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5:05 PM

@goodguy5 definitely a bad list question. Too broad by far.

@goodguy5 What about resolving things with sub-games within the game

On a contested check, all players involved create a new game, and then the outcome of that game determines the result of the check

goodguy5

@MikeQ like Gambling, I'm in! for Red Dragon in? lol

Ben

OK, this is going to be a weird one, but is there perchance a parenting stack?

MikeQ

@Ben Yes, here

Ben

Ah, exactly that name haha. Ta

goodguy5

5:16 PM

Sdjz

@MikeQ gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=shahrazad

goodguy5

@Ben out of curiosity, why?

MikeQ

@goodguy5 The difficulty of the check determines the difficulty of the game

To attack a target with high defenses, you and the target begin a game of Monopoly where they have the bank and you're blindfolded

goodguy5

@MikeQ I would argue that it's still a non-random "real life" contest

MikeQ

Well there's the classic bad idea of basing the in-game outcomes on out-of-game tests

e.g. to pass a Strength skill, you have to demonstrate out-of-game physical strength

to see if your character resists the poison, you have to be injected with a poison and resist it

goodguy5

5:27 PM

Christ. Calm down.

I'd just make someone swish mouthwash for 30 seconds without making a face.

MikeQ

ah, the discontinued "Use Mouthwash" skill from 3.0

goodguy5

well, now I'm curious

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Q: What are the major differences between D&D 3.0 and D&D 3.5?

I haven't played D&D in decades and came across the PH & DMG for both the 3.0 and 3.5. editions free (score!). I played avidly as a kid but it's literally been 25+ years, so I have no knowledge of the changes since then. What are the most important differences between these editions? Are there a...

Wow.... Read Lips.

MikeQ

There's also dog-based pseudorandom number generation

set up a big grid, and wherever the dog moves to, that's the next number

goodguy5

@MikeQ That's just dice rolling with more work

GreySage

@MikeQ Tangentially related: My fun reached its peak during last nights game when our Dwarven Barbarian triggered a poison gas trap and got the entire party poisoned. I may be a bad DM.

MikeQ

5:33 PM

@goodguy5 Sure it's more work, but you get to hang out with a dog, so it balances out

goodguy5

I can hang out with a dog and roll dice

fun fact, my home town every year sells "raffle" tickets to "Cow Plop Bingo".

MikeQ

@goodguy5 Yes but I think the dog typically doesn't have a very active role usually

goodguy5

I think you can gather all of the information you need from that

MikeQ

With dog-based pseudorandom number generation, the numbers aren't very random because players can influence the dog via attention and food

Can't do that with normal dice!

goodguy5

sure you can. it's just rolling a subset of dice.

five players encouraging a dog to come to them is just a d5

MikeQ

5:37 PM

except with a nonconstant, nonuniform distribution

which, on average, doesn't have any advantage over a d5

but does have the advantage of dog

Ben

@goodguy5 Not to unload, but I have a daughter, I am separated from her mother, my time with my daughter is limited, and that time is spent with her mother constantly nearby, so my one-on-one time isn't, and she's not understanding my problems with that situation.

goodguy5

@MikeQ god-forbid if it's a cat. Then it's just the same point over and over until the cat gets bored of sleeping there.

@Ben aw. that's so rough. I'm sure someone will have some good input over there. Best wishes. ♥

Ben

I'm hoping that if I can give her an unbiased, common consensus showing that it is important for her to have that one-on-one time with me, she might hopefully begin to understand.

Sdjz

@Ben I think you could ask about this in interpersonal.stackexchange.com then, it might be a better fit than parenting

goodguy5

^

NautArch

5:43 PM

@Ben not a lawyer, but is there a custody agreement dictating one-on-one time?

Ben

I can understand that, but I've already tried talking to her. Our relationship never worked out because we just couldn't communicate. I spoke Spanish and she spoke Chinese. I've tried to make efforts to bridge the gap. Put myself in her shoes, vice versa, explain things in different ways, from different perspectives. It doesn't work.

@NautArch not at this stage. We wanted to keep it personal, but the lack of communication is forcing it towards official management.

NautArch

@Ben based on what you've said, it sounds like that would be helpful. Don't look at legal help as 'bad', but as a way to help you define minimums (that will cost you maximums, because legal.)

@DavidCoffron Before I drop the dupe hammer, does this answer your question?

or does it ask your question? :D

Ben

@NautArch Yeah. From my personal perspective, it will help clarify a lot of things. For both of us. The downside is that I do strongly feel like it will destroy whatever semblance of a platonic relationship we might have left.

Thanks everyone for the help :)

David Coffron

6:03 PM

@NautArch it answers part of it. Still need to know what happens to the water level

NautArch

@DavidCoffron does that mean you have...two questions? :D

David Coffron

@NautArch yeah. I'm editing out the first

NautArch

@DavidCoffron i honestly don't like that answer. It's not supported by anything other than real=world physics which I'm always wary of doing.

But without guidance from errata or even sage, it feels like it's a 'up to the dm' type of thing.

David Coffron

@NautArch I mean. Free standing is not really a plain english term so we can't do much more than look at the physics definition

NautArch

@DavidCoffron Disagree with that. What we can do is look at common-sense if the rules can't define it. Moving to physics in a world that clearly isn't simulationist i think is the wrong move.

My gut tells me Lino was on the right track with their answer.

David Coffron

6:14 PM

@NautArch no no. not physics for simulation. Physics for definition.

NautArch

@DavidCoffron same thing? no?

David Coffron

@NautArch no. If we use physics for simulation there could be other problems in the spell (like where is the water from). If we take the common sense interpretation of free standing (using the plain english), there's no such thing as "freestanding water" since a body of water is reliant on its environment for shape

NautArch

@DavidCoffron Think we'll have to agree to disagree. The language and controls of the spell heavily imply that there is a quanitty of water that's able to used in this way and I don't get the feeling at all that saying my cup of water that resides in the 100' cube i'm targeting counts.

David Coffron

@NautArch that's a RACS and possibly a RAI. Im interested in RAW atm, which means a clear definition of freestanding needs to be decided on (possibly by the GM)

But AtD is fine by me

My question is still relevant for a pool of water that doesn't have 20 feet of wall space

NautArch

@DavidCoffron yeah, my gut is that it's Ask the DM because there is no real definition. You'll have some DMs that will have the super loose ruling and others who won't.

GreySage

7:07 PM

Rule-of-fun: The bodily fluids of creatures in the area count as "standing water", and all creatures swell up. If a creature does not have an elastic biology it bursts.

MikeQ

If the creature is prone, does the water still count as standing?

goodguy5

If the creature is in space, does the water count as standing?

David Coffron

@GreySage if a creature is squeezing, does the burst fill less space?

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