Dungeons & Toads

FilthyHippo

Sunday nights are best for me, i dont think im able to get another set day off during the week.

YOGZULA

Hey guys, just wanted to announce that I'm not going to have the time to run a second session. I would love it if someone else would like to DM and I would love to be a player in someone else's session. If you think your up for the task i'd be excited to take part

YOGZULA

for your viewing pleasure

JAGYOOAR

Nice.

You've really got to fix your webcam though. You've got the contrast so messed up that it looks like you're broadcasting from the past compared to everyone else. ;))

YOGZULA

I told you the reason why it is that way. The contrast, brightness and gain are all higher because there is only one, dim light in my room. You'd hardly see me if I didn't turn them up

...and you can get your damn pop filter out of your face :-@

JAGYOOAR

Then you need to put another damn light on yourself because it looks real bad.

Get it together. :)]

YOGZULA

My birthday is coming up, I like this one http://www.amazon.com/Brightech-Maxwell-Lighting-Diffused-Open-Box/dp/B016UWXKXA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1455918845&sr=8-2&keywords=tall+wood+light

JAGYOOAR

How about I get you this sweet ass game pad complete with TURBO button so you can git gud at games.



It says right in the list of features that it will help you play at a higher level.

Yoshibb

I was sad. I wanted to see this again this week :(

YOGZULA

we're postponing until friday. Had a lot of people who couldn't do last night. Sorry, should have made an announcement

Yoshibb

That's ok. I'm glad you are still doing it :)

YOGZULA

Scratch friday, looks like we're going to be doing a double feature. Might do monday or tuesday, we're figuring that out now. Still on for Weds as well.

JCTech

http://oddshot.tv/shot/multitoad-2016033124747963

YOGZULA

what the heck is this bologna

would ya look at my dumbass hairdoo

JAGYOOAR

I definitely got really confused about what was going on last night.

YOGZULA

because you were too busy dicking about in twitch chat :O)

JCTech

YOGZULA said:

because you were too busy dicking about in twitch chat :O)

Partly my fault

JAGYOOAR

YOGZULA said:

because you were too busy dicking about in twitch chat :O)

If you interacted with the chat at all I wouldn't have to do it as much. :O)

YOGZULA

All I say is

"That's it. I'm sick of all this "Masterwork Bastard Sword" bullshit that's going on in the d20 system right now. Katanas deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.
I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine katana in Japan for 2,400,000 Yen (that's about $20,000) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut slabs of solid steel with my katana.

Japanese smiths spend years working on a single katana and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.

Katanas are thrice as sharp as European swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a longsword can cut through, a katana can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a katana could easily bisect a knight wearing full plate with a simple vertical slash.

Ever wonder why medieval Europe never bothered conquering Japan? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Samurai and their katanas of destruction. Even in World War II, American soldiers targeted the men with the katanas first because their killing power was feared and respected.

So what am I saying? Katanas are simply the best sword that the world has ever seen, and thus, require better stats in the d20 system. Here is the stat block I propose for Katanas:

(One-Handed Exotic Weapon)
1d12 Damage
19-20 x4 Crit
+2 to hit and damage
Counts as Masterwork

(Two-Handed Exotic Weapon)
2d10 Damage
17-20 x4 Crit
+5 to hit and damage
Counts as Masterwork

Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of Katanas in real life, don't you think?

tl;dr = Katanas need to do more damage in d20, see my new stat block

JAGYOOAR

Whatever, nerd.

YOGZULA

perhaps you are unfamiliar with the 21 foot rule, you also seem to think movies are accurate representations of what might happen in real life

a sword master would not spend so much time showing off, he would strike swiftly and precisely before anyone had time to draw their weapon

Yoshibb

Luke, you're weird.

But also, you are right. Katanas are the best swords.

I'm also a big fan or Filipino swords too.

YOGZULA

In the consideration to transition to the yogzula art style, so that I may easily create characters of imagination instead of having to work with found material, I have created big nose.



Also created a generic "use this for every unimportant NPC" character model. Gonna have to make one of those for monsters as well. Working on Donkor now. I want to do Plup next I think, I forgot about him. He's probably the most unique character whos artwork fails to represent him very well.

YOGZULA

YOGZULA

and here's that generic person i talked about.... about as generic as you might expect

YOGZULA

it's plup

JAGYOOAR

I think I would die laughing if the animation of Hebroni and Big Nose's street distraction was ever created.

YOGZULA

i am gonna draw hebroni next i think. I was putting off the humans because i don't know how i want to draw them

half-elf is basically human

YOGZULA

new rule thanks to us rolling via character sheets in roll20

two 1s in the same roll is a super crit failure
two 20s is a super crit success

these outcomes will have tremendous results, if my math is correct, the chance of it happening is only 0.0025%

YOGZULA

Combat system idea -

Monster AC is always visible. Monster HP becomes visible after it is reduced to 50% and noticeably fatigued. At or below 25% the monster is in a fatigued mode where it can't defend itself as well. Players can narrate special actions such as cutting off limbs, sticking a dagger through the monster's eye, slicing at its ankles to make it drop prone, impaling it through the chest with a spear, etc. This is all critical damage. A lot of liberties are awarded to the player during this phase in terms of how it is able to do damage.

Benefits of this system: When a player lands a hit, they will know it to be a hit. They can immediately narrate it relative to the monsters HP instead of having to wait for the DM to give them permission. When a player kills a creature or is about to kill a creature, they can also narrate it as they see fit when they land the killing blow. Speeds combat up and gives more agency to the players by giving them enough knowledge to play the game on their turn without having to wait for the DM to play referee.