ITT Roleplaying
Classic Tabletop D&D (3.5e mostly)
New players welcome, most especially our recent pony addition
Its always some level of nuts in this thread, and this moment does not disappoint.
All kinds of things have happened, the result of which is that with over a week passing in meat-space the party is still right where they left off at.
Tracy is venturing to the mountains with her floofy-faced, hutungous birbs in an oversided wagon, hoping to give them a chance to have a moment with their biological father.
Trump, for some reason, is quite butt-hurt by this. What? Its true,....
Thez is enjoying the first decent night's sleep in over a week, Infernius contemplates (((genocide))) (does it work in that context? I mean he's contemplating their genocide of course), and Torcuil learns that Death is a pretty cool chick with a morbid sense of humor in an absurd job that you wouldn't think is a job, but its literally a job. So yeah, next time he wants to hit her up, just blow ur brains out or something.
Last thread got to over 1800 posts <trumpet fanfare> but that shit is impossible on mobile and cumbersome at best otherwise so,....
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>>54753It's ~15 degrees outside. The only method I have for freeing up frozen units of food (which is all of them) is by swinging a 10lbs dead-blow sledge at an awkward angle anywhere from 10-25x per unit. Today we ran ~ 40 units, so that's anywhere from 400-1000 swings. While doing other things.
I hate the winter.
>>54754It's 78 fucking degrees in my apartment, and has been for days (and most of 2018) because the apartment complex refuses to turn on the air conditioning system. Worse, it's above 70 and also raining outside, so opening windows does no good
I too, hate winter
>>54752Yeah, it was a stupid question...
I was just crunching numbers to figure out how fast Tracy could run irl (114 mph, I think).
>>54754Fug, that sounds awful...
*keks in Floridian*It's been really fucking insufferably humid this week though... >>54757Translation, ~60 mph (terminal velocity, wind resistance,... the D&D guys aren't physicists)
>>54759It's 78 degrees
inside of the apartment at midnight. It's miserable to go to sleep in
>>54760Just get some air movement going. Don't you have a fan?
>>54758>Terminal velocityTerminal velocity only applies to falling objects though.
I figured i Tracy's running speed was 500 ft/round, and a round was 3 seconds, her full running speed should be 113.6364 mph.
Also, by those measurements, flying dragons are slow as fuck.
>>54762But there is still wind resistance, though my math isn’t up to snuff to calculate these things.
>>54743Sorry to hear your having a rough time.
*trys to will you more luck*
>>54762First off, a round is 6 seconds, not 3. For two, yes terminal velocity only applies to falling objects. Are you suggesting that there would be less friction and wind resistance if a person was running along a surface than there would be from free-fall?
>>54762Where the hell are you getting 500 ft a round? That's way the fuck out of all proportion. Your character's base speed is 40ft, which you should be grateful for because that is faster than any humonoid in the game
>>54763>wind resistance.She has the Necklace of Adaption: projects a bubble of fresh air around her. Think of her body like a torpedo with a hydrophobic paint coating.
>>54766Faster speed is not a part of the necklace of adaptation
>>54765Her base speed is 40 (racial) + 10 (Pali-mount increase) = 50 ft/round
With her special horseshoes, her ground speed doubles, bringing it up to 100 ft/round.
With a full-round action, she can Run to move at up to five times her normal speed, bringing her speed up to 500 ft/round. If she's
ahem spurred in action, her absolute maximum speed is 510 ft/round for a single turn.
Best mount.
>>54770Thez looks at speed stats.
"Ha, my full speed is 555 ft/round." Xp
>>54772>trips"I'll get faster someday, you'll see..."
>>54770Also, she can't go full speed in the first round. Best case, she can move at 3x her base movement rate in the first round, then 5x in the second.
>>54774*contemplates taking a lvl in Barbarian, just for the speed*
>>54775You're correct. It'd take her a couple rounds to accelerate.
>>54778But still, you're talking ~80ft/sec. which at 5280 f/mi is ~66 seconds/mile which is - as I said - about 60mph.
