The "how dorky are you" game

[pikachupacabra]

Someone posts a dorky question, someone else answers it, and can post their own question. If there's some sort of delay, people can just jump right in mosh-pit style.

Express your inner dork! I don't need to, since I express my outer dork all the time.

question

what's the most common number in star trek? Shout out to my alma matter on this one :smile:

[sOKaLiBoY]

question

what's the most common number in star trek? Shout out to my alma matter on this one :smile:

Number 1!

[VV o n g B a]

if u have improved evasion and miss ur save on a fireball, how much damage do u take?

btw, pik, is are those tits, a buttcrack, or an elbowcrack?

[SunWuKong]

if u have improved evasion and miss ur save on a fireball, how much damage do u take?

depends on the fireball caster's caster level. :wink:
but i think the answer you're looking for is "half".


i got one.
if you have a Kird Ape, a Forest, and a Mountain, what would you do to do 2 points of damage on your second turn?

[ism]

What's the earliest level you can take any of the standard 15 d20 3.5 prestige classes at? (I don't actually know this. I'll have to figure it out when someone answers it.)

[pikachupacabra]

Number 1!


it's 47, but number one is a good answer ;)

depends on the fireball caster's caster level. :wink:
but i think the answer you're looking for is "half".


i got one.
if you have a Kird Ape, a Forest, and a Mountain, what would you do to do 2 points of damage on your second turn?

attack! even better to just use a taiga.


wongba, it's whatever you think (wish?) it is :biggrin:

[SunWuKong]

attack! even better to just use a taiga.

oh, i should have said assuming you just started the game and haven't laid down anything yet. but it seems you already know the answer.

What's the earliest level you can take any of the standard 15 d20 3.5 prestige classes at? (I don't actually know this. I'll have to figure it out when someone answers it.)

there're so many. i'm tempted to say character level 2.

[DaMuo]

What's the earliest level you can take any of the standard 15 d20 3.5 prestige classes at? (I don't actually know this. I'll have to figure it out when someone answers it.)

What do you mean standard 15 prestige classes -- you mean just the ones in the DMG?

Also, for most classes it seems like 5th level is where a lot of prestige classes can kick in with careful planning. Though, I'm sure there is a way to do it at level two like SunWuKong says... though, I don't think I can think of an example.

[SunWuKong]

What do you mean standard 15 prestige classes -- you mean just the ones in the DMG?

Also, for most classes it seems like 5th level is where a lot of prestige classes can kick in with careful planning. Though, I'm sure there is a way to do it at level two like SunWuKong says... though, I don't think I can think of an example.

maybe the Dragon Disciple?

http://www.wizards.com/d20/files/v35/PrestigeClasses.rtf

by the way, i've been thinking about writing up a prestige class that's basically a sorceror monk.

[DaMuo]

RE: Dragon Disciple: Knowledge Aracana 8 Ranks... soonest would be 5th level?

jc

[SunWuKong]

RE: Dragon Disciple: Knowledge Aracana 8 Ranks... soonest would be 5th level?

jc

oops :tongue:

[A.R.A.M.]

Since this seems to be a d&d thread, and I don't know much about post-second edition editions, I will ask a fluffy question instead:

Some sources say Drizzt Do'Urden's patron deity is Mielikki, but others say it's another. What is that other deity's name?

Maybe that's too easy? If so, name one of that deity's defining physical features. If that question is too easy, name one of that deity's cult centers.

[VV o n g B a]

^dunno. i read a couple of the books a long time ago, but they didn't have enuf political intrigue for my tastes.

considering the hand of vecna is one of the most powerful artifacts available, why is the head of vecna not so desireable?

[pikachupacabra]

Man you guys are killing me. I thought i had this shit down from the magic section but all the d&d is totally owning me.

[A.R.A.M.]

considering the hand of vecna is one of the most powerful artifacts available, why is the head of vecna not so desireable?

I know next to nothing about Greyhawk, but I'm going to say that the hand of vecna is an artifact but the head of vecna is not. That is why the hand is more valuable. The eye of vecna, if I remember correctly, is also an artifact...

