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Well I started out with Thundarr but I figure might as well go full barbs with swords.
Edit: And I suppose they are mostly nekkid.
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I rolled a lunar oracle that rode her bear. Since I was a furry race, it was basically one furry riding another furry.
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Huh.
This job is...interesting.
There are long stretches where I get paid to simply sit and wait, but I'm not allowed to use my phone, read a book, or even write on paper while I'm on the clock, to look "professional". There's sports on TV, but it's got no subtitles or sound, and I really don't care, and so I have next to no stimulation.
When it's busy it's pretty damn easy, but enough constant simple math that it keeps my mind active, and time flies by.
So you know, low stress. That's excellent.
AWRIGHT
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And my copy of Brigands and Browncoats shipped today! Yay!! More Firefly game for me!!!
NOT AWRIGHT!
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I had assumed at least one player would make a Ranger, but nope.Power Ranger? I'm in! sign me up!
So exactly how do you want to do my zoid?
i would kill that character first.
I love tokusatsu, but I HATE sentai....
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So full of hate. and then ofcourse the heresy...
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Snow day! Snow not included.
I think this is the first time since I was hired we've had one.
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Don't blame me.
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Out of fear of not being able to finish the campaign before school lets out, one of the Rainbow asked if I would be okay if she took over DMing over the summer.
Yesssss they have an interested baby GM so they can keep playing past graduation without being weird and coming back to high school
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Be careful with Baby GMs. They are fragile and not very confident of their judgement. Players who wish to take advantage of Baby GMs lack of knowledge and confidence can possibly cause a cause of GM Burnout, or Baby GM giving up their GM hat altogether.
I was pushed to run Before the Dawn (Part 2). Now I was new to Pathfinder (no character above level 5), but had played a few sessions of Pathfinder Society. I had no prior tabletop experience to this (Betrayal on the House on the Hill doesn't count, does it?). So the fight was supposed to take place in a forest, but I didn't know jack sh*t about the charge rules so I declared it took place in a forest clearing (hey that's still in the forest, right?), and all the trees on the map were stumps and not considered as DT. So when I got the BBEG to charge them with spirited charge, the players cried foul saying that the trees should have blocked his charge lane. But I told them earlier it was a clearing and you can charge around for free if you like, right? And someone died.
That experience nearly made me give up my GM hat. Technically for PFS scenarios you're not allowed to change the scenario. But I really didn't understand the charge rules back then...
Of course, on hindsight now, I realize why the encounter had to take place in the forest. Or there'd be bodies hitting the ground if the BBEG was allowed to charge for free.
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Everyone always gets a CLW wand. I don't bother remind people of things they know already or they'll say I'm a nag. In fact, they already do say I'm a nag. Geez.
Mage armor...I personally don't believe in it, since I rather hide behind the party meat shield =D
You see - when I do party play, I deliberately do not cover everything so that someone can cover my @ss and feel good about themselves. Maybe it's just a quirk of mine.
I never play monks, finding them underpowered. I may change my mind if I do play a Zen archer, but my preference is for casters.
Chalk and String for dungeons - well no one's asked for survival checks to navigate through a dungeon yet so we never bother to pack it.
Usually if you need something it's just a 1/scenario thing so I don't really bother about wands...though at higher levels, I pass my wand of grease to my mephit familiar so my familiar can grease anyone who gets grappled.
For solo play I will also factor in for a wand of grease in case I get black tentacled. We will not talk about that incident where I got grappled and murdered in black tentacles.
But I think the things I need to cover first will be against incorporeals(Lesser Evolution surge for magic weapon evolution, but later I will put it as one of my evolutions - I should also get shadowblend at some point of time), and against swarms (Swarmbane clasp is bloody freaking expensive).
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Out of fear of not being able to finish the campaign before school lets out, one of the Rainbow asked if I would be okay if she took over DMing over the summer.
Yesssss they have an interested baby GM so they can keep playing past graduation without being weird and coming back to high school
Make sure you get dice that are big enough that they won't accidentally swallow when they put them in their mouth.
And when she wants a nap, make sure she gets a nap!
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Right. It's one reason I haven't pushed them to vote on someone to learn how to GM. I know how overwhelming playing for the first time can be, so I wanted them to approach me with "This is a thing I want to do."
