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12:14 AM

@Shalvenay Unfortunately busy--the other two organizers of this weekend's epic are dropping some plates, so I'm going to try and see what-all I can crank out in the next three hours.

Shalvenay

@nitsua60 oof

nitsua60

12:35 AM

It's okay--I only have ~40 pregens I need to get statted up. And that's task 1 of about 4 I should try to get through =\

KorvinStarmast

12:50 AM

@trogdor truth!

Shalvenay

hey there @KorvinStarmast

Miniman

1:15 AM

@nitsua60 Dang.

trogdor

@nitsua60 ouch

Ben

@nitsua60 wow

What's the max amount of rep you can get in a day on one question/answer?

200 isn't it?

Shalvenay

1:32 AM

@Ben 200 per day across all Qs/As although bounties and answer accepts don't count against it

Ben

OK. I have received 210 rep for my answer about dodge/disengage as bonus actions. Just well timed votes I guess haha

And 21 upvotes.

nitsua60

Pregens are good. On to the intro-handout. (Then it's maps and finishing stats for the army they're trying to harass.)

@Ben I'm seeing 198 yesterday, 10 more today: rpg.stackexchange.com/users/12193/ben?tab=reputation

Don't forget that the "day" resets on UTC.

But there are a couple of weird edge-cases that can get one over the cap. Bounties and answer-accepts are well-known. Accepted suggested edits also don't count against the cap!

Ben

@nitsua60 Yeah there was one dv on another answer

nitsua60

And then some unvotes can wreak havok.... I think if you un-downvote something you can make an end run around the cap, for instance?

KorvinStarmast

1:50 AM

@Shalvenay ahoy

Shalvenay

@KorvinStarmast how're things going? :)

KorvinStarmast

Ok, and with you?

@Shalvenay I just found out, as we walked the dogs tonight, that I am not available for Saturday chatizens. Son in town from San Antonio, family thing saturday night.

Will notify via back room as well to the group

nitsua60

What do you call the leader of a dwarven clan exiled from the larger kingdom?

Patriarch doesn't feel right.

KorvinStarmast

Durkon Thundershield?

Governnor in exile?

nitsua60

Get thee behind me, Burlow.

Ben

1:53 AM

@KorvinStarmast I was going to go with Ironhammer

Shalvenay

@KorvinStarmast nods OK here, btw. wondering about one of my sort-of-perennials tho: what Open Lock DCs (for either D&D 3.5 or 5e, your pick) would you give to real-world locks?

KorvinStarmast

@nitsua60 King in Exile? Lord in Exile?

Thain in Exile?

nitsua60

Thain!

Thank you.

KorvinStarmast

@nitsua60 A pleasure to serve

Ben

Thane*? Or is that purely Skyrim

Shalvenay

1:54 AM

(of various flavors, that is :)

KorvinStarmast

@Ben Well, I am Inthane if that helps. :p

Ben

@KorvinStarmast Aren't we all?

KorvinStarmast

Each of us in our own degree, yes. That's a good thing. (Or a good thane?)

nitsua60

@Ben I've seen it either, I believe. "Thane" in Macbeth, I just checked.

Ben

@nitsua60 "Thain" does seem more dwarvish, now that I look at it

KorvinStarmast

1:58 AM

@Shalvenay at least 20

But that depends on if it is a master lock, a door lock, a spring lock or a car door lock.

Shalvenay

@KorvinStarmast heheheh

yeah, I'd almost be inclined to give the ML#3 a DC of 10

(the newer ones are maybe a little better since they went to ball bearings for the locking mechanism, making them shimproof)

KorvinStarmast

@Shalvenay When you get to gun safe locks you are in the 20's and 30's. If you, shal, have the skill and the tools, that's you with advantage/proficiency, not a lower Dc

Shalvenay

@KorvinStarmast yeah, that is true XD

KorvinStarmast

I have been able to defeat a few locks in my day, very few, but I do not have a set like in those videos you gave me a link to a while back.

Shalvenay

@KorvinStarmast something like a Medeco or Primus, never mind a good Abus? that's getting up there

and then you have some of the nasty detainer cores out there

Kryptonite's put out some mean stuff in recent years, and there's of course the King of the Hill aka the Abloy Protec2

KorvinStarmast

2:01 AM

Serious stuff like vault locks are as you say, very well put together.

gaaah, being summoned, cheerio!

Ben

I have reached the daily rep cap 7 times (one of those was one of those "edge cases" that @Nits mentioned)

nitsua60

@Shalvenay Nobody who's not proficient should be able to succeed. I don't know if you want to gate that by DC or simply by not calling for the check, though. (I have never trained with locks. I am confident that every lock I've encountered in my life would resist any attempt I might make to pick it.)

BESW

@nitsua60 Even D&D is comfortable with the idea that some checks can only be made by people who put points into the skill and have the proper tools.

