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kviiri
kviiri
6:00 PM
Then again, aren't most golds not 100% gold unless it's meant to be bullion?
 
Sir Cinnamon
Sir Cinnamon
@goodguy5 something something density
 
goodguy5
goodguy5
@SirCinnamon yea, but the silver coins and the gold coins already account for that, by also being 50 coins to a pound
 
Sir Cinnamon
Sir Cinnamon
@kviiri Yeah because of golds low melting temp
 
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
A lot of gold medals and so on contain a lot of silver to make them cheaper
 
kviiri
kviiri
@SirCinnamon Is it particularly low for metals?
I know solid pure gold is rather soft and malleable which might be an issue for coinage
 
goodguy5
goodguy5
6:03 PM
I mean, that's why you used to see the "joke" of biting gold coins for authenticity.
 
kviiri
kviiri
Yep
 
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
@kviiri These properties tend to follow eachother
 
Sir Cinnamon
Sir Cinnamon
@kviiri No sorry - I always conflate softness of the metal with the melting point
 
kviiri
kviiri
@Someone_Evil Do they?
 
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
@goodguy5 That's actually the other way around. Fake coins (made of lead) would be soft enough to leave a mark
 
goodguy5
goodguy5
6:04 PM
@kviiri I can only assume
@Someone_Evil mind=blown.
 
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
@kviiri In short: Weak bonds between the metal atoms make it easier to bend/deform (move atoms rel to eachother) and to melt the metal (break regular bonding enough to make it a liquid)
 
Sir Cinnamon
Sir Cinnamon
> The gold content of naturally occurring electrum in modern Western Anatolia ranges from 70% to 90%, in contrast to the 45–55% of gold in electrum used in ancient Lydian coinage of the same geographical area.
 
kviiri
kviiri
Hm, yeah, I can see that being the case when we're in the domain of metals at least.
 
Sir Cinnamon
Sir Cinnamon
Those foolish ancient Lydians didnt get their electrum ratios right
 
goodguy5
goodguy5
D:
Maybe gold was worth slightly less than 10 silver in Lydia?
 
kviiri
kviiri
6:06 PM
So when did gold coins stop being predominantly actual gold?
 
David Coffron
David Coffron
@NautArch Looks like our guys die from scurvy
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A: Can a person survive off of a diet alternating daily between mayonnaise, honey, beer, and wine?

JanYou can't survive from the list of foods in given amounts, because you can't get enough vitamin C. If I define "survive" as to live 10 years and remain healthy, then, in your scenario, which requires some physical activity, one adult person would need to consume every day: Calories: 3,000 Prot...

Only half of the vitamin C we need in the honey.
 
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
@DavidCoffron What an heroic way to go
 
Rubiksmoose
Rubiksmoose
RIP
 
Sir Cinnamon
Sir Cinnamon
@kviiri I would say never, depending on your definition of predominantly
 
kviiri
kviiri
@SirCinnamon Accepting of incidental, accidental impurities
 
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
6:10 PM
@kviiri I think it should generally hold for a lot of other materials as well
 
kviiri
kviiri
I mean, I know there are a lot of actual 24 karat gold coins but they're used as bullion, not normal currency.
 
Sir Cinnamon
Sir Cinnamon
Until the move was made to banknotes, "gold coins" were usually at least 50% gold, I believe
 
goodguy5
goodguy5
@DavidCoffron sad.
 
kviiri
kviiri
@SirCinnamon Yeah, that's not as predominant as I meant :)
 
Sir Cinnamon
Sir Cinnamon
>Darius I (521–486 BC) introduced a new thick gold coin which had a standard weight of 8.4 grams,[3][4] equaling in value 20 silver coins.

What a ratio!
 
kviiri
kviiri
6:11 PM
I read recently about the Free Silver controversy, interesting stuff there
 
Sir Cinnamon
Sir Cinnamon
Even gold alloy coins are over 90% gold
 
goodguy5
goodguy5
@SirCinnamon wasn't the ratio different in..... adnd?
 
