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SPavel

16:08

this question makes me sad

sevenbrokenbricks

Me too

Miatog

I'm baffled how a DM allows this to happen...and why the warlock would constantly waste a spell on that...

Shalvenay

@Miatog I'm confused by it myself

if I was the DM, I'd be poking the Warlock's player asking them just WTF is up

SPavel

The only thing I can think of other than "the warlock player is a soggy biscuit" is "the barbarian player is a far soggier biscuit and plays a Chaotic Stupid character"

Shalvenay

and I'm pretty much as freewheeling a DM as it comes (I let someone play a wolverine with Rogue levels in a 3.5e dungeon)

sevenbrokenbricks

16:18

Unfortunately the asker is providing precious few details on a question that needs them this badly

NautArch

once may be funny, but every session? that's just not nice.

we've got an upcoming campaign planned and one of the characters has a 3 INT, which I do intend to abuse with minor illusions every once in awhile.

sevenbrokenbricks

how did they end up with a 3 int?

NautArch

@sevenbrokenbricks did a straight 3d6 roll (in order) for stats.

ACuriousMind

Is 3 INT even enough to speak? :P

NautArch

@ACuriousMind we decided probably not.

ACuriousMind

16:29

And the player's fine with that?

NautArch

oh yeah, that's totally up his alley.

we're starting the campaign with pretty much zero inventory (basically in a prison-gang)

so I'll need to find a sheep so I can start messing with him :D

Shalvenay

hey there @Erics

@sevenbrokenbricks aye, it's pretty bad on that front

ACuriousMind

@NautArch Nice, then that has potential to be glorious ;) Most players I know wouldn't enjoy not being able to talk in-character.

NautArch

@ACuriousMind i think he'll enjoy it - if not, rocks fall.

rest of his stats aren't great, either.

ACuriousMind

Well, that's what you get for rolling ;P

sevenbrokenbricks

16:32

hey, if the player's fine with it

NautArch

yeah, we always roll - but usually do 7x 4d6, reroll 1s and drop lowest die and lowest score.

SPavel

@ACuriousMind Actually - yes.

At least in 3.5, loads of 3 INT magical beasts speak languages, sometimes several

3 on 3d6 is 2.3 SDs from mean, which is an IQ of 75 points.

NautArch

interesting. I'm not entirely sure how he's going to play him - we're not yet done with his campaign :)

SPavel

A creature with that intelligence and a sufficiently high Wisdom might decide not to speak too often, however, as it's aware that others will consider it stupid

NautArch

definitely not a high wisdom

sevenbrokenbricks

16:42

@NautArch welp

NautArch

yeah, he rolled poorly :)

SPavel

Ah, the joys of ironman rolls.

Miatog

@NautArch What ed you playing?

SPavel

Does he at least have a good Charisma?

NautArch

meanwhile, I've got a gnome wizard with 20 INT and 17 CON :)

@SPavel nope. pretty sure his best stat is STR at like 14 or something.

@Miatog 5e

SPavel

16:44

@NautArch Sounds like this character is going to die very swiftly and be replaced with a better stat array

Miatog

@NautArch Then I do not believe that's enough to speak as I believe that threshold is 6 INT

Sounds like you're going to have a blast with that game lol

sevenbrokenbricks

@SPavel And it will be awesome

NautArch

maybe, but probably not. We knew what a 3d6 straight roll might do. He'll play it until it legit dies.

SPavel

Is there a roller in this chat? I want to try a 3d6 array for funsies

NautArch

there is

3d6

Dice Service

16:46

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SPavel

6#3d6

sevenbrokenbricks

@SPavel and here I was about to suggest anydice

NautArch

doesn't let you do multiple rolls

as far as i know

SPavel

hi yes excuse me, mr dice service san

I would like to report a problem

NautArch

i do get to play my one-off monk1/druid2 tonight.

SPavel

16:47

@sevenbrokenbricks Seems to only show probabilities

In the end I had to go to the d20srd dice bag, like a peasant

10,12,16,10,14,11 - very happy with these rolls

Decent cleric - good survivability, not bad Wisdom

NautArch

didn't want to type 3d6 6 times?

SPavel

@NautArch Didn't want to spam the chat

NautArch

we love spam

spam spam spam

sevenbrokenbricks

egg and spam

SPavel

@NautArch We love manual, hand-crafted, artisanal spam. Spam with a soul. Abusing the dicebot is nothing but mass-produced, bland, banal, heartless, and capitalist spam.

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sevenbrokenbricks

16:53

@SPavel oh that's beautiful

SPavel

@sevenbrokenbricks You can "star" posts that you like and they will appear in the sidebar temporarily for others to see

eimyr

Amazing Tales (a.k.a. Little Adventures) by Martin Lloyd hits the shelves!

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@nitsua60 pin the above please!

sevenbrokenbricks

why are some stars in the sidebar outlines, while others are full stars?

Shalvenay

@sevenbrokenbricks the outlines are the pins

eimyr

outlined ones are moderator pins

sevenbrokenbricks

16:56

Gotcha, thanks

NautArch

@SPavel my gnome wizard has 9 str, 10 dex, 17 con, 20 int, 8 wis, 12 cha

nitsua60

@eimyr or room owner (cc: @sevenbrokenbricks)

@NautArch =\

NautArch

@nitsua60 not your kind of sheep

awkward :D

eimyr

@nitsua60 thanks

SPavel

@NautArch yeah, wizard is the only real choice with a spread like that

Though I have known people who were proud of having wizard characters with 12 Int

NautArch

17:06

@SPavel was considering mystic, too

SPavel

Like, they had NPCs that were archwizards of great renown - with Int 12

NautArch

but i've been wanting to play a wizard for awhile

SPavel

Because rarara roleplaying not rollplaying

nitsua60

There is an abundance of pins right now... I'm tempted to take off my spoiler message, but it keeps getting starred... I've been watching that number climb every week.

