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adhuin posted:If you don't have moral qualms about killing someone, then you shouldn't have moral qualms about eating them.
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Skull throne, obviously.
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Jun 5, 2018 13:06
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Quick DM question: if the PCs are fighting a monster and the ruckus draws the attention of a second monster, how/where does the second monster insert into the initiative order?
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Jun 5, 2018 13:13
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Shitshow posted:Quick DM question: if the PCs are fighting a monster and the ruckus draws the attention of a second monster, how/where does the second monster insert into the initiative order? They should just roll initiative and get slotted into the order I believe
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Jun 5, 2018 13:16
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Roll its initiative like normal and decide what round makes sense for it to enter the general combat area. Too far away and you're going to have several rounds if "uh it moves 60 feet". Too close and your ranged guys will be annoyed they missed the opportunity to pew pew it.
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Jun 5, 2018 13:16
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MonsterEnvy posted:I think you can actually die from eating troll. (Particularly if it's not roasted before hand.) Your stomach acid doesn't take care of the problem? Im trying to remember how it works in nethack and think that's the answer
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Jun 5, 2018 13:42
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Shitshow posted:Quick DM question: if the PCs are fighting a monster and the ruckus draws the attention of a second monster, how/where does the second monster insert into the initiative order? Roll for its initiative, and then tell the players on which round it will enter, and then have it enter during that round, at the initiative count that you rolled.
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Jun 5, 2018 13:46
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Pretty sure everything kills you in Nethack. Also it’s poisonous as hell in Crawl.
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Jun 5, 2018 13:46
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I'm looking to buy a set of metal die that aren't super expensive. Any sellers that you guys would recommend?
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Jun 5, 2018 13:52
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mastershakeman posted:Your stomach acid doesn't take care of the problem? Im trying to remember how it works in nethack and think that's the answer i puke on the troll
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Jun 5, 2018 14:16
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adhuin posted:If you don't have moral qualms about killing someone, then you shouldn't have moral qualms about eating them. Every time I've tried to run a campaign and play against type with the monstrous creatures I have been reminded that people totally forget any real world moral considerations at the game table. Had the following in a group of mostly NG type characters: Orcs crossing the northern mountains, better go fight them! The orcs are running from a demonic incursion, avoiding settlements to hopefully avoid a military response? Better go find where they are camped. Found the orc camp, look at all of those women and children, how emaciated and terrified they look. Huh, the warchief won't fight because he just wants to protect his people and he can't do that if he's dead? Guess I'll have to fireball the yurts where the children are hiding to get him riled up enough to fight! You're supposed to be the good guys what are you doing!
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Jun 5, 2018 18:44
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People don't realise that other beings are people until you make it super obvious. I had my group get all ready to fight beast men until they found out they were duck people returning cows.
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Jun 5, 2018 18:56
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NeurosisHead posted:Every time I've tried to run a campaign and play against type with the monstrous creatures I have been reminded that people totally forget any real world moral considerations at the game table. Had the following in a group of mostly NG type characters: have them roll a reaction check for sand
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Jun 5, 2018 19:01
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Josef bugman posted:People don't realise that other beings are people until you make it super obvious. That's just common sense for anyone who has played King of Dragon Pass.
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Jun 5, 2018 19:02
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The Bee posted:That's just common sense for anyone who has played King of Dragon Pass. It was an introduction to Glorantha. I would tell them to play KoDP but it would give away some of the things I have planned.
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Jun 5, 2018 19:05
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The Bee posted:That's just common sense for anyone who has played King of Dragon Pass. Are you saying you didn't murder the poo poo out of the duck people?
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Jun 5, 2018 19:08
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I'll never forget just wasting a whole boatload of lizard people with a fireball only to find out they were there to advance the story by... talking. Who does that?
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Jun 5, 2018 20:12
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Pez posted:I'll never forget just wasting a whole boatload of lizard people with a fireball only to find out they were there to advance the story by... talking. Who does that? Lizard People are not even evil by default. You monster. mastershakeman posted:Your stomach acid doesn't take care of the problem? Im trying to remember how it works in nethack and think that's the answer I believe it's because the Stomach acid is not strong enough in a human. I actually remember a story were a poor guy had eaten troll and gotten sick. Then later died when a troll arm burst out of him.
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Jun 5, 2018 20:25
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kidkissinger posted:Are you saying you didn't murder the poo poo out of the duck people? Don't gently caress with the ducks 
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Jun 5, 2018 20:26
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kidkissinger posted:Are you saying you didn't murder the poo poo out of the duck people? Mate, if there's anything King of Dragon Pass taught me, is that you don't gently caress with the ducks.  You just don't.
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Jun 5, 2018 22:08
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adhuin posted:If you don't have moral qualms about killing someone, then you shouldn't have moral qualms about eating them. There's also the concept of the barbarian from a tribe that believes in eating what they kill. So from their point of view it'd be evil if they didn't eat their enemies. Or if they believe in eating the hearts of their enemies to gain their strength, or as a sign of respect to a fallen foe. Also, while most people would get grossed out by eating an intelligent humanoid, what about non-humanoids like dragons? Dragons are intelligent, too. Does that mean dragon steak's off the menu? The alignment of eating intelligent monsters likely depends on what the DM thinks.
