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trogdor

12:00 AM

Ah that's fair enough

But yeah it's gonna vary based on game too

Especially since I don't know of that many games that are all that flexible about having or not having a GM

Hot RPG Questions

1:05 AM

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Q: Is there a difference between “When you are reduced to 0 hit points” and “when you would be reduced to 0 hit points”?

There already exist a few questions asking similar things about such scenarios, like the following: If a wildshaped druid somehow got Undead Fortitude, would this prevent them from reverting? Does Phoenix Spark overcome Disintegrate? Does casting Disintegrate on a polymorphed enemy still kill i...

Xirema

1:47 AM

I guess I get the dubious honor of writing the first question relating to material in the Eberron Book. XD

KorvinStarmast

@Xirema I have the book and am slowly digesting it.

Now, they need to do one just like it for Dark Sun.

PS: eberron feels a little bit like Planescape ....

just a little bit

Xirema

Ah, they've learned how to properly handle ambiguous math.

> Steel Defender: Hit Points equal the steel defender's Constitution modifier + your Intelligence modifier + five times your level in this class

The defender is very good. It can on-command cause a creature to have disadvantage on one attack roll each round of combat, using its Reaction, so long as the attack isn't directed at itself.

jgn

Is the term "primarily opinion-based" SE wide or site-wide? It doesn't work very well on this site where all non-RAW questions are primarily opinion-based.

KorvinStarmast

@Xirema only took five years

@jgn If you want to grind that axe, take it to meta

Rubiksmoose

@jgn SE-wide.

Xirema

2:00 AM

@jgn It's SE-wide, but we put a lot of emphasis on this stack on the "Primarily" part.

BESW

> Primarily opinion-based: While many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise.
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10582/what-is-a-closed-on-hold-or-duplicate-question/10583#10583

KorvinStarmast

@jgn TTRPG rules are not computer code.

(and let's face it, TTRPG rules don't seem to get the rigor that code does .. in development)

Xirema

It's basically impossible to avoid some degree of opinionatedness on pretty much anything that isn't "what does the PHB say on page 37 about Gnome Ability Score Increases?"

Rubiksmoose

@KorvinStarmast Depends on what code ;) Please never look at the VBA scripts I've written for work.

KorvinStarmast

@Rubiksmoose OK, I am over praising code in a general sense, please forgive me.

Rubiksmoose

2:03 AM

@KorvinStarmast You are forgiven :P

BESW

@Rubiksmoose I think he's damning code development with faint praise.

Rubiksmoose

@BESW ohhhh. I see that now.

Carry on then.

Sorry to ruin a good thing.

KorvinStarmast

Quality of code development varies, yeah. (I am so glad I don't deal with that at work any more ...)

Rubiksmoose

I don't even have tiredness to blame today. I actually felt quite refreshed this morning for the first time in a while.

KorvinStarmast

@Xirema I have to be careful about answering your question. We are running an artificer (one of my players) in a game but it's the UA version and now that the artificer is "live" I have to think before I reply.

And I hate all of the 'fiddly bits' WoTC added with that class.

Xirema

2:07 AM

@KorvinStarmast Indeed. I was reading through the book and noticed there's a subtle change in wording that makes the whole thing less clear than I think the developers intended.

KorvinStarmast

(Even though there's some cool stuff in all of the Eberron material)

@Xirema What the developers intended: get it published on time :p

just got an email from dtrpg, my pdf from the early release, the update, is ready. Be still, my beating heart

Insofar as it's a setting book, I am liking that aspect of it. As a PHB +1 asset, I like it if the campaign is Eberron.

BESW

@Gwideon If you want high crunch in modern Fate, I recommend either War of Ashes: Fate of Agaptus or the Atomic Robo Roleplaying Game.

KorvinStarmast

@Xirema There is a lot to like, IMO, of the SF/Swords and Sorcery fusion Baker arrived at that hearkens back to the game's roots ...

I'll go and see of I can find any commentary of Arneson's on Eberron. I think he'd have liked the combo platter Baker came up with.

Rubiksmoose

Deliberately Bad Unearthed Arcana

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Himitsu_no_Yami

I just caused our enemies to fight each other instead of us with a single Eldritch Blast. Life is good

KorvinStarmast

2:15 AM

@Himitsu_no_Yami Oh, do tell, this sounds juicy

Himitsu_no_Yami

@KorvinStarmast nothing major, just two Flesh Golems linked by a magic chain. Blasted the chain apart and they went berserk and they were closer to each other than to us

KorvinStarmast

@Himitsu_no_Yami cage match?

"Are all UFC fighters really flesh golems?" Discuss

Himitsu_no_Yami

@KorvinStarmast Tomb of Annihilation.

KorvinStarmast

cool

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