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My favorite indictment of Wrath of the Righteous ever came from Shiro and NobodysWife.
She got home, telling me they'd just finished the most epic battle EVER in the AP, and it was SO cool, and they'd finally fought a creature that had lasted several rounds, and put up a really good fight...
...the next morning, Shiro's player confided that he had given the monster 10x hit points, +10 AC, +10 to hit, +10 damage per attack, +10 to all saves, 10x its standard regeneration, and an extra action per round. (The mythic initiative that gives you two turns per round instead of 1.)
Just to make it competitive. And it STILL lost.
Yeah, that's an... interesting AP right there...
Just curious, is it that WotR gives PCs crazy power boosts, or that it lowballs combat encounters? Or a little of both?
EDIT: Or is that I am unclothed and can't be expected to witness Evil defeating Good in such an AP?
John Napier 698 |
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NobodysHome wrote:My favorite indictment of Wrath of the Righteous ever came from Shiro and NobodysWife.
She got home, telling me they'd just finished the most epic battle EVER in the AP, and it was SO cool, and they'd finally fought a creature that had lasted several rounds, and put up a really good fight...
...the next morning, Shiro's player confided that he had given the monster 10x hit points, +10 AC, +10 to hit, +10 damage per attack, +10 to all saves, 10x its standard regeneration, and an extra action per round. (The mythic initiative that gives you two turns per round instead of 1.)
Just to make it competitive. And it STILL lost.
Yeah, that's an... interesting AP right there...
Just curious, is it that WotR gives PCs crazy power boosts, or that it lowballs combat encounters? Or a little of both?
EDIT: Or is that I am unclothed and can't be expected to witness Evil defeating Good in such an AP?
WotR uses Mythic rules, which is the Pathfinder equivalent to 3.5's Epic Level Handbook.
Tequila Sunrise |
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Upcoming first-world problem:
So for my bday, my wife got me a sword. Specifically this sword. Yes, that's the one! Yes, this is just one example of many that proves that my wife is the love of my life. Yes, it is a BIG HONKIN' SWORD. ~135cm/4.5ft.
...And I have no idea how to wear it. The scabbard has two saddle straps and two tiny metal holes, but no belt loop. I don't remember if or how Viggo wears it in the films. It has a wooden wall-holder, but there's no way that I'm never gonna wear this thing, one way or another!
John Napier 698 |
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Upcoming first-world problem:
So for my bday, my wife got me a sword. Specifically this sword. Yes, that's the one! Yes, this is just one example of many that proves that my wife is the love of my life. Yes, it is a BIG HONKIN' SWORD. ~135cm/4.5ft.
...And I have no idea how to wear it. The scabbard has two saddle straps and two tiny metal holes, but no belt loop. I don't remember if or how Viggo wears it in the films. It has a wooden wall-holder, but there's no way that I'm never gonna wear this thing, one way or another!
Congrats on the gift. If I recall correctly, Aragorn had an over-the-back scabbard. Though I could be mistaken.
Sir Limey De Longears |
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Upcoming first-world problem:
So for my bday, my wife got me a sword. Specifically this sword. Yes, that's the one! Yes, this is just one example of many that proves that my wife is the love of my life. Yes, it is a BIG HONKIN' SWORD. ~135cm/4.5ft.
...And I have no idea how to wear it. The scabbard has two saddle straps and two tiny metal holes, but no belt loop. I don't remember if or how Viggo wears it in the films. It has a wooden wall-holder, but there's no way that I'm never gonna wear this thing, one way or another!
I woudst get a squire, if I were thee... Or keep it on thy horse, shouldst thou happen to have one.
gran rey de los mono |
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I've always been interested in learning more about the M:tG setting, though the game itself has never particularly drawn me in. Are any of the novels any good?
I have some of the early novels, I think a dozen or so (they're still packed up somewhere). Some of them were pretty good, others not very. I recall enjoying Arena and the Greensleeves trilogy. There was also one with minotaurs and goblins, but I can't remember the name.
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My family had no vomit or diarrhea today or yesterday, so carnival fun rides (to try to induce it?) for us today!
No vomit (or diarrhea!) from the carnival (yet)! W00t~!
We may well (possibly, perhaps) be on the road to recovery!
... we shall see what the morning brings!
Don't forget the yogurt! To rebuild the cultures in your stomach. :-)
The drinkable yogurt is something we try to give our boys every day. It makes them a little runny, so we avoid while they have certain problems, but as soon as we see them able to handle it again, we try to give them one of those per day.
(Today was that day.) XD
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That is a fair and plausible deterrent.
I believe that infecting children with a lifelong addiction is punishable by law.
