Not-So-Mith'd Opportunity: Random Banter # 222

[Bartmanhomer]

Half of his entire being is Tiamat so yeah, definitely. The other half is Bahamut so I mean, absolutely yes, yeah. Not that there's anything inherently bad with a holier than thou paladin-dragon, and not that he's worse than his greedy little sister...

What I'm saying is that dragons are inherently jerks. Present company excluded of course.

Ok. Io does have 9 other children beside Tiamat and Bahamut. (In D&D 3.5 Version)

[Mystic Muse]

Ok. Io does have 9 other children beside Tiamat and Bahamut. (In D&D 3.5 Version)

The fluff for Io depends on the edition. LaZodiac's thing is accurate from a 4th edition, and possibly 5th edition perspective. I don't know, 5th edition isn't for me.*

All things considered however, he is true neutral. Some manner of jerkitude is a given.

*"Not for me" and "bad" are two different things, I am not calling 5e bad.

[Bartmanhomer]

The fluff for Io depends on the edition. LaZodiac's thing is accurate from a 4th edition, and possibly 5th edition perspective. I don't know, 5th edition isn't for me.*

All things considered however, he is true neutral. Some manner of jerkitude is a given.

*"Not for me" and "bad" are two different things, I am not calling 5e bad.

Yes. I understand that. I never play D&D 4th and 5th Edition. And Io is True Neutral that he can be sometimes a jerk but not always.

[2D8HP]

[....]"Not for me" and "bad" are two different things, I am not calling 5e bad.

Oh where's the sport in that?

For what it's worth to me it's almost as much fun to call 5e "bad" as it is to play.

I highly recommend doing both.

[Insane Jeenyus]

***edit***

Also, I just remembered my first game of Munchkin from years ago. I had to run from the potted plant due to having drawn no equipment or one time boosts. It was frustrating then, the sheet ridiculousness of the situation now makes me smile.

I needed that smile, because to add to the liar abdominal cheat at work my best friend is in hospital with a shattered leg,and I don't have the ability to bring grapes until Saturday!

I love that game! Even the dread gazebo!!

[enderlord99]

The Mod on the Silver Mountain: Please remember that real-world religions are an Inappropriate topic, and keep any discussion of deities, angels, or mythologies entirely fictional.

Also non-mythological dragons, or are those fine?

[Peelee]

Also non-mythological dragons, or are those fine?

The Mod on the Silver Mountain: So long as they're fictional, that should be fine.

[Bartmanhomer]

I feel that the dragon deity, Garyx is the most unstable dragon deity of all the dragon deity family.

[enderlord99]

The Mod on the Silver Mountain: So long as they're fictional, that should be fine.

Right, but what about the island of Komodo?

[Insane Jeenyus]

Random fact: I am watching Supernatural Season 14 Episode 14.

[Rawhide]

Random fact: I am watching Supernatural Season 14 Episode 14.

Are you 14 minutes in yet?

[Insane Jeenyus]

finished actually. To keep from doing spoilers for others, all I will say is Oh wow.

by the way, are you referring to the trucker who loses an eye?

[Anonymouswizard]

Well I'm on Stranger Things Series 1 Episode 2 as soon as I can wrangle control of the TV.

You know, when doing all the 'what D&D class are we' thing with friends people always peg me as a wizard/mage, but I'd rather be a bard. True, I like having knowledge, I can't play an instrument (anymore, could relearn the piano if I had the space), and I haven't acted in years, but I love brumby on a stage entertaining or trying to tell a story, and my knowledge is much closer to odds and ends I've picked up through life than a large amount of academic knowledge.

Plus if I lost about seven stone I'd look good in a silly hat.

ETA: and I jessy remembered what my username is...

[LaZodiac]

Look man, sometimes what we WANT is not what we are, in our hearts and souls. Embrace the wizardry. You chose Anonwizard for a reason.

[Peelee]

Oooh, season 1 is the best.

[Rawhide]

by the way, are you referring to the trucker who loses an eye?

No. 14-14-14.

[Anonymouswizard]

Look man, sometimes what we WANT is not what we are, in our hearts and souls. Embrace the wizardry. You chose Anonwizard for a reason.

I still remember the headmaster telling me that I couldn't have an instrument in my room if I didn't keep it tuned

[Peelee]

No. 14-14-14.

That was a good day, I remember it well.

[LaZodiac]

work cancelled today becaus eI threw up heavily in the shower. woooo.

Good thing I only have cornflakes today.

[DataNinja]

Oh dear, Zodi. Get well soon, hopefully.

[Anonymouswizard]

So I've found myself working on backstories for characters no sane GM would ever let me run.

Spoiler: Current outline

Show

Two years ago there was a remote research facility in a field, trying to findthe answer to a question. A question that seemed to confound everybody there, but which few others seemed to ever think of.

Why does the soil keep spontaneously combusting?

