Maybe his spell is based on those “quantum-like” statements like “yoink if no sentient being is watching”. I’ve seen some tabletop in more modern settings (I don’t remember the system, probably was homebrew) where an occultist could conjure a handful of coins yanked from the deepest corners of your sofa.
It would still work for that poor guy’s services. If the camera counts as someone watching the pad thai never gets taken and he doesn’t get in trouble. If it doesn’t count as someone watching, he has video proof that the pad thai literally disappeared.
Under the scrutiny of such spells, being watched via reflection, scrying or camera does count if at any point a sentient being bothers to watch the resulting tape, file, palantir or whatever. Just like quantum stuff get shy and stop being so quantic if you observe them, even if you do so via a recording of a recording seen through a mirror by a vampire who’s texting you about it so you don’t see it directly. Qubits won’t have any of this.
So if a bit of future-seeing determines that his boss won’t believe his story, no one bothering a bit to check the videos until they get erased by file rotation… looks like I’ll get more than stale bread and five-second-rule Doritos with my Summon Munchies I tonight.
Maybe H.R.’s version is a bit bolder, BAMFing stuff right in front of the poor guy counting only on “sure that guy is totally nuts” to conceal the truth.
Now try to summon a meatball sub, Purple Tie. (The customer is always watching their sammich in all Subways, right?)
The hell I wouldn’t. I’d download pad thai. And an airship. And a car. I’d download an airship filled with cars that distribute pad thai, solving world hunger and a hefty bit of boredom in one swift stroke.
When the Dungeon Master gave Eric his powers he at least warned him about trivial use. “Creating a drink of water here could cause a drought elsewhere”.
So, if the evil outsider entity REALLY wanted to destroy the world, all he has to do is find every cleric he can, hit them with a compulsion spell, and force them to continuously chain-cast “create water” until they collapse from hunger, flood the world and drown… or, you know, make their saving throws.
I’m actually a little disappointed that H.R.’s magiccan affect Sepia World. So far we’ve only seen it interacting with the other worlds so far, even his homunculus immediately left this world so that there was no evidence it had ever been here.
That was essentially Sky Elf magic performed here, which should greatly increase his power abilities. Not sure why it bothers me, but it just seems a bit off.
It is a bit off, because he’s breaking the universe.
He is punching holes in reality like…a thing that punches holes in other…things.
This is not a good thing for anyone involved.
In Debt: The First 5000 Years, David Graeber suggested that ironically, capitalism works best (by its own terms) when it’s generally believed to be in danger of imminent collapse. When investors start to believe that capitalism will continue forever, they become more willing to take on greater and greater debts, since if capitalism will expand forever, then eventually, they’ll be able to pay it all off.
I think Daedalus is following similar logic. And look who gets screwed.
WHAT A CA-THAI-STROPHE!!
I would groan, but your gravatar adds just the right feel to it to make it fly. Well done.
With that spell, H.R. can pad his magical resume.
That is terrible. So bad, I’m fit to be thaid.
TOFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!
apples:)
Bless you.
y’know, that kinda logic can be applied to pretty much anything, HR :P think ya might need to check the slipperynss of your slope
Sure, but if he can actually achieve godhood, he’s right, isn’t he?
Nevermind that people’s attempts to achieve godhood in fiction are almost always thwarted, be it before, upon, or after they actually achieve it.
There’s always the chance it’s “not that type of godhood”, too.
For example : Nyarlathope. God, but Mindless.
Nyarlathotep has a mind.
You’re thinking Azathoth.
UNLIMITED COSMIC POWER!!!
Ity-bitty living space.
Someone needs to get back into their lamp…
what?
How odd. All of a sudden, I can’t make posts anymore.
I am sorry for your lots.
See, that’s when you set up a security camera.
Maybe his spell is based on those “quantum-like” statements like “yoink if no sentient being is watching”. I’ve seen some tabletop in more modern settings (I don’t remember the system, probably was homebrew) where an occultist could conjure a handful of coins yanked from the deepest corners of your sofa.
It would still work for that poor guy’s services. If the camera counts as someone watching the pad thai never gets taken and he doesn’t get in trouble. If it doesn’t count as someone watching, he has video proof that the pad thai literally disappeared.
Under the scrutiny of such spells, being watched via reflection, scrying or camera does count if at any point a sentient being bothers to watch the resulting tape, file, palantir or whatever. Just like quantum stuff get shy and stop being so quantic if you observe them, even if you do so via a recording of a recording seen through a mirror by a vampire who’s texting you about it so you don’t see it directly. Qubits won’t have any of this.
So if a bit of future-seeing determines that his boss won’t believe his story, no one bothering a bit to check the videos until they get erased by file rotation… looks like I’ll get more than stale bread and five-second-rule Doritos with my Summon Munchies I tonight.
Maybe H.R.’s version is a bit bolder, BAMFing stuff right in front of the poor guy counting only on “sure that guy is totally nuts” to conceal the truth.
Now try to summon a meatball sub, Purple Tie. (The customer is always watching their sammich in all Subways, right?)
No they put it in a warmer or cooler till you pick it up, if you order ahead.
Literally no one can watch it.
Padanormal Thaitivity?
more like aTHAIvity, amirite? :D
ok, I’ll let myself out…
The hell I wouldn’t. I’d download pad thai. And an airship. And a car. I’d download an airship filled with cars that distribute pad thai, solving world hunger and a hefty bit of boredom in one swift stroke.
…Don’t you mean, “one swift KEY stroke?”
When the Dungeon Master gave Eric his powers he at least warned him about trivial use. “Creating a drink of water here could cause a drought elsewhere”.
Create water was always the most OP spell in the game. And it’s 0-level, too! A cantrip!
So, if the evil outsider entity REALLY wanted to destroy the world, all he has to do is find every cleric he can, hit them with a compulsion spell, and force them to continuously chain-cast “create water” until they collapse from hunger, flood the world and drown… or, you know, make their saving throws.
This actually seems like a rather hilarious mystery to throw at a group of players. “Who or what flooded these towns?”
Instantaneous and free. I can live with that.
No such thing as a free lunch…It cost that poor dude his job!
I’m actually a little disappointed that H.R.’s magiccan affect Sepia World. So far we’ve only seen it interacting with the other worlds so far, even his homunculus immediately left this world so that there was no evidence it had ever been here.
That was essentially Sky Elf magic performed here, which should greatly increase his power abilities. Not sure why it bothers me, but it just seems a bit off.
We’ve seen it interacting with Sepia World before. Specifically, with Ferris’ face.
It is a bit off, because he’s breaking the universe.
He is punching holes in reality like…a thing that punches holes in other…things.
This is not a good thing for anyone involved.
Honestly, the manager looks like the one who ate all the pad thai
In Debt: The First 5000 Years, David Graeber suggested that ironically, capitalism works best (by its own terms) when it’s generally believed to be in danger of imminent collapse. When investors start to believe that capitalism will continue forever, they become more willing to take on greater and greater debts, since if capitalism will expand forever, then eventually, they’ll be able to pay it all off.
I think Daedalus is following similar logic. And look who gets screwed.
Wanting to be a god? Yeah. Nothing can go wrong, huh? O_o
conjurers suck :P
Somehow the alt-text is now funnier than the first time this reference was used.