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BESW

00:02

Gemma Mahadeo wrote a twitter thread about "works where I feel the poetry being understood fully isn't integral to the reading" as a follow-up to the Freeplay '21 panel "Games as Poetry, Poetry as Play."

Hot RPG Questions

00:48

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Q: What are the DM's responsibilities when dealing with a character's death?

This facet of RPGs is the thing with which I have the least experience/comfort level. I'm sanguine about the idea that Dungeons etc. are inherently dangerous places, and that the PCs behavior is generally risk-take-y, and that sometimes PCs ignore hints, and bad rolls happen, and that death is s...

Hot RPG Questions

01:36

1

Q: What's the definition of an artifact in regards to a Sphere of Annihilation?

A sphere of annihilation erases all matter except for artifacts. What exactly would the prerequisites of an artifact be for it to be an exception to the Sphere's effect? From the sphere's description: The sphere obliterates all matter it passes through and all matter that passes through it. Arti...

dnd-5e magic-items tomb-of-annihilation artifacts

BESW

04:36

Nightling Bug wrote a twitter thread about "the blurry lines between games, RPGs, ritual and divination."

kviiri

05:24

@Anoplexian Aw, that's glum :( I hope you work something out

Maybe you'd benefit from playing something else as a palate cleanser? My personal RPG world was little short of rocked by trying out Apocalypse World, after having a lot of frustration with DnD 4e (largely due to us being a very newbie group, with very little idea about ~anything)

Though many of these require a fair bit of same-paging to get the DnD-isms out of the play, if the group is very immersed in the expectations particular to it

BESW

05:56

The Afrofuturism and the Black Fantastic Bundle curated by Tenea D. Johnson. Welcome to some of the best in Afrofuturism and the Black Fantastic available today.

Hot RPG Questions

07:18

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Q: Understanding the Rune Knight Fighter's 15th level feature

In the description for this feature, it says Master of Runes: You can invoke each rune you know from your Rune Carver feature twice, rather than once, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a short or long rest. The first half is obvious, but what is the latter half referring to? All ...

dnd-5e fighter rune-knight

Axoren

08:01

Can mice make dagger attacks? Can cats make dagger attacks? I know some DMs that would allow it, but is this something that is normally just possible?

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Q: What determines if a Wild Shaped Druid/Rogue can use a finesse weapon to gain Sneak Attack?

A Druid/Rogue multiclass gains access to Wild Shape and Sneak Attack. While Wild Shaped, a character gets access to most features it has normally. Sneak Attack is one of those features. I am aware that the basic Ape has a ranged attack that qualifies for Sneak Attack. I was hoping to learn of the...

dnd-5e weapons wild-shape sneak-attack

Also, immediately -1'd at 4 AM. Who did I hurt in the past?

BESW

@Axoren Ursula Vernon's cat Sergei throws knives.

Axoren

@BESW Would something like this fly without fiat, is more my question.

Like, could you roll up to Adventure League with a Mousebuckler.

I would generally allow it. Something like a Sif with a Shortsword, type-deal.

I'd be impressed if I could find a Whip-wielding animal that isn't just a primate.

Trish

08:18

@Axoren Jellyfish and Octopus

both have natural whips :P

trogdor

@BESW cats are definitely evil gremlins

Adeptus

@Axoren For AL? Show me a playable mouse or cat race in an official WotC book first. (Short answer: no. Unless you count Tabaxi.)

Axoren

@Adeptus Druid + Wild Shape

As early as Level 2

It's even core.

Adeptus

@Axoren Oh right... then it comes down to "can that animal hold that weapon", which in most cases would be no.

Axoren

@Adeptus A sizeable cat can hold a dagger in its mouth. Can it attack with it that way? Etc.

And how does one decide. It's not like we can look to real animals to determine if they can perform weapon martial arts.

Maybe if we start now, we'll have a dog that knows basic Rondell techniques by 10 years from now

And overhead strikes are out of the question for most animals.

But a determined weapon user that is suddenly an animal could probably figure some stuff out.

Which is where the disconnect comes in. How would we decide if such a thing is possible in 5e since there's no good real-world allegory and the rules are lacking here?

BESW

08:28

> Unconcealed weapon. Because I am a knife-wielding cat, I get weapon:2 but can be compelled for obviousness.

