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DalaranJ posted:Someone has never had to answer a maths question that began with the phrase, "Describe a universe"
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Yesterday one of my players gave us that coveted moment of excitement you get when you experience something you've only ever heard of by rolling three critical hits in a row. Then turn order moved on to the next player, who made an attack and also rolled a critical hit. share your tales of statistical improbability
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May 21, 2017 19:33
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starkebn posted:Worst kind of roleplay story in my opinion OpenlyEvilJello posted:I rolled three natural ones in a row on the same check in my first extended 3.5e campaign. Antivehicular posted:I swear to God, that "three D&D wizards travel to Earth and have secret club meetings in my kitchen while I secretly watch from a closet, tee-hee!" series is like half the stuff on fanfiction.net.
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May 22, 2017 08:28
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Like, Italian Job heist picture, or Snatch heist picture?
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May 28, 2017 21:25
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Zurui posted:Also, in general, watch Turbo Kid.
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May 29, 2017 08:11
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Drop owlbears: villagers taking the piss, or the ultimate apex predator?
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May 29, 2017 09:36
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Oh no, nerd culture wouldn't be popular, what a tragedy that would be *enters comic shop and is faced with wall of largely identical Funko figurines* hmmm Also, does he think Tolkien had an active part in creating D&D?
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Jun 2, 2017 08:59
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If someone offered me the choice between 3e, Pathfinder and 5e, and in this situation I had a gun, I don't know if my first choice of target would be myself.
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Jun 5, 2017 20:28
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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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Jun 12, 2017 08:20
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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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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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You guys get these teabags that claim to taste of blueberry pie or strawberry cheesecake, or is that a German thing? Cause showing up to the tea ceremony with those would have to be, I don't even know, would you even still allow a roll?
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Jun 12, 2017 18:43
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gradenko_2000 posted:Too many classes, too many items, too many feats So if 4E was WoW, what's the inevitable 6th edition gonna be based on? Overwatch? League of Legends? Pokemon Go?
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Jun 21, 2017 08:21
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hyphz posted:The 5e DMG has some truly horrible advice in it though. My personal favorite is that if a door's flush with the wall and painted to look like the wall, that's a secret door, and you find it with a search check.
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Jun 21, 2017 18:50
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My current party doesn't have a single human. Dragonborn, goliath, genasi, a half elf, no humans. One chick can pass for human but is actually a reanimated corpse steered around by the beetles and maggots eating her and I feel that ought to not count.
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Jul 6, 2017 22:18
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I used fail forward principles once. Party was getting directions in an unfamiliar and unsavoury town, rolled badly, I ruled they asked a spotter for a street gang whose directions led them into an ambush. One of my players just would not have it. She should have gotten another roll to realize this guy was a gang member, she should have gotten a roll to realize his directions were bullshit, she should have gotten a roll to notice the thieves sneaking up. I was like, if I let you guys roll specifically until you like the outcome and no bad consequences ever actually occur, then why are we playing a game with dice in the first place?
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Jul 6, 2017 22:31
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Today I got to chatting with an intern at my job who it turned out is hugely into nerd poo poo and always wanted to try D&D as well but didn't know how to join a group. I don't have a group locally but thought, hey, might be fun making one, and got as far as "well, I DM regularly" before she continued "and anyway you have to read up on all that lore and I just don't have the time for that." Then she told me about The Gamers and how funny the pile of dead bards and luring the paladin away from the torture were. This is why I don't reach out.
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Jul 12, 2017 15:01
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Just kinda disheartening to meet someone who's into this dumb thing but immediately get the vibe they're looking for very different things in it is all.  e: I mean, I'm still gonna go for it.
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Jul 12, 2017 17:23
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I don't suppose I'll ever know where that book came from...
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Jul 17, 2017 07:54
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Splicer posted:but when making your "character" you pick one to be the central theme ("Elves" or "Rogues"), and you pick the others individually per squad member ("Warrior Elf, Thief Elf, and Wizard Elf" vs "Elf Rogue, Orc Rogue, and Halfling Rogue") 
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Jul 23, 2017 17:06
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I think if the ASCII map is going to work at all, it needs a character that represents blocking terrain and frames the map, kinda like this:pre:
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Aug 1, 2017 20:09
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Halloween Jack posted:You know a game's going to be...memorable when the character sheet looks like the TimeCube guy hired a graphic designer.
