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Solnes, you conjure up a rather idyllic scene. Did you open a window this morning and sing as a bunch of woodland creatures scampered into help with the cleaning? Sounds awesome. I'd do it here so they'd brew my coffee, but it rained heavily last night so there'd be quiet a mess.
Suddenly thinking of the 'Happy Working Song' in Enchanted. Mice and cockroaches cleaning a bathroom.....somehow that doesn't work well given what Moorluck does for a living. ;)
Solnes, you conjure up a rather idyllic scene. Did you open a window this morning and sing as a bunch of woodland creatures scampered into help with the cleaning? Sounds awesome. I'd do it here so they'd brew my coffee, but it rained heavily last night so there'd be quiet a mess.
LOL, I actually got up around 7am, and my friend Dani came over, we brewed some coffee, sat out on the porch for a few minutes, got the kiddies settled and started cleaning.
We did the bathroom first, than we cleaned the back areas and I washed walls. I just need to vacumm the living room, but I will do that before I leave for work, the kids just mess it all up again. :)
Solnes, you conjure up a rather idyllic scene. Did you open a window this morning and sing as a bunch of woodland creatures scampered into help with the cleaning? Sounds awesome. I'd do it here so they'd brew my coffee, but it rained heavily last night so there'd be quiet a mess.Suddenly thinking of the 'Happy Working Song' in Enchanted. Mice and cockroaches cleaning a bathroom.....somehow that doesn't work well given what Moorluck does for a living. ;)
I never saw that movie, We actually just talked while we cleaned...no songs.
I never saw that movie, We actually just talked while we cleaned...no songs.Solnes, you conjure up a rather idyllic scene. Did you open a window this morning and sing as a bunch of woodland creatures scampered into help with the cleaning? Sounds awesome. I'd do it here so they'd brew my coffee, but it rained heavily last night so there'd be quiet a mess.Suddenly thinking of the 'Happy Working Song' in Enchanted. Mice and cockroaches cleaning a bathroom.....somehow that doesn't work well given what Moorluck does for a living. ;)
It was a pretty funny parody of the traditional disney animated movie plot. You should watch it sometime if you get a chance. :)
It was a pretty funny parody of the traditional disney animated movie plot. You should watch it sometime if you get a chance. :)I never saw that movie, We actually just talked while we cleaned...no songs.Solnes, you conjure up a rather idyllic scene. Did you open a window this morning and sing as a bunch of woodland creatures scampered into help with the cleaning? Sounds awesome. I'd do it here so they'd brew my coffee, but it rained heavily last night so there'd be quiet a mess.Suddenly thinking of the 'Happy Working Song' in Enchanted. Mice and cockroaches cleaning a bathroom.....somehow that doesn't work well given what Moorluck does for a living. ;)
I saw the trailer for it, it looked really cute. :)
Just got a call from the school that my son hit his teacher today. And since the principal is at a conference this week the person who called me was very confused and didn't know what to say. I got pretty frustrated. I mean, how many times should I actually have to ask whether or not they need me to come in? :(
Awright. This is it. Even though I was supposed to leave at 11:30 today(it's 1), I am on vacation. Sorta kinda. I'm waiting on a phone call to let me know if the standby tickets to go to Cali are available. If so, then all is well, and I know better for next year. If not, then I call the Cali extended families to make copious apologies and go to my godmother's this year, like last. Either way, I'm sleeping in tomorrow.
I can understand that. The good news is that it can only do it once per encounter, and only when it is below half hit points.The player in me says yikes. The DM in me says it's ridiculous. Ridiculously awesome that is.I'm no dm....I no like!!! ;)
In that case, it's not even that unusual. Lots of tough 4e monsters can heal themselves. Maybe this one does it a little better, but it is a dragon after all :)
In that case, it's not even that unusual. Lots of tough 4e monsters can heal themselves. Maybe this one does it a little better, but it is a dragon after all :)I can understand that. The good news is that it can only do it once per encounter, and only when it is below half hit points.The player in me says yikes. The DM in me says it's ridiculous. Ridiculously awesome that is.I'm no dm....I no like!!! ;)
I admit I haven't played 4E enought to run across any, other than a troll or two. I want to play more though. It's really fun to DM.
