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12:33 AM

Does anyone have a printing of the D&D 5e DMG from sometime after the 2016 DMG errata was released, but before the 2018 core book errata was released? I want to check when a certain typo was fixed (it's not noted in the errata PDF). Specially the one in the Periapt of Health's description.

trogdor

12:45 AM

Uh does it have to be printed specifically?

Can it be a PDF?

I'm not sure I have one from that timeframe but it would be good to know if you could also use PDF

V2Blast

Well, there are no legal PDFs of the 5e DMG :P And also, it seems like it'd be harder to know what year such a printing is from

trogdor

Fair enough

It strikes me as odd though, they don't sell it in PDF format? Because they definitely sell 4e that way

I definitely have legal PDF copies of 4e that I bought

BESW

So far as I can tell, Wizards decided that instead of selling PDFs they'd go full subscription online service for their digital rules.

trogdor

Eww

BESW

Because gating content behind cloud subscriptions is an excellent way to ~~forge long-lasting positive customer relations~~ get rich quick and then ditch the company on somebody else to handle your annoyed customer base.

trogdor

1:00 AM

Lol

Heck maybe they stopped selling 4e in PDF form after I got a copy of some of the books

Or maybe they don't care about it because it isn't current anymore

And because "everyone hated it"

I put that in quotes because that's how Wizards acts, not because I think it's true (even if I exclude myself)

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Black Spike

Finally decided how to code my Equipment Lists app! Not sure it's the best way, but it's A way! :) now the Big Data Entry bit ...

trogdor

Ah Data entry

XD

Black Spike

Current plan: Copy/paste into spreadsheet. Adjust, tinker. Save as CSV. Import into database.
Then write the accessor code to load DB into app (mainly done. more C/P, adjust)

1st bit off App is "simple" . Display Equipment lists, by Type (armour, weapons, etc). Filter in various ways (cost, weight, AC, Damage).

2nd bit is more ambitious ... create Random Shops, with shopkeeper, stock lists, custom pricing,

trogdor

1:44 AM

That is very ambitious

Black Spike

I already have a Shop Name Generator! :)

trogdor

Cool XD

Black Spike

<name>'s <descriptor> <'shop'>
Bob's Glorious Emporium. Alice's Tidy Market. Caleb's Forgotten Shack. etc.

:)

And once I've got full Item Lists, it is "simply" iterating lists, with randomisers. How hard can it be? :D

Add in "weightings" (village/town/city, Farms/mines/port), specifics (wool/iron/coal/finance/Administration/lore) ... a village blacksmith will have some horse shoes. a "Frontier" armourer will have lots of 'common' weapons. A town scribe will have plenty of parchment, maybe some quality vellum, for a price ...

trogdor

Ah, fair enough

Black Spike

That's the Big Plan ... we'll have to see how it goes. :)

trogdor

1:54 AM

I still couldn't do that but that sounds easier than I expected anyway

Black Spike

I've got quite adept at Random Lists (see: my Google play apps page). Weightings and adjustments ... that's a trickier area. A LOT of one-banana code, and then streamlining (making sure it gives the right feel)

V2Blast

Update on my earlier question... Someone in the DDB Discord who bought the DMG in Jan. 2018 has the 8th printing of the book, and the typo was already fixed in their copy. So it wasn't a change from the 2018 core book errata (though it is undocumented)...

trogdor

Huh

Interesting

Black Spike

@V2Blast What is the issue?

V2Blast

2:19 AM

was just wondering if it would be relevant in updating this answer:

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turns out it's not

also, someone else said it was already fixed in their 6th-printing DMG too

Black Spike

2:30 AM

What might people want from an Equipment List app? So far, it is just a few Lists (armour, weapons, gear ... some more categories to be added). Filter by cost, weight, weapon damage etc. I'll be including "Packs" of pre-assembled stuff.

V2Blast

3:27 AM

@BlackSpike What game? D&D 5e? Something else?

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^^ should totally be a druid, possibly Moon.

Bless or faerie fire are going to be awesome buffs.

Healing's in need.

Some battlefield shaping, rather than control: spike growth, web, entangle, fog cloud, &c.

