[DnD] GW URBX: 20! EVERYONE IS EXPLODE

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Real name: Koven Lowrunner Okolokanu

Stage name: Sven "The Debt Collector" Callahan

Race: Goliath

Class: Barbarian

Sponsors: Lunar Zenith Low Orbital Greenhouses Inc., Kennedy & Sons Attorneys, Iron Grip Hand Tools Ltd.

Background: In a nutshell, was sent down from the mountains to learn the secrets of dwarven crafting. Weapons and tools gotta get made somehow, and everyone knows all the best stuff comes from New Dwarf City. He was chosen as, being part plant, his tribe didn't have to spare any food to send along on his journey due to the wonders of photosynthesis. Anyway, he got a little sidetracked, had an unfortunate run-in with a moderately-sized crime syndicate, and ended up having to pay off a sizable debt incurred through accidental property destruction. Rather than just kill him, the organization decided that he'd be of more use being put to work, and for a time he collected gambling debts on behalf of his employers. Killing him also proved more difficult than expected due to his penchant to bud new limbs after their removal.

After paying his way out of servitude, he got to thinking about how his tribe's chief may not have been entirely accurate in his prediction that dwarves would be immediately forthcoming with their metallurgical secrets. As Sven pondered how to make this seem like a more appealing transaction, he saw a television commercial starring an URBX star, the Masked Disemboweler. Now, Sven wasn't a genius, but he could put two and two together. The dwarves could surely be swayed by a celebrity! Sven changed his name to protect his tribe from the attention that would follow his inevitable success and fame, and signed up. Soon, he would return to the mountains with the dwarven secrets and he would earn the loftiest and most impressive of honorifics his people had ever known.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Mad props on the sponsorship logos and tie-in gear.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Alpha mutation is randomized after each encounter.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I think you guys are overlooking the importance of having a name with zing. A good name is important for securing endorsements and cultivating other business relationships.

I was speaking idiomatically.

It should be directly related to the flavour of whatever you are chewing while you fire.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

"Looks like our only chance is this new Listerine Glacier Fresh mouth wash!"

Freezes slime golem solid

Shit, now I wish I shot elemental bullets.

FELIPE NO

This definitely has to be a thing.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Lick your hand and shoot them with a punch in the face.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Korgar's pickin' up what I'm puttin' down.

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Also, I hope the change from Urban Exploration to the intro's Urban Extermination isn't foreshadowing.

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The north/south thing screwed me up already; when I skimmed through Shin's post the first time I thought he (for some reason) obliterated the already knocked-over door. I thought I was walking into an acceptably well-lit corridor. Oops!

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I read it the same way, but then I'm standing in a black hallway so I've already proven to viewers at home that LOL WORDS

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

OH HO HO WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.

I was speaking idiomatically.

brb physics

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I want to use reflexive teleport on the explosion. The ability says this: "You and the target teleport, swapping positions. The triggering attack hits the target instead, and misses you if you're out of range."

Now I'm sure you are all well-versed in bomb physics, but here's a refresher on how explosives work.

Most commonly-employed offensive explosives are "high explosives" (ie: the kind used in bomb vests) which are such termed as the shock front moves faster than the speed of sound. We're dealing with some intense shit, here. For example, ammonal (which I think is an acceptable analogue for whatever Shin's explosives are, as it is commonly employed by suicide bombers) has a shock front velocity of approximately 4,400 m/s. Standing approximately 3.5 m away, it would take the blast front about 0.0001 seconds to reach Sven. This velocity is a little less than 10,000 mph.

Generally, this blast wave is the result of an inherently unstable chemical compound (in the case of ammonal, ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3)) rapidly reconstituting itself into a more stable, lower-energy state. For example, the products of the ammonal reaction include water and gaseous nitrogen and oxygen. There is also an enormous amount of energy released, which generates incredible heat.
This heat causes a rapid increase in temperature in the aforementioned gases, which results in a proportional increase in their volume, exerting a force outward which is manifest as the blast wave. A much larger proportion of energy in high explosives goes into this environmental work as opposed to heat, which is one of the things that separates them from low explosives, which tend to react hotter and slower (thermite is an extreme example of this concept).

Now, as previously established the peak force would impact Sven approximately 0.0001 seconds after generation. As demonstrated by Cook et al. (1956) the time interval from detonation to peak pressure is about the same as the time interval from peak pressure to complete dissipation.

Based on this rate of decay, I submit that by the time I occupy Shin's original position the vast majority of the destructive power of the blast will have moved beyond my position, leaving me more-or-less unharmed.

And obliterating Shin.

That is all.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Gone in 60 Grundles

I just want to express my sincere gobsmackedness that Diss cited a journal paper about the physics of detonation waves to justify a D&D move.

I felt that doing what the ability specifically forbade (at least, what I thought it forbade) demanded significant justification.

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I think we've all learned important lessons here today about incorporating suicide bombing into a cohesive attack strategy.

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Cette failed an overcharge for some sonic explosion thing and ruined everyone in earshot.

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Additionally: if we do immediately end up on the URBX "lol fucked up so bad" reruns, I think this is definitely a setting worth hanging on to for the future.

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Additionally additionally: You should probs use Hyperactive if it becomes prudent to do so, Hawkeye. Alphas are reset after every encounter whether you use them or not, so might as well. Plus an extra attack would be preeeeeeeeeeeeeetty useful about now.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

OH. WELL IN THAT CASE.

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Is this time-warp shifting where I am in the initiative list, or am I maintaining my current position?

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It doesn't look like he needs it the way he's rolling.

How ya doing, buddy?

Ahh, okay, gotcha. I haven't played a ton of 4th so the concept of a regular attack when at-will powers exist didn't even occur to me. It did feel like it was way too easy to hit stuff with all those mods.

Also looooool form auto-fill on rolls. I saw 1D20 for the rat damage and I think my eyes bugged out of my face.

What does the inclusion in the write-up about the rats ignoring my defense mean? Do they bite through stone's endurance for some reason, or did I just fuck up my understanding of how it works?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Korgar the Merciless

small, relatively harmless vermin

Originally Posted by Korgar the Merciless

they're just tearing him to ribbons!

I find the relative harmlessness of said vermin suspect.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

3 Dice Rolls Third time's the charm?

Maybe you should practice rolling or something, Shin, Jesus.

Edit: Welp, that didn't go as planned.

Edit: lmao wow I suck at rolling dice too

Edit: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

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Oh my god you actually jumbled the cards and chips around on the table. Your attention to detail is unparalleled.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I think you're probably next to some of him.

Jam it back in, in the dark.