https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/73024/opposing-skill-rolls-natural-20 In this question the asker gives an example that may have problems (rolling opposed stealth vs perception is quite rare, they probably should be rolling stealth vs perception). Is it best to: 1. post a comment asking for verification to make sure they really should be rolling an opposed stealth check, knowing that it is unlikely they will ever respond 2. post a comment asking, and explaining the normal use of stealth 3. post a comment as a frame challenge explaining stealth and why their question shouldn't come up
@jgn Eh, that aspect seems pretty tangential to the question, which is rather about opposed rolls. Also rolling opposed stealth vs active perception is conceivable, say if you're trying to sneak while someone is actively looking for you
The question arises from a specific situation they encountered during gameplay, you don't think that should be addressed? I suspect a misunderstanding of the rules lead to the question
Perhaps editing the question to remove the misleading situation then?
@MikeQ Manly Wade Wellman's "John the Balladeer" short stories. Pretty much anything by Mira Grant or Victor LaValle.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Aliette de Bodard.
Nnedi Okorafor's Lagoon could be convincingly argued into that category, as could NK Jemisin's Broken Earth Trilogy, though neither would ever get shelved that way.
In the process of looking something up to try to understand this question, I think I found the answer... But I wouldn't be able to explain what it means at all since I have zero experience with the system, so I think I'll wait for someone else who's familiar with the system to answer that :P
@jgn FWIW the question does refer to the LMoP module which on occasion specifically calls for stealth checks opposed by active perception checks (though it does also often ask for stealth checks against passive perception, and so far as I could tell in my skim all the "stealth vs. active perception" checks specifically called for are monsters ambushing the party rather than vice versa)
@Carcer And generally, why wouldn't you do an active perception to find someone you believe is 'hiding' or being stealthy. I guess you could use investigation, but that's up to the DM. Either seem reasonable.
I put them in the wrong place because there was stuff still left in the place they were meant to go and I brainfarted and put them in the next rack rather than getting the other stuff moved out of the way
now it is cleared so they need to go in the right place
but would've been easier if I hadn't put them in the wrong place
@Carcer I still need to replace some sata cables that are having issues but don't feel like it. My server has been sitting open for weeks because of my laziness.
Exercise is a big one, too. ANd there are some things you can do at home. I try and do them nightly. Try being the operative word. And it hasn't necessarily helped.
Congrats Gwideon. Such stuff is always a huge step - for both sides. And since your parents didn't go ballistic, I guess they'll come to accept it given time.
@goodguy5 nothing since G2 really. there's a fanmade G3 in the works I think. Um the latest thing I remember is that the prototype for an old canceled game was uncovered and a group of fans started a project to complete the game
@Rubiksmoose @MikeQ Pursuant some of yesterday's discussion, this meta answer strikes me as helpful and timeless - and though I tried to run Brian's queries, I am not sure if they take into account anything after he wrote the queries.
Is the word "dude" becoming gender neutral? I don't think so, however, has modern usage changed? Are there some recent examples of "dude" being used to refer to a woman or group of women?
intersting discussion, but duped to the female 'dude' question. So not so much. But I think while it colloquially may now be neutral, it still contains historic masculine connotations.
@NautArch perhaps Texan, perhaps Missourian ... - y'all spreads across a pretty wide area, unlike the 'you en' or 'yuns' from Western Pennsylvania where my dad grew up.
I have the complete set of DL 1-16, plus a few assorted others I'm going to be fleabaying, along with some of my hardbacks, etc. All from the AD&D 2e era.
When I went to newyork and L.A. that was one of the first things I was asked when i mentioned i was from texas. the second was whether I rode a horse everywhere or not.
@JohnP Oh! Cool. I remember loving the novels, and bought the "collection" of the main trilogies a few years ago (they are decorating my bookshelf mostly ^^). Even had the Campaign Setting for D&D3ed, but never really played in the setting
@Helwar I bought a couple large boxes of stuff at a garage sale. I sold some, was going to keep the rest, but I find myself needing to pay for a few things so they have to go.
