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DrSunshine posted:I had an idea for a spell-related thing. How about allowing players to charge up certain offensive spells by casting them as a ritual? Like, being able to cast an even bigger fireball if you prepare and concentrate on the various magical incantations and writings and so on for like 10 minutes or so. It might be kind of cool to have like a boss fight or something where the players need to protect their wizard as he charges up his super destructive spell. 10 minutes is 100 rounds of combat. Just by casting the humble Fire Bolt cantrip during those rounds you could've gotten 200d10. I don't know what sort of benefit the Turbo Charged Fireball is supposed to get, but it sounds like a nightmare to balance this sort of thing. (Let alone the practicalities of spending 100 rounds of the spellcasting doing nothing.)
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Oct 7, 2016 10:50
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Spending 100 rounds of combat saying "I charge up some more" sounds cool and good
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Oct 7, 2016 11:56
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I think it'd be an interesting gimmick to tell a player that they can "cast-and-hold" a spell as a ritual so that it doesn't cost them a spell slot, with the trade-off being that they have to roleplay-out holding that concentration the entire time, and that the first thing they do as combat starts always has to be releasing the spell before they can do anything more complicated than movement.
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Oct 7, 2016 12:01
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I'm ok with 100 rounds of charging as long as you still have to roll to hit at the end.
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Oct 7, 2016 12:44
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Look, the issue is that I would love to use Magic Circle in combat somehow and it's just not possible with the one minute casting time. You can't even use it as a trap before combat begins because it's hard to hide when "Glowing runes appear wherever the cylinder intersects with the floor or other surface" and if you cast it before monsters are in it, they just can't get in the circle! I want to trap monsters in my magic circle!! Edit: also, why is it not a ritual spell? FAT BATMAN fucked around with this message at 12:57 on Oct 7, 2016 |
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Oct 7, 2016 12:48
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Doresh posted:Everything is better with Chrono Trigger. Not everyone... 
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Oct 7, 2016 12:55
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djw175 posted:Not everyone... She can heal and summon dinosaur parts. Must be some weird monk prestige class.
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Oct 7, 2016 13:01
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Those proportions are hosed up, as is her right thigh.
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Oct 7, 2016 13:24
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It's not actually official art, I just hate Ayla's official art for mostly club based reasons.
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Oct 7, 2016 13:27
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Toriyama's art is the worst thing thing about Chrono Trigger and I will go to my grave confident in the righteousness of my beliefs. Ayla owns, though. 
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Oct 7, 2016 13:35
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Sage Genesis posted:10 minutes is 100 rounds of combat. Just by casting the humble Fire Bolt cantrip during those rounds you could've gotten 200d10. I don't know what sort of benefit the Turbo Charged Fireball is supposed to get, but it sounds like a nightmare to balance this sort of thing. (Let alone the practicalities of spending 100 rounds of the spellcasting doing nothing.) Yeah that's true! I thought about it some more and came to the same conclusion. Considering most combat is over in like less than a dozen, it would be rather unwieldy and unfun.
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Oct 7, 2016 14:19
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The Crotch posted:Toriyama's art is the worst thing thing about Chrono Trigger and I will go to my grave confident in the righteousness of my beliefs. I'd say his style works best with monsters. And at least he isn't into fanservice and bishies.
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Oct 7, 2016 14:27
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The Crotch posted:Toriyama's art is the worst thing thing about Chrono Trigger and I will go to my grave confident in the righteousness of my beliefs.
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Oct 7, 2016 14:34
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DrSunshine posted:Yeah that's true! I thought about it some more and came to the same conclusion. Considering most combat is over in like less than a dozen, it would be rather unwieldy and unfun. The World of Warcraft d20 RPG tried something similar with it's Pyroblast spell. You could charge it for X Number of rounds adding on a flat amount of damage per level for a maximum number of rounds equal to your caster level. In theory a 20th level mage could deal upwards of 600 damage if he charged for 20 rounds. Or you could exploit the Mana Gem spell which, rather than restoring spell slots, let you store spells. So as a part of your morning prep you spent 2 minutes creating a move-action nuke that you could use once that day.
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Oct 7, 2016 15:05
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Doresh posted:You know you want it. Just in case, the DBZ rpg was a real thing and you'd literally spend multiple rounds screaming at each other before firing a single attack that ended combat.
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Oct 7, 2016 16:45
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Cat Face Joe posted:Just in case, the DBZ rpg was a real thing and you'd literally spend multiple rounds screaming at each other before firing a single attack that ended combat. I kind of want to play that now
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Oct 7, 2016 17:06
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Curse of Strahd party question: I was tagged to DM CoD for a group of 3-5 people (always in flux). They want to do a set of pregen characters to start with. What's a good handful of characters to give them for the campaign?
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Oct 7, 2016 17:14
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Cat Face Joe posted:Just in case, the DBZ rpg was a real thing and you'd literally spend multiple rounds screaming at each other before firing a single attack that ended combat.
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Oct 7, 2016 17:16
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Cat Face Joe posted:Just in case, the DBZ rpg was a real thing and you'd literally spend multiple rounds screaming at each other before firing a single attack that ended combat. Oh, I am aware of that. It's the one where you can roll a couple thousand d6s for damage and play forcefield ping pong till someone runs out of energy and explodes, isn't it?
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Oct 7, 2016 18:05
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Andrast posted:I kind of want to play that now It definitely has its short term charms. Splicer posted:I'm choosing to take your use of the term "literally" literally and "you" to mean the players I don't use "literally" figuratively. Doresh posted:Oh, I am aware of that. It's the one where you can roll a couple thousand d6s for damage and play forcefield ping pong till someone runs out of energy and explodes, isn't it? That's the one!