Sir Cinnamon
Sir Cinnamon
@goodguy5 Yes! 1 gp = 20 sp = 200 cp = 2 ep = 1/5 pp according to the wiki
 
goodguy5
goodguy5
yea, that seems like what I remember
 
kviiri
kviiri
@SirCinnamon Yeah, I think the question I wanted to ask was "when did the standard for gold currency shift from as-pure-as-possible to non-pure gold"
 
Sir Cinnamon
Sir Cinnamon
6:21 PM
@kviiri Hmm, that's tough to say. It seems like the Lydians had pretty pure coins (>95% gold) and they invented the gold coin supposedly. I'm not sure when alloys became the standard
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
hello
 
goodguy5
goodguy5
@Gwideon <ITAG>
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
how is everyone
 
Sir Cinnamon
Sir Cinnamon
Fun fact I learned in latin class - Roman soldiers were paid in salt, and that's why we have the word "salary"
I'm well
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
that's good. I'm still banging my head against the wall that is being an unsure writer
 
Rubiksmoose
Rubiksmoose
6:27 PM
@SirCinnamon I also think that is the origin of "worth your salt"?
 
goodguy5
goodguy5
@Gwideon ez to solve. stop caring about other people's opinions
 
kent
kent
@DavidCoffron taking one for the team :)
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
I just want to write something really good
 
Sir Cinnamon
Sir Cinnamon
@Rubiksmoose Could be! looks like there isn't a first hand source though
 
goodguy5
goodguy5
@Gwideon don't let the perfect become the enemy of the good.
 
Sir Cinnamon
Sir Cinnamon
6:33 PM
@kviiri Actually, I guess i'll call this my answer: Purity was never a "big deal" in coins - but intrinsic value was. Exact coin size and weights are a relatively modern idea. A 95% pure gold coin with 1 gram of gold would have the same value as a 70% gold alloy coin with 1 gram, it would just be a bigger coin
Well maybe not the exact same value, depending on the alloy materials etc. but you get my meaning
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
true but um I'm not sure it's any good
 
goodguy5
goodguy5
doesn't matter.
 
Rubiksmoose
Rubiksmoose
The device produces an unspecified "acid" - given the source material, this is probably of the melt-your-face-off variety, but one could argue that the device can produce 8 oz of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) each day, which would be far more than enough to sustain 4 people. — Nuclear Wang 12 mins ago
Beautiful
 
user15026
To be a writer, you have to write. That's it, really.
 
user15026
what constitutes "good" is horribly subjective, and it's an easy way to talk yourself out of a thing. You gotta start someplace
 
kviiri
kviiri
6:46 PM
@SirCinnamon Yeah, they were essentially glorified ingots
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
6:57 PM
I just feel nervous writing this.
 
goodguy5
goodguy5
@kviiri don't talk about me that way
 
kviiri
kviiri
@goodguy5 Not you of course, you're a precious nugget!
@Rubiksmoose Brilliant!
It could also produce aspirin
 
goodguy5
goodguy5
@kviiri aw. nugget is one of our baby nicknames
 
Rubiksmoose
Rubiksmoose
@goodguy5 goodnugget5
 
goodguy5
goodguy5
indeed
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
7:02 PM
@NautArch That's how a friend of mine got a book written and published
@NautArch Hypnotic Pattern..
 
user15026
@KorvinStarmast Most of my romance novel friends work that way - as with anything, it's about giving it the time. And also realizing it's like anything, you gotta practice.
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
@Ash Yes indeed. "A writer writes." (And revises and revises and revises ...)
 
NautArch
NautArch
@KorvinStarmast another one I try and avoid now. Too much of a 'win' button at times and the other players tend to attack multiple afterwards because of it.
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
@NautArch Then Slow. It's nice to help the team with that one
 
NautArch
NautArch
@KorvinStarmast yeah, Slow is definitely going to be one. just not sure on the 2nd.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
7:10 PM
just asking for advice. how can I make my stuff feel not so rushed
also I'm thinking of just scrapping what I have written and starting again as I don't like it
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
@NautArch The other one I was pondering the other day was evard's ... and I also like Bestow Curse
@Gwideon I have only done that a few thousand times. :-)
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
it just doesn't feel right to me
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
@Gwideon On the other hand, it's only the beginning. Take that beginning, and get to your fourth or fifth paragraph. One thing follows another. Then come back and see if that beginning fit where you ended up. If not, revise the beginning to fit where you ended up.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
i may switch to first person
instead of third person. I don't know
 
