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Ben

12:30 AM

kviiri

@Ben That ship's in Cuphead!

Ben

When Moby Dick and Captain Ahab join forces

doppelgreener

Alternately Transformers in the 1700s

Ben

When the druid gets drunk at a party

trogdor

Lol

@doppelgreener what if Moby Dick was a transformer?

Shalvenay

12:33 AM

@Ben hahahaha

doppelgreener

@Ben brilliant

@trogdor whaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAT :O

trogdor

I know right?

I might have read more than 3 pages of that stupid book if that was in it

kviiri

I like how the red arrow points at Mr. Toad as if the Goatguy was just a normal partygoer.

trogdor

But probably still not

@kviiri I also enjoy that detail

Ben

@kviiri What, Bill? Yeah man, it was his birthday.

kviiri

12:39 AM

I'm on quite many layers of abstraction right now. I've been working on a CNF converter for a while.

Sets of sets of sets.

Shalvenay

hey there @kviiri

kviiri

Sup!

nitsua60

@trogdor I finally got through that book when spoiler, if you know what I mean.

(It was actually a pretty good read, in that sense. A nice collection of essays about 19th-C New England and sea life, and a short story about a whale hunt.)

Shalvenay

not a whole lot, as for you @kviiri?

trogdor

@nitsua60 the thing is, I have read and really enjoyed a lot of classic books

kviiri

12:43 AM

@Shalvenay Doing some late-night thesis work :) although I guess I'm done for today

One major hurdle remaining for tomorrow

trogdor

But Moby Dick had just a horrible torrent of the things I hate in literature

So I dumped it like a sack of rotten potatoes

I don't know how it managed to be considered a masterpiece of any kind

Momentum I guess

kviiri

I haven't read Moby Dick, nor have I particular intent to do so. Through pop-cultural osmosis I already know Ahab marries the whale.

So not much of a surprise for me there.

trogdor

@nitsua60 i couldn't get past some casual racism followed by a ridiculously bloated description of a snowflake

Ben

@kviiri The movie was ok.

trogdor

@kviiri yep, I see no reason to read it XD

kviiri

12:48 AM

@Ben I like the video game adaptation the most.

trogdor

@nitsua60 I am happy for you that you were able to read and enjoy it though

Ben

@kviiri Please tell me this was an 8-bit game

trogdor

It's always good to be able to enjoy a book

Unless it's the Necronomicon or something

Maybe not so great to read that one

kviiri

@Ben It was one of those modern day indie knockoffs of 8-bit aesthetics.

(ok, I'm joking, but seriously, there needs to be a Moby Dick video game)

Ben

And it needs to be in 8-bit haha I just can't see this game in any other format.

kviiri

12:55 AM

As a Kurt Vonnegut fan I'd also like to see a video game adaptation of Cat's Cradle where you steer the frozen corpse of "Papa" Monzano through a course towards the ocean.

With Bokononist calypsos as loading messages.

now, however, I must long rest

G'nite

Ben

o/

nitsua60

@trogdor That's totally fair. I used to be a completionist for books until I met Humboldt's Gift. Realizing I was never going to get through all the books in life I really wanted to finish, I went ahead and gave myself permission to go ahead and not, no matter how good anyone else claimed it was.

trogdor

@nitsua60 I had that same attitude and the same revelation myself, except that I don't remember what book it was I had it for

I just remember that I used to compulsively finish every book I started, until some point when I started deciding that some books were not worth the time

I also think I either read more slowly than I used to as a kid or spend less time reading, possibly both

Ben

1:11 AM

So found this one today... I did this a few years back. When we were waiting for the rest of the group to arrive

The guy in the photo has a rule - if any player builds a dice tower during the game, the party is hit with a random encounter, levelled at (number of dice x number of players)

Meaning that would have been a level 60 encounter.

trogdor

I count at least 3 different types of dice in that

nitsua60

There's a dismaying lack of d4 in that tower =)

Ben

It's a good thing we were just waiting for the other players to arrive lol

@nitsua60 I know... my one regret

trogdor

Still impressive

nitsua60

@Ben Looks like you got hit by a M:tG duel, instead.

