jay2 @ jay2 @beehaw.org

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There's supposed to be quite a few things down in that ice. Some encased. Some not so much. Some natural. Some not so much.

No, but on the brightside you got a much better chance of it having a 10 Forward.

I like it, but it can make the players whine when it fails to save them.

If I'm DM'ing I try to keep notion that its my responsibility to get them to the goal regardless of the choices or events that happen. Its my job to figure out how to interpret random numbers. I use those bad rolls for my enjoyment as well as getting the characters to the goal.

As an example.

Player: I attack.

Me: The orc or the bugbear?

Player: The bugbear

Me: Roll to hit.

Player: <Rolls a natural 1> Me: When you stopped to poop in the bushes an hour ago, you knew you were going to have explosive diarrhea from eating that cajun eel porridge. What you didn't know was that you had accidentally sprayed poo all over your swords hilt. As you pull it from the scabbard to attack, the weight of your shitty sword causes it to launch right out of your grip. It arcs elegantly across the scrubland for several yards, slightly rifling and glinting in the sunlight. It strikes the orc in the front right quadrant. The sword penetrates his vital cavity blade first and it doesn't stop until the hilt of the weapon slams into his ribcage, the blade protruding just behind and below its left armpit. It's mouth agape with confusion, shock and repulsion from the scent of your human filth still all over the hilt, the orc collapses slowly under the growing weight of gravity. Sadly, you'll never know how extremely impressed he was with your advanced combat technique.

Now the player lives but at the cost of kinda becoming the butt of a joke that's worth remembering for years to come. And honestly, as an adult, when I'm hanging out with old dnd friends and the topic comes up, it's those moments that we always remember and laugh about.

Probably not. Maybe I had a lazy flytrap growing up, but mine failed to catch a fly half of the time because they wouldn't set off the hairs. A pitcher plant might be a better alternative if you wanted to stick with a plant based solution.

I don't think she could figure out how to roll a bowling ball.

No thanks. To me, the entire point of tabletop gaming is to use your own creativity. Both DM's and players alike.

The chemical reaction that binds concrete in a matrix takes place after you add the water and continues until you dry it out. Anything you put in the crack will be a temporary fix only. The material will work itself out over time, and you will additionally be trapping a certain amount of moisture in the crack with it. You will now have a concrete pad with a 'pocket' and a 'plug' made from different materials. Materials that are likely to expand and contract at different rates exposing an opening for moisture and debris at least once through the year.

You only get (1) chance to successfully pour concrete i'm afraid. Your pad is damaged for all time. The crack will certainly grow from thermal conditions alone. It's incapable of healing itself. What you need to stave that off is good chemistry for binding and something that expands and contracts at approx. the same rate as the concrete. I'd call the company that poured it. They'll know what repair product best matches their chemistry. If you put the wrong products in it, it's going to accelerate the degradation.

I am a refractory designer, and the company I work for makes several 'patch' type products of different chemistries. They all have a use. Temperature, application, chemistry, elevation even. While these do work, they are again only temporary.

They come in different consistencies. One of those is what we call a plastic. It is very much like a putty until it dries. It does contain some moisture so it will shrink as it dries out. It does not contain as much moisture as a self flowing castable would.