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Skyler

00:29

@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

Karelzarath

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs The RPG

Shalvenay

@nitsua60 mind telling me about it?

Miniman

@nitsua60 Yeah, it's a mess.

Skyler

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

Shalvenay

oh, nvm. translation rights flap. :P

Skyler

00:35

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

daze413

@nitsua60 what the where now?

@Skyler strolen.com/viewing/Fields_of_Flesh

Shalvenay

hey there @daze413

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

daze413

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

Skyler

00:50

@daze413 haha

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

daze413

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

nitsua60

@Shalvenay Yeah, that.

daze413

@Skyler Can I steal this?

Skyler

@daze413 id love that

thanks

@daze413 help yourself

daze413

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

Skyler

01:01

sure

daze413

I'll make a new room for it

daze413's Fields of Flesh conversion …

daze413 stats all the creatures in strolen.com/viewing/Fields_...

Shalvenay

02:01

hey there @JackStout

Jack Stout

Shalvenay

how're things going?

Jack Stout

chuggin' along

not happy with any of my designs, this week

Shalvenay

awww :/ OK here

Jack Stout

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.

Shalvenay

02:06

daze413

@JackStout mind sharing? :)

Jack Stout

Let me grab a mockup.

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Zachiel

10:41

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

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Shalvenay

12:52

hey there @eimyr

eimyr

13:23

@shalvenay wanna talk about realistic combat?

Shalvenay

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)

eimyr

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

Shalvenay

eimyr

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.

Shalvenay

yeah -- lethality vs playability is a hard balance

eimyr

13:38

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

Shalvenay

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

eimyr

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

that is totally not represented in games

Shalvenay

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

or at least can be

eimyr

sure, that's true

Shalvenay

have you looked at Burning Wheel at all?

eimyr

13:41

that's why hema is rarely a spectator sport

Shalvenay

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

eimyr

14:11

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

Shalvenay

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

eimyr

too crunchy :)

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Shalvenay

16:19

hey there @BlueMoon93 and @JackStout

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Jack Stout

18:25

@Zachiel We took that conversation to a different room.

what's up @Shalvenay?

Shalvenay

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

Jack Stout

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

What system are you running?

Shalvenay

D&D 5e

Jack Stout

18:41

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

Shalvenay

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

eimyr

18:58

@Shalvenay when is "tonight"?

Shalvenay

@eimyr 9PM EDT

eimyr

id join but it's 2 am

doppelgreener

19:21

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

Q: The protagonist can't defeat the antagonist without the antagonist being stupid

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

mxyzplk

19:35

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Shalvenay

dejeffification :P

doppelgreener

noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeffff!

so long jeff

mxyzplk

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ah y'all are weirdos

doppelgreener

well i won't deny that

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nitsua60

21:18

@mxyzplk I resemble that...

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The Oracle

23:11

Q: Ranger lvl 4 Vampire Spawm lvl 8 multiclassing, what to do next?

I was looking through Libris Mortis and I am not sure what to do with my character after I finish leveling with my Vampire Spawn levels, I wish to continue my vampire build, but I do not know which class to take Lurking Terror or Master Vampire? Do you know any other books where I could read up ...