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12:01 AM

@Ben It's all a red herring and The Rise of Starwalker is the story of Kylo Ren opening a bakery.

Well, you know, the entire series has been about "good and evil", Light and dark". Rei is new. She's in a morally ambiguous situation where she's received guidance from both sides, she's experienced the power of both sides, and has come out as "the good guy" only because she did a really cool thing to save the actual good guys, and is friends with Chewie. But she doesn't dislike KR either - she just doesn't wanna run an empire... too much work.

Yuuki

It's a double-entendre about his meteoric rise as a small business owner and yeast.

That's how rom-com titles work. It's like a law of the universe.

Ben

@Yuuki Sorry... not run an empire... run a business. Her experience on Jakku with trading has left a sour taste in her mouth

Yuuki

@Ben And we're not talking about the quarter rations.

user15026

@Yuuki wonders about possible cupcake flavours

Yuuki

12:06 AM

@Ash Strawberry Familial Betrayal. Sorry, he's still a little sore about the past.

MikeQ

@Ash One for each themed terrarium planet; jungle, lava, sand, sea, more sand, and casino

Hot RPG Questions

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Q: Should I discuss the type of campaign with my players?

The campaign I’m preparing is designed to give the illusion of choice via side quests and an open world (not really open), but with a main story line that will be pushed into them sooner or later. The campaign is structured in acts and areas, with each area acting as a sandbox space you can’t rea...

Yuuki

@MikeQ Don't forget "ice-but-actually-it's-just-a-nifty-reference-to-Hoth-salt".

MikeQ

Mmmm... salt-flavored cupcakes

user15026

You could maybe do something with a salted caramel or something there

MikeQ

12:11 AM

@Ash Perhaps, but not if I want to subvert the audience's expectations

linksassin

@Ben Have to disagree that this series is about "good and evil" it's about Skywalker family drama and it always has been. Could have called it "keeping up with the skywalkers" without changing a thing.

Ben

Well, yeah. Underlying themes. :P

linksassin

The pitch for star wars could be: "Let's make a dysfunction family drama. there's heaps of those already Ok we'll make it different, give them laser swords, magic powers and set it in space. ummm.... Oh! And the fate of the entire universe rests on their shoulders..."

BESW

Welp, now it's the final season of Steven Universe.

trogdor

@Ash the Dark side is just really dark chocolate

linksassin

12:27 AM

@trogdor The dark side do have cookies afterall

trogdor

Maybe chocolate chips in there

It's always better with chocolate chips

@linksassin everyone has cookies they were inside us all along (eewww I don't want those cookies)

Ben

@trogdor Those are actually macadamia nuts. Surprise.

trogdor

@Ben no that's the Snoke flavor, because Surprise

I don't want to make anymore flavors because they just start getting depressing

Like the I killed my dad flavor

Or the I'm still a whiney child flavor

Ben

@trogdor There's a theory he didn't

trogdor

Or the no one loves me Flavor

Because Kylo is actually kinda depressing if he isn't hilarious

Ben

12:33 AM

I think most of those fall under the "salt-flavoured" category

There does need to be a "wall-eyed-nipples" one in there somewhere

linksassin

What do you put in your "poe and finn are a couple" flavour?

Ben

@linksassin Love

trogdor

@linksassin chocolate and vanilla?

And strawberries I guess

That one actually sounds good right now

Maybe put an actual strawberry in cut into a heart shape

Ben

@trogdor Are we talking anatomically correct... or?

trogdor

Or put it on top I guess

@Ben no that's silly, that's for the I killed my dad one

And it got depressing again because you made me make that pun

linksassin

12:46 AM

I feel like you could replace "I killed my dad" with a more generic "daddy issues over an immense drop" to be more inclusive

trogdor

I don't think you should include anything to do with that if any of your goals is inclusivity

XD

linksassin

I meant more inclusive of different generations of fans. That scene exists in all 3 trilogies