NautArch
NautArch
@KorvinStarmast Definitely taking Evard's, but not yet (it's a 4th level spell.) The only reason I'm waffling on Bestow Curse is it leaves me without a damaging AOE. But I guess slow is my controlling AOE and Bestow is a nice single target option.
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
7:18 PM
@Gwideon I do first person a lot. I find it easier to start there.
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Gwideon Try writing more and doing it in different viewpoints. See what's easier for you and what sounds better.
But trying to make decisions on such a small sample of writing is definitely not going to help.
 
kviiri
kviiri
I think unless you have a very specific stylistic point in mind(*) the choice of voice isn't something you need to commit to. It's an implementation detail :)
* I personally write poetry where it often is a thing I need to fix from the very beginning of the process
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
I honestly don't know if I can do this. I feel like I might not be able to do the story I want to tell justice and um yeah.
maybe I should give up
 
kviiri
kviiri
It's a matter of practice and iteration
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Gwideon Gwideon, you haven't even given yourself a chance to fail. You've already assigned failure to an incomplete task that you've literally just started.
 
kviiri
kviiri
7:22 PM
And it's a matter of routine, too, as more frequent sessions are usually better than infrequent "big pushes"
 
NautArch
NautArch
^^
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
@Gwideon Naah,,don't give up. Here's a sample of something short I did for a back story. It's not Hemingway, but had fun doing it.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
I don't like what I've made. I'm probably starting to large anyways. I should probably stick with short stories and such.
 
kviiri
kviiri
Short stories are an easier start in the sense that they are relatively easy to finish
I play the piano twice a day. One session in the morning, one session in the evening. Shortish sessions, no two-hour ones that I think are traditional somewhere. I feel like during each of my practice sessions I get no progress at all, or very little progress at best
But the next time I play, I see and feel it.
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Gwideon Why do you feel you should immediately like it? This is literally an incomplete first draft. As we've said, writing takes time, patience, and time. Did I say time yet? It also takes time.
 
Xirema
Xirema
7:29 PM
@Gwideon Speaking as someone who's been working towards getting something published in the next few years, you always hate your first stuff, and if you don't, it's because you're not being honest with yourself.
Every good writer starts by making a whoooooooole lot of bad writing.
 
kviiri
kviiri
The brain needs time to absorb ideas and refine them. Pushing with too much urgency can not only kill your motivation and energy, but it can also slow progress in general.
 
Xirema
Xirema
And I mean a LOT of it.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
i'm just feeling really unsure right now
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Gwideon That's normal! You just have to keep working.
 
kviiri
kviiri
You don't have to be sure about anything at this point lf your literary career :) you can start and stop as you feel like.
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
7:34 PM
@Gwideon Then you are exactly where you need to be. Welcome to the "aspiring writers' guild!" 8^D
 
MikeQ
MikeQ
Oh I thought this was the Perspiring Writers guild, I must have gotten mixed up
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
I'm gonna work on a short story for a bit. get my mind off the bigger project
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
@MikeQ That's me in the summer time, Texas be hot.
@Gwideon good plan . (and best wishes)
 
kviiri
kviiri
To be clear, this is not a process that begins at this point and ends with either A: Being a happy successful novelist or B: Miserable failure. Think of it as any hobby. I like the parallel to music, personally, even if the practice -> improvement progression is more obvious in music.
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Gwideon Hopping around isn't necessarily bad, but the important thing is to just keep at it. You can follow or not follow the advice we've given, but we're coming from places and people who have tried this and found some measure of personal success.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
7:38 PM
okay
 
kviiri
kviiri
I have more experience with poetry than prose, myself, and I feel I've done the best when I've done the most. I ask friends to suggest ideas to make poetry of, then I write a poem about a railway bridge or the first poop or having a hangover or anything.
(Okay the hangover one was actually my own idea)
 
NautArch
NautArch
Saw the survival OP was in their chat so tried to help a bit...was not really successful.
 
kviiri
kviiri
I recommend trying the same, create and create, look for challenges if need be, and you will improve and produce things you will want to keep
 
NautArch
NautArch
But you will very likely generate more stuff that you don't want to keep - but that's part of the process and totally expected and reasonable.
Writing and instant gratification really don't mix.
 
kviiri
kviiri
You can get more instant with poetry. I think that's why kid me started rhyming :D
I mean, even flash fiction tends to fill a page or two, but a poem can be as short as a few sentences.
Heh, I'm browsing through ones I wrote directly to our univ's telegram group. One is about how printers at the university keep getting harder to use.
 
