Dark Gate OOC Thread

[Hafnium]

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I asked what could go wrong. Alraune Kings (Queens?) sounds like something that's gone just right.

 

[Tassadar]

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So, I have some bad news for everyone....

Spoiler

Major lore edits have just been put into effect. Note that these are all things that I've been planning for a while now, that I've put a lot of thought into them already, and that I've basically gotten most of the feedback I want on these changes to make them canonically final.
-A number of minor changes I'd been planning regarding how corruption affects lifespans have been put into effect. A few races have changed slots, elves have gotten a special effect, and...
-Supernatural no longer grants immortality to normally mortal races. You just get the elven lifespan for it now, unless you're an elf in which case you lose time off of it instead. This was added as a bit of an incentive for characters who have plans that stretch beyond mortality to work a little harder, and to make it so that people aren't just a vacation in Acheron away from immortality anymore.
-Kitsune are no longer genetically dominant like they were before, now they grant a special thing depending on the race of the parent and are only a kitsune 10% of the time.

Most of the details are in the Children and Life Spans post in the lore thread if you want to look. Note that I will not require that anyone with existing characters who might be affected by this backstory wise change any of the fluff for them.

 

[Bloodshifter]

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Question, Living Slime I just noticed has Tainted Bloodline and are Naturally Supernatural. I don't believe that was there before (TB).

Kinda sad about no more immortality(was planning a human) but, eh what can you do?

 

[Guan Yu]

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Having plans is for nerds. *shitplayers about*

Kinda fearing that some mikohump and magic shenanigans and huge storms going on will fuse all the farmraunes together and make an alraune king/queen. We've seen enough DG to know where that will go.

Also I suppose the thing for fluffy tails is awright. I think they are supposed to be rare and such, not something that a few PCs can fix by humping everything in sight.

Iunno, just posting for no raisin. Fucken werk is being dreadfully dull again.

 

[Bloodshifter]

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Quick sorta mechanical game-wise question, {W} [Ultility] Gliding Winds does it let one actually glide? And what's the needed STR to jump from one tree to another in a jungle forest? As well as climbing said tree?

 

[Tassadar]

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Quick sorta mechanical game-wise question, {W} [Ultility] Gliding Winds does it let one actually glide? And what's the needed STR to jump from one tree to another in a jungle forest? As well as climbing said tree?

It just makes one unable to take falling damage, aka creates an air cushion, it does not allow one to float forward or proceed downwards in a controlled manner. It keeps one falling slowly enough that they won't get hurt upon hitting the ground, but it also doesn't cancel out other forces pushing the character around. So, theoretically, it could be used to glide very inefficiently.

DG has no STR score. At no point has it ever had a STR score. At no point will it ever have a STR score.

Body is the physical stat, a rough equivalent in some respects but much more abstract in that it accounts for physical strength and physical agility at the same time, with how much of each dependent on backstory and various other bits on the character sheet. 10 is the rough equivalent to human average. Can the average human climb a tree? Probably, if the branches are aligned well. Can the average human jump from tree to tree? Probably not, but it's possible for someone naturally acrobatic or who has trained to do such a thing... Like someone with a decent Body stat who is trained as an acrobatic fighter. A character could have 100 Body, and if they're fluffed as a brick in full plate armor who waddles around whacking things with a stick, they aren't going to be climbing anything or jumping off of anything and landing on anything but the ground. One could even get away with some nerd with like 10-20 Body jumping around in trees if it made sense in the context of the character's history.

 

[Bloodshifter]

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It just makes one unable to take falling damage, aka creates an air cushion, it does not allow one to float forward or proceed downwards in a controlled manner. It keeps one falling slowly enough that they won't get hurt upon hitting the ground, but it also doesn't cancel out other forces pushing the character around. So, theoretically, it could be used to glide very inefficiently.

DG has no STR score. At no point has it ever had a STR score. At no point will it ever have a STR score.

