Session Start: Sun Oct 11 13:06:05 2009
Session Ident: #warboards
03[13:06] * Now talking in #warboards
03[13:13] * Dragonpaladin (~default@r084203160.resnet.cornell.edu) has joined #warboards
[13:13] hey
[13:16] you there?
03[13:16] * Shinigami42 (~Shinigami@c-98-216-253-73.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) has joined #warboards
[13:18] hey shini
[13:18] sup
[13:18] SS sent me a message saying i should join him
[13:18] here, so i thought you might as well come along
[13:18] hmm i need some way to wake him up
[13:19] shinigami
[13:19] go ahead and download gametable
[13:19] website?
[13:19] that way you can partake in it
[13:19] just google it
01[13:19] <@solidsamurai> sup dragon
01[13:19] <@solidsamurai> sorry, just been browsing forums and shit
[13:20] no problem
01[13:20] <@solidsamurai> ...
01[13:20] <@solidsamurai> cool
[13:20] it's been like 10 minutes
01[13:20] <@solidsamurai> hehe
[13:20] anyway
01[13:20] <@solidsamurai> anyway...
[13:20] let me find the website i guess
01[13:20] <@solidsamurai> sure
[13:20] http://gametable.galactanet.com/
01[13:20] <@solidsamurai> i already dled the program
[13:20] oh nice
[13:20] ok
01[13:20] <@solidsamurai> just don't know how to open it
[13:20] yea it's kind of weird
[13:20] you run the .jar file
[13:20] do you know your IP?
01[13:20] <@solidsamurai> um yep one sec
[13:21] because that is how we will connect to you
01[13:22] <@solidsamurai> 192.168.1.1
01[13:22] <@solidsamurai> apparently running ipconfig on my comp doesn't work, so i gotta use my dads >_>
01[13:23] <@solidsamurai> that might be my ip, or it might be the subnet mask which is the same i think
[13:23] hmm we will see soon enough
[13:23] wait
01[13:23] <@solidsamurai> ?
[13:23] no that's just the IP for home
01[13:24] <@solidsamurai> oh thought it was the router ip
01[13:24] <@solidsamurai> darn
[13:24] yea
[13:24] but i don't we can use it
[13:24] because it's the router IP for everyone
01[13:24] <@solidsamurai> in my home network
[13:24] we need your network's IP
01[13:24] <@solidsamurai> kk
01[13:24] <@solidsamurai> lemme see
[13:24] anyway you can find that?
[13:24] it won't be too big an obstacle if you can't, we can have someone else 'host' the room
[13:25] so samurai, is underwater adventuring going to be common enough that it would be worth taking an invocation for it?
[13:25] underwater adventuring D:
[13:25] also we're in a desert
[13:25] oh right
[13:25] so no Underwater Adaptation then?
01[13:26] <@solidsamurai> i don't know depends on what the pcs wanna do
01[13:26] <@solidsamurai> if you wanna 'dive underwater for the hell of it' go ahead
01[13:26] <@solidsamurai> :D
01[13:26] <@solidsamurai> and no, im checking network connections under cpl and there's nothing that tells me my ip
01[13:26] <@solidsamurai> fuggin ipconfig doesn't work either
01[13:27] <@solidsamurai> so someone else could host?
[13:27] hmm
[13:27] i see shini's IP
[13:27] let's see if i can do it
01[13:28] <@solidsamurai> sweet
01[13:28] <@solidsamurai> also, traveling anywhere can be done with magic
[13:28] like portal magic?
01[13:28] <@solidsamurai> no need to take on templates or waste feat
01[13:28] <@solidsamurai> no like, underwater breathing magic
[13:28] ah
01[13:28] <@solidsamurai> oh and plane shift or whatever
[13:28] we're going to be planar traveling
[13:28] D:
[13:28] so i'm not going to need Underwater Adaptation then?
01[13:28] <@solidsamurai> i don't even understand all the spells, i haven't stared at it for quite long enough :P
01[13:29] <@solidsamurai> no i wouldn't think so shini
[13:29] hmm shini
[13:29] i think you might need to host
[13:29] click network -> host
[13:29] which IP do I need?
[13:29] password warboards
[13:29] port 6812
01[13:29] <@solidsamurai> i still don't know how to open game host :P
[13:29] we need your IP
01[13:29] <@solidsamurai> i mean the game
[13:29] click gametable.jar
01[13:29] <@solidsamurai> gametable
[13:29] which IP?
[13:29] the one in IPConfig or the one that the Internet sees?