Shalvenay

@nitsua60 yeah, I'm assuming someone has at least some tools to hand (some exploits require more than others -- you can do rapping exploits with nothing but a small mallet, and I don't think bypass exploits are that picky either)

OTOH: there is a reason ML#3s and their off-brand (or other-brand) laminated brethren are popular as training locks for beginner lockpickers though

Ben

@Shalvenay I think a DC of 10 is the equivalent of busting the lock mechanism with a rock, or the appropriate application of heat. One of those "life hack lockpicking" skills. You gotta know a bout about how it works to do it well, but you can do that without knowing how to pick the lock.

Shalvenay

2:17 AM

@Ben so, 15-20 for a typical laminated-body lock then? (no ballbearing locking mechanism or security pins, 4 pin core)

Ben

@Shalvenay Yeah.

Shalvenay

@Ben nods yeah, that'd put something like a Kwikset in the 20-25 range (although 25 is a stretch), something decent (with security pins etc) around 30 or so, a good high security pin tumbler in the 50-60 area, and above that you get into the good disc detainer cores?

or maybe I'm underestimating the high security pin tumblers....

Ben

@Shalvenay Anything above a DC of 30 would probably be a multi-stage skill check. multiple mechanisms that need to be individually managed

Or, I'd say that any lock that has multiple mechanisms would be a DC >30 mutli-stage skill check, because of multiple mechanisms that need to be overcome

Shalvenay

@Ben yeah, multiple mechanisms (like pins & a sidebar) aren't the only thing that will naff you up though

Ben

My knowledge of lockpicking though is that I know you might be able to bust a key-padlock with a rock/proper heat application. Lol

Shalvenay

2:22 AM

@Ben brute force only IOW XD

[567] Ramset Fail? Abus "Rock" 83/80

►

got enough brute force? ;)

Ben

> break in after dark... Bypass security... zzz power tools

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2:40 AM

What's the other mythical animal/monster that is along the lines of "Chupacabra"/"Capybara"? From memory I think it's like a winged snake thing

nitsua60

Coatl

Ben

Yeah that's the one.

Those three are interchangeable in my head. Lol

Shalvenay

@Ben lulz, save for the fact capybaras are not exactly mythical XD

Ben

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2:56 AM

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Ben

@MikeQ and cassowaries

Shalvenay

@Ben other than their, well...two-pass digestive system...capybaras sound like pretty swell critters to have around

nitsua60

@MikeQ done.

Ben

@nitsua60 For some reason that statement gave me the image of a large, bear-lake creature with gigantic, fluffy ears, that can move extremely fast by jumping, and also flight capable

Not overly smart, chaotically aggressive, and finds everything hilarious

The Koakookaroo

Miniman

@nitsua60 Bruenor? Thorin?

Ben

3:05 AM

Their relationship with Cassowaries is the same Emus and Western-Australians.

nitsua60

@Miniman Sorry--I meant like a title. Thane's working great =)

Ben

@Miniman And that is why "Thain" sounds dwarvish

I thought it was another dwarfs name, but it's the actual title.

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3:26 AM

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Miniman

3:39 AM

@nitsua60 Oh, I know.

@Ben You're thinking of Thrain.

I just thought it was funny how commonly the "dwarven king in exile" crops up.

If anyone knows who Matt Soren is, bonus points there.

Ben

@Miniman Yeah.

V2Blast

4:03 AM

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Ben

4:22 AM

@Miniman But, as I linked above, "Thain" is actually from the Tolkein legendarium. I mean, it's actually a Hobbit's Title, but still.

Miniman

@Ben Yeah, he was all about old, now-largely-unused words.

Ben

4:46 AM

Yeah

Ben

5:28 AM

Messaging various friends and telling them to "check outside"

Miniman

5:41 AM

@Ben Huh?

Ben

Lol. I'm at work. They're at home. Or in different countries. I'm just bored.

SmokeDetector

6:59 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad asn for hostname in answer, potentially bad keyword in answer, blacklisted user (72): What is the best smartphone on earth by Emmanuel on rpg.SE (@doppelgreener)

kviiri

This spam lived a long, painful existence.

linksassin

@kviiri Damn that disappeared quick.

kviiri

@linksassin Slower than usual I reckon! Usually it's gone before I get to flag it

linksassin

I just posted a question and I'm worried it's too opinion based. Does anyone know how I could fix it? Or do I not need to worry.

@kviiri I only got a flag on the question not the answer. So pretty quick.

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7:48 AM

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8:03 AM

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Carcer

12:01 PM

oh no

someone commented on an answer I wrote and then deleted the comment before I saw it or the notification so I don't know what the comment was

this is going to keep me up at night

BESW

"Eric Roth on Tabletop Gaming with a Physical Disability," an episode of Ego Check with The Id DM.

KorvinStarmast

For whomever voted to close the Tarrasque drowning question, the clarification has been provided.

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