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12:04 AM

How are we all today? Monday morning for me... all the stuff I couldn't get done k

How are we all today? Monday morning for me... all the stuff I couldn't get done on Friday is the priority for today. Stomach is upset and am still getting used to having 2 young boys in the house

Tis an adventure

Adeptus

@Medix2 You have a list of lists?

Medix2

12:59 AM

@Adeptus Yeah, in case I ever move to to try to express how I feel about list-answers, their inherently being a moving target, the blurriness of "how long is boundless", inherently promoting having only one answer, and other things...

Ben

@KorvinStarmast Lolol

linksassin

1:14 AM

@Ben "Monday morning for me... all the stuff I couldn't get done on Friday is the priority for today." that pretty much describes every monday for me.

But the difference between "couldn't get done" and "couldn't be bothered doing on friday afternoon" is somewhat blurry

BESW

This morning I'm deciding if I should poke the client to give me the requested info I need to finish the project, or if sending the incomplete project that's all I can do with what they've given me so far is gonna light a fire under them faster.

Ben

@linksassin accurate.

@BESW Is it a "per my last email" kind of poke?

BESW

Yup.

I do have a part of the project that's ready for the next "tell me what changes you want" pass, but if I send that before I get the requested deets on the OTHER part of the project, I fear I'll have to start that request process all over again.

Bardic Wizard

@BESW yeah, but sometimes they need a little hint — or in the case of one kid in my middle school’s GLNTWAARPGCANAVGC (Gamers’ League Note That We Are A Role-Playing Games Club And Not A Video Games Club), several weeks of being physically barred from entry

Ben

I'd go with the latter then.

BESW

1:19 AM

(Also I'm a bit resentful about the part I just finished, because "less dull and more mystical" is not a coherent revision request.)

Bardic Wizard

@BESW threaten them with a sharp stick

It always helps

BESW

@BardicWizard I don't have a long enough stick to comply with social distancing.

Ben

@BESW A bow can help with that :P

Bardic Wizard

@BESW may I suggest a ten foot pole with the stick tied to the end?

BESW

I only have one five-foot pole.

Bardic Wizard

1:22 AM

@BESW get a six foot stick?

Ben

(As in a bow and arrow - not bending over for more distance lol)

Xirema

3:14 AM

Highlight of the night: dealing 64 damage on an attack of opportunity against a fleeing creature. 😎

At level 6.

Ben

Wow.

Bardic Wizard

3:48 AM

@Xirema ...how?

Xirema

@BardicWizard My DM still allows the booming blade + shadow blade interaction after the errata, and I have the warcaster feat, so in darkness, I cast booming blade as a reaction, rolled with advantage and got a critical hit, rolled 8d8+4 (3d8x2+4 for the blade, 1d8x2 for the booming blade effect), rolled 49 damage, and then the creature kept moving so they took the extra 2d8 damage from the booming blade for another 15 damage.

Put the Warlock & Wizard to shame, who were trying to burst it down by just spamming Fireball on top of it whenever the party was out of melee range. 😎

Bardic Wizard

@Xirema ... dang. That’s really good

MikeQ

4:04 AM

Highlight of my weekend: My wizard used himself as a link in chain lightning. Of all the targets, he was the only one who critically failed (and took 2x damage and immediately went to dying). So if we include the damage dealt to himself, in addition to the damage dealt to all the enemies, this means I set a new record for total damage per round.

linksassin

5:05 AM

@MikeQ Double damage on a crit fail? That is a harsh house rule.

MikeQ

@linksassin Pathfinder 2, not a house rule.

linksassin

@MikeQ Oh that's core? Interesting, not a rule I'd heard of.

MikeQ

There are "basic" reflex saves that are different than normal reflex saves. Double damage on a crit fail, no damage on a crit success. It makes AOE damage spells very volatile and combat is very swingy as a result.

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Ben

7:18 AM

Vote fraud onsite?

Well yeah it was just clarification haha. Sometimes we talk about managing group tactics etc, so it might have been in regards to "all in favor of killing the hostage?"

MikeQ

It's been discussed on the StackExchange meta. What is serial voting and how does it affect me?, What can I do if I'm the victim of serial downvoting?

Ben

I think that question would be best point at some of the mods @Someone_Evil @V2Blast @linksassin @Rubiksmoose

Also yes

On a separate note, I was looking for the mods (I brainfarted on Rubiksmoose) and I looked at my rep - just shy of page 2 (halfway down page 3 at 21k) for overall rep, but on gaming.se I'm on page 1! Woop!

36k haha

I thought I joined arqade earlier than I joined RPG, but the difference is only a month

Ben

7:45 AM

@user-024673 Lots. Minecraft, Dark souls, TES, among others

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trogdor

9:46 AM

@HotRPGQuestions how did you find out my bite stats?

XP

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10:21 AM

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trogdor

10:35 AM

lol

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NautArch

2:03 PM

@user-024673 What is vote fraud here? You mean like sockpuppet accounts where a user opens multiple accounts?

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