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2023-07-28, 11:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Avatar by linklele. How Teleport Worksa. Malifice (paraphrased):
Rulings are not 'House Rules.' Rulings are a DM doing what DMs are supposed to do.
b. greenstone (paraphrased):
Agency means that they {players} control their character's actions; you control the world's reactions to the character's actions.
Second known member of the Greyview Appreciation Society
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2023-07-28, 11:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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2023-08-03, 12:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
I think O-Chul hates him more, but I agree with the rest.
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2023-08-03, 03:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
Pollen addiction is nothing to be ashamed of in a shrub your age. All the cool kids are doing it, so naturally you want to experiment.
But trace elements? Didn't you watch that after school special with Eve Plum? Please get help. From a trained professional before it's too late!
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2023-08-03, 03:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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2023-08-04, 07:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
A Coca-Cola bottle cap (filling of coca-cola in the cap to be determinated at a later point) that Elan has a True Neutral half-sister called Lena.
A single origami flower folded from a common office paper (shipping at expense of the receiver) that Belkar will be undone by the Snarl
A recomforting look in the eyes and the reassurance that you are doing your best (in case we are at close locations at some point) that Great Beast In Shadow is a Snarl's offspring and that will make the difference in the Final Battle.
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2023-08-04, 09:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
First, I suppose that I have to turn in my True American Southerner card when I admit that I really don't like Coca-Cola.
Second: I would bet against the first paragraph, but in winning I'd win Coke, so...
The second paragraph I would bet in support for.
The quoted paragraph is 50:50
MitD will be revealed as some creature we could/should have guessed, (and perhaps someone has?) (Still calling it for Dao.) So MitD will have no relationship to The Snarl.
The other half of that idea is that MitD will turn on TE at a crucial point in the battle and tip the scales against TE. I fully endorse that and will add a, "Told you!" In a teasing tone of voice to the bet.
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2023-08-04, 09:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 1
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2023-08-04, 02:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
Is tea the only drink one orders 'unsweet'? It's not that I want them to remove the sugar, I just don't want it added in the first place.
I have a weird sense of taste: I like the natural flavors. Some things like mustard or soda dominate any flavor they are in, so for me all carbonated drinks taste about the same: kind of metallic.
Sugar or sugar syrup, (which True Southerners™ use in their tea,) renders the tea flavor into the taste of sugar with an accent. I may as well eat a spoonful of sugar. But take some fresh mint, crush the leaves, and drop them in a pot of tea before it cools... No sugar necessary.
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2023-08-04, 02:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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2023-08-04, 05:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
Probs. I get how you feel about sweetness, lots of drinks are overly sweet to me. Arnold Palmers with unsweeten tea is the best route, and when i take my giant tubs of Gatorade powder i usually put in about half of what the tub recommends. I wish could get the original formula before they blasted the hell out of it with sugar.
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 1
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2023-08-04, 05:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
Orth Plays: Currently Baldur's Gate II
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2023-08-04, 11:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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2023-08-05, 10:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
>>softly open our mouths in the cold
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2023-08-05, 02:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
I always liked that theory (and Lena as an option especially), myself. It's… Not gonna happen, but I always liked it.
A single origami flower folded from a common office paper (shipping at expense of the receiver) that Belkar will be undone by the Snarl
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2023-08-06, 02:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
Avatar by linklele. How Teleport Worksa. Malifice (paraphrased):
Rulings are not 'House Rules.' Rulings are a DM doing what DMs are supposed to do.
b. greenstone (paraphrased):
Agency means that they {players} control their character's actions; you control the world's reactions to the character's actions.
Second known member of the Greyview Appreciation Society
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2023-08-06, 02:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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2023-08-07, 01:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
Want to put a bet down on the Fiend's plan involving another soul splice. While the fiends don't get to claim possession of V's body, they do get the soul.
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2023-08-07, 06:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
Last edited by KorvinStarmast; 2023-08-07 at 06:44 AM.
Avatar by linklele. How Teleport Worksa. Malifice (paraphrased):
Rulings are not 'House Rules.' Rulings are a DM doing what DMs are supposed to do.
b. greenstone (paraphrased):
Agency means that they {players} control their character's actions; you control the world's reactions to the character's actions.
Second known member of the Greyview Appreciation Society
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2023-08-07, 07:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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2023-08-07, 07:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
No indication that the soul splice requires like an alignment of the stars or any specific external factors that make it infeasible outside of V's specific deal. Xykon and Redcloak were both familiar with it, and there's been no effort to close it off as a possible plan in the same way we saw for the idea that they'd let V's helpless body die while they had possession of V's soul.
