The Grove

Prince North Læraðr

00:40

@bobble Quick math clarification

bobble

bobble here

Prince North Læraðr

Is cos(2arccos(x)) just 2x?

Or is it cos(2)*x?

It's the former, right?

bobble

I don't think it's either?

Prince North Læraðr

Oh?

Urm

bobble

Prince North Læraðr

00:42

well, can you help me with the entire problemo then?

bobble

sure

Prince North Læraðr

So, we're dealing with parametrics. x=cos(t), y=cos(2t)

bobble

okay...

Prince North Læraðr

I'm trying to get rid of the parameter and get a rectangular equation

Oh, wait, I think I see the solution path

x^2=cos^2(t)

y=cos^2(t)-sin^2(t)

y=cos^2(t)-(1-cos^2(t))

Substitution

bobble

yep

Prince North Læraðr

00:45

y=x^2-(1-x^2)

y=2x^2-1

Thank you!

I really need to get a rubber ducky -_-;

bobble

bobble is a yellow crown, almost a yellow duck

Prince North Læraðr

True

Prince North Læraðr

02:03

My school's off onto Playoff round O_O for mock trial! Basically, it's single elimination - the winner of each round gets to progress onto the next match

I am... very nervous

My trial is tomorrow

Sciborg

02:57

You'll do wonderful!! Good luck <3

i had the most amazing Monday session today, decided to save the +5 Sword of Endurance for next time unfortunately. (named such because you literally have to endure it.)

Prince North Læraðr

Aww

Wait we can think of a name right now

What are the actual properties of th sword?

Sciborg

I thought it was a funny name because it sounds cool, but is actually deeply cursed

Prince North Læraðr

No, something even more subtle

Like

Sciborg

The actual properties so far are basically everything we wrote: stops you from concentrating, causes random Wild Magic effects, etc.

Prince North Læraðr

"Soul crusher"

@Sciborg Bwahaha

Sciborg

03:05

"SOUL CRUSHER" YES, THIS, SO MUCH THIS

DEAD

Prince North Læraðr

Bwahaha

Sciborg

Like I just KNOW my rogue is gonna pick it up like "oh dude sweet i got a sword called the Soul Crusher!!!! gnarly!!!"

Prince North Læraðr

You think you're crushing your enemy's sword?

Oh no, you aren't

Sciborg

i look forward to when the realization slowly, ever so slowly dawns on him whose soul is actually being crushed

Prince North Læraðr

It at least restores health and spell slots during lost rests right?

Because that's a tad mean if it didn't :P

Sciborg

03:07

it does, but it's really petty about it :p

Prince North Læraðr

Ah :P

"Oh, so you're ignoring me, huh? Is that what you're gonna do?"

Sciborg

it also likes to espouse its views on why it is positive the planes are flat

Prince North Læraðr

Bwahaha

Sciborg

i cannot wait

Prince North Læraðr

And of course, it gives disadvantage when you try to use any other weapons

Sciborg

03:08

i decided to call that trait "Passive Aggressive"

Prince North Læraðr

Bwahaha

Sciborg

it also has a trait called "Voice Mimicry" where it specifically chooses the voice that the character finds most emotionally upsetting

for example, it could suddenly start talking in a high-pitched annoying orange voice, but then switch to their disapproving dad

Prince North Læraðr

Instead of cursing it so that the sword just returns, it should just scream and deals irresistible thunder damage that deals half of someone's max HP

Sciborg

beautiful :p

but i saved it for next time because this session was the conclusion of a big story arc and it had to be Serious

Prince North Læraðr

Or actually even better

@Sciborg Ah, I see

This is going to be so funny

Sciborg

03:10

what could be better than thunder damage that halves your HP?? :p

bobble

So your rouge is going to think they got some cool new gear for the next story arc?

Sciborg

oh, absolutely yes, he's going to be thrilled...... and then so, so angry

the best part is that this is the edgy edgelord rogue who has trouble with his emotions, so this sword is just gonna be the icing on the cake

i give him, like, eight minutes

Prince North Læraðr

@Sciborg It should be thunder that deals quarter and psychic that deals another quarter :P

bobble

will the other players and/or characters be laughing?

