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Well, work is uninteresting, as it mostly consisted of getting permissions to folders and installing applications on my new computer. I will start training in earnest tomorrow. :) And not only jeans, but free soda!! And I just bought my plane tickets to Paizo-con. woot!
I'll reiterate my desire for the studded leather armor +1 and the bow. If nothing else, the bow would be awesome - eliva doesn't throw herself into melee too often, and can cure herself if things get nasty (I don't know what Angalia is wearing, but magical studded leather armor has no armor check penalty. if it's got enough dex bonus for her, it might be an upgrade, it increases armor by 4).
We're doing it wrong.Damn! I thought I was on call this weekend. NOPE. Then I thought I was on call next weekend. NOPE! Grrrrr..... Drat! I want the extra money. I know, right?!? So unfair. Last day on the old job! Tuesday, a whole new place...and JEANS EVERY DAY! ::does the happy JEANS EVERY DAY dance::
I have been DMing Kingmaker for over 18 months. We're in the final epic battle. I've never played an alchemist, and am not really up on the rules. But much of the campaign is out in the open. How far can you throw bombs? If range is an issue, you way want to reconsider the alchemist - he seems to be much more of a close quarters kind of guy - though the openness allows you to place your bombs where they're less likely to harm your buddies - probably a good thing. The inquisitor is incredibly versatile. I personally have fallen in love with the class. Monster identification, the ability to fight ranged, and the ability to go nova with your bane ability will all be useful in this campaign in a general sense.
GMing is hard enough. Not using standard stat blocks would suck!
the Japanese agree with you!
You know, in a similar vein, it was almost impossible to find root beer in Japan. Japanese people hated it, because it "tasted like medicine". I only met one Japanese person that liked it. I brought a can I'd bought in Takamatsu to school one day, and the teachers started yelling at me. It took me a while to figure out that they could read the word "Beer" on my "Dad's Root Beer" can and thought I'd brought alcohol to school. They also thought I was drunk when I came to school sunburned, because they don't sunburn into a bright red color themselves (they don't even distinguish between suntan and sunburn in their language), but tend to flush heavily when drunk. ::sigh::
Job hunting is the crappiest job in the world. I hope you find something great soon!
If you're being an ass, I'll be a jackass right back at you.Because "everything's bigger in Texas"? But that doesn't work! I've shrunk! I must be in an alternate dimensional Texas! Oh gnoez!
what I have to say about Texas' economy: I lost my job on Michigan in the summer of 2008, before it all hit the fan ecnomically speaking for the rest of the country in November. Michigan had been bad off for years, and I finally decided if I had to move to get a job, I would be moving out of state only. I interviewed for one job up in Traverse City, and every other house I drove by in town had a "For Sale" sign up. I found a job in Houston, and snatched it up. Worst comes to worst, I was still in Texas, in the large city of Houston, and I was an IT professional. I'd find something. Fast forward to this month: I decided my current position at my current company was unsatisfactory for various and sundry reasons, and I began to search for a new position. Within 4 business days I had 2 job offers, and another two companies where I was scheduled for additional interviews, and I accepted one of the 2 offers.. Read that again. 4 business days, and I had a new job. Not everyone's going to have my story. I'm an IT professional with a lot of experience, and IT is evidently in very high demand in Houston right now. But I still have family in Ohio and Michigan, and know the job market isn't nearly as hot there. And famiily and friends around there are suffering and struggling to get by still.
Hey guys how many posts do you need to get an alias to become an aka by your name? Ask TOZ.
6 man expansion? I'm actually finding my players are scything through some of the challenges quite easily, I may look into this. Is it the expansion on this board here or someplace else?We rolled for stats, I rolled truly terribly. I used this, to good effect, but have some cautions: Kingmaker DMing Spoilers:
If you don't have 6 players, watch the increased treasure amounts!!! My players are seriously overgeared and it just exacerabtes the power / nova every fight phenomenon!!! Watch the stats - I did find quite a few mistakes. I generally reworked the spells and feats of big monsters to make them a better threat for my party. Even with the six player expansion, I used max hit points to keep things from getting boring.
Tips? =DJess spends her mornings WRITING obits for her players' characters Kingmaker GMing Tips:
The big one is there is, for much of the campaign, only one encounter per day. This allows players to go nova. It can lead to either boring encounters or encounters that are too tough and TPK the party.
