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01:23
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Q: How can healers track all PC's health without slowing combat?

CabinetCatI'm a GM and a couple of the players who have healing abilities are tracking others' HP on spreadsheets during combat. On the one hand, I love that they're looking out for each other. On the other hand, combat keeps getting slowed by the collective accounting of HP. The HP blockchain if you will....

dnd-5e healing hit-points roll20 pacing
 
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Hot RPG Questions
Hot RPG Questions
03:28
5
Q: How much would a door weigh?

Rp_MasterI'm planning on playing a Paladin murder zealot. I just got an idea to use a door as a weapon/shield for an awesome battle style, like so: ...But I don't know if they can be wielded with the door's weight. (I'm already gonna get the Tavern Brawler feat; you don't have to mention it). How much wo...

dnd-5e improvised-weaponry objects weight
The Oracle
The Oracle
03:41
0
Q: What is the clearest way to format rules quotes?

Non-human PersonIn the 5e part of this site there's a heavy emphasis on rules quotes. What is the clearest way to quote rules? Option 1 (link then quote) https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/races#KindandCurious Halflings are an affable and cheerful people. Option 2 (quote then link) Halflings are an...

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BESW
BESW
03:54
[resigned sigh] Okay, what are y'all's favorite examples of TRPGs that use custom cards/decks for character/world/scene building? This is the third game I've started that seems like it'd be best to use that sort of prop, so I guess I ought to learn about it. But I think the only example I've ever played was Lovecraftesque.
Xirema
Xirema
@BESW I haven't played it yet, but my table is hyped to try playing The Quiet Year in between campaigns.
user530439
The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth is kinda convoluted but the card system is great. It's a pretty normal deck builder with classes, characters, etc. But the cards do double duty by being used as their resolution mechanic - cards have success symbols on the top corner. When you do a "check" (eg a might check) you draw a number of cards equal to your score and look at the symbols. It adds a tradeoff between using your good cards or hiding them in your deck so you can succeed checks.
BESW
BESW
04:24
@Xirema Hmm that looks like something useful to cross-reference with Cozy Town.
Phoenices
Phoenices
04:46
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Q: D&D 5E - How much does a bag of holding weigh when it is infused by an artificer from a normal backpack?

Mike MurphyOK, I searched for an answer on this, but could not find one. The "Infusing an Item" feature of the artificer states "Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch a nonmagical object and imbue it with one of your artificer infusions, turning it into a magic item." Once my artificer achieved the...

magic-items weight artificer-infusions
Thinking of answering to this "the 15 pound weight is a magical property." It seems to be true, and was definitely true in previous editions.
Are there obvious holes in that argument?
GcL
GcL
05:01
@Phoenices There's a portable hole in that argument, and if you apply it to the original subject, you get sucked into the Astral Plane.
Phoenices
Phoenices
yerp, that's an issue. Isn't the internet already the astral plane? Made of thoughts and/or mysterious unknowable energy?
GcL
GcL
@Phoenices What it's made out of and how it works is entirely knowable. Knowing might not help your sense of security nor sanity, but at least it's interesting.
Phoenices
Phoenices
05:17
Yes, but only to highly competent wizards who've done years of research. Same as the Astral, I'd guess.
goodguy5
goodguy5
05:44
@BESW slapdash can, but we usually have people that can handle the improv
Bardic Wizard
Bardic Wizard
05:56
@BESW technically, no experience. But I have a friend who wants to get the rpg club and the mahjong club to interact occasionally and asked me if I knew any games that used a mahjong set as a physical-interaction-thing, which I didn’t, so I’m working on one, but I don’t think that counts as nonstandard?
Wait, change interact occasionally to interact in a good way (The RPG club vice president is dating the Mahjong Club’s third best player, and the Mahjong club co-president would like the rpg club VP to stop coming to her meetings and discussing how mahjong tiles are so similar to a deck of cards but also so different. Club politics.)
BESW
BESW
06:59
@BardicWizard Oh no, drama!
But hm, mahjong is definitely something I should think about.
Hot RPG Questions
Hot RPG Questions
07:12
2
Q: Can a Fire Elemental only set objects on fire by attacking them?