Sciborg

@PrinceNorthLæraðr my players would just leave the call if i did that, honestly :p

Prince North Læraðr

03:14

@Sciborg Bwahaha

Sciborg

oh yes, we will be laughing

Prince North Læraðr

Oh, you should have it so that they get the sword from a lich's lair, except it's empty and there's SWEET LOOT (namely, just that sword)

Sciborg

that's just cruel, North :p

Prince North Læraðr

The backstory is that the lich made it from the soul of a hero he killed, but that hero was so annoying that the lich just ditched the sword and ran away

bobble

Or it's inexplicably abandoned on a path somewhere

Sciborg

03:15

i'm a DM, not a monster

Prince North Læraðr

I thought they were synonyms

They don't have to fight the lich

Sciborg

my current plan is that it's going to be found clutched in the skeletal hand of a long-dead hero, lying in a cave on the edge of a cliff. strangely, the skeleton appears to have been trying to throw the sword off the cliff

bobble

@PrinceNorthLæraðr mythcreants.com/blog/five-tips-for-defeating-your-gm

Sciborg

@bobble i feel personally attacked

bobble

This article contains such gems as this:

> Let’s say some bandits burn down your home village. Chances are the GM expects you to do something like swear vengeance on them. Hah, shows what they know. Instead, you should declare your undying love for the bandit leader. After all, now you can develop that land into highly profitable housing units. The stupid village was holding you back.

Does that seem random? Good. A consistent character is something your GM will use against you, and we can’t have that. Instead, it’s best to always choose the most off-the-wall and inappropriate reaction you can come up with, just to make sure the G…

Sciborg

03:17

"ignore plot hooks" "murder important NPCs" hnnnnnnngh

Prince North Læraðr

It's just an empty lair that used to belong to a lich

bobble

Here's the article for how to defeat PCs: mythcreants.com/blog/three-tips-for-beating-your-players

Prince North Læraðr

@Sciborg Bwahaha

bobble

Are you anticipating Character Growth for the rouge?

Prince North Læraðr

More like character loss

RIP Edgelord Rogue 2021: Died from a sword that wouldn't stop talking

@Sciborg What if I start employing these techniques?

Bobble, you have shared valuuuuable information

bobble

03:27

Astrid will hit you over the head with skunk smell and drag you along

You're coming to help get Efren, elf

Sciborg

I anticipate Character Growth and also a great deal of Player-DM Violence

bobble

are you going to have the other characters hear the sword?

Sciborg

On an unrelated note, it turns out WiFi stops working in blizzards so... phone time

The sword can choose who hears it, but it chooses the most annoying possible scenario

bobble

when it talks to multiple people at once, do they hear the same voice or specially-tailored different ones for maximum annoyance?

Prince North Læraðr

@bobble Yes, but Lae would like to ~~terrorize~~ flirt with some of the acolytes first

Sciborg

03:32

Tailored for maximum irritation

Prince North Læraðr

The "I'm-so-disappointed-in-you" talk

Sciborg

The rogue has severe parental issues and felt unloved by his dad growing up, so i’m gonna have the sword occasionally do his da’s voice

Just to really mess him up

Prince North Læraðr

Yikes. That's so mean

Sciborg

It’s a running drama thing we do where his dad issues are constantly popping up

bobble

have you prepared the terrible nicknames?

Sciborg

03:34

Oh yes, yes I have

bobble

are you proud of these nicknames?

Sciborg

Extremely

Prince North Læraðr

I feel like I should be concerned about my safety

I mean, I was the main inciter and a big creator of this sword :D

Sciborg

You are the one I’m blaming, of course :p

Prince North Læraðr

Hehe

Sciborg

03:36

“Don’t blame me, blame my chatroom friends who enabled my terrible imagination”

Prince North Læraðr

hides

Sciborg

WiFi is still out >:(

Dangit snowstorm

My memes are more important

Prince North Læraðr

Lmaooo

"Cease cows, life is short"

This needs to become a meme

Sciborg

I don’t care that the entirety of West Michigan is buried under a mountain of ice, i need to spread the message of cow-ceasing