Tacticslion |
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Aragon before Aunduril, wore a blade at his side.
This indicates he did so on horseback, at least.
This shows a whole scabbard, soooo...
No help, because it's never stowed...
I'm beginning to think he just carries it around, like, all the daggum time...
There is no hint of a scabbard, visually...
You never even see Narsil drawn...
(Though it looks like a side-scabbard, when the king dies, later...)
Anyway, that's all I can find. Sorry.
Aaaactually, this indicates a scabbard was given, after the fact, and this is a general debate on whether or not he even sheathed it at all.
Scabbard quotes.
Oh my word! This picture from that page indicates he did have a sheath, but it doesn't look connected to him - that makes it seem like he just adjusted it and held it in various ways.
The official costume image of Aragorn has no obvious sheath, while the ceremonial armor has a side-sheath.
You may wish to consider getting a frog of some kind.
Oh! Last one few, I swear: the weird-looking ranger toy has a side-sheath for the blade (not sure if that's the toy or not - that's what is indicated by some text, but I didn't check the page). That said, the actual toys don't have scabbardsp at all, except for the ranger, soooooooo...
Also, I might have linked it earlier, but side scabbard.
Anyway, hope that helps...?
Tacticslion |
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That is a fair and plausible deterrent.
I believe that infecting children with a lifelong addiction is punishable by law.
"Sweet! Free brain washing control method controllable habit indoctrination baby sitting! :D"
Syrus Terrigan |
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baron arem heshvaun wrote:That is a fair and plausible deterrent.Tequila Sunrise wrote:I believe that infecting children with a lifelong addiction is punishable by law."Sweet! Freebrain washing control methodcontrollable habitindoctrinationbaby sitting! :D"
No need to be all rude and stuff, ya joiks!! ;)
gran rey de los mono |
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Although, if yours didn't come with the straps you may have to make some out of a couple of belts.
Edit:
Youtube video about the feasibility of back scabbards, including a replica of Anduril
John Napier 698 |
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Youtube video about the feasibility of back scabbards, including a replica of Anduril
Very educational. Thanks for the link. :)
NobodysHome |
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Fair reporting and all that. Yesterday my "problem" player showed up well-prepared and cooperative: His turns didn't take any longer than anyone else's, he let other people talk and take actions, and he didn't argue with me, even after he'd forgotten to move after casting and ended up in an iron golem's poison cloud.
And, of course, it was the most-fun session we've had in months.
He DOES mean well, and he tries, but it's the tiresomeness of having to remind him between almost every session... "Hey, remember how much fun last session was? Well, here's why it went well..."
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So, I just rolled ability scores for a nameless character. Just sitting in my "office" (the pantry) and had 4d6 sitting there.
Rolled (with no rerolls, first set of rolls); 17, 16, 11, 16, 13, 10. Had a 6 in every one!
Now, to go find my random race and class generators... Sylph Hunter. Interesting.
NobodysHome |
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More full disclosure: I've never understood the obsession with "muscle cars". My entire reaction is, "Meh. Why would you waste a ton of money on gas just so you can run around polluting the world at double the rate of the rest of us?"
But that's just me.
So of course the people across the street have a new Mustang or somethingorother. And its engine is so loud it practically rattles our windows. And of course, the owner has to get up at 7:00 am on weekends, start it up, let it warm up idling outside for 5 minutes (in our frigid 37-degree weather, so warming a car is kind of pointless), then floor it to take off down the street at an excessive rate of speed.
So, is it some 18-year-old kid who doesn't know any better? Nope. A fifty-something guy I'd really love to beat about the head with a stick while saying, "No! Bad mid-life crisis man! Bad!"
Ah, well, the way he drives it it won't last a year. Small things to look forward to...
Cap'n Yesterday, FaWtL Tourism |
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More full disclosure: I've never understood the obsession with "muscle cars". My entire reaction is, "Meh. Why would you waste a ton of money on gas just so you can run around polluting the world at double the rate of the rest of us?"
But that's just me.
So of course the people across the street have a new Mustang or somethingorother. And its engine is so loud it practically rattles our windows. And of course, the owner has to get up at 7:00 am on weekends, start it up, let it warm up idling outside for 5 minutes (in our frigid 37-degree weather, so warming a car is kind of pointless), then floor it to take off down the street at an excessive rate of speed.
So, is it some 18-year-old kid who doesn't know any better? Nope. A fifty-something guy I'd really love to beat about the head with a stick while saying, "No! Bad mid-life crisis man! Bad!"
Ah, well, the way he drives it it won't last a year. Small things to look forward to...
Welcome to the Midwest, I see you've met my neighbors. Just wait until he wax humps it on the weekend while blaring AC/DC with a cooler of Miller or Budweiser handy.