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Jun 6, 2018 05:27
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I mean, slaughtering them to eat them is probably just murder. But if they're already dead . . .
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Jun 6, 2018 05:55
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Wyvernil posted:There's also the concept of the barbarian from a tribe that believes in eating what they kill. So from their point of view it'd be evil if they didn't eat their enemies. In this case if it had been any other character for any other reason I would have been "hey yo what the gently caress" but the elf-raised-by-dwarven-barbarian and neutral rocklady cleric with orc parentage were okay with it while two of the others were grossed out and the warforged had no opinion at all. It wasn't a case of my entire party deciding to descend upon the ogre they killed like a swam of vultures.
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Jun 6, 2018 06:29
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DTAS (death to alignment systems)
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Jun 6, 2018 06:42
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Then eat them.
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Jun 6, 2018 07:17
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What is King of Dragon Pass?
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Jun 6, 2018 07:23
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Quidthulhu posted:What is King of Dragon Pass? Strategy/management game set in Glorantha, the Runequest setting.
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Jun 6, 2018 07:33
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Ran the hardest encounter I've ever run tonight. My group was venturing into what they thought was the den of a witch but turned out to be the den of a white dragon. The dragon was asleep, and the players thinking they had found the item they had come for snuck up to the dragon to retrieve it. The item turned out to be an illusion, and an NPC they had been travelling with revealed themselves to actually be the witch. The witch woke the dragon and split, leaving them with an angry dragon to fight. They did ok, though two of them went down, and after they finished the dragon and started getting the downed players back up the witch reappeared behind an illusory wall they had already figured out and attempted to snipe down one of the party members with a lightning bolt. Having seen through the illusion, one of the players launched a tidal wave at her right as she shot a bolt of lightning, engulfing her and causing the lightning to conduct and disperse into the water around her. They rushed her and tried to get her down, but only got her to 5 hp before she got another turn. She stood up and activated the Thunder and Lightning ability of her Staff and managed to down three of them in a single blast as they had lined up in a very unfortunate manner against someone they had seen cast lightning bolt like 10 times. The final player, who had been personally tasked with killing four witches, delivered the killing blow on the final witch with three of his party members downed and 12 hp. It was the closest thing I've ever seen and there was a lot of tension. Bonus: The dragon was killed in a pretty ridiculous way. It only had 3 hit points left, but was going to go next as well as it's lair action. It was the Bards turn but he had nothing left that could guaranteed damage at the 70 feet away he was, so he thought for a minute, and then cast Dimension Door to teleport himself 60 feet above it and just crashed into it like a dwarven meteor, dealing enough fall damage to knock himself unconscious and finish the dragon.
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Jun 6, 2018 07:50
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Yes, truly it is a crime that we don't eat everything we kill. The default assumption is humanoid player characters who come from societies with similar cultural ties and taboos to our own. On its own, "Gimli and Aragorn and Pippin killed and ate an orc because they wanted to see what it tastes like" is a monstrous act. "I am from a culture that eats its dead" is a completely different kettle of fish. And probably not something I'd want to explore in a game anyway.
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Jun 6, 2018 07:52
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Quidthulhu posted:What is King of Dragon Pass? PublicOpinion posted:Strategy/management game set in Glorantha, the Runequest setting. It is also wonderful, both as an introduction to a setting and as a game. The art is really nice and the whole set up is very interesting. You know how games are often touted as "unique?" well I do not know a single game like KoDP.
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Jun 6, 2018 10:43
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Also eating other sentients in a world where there are magic monsters created by canabilism probably has created stricter cultural taboos about it. It's not that you don't eat sentients because it's wrong or you might get kuru, it's because you might get lycanthopy or become a Wendigo.
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Jun 6, 2018 11:37
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KoDP is so good it almost made me care about Glorantha
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Jun 6, 2018 12:04
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Dinictus posted:Mate, if there's anything King of Dragon Pass taught me, is that you don't gently caress with the ducks. How nice of them to bring their own barbecue sticks. 
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Jun 6, 2018 13:08
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Glorantha is the best fantasy setting because the maker is an actual shaman who probably thought up a bunch of stuff about Glorantha while on trips. It very much is it's own thing compared to most other conventional tabletop settings and is also the oldest, originating from the 70s.
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Jun 6, 2018 14:36
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Dinictus posted:Mate, if there's anything King of Dragon Pass taught me, is that you don't gently caress with the ducks.
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Jun 6, 2018 15:11
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Hueymakt, Storm Bill, and Zorquack Zoran.
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Jun 6, 2018 15:17
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Remember that balanced plate includes at least 50% Aldryami.
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Jun 6, 2018 15:51
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A while back someone posted a character sheet that looked like a Monster Manual entry. I looked back several pages but I can't seem to find it. Does anyone happen to have a link?
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Jun 6, 2018 18:01
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Firstborn posted:I love this website. I mocked this up to put in the sleeve on the front of my character sheet folder.
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I've since made a few others for characters in my group. It's been fun building them. Weird coincidence, I'm playing the whoreson knight tonight! One of my favorite characters so far. This one looks weird on some browsers: http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/BymwPuCkym There's a rogue in my sunday game who desperately wanted an animal companion, so i gave him this: http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/HykHYuA0M Firstborn fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Jun 6, 2018 |
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