[SunWuKong]

let's try something different...
who hypnotized Bruce Banner in order to bring out "The Professor"?

[>:^|]

a haiku:

They know how dorky.
Dorks need no validation.
Only hot girlfriends.

[hooligan]

a haiku:

They know how dorky.
Dorks need no validation.
Only hot girlfriends.

Girls don't like those kinds of skills, they like computer hacking skills, nunchuck skills, bow-staff skills...

[YuheiCarreau]

let's try something different...
who hypnotized Bruce Banner in order to bring out "The Professor"?

I'm not a big fan of the Hulk, so this is a shot in the dark... Was it Doc Sampson?

[SunWuKong]

I'm not a big fan of the Hulk, so this is a shot in the dark... Was it Doc Sampson?

close, but not quite. :biggrin:

[537]

I thought I was a geek.

But this nerdspeak is beyond me.

[VV o n g B a]

I know next to nothing about Greyhawk, but I'm going to say that the hand of vecna is an artifact but the head of vecna is not. That is why the hand is more valuable. The eye of vecna, if I remember correctly, is also an artifact...yes, the eye is also an artifact. ur answer is partially correct, but missing the backstory of the vecna artifacts. so let me make the question a bit clearer: what is it that u must do to use these artifacts?

[SunWuKong]

Girls don't like those kinds of skills, they like computer hacking skills, nunchuck skills, bow-staff skills...

ok, Napolean.
idiot!

[hooligan]

ok, Napolean.
idiot!

gosh!

[pikachupacabra]

True or false: There are 5 lights.

[YuheiCarreau]

True or false: There are 5 lights.

There are only FOUR!

[kimpossible]

we've moved onto star trek?

[pikachupacabra]

There are only FOUR!


wrong! not enough emotion!


"there....aaare...FOOOOOOOUUURRRR....LIIIIIIIIIIIII GGGGGGHHHHHTTTSSS!!!"


:biggrin:

[A.R.A.M.]

yes, the eye is also an artifact. ur answer is partially correct, but missing the backstory of the vecna artifacts. so let me make the question a bit clearer: what is it that u must do to use these artifacts?

I don't know who vecna was, but I believe that you replace your hand with the hand of vecna to tap into its powers. Likewise with the eye. That's all that I know. Oh, and that doing so may make you evil.

True or false: There are 5 lights.

That was a good question. Ok, here's a Star Trek question for you, since you seem to like Star Trek: what is the name of the pleasure/resort planet in Star Trek?

[pikachupacabra]

That's a tough one...all I remember is the planet had a number in it. And started with an R I think. Ramel? 4?

[pikachupacabra]

Got it! Rigel 2! Yes! Take that, bitches!


omg I am a freak and a half.

[YuheiCarreau]

The resort planet is named Risa, you moron. DUHHHH!!!

Risa is so TNG, anyways. All the cool trekkies are checking out Casperia Prime these days.

[SunWuKong]

The resort planet is named Risa, you moron. DUHHHH!!!

Risa is so TNG, anyways. All the cool trekkies are checking out Casperia Prime these days.

um, excuse me. it's not trekkies. it's trekkers.

[YuheiCarreau]

um, excuse me. it's not trekkies. it's trekkers.

On that note... "This is the worst possible time for you to call! Go away!"

[VV o n g B a]

I don't know who vecna was, but I believe that you replace your hand with the hand of vecna to tap into its powers. Likewise with the eye. That's all that I know. Oh, and that doing so may make you evil.vecna was some uber-lich. but anyways, even if there were a head of vecna, u'd have to cut ur head off to use it... in which case u'd be dead. :rolleyes: this was a rumor spread by one group playing pvp d&d against another. the other team beheaded half their members after finding the fake head before realizing what was happening.

[A.R.A.M.]

vecna was some uber-lich. but anyways, even if there were a head of vecna, u'd have to cut ur head off to use it... in which case u'd be dead. :rolleyes: this was a rumor spread by one group playing pvp d&d against another. the other team beheaded half their members after finding the fake head before realizing what was happening.