>>54779Ah, it seems I made an arithmetic mistake there.
>>54780I'm using way less-precise calculations/results, but yeah its at about that speed.
Which is also very nearly the terminal velocity of a humanoid-sized object at freefall.
Okay then, Tracy, running faster than a cheetah, gallops towards Sparta, with Sparkle's head sticking out of the side pocket on her saddlebag having the time of his life.
>>54782If it's terminal velocity, 122 mph
Tl:dr I've crunchded many maths
About 5 months ago
this is what I wanted to say, but that's cuz the Game seems to operate weird in recollection as far as time is concerned, the correct duration is 9 months ago, I went on a 2-day binge precisely calculating speeds, acceleration, free-fall, wind-resistance/friction, and a whole slough of D&D related expressions.
"In particular, he was calculating the amount of damage an adamantine (simulated - monk fist) object falling from 3/4 of a mile would do upon successfully striking an opponent!"
Yes. Those calculations led to further calculations, onioned by more calculations,.... What I came up with is that 65mph is an acceptable and reasonable speed limit, just because I don't want to have to get so autistic that I get nosebleeds trying to determine precisely what is what.
>>54783Maybe with absolute reduction of wind-profile, but generally I'd put it at 85 TOPS
>>54784>onionedKek.
I still want a 5lb glassteel cannon ball
>>54785No you don't. You want a 2lbs hollow glassteel sphere
But Tracy hasn't delivered that sketch yet
>>54786I did the math for a 5lb solid shell dammit
>>54789The note Slovenia asked you to give to Torcuil.
>>54788Relax, it'll be 5lbs
>>54791Oh, yeah.
I'll remember to have her give it to Torc when she gets there.
>>54785Put an Arcane Mark on it, so you can summon it back after you use it.
>>54791I'm just saying if I did the math for a solid five pound tank shell, I don't wanna end up with a 2lb hollow sphere.
Also, is there a library in the town?
>>54793Smart...
If it doesn't melt
>>54794See ya
>>54796Cuz its going to stay hollow, and not get filled with nitro and all sorts of shrapnel and explodey-bits?
>>54797But that's with a trebuchet, not telekinesis
>>54798>doesn't want explosive Trebuchet roundsMy bad. I had forgotten you have your own rail-gun-esque game-breaker in the works
>>54799>sighI never said I didn't want the trebuchet rounds, but I also want my magic powered rail gun for special situations.
Torc also wants to look for books and start engineering.
SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER >>54800noted. Its an 'in case of emergencies' cannon
>>54796>MeltLenos said he'd tried to destroy the tower multiple times: unless enchanted to be so, the material must be uber heat-resistant.
BTW, I'm thinking about streaming Idiocracy. I could just watch it, but except for Tracy's faggot who can't ever see anything, I like watching w/ the rest of u faggots.
>>54799I'd like explosive sling bullets.
>>54805Telekinesis is a great spell.
Now I want a ring...
Movie would start in ~70 minutes
Tracy can buy most mundane items at the port, right?
I’m going to try hinting the story I’m thinking up for Stix. hopefully it won’t suck, I never tried writing a story before
Stix stares into his small fire at the campsite, pondering all the events so far in this strange world. The crazy people, the interesting environments, but for some reason, his mind kept drifting to the fire trap he encountered when he first arrived. He wasn’t hurt by it, maybe a bit surprised, but that was nothing new considering being thrown into a new place with all kinds of characters telling you your dead.
But still, he couldn’t get the image of the fire out of his head. He tries to take his mind off of it by looking to the stars for a while. “I wonder if the constellations are different here? Let’s see... there is the Ursa Major and th-“
Was it getting warmer? Stix glances at his camp fire. It was still the same intensity. So why is it so hot all of a sudden? He gets up at takes a few steps back, but the heat is getting worse. In a panic, Stix throws dirt on the fire, but it won’t go out, in fact, it grows, seemingly in spite to the attempt to snuff it out. “I must be ill. It feels my body is roasting! And why can’t I put out the damn fire?” Almost in response, the fire creeps out of the pit which held it back and inches toward the increasingly frightened pony.