NautArch
NautArch
7:47 PM
<sung to the tune of Led Zep's Whole lotta love> The printers, they're not spool-in, i'm starting to lose my cool-in.
 
kviiri
kviiri
And not everything you make is publication tier, and that's also fine.
I mean, even once you are published. This is a good thing: if it were otherwise, it would be at the expense of you being able to fool around and have fun writing.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
would it be weird to write a ship fic about a pc and an npc. I'm weird and I'm wanting to write some (probably bad) romance but this is the only thing I can think of but i feel like i could relax and write something I'm not worrying about the quality of.
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Gwideon Nope! Just write!
 
MikeQ
MikeQ
With creative projects, always start small and build up your skills. Don't expect to dive headfirst into a magnum opus. Learn your strengths and weaknesses first. Practice, experiment, and be patient.
 
NautArch
NautArch
I'm confused with the humble bundle rogue trader...what's in the bundle? 'cause it says i have to pay $1 more to unlock the core rulebook...which seems weird.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
7:58 PM
also to be honest school probably isn't the best place for me to write
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Gwideon Depends. If you're in the library or somewhere quiet where you won't be disturbed, it's fine. If you're trying to write during lunch or class...not so much.
But if you feel like it's too distracting, then it's too distracting.
 
MikeQ
MikeQ
Unless you mean writing for school projects, in which case, I'd agree. Best to do creative projects in your own time with your own deadlines.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
it's not for a school project. Also yeah I'm writing in my classroom
 
NautArch
NautArch
Just realizing that every answer to yesterday's original jug question is a frame challenge. No one actually answered it.
 
Xirema
Xirema
@NautArch I mean, answering the question as-written ("What kind of challenge should I set on a party that is not nutritionally satisified by honey and water?") would have definitely been too POB for this stack.
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
8:11 PM
@NautArch You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you get what you need ;-)
 
Xirema
Xirema
That is why I edited my answer to add that second section though: to more directly address the actual issue, which is that you cannot balance a survival campaign around the party having an Alchemy Jug. It's an item whose only use is "eliminate any survival needs of a mid-sized party"
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Xirema Except it wasn't?
 
Xirema
Xirema
@NautArch How do you figure?
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Xirema That it was reopened :)
@KorvinStarmast I hope they do get what they need, but i've got doubts.
 
Xirema
Xirema
@NautArch Lol, fair enough. I mean, I was on the fence even after I cast my vote. Because the Y-part of the XY problem was perfectly reasonable.
(even if my answer was "you can't, get rid of it")
 
David Coffron
David Coffron
8:14 PM
You know how we've always clarified that there aren't spell-like effects in 5e like there are in 3.5e? Well I found explicit mention of a spell-like effect in an adventure module!
 
Xirema
Xirema
@DavidCoffron Oh?
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
@DavidCoffron they are getting sloppy again, eh?
 
NautArch
NautArch
@DavidCoffron do tell!
 
David Coffron
David Coffron
@Xirema It's in spoilers
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Xirema Yeah, i was on board with a restructuring of it (as I said in comments). I'm always on the fence about massively changing questions to 'fit' when OP doesn't do it, though.
Actually, I'm not on the fence. I'm fully against it. But others are fully open to it. so /shrug.
 
David Coffron
David Coffron
8:18 PM
Here's a link to the D&D Beyond: spoilers (Area Q40)
@NautArch Yeah I prefer asking a new question in those situations personally
 
NautArch
NautArch
@DavidCoffron AT least they were clear in what effect it was like...Oh wait, they weren't.
 
Xirema
Xirema
@DavidCoffron Hrmmm. Maybe like a Glyph of Warding triggering a Major Image?
Wait, it says Transmutation, doesn't it?
 
David Coffron
David Coffron
@DavidCoffron Like if the user never shows up to clarify, but the modified question is good for prosperity, we can just ask the modified question separately and do duplicate closes if the person comes back later to clarify, but usually that should wait at least a few days (if not a week) to see if the OP clarifies
@Xirema Yeah....
 