Body is the physical stat, a rough equivalent in some respects but much more abstract in that it accounts for physical strength and physical agility at the same time, with how much of each dependent on backstory and various other bits on the character sheet. 10 is the rough equivalent to human average. Can the average human climb a tree? Probably, if the branches are aligned well. Can the average human jump from tree to tree? Probably not, but it's possible for someone naturally acrobatic or who has trained to do such a thing... Like someone with a decent Body stat who is trained as an acrobatic fighter. A character could have 100 Body, and if they're fluffed as a brick in full plate armor who waddles around whacking things with a stick, they aren't going to be climbing anything or jumping off of anything and landing on anything but the ground. One could even get away with some nerd with like 10-20 Body jumping around in trees if it made sense in the context of the character's history.

Blargh sorry recently got out of a D&D session, yea I meant Body. Inefficient is still good. I'm not too sure on a 32 Body Slime being able to jump while carrying/holding a another person, obviously I can buff her to 44 with a Strength Lesser Buff with no upkeep and casting Gliding Winds to offset some of the weight, between trees.

Monstrous Strength isn't really Tori's corner its more like that of a wise kung Fu grapple master then anything.

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

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There will not be a STR score in my house, I won't stat a STR score on a mouse! There is no STR score here or there, there is no STR score anywhere!

DO NOT TALK LIKE YOU'RE FROM THE SOUTH, OR SAM I AM WILL FUCK YOU IN THE MOUTH

I'm sorry.

 

[Hafnium]

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[Bloodshifter]

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I must thank you for that. It was an most enjoyable read.

 

[Bloodshifter]

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I actually wanted to pm this to Tassadar but, figured others might have the same question(s).

Tassadar when converting a DG3 Sheet to DG4 who do we need to sign off on it?
Also for enchanted items that convert does our GM roll those dice?
Finally Trades should we keep them inline to what the character has already done or forfeit some of their more daring acts possible to get by with a more rounded character?

 

[Tassadar]

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I actually wanted to pm this to Tassadar but, figured others might have the same question(s).

Tassadar when converting a DG3 Sheet to DG4 who do we need to sign off on it?
Also for enchanted items that convert does our GM roll those dice?
Finally Trades should we keep them inline to what the character has already done or forfeit some of their more daring acts possible to get by with a more rounded character?

There are plenty of people who can sign off on a converted sheet.

The GM always rolls for enchanted item stuff.

Trades should be in line with what your character has been able to do before.

 

[dragoon93041]

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As for Body: I had a player give me their ratio of Strength-Agility in order to make things more flavorful, like when they win grappling, they would slip through the opponent's clutches or just break them.

And is the DG3 to DG4 event going to happen soon?

 

[Tassadar]

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Not soon, I've not had time to work on the mechanics and I intend to have all of my current threads close to their conclusions by the time I force the change. I'm not entirely satisfied with parts of the system, which is why I'm still mucking about with it.

 

[dragoon93041]

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Righty-ho!

 

[Bloodshifter]

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Not soon, I've not had time to work on the mechanics and I intend to have all of my current threads close to their conclusions by the time I force the change. I'm not entirely satisfied with parts of the system, which is why I'm still mucking about with it.

We can pre empt the change right? Me and Rath both prefer to slide over to the new system. He is in fact looking over my DG4 sheet for Tori right now.

 

[Tassadar]

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Yes. Just be aware that I'm changing things in DG4 semi regularly, some of them fairly extensive.

 

[Bloodshifter]

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Is there some way of keeping up with the changes? Like you adding a note onto the google doc or posting edits over on this end?

 

[Tassadar]

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I don't keep a log of changes to rules that are experimental, it's a lot of work. I generally put major changes in here for people who are using the DG4 rules, but not small edits like quick fixes or simplifications.

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

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I recall suggesting Tass make a changelist, showing what changes happened and when. Dunno if he ever did. That would be exactly what you're asking for though.