Prince North Læraðr

03:51

Yes

WE MUST SPREAD THE WORD

Bwahaha

In your next session, you should just subtly bring that up randomly

Like the sword just says, "Cease cows, life is short"

Or they see slogans every once in a while that just randomly sees this

Sciborg

I accept my new life as the Prophet of Cows

Prince North Læraðr

I love how you so subtly incorporated a way for Lae to learn that dwarves are obsessed with rocks

Sciborg

Very subtly

Prince North Læraðr

verrrry subtle

I'm going to make sure Lae NEVER mentions rocks

:P

Sciborg

;-;

Prince North Læraðr

03:56

Just kidding :P Maybe depending on how tolerable Astrid is being :P

I don't really like Mythcreants trashing on my rangers though ;-;

As I demonstrated with my optimal multi-build ranger just how overpowered Gloom Stalker can be

Ahem clears throat

Level 15 Ranger, Level 3 Rogue, Level 2 Fighter. Gloom Stalker extra attack, plus extra damage, second attack, sneak attack, two fighting styles, and Action Surge plus all crits? Need I say more?

Expertise on stealth allows you to basically succeed all stealth checks

Greater invisibility for kicks and giggles

bobble

Would you rather Quora trash on rangers? Or Reddit? Or RPG.SE?

Prince North Læraðr

Shhh

Hush, youngling

Prince North Læraðr

21:15

musescore.com/user/20640026/scores/6615873

Bam

Sciborg

:o

oh, i get STRONG Hollow Knight vibes

Prince North Læraðr

Child of Light - Aurora's Theme

►

The harp reminds me of that ^

Sciborg

this is really good

the part where it picks up, just.... ahhhh

Prince North Læraðr

Thank you ~

@Sciborg I'm not sure if I want that part or if I want to make the song more grandioso

Sciborg

that second-to-last bit could literally be in Hollow Knight as an ambience and i wouldn't even know

like around 1:00ish

Prince North Læraðr

21:18

Yeah

Sciborg

that whole part 0:40-1:00 is my favorite bit

Prince North Læraðr

Oh, I love me some good indie game music

@Sciborg Yeah the chords work really well together there

Sciborg

it actually reminds me a little bit of the part where the Hollow Knight learns his origins, lemme find the song

Prince North Læraðr

Hm, I'm really contemplating whether to have the part where it picks up be the climatic point of the music, or to have that as where it picks up the tempo

Not sure yet

Can you tell I listen to a lot of indie game music

Sciborg

this is totally an indie-game soundtrack song and i love it

i showed bobble the first draft of one of the tracks i threw together for a game, i hit draft three on it but i'm still not happy with it. i always hate everything i write :p

Prince North Læraðr

21:41

@Sciborg Aww :(

It takes a while

It took me like... 3 years before I got to this point?

My first few compositions were pretty trash. But after you keep on doing it, you hit a point where it becomes easier

Sciborg

i'm still in the trash phase, lol. but i have fun even if i suck :p

Prince North Læraðr

I know this will sound weird, but try to like hum/sing the part as you go, literally making it up as you go

Also, find some chord progressions you like

Sciborg

hm, that's interesting advice

humming is fun

Prince North Læraðr

It helps me, at least. You naturally gravitate towards resolving any tension, and it'll help to put to work a lot of the subconscious musical knowledge you acquire from just listening to music

Also, making up songs as you're humming helps to build your musical memory (so remembering parts that you made up that were good) and obviously helps you to compose and stuff

Or at least, that's what it does for me :P

Sciborg

I like that advice, thank you :)

Prince North Læraðr

21:48

No problem :)

Couple of other tips: when dealing with chords these are the notes in order of most important to least important: root-->fifth-->third

That's more useful when you're dealing with a lot of instruments

The last thing is to learn composition theory. A lot of music theory is genuinely bs, because it teaches you how to write music like how a bunch of baroque people wrote it (rolls eyes) but there's a couple of good stuff you can pick up along the way. It's mostly figuring out what sounds good and how to execute it. Everything else is music theory is just fluff and a waste of time :P

Sciborg

I learned a lot of general music theory when I took piano, but i wish i had learned more composition theory - my training was all how to play existing pieces and the structure of existing songs.