> ~~Pizza~~ Knife Rat. I get weapon:2 on Flashy melee attacks, and +2 when hiding in New York public transit.

Colby Munro made a barnacle merfolk PC (twitter link) (homebrewery link).

AncientSwordRage

09:23

@BESW I love it, but I'd also like more lore, and maybe tweak the stats

But as a start it's excellent

@Adeptus only most cases

BESW

Tonight's pesto will have basil, thyme, carrot greens, ginger, avocado, walnuts, and Parmesan cheese, with olive oil, lemon juice, black pepper, and chili sesame oil.

And maybe a little denanche'.

trogdor

carrot greens in pesto

I would have never figured that for something anyone would use

AncientSwordRage

@trogdor it's the greeniest!

trogdor

I realize they are you know, edible

I just didn't ever think they would be used for that exact thing

XD

I mean to be fair I didn't specifically think of most of those ingredients to be used in pesto either but the carrot greens are especially surprising

BESW

09:39

Months ago I reached the point where I'll try nearly any leafy green that's edible raw in my pesto, and almost all of them have worked so far.

trogdor

I mean that's fair

BESW

I've made pesto where the only green in it was carrot greens and it worked quite well.

trogdor

ok

I'm not even saying I thought it wouldn't work it's just surprising

BESW

Lettuce is too wet and mostly too flavorless, and some kale is too bitter, but otherwise... scarlet frills, baby spinach, arugula, it's all great.

trogdor

I was going to say

I didn't think it would actually work at all for Lettuce

for those reasons even

also I feel like it gets a little gross if it's rendered down the way it would need to be for pesto

it's best as whole as possible in my own opinion at least

in like salads or sandwiches that kind of thing

cabbage might work? but it would be a lot of extra work

BESW

09:58

Oh, and soy sauce instead of salt. Naturally.

trogdor

naturally sure :P

trogdor

11:00

we use Tamari instead of Soy Sauce

it's supposedly supposed to be healthier or something

AncientSwordRage

@BESW I sometimes avoid soya sauce due to the (occasional) alcohol content

BESW

Yeah, that's an issue. We store it in the fridge to help avoid that happening.

AncientSwordRage

I mean, Kikoman have soya sauces that say they contain rice wine, unless I'm mistaken

BESW

Ah, yes. Gotta read those labels.

AncientSwordRage

yup yup yup!

there seem to be several recipes for Lettuce Pesto on the web

BESW

11:05

[squints suspiciously]

trogdor

I wouldn't

I really wouldn't with lettuce

the Carrot greens are fine I was just surprised by them

AncientSwordRage

@BESW I think they ask for a variety of lettuces, add less water from elsewhere, and use it as a flavour carrier

trogdor

but lettuce is kinda an easily ruined green

XD

doppelgreener

pettuce lestos eh

BESW

Yeah, if they're using the heartier varieties that have more personality I can see it.

But I'd want to really mix up the other flavors I'm adding, because the greens I use tend to be a big part of the profile.

SmokeDetector

11:35

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in answer, potentially bad ns for domain in answer, potentially bad keyword in answer (79): What is the role of a Mortgage Lender? by Gerald Lopez on rpg.SE (@Rubiksmoose @ThomasMarkov)

Someone_Evil

@SmokeDetector I don't think I've seen that before. Spammers respecting the Q&A format

Thomas Markov

@SmokeDetector pretty close on the tagging there.

house-rules on spam about home mortgage lending, that’s pretty funny.

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kviiri

Might I say, a very interesting spam post.

G. Moylan

13:03

@ThomasMarkov It probably looks for anything to do with houses or cars

KorvinStarmast

13:39

@Anoplexian if the rest of the players are having fun, you need to do this: - decide what is more important, your friendships with the group, or the way you have the most fun with D&D. I have DM'd a lot, and have more than once run into the problem of forgetting I am not the DM when I am a player. Sometimes it takes another player to ask me to sit back a bit and just enjoy the ride ... and I suggest that you do likewise. This is a new DM, they don't need a back seat driver (in this case, you)

If you make this too uncomfortable, they stop DMing, and then there is one less DM in the world. You only get better at DM'ing by Doing It.

Oops, just saw where the DM decided not to DM. 🤨

NautArch

@KorvinStarmast no bueno :(

KorvinStarmast

@NautArch Mucho sad face here ...

