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AncientSwordRage

12:49 AM

@Ben it's an old meme, but I checks out

Ben

1:10 AM

How is everyone today

Bardic Wizard

1:21 AM

@Ben I’m alive. I think that’s the best I can say. You?

Ben

Can't argue with that.

Bardic Wizard

I’m done with the actual testing portion of educational testing though so I’m doing way better than half an hour ago

Ben

The victory with the boys' behaviour has been short lived. I cut them a deal that if they showed me they could behave and follow the rules for a week (or at least 5 days) they would get their Gameboys back. That night the oldest (who brought it up just as he went to bed) stole mine from a room that I told them not to go into.

@BardicWizard Woot!

Bardic Wizard

@Ben I’m not done stressing about it though cause there’s a couple weeks till I get results (during which time I have finals) and then months until the college board gets back to me on whether I actually qualify for accommodations

Ben

@BardicWizard As soon as I'm done with the thing, I immediately stop stressing about it. The answer will come when it comes, in the meantime I can't do anything about it. When the answers do come then yeah, the stress comes back.

Bardic Wizard

1:28 AM

@Ben hard to do but that’s a good plan in general

Ben

It does take practice. A lack of focus also helps XD

Hot RPG Questions

2:24 AM

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Q: Does the Aberrant Mind Sorcerer Subclass' Warping Implosion Ability Affect the User?

For the Aberrant Mind sorcerer origin, it's lv 18 ability, Warping Implosion, reads as follows: You can unleash your aberrant power as a space-warping anomaly. As an action, you can teleport to an unoccupied space you can see within 120 feet of you. Immediately after you disappear, each creature...

Medix2

2:43 AM

@ThomasMarkov I debate opening a Meta about these questions. Though perhaps it's just not worth it since we don't have a huge surplus of similar questions causing lots of repeated answers, hmm...

BESW

Mood of the day is "Everything is Broken" by Bob Dylan. Spotify link, lyrics.

Thomas Markov

@Medix2 I say close it first then make the meta. Looks like a dupe to me.

Medix2

3:16 AM

@ThomasMarkov But of which one?

Thomas Markov

I’ll look at it tomorrow once I get to the office. Gotta sleep. Long day today.

Medix2

I might just open a Meta actually saying "Are any of these duplicates?"

@ThomasMarkov I very much feel that too; sleep well!

Akixkisu

9:18 AM

May someone help with going through the comments of this question's answers? I ran out of time.

AncientSwordRage

9:38 AM

@BESW all I can think of is Everything is Awesome but with the words swapped

Derpy

10:35 AM

@BESW intriguing variation of what seems to be the same game at its core.

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Q: What is the name of this pyramid game?

I used to have this game, not any more. It must be at least 10-15 years old, but possibly older. I don't remember the rules, only that you had to follow a certain path with your pyramids, and that they could be stacked in a way (perhaps blocking off others?). Searching on the internet, I have fou...

identify-this-game

To be honest, the board is somehow cute/funny.

BESW

Always interesting to see what games the maker thinks need to be spiced up with a little exotic flavor.

If you're interested in the gameplay, check out Tak.

Derpy

10:52 AM

@BESW well.... Monopoli.

AncientSwordRage

@BESW IT'S A REAL GAME?

Derpy

I recently found out they even had a SAILOR MOON one.

BESW

@AncientSwordRage I've never played it, or know anything about the source material, but I've got a friend who tapped me to review her re-write of the rules for better clarity, since I knew nothing about it so I'd be a good test subject.

AncientSwordRage

I have Hnefatafl (inspiration to Thud), but I may need to pick up a copy of Tak

Someone_Evil

@AncientSwordRage IIRC it's made to fit what little descriptions the books have of it

AncientSwordRage

10:56 AM

@Someone_Evil I mean that's fair, but wiki says it was designed by Rothfuss who wrote the books

BESW

It was designed by James Ernest, with Rothfuss' approval.

> Ernest persisted despite Rothfuss' misgivings however and developed the game with his blessing. When he and Rothfuss played it for the first time, Rothfuss was amazed.

kviiri

@AncientSwordRage Ooh, Tafl games are really neat

AncientSwordRage

@BESW ahh I misread the wiki in my haste

@kviiri I've yet to play this with anyone

BESW

It's not written for quick parsing.

