What systems would be good to mention to this user if they ever show up in chat?
Lady Blackbird's system of hitting and buying off keys, and Fate's milestones that get triggered by hitting different scales of narrative resolution, come to mind immediately.
(Also I'm pretty sure he's independently invented XP-driven compels; is that a thing in any existing system?)
Continuing the 'Willing Undead' thoughts from earlier..
Heroes make it to the bottom of the dungeon. Strike the final blow against the horrible menace, only for the boss to explode into confetti as the illusionary walls fall away, as the Lich and his minions make a passing effort to applaud the party. After a casting of Mass Charm Person, the lich gets them to fill out a participation survey to get their thoughts and opinions of the dungeon.
The Lich then invites them to join his multi-level-marketing plan of organized dungeoneering... Each hero just has to get two other potential heroes to pay the 250 gold recruitment fee...
@nitsua60 what classes in 5e would be good for someone who wants to be a bit more "go off and do their own thing" than being Velcro'ed to the party all the time?
This thread is about an idea I'd like to implement in my as-yet-still-conceptual-woolgathering Solarpunk setting:
This thread is interesting, but I'd like to point up this tweet in particular: cities are all about coexisting in overlapping space without needing to interact. Cities when best functional are cultural-conflict disarmament machines. https://twitter.com/seldo/status/945772094494736386
@Shalvenay Honestly, I'd say ranger, bard, rogue, warlock. Possibly in that order. (I don't really know warlock and bard well enough to state the ordering confidently.)
Druid's not bad, either. Being a stoat or lizard or something's a pretty good way to... slink off =)
OTOH, D&D's not great for "go off and do my own thing."
> Try anything and she'll hand you your butt. She will then certify in triplicate that you legally took possession of your own butt. Your demise shall have a scrupulous paper trail! (source)
Update: Kevin Montrose makes it happen
The hell-ban is no more! Long live the verbose, obnoxiously evident ban!
Kevin has implemented (more or less) the system described below. Flaggers with a recent (past 7 days) flagging history consisting of at least 10 handled flags where >= 10% of flags we...
I wonder why I would be offended by a person being an atheist in real life. Is it their atheism that's supposed to offend me? Or the societal tolerance of their atheism? Or that they profess atheism in meatspace, rather than just troll-space? So much to think about before going to bed....
And that had no elected moderators been here it would have been resolved almost as quickly. Multiple rude/abusive flags carry a lot of weight in the system, and multiple posts auto-deleted via flags will lower a post-ban onto a user pretty quickly. If I'd already been asleep they'd have still lost the ability to do much of anything pretty quickly.
This is an interesting "other side of the curtain" moment for me, though: my first serious troll since I obtained a diamond. Before I had the choice to either not engage or to play nice, if I felt like have some fun countertrolling by doing all the right (Stack) things. But this time I have the tools to act swiftly and decisively to remove that from all-y'all's's presence, so just "playing nice" until they get tired isn't really a responsible thing for me to do. Oh well.
@RollingFeles That's what I was doing last night. I had a duty shift where I literally just had to sit in my office in case a call came in. I thought I might organize some papers, but then thought "hmm... a troll in the stack. I bet myself a cookie I can out-patient/-nice him."
In the past I've had some "not sure if troll" moments where I take the time to engage with them and play good-faith-but-not-your-doormat until it's clear what's really going on.
Ugh. "Emergency Driver Duty." That night every few months when you hope that you're sitting restless and bored and annoyed to be at work doing nothing for the six hours.
I don't think it's outside our moderator prerogatives to mention that this is likely a troll we've seen before, a year ago. Just like last time where they seemed to be constitutionally unable to behave like a civil person when creating sockpuppets to evade their suspension, they seem to be having the same difficulty now flying under the radar. We're likely to see more of them, just so y'all know. But the System Works, so they'll have limited impact. Just might be a colourful time. :)
So, what we're saying is they may have gotten a little better at evading detection, but we've also gotten better at detecting? At the risk of offending, I may have to link:
@nitsua60 And if someone can evade a ban while acting like a perfectly inoffensive, contributing user, we'll give them that “win” and enjoy the peace. :)
@BESW Thank you too. We're just the backstop; y'all and our system are the real immune system.
I'm off then. I'm confident the site will be in good hands, human and automated, should anyone new and colourful show up. :)
> Spookroot Guardian. Anyone stepping onto this path gains the aspect How is it following me!? for as long as they remain on the path. When leaving the path they must succeed on a Will defense against a +4 attack or gain Haunted by rooty dreams in their lowest available consequence slot.
> Spookroot. Despite having unusually good mobility for a plant, spookroots are fiercely territorial creatures and seldom leave their favorite spots. They are often seen near streamy paths, cautiously judging passing travelers. While spookroots seldom attack humanoids, it is considered prudent to carry a bit of dung or other fertilizer to give to the spookroot to ensure a safe passage through its territory.
> SPOOKROOT. Guardian Root Spirit Judge +3 Scuttle +2 - When unobserved, you can use your turn to move into a zone shared by someone you can see, regardless of how far away that is.
I expect @Magician's next 13th Age creature post to include the Spookroot.
I really like coming up with very specific "skills" for Fate NPCs.
