TRPG General Chat

Colin Gross

12:09 AM

@Rubiksmoose Does specificity apply?

Is one more or less specific than the other?

V2Blast

12:36 AM

In today's ToA game: we leveled up from winning a track meet.

Mike Q

12:46 AM

@V2Blast That sounds fun. How did it play out? Who won?

Ben

5e Clarification... Half orc's Savage Attacks = Barb Brutal Critical?

I understand that brutal critical allows for additional dice at higher levels

Colin Gross

Seems like they'd stack

Well, you'd have extra dice for each effect.

Ben

Yeah, potentially. In the case of a 9th level half-orc barb wielding a great axe, they roll 4d12 damage

But I'm just making the comparison between the class and the racial ability. Just seems... I dunno… off, that a half orc fighter has the ability that a dwarf barb has to wait nine levels for

V2Blast

1:04 AM

@MikeQ We tried to negotiate with a goblin tribe to get the shield guardian control amulet they had... and somehow a party member proposed a track meet. We talked to each of the nearby tribes, and somehow made it happen. We won 5 of the 8 events, and got each tribe to wager something.

Then the goblin queen tried to back out of the deal, so we planned to sneak into her tent at night and take the amulet we were promised. Our ranger (who has a magic dagger that lets him cast Dimension Door once a day) decided to try and do that then teleport away... but when he snuck in, he saw a figure near the queen's bed and found the queen dead. that's where the session ended.

nitsua60

1:23 AM

I'm curious how the meet was run: skill challenges? Something else?

Ben

@V2Blast GASP!

Ben

1:44 AM

Potentially going to be joining a 5e lvl 20 one-shot over the Christmas period

Never had a player over level 7... so that should be a jump haha

Would there be any considerations I should take into account when choosing a pc for this game? Like, "choose a class I'm familiar with" or similar?

Mike Q

@Ben Playing a high-level prepared caster may involve a lot of bookkeeping. Other than that... It's a one-shot. Choose a build/concept that seems fun.

nitsua60

Tier 4 is pretty crazy. I'd definitely choose something you're familiar with, and talk with the other players beforehand. It's easy in T4 to see big disparities between PCs if you're not all on the same page. (I.e. if it's 4 other straight-20 characters and you want to multiclass 15/5, you're going to notice it.)

V2Blast

@nitsua60: Yep! Had Athletics/Acrobatics/Dex checks as appropriate for the various events, with advantage/bonuses based on the inevitable cheating

nitsua60

I might suggest picking the capstone ability you like best and grab that--it may be your only chance to see it in play =)

V2Blast

Yeah, for level-20 oneshots, go nuts. Think of the high-level class feature or ability or spell you've always wanted to use - now you can

nitsua60

1:50 AM

I've always wanted to try Dr20: just be a mammoth. "Sorry, you'll have to do 350 dmg per turn to catch my attention. At which point I'll unleash L7 and L8 spells on you."

Ben

In all honesty I was thinking of either going with my foundation PC - Dragonborn Fighter, a Minotaur Storm Barb (from Xan's) or making a plain Sorcerer (based on the Golden Sun "Adept" characters)

I haven't played a caster until just recently, so I'm hesitant to go with the last one

I think it's little sad that everytime I see the word "Adept" my brain defaults to the DMS that I work with.

Ben

2:19 AM

Actually, in the case of the fighter, at level 20 they have 4 attacks (from Extra Attack) per turn. Would it just be easier to roll all 4 at the same time?

It'd probably be down to personal preference I guess

Mike Q

Ask the DM. Some don't allow it in cases where you have the chance to attack multiple targets.

Ben

@MikeQ True. Just from my experience, it can take time to get through all the attacks sometimes. Even with 2 attacks, it was a bit time consuming

Mike Q

Yes, I prefer grouping the dice rolls to save time.

Ben

Even just to determine the number of hits maybe. 3/4 hits, roll damage.

even assign how many hits to which targets.

I think that would be a worthwhile tactic

Good-period-of-the-day-or-night to all! @Ash @KorvinStarmast @illustro

KorvinStarmast

@Ben Central time US (I'll need to figure out UTC +5 or +6 in a moment) and on Tuesday nights for me is a good start ...

Mike Q

2:28 AM

US Central = UTC -6

KorvinStarmast

@MikeQ Yeah, we just came off of DST

Ben

So that would mean you're 4 hours behind me? so... 8.30am?