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Make sure everyone has their own bahbah, and that should take care of most arguments.
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I'm not worried about the argumentative players. Potential babyGM is quite stubborn and usually one of the more argumentative ones. But yes, I will keep these things in mind.
I think she's going to be more stymied by the fact that the Rainbow is insane than any arguing.
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Ah my first 5e experience GMing...
Complaint: Could you FREAKING GIVE ME MORE TO WORK ON?!
The scenario. Players have to get into the cellar of a tavern which has been taken over by pirates. And the thing? They didn't even tell me how many pirates there were...
Hey look, I don't homebrew on the spot ok?
At least say what you want about Pathfinder stuff - they do give you numbers to work on, so you just run the encounter.
I don't think I'm too keen to GM 5e if I have to spin up yarn on the fly.
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Walking to school! Because it's fifty degrees out.
But, this being Wisconsin we anticipate the temperature dropping by forty degrees or so by dinner time.
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Snow day! Snow not included.
I think this is the first time since I was hired we've had one.
Amendment: theeeeere's the snow. And ice. And I'm not going outside.
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Which is best, getting a North Korean themed Christmas card from a client at Christmas time, or getting it at least two weeks after Christmas, and a good week after everybody else?
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I'm pretty wide open, but everything is subject to review.
I started that way, but then Champions of Purity came out and I just had to start saying, "No," to a lot of stuff, so to avoid arguments I just said, "Anything on the Paizo PRD". Saves me all kinds of grief arguing with players as to why they absolutely need Greater Angelic Aspect as a 4th-level paladin spell for their roleplaying.
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I could get used to this whole not worrying about frostbite thing we have going on for this morning.
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Traits, equipment, and archetypes, that's all I allow from player companions anymore.
Feats and spells are case by case.
Sadly, no one ever touches the player companions.
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Amendment: theeeeere's the snow. And ice. And I'm not going outside.Snow day! Snow not included.
I think this is the first time since I was hired we've had one.
is it more or less than one scint of snow?
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Saves me all kinds of grief arguing with players as to why they absolutely need Greater Angelic Aspect as a 4th-level paladin spell for their roleplaying.
I just refuse to argue once I've said no.
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For solo play I will also factor in for a wand of grease in case I get black tentacled. We will not talk about that incident where I got grappled and murdered in black tentacles.
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is it more or less than one scint of snow?Amendment: theeeeere's the snow. And ice. And I'm not going outside.Snow day! Snow not included.
I think this is the first time since I was hired we've had one.
I don't think it's started to accumulate yet beyond some ice, but...given that we just lost a student to a car accident, I'm glad they're playing it safe today.
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I don't think it's started to accumulate yet beyond some ice, but...given that we just lost a student to a car accident, I'm glad they're playing it safe today.is it more or less than one scint of snow?Amendment: theeeeere's the snow. And ice. And I'm not going outside.Snow day! Snow not included.
I think this is the first time since I was hired we've had one.
*nods*
*offers more hugs*
*and cocoa*
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Looking at the news coming out of So Cal last night with Whingey Wizzard...
Me: First the Thomas Fire and now 17 dead in the mudslides. At least if you get a full-time position there, housing will be cheap because of folks deciding to cut bait and flee.
WW: Actually, last time I was there, I saw a big warehouse space that was available; dojo out front, build a house in back...
Me: OVER MY DEAD AND WRITING CARCASS. NO EFFING WAY.
WW: You wouldn't even consider...
Me: I'd rather move to British Columbia. The worst thing they have up there is random feet washing up on the beach.
WW: WHAT?!?
Me: The corpse-feet-on-the-beach-thing. You don't know about this?
WW: You're kidding.
Me: Official count is thirteen in the last decade. There's a map.
(I pull up a news article I'd saved a few weeks ago when #13 was found and start reading aloud.)
WW: I really don't need to hear any more, thanks.
Me: 'Kay. G'night.
ALL TALK OF MOVING TO SO CAL OFFICIALLY DERAILED.
BY CORPSE FEET IN CANADA.
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The corpse feet started washing ashore when we lived in Seattle.