> ANGRY REDSHIRTS Mind-controlled D-list celebrities Stunt double +4 Choreographed fight moves +3 Method acting +1 Stress: OOO - Prop weapon (function: weapon, flaw: prop). Weapon:2, +1 attack - Wildly Inaccurate (Shoot). You’re rubbish at firing your weapon accurately, but you make up for it with enthusiasm. Whenever you attack with your laser gun or heat ray, the defender gets +4 to defend. Then, until your next action, if anyone moves into or through the zone you were shooting at, you attack them without rolling and produce a Great (+4) result.
...gosh, that session was fun. Shatner's motive aspect was To live more boldly than any man has lived before.
Hopefully this question isn't too broad.
Background
While reading through as many Bard related threads as I can I came across a post suggesting that Valor Bard + Swift Quiver is a well known example for using Magical Secrets to have a significant positive effect (In this case in combat).
Quest...
@Miniman I don't have the book but I can use anything that I am able to find a source for, even crazy overpowered UA stuff (We have a Mystic in the party). That spell looks lovely since I already lost my horse and I have only played for 4 hours
Thanks for your help earlier with the troll, everyone. Our theory is a former resident troll is turning their attention to this site again. The bad news is they're persistent so it might be an interesting week for us. The good news is they are incapable of subtlety so will out themselves pretty quickly and obviously.
@kviiri Yes. They seem to particularly target questions that mention the words "spell casting", as if they find them via a search engine and post spam to them.
@SeriousBri I suggest branching out a little into tabletop RPGs outside the D&D paradigm, too. Prescriptive (pick-your-choices-from-a-list) games are great, but descriptive (write-a-phrase-about-the-story-and-attach-a-number-to-it) games can be very brain-flexing.
roll-for-shoes is a good single-session palate cleanser, and fate is good for longer-form games.
But even something like 13th Age, which is basically a no-copyrights-were-harmed re-do of D&D 3.5 with lessons learned from 4e and some conceits from narrative gaming, has you do cool stuff like invent your own "skills" and using them to build on your backstory during play.
@BESW If it works out that they're more comfortable without the skyping, I will be happy to not join this weekend & spend the time playing zelda instead. :D
@SPavel in doctor who, a planet (among other things) was locked out of spacetime entirely so as to exclude the rest of the universe from the galactic war it was involved in. it could also be used as a protective measure: only those with permission can even access the planet's existence.
I'm actually still not clear on whether Gallifrey was destroyed, time-locked, and then the Doctor rewrote history in the 50th Anniversary or whether Gallifrey wasn't destroyed and the time lock was a lie. Although one the Doctor believed was true because of timey wimey stuff.
@SPavel and then there was an episode where the daleks were invisible, by hiding themselves one second out of sync with the rest of the universe. because apparently that's a thing and doesn't mean you're still present but a second behind or ahead.
@kviiri I mean Mark Hamill and Daisy Ridley both got huge exposure and salaries for what was basically their first movie. I think they're already pretty spoiled.
I recently posted this question. I was looking specifically for an official source, which I expressed by using the rules-as-written tag. However, it was quickly removed with the following reasoning:
[raw] tag is only for strict literalist interpretation problems, not for "official rules" prob...
> Werewolf form. Gain [Werewolf Form] Aspect with four free invokes until the end of scene. If invoked against you, [Werewolf Form] counts as a Moderate consequence.
@SPavel Sadly, this one is on me - upon checking, it says Crimson Republic (a Cold War USSR expy) is obsessed with perfecting atomic technology, which is banned in Rocket City (the main setting).
@eimyr "Being treated as a moderate consequence" isn't meaningful, since consequence aspects are treated the same as any other aspect. Also, this stunt is missing a trigger or condition under which it occurs -- you could say you Create Advantage to become a werewolf (and gain invokes as normal), or you could spend a fate point to become a werewolf, or "once per session you can become a werewolf."
By the rules, Apocalypse World does support all kinds of freaky min-maxing, but at least it's not a system that encourages people who don't want to do it to do it.
So if a Lich digitizes his soul in Lichcoin... What if the crypto currency forks, like Bitcoin did? You'd get a parallel Lich soul, ideally with a slightly improved feature. (In the case of Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash has reduced transaction time.)
One lich, with two souls. I don't see that ending well.
@eimyr Something like "Spend a fate point to become a werewolf until the end of the scene. Whilst you're a werewolf, you have Tooth & Claw at +3. If you use it at night, you can be compelled to have it last all night -- or on a full moon, to lose control of yourself." could work better.
@BESW Hmm, the pocket edition rules seem quite a lot different from the beta playtest. They're also more recent. Makes me wonder if they found the full beta's rolling rules lacking somehow...
> Werewolf form. Spend a Fate Point to gain [Werewolf Form] Aspect with four free invokes until the end of scene. When invoked against you, [Werewolf Form] gives +4 bonus instead of +2.
@doppelgreener The above is probably what I meant, excuse my poor rules recollection
@Acts7Seven It is more that it never says that you lose xp or carry over when you level. You always gain it. I cannot find this as a question here, you might want to ask it.
Going good. Finally got to introduce my well of Many Worlds. PCs don't know of the glitch yet. Trying to decide if it should work right and only fail occasionally. Or If I should build a whole campaign around this portal that is always glitched.
Hopefully this question isn't too broad.
Background
While reading through as many Bard related threads as I can I came across a post suggesting that Valor Bard + Swift Quiver is a well known example for using Magical Secrets to have a significant positive effect (In this case in combat).
Quest...
I recently posted this question. I was looking specifically for an official source, which I expressed by using the rules-as-written tag. However, it was quickly removed with the following reasoning:
[raw] tag is only for strict literalist interpretation problems, not for "official rules" prob...