01[13:30] <@solidsamurai> there's no program that opens gametable for me >_>
[13:30] 98.216.253.73 hopefully willw ork
01[13:30] <@solidsamurai> try them both
[13:30] hmm do you have java isntalled?
[13:30] also
01[13:30] <@solidsamurai> oooo that could be it
[13:30] solid
[13:30] try
[13:30] http://www.whatsmyip.org/
01[13:30] <@solidsamurai> wish they told me that
[13:30] this is written in java
[13:30] so yea, you need to have that java thing installed
[13:30] anyway go host shini
[13:30] i'll just see if this works
[13:30] hold on
03[13:31] * Anoiktos (~chatzilla@adsl-75-63-233-226.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) has joined #warboards
[13:32] how do we get gametable to work>
[13:32] did you dl it?
[13:32] Da.
[13:32] double click gametable.jar
[13:32] it should open right up if you have java installed
[13:32] it does open up. It just doesn't do anything else.
[13:32] rather, what do I join?
[13:33] but it does give you the screen
[13:33] oh that we are working on right now
[13:33] when shini gets back, we'll have him host
[13:33] wait
[13:33] so you need me to hot
[13:33] yea
01[13:33] <@solidsamurai> :P
[13:33] for player name i put in Shinigami42, character is Siriand, Port is 6812, password is blank?
[13:33] got it working ss?
[13:33] password warboards
01[13:33] <@solidsamurai> yea im installing
01[13:33] <@solidsamurai> install damn you
[13:34] ok i'll check it out first make sure it doesn't disappoint
01[13:34] <@solidsamurai> o fuk it just installed yahoo toolbar i don't want that
[13:34] haha
[13:34]
[13:34] shit man i hate when that happens
[13:34] damn hold on
01[13:34] <@solidsamurai> >_>
[13:34] Your hosting IP is: 98.216.253.73
[13:34] there
[13:34] so connect to that
[13:34] yea
[13:34] doing os
01[13:35] <@solidsamurai> ok so i how do i connect
01[13:35] <@solidsamurai> i opened gametable
[13:35] port? password?
[13:35] 6812, and not sure
[13:35] warboards
[13:35] is password
01[13:35] <@solidsamurai> how do you get to the connection screen
[13:36] no luck?
[13:36] it's under network menu
[13:36] i'm not able to connect
[13:36] it's network->join, i'm getting 'failed to connect'.
[13:36] hmm
[13:36] let me try to host
[13:36] IP: 128.84.203.160
[13:36] same password same port
[13:37] 128.84.203.160
01[13:37] <@solidsamurai> where's network menu :P
[13:37] next to edie
[13:37] edit8
[13:37] joining
[13:37] i think
01[13:38] <@solidsamurai> what's weird is the menu isn't showing up at the top
[13:38] yea, when you try to join it does that
01[13:38] <@solidsamurai> is there a way to get menu to show?
[13:38] shini, are you behind a router etc.?
[13:38] failed to connect
[13:38] and yes, i am
[13:38] if you tried to join a game, it blanks out for a second, and after you fail or do join, it goes back to normal
[13:38] is there anyone here who is not behind a router?
01[13:39] <@solidsamurai> o because im not sure if i tried to join a game or not
01[13:39] <@solidsamurai> and menu isn't showing at all :P
[13:39] not showing, or grayed out?
[13:39] hey guys
[13:39] i just found out that one of my invocations is a touch spell that makes the target immune to my breath weapon for 24 hours
[13:40] should i take it?
[13:40] uh
[13:40] that is the very best invocation you can take
[13:40] it also doubles as Endure Elements for 24 hours
[13:40] as it allows you to friend/fire chip your breath weapon
[13:40] well i can shape my breath
[13:40] but he has shape breath weapon
[13:40] don't bother getting the feats to shape your breath.
[13:40] just use that invocation.
[13:40] lol
[13:40] alright, i'll switch my level 5 effect then
[13:40] is breath weapon instant hit or roll to hit
[13:40] breath weapon is ref save for half unless evasion
[13:41] oh excellent
[13:41] also
[13:41] in all cases beyond things like poison/force/prismatic breath weapons, but those aren't standard by any means.
[13:41] if you jump down onto someone and attack
[13:41] is that having 'higher ground'
01[13:41] <@solidsamurai> read the srd shini
01[13:41] <@solidsamurai> d20srd.org
[13:41] i like dndwiki
01[13:41] <@solidsamurai> tells you a lot of the stuff about straight up rules that I'll be using
01[13:42] <@solidsamurai> uses phb and a few other things like psionics
01[13:42] <@solidsamurai> not that this campaign actually has psionics
01[13:42] <@solidsamurai> also, menu still isn't showing
[13:42] hmm
01[13:42] <@solidsamurai> im wondering if i have to reinstall
[13:42] close out and restart?
