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12:22 AM

@JoelHarmon True but it's not exactly productive to answer every d&d question with "the DM can do whatever they want" is it? :P

Eternallord66

12:50 AM

Well my new question is going to make my DM rage quit lol

BESW

Heh. In 3.5 I designed an epic-level librarian who could use modified delayed blast fireballs to kill everyone in a castle in one round without damaging a single book in the place.

DBF worked differently then, though.

Shalvenay

1:58 AM

@Eternallord66 why's that?

Joel Harmon

3:01 AM

@jgn It depends. Rule Zero or Rule of Cool is kind of like any answer involving the spell Wish. Usually you just tack it on at the end, but sometimes it makes for a very compelling answer on its own.

SmokeDetector

3:15 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Non-latin link in answer (82): Help me re-find this role-playing story by Mona145 on rpg.SE

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MikeQ

Good evening/morning

V2Blast

5:00 AM

About to stream our D&D 5e actual-play podcast momentarily: https://www.twitch.tv/bigdredwun

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5:25 AM

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Q: What happens if one no longer meets the requirements for an attuned item?

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Medix2

6:38 AM

@SevenSidedDie (Not actually sure if that @'ed you but...) At least for me, the link in your profile description is broken. "The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request [...] Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."

And now I wonder if I've somehow @ replied some user named 'ed

jgn

6:53 AM

Anyone know what a "how do I learn to fish" question is?

Medix2

@jgn What do you mean "what it is"? As in where to ask it?

jgn

@Medix2 I saw a comment along the lines of "asking for game recommendations is too broad but we can answer "how do I learn to fish?" questions"

(I am looking for the comment now, it was said as if "how do I learn to fish?" was a class of question that everyone would know)

"Sorry, see the linked game-rec guidance in the post notice, this will be way too broad of a requirement as written (third parties are already dumping out 5e adventures). Needs to be lots more specific or be a "how do I learn to fish" question"

Medix2

7:13 AM

Well I've got nothing

jgn

oh here's the link, maybe it will give you a clue :3 rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/44708/…

Medix2

Oh yeah I found that when trying to search for "how do I learn to fish question", unfortunately, it was the only result

jgn

Maybe something like "if you asked 'how to learn d&d' then we can answer that"?

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8:27 AM

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Q: What's the flying speed of someone under the Fly spell with two levels of exhaustion?

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V2Blast

8:48 AM

@jgn Basically, we don't handle game/tool/product recommendations anymore (which, in this analogy, would be "give/sell me a fish" questions, I guess). I suppose we did still allow some of them at the time of the question... but we do allow questions that ask about the process. It's hard to speak in generalities, so let me give an example:

A question essentially asking "What adventure should I play?" would likely be closed as a game-recommendation question. However, if you ask directly about the specific issue you face that's prompting the question (e.g. in that post, they mention "we will only be able to go for one session (5-7 hours)", so they could instead ask about how to effectively run a fulfilling story within that time or whatever), then people can address that issue.

Again, it's a bit of a fuzzy line, but I think that's what mxy meant in that comment by a "how do I learn to fish" question.

The following issue isn't a perfect example (it's not quite a game-rec/"shopping" question, but is unstackable for different reasons), but BESW's answer does end up giving an example of a "how do I learn to fish?" question:

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A: I just created a thing that needs playtesting. How do I find playtesters among the RPG.SE denizens, or are there other places I should look instead?

Mainsite and meta aren't set up for this. We don't allow "Who wants to join my group?" questions for a whole host of reasons, not least of which is that answers will be "Yes, I want to!" and "No, I don't." Not exactly insightful experience-based solutions to a problem you're facing--the answers ...

> You can ask the main site for guidance in finding players, though!

This would actually make a good mainsite question: "I have X system/adventure/whatever, with Y qualities, that I want to test for Z audience. How do I get playtesters?" The Stack is set up to provide this kind of assistance. It can be answered through experience; it has clear criteria for voting on whether answers are useful; its advice can be useful to others in similar but not identical situations.

Pierre Cathé

11:55 AM

Hey there

kviiri

Hello!

vicky_molokh

/me waves.

nitsua60

12:41 PM

@Medix2 If their name autocompleted (or autosuggested) as you were typing, then SSD is pingable here. (Not for me, now; I suspect, given how long it's been since I've seen them here, not for you either.) In this sort of situation I sometimes pull a random post of the person's and leave a comment.

goodguy5

1:40 PM

ssd almost never graces us with their presence

BESW

Leather Scroll Case from Craft Foam (EVA)

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goodguy5

oh neat

GcL

1:59 PM

Looks like jgn is on some kind of grind for an editors badge

KorvinStarmast

@GcL yeah, but I sometimes just look at stuff and see it needs re written, and just do it. Too many years of having to whip official correspondence into shape have left their mark.

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