Comments on: HOWTO make a fur-lined barbarian forearm bracer with a digital D&D dice-roller built in http://boingboing.net/2012/02/01/howto-make-a-fur-lined-barbari.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 05:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mordicai http://boingboing.net/2012/02/01/howto-make-a-fur-lined-barbari.html#comment-1336071 Mordicai Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141831#comment-1336071 I WANT. I WANT.

]]> By: robuluz http://boingboing.net/2012/02/01/howto-make-a-fur-lined-barbari.html#comment-1335454 robuluz Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141831#comment-1335454 We might be talking about different biker joints. Mine only exists in movies. They park their hogs out the front in a row like dominos, there's constant fighting going on, and one of them wears the exact same size leathers as Arnold Schwarzenegger. They all stop and scowl when you walk in, and you either beat them all up with your amazing superhuman martial arts skills, or win them over with your charm and sense of one percenter comraderie. Or, that might be exactly the type of biker joint you're thinking of. Edit: Actually, I think I just described the Woodman's Inn, in the East end of Adelaide. I wonder if that place is still there? Edit edit: Or the New Century, on the other side of town. Now that I think about it there were a lot of places like that. We might be talking about different biker joints. Mine only exists in movies. They park their hogs out the front in a row like dominos, there’s constant fighting going on, and one of them wears the exact same size leathers as Arnold Schwarzenegger. They all stop and scowl when you walk in, and you either beat them all up with your amazing superhuman martial arts skills, or win them over with your charm and sense of one percenter comraderie.

Or, that might be exactly the type of biker joint you’re thinking of.

Edit: Actually, I think I just described the Woodman’s Inn, in the East end of Adelaide. I wonder if that place is still there?

Edit edit: Or the New Century, on the other side of town. Now that I think about it there were a lot of places like that.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/01/howto-make-a-fur-lined-barbari.html#comment-1335408 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141831#comment-1335408 I usually just borrow the dishwasher's shoes and dance on the bar. I usually just borrow the dishwasher’s shoes and dance on the bar.

]]> By: robuluz http://boingboing.net/2012/02/01/howto-make-a-fur-lined-barbari.html#comment-1335374 robuluz Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141831#comment-1335374 Whoa! That's totally bad-ass!!! Walk right into that biker joint, slam your fist on the bar, tell em you want a beer and make it fast! Anyone gives you trouble, just roll that baby over a little so they can see the built in D&D dice roller. You got a problem? No. Didn't think so. Mutha fucka. Whoa! That’s totally bad-ass!!! Walk right into that biker joint, slam your fist on the bar, tell em you want a beer and make it fast! Anyone gives you trouble, just roll that baby over a little so they can see the built in D&D dice roller. You got a problem? No. Didn’t think so. Mutha fucka.

]]> By: Marc Mielke http://boingboing.net/2012/02/01/howto-make-a-fur-lined-barbari.html#comment-1335295 Marc Mielke Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141831#comment-1335295 I prefer Science Fiction tabletop. Maybe one built into a Pip-Boy?  I prefer Science Fiction tabletop. Maybe one built into a Pip-Boy? 

]]> By: jerwin http://boingboing.net/2012/02/01/howto-make-a-fur-lined-barbari.html#comment-1335116 jerwin Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141831#comment-1335116 Player: "Oh you shouldn't have. You really shouldn't have!" DM: "At least try it just for this session. I put a lot of work into it." Player: "I'll use the dice roller, but you can't make me wear it." DM: "Fine by me." Player: "Why am I fumbling so often?" DM: "I installed a secret keyswitch to bias the dice. If you wear it, the dice will be honest." Player: "Oh, all right then," *Click* DM: "I should warn you, however, that the armband feeds off the entropy of your soul..." Player: “Oh you shouldn’t have. You really shouldn’t have!”
DM: “At least try it just for this session. I put a lot of work into it.”
Player: “I’ll use the dice roller, but you can’t make me wear it.”
DM: “Fine by me.”
Player: “Why am I fumbling so often?”
DM: “I installed a secret keyswitch to bias the dice. If you wear it, the dice will be honest.”
Player: “Oh, all right then,”
*Click*
DM: “I should warn you, however, that the armband feeds off the entropy of your soul…”

]]> By: thaum http://boingboing.net/2012/02/01/howto-make-a-fur-lined-barbari.html#comment-1335080 thaum Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141831#comment-1335080 Make cool electronic dice roller. Add secret keyswitch to bias rolls when you're wearing it. Make cool electronic dice roller. Add secret keyswitch to bias rolls when you’re wearing it.

]]> By: coryf http://boingboing.net/2012/02/01/howto-make-a-fur-lined-barbari.html#comment-1335060 coryf Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141831#comment-1335060 Reminds me of the book Quagmire Keep, in which a RPG group finds themselves transported into their characters.  To represent the dice, each has a bracer with the usual multi-sided dice that start rolling at key times in the plot. Reminds me of the book Quagmire Keep, in which a RPG group finds themselves transported into their characters.  To represent the dice, each has a bracer with the usual multi-sided dice that start rolling at key times in the plot.

]]> By: Michael Hord http://boingboing.net/2012/02/01/howto-make-a-fur-lined-barbari.html#comment-1334991 Michael Hord Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141831#comment-1334991 Oddly, the link above is to the actual 404 page for SparkFun. The tutorial is here: http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/333  Oddly, the link above is to the actual 404 page for SparkFun. The tutorial is here:
http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/333 

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