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DampeS8N

00:01

Folks playing Level Up!, save and refresh for more quests.

Oblivious Sage

@DampeS8N Any chance of a save/load method that isn't cookie-based? I have my browser to delete all cookies every time it's closed.

Alex P

00:30

@DampeS8N It's... Progress Quest?

huh, no, not quite!

DampeS8N

@ObliviousSage What would you prefer?

@AlexP More like Cookie Clicker or Candy Box. :)

Metool

[searches for A Dark Room]

Oblivious Sage

@DampeS8N I'm not picky. Even just the option to save to & load from a .txt file would be fine, though admittedly that really raises the temptation to do a little save-state hacking. Or something like old video games, before you could save on the cartridge, where it would give you a code to enter to load your progress? I'm not sure how long a string you would need; presumably you would need to look into how to best compress the necessary information.

Alex P

01:08

It is pretty amusing!

doppelgreener

Unclear close votes please: rpg.stackexchange.com/q/41005/1204

BESW

@JonathanHobbs Already on it.

doppelgreener

@BESW Thank you :)

Magician

05:09

Greetings

Metool

Ahoy.

Magician

D&D 5e: On Tyranny of Dragons and integration with other D&D-related... things.

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It's rather curious. They're going to have massive plot-lines, which will be reflected in everything from adventure paths to fiction to minis to the MMO. It's the "content" to the system's framework.

Before, the system was the real selling point, with adventures and settings off to the wayside (at least that's my perception of it).

BESW

Aye, well. I've seen several debates on this site over whether dnd-3.5 is a setting tag.

Magician

Hah. Greyhawk-lite, was it?

BESW

Aye, but even below that the core rulebooks imply a pretty strong setting.

Magician

05:23

It's an interesting approach they've chosen. Compared to, say, Fate's "eh, do whatever you find interesting".

BESW

I suspect some glances at Pathfinder.

Magician

@BESW They do. And that implied setting bleeds into settings people make up, as things like pantheon or cosmology get imported wholesale.

BESW

Heh. My 3.5 settings generally ignored most anything non-Prime.

Non-Prime planes were, at best, "where the monsters came from."

Magician

That's how it happens, though: outer planes are rarely the focal point of a campaign, which means they're left to default settings when interactions do occur. Hence, the Great Wheel.

BESW

Interesting way of looking at it.

Metool

06:59

in Not a bar, but plays one on TV, 9 mins ago, by Metool

And then (mechanically speaking) Spirit Call was both Breath of Life's mother AND Breath of Life's father.

I'm getting silly with these NPCs.

lisardggY

NPCilly.

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Metool

07:54

I just want you to consider what a material focus of "two platinum rings, worn by caster and target" means to a cleric who's adventuring with a lone PC and accompanied by her parents.

lisardggY

Awkward.

Metool

Interestingly, I made her domain selections before I learned that both domains grant that particular spell, so she will have that specific spell to cast each day, with no choice in the matter except to let the spell slot go to waste.

lisardggY

Well, it is a rather intimate spell.

lisardggY

08:26

Perhaps a finely made platinum ring, masterwork, with large clear engraving by a master jewelsmith reading THIS IS NOT A WEDDING RING!.

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In Black Speech.

BESW

09:28

Tonight in Amusing Typos: "elf doubt."

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lisardggY

09:48

@BESW "But how can you be sure, Legolas?"

BESW

@lisardggY "Damnit, Gimli, stop questioning what my elf eyes see!"

Metool

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Q: How to manage a PC with a physical handicap hindering his roleplay?

I am looking for experience, techniques and feedback from GMs / players who have played/mastered a character who has a big handicap, like being completely blind, or mute. Some of my players asked me to play that kind of character, and even though I think it can be a very interesting experience, ...

gm-techniques

[headtilt]

BESW

Voting to close as too broad. Will compose a comment later if no one else does.

lisardggY

I agree. It's an interesting issue, but as a question it's just too big.

I'm looking over the Most Upvoted Questions list on RPG.se, and am glad to note that they're mostly system-agnostic questions, which means the D&D bias isn't overwhelming on the site. Though occasionally you have odd system-specific questions cropping up, like "How to steal a Star Destroyer".

BESW

This is a really interesting issue to discuss, but as a Stack Exchange question it's far too broad for useful answers. The possible system and playstyle variants that would have to be accounted for could turn a good answer into a small book! If you have a specific challenge you're facing on this topic, please tell us about it (system, group playstyle, etc) and we'll try to give useful answers. If you just want to talk about the concept abstractly, other RPG forums or the rpg.se chat would be a better place for that. — BESW 16 secs ago

So, I was looking for a picture to use on the "Pride" weakness card in Storium, and I found this:

Metool

09:59

That dog is adorable.

