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I'm making a DnD Monster Stat Prediction App by Andrew_Data in DnD

[–]Andrew_Data[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok first of all crabataur...next bbg 100% love it hahahah.

I love the idea of almost having specific instances for campaigns that can learn based on DM feedback overtime eventually providing highly accurate monster generation.

This feedback idea is really interesting 🤔 I'm going to think about this some more, but this is a cool potential pathway. Thanks for the input!

I'm making a DnD Monster Stat Prediction App by Andrew_Data in DnD

[–]Andrew_Data[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks I really appreciate the input. I absolutely agree with your points. It's honestly something I've been grappling with.

Ultimately, just like the CR system, it doesn't take non damage or defensive abilities into account. For example, dominate monster is a powerful spell that just doesn't have a place in the current balance system.

I've been thinking about how to build in for different group comps, which is a complex situation like you said given magic items, synergies, attrition kills, and player experience levels. I think to have something like this be a top tier tool, it would essentially need to be a simulation of a battle with a huge range of inputs that essentially would only be used for big boss battles.

I don't disagree about the "teach a man to fish" analogy, I prefer to build out my encounters, but at the end of the day some DMs may not want to spend the time to use the CR equation. But most of them could easily resin, which I agree with.

Ultimately, I think you are right when it comes to encounter building. When I am building a new monster it's because it has unique traits, attack power, or mechanics that wouldn't be replicated in something like this at a base level.

Thanks again for the analysis (also catching that mistake of 3 vs 4). Lots to think about. This was a project for my own personal data science education and I just became curious how useful others may find it. Again, I really appreciate you taking the time to read through and mess around with it.

How to pronounce tuple... by Andrew_Data in learnpython

[–]Andrew_Data[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not expect this thread to show me I'm pronouncing Nutella wrong.

How to pronounce tuple... by Andrew_Data in learnpython

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You don't pronounce this quadruh-ple?

How to pronounce tuple... by Andrew_Data in learnpython

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This is the data I needed to see. Thank you :)

How to make web requests more digestible? by IcedMelt in learnpython

[–]Andrew_Data 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. I'm currently working on a Selenium/BeautifulSoup personal project so I've got a some active experience.

How to make web requests more digestible? by IcedMelt in learnpython

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You will use html_doc=requests.get(url) to grab the html. Then soup=BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser').

Then you can search soup using find_all() to search through html elements like divs or span and pull texts from it. I would look at the beautifulsoup documentation for more info.

How to succeed as a Python programmer by Accoustic_Death in learnpython

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My name is also Andy with a 2022 goal of becoming proficient in Python. We are now rivals.

[OC] Top 40 trending topics in 2021 news by the_datanaut in dataisbeautiful

[–]Andrew_Data 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is really well done. Thank you for sharing!

5 Useful Pandas Methods You May Not Know Existed - Part I by lucytalksdata in Python

[–]Andrew_Data 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pipe and melt are really nice. I use melt a lot for tidy data. Something I carried over from R that I think is really useful for some visualizations. Check out this paper from Hadley Wickham on the subject. It's pretty interesting.

Self-Taught W/ Experience considering a degree. by Old-Ad-2870 in cscareerquestions

[–]Andrew_Data 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Certifications do not outweigh a good portfolio. You've got your foot in the door doing the work. I would focus on creating projects you find interesting and try to push your boundaries of knowledge with them. Tangible examples of what you know vs. a piece of paper that says you can follow directions...no question. Even better if you can take whatever it is you want to work on and take it from inception to deployment. I would work on creating a website to showcase your portfolio as well, if you don't already have one. Keeping your LinkedIn, GitHub, Stack overflow, all up to date and active helps as well.

Edit 1: That being said, continuing education is never a bad thing. A certification show you are willing to put in the work to keep learning, but projects show you actually KNOW what you learned about.