You can have my job... feeling teacher fatigue. But seriously, good luck. My brother is oil consulting related in Houston and things are getting sketchy there as well. Kinda always been bust and boom :/
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Teacher fatigue is a killer isn't it Voodoo?
Boom and bust indeed - it's just a matter of not getting thrown out of the boat during a bust as it's hard to get back in then :P
Meeting with consultancy management was reasonably positive - he thinks that the work's shored up for a good 9-12 months or so, so hopefully the dead cat bounces back in that period of time!
Hur. Here's hopin'
I'm seeing a lot of teacher fatigue on the part of my wife, these days--it doesn't help that her district has imposed a uniform finals policy on all four of the high schools in the AP course she teaches, but waited until after the semester had started to let everyone know. As it happens, she doesn't teach the main topics in quite the same order as everyone else, so the first semester common final includes some things she won't yet have taught. That, and she's concluded that AP courses, at least in science, are a racket. Spending lots of time on test prep runs up your passing percentage and makes your school look good on paper, but it takes away from the breadth of the course. Even if a student passes the AP test they won't have covered as much material as the course(s) they've just tested out of, and that may hurt them in the long run.
Sorry for the digression--it's a perennial topic of conversation at home. She's looking around for something else to do once our youngest finishes his degree (probably about two years from now).
Teachers have it damn hard in today's world of outcomes based reporting and standardized testing. My mother's seen a lot of the transition in Australia, where the reports have gone from a couple of pages with quantitative measurements to a three-four week marathon of assessment.
Has your wife seen 'Last Week Tonight's' take on Standardized testing? - well worth a watch even if it is probably just preaching to the converted.
Yeah the teaching system here in the UK is very much designed on the sausage machine principal; teach them to pass the exam and not about the actual subject. And every step of that prep has to be recorded and catalogued in ever increasing detail.
My sister in-law teaches Maths and Physics and seems to spend ever more time filling in assessment reporting than actually prepping and planning her lessons and deliveries.
Sadly think its totally upside down in, but in these days of requiring to quantify everything for the powers-at-be, that intangible of sparking interest and passion in young minds is something only the front-line educators seem to care about and understand :(
FWIW - Dibbs would've burnt all his spell slots in healing up his mates, then the crew before the drinking escapade.
Would you like it rolled out Cap'n? - or are you happy to assume that it's all good?
FWIW - Dibbs would've burnt all his spell slots in healing up his mates, then the crew before the drinking escapade.
How many spells do you have left? I'd normally hand wave, but this could affect interactions with the Captain and ability to work that day.
Dibbs had the following remaining: 3 x 1st, 5 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd. So a combined total of
A list would have been sufficient, but OK looks like plenty of juice to get everyone fighting fit though still dog tired and drunk.
Save a few of those second-level slots for lesser restoration--that'll take care of the fatigue.
I'm assuming the fatigue wouldn't kick in until the morning - which is when he'll have a full set of refreshed spell slots available anyways.
Belay that we'll need them all for the night mutiny! ;)
She'll be flyin' our banner on the morrow!
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Dingus, hungover and grumpy is internally debating lighting bolting her where she stands.
Good question. I was going for a forced march type of effect just for kix. I don't think lesser restoration was meant to restore a full night's rest. I was thinking it would relieve momentary fatigue, but then keeping on might still result in getting fatigued again and nl damage. Prob would have been better to not allow the rest break and force the labor, but Lanteri's many things, but not a sadist.
was just angling for some story elements, but if Jim wants to be a party pooper...
Well... story elements at the moment are that Lanteri is a sadist... that's the rub she's giving us.
She had very little concern for the missing crew, had to be forced to allow us to go off and find them, then when we returned successfully (albeit with a wee bit of merry making inbetween) she begrudgingly let us have a two hour nap before forcing us to grind away at work again... and she hasn't even said 'good job saving my crew... I would've been screwed otherwise'... cos she would've...
Not sure how she's meant to come across... but Dibbets impression is that she's a clueless captain which is emotionally disconnected with her crew and has no idea how to motivate them. She's withdrawn away, unwilling to take advise or suggestions, and prone to knee jerk punishments as a desperate attempt to hang onto power...
Aye, you've made your sense motive check...
as for sadism, I direct you to Hanlon's razor- "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
or as I am wont to paraphrase- "don't mistake incompetence for malevolence."
Oh... well... in that case.... woot! :)
Change in tack in thread...
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Tell your little friend to take it easy
no crew have time to attend
Mixed messages... to be good... to be bad... to be... Dibbs?
I'll hang back a mite to let others get first word in for once... then the wee filthy man will say his piece :P
Making sure Kaul goes after the blood in the water...
So it sounds like the weight has shifted towards declining the Baron's offer?
Yep - from Dibbs perspective it's not worth risking the Captain's ire if we can get a greater crew support for the shanking if we hold the course a mite longer.
It's that deferred gratification thing. Besides, I'm still not sure what the Baron really has in mind.
A healthy brush with death served with a sideline of mishap I'd wager.
From Kaul's prospective its feck the Skipper she and hers are on borrowed time... 'sides where's your sense of adventure?
O course Kauly and Dingus could take up the old farts invite just to be neighbourly?
It's US Thanksgiving and I'll be traveling plenty this week. Posting may be spotty.
My thoughts were running toward just giving players a +1 hp and +1 rank (7 max) with each level up.
Can't say that I understand Skillfulness at all. first it says +1/L >3, then it says only +1 if you have >3. ???
Scratch that and use Greater Skillfulness.
I think I've got Skillfulness sussed out. They took Toughness and swapped skill ranks/levels for HP/Hit Dice--here's Toughness:
You gain +3 hit points. For every Hit Die you possess beyond 3, you gain an additional +1 hit point. If you have more than 3 Hit Dice, you gain +1 hit points whenever you gain a Hit Die (such as when you gain a level).