AncientSwordRage

It doesn't help the heading says

> Tak is a two-player abstract strategy game designed by James Ernest and Patrick Rothfuss and published by Cheapass Games in 2016.

SmokeDetector

12:43 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in body, blacklisted user (72): Where to get car inspected near me perfectly USA all state? by success007 on rpg.SE (@Rubiksmoose)

doppelgreener

2:19 PM

o/

Thomas Markov

@doppelgreener hey friend

howdy!

Good morning

finger guns

@RevenantBacon I cast feign death

Medix2

2:34 PM

Morning fellow humans

Thomas Markov

@Medix2 That's presumptuous.

Bardic Wizard

I exist in an uncaffeinated state and this bugs me

Medix2

@ThomasMarkov True... I've been trying to think of a way around that... Oooh, "Hello fellow beings"

RevenantBacon

2:55 PM

@Medix2 I believe at least one person here is not a human, but in fact a moose

AncientSwordRage

3:34 PM

@doppelgreener \oo//

::waves at everyone::

NautArch

3:50 PM

@AncientSwordRage o/

Thomas Markov

@NautArch Game was very fun saturday.

NautArch

@ThomasMarkov yay! Glad you enjoyed it!

FYI, i'm also totally cool with feedback/constructive criticism.

illustro

my interpretation of various o based emoticons:
o/ - ahoy
\oo// - greetings and ahoy back
\o/ - joy

\o\ - TIE fighter strafing left
/o/ - TIE fighter strafing right
\\o// - Raise your hands in the air, side to side like you just don't care

AncientSwordRage

@illustro Three arms and two heads? I'm just this guy y'know?

RevenantBacon

\\\\O//// - Octopus waving

illustro

3:55 PM

@AncientSwordRage I interpreted it as an acknowledgement with one hand (as if passing a stranger on the street), then a vigorous wave with the other (once realising it is a close friend), while turning around to greet them.

AncientSwordRage

@illustro ahh, thats a clever interpretation

illustro

...maybe I just read too much into that and you are in fact an Ettin

AncientSwordRage

no galactic presidents needed

illustro

:P

NautArch

@illustro I want that warforged question to be a duplicate, but I don't think it is thanks to multiple versions across multiple official books.

illustro

3:57 PM

In which case one head is saying hello...while the other is waving

Thomas Markov

@NautArch Including that context in the question body should make it clear that it isnt a dupe.

illustro

@NautArch That's my feeling too.

NautArch

@illustro grumble grumble wotc grumble grumble

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illustro

@AncientSwordRage Indeed, no need to invoke 42 here

AncientSwordRage

@illustro good thing that I don't make jokes in base 13

illustro

4:04 PM

@ThomasMarkov I've included some of the context explaining the differences in the question now

@AncientSwordRage Indeed it is

Thomas Markov

@illustro Makes a lot more sense now. When I first read the question, it really did seem as trivial as the example I gave in my comment, "Can tieflings use longswords?" But it makes a lot more sense now that you would put that out there.

illustro

@AncientSwordRage If you did...I might have to direct you here: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/82350/…

AncientSwordRage

4:39 PM

@illustro base 13... not rot 13

RevenantBacon

4:56 PM

There was a book series where the primary antagonist had some sort of strange connection to base 13.

Something about an immortal assassin, and a magic orb that gave him that immortality

Can't remember the name of it for the life of me

3 books. Very good read

illustro

@AncientSwordRage I'm aware of the difference, it was more an allusion to the fact you can implement rot13 using base13 arithmetic

AncientSwordRage

@illustro I didn't think of that

NautArch

@illustro I do think it is HIGHLY unlikely a subclass is designed to hurt itself?

illustro

"13s" become "1s" & "1s" become "13s" and a trivial rot13 implementation is complete (minus some elementary encoding and decoding from letters to numbers)

@NautArch plenty of subclasses are able to damage themselves (wizard casts fireball on top of themselves). In this case it's a sorcerer choosing to end it's turn within 30 feet of where it left, knowing full well it's just warped the space that was there

NautArch

@illustro well, the wizard doesn't have to include themselves. And specialist fireball wouldn't. THis seems like a specialist move.

