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In my last two games the party had some kind of group telepathy and I eventually had to put my foot down and say “guys just because you talk in your thoughts doesn't mean it happens instantly, the mob boss/king/beholder is getting visibly annoyed at you just standing there silently.“ Had a neat moment where a telepath enemy started responding to their OOC chatter Psycho Mantis-style, though.
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My Lovely Horse posted:Had a neat moment where a telepath enemy started responding to their OOC chatter Psycho Mantis-style, though. I feel like this should involve the enemy reciting a list of their past greatest hits/the origin of their magical items/their very sad backstories at them, ala Psycho Mantis checking your savegames.
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Jun 12, 2017 08:31
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theironjef posted:Written language that works in pitch darkness. Makes sense as an underground written language to me. It's worth noting that when this was conceived there was no such thing as 'darkvision' -- it was infravision all the way, and the general consensus at TSR was that you couldn't read with heat vision so any underdark races which liked books would have to come up with light sources. Then some bright spark came up with Braille for illithids (in the aforementioned Illithiad, as I recall) and it stuck even after the game-mechanical reason for its existence disappeared.
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Antivehicular posted:I feel like this should involve the enemy reciting a list of their past greatest hits/the origin of their magical items/their very sad backstories at them, ala Psycho Mantis checking your savegames. ... I think I need to revisit that idea some day, I realize I didn't use it to nearly its full potential.
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Jun 12, 2017 08:46
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potatocubed posted:It's worth noting that when this was conceived there was no such thing as 'darkvision' -- it was infravision all the way, and the general consensus at TSR was that you couldn't read with heat vision so any underdark races which liked books would have to come up with light sources. Wouldn't it be easier for them to get a small imposssibly cute animal and "write" on their brain? Why would a race of psychics even need books?
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Jun 12, 2017 10:27
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Wouldn't it be easier for them to get a small imposssibly cute animal and "write" on their brain? Why would a race of psychics even need books? Because there's still some things that illithids need to read that aren't known by thralls or can be reliably contained in one. The written "word" is still really helpful for permanent records after all. Oryndoll, the fearsome illithid temple/library/city in the FR, has miles upon miles of passages all with qualith written into the walls as the mind flayers' great repository of knowledge.
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Jun 12, 2017 11:54
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Most important question, do the Illithids read with their hands or their tentacles? Man, this is really making me wonder if there's a CJ Cherryh RPG that revolves around language, cultural differences, and tea ceremony. "Well, you rolled a critical failure - looks like you poured the milk before the tea! Doh hoh hoh hoh! Lose five Face, from shame!" Rockopolis fucked around with this message at 12:28 on Jun 12, 2017 |
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Jun 12, 2017 12:26
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Angrymog posted:Euros are a lot better about knowing other languages than native English speakers are... We are euros, so... It's mostly been an issue when only one member of the party knows an appropriate language, or when we're in a more rural area. Warsaw was easy enough to get along in, but somewhere like Wielun gave us some trouble. The main issue has been the Russian speaker being a socially-avoidant hacker, so as we've headed East it's been harder and harder to sweet talk people, as the two Face types only know English/Afrikaans and English/French.
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Jun 12, 2017 12:30
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I love the idea of a traditional English tea ceremony that involves four hours of protocol to make a mug of builders'  You may know the order of ingredients, but will you remember to use the tiny ceremonial hammer to chip the mug just enough?
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Jun 12, 2017 12:35
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Rockopolis posted:Man, this is really making me wonder if there's a CJ Cherryh RPG that revolves around language, cultural differences, and tea ceremony. So, who owns the Bloodsport license?
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Jun 12, 2017 12:46
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My Lovely Horse posted:I love the idea of a traditional English tea ceremony that involves four hours of protocol to make a mug of builders' And will you choose the correct brand of tea bag?
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My Lovely Horse posted:Had a neat moment where a telepath enemy started responding to their OOC chatter Psycho Mantis-style, though. Holy poo poo, I love that so much. My groups always have a bunch of OOC chatter, especially in combat, so I'm gonna steal that and throw them for one hell of a loop.
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Jun 12, 2017 14:06
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Rockopolis posted:Most important question, do the Illithids read with their hands or their tentacles?  Rockopolis posted:"Well, you rolled a critical failure - looks like you poured the milk before the tea! Doh hoh hoh hoh! Lose five Face, from shame!" 
