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Q: How to use the [lore] tag correctly?

2:21 AM

@Adeptus you’ve hit cap lots of times.

14-15 times or so.

Adeptus

3:21 AM

@ThomasMarkov I have? OK... either I didn't notice at the time, or I've forgotten since...

BESW

3:53 AM

House of Nuts by JackyLeung. A multi-generational story about squirrels surviving in suburbia

Kickstarter: Just a Little Lovin' - Larp Script Book by Tor Kjetil Edland. A book with everything needed to run the groundbreaking larp about the queer community living through the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.

Pandatheist wrote a twitter thread about how ttrpg discourse would change if we had better language for discussion.

Kickstarter: A Mending by Shing Yin Khor. A solo keepsake game about a journey to visit a dear and distant friend, using sewing, map-annotating, and story-building mechanics.

The Oracle

4:52 AM

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In this question I attempted to ask about in-universe phenomena that affect spellcasting in a particular D&D setting. Admittedly, the question is complicated and was difficult to write with precision. Some of those in-universe phenomena might be magic items, which tend to be generic in D&D: they ...

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AncientSwordRage

10:55 AM

@BESW Dang I was hoping for squirrels and it delivers

> brings out your inner Game of Thrones meets Attack on Titan fandom, all from the perspective of squirrels living in a suburban neighborhood

yesterday, by AncientSwordRage

A Mending: A solo keepsake game about a journey to visit a dear and distant friend, using sewing, map-annotating, and story-building mechanics by Shing Yin Khor

(I prefer yours)

A: How to use the [lore] tag correctly?

11:16 AM

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You were right to tag your question about lore, specifically on account of how it's a question about lore, but it was incorrect to expect it to signal new information to readers, or to use it to tell people what to focus on. Tags are a categorisation mechanism to help people find your question an...

2:31 PM

For those interested, the Pixel Dice Kickstarter goes live Tuesday 12PM US Eastern

i have a question about the grim hollow campaign guide content, is that allowed here?

is it a table top rpg?

its a 3rd party supplement for D&D 5e?

yes

Sure, no problem there. Though with paid thrid party content, you have to find a balance between giving enough information so that others might be able to answer your question without purchasing the content, and not over sharing paid content.

ok! i just googled them, i think they have details on like the 2nd or third result

2:37 PM

Ask yourself, "what is the minimum amount of information I need to share so that an expert in the system could still answer my question without needing to buy the book?"

ok!

@RevenantBacon i'm still waffling about one

@NautArch same.

i don't like to make anything battery-operated that doesn't need to be

my regular dice work just fine and don't run out of batteries or experience component failure (short of breaking them in half)

2:52 PM

@doppelgreener What about cars :P

let's approximate a fuel engine as also a sort of battery

point is, regular dice don't "run out", have software or hardware component issues, or ask me to buy new batteries

I think those are rechargeable

they also don't add to my power bill

I imagine charging these dice every so often would be a negligible addition to your power bill. Though, I suppose enough negligible additions sums to a gligible addition.

Your regular dice don't light up!

2:58 PM

false: i have glow in the dark dice

I typically don't play in the dark, do you?

but generally, i don't need them to. any environment i'm playing a game in is well lit already.

But I'm just joshing with you. I hear what you're saying.

anyway basically i'm not going to pay extra money for a less reliable variety of dice that has extra ways to break in order to accommodate something i don't need at all

Function over form, eh?

3:00 PM

@NautArch if i were to sell you a metal bicycle, or another one made of paper mache but it has a flame decal, would that be a matter of "function over form" or would it be a matter of "one of these is a viable product"?

i work with electronics and software for a profession. i have a keyboard i can't update the firmware on because of some inane error that occurs during the update process. i know enough about this stuff to know i have tons of reasons not to trust this.

3:12 PM

@doppelgreener you think that's a reasonable analogy?

Either way, the dice are a gimmick. They are a fun gimmick. Don't be a thief of joy.

why is this being a thief of joy

a couple of you said you were waffling

i said why i wasn't going to get a set of light-up dice

folks responded to me and i responded to them

At some point, you have to determine what a reasonable breakpoint is between "likelyhood to break" and "coolness of added function". As a side note: if the power source for my fancy light up dice dies, I can still use them as regular dice. If the power source for my paper mache bicycle with a flame decal dies, then it's no longer a problem I ever have to deal with

@doppelgreener (hint: it's because of how you responded)

as if

i would have been content leaving this at my first two messages, i got nitpicked, i clarified, i got nitpicked further

I once made a paddle boat out of a bicycle and $20 worth of pool noodles.

i'm genuinely impressed, that's cool as hell

3:21 PM

well... I don't exactly see the conversation that way

the way i see this conversation is i am literally just explaining why i personally do not want the dice and other people are taking issue with me explaining my perspective on them

i am not even telling anyone not to get them. i am explaining my perspective on why i will not.

even the paper mache bike thing is me trying to express how i view these and that it's not a matter of me being "function over form" but how i evaluate what i consider to be a worthwhile thing for me to get.

The stakes of this kickstarter are really not as high as everyone seems to be making them.

@ThomasMarkov there's more than one doing this? Tell me more!

there's a kickstarter for light-up stakes?!

now those i can get behind

@doppelgreener you evaluate by making exaggerated comparisons? Because I think the exaggerated comparison was likely the point of contention. It implies that wanting the cool thing is an obviously stupid thing, like wanting a paper mache bicycle that obviously would crumble when you try to use it once. It has an air of condescension too it, like saying that obviously the item would break the very first time you use it and anyone who doesn't see that is an idiot. Which is kind of being a joy-kill

3:58 PM

i don't know what to tell you. you seem to be expecting i consider myself to be fully and solely in the wrong, while zero consideration is being given to how the conversation was for me, or what prompted me to give the responses i did. i'm not going to view it the way you're viewing it. others are trying to move on including me. let's do that.

@ThomasMarkov But does making a hole in a net also move the net? (mostly joking here)

Ah you've said this yourself before: "I think this depends on how you understand "immovable". Penetration and destruction most certainly involves moving bits and pieces of the object."

@Medix2 I mean, if you really want to use immovable object like that, it seems underwhelming.

Most of these questions seem to be "Can I manipulate non-combat spells for combat?"

@NautArch I believe you mean overwhelming? Turning an umbrella into an unbreakable, immovable rod seems quite strong?

@Medix2 overwhelming use of force, underwhelming results and cost.

@NautArch immovable object is definitely a combat spell. But the spell and the net aren’t written clearly enough to get a good interaction.

4:04 PM

And, surely nobody could have even possibly guessed this, it's a Wildemount spell

Yeah.

@Medix2 We knew. IT's come up more than once in the past :p

Wildemount is... very poorly written

@ThomasMarkov I'm pretty sure it's not a combat spell tbh. I feel like they forgot a "cannot target worn or carried things" though now I am wondering if nets are worn/carried

casting it on the enemy's weapon is a pretty obvious use.

oh, it's wildemount? Nevermind, never heard of it.