Eventually they found their answer in the way many discoveries were made. That is by accident, because of some low level technicians leaving a hyperplastic cage outside with some lettuce in it.

The reason found additional research was to begin, until the government got wind of it. Unfortunately the Mutant Equality Act, which stated that no experiments could be performed on mutants without their consent, did not include an exception for those with four legs. And thus began for a search for a way to ask for permission.

Eventually a telepath and an engineer were able to jury rig a system to help him speak, although unfortunately during the explanation of human society he got a bit fixated on helping people...

And thus begins the adventures of Sir Hopsalot, the Relativistic Rabbit.

(His nemesis is a hyperintelligent fox who threatens the city with orbital death rays.)

[Teddy]

Hmm? Why in the world would you try running an AI on 1 processor? Parallise as much as you can. You don't train ANNs on 1 cpu, you use a bunch of gpus. I'd imagine any AGI would have to inhabit a datacenter, unless your cpu is stupidly powerful. Am I being silly?

One could argue that a AGI wouldn't need nearly as many cycles for training after activation, because it doesn't need to be trained outside of the decisions it makes, and a CPU could possibly be enough for that if you don't try to make it make too many decisions at once. Actually specialised hardware would probably outperform both the CPU and the GPU, though...

On the topic of programming-is-magic – anyone else seen the stuff here?

I hadn't, but I enjoyed reading it immensely.

So I've found myself working on backstories for characters no sane GM would ever let me run.

Spoiler: Current outline

Show

Two years ago there was a remote research facility in a field, trying to findthe answer to a question. A question that seemed to confound everybody there, but which few others seemed to ever think of.

Why does the soil keep spontaneously combusting?

Eventually they found their answer in the way many discoveries were made. That is by accident, because of some low level technicians leaving a hyperplastic cage outside with some lettuce in it.

The reason found additional research was to begin, until the government got wind of it. Unfortunately the Mutant Equality Act, which stated that no experiments could be performed on mutants without their consent, did not include an exception for those with four legs. And thus began for a search for a way to ask for permission.

Eventually a telepath and an engineer were able to jury rig a system to help him speak, although unfortunately during the explanation of human society he got a bit fixated on helping people...

And thus begins the adventures of Sir Hopsalot, the Relativistic Rabbit.

(His nemesis is a hyperintelligent fox who threatens the city with orbital death rays.)

Why would they bother with asking for consent when the act forcing them to ask for consent doesn't cover your character?

[enderlord99]

Why would they bother with asking for consent when the act forcing them to ask for consent doesn't cover your character?

I think you may have been confused by the inherent multiple negatives in "does not contain an exception."

[Teddy]

I think you may have been confused by the inherent multiple negatives in "does not contain an exception."

That, or I was confused by my expectation that a law in this zany universe would contain a lot of equally ridiculous exceptions which apparently are there by accident, like someone putting "two-legged" in the definition of a mutant without even thinking. That it would be clean-cut and sensibly all-encompassing was honestly unexpected.

[Anonymouswizard]

That, or I was confused by my expectation that a law in this zany universe would contain a lot of equally ridiculous exceptions which apparently are there by accident, like someone putting "two-legged" in the definition of a mutant without even thinking. That it would be clean-cut and sensibly all-encompassing was honestly unexpected.

Which, to be honest, is part of the intention. Along with the need to somehow justify a rabbit able to hop at speeds of at least thousands of meters per second (I haven't quite decided if he should live up to his name) being given a voice for playability purposes. There's also the implication that people in-universe were expecting such a loophole, as if some have been found before and used to perform unethical experiments. Probably on some highly intelligent animal that went on to successfully get the definition of 'mutant' changed.

He still doesn't understand a lot of society, like why the Chief Human tends to be male, but he's working on it.

But yeah, the idea is that the backstory carries the tone of the character while still making enough sense. This is a bunny that fights crime by tackling people really fast, it's an inherently silly concept (although that can could still be played very seriously in the right group).

[Insane Jeenyus]

Well I'm on Stranger Things Series 1 Episode 2 as soon as I can wrangle control of the TV. ***[edit]***

I have seen all through the end of season 3. I loved all seasons.

Random fact: I am watching Supernatural Season 14 Episode 14.

Are you 14 minutes in yet?

finished actually. To keep from doing spoilers for others, all I will say is Oh wow.
by the way, are you referring to the trucker who loses an eye?

No. 14-14-14.

ok, I see what you did here, now.

[Bartmanhomer]

Anyway. I'm thinking of making my own D&D Dragon Deities Lores.

[FinnLassie]

I'll only watch Supernatural if Travis McElroy will indeed appear in season 15.

[LaZodiac]

I'll only watch Supernatural if Travis McElroy will indeed appear in season 15.

I mean he apparently is so better start watching! Unless you mean specifically his episodes which, entirely fair and fine.

God how the **** is that show 15 seasons.

[Insane Jeenyus]

I am still on season 14, and it almost feels like they are starting to have to stretch to keep going.