01[13:42] <@solidsamurai> kk
[13:42] probably not reinstall
01[13:42] <@solidsamurai> yah hopefully
01[13:42] <@solidsamurai> crap still doesn't work
[13:43] is it grayedo ut
[13:43] or just gone
01[13:43] <@solidsamurai> oh yah jumping down to attack someone is higher ground
[13:43] would that be any sort of flank?
01[13:44] <@solidsamurai> jumping down? no, flank means you need someone else to attack from the other side
01[13:44] <@solidsamurai> or you can just attack as well as someone else
01[13:44] <@solidsamurai> or aid another, whichever
[13:44] ok
01[13:45] <@solidsamurai> so no suggestions for the menu dragon?
[13:45] so for starting HP, do we roll for 2-5?
01[13:45] <@solidsamurai> im really liking the program though
[13:45] solid, what OS are you using?
01[13:45] <@solidsamurai> xp
01[13:45] <@solidsamurai> yah roll 2-5
[13:45] and you're not getting a menu under the window selection bar?
01[13:45] <@solidsamurai> nope
[13:46] [file][edit][network][map][dice][window][help]
[13:46] hmm
[13:46] this is quite odd
01[13:46] <@solidsamurai> im not getting that
01[13:46] <@solidsamurai> indeed
[13:46] perhaps for some reason your menu is displaced?
[13:46] like dragged ougt
01[13:46] <@solidsamurai> wish i could send a screen shot... and no don't think so
[13:46] oddly enough, there aren't any hotkeys
[13:46] yea the menu is pretty amazing at dice rolling
[13:46] and everyone can see your rolls
[13:46] and you can make macros which are basically preset rolls
01[13:46] <@solidsamurai> unless you go private and all
01[13:47] <@solidsamurai> you can also draw a map
[13:47] well that's if you're secretly rolling to the DM to kill other party members...
01[13:47] <@solidsamurai> which might take time but i could create some referral places
[13:47] yea you've got little pogs
[13:47] that can symbolize things
[13:47] like drow/elves/orcs/etc
01[13:47] <@solidsamurai> yah... but sometimes i make a ton of rolls that no one needs to see
[13:47] you can also tag them with HP and other info, like AC
01[13:47] <@solidsamurai> they've got a symbol for gandalf too
[13:47] oh yea
[13:47] you as a DM can be totally private
[13:47] isn't AC supposed to be kept secret?
[13:47] i meant players should roll in public
[13:48] ...is it?
01[13:48] <@solidsamurai> nah that doesn't really matter
[13:48] yeah
01[13:48] <@solidsamurai> well your not supposed to know monster ac
[13:48] you're not supposed to tell players AC
01[13:48] <@solidsamurai> or hp
01[13:48] <@solidsamurai> a lot of things are private
[13:48] i meant players can tag their own AC
[13:48] and HP
01[13:48] <@solidsamurai> yah players know ac since they look at each other's sheets but they don't discuss it as character in-game
[13:48] SS, can we take forced average HP totals?
01[13:48] <@solidsamurai> ... sure anoik
01[13:48] <@solidsamurai> :)
[13:49] hmm
[13:49] i'll roll for you :D
[13:49] yeah i'm gonna do that then, i hate getting shitty rolls
[13:49] 4d6?
[13:49] (I prefer not to roll, my luck is fantastically bad)
[13:49] 6!
[13:49] 1!
[13:49] 6!
[13:49] 5!
[13:49] like i said, already decided to take FA, dp :P
01[13:49] <@solidsamurai> better than average
[13:49] :/
[13:50] 4.5x4=18, so total HP 36.
01[13:50] <@solidsamurai> so what are we gonna do about my menu issue guys
[13:50] hmm
[13:50] reinstall
[13:50] did you reinstall?
01[13:50] <@solidsamurai> ah kk
[13:50] wait there is no install
[13:50] what OS are you running?
01[13:50] <@solidsamurai> xp
[13:50] hmm i'm on vista
[13:50] how about you two?
[13:50] vista
[13:50] maybe he's missing pieces
01[13:50] <@solidsamurai> i think gametable said it was good with xp
01[13:50] <@solidsamurai> i might forget though
[13:50] try redling maybe
[13:50] while i go see if they have a faq
01[13:51] <@solidsamurai> the faq is on the readme i think
01[13:51] <@solidsamurai> just tells you how to use things, not like if you don't have a menu
01[13:51] <@solidsamurai> it's a good program but i feel like it hasn't been tested enough
[13:51] So since I don't need Shaped Breath anymore, should I replace it with an effect that does a cone of non-damaging -6 to STR?