Timezone math is not something I excel at. It should be simple but there's something about it that I just can never quite follow

nitsua60

@Ben For me the speed-up comes when I roll attack+dmg dice at the same time. I can rip through 4 attacks pretty quickly that way. (Though I have a standing understanding with my most-frequent GM that I'll actually roll all attacks at once even if there might be separate targeting--dice are color-coded into attack groups and are always read left-to-right.)

Mike Q

Some DMs may object in cases where the different attack rolls have different effects, because it's like picking and choosing rather than rolling an unknown

KorvinStarmast

@Ben Ben, what city do you live in?

Ben

2:33 AM

@KorvinStarmast Townsville. I'm in AEST, which is UTC +10.

We aren't on DST

KorvinStarmast

@Ben then you and I are 14 hours different

Ben

@MikeQ Oh sneaky edit! Lol.

KorvinStarmast

I had a D&D group some years ago, 3.5e, my only ever favored soul, break up due to two being in Oz and our clock problems became too hard. Sad face me ...

Ben

Yes, that makes sense

KorvinStarmast

@Ben OK, what days of week are good for you? If we only do a couple of hours of play, I can be up here early AM now and again ...

@Ben Also, I assume this is for FATE with BESW

Ben

2:36 AM

Generally weekdays - tues to fri

KorvinStarmast

@Ben so Mon to thurs for me?

Ben

I can do Saturday mornings, up until ~2pm my time

@KorvinStarmast Yeah

Mike Q

What are you folks planning?

KorvinStarmast

@Ben, OK, uh let me see what works ...

afk ...

Ben

@MikeQ Fate game

Mike Q

2:37 AM

Can I join or are the seats taken

Ben

@BESW asked for schedules, so we're just figuring that out atm. I don't think we have any hard yes/no's yet, so let us know your availability :)

BESW are both in the same timezone

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KorvinStarmast

Tuesday Evening my time is you Wednesday morning, right?

Mike Q

@KorvinStarmast I think so. Australia is both upside-down and in the future.

Ben

@MikeQ And the apocalypse hasn't arrived yet, but when it does, we'll let you know

KorvinStarmast

@MikeQ Which is kinda cool, now that we think of it. "No matter where ya go, there you are!"

Ben

2:43 AM

@KorvinStarmast And yes, Lol. My Saturday morning is your Friday evening

trogdor and Miniman are also in the same timezone as well, as BESW and I

KorvinStarmast

Maybe I should ask, when is this good for all others who have answered up?

Mike Q

If it's Mon-Fri, I can probably make the 22:00-12:00 window UTC. Assume Sat-Sun are free for me.

Ben

Personally I feel like Saturday morning/Friday night would be the best bet, just as that is usually the time when everyone is not working/most likely available haha

Mike Q

How is the game's theme/tone/setting decided? Does that happen at the beginning of the session or before?

Ben

@MikeQ By my understanding it happens as a "group activity"

BESW

3:10 AM

For a one-shot, it usually gets a bit more structured than for a long campaign.

Just because usually most of the first session would be just figuring out the nature of the campaign and building characters.

I suggesting using one of the Worlds of Adventure which has expedited character creation options.

Masters of Umdaar is a personal favorite.

user15026

@Ben waves

Ben

@Ash Mexican, ocean, or other? Or a combination of all? Hehe

user15026

Yes.

Ben

Good answer

Mike Q

@BESW I found a list of adventure summaries. Umdaar sounds fun. How do we get more info?

BESW

3:17 AM

You can download the adventures individually for pay-what-you-want-including-free from DriveThruRPG, via the links in the page you found.

Mattamue

3:38 AM

Hey folks, quick question. If there is a community personality (popular youtuber for example) is it okay to link a video and quote some of their wisdom in answer to a question?

nitsua60

@Mattamue Sure. Just be sure that the answer "stands alone." That is, you're quoting enough (and describing the source's expertise well enough) that if the link dies or were pulled, the answer's still a quality one.

Mattamue

Roger, thanks man.

nitsua60

I know it's never going to happen, but gosh a [forum] shortlink would be nice. (Cf. rpg.meta.stackexchange.com/q/6350/23970)

Ben

4:09 AM

is there a "common practice" for awarding bounties - specifically for "exemplary answers"? Or is it just a case of "your rep - you do what you want"

nitsua60

I'm not aware of any widely-held or -recommended practices.