New DMs usually need the crawl, walk, jog, trot, run progression - some rare ones do not.

NautArch

@KorvinStarmast And they need leeway in trying to make things work. Usually keeping things simple is helpful.

Thomas Markov

@KorvinStarmast Im probably below average at story telling, but above average at mechanicsing, so if you like a game with lots of improv and lots of dice rolling, Im your man.

NautArch

@ThomasMarkov And this is why we get along.

KorvinStarmast

13:51

@ThomasMarkov There are a lot of different kinds of DMs whose method works; I am sorry that I can't be in a game with you guys. (I got to play with Naut a while back and really enjoyed doing so before things got too hard on the scheduling side; I would love to be in one of your games).

AncientSwordRage

@ThomasMarkov I have run games while barely knowing any of the rules, so I can feel that

"The psychic witch wants to throw you off the building, what does she roll?"

I nerd sniped myself into asking this over at Maths.SE

Thomas Markov

14:25

So I played in a 5e one shot last weekend at a bachelor party

And I was surprised by how smoothly it went

7 players + the DM, only 3 of us had ever played before

The DM and I made everyone's characters and we just sort of threw the game at everyone

Everyone picked up everything quickly, though it did take 5 minutes to explain sneak attack to the swashbuckler rogue

@Someone_Evil I think we're getting into "untested ideas" territory here some post notices may be in order.

AncientSwordRage

@ThomasMarkov sounds epic!

What level was everyone?

Thomas Markov

@AncientSwordRage level 3

AncientSwordRage

good starting level I hear

Thomas Markov

Yeah. Everyone was variant human too

AncientSwordRage

@ThomasMarkov any input into my question about short campaigns here?

@ThomasMarkov ahhh that's easier?

Thomas Markov

14:32

@AncientSwordRage It seemed to integrate just fine. It was just another feature everyone had on their character sheet

@AncientSwordRage thanks for reminding me, i meant to chat you up in here about it

AncientSwordRage

@ThomasMarkov nice, I guess there's less complication with unusual races

@ThomasMarkov I think it's salvageable? But I can imagine being convinced otherwise

Thomas Markov

@AncientSwordRage give me a bit

AncientSwordRage

I'm not in a rush

kviiri

14:45

What's chat's opinion on The Fellowship? I am kinda feeling more like TRPGs again and I think it would make for good inspirational reading

AncientSwordRage

@kviiri what is it?

kviiri

@AncientSwordRage The other high fantasy PbtA TRPG system.

(being slightly less facetious, Dungeon World is the one people will generally know, and my understanding is The Fellowship cuts loose the DnD ties with much more gusto in favor of respecting more traditional high fantasy tropes)

AncientSwordRage

@kviiri oh cool

kviiri

Yeah ^^ I personally found DW to be a bit of a miss, for me, which is why I'm eager to learn more about this other PbtA take on the high fantasy genre

Medix2

15:03

@ThomasMarkov I had to try to explain that, and I just went "You basically always have it"

kviiri

Jan 19 '18 at 10:01, by kviiri

My problem with Dungeon World is that I find it hard to do stuff in it that I like in Dungeons and Dragons, but also hard to do stuff in it that I like in Apocalypse World :<

Had to go digging for that one a bit.

KorvinStarmast

Why don't spoilers work on main site? I selected the text (it's a long question) and the spoiler won't operate. What's the trick?

kviiri

I think you need to click on the spoiler box, not select it

KorvinStarmast

15:18

@kviiri I am trying to create spoiler on my text with the >! and it won't hide the text. I got tired of trying, so I instead posted this over at GiTP.

AncientSwordRage

did you have the right spaces?

I just posted a spoilery question on Sci-Fi and I didn't have any issues

Safdar Faisal

You need to put >! at the start of every paragraph.

if you have multi paragraphed text within the spoiler

AncientSwordRage

and it needs a white space gap before and after

Safdar Faisal

>! [space][space] creates a blank line inside the spoiler.

Hot RPG Questions

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Q: Can a Rogue find an undetectable Trap?

While the title seems to already anwser the question on it's own (there's no way you can detect something undetectable), should that really be the case? Let's check three examples: Collapsing Floor trap: it looks identical to all the normal floor around it, except putting too much weight on it c...

dnd-5e skills traps

NautArch

15:33

@Trish I like the idea of backstory tax, but I often see more experienced players picking the exotic races in my 5e games, and they'd pay tht backstory tax easily.

vicky_molokh- unsilence Monica

@HotRPGQuestions Irresistible Force intensifies.

kviiri

@NautArch Related to this: my personal view from games like DnD is that people provide too much backstory in the first place.