And the holiday/welcome/guidance one is still relephant for a week or so....

NautArch

i finally saw it on sunday

would love to talk about it :D

Miatog

17:11

still need to see it...hopefully Thursday....

NautArch

@Miatog won't spoil...but i'll say that i enjoyed it

SPavel

All I've seen of TLJ is porgs

NautArch

porgs?

SPavel

Porgs

Thomas Ward

what're porgs lol

oh that answers that one GOOGLE

SPavel

17:23

I don't want to say in case people who have a hard line on spoilers get all upset

NautArch

17:37

ah

Shalvenay

19:55

hey there @SPavel and @eyecosahedron

SPavel

20:18

Hello

have you ever noticed how disco Blaziken's pants are?

he would slay on the dance floor

Also, looks like you can use these hats to disguise your name

BESW

20:46

@SPavel I've heard an anecdote that a D&D 3.0/3.5 playtester was exactly that.

Which, if true, would explain a lot about D&D 3.x.

Shalvenay

hey again @ACuriousMind

ACuriousMind

ahoi again

@SPavel And yes, I always wanted those pants

Shalvenay

how're things going?

@BESW that probably would, actually

BESW

@Shalvenay I believe it was something about roleplaying vs rollplaying and being proud of not needing perfect stats to play a good character, which--fine, but it's a playtest.

Anyway, I can't easily dig up confirmation of the anecdote, and although my source is usually pretty reliable in the broad strokes they are prone to some exaggeration in the details, so take it with some salt.

Shalvenay

21:27

hey there @Acts7Seven

BESW

@Shalvenay Confirmation, and of course it's on a thread about that.

(Warning: Paizo forums.)

Acts7Seven

22:00

@Shalvenay hi

Question . In answering a question... Can I post a photo of a page in DMG if I crop it to just that item?

Or can I type the contents of that specific item?

Shalvenay

@Acts7Seven probably better to type the contents of that specific item in a quote box :) that way it's searchable, screen-readable, etal

Acts7Seven

Thanks. Is posting the image allpwed?

BESW

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A: Does this question have too much quoted text?

Here's my strategy for writing answers on all SE sites: Use only as much quotation as is absolutely required to make your point. It's almost always better to summarize rather than to quote giant chunks because your answer needs to be tailored to answer the question. Use integrated quotes when p...

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A: Can non-open-license rules be discussed, or not?

You'll notice, if you look around the site, that most of your concerns aren't reflected in our answers. Rules are discussed, quotes are posted, and knowledge is transferred. Copyright-enforcing mods don't regularly jump out and discourage answering. This example is an exception, for reasons which...

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A: Copying Potentially Copyrighted Images

Images that we might want to use here are almost always going to be copyright violations that have no Fair Use protection, since using an image simply as an informational reference isn't protected by Fair Use. Other transformative uses like parody, that are protected, just don't apply to our site...

It's almost always better to only quote exactly where necessary and to otherwise paraphrase and summarize with citations so users can look up the context of the text.

The Stack is about providing expert answers, not reading the book to people, so answers should focus on explanation and interpretation through the lens of experience and syncretic insight.

Shalvenay

22:15

hey there @eimyr

@Acts7Seven why post the image if you can quote the text instead, unless there's an actual picture or diagram involved here?

eimyr

22:35

@Shalvenay ey whaddup

Shalvenay

@eimyr not a whole lot, as for you?

eimyr

@Shalvenay not much changed, didn't we talk earlier today?

Shalvenay

@eimyr maybe a bit :)

nitsua60

23:02

@Shalvenay ^^

Acts7Seven

@Shalvenay reason being it's quicker to snap a photo of the text and crop it than to type up even the important part.

Anyone know how to add quotes to a post when on mobile?

Shalvenay

@Acts7Seven ugh. just knuckle down and type it. everyone else will thank you. images of text are a scourge of the web. and just use the markdown > blockquote syntax

nitsua60

Precede the line with a right-angle bracket. (I.e. >)

BESW

The page describing mainsite markdown can be a bit hard to find.

nitsua60

@Acts7Seven If you do that someone will come along and fix it. Nicer, though, to be a thoughtful stackizen and do that work yourself (possibly later, when you have a moment) than relying on others to clean up after you.

Acts7Seven

23:09

@Shalvenay yeah. I ended up doing so. Just that im grounding from using my computer while on break. (Compromise with my wife) so all my typing is on phone.

> thanks all

nitsua60

23:29

We've been playing LMoP for 7 sessions. No problem giving it to them. Do you have any suggestions for how to give it to them? I mean right now it seems like "a magical unicorn was flying thru the sky and dropped the exact item you needed. Any thoughts on how to introduce the item? — Acts7Seven 15 mins ago

Just as a heads-up, @Acts7Seven, your last request for "any thoughts on how to introduce" is the sort of thing we like to keep mainsite clear of, but are happy to see happening here in chat or to redirect to a discussion forum.

To help that along you can use the magic text [chat] in a comment and it'll provide someone a link to this room. So I suggest something like "I'd be interested in hearing thoughts on how to introduce the item--come find me in [chat] if you have a moment."

See also this meta (and those it links) when you've got the time:

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Q: Where should I ask discussion questions?

I've been wanting to ask a few questions that are focused less around getting a ruling or asking for help with a problem, and I'm not sure where I should ask them. I know Meta is for questions concerning the forum itself, but I'm not sure if the questions I want to ask would be best asked in a f...

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Shalvenay

hey there @Asteria

hey as well @JuneShores

JuneShores

23:52

Hello.

Shalvenay

how're things going?

JuneShores

Going alright.

doppelgreener

AHOY

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