Testing more python playthings , daily casts
Runes Drawn:
1. Othala (reversed) – Blocked or inverted: Heritage, inheritance
2. Ingwaz – Fertility, potential
3. Tiwaz – Justice, leadership
I Ching Hexagram (bottom to top):
– Young Yin (8)
– Young Yang (7)
– Young Yang (7)
– Young Yin (8)
– Old Yin (6) – changing to Yang
– Old Yang (9) – changing to Yin
Hexagram #18: Work on the Decayed
Watching the Manila and Guatemala episodes of Somebody Feed Phil, scribbling on the tablet.
Speaking of Thundarr on a recent podcast I was listening to (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swords-and-scrolls/id1740596089?i=1000718152383), it seems there is about a 4% of that one asteroid hitting the moon
Theoretically big enough to create a mile wide crater and raise enough dust to upset some of our satellites for a bit. No word if it will split in half and usher in a new world of savagery, super-science, and sorcery.
Watched midway through the second season of Poker Face. I really liked season one, but two is kind of sucking for me right now. Maybe I’m in a bad mood, or maybe it just isn’t good this season?
I love 70s detective shows like Columbo, Rockford, etc., and it had that vibe with a modern sensibility in season one. Season two feels like it dropped the ball.
While I like all the Superman logo variants, this is the one I first discovered back in the 70s, and is still what I think of rather than the current movie Alex Ross “slash” or golden age “police shield.”
I like the S as kind of bold, condensed, with a distinct top serif and a bulb at the end.
🐌☕️ ☕️🐛
they’re on a coffee date
📝🐝
May I take your order?
import random
def roll_d6(n=1):
return [random.randint(1, 6) for _ in range(n)]
def knockback_roll(modifier=0):
knockback = sum(roll_d6(2)) – modifier
knockback = max(knockback, 0)
print(f”Knockback Roll (2d6 – {modifier}): {knockback} = {knockback * 2} meters\n”)
return knockback
def normal_damage_dice(n, show_knockback=False):
rolls = roll_d6(n)
stun = sum(rolls)
body = sum(1 if r == 1 else 2 if r in [2, 3, 4, 5] else 3 for r in rolls)
print(f”[Normal Damage] Rolled: {rolls}”)
print(f”STUN: {stun} | BODY: {body}”)
if show_knockback:
knockback_roll()
print()
return rolls, stun, body
def killing_damage_dice(n, show_knockback=False):
rolls = roll_d6(n)
body = sum(rolls)
hit_location_roll = roll_d6(3)
total = sum(hit_location_roll)
if total <= 3:
multiplier = 1
elif total <= 6:
multiplier = 2
elif total <= 8:
multiplier = 3
elif total <= 11:
multiplier = 4
else:
multiplier = 5
stun = body * multiplier
print(f”[Killing Damage] Rolled: {rolls}”)
print(f”BODY: {body} | Hit Location Roll: {hit_location_roll} (x{multiplier}) | STUN: {stun}”)
if show_knockback:
knockback_roll()
print()
return rolls, body, stun
def skill_roll(target_number):
roll = sum(roll_d6(3))
success = roll <= target_number
print(f”\n[Skill Roll] Roll: {roll} vs Target: {target_number} –> {‘Success!’ if success else ‘Failure.’}\n”)
return roll, success
def main():
print(“=== HERO SYSTEM DICE ROLLER ===”)
while True:
print(“\nChoose a roll type:”)
print(“1. Normal Damage”)
print(“2. Killing Damage”)
print(“3. Skill Roll”)
print(“4. Quit”)
choice = input(“Enter your choice (1-4): “).strip()
if choice in [‘1’, ‘2’]:
num_dice = int(input(“How many dice per roll? “))
num_sets = int(input(“How many sets to roll? “))
use_knockback = input(“Include knockback? (y/n): “).strip().lower() == ‘y’
kb_mod = 0
if use_knockback:
try:
kb_mod = int(input(“Knockback modifier (usually 0): “))
except:
print(“Invalid modifier, defaulting to 0.”)
for i in range(num_sets):
print(f”\n— Set {i+1} —“)
if choice == ‘1’:
normal_damage_dice(num_dice, show_knockback=use_knockback)
else:
killing_damage_dice(num_dice, show_knockback=use_knockback)
elif choice == ‘3’:
target = int(input(“Enter skill roll target number: “))
skill_roll(target)
elif choice == ‘4’:
print(“Goodbye!”)
break
else:
print(“Invalid option. Please choose 1-4.”)
if __name__ == “__main__”:
main()
I feel so bad for that CEO’s wife.
Imagine finding out your husband is a Coldplay fan.
In the park,
the tall trees are waving
in the morning breeze.
I wave back
only to realize they are waving
at the person behind me.
– Brian Bilston
From my journal, 6 years ago today-
It’s another one of those days in my timeline where it takes me a moment to guess if the “ML” in a post refers to Marxist-Leninism or machine learning.
July 18, 2019 2:06 PM
I try to find 60 minutes a day to read books, but even a few minutes can be very gratifying. It’s nice to have a book to read over just scrolling on the phone.
S is for Scott, buried alive.
Minutes of air? He’s got about five.
It’s interesting when people say higher ed is liberal indoctrination. When I went to college, I wasn’t taught details or ideologies, I was taught how to properly research things and practice critical thinking skills. We lean left because we tend to be better informed.
Oddgust