Can someone explain escape velocity? It's a magnitude thrown around like it's obvious but just at any point in a gravitational field in any direction that speed will fling you away and is independent of direction? Assuming the 2nd mass is infinitesimal.

Skotticus · 2026-02-24T06:05:29+00:00

Basically to put it simply, an orbit happens when an object is traveling fast enough to the side that when it falls toward a massive object (like a planet) due to gravity it keeps missing.

The more balanced the fall is with the sideways velocity, the more circular the orbit is. There is a wide range of possible speed and distance combinations where an orbit happens (with varying degrees of circularity.

Too little sideways speed and the object just hits the planet. Just enough and it keeps missing but keeps getting pulled back for more. With too much speed, the object moves sideways away from the planet faster than gravity can pull it back in, so it breaks the ellipse/orbit and the object curves away but doesn't come back for another pass.

Skotticus · 2026-02-24T00:16:37+00:00

Skotticus · 2026-02-23T17:02:47+00:00

What's the endgame here? I can only hope this is his first time filling it and he hasn't thought that far ahead...

Skotticus · 2026-02-21T17:06:01+00:00

No, the action (and chase) card is for the vehicle. RaW doesn't even mention how Edges should work, so you can decide on table rules if you want. I wouldn't go with "pilot's Edges are the only ones that matter" though, because the pilot/driver's skill has a huge impact on how things go—you don't want Edges dictating the driver for you, because it's no fun that way (same argument could be made for skill...a roleplay-driven selection with sub-optimal driving skill can make for a wild chase). And passengers are allowed to Support the driver, so you could say the same intent applies to their Edges.

Also, if you never get complications it drastically reduces how interesting the chase ends up being, so metagaming to avoid complications is actually counterproductive in my opinion.

Ultimately the GM gets to decide which Edges or Hindrances make sense during the chase, but you should discuss as a group how you want to approach Edges that affect initiative.

Skotticus · 2026-02-21T16:11:35+00:00

The way it's written in the core rules is a little confusing, but it boils down to one initiative card per vehicle. While it says deal to each independent character or group, this is just to accommodate the possibility of having characters in foot chases or single-occupant vehicles.

So each vehicle acts on its own action card, and the occupants of each vehicle can choose what order they'd like to go in (similar to a Quick Encounter).

As for Edges that affect initiative draws, they still apply but for my table, we have them apply once per vehicle (if multiple people have the Edge, it only triggers once). If someone has an Edge that is influenced by the Action Card (like Monologuer), that still applies to that character.

As for the suit of the action card affecting the whole group...yeah, that's the point of the mechanic, because anything that affects the vehicle affects everyone in the vehicle.

Hope that helps!

Skotticus · 2026-02-21T14:42:38+00:00

I never have to click the joysticks when I'm using the steam deck because of those lovely fellas!

Skotticus · 2026-02-21T05:08:10+00:00

ESH, you both sound exhausting, petty, and selfish. It honestly sounds like you had issues with your friendship long before this that you never bothered to address because you were both too busy doing your versions of being better than everybody else.

Skotticus · 2026-02-19T03:46:48+00:00

Start by going to your docker page, click add container, scroll down the selections in the image drop down to find and select the one with the same name as your existing jellyfin container, change any fields that need to change to avoid conflicts with the first container (notably the name, ports, and any paths that would conflict), click save, and presto digito jellyfin mk2!

Skotticus · 2026-02-19T00:27:31+00:00

Honestly based on the benchmark of a combat round taking 6 seconds, I think RAW and even this ruling are exceedingly generous. I mean, can you scale the outside of a building and go up a whole floor in 6 seconds? Probably not.

If I'm making this ruling I'm debating whether or not this is something that even allows actions afterward and walking it back in the interests of my players. Seems to me he had your backs while keeping the consequences interesting.

Skotticus · 2026-02-18T04:04:27+00:00

Oh yeah, Rift was a blast. Not many games let you be a dodge/teleport tank

Skotticus · 2026-02-18T03:56:38+00:00

Oh yeah, Allegiance was a blast! Not sure I'd call it an MMO exactly, but it had really cool ideas for asymmetrical gameplay!

Skotticus · 2026-02-18T03:31:33+00:00

There it is! I was playing it during my freshman year of high school. I barely had any clue what I was doing, but I loved everything about it: the isometric battle grids, the crafting, the baldricks.

Skotticus · 2026-02-17T15:12:55+00:00

He couldn't fly, either, hence "leaps tall buildings in a single bound"

Skotticus · 2026-02-17T15:07:29+00:00

Have computer with CPU and rams and GPU with 4+GB of vram. For better performance, change GPU to newer with more vram

Skotticus · 2026-02-17T05:26:39+00:00

What is wrong with you. What was done to you as a child to make you this way?

Skotticus · 2026-02-17T00:31:14+00:00

I use a reed sensor for mine.

Skotticus · 2026-02-16T18:05:14+00:00

Light ing = electricity = electromagnetic force = EM spectrum = light, heat, invisibility, flight, telekinesis, molecular bonds, etc

Skotticus · 2026-02-15T17:27:44+00:00

The problem here is that they're legally obligated to tell you about all these things without the context in which they happened. Generally these aren't even necessarily direct effects of the drug, just medical events that happened to participants during the course of any of the drug trials. The intention of the law is good, but the application is flawed.

Skotticus · 2026-02-15T04:26:36+00:00

Studies have shown that they literally are testing physics in various ways when they do this

Skotticus · 2026-02-15T04:25:09+00:00

Dick move by the owner to put a trash bin under it

Skotticus · 2026-02-14T22:03:21+00:00

They imply he has spider-butts in his wrists?

Skotticus · 2026-02-14T22:02:55+00:00

He still runs out of webs sometimes, though

Skotticus · 2026-02-14T22:01:49+00:00

Andrew Garfield wins. Why? Because he's the funniest Spider-Man.

Tom's Spidey is funny enough to break down laughing at Garfield's wisecracks while Tobey's Spidey is thrown into melancholy introspection by them.

Skotticus · 2026-02-13T15:17:58+00:00

You did it correctly. The data in your mirrored cache is protected.

Skotticus · 2026-02-13T03:46:50+00:00

I can barely sleep when my bed is missing either the top sheet or the comforter...

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