Stix attempts to flee, but is stopped before he can even finish turning around as the ground around him ignites to add to the blazing heat. He observes everything burst into flame. The path he traveled, the trees around him, and... even the sky! Had he gone mad? He didn’t ponder this for long as the inferno overtook him where he stood. He watched in horror as his forelegs were wrapped in a blue film for half a second before releasing the bright orange and yellow glow in a roar.
He screamed in pain and begged for it to stop, but to no avail. He looked forwards helplessly, believing these to be his last moments as he observed the ground slowly rise up, as if he was sinking where he stood. From among the tears streaming down his face as if trying to quench the blaze, he took note of something shining before him. As he looked closer to inspect it, a jewel seems to float toward him in a puddle of molten gold. All of his attention is now on this jewel as the world appears to fade to black around him. He watches it forms cracks under the extreme heat, spiderwebbing, until it shatters with a loud... CRACK!
Stix jumps at the sound, awaking from this nightmare drenched in sweat. He quickly realized he had fallen asleep next to the fire. Nearly in a blink of an eye, Stix throws heaps of dirt onto the fire and stomps it repetitively. He then runs back about thirty feet and curls up into a ball. Things are starting to become clearer, and he wished he hadn’t been trying to remember now. “S-so... that’s the way I... died?”
I know that wasn’t very good. Very heavy in cliché and such, but I felt I needed to try making the character a little more interesting.
>>54813At least you didn't accidentally write Braveheart...
And actually, not half bad at all.
How scary of a monster would a adult Timber Wolf be? Like a Brachyurus, only with the plant subtype? It'd definitely be a powerful and dangerous creature.
Forget I asked. No spoilers.
>>54813>clicheNot at all. I'm not sure where you're going with it, and I look forward to seeing more.
>>54816I had a life and death for my character, certainly planned out and part of it was written out.
I stopped when Tracy's faggot made fun of me for saying that I wanted my character's backstory to overlap with his... >>54820 Well, that is just plain rude Tracy’s faggot. I would like to hear the story if you still want to share it.
>considers writing a slightly different backstory so Torc isn't "William Wallace with memes and (((jews)))"
>>54823You should put more emphasis on the cave where he studied meme magick.
>>54825Anyway, what I was saying is that Idiocracy analyzes the dynamic of a "responsible" household working in the midst of a society that is ass-backward. I'd been contemplating the movie for several days, as I continue to attempt to understand how I might hope to positively influence those I interact with.
>>54827Surely you noticed the subtext of "a rational person surrounded by idiots"?
>>54828Well, yes I get what your saying.
It's more the fact...
You know what, never mind
>>54826>responsible household working in the midst of a society that is ass-backwardIsn’t that called life as we know it today?
>I'd been contemplating the movie for several days, as I continue to attempt to understand how I might hope to positively influence those I interact with.That’s nice, but I’m not sure how come the movie helps you in doing this. Maybe it shows you something you haven’t considered, but I think a movie can only teach you so much about helping to interact and influence people positively.
Oh, and sorry for not watching it with you, but the system is still giving me problems.
>>5483090% sure he's bullshitting us, that movie was weird as hell
>>54828The point of the movie was that Not Sure was really just an average guy, but he did nothing with his life.
Part of the lesson was to get "average" people to at least try to make a difference in society. Everyday you hear people of every political affiliation complaining about how the people who run their governments are "idiots", without doing anything to to fix it themselves. All of the issues in the universe were really just basic problems that were collectively ignored by humanity because nobody cared enough to even think of trying to fix them.
>>54832Agreed, nominally. I for one find myself amongst "households" and "peers" who are more interested in buying the latest I-phone or putting rims on their car - to say the least - than planning for their children's future
who they already have or hell, just cleaning their damn room.