Σ of eDπI've found an odd discrepancy in the Fire Elemental's ability to set "stuff" on fire. In the Fire Elemental's statblock in the Monster Manual, the description of the Fire Form trait states (emphasis mine): Fire Form. The elemental can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezi...

dnd-5e monsters damage objects elementals
 
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Glazius
Glazius
10:27
@BESW Yes, Cozy Town was inspired by The Quiet Year. You may also want to look at The Deep Forest for somewhat of an opposite tonal direction.
Primetime Adventures uses a deck of cards as a prompt for the genre mashup that your episodic drama is based on; each card is a unique prompt.
Questlandia uses a deck of cards as an oracle for the dooms of the kingdom (suits only) and to detail some elements of the starting dramatic cast (rank for social position, color for starting mood).
One possible outcome of your scene roll is to draw another doom card and make its suit worse.
There are of course the acts of the Lindworm, dropping wax-wrapped and sharp-edged into the craftwork world of Sleepaway.
If we're talking about cards in the "one thousand blank white" sense, a penny for my thoughts makes use of user-created prompt cards, randomly distributed.
Every crisis scene in Our Last Best Hope similarly pulls a card from a user-created pool as appropriate to the disaster playset. Take a crisis, leave a crisis.
Oh! And Fiasco's back, in playing card form.
What Ho, World! and Wizards Aren't Gentlemen are card-based games from UFO Press, which combine random goal and asset cards to create in-genre conditions and motivation with a resolution system where you exhaust a card from a given suit to perform a generic or role-specific action.
They're a bit Belonging Outside Belonging in that the suit actions are definitive and powerful, and that you can inconvenience yourself to take an asset or goal card face-down as a wild token.
I say "suit" but the suits are the only elements of the card, there's no rank noted on them. Each character is represented by a pool of dual-suited cards, which can work either as a token or a permanent role action; you take two at the start of the game, and whenever you get a wild token you give up one of your dual-suited ones, getting another role action.
Glazius
Glazius
11:10
And of course, when you initiate into the Order of Fate, take fate=0. When you accept the danger of reading your own Fate, draw a card from the Tarot deck, and without looking at it, choose to tempt fate or suffer fate.
If you suffer fate, gain 1-fate and the GM flips the card and interprets it as it lies. If you tempt fate, flip the card and roll +fate. On a 10+, the GM will offer you a choice between their upright and reversed interpretations; name your fate and lose 1-fate (you can go negative). On a 7-9, the GM interprets it as it lies. On a 6-, the GM rotates and interprets it as they choose; gain 1-fate. Until your Fate has come to pass, you can read no other.
 
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BESW
BESW
12:23
Bills Payment (Savage Tier, Pammu Edition) Hello, everyone! Still hustling for a regular job and waiting on more commissions (hire me, pls), but in the meantime: please consider buying my stuff. Got an apartment and two cats to pay for.
Crowdfunding: Chalice: arthurian roleplay by Monkey's Paw Games. A game of Arthurian knights searching for the Holy Grail.
Afterlife Games Bundle by Matthew Gravelyn and 7 others. Death, the afterlife, the undead. What happens after this life is unknowable and enticing, and pondering these questions is engrained into the very being of every mortal. To explore these themes, we have created a bundle of games that evoke the feelings of life, death, and so much more in a variety of tones and genres.
Dream Quest by Nakade. A lost adventure game from 1980
Jonaya Kemper explained on twitter why they aren't doing cultural consulting for games anymore, and what they're doing instead. "For the past few years I've been doing large amounts of cultural consulting and sometimes that work involves just cleaning up mistakes that wouldn't have been made if you hired me to write in the first place."
 
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goodguy5
goodguy5
13:44
@BESW Am I missing something or does this only work in like a bulk social setting it's dangerous to go alone
Like a bar/college event/con or something that has has specifically planned it
BESW
BESW
Yes, the context is the Business Card Jam.
> Business cards are often exchanged by game designers (and others) as a social ritual, but many end up lost or recycled without ever being used beyond the moment of exchange. What would it look like to try and make that experience more story-shaped, or even to embrace the transient nature of a business card as a part of gameplay?
goodguy5
goodguy5
Also, that reminds me of a kickstarter idea that I've long since had. "Deck of Mini Things" - business card sized DoMT
BESW
BESW
The Business Card Jam came out of experiences with designers networking at conventions.
goodguy5
goodguy5
@BESW yea, I read that but was having trouble parsing it, for some reason
ah ha. that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying
BESW
BESW
No problem! A lot of stuff like jams makes very little sense from a player-exclusive perspective, because they're by and for the designers and emerge from the experiences and needs of design circles.
NautArch
NautArch
13:49
mmm, jam.
goodguy5
goodguy5
This man jams
BESW
BESW
(My perspective and understanding of TRPGs expanded and shifted dramatically when I started paying more attention to indie and small press creators than to players or mouthpieces of big companies.)
goodguy5
goodguy5
@BESW no! My viewpoint is always right and I refuse to change that or acknowledge any "facts" that would contradict the way I look at things! /s
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AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
4
Q: What if one PC wants to do something without party?

