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Best rules for holding your breath?

Started by zx81, December 10, 2017, 12:18:03 PM

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soltakss

#60
December 20, 2017, 02:31:28 PM
Quote from: Headless;1014619I find fighting underwater absurd.

So, special forces such as the SBS or Navy Seals don't fight underwater? Someone mentioned James Bond earlier, always good for underwater combat. Pirates jumpoing into the sea to board a boat, swimming underwater and being met by people coming the other way?

Quote from: Headless;1014619So I find the fact that we need complicated or simple rules for holding breath absurd.  

This isn't just about fighting underwater, though.

What about holding breath to go through a gas-filled room? Being choked? Holding breath to stop yourself being heard by someone very close by? Lots of reasons in a game to have to hold your breath.
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Gronan of Simmerya

#61
December 20, 2017, 04:33:38 PM
Well, shit, I thought it was funny.
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joriandrake

#62
December 20, 2017, 04:52:49 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1015087Well, shit, I thought it was funny.

It was a joke?

Gronan of Simmerya

#63
December 20, 2017, 05:09:16 PM
Quote from: joriandrake;1015094It was a joke?

Post 52.
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joriandrake

#64
December 20, 2017, 05:27:01 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1015099Post 52.

Ah that, yes I knew that wasn't serious, but I thought you mean Headless considering everything silly was meant as a joke.

Voros

#65
December 21, 2017, 09:51:48 AM
Seven pages on this topic? The 5e rules are quite good.

joriandrake

#66
December 21, 2017, 12:28:05 PM
Quote from: Voros;1015224Seven pages on this topic? The 5e rules are quite good.

I'm soon going to have my first game with these rules under S'mon as GM, although no feats or multiclassing allowed.


...hoping to survive it o.O

Gronan of Simmerya

#67
December 21, 2017, 02:13:29 PM
Quote from: Voros;1015224Seven pages on this topic? The 5e rules are quite good.

But not as good as "The Complete Breath-Holder!"  Free shipping until Hogswatch!
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

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joriandrake

#68
December 21, 2017, 03:27:11 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1015270But not as good as "The Complete Breath-Holder!"  Free shipping until Hogswatch!

I wanted to ask you earlier already, but forgot. Is this some code name for the Complete Collection of Playboy or Hustler?

Gronan of Simmerya

#69
December 21, 2017, 04:53:08 PM
Nope.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

joriandrake

#70
December 21, 2017, 04:55:48 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1015315Nope.

maybe I mix it up with 'breathtaker' then

(I'm really bad at jokes)

Voros

#71
December 22, 2017, 08:00:43 AM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1014616Others of us find it frickin' hilarious.

Yeah I didn't realize discussing breathing underwater while playing pretend could trigger anyone.

Due to ear damage from an infection as a baby I can't be submerged too deeply underwater and somehow was able to remain unscathed by this rather silly thread.

soltakss

#72
December 23, 2017, 08:10:31 AM
Quote from: Voros;1015418Yeah I didn't realize discussing breathing underwater while playing pretend could trigger anyone.

Due to ear damage from an infection as a baby I can't be submerged too deeply underwater and somehow was able to remain unscathed by this rather silly thread.

My comments come from the "I am not my PC, my PC has different characteristics than I do, so what I can/cannot do shouldn't be used to say what my PC can/cannot do", so my holding my breath shouldn't have any bearing on how long my PC can hold his/her breath.

Not a trigger for me at all.
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Opaopajr

#73
December 23, 2017, 11:27:03 AM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1014617The only RIGHT way to do this is to buy "The Complete Breath-Holder" from Gronan Press, 473 pages of rules about holding your breath, only $57.95

I am intrigued by your ideas and want to subscribe to your newsletter. But first, will this "Complete Breath Holder" come out before or after your memoirs book you've been talking about? :D
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Gronan of Simmerya

#74
December 23, 2017, 12:14:42 PM
Quote from: Opaopajr;1015599I am intrigued by your ideas and want to subscribe to your newsletter. But first, will this "Complete Breath Holder" come out before or after your memoirs book you've been talking about? :D

:D

If I REALLY thought anybody'd pay for it, I'd use it to finance We Made Up Some Shit We Thought Would Be Fun.
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