Ben

"My dad never existed"
"My dad doesn't want me to follow my own path"
"My dad is the reason why I'm not the main character of this series"

linksassin

Obi-wan: Watches his father figure get killed, nearly falls down really big shaft
Luke: I am your father, falls down really big shaft
Ben: I have to kill my father, Han falls down really big shaft

trogdor

@linksassin ooooh

Yeah that's true

But in the context of Kylo Ren opening the shop I didn't see what you meant

linksassin

12:55 AM

"Light speed through a star destroyer" is my favorite dish.

trogdor

Ooh that one has dragon fruit in it

XD

Chewbacca flavor has extremely chewy caramel in it

linksassin

"It's a trap" lemon tarts that are super sour. You were warned.

trogdor

Lol

user15026

1:11 AM

@trogdor Agreed.

user15026

Now I want cupcakes.

trogdor

Same

I want too many

Probably not a healthy amount anyway

BESW

user15026

Saaame but if we went halfsies then we'd have maybe a healthier amount of cupcakes?

Glazius

@BESW What's Your Excuse? When you Succeed with Style on a Will defense against someone's attempt to Create an Advantage on you, you can apply it to them with two free invokes, if it would be appropriate.

trogdor

1:19 AM

@Ash that's a very good idea XD

user15026

I have those sometimes, especially when it means maximizing cake enjoyment

Ben

My problem is carbs.

Such savoury goodness

BESW

@Glazius Nice.

KorvinStarmast

RL is the enemy of D&D campaigns. One of the three campaigns I am in have gone dormant. A second is slowing down.

Ben

Aug 24 '15 at 23:26, by Ben

Agh! Life! The bane of fun!

(Also the quote of the Lich Association)

KorvinStarmast

1:27 AM

@Ben did you want more input on those three items?

Diablo/Corruption

Ben

At this point I'm back at the drawing board. The Madness/Corruption "pyramids", based on the "resist/embrace influence" system that @BESW suggested.

I was thinking I wanted to try and stick with 3 variations of each, but I'm having issues breaking up the "madness" subtypes

KorvinStarmast

My idea for items is end game, when the stone goes into one forehead.

No need to make them an NPC.

BESW

@Ben My suggestion: stop thinking of it as madness.

Ben

At this point I'm not really seeing a game past that point?

@BESW I'm very much open to suggestions lol

BESW

Madness is an outdated, inaccurate, and cruel way to frame the mental consequences of horror as typically depicted in media.

KorvinStarmast

1:32 AM

With these items, you leave that open to "it can have a follow up" or "and this is the end, beautiful friend ...."

Just like Blizzard did ... leave it hanging for a while.

Ben

@Korvin are you on Discord by any chance? Also @BESW?

KorvinStarmast

I can send you a text file with the rough outline. Yes, I am, what channel?

BESW

Instead be specific: Your story is about facing an irresistible and uncaring power bent on exploiting and destroying hope and happiness. So think about possible responses to that.

user15026

@BESW emphatic nodding

Ben

@MikeQ do you mind if we use your Discord Channel? Currently sittong OOC

KorvinStarmast

1:35 AM

@Ben I am in mike's channel ...

BESW

Off the top of my head, three options based on the assumption that, in this kind of story, a healthy balance is impossible and extremes are the only option: you can become resigned and apathetic, deluded and in denial, or radical and defiant.

@Ben Hmm what for?

Ben

I am seeing where you are going with this, but I am also incredibly overtired so my mind is not really working past intake of information lol.

@BESW Might be an option for discussion/file transfer, etc?

KorvinStarmast

I can drop the file if you like ... chew on it when brain is ready for such things

Ben

@KorvinStarmast "Mike's Awful Room?"

OK :)

KorvinStarmast

@Ben yes

BESW

1:37 AM

@Ben My server. Identify yourself in the general chat, please.

Ben

@BESW Ahhh yes that is very good

KorvinStarmast

Ben, are you woulfman1024?

Ben

@KorvinStarmast I am

KorvinStarmast

I'll drop the file in a message then in discord

Ben

Sounds good!