01[13:51] <@solidsamurai> you can if you want to shini
01[13:52] <@solidsamurai> damaging strength is powerful as hell against high hp monsters
[13:52] hm
[13:52] double click gametable.bat actually
01[13:52] <@solidsamurai> although i might just create a giant golem with 50 str if that's the case
[13:52] uh
[13:52] shini, i'dl ike to not lose -6 str
[13:52] i'd rather get damaged
01[13:53] <@solidsamurai> well jsut be very very careful >:D
01[13:53] <@solidsamurai> you can recover strength too though
[13:53] yeah, but I just learned I have an invocation that makes whoever I touch immune
[13:53] not in battle...
[13:53] and invocations are at-will
[13:53] shini: how many people? we have 3 melee
[13:53] i can cast it at will
[13:53] as many times as you want?
01[13:53] <@solidsamurai> the batch file extracts
[13:53] that's how invocations work
[13:53] you can cast them at will but you only get a handful
01[13:54] <@solidsamurai> what class are you shini
[13:54] Dragonfire Adept
01[13:54] <@solidsamurai> ah
[13:54] hmm try running it now that you've extracted it
01[13:54] <@solidsamurai> kk
[13:54] at-will breath weapon and dragon wings
01[13:54] <@solidsamurai> NOW IT FUCKING WORKS :D
[13:55] hmm now to solve network issues
01[13:55] <@solidsamurai> ty dragon
[13:55] i wish my friend was still here
[13:55] we got it running with him
01[13:55] <@solidsamurai> hehe
01[13:55] <@solidsamurai> pretty janky stuff
[13:55] so he is a host i know will work
01[13:55] <@solidsamurai> your friend is joining for the game though right
[13:55] So for level 2, cone of frost, cone of sickening, or line of lightning? cones are 15ft, lines are 30ft
[13:55] yea
01[13:55] <@solidsamurai> the host doesn't need to build the map either right?
[13:55] no
[13:55] we could...help
01[13:56] <@solidsamurai> and also can i reveal certain sections of a map at certain times
[13:56] but we find that letting people other than the DM build is...unfruitfu
[13:56] well
[13:56] that i'm not sure
[13:56] our DM just hid stuff
[13:56] in like far away places
01[13:56] <@solidsamurai> actually i could just tell you what you see and then get one of the characters to be cartographer
[13:56] and then zoomed us in when it was relevant
[13:56] also if you let the characters buiold
[13:56] that'd be pretty cool, actually
[13:56] eventually they just build giant dicks
01[13:56] <@solidsamurai> hehe :D
[13:56] like
[13:56] we had a giant dick building war
[13:56] our DM was furious
01[13:56] <@solidsamurai> ill let em, it's their fault if they DM smited for it
[13:56] that'd also be pretty cool, actually
01[13:57] <@solidsamurai> or they get attacked by giant dicks :D
[13:57] :/
[13:57] so what exactly does the spell Endure Elements do? i've never bothered to look it up...
[13:57] i think you don't have to make checks
[13:57] against extreme weather
[13:57] for 24 hours or something like that
[13:57] shini, go to dndwiki
[13:57] they have basically a lot of the spells and items and stuff
01[13:57] <@solidsamurai> pretty useful for the dessert, and there's a lot of dessert around heshirol
[13:57] URL?
[13:57] that would be very helpful
01[13:57] <@solidsamurai> not icecream, sand
[13:57] ww.dandwiki.com
[13:58] www*
[13:58] oh well, then I guess it's good i'm taking it
[13:58] what exactly lies to the far west of hershirol
[13:58] or far east
[13:58] Endure Elements? It allows you to act as normal against more serious weather, like desert/arctic without serious trouble. Still not good enough to protect against ambient environmental damage, like the elemental plane of fire, but it's good for terrestrial survival.
01[13:58] <@solidsamurai> ooo other kingdoms like the ones i mentioned
01[13:58] <@solidsamurai> far east is heshirol and farther east is the ENEMY
[13:58] farther west is enemy too?
01[13:58] <@solidsamurai> and west is heshirol's 'allies'
[13:58] ah
01[13:58] <@solidsamurai> yea pretty much
[13:59] how about past that
01[13:59] <@solidsamurai> you don't know much about the enemy, they're all mysterious
[13:59] oh cool, -50 to 140 degrees is comfortable
[13:59] you mentioned archipelagos?
[13:59] definitely useful in a desert
01[13:59] <@solidsamurai> past that is ocean
01[13:59] <@solidsamurai> :D
[13:59]