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2022-08-14, 06:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1264 - The Discussion Thread
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2022-08-14, 08:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1264 - The Discussion Thread
It's kindofa good misconception, actually. It's not a rule per se, but nowadays (as it becomes a higher priority to avoid injury instead of just using up and discarding players) good managers should make rest mandatory to the point that it seems like a "rule".
If you put in a pitcher who's tired and/or their body hasn't had time to repair the micro-injuries that occur at the cellular level when you repeatedly hurl an object 100mph, the odds quickly climb that they'll aggravate micro-injuries into larger (but still tiny) ones that take longer to heal. And if you keep going they can escalate to minor tears that become a long-term problem, or even into major tears that can end a season or even a career. (Not to mention scar tissue is almost always weaker and less functional than the tissue it replaced.)
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Going back to the roach metaphor that started this: As a baseball fan, it drives me half-mad* to see managers get their heads stuck so far up their "defined roles"... that they send in a subpar reliever to face the other team's best hitters in the 7th with the bases loaded (because "you have to save your closer for the 9th/last inning"). Then they console themselves with the fact that the closer wasn't really needed anyway, because that 4-3 lead became 4-9 against them.
So, smart move on Redcloak's part to put in his closer when he can do the most good (instead of saving him for the 9th because reasons).
* - I suspect the Giant might harbor similar feelings of lesser intensity, given the metaphor.
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https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0486.html (fifth panel)Last edited by arimareiji; 2022-08-14 at 08:11 PM. Reason: adding in a reply
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2022-08-14, 08:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-08-14, 09:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-08-15, 05:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-08-15, 06:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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I wonder what pantheon the Primus belongs to or whether he even is a god.
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2022-08-15, 06:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-08-15, 06:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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also if this truly is a quinton then if RC can ask for it's full cooperation there will also be
1 hexton
1 septon
25 pentadrones
64 quadrones
81 tridrones
and an unknown number of duodrones and monodrones (I suspect it's a lot)
I suspect in the limitations of the comic we're only going to see the duodrones and monodrones though (technicly the quinton shouldn't even be able to give orders to the singing monodrone as the modrons can only understand another modron of the same rank or one higher or lower)
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2022-08-15, 06:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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New idea for monster. Handsitter. They have no native environment and do nothing all day long. They are bored to tears and live in the hope that some day they will be summoned to perform a task to add some variety into their lives. They are so desparate their payment is typically trifling though made up to appear as if valuable. Due to their neediness weirding out the spellcaster summoning them, the summoner suffers a -10 to all charisma checks as long as the Handsitter is performing its task.
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2022-08-15, 02:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-08-15, 02:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Höndzittar
Rather than legs it has two backwards arms, with large oversized palms where it's buttocks would be.
A group is called an Indolence and it's leader, the Sinecure.
They serve the eternalsweepersleeper but don't know what it's agenda is.
Defeats players through their own paranoia. Players will encounter the monster doing absolutely nothing, and make wild assumptions about what it's trick is, ultimately giving up.Last edited by Quizatzhaderac; 2022-08-15 at 03:08 PM.
The thing is the Azurites don't use a single color; they use a single hue. The use light blue, dark blue, black, white, glossy blue, off-white with a bluish tint. They sky's the limit, as long as it's blue.
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The junior members don't attend the regular committee meetings, they only attend the all hands meetings.
The thing is the Azurites don't use a single color; they use a single hue. The use light blue, dark blue, black, white, glossy blue, off-white with a bluish tint. They sky's the limit, as long as it's blue.
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Artifacts also tend to be dangled in front of players as a reward that can eventually be obtained with a great deal of power. It doesn't seem to me like anyone else wants the Crimson Mantle, and frankly if you want to assume it's also providing various other nice benefits to Redcloak to supplement his own abilities, there's not really an argument against it. But it doesn't seem like the thing would suddenly become more important if he mentions it gives him +5 to all saves.
Especially since, you know, Redcloak is going to pass or fail save based on the needs of the story, not a roll of the dice."But it always seemed weird to me to get mad about things going wrong, as if everything turning out OK was promised to anyone, ever. There wouldn't need to be paladins if the world was, like, fair." -Lien
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Reminds me of the toaster from Red Dwarf.
That's hard to call. It's the only known artifact/creation of TDO, who's a new god. In story terms, one could justify its having any kind of power level.
Classically, artifacts tend to have unpleasant side effects from long-term use or when a major power is invoked. Have we seen anything like that from the Mantle?
If it can find its butt with both hands better than, say, 12 times out of 20, it would be more effective than several people I've had to deal with.Last edited by bunsen_h; 2022-08-15 at 06:48 PM.
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2022-08-15, 08:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1264 - The Discussion Thread
That's how you know which ones are worthy of promotion. Those that can, at least occasionally, find their buttocks with both hands are too good at their job to promote, and those that can't won't reduce productivity by being moved up the corporate ladder.
Another indicator of promotability: a large mouth eternally pursed into a 'kiss'. Such creatures are virtually certain to be committee members.
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2022-08-16, 03:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Considering Redcloak was a fresh initiate before he put the Mantle on, and was throwing out mid-level spells immediately afterwards, it's safe to say it has some kind of spellcaster-boosting property.
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2022-08-16, 03:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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A lot of artifacts have per-day castings of mid level spells, and while they tend to be unimpressive for high-level wielders, these abilities are very powerful in the hands of low-level wielders.
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He did? I do think it boosted his Destruction domain ability at least... Or it could use a fixed number of spells X times per day, like a lot of items do in 3.5e I guess? But yeah, I do kinda think that it's probably doing more than the direct plot progression abilities, even if they aren't really something you'd know by looking at the comic.
Just my headcanon I guess.Cool elan Illithid Slayer by linkele.
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