- LogicNinja
- Jan 21, 2011
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Let's start with a little D&D 3.5.
If you cast the Darkness spell while in a completely dark room, you light up the darkness.
This is because Darkness causes a lighting condition called "Shadowy Illumination" rather than total darkness, replacing any other light source (or lack thereof) in the area. To wit, "In an area of shadowy illumination, a character can see dimly. Creatures within this area have concealment relative to that character. A creature in an area of shadowy illumination can make a Hide check to conceal itself.". This is lighter than actual darkness, which is ranked below it on the "Light sources and illumination table". Want to see in the dark? Cast Darkness today!
But wait! What if you want to remain invisible while seeing in the dark? Don't worry about it, no one could ever see you in a dark room even if you were holding a lit torch.
This is due to how light sources are tracked. Let's start with an important sentence: "Dwarves and half-orcs have darkvision, but everyone else needs light to see by." All light has a certain amount of radius in feet (or a cone of light) which changes the lighting condition in that specific area, but which in no way affects anything outside that area. Even if such a zone of light exists in the same dark room that you are in, you can't actually see it if you are outside it unless you yourself have light to see by because your vision is blocked by the darkness you're standing in. Also, you have an automatic 50% chance of failing to touch yourself because you can't see yourself, so there's no consolation to be had either.
Also Rogues can't sneak attack in darkness.
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- LogicNinja
- Jan 21, 2011
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What's the bonus for jerking off over someone's comatose body?
...what the gently caress?
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- LogicNinja
- Jan 21, 2011
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Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion (which Bliss Stage is apparently based off of) has a scene at the start where the main protagonist is standing over the comatose body of the girl he has a crush on and jerking off to. And then you forget about it because of the WTF nature of the rest of the movie until someone mentions it again.
This is a reference to the ending episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion, a teen-angst-giant-robot anime that was very influential in the 90s. Bliss Stage bears NGE's influence deeply stamped on it. As with Bliss Stage's intimacy mechanics, the scene is symbolic, complex, widely misinterpreted and mocked, and ultimately unsuccessful at conveying what it intended.
OK, so, Things I Am Never Watching, #3: Evangelion.
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Feb 14, 2013 20:07
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- LogicNinja
- Jan 21, 2011
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You can also play an Eladrin Fey Pact Warlock Feytouched Feyliege.
Feyliege's level 26 power is that when you die, your future self shows up to stand over your body and bring you back to life after the fight, then leave. The level 30 power is called something like Eternal King on an Eternal Throne.
The way I see this playing out is that your Fey pact... is with your future self. Because you will one day be the King of Faerie, when you are the King of Faerie, you can send yourself power back in time to make sure you will eventually become the King of Faerie.
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