I've been here for a little while and wanted to ask this before I went asking a question that could be less acceptable than this one. I want some help homebrewing a class for 5e, but before I do, I figured I should ask if it's acceptable to so so. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Hi, @GettingNifty, I think you're looking for The Bridge, which is the main chat room for the Stack Exchange about video games, Arqade. RPG General Chat is the main chat room for Role-playing Games, which is about tabletop (aka "pen and paper") role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons.
well black belt doesn't necessarily mean a whole lot
but it can if you're self disciplined
It's like if you're Thomas Edison and got all credit for the incandescant bulb, vs. the guy that created the arc lamp 100 years before him and got no credit.
One's cuz it's given to you, the other's cuz you earned it.
belts are usually given by masters who are accredited legally
and you have to memorize hundreds of moves, as well as complete several feats, usually, in western martial arts, it's normally you have to stay alive for so long against multiple other higher belts
In many disciplines, the belt colors are just ways of showing that you've memorized a particular number of basic positions/moves; it's not a measure of skill or mastery, it's that you've proved to have memorized a certain set of features. For some disciplines a black belt can take less than a year; for others it represents more than a decade of work.
But regardless, in most cases it means you're now ready to start the advanced stuff that can't just be memorized.
The specifics, however, vary wildly not just between disciplines, but between schools.
Each level incorporates instruction in four major areas: rifle & bayonet, bladed weapons, weapons of opportunity, and unarmed techniques. 170 The program also adds instruction on anatomy & physiology, human factors, combat behavior, and operational risk management. 171 Furthermore, it integrates a detailed safety lecture within every period of instruction. 172 Finally, the MCMAP conducts, a series of presentations covering warriorship and martial culture . . . warrior case studies—accounts of individual
that color belt, in lieu of his/her web belt with his/her camouflaged utilities, attesting to the level of proficiency he/she achieved. 176 No program could exist without having a well-trained and competent cadre of instructors. The MCMAP has two levels of instructors. The first is the Green Belt Martial Arts Instructor (MAI)(MOS 8551). The Marine must be a corporal or above and attend a three-week intensive program learning not only the martial arts techniques themselves, but also how to teach them.
@Shalvenay I'm seeing light at the end of the tunnel in terms of RL-business. We should look into what the next couple of weeks look like. In fact, I've just put some dates into the "Calendar" post in R20. If you, @KorvinStarmast, @NautArch, and @trogdor want to ping me at some point with availability I'll put it all in there and we can see if a realtime session is in the cards in the near future. (And then we can schedule the offline twosies we're due.)
@MikeQ Also, was that back there a Fresh Prince reference? CaptAmerica.gif
(the big fuss about getting this reference is that I've never seen the original intro, just the one they translated in my language, and I'm pretty amazed at the adaptation.)
@DavidCoffron So that some random lumberjack makes furniture out of it and you suddenly find yourself in an old lady's living room after your next regeneration?
Also, I think there are runes and stuff on the phylactery, so you need to choose an item where such things aren't entirely out of place
I was a bit worried about the ceremonies being too formal or serious for me (the newlyweds are Laestadian, which is a conservative branch of protestant Christianity) but everyone was in for good fun
Laestadians don't drink alcohol which was good because that way they actually have to come up with weddings that one can tolerate sober.
@doppelgreener Brewity, in large part. Also not bringing all the children (I mean, Laestadians also don't use contraception so the families tend to be large)
@Shalvenay Trying to find someone in my game that can cast a level 1 spell. Up until now, someone managed to tell me that another character can't cast it, when in reality they can.
@KorvinStarmast be glad you only had a nice bit of rain. I work at a tour cavern and it had been raining for 5 days basically straight until this morning. The cave is a mess
Swedish (and Finnish, although again it's only used in proper nouns and loanwords) has å/Å which originally replaced "aa" which was pronounced as "o". It's essentially o that's always pronounced as an o and not u like Swedish o so often is :)
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Writing a good Stack post requires stepping outside one's own perspective and seeing where assumptions and understandings won't be shared, so need to be made explicit.
And helping to improve another's post requires learning how to ask good leading questions that elicit explanation rather than just "yes" or "no" responses.
