Thufir's Third Random Banter #224

[DataNinja]

Trust me, my standards are very low

And yet you still might be surprised.

Like my magic system, every magic user has access to exactly one 'element', and the ability to control and create it.

Does the ability to create fire also include the ability to create ice by reversing the heat-making-ability?

[Bartmanhomer]

Yes, that was the joke.

Ok good one. LOL!

[Anonymouswizard]

And yet you still might be surprised.

If you're humanoid and within a handful of years of me than trust me

In all seriousness, I have the joint problems of having low standards and being just that little bit demi. The first to the point where a friend refuses to set me up on a date until I get some standards.

Does the ability to create fire also include the ability to create ice by reversing the heat-making-ability?

I'm still working it out, but the short answer is 'not in practice'. Really creating heat without burning stuff is hard, and more of an explosion mage thing (who cannot reverse it because that wouldn't be thematic). It's all more instinctual than anything else, you can't run magic in reverse more than you can run digestion in reverse.

Where does the energy come from? I don't know, Sam asks that question herself, but there is no 'inner energy reserve' deal or need to take energy from the environment, so the energy has to be coming from somewhere (I'll likely explore this if I write a book 2).

[DataNinja]

If you're humanoid and within a handful of years of me than trust me

Oh, well, sorry, I think that all pixies and fairies and all that sort of stuff are fey, not humanoid. And digitized ones might be construct instead.

[Anonymouswizard]

Oh, well, sorry, I think that all pixies and fairies and all that sort of stuff are fey, not humanoid. And digitized ones might be construct instead.

Look, I know templating is weird, but I've seen at least one humanoid-fae-construct-outsider in my time at wizard school. I think there were even some in the classes instead of cages!

Now if you'll excuse me the headmaster is threatening to Banish me if I don't go to sleep. And I was so close to scribing that clairvoyance spell into my spellbook so I could... uh, nothing, totally wasn't planning to hang around the fighter college before tomorrow's big battle.

[DataNinja]

Look, I know templating is weird, but I've seen at least one humanoid-fae-construct-outsider in my time at wizard school. I think there were even some in the classes instead of cages!

Now if you'll excuse me the headmaster is threatening to Banish me if I don't go to sleep. And I was so close to scribing that clairvoyance spell into my spellbook so I could... uh, nothing, totally wasn't planning to hang around the fighter college before tomorrow's big battle.

...no thanks, I'm good not being in a cage.

And suuuuure you weren't planning anything. As if there's not Forbiddence in anywhere... sensitive.

[Mith]

...no thanks, I'm good not being in a cage.

And suuuuure you weren't planning anything. As if there's not Forbiddence in anywhere... sensitive.

I am now picturing an opposite of a Forbiddance, like an arcane virus that infects your scrying implement to only show the last image scribed. Instead of preventing you from seeing a thing, it forces you to only see the thing. Like a pop up ad.

Which considering context, may potentially be a Freudian slip.

Is an intentional Freudian slip a Freudian slide?

[enderlord99]

I'm probably going to stop posting until early June next year for... reasons.

[PhyrexianShovel]

I'm probably going to stop posting until early June next year for... reasons.

Wow, that's a while! You'll be back in time for my birthday, I suppose.

[factotum]

Sorry, I'm still trying to decide if I should give my transgender main character fire magic or not?

[Chandra Nalaar] Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight *everything* with fire. [/Chandra Nalaar]

[Anonymouswizard]

...no thanks, I'm good not being in a cage.

And suuuuure you weren't planning anything. As if there's not Forbiddence in anywhere... sensitive.

Look, when the half-fraud/half-fiend/half-golem/gnome gets uppity you've got to put them somewhere safe.

And funny thing, that spell says nothing about divinations.

[Chandra Nalaar] Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight *everything* with fire. [/Chandra Nalaar]

Well of course. If you burn the fuel first then the fire can't sustain itself.

[LaZodiac]

[Chandra Nalaar] Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight *everything* with fire. [/Chandra Nalaar]

Jaya Ballard, actually.

[Insane Jeenyus]

I'm probably going to stop posting until early June next year for... reasons.

you will be greatly missed!

in other news, has any one watched izombie?

[Bartmanhomer]

you will be greatly missed!

in other news, has anyone watched izombie?

I watch zombie. It's a good TV show. Too bad the show ended in it's the fifth and final season.

[Mith]

I mean, I've heard that the field moves at a glacial pace, but apparently there are benefits

Take it from me, it's not as cool as you think it is. (About -0.1 C at most. )

And I really love the idea of talking writing. Knowing other people who are writers and talking with them, I find I like being on the story-telling side of things as well as story-reading.