I upgraded encounters a bit while trying to keep them even. Biggest help: all monsters had max hit points. They lasted longer, but weren't more powerful than the party should face - they just used a little more resources. don't be afraid to roll with party decisions that don't match anything in the book! That's the joy of sandbox! The pain of sandbox: you have to have the whole book pretty much down before you start the adventure, because they can go in any direction. Lots of prep! Know creatures' motivations! Early on, I had fun with survival and weather. I pre-rolled on weather charts for the first year or so and had a calendar ready. If the party was out during the tornado, that made for a fun and unexpected encounter! Later on this is trivial, of course, but enjoy it while you can. Use the Kingmaker forum here - great ideas. I pretty much rewrote the entire second book using a thread from the forum for inspiration. Recurring characters make the world feel alive. If an enemy escapes, reintroduce them. If they make a friend or rescue someone, reward them later with a future meeting so they can see how they affected someone's life. FOLLOW the KINGDOM BUILDING RULES - we let things get out of control, in the name of "fun" (a powerful, rich kingdom), and it got so even those that enjoyed the kingdom building originally found it boring. Don't be afraid to shove it in the background if people aren't enjoying it, but try to play it up. For the first half of the campaign, we found it fun - if we'd followed the item rules (especially these!) more closely, I think things wouldn't have gotten so out of control. This messed up portions of book 5 for my group. Have fun! :)
I just hope that the investigation is thorough and the prosecution and defense are vigorous, and we can feel some peace that everything in this trial is above board.
Work is kicking my butt. Otherwise, alright. And you?Welcome back, Lindisty!Thanks, CH! How've you been? It sounds like you have been struck squarely in the forehead with that old Chinese curse, and now live in interesting times. May life get pleasantly boring for you soon! :)
She killed him because he didn't buy her a big enough gift! WTH!?!? I don't get people. If I get ANY gift, I say "Thank you". Even if I don't want it, I at least express gratitude and remember it truly is the thought that counts. I've run into lots of ungrateful gift receivers, but...geez.
I read somewhere that the productivity boost from two monitors, even in people working data entry, is so astounding that, in many cases, the monitors pay for themselves in a week. But companies usually don't want to spring for it. My (old) company was cool with two monitors for people. I know my development time more than doubles when I"m stuck on one monitor.
Yeah, if that's anything other than short term, they're gonna lose the productivity they still have in about a month, at most.
My boss was super cool. It's not easy - I'm the only one in my position - but we jumped straight into how to manage my leaving so it will cause the least pain possible. I'm glad they're dealing with it well, and I want to leave on good terms, and am willing toput some time in to leave them in a place they can tread water for a while as they search for a replacement.
Well, I have big news. I've been holding off on posting anything because this is my name and all, but I have officially resigned my current position in order to join a new company in two weeks' time. It's been a stressful week and a half, but all in all I am pleased. I like the new position, I think I have more room to move up in the new place, and the dress code is JEANS EVERY DAY (a client's not there, anyway...). A week and a half is a quick job search - though it's been crazy hectic. So I wanted to post a little celebration, and I wanted to wish all my fellow FAWTLIES who are in the job market good luck in finding something fawesome!
Kenshin had my favorite villain ever: Seta Soujiro. I love his final fight with Kenshin. It is absolutely epic in the manga. I never get tired of reading that. I really love Kenshin's departure for Kyoto scene, when he says goodbye to Kaoru. The manga illustration for it is so dramatic and cool. Technically excellent!
Ruroni Kenshin was awesome when I watched it. The first two season, which followed the manga pretty closely, were quite good. I like the manga better after the Shishio arc finished, though. My first weekend in Japan I walked into a Japanese bookstore and bought volumes 7-27 (already owned 1-6, 28) of Rurouni Kenshin, and plopped all 21 books down in front of the terrified Japanese store clerk. :)
*joins Solnes for a cup of anime Haterade(TM)* I think Chronicles of the Twelve Kingdoms is my favorite ever. Juuni Kokki (Chronicles of the Twelve Kingdoms) is based off young adult novels instead of Japanese comics, so it has a little more depth to it, and the fantasy world that combines Chinese and Japanese philosophical ideas of a fantasy world with a Western-influenced protagonist's point of view as she explores this world is just enthralling.
Filth fever was meant for this. Look at the diseases, and see method of contraction, and see if they make sense for the situation. But just like in real life, they may be able to fight off infection despite faceplanting in raw sewage.
...I get lazy after the first 30 minutes of curling...Whoa. I had no idea such time scales were even possible. My professional hairdress takes about 45 minutes to blow out my hair after a haircut. I don't even bother, just leave it naturally wavy. tooo much work! It would probably take me an hour and half, and it would still suck. :/
Wait, there are Snickers?
I have an official Avengers T-Shirt I bought and I will wear it this saturday when I see the movie. Huzzah!
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