I want dire goats and dire cattle for Tracy's ranch. Actually, I want dire everything. A dire farm.
>>54826>>54826>a "responsible" household working in the midst of a society that is ass-backward... how I might hope to positively influence those I interact withThere is but one hope anon
>>54834>Wants more things, he declares for the third time in an inactive dayWell no shit
>>54833That's part of what makes the movie so depressingly accurate.. but also makes it more compelling to try to make something of your life.
>>54833That is why they are called normies. They are so deep in the matrix, they can even see that they are illogical and motivated by shallow desires. It is amazing to see play before your eyes once you detach yourself from this lifestyle isn’t it?
>>54835You depress me sometimes anon.
Where could I find dire livestock though..
>>54834Gee, its a pity you let those Ogres wander off with that dire cattle isn't it
>ITT faggots discussing the themes and morality of Idiocracy
>>54839Can you go one day without shopping?
>>54842You might want to consider keeping this line away from the ladies, at the very least the real ones.
>>54840Tbh, that was my way of subtly hinting I haven't given up on the ogres...
>>54843>Real human ladiesI learned my lesson on that one. Never again
>>54844An entire herd of dire cattle can't be that hard to track.
>>54845Care to share? I’m all ears.
Shabby was probably just a soyboy. Real ogres appreciate layers.
>>54846If only you had the tracking feat and weren't dozens of miles away
>>54848Years of putting up with psychopathy and emotional outbursts (usually in public), besides the selfishness. I could say more, but why
\r
>>54850>but why?‘Cause it’s good to let out your frustrations and get things off your chest. I’m not saying you have to, just that you may want to.
>>54850Well, they were in the mountains, and a herd of dire cattle leaves a pretty clear trail (like 2 dozen sets of tracks), so it shouldn't be that hard.
>>54853Okay, when Fae or Stix gets around to it, they can track. Since they are the only ones with the ability to track
Tracy summons a crow to deliver a message to Infernius that she's borrowing Sparkle.
>>54856Great. Now she can spend several hours going back because I am pretty sure she's already to Sparintenar by now
>>54857Worth it.
Sparta wouldn't be that far away anyway. Remember that time Tracy flew there in two rounds after Brad called her?
Mixed Nuts: a breakdown
>80% Tracy and Trump's faggots bickering
>10% sex scenes
>5% shitposting
>4% metafagging
>1% actually playing
>>54859And we wouldn’t have it any other way
>>54858And she wasn't called this time, so she can take a while
Why is a few cows so much better than performing before an eager audience though? Whatever
Trumpaladin should have taken Felicia. I was going to have him take Slovenia but then she was an essential NPC for the other thing>>54859You forgot Shopping
>>54861Mostly, because I don't want the trail to go cold.
Tracy's isn't exactly a performer anyway. Sure, she plays (*shudders*) dubstep, but her perform is just an improvsed tumble. She just noticed that people gather when she's doing backflips in the streets while juggling katanas.
>>54863Where did that take place? Was that at Port Barry or Sparintenar?
Also, don't forget:
https://youtu.be/7bzG8JQn-pI >>54865*sigh*
Here we go again...
*begins watching for another ten hours*
>>54861A breakdown by each player>Trump69% Complaining about Tracy and her faggot
30% Fucking mares and shit
1%
"baptisms">Tracy33% Meta-fagging
33% Playing
33% fucking Trump
1% doing hell knows what
>Infernius50% fucking Thez
50% getting ignored by Hitler
>Torc90% wondering what the hell is going on and what he's doing
10% shitposting
>>54865Well, he hasn't left Sparintenar since he arrived there, so definitely Sparentinar
>>54866Get that weeaboo shit out of your head. This is a pony neighborhood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBvl-AdnHGY&t >>54867>Stix isn’t on the listThis must mean I ain’t done shit huh? I hope to change that this weekend.
>>54868This artist has some great talent, just too bad I don’t care for his style of metal rock. It’s not bad, just my taste in music.