Just got a call from the school that my son hit his teacher today. And since the principal is at a conference this week the person who called me was very confused and didn't know what to say. I got pretty frustrated. I mean, how many times should I actually have to ask whether or not they need me to come in? :(
Yuck, I am sorry babe, I know how that feels. :\ *hugs*
Rant time.
For the past 6 months at my job, I have been working intermittently on a major proposal to improve some of our processes and save us a lot of money. It started as a small, very focused change that would impact a scenario we see relatively rarely, but a couple of supervisors in my department thought that my idea could be expanded to cover other larger scenarios and have been really promoting my idea. So because the impact would be so huge, for the past 6 months I've been in meetings, talking to people, revising my proposal, and talking it up with everybody I could.
Then earlier this week I got the "but what about" comment from someone who was reviewing my draft for me. So I went back to the supervisor who originally told me to add all this other functionality and was really driving the whole idea, and he said, "Well, it could be done, but it would require a major change in the way we do business and would need an overhaul of some other departments' systems, and they're not going to have the resources for something like that."
WTF? It was his idea! And now I'm back to the small, focused change that I started with, and have to communicate with a bunch of people that I'm pulling the plug on most of my proposal.
What a waste of time.
I can understand that. The good news is that it can only do it once per encounter, and only when it is below half hit points.The player in me says yikes. The DM in me says it's ridiculous. Ridiculously awesome that is.I'm no dm....I no like!!! ;)
I hate the "once per encounter" mechanic. Any ideas on how you'll translate this into threeese? Once per day?
I hate the "once per encounter" mechanic. Any ideas on how you'll translate this into threeese? Once per day?I can understand that. The good news is that it can only do it once per encounter, and only when it is below half hit points.The player in me says yikes. The DM in me says it's ridiculous. Ridiculously awesome that is.I'm no dm....I no like!!! ;)
Once per encounter is kind of wonky for monsters anyway. How often do you encounter the same monster twice in one day? (Not the same type of monster, the same individual.) For a monster ability, I would say 1/day would work just fine 99% of the time.
Patrick Curtin
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I'm also looking at if from a verisimilitude POV. One can benefit physically from sleep of about 8 hrs once a day, evacuate solid wastes 1-2 times a day, etc. I never met anything that can do anything once an "encounter."
For players, anything that is 1/encounter resets once they rest for 5 minutes. The idea being that they need time to collect themselves before they could pull it off again. That explanation works for me, but I know it doesn't work for everybody.
It looks like there will be a nice dinner out tonight, followed by going to see Tony Bourdain speak.
I'm missing game night, but I've had these tickets since the spring.
Well that's cool CH! My wife would be most jealous ..
Sorry to hear about your proposal though .. :(
His show has a strange addictive quality. I think it's because he goes to such cool places and shows you things you would probably never see, even if you went to those places, because he goes off the beaten path.
Patrick Curtin
(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Campaign Setting, Companion, Battles Case Subscriber)
His show has a strange addictive quality. I think it's because he goes to such cool places and shows you things you would probably never see, even if you went to those places, because he goes off the beaten path.
Yeah, he does have a genuine urge to go outside the zone on his travels. His show on China was pretty fascinating. And all the young chefs aspirant are worshippers of his Kitchen Confidential.
Patrick Curtin
(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Campaign Setting, Companion, Battles Case Subscriber)
Okay, so I am up to 105 words on my 500 word proposal and I am still writing backstory. This might be harder than I thought.
Remember that when writing minimalist is best. Find the smallest most active words to describe the scene.
BAD: The bulk of the guards will be unobservant of you.
Good: Most guards ignore you.
Patrick Curtin
(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Campaign Setting, Companion, Battles Case Subscriber)
Patrick Curtin
(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Campaign Setting, Companion, Battles Case Subscriber)