BESW

Absolutely.

I put a smug-looking Rupert Grint for "Crass."

@lisardggY Would you cast your close vote, too?

lisardggY

Done.

lisardggY

10:44

@BESW This suddenly reminded me of an old text file that was shared from BBS to BBS in the old days, a set of silly AD&D spells. It included a spell called "Change Elf", after the same typo.

It also included my favorite, "Drawmij's Instant Death":
> Wherever he is, whatever he's doing, Drawmij dies instantly. He's getting sick and tired of this spell and the ever-increasing costs of resurrection spells.

Whadayaknow. Apprently it's originally from Dragon magazine: discordianquotes.com/quote/…

Metool

11:37

@trogdor [wave]

trogdor

hello

BESW

12:00

@lisardggY Hee.

Inbar Rose

Afternoon

BESW

Yawp.

Magician

Hello

BESW

@trogdor Do you remember The? We played M:tG over Skype with him a few times at your place back in the day.

trogdor

yeah

Inbar Rose

12:03

So..... Who has something to keep me busy for the next 30 minutes or so?

trogdor

I remember, why?

BESW

@trogdor He's starting Storium.

trogdor

ah ok

Inbar Rose

@BESW How do you play MTG over skype?

BESW

@InbarRose Princess Celestia Hates Tea.

Derplicity

Inbar Rose

12:04

@BESW I prefer something engagy.

BESW

@InbarRose With a great deal of "Wait, hold that card up again?"

Inbar Rose

@BESW Lol.

Why not workstation or apprentice?

[reveals self to be former MTG master]

BESW

[shrug] We didn't know those existed, and maybe they didn't. This was... six years ago, maybe longer.

Inbar Rose

Six years ago they existed.

BESW

@InbarRose Okay... find me suitable labelled-for-noncommercial-resue images for these cards:

Inbar Rose

12:06

I stopped playing when 8th edition came out.

BESW

Inbar Rose

(I'm old school)

BESW

Aaron

Good mornin

BESW

Hey.

@InbarRose (Urban Fantasy pre-made.)

Inbar Rose

12:08

@BESW cache2.asset-cache.net/gc/…

BESW

Bonus points for non-handsome-white-male subjects.

@InbarRose "bad request."

Inbar Rose

Hmmm

hmmm Why is getty images watermarking this?

BESW

Because Getty Images sells pictures and doesn't want you using them for free?

Good idea, though.

Inbar Rose

But I thought they were royalty free?

BESW

That means you don't have to pay each time you use it.

But they still want their one-time fee.

Royalty fees are a particular kind of payment method, not a generic term.

Inbar Rose

12:14

Haha, for obsessed I have a joke:

Cause he is obsessed? Get it? [Groan]

@BESW What do you think?

BESW

Sorry, had to run off and consult on what to do with my dad's medicine tonight.

@InbarRose He looks a little bit too phallic for my taste.

The bull graphic is great, though.

For obsessed, maybe a room full of crazy?

Now for Goals...

Zachiel

12:43

@JonathanHobbs funny how it's the opposite for me

Aaron

What are all these flag things everyone is posting? And the broken links

trogdor

the flags are subplots in Storium

BESW

@Aaron The Storium game engine uses cards to represent mechanics. The cards can have pictures associated with them, but don't by default.

The flag icon is the default "doesn't have a picture" image for Goal cards.

Aaron

I see. Isn't Storium that early access game you guys have been play testing?

BESW

Aye.

If you're interested in looking around I can give you an invite to a dummy game; it'll let you make a free player-only account.

Aaron

12:53

Nah. I am at work so.

BESW

I think this is ready for re-opening.

Aaron

@BESW How much rep do you need to vote to open?

BESW

@Aaron 3k, I think.

Aaron

aww. I have 1k.

I have been trying to answer questions but all the ones I try to answer always get answered before I can get to them.

BESW

Aye, it can be rough.

@lisardggY Re-open?

Magician

12:59

Discovered I could vote to re-open. Used my unexpected capabilities.

Zachiel

@Magician ;)

BESW

@Magician Woo!

Inbar Rose

@BESW For Deny Your Love:

BESW

Nice.

Inbar Rose

Im using googles image search with the reuse filter btw

BESW

13:04

I've got a running gag that every game with a "magician" type card gets a picture of Alan Moore on it.

Magician

@BESW I officially approve of this gag.

Inbar Rose

In keeping with the theme of your images. "be the Monster"

doppelgreener

Inbar Rose

because of course.

doppelgreener

on a Psychedelic Powers card

Inbar Rose

13:06

Bela Lugosi == The monster.

BESW

@InbarRose Nice. I've already got Nosferatu on the Ancient Vampire card.