Ok, ok. No need to roll your eyes. D&D isn't about common sense. If we are going to accept that you can chop off your hand and replace it with the hand of an undead wizard and then start to wield godlike magical powers, it isn't such a stretch of the imagination that you can have your head replaced by an artifact that has the power to reanimate you, either by restoring you to life or turning you into an undead thing. That is, if the head is an artifact. Which in this case it isn't, so my original answer is right.

[Napoleon Chynamite]

This thread scares the shit out of me.

[pikachupacabra]

yeah, I think I've created a monster.

I thought i'd be able to hang, but this is getting ridiculous

as long as this thread doesn't degenerate into ogre battle (http://www.dailyfoo.com/?i=1352)
LIGHTNING BOLT!

Ok I got a really good one

If I have the HMS Titan and I roll a 5 before I engage in any actions, what am I getting?

[Fireblade]

What old 80's sci-fi flick had it's own video game on the atari, it's own computer generated special effects, and an off-broadway musical?

god, I'm so dorky.

[VV o n g B a]

^ only movies i can think of in the 80s that had an atari game are e.t. and tron. i know tron had effects but not sure if e.t. did. no idea whether either had a musical...

[YuheiCarreau]

yeah, I think I've created a monster.

I thought i'd be able to hang, but this is getting ridiculous

as long as this thread doesn't degenerate into ogre battle (http://www.dailyfoo.com/?i=1352)
LIGHTNING BOLT!

Ok I got a really good one

If I have the HMS Titan and I roll a 5 before I engage in any actions, what am I getting?

Whatever it is, I'm pretty sure it won't be a blowjob....

Identify this quote:

"She gives me a woody... Woody - it's a human saying, I've heard you say it often. When you don't trust someone, or they make you nervous, they give you-"

"Willies. She gives you the willies."

[pikachupacabra]

btw all ya'lls in this thread better not join the army

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles//0,7340,L-3052074,00.html

reduced security clearance!!!




Army frowns on Dungeons and Dragons



IDF says players are detached from reality and automatically given a low security clearance
By Hanan Greenberg



Does the Israel Defense Forces believe incoming recruits and soldiers who play Dungeons and Dragons are unfit for elite units? Ynetnews has learned that 18-year-olds who tell recruiters they play the popular fantasy game are automatically given low security clearance.



“They're detached from reality and suscepitble to influence,” the army says.



Fans of the popular role-playing game had spoken of rumors of this strange policy by the IDF, but now the army has confirmed that it has a negative image of teens who play the game and labels them as problematic in regard to their draft status.




So if you like fantasy games, go see the military psychologist.



Dungeons and Dragons (also known as “D and D”) has been a popular role-playing game for decades and is based on a fantasy world.




One player assumes the role of “Dungeon Master” which entails directing the game and controlling the labyrinth, while the others select from a large selection of characters that includes warriors, magicians, dwarfs and thieves.



The game focuses on the results of decisions
made by the players as determined by the roll of the dice.



In a more "active" version of the game, players leave the table and go out, dressed as the characters they assume for the game, along with the requisite equipment of swords (not real) to play outside, usually in the forest or woods.




'Simply detached from reality'



Thousands of youth and teens in Israel play "D and D", fighting dragons and demons using their rich imaginations. The game has also increased in popularity due to the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.




However the IDF does not approve of this unusual hobby and prevents "D and D" players from being considered for sensitive army positions by labeling them with low security clearance.




"We have discovered that some of them are simply detached from reality," a security source told Ynetnews.



Game enthusiasts are aware of their problematic image in the army and prefer to maintain their anonymity. Many of them are from the former Soviet Union where the game is very popular.



In Israel there are thousands of players, between the ages 16 to 35, and include lawyers, high-tech workers and businessmen. Matan, 22, and Igor, a 21-year-old IDF soldier, organize activities for groups of players. Soon hundreds of fans are expected to meet in a forest in the southern part of Israel for a two-day game of pure fantasy.



"It's not a game of winners and losers," Matan says,
"but rather entry into another world with stories and plot changes."



He is aware of the game's problematic reputation, especially in the IDF. The army is not indifferent to the unique hobby and is trying to locate soldiers who in their free time dress up as witches and play in forests.