(Usually, that is)

Trish

@NautArch I know but with experienced players I also know these will play their character better. The main idea of backstory tax is "if you can't tell me that you can't play your character now, I don't trust you to try it. tell me something I can work with, and then we can discuss how your character fits in."

NautArch

@kviiri 100% agree. I'm not a fan of backstories for the most part.

AncientSwordRage

Is this about the exotic player race question?

NautArch

15:36

@Trish But what if your game isn't very RP focused?

AncientSwordRage

I still don't know what the core of the issue is

NautArch

@AncientSwordRage yeppers

kviiri

@AncientSwordRage Me neither really.

NautArch

@AncientSwordRage I think that in many games, or at least I've experienced it in 5e, exotic races are more powerful.

AncientSwordRage

@Trish Struggling to parse: "you can't tell me that you can't play your character now"

@NautArch that didn't seem to be it in the question

NautArch

15:38

@Trish Heck, I usually don't know how to play characters until I'm a few sessions in and I've figured out who they are and how they relate to the other characters.

Trish

@NautArch I prefer my games Character focussed.

NautArch

@Trish It may help to say that in your answer!

@AncientSwordRage You're right. We don't know why it's an issue. If we don't know why, we can't resolve. I've voted to close :(

AncientSwordRage

@NautArch they seem to not want to say either which isn't promising

NautArch

@AncientSwordRage hence my close vote. I'm debating about a downvote.

The snark in the question is rubbing me the wrong way.

AncientSwordRage

@NautArch done and done

KorvinStarmast

15:42

@AncientSwordRage before and after what?

NautArch

My issue with exotic races is more of imbalance. I did run a campaign that ended way too soon (becausd problem player), that was supposed to be a world cut off from interplanar travel.

KorvinStarmast

@kviiri I often do, but I can cut it down to 3-5 sentences if that's what the DM wants.

NautArch

That player wanted to be an Aasimar from Sigil. I worked their story into why/how they got there, but because he shouldn't have been there, local reaction was mixed. Many feared, but others were very interested in him.

bobble

@AncientSwordRage I think that the first "you" is different than the second "you" or the "your". In other words: "You [person I'm talking to] can't tell me [person who is speaking] that, 'You [person who is speaking] can't play your [person who is speaking]' character now". It might be more clear as "You can't tell me that I can't play my character now".

kviiri

@KorvinStarmast 3-5 sentences is pretty good :) My personal favorite model, though, is then welding it with the entire group

Trish

15:44

@NautArch added

NautArch

@Trish I strongly disagree with your lead sentence. We have several agnostic answers that do provide good info. Good info for what is the bigger question, tho :)

AncientSwordRage

@kviiri A group of welders is certainly a unique party background

NautArch

But I still like the idea of where you're going.

kviiri

As an aside, I've personally played... I think almost exclusively humans in DnD?

AncientSwordRage

@bobble makes sense

NautArch

15:45

@ThomasMarkov The Chairman player is always picking exotic races.

KorvinStarmast

@AncientSwordRage all gnomes, all artificers, who knew? 😁

AncientSwordRage

Also here's a thought: Group Backgrounds as a thing for D&D

Trish

@AncientSwordRage "Please tell me where your character came from generally and why he is in this situation that would be quite atypical for your character." that's what I want from exotics.

AncientSwordRage

@Trish oh I LOVE coming up with those

NautArch

@kviiri My previous table had a rule that for a single campaign, you couldn't pick the same race or class twice if you died. Luckily, there really were no character deaths by the GM.

kviiri

15:46

I often have the problem with the more striking races that they easily overshadow a lot of the personality with racial traits

NautArch

@AncientSwordRage session zero says what?

@Trish But aren't adventures atypical from the commonplace anyway?

Trish

@NautArch I don't say you can't asnwer, jsut that a perfect answer would take in mind the specific setting and all.

AncientSwordRage

@NautArch ...what?! :D

NautArch

@Trish Maybe? I also think there are no perfect answers.