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Aug 10, 2017 22:11
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On the contrary, I imagine he'd be the worst kind of “gotcha“ DM, precisely because he feels the players have all the necessary tools to counter him at their disposal, and if they don't use them, tough.
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Aug 13, 2017 16:00
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I love the spirit dealings flavour of magic. It feels like proper occultism rather than D&D's highly mechanical approach. The other day I had a situation in my game where the party was beset by evil spirits, and the sorcerer wanted to intimidate them into leaving. Because it was a published adventure my first impulse was to follow what it said and say, sorry, Arcana or Religion only, feel free to reflavour, but fortunately I caught myself and realized that it literally does not get any more sorcerous than out-scaring the evil spirits using your force of personality.
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Aug 13, 2017 22:12
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If Tarantino was able to bring his foot fetish into all kinds of cool exploitation, this isn't going to be the combo that breaks the concept.
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Aug 19, 2017 12:00
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:say "3.5 but everyone's a rogue and you belong to an outfit that specializes in stealing magic scrolls, all your loot is scrolls, and all your encounters require the use of spells you may never see another copy of" and you'd have my attention
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Aug 31, 2017 12:55
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Yawgmoth posted:Hahahahahahahahahahahaha what a lie this is
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Sep 16, 2017 18:20
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/JanelleCShane/status/908768999500066818 But Mordenkainen’s lucubrabibiboricic angion is the one I open combat with every time.
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Sep 16, 2017 18:31
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Der Waffle Mous posted:I want to say we decided we liked the idea that he was an Emperor Norton-like figure that everyone humored.
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Sep 27, 2017 07:16
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Lurdiak posted:and it involved fighting a toilet mimic in a modern bathroom
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Oct 19, 2017 19:56
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Azran posted:One of my friends just texted me this Serf posted:tell them they can't use their skills to coerce the other players because it's not a loving PvP game Buuuut if they need a rules quote, point out that Diplomacy is not a check against will, but against a DM-set DC, and Intimidate is explicitly rolled against a monster's Will. (No rules quote should be needed, they gotta put their foot down on this one.) e: also "dumping all his points", are they sure they're doing it right?
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Oct 22, 2017 17:39
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Thought that had to be it, just making sure  If your friend is still on the fence about this, consider it this way: this player is putting his resources into playing characters that aren't his. He's directly taking that option away from other players. This isn't how the game works, he needs to be told in no uncertain terms, and if he throws a fit and quits over it then frankly that's a net gain for the group.
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Oct 22, 2017 19:41
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Oh no, if you're going to Transmetropolitan, you need look no further than Heller.
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Oct 24, 2017 18:11
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Lurdiak posted:And it lasted about 6 hours before he left in disgust.
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Oct 25, 2017 19:18
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Pope Guilty posted:An industry in which Steve Dillon is fondly remembered is one in which this complaint is bizarre. e: Steve Dillon was the Fighter of the comics art world: he did one thing and it wasn't very effective but by God he could do it all day. My Lovely Horse fucked around with this message at 12:06 on Nov 1, 2017 |
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Nov 1, 2017 12:04
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Halloween Jack posted:It's really just what you'd get if you mashed a bunch of 80s/90s martial arts movies together--like, Shadoloo is an international mafia, that wants to conquer the world with crime, and they care a lot about petty racketeering and underground fighting tournaments--all extremely early 90s martial arts movie stuff.
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Nov 2, 2017 09:38
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they're... getting more and more abstract...? Yeah that's the first internet thing where I'm familiar with all the elements and still don't understand it at all.
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Nov 11, 2017 18:06
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Cassa posted:https://twitter.com/DanjoKaz00ie/status/938105157497249792
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Dec 7, 2017 11:03
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"Thank you for your interest in joining. You are hereby being served with a restraining order."
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Man if anyone is loving treasure chests on the reg it's gotta be a dragon.
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