[Anonymouswizard]

Take it from me, it's not as cool as you think it is. (About -0.1 C at most. )

And I really love the idea of talking writing. Knowing other people who are writers and talking with them, I find I like being on the story-telling side of things as well as story-reading.

Oh, I believe it, electronics was far less shocking than I'd assumed.

And of it wasn't for the 'multiple continents' thing I'd totally suggest a Playground Writers Group. But I'm not even sure an online thing would be practical.

[DataNinja]

And funny thing, that spell says nothing about divinations.

Okay, mea culpa. I was remembering the 4e version of the spell (the first one I was exposed to) which expressly did ward against both scrying and teleportation. I've never gotten high enough otherwise to really bother absorbing another edition's.

[Tvtyrant]

Okay, mea culpa. I was remembering the 4e version of the spell (the first one I was exposed to) which expressly did ward against both scrying and teleportation. I've never gotten high enough otherwise to really bother absorbing another edition's.

Boy do I miss 4E. It is impossible to find a group anymore.

[Anonymouswizard]

Boy do I miss 4E. It is impossible to find a group anymore.

Never got to play it, and I kind of regret that now. Got a lot more respect for it than I did before 5e came out, and a lot less for Pathfinder.

[DataNinja]

Boy do I miss 4E. It is impossible to find a group anymore.

Yeah, it's one of those things I'd love to play again. It was my first introduction to tabletop back in middle school... but, unfortunately, the friend who's dad volunteered to DM for us decided he didn't want to continue after two sessions. And all future attempts to do stuff with friends throughout the years were... scattered and cat-herding-ly at best. It's a bad system for Play-by-Post, too, given how tactical it is, which is unfortunate, given that that's basically what I can mostly play now.

At least all the 20-odd books I have are still good reading material. I really, really liked the Nentir Vale/Points of Light setting.

[Anonymouswizard]

Yeah, it's one of those things I'd love to play again. It was my first introduction to tabletop back in middle school... but, unfortunately, the friend who's dad volunteered to DM for us decided he didn't want to continue after two sessions. And all future attempts to do stuff with friends throughout the years were... scattered and cat-herding-ly at best. It's a bad system for Play-by-Post, too, given how tactical it is, which is unfortunate, given that that's basically what I can mostly play now.

At least all the 20-odd books I have are still good reading material. I really, really liked the Nentir Vale/Points of Light setting.

Wow, I actually can't remember how old I was when 4e came out, maybe 15-16? I'd already played BECM and 3.5 by that point, as well as Savage Worlds 1e. Most of my gaming memories are now from uni, it's why Unknown Armies is my favourite system. My first proper campaign was in UA2e, which ended with us rubbing mud in [redacted]'s hair because a) they'd tried to turn Ventral London into it's own dimension, b) it robbed them of Urbanomancy charges, and c) every group member was of the same political leaning and none of us liked him.

I was actually running a sequel to that last year, but it petered out due to conflicting schedules.

[Insane Jeenyus]

Take it from me, it's not as cool as you think it is. (About -0.1 C at most. )That's the problem with the weather, its hit or mith.

Oh, I believe it, electronics was far less shocking than I'd assumed.

That pun was re-volt-ing pun. I loved it!

[Peelee]

Yeah, it's one of those things I'd love to play again. It was my first introduction to tabletop back in middle school

Dammit, everyone on the forums, stop being younger than I!

[DataNinja]

Dammit, everyone on the forums, stop being younger than I!

Sorry, time waits for nobody. I can only progress at a speed of 1 sec/s.
Although, my degree's taking long enough as it is, so, uh, I think I'll keep that pace.

[Peelee]

Sorry, time waits for nobody. I can only progress at a speed of 1 sec/s.

1 s/s = 1 s/s = 1. You progress at a unitless speed. FIX YOUR MATH, YOU YOUNG PUNKS!

[DataNinja]

1 s/s = 1 s/s = 1. You progress at a unitless speed. FIX YOUR MATH, YOU YOUNG PUNKS!

Okay, how many seconds do you travel in one second?

[Peelee]

Okay, how many seconds do you travel in one second?

I travel at a speed of at least 1 second squared per second.

You keep pushing this, and I'll keep making even less sense. Don't think I won't!

[Anonymouswizard]

Okay, I want people's opinions: do I stick with the magic angle I've got planned, or do I transition more into mad science and have fun with crazy inventions?

[Bartmanhomer]

Okay, I want people's opinions: do I stick with the magic angle I've got planned, or do I transition more into mad science and have fun with crazy inventions?

I don't know how to answer your question, to be honest.

[flat_footed]

Okay, I want people's opinions: do I stick with the magic angle I've got planned, or do I transition more into mad science and have fun with crazy inventions?

Have fun with crazy inventions!