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Rolling dice is fun. Here's a game for it.

I start by rolling 3d10. 3d10 ⇒ (5, 10, 2) = 17

The next poster would roll 3d10.

The object is to roll the same 3 numbers in order of any poster above you.

If you hit your own number by posting more than once the game continues but you're excluded from posting rolls (playing). You can still post non-playing conversation to the thread. The end of the game is when a roll is matched that isn't the posters own.

The payoff? The winner is recognized for having some Halfling luck.

The median is around 36 posts.

Things To Remember About Vaccines -- from Moderna's Chief Medical Officer

From Axios

"Moderna Chief Medical Officer Tal Zaks warns on #AxiosOnHBO to not "over-interpret" vaccine results: "They do not show that they prevent you from potentially carrying this virus...and infecting others." Adding, we shouldn't "change behaviors solely on the basis of vaccination." pic.twitter.com/qrwQkjLf3Y

Thanks for the correction. It is terrible news that there is a vaccine coming out. Nothing worth celebrating or expressing appreciation of the accomplishment.

1d20 ⇒ 7

Vaccine nearby? It is great news to see some light at the end of this deep and dark isolation.

Well, surprisingly, The Beatles have a couple.

The Beatles' general theme fits under the category of creepy to me.

The Doors and The Allman Bros had a few cuck songs that are pretty lecherous.

Nine Inch Nails' repository is concentrated lust and narcissism. At least Trent is honest about it.

I like to give animals their title.

Cat: Mouser or Pounce

Dog: Dunno yet, haven't a job for a dog at this point. Maybe Wing, or something along the lines of chicken guardian in the future.

I only know of one practical way to determine the answers: by writing a computer program to loop through all possibilities, and take the average.

Here are the results I got:

4d6 take highest 3 -> 12.24459876543210
5d6 take highest 3 -> 13.43016975308642

(That first result is funny. One might almost think that I'd made it up.)

Of course, you should never believe any programmer who claims to be infallible. The only double-checking I did was to "spot check" a few iterations. So anyone who's reading this should feel free to challenge my results.

We did a simulation for the expected value of a point buy using d6's for the party. I adapted it to verify the 4d6 and take highest 3 to check.

12.2427 with 120k values and a s.d. of 2.8456

Your set space was more efficient and accurate for 4d6. The custom formula was used in different aspects to arrive at reasonable ability rolls that aligned with an expected point buy for us.

Calm emotions would be fun. It wouldn't be noticeably supernatural too. It would be of great use nowadays. Cast while waiting in a socially distanced line. Cast at Thanksgiving dinner. Cast at the office. Cast in a traffic jam. Cast on the dog. Cast on the girlfriend. Just concentrate and creatures around you chill!

219. If the potion is very expensive: It is made by a disgruntled alchemist who's sick of being asked by adventurers for potions. DC 25 fort. The potion drinker immediately forgets the last 10 minutes of activity and becomes ethereal for 1 minute.

524. You're in Whiterun and the local barfly wants to be put in her place before she'll follow you.

525. You're in Markarth and just feel like whuping the town drunk for some coin.

In university, I studied Chemistry then went into teaching. I now have an M.Sc. and a B.Ed., but work as a patent agent.

In retrospect, I would have done math, then philosophy and then physics, and then studied the nature of God.

I had a glimpse of god in my studying this morning. He was found in actuarial life expectancy tables.

Pink Floyd. Like, that'd be enough right there. But the one song that always sits in my head is One of These Days. A fun instrumental that suddenly intones with "One of these days... I'm going to cut you into little pieces" then you get the crescendo and the song ends.

I dug on floyd for an impressionable time. What bugs me now about them is their publicity of Cyd. They made bank and shared everything. Sometimes it's kinder to keep friend's troubles on the down low, imo.

S.O.S. (Sawed off shotgun) by The Glorious Sons. What a story of a narcissistic ahole that is a threat to even complete strangers. It is catchy until I interpret the lyrics and even a harpy singing it couldn't captivate me.

Raistlin. Never liked him, but always interesting.

This is just off the top of my head. Any thoughts?

Raistlin is a villain/hero of mine. I found his story of sacrificing his body for mental power to be very compelling.

Jamie Lannister. I admire is unapologetic devotion to swordmanship. The "dance" with a worthy foe provided the presence that extremes provoke. I like how he saved Renley's knight as recognition of a teammate. I like his duel with the ex-hand Stark. Pushing a kid off a balcony, incest, and being a Lannister make him a villain. Those actions and alliances are just to get by and Jamie's devotion is to combat.

*I haven't seen the last 2 seasons (or read the last 2 unpublished books) yet.

Hi.

You are showing foresight for an unlucky roll. Randomness is part of my enjoyment of character construction.