And here's Skillfulness:
You gain 3 additional skill ranks. For every level you possess beyond 3, you gain an additional skill rank. If you have more than 3 levels, you gain one skill rank whenever you gain a level.
If Jim picks up Skillfulness, he'll get six skill ranks, just like he'd get +6 HP if he picked up Toughness.
Ah, that makes sense. sounds good.
It looks like there's no love for shirkers
Harsh... considering that Dibbets has never shirked away from work, and wasn't giving the impression he was now. Bit jarring to have the crew cheering for the one that wasn't even going to pursue the sailors that were kidnapped by demon worshipping undead shark people.
But... you know... short memories on these salts.
Well, that was Lanteri's take. should have bolded iy. I wa in a rush this morning. More likely crew cheer was simple greed at the possible promise of an officer's share ;)
I might point out that Dibbs didnt work too hard on the patching push and has shown nothing but disrespect for a captain who certainly isn't hated if not particularly loved.
Dibbs makes sure that anything he is specifically tasked with is done well.
Petty action completed Dibbs sets back to earnest work... but while he does he tunelessly whistles a tune.
Rolling out of his elevated bed relatively refreshed... though with a dry mouth... Dibbs gets stuck in as requested by the Captain.
Apart from genial tending to the contacts and friends that he's incubating Dibbs focuses body and soul on the job at hand - working as hard as any other crewman even if his reach is a mite bit substandard.
Given the brief absence of the skipper and the lack of any real interest in Raketooth - Dibbets instead applies himself to the tasks at hand. Neither the strongest, tallest, nor fairest of voice... he instead applies himself through application of rowdy song and a lack of tiring.
The indefatigable Halfling keeps at his work through the day, rigging, looking, winding... and singing without any signs of tiredness or fatigue setting in.
During the night Dibbets does what he can to help out with the wounded.
After the order to set sail and Anatoly's question Dibbets settles a smirk onto his wiry haired and yellow toothed maw challenging the man back "Gi' me a song an I'll gi' ye some wind lad." monkeying through the rigging to put himself aft of center and braced. Once snug he gives a short look skyward before a short and sharp inhale is followed by a long and slow exhale. It isn't much, but the wind definitely picks up from the next to nothing that was once there to a consistent breeze. The ornery tattooed midget also supplements the low and slow with a couple of short sharp gusts to blow the worst of the water off the canvas.
That's a jaundiced recollection Cap'n - Dibbs was specifically noted on each occasion that he got stuck in and worked his wee heart out.
And he only started showing disrespect for Lanteri after this post.
He is usually a wee gobsh1te... but he was actually attempting to apply himself during this journey up until it all got spat back into his face with no acknowledgement from Lanteri.
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you DO know that with women it's always, "What have you done for me lately"?
I truly appreciate that Dibbs tends to fly off the handle at the slightest slight. In fact, I count on it : )
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Happy Birthday* to our favorite half-orc!
*At least if ye Book of Face is to be believed....
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Indeed our ornery scot is five short of a half-century. I'm led to believe on good authority the highlight of his day was a warm mug of horlicks ;)
That's right--I'd forgotten what a bunch of puppies you lot are.
Though my beard's not gone completely to white yet, so I can't be that old.
I am indeed 45 winters auld :)
Horlicks wi' a dash of something more potent haha. Stil nursing man-flu so the potency was purely medicinal o' course.
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Happy Birthday, Mate!
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How about a birthday level for everyone?!
We'll go OG (Original Gamer) and call it level 6+1.
+1 hp, +1 skill rank, +1 feat. (no modifiers)
Thank you kindly. As we discussed, Jim's going to take Skillfulness; not sure how I'll distribute the ranks yet, but at least a couple are going into Survival.
ETA: The one rank we get for 6+1--can we use that to get a skill up to 7 ranks?
Ho-Ho. Tis the gift that keeps giving :)
Reckon Kauly's going Power Attack - need to get the damage levels up!
ETA: The one rank we get for 6+1--can we use that to get a skill up to 7 ranks?
6 is the cap.
I gave him a rank in Knowledge (Local), then. He's been knocking around the area long enough to have some handle on things.
+1 hp, +1 skill rank, +1 feat. (no modifiers)
No modifiers as in just +1 HP (no CON, Favoured Class or Toughness bonus?)
Nae seeing how the mods would apply to Feat nor Skill (apologies am likely being thick here - clock it down to auld age ;)
No INT to skill ranks, I'm thinking.
Ahhh. Or Favoured Class.
Think before ye type Kauly...
Brain somewhat dessicated from not enough sleep I'm going to ruminate on Dibb's feat choice...
Dingus is beginning to realize that lying and intimidating are not the only ways to get a person to do what you want, so he adds a +1 to his Diplomacy score.
He also realizes that at times it would be wise to help his companions in addition to causing damage, so he learns to make his companions faster, and quicker in combat (Haste). In addition his magical power increases (Greater Spell Casting).
Dingus is beginning to realize that lying and intimidating are not the only ways to get a person to do what you want, so he adds a +1 to his Diplomacy score.
He also realizes that at times it would be wise to help his companions in addition to causing damage, so he learns to make his companions faster, and quicker in combat (Haste). In addition his magical power increases (Greater Spell Casting).
What is this Diplomasee ye speak of?
Hey, Cap'n--got a question for you. As far as Jim knows, is his ability to call his rapier to his hand tied specifically to the sword he's had since the Witch House Job? (I went back and looked--this is the same blade that we took from the dead Hell Hound, though Jim got a better hilt for it later.)