Joshua

1:45 AM

Oh look another PC vs monster buildout-based question: rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/145237/…

linksassin

@BESW Is that an open invite?, I don't want to assume but being able to ping people in a non-public forum would be nice.

KorvinStarmast

Nite all. :)

Ben

@KorvinStarmast [wave]

KorvinStarmast

And worth every penny you paid for it. :)

BESW

@linksassin You may. Please know that I expect people to hold themselves to at least the same standard of respect that this chat room aspires to.

Ben

1:49 AM

And on that note; I too, will also take my leave. Commute beckons

Joshua

Should I tell BESW that I have a working spell of summon troll? </oops>

linksassin

@BESW Understood, I wouldn't have it any other way.

Shalvenay

2:24 AM

@Joshua as long as you don't cast it in front of my most senior Druid ;)

Joshua

@Shalvenay: I wouldn't worry about that. It summons a troll into a chatroom.

Shalvenay

@Joshua hmm. I know of a place you can test such things at ;P

(trust me, they have blue, Jhon, and Hamilton. anything you could summon pales in comparison, troll-wise)

Joshua

Magnatar sigil sequence #1: つてしんす

Shalvenay

@Joshua got a Jsig to go with that? :)

Joshua

No meaningful expansions of Jsig found :(

Shalvenay

2:34 AM

@Joshua ah, sorry -- I'm referring to the J-signature (coordinates, if you will) of the magnetar in question

Joshua

J1834.9-0846

Shalvenay

@Joshua gusty XD

Joshua

It's a great place to hold a disco party.

Shalvenay

LOL

Joshua

I had this brilliant idea to cast a stack of illusions on the surface to make it look like a dance floor. Wanna have a party. House rules: cast etherealness before coming. I don't care if you wear shoes or not. I won't have to clean anything.

Joshua

2:53 AM

Hey. I'm still technically good aligned. What are afraid of?

BESW

I think you accidentally a noun.

Joshua

What are you afraid of?

nitsua60

3:25 AM

Used my favorite "need to create a one-off D&D session in 10 minutes" technique to run a session tonight. So, room, what's your technique in that situation?

linksassin

I write them based on the street signs I drive past on the way to the session

Joshua

Ugh. Potions accident because somebody tried to store a spell requiring a secondary target in a potion.

linksassin

NPCs Mcguffins whatever I need. Names and inspiration comes from whereever I am. I don't worry too much about it making sense if I'm running on that short notice

nitsua60

@linksassin That's cool. I should look at street signs more!

BESW

Tribute to the Dragon

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Bookmarked Aug 7 '15 at 9:09 by BESW

nitsua60

3:29 AM

@BESW Nice--I printed that to add to my GM-pack.

BESW

You can, of course, use it for your own designs rather than in the group.

@nitsua60 For a long time my default D&D session was "the Vermin Lord has once again gathered enough divine power to invest a humanoid priest."

user15026

@BESW I don't know what it says about me that my first thought was "Hamster Princess?"

BESW

Throw a bunch of level-appropriate vermin at the party (rats, giant scorpions, snake-form naga), have them track the swarms of vermin to the priest where he's doing something verminy like sabotaging the local grain industry or gnawing on the heart of a dead god, and stamp out the Vermin Lord's influence.

@Ash That would... not be D&D.

user15026

@BESW This is true!

trogdor

Yeah

BESW

3:35 AM

And now I'm wondering if Golden Sky Stories would be a good baseline system to hack for Hamster Princess stories.

trogdor

It could be GSS though

@BESW oh you beat me to that one

BESW

user15026

I like this :D

user15026

(also I somehow missed book 6 coming out.)

trogdor

I'm currently reading stuff from that author @BESW linked a couple days ago

Or Maybe it was even just yesterday

Nope about two days ago

user15026

3:42 AM

Which author?

user15026

Right now I am reading Crip Theory and also Queerly Loving Vol. 2.

trogdor

Ro Anna Sylver?

user15026

@trogdor Oh, I loooooove their books!

user15026

I really liked their Parole books.

trogdor

I bought two books that were part of a series and then bought another that isn't part of it because so far I like the first one a lot

@Ash that's where I started

user15026

3:45 AM

Excellent!

trogdor

It's really good

Not quite the kind of story I'm used to but I'm liking it a lot

user15026

That was my reaction as well! It was a new style of thing for me, but once I was done it I was like "is there moooooore"

trogdor

Are there more than two in that series?

