@Xirema almost certain. There's no such thing as taking an action without doing something. When you take the attack action, it means you must attack something right? There's no such thing as saying you take an action and then doing nothing related to it.
> French indie studio Tactical Adventures has announced Solasta: Crown of the Magister.
The game is planned for a Windows PC release (via Steam), and has a Kickstarter campaign set for sometime later this Summer.
Solasta: Crown of the Magister is a tactical, dungeon crawling RPG based on the 5th Edition ruleset where players control a band of four adventurers.
The game places a heavy emphasis on verticality and manipulating light to combat the creatures that lurk in the darkest corners of the tombs and caves you’ll be exploring. You can watch an animated teaser trailer above, and check …
I am currently running a D&D 4e campaign. Every time my players defeat/subdue the monsters in a room, they decide to search the room. However, I never have anything interesting for them to find. I realize that sometimes the answer is just, "You find nothing," but I don't think that that should al...
I rewatched some episodes of the 1990's Men in Black: The Series cartoon. I liked it when I was a wee lad --- there's so much fun you can derive out of the basic premise of secretive suits defending Earth from negative alien influence (while also protecting the good among them).
On re-watch, at least the first episodes have a bit too cartoony flow to them for my current tastes, particularly with Jay being portrayed as a relatively ineffective comedy sidekick to a much more serious business Kay.
I like the Agent U gag (where their boss says something like "You did a good job" and the protagonists mistake he meant them) but I can't stop wondering how they translated it.
Stuff like that is really difficult to get across languages, English is "lucky" in that "did" is the same in its relevant conjugations.
I just noticed the roll20 full tag wiki. It reads way too much like an ad for my liking. Anyone want to take a shot at revising the wording to be a little less promotional?
@V2Blast I made a new version. I left out most of the information about the tool and made it into a tag wiki. I'm not sure about the wording of my section on not using it for tool-recommendations though.
The Koakookaroo is a large, bear-like 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
She sketched it for me, and much like everyone else, found it very disturbing. She then said she was going to draw it again in bleach.
(Which was a typo from "black"... But I found it hilarious)
The Oath of Devotion paladin gets the Sacred Weapon Channel Divinity option at 3rd level:
As an action, you can imbue one weapon that you are holding with positive energy, using your Channel Divinity. For 1 minute, you add your Charisma modifier to attack rolls made with that weapon. The weap...
Here's my scenario: CR 1 encounter (fast-paced) party is to receive 400 gold for the encounter. If I use, for example, a troglodyte, equipment is listed as 1 club, and 3 javelins for a total equipment value of 3 gold.
When rewarding the remaining gold for the encounter should I assume half price...
@goodguy5 I'm a fan of Esalen message and similar certified massage systems as they come with a quality standard. While I think it is unlikely to treat spinal disk problems, it certainly helps in reducing symptoms (after communicating your issues).
@Someone_Evil Yikes. That was going for a comment deletion, but I must have hit the wrong "delete" button. Thanks for letting me know and sorry about that!
Yeah. Besides the fact that it feels weird in part because it is definitely an uncommon type of request, some of the oddness might come from the fact that I doubt seriously that this kind of data is out there and publically available/shareable. note that this does not affect its topicality though
Is it topical, though? Sure it's about GMing RPGs but the question isn't actually asking anything relevant to running an RPG. It's not a "are GMs-for-hire good/bad?" or "How should I go about becoming a GM-For-Hire?" question
it's asking us to do market research, which is literally someone's job somewhere
asking us if we've heard of GMs-for-hire is on-topic, imo, but asking us for statistical analysis of the market doesn't seem so
@G.Moylan Well, here's my take at the moment: It is about the RPG industry and that is something that is reasonably within the expertise of this site I think. Not everything on this site has to be about running or playing the game. We also have topics about publishing and licensing for example as well.
I think it is asking a lot of answerers though and I doubt the complete answer they are looking for will be something that is immediately available here (if ever), but I'm reasonably confident it is on-topic at least.
@Rubiksmoose fair. I do agree that it is asking a lot of a potential answerer. I'm not sure we're going to get a fully-qualified answer to the typical standards of this stack, though. or even if we can. The research just may not be available to us. It seems like it would be a lot of small cash-based "businesses" and those seem like they would be incredibly difficult to analyze, particularly for people without the proper tools
@G.Moylan For sure, answering this one will be very difficult and may not be possible at all to our standards. But we are fine having very hard or impossible questions hanging around because at some point we might be able to answer or that 1 in a million source might come around. That is, as long as the questions don't cause problems in the meantime.
@G.Moylan Yup! The new version is much better. I think it provides a stricter bar for what counts so in that way I think it will make it harder. But also easier in the sense that it is much clearer now exactly what data is requested.