Ben

1:15 AM

@trogdor I got the d6, d8, d10 and d12 in there, then Alex said "it doesn't count if you don't have d20's in it"

trogdor

Lol

Ben

@nitsua60 Haha. We used to play at a local game centre.

@trogdor so there's 5 in total haha

trogdor

I figured I might have missed some

Also I can't tell the difference between D8s and D10s in a picture like that, when I can't pick em up and hold them closer to my face or count on them

Ben

@nitsua60 I think it was just a case of by the time I'd (surprisingly quickly and smoothly) I didn't want to touch it haha

@trogdor Yeah.. I had to zoom in haha

trogdor

And I have a similar but less pronounced problem with D12s

Ben

1:23 AM

@trogdor I actually had one player go the entire game rolling a d12 instead of a d20. It made sense why they were rolling so terribly all night

trogdor

@Ben oh man

When your max roll is reduced to "slightly above 50%".....

XD

CTWind

1:50 AM

Anyone mind doing a quick pre-screen of a charop question before I post to see if it's too broad?

KorvinStarmast

@trogdor I finally found my XGtE. When you have sliding doors in the van, and you put a book in the door pocket, then when you open the door to look and see if you left the book in the car, it is hidden in the door that is open.

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Shalvenay

hey there @KorvinStarmast

KorvinStarmast

@Shalvenay hi, I am still laughing at how I found my xgte

trogdor

@KorvinStarmast I used to drive an old beat up van and I had that issue as well

KorvinStarmast

And why I couldn't find it in the first place...sliding minivan doors

Ben

2:00 AM

> Afro of Holding: once a day, you can pull 1 item from the Afro of your choosing

KorvinStarmast

Reason to by a corvette, I suppose. :p

trogdor

@KorvinStarmast what is XGtE though?

KorvinStarmast

Xanathar's Guide To Everything

trogdor

Ah

KorvinStarmast

WHich includes a guide to the ranger I want to build, gloom stalker, if we survive to level 3

Ben

2:01 AM

@KorvinStarmast Or a DeLorean. At least then it will (almost literally) hit you in the face.

KorvinStarmast

A friend of mine just had his ferrari delivered. (He did well in real estate development in the 80s and 90.s

Ben

2:19 AM

@KorvinStarmast [applause]

That's a high level achievement

nitsua60

@CTWind so basically: best non-concentration lockdown that also can cast moonbeam.

BESW

Fate Core community member Jesse Cox is working on a unified theory of stunts, after a fashion: https://plus.google.com/112234386288014033364/posts/QfpV7r4cyiA

Tweeted by fredhicks on March 22, 2018 at 7:15 PM

nitsua60

I worry that some of the caveats (okay if it can move out if there's a disincentive to do so, stat 20 or 18 with a feat) are a little loose?

But charop isn't my strongest suit, so this is just a layman's read.

I'd be tempted to go with a bearbarian =)

CTWind

More or less, yeah.

My ideas are all one step short, like lore bard that takes booming blade and moonbeam

nothing to lock them in place from the first moonbeam turn to the next

nitsua60

Or, frankly, straight druid--some of the dinosaurs they can get by L9 are good with pounce, grapple, bonus attacks while prone....

Ben

2:24 AM

@nitsua60 Charon... Charop... Charom... Chalom... Shalom...

nitsua60

que es este?

KorvinStarmast

@CTWind I'll look at it tomorrow. Her Ladyship Starmast made me take her to dinner and a movie tonight. The good news is that in so doing, I found my lost copy of XGtE. But two glasses of wine means sleepy time now, been a long day.

