Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

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Even without it, we’d still have idiots and naughty words flying drones overhead to see what’s happening.

A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.

 

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[Maxperson]

Yeah, you seem like the sort to wear clothes that are more imaginary than real.

Emperor @Snarf Zagyg?

 

[Maxperson]

Over on reddit, someone asked What’s the funniest SNL skit of all time and my contributions were:
Word Association with Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor
Happy Fun Ball
Weekend Update: Jane, You Ignorant

Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood makes my list of top skits.

 

[Maxperson]

Someone was stabbed in Cheeseburger Township.

Someone from Cheeseburger Township was stabbed

The local rapper, Cheeseburger Stabbing, just had her debut album go gold.

The stabbing of Jesse Burger was reported by someone with an accent.

 

[Maxperson]

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I just texted this to one of my players and he responded.

"Hmmm. This is interesting. Well, bones are made of calcium. Calcium is a metal....does this mean heat metal works?"

You guys see what I have to put up with?

 

[Umbran]

I mean, the meme is wrong insofar as the meat isn't "armor".

"Hmmm. This is interesting. Well, bones are made of calcium. Calcium is a metal....does this mean heat metal works?"

In 5e you have to see the metal, so, not until you peel off the meat, at which point heating it would be moot in terms of combat effectiveness.

 

[Maxperson]

I mean, the meme is wrong insofar as the meat isn't "armor".



In 5e you have to see the metal, so, not until you peel off the meat, at which point heating it would be moot in terms of combat effectiveness.

Good point! However, if they found a pile of bones in a cold cave and had no means to start a fire...

 

[Umbran]

Good point! However, if they found a pile of bones in a cold cave and had no means to start a fire...

Then you have two things:
1) "How, exactly, does your PC know the chemistry of bone, when chemistry, and the periodic table that classifies calcium as a metal hasn't been invented yet?"

2) "There is a difference between metal atoms, and metal as a substance. Bone is made of proteins and calcium phosphate, not pure calcium. If the player argues to the point of insisting, let them. And then the next time they are hit with a bladed weapon in combat, so that the character visibly bleeds, have the enemy boil their blood due to its iron content. Then have a nice little talk about rules-wheedling based on terms with multiple meanings, and ask if they really want to go through the game this way.

(Edit to note: I don't actually advocate using in-game action to solve out-of-game problems. )