@illustro I had read the question that OP was asking about it generally and not the case where they return, but either way it seems a little silly for it to impact.

illustro

5:06 PM

@NautArch it's still relying on the subclass teleporting themselves within their own area of effect

NautArch

@illustro True. I'm just going to chalk it up to "did wizards really think this one through?"

illustro

@NautArch they did...they allow the subclass to teleport anywhere up to 120ft away (similar to Thunderstep). If the character is stupid enough to use a move intended to allow them to escape from a nasty situation to a safe situation, to instead teleport right back to the nasty situation...then they deserve any pubishment they get

Thomas Markov

@illustro This seems like a pretty straightforward take.

illustro

(note I'm making the distinction here between character and player...the player may be doing it for fun, or as a mistake...the character on the other hand should know better)

Medix2

@NautArch If you need to teleport within 30 feet, teleporting up is safer wow

NautArch

5:09 PM

@illustro Also true.

I retract my statement :P

Medix2

Actually... maybe teleporting up means you don't take fall damage if you fail the save, who knows

illustro

You definitely do...unless you can also fly (or teleport up to a ledge/higher ground level)

Medix2

@illustro Well the ability pulls you to the spot, so, eh, who knows

illustro

It puts you in an unoccupied space, it doesn't turn you into an immovable rod :P

NautArch

@illustro ideas generating

AncientSwordRage

5:14 PM

@illustro if it pulls you to within 5ft of the ground, then you fall that 5ft though...

illustro

@AncientSwordRage so it accelerates you towards the ground...and you are arguing it should reduce fall damage?

This DM would apply both sets of damage

Full fall damage and warping damage (if we weren't using the optional XGtE rules for simultaneous effects...then they only get the falling damage)

It's not like it pulls you to the spot and then freezes you in place

AncientSwordRage

@illustro d&d is (hilariously so) not a physics simulator

2

@illustro you'd be well within your rights

illustro

@AncientSwordRage oh I am very aware of that....but at the same time, D&D is an exceptions based game, and this does not create an exception to fall damage rules

AncientSwordRage

Also true

The Oracle

5:39 PM

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Q: Are any of these questions about the type of additional damage in 5e-dnd duplicates?

The following are all related or relatively similar questions about effects that deal damage without specifying a type being combined with effects that deal multiple types of damage at once: Can I choose which damage type my Sneak Attack does if my weapon does multiple types? When a ranged attac...

discussion questions specific-question duplicates

Bardic Wizard

5:58 PM

Ugh, it’s so cold here today

AncientSwordRage

6:42 PM

@BardicWizard an you huddle round a brazier like a victorian street urchin?

KorvinStarmast

@AncientSwordRage that needs to be a disclaimer for about 1 in 5 questions that devolve into designer reasons , I suspect. Or, that's the t-shirt that makes you some money: D&D is (hilariously so) not a physics simulator

AncientSwordRage

I just need to find an image of someone being crushed by a D20, and I'll put it on a shirt

KorvinStarmast

7:05 PM

@AncientSwordRage I really big d20. That fell from a ledge ... splat. 👍 🤣

@AncientSwordRage just re read Larry Niven's old (tongue in cheek) essay on why Superman and Lois Lane are probably not going to have kids together Got a few chuckles out of it, again.

AncientSwordRage

@KorvinStarmast I'm not as enamoured by that write up....because he doesn't destroy stuff in normal lie, it just seems something someone wrote to be controversial (?)

KorvinStarmast

@AncientSwordRage Like I said, it was a bit tongue in cheek. :)

AncientSwordRage

7:39 PM

can someone help explain what I'm doing wrong here:

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If an Agrarian society (any community whose economy is based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland.) had developed a way to cultivate Cable Bacteria into large basic circuits (able to do basic arithmetic, but at a larger scale that modern day circuits. Think the size of a breadboard but...

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I've had this issue on Worldbuilding before, where is feels like the commenters aren't reading my question properly? But I don't want to assume

RevenantBacon

@KorvinStarmast Having read this, my only gripe is with the assumption that gold kryptonite would remove all supposed kryptonian powers from the sperm, but then, once an egg was fertilized, they would suddenly reappear.

KorvinStarmast

9:52 PM

@RevenantBacon Yeah, there were quite a few holes in that block of cheese ...

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Ben

11:35 PM

Murnin

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