CarefulClericMy PC often has interrupted dreams where family members come to speak with him about what he's doing with his party. The DM describes these dreams and my PC has choices and some controls in them (he was able to fight in one of them.) They are described to the whole party, but my PC hasn't shared ...

dnd-5e stealth helping splitting-the-party
^ is that only opinion based?
I've answered drawing from my experiences where I can
goodguy5
goodguy5
oh hey, I was just voting on that
NautArch
NautArch
13:58
@AncientSwordRage Your answer ain't bad, but I think the issue is (for me) that it appears to be generating options without any good subjective for those options - or why those options may be good for them.
And i'm not sure we can answer that last bit at all.
BESW
BESW
The question per se is fine, but the way it's couched feels like it's wanting to ask AITA instead.
NautArch
NautArch
But your answer is better than the other because you do draw from experience - but is that experience relevant to the OP to solve their problem? I'm not sure...we don't know enough.
@BESW @GroodytheHobgoblin's comment :)
goodguy5
goodguy5
The title definitely isn't the question
The question is more "how can I set up secret events for my character and still involve the party"
NautArch
NautArch
@goodguy5 Is the TLDR?
BESW
BESW
If I were in the audacious editing mood, I'd re-write it to ask "how does a player handle wanting to do this."
NautArch
NautArch
14:01
@goodguy5 and the answer to that is...talk to your DM.
goodguy5
goodguy5
@NautArch essentially
NautArch
NautArch
@goodguy5 That's what I thought- and that seems opiniony.
But I'm willing to be wrong :)
BESW
BESW
@NautArch Well, it always is. But we can give specific terms and guidance on how to frame that conversation to be productive.
NautArch
NautArch
@BESW How can I talk to my DM about this need would be a good question.
BESW
BESW
And that could be what's being asked, but the "you" in the summary question is ambiguous.
Hence my inclination to interpret it as "how does a player handle this" because that's something the asker would find actionable.
NautArch
NautArch
14:03
@BESW I like that idea - added a comment (hope you don't mind)
BESW
BESW
If the "you" is interpreted as the GM, then answers are not actionable and it becomes an AITA.
NautArch
NautArch
@BESW I think You must be the GM, otherwise it's not actionable either. The DM is going to have the final say.
But they may not see it that way...
so yah, it could be the player.
arglebargle
goodguy5
goodguy5
So the problems at play here, by my reading.
- The player wants this "cool RP moment"
- The player has a specific idea for how the rest of the party should be involved
- The DM isn't 100% clear on what the player wants
- The other players don't know about any of this
BESW
BESW
Nah, if "you" is the GM then the asker can't act on the answers except to tell their GM "someone on the Internet says you're wrong."
GM advice isn't actionable by the player asking the question.
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
I voted to leave that one open, I fell on the "it's probably okay" side of the fence the question is straddling
goodguy5
goodguy5
14:05
So, 1. are those the right problems,
and 2. are those problems stackable in a single instance
NautArch
NautArch
@ThomasMarkov I'm sad to see ASR's answer getting less votes then. Theirs is actually supported.
fixed that ;P
@ThomasMarkov Can you convince me to retract my close?
:D
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
@NautArch I think the other answer is okay too. It gives good exposition on the conventional idea that D&D is meant to be cooperative play. They could cite some passages from the PHB and DMG that talk about it and then the rest of their answer would be commentary on applying those principles.
NautArch
NautArch
@ThomasMarkov Passages yes, but for something like this I think their own good subjective would be helpful. Otherwise, it's full of 'I think, I would" and that's opinion. It may end up being right, but are we going with right over supported?
goodguy5
goodguy5
Alright, I've considered working, and instead I'm going to lay back down.
have fun yall
BESW
BESW
Given how much of 5e (and our answers about 5e here) ride on "the GM decides everything," a book-only answer feels... anemic?
NautArch
NautArch
14:12
@goodguy5 good choice!
@BESW i agree
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
@NautArch I’m probably okay with “general wisdom” that naturally stems from applying the way the texts frame the game. But maybe I’m biased because I agree with the answer.
NautArch
NautArch
@ThomasMarkov Yep - that's always my concern. I agree = upvote is dangerous when the answer isn't 'good', just 'agreeable'.
 
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Trish
Trish
15:51
Do we have a question about door shenanigans in combat in 5e? I mean... there's a door. Open it, attack, close it... something like that...
NautArch
NautArch
@Trish I want to say yes...
It may be more hallway shenanigans
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Q: How can I discourage/prevent PCs from using door choke-points?