Trish

@NautArch not in all settings. Shadowrunners are the junk of humanity and many people are thrown into it. And generally, for Shadowrun, I mostly ask for "explain where you got your skills"

NautArch

15:49

@Trish I still think that's a trivial tax, but it's much less important in character focused games than combat.

Trish

@NautArch true, for experienced players it can be trivial, but the difference between "if you play a human rogue, just tell me who you are. If you are an elven archer, tell me also who's your parents, how you grew up and what is your preferred fruit" can encourage the simpler options. It makes sure the players actually think about the character and don't play the character for novelty alone. It's a rather soft method, but it works especially well on beginners.

NautArch

@Trish I guess I see the use of exotics in my games has been to increase character effectiveness and not for rp reasons.

RevanantBacon

@Trish If you are requiring extra details about a character on the basis of exclusively what race the character picked, that's a pretty unkind way to try to limit character race options.

AncientSwordRage

@NautArch What I mean though is more giving the group shared skills/abilities

NautArch

@AncientSwordRage oh. that's kinda cool, too.

AncientSwordRage

15:55

If they're all welders maybe they have construction skills, or maybe they get persuasion bonus to guilds, or they all have the acrobatics skill because they're ex-circus

NautArch

But I am hoping that for my upcoming local game, I can get everyone together to do chargen as a group so that they can be a group starting.

MikeQ

If a nonhuman character you want to be, you must first solve my lore-intensive riddles three

AncientSwordRage

@NautArch nice

NautArch

@MikeQ What is my favorite color?

Trish

@RevanantBacon no, it's based on the package of Race/culture/Job. The bog standard imperial human that just happened to be a priest of the god of truth had to do the same 1 page minimum as the elvisch elven wildness ranger.

Elves from human culture would have had jsut the 2 paragraph tax that is the same for Dwarves.

The approach generally just requires more background from any character that is harder to integrate in the campaign.

KorvinStarmast

15:59

@MikeQ My name is Biv - Roy G. Biv

Trish

If the campaign was an expedition of the Thorwal people, then any non thorwalian would need to pay background tax. A travel through the Novadi desert would tax mages and Thorwal people.

G. Moylan

@KorvinStarmast Hugh Mann

Xirema

I just found out that the newest D&D5e Unearthed Arcana allows me to play as a Math Wizard, and I am here for that. 😍

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AncientSwordRage

@Xirema I did not get far through that, but sharing subclasses is an interesting idea

KorvinStarmast

@AncientSwordRage the lack of balance in this UA is being discussed over at GiTP; but the idea has a certain appeal if every PC goes by this norm ... but sadly, only a few classes are eligible. It's another M:tG being duck taped onto D&D thing.

Trish

16:13

@MikeQ Learn Grammar you must! OSV the order in this world is!

Xirema

@AncientSwordRage Yeah. I'm not entirely sold on the execution: since they have to be compatible with multiple classes, they can't key into class features the way that normal subclass features can.

KorvinStarmast

@Xirema yeah, it's kind of messy

Xirema

I'd much prefer a version where they just have multiple subclasses for each concept so they can make tweaks and alterations to fit the specific class.

AncientSwordRage

@KorvinStarmast s/duck/duct/

@Xirema or even, "If you're bard you get this"

G. Moylan

@AncientSwordRage Duck is a big brand of said tape, though

KorvinStarmast

16:16

@AncientSwordRage I think that this idea would be neat as heck for 6e ... but do it from the ground up, not as a patch on the elbow of 5e.

L Cooper

@AncientSwordRage My favorite thing about duct tape is that nobody in their right mind would use it on ducts any more, it's too porous and there's better options. Maybe we just let the ducks have it!

AncientSwordRage

@G.Moylan Ok then, s/duck/Duck/ :p

@KorvinStarmast good points

G. Moylan

@LCooper don't they make aluminum tape for that now, anyway?

KorvinStarmast

@LCooper If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, swims like a duck, or tapes like a duck, it's probably a duck.

Xirema

Also, considering Sorcerers are part of the list of classes included in this UA: They're kind of an odd-duck since they normally get their origin features at different levels than the other classes (Bard, Druid, Warlock and Wizard are all 6/10/14, but Sorcerer is 6/14/18), and yet all the class features are keyed to 6/10/14, so is the expectation that a Sorcerer gets their "origin" features earlier than other sorcerers, or later than other classes of these subclasses?

