i’ve never played it; How does the system work? is it a traditional d20-like system or something else?
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eerongal@ttrpg.networkOPMto Community Meta Discussion@ttrpg.network•heads up - Pict-rs downtime tomorrow morning (5/8/2025)0·2 months agoThis upgrade is now completed
Hardcodex has printable spell cards, and they updated for 2024 spells it looks like.
eerongal@ttrpg.networkOPMto Community Meta Discussion@ttrpg.network•Issues uploading/loading images0·3 months agoyeah, the pict-rs service needed to be restarted it looks like. That just happened a few moments ago, and i think things are looking good from my side.
at the end of the day, the issue is the pict-rs service (which is separate from lemmy) isnt…the greatest.
eerongal@ttrpg.networkOPMto Community Meta Discussion@ttrpg.network•Issues uploading/loading images0·3 months agoi did a little testing after i noticed that local communities had the missing image placeholder; It looks like i was unable to upload any images, so i opened a ticket with the host; I would presume the pict-rs service is having issues again.
eerongal@ttrpg.networkOPMto Community Meta Discussion@ttrpg.network•Issues uploading/loading images0·3 months agois it? it currently looks fine to me. maybe it was just a blip? are you still seeing issues?
eerongal@ttrpg.networkOPto rpg@ttrpg.network•[rumor] Breaking News! D&D's "Project Sigil" VTT is Pretty Much Dead - YouTube0·3 months agoYeah, looks like it got all jacked up when I posted it from my app. Gonna fix it
eerongal@ttrpg.networkOPMto OneDnD - 5e UA Material/Discussion@ttrpg.network•OneD&D playtest packet 8 - Barbarian, Druid, and Monk0·4 months agoSure thing, done
eerongal@ttrpg.networkOPMto Community Meta Discussion@ttrpg.network•Issues uploading/loading images0·4 months agoYeah, maybe there were some federation issues or something with a particular instance or two. I think Lemmy reaches out on demand to cache the thumbnail the first time it’s requested, but posts get federated over independently.
So if no one has viewed a post in the UI that’s been federated over, and the instance and ours developed communication issues between then, it’s possible that it fails to grab the thumbnail when someone is browsing in the UI
eerongal@ttrpg.networkOPMto Community Meta Discussion@ttrpg.network•Issues uploading/loading images0·4 months agoI’m not seeing that, I appear to see thumbnails and previews. Is this still happening for you? It could be having issues with specific instances if there’s federation issues
eerongal@ttrpg.networkto rpg@ttrpg.network•Your DnD Party is Too Big [the maths of scheduling]0·4 months agoYeah, we have a set day and time, and will only reconsider if 2+ people are missing
So my immediate thought given this context would be to make the new strain/miracle drug/whatever be something that combats the existing evil virus as a counteragent. So it would provide some amount of resistance/immunity to it, but i like the idea of a (probably unknown) drawback. Something like cordyceps maybe that slowly takes over and/or controls the person like you mentioned.
This could easily be told to the players through the NPC you mentioned who has control of the new strain/drug; he can slowly become more erratic/out of control, and his actions can start to get more suspect (along with any potential physical signs).
So basic idea for a campaign would be:
- Players run into NPC that has new miracle drug that provides resistance/immunity to super evil virus
- NPC is being hunted by the AI because of it
- Players try to protect and help NPC get to somewhere safe to begin process of creating/manufacturing/growing new drug at scale (current supply must be protected because it’s so low, so player’s can’t have any, but they know the NPC has tried it on himself)
- Over their time with the NPC, his motivation and actions begin to turn more sinister as the effects of the drug set in
- Player’s need to eventually make a choice as to if the current situation with the virus or the new threat from the miracle drug is the lesser evil.
What, exactly are you trying to replicate from the show? The miraculous super drug the powers-that-be despise? The plot premise of running from the authorities with a secret? The main character himself? All of it? Something else? Depending on what aspects you like, you can do different things for your game (fyi I know little about EP specifically, but translating plot into games can be universal).
eerongal@ttrpg.networkMto D&D Next - 5e Discussion@ttrpg.network•Thoughts on Counterspell rework0·4 months agowell, to be fair, almost no one used counterspells back then because of the many failure points, clunkiness, and the high chance of it being a complete waste of your turn. Better to just cast your own fireball first.
eerongal@ttrpg.networkMto D&D Next - 5e Discussion@ttrpg.network•Thoughts on Counterspell rework0·4 months agoThats pretty similar to what 3e (and iirc older) counterspell did. You had to cast the same spell in reverse to counterspell to counter a spell. So to counter spell a fireball, you had to have a fireball prepared and “counterspell cast” your fireball. That said, there was some action economy problems in 3e that made it not worth it (you had to use an action to ‘ready’ a counterspell on a specific target, when the target cast a spell, you had to roll to identify the spell, and if they cast a spell you didnt know or have prepared, you were out of luck)
Presumably, someone attempting to mug you would probably be a bandit (+3 to hit, +1 to damage), not another commoner
eerongal@ttrpg.networkto FediLore + Fedidrama@lemmy.ca•hexbear.net is on sale for auction0·5 months agoLooks like it expired last month so they had a 1 month grace period
eerongal@ttrpg.networkto Programming@programming.dev•I feel like I should know this but seems like no5·5 months agoi second the comment that you need to consider why you want to do this. You generally need a pretty good reason to split your codebase into multiple languages.
As far as actually doing it, you have a ton of different options, some of which have been mentioned here. Some i can think of off the top of my head:
- create a library (dll or so file or the like)
- set up a web server and use communication protocols (either web socket or rest API or the like)
- use a 3rd party communication/messaging framework like MQ or kafka or something
- create your own method of communication. Something like reading and writing to a file on disk, or a database and acting on the information plopped in
basically every approach is going to require you to come up with some sort of API that the two work together through, though, an API in the generic sense is basically a shared contract two disconnected pieces of code use to communicate.
eerongal@ttrpg.networkto Steam Deck@sopuli.xyz•FF7 Rebirth: Valve Messes Up with The Verified Rating Again0·5 months agosame. Ive played it for about ~10 hours on the steam deck so far, and i have my FPS counter turned on at all times; never seen it dip below 40, and i dont think ive touched any settings. On an original steam deck, not an OLED, though
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since youve mostly gotten your answers on the basic questions, i will add some other information here for you as FYI. If you’re wondering, you can use regular old acrylic hobby paints for miniatures. It’s going to take some extra work and a lot of mixing to get it the right consistency and will be a learning curve there.
If you’re wondering if it’s worth the money to spend on mini paints, that’s going to be entirely up to your preference. Mini paints can be quite pricey vs regular old craft store paints. I would maybe suggest dabbling with regular paints and getting some thinner medium and see if mixing them works out well for you. If you find it too annoying/frustrating/not worth your time then get mini paints. Mini paints can basically be used right out of the bottle.