Xirema
Xirema
Yeah, this spell-like effect has no transmutation effects that I can tell from the description.
Go home, WotC, you're drunk.
 
David Coffron
David Coffron
@Xirema Nah. Seems like abjuration for the trigger and illusion for the effect
The only spell that does something similar in transmutation is skywrite
(or maybe conjuration for the effect)
 
Xirema
Xirema
8:27 PM
@DavidCoffron Yeah, and Skywrite at least involves manipulating existing matter, so it's not like that's an unreasonable case, but this... Maybe if like, the portrait became animated and began talking?
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
It's like a visual magic mouth, sort of
but I think Magic Mouth lasts longer
 
Xirema
Xirema
@KorvinStarmast And is not transmutation.
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
yeah
 
Xirema
Xirema
So yeah, Animate Objects is transmutation, you could probably get away with Transmutation on a moving portrait.
But an image conjured up that begins talking? Illusion if it's incorporeal, Conjuration if it's real.
 
GcL
GcL
8:53 PM
Does transmutation ever do sound?
Illusion does both visual and sound.
 
NautArch
NautArch
@GcL druidcraft?
 
GcL
GcL
like basket weaving?
 
NautArch
NautArch
prestidigitation
thaumaturgy
 
GcL
GcL
I loved Hugh Jackman and David Bowie in that movie
 
NautArch
NautArch
only ones i could find that produce a sound
 
GcL
GcL
8:56 PM
@NautArch well yeah, but you only need that on high if you're in a northern climate.
 
NautArch
NautArch
@DavidCoffron It appears you were wrong on this :P
 
GcL
GcL
Always circumvent the system to get the result you need.
So I've spend the morning contemplating the awfulness of subsisting on beer, honey, oil, and mayonnaise. There are obvious malnutrition issues, but what about the quality of life or sanity issues? What 5e effect would you apply for being forced to eat just one kind of food for weeks on end?
Perhaps more concretely, what are negative effects that might be applied to a character that has subsisted entirely on good berries for a long duration?
 
NautArch
NautArch
@GcL hard to say as I sit here in my office farting...
@GcL probably none RAW. But consider the non-movie version of soylent green.
 
GcL
GcL
RAW makes for poor story telling. Make for good story telling.
 
NautArch
NautArch
@GcL what about a cooked goodberry. Would that remove your raw concerns?
 
GcL
GcL
9:10 PM
That's a consideration... how many ways can you cook shrimp good berries and does that mitigate the effects you'd imagine?
 
Black Spike
Black Spike
Possibly related: Can you survive on just Guinness?
http://www.beerexpert.co.uk/guinness-really-meal-glass.html
Partial Answer: You need calcium and Vitamin C
 
GcL
GcL
9:21 PM
The answer to that is no, and you get really drunk if you try to even satisfy your caloric requirement with it.
 
NautArch
NautArch
@GcL doesn't change the fact marketing slogan that Guinness is Good For You!
 
GcL
GcL
Also, don't acquiesces to running a "Guinness mile". It's a crap plan.
@NautArch You made a mistake by crossing out "fact"
 
NautArch
NautArch
@GcL yeah, i wasn't sure about that :P
 
GcL
GcL
I checked and an entire country agrees that it's a fact.
like... a true fact
 
NautArch
NautArch
In prep for launch, i signed up for disney+. Which then asks me to enter my founders circle code. But they never sent me one...should they have?
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
9:26 PM
no Idea
 
GcL
GcL
Probably a mistake. I think Disney now owns the rights to you. So I hope you haven't done anything creative in the past decade... because that's theirs now.
On the upside, it'll probably be better animated and you won't have to worry about retcons
If you're offered the chance to become part of the MCP or fight on behalf of the users, I suggest MCP. They won in the end.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
@GcL mumbles in annoyed tone especially since they basically killed tron as a franchise
 
GcL
GcL
Which was not a franchise as it only had one movie to begin with
 
NautArch
NautArch
^
Anyone play mass effect 2? just started it and debating between infiltrator and sentinel.
 
GcL
GcL
An awesome rotoscoped movie that made programming way sexier than it was before Hackers.
@NautArch Double the playtime. Endings are actually different in that game. Do not play 3 if you like the story.
 