G. Moylan

16:17

@AncientSwordRage put a little respec' on that Duck

L Cooper

@G.Moylan I assume that's what the newer tape that people use is, yeah!

@KorvinStarmast But how much does the duck weigh?

AncientSwordRage

@Xirema unclear

Xirema

@AncientSwordRage 😐

G. Moylan

Gaff tape is just better for everyday, general purpose strong tape anyway. Though I guess it's bad at quacking

@LCooper one wood

AncientSwordRage

Also the subclasses miss out on Arcane Trickster and Eldritch knight

L Cooper

16:19

Gaff tape is the king of tapekind.

KorvinStarmast

@LCooper same as your garden variety witch

AncientSwordRage

also why can't a Bard be Prismari for flips sake? It's the school of performing arts!

KorvinStarmast

@G.Moylan that's called a driver

G. Moylan

@LCooper the big downside is you have to order it online (I've yet to see it in any store, anywhere) and it's not cheap or waterproof. But man is it just so much better at everything else

AncientSwordRage

@KorvinStarmast they prefer the term Chauffeur

G. Moylan

16:20

@KorvinStarmast If a duck could drive what would it drive?

Xirema

@AncientSwordRage I'm willing to put down money that the sole reason is that they didn't want to have to rewrite the level 14 feature to accommodate the fact that Bards already get Dexterity Saving Throw Proficiency. 🤣

AncientSwordRage

DUKW

The DUKW (colloquially known as Duck) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious modification of the 2+1⁄2-ton CCKW trucks used by the U.S. military during World War II and the Korean War. Designed by a partnership under military auspices of Sparkman & Stephens and General Motors Corporation (GMC), the DUKW was used for the transportation of goods and troops over land and water. Excelling at approaching and crossing beaches in amphibious warfare attacks, it was intended only to last long enough to meet the demands of combat. Surviving DUKWs have since found popularity as tourist craft in marine environments...

L Cooper

@G.Moylan Huh, I'd never thought about that! I wonder if any of the theatrical supply stores around here would have it, since it seems to be a required part of a stage manager's kit

G. Moylan

@AncientSwordRage I figured that'd be the answer as soon as I finished writing that

AncientSwordRage

@Xirema someone needs to throw a stink about this half-baked UA

G. Moylan

16:21

@LCooper I don't frequent those sorts of places so that may be the mistake I'm making

AncientSwordRage

and it releases this year?

G. Moylan

@AncientSwordRage at least it's still UA and has a chance of getting better

AncientSwordRage

@G.Moylan see the above message

play testing should be iterative

Xirema

I mean, I'd really like to playtest this stuff, because it seems interesting, but I can't imagine this stuff making it to official books unless they make pretty radical changes, possibly changes that would lessen the novelty.

AncientSwordRage

@KorvinStarmast anything else about it being discussed?

L Cooper

16:23

@G.Moylan I'm a cosplayer, so I'm in and out of them somewhat frequently-- I'll order some stuff online, but they normally seem to have gotten bulk pricing on some items so it's worth poking my head in

AncientSwordRage

@LCooper oooh any favoured characters?

KorvinStarmast

@AncientSwordRage My wife's uncle had one of those during the 70's (got it via a surplus auction) and he used to take people for rides in it (for money) but eventually had began to have trouble getting parts, so he sold it.

Trish

@G.Moylan Does it sound like a Duck, look like a Duck, smell like a Duck and taste like a duck? Then the common law says, it's a duck.

G. Moylan

@LCooper I watched Cowboy Bebop for the first time recently and now I'm super interested in making a Spike cosplay. It also seems super easy save for the jacket

KorvinStarmast

@AncientSwordRage what a mess it is, and how to exploit it. (See the previously posted link)

AncientSwordRage

16:26

I keep trying to think of a set of three characters that myself, my wife and her brother could cosplay as

@KorvinStarmast fair

L Cooper

@AncientSwordRage I'm really big into armor building and fantasy stuff! I've done a ton of Critical Role cosplays, but my favorite is the Lich King from WoW. There's just something about giant shoulders and a big cape that makes me a happy bunny!

G. Moylan

@LCooper LK is a hulking brute, too. Everything about that character design just commands attention

AncientSwordRage

@LCooper Have you seen the Karn Cosplay?

G. Moylan

@AncientSwordRage the one the Prof featured?