If not I think I'll still like their other books but

If there is I probably want those

XD

user15026

There's two full length and then a collection of short stories.

trogdor

Ah ok

I assume the full length ones are what I've got atm

But I think I'll take the collection too

user15026

3:49 AM

Chameleon Moon and The Lifeline Signal?

user15026

Those are the full length ones, yeah

user15026

Life Within Parole is the short story collection.

trogdor

Yep those two

I have those

user15026

(There is a second short story collection coming eventually.)

trogdor

I guess when I get home I'll grab Life

@Ash Oooh

I really like having a series to read

I burn through them kinda fast though

user15026

3:51 AM

Oh wait, Life Wthin Parole vol. 2 happened at some point and I missed it!

user15026

so there are two short story collections.

user15026

They have an unrelated to Parole stuff short story called "Moon Bright Tides" that I quite liked as well.

trogdor

Oh that's what I got

That's the third book I grabbed

But I haven't started it yet

user15026

I liked it, it was adorable in its way :)

trogdor

That's what it looks like

V2Blast

5:15 AM

warning: long message from me incoming

And so my Monday night campaign comes to an end after having fought and beaten the BBEG in hell.

Our human fighter Rodric died and went to heaven (seemingly), reliving the prime of his life; our fallen aasimar oathbreaker paladin/Hexblade warlock(?) Axel died and went to hell, his soul enslaved (but he gave it up to save a kid's life). My mastermind rogue/battlemaster fighter character Vicril went down at least 4 times in the fight and died very close to the end, but got resurrected afterwards by the celestial warlock/shadow sorcerer/fighter(?) character Vigil - who showed up right as the …

linksassin

5:41 AM

@V2Blast Congrats, sounds like a great end to an interesting campaign. May your character enjoy and well earned retirement.

Miniman

@nitsua60 It's never come up, but I'd probably use the one my sister wrote.

Well, assuming the group hadn't played it already.

linksassin

@nitsua60 Another option I use it to straight steal session ideas from podcasts I know my players don't watch. Recently ran 'All Crims Night' from Oxventure (OutsideXbox Adventure on youtube)

V2Blast

5:58 AM

@linksassin Hehe, thanks :)

V2Blast

7:20 AM

it's unclear what this person's asking; needs one more vote to close:

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Q: Items that scale with level

I want to start DMing. I have a low level item I want to give, but it is not very useful starting out. I would also like to say I am not familiar with most of the magic items available. This is more of a homebrew question(s). I want to have an underwater section of my campaign after level 5; the...

dnd-5e magic-items homebrew

linksassin

^ Already had one poor answer due to how broad the question is. I tried to warn them about downvotes since them answered in good faith.

BESW

10:08 AM

Pocket bestiary #DIYrpg #ttrpg

Tweeted by NateTreme on April 15, 2019 at 7:27 PM

BESW

10:25 AM

In "Their Love Destroyed This Land" you play fading Gods, mourning over a land and its people and honoring what was lost.

Hot RPG Questions

10:40 AM

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Q: Can I cast Passwall to drop an enemy into a 20-foot pit?

Can I cast Passwall under an enemy to drop them into a 20-foot pit? If so, does said enemy get any saving throw to avoid the effect?

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V2Blast

11:13 AM

same user as my previous message basically seems to have made a new post to ask roughly the same thing instead of editing their original question to fix it:

-1

Q: Homebrew items that scale

Mechanically versus subjectively this is difficult. It’s a homebrew idea after all. I want a low magic item campaign in terms of how many magic items players receive but because my players won’t be getting many magical items I want those few items to get stronger with the players. As the player...

dnd-5e magic-items magic homebrew

kviiri

11:39 AM

I spent about 15 minutes assembling my incredibly heavy piano and now I don't have any juice in me to actually play it anymroe

BESW

GcL

12:55 PM

@V2Blast Is the new question better?

