@BESW generally you'll just hear them called "models" when they're bigger than the thing they're modeling, because people don't care so much about being scale-correct in those cases for the most part AIUI
I'm trying to do something for the Pocket Jam and my roadside attraction idea seems perfect.
> WORLDS' LARGEST ORRERY restaurant & historioscientific EDUTAINMENT 18:1 scale makes it THREE STORIES TALL TOURS SOUVENIERS HOURLY SHOWS just off Queen’s Road in Milton turn at the B&B look for the giant planets above the trees
How would I go about calculating the odds of success someone has, given N total tries at a skill check, a skill modifier of M, and an increasing DC of a base X plus Y per success, for a total of S required successes?
I could probably figure out how to do that calculation if it was just three sequ...
> FREE* Hourly PLANET SHOW Marvel at the clockwork astrohagiography of Sir St James! Every hour we put the orrery through her paces, showing off the awe-inspiring cosmic dance of the planets. Don’t miss the grand finale when a cometary interloper joins the planetary conjunction, predicting the miracle of Saint Euland a hundred years later! *Audio accompaniment on cassette or radio provided for a reasonable fee, including narration by Jules Potts (no relation) and an original musical arrangement composed and performed by local band Starfell Line.
> Originally a private theatre, the orrery’s ground floor is now the FALLING STAR DINER AND STAGE SHOW. Delicious and thematic fine dining accompanies a dazzling display of the latest animatronic technowizardry in the automated DANCE OF THE SPHERES stage show. ENJOY OUR SPACE-COLD ICED TREATS Chocolate Kuiper Butter Pecan Bolide Martian Mint Julep (temperance julep available on request)
Closed for Venusian Aikido lessons by Dr John Quiquaequod Smith on alternate Thursdays
In my game, we have a Wild Magic sorcerer in the party. During a recent combat, they rolled on the Wild Magic table and got the effect:
95-96: You and all creatures within 30 feet of you gain vulnerability to piercing damage for the next minute.
So far, so good. The whole combat encounter was v...
I'm not sure that rpg.se has 'experts on drugs' in any way that would be useful to tag for.
"A rant from 2001: Why RPGs Are Not Too Expensive" by Sean K Reynolds. (BESW says: 20 years later the TRPG landscape is very different, but I think the principle holds and if anything is even more pronounced.)
Big Bad Con event: "Beyond Doskvol: Developing within Blades in the Dark" (Oct 24) Join Pammu, Nychelle, and John for a discussion of developing a new supplement for Blades in the Dark: The Dagger Isles! As work is underway they'll talk about the process so far, challenges and opportunities exploring these new waters in the Shattered Isles.
In my game, we have a Wild Magic sorcerer in the party. During a recent combat, they rolled on the Wild Magic table and got the effect:
95-96: You and all creatures within 30 feet of you gain vulnerability to piercing damage for the next minute.
So far, so good. The whole combat encounter was v...