BlueMoon93To keep this from being voted as a duplicate of this, let me clarify. The other question asks for DM tactics to battle chokepoints. Its answers are all focused on fighting at these choke-points. I ask for ways to avoid PCs creating/using choke-points. I want my PCs to jump into the boss room whic...

dnd-5e dungeon strategy
Trish
Trish
I was thinking of going all silly and having a group of heroes putting down doors next to doors in a hallway, which they open to attack and close to get full cover when not acting...
NautArch
NautArch
I knew i remembered it.
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
One character could not open-attack-close in a single turn, but two characters could open-attack, attack-close.
NautArch
NautArch
@ThomasMarkov action surge/rogue bonus action?
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
15:57
Can rogues use a bonus action to object interact?
NautArch
NautArch
@ThomasMarkov thief?
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
Ah, Thief Rogue's 3rd level feature
NautArch
NautArch
But i'm just pulling out the specific folks that can do it - otherwise you're right.
it's not generally a tactic one person can do.
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
You could potentially have a companion of some kind (familiar, unseen servant, tiny servant, etc.) close the door for you
NautArch
NautArch
^true
Trish
Trish
16:04
Or have someone who has a ranged weapon use a rope to close the door from behind you using their free object interaction.
NautArch
NautArch
@Trish That would likely be a reaction, no?
Trish
Trish
@NautArch could be used as a setup, yes.
NautArch
NautArch
And you mean one-handed range weapon?
@Trish How would someone close the door when it's not their turn?
Trish
Trish
@NautArch something like the hand crossbow, yes.
Or just rely on the enemy to open the door using that as a trigger to use a delayed attack and close the door? hmmm...
NautArch
NautArch
@Trish That's giving up your attack action, isn't it? Stil having to use your Ready and a reaction - which can only happen once.
Trish
Trish
16:09
@NautArch dang...
NautArch
NautArch
womp womp 5e
Trish
Trish
There must be a setup how one can reliably improvise a shield-wall
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
If you didn't find calling Home Depot helpful, you should try Ace Hardware, because Ace is the place with the helpful hardware folks.
NautArch
NautArch
@Trish that might be a solid mainsite question
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
5e doesn't really like that kind of creature count for combat IMO. Not surprised it's missing
NautArch
NautArch
16:11
but good chance it draws ideas
@Someone_Evil creature count?
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
You'd have to have some clearly defined parameters for the outcomes sought.
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
@NautArch Number of combatants in combat
I'm sorta assuming you want a shield wall with 10+(?) soldiers for to start really being a wall?
NautArch
NautArch
@Someone_Evil ah, i think it's the functional wall more than the numbers...but I'll let @Trish clarify :)
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
Maybe that's me assuming you need the numbers to get a functional shield wall (beyond having creatures in front with shields for their AC and cover mechanic protecting those behind)
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
Here is a homebrew shield wall feat.
"When you are within 5 ft of an ally, both you and your ally gain a +1 to AC. This effect can stack with other allies with this feat."
Surely there is no way to break the game with this.
NautArch
NautArch
16:21
I would require allies to have a shield.
Not to have the feat, but to have a shield.
although paired feats to allow stacking when one feat just gives one +1
interesting...
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
Get 16 size small PCs all with the feat and the ability to cast enlarge/reduce, pack the now tiny creatures into a 10x10 square, and they all get +15 AC.
NautArch
NautArch
There's too much in that feat, but I think it's got good bones.
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
@NautArch "Shield wielding allies within 10 feet of you get +1 AC" is probably where I would start playtesting it.
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
To what extent is the Protection fighting style relevant to this? It covers some of the same idea, no?
NautArch
NautArch
@ThomasMarkov i'd probably say adjacent.
but...that's a really good point about protection. And I've always been underwhelmed by that style.
maybe it's a new fighting style rather than feat?
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
16:26
@NautArch Yeah.
Do we have a question about how great weapon fighting affects expected damage
Found it
I feel like this answer is missing enough to warrant NAA, no?
Definitely shouldnt be scored +3/-0
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
@NautArch It's at its best when you're 2v1 in melee which I'm not sure is that frequent for most table. In my experience it leans more towards 1v3 :p
NautArch
NautArch
@Someone_Evil Do you use optional flanking?
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
@Someone_Evil These two answers could at least use a post notice, I'm not sure theyre even worth keeping around.
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
@NautArch I think we're technically doing so in the campaign where I'm a player, but it doesn't come up very often (we use a +2 variant IIRC)
NautArch
NautArch
@Someone_Evil oooh, that's kinda neat. no advantage - just +2?
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
16:35
Aye
NautArch
NautArch
That makes the effort to flank a little less 'required'
I've been considering taking out flanking in the next campaign.
Trish
Trish
@Someone_Evil in a tunnel of 10 to 15 feet width, 3-5 on one side and any number on the other that are stopped from acting by slamming the door in their face?! That's not a large number, yes?
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
Ah, but that's more taking the Help action on keeping a door shut than a shield wall (at least as I assumed the term)
Trish
Trish
It's functioning akin to how the roman formation actually is supposed to work: There is no way to harm the tortoise (every soldier is in the cover of a shield) and they open "the door" to allow an attack to go out, then close it again. The door however is actually a gap of about 3 inch, which then is closed after the spear attack is out. So... wait... hat's one who opens and closes the door (and holds it closed otherwise) and one that from behind uses a reach weapon to attack through the ally?
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
@ThomasMarkov Agree on one, if there's something you're distinctly missing one the other one a comment would probably serve better
NautArch
NautArch
16:49
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Q: Is there a penalty for attacking THROUGH an ally's position while in Melee?