Nope.

goodguy5

git is so confusing

GcL

It's not the most intuitive tool, but it's been getting better.

I'm happy it's not svn

KorvinStarmast

@nitsua60 For "need to make a one off in 10 minutes" I use songs to create the basic story structure. (Example, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gimme Three Steps to set up a tavern confrontation, Ian Hunter's The Ootsider for a bounty hunter/ranger based story hook).

Steeleye Span's "Allison Gross" for an encounter with a witch or a hag.

GcL

1:11 PM

That's clever. Your players ever notice?

KorvinStarmast

@GcL Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Depends on how familiar they are with the music that I tend to play. :) I sometimes have a party mix of D&D tunes playing in the background. Donovan's "Must be the season of the witch" is a bit of a giveaway. :)

GcL

I thought witches only got an hour. Must have a good lobby to have been upgraded to an entire season.

KorvinStarmast

@GcL The song in question

GcL

I don't question the song. Music is in the ear of the beholder.

KorvinStarmast

@GcL Indeed. Each of us has certain songs that we connect with for a variety of reasons.

And I just checked my cover of xanathar's, I don't see any ears. Que?

GcL

1:16 PM

@KorvinStarmast Unless your Bjork. Then "everything is music"

Which is the wrong answer. "What is bread?" would have been correct.

KorvinStarmast

@GcL As I am not, it isn't. ;) We had a GM for Traveller some years ago who played mostly Yes and Hawkwind. Bread was a band from the 70's who had the hit called "Baby I'm A Want You"

GcL

@KorvinStarmast Did any of them go on to become members of Toast?

KorvinStarmast

@GcL No, sadly, as that would have been a hotter act.

GcL

Damn. SNL Trebek was wrong!

Rubiksmoose

@kviiri :'(

also Good morning all!

kviiri

1:25 PM

Hi Rubik

Oh, any news from the credit company / airline?

Rubiksmoose

@kviiri Not directly, but I'm actually getting increasingly hopeful. My bank sucessfully reversed the charges but told me they might re-reverse them pending an investigation. But it has been a couple weeks and it's still there! So maybe we actually made it out relatively unimpacted.

(we lost one hotel reservation but that was small compared to the plane tickets)

:)

kviiri

@Rubiksmoose Neat, let's hope it sticks

Rubiksmoose

And that turns out to be even more fortuitous because we actually rapidly decided to buy a house instead of reupping on the house we are renting, found, submitted an offer and just got it accepted! So we're going to need that cash lol

kviiri

Oh cool, congrats!

We just moved, too. Almost done with the unpacking. Although this is rental

KorvinStarmast

@Rubiksmoose grats on the house! What will it be called: Moose Villa?

Rubiksmoose

1:31 PM

thanks! :D Nothing set in stone yet. Still got inspections to schedule and pass and accept, but things are looking good.

kviiri

We call ours "Otter's nest", as usual :)

Rubiksmoose

@kviiri oh boy that is a good feeling isn't it? When you are getting stuff unpacked and organized and getting to the end of it?

kviiri

@Rubiksmoose yep

I also like our new flat a lot, although we are a bit worse on the soundproofing department than in our last flat. We can hear the neighbors fighting.

The other kind of "noisy marital life".

Or should I say... martial.

Rubiksmoose

@KorvinStarmast hahaha we aren't quite to the naming stage yet :) But I have a feeling my wife would have Opinions on that name. XD

GcL

@Rubiksmoose Are you in the are that you can use that fiber internet service provider?

Rubiksmoose

1:35 PM

@GcL Oooo. I'll have to check. ISPs were one of the things that I meant to check before giving an offer, but this house was far and away the leader of the pack already so I didn't bother.

GcL

@Rubiksmoose They might expand to the area you're in if they're not there already.

How old is the house?

