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2012-04-16, 05:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-16, 05:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-16, 05:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
Sounds like that to me too, though it might have just been separate defenses for each type of armor for slashing, piercing, and bludgeoning, which wouldn't be too much.
If it's like the Table Of Many Slightly Different Pointy Things To Stick On The End Of A Stick (also known as That Which Brought Us The Glaive-Glaive-Glaive-Guisarme-Glaive), I agree 100%.
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2012-04-16, 06:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
π = 4
Consider a 5' radius blast: this affects 4 squares which have a circumference of 40' — Actually it's worse than that.
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2012-04-16, 06:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
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2012-04-17, 02:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
Ready Actions. They were so good in theory, but they are so open to crazy things. Like the Villager Railgun. Or infinite movement.
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2012-04-17, 05:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-17, 05:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
Yes. It's more commonly known as the Commoner Railgun in my experience.
Of course, RAW-wise it doesn't actually function as a railgun, but only as near-instantaneous transportation. (The projectile simply drops to the ground at the end of the chain with no inertia to speak of.)Projects: Homebrew, Gentlemen's Agreement, DMPCs, Forbidden Knowledge safety, and Top Ten Worst. Also, Quotes and RACSD are good.
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2012-04-17, 08:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
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2012-04-17, 09:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
"OK, the commoners move the mellon 6 miles in 6 seconds and let go. The mellon drops to the ground at the last commoner's feet."
"But it should have inertia! It should keep going and have the power to level a mountain."
"Fine… by the time the mellon gets to the 10th commoner, his arms get shorn off and he bleeds out. The following *roll* 8 commoners get taken out from bone shards. The rest flee in terror."
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2012-04-17, 10:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
Logically, the object in question accelerates and then decelerates to an arbitrary speed every time it's handed off, so that while it does take no time at all to go through, the end velocity is still nil.
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2012-04-17, 10:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-18, 12:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-18, 01:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
Buy a ladder for five copper. Remove all the rungs, and you are left with two ten-foot poles, valued at two silver apiece.
Buy a 100-page spellbook for 15gp. Remove each page and sell them individually for four silver apiece.
Buy a Spiked Chain for 25gp. Remove the spikes. Sell the chain for 30gp.
Buy a Club (free). Sell as Firewood for 1cp.
Instead of Trail Rations, buy Chunks of Meat (or, if you're really brave, horse feed). Both are cheaper and lighter than Trail Rations.
Buy a Glass Wine Bottle for 2gp. Buy a Pitcher of Wine for 2sp. Empty the pitcher into the bottle. Sell as Bottled Wine for 10gp.Currently running the Heroes of Circumstance campaign!
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2012-04-18, 01:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-18, 02:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-18, 02:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
Your pole has holes in it, and thus none of the strength of a proper pole. No sale.
Buy a 100-page spellbook for 15gp. Remove each page and sell them individually for four silver apiece.
Buy a Spiked Chain for 25gp. Remove the spikes. Sell the chain for 30gp.
Buy a Club (free). Sell as Firewood for 1cp.
Instead of Trail Rations, buy Chunks of Meat (or, if you're really brave, horse feed). Both are cheaper and lighter than Trail Rations.
Buy a Glass Wine Bottle for 2gp. Buy a Pitcher of Wine for 2sp. Empty the pitcher into the bottle. Sell as Bottled Wine for 10gp.
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2012-04-18, 07:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
All those increases in price are for work product. It takes time, effort, and tools (with related upkeep costs) to alter those items. (Take a minnow (free--ish), raise it to a full sized tuna, and sell it for $5.00 per slice as sushi)
And, as stated by another poster, your end-products aren't the same as the titles you have given them.Avatar of Vlad Taltos and Loiosh by Bradakhan
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2012-04-18, 09:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
I meant for this to be humorous, but if you insist...
Your pole has holes in it, and thus none of the strength of a proper pole. No sale.
Your book's pages are 2.6 times smaller than a standard sheet of paper. No sale.
Obviously different things, considering the 8lb difference that can't be all spikes. No sale. Plus, the amount of effort required to weld off the spikes isn't worth 5gp.
Wrong consistency for burning. No sale.
Spoilage. No sale.
A bottle of common wine is not a bottle of fine wine. No sale.
Conclusion:
My arguments will not hold up to strict RAW. They only work if one assumes that Spellbooks have paper, or that a Quarterstaff is essentially the same as a pole. Also, none of this will hold up to a DM saying "I'm right because I am". Finally, this would never be used in gameplay. No sane person would even try it. This was intended as a humorous interpretation of the prices in the PHB, and nothing more.Currently running the Heroes of Circumstance campaign!
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2012-04-18, 03:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-08, 12:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
How about the one where a commoner is killed by a house cat? How have their been 21 pages and no one mentioned that commoners are almost always killed by house cats?! Laying down elephants have a ranged touch of 12, meaning that a level 1 random elf wizard (dex 12) has only a 50/50 chance of literally hitting the broadside of a barn from next to it.
And the best one of the hilarious knowledges we missed is that according to the general rules for knowledge checks, Know (Nobility and Royalty) includes family trees. Good luck Bob the Commoner, knowing who your mom and grandma are.
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2012-05-08, 01:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
It's as if the designers don't like cats. Also, Holy Server Errors, Batman!
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2012-05-08, 02:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
Yeah, these servers freaking hate me....
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2012-05-08, 05:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-08, 05:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2010
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
One thing that comes to mind would be Ironwood or Snakewood (not sure which one, there's 3 types of the one, dozens of the other). Extremely dense, hard to light aflame, but burns for days. Of course, it's fairly rare and hard to work, so saying that the "free" clubs are made of it wouldn't work…
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2012-05-08, 06:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
Never heard of snakewood, but I can tell you from experience that ironwood (while hard to light) does burn nicely for many, many hours once it reaches ignition.
Depends where you are I guess, there are a lot of ironwood species throughout Africa. And for the club all you really need to do is either pick it up or saw off a branch. Unless you're colossal, in which case you'd just swing the whole tree like a boss.Last edited by Agent 451; 2012-05-08 at 06:02 PM.
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2012-05-08, 06:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-05-08, 06:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
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2012-05-08, 06:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
Firewood and clubs are not the same thing. Just because something burns doesn't make it good firewood. For a weapon, you probably want a particularly hard wood - Oak, maybe - and while yes, it'll burn, for a fire, you want something that'll throw off a decent amount of heat, and will light easily.
Of course, by the time I finish this post, it will already be obsolete. C'est la vie.
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2012-05-08, 06:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: "Wait, that didn't work right" - the Dysfunctional Rules Collection
Oak is an awesome firewood. It's a little harder to light than softwoods like pine, but burns hot and long, without much residue.
Now, I can see that extremely green wood would make a good weapon but bad firewood. But seasoned oak? Nope, that's almost completely ideal for both purposes.Projects: Homebrew, Gentlemen's Agreement, DMPCs, Forbidden Knowledge safety, and Top Ten Worst. Also, Quotes and RACSD are good.
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