@BESW I never considered myself to have an issue with this, but I have found my question asking and answering skills to be considerably improved even in unrelated areas like work. It helps a lot to have the stack teach a focus on really expressing the core of what your issue is and what kind of response you would like from people.
i'm interested in starting learning about role-playing games, esp. d&d; if I don't really want to spend (a ton of) money, where do I start/what are the essentials?
@heather D&D is the best-known tabletop RPG, but it's also one of the more complex and expensive. There are a lot of excellent games which are much cheaper, right down to free, and require a lot less study and prep before you can start playing.
@heather Depends, are you fixated on D&D or open to other systems? Plenty of systems out there that don't require anyone to buy something (except dice maybe :P), but D&D's not one of them.
@heather do you know anything about their tastes in stories/media, or do you have any strong preferences yourself? (that might help guide us in selecting a suitable system to start you off with)
I recommend Fate. It's free online and as downloadable PDFs, it's very flexible, there's a lot of free pre-made settings/adventures to begin with but you can also make your own worlds and stories easily. There are special dice, but you can use six-sided dice like come with most board games instead.
@Shalvenay i really enjoy the lord of the rings and would probably prefer a fantasy type setting, though I don't mind futuristic settings; I do like Star Wars and the writings of Asimov and so forth.
Fate's also one of the (relatively few) games that works well with just two people in the group; a lot of games (like D&D) assume a larger group and require fiddling to make it work with just two.
You should be mindful that a two people group will be a very different experience from the "standard" one, though - a lot more focus on the individual players, and a lot less social shenanigans
I've had issues with this before, but I figured I'd finally ask. Should I be linking to the Adventurer's League documents (the most recent versions are behind a 0.00 paywall and inside of a p\ack of similar documents). This answer is one example
yeah, Fate's good, but you'll probably want to gain some experience in a more "traditional" system as well, so you can decide which play paradigm you favor
Fate Core is the same basic game but with more fiddly bits and a lot of discussion about the philosophy and reasoning behind the design, to give you confidence to modify the game how you like.
@HellSaint hahaha sorry. I figured that some might not take not be super enthused with it and I don't think it did your answer any favors honestly. Feel free to reinstate if it is something you really wanted in there though.
@DavidCoffron I believe those are the only up-to-date docs available :-/ I really hate how WotC has decided to distribute those.
@heather There's also a bunch of Fate Worlds that have been made, which are games running on Fate Core or Accelerated alongside a defined world and with mechanical modifications to Fate to help you play in that world. A couple of those are my favorite Fate games, like Masters of Umdaar which I find is also relatable to anyone coming from a D&D background.
as Fate's design philosophy centers around narrative-building and narrative management, which is quite different from systems like D&D where the mechanics are centered on adjudication of actions and scenes and don't step back much to frame the narrative
@doppelgreener I'm trying to analyz (and I have a small background in Theoretical Math and Coding). Still having a bit of trouble, lol. But I think I figured out most of it
Is there a rule in the 200-words that I can't just make ASCII art of all the letter and make a 10,000 word one? (not that I would, but they don't count as words)
I've got several ideas that might fit into 200 words, but I haven't had the mental energy to actually make that happen.
(Writing a great 200-word RPG means, for me, writing at least 4000 words of a good RPG first and then ripping out everything that isn't absolutely necessary until there's no Ruth at all.)
Even if it wasn't for Prizes opportunity, it would be interesting to see if they would post it somewhere. Or maybe even start a groups competition in the future.
Im trying to automate my sneak attack with my weapons. Currently I have the following
&{template:default} {{name= Light Crossbow}} {{attack= [[1d20+@{Shadow|dexterity_mod}+@{Shadow|pb} ]]}} {{damage= [[1d8+@{Shadow|dexterity_mod} +?{Sneak Attack?:|Yes,@{Shadow|SA}|No,0}|]] + [[1d8+@{Shadow|SA} i...
I've been here for a little while and wanted to ask this before I went asking a question that could be less acceptable than this one. I want some help homebrewing a class for 5e, but before I do, I figured I should ask if it's acceptable to so so. Sorry for any inconvenience.
