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I was like "is this some obscure verb form??"

@Medix2 it indicates the start of a list

@AncientSwordRage Yes I know that, the problem was the missing word

Read it as "Most of these are going to legitimate the following: edits by the querent, someone fixing their tag based on info in the post or comment, etc."

1:14 AM

"My favorite thing do is eat" would be a similar error

@AncientSwordRage The verb is legitimatize though?

These are both verbs, thanks English

@Medix2 very much not

I mean it can be I guess

adjective
/lɪˈdʒɪtɪmət
verb
/lɪˈdʒɪtɪmeɪt/

I had not, until today, heard legitimate used as a verb instead of legitimatize

Someone_Evil

"legitimize"?

Q: Differentiate - *legitimated* vs *legitimized*

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Please analyse and differentiate the two sets of participles legitimated / legitimating legitimized / legitimizing What are their overlaps, and what are exclusive to each.

@Medix2 note the different IPA pronunciations above

@Someone_Evil Er yeah, that, or maybe not, idk English is weird

1:19 AM

Legitimajig

> "Legitimate" as a verb is pretty much unheard in the US

So that's probably why I've never heard it

Bagpipes of invisibility: conveys invisibility to the player as long as they're being played. How do people come up with this stuff?

If you add a strange Weir to a river have you weired a weird Weir?

@AncientSwordRage r/wordavalanche

@Medix2 that sub should be dead. I saw a HUGE avalanche there one time

1:22 AM

@AncientSwordRage The xbox x x box xboxboxb xbx gibberish one? Reading it out loud is just impossible XD

OG: http:// slashdot.org

Well somebody did sell an xbox box on ebay; it went for $300

MikeQ

How much X could an xbox box if an xbox could box X?

@Medix2 oh no

No no no

reddit.com/r/WordAvalanches/comments/3ogese/…

I had to track it down

well if you want a world avalanche learn parseltongue the hard way

That subreddit should have ended 5 years ago

1:40 AM

Chris S. Sims wrote a twitter thread about why "I'm convinced that it was a mistake to design NPCs based on player character options."

Nox Apud Operarcanum by Unplaytested. Gay wizard drama

"Once More Into the Void tells emotionally fraught RPG stories in a Mass Effect 2, Picard framework" Interview by Chase Carter for Dicebreaker. The duo behind the upcoming game talk translation, betrayal and the joy of being a Renegade.

Kickstarter: NOVA by Spencer Campbell. When the sun exploded, we looked to the Sparks to bring a new dawn. A mech-filled tabletop RPG Illuminated by LUMEN.

[BXLLET\> by Rathayibacter. Bullets make power. Power makes ruin. Ruin makes fertile ground. And [[MXGXZINE// by VVVisection. A Class and NPC Supplement for the [BXLLET> SXSTEM

hey @Joshua

The Tattoopunk Antebible by Small Gods Press. A punk anti-bible for your Tattoopunk world

hey. Was just reading about building NPCs like PCs

Summer Romance TRPG by kumada1 and 25 others. Included in this bundle are almost thirty games about closeness and yearning, intimacy and distance, perfect matches and messiness.

Federation HR by Gem Room Games. A party game about the hardest working team in space

That's a lot of links

1:45 AM

Birthday Birthday! A sale hosted by Jay Dragon @ Possum Creek Games. its my birthday! omg wow, wouldnt it be crazy if u bought my games and maybe read them or even maybe played them

Looks like a lot of game designers have been busy

@Shalvenay: Thank goodness this one is weight limited rather than volume limited or I'd find a way to break the game with it. dndbeyond.com/spells/instant-summons

eheheh

@Joshua -- so, I've been thinking of where I'd put my phylactery if I was a lich...and the possibilities are pretty frankly terrifying, especially considering that Aumvor's fractured phylactery seems to have no limit on how many times it can be used

Is it time to worry when last round your opponent summoned four creatures, and this round those creatures are casting summon?

@Joshua I'd be a bit worried about lag :P

DM: "Apologies for the lagspike, but give me a minute to process all these summons please..."

1:50 AM

@AncientSwordRage I am actively providing distraction from the D&Dery which occurred in my absence.

KorvinStarmast

@Ben tru

@Shalvenay: If one of those ways doesn't include "on escape trajectory out of the solar system" you're probably doing it wrong.

Q: Can Thunder Gauntlets meet the material component requirement of Booming Blade and Green Flame Blade?

@Joshua eheheheh. bonus points if that escape trajectory has a significant angle to the ecliptic

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This is very related to this question: Artificer Armorer Guardian attack and cantrips like Booming blade This is to talk about the new rules introduced in TCoE with respect to Booming Blade and Green Flame Blade now needing "a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp" as the material cost (whereas before...

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This is how wrong first contact can go: fanfiction.net/s/12810590/19/…

Glazius

2:18 AM

@Joshua Maybe a little, in that they're so confident in victory they're about to spend a whole round styling on you? Or are summoned creatures allowed to use their summon abilities now?

I would presume the wisest course of action would be to dimension door out of there rather than sticking around long enough to find out.