Inbar Rose

Reveal your Love:

BESW

A little too dated, maybe; this is a contemporary setting.

See exhibit A:

Inbar Rose

@BESW [puke a bit in my mouth]

doppelgreener

@InbarRose i suspect this might be part of the idea

BESW

13:13

@InbarRose Great!

@JonathanHobbs [whistles innocently]

(The newly Un-Dead are always insufferable, whatever generation they're turned.)

Inbar Rose

For.. Um... "Spread the Hurt"

Magician

Deny Your Love:

BESW

@Magician Heheh.

Now I have two great choices for Deny Your Love.

Actually.

@Magician That works for Heal the Hurt too, based on the text.

Magician

True

doppelgreener

@InbarRose You stopped playing when the edition came out that defined the beginning of Modern. I am pretty sure you could not be more officially old school.

BESW

13:18

Last one is Something Worth Having: Living alone is hardly living. You need allies to watch your back. You need friends to fight for.

Inbar Rose

@JonathanHobbs :)

@BESW I was looking for a photo of people rushing into a store on black friday during sales.

Toppling eachother over etc etc.

Magician

Inbar Rose

:P

BESW

(There are werewolves in this setting, so it's less of a non-sequitur than it seems.)

Inbar Rose

@BESW Honestly. I don't think the title of that goal fits the sentiment.

Should be "someone" at the least.

BESW

13:21

Aye. I'm gonna tinker with this a bit before I invite The.

Inbar Rose

Or "something to live for"

BESW

I want it to be a little less irredeemably grim.

Inbar Rose

something worth fighting for?

I don't like that as a goal actualy

The goal shouldn't be so vague as to what it is referring to.

It should be vague in how you can accomplish and use it.. but not in what it is referring to.

BESW

Make Friends.

Inbar Rose

Make friends sounds like a challenge.

You can succeed or fail

"be friendlier" is a goal.

BESW

13:24

Hm.

Aaron

@InbarRose grooveshark.com/s/A+Girl+Worth+Fighting+For/10B7La?src=5

BESW

What about assuming friends and making the Goal something like "Fight for My Friends"?

Inbar Rose

I like that a lot better.

Aaron

Quick question. If I wanted to answer rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/40941/… with docs.google.com/document/d/… Where would I post it where link decay is very unlikely?

Metool

Leaders have a tendency to heal allies in D&D 4e, right?

Magician

13:28

@Aaron Remove quotes around the links.

@Metool Yup.

BESW

@Metool Every leader has a "let someone else spend a healing surge" power with multiple uses per encounter. It's not always the primary focus of the class, but every leader can do it.

Joshua Aslan Smith

yo

doppelgreener

@Aaron Your columns have some very strange alignment going on. But, you could post it and just not delete the doc.

BESW

@JoshuaAslanSmith Yo.

@JonathanHobbs Until Google kills Drive.

doppelgreener

@BESW well, yeah, but that won't be for a while yet.

Joshua Aslan Smith

13:32

how is everyone

BESW

@JonathanHobbs Bite your tongue.

Metool

So you make a backup, and when Google kills Drive, you post it somewhere else.

I'm coffee.

Aaron

@JonathanHobbs Last time I did that I think I was told to try to not use things like drive or something.

I can't remember exactly what I posted but I was told it was a no no.

doppelgreener

@Aaron Well the general idea is to avoid ever linking to anything external. But if you're going to link to something external, Drive is going to be one of the longer lasting options.

If your answer ceases to answer the question when all the links die, that is when it is a no-no.

Aaron

@JonathanHobbs Oh. Maybe that is what they were trying to say but worded it badly or something.

Before I actually post it can anyone see anything wrong with the list aside from formatting which I am about to fix.

Joshua Aslan Smith

13:34

oooh SVDPress's website looks like its teasing something

svdpress.com

doppelgreener

@Aaron Looks fine, apart from the formatting.

Aaron

Where is the darn paint bucket thing you use to fill rows with colors?

doppelgreener

What is with the slightly off-center centering? D:

Aaron

@JonathanHobbs I have no idea. I just cleared all formatting and recentered it all.

@JonathanHobbs Much better.

Think I should add the different background color every other row?

doppelgreener

It's perfectly clear as is :)

Aaron

13:45

That is what I thought as well. I would add them if I could select more then one row at once. But google docs won't let me ctrl click to select multiple rows.

If someone comments on my doc I get notified right?

doppelgreener

@Aaron I get emails about it when it's on one of my own docs

Aaron

@JonathanHobbs Ok.

Joshua Aslan Smith

16:00

"Spoiler alert for the Starter Set: don't fight the dragon." - Rodney.

Read more: http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1691-Origins-D-D-5E-Panel-Highlights#.U58UKigkRp4#ixzz34ooEgVkA

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