Depends of the presumption of competence. And, come on, the fix is literally spit and glue (light on the spit – also, no duct tape).
Then again, sovereign glue sounds at least somewhat reliable and glue is actually a pretty decent way to block a door/trapdoor.
Plus, who in their right mind would doubt Presti’s competence? At this point, I more doubt her motivation to look for a measured response when an overkill response is an option.
Glue is good enough to hold a door (trap or otherwise) closed against casual opening, and sovereign glue is explicitly D&D’s version of awesome superglue (with the caveat that it’s magic, and so vulnerable to antimagic effects). The problem is that no matter how tight you seal a door, it’s still vulnerable to anyone who has the strength to simply break the door. The only defense against that is to fill up the entire tunnel, which is a lot harder to do.
Sovereign Glue is some pretty potent stuff. It’s so potent of an adhesive that once a bond of sovereign glue fully cures, it can only be broken with a nigh-impossible Strength check. For most intents and purposes, two surfaces bound together by sovereign glue are inseparable.
It requires so much force that with most nonmagic materials, you’re more likely to damage the objects the glue is bonded to than you are to separate them at the bond. It’s also so universally and relentlessly adhesive that you can’t even put it into a bottle without an ounce of oil of slipperiness; without the oil, sovereign glue would bind with its own bottle.
Maybe they’re using a houserule where the length of the words matters.
Otherwise all the mages would go learning polysynthetic languages to use for their sendings. (Hey, you get one language per point of Intelligence bonus, what else would you use them all for?)
…Now I’m wondering if the D&D rules have ever been translated into a real-life polysynthetic language and whether the translators adjusted the spell description when doing so…
How quickly can you come up with a short message that still imparts all the necessary information? I would have wasted most of it mentioning the no-longer-relevant lava elementals.
Honestly, I think sending is one of the MANY spells that people would actively train to get the most out of. Like, when you learn the sending spell, you have to take a class where you also learn official code words that the local guardsmen also know.
Based on 8-191, I would guess that the Viscount is the boss mentioned in 11-15. That would make his agenda the same. But the derro did mention in 11-16 that they had a separate agenda, as well.
Conceivably, with the reaction, but unlikely. Grawlf regards him as interference, and from his talk early, does not regard his boss as someone to be kept out of the way as much as possible while the real work is done.
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I guess it’s a bit late to say “Freeze!”?
Not a big deal, as long as castle security keeps the perp on ice.
Easily done, once they throw him in the cooler.
The prison guards will be sure to give him a chilly reception.
Which is accurate. Their other problems have already been introduced, and this one will probably help avoid more.
I think she exceeded the limit of 25 words for Sending.
Wait, Presti’s reply is 28 words…! (Sending/replies are limited to 25)
(Also, Sovereign is missing the second “e”)
Just means the message will cut off after “patch up a tunnel with”. All of the relevant info is safe.
Depends of the presumption of competence. And, come on, the fix is literally spit and glue (light on the spit – also, no duct tape).
Then again, sovereign glue sounds at least somewhat reliable and glue is actually a pretty decent way to block a door/trapdoor.
Plus, who in their right mind would doubt Presti’s competence? At this point, I more doubt her motivation to look for a measured response when an overkill response is an option.
Glue is good enough to hold a door (trap or otherwise) closed against casual opening, and sovereign glue is explicitly D&D’s version of awesome superglue (with the caveat that it’s magic, and so vulnerable to antimagic effects). The problem is that no matter how tight you seal a door, it’s still vulnerable to anyone who has the strength to simply break the door. The only defense against that is to fill up the entire tunnel, which is a lot harder to do.
Sovereign Glue is some pretty potent stuff. It’s so potent of an adhesive that once a bond of sovereign glue fully cures, it can only be broken with a nigh-impossible Strength check. For most intents and purposes, two surfaces bound together by sovereign glue are inseparable.
It requires so much force that with most nonmagic materials, you’re more likely to damage the objects the glue is bonded to than you are to separate them at the bond. It’s also so universally and relentlessly adhesive that you can’t even put it into a bottle without an ounce of oil of slipperiness; without the oil, sovereign glue would bind with its own bottle.
Maybe they’re using a houserule where the length of the words matters.
Otherwise all the mages would go learning polysynthetic languages to use for their sendings. (Hey, you get one language per point of Intelligence bonus, what else would you use them all for?)
…Now I’m wondering if the D&D rules have ever been translated into a real-life polysynthetic language and whether the translators adjusted the spell description when doing so…
Fixed, thank you. I incorrectly remembered the limit as 30 words.
This must have been the legally-distinct version, Derek’s Distant Dialogue.
How quickly can you come up with a short message that still imparts all the necessary information? I would have wasted most of it mentioning the no-longer-relevant lava elementals.
Honestly, I think sending is one of the MANY spells that people would actively train to get the most out of. Like, when you learn the sending spell, you have to take a class where you also learn official code words that the local guardsmen also know.
The VISCOUNT!??? How did he end up in here?
He wriggled in.
One only hopes that his agenda also differs so that the enemies will have a fight.
Based on 8-191, I would guess that the Viscount is the boss mentioned in 11-15. That would make his agenda the same. But the derro did mention in 11-16 that they had a separate agenda, as well.
Conceivably, with the reaction, but unlikely. Grawlf regards him as interference, and from his talk early, does not regard his boss as someone to be kept out of the way as much as possible while the real work is done.
Oh hell, not him again. I mean it figures, greater evil behind all this lunacy and all that, but seriously, it’s HIM!