NautArchYou can move through an ally's position (as difficult terrain), but can you attack through it at no cost? If you have 10' reach, but there is an ally between you and the target, does the target get the +2 cover or is that ignored as friendly ally who could move away?

dnd-5e reach cover
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
@Trish Akin to doesn't really mean it should be covered the same way
Trish
Trish
@Someone_Evil yes... the silly idea is "can you have full cover all the time when it's not your turn?"
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
And 5e goes all sort of wonky with soldiers in tight formation (initiative, squeezing, etc.). You might be better off modeling a roman turtle formation as a single creature/using a single stat block
See also: Swarms, I suppose
goodguy5
goodguy5
@NautArch I'm still covid recovering :-\
NautArch
NautArch
@goodguy5 oh dang - it took me weeks. And I lost 15lbs during it.
Didn't eat for 4 days.
@Trish @Someone_Evil Tortle would like to have a word about their mechanics :)
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
16:55
hello
NautArch
NautArch
o/
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
@NautArch how are you??
NautArch
NautArch
not too bad today :)
getting some data entry done and about to take the kids skiing.
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
@NautArch have you gone skiing or is it your first time?
Trish
Trish
@Someone_Evil Ok, so a roman cohort is a colossal construct with 600d6 HD and 6 attacks? ;)
goodguy5
goodguy5
16:59
@NautArch It's hard for me to not eat.
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
@Trish What CR do you land at with that?
GcL
GcL
@Someone_Evil That's what I did. Added a voltron like ability for trained soldiers facilitated by a higher CR soldier. Actually yoinked a lot of mechanics from Ars Magica for it.
NautArch
NautArch
@goodguy5 Me, too. I get migraines if I don't eat regularly. But when I'm sick, I tend to not eat - and very much so with that illness.
@Catofdoom2 I started with the kids about 3 years ago and this season I'm getting comfortable with it :)
GcL
GcL
Because handling a single creature named "unit" or "squad" is much nicer than dealing with five separate creatures with init and all that jazz.
NautArch
NautArch
@GcL ooooooh
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
17:01
@NautArch thats really cool. i can't rember the last time i went skiing and i'm moving to florida soon so i probaly won't go again
NautArch
NautArch
@Catofdoom2 You're turning into Florida Cat!
Never thought I'd like it, and never thought I'd pick it up in my 40s.
who knew?!
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
Floridian cat
sayings are weird because its not uncommon for people to continue to grow and learn and discover new hobbies regardless of age
goodguy5
goodguy5
Even when I'm nauseated, for some reason that like weird pit of the stomach bad feeling just doesn't do a good job telling my brain not to eat.

The hard part was that last week, Goodkid5 had a positive test, and thus was home from school. Goodwife5 was a touch ill, as well (and pregnant), so I chipped in as much as I could.

We got him cleared to go this week so I can actually take any rest I need.
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
@goodguy5 i read that and find it adorable that you refer to your family in that manner
goodguy5
goodguy5
how else would I refer to them? lol
I would expect you one day to refer to your spouse of doom2, and children of doom2 (theoreticaly)
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
17:07
i think most people would just say "my wife" "my son"
lol maybe
goodguy5
goodguy5
I think I got it from Saint Wacko over in arqade, but it could predate that
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
@goodguy5 i just find it cute
i have an additional question @goodguy5
goodguy5
goodguy5
@Catofdoom2 I have an additional answer
Trish
Trish
@Someone_Evil hm, let me calculate... 350 HP is a 20 and 6*1d6 is 3, for a sum of 23. Stay for AC 19, -2 for a Prof.Bonus of jsut +2 and -4 for BAB +2, so CR 8,5? It's a nasty slog of a fight, but it doesn't do damage... Hoewever, Cohorts are pack animals... or do you talk about swarms if they are 60? ;)
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
do you have apex legends or war-zone? i know its probably cringe but i plan to do a playing with viewers stream this Friday and i kinda just wanted to see if you'd be interested. no pressure of course. @goodguy5
goodguy5
goodguy5
17:11
@Catofdoom2 I do play warzone, but I'm usually spending designated wife time on Fridays
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
@goodguy5 of course. my apologies. maybe some other time then.
goodguy5
goodguy5
no apologies needed, thanks for thinking of me.
And it's not cringe. just enjoy it. ^_^
@Rubiksmoose This looks like the earliest instance of the goodfamily5. Thanks Rubiksmoose
> when is goodbaby5 due?
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
that is indeed adorable.
goodguy5
goodguy5
ugh, I've picked up a dumb habit from a dumb idle game that I play.