Glazius

@Joshua No, I mean, that was a standard rider on summoning spells: no recursion. d20srd.org/srd/magicOverview/spellDescriptions.htm#summoning

Ah. I'm kind of expecting the second level summoning spell to be dungeonsdragons.fandom.com/wiki/Summon_insects or something like it

Adeptus

2:50 AM

Humble's Pathfinder 2e bundle is down to its last couple of days... now I have to decide if I want to spend ~$30 on yet another system that I may never play...

Q: Can a petrified wizard communicate telepathically with their familiar?

3:04 AM

@Adeptus Given that choice, there's a lot of indie bundles you could get instead and support the diversification of the industry.

Bardic Wizard

5:29 AM

I don’t want to talk about it right now, but I thought I’d pop in and say that the group issue I had last week is on its way to being resolved (I hope.) with minimal damage.

(It’s not actually resolved until we have a real plan for next time but we’re getting there)

Ben

@BardicWizard No idea what the issue was, but I am hopeful it goes smoothly :)

trogdor

well partial good news at least I guess?

Bardic Wizard

@Ben I hope so too — it was basically our first big conflict in almost 5 years of friendship and nearly a year of this campaign, and it erupted over a mess of stuff and no safety tool to stop it

Anyways, only popping in for that. Now it’s back to the Really Rosie soundtrack and a shawl that needs doing before it gets super hot here, so good night!

trogdor

well, safety tools won't automatically stop arguments generally

although the right ones can certainly help create an environment that might help to prevent them for sure

Ben

Enjoy your evening :)

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The wizard in my campaign has just been petrified after his first encounter with a cockatrice. He had his familiar 'out' at the time of his petrification. I'm sure that the intent of the rules is that this wizard can not communicate with his familiar whilst petrified (although I welcome suggestio...

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7:46 AM

@BESW "running interference" as they say

I sunny know who they is however

Adeptus

8:16 AM

@BESW I've recently bought the Palestine bundle & the Trans Support bundle. (And last year's Racial Justice bundle). Are there any others that you'd recommend?

Jun 2 at 5:14, by BESW

Bundle for At-risk and Houseless Youth by tim zee and 22 others. This bundle of TTRPG products is helping Horizons for Youth by donating 100% of proceeds (minus itch's fees) for every sale made until June 30.

There's a couple you just missed, like the one for helping Pammu and Sin move out of a bad situation, and jay dragon's birthday sale.

Jun 1 at 22:13, by BESW

Queer Games Bundle 2021 by queergamesbundle and 195 others. Help nurture our diverse queer arts community, fund the creation of the next great game you love, and find your new favorite game by purchasing the bundle today < 3

7 hours ago, by BESW

Summer Romance TRPG by kumada1 and 25 others. Included in this bundle are almost thirty games about closeness and yearning, intimacy and distance, perfect matches and messiness.

Or you could put money into indie kickstarters like

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Kickstarter: Once More Into The Void by Jamila R. Nedjadi. A science-fiction roleplaying game of bringing the family back together for one last job.

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Upcoming Kickstarter: Wyrd Science - Issue 2! led by John Power Jr. Wyrd Science - Issue 2! - A magazine about RPGs, wargames, board games & the culture around them...

Part of making the gaming industry better for small presses and self-publishers, is supporting their projects that aren't part of a big charity event with a lot of publicity; those events are nice but they don't make the creators' jobs more sustainable. For people to be able to stay in the industry they need to sell their stuff when there's not a cause attached to it.

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Adeptus

8:33 AM

Thanks, I'll have a look at them all

There are also collections of games that aren't formally bundled:

Feb 21 at 2:44, by BESW

Across RPGSEA, a searchable database of Southeast Asian TRPGs, is getting a lot of updates in both content and features.

May 13 at 2:52, by BESW

Games of #RPGSEA a collection by Role Over Play Dead. Showcasing just a few of the diverse and original RPGs and larps created by the vibrant Southeast Asian scene!

Oh, here's a bundle I missed:

Mar 7 at 6:48, by BESW

The Tabletop Tuition Support Bundle A sale hosted by Secession Cycles. Get every paid tabletop game that I have made (5 in total), as well as a singular collection of 7 poems that you will definitely ponder with and enjoy! All of them can be played solo, 1 of them can be played with 2 players, and 1 of them can be played with 3 or even more players!

11:50 AM

I don't think I've ever wanted to delete a well upvoted answer of my own before today. Weird feeling

@Medix2 dig yourself a hole?

if I'm not thinking of the right question then that will come across wrong

@AncientSwordRage No just getting mad about DGtS and the incessant comments about me being wrong when I'm right because the thousands of Metas makes the whole thing confusing.

Meta is bad at setting policy

I mean, there's a whole post that does nothing but describe the policy. And I'm getting fed up with people...

Until recently, whether or not I supported the policy didn't matter, it was (and still is) policy, so I must follow it. To do anything else is to both bring consequences onto myself and to call for others to do the same and potentially lead to anarchy, edit wars, and angered comments. I didn't want those things, but now it seems that following the policy has done all of that anyway and I feel defeated and sad. So I'm just about ready to give up on following it at all