@G.Moylan "What kind of roll(s) is required in order to perform a fastball special from the back of a tamed trex-mount and dropkick a tyrannical mayor through his ballroom window under the light of a full moon?"
@Rubiksmoose I voted to close as too broad. That first question is just really really broad. I think all three make it too broad, but definitely the first.
@Akixkisu Yeah, they even fit 'standard site questions' pretty well. I think we do need to keep them together for sake of clarity, but probably technically should be separated. The first question is way above our scope here, though.
@Rubiksmoose "In which countries it is more usual and how common is it in those countries?" In order to know that, you need to have market data for each country. Anecdotal evidence for commonality is useless.
@NautArch It might not be an RPG player thing, but it certainly is an aspect of RPGs. The RPG industry consists of many roles beyond player/GM. We also host questions on publishing and licensing which also don't speak to experience actually playing the game. But I also don't see how that objection makes this question Broad. You seem to be arguing that it is off-topic instead because it doesn't have to do with RPGs
@NautArch Seems like enough of a crossover for me. Most question of how to deal with a problem with other players are interpersonal skills questions, but we accept them here.
@G.Moylan "Would" is probably not an answerable question. Estimation of the average that people do pay to rent a suitable space for running a table top rpg for 6 people is an answerable question.
@GcL I'll leave it to others, but for hard data that isn't totally unrelated to RPGs, this seems off topic. It's just hard financial data. I guess there could be someeone here who knows here to find it.
@GcL Yes, but again. A limited subset of data is not going to be reliable information to build a business plan from.
An answer not only has to answer it, but they're going to have show the pricing to support it.
But what one place charges in one country may be totally different than another.
Proposal: Allow the question for now, maybe move the discussion to meta and make note of why such questions could be an issue. If such questions do become problematic later for the stack, then we could discuss new policy for auto-closing as off-topic.
@Rubiksmoose first question requires sales/services data - and what constitutes 'more or less common'? How does a user answer that and what makes their answer useful/trustworthy? The 2nd and 3rd are directly answerable by folks here who have used these services.
As an answerer, I would probably state what is more common or less common. Either as an assumption or from a source. I imagine useful answers might have some sources from which an extrapolation is made similar to how /r/theydidthemath operates.
This question came up recently and it's primary focus is to provide market research information to the querent to help them determine if this is a viable business.
I'm not entirely sure all of the contents of that question are within our domain here.
The first question:
In which countries i...
@G.Moylan FYI, the question of whether a Twinned Spell has multiple Attack Rolls or not is something that I've seen hashed out multiple times prior, and there are a lot of Gish-like builds that very specifically depend on the "Twinned Spell → Two Attack Rolls" property when applied to spells like Booming Blade.
So if it's definitely the case that Twinned Spell does not confer multiple Attack Rolls, that breaks quite a few builds. ;)
@G.Moylan For a spell like Booming Blade, the common interpretation is that there's two melee attacks, not least of which because the spell itself says you have to make a Melee Attack as part of its description. If Twinning the spell didn't duplicate that part of the description, then it's not really duplicating the spell.
I mean, when a Dex-Sorcerer is out-melee-ing the Fighter by upcasting Shadow Blade and then Twin-casting Booming Blade with a Quickened Green Flame Blade, I can certainly understand the trepidation. ;)
(Although that is 3 Sorcery Points per turn, or 1 if you don't bother with the Quickened spell)
@Akixkisu ah I see! I've removed. In cases like that sometimes it can be helpful to type a custom message to let us know why it is NLN (or whatever). I didn't catch the bit at the bottom (and we don't always have the time to go through and read the question, answer, and all the comments thoroughly to try to figure it out).
Tangent: does anyone else get just a twinge uncomfortable using the term "Gish"? It feels like I'm unwittingly using a Slur, though to what I have no idea. =/
@Akixkisu No worries, and it does look like a case where it would have been fairly easy to spot. In the future, if you feel strongly you (I think) can just throw another flag up on there with a custom message saying "actually this is why this should be removed"
@JohnP It's a caste of Githyanki known in D&D Lore for their "Spellsword" abilities, and has since become a shorthand term for any D&D character that tries to blend Spellcasting and Martial prowess in their combat.
I think part of the implication is that a "Spellsword" is
- As good or nearly as good at their spellcasting as their more traditional spellcasting counterparts, BUT - Fights in melee combat most of the time
So while Paladins, Rangers, Eldritch Knights, etc., might be potential examples, the more clear-cut examples are more like Bladesingers and Swords/Valor Bards.
(Maybe the Stone Sorcerer that was introduced as Unearthed Arcana?)
Recently my friend had mentioned that he was using a house rule for his players to calculate their hit point maximum, which I am both curious & hesitant to try with my players.
His way of determining hit points is (Str mod + Con mod + 4) per level, with a minimum of 1 per level (including first ...