ctrl scroll to go to the top or bottom of a menu, so I keep changing my font size
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
@goodguy5 reading through old chat logs is weird
goodguy5
goodguy5
17:15
@Catofdoom2 quite
NautArch
NautArch
Man, I miss me some Moose.
goodguy5
goodguy5
@NautArch Do we know where they went?
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
seeing things where people say "i know this isn't official but theoretically could..." then people respond with "that's not official" its kinda weird.
NautArch
NautArch
@goodguy5 Nope :(
Or, at least, i don't.
goodguy5
goodguy5
@Catofdoom2 Well, we are a bunch of nit picking nerds, afterall
disclaimer: I know that I've been asked not to call us nerds, it was hyperbolic
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
17:18
lol
NautArch
NautArch
@goodguy5 I have no issue with that language.
I am very proud of nerdosity.
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
i'd say we are nerds. intelligent, obsessive, socially inept.
Trish
Trish
@NautArch IS Florida Cat the feline equivalent of Florida Men?
NautArch
NautArch
@Trish That was the attempted joke.
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
maybe not all of us are that last part but overall i believe us to be nerds
Trish
Trish
17:19
@NautArch Better than Florida Werewolves. Those are Glasswalkers and Bonegnawers
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
@trish thats a new one to me
goodguy5
goodguy5
@NautArch If you'll recall long ago, I was asked to stop saying "morning, nerds" due to some complaints administered to..... besw, iirc.
bobble
bobble
@Catofdoom2 "obsessive" has negative connotations, and "socially inept" is explicitly negative. If you could please refrain from declaring that "overall" we have negative traits?
NautArch
NautArch
@goodguy5 Totally fair if someone doesn't appreciate or like the label.
@bobble That's very reasonable - thank you for pointing that out.
Trish
Trish
@Catofdoom2 World of Darkness pun. Glasswalkers and Bonegnawers are the bottom of the Garou totem pole, as in the least rage-y and gaia-connected. Citydwellers
bobble
bobble
17:21
self-deprecation can be fine, but group-deprecation, even of a group where you claim membership, is much more touchy
goodguy5
goodguy5
Then maybe I wasn't talking to them :P. At any rate I stopped, and I think I left the stack for a little while.