Rubiksmoose

Built in 1925

They say it has good bones.

GcL

Are the walls still plaster? or did someone swap out for drywall? Coved ceilings?

goodguy5

@GcL I miss svn T_T

GcL

@goodguy5 I miss it like I miss ThAC0

goodguy5

1:42 PM

part of the problem, is that my team doesn't use it right, so my "knowledge" of git is all janky.

so any time I try to do something the right way, it feels wrong

Rubiksmoose

@GcL I believe it is still plaster. Some of the windows and sills are original too. It has been very well-kept.

I think it also has coved ceilings.

GcL

@Rubiksmoose Nice. Plaster is a bit of a pain to deal with, but It's really nice if you do keep it. Don't patch it with drywall products.

@goodguy5 I can understand not liking hammers if your team is hammering in screws all the time.

Have you considered finding a new team?

goodguy5

I have, but I have a newborn....

Also, that product is being retired anyway, so we'll just get to use something else the wrong way, I'm sure.

GcL

@goodguy5 Okay, first off... don't let your baby write code. You're going to end up with a mess of perl that way. You're retiring git? or git is part of a product?

Does anyone here use version control on their campaign materials or character sheets? Even google docs versioning?

Someone_Evil

@GcL I have my char sheets named with character level in a dropbox-folder. Does that count?

GcL

1:51 PM

@Someone_Evil Sure. Naming systems count. Have you had any issues doing it like that? Has it been useful for you?

goodguy5

:rolling_eyes:

but no. My team has two products, one of which is migrating to the other. The legacy product uses janky git versioning, and is going away.

The other product uses.... I honestly have no idea how it's versioned.

GcL

Does anyone on your team play table top games?

Rubiksmoose

@GcL We'll almost certainly keep it whatever it is now/originally unless there is some super compelling reason not to. And we're going to have a lot to learn about home maintenance!

Someone_Evil

@GcL Being able to double check where my ability scores are coming from, and that yes I have always had that longbow for some reason has been nice, but it hasn't been vital. Although it's nice to still have the level 1 sheet around to see how far he's come...

Rubiksmoose

@GcL I/we use drive and it works great. Though I'm not sure I use it as intended. I create a new file for each revision/level. I know at least one member just updates the same file and uses the versioning system

GcL

1:56 PM

@Rubiksmoose I found youtube helpful. Usually have to wade through a few videos on things I don't know about to really see what anyone is trying to explain.

@Someone_Evil That's cool.

Rubiksmoose

@GcL I see myself leaning on this a lot in the future as well

GcL

I don't find the youtube videos for D&D topics nearly as useful.

Someone_Evil

@Rubiksmoose I hear rumors of a stack...

Rubiksmoose

@Someone_Evil [gasp] there are other Stacks besides this One True Stack?!

;)

goodguy5

@GcL I don't THINK so.....

KorvinStarmast

2:11 PM

DIY Stack is a pretty good one.

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2:56 PM

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Q: How to find out what spells would be useless to a blind NPC spellcaster?

This question: What are the drawbacks of a blind spellcaster? doesn't really touch on all the spells that are off-limits to a blind spellcaster. As established in this question (Do you need line of sight to cast spells on someone?), you do not need to see the target unless it is a spell that st...

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Stackstuck

4:46 PM

@Shalvenay Techdirt is good yes

Rubiksmoose

We probably need to VtC Any tips to stop over-preparing to run a new game? for the time being until we get more info from OP. As-is the question is not viable in several respects.

KorvinStarmast

@Rubiksmoose already did as too broad

Rubiksmoose

Thanks!

GcL

6:15 PM

@Rubiksmoose What's wrong with that question?

Rubiksmoose

To what degree do you think you overprepare? That is, are you—in your head—micromanaging players' potential decisions and exploring all avenues of an adventure, no matter how remote? Or do you come up with an excessive amount of campaign material and end up with a host of details that never see play? Or both? Or something else? — Hey I Can Chan 2 hours ago

Their problem is undefined. Overpreparedness can take a lot of different shapes and have a lot of different effects and root causes. Thus, they also have different solutions.