Prince North Læraðr

Ah, yeah

Song structure is actually kind of useful

Though, I never really ended up strictly following a structure, but it does keep your sections organized

Honestly though, at least a lot of introductory composition theory is a load of garbage

There's like some 20 rules about what NOT to do

You do learn some pretty cool cadences though like

V-vi is known as a deceptive cadence, and is a really good psyche, gotcha progression

(That's Gmaj-->Amin on the piano)

Sciborg

Yeah - I always loved cadences

We had to memorize all the words for them

Prince North Læraðr

Hehe

Sciborg

i've forgotten like 80% of it

Prince North Læraðr

22:01

Authentic, plagal, deceptive, picardy third, Phrygian something, half(?)-authentic?

Idk I don't really remember all of them either

Sciborg

yup, that's all the ones i remember

authentic, plagal, deceptive, Phrygian

Prince North Læraðr

All I know is that Vmaj --> I or i is always very good

Sciborg

my music teacher did study groups with us to prepare us for music theory tests, and we always complained about having to memorize all the chords

it was boring :p

Prince North Læraðr

@Sciborg Lmaooo

Sciborg

i was the kid who loved playing super loud bangy songs and i didn't need that theory shit

Prince North Læraðr

22:03

Bwahaha

Sciborg

gimme Rachmaninoff any day

Prince North Læraðr

analyzes the deep theory behind Rachmaninoff

I still love Rite of Spring, but I can't figure out how to write creepy parts

Sciborg

i should see if i still know my favorite ones, actually. i haven't tried playing them in forever

aw man, Rite of Spring is so creepy

Prince North Læraðr

I know it's about dissonance, but I can't get the dissonance quite... rite (cackles in Starnvinsky)

Sciborg

laughs in Brahms

i used to love Brahms because a) loud and bangy and b) had the CRAZIEST chord progressions

hang on, i'm gonna see if i still know how to play these

yoo i can still semi-play some Rachmaninoff kinda

Prince North Læraðr

22:09

Lmao

Sciborg

the one that goes DUNN DUNN DUNNNNNNN

Prince North Læraðr

They all kind of go DUNN DUNN DUNNNNN

Sciborg

Prelude op 3 no 2

Prince North Læraðr

Hehe, I was just on that one

Sciborg

super slow but i can still play it, yay :D

Prince North Læraðr

22:11

Rachmaninoff - Prelude in C Sharp Minor (Op. 3 No. 2)

►

Sciborg

do you want me to record my epic beautiful playing so you can admire my bad fingering

Prince North Læraðr

Hey, at least you can fully play the piano :P

I would love to see you try this

Sciborg

Oh god not even a chance i could do that

Now you have me going through my old piano books and playing stuff

Prince North Læraðr

Hehe

Graylocke

flomphug

Prince North Læraðr

22:15

It's nomfloof!

Gray, what do you think of my composition up there?

Sciborg

nomfloof!

currently re-teaching myself my favorite brahms song because now you have me missing it

i like it because it’s hella loud and i remember making the audience jump when i performed it :p

Graylocke

@PrinceNorthLæraðr nice! it sounds like... the heroic end of the battle after the boss is defeated and they are kinda doing the "but what cost? and will they ever be the same again?" panning across

Prince North Læraðr

@Graylocke Hahaha

Sciborg

"the heroes have triumphed.... or so they thought"

Prince North Læraðr

Paganini/Liszt - Etude No. 6

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Graylocke

22:27

well - it is kind of the same in any "end fight". you don't leave unwounded ;p

Prince North Læraðr

sighs in all the piano pieces I can't play

Sciborg

@PrinceNorthLæraðr same

Prince North Læraðr

Omg

Can I just say Rchamaninoff and Stravinsky look identical

Sciborg

ooh, conspiracy theory? :p

Prince North Læraðr

Get rid of the glasses and they literally look the same

Graylocke

22:29

pads off for a meeting -.-;

Sciborg

@Graylocke sends good vibes after you

Prince North Læraðr

Rachmaninoff

Stravinsky

They're literally the same person

Sciborg

oh my god, they kinda are thoughhh

what

Prince North Læraðr

Okay, no cap, Rachmaninoff is pretty saucy when he was younger

Sciborg

oh?