'The game indicates a weak personality'



A security official tells Ynetnews there are specific criteria for deciding the level of a soldier's security clearance.



"One of the tests we do, either by asking soldiers directly or through information provided us, is to ask whether they take part in the game," he says. "If a soldier answers in the affirmative, he is sent to a professional for an evaluation, usually a psychologist."



More than half of the soldiers sent for evaluation receive low security clearances, thus preventing them from serving in sensitive IDF positions, he says.



Igor says exposing soldiers who play the game could result in the soldiers being sent to a military psychologist or even being kicked out of the army.



"Exposing them could also harm their chances at being accepted to other military courses," he says.



Matan says he has personally met soldiers whose military career was harmed due to their connection to the game. Most soldiers who play Dungeons and Dragons simply do not admit to it while they are in teh army, he says.



Why does the IDF believe the game is so dangerous?



"These people have a tendency to be influenced by external factors which could cloud their judgment, a military official says. "They may be detached from reality or have a weak personality – elements which lower a person's security clearance, allowing them to serve in the army, but not in sensitive positions."




Unsurprisingly, Igor, Matan and thier friends do not approve of this IDF policy. They say the game is only a colorful, non-violent hobby.



"Many people who play served in the most classified units," David says. "They are intelligent and any attempt to label them as 'weird' is incorrect and unfair."



But in the struggle between the Lord of the Rings and the Minister of Defense, the latter wins, or at least this is the case in the real world of the IDF.

[Napoleon Chynamite]

What old 80's sci-fi flick had it's own video game on the atari, it's own computer generated special effects, and an off-broadway musical?

god, I'm so dorky.

Not dorky enough apparently~ At least you still seem to be speaking English.

[VV o n g B a]

“They're detached from reality and suscepitble to influence,” the army says. i gotta admit some d&d players are a bit... too connected to the game. a dm i knew had this one player that wouldn't stop pestering him for a vorpal. he finally got so sick of the pestering that he gave in and let the guy find one. but the very next monster the dm had this dude face was a rust monster jelly which ate his vorpal. the guy started shrieking and was going to pound on the dm but was pulled off by the other players.

[kimpossible]

that's sad

[Napoleon Chynamite]

i gotta admit some d&d players are a bit... too connected to the game. a dm i knew had this one player that wouldn't stop pestering him for a vorpal. he finally got so sick of the pestering that he gave in and let the guy find one. but the very next monster the dm had this dude face was a rust monster jelly which ate his vorpal. the guy started shrieking and was going to pound on the dm but was pulled off by the other players.

I have no idea what you just said -.-

[kimpossible]

dude, a vorpal sword will totally take your head off on a roll of 20. jellies don't have a head and you need blunt weapons to damage them anyhow. the rust monster jelly totally ate the vorpal sword and when the unstable dork lost his pretend sword he totally freaked out.

[Napoleon Chynamite]

dude, a vorpal sword will totally take your head off on a roll of 20. jellies don't have a head and you need blunt weapons to damage them anyhow. the rust monster jelly totally ate the vorpal sword and when the unstable dork lost his pretend sword he totally freaked out.

Stop trying to show off~

I find it disturbing that I feel extremely left out here.

[pikachupacabra]

i gotta admit some d&d players are a bit... too connected to the game. a dm i knew had this one player that wouldn't stop pestering him for a vorpal. he finally got so sick of the pestering that he gave in and let the guy find one. but the very next monster the dm had this dude face was a rust monster jelly which ate his vorpal. the guy started shrieking and was going to pound on the dm but was pulled off by the other players.


pssha, wong, stop trying to hide it, "this gm I knew"...tsk tsk... "this one player..."

did they let you play next time after you tried to kill the gm? :biggrin:

He is aware of the game's problematic reputation, especially in the IDF. The army is not indifferent to the unique hobby and is trying to locate soldiers who in their free time dress up as witches and play in forests.


I'd also like to point out that there is absolutely positively 100% nothing wrong with this.