AncientSwordRage

Also I've played a half-ogre at larp, wearing armour is fun

@G.Moylan yes exactly

L Cooper

16:27

@G.Moylan If you're on Facebook at all, Kamui's Cosplay Community is SUPER helpful for specific questions! Normally I warn people beforehand that they've got relatively strict policies on questions, but coming from SE, you'll be just fine!

G. Moylan

@AncientSwordRage it was cool but it looked a little off to me

AncientSwordRage

@G.Moylan it was very much an interpretation

G. Moylan

@LCooper No FB for me anymore. Ditched it a few years ago.

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Needles & Nilbogs: Really RPGs: using Really Rosie to think about RPGs

posted on June 10, 2021 by Bardic Wizard

Monday, someone in my house was singing “Alligators All Around”. Originally, that was a book by Maurice Sendak, and in 1975 (according to Wikipedia), alongside other Sendak books, it was turned into the animated special Really Rosie. So we watched Really Rosie, just because. Tuesday, I had a bunch of the Really Rosie songs stuck in my head, and I’ve been humming them all week. And as I hummed t…

Medix2

Do closed, protected questions stay protected when reopened?

G. Moylan

16:29

@AncientSwordRage The implementation was cool. having the glowy bits was a nice touch and was done well

L Cooper

@AncientSwordRage Daang, that's some impressive craftsmanship. Not familiar with the character, but it's well done!

AncientSwordRage

@LCooper one of the more storied characters

@G.Moylan it was also huge :D

G. Moylan

@AncientSwordRage yeah very large. as befitting the Silver Golem

AncientSwordRage

Did you see the latest Office Hours skit?

Someone_Evil

@Medix2 AFAIK, yes

L Cooper

16:32

@G.Moylan Valid! I keep thinking about nudging some of the cosplay facebook groups to see if people would be interested in a cosplay stack since duplicate questions ABOUND and there's not a good repository of cosplay information, but I'm not sure how it'd go over...

G. Moylan

@AncientSwordRage With Teferi? yes, it was pretty good

Xirema

G. Moylan

@LCooper It doesn't seem like a good stack concept. Not too many objectively "Correct" ways to do things in that community, it seems. Much better suited to a forum with good guidebooks, perhaps? Maybe I'm missing something

Xirema

@Xirema Wizards.... what are you doing.

G. Moylan

@Xirema [X] Doubt

@Xirema They don't even proof their Magic cards these days

AncientSwordRage

16:36

@Xirema heh

@G.Moylan would fit on an arts and crafts stack though

L Cooper

@G.Moylan There's definitely some questions that don't work well because they're more creative, but for technical stuff like "how do I attach horns to a wig" or "how on earth do I keep this chestpiece on", there's almost always a single best solution to the specific problem

bobble

crafts.stackexchange.com/search?q=cosplay (18 hits for "cosplay" on Arts & Crafts SE)

AncientSwordRage

@bobble thanks for searching for that for me

L Cooper

@AncientSwordRage I would worry about the same issue we have here with D&D, tbh, these groups see a ton of questions-- if people moved to crafts, it could easily overwhelm other questions

AncientSwordRage

@LCooper you wouldn't get 100% conversion

bobble

16:39

A&C SE is at a QPD of 0.6

L Cooper

But for the most part, I don't think I'd be able to convince enough people to make it viable anywhere; there's a handful of cosplayers who would be familiar enough with SE to get on board, but the hardcore crafting people don't have a ton of overlap with the tech-y sorts who frequent SE

Mostly it's just disappointing to me that, with the age of forums pretty squashed (at least for cosplay), most community interactions happen in Facebook groups, making it harder to google for information and difficult to see if your question has been asked already; it's such a limited venue, but it's sort of the only option we've got at this point

AncientSwordRage

@LCooper you need to start slowly self answering using info from those groups, then the next time it pops up, you can reference back to the Q&A over here

L Cooper

@AncientSwordRage Ooh, sneaky! I like it :D

bobble

(any project involving a non-insignificant number of self-answers should perhaps be cleared on their meta)

AncientSwordRage

I just got to the Silverquill part of the UA. Why can't a flipping Sorcerer be a mage of silverquill when they can be a Shadow Sorcerer?