Prince North Læraðr

22:32

Sciborg

ehh, not my type

Prince North Læraðr

Not bad though for how Russian he looks later

Sciborg

true, true

Prince North Læraðr

Stravinsky does not seem to have changed over the years

Older him is literally younger him with wrinkles

And really old him is younger him without hair

bobble

I come back and we're discussing the hotness factor of old white guy music people???

Sciborg

22:38

hey, North brought it up, not me

Prince North Læraðr

@bobble Well, I was inspired by 'borg's fanboying of actors from earlier

Sciborg

i was not fanboying :p

Prince North Læraðr

Oh geez, Bartok looks CREEPY as heck

Just look him up on google and go under images

Those eyes stare directly into your soul

bobble

@Sciborg were you fan-personing?

Sciborg

angry muttering

Prince North Læraðr

22:40

Why do so many Russian composers look so grouchy

bobble

because they're Russian?

I think it's a law that you have to be grouchy if you're Russian

Prince North Læraðr

Also, Shostakovich is real life HP

Sciborg

none of these composers are my type, i must admit

Prince North Læraðr

Not even

@Sciborg Neither for me, but that's probably because no guy is my type :P

Sciborg

gasp

you're.... whispers straight???

bobble

22:43

and narrow?

naw, trees aren't narrow

Sciborg

heresy

bobble

they are straight

Prince North Læraðr

Just look at this for a moment

bobble

unless they're bonsai or weeping willows

Sciborg

@PrinceNorthLæraðr honestly i can't argue :p

Prince North Læraðr

22:44

I would make the joke "I'm as straight as a rainbow" but I don't want to send mixed messages

bobble

@Sciborg i hear he is cis as well

Sciborg

@bobble NO

Prince North Læraðr

Bwahahaha

bobble

we have a cishet tree over here

Sciborg

this is a rainbow-only grove

Prince North Læraðr

22:45

I shall infect you with my cis-straightness

Sciborg

out! out!

sprays disinfectant

bobble

... he's a room owner

Prince North Læraðr

Hold up, I made this room

bobble

actually, Deus made this room

you just took over later

Sciborg

oh my god, you're right

Prince North Læraðr

22:46

Look, in order to have true diversity, you need at least one straight, cis, male

Just like how you need at least one white dude in every Hollywood movie

Sciborg

i guess you can stay.

Prince North Læraðr

~~Otherwise all the white people get offended for not being represented~~

Sciborg

just don't go spreading your straightness, we can't have it spreading

Prince North Læraðr

I'm linear, you're angular

bobble

is 'borg... acute?

2

Sciborg

22:47

:o

Prince North Læraðr

groans

Sciborg

i'm a cutie <3

bobble

they could also be right

Prince North Læraðr

bobble

i don't think they're obtuse

Prince North Læraðr

22:48

I love Reddit my gosh

bobble

@PrinceNorthLæraðr HERESY

Sciborg

Reddit already has a comparison??? oh my goddd

bobble

Stack Exchange is much better

Prince North Læraðr

@bobble I love reddit for the memes, and only for the memes

bobble

what are these memes you speak of

uncultured innocent child over here

Sciborg

22:50

north, this is a pure bobblecrown. they have not been immersed in meme culture

Prince North Læraðr

'borg, have you spread the message about cos ceasing?

Sciborg

we must preserve them

Prince North Læraðr

@Sciborg I have only been partially immersed

Sciborg

we are too late, but bobble can be saved

Prince North Læraðr

I love these Asian parent memes though

"An A minus is an a minus my love for you"

Sciborg

22:51

;-;

Prince North Læraðr

THIS IS SO MY MOM OH MY GOSH I'M DYING

(okay not really but sometimes she does this)

Sciborg

I shouldn't be laughing but I am

this is kinda my mom too

"You're going somewhere??? Where?? Who's taking you?? Do you have a new boyfriend??? TELL ME EVERYTHING"

Prince North Læraðr

I'm literally just dying over here to these asian parent memes

Okay one last meme before I need to start getting ready for my trial

Too relatable

Sciborg

"is this obesity" lmao

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