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NobodysHome wrote:Welcome to the Midwest, I see you've met my neighbors. Just wait until he wax humps it on the weekend while blaring AC/DC with a cooler of Miller or Budweiser handy.More full disclosure: I've never understood the obsession with "muscle cars". My entire reaction is, "Meh. Why would you waste a ton of money on gas just so you can run around polluting the world at double the rate of the rest of us?"
But that's just me.
So of course the people across the street have a new Mustang or somethingorother. And its engine is so loud it practically rattles our windows. And of course, the owner has to get up at 7:00 am on weekends, start it up, let it warm up idling outside for 5 minutes (in our frigid 37-degree weather, so warming a car is kind of pointless), then floor it to take off down the street at an excessive rate of speed.
So, is it some 18-year-old kid who doesn't know any better? Nope. A fifty-something guy I'd really love to beat about the head with a stick while saying, "No! Bad mid-life crisis man! Bad!"
Ah, well, the way he drives it it won't last a year. Small things to look forward to...
LOL. That's funny, because my impression of the Midwest was that most people like that could afford an acre or two so as not to annoy the neighbors. In spite of being "upper middle class" in the Bay Area (no small feat), the largest lot I've ever lived on was my parents' whopping 5000 square foot lot, 50' x 100'.
I just never appreciate it when someone chooses to move into our neighborhood because it's safe, (relatively) crime-free, and quiet, and proceeds to utterly ignore the fact that maybe, just maybe, EVERYONE ELSE would appreciate some quiet as well.
Seriously. The 1-bedroom apartments down the street go for $3500/month. No one moves here because of the rents. They move here because of the neighborhood.
So, "I'm going to move here because it's nice and peaceful and bucolic, and then do whatever the heck I want at any hour I want because it's MY place now," is an attitude that will ALWAYS rile me up...
EDIT: Woooow... and no sooner had I posted this that I went to take out the trash, only to find that someone had put two of their own garbage bags into my garbage can, plus a couple of baggies of dog feces.
I am NOT feeling very neighborly right now. (The trash is irritating, but the dog feces is unforgivable because it takes WEEKS to get the stench out of the can.)
Tequila Sunrise |
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Also, I might have linked it earlier, but side scabbard.
Yep, that's how to do it! Total nerdfail on my part. :)
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Or basically how you shouldn't wear a sword, because you want it to go as vertical as possible to avoid stubbing it against things and people... :P
I think that the first strap and the space between the first and second strap should be shorter. If the sword is too long and will stub the ground then they should be attached to a strap going higher than the belt instead.
Tacticslion |
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My family had no vomit or diarrhea today or yesterday, so carnival fun rides (to try to induce it?) for us today!
CRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAP.*
WELP. I don't think burning your whole house and all your stuff in it to the ground then spraying the ashes with bleach is illegal... and it sounds like a decent idea right now...
* Pun not intended until my mouth was already making the word-noises.
Tequila Sunrise |
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So, is it some 18-year-old kid who doesn't know any better? Nope. A fifty-something guy I'd really love to beat about the head with a stick while saying, "No! Bad mid-life crisis man! Bad!"
Paintball sniping from your bedroom window? ;)
My neighborhood has several roundabouts, all with YIELD TO TRAFFIC IN CIRCLE signs at all entrances. And yet half the people in the neighborhood treat them as intersections: several times since moving in in October I've nearly hit someone who doesn't even slow down as they enter a roundabout I'm already in.
I look forward to the day I can simply watch some fellow suburban driver incriminate him or herself to a cop, after hitting me in a roundabout. Except of course for the possibility that someone may be dead...
Rantraptor |
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Tacticslion wrote:My family had no vomit or diarrhea today or yesterday, so carnival fun rides (to try to induce it?) for us today!CRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAP.*
WELP. I don't think burning your whole house and all your stuff in it to the ground then spraying the ashes with bleach is illegal... and it sounds like a decent idea right now...
* Pun not intended until my mouth was already making the word-noises.
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Designated Target: Tacticslion Residence
Tacticslion |
That is a fair and plausible deterrent.
I believe that infecting children with a lifelong addiction is punishable by law.
"Sweet! Freebrain washing control methodcontrollable habitindoctrinationbaby sitting! :D"
No need to be all rude and stuff, ya joiks!! ;)
(You do know that I play, right? Not much, but I do. Doesn't change my answer...)
NobodysHome |
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My neighborhood has several roundabouts, all with YIELD TO TRAFFIC IN CIRCLE signs at all entrances. And yet half the people in the neighborhood treat them as intersections: several times since moving in in October I've nearly hit someone who doesn't even slow down as they enter a roundabout I'm already in.
