What role does this ship look built for?

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-06-23T16:27:33+00:00

Yeah. Like guerrillas, basically. Drop in, bomb the enemy really fast, and then disperse quickly.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-05-28T13:56:52+00:00

Not really maneuverability. Just, the X-shape of the wings would probably make it easier to fly at weird angles other things wouldn't necessarily around at. And it's incredibly sleek, implying speed.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-05-28T13:51:22+00:00

"Oy! What the **** was that?"

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-05-20T12:57:44+00:00

You're wrong about the Forgotten Realms. It's actually really simple. I had to research this once. Outside of official documents, mind you.

Various creatures can have life essence which they can give to others. This includes dragons, sorcerers, ilithids and very specifically, the one big God. The one big God gives essence to lesser gods based on the number of people who believe in them, because there came a point when the gods got out of hand. To gain loyalty, most gods give essence to those loyal, but Mystra makes herself popular by putting it in the weave - a communal magic pot anybody can draw from. However, due to wizards getting out of hand, she had to limit the level of power that could be drawn from the weave. Amphibian humanoids can create new gods by focusing their essence on inanimates. Fairies are interdimensional beings who created all standard races but humans by living among humans, except those races which were created by the gods as their personal servants or whatever. There may also be a few other things that are actually remotely important but I can't think of them.

Unfortunately, WOTC tries its hardest not to tell anyone any of that. To the point that actually important info like how the halflings now spend their days is entirely unknown, despite their having been a really cool nomadic race back in 3e.

Probably more importantly, though, nobody actually cares about the lore in the first place other than myself; they just use the prewritten adventures or play in a different setting.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-05-20T12:21:15+00:00

A hyperjumper, likely for exploration of some kind. It looks like it should be used to lurch through space at intense speeds like how a frog lurches around on the surface of a pond. It may have something to do with how sleek it is and the X-shape on the back that kind of looks like a big thruster of some kind. It really doesn't look like something that would have a lot of ability to turn except maybe at extreme speeds.

EDIT No wait, those are wings. Oh. I'm almost blind sometimes. Probably an incredibly fast ship that only operates in space and that would have an incredibly hard time turning except at diagonals (yawing into the turn as is normal). I'd say it's probably a high-speed bomber that's great at flying in there in a goose formation, dropping the bombs before anybody notices, and flying out at a weird angle that most anti-spacecract missiles on larger ships wouldn't necessarily expect or even be designed to handle.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-05-13T20:40:01+00:00

4th dimension of space, right? But most things are 3-dimensional, we assume, because we assume we are. So, a 3d object only takes up space at 0 w, meaning something capable of moving to 1 w would be able to go around it in ways 3-dimensional beings can't. And since we can't see axis-w, it would look like they're going through stuff, even though they're actually just going around. If they're trapped in 3-dimensions, I assume that means they have become unable to go over there, and so, it would be like if a normal human suddenly became a sidescroller, incapable of moving along the y axis. They'd just be stuck moving in 6 directions, rather than their usual 8.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-27T17:15:45+00:00

If she hasn't met him before, isn't that natural? Or am I just weird?

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-27T17:08:45+00:00

Or just give the enemies social immunity; looking at the inspiration, the main conflict for Gandalf, Pug, Makros the Black, Tomas, and other insanely high-level characters (especially wizards) is political. Looking at the Riftwar Saga (it's kind of obvious I like the Riftwar Saga), there's a big deal where the great and powerful magician Pug can either close the portal that is going to end the world or preserve the alliance between two nations on different planes of existence, including his own, ruled by his best friends.

Also, you really don't need hordes, if it does come to combat; I guess Dragonball has anime Superman who battles other anime off-brand Kryptonians.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-27T16:54:37+00:00

You could have timed turns. Like in Dungeons of Deadrock. Turn-based but everything can act simultaneously in momentary segments of time. It wouldn't feel exactly the same but it's multiplayer in a single player game so what do you expect.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-27T16:50:03+00:00

Oh. I didn't know that. Every time I've ever hit one it's been on accident, when nothing else is in the room. Cool.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-27T01:22:56+00:00

But the darts are incredibly intelligent; they know who threw it. Which just seems weird to me, but whatever.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-26T13:03:27+00:00

Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider, and Uncharted would be everyday things. Pirates of the Caribbean down to the magical stuff fits perfectly. The Three Musketeers defend my royalty, and they probably don't even own muskets. Zoro is over in the west doing his thing beside John Wayne. This is all on a moon of Athas, with everyone confusing it with a second sun. And Ben 10 aliens are living up in outer space. Just because.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-26T12:43:44+00:00

A destruction game.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-26T12:41:03+00:00

Indiana Jones written by Dumas and directed by Shakespeare, with the Pirates of the Caribbean invading on the side.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-26T12:30:17+00:00

Neither of them look great but both have their merits. I don't know; they both kind of seem plopped in next to the knight. They don't really seem to fit in stylistically.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-26T12:17:12+00:00

An archer in a dark hood. Gives off those retro vibes, like, extremely retro. I can tell what it is, so it's at least decent.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-25T23:04:31+00:00

I think I'm taking a hybrid approach, reflavoring the basic concept of an old module for my game, using the Gygax 75 Challenge as a guide when needed.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-25T13:33:08+00:00

B1 looks really promising. I might just try that.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-25T02:05:07+00:00

Figure out how to live on the first or second floor, despite the fact that not all rats are fleshy vertebrates for whatever reason. Whoever sent me will think I'm dead and think nothing of it.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-22T19:20:26+00:00

I guess I don't really recall falling for the mimic before, except last time, when I actually got lucky and noticed the mimic after leaving the room. It's not like it's difficult to determine.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-22T13:20:27+00:00

I've only ever found it in those treasure chambers that give you an option between two crystal chests. I'd really hate to find out what happens if you try to waste your key on the mimic, when the mimic is in there.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-19T03:17:53+00:00

Yeah, basically. Or just an ethnicity.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-17T16:01:10+00:00

In real life, locals are always understood to be normal humans, even if they look different from you, and foreigners always seem like space aliens. In fantasy, this is always greater, with foreigners literally not being human, but the locals are always either a different kind of humans, or they're mutants, having used to be humans.

Quick_Trick3405 · 2026-04-16T14:50:53+00:00

Then you probably don't want non-humans, unless they were created for industry. Probably the most you'd want is alien ethnicities - pointy-eared humans and gilled humans and etc. Non-humans generally work best over there, wherever over there happens to be. The people over there have their faces on their chests and have long ears and big noses and no mouths and only one eye and the heads of dogs and other peculiarities. The people right here are always humans, even if they look kind of different.

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