• papalonian@lemmy.world
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    I don’t get the DCs and “success/fail” in this context, can someone explain? Where would a 5 be a success and 20 be a failure?

    • TessaRekt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      The DC to convince the hangman is 5, the DC to convince the head guy is 20. DC stands for Difficulty Check and it is the number you have to pass or meet on your roll + bonuses.

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        So is the joke that the PC convinced the hangman (who only needed a 5), hence the “success”, but failed to convince the leader (who needed a 20), hence the confused guy reading “failure”?

        I didn’t know that the second guy was supposed to be the leader, that would’ve made more sense. Thanks

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              42 minutes ago

              a collection of still images played at a constant framerate and paired with audio matching what is shown, usually for entertainment purposes

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              The Mummy 1999. An excellent pulpy action-adventure-horror film starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and Arnold Vosloo. Has a fun sequel, The Mummy Returns, which itself has a fun prequel titled The Scorpion King.

              There is a third Mummy movie titled The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Do not watch that one; the script was so terrible that Weisz refused to return. I’m unsure about the various sequels to The Scorpion King.

              There was a reboot released in 2017 starring Tom Cruise. It’s terrible, do not watch it.

              A new movie in the 1999 continuity is being released in 2028. Fraser and Weisz are confirmed to return.

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                Thank you! I didn’t recognize the scene, it’s almost 25 years ago since I last saw it. And extra credit for your reviews, I remember watching both The Scorpion King and Tomb of the Dragon Emperor… I won’t watch the other ones, cheers.

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      What movie is it, if you don’t mind sharing? I feel like I know it, and it’s on the tip of my tongue, but I’m blanking. My brain is embarrassing haha

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          We’re getting a fourth movie with Fraser and Weisz in 2028. I’m kind of hoping they just remove the third one from continuity.

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          Not to be confused with The Mummy with Tom Cruise. I haven’t watched that one, but…it didn’t look good.

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              No, the Tom Cruise one was a reboot as part of universals Monsters Universe idea, but it bombed so bad they killed the whole idea.

              You can see remnants of their original plan in the Frankenstein ride at Epic Universe in Orlando. Basically the idea was Frankensteins daughter trying to collect/contain all the monsters for her own purposes.