I look forward to the day I can simply watch some fellow suburban driver incriminate him or herself to a cop, after hitting me in a roundabout. Except of course for the possibility that someone may be dead...
My "curiosity of the moment" is the THREE collisions that have occurred at the Stop sign at the end of the block in the last 6 weeks.
The logic of, "It's a two-way Stop so the downhill cross traffic doesn't stop, AND I can't see a blasted thing because of this big black minivan parked on the uphill corner means I should run the Stop sign quickly to minimize my chances of collision, right?" is lost on me...
Syrus Terrigan |
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Yes, I know you play. :)
And y'all know I play (Some. Been off the desire to play for a bit -- probably another "three-year hiatus".).
Coincidentally, lisamarlene's mention of binders packed with Weatherlight back to Beta made my eyes bug out.
But we all know how funny-not-funny that window placard is. :D
EDIT: And this will probably mean more to Doomkitten than the rest of you, but it's still good for a laugh.
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Cap'n Yesterday, FaWtL Tourism wrote:NobodysHome wrote:Welcome to the Midwest, I see you've met my neighbors. Just wait until he wax humps it on the weekend while blaring AC/DC with a cooler of Miller or Budweiser handy.More full disclosure: I've never understood the obsession with "muscle cars". My entire reaction is, "Meh. Why would you waste a ton of money on gas just so you can run around polluting the world at double the rate of the rest of us?"
But that's just me.
So of course the people across the street have a new Mustang or somethingorother. And its engine is so loud it practically rattles our windows. And of course, the owner has to get up at 7:00 am on weekends, start it up, let it warm up idling outside for 5 minutes (in our frigid 37-degree weather, so warming a car is kind of pointless), then floor it to take off down the street at an excessive rate of speed.
So, is it some 18-year-old kid who doesn't know any better? Nope. A fifty-something guy I'd really love to beat about the head with a stick while saying, "No! Bad mid-life crisis man! Bad!"
Ah, well, the way he drives it it won't last a year. Small things to look forward to...
LOL. That's funny, because my impression of the Midwest was that most people like that could afford an acre or two so as not to annoy the neighbors. In spite of being "upper middle class" in the Bay Area (no small feat), the largest lot I've ever lived on was my parents' whopping 5000 square foot lot, 50' x 100'.
I just never appreciate it when someone chooses to move into our neighborhood because it's safe, (relatively) crime-free, and quiet, and proceeds to utterly ignore the fact that maybe, just maybe, EVERYONE ELSE would appreciate some quiet as well.
Seriously. The 1-bedroom apartments down the street go for $3500/month. No one moves here because of the rents. They move here because of the neighborhood.
So, "I'm going to move here because it's nice and peaceful and bucolic, and then do whatever the heck I want at...
Muscle cars and pickup trucks have a chokehold on the Midwest. Any stereotypical Midwestern average Joe will gladly take out any sort of loan or sacrifice any family member for a fully loaded Mustang or excessively large pickup truck.
Fortunately, loans and fully loaded Mustangs and pickup trucks are as plentiful as cheese and beer, so family sacrifices are minimal.
baron arem heshvaun |
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Big shout out to Syrus who helped plot out a PC I plan to use in Strange Aeons for the next year.
IF I survive that long.
Thank you sir, thank you!
You are an excellent gentleman and scholar.
baron arem heshvaun |
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But what really makes me sick is eating at Taco Bell.
Some people mistakenly consider Taco Bell as Mexican food.
Living in San Diego taught me that Taco Bell is most definitely NOT Mexican.
Living in New York taught me Taco Bell is questionably even food.
If I was 12 again would I eat Taco Bell?
Damn straight I would.
GOD IN HEAVEN I MISS SODA! Curse you aging !
John Napier 698 |
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FrothyMadAngrierNerdRageDemon wrote:But what really makes me sick is eating at Taco Bell.Some people mistakenly consider Taco Bell as Mexican food.
Living in San Diego taught me that Taco Bell is most definitely NOT Mexican.
Living in New York taught me Taco Bell is questionably even food.
If I was 12 again would I eat Taco Bell?
Damn straight I would.
GOD IN HEAVEN I MISS SODA! Curse you aging !
Happens to us all. Growing old, I mean.
Syrus Terrigan |
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Stop gushing already, you Imperial scum! :)
But: thank you! I hope he lasts as long as *I* think he should! Though Lovecraft's brainchildren are pretty good at making even the most hale and capable persons puddles of goo abandoned in ancient libraries . . . .
Level 3 -- 1) color spray, stare, feint; 2) stab, feint, trick; 3ff) etc.