One of multiple times where something I felt to be unreasonable caused me to decide maybe this wasn't the place for me.
NautArch
NautArch
@goodguy5 I hear ya.
vicky_molokh- unsilence Monica
vicky_molokh- unsilence Monica
Oh dear, I used to self-describe as a nerd exactly because it implied being not very socially apt among other things, but apparently that word can no longer work for that . . .
NautArch
NautArch
And I hope I"ve not done anything to contribute to those feelings @goodguy5.
goodguy5
goodguy5
@NautArch There was one that REALLLLLLLY ruffled my feathers and I don't think you were involved.
I was gone for many months for that one
nitsua60
nitsua60
17:25
@NautArch I and my kids did Berkshire East with my brother and his kids a couple of weeks back--I was pleasantly surprised. Where are you heading?
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
@Trish interesting
@bobble i don't believe them to be negative but if you wish so i will refrain from doing so
bobble
bobble
you don't believe "inept" to have negative connotations?
NautArch
NautArch
@nitsua60 I just went there a few weeks ago! First trip and that's a super fun mountain. Kids went tubing, but I skied.
We've got season passes at Bousquet.
goodguy5
goodguy5
I'm not socially inept, I'm a gosh dang butterfly
bobble
bobble
And again, there is a world of difference between saying that you have personal negative qualities, and declaring that we have negative qualities
NautArch
NautArch
17:29
I have come to learn I can play an extrovert extremely well. But I'm an introvert.
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
@goodguy5 that is why i said maybe not the last one as much
is a introvert butterfly a thing? @NautArch @goodguy5
@bobble @bobble i do not. maybe that wasn't the right word choice but i don't find it negative. if you struggle to be social then you struggle to be social that is neither positive nor negative
bobble
bobble
i. am. leaving.
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
once again if you desire for me to not use such wordage that is fine
goodguy5
goodguy5
@bobble hello leaving, I'mgoodguy5
NautArch
NautArch
@bobble I would prefer if you didn't feel like you had to leave. If it's alright, I can move this to Dragons?
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
17:33
does anyone know where swordrage has been?
NautArch
NautArch
@Catofdoom2 It may be more helpful in the future to accept when someone asks you not to do something. Trying to explain one's reasons usually makes others just feel like you don't want to change.
Just take the request and go with it :)
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
@NautArch oki doki
goodguy5
goodguy5
@NautArch If I may snark.....
I'd prefer if you not give us helpful life advice :P /s
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
@goodguy5 i don't know what that word means but please do
goodguy5
goodguy5
@Catofdoom2 "snark" is like "sass", if that helps
NautArch
NautArch
17:36
@goodguy5 You'll take my helpful life advice and like it!
maybe with a spoonful of sugar?
goodguy5
goodguy5
MORE LIKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
someone please find that mary poppins song and place it here. the "spoonful of sugar" song
NautArch
NautArch
@goodguy5 hey-o!
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
can anyone find the song
goodguy5
goodguy5
@Catofdoom2 I mean, I easily could
but you could just as easily
wtfork is with these 'w' working into my words.
NautArch
NautArch
17:43
Stop resting your middle finger on the W key, you WASD warrior.
goodguy5
goodguy5
I wonder how much Minecraft I've played.
That's certainly my #1 WASD game
I'm typically a console-man, but Minecraft PC hits different
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
@Trish I feel like I'd want to rework those numbers a fair bit to do a more interesting fight, though before that there's really the question of what your goal is (and then direct according to that)
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
17:56
duck
MikeQ
MikeQ
goose!
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
goose?
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
yes
NautArch
NautArch
<runs!>
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
@NautArch To be fair, ducks running is quite funny looking
MikeQ
MikeQ
17:57
duck-goose-goose is the hard mode version of duck-duck-goose
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
@MikeQ yes
that made me laugh
star wars or star trek
Yuuki
Yuuki
star gate
MikeQ
MikeQ
star platinum
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
@Yuuki helllooooo
yes
i see
every star you can think of
go!
Yuuki
Yuuki
betelgeuse
deneb
altair
vega
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
18:03
star girl
all star batman
starboy from yugioh
star boy by the weekend
Yuuki
Yuuki
Anyways, my DM has asked me if there's any magic item that I'd be interested in, but I really don't know what would fit with my character, given that part of their concept is that their necessary equipment is all intrinsic.
MikeQ
MikeQ
is the magic schoolbus a magic item or a construct (or a mimic)?
Yuuki
Yuuki
Maybe a magical tattoo?
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
@MikeQ yes
Yuuki
Yuuki
Not sure how that'd work for a plasmoid.
bobble
bobble
18:08
@NautArch if you think that'd be good. On my end, I've concluded that seeing the messages is not good for my personal mental health and have thus updated my SE chat ignored users list, so I'm not seeing them anyways.
Yuuki
Yuuki
I wanted to fully utilize the plasmoid ability to slip through small spaces so I multiclassed soulknife rogue and warlock to have a weapon and armor on me at all times. That way, I'm not disadvantaged whenever I want to ooze through a door or something.
And would have to leave behind anything that doesn't fit through the gap.
But now I'm not sure what to do for magical items.
MikeQ
MikeQ
Do you have magic armor that reshapes with you while slipping under a door?
Yuuki
Yuuki
I took the warlock invocation that lets me cast mage armor at will.
MikeQ
MikeQ
Do you have a magic door that you can slip under?
Yuuki
Yuuki
Doesn't seem like something I can comfortably carry.
MikeQ
MikeQ
18:19
Ok, so the magic door is magically comfortable to carry around. Problem solved.
Mithical
Mithical
Sure it is, you just gotta be like Schleppel.
Yuuki
Yuuki
18:33
@MikeQ I suppose I could use it as a shield, but I'm a plasmoid not a big bald burly northerner with a fantastic mustache.
goodguy5
goodguy5
@bobble Hey, sorry if I was rude.
bobble
bobble
@goodguy5 oh, don't worry. you're nice.
goodguy5
goodguy5
^_^
bobble
bobble
you are, dare I say, a good guy
goodguy5
goodguy5
huzzah lol
GcL
GcL
18:48
@goodguy5 The internet has ruined me. I read "sass" and immediately my mind jumps to css style sheets.
