Kyle S.

I might just straight up use some as a starting point from campaigns going forward, rather than the typical "start in a tavern, try to make interesting stuff happen"

I think I like the situation generator more than the characters

I've also heard someone on a forum say they've used it to make quick NPC's

Aye, to get you started.

The cards looked more interesting to me, rather than the online generator

Have either of you used It's Not My Fault?

How are you guys tonight?

Haha

I was REALLY tempted by the Fate More

They've done several other KS that I was tempted to back but didn't

That was my thought

Actually the first kickstarter I've backed

I fully backed that Dresden Files one, because haven't recently finished the series I couldn't help myself

Nice

@BESW did you back that Dresden files card game?

@BESW Haha, nah. Just planning on jumping right into work Monday morning instead. No rest for the wicked...

Math

Thanks! Just making the final formatting changes required by the school, then submittin the dissertation for good.

Well, I'm Dr. Kyle S now as of today, so that's something...

@BESW wave

I'm out for the night. Nice chatting @BESW

I WILL have time after I graduate. No more excuses really. Work is so much easier than school, IMO

/me looks wistfully at my bookshelf full of barely used RPG books (with the exception of D&D ones)

Have so many systems I want to experiment playing with...

I've eyed buying it a few times but I have enough RPG books I have yet to try out, so I'll hold off until I actually want to use it

I've heard AR is so well done

what system? Fate?

Very nice

That's awesome

So no more excuses after this

@BESW After I wrap up this degree, my plan is to start running a 5e game every other week. I've been saying I will forever and school keeps getting in the way

@Miniman Hah!

How are things for you guys?

Since I'm likely to be the only person to read it after my advisors finish

"I assure you, the snakes are very real." might make a decent quote for the dedication section

I'm also preparing for the snake fight portion of the defense.

@doppelgreener I have a sword at the ready, and a boot knife in case things get up close and personal.

I'm trying to finalize my draft of the dissertation, and it's stressing me the hell out

I really shouldn't be. My PhD defense is in 11 days...o.o

I'm procrastinating as usual!

@BESW howdy!

@BalarkaSen @MikeMiller Thanks for your time, and letting me try to formulate it into a coherent question. It'll help me tomorrow when trying to understand what my advisor is trying to say.

Funny you mention circles, because the overall space is representing configurations of circles in the plane.

It seems weird that perturbations would change into a new variety, but I'm also not at all familiar with varieties so..

All good thoughts. Gives me some more to think on. @MikeMiller yes, different varieties after perturbation would definitely be bad.

@BalarkaSen Hmmm.

If it matters at all my larger space is simply $\mathbb{R}^n$, and each of the submanifolds have codimension 1.

The above quote was all he gave me, heh.

@BalarkaSen That's what my advisor is claiming, but I just wasn't sure why.

I think I'm ultimately dealing with two submanifolds of a larger manifold, which I've ensured are smooth nearly everywhere, and want to show that their intersection is transverse. The fact that they come from varieties might not matter that much