And if you get into a pinch with being overrun, turn into an elephant and soak some hits.

(I guess druid can't snag bless very easily, though.)

Maybe a cleric: bless, lean into the ranged thing with guiding bolt or spiritual weapon, hold person and banishment do a good job controlling the encounter if not the actual battlefield....

Miniman

I think Druid works better - they're worried about fitting in with the party, but Moon means they can also cover the big weakness.

Plus, they seem worried about being bad at the game, and Moon Druid is pretty hard to get wrong.

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5:36 AM

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V2Blast

7:48 AM

good time of day to you all

trogdor

8:36 AM

XD

Black Spike

9:59 AM

@V2Blast yes, D&D 5e

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10:45 AM

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doppelgreener

11:19 AM

Would someone who can parse this pathfinder 1e question mind revising it to put the question in the question body? The question shouldn't solely exist in the title, and I have no idea if the title even corresponds to the question body

Sdjz

@doppelgreener I am currently in the middle of an edit there

doppelgreener

Thank you! :)

The other thing setting my alarms off is it's asking for "any advice or similar" and that's bait for low quality one-liner answers

questions go well when they request a comprehensive answer, and go poorly when they request "any advice" or "tips" or etc

'cause any advice at all is exactly what they get

@Sdjz Thanks very much for that edit!

Black Spike

11:44 AM

Trying to figure out a Question. The answers seem to be answering a different question ... at least from how I am reading it ...

doppelgreener

We could take a look.

Black Spike

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doppelgreener

ksdajlakjdsglkjadg this is what happens when the title and the body ask different questions

Black Spike

Ah, I think I see where my confusion is. Warlock is casting TWO spells. One HEX (directly?) and one Range-Touch spell, through their Familiar (referred to in the Question as "an attack"). All not very clear to my only-one-coffee-so-far brain

Mind you, it's still a lot better than a Java/Android facebook group I'm in: 90% of posts there tend to be a blurry phone-photo of their screen, showing random pieces of code, with the comment "What is error?" :(

doppelgreener

That sounds horrific

Are you in there for similar reasons to why people watch horror movies, or something else?

(I kid, I assume it's because of the other 10% of posts)

Black Spike

12:01 PM

yeah ... sometimes some useful posts. Sometimes get some help. Always on the lookout for better places, but "Sturgeon's Revelation" stops me hunting too hard ... the next place I find will probably be no better :(

doppelgreener

There's very likely better. Lots of places become very good because of core participation, and that draws in the crap. What you want is a place that maintains the quality bar.

If 90% of everything is crap, then there's a 10% that's pretty good. That channel sounds like it's part of the crap.

Black Spike

Yup

Struggling to find the right place

doppelgreener

Also means it might take you several tries to find that place

There's a few communities I'm in or aware of that discuss magic the gathering, and most of them are pretty crap for one reason or another, but I've recently found a couple of pretty nice places, including a pretty lovely and wholesome chat channel.

Black Spike

cool

doppelgreener

(Well, "recently" in major quotes. I guess I've been in one of them for two years now, and the other just recently launched.)

Black Spike

12:06 PM

Finding a group the right size is tough. Too big, and it's overloaded with crap. Too small and it's inactive ...

doppelgreener

It is

I don't look on Facebook though; its systems are awful

Black Spike

And my google-fu fails me trying to find a Programming chat-room ... all I get is "how to write a chat-room app" :(

doppelgreener

I mean, Facebook's algorithms are specifically not designed to give you stuff you always want. Its algorithms are designed to surface controversy and garbage because it magnetises activity. Nice peaceful engagements do not generate page views the same way.

Black Spike

true

doppelgreener

(also I just generally try to minimise my interaction with facebook because it's an awful company)

Black Spike

12:16 PM

(agreed. But all my friends are there ...)

doppelgreener

yeah good point though the google fu is not in our favor

lots of people want to program their own message boards or chat rooms, so that messes with search

narrowing it down to specific languages or technologies that you like might be helpful, and you could get recommendations from folks in their stack overflow chat rooms

Black Spike

Can't find much in S.O. chat :( maybe I'm being too picky.

Anyway, back to the grindstone for now.

doppelgreener

ttfn!

Black Spike

cya