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No! Not math! Anything but that! Especially not Geometry!
Did you know almost every damn thing you do in a tabletop RPG involving dice is secretly ALGEBRA?
Better than it being Calculus.
...Though I love math. Even have a math teacher certification. ...Went into programming after getting it, though.
But yeah, an RPG requiring use of high level mathematics from players would probably not work well.
...Though I love math. Even have a math teacher certification. ...Went into programming after getting it, though.
But yeah, an RPG requiring use of high level mathematics from players would probably not work well.
Not quite what you were talking about, but have you ever heard of the Pathfinder feat Sacred Geometry?
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/sacred-geometry/
The TLDR is do some math, get better spells for free. Some people on giantitp started attacking it with math to prove what the minimum guaranteed success values were and the like, about here-ish: https://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/sacred-geometry/
All sots of wackiness came out, including that another feat designed to make SG Easier to use, Calculating Mind, actually changed some of the minimum guaranteed ranks for the worse.
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/sacred-geometry/
The TLDR is do some math, get better spells for free. Some people on giantitp started attacking it with math to prove what the minimum guaranteed success values were and the like, about here-ish: https://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/sacred-geometry/
All sots of wackiness came out, including that another feat designed to make SG Easier to use, Calculating Mind, actually changed some of the minimum guaranteed ranks for the worse.
Hey, I like calculus. And I also studied maths (Masters degree) before going into programming.
On the geometry side, however, I recently bought a bunch of unusual dice, ranging up to the disdyakis triacontahedral d120. It's nearly 2 inches across and it's awesome.
On the geometry side, however, I recently bought a bunch of unusual dice, ranging up to the disdyakis triacontahedral d120. It's nearly 2 inches across and it's awesome.
Yeah but that's, like, multiplication, subtraction, and addition (if there's ever been division in a tabletop game I have yet to see ot). There are no unknowns. No xes or ys. No pi. Tables but no graphs.
It's all very simple compared to the rest of math.
It's all very simple compared to the rest of math.
Aha! Clearly you've never been the DM, then, if you've never had to divide out the XP lol
How about a small contest.
The best intimidation phase your characters have ever given.
My would be something along the lines of:
"I'm going to bury you up to your ankles" Then shows a picture of his last victim. It only shows their feet sticking out of the ground.
The best intimidation phase your characters have ever given.
My would be something along the lines of:
"I'm going to bury you up to your ankles" Then shows a picture of his last victim. It only shows their feet sticking out of the ground.
Not so much a phrase but...
"Hey there.. You know I'm this group's master healer, so you may be wondering why I'm your interrogator. I know you don't fear pain or death, but what I'm going to threaten you with is unending nothingness. You see, the power that heals may also be turned to Chaos, and raise undead. I will kill you. I will then raise your corpse, and hand you a shovel. Your body will will go to the nearby swamp, and it will dig down. After three days, the command will end, and your corpse will be in the deep hole which will be your tomb. Your spirit will remain bound, watching helplessly, unable to pass beyond, stuck in a corpse buried deep in a bog. Years will pass. Centuries. Millennia. And your body will not rot away there in the bottom of the swamp. You will be there *forever*."
"Hey there.. You know I'm this group's master healer, so you may be wondering why I'm your interrogator. I know you don't fear pain or death, but what I'm going to threaten you with is unending nothingness. You see, the power that heals may also be turned to Chaos, and raise undead. I will kill you. I will then raise your corpse, and hand you a shovel. Your body will will go to the nearby swamp, and it will dig down. After three days, the command will end, and your corpse will be in the deep hole which will be your tomb. Your spirit will remain bound, watching helplessly, unable to pass beyond, stuck in a corpse buried deep in a bog. Years will pass. Centuries. Millennia. And your body will not rot away there in the bottom of the swamp. You will be there *forever*."
I'd argue that a truncated icosahedron isn't an icosahedron any more than a dwarf planet is a planet. The relationship being expressed by the adjective in this case is not a subtype relationship.
Some amusing irony from my perspective here--the page is stretched out from the link above and could use some truncation. :3
Poor Twi. I imagine that her dice will not roll high enough to beat Dash even once. Don't you just hate those sessions when the dice are against you? Even though dash has better stats, I'm sure statistics would say Two should win at least a couple rounds.
Poor Twi. I imagine that her dice will not roll high enough to beat Dash even once. Don't you just hate those sessions when the dice are against you? Even though dash has better stats, I'm sure statistics would say Two should win at least a couple rounds.
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Twins separated at birth?
Also, for the 'soccer ball as dice' analogy... I suppose you could number both the black and white sides, and use it for both a d12 and d20. (Rerolling if the wrong color is on top.)
Meanwhile, in the main group, it's reversed where the dice are never, /ever/ on Rainbow's side.
She probably would, if she had access to magic. As stated in an earlier comic, in this setting she's just a nerd. ;)
Hey, this doesn't have anything to do with the comic so I apologize for that, but I wanted to give a shout-out to my group. We recently finished the "Hell's Rebels" adventure path in Pathfinder, and it was a heck of a ride.
(my character) Brenna "Grapple Queen" Sloane, the human ex-cop cavalier(Constable AT)/paladin
Lindelle, the vishkanya brawlbarian, and strong contender for "deadliest mortal alive".
Tyberius, the most frustratingly naive, yet endearing warpriest to Gorum (god of battle) you're likely to meet.
And Danton, human street oracle who went from a cowardly bum with voices in his head, to a mystical badass and crowd-control expert with voices in his head.
(my character) Brenna "Grapple Queen" Sloane, the human ex-cop cavalier(Constable AT)/paladin
Lindelle, the vishkanya brawlbarian, and strong contender for "deadliest mortal alive".
Tyberius, the most frustratingly naive, yet endearing warpriest to Gorum (god of battle) you're likely to meet.
And Danton, human street oracle who went from a cowardly bum with voices in his head, to a mystical badass and crowd-control expert with voices in his head.
Guest Author's Note: "Did you know that a d20 and a soccer ball are both icosahedrons? A soccer ball is just truncated.
I just think that's neat."