goodguy5
goodguy5
@GcL yea....
GcL
GcL
@Yuuki Magical flask that you can use to store a potion. That way you can have a potion on/in you at all times.
Yuuki
Yuuki
Hmm, that reminds me, I need to ask my DM what they think about me keeping or moving items through my body.
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
@Yuuki excuse me, what?
Prince North Læraðr
Prince North Læraðr
19:04
@goodguy5 Not the best thing to say to someone who’s upset
goodguy5
goodguy5
@PrinceNorthLæraðr Yes, I've been made aware
Prince North Læraðr
Prince North Læraðr
👍
Bobbles a good friend of mine, don’t like to see her upset
bobble
bobble
this reminds me to update my profile pronouns...
goodguy5
goodguy5
@PrinceNorthLæraðr yea, I'd misunderstood the situation.
Prince North Læraðr
Prince North Læraðr
@bobble ah frick, forgot. Apologies
Yuuki
Yuuki
19:09
@ThomasMarkov My character's a plasmoid.
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
@Yuuki Ah, that makes much more sense.
Yuuki
Yuuki
Technically, it's not an ability they have but you see it a lot with ooze-like creatures. I've done it before in a previous session, but I wanna double-check with my DM that they're okay with it because I can already tell that being able to slip under doors may be problematic.
And I don't want to add to that if it's too annoying for encounter design.
GcL
GcL
19:31
@Yuuki Problematic for you too if it takes a while to completely ooze through.
Mithical
Mithical
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GcL
GcL
:60551016 please stop
MikeQ
MikeQ
@Yuuki If you have access to dndbeyond, there are plenty of small magic items like amulets and rings that could add to your character's defenses & utility. The one that protects against divination magic might be especially nice while sneaking as an ooze.
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
@MikeQ You mean the amulet of proof against detection and location?
GcL
GcL
SAAO: Sneaking as an ooze. "Snoozing" for people in the plasmoid know.
MikeQ
MikeQ
19:37
@ThomasMarkov Yep, that one. Good for hiding from wizards. Also, depending on how boots work while in ooze form, there are plenty of magic boots that help with stealth and movement. @Yuuki For defensive items, bracers of defense and ring of protection could help.
AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
@ThomasMarkov I wonder if you can get an amulet of proof against set theory?
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
@AncientSwordRage Probably just stay away from most math.
AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
@ThomasMarkov good plan
GcL
GcL
@AncientSwordRage Godel's Amulet?
MikeQ
MikeQ
@ThomasMarkov Amulet of proof against proofs.
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
19:52
First Incompleteness Theorem: "Any RPG rule set within which a certain amount of elementary roleplaying can be carried out is incomplete; i.e., there are interpretations of the rules of the RPG which can neither be proved nor disproved in the RPG."
Yuuki
Yuuki
Magic is used by crazy wizards. Magic and math both start with MA. MA is the postal code for Massachusetts. Logan International Airport, the largest airport in New England by passenger volume, is in Massachusetts. Airplanes take off from airports. The aviation industry accounts for ~8% of worldwide oil consumption. I have no idea where I'm going with this, but it's probably nowhere good.
AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
@GcL heh
Cantor's Quiver
MikeQ
MikeQ
@Yuuki Aviation shares the same root as aviary. Aviaries account for a large proportion of bird feed consumption. The rest are consumed by thieving squirrels. A wizard can polymorph you into a squirrel. Therefore, squirrels are a threat to worldwide industry because of wizards.
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
@AncientSwordRage Hilbert's Handy Haversack
MikeQ
MikeQ
Wake up sheeple (or else crazy wizards will steal your bird food via the occult powers of math)
Yuuki
Yuuki
19:59
@ThomasMarkov A Euclidean seed.
Shor's Secret-Finding Scope
Cat of doom2
Cat of doom2
:(
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
I have a new mission: find an interaction in the D&D 5e rules where the ruling depends on whether or not you take the Axiom of Choice.
AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
@ThomasMarkov I love it
Sierpiński's portable trianghole
nitsua60
nitsua60
@MikeQ Whassup?
GcL
GcL
20:20
@ThomasMarkov That's an obligate +1 artifact. Had a barbarian use that to slay one of Markov's hidden genies.
AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
@ThomasMarkov allow infinitesimal CR, allow recycling summoned critters based on CR, maths, success
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
21:21
@nitsua60 Can you (mods) change usernames of other accounts?
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
After a fashion, why do you ask?
MikeQ
MikeQ
He's got a great idea for a special April 1st network-wide event.
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
@Someone_Evil I'm seeing lots of defunct accounts named spammer, which, If I were a spammer, is the last thing I would name my spammer.
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
Yup, that'll be a moderator fixing a profile spammer
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
I've figured out what you guys do all day.
Someone_Evil
Someone_Evil
21:28
I don't think it's that many who bothers with profile spammers tbh
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
@Someone_Evil I lost it at "American Spamguard Association"
Yuuki
Yuuki
Well, I hope you find it again. It could be important.
Hot RPG Questions
Hot RPG Questions
21:46
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Q: What if one PC wants to do something without party?

CarefulClericAs a player, how would you approach your DM about your character doing something out of session that neither the others players/party wouldn't witness.? (Example, asking to sneak away from the party) The goal would be able to do something without it being described in front of all players to avoi...

dnd-5e stealth helping splitting-the-party
AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
22:15
With the edit, my answer isn't really relevant anymore so I've taken it down while I rework it. — AncientSwordRage 44 secs ago
:-(
Thomas Markov
Thomas Markov
@AncientSwordRage still a well written and valid frame challenge, methinks.
MikeQ
MikeQ
@AncientSwordRage Your answer is still relevant and valuable. The asker's (presented) goal is to avoid metagaming from other players/player characters.
AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
22:38
@ThomasMarkov I never wrote it as a frame challenge though
@MikeQ yup, just needs some reworking

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