>>54867>pic related>>54868R u serious? MLP-inspired symphonic metal opera julienne fries?
>>54870I will admit that it is a bit of an acquired taste. If you don't like it, acquire some tastes
Try this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfMYKSdZdAY>>54871>>54869Sure why not?
>>54870I just haven't really gotten to see much, but yes lets make that change this weekend.
>>54872>Classical metalI meant I love this stuff
>>54872>acquire some tasteUmm... sure... I guess
not sure why I can’t just like what music I want to like, but I can try I do like that song a bit better.
>>54867You didn't do one for Thez.
>>54875>Thez40% fucking infernius
40% being damn cryptic
20% casting dancing lights and singing
>tfw raping the overboardHey look, Mlpol just topped 2500 UIDs. Time for another "the site is dying" thread!
Seriously, have a good night
>pic unrelated, just something I came across while searching MLP Ranger>>54876That's,... about right. Id throw in 5% putting gems on things, but yeah.
>>54878Nah, Tracy's
at least 50% meta fagging and especially shopping
>>54880Oh I'm playing the waiting game right now. I'll let you guess what for
>>54881Obviously for my birthday, thanks for remembering Xp
I kind of want to make another U-turn, but I don't want to lose that trail...
*runs in circles*
Decisions, descisions...
>>54883Happy birthday, Anon.
>>54885Yeah, I'd just considered that.
*zips around*
>>54884It's not actually my birthday
>>54887Why lie to us? What have we done to deserve such scandalous deception?
I can't get over that not liking onions or parfait thing though. I'm going to see what's up with those ogres after she delivers that letter and does other crap in Sparta.
>>54891Maybe they are upset because they are being displaced by refugees arriving into their swamp?
>>54892I think shabby was just retarded for his species, or something.
I might have her speak with the other ogres. Hopefully shabby hasn't been badmouthing her.
>>54892They should have built a wall and enforced the boarders. It’s their own fault for having an open boarder policy.
>>54894This.
Port Barry had a wall when they found it, and even so Trumpaladin built a new wall to the east to help inclose more land in the town. And the Tower had a wall around it. So why don't they just build a wall
>>54893She really should talk to her boyfriend first
Ponies are magical beasts, right?
>>54896I can't tell what creature subtype to categorize them as. I've been treating her as humanoid, but humanoid doesn't really make sense for them as a race...
>>54897Let's just go with Humanoid for relevant purposes
>>54896I would guess so because their magic can be taken way by Tirek, rendering them weak and useless. But I have no say as to how the rules would count them.
If they were magical beasts, they'd certainly have a higher lvl adjustment, so it might be better to treat them as humanoid.
>>54901Oh, I am. I’m just good at multitasking these two.
>>54898Nah, unicorns in this universe have had the ability to teleport and at-will Mage Hand: it wouldn't be proper to classify them as Humanoids. Pegasi can fly too.
I wanna say monstrous humanoid to compromise, but they really don't LOOK humanoid at all.
>>54903Unicorns in Friendship is Magic cannot teleport except where they are high level mages (remember Twilight Sparkle just learning how to teleport in season 1?) and the telekenesis is only able to just barely replace having hands, except for high level magic users.
>>54904It's not a question of power: it's merely a trait that distinguishes them from animals.
>>54906Generally, creatures similar to animals with more than 2 Int are considered to be magical beasts.
>>54906I think player races should generally strive to be similar to one another in terms of balance, so I'd place ponies as humanoids. And that's what I'm going to insist on.
But I know you don't give a shit, so whatever
>>54911I can’t sleep tonight, so I can keep you a little company. Hope you feel better soon.
though I will probably suddenly fall asleep >>54912I just learned something interesting about what all the "white" mass shoters have in common.
>>54915They all had a jewish parent.
>>54916Ah... now the puzzle pieces start to fall into place. How interesting.
>>54918What gets me about all of these shootings are the people being interviewed. They have no real emotion and are heavily scripted. And the normies soak it all up. They never question if it is as it is presented.
