainly not as long as there are still plenty of countries only looking out for themselves, and I don't exclude mine from that category
That's why an auxiliary language is much more likely in the short term; a language everyone speaks in addition to their local tongue, rather than instead of.
Latin, French, and British English have served that role for parts of the world in the past, and American English is seen as the lingua franca by many emerging countries--it's the reason my Korean ESL students are here.
English is "the language of business." Which isn't the same as a universal auxiliary language, but it's another example of the concept in action within a narrower arena.
Are there any rules for using another character as a weapon? Specifically an Eidolon. From what little I can find on the topic the weapon PC would count as an improvised weapon of some club variety. Seeing as how the player can more or less dictate the appearance of an Eidolon, I really like the ...
@BESW best part is when after thinking that the quote about the statue mouth trap was made up, someone in the comments find it in a fan rewrite of the module.
Now I wonder...when and who rewrote the module. It would be even better if the author of the rewrite is the same that posted the fake quote in the first place.
Anyway, I still remember that once in an oversea magazine called Inquest I saw some advertisements about a D&D adventure module aimed at "killing your characters". I seem to recall it was in the "migrate to 4e" era, and so the module was claiming to "make the player conversion easier by removing the players".
Anyone saw that?
The ads had a picture of cleaning tools in the background . Brooms, dish-soap and the like...
> GENTLE PERSUASION Function: Wide-spray flame thrower Flaw: No safeties - You can target your entire zone at once with Combat actions, excluding yourself. - While using Gentle Persuasion, each time your Combat rolls would create a boost you must upgrade it to a fire-related aspect with no free invokes.
@BESW I propose a new flamethrower stunt for your game: Sniper flamethrower +2 when Carefully attacking an enemy in another zone with a weapon of inappropriate range.
@Miniman Which is something I'm aware of, also not all turn-based games are JRPGs. I tend to collate them subconsciously in my mind, even if on some level I am capable of discerning them.
@Miniman I must admit the actual story is quite short and the longevity of it is somewhat hindered - but the combat, the power it makes you feel and the sneaking really makes it worth playing
@Miniman It really makes the player feel like they earn the xp they're given, and there's a great nemesis system where, if you fatally wound an enemy they reappear with the scars from your last encounter.
That said, I spend a lot of time in game development and I purposefully play games with bad reviews to see where they've gone wrong and I've managed to get into the rut of playing bad games and enjoying them for their badness.
My usage comes from splatbook, which was a term coined for the common names for various Word of Darkness expansions, which followed the naming convention of *book: Name
Is that a sort of a state of eagerness to engage in a debate about a topic which one is opinionated in, while having very strong convictions about the validity of the opinions?
The residue part is because it's leakage from Stack Overflow where the user's stack/method/hipster.js is just the right solution, and the only solution.
I'm looking forward to the next campaign. The players have essentially swarmed their land with Goblins as the result of a wish from a justice Goddess that went bad. They're going to try and evacuate.
Because they're level 4/6 it'll be no problem to slay the goblins, but it's a large number and the amount of corpses is attracting necromancers.
@Polyducks The Ruhi Institute in Colombia publishes a series of training books, inspired by the teachings of the Bahá'í Faith, which give individuals tools and structures for social and spiritual transformation in their areas. It's being used throughout the world, by Bahá'ís and non-Bahá'ís alike.
I have a necromancer who lost two skeletons in battle last night (D&D 5e) and I was wondering how I should treat whether or not he can collect the bones to reanimate them. I haven't found anything RAW saying he cannot, but obviously if they took physical damage, some of the bones will no longer be intact
I was thinking something along the lines of 5% of the bones are damaged per death, and if fewer than 75% remain, you need more bones to complete the skeleton again
He's not abusing his character's power, I am just looking for a "common sense" type of ruling
I generally go for "What's an interesting story?" over "What's realistic?"
If it's obviously more interesting for him to have his skeletons back quickly, or for him to be without them for a while and/or need to get new ones, don't roll at all: go with the thing that's not boring.
Generally speaking, for terms of balance, I would call the skeletons incomplete and require that he finds new skeletons. Once it has been damaged beyond its life, there is no chance of reconstruction because the fundementals of what made it no longer 'are'.
But if you're looking for realism, you could have a d6 chart for limbs/torso/head and get him to roll on that to see which parts are damaged. Then maybe he can combine the skeletons to re-animate them.
But in general, necromancy is meant to be fueled by death. Wastage and being worried about needing to kill again to get new skeletons wouldn't worry me as a necromancer.
How about this: The necromancer has been reviving stuff all the time. He knows how to cope without a few bones! However, the magic might be weakened by insufficient material components.
In the other versions of DnD, a slain skeleton is slain. They are animated bones. However, you have to ask - is he making skeletons or golems? If he's making golems then it doesn't matter what the skeletons consist of. If he's making skeletons they need to be the bones of a complete corpse.
However, if you want "bone shortage" to be a problem for the player, give his skeletons a penalty (to attack, to AC, you figure it out) that accumulates until he acquires a new skeleton.
If the player is concerned about not having skeletons and you'd rather not get into the nitty-gritty, just have him stop off at a graveyard or a bonepile when he needs to replace them.
@BESW I had a PC that was Frankenstein's monster. He shopped for body parts the way other characters shop for equipment. "Oooh, you're a fine man! Such strong arms, and those fingers! Exquisite! Can I invite you to the tavern for a drink, or are you too busy?"
@DavidWilkins I guess it all comes down to your campaign's flavour. There's no 'right' answer. I think there could be some great roleplay from mixing and matching bones, but I think it could also introduce balance issues. However, if he's not abusing the system, what's the worry?
@Polyducks You're not a WoD fan, so a breakdown: Tzimisce are an ancient clan of vampires who can (among other things) reshape bodies, by performing magical surgery on themselves or others. Even among other vampires they are considered absolute evil and complete monsters.
@Polyducks Their largest achievement/ idee fixe is the Cathedral of Flesh and it's exactly what it sounds like. Yes, the building materials are still alive.
@DavidWilkins Important bit of advice: most parties are highly unlikely to fight the final boss. If this is an issue for you, you will need to spruce up the final room.
@Polyducks The buiding blocks might still be sentient. The cathedrals as a whole are not supposed to be, but at least one of them got possessed by a demon and in another timeline one of them became a sort of a resurrection of the first Tzimisce vampire.
But as everything in WoD, it's debatable and up to the GM.
Seriously though K&T is pretty amazing. It's totally a tongue-in-cheek joke, but it's also totally a thoroughly playable and very fun tribute to the Highlander genre.
"Choices and outcomes in this system should lead to [adjective] stories."
Yeah, most D&D editions are emphatically about being non-awesome at lower levels and having to earn your awesome by surviving the rat-skewering initiations.