The belt is a valid idea. Another idea could be some temporary hitpoints. There are many types of drugs in Pathfinder, a spell could do the trick too. I would create an NPC encounter prior to the main event that was non-combative and could give the Elf investigator temporary hitpoints or con bonus for doing something right. Weave in the encounter and give the players xp if the Elf gets the boon. Good Luck!

thejeff wrote:

A quick poke around the internet does show this claim out there, but it usually seems to be sourced in tradition and ethnic pride, rather than in serious scholarship.

This is about what I expected, which is why I was hoping for the more informed to pitch in with some proper info. Unfortunately my Google fu is limited while at work. =)

Work is for work. I find that if I sit in front of a computer during business hours without going into a youtube or dnd rabbithole, something productive gets done.

Hi!
It is enticing to build superman. That said, there are players that can out-build that. I would guess that you could build an epic murderhobo and aren't challenged by it. There probably will be players in your group that are interested in being great at combat. Moving the story and having a reason for combat is another role. Develop what your character wants to do, or wants to right, or how he/she is. Enthusiasm for a cause would probably shine on your PC and the group.

36) Post on the internet without regretting it, angering people, saddening people, or having to defend it.

"The chief enemy of creativity is 'good sense.'"

"Youth has no age."

"The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?"

- Pablo Picasso

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."

"We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science, and then there is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become like the radium a benefit for humanity."

"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas."

- Marie Curie

Pick a side.

"Control your destiny, or someone else will." - Jack Welch

Ok awesome, thanks for the suggestions guys. The PC order is in! Now to wait 5 - 7 working days....

Brag a bit. Let us know how awesome your pc is by posting specs.

I run a 500gb ssd, i5 quad at 3.2, 8 gigs of ram, and 1g video (vid card croaked and using onboard graphics.)

Play Skyrim and mod it.

Or you could play spreadsheet and database analyst with a +4 mod to profession (merchant, accountant, or astronomy).

I enforce the adjustments, but don't give too much concern as to the characters' ages. If the player is using a specific age bracket FOR the stat adjustments, then I make sure to take note and incorporate other appropriate age-related things for that character. Otherwise, I don't care how old your character is.

My table is really solid, though, and the players don't do dumb $#!+ that might affect the game just to make their individual character a little bit better... weird, I know, but it's almost like they would rather have fun as a group instead of building the most maximized murderhobo possible.

My murderhobo will wipe your party!

Joking aside, it's only part of a character. Bumping this leaves room for tweaking some character fluff, while still meeting obligations to allies.

It doesn't really effect the game as my character has lowest rolled stats of the group.

This thread is nine years old, so I doubt there's still a problem anymore.

For anyone else looking to streamline their gameplay, the Angry GM's "How to Run Combat Like a Motherf***ing Dolphin" is a fantastic article. Concise, clear and pretty much irrefutable.

Always wanted to run a game like a forking dolphin. lol.

Back in the day, we used to divvy up the mechanics. One player would do initiative, one would do badguy hps. D20 rolls were made and damage was averaged. There were between 5-8 players and it went fine.

I remember back when I first got the internet I was really excited about the prospect of MUDS and went searching all around for different ones to try. Unfortunately at the time I was a horribly slow typist (I'm still slow, but not horribly so at least!) and that ended up being a great barrier to having fun with them. The idea of them seemed so much more exciting than what the reality ended up being for me. But it was still fun to read all about the various MUDS, even if not to play them. ;)

The typing speed can make a difference. I suppose that could be a predictive element on programming too. There are scripts that do as you wish with a single letter. That's part of why I enjoyed playing a mud - I got to program part of the interface.

I used to play ArcticMud, a series based on the Dragonlance novels.

It could also work in the opposite direction, with the PCs leveraging the influence of the runaway princess to accomplish their goals.

They keep on her good side by doing things that make her happy -- sneaking her out of tiresome banquets, smuggling her boyfriend to see her when her authority figures would not approve, keeping unwanted suitors away because the PCs "didn't recognize them", writing speeches when she needs to comment on recent events, preparing letters making requests from or pledging support to nobles for her to send, and generally doing the day-to-day responsibilities of someone of her station for her.

Having a disinterested noble at your disposal is a great asset for a group of potential "advisors"

I like this take, except less friend-zoney. The noble and partner(s) team to take the share of the power vacuum. I'd make the princess likeable but very homely.

There's an artifact that is used in diplomacy that sunk off the coast.

There's a poison that can be used for murder of a rival that requires ingredients from a specific island.

There's an athletic competition to win favor.

The party is poisoned with mind altering substance and has to determine friend from foe.

use better animal messengers. Give it another personality and character that would provoke most adventurers to cook it. Make the CR a few steps above their normal encounter. If it's attacked, it's on and don't hold back. Oh yea, and definitely disguise it.

Without starting a new thread....

Starting at middle aged for a class that can eventually cast age resistance seems like a win to me. It will help my terrible rolls for stats.

Outside of game, I do see that being middle aged would increase mental ability and decrease physical skills. CEOs and presidents vs professional athletes come to mind. I'll worry about old and venerable if i get there.