Ben

Fair enough. Was just curious :)

nitsua60

Some people (in this room) around this time of year start making a list and holding off on bounties until Hatmas, since giving a bounty or (for the recipient) rep-capping are often part of a hat-trigger.

Ben

I always forget about hatmas lol

trogdor

@nitsua60 the closest thing I have personally done to that is delaying getting a gold badge I was going to get anyway until hatmas

XD

sadly I don't have one ready this year

but last year,... last year was great actually

I did get that gold badge hat, but then there were a ton of secret hats I got

I want more of that

nitsua60

4:23 AM

I fell off the wagon last year and didn't get a bunch of my hats into last year's photo album.

BESW

I can't decide my Hatmas regimen until I see the hats.

nitsua60

You and greener had some fun ones, though.

trogdor

@nitsua60 I don't think I put many of mine in the album either, I just like that I had em

oh wait

I did put a bunch in

I didn't remember doing that many

that might be all the ones I got

not entirely sure though

@nitsua60 I think you put up a decent number of hats last year actually

there I go actually actualling again

haaaaaaaats though, can't wait

every year around October or November I get all excited about it

today is that day I guess

nitsua60

@trogdor yeah, but I think I had a half-dozen or so that I never took pictures of.

trogdor

oooooh

ok

ah man, greener killed it last year for sure

I had forgotten

nitsua60

4:33 AM

I dunno... BESW's got a real thing going. Maybe one of this year's "young guns" will surprise us with an interesting take on the project.

Ben

5:02 AM

New, more appropriate profile pic for hatmas. Lol

Though it would likely put a slight damper on my reputation... haha

trogdor

5:15 AM

@nitsua60 I like his gimmicks but I think greener had better pictures

Ben

3 hours ago, by Ben

BESW are both in the same timezone

And I**

I only just realised that error lol

Tiggerous

8:43 AM

@KorvinStarmast That's kind (and the sentiment is very much appreciated), but don't go too much out of your way on my behalf. If it's not something you're already well versed in, then only look into it if doing so will interest you too.

Derpy

@trogdor seems teardown of the 2017 winterbash site has started. Scripts are starting to fail

trogdor

@Derpy oh I was just looking at the post

doppelgreener

10:30 AM

@Ben going by various theories of BESW being multiple people that's not necessarily incorrect

Ben

@doppelgreener shh! You're going to ruin it!

:P

doppelgreener

:D

trogdor

11:13 AM

Lol

KorvinStarmast

11:41 AM

@Tiggerous On another box, I have a few OSRs downloaded, let me get to them and give you some feedback.

Anaphory

1:41 PM

@doppelgreener I was looking at that chat message and thinking the same. (My actual thought was more like “I thought BESW was canonically four, not two people” – I but I was too tired to go for posting that.)

nitsua60

@Anaphory That's my theory, at least.

kviiri

3:02 PM

So dark

Sir Cinnamon

3:16 PM

I am back from my vacation. Tell me everything I missed in the last week

Rubiksmoose

@SirCinnamon Probably the biggest two things are that we are renaming to DnD.SE and that there has been a policy shift that answers are only allowed in comments now.

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Nothing major though

Sir Cinnamon

@Rubiksmoose Wish I had seen that meta, would have voted for dnd5e.SE

Rubiksmoose

@SirCinnamon Aw man that would have been better. Why must you have taken vacation at such an inopportune and turbulent time?

Sir Cinnamon

@Rubiksmoose Had to meet darth vader

Rubiksmoose

@SirCinnamon Well usually that doesn't work out too well for people. But I'm happy you still seem to be in the land of the living. Unless you are a force ghost of course.

Sir Cinnamon

3:29 PM

@Rubiksmoose I threw my friend under the bus to survive

Rubiksmoose

@SirCinnamon ah ok well no judgement here. We've all sacrificed loved ones to astronomically powerful magic-wielding warriors at one point or another.

Sir Cinnamon

@Rubiksmoose In the end I got a nice photo!

Rubiksmoose

@SirCinnamon Heck yeah! Nothing beats a great vaca photo.

Sir Cinnamon

@Rubiksmoose My first time at Disneyland so I got many great photos

Rubiksmoose

That makes sense. That place is basically a photo-taking trap lol

Sir Cinnamon

3:41 PM

@Rubiksmoose Got away without spending the 90 dollars it would have cost me to buy their photos though

Rubiksmoose