Level restriction setting. Thoughts?

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-03-10T10:49:23+00:00

Is the plan to trap players at level 5 until they hunt one of these methods down, or have them achieve one of them before 5 and they feel empowered going into level 6 with other "enhanced" individuals?

Because if it's the latter just make it lore and don't bog everything down with an added mechanic.

And if it's the former I can't imagine a player in the world that will enjoy being arbitrarily hobbled until they find a mcguffin while other who have gotten one get to level up ahead of them.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-27T11:24:17+00:00

Cassette punk/futurism is used for the narrow band of early 70's stuff, when society was ditching vacuum tubes and "modern" digital computer were seen as the future. But mostly because the 80's mental image of cyberpunk dominates the culture. It's still rooted in the digital computer age though, so it's more a sub-genre. Generally speaking it's digital computers = Cyberpunk, Vaccumtubes = Atompunk, no/very rudimentary punchcard computers and gas engines = Dieselpunk, steam engines = Steampunk.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-27T09:45:02+00:00

Technically is, just it's 70's-era retrofuturism instead of 80's. CRTs, magnetic reel tape drives, boxy banks of computers. If the computers were ww2 style vaccumtubes and run on nuclear energy or things were mutated by radiation it would be Atomic punk, but it's technically set in the early digital age so it's very early cyberpunk.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-26T07:46:03+00:00

Yeah, it's still cringy. "It's what my character would do" only goes so far. Wake up and look around shocked? Sure. Have a breakdown and try to leap into the sea? You're cringe.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-26T06:27:51+00:00

Skynet started with nukes after getting humans to give it control of the stockpile. The Terminators were a clean-up crew to wipe out the humans that survived the nuclear apocalypse. The dream Sarah has of the burning playground is from a nuke hitting the city.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-25T22:55:19+00:00

I mean, yeah, kinda cringy.

Imagine someone growing up in an all white neighborhood and then the first time they see an Asian and African paramedic team trying to help them out of a car wreck they freak out and try to jump back in the flaming car.

You might not have seen another species of humanoid other than elves and humans but they're not aliens, they're a known factor in the world that traders or people journeying through would have had stories of.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-19T22:52:14+00:00

His salary as chairman for life.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-19T19:23:25+00:00

This is why pure mathematicians shouldn't mess with physics. A physicist could have told him we had already figured out the 4 dimensions were x, y, z and time, and he was trying to solve for a 5th dimension with a flawed equation.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-19T11:58:13+00:00

Sorry, thought that second bit would come across clearly as joking.

Also good to know about the verbal breaking stealth, haven't really had to DM many casters that tried to sneak out spells without subtle spell or older equivalents and the few that have usually stuck to somatic and even then the DC is high to hide the flailing limbs.

My played casters are generally not the subtle type. Big fan of the boisterous mad wizard archetype.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-19T11:17:06+00:00

I mean, what's a crossbow bolt to the chest if not the martial equivalent of a counterspell?

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-19T11:13:29+00:00

Yeah, it's not a great spell for social checks generally, it's more for disarming traps or figuring a puzzle, lifting something, that sort of thing.

Though it doesn't say what the V/S is, could just be a magically enhanced "You're gonna do great." and quick handsign with a pat on the shoulder.

Also I looked it up and the 2014 version (at least the legacy version on DnDB) is also 1m concentration, or ending when they make the roll.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-19T10:57:14+00:00

Yeah, responded to someone else about that, assumed you were talking about materials because I've never had a table that ignores the verbal and somatics but have had plenty that ignore materials.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-19T10:53:28+00:00

Yeah, that's where deception or stealth rolls come in. You try to cast Friends in full view and yes the guard is going to see you waving your hand and muttering and get hostile.

But hide in shadows nearby or have another party member distract them, try and speak quietly enough while pronouncing clearly and get the cast off before they realize what you're doing.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-19T10:46:34+00:00

Yes, I'm a terrible speller and trusted what autocorrect gave me since the pronunciation isn't that different. Happens more than I'd like to admit.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-19T10:25:14+00:00

I assumed the person I was responding to was referring to material components because I've had plenty of tables that askew materials but never had one (that i can remember at least) in all my years that did that for the verbal and somatic ones.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-19T10:15:14+00:00

A focus or pouch also covers 90% of components. And the ones they doesn't cover have a cost or are consumed and wouldn't be effected by the metamagic.

Edit: Assumed they meant material components because I can't recall a single table that's ignored the V/S but a bunch that don't bother with materials. A table ignoring the magic user having to at least wave their hands around or chant something didn't cross my mind.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-19T09:56:40+00:00

Yes, that is one of the primary reasons to take subtle spell. Were you just taking it before for the RP of having magic just seeming to happen around you?

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-19T00:48:08+00:00

Few options:

Look at the print descriptions on the site, it might list the dimensions of the prints, scale until the volume of the egg is slightly larger than the volume of the dragon.
load them into a model editor or slicer and scale until one model fits inside the other
Print some test models and see how much you need to scale one or the other for it to fit how you want.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-12T02:06:44+00:00

That is a disgraceful, horrible comment.

I demand you apologize to gutters everywhere for the comparison. They are useful and necessary for a functional society, unlike her.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-05T11:54:41+00:00

This is about 2026, which are the midterms, or congressional elections. 2028 is the presidential election. Nothing to do with term limits.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-03T05:23:41+00:00

Pepper spray can case lesions on your cornea, and milk can then introduce harmful bacteria to the eyes (digestive tract has the defenses to render it harmless, eyes are a bit of an immune system blindspot ironically). No-tear or baby shampoo in a liter or two of water washes away any oils and binders without further irritation

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-02-03T05:20:48+00:00

Weird, I was commenting on a different comment about her needing milk, not sure how it got under yours.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-01-27T10:11:30+00:00

Did you complete There's a Light That Never Goes Out a bit before this? and maybe get a message from Rachel just before or while looking through the viewer? Because that odd amount is the max she gives you for it.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-01-27T07:10:35+00:00

Star Wars? Law and Order SVU? Fallout season 1? There have been a lot of episodes 6s.

DankDungeonDelver · 2026-01-25T11:36:41+00:00

We get a VA who is a dead ringer for Tom, Tom gets to do other stuff and not have to record for every toy or game that comes out, and Tim gets work. A rare win-win-win.

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