Interesting. For the OP, I'd go along with whatever makes for the best story.

For me playing as Pharasma: I look down at the soul. "hm, you had an agreement that you would stop throwing dice if you one that 10 gp pot. You won and played again he next week. However, you paid off your debt and bought a drink for that old man."

"I'll wash that."

"Now onto the the multitudes of the rest of your existence...."

I would judge one being across it's spectrum.

inspired by a post on another thread:

dice=Presitge class y/n 1d2
dice=presitge class 1d109
dice=base class if not prestige 1d42

= 42, that's the answer!

STR: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 3) = 7
DEX: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 3) = 11
CON: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 2) = 9
CHA: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 1) = 8
WIS: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 6) = 13
INT: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 3) = 12

On the war quotes: "There are no atheists in foxholes." - idk who

Just find a place to make your stand and take it easy. - Eagles

I know it sounds absurd, please tell me who I am. - Supertramp

diplomacy 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13 dc 15

If I believed in the character I was restoring to the throne, I'd be all for it. I'd suggest that the players pick who should be the heir. (DM could settle ties or vote too.) That would probably be the most important step on the epic campaign.

I like the game store suggestion. Play games and like-minded individuals coalesce.

A Vivisectionist Alchemist is not common folk. His influences were probably status quo for chellax rulers. Maybe he had a common girlfriend that was good, or an uncle outside of aristocracy. The background given, my character would assume Lawful evil until proven otherwise.

He's kind of a racist c*nt though.

Sounds like Coidzor is from chelliax. True, upbringing doesn't completely dictate morals, but it has an overwhelmingly strong influence on them. Sure there are a Drizzit or two, or resistance in Chelliax, but there would be a good reason for it.

Lol vagabond.

Lucky halflings are handy.

I like Dasrak's suggestion. A wisdom based character could keep the party out of trouble and round things out. If I read right, alchemist is int, oracle is charisma, and a druid would cover the intellects. He/she'd probably funkin hate the alchemist though, at least that's how i'd play it.

Lawful evil. Growing up in chelliax, those were probably the alignments of your mentors. Just starting out. I don't know the rules on changing alignment in your campaign, but based on the experiences you have with your party and the story, and given that it is important enough for a post, I'd expect it to be revisited.

will save dc 12 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (13) + 0 = 13
I hope I'm in a different dungeon than ya schism

will save 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19

will save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

lot of disjointed songs

pick a station!

I'm listening to 99.1 the river.

I think a reply post before posting is a good rule of thumb. I thought I'd be more optimistic after a beer.

Will save 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 dc 15
Will save 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 dc 15
Will save 1d20 ⇒ 20 dc 15
Will save 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (17) - 1 = 16 dc 15
Will save 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (4) - 2 = 2 dc 15
Will save 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (17) - 3 = 14 dc 15

And that's why my character likes drugs

Hi, I use tabletop simulator. It has robust custom content as well as fairly easy to use controls. I've used it to play games like cribbage, chess, red dragon inn, and settlers of catan. I've poked around in the rpg content and seen some utube videos of the capability. It seems a useful platform to have online pathfinder session, though I haven't tried it.

Mr.Tool wrote:

Me either, my parties keep getting wiped carrying the artifact around, but it is found again later in those secret rooms. Hm, maybe it's cursed.

They certainly have that vibe. They have good perks, but those stress effects mean you almost have to counter with a high stress-reducer artifact like the crystal ribbon (I think). Which means, you kind of waste an items slot. The ancestor's relics are kind of the same - great perks with a lot of stress effects.

I've tried using the virtue buff trinkets and letting a party member take a resolution check. It works 75% of the time. When they stress out and make the check, it is a boon for the rest of the quest. And when they don't, well party wipe. There's a 25% buff to add to whatever other trinket that stresses, and it is a gamble.

2d20 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2 I'll just imagine the clacking sound

Diplomacy 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

Greylurker, I can almost imagine reading your post in the narrators raspy and morose dialogue. I've not ventured into the darkest, week 140ish too.

Keep them on a chain and wear them around your neck when going out adventuring. They'll help you be more aware of your surroundings, and make your scripture verses more persuasive.

My digital camera quickly drains battery charge as well. I try not to keep any cells in it when not in use.

That segue in, I'm just starting to keep a colony. I'm naming it Ben.

Chemlak wrote:

I sing Ring of Fire every Friday at work. It really annoys one of my colleagues, but I've not stopped yet.

I can see why it would annoy him. Johnny Cash is, IMHO, one of the most overrated musicians of the 20th century -- which is saying a lot, when you're comparing with the likes of Elvis and the Beatles.

I just listened to Johnny Cash Live in San Quentin. It was his third time playing for inmates at that prison. Some musical personalities don't jive with individuals, I get that. I do appreciate what he did for penal system reform. Some individuals may not relate or run afoul of the law, but many in society, especially the US, do. That may be one of the reasons that he was and is popular. Not his cover of hurt by NIN.