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Post by logan9a on Oct 5, 2019 14:45:39 GMT
Correct.
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Post by PotatoJedi on Oct 5, 2019 16:13:01 GMT
What if your face was uncovered? Or your hands? Or just one hand?
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Post by logan9a on Oct 5, 2019 20:14:36 GMT
Eye to card - no interference/interruptions/obstacles.
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Post by PotatoJedi on Oct 6, 2019 11:46:25 GMT
Right. Don't wear glasses when doing this. Got it.
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Post by logan9a on Oct 6, 2019 12:31:19 GMT
Exactly. Or be sure not to have them between your eyes and the card. Make them super low on your nose. Or, better - dramatically take off your glasses just before doing it. Then, squint at the camera.
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Post by Scott on Oct 7, 2019 14:34:07 GMT
Also, the area you are trumping both to and from MUST be lit sufficiently to be able to read. The place you are going needs to be lit? Is that right? It doesn't sound right. There can’t be stuff between you and the Trump (glass, plastic) as it upsets it’s ‘mystical connection’ to you. So, what, if you're wearing a hazmat suit you can't use trumps? Tape the card inside your helmet?
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Post by logan9a on Oct 7, 2019 14:50:11 GMT
Yes - you have to be able to see where you are going. You can't trump into a dark room. The whole Trump thing apparently assumes decent eyesight. If someone is blind, the Trumps become useless to them. Don't be blind. It's actually surprising how sight based everything is with trumps and pattern stuff. If you want to keep someone from shadow shifting or trumping, pop lots of smoke grenades on them and keep them going.
If your helmet was big enough to be able to see the card clearly (a really big helmet) I suppose it might work.
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Post by PotatoJedi on Oct 7, 2019 16:15:06 GMT
You can see things clearly with glasses. In fact, that's generally what they are for. So which is it – being able to see clearly or not having anything between your eyes and the Trump?
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Post by logan9a on Oct 7, 2019 16:45:20 GMT
One working to make you see more clearly does not mean that you can have them between your eyes and the trump. For simplicity, people with glasses are fucked. Yes, I know that includes me. Just look over the top and hope your vision is not too bad. On the plus side though, having the power of the universe (Pattern, Logrus) blasting through you must fix your vision because none of the people from the Courts nor Amber needs glasses. Hence, no glasses.
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Post by Scott on Oct 8, 2019 16:50:49 GMT
I can get needing light where you are to "read" the card. I don't understand why light conditions would matter on the other end. Granted, it could be dangerous not being able to see where you are going, but it seems like it shouldn't be necessary.
...And if it is, then how are we to distinguish between the card not working because it broke and the card not working because of darkness/fog/smoke/etc?
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Post by logan9a on Oct 8, 2019 17:09:29 GMT
You get a different sense when the card is broke and lifeless than when it is just temporarily out of order.
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Post by Scott on Oct 29, 2019 13:01:01 GMT
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Post by logan9a on Oct 29, 2019 13:26:20 GMT
Exactly. Which, given the relative delicateness of cards (more delicate than say a standard playing card since it's the same but with oil based paint on it rather than printed) is a problem. Take it out of a nifty metal holder too quickly and you might scrape some of the paint off rendering the card useless.
Considering the awesome power (and relative ease of manufacture) of the cards, I am totally good with having many things about them be a complete pain in the ass.
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Post by Scott on Oct 30, 2019 19:07:16 GMT
Eye to card - no interference/interruptions/obstacles. Presumably a pinhole in a sleeve would not be enough. What about cutting out a square in the center of a sleeve? (Make it a "frame" in other words.) What have we been making the cards made out of anyway? Canvas? Parchment? Card stock? Could we seek out more resilient material? Could we seek out more resilient oil paint that would be less vulnerable to "scraping" off, etc.?
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Post by logan9a on Oct 30, 2019 21:02:15 GMT
Nah - whole card.
Card stock - it seems best.
The stock isn't what keeps 'scraping off' from occurring - it's the paints.
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