>>54919Have you heard about crisis actors?
>>54920Indeed. The same people being hired to give a performance at each disaster.
>>54921Yeah ive seen some pretty convincing evidence for it. I wouldn't be surprised if it were real.
>>54922Do you like studying conspiracies and things of that nature?
>>54923Ill entertain some conspiracy theories. But usually when you look into it the same (((people))) come up.
>>54924Yep. What would you say is your favorite conspiracy that you think has merit?
>>54925That depends,do you consider the mossad demolishing the twin towers a conspiracy theory?
>>54926Most would, so I think so. What is your take on it? How was it done?
>>54927Well jet fuel doesn't melt steel beams, so we can rule that out. I suspect they planted various explosives,possibly thermite, maybe plastic explosives. And i think the "plane" we see is a missle.
>>54928Exactly. I have been trying to convince my family for years about this. Of course they say it is terrible to think our government could ever do such a thing.
>>54929Im pretty lucky, my family is pretty redpilled.
>>54930I’m slowly getting some results, but my family has that huge “greatest ally” hurdle to cross if they want to get much deeper into what’s really going on in the world.
>>54931If i asked my grandparents who Americas greatest ally is they'd probably say the uk or Australia.
>>54932I think my grandparents may as well, but my parents definitely would say Israel, unfortunately.
>>54933Thats regrettable m8. Keep up the red pills.
>>54934I give them at every opportunity. My brother is starting to show promise though. He sees right through most of the (((lies))). And just out of curiosity, do you have any religious beliefs? It ties into my favorite conspiracy.
>>54936Then it isn’t as much a conspiracy to us then. The Antichrist is my favorite topic of study, which I believe is the end goal of all conspiracy, to set up his kindom.
>>54937Of course, thats one of the reasons they pushed for the Iraq war.
>>54931>>54933I still have no fucking idea why anyone in their right mind would call Israel our "greatest ally", Jewish propaganda or not. They've done jack shit for us except eat up most of the foreign military aid money we send out across the world, building missile defense systems that still don't work because the missiles their enemies use are low-tech enough to slip right through them.
>>54938It also explains why the jew is behind it all. They are trying to set up the ruler of the new world order, so they can be like gods. It is just fascinating to see play out in front of our eyes now. They are really ramping up their game it seems.
>>54941The (((nwo))) will be ruled from Israel the borders will contain Europe and North America. If we Dont get the ovens started.
>>54942God promised it will happen, but He didn’t say it will be in our lifetime. The next generation could be saved from destruction as it seems they are much more open to nationalism. God promises to heal the lands of those that turn from their wicked ways. If we purge the evils that plague us, we may spare our children before it is too late.
The only down side is that it will happen. The jew has proven to be tough to get rid of. The Romans made a bit of a mess of things as they forced Jews around the world. Now they lurk to rise up after each generation that refuses their evil, just to corrupt the next.
>>54943Exactly, thats why i adopted the natsoc political beliefs, i want a better future for my future children and their children.
>>54945I will most definitely be having that conversation with my kids.
>>54909That sucks, get better soon
>>54928Please don't tell me you bought into the "jet fuel can't melt steel beams" shit. I'm not saying the government had no part in it, I'm just saying; the jet feul could sufficiently weaken the steel beams in that situation
>>54947Look into it a bit, who owned what, the disturbing lack of evidence, the place phasing through the building, and also research thermite. The destruction does seem to fit a termite type of controlled demolition. Ever notice the smoke pouring out of the ground level? Unless the A/C was super effective, I think there was some burning going on down below.
But that’s how conspiracy works unfortunately. There isn’t enough evidence to convince everyone.
>>54948Plane*
Not place... ugh, I need to stop staying up so late
>>54948Phasing?
The fuck are you on m8
Like I posted earlier, I never said it wasn't an inside job, I just think it actually was the planes that brought the towers down.
>>54951Those "planes" are missles.