NautArch
NautArch
9:37 PM
@GcL Huh, kinda confused. Double the playtime?
 
GcL
GcL
@NautArch Sentinel is pretty tanky while infiltrator is sneak attack
 
V2Blast
V2Blast
@kviiri Silver pieces are only relevant in paying for most mundane goods/services. Gold is a lot - too much to pay for a typical meal, for instance.
@NautArch Yes, I have :)
@GcL Eh. ME3 is alright, it's mostly the ending that's disappointing
@NautArch I think GcL meant they've played through it twice?
 
GcL
GcL
@V2Blast Yes. The single ending no matter what choices you make.
 
V2Blast
V2Blast
ye
 
NautArch
NautArch
@V2Blast ah, like play once as an X, and then again as aY?
 
V2Blast
V2Blast
9:39 PM
Presumably, yes (Paragon and Renegade :P )
 
GcL
GcL
@NautArch You can play through doing the stand up fight or suppression style. Two ways to overcome the combats in the game. Both are entertaining.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
@GcL It has two movies and an animated series
 
GcL
GcL
@Gwideon It does now. After Disney made a movie and an animated series.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
it's not really a remake
 
GcL
GcL
It was a sequel
 
NautArch
NautArch
9:42 PM
fair enough, true
so infiltrator vs sentinel really isn't a big concern?
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
@GcL I was referring to the cancellation of tron 3 after tomorrowland bombed and apparently sci-fi isn't viable anymore according to disney. points to the various successful sci-fi series. Sorry disney you just made a bad movie there and you shouldn't have killed what could of been a really good movie because of it but of course you don't care about your fans or what they want.
 
V2Blast
V2Blast
@NautArch just depends on the play style you want
 
Carcer
Carcer
@NautArch what are these infiltrators and sentinels you speak of? The only class in ME2/3 is Vanguard.
 
vicky_molokh
vicky_molokh
. . . I just walk into this chat only to see a mention of Tron 3. Well that was sudden.
 
V2Blast
V2Blast
@Carcer lol
 
vicky_molokh
vicky_molokh
9:46 PM
Didn't know anyone was even considering another sequel.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
@vicky_molokh sorry feeling a bit ranty
 
vicky_molokh
vicky_molokh
@Gwideon Don't feel sorry about it. You gave me an interesting new bit of info.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
also yes it was gonna get made but then tommorowland happened.
 
Carcer
Carcer
for real though it's not going to make a massive difference
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
thats why tron characters got included in disney infinity
 
vicky_molokh
vicky_molokh
9:47 PM
Then again, I enjoyed Tomorrowland more than the Tron sequel film.
 
Carcer
Carcer
you're still going to do a lot of straight-up shootybang
I actually personally just went adept all the way through. Biotic powers were very fun to use in ME2/3
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
I enjoy tron legacy more than tommorowland. Also sorry if this is annoying Tron has an excellent animated series that I will champion until it gets the viewership it deserves (and hopefully gets a second season or some kind of conclusion that resolves the cliffhanger)
 
NautArch
NautArch
@Carcer talk me into it :) Why go vanguard over those?
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
I mean heck one of the animators for love death and robots worked on the show
anyways I'll shut up
I'm a bit touchy when it comes to how disney treated tron
so yeah
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
@NautArch I vaguely recall Vanguards being one of the tankier classes and yet could still output a bunch of damage.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
9:56 PM
It makes me mad that they canceled a show that won a freaking emmy after one season. Like seriously why would you do this disney.
anyways moving on
 
NautArch
NautArch
awards shows are BS anyway
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
still it won an emmy. it's a good show. also the emmys are slightly less bs than the oscars
still bs
 
vicky_molokh
vicky_molokh
@Gwideon You mean the stealth-spinoff ReBoot? Or something else?
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
@vicky_molokh it's a show called Tron uprising
Tron: Uprising
Tron: Uprising is an American animated science fiction television series, part of the Tron franchise, set between the movies Tron and Tron: Legacy. A total of 19 episodes (a prelude and 18 for the first season) have been produced and aired on Disney XD in the United States from May 18, 2012 to January 28, 2013. The series is directed by Charlie Bean, who also acts as executive producer; Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, and Justin Springer serve as consulting producers. == Synopsis == Beck is a young program who becomes the leader of a revolution inside the computer world of the Grid against the...
also it will be on disney plus and it get's a definite recommendation from me. It's a fricking gorgeous show with really good writing and stories
 