@bobble Smart and responsible. Also dropping something in their chat I presume wouldn't be unwise?

bobble

16:48

The chat was last active 21 days ago, and that was Smokey

Thomas Markov

Real talk, we got the best stack on the network.

bobble

Would you like me to link meta posts from other stacks claiming they're the best?

AncientSwordRage

@bobble please

Thomas Markov

@bobble sure if you want to spend time sharing misinformation

G. Moylan

@AncientSwordRage elitist snobs? Though one might make an argument for "natural" talent being better than acquired

AncientSwordRage

16:50

> Inky Shroud: When you cast the spell in this
way, you can see normally through the darkness
created, and when a creature you can see starts
its turn in the darkness, you can deal 2d10
psychic damage to that creature

So any number at sight range, without using an action?

G. Moylan

@AncientSwordRage isn't that the same for stuff like Spirit Guardians, though?

within range, of course

AncientSwordRage

@G.Moylan I may have skipped those

G. Moylan

@AncientSwordRage dndbeyond.com/spells/spirit-guardians

AncientSwordRage

@G.Moylan oh right that, sorry my mind went to Lorehold for some reason

The Oracle

17:06

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Q: Should this question about player race selection be open or closed?

I've noticed that this question about limiting exotic races has gone from closed, to opened after some helpful edits, to closed again (without seemingly significant edits). Even now it has a re-open vote. So, I simply ask; should this question be closed, or open? (Asking on meta per the guidance ...

discussion closed-questions

KorvinStarmast

@Xirema i have needed, and used, GR a lot due to my party mates getting turned in to statues a bit too frequently ...

bobble

@TheOracle the link to the question should be to the question and not an answer

G. Moylan

@TheOracle I was literally just about to make comment about the wild ride this post has been on

KorvinStarmast

@AncientSwordRage yep, needs a tweak before going final, sez I ...

NautArch

@Xirema Being WoTC

AncientSwordRage

17:16

@KorvinStarmast lots of it do, but I can't see them having time for multiple rounds of feedback

KorvinStarmast

@AncientSwordRage Yeah, what they do is in a few weeks, they post a survey and people do or do not respond if they care. Which is why I often respond to the surveys. They obviously did not do much analysis of Multiclassin exploits on this one ... half baked as usual. Toss the linguini against the wall, see which noodles stick is a method, I guess.

AncientSwordRage

@KorvinStarmast I've seen them do that before, but It looks like even with good feedback, they'll need to get another round done

but the book has a release date, right?

yeah: November 16, 2021

KorvinStarmast

@AncientSwordRage yeah; heck with psionics they did three or four before finally putting the psy rogue and the psy fighter in Tasha's. But management has changed, and I see the "product fusion for profit" as what's driving the train. And some folks in the player base love the MtG - D&D fusion for its own sake.

G. Moylan

@KorvinStarmast Hasbro is slowly straining the juices out of all of WotC's properties and it's been apparent to varying degrees (depending on what properties you consume) for a while now

L Cooper

17:31

It's so strange watching this unfold while also being a long-time avid Sims player, where the exact same thing has been gradually happening with management and profits and wildly varying quality of add-on materials

KorvinStarmast

@G.Moylan Drzzt is their next GI Joe, of course. 😋

G. Moylan

@KorvinStarmast Honestly, G.I. Joe will probably make an appearance on a Magic Card within the next 2 years

KorvinStarmast

@G.Moylan I will not bet against that prediction.

G. Moylan

IDK what it is about major companies just really jumping into the crapper with both feet lately. IDK if late-stage capitalism has just swung into full-force or if I'm just noticing it more now, but the properties I love are slowly driving me away. First Blizzard, then Star Wars (though the TV shows have rescued me in that regard), now WotC.

I used to be a VERY avid MtG player, and though I've slowed down over the years I still loved it and played what I wanted to. But after the way it's been treated these past couple years I've become so... apathetic and ambivalent towards it, and it makes me sad

D&D is starting to get the same funny taste in my mouth

NautArch

@G.Moylan I honestly just have ignored much of the recent releases

G. Moylan

17:47

@NautArch The main sets are... fine. It's the constant barrage of garbage with the Secret Lairs and the pricing models and the specialty sets with huge price tags and very limited supply

and "Collector" packs and Set Boosters, etc.

Thomas Markov

17:59

@NautArch on the race question, why do we need to know why OP wants to restrict race choices at character creation?

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