[pikachupacabra]

I love reno 911


http://gprime.net/video.php/magicmissile/

[urbia]

I didn't actually play D&D but I witnessed a LARP once. Someone tried to introduce me to it and I got all excited because I thought there'd be play-sparring with plastic swords or something, or running around in the woods capture-the-flag style.

But.

I got there and there were a bunch of people sitting around tables with stats sheets. They had conversations and stuff, but it wasn't the same.

[lethal]

I thought I was a geek.

But this nerdspeak is beyond me.

I just read through this entire thread and understood 2 posts. This was one of them.

What kind of freaks are you guys?

[ism]

If you invested $2000 in a Traditional IRA in 1997 and you converted it to a Roth in 1998, the valuation at the time at $2375, and you use the IRA money to pay the tax on the conversion, what amount is going to be taxed? Assume you have an AGI of less than $100,000, you filed as single in both years, you are younger than 59 1/2 years old, and you deducted the Traditional IRA deposit in 1997.

Not as much fun as D&D...

[lethal]

Without looking at any code, off the top of my head, traditional IRAs have a tax exempt basis when you withdraw the money because you paid taxes on the income before you invested in the IRA. The gain is taxable though. There's also a 10% penalty for an early withdrawal.

In this case, an early withdrawal would be any money that is not coverted into the ROTH. Here, that would be the money you used to pay the tax on the conversion.

So, you're taxed on the gain, which is $375. However, you're penalized the 10% of the tax you pay if you use IRA funds to pay the tax.

I'm almost positive this is wrong since I'm sure there are code sections that deal with recharacterization from traditional IRAs to Roth IRAs.

Did you ask this question for me in particular or for anyone on the board?

[tommyhtown]

Without looking at any code, off the top of my head, traditional IRAs have a tax exempt basis when you withdraw the money because you paid taxes on the income before you invested in the IRA. The gain is taxable though. There's also a 10% penalty for an early withdrawal.

In this case, an early withdrawal would be any money that is not coverted into the ROTH. Here, that would be the money you used to pay the tax on the conversion.

So, you're taxed on the gain, which is $375. However, you're penalized the 10% of the tax you pay if you use IRA funds to pay the tax.

I'm almost positive this is wrong since I'm sure there are code sections that deal with recharacterization from traditional IRAs to Roth IRAs.

Did you ask this question for me in particular or for anyone on the board?

I think you are taxed on the whole amount, which is $2,375 because it's deferred. Technically your taxable income will be whatever you make plus your IRA amount. In additional, you have to pay the 10% penalty for the amount that you do not convert to Roth, as you mentioned since you intend to use that money to pay tax.

[lethal]

Only the gain above basis is deferred. You alread were taxed on the basis before you put the money in the account (theoretically as income tax). This isn't a pre-tax 401(k), its a post-tax IRA. Taxing the $2000 when you withdraw it would be double taxation.

[tommyhtown]

Only the gain above basis is deferred. You alread were taxed on the basis before you put the money in the account (theoretically as income tax). This isn't a pre-tax 401(k), its a post-tax IRA. Taxing the $2000 when you withdraw it would be double taxation.

I am not sure about that. Ism said:

If you invested $2000 in a Traditional IRA in 1997 and you converted it to a Roth in 1998, the valuation at the time at $2375, and you use the IRA money to pay the tax on the conversion, what amount is going to be taxed? Assume you have an AGI of less than $100,000, you filed as single in both years, you are younger than 59 1/2 years old, and you deducted the Traditional IRA deposit in 1997.


When you invest in a Traditional IRA your IRA investment will be subtract from your income to get your taxable income. Tax is deferred in this case. Therefore, you do not have to pay tax on the year that you put the money in your traditional IRA account. That is why when you withdraw or convert to Roth IRA account you have to pay income tax on that amount plus earning, which is $2,375. If it is Roth IRA (post-tax) then you only pay for the gains when you withdraw at a rightful age.

[lethal]

You're right. I forgot that trad IRAs are an above the line subtraction, so they don't count as income.

I'd make one shitty tax attorney :smile:

[pikachupacabra]

Ahem, cough cough gumby cough cough

:-D

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