@G.Moylan True, but you can build the spells to be as much/more as the swordsmanship if you choose. It is a much more limited array of spells than a typical caster, though.
I keep thinking I want to play it through again just to get all the gwent decks, but man...such a long process.
If you really enjoyed the base FO4 game, then maybe consider picking up Far Harbor and/or Nuka World but you weren't satisfied with vanilla FO4, the DLCs aren't going to change your mind.
It's just more of the same.
Unlike New Vegas, which I contend has the best DLC in any game I've played.
In Monster Hunter, the core gameplay loop is you taking quests/hunts targeting a specific monster, you kill or capture said monster, you use that monster's parts to make better weapons and armor, which enables you to hunt more monsters.
Your character power derives solely from the equipment you make from other monsters and your accumulated skill.
There's a point-and-click puzzle series called The Room. Kinda short, but the puzzles were clever. Unrelated to the Tommy Wiseau movie. I'd recommend those for parent-child co-op.
I think Minecraft's one of those games that appeals to a very wide demographic of gamers, from young to old and "casual" to "hardcore" (as much as I dislike those labels)
@NautArch There's also the Sam & Max series, although you should give it a parent-scan beforehand, since some of the humor and themes are a bit mature-ish
@G.Moylan I don't really like Portal 2 co-op mode mostly because every level inevitably ends up with one person figuring it out and then griping at how the other person doesn't understand the instructions they're giving them.
@NautArch TL;DR Ideally you want a game with puzzle difficulties within the cognitive scope of a typical 7-year old, but just tricky enough that they'll ask you for help (if/when needed)
@MikeQ kinda, but honestly just looking for a fun game to play with him. Have a 5 year old as well, but harder to find something that she can play, too.
I did love playing Fool's Errand with my dad when it came out.
I've played Minecraft since it was in Alpha, and I've enjoyed it really regardless of what "mode" it's in.
But the game does have an "end" technically in defeating the dragon and wither. You can obviously play beyond that , but a lot of the struggle of the game is in finding and fighting those two
@G.Moylan When someday my grandchildren work on their school essays and ask me where I was when I heard the news of the 9/11 attacks, I can truthfully reply that I was out in the field, harvesting potatoes. I might also mention that it was pretty much the only time I did that, but it'd ruin the fun.
I used to go to this public farming plot where you could drop your kids on Summer days if they liked garderning, they'd get free meals and stuff to do, plus of course a share of the harvest. I recall potatoes being so plentiful they just told us to take all we wanted.
So nay, I did not lead a particularly rural experience --- more like agrarian themed Summer activities for us suburban kids.
ah gotcha. Yeah it was weird for me too. I didn't really understand the gravity if what people were telling me until I saw the buildings on fire on the TV
I don't think our teachers showed us the TV news that day but again, nose in books, they could've shown us and I might not have been paying attention at all.
I recall being just old enough to understand that this was serious business. I'm not sure if I thought I'd still think about its impact twenty years from then.
I was in school at the time and they brought out a TV. I think I understood how serious it was but especially because I had been on top of one of them towers a couple months earlier.
they didn't show us in school but I definitely saw it at home. I just remember not "getting it." I didn't even know what the World Trade Center was and I had just been in New York
then like I said I saw the buildings on fire and people panicking and I started to understand that it was a big deal. I've only really come to appreciate the severity of it within the past couple years though, as I've done my own reading on the subject and seen the aftermath unfold
There is a faction mission in Waterdeep for the Harpers to:
However, the Harper in our party has failed in a way that is not obvious to them (the player or the character).
How can/should the faction punish the character failure? Unforeseen consequences, the removal of privileges, being set on...
To pivot back to Minecraft, the continuous update loop of video games means a kid might play the same game from pre-school to adulthood without ever being old-fashioned. I was the subject of much ridicule at school for having a hobbyist interest in games less than a decade old instead of playing WoW like the rest.
(or rather, for refusing to shut up about it, for that was the nature of my social awkwardness back then)
@Rubiksmoose I was in a morning anthropology course that had the live news on the auditorium projector. Front row seats to a nightmare as the 2nd plane hit. Really terrifying part was how many of our friends enlisted in the following months.
The Oath of Devotion paladin gets the Sacred Weapon Channel Divinity option at 3rd level:
As an action, you can imbue one weapon that you are holding with positive energy, using your Channel Divinity. For 1 minute, you add your Charisma modifier to attack rolls made with that weapon. The weap...
This question came up recently and it's primary focus is to provide market research information to the querent to help them determine if this is a viable business.
I'm not entirely sure all of the contents of that question are within our domain here.
The first question:
In which countries i...
There is a faction mission in Waterdeep for the Harpers to:
However, the Harper in our party has failed in a way that is not obvious to them (the player or the character).
How can/should the faction punish the character failure? Unforeseen consequences, the removal of privileges, being set on...
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