QOTD: What do you do for a living work, and do you like it?
I am currently unemployed but I am hoping to get a job putting up some dry wall sometime soon.
I do volunteer at a nonprofit food pantry/afterschool program/refugee housing and help program a lot. I am there about as much as some of the interns and employees but I am just a volunteer. I like it a lot.
Wait... why do you want to put up dry wall instead of do the thing that you already do so much?
Because that is just volunteer work and I need to get paid.
But you said that you're there as much as some of the interns and employees. Why not become one?
They aren't able to pay me and I don't have official training. Also the only job openings are full time jobs and I can only do part time right now.
This was a conversation I had quite awhile ago but I thought it would be interesting to update it. I interned at that non-profit this summer and now I'm hired as an assistant to run the afterschool program. Just thought it was funny the way things worked out.
QOTD: What do you do for a living work, and do you like it?
I am currently unemployed but I am hoping to get a job putting up some dry wall sometime soon.
I do volunteer at a nonprofit food pantry/afterschool program/refugee housing and help program a lot. I am there about as much as some of the interns and employees but I am just a volunteer. I like it a lot.
Wait... why do you want to put up dry wall instead of do the thing that you already do so much?
Because that is just volunteer work and I need to get paid.
But you said that you're there as much as some of the interns and employees. Why not become one?
They aren't able to pay me and I don't have official training. Also the only job openings are full time jobs and I can only do part time right now.
This was a conversation I had quite awhile ago but I thought it would be interesting to update it. I interned at that non-profit this summer and now I'm hired as an assistant to run the afterschool program. Just thought it was funny the way things worked out.
Ghosts' in 5e have: Incorporeal Movement: The ghost can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
Now the question is - it talks about if it ends its turn inside of an object it takes 1d10 damage.
It's unclear, to me, with how this is written:
Incorporeal Movement: The ghost can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
Does the ghost take 1d10 damage or does the object (or person) they stop inside of take 1d10 damage?
I am pretty sure it's the ghost - but that really should be made more clear such as "The ghost takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object."
Because it can certainly be read the other way.
That’s only because when they wrote 5e, they decided not to pay very close attention to the rules of the English language. According to the actual rules of English, the pronoun should refer back to whichever noun was the most recent. As that rule you quoted is written, technically the word “it” refers back to “difficult terrain,” and “force damage,” and therefore the terrain would be what takes the listed 1d10 damage, but only if the force damage ends “its” turn in difficult terrain. To be grammatically correct so that RAW could match the RAI, the rule should be written as follows:
“Incorporeal Movement. The ghost can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. If the ghost ends its turn inside an object, the ghost takes 5 (1d10) force damage.”
That's not a rule of English grammar at all. What matters is pronoun and antecedent agreement as well as context. "It" could not be referring to "creatures and objects," as they are plural and "it" is singular. "Difficult terrain" is a predicate nominative. "Ghost" is the singular subject of the first sentence, and it's very clear that "It" in the second sentence refers back to "Ghost" both times.
If you say so, but that’s not what I remember learning way back in primary school. But then again, that was, like, 35ish years ago, so…. 🤷‍♂️
As someone who majored in English in College, with the idea of becoming a teacher (sadly, never finished College... long story...) - I actually side with Sposta.
Because I know that they (D&D) mean ghost. But I can also read it that if the ghost stops inside of an object - the object takes the damage since it is literally saying the ghost has Incorporeal movement.
Incorporeal literally means "not composed of matter; having no material existence."
Because if a ghost can pass through a wall, effortlessly, why would the ghost stopping in the middle of a table take damage?
It reminds me very much (when I read it that way) - similar to Kitty (Shadowcat from X-Men) - where she can phase (for example) her hand into something - and it disrupts what she's put her hand into (especially if it's mechanical).
Ghosts' in 5e have: Incorporeal Movement: The ghost can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
Now the question is - it talks about if it ends its turn inside of an object it takes 1d10 damage.
It's unclear, to me, with how this is written:
Incorporeal Movement: The ghost can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
Does the ghost take 1d10 damage or does the object (or person) they stop inside of take 1d10 damage?
I am pretty sure it's the ghost - but that really should be made more clear such as "The ghost takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object."
Because it can certainly be read the other way.
You’ve inspired me. Next ghost I run will deal the damage to an object or person it stays inside. Imagine the walls of an old house creaking and groaning as long dark cracks splinter the wood. Pots shatter as it passes by and it attacks by going inside someone and causing them immense pain.
See and this feels way more "ghost-like" to me. Like a ghost trying to possess someone by entering their body, damages the person (not the ghost). Similar to a ghost passing through items - the 'death state' of the ghost causes the damage to those items.
QotD: What are your thoughts on the practice of putting ketchup/catsup on a hotdog?
Personally I’m an onions, relish, and yellow mustard fan. Either that or plain… but y’know what, if you’ve never tried a hotdog with coleslaw on it you have no idea what you’re missing.
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As someone who majored in English in College, with the idea of becoming a teacher (sadly, never finished College... long story...) - I actually side with Sposta.
Because I know that they (D&D) mean ghost. But I can also read it that if the ghost stops inside of an object - the object takes the damage since it is literally saying the ghost has Incorporeal movement.
Incorporeal literally means "not composed of matter; having no material existence."
Because if a ghost can pass through a wall, effortlessly, why would the ghost stopping in the middle of a table take damage?
It reminds me very much (when I read it that way) - similar to Kitty (Shadowcat from X-Men) - where she can phase (for example) her hand into something - and it disrupts what she's put her hand into (especially if it's mechanical).
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See and this feels way more "ghost-like" to me. Like a ghost trying to possess someone by entering their body, damages the person (not the ghost). Similar to a ghost passing through items - the 'death state' of the ghost causes the damage to those items.
Makes way the fork more sense.
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QotD: What are your thoughts on the practice of putting ketchup/catsup on a hotdog?
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Uh, it's required.
No questions asked.
Anything else would be... uncivilized.
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Mustard, relish, chili?
I either go ketchup or nothing.
I love plain hotdogs.
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Same as Wysperra- ketchup or nothing.
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I like putting ketchup and mustard on my hot dogs, but sometimes I like Open Pit barbecue sauce on them instead.
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Personally I’m an onions, relish, and yellow mustard fan. Either that or plain… but y’know what, if you’ve never tried a hotdog with coleslaw on it you have no idea what you’re missing.
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