For reals, the Director of Traffic in Spain said a week ago, that electric vehicles were a mistake. They should not have invested in it (I still wanna know what the heck did they "invest", have not seen anything), that they are expensive and unreliable
@JohnP So you are to blame for the recent craze of fitting speakers on electric vehicles so they make noise???? (Joking, I know it's not your fault but the shitty drivers fault)
@goodguy5 I've cycled several thousand miles in various states, never seen anything like that. I've hit snakes, dogs, cats, people, been chased by dogs, pigs and geese, but that is just freaky.
@JohnP OMG, everyone here is scared for the ciclists, but even as the driver of the car that would have made me cough my heart out! So scary! The deer just zoomed into traffic, no time to react
@Helwar Yeah, and they are no joke. A deer ran into the side of my parents car on a mountain road in colorado. Deer was fine, $6500 damage to the front left side.
My grandpa ran into a boar. The boar just kept walking on, the car (an all terrain, pretty sturdy) was unable to go on and had to be pulled by the mechanic's truck. I was too young to remember how much it cost but...
@JohnP Friend of mine ran into a bear on the New York Thruway. Totalled the car. Bear walked away (probably still hurt) and sauntered back into the woods.
I'll copy this entire convo and share it with my players when they complain that a bear shouldn't be able to survive being poked with swords and magic a couple of turns
@Gwideon All that goes to show is that New Yorkers can be oblivious to the rest of the country. ;-) There is an entirer part of the country that isn't Texas (south of the Mason Dixon line -VA, W VA on to the deep south, and the border states (Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, etc) : that uses y'all.
@Helwar If you want a "audiobook" style reading of the events, I recommend this, though full disclosure: it originated as a 'StoryTime' on 4chan, so some of the language used in the story is pretty objectionable. Although I don't think it ever gets worse than the opening paragraph, so if you can stomach that, you'll be okay.
So is this train going to be Murder on the Orient Express or Baccano! (which I contend was written after some person wildly misread the title of the former book)?
@JohnP I forget if I mentioned it, but I have the old Deities & Demigods, the one with the later-blackballed content. So I won't be looking to acquire that. (And I don't dare ask how much it's going for, in case I'd be tempted to sell my own.)
@KorvinStarmast Only if those d4s were lovingly placed by maniacal gremlins who're watching to see if you are so presumptuous as to displace one of them.
Dude, don't joke about that. I sneezed hard in my kitchen last year, felt pain and went down to ground. Subsided quickly. But for a good month afterward it felt like I'd strained my lower abs or something: after a long run or a hard workout the next day it'd be tough to sit up or get out of bed. Six months later, still bugged me about once a month. Mentioned it at my physical. Three months after that I was coming out of double hernia surgery. I'd sneezed my guts out!
It's just the body's natural reaction to anything. If there's a problem (real or perceived), dispose of it with ALL PREJUDICE. Re: Allergies, sneezing, fevers
@JohnP I was talking to SevenSided a couple of years ago, and with all of the old 1e modules I have, I probably need to sell them all. Granted, most of them are not in plastic, though very few have pencil marks on them.
@KorvinStarmast All the regular modules I have a fairly well worn, but a lot of the 2e stuff is in near new condition. Guy bought a ton of stuff and never used it.
@JohnP 2e was when I started to wean myself off of buying stuff. 3.x I bought three core books and Complete Divine. A few years later they were taken to Second Hand Books and redeemed for some cash.
@KorvinStarmast I had a ton of stuff that got farmed out to cousins when I went off to college. I regret that. Oddly though, the one I regret the most was the AFX slot car stuff that I let my mom give to a couple younger cousins. I had a lot of really good stuff.
Is the word "dude" becoming gender neutral? I don't think so, however, has modern usage changed? Are there some recent examples of "dude" being used to refer to a woman or group of women?