vicky_molokh
vicky_molokh
@Gwideon /me draws its grabby pedipalps towards yet another promising but unfinished series of videos. Thanks!
Defiance, ExoSquad, Sarah Connor Chronicles, now Tron, the list of things I'd like to see reach their conclusions, but they never will . . .
And of course Robotech Sentinels.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
10:08 PM
also it makes me really mad because when it wasn't getting the views they wanted it they moved it to a freaking midnight slot. they condemned it to die because it didn't do well on a channel, disney XD, that wasn't doing well. why not oh I don't know move it to the other channel you conveniently own that actually does well.
sorry I'll stop my ranting
Anyways with my little bit of nerd rage done How is everyone
 
vicky_molokh
vicky_molokh
The nostalgia for childhood impressions of Sentinels have recently pushed me to start watching the original Macross. And now my unorganised thoughts of what sort of campaign to GM next in a couple years are moving back towards including a mecha space opera.
(The dynamics are good, but I keep sighing each time [a] any of the characters I know from way down the line is acting in a youthful hotheaded manner and [b] the drawing quality doesn't look as good as the later installments.)
 
Carcer
Carcer
@NautArch going vanguard is about being up in the enemy's face with a shotgun at pretty much all times, it rewards extremely aggressive play (but mostly I was referencing the vanguard hype meme that was prevalent in the fandom, people joked a lot about it being so much better than the other classes)
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
I’ve heard macross is pretty good. I’ve never seen it though. Hmmm I should add it my list of stuff to see.
 
vicky_molokh
vicky_molokh
8 episodes in, I think the original series has a much more dynamic pacing, and has the over-the-top feel similar to the Yamato reimagining (I haven't seen the original), but both Sentinels and Plus have better graphics.
 
Gwideon
Gwideon
Okay I’ll definitely have to check all of those out
 
Miniman
Miniman
10:26 PM
@Carcer I mean...within the boundaries of the singleplayer campaign, it is just straight up better.
That doesn't hold true in multiplayer at high levels of difficulty, but it's a pretty different game at that point.
 
NautArch
NautArch
10:40 PM
@Miniman Y'all are selling me on vanguard
 
Miniman
Miniman
@NautArch Vanguard is a different game, though.
 
Zarus
Zarus
I would like to bring some attention to these questions. Thank you.
 
Miniman
Miniman
To everyone else (and vanguards who aren't maxed out yet) it's a cover shooter. To a vanguard, it's more like Doom 2016, if you've played it.
 
Zarus
Zarus
 
BESW
BESW
@Zarus Depends on whether there's a portal to hell in the basement.
 
Zarus
Zarus
10:53 PM
@BESW LoL
 
KorvinStarmast
KorvinStarmast
11:22 PM
@BESW sounds like Diablo I all over again
@Zarus If you are going for verisimilitude, the underground dungeon should be about 59 degrees F, or about 15 degrees C, give or take a bit, as that's roughly the temperature of the earth. Increase for being near to lava or hot springs, decrease if being near or involving ice/ice rivers/cold stuff/lair effects of a white dragon ...
 
BESW
BESW
@Zarus I've done it:
Oct 24 '17 at 9:43, by BESW
It was a thousand-mile limestone reef lifted up by tectonic action, with cave systems carved out by rainwater flowing at the limestone/bedrock barrier. The caves were heated by magma and/or a portal to hell (possibly both, unclear), so each doline marked a significant temperature/pressure/humidity change compared to the above-ground environment--hence the storm activity at each opening.
 
Hot RPG Questions
Hot RPG Questions
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Q: Why does nobody understand the grapple rules?

J. MiniIt's a common joke that nobody understands the grapple rules, but in reality it's only two or three pages of the PHB. What is it about these rules that has caused so much confusion and annoyance?

dnd-3.5e grapple
 
V2Blast
V2Blast
11:59 PM
@HotRPGQuestions I grapple with this question every day
(...not really, I just wanted to make the joke)
 
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