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[ ...yeah okay this girl sounds like she would be an absolute HIT at dnd tho? ]
I'd be happy to teach you sometime! Do you know where the Comic Corner is? I work there most afternoons! And I can run a quick little campaign for the two of us or whatever to show you the basics, to see if you'd like it. Or you can just jump right into an actual campaign with my group!
I'd be happy to teach you sometime! Do you know where the Comic Corner is? I work there most afternoons! And I can run a quick little campaign for the two of us or whatever to show you the basics, to see if you'd like it. Or you can just jump right into an actual campaign with my group!
I'm putting in my vote we totally can! No one can misunderstand the need to do Science and Really Important Question Answering? It's really important research!
I mean, kinda! But I think you're really creative in cool ways, Hiro! A lot of DnD is just creative problem solving, you know? It can be fun to see what people come up with, and I know you'd probably come up with some really hilarious solutions.
I mean, kinda! But I think you're really creative in cool ways, Hiro! A lot of DnD is just creative problem solving, you know? It can be fun to see what people come up with, and I know you'd probably come up with some really hilarious solutions.
Can newts be indicted by human laws? I don't think you'd arrest a dog for public indecency.
Okay, then science field trip is a go! I don't have any classes on Friday so maybe then? We can go during lunch when people aren't going to come by anyway, it shouldn't take that long to get the data I want. And we can leave a sign on the door that's like "Hey sorry we're answering Really Important Questions, come back in an hour" or something. It's a pretty solid plan.
And I'll think about it. If we DON'T find answers I'll want something to distract me anyway. Do you know how many times I have to pretend I know what I'm talking about when you group comes into the store? It's almost embarrassing.
And I'll think about it. If we DON'T find answers I'll want something to distract me anyway. Do you know how many times I have to pretend I know what I'm talking about when you group comes into the store? It's almost embarrassing.
It certainly does. Using a keyword makes a simple alphabet substitution comparatively much stronger in one easy step, but only if it's not something easily guessed.
And besides, any substitution cypher is still subject to a letter frequency analysis. Provided the message is long enough for average frequencies to apply, you can disguise the base message all you want, but in the end it'll still always be subject to the same letter frequencies in English.
And besides, any substitution cypher is still subject to a letter frequency analysis. Provided the message is long enough for average frequencies to apply, you can disguise the base message all you want, but in the end it'll still always be subject to the same letter frequencies in English.
Friday during lunch works for me! And I can make the sign sound fancy and like we're off learning new important book things at a meeting or something, and no one will know otherwise??
I think you're good at it! If that doesn't sound mean? But I think being able to pretend you know what you're talking about is actually a useful life skill?
I think you're good at it! If that doesn't sound mean? But I think being able to pretend you know what you're talking about is actually a useful life skill?
[ ...oh. hm. this feels Extremely Familiar, give her a second. ]
You could also use two different grammars at two different rates to make it even harder for someone to crack. If there were different languages made for that sort of thing, it might make it even more difficult! Of course, you'd have to know those written languages first. Like runes.
You could also use two different grammars at two different rates to make it even harder for someone to crack. If there were different languages made for that sort of thing, it might make it even more difficult! Of course, you'd have to know those written languages first. Like runes.
All of which boils down to the same general principle, I think, which is: codes and ciphers function because of a combination of complexity and secrecy. The holder of the key has the ability to waive the secrecy — but there's really no getting around the complexity, no matter whether the message is intended for you or not.
You'd need rules for it, certainly. Like a fair mystery — something that ensures the codes and ciphers can be rendered difficult, but not impossible.
Are we talking about dog-shaped dogs in people clothes, or like, dog furries?
Exactly. Some form of regulation, at least — because there are, after all, such things as literally unbreakable codes.
(How much weirder are you thinking?)
(How much weirder are you thinking?)
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