I'd also note the mention of a Vessel, which could be an artifact but I think is more likely to be a creature or person given that the specifics were loose enough that Sabine could pick one of her own accord.
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2023-08-07, 02:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
Indeed. If anyone (but especially the fiends) make a reference to how rare soul-splices are, I'll take just about any wager on it because it'll be a near-certainty to happen again.
/distant gong suddenly rings
Your prediction has been noted.
Edit - Ah, you'd already guessed! March of '21. I had a typo in your name so it didn't stand out initially.Last edited by Crusher; 2023-08-07 at 03:00 PM.
"You are what you do. Choose again and change." - Miles Vorkosigan
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2023-08-07, 05:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
Two copper pieces, per V's observation.
Strip 633. Recommend a review.
(EDIT: Typo in strip number fixed).Last edited by KorvinStarmast; 2023-08-15 at 07:05 AM.
Avatar by linklele. How Teleport Worksa. Malifice (paraphrased):
Rulings are not 'House Rules.' Rulings are a DM doing what DMs are supposed to do.
b. greenstone (paraphrased):
Agency means that they {players} control their character's actions; you control the world's reactions to the character's actions.
Second known member of the Greyview Appreciation Society
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2023-08-14, 08:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
I was reminded of something in my trivia hunts: Haley is out of adamantine arrows, and did not have time to buy more before leaving town.
I bet three golds, one for each lost arrow, that Sabine will turn out to be vulnerable to those rather than whatever cold iron arrows Haley has left.If you think "interesting" is an anticlimax, I feel sorry for you because it means you don't really know about interesting.
~Robin McKinley
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2023-08-14, 08:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
TinyMushroom drew my avatarSpoiler: A shaggy dog storyAn evil sorcerer in command of a dark cult is trying to unleash a god-killing abomination more real than the gods themselves. At his side, yellow eyes revealed a Haunter of the Dark. The evil sorcerer ordered it to kill.
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2023-08-14, 09:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
I'll take that bet. Sabine is a succubus and as such is affected by cold iron, not silver (adamantine was never in the running).
Three gold payable now, i assume?Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 1
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2023-08-14, 09:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
If you think "interesting" is an anticlimax, I feel sorry for you because it means you don't really know about interesting.
~Robin McKinley
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2023-08-14, 09:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
Not everything is about the character. The thinking was clearly plot-centered: Haley ran out of adamantine arrows, that could be significant in the future, let's pick a character it could be significant for and bet on it.
Rich has to show he's not going to use spells, magic items, or IFCC shenanigans to change out Sabine's weakness for the sake of the plot, because "Oh no, cold iron doesn't work!" is the plot point bet on.TinyMushroom drew my avatarSpoiler: A shaggy dog storyAn evil sorcerer in command of a dark cult is trying to unleash a god-killing abomination more real than the gods themselves. At his side, yellow eyes revealed a Haunter of the Dark. The evil sorcerer ordered it to kill.
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2023-08-14, 09:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
In any event, as already linked, adamantine was never an option.
Yes, but again, she has already been established to not be particularly susceptible to adamantine. This goes to what the author has said on consistency. He doesn't care about keeping to the exact rules of D&D anymore, but he does care about consistency, and her damage reduction is overcome by either cold iron or silver, depending on if she was a demon or devil. One of these is confirmed to work (linked above), she is confirmed to be a succubus (linked above), and thus we can absolutely conclude that the cold iron is what she is susceptible to. Changing this would be inconsistent, which the author has explicitly said is what he considers more important.Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 1
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2023-08-14, 10:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prediction Page, (bring your quatloos, gps, and internets, you'll need them.)
So, one-way memory, I'm forced to present a rough example: Greg set up an ambush for the party based on what he knew of the party via Durkon's memories. Then the party surprised Greg with completely different tactics, which were helped by the presence of Hilgya as a wildcard.
Imagine reversing the positions. The party plans an ambush for a character confident that they have fought the character before and know their weaknesses, then the character arrives and presents different weaknesses, facilitated by a wildcard, for dramatic effect.
Ignore Sabine for a moment in this example, consider it generic.
How does Rich set up this kind of surprise for the party if having his villains be consistent took top priority?
Alternate question: What priority is consistency and what is ahead of it? Incomplete answers are fine, you don't have to list everything and you don't have to rank everything exactly.TinyMushroom drew my avatarSpoiler: A shaggy dog storyAn evil sorcerer in command of a dark cult is trying to unleash a god-killing abomination more real than the gods themselves. At his side, yellow eyes revealed a Haunter of the Dark. The evil sorcerer ordered it to kill.