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Jun 12, 2017 14:22
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Helical Nightmares posted:Hey System Mastery. Review the Illithiad why don't you guys. Beholders, on the other hand, are floating balls of lies. They're the most game-y monster that has somehow survived through the various edition shifts long after most other garbage like the Catoblepas have long since gone 'extinct'. 'It's a hovering sphere that fires all kinds spell effects at high level adventurers (Because even in 1975 on some level we realized that spells were bullshit and one of the few ways to single die roll gently caress over even a Lord or High Priest)'.
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Jun 12, 2017 14:57
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Rockopolis posted:Most important question, do the Illithids read with their hands or their tentacles? IIRC the Illithiad said the Illithids have four fingers on each hand, one to read each 'line' of quaralith.
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Jun 12, 2017 15:08
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Oh. Darn, no  slurping books to read them. I figured it was worth asking since that's how they usually acquire warm, delicious, knowledge.gradenko_2000 posted:So, who owns the Bloodsport license? Yawgmoth posted:Hot goes into cold, never the other way around.
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Jun 12, 2017 15:49
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Rockopolis posted:Oh. Darn, no For safety reasons, iirc, it should be be better to pour hot into cold so that if anything splashes, it's just the cold stuff.
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Jun 12, 2017 15:59
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Yawgmoth posted:Hot goes into cold, never the other way around. What the gently caress is wrong with you? Putting the milk in first is the mark of Satan. Let Doc Brown educate you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtK_vfp8po8
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Jun 12, 2017 16:07
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NorgLyle posted:Illithid are interesting and have an interesting narrative flavor they can add to games.  I generally just pluck ~3 interesting abilities out of the list and put them on my spreadsheet for quick access, then maybe list the rest in a single cell just in case.Dragons are another terrible offender. I don't think I've ever given a dragon its spell list; it's usually just a couple buff spells (e.g. resist energy [type they're vulnerable to], maybe a buff to dexterity and/or a deflection bonus to AC, that sort of thing) and if asked the rest are noncombat spells. It's a smug flying battleship, why would it use magic to fight?
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Jun 12, 2017 16:15
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why would you put milk in tea
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It cuts the bitterness
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Jun 12, 2017 16:21
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Serf posted:why would you put milk in tea
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Jun 12, 2017 16:23
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Haystack posted:It cuts the bitterness why on earth is your tea bitter. what are you doing to that poor tea
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Jun 12, 2017 16:24
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Extra nutrients. Ditto molasses.
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Jun 12, 2017 16:27
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Haystack posted:It cuts the bitterness Opposing party suspects you only drink Lipton. Lose 10 face points, gain two consumerist points.
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Jun 12, 2017 16:29
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Yawgmoth posted:Same reason you put milk in coffee: you don't really like it but you want to drink it anyways. 
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Jun 12, 2017 16:30
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Rockopolis posted:
Yes. The joke is that he had to master a tea ceremony as part of his training, so a Bloodsport RPG would have a chapter on perfecting it.
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Yeah, it's been ages. I mostly remember the bit about getting tied to the trees with buzzsaws.
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Jun 12, 2017 16:38
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Serf posted:why on earth is your tea bitter. what are you doing to that poor tea Because black tea has tannins and the like. Tannins are bitter. golden bubble posted:Opposing party suspects you only drink Lipton. Lose 10 face points, gain two consumerist points. English breakfast, usually. Which, you know, has a lot of tannins in it.
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If your black tea is bitter enough that you need to cut it, you're over-steeping.
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Nah. Any black tea steeped to spec will have detectable tannins, just like any red wine.
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Subjunctive posted:Nah. Any black tea steeped to spec will have detectable tannins, just like any red wine. yeah if your black tea isn't bitter you're doing it wrong
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All coffee and tea is bad. I only drink water.
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Jun 12, 2017 16:55
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Everything is bad for you.
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P.d0t posted:Everything is bad for you. Time is mankind's greatest killer. It should be outlawed.
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some googling has now taught me that there is a sort of tea that is hot and not sweet. i don't understand
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Milk in coffee is nice if you want to drink it immediately but it's a bit too hot (but you don't want iced coffee)
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Serf posted:some googling has now taught me that there is a sort of tea that is hot and not sweet. i don't understand ew why would you want sweetened tea except for iced tea sugar is anathema to a good cup of tea
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Serf posted:some googling has now taught me that there is a sort of tea that is hot and not sweet. i don't understand Green tea? Earl Grey? English breakfast? aren't these all non sweet teas?
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the only way to drink coffee is espresso, no sipping either, just down it like a shot
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