Pi Day Encounters?

[Jastermereel]

Next Sunday is Pi Day (3/14) and my gaming group is half-expecting (and half dreading) that I'll have a Pie themed element in our next encounter. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I've already considered throwing an "themed" ooze at them, but that's sorta bland. I could have the foes use pies as improvised weapons (temporary "blindness" plus a morale penalty). I could...really...I don't know and that's why I'm here asking.

Please tell me I'm not the only one crazy enough to have this topic on their mind.

[Mewtarthio]

I think WotC has a Calzone Golem floating around out there somewhere. Refluff it as a Hot Pie Golem and you're golden.

[Vitruviansquid]

Just... pies?

How about stopping a group of pirates led by a piping bard from pillaging the pyramid of King Piramesses and stealing his Golden Pie, an artifact that's valuable, cursed, and delicious in equal measure?

[Ravens_cry]

Just... pies?

How about stopping a group of pirates led by a piping bard from pillaging the pyramid of King Piramesses and stealing his Golden Pie, an artifact that's valuable, cursed, and delicious in equal measure?

Let me suggest a curse, the pie makes one irrational.

[Admiral Squish]

Just... pies?

How about stopping a group of pirates led by a piping bard from pillaging the pyramid of King Piramesses and stealing his Golden Pie, an artifact that's valuable, cursed, and delicious in equal measure?

Following this path, I reccommend you set up an elaborate arrangement that leads into a massive strong of pi-puns. Like an interactive shaggy dog story.

[DaedalusMkV]

Have the party fight 31.4 skeletons? A wizard with Spell Thematics whose spells all look like pies? A Pied Piper who's not happy about the crust on his face and wants to destroy the world/town/party/some guy? If low level, intoduce them to the Pi-rat menace (rats who travel in packs of 3141 and love to eat pie)? Come on, the puns are endless!

[Aik]

A trip to the Demiplane of Pie?

[Sinfire Titan]

Don't use Pie. Use Cake, and mess with their heads as much as you possibly can.



Make them appreciate the irony.

[Deth Muncher]

Pirates wielding pies that do piercing damage, while aided by their bardic friends (pipers, naturally), who can summon piebald p(r)imates that throw pineapples?

Sorry, that's the best I can do at 2:30 in the AM.

[Zeta Kai]

I think WotC has a Calzone Golem floating around out there somewhere. Refluff it as a Hot Pie Golem and you're golden flaky crust.

It is here, for interested parties.

Also, I fixed it for you.

[magic9mushroom]

I prefer the 31st of April to the 14th of March, seeing as the latter comes from a rather weird date system.

[Zeta Kai]

I prefer the 31st of April to the 14th of March, seeing as the latter comes from a rather weird date system.

Your system is strange to us, M9M. Like the antagonist in Deliverance, it's all relative.

[Vitruviansquid]

In America, it's month, day, year for some reason, where saner parts of the world have it day, month, year.

[magic9mushroom]

Your system is strange to us, M9M. Like the antagonist in Deliverance, it's all relative.

Well, no it's not, because months are not shorter than days.

I can understand the Chinese year/month/day, but WTF month/day/year?

[Sinfire Titan]

Well, no it's not, because months are not shorter than days.

I can understand the Chinese year/month/day, but WTF month/day/year?

It's how people are reared. Its different everywhere.

[BobVosh]

Well, no it's not, because months are not shorter than days.

I can understand the Chinese year/month/day, but WTF month/day/year?

How can you argue that it isn't weird to US? O.o You have disgraced his horrible pun off of a weird movie! :P

However that is a great point. Since you seem to use the American date system, why not throw them a curve ball by using April 31...wait, April only has 30. Shucks.

Also I recommend a trip to the candy demiplane. It is written in the Portable Hole of Beer, I believe. Make the leader of the pie side in charge of this one shot.

[Thurbane]

In America, it's month, day, year for some reason, where saner parts of the world have it day, month, year.

Yeah, it's DD/MM/YYYY in Australia.

[LibraryOgre]

I intend to have my folks encounter three zombies and a zombie head.

[ShneekeyTheLost]

Don't use Pie. Use Cake, and mess with their heads as much as you possibly can.



Make them appreciate the irony.

This was a triumph...

[Deth Muncher]

This was a triumph...

The cake is a pie?

[Koury]

This was a triumph...

I'm making a note here. HUGE SUCCESS

[Heliomance]

It's hard to overstate my satisfaction at this thread.

[Enguhl]

Next Sunday is Pi Day (3/14)

Shouldn't Pi day be 7/22?
Just sayin'...

[PhoenixRivers]

Shouldn't Pi day be 7/22?
Just sayin'...

22/7 would be more accurate.

though 3/14/16 will be the next really accurate pi day.

[Winthur]

Shouldn't Pi day be 7/22?
Just sayin'...

Well, Pi is generally rounded to 3,14 for mathematical purposes, so... 22/7 = 3 + 1/7 = also 3,14andawholebunchofnumbers.

[PhoenixRivers]

Well, Pi is generally rounded to 3,14 for mathematical purposes, so... 22/7 = 3 + 1/7 = also 3,14andawholebunchofnumbers.

22/7 is more accurate than 3.14, but just barely.

3/14/10 is more accurate than 22/7.
3/14/16 will be the most accurate we're gonna get without a calendar reset.

The most accurate Pi day in history was
March 14, 1593.

[term1nally s1ck]

3:14:15, 9/2/65

I plan to PARTY in 2065.

[Foryn Gilnith]

I can understand the Chinese year/month/day, but WTF month/day/year?

Month tells you about important things like season. Many calendar-based factors (climate, etc) will vary based on month, making the month the most important. Year is relatively unimportant, in terms of calendar, because it changes too infrequently for an update on its status to matter. Day thus goes in the middle.

[Dogmantra]

I prefer the 31st of April to the 14th of March, seeing as the latter comes from a rather weird date system.

That... uh... That date doesn't exist. April only has 30 days.
Also 22/7 is Pi Approximation Day

Anyway, I suggest this module.

[Eldan]

I'd send them to Mechanus to battle a few living equations and antropomorphic mathematic principles.