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Oct 7, 2016 18:06
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Andrast posted:I kind of want to play that now http://projects.inklesspen.com/fatal-and-friends/lynx-winters/dragonball-z-the-anime-adventure-game/
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Oct 7, 2016 18:32
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Doresh posted:I'd say his style works best with monsters. And at least he isn't into fanservice and bishies. Bishies are cool, you homophobic piece of poo poo. Edit-or maybe you are just the garden variety fat and ugly piece of poo poo, which exaplains why you dislike depictions of good looking men. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Oct 7, 2016 19:21
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Nancy_Noxious posted:Bishies are cool, you homophobic piece of poo poo. Says the guy assuming that all Bishonen are homosexual or created to appeal to homosexual audiences 
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Oct 7, 2016 19:25
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Kurieg posted:Says the guy assuming that all Bishonen are homosexual or created to appeal to homosexual audiences
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Oct 7, 2016 19:28
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Why are we talking about an artist that can only draw three male faces and one female face in the 5e thread? Its october, howd that belmont class work out, whichever goon was giving it a whirl?
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Oct 7, 2016 19:29
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Being able to do things only a handful of ways despite decades of experience is pretty appropriate for the 5e thread.
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Oct 7, 2016 19:35
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A Single Sphink posted:Being able to do things only a handful of ways despite decades of experience is pretty appropriate for the 5e thread. At least Toriyama is good at drawing the few faces he knows how to draw.
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Oct 7, 2016 19:37
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A Single Sphink posted:Being able to do things only a handful of ways despite decades of experience is pretty appropriate for the 5e thread. 
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Oct 7, 2016 19:39
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Nancy_Noxious posted:Vocally disliking depictions of good looking men usually has homophobic motivation. Or just plain envy if we are talking about fat, smelly, ugly monsters. And now you're ascribing your standards of attractiveness onto other people. I know you're a Troll but at least put some effort into it.
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Oct 7, 2016 19:39
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Nancy_Noxious posted:Vocally disliking depictions of good looking men usually has homophobic motivation. Or just plain envy if we are talking about fat, smelly, ugly monsters. Guilty Gear's Bridget is my homie. I'm just suspicious anytime characters are drawn the way they are in an obvious attempt at fanservice. It is also very biased to assume that homos are all hot, androgynous pretty boys. Give old and/or ugly homos a chance, man. (And why would I be envious? I'd rather look like a cross between Alucard and Guts). Andrast posted:At least Toriyama is good at drawing the few faces he knows how to draw. Didn't he stop using that vanilla DB women with the split personality disorder (that also changed her appearance) because he forgot how to draw her? Doresh fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Oct 7, 2016 |
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Oct 7, 2016 20:28
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Doresh posted:
No, she just didn't appear for so long that he entirely forgot that the character existed.
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Oct 7, 2016 20:40
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NovaLion posted:Curse of Strahd party question: If you follow the treasure in the book without modifying it, core is cleric and/or paladin. Plus anyone who can wield a long sword or short sword. Lawful good alignment will make some of the content easier, but my group of neutral goodish pcs had a fun time anyway. Most used non healing spell was dispel magic followed by silence. Good luck with your Call of Duty campaign.
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Oct 7, 2016 20:59
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Doresh posted:I'd say his style works best with monsters. And at least he isn't into fanservice and bishies. ummmmm. did you even watch dragonball?
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Oct 7, 2016 21:19
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KittyEmpress posted:No, she just didn't appear for so long that he entirely forgot that the character existed. And here I was always wondering why Toryiama never tackled complex plots. Machai posted:ummmmm. did you even watch dragonball? Dragonball is like Sailor Moon for me in that I've read and watched just about everything of that IP, except for that one anime that made it famous and everyone else immediately thinks about when hearing the name (mainly because I wasn't into anime at that time and really don't feel like sitting through 400+ episodes of cheap animation and tons of filler). I'm the worst otaku ever. Aka I just read the manga and played the video games. I guess vanillay DB had some very silly fanservice. Doresh fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Oct 7, 2016 |
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Oct 7, 2016 21:23
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Chi Chi is Japanese slang for "boobies". Bulma's japanese pronunciation is the same as the super short gym-shorts girls had to wear at school. I'm pretty sure the only girl not put in the series for the purposes of fanservice is Videl.
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Oct 7, 2016 21:30
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Kurieg posted:Chi Chi is Japanese slang for "boobies". Bulma's japanese pronunciation is the same as the super short gym-shorts girls had to wear at school. I give it a past because it started as a very, very silly gag manga. I mean, at one point they used the power of nosebleeds to defeat an invisible enemy. Meanwhile most harem anime have that kind of fanservice that makes you want to strangle whoever came up with it. Then again that's what harem anime is all about, amirite?
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Oct 7, 2016 21:31
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All anime is bad. Hope this helps. What's the best way I can use Conjure Animals? Eight wolves with pack attack was fun but I'm leaning towards 4 bears. Either way they seem to do a bunch of damage for two turns before they all go poof from soaking up attacks.
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Oct 7, 2016 21:36
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Kurieg posted:Chi Chi is Japanese slang for "boobies". Bulma's japanese pronunciation is the same as the super short gym-shorts girls had to wear at school. Neither of those is fanservice. There is very little actual fanservice in dragon ball unless you count all humor regarding sexuality/nudity to be fanservice.
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Oct 7, 2016 21:36
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FAT BATMAN posted:Edit: also, why is it not a ritual spell? I've wondered that about a lot of spells.
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Off the top of my head, I can't think of a spell that would break the game being used as a ritual. I guess it would give wizards access to every spell in their book, not just prepared ones. Yeah that would be ludicrous. What if we extend this to every class ability? Ignore your usage restrictions as long as you take 10 minutes doing it. Oh I guess that would allow infinite healing per day.
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