GcL

Oops was looking at rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/145300/…

wrong tab

Rubiksmoose

hah! Well glad we cleared that up quick. Otherwise it would have been a very confusing conversation :)

GcL

I wonder if I have a copy of dragon #72

I wonder how Quadratic dug that up.

Rubiksmoose

6:32 PM

Yeah that is darned impressive

GcL

Looks like a pirate copy was indexed by google at some point.

Rubiksmoose

ah well that makes sense as well

GcL

Bless the pirates of old out of print things. I should see if I can find digital copies of the issues I'm missing.

Rubiksmoose

Note to self: stop suggesting edits/improvements with semi-rhetorical questions. Just suggest the improvement.

GcL

@Rubiksmoose Who even likes getting rhetorical questions anyway?

Rubiksmoose

6:45 PM

@GcL I find them effective most of the time when I receive them as suggestions. But that method of communication also comes from understanding the mechanisms of the site well and not everyone does or interprets it the same way.

V2Blast

@GcL haven't checked, but I think DMsGuild has most issues legally too. (having checked... they don't seem to have #72)

Rubiksmoose

The case I think usually that indicates that it is ineffective is when I post a question to get OP to add something to their answer (eg "but what about X?"). For some people this is enough. On more than a few ocassions though another user ends up answering my comment with another comment mistaking (presumably) my question for an actual request for info. Which is highly reasonable.

I think an improvement for myself would be to write "I think it would be helpful if you added something to your answer to clarify if X?" instead of "But what about X?". Less room for confusion there I think.

GcL

but what about when that doesn't work?

Someone_Evil

@Rubiksmoose I feel like it might boil down to giving feedback that is more conversation-like (ie. natural) and feedback that is systematic, but consequently unambiguous

David Coffron

I think it's funny when two questions on different stacks appear related:

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Q: Can I cast Passwall to drop an enemy into a 20-foot pit?

Can I cast Passwall under an enemy to drop them into a 20-foot pit? If so, does said enemy get any saving throw to avoid the effect?

dnd-5e spells

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Q: How would the world control an invulnerable immortal mass murderer?

This question came to me after re watching Jason movies and some Hulk movies. SCP-096 was a huge inspiration as well. Forgive me if this question is silly but I'm curious on how humanity would react to something like this if it actually came to be. So in this scenario, a psychotic misanthropic m...

reality-check science-fiction

GcL

6:52 PM

@Rubiksmoose That edit to the title seems like a heck of a leap. rpg.stackexchange.com/posts/145300/revisions

Rubiksmoose

@GcL how so?

GcL

I don't really know why they're asking for pre 1982, but when was it added to cannon doesn't seem to follow from that year

2nd edition was late 80's

Rubiksmoose

@GcL Oh yeah I suppose that is a good point. I just wanted something more general in the title, but I think I can reword it to be more accurate.

Yeah I was making an assumption there.

GcL

Maybe "when did it first appear in D&D publications?

Rubiksmoose

I just made it more specificly about 1982

that specific year seems important so I might as well leave it in the title

Not the pithiest of titles, but it works I think

Feel free to edit if you think you can improve it though

GcL

6:55 PM

Yeah. The year does seem peculiarly specific, but hey, we don't know how they're going to use the answer.

Rubiksmoose

yeah who knows.

Someone_Evil

We should probably leave it until the querent returns (assuming they do), having them provide their context and motivation should highlight why 1982 and whether it actually is the same thing the QuadraticW. knows about (although that seems likely)

Rubiksmoose

@Someone_Evil I mean this is one of those judgement calls, but I personally feel fine with the edit and reopen. The question was written in very broken English but the question seemed crystal clear to me

We don't need the why to answer the question though it is always nice to know

(The biggest problem with the question IMO was that it made the fairly common error among new users of putting the question in the title but not in the body)

Someone_Evil

@Rubiksmoose My main point is that it would not surprise me if more than one thing in the history of D&D has been called something as generic as "Wonderstone"

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