Ben

@KorvinStarmast "Made you" :P

Shalvenay

2:45 AM

Hey there @ravery, welcome to the RPG.SE lair :)

ravery

hey

was just going to ask if anyne was actually here

I have a homebrew question that doesn't really fit a formal question

I mave a 20 ft fine marble statue as an avatar for a goddess ( actually a pair)

does using a stone golems state for the statue seem reasonable?

Note: the statue uses a 7 foot long sword instec of a smash for same damage (slashing instead of bludgeoning)

**instead

Shalvenay

what system and edition?

ravery

D&D 5e

I can list specific stts if you want

str 22 dex 9 con 20 int 13 wis 11 cha 15 HP 178 AC 17

melee attack +10 to hit 3d8+6 (slashing)

and a cleave attack : The statue targets up to three melee opponents. Each take 1d8+6 damage on a successful hit, and must make a strength save or be pushed back 10 feet. And knocked prone if the fail is greater than 5.

Adeptus

3:05 AM

If it's literally the same stats as a stone golem apart from bludgeoning -> slashing, then it's the same difficulty/CR as a stone golem. If you added stuff, then it's maybe a higher CR

ravery

the cleave attack is the only addition

and it assentially divides the damage with a knockback

Ben

3:36 AM

@ravery If the question is "Here are the stats and rules of my homebrew thing... is it balanced?" Then yes, that's allowed on the main site :)

ravery

@ben I had a similar question that was closed.

Ben

Asking a Homebrew question is a bit tricky, but given the right format, it should be fine. Have a look through these questions so you can see what and what not to do when asking a homebrew evaluation question :)

ravery

4:02 AM

I will look now, on the previous question the just referred me to another site

perhaps you can give insight as to why it was closed rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/115288/…

The Oracle

5:18 AM

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Q: Where does the picture from above come from?

I mean the image of the android's fighting the dragon above. It looks cool. Where does it come from?

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BESW

5:41 AM

@ravery The trick to "balance" questions on RPG.SE is, "balance" means something different to everybody. We can only help you with balance questions if you can explain to us what "balance" means for your particular group/campaign goals.

For your game, is balance about using mechanics to manage the spotlight so everybody gets time to feel useful (does out-of-combat usefulness redeem in-combat obscurity)?
Or keeping fights interesting by making sure they aren't too long or too short?
(What is "too long" or "too short" for your group? How can you tell?)
Is it about making sure the players will win the fights while keeping them feeling like they could die at any moment, or is it giving them a fighting chance but there's still a reasonable likelihood (20%? 50%?) of character death?

The Oracle

6:09 AM

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Q: What's the banner from?

I have a question about my Role-playing Games Stack Exchange post: Where does the picture from above come from? Same Question as above. Asking here because i'm not allowed to ask it there. And i don't have 5 fame. For reference i mean the image that's above both this and RPG Stack Exchange...

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kviiri

8:44 AM

Morning!

BESW

Somewhere!

trogdor

9:07 AM

lol

kviiri

There's a lot of premade worldbuilding done in 7th Sea.

Maybe a bit excessive for my taste, the whole set-up of plot hooks and detail.

I'd be fine with "The nation of Vodacce is torn between feuding merchant princes constantly scheming against each others", while the book's approach is that plus "here are their names, brief family histories, main products and political affiliations". There's a lot more to absorb if one has any intent to be faithful to the setting.

BESW

12:18 PM

For tonight's dinner we made calzone-like pastries out of pizza dough, filled with a teriyaki stir-fry of vegan sausage, onions, bell peppers, kale, garlic, and ginger, with vegan cheddar and mozzarella.

goodguy5

that sounds amazing

also, morning nerds

kviiri

I was a lazy cook yesterday, I just made chick pea and tomato soup.

I reap the fruit of this decision by eating that today, too.

goodguy5

wait, chickpea and tomato soup (one soup) or two distinct soups?

kviiri

One soup to rule them all.

Related topic: to me, the most concrete form of adulting is preparing a meal one doesn't intend to eat today but next week.

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