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I don't think it's started to accumulate yet beyond some ice, but...given that we just lost a student to a car accident, I'm glad they're playing it safe today.is it more or less than one scint of snow?Amendment: theeeeere's the snow. And ice. And I'm not going outside.Snow day! Snow not included.
I think this is the first time since I was hired we've had one.
damn. My deepest condolences.
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Looking at the news coming out of So Cal last night with Whingey Wizzard...
Me: First the Thomas Fire and now 17 dead in the mudslides. At least if you get a full-time position there, housing will be cheap because of folks deciding to cut bait and flee.
WW: Actually, last time I was there, I saw a big warehouse space that was available; dojo out front, build a house in back...
Me: OVER MY DEAD AND WRITING CARCASS. NO EFFING WAY.
WW: You wouldn't even consider...
Me: I'd rather move to British Columbia. The worst thing they have up there is random feet washing up on the beach.
WW: WHAT?!?
Me: The corpse-feet-on-the-beach-thing. You don't know about this?
WW: You're kidding.
Me: Official count is thirteen in the last decade. There's a map.
(I pull up a news article I'd saved a few weeks ago when #13 was found and start reading aloud.)
WW: I really don't need to hear any more, thanks.
Me: 'Kay. G'night.
ALL TALK OF MOVING TO SO CAL OFFICIALLY DERAILED.
BY CORPSE FEET IN CANADA.
i will have to use this in the empire today thread.
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55 degrees and raining this morning. And, just like CY, we're expecting it to be below freezing by 4 or 5 this afternoon/evening, and turn all this rain into a frozen ice rink. Driving home tonight may be quite hazardous.
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Most of the time, I find The Onion comes up with good headlines, but then produces mindless, obscenity-laden not-all-that-funny articles. Kind of like Saturday Night Live.
But I personally liked this one. (Warning: Mildly political)
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I'm sorry Scint.
I don't think you'll need to worry about swarms for the arena, unless someone summons one. However, soloing versus black tentacles, yeah, not fun.
Call me rather play it safe then sorry. If I need to prepare myself to fight everything in the bestiary, I will.
John - I am sure black tentacles make good Takoyaki, but when they're squeezing the life out of you, Takoyaki is the farthest thing on your mind.
I don't mind being GM to a group forever. Because I don't get along well with people and of course running a recruitment openly on the boards will flood my poor sensitive ears with too much information and cause me to have a nervous breakdown.
I actually GMed a bunch of monkeys almost from 1-12 on PFS. I mean if you follow the rules, whatever cheese you want to indulge in is your business(as long as allowed by additional resources). I'm happy cos if you murderhobo faster I get to go home earlier =)
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Most of the time, I find The Onion comes up with good headlines, but then produces mindless, obscenity-laden not-all-that-funny articles. Kind of like Saturday Night Live.
But I personally liked this one. (Warning: Mildly political)
Funny article. I kept scrolling down after I read it until I got to horoscopes.
“Aquarius: You firmly believe that everything has a soul, which is why you think your tape dispenser is a bad person”Welp, that’s the most accurate horoscope I’ve ever read... ;)
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Out of fear of not being able to finish the campaign before school lets out, one of the Rainbow asked if I would be okay if she took over DMing over the summer.
Yesssss they have an interested baby GM so they can keep playing past graduation without being weird and coming back to high school
Lucky.
My kids? "Hey! Since Deady quit, doesn't that mean there's room at the table for a new player?"
NobodysHome: No.
Impus Major: But what about <names two of the most annoying kids in his entire circle of friends>?
NobodysHome: Especially no.
I just don't understand how you can already have 6 people at the table, be constantly bellyaching about how long turns take, and then ask whether you can add more people. Exactly HOW is that going to help!?!?!?
But yeah, I had 7 players in the kids' game, and none of them are willing to step up and GM with the exception of Impus Minor. But after 3 abortive attempts, I just don't think he has the patience to actually do it, and he certainly doesn't want to do it for the current group.
That's the problem with big groups: They're too unwieldy for good roleplaying with the NPCs, so unless they interact with each other there's virtually no roleplay at all (that's our table), combats take forever, and everyone sits there thinking that it's a mediocre, tolerable game.
But no one's willing to leave.
So we have enough people to have two really fun groups. Instead we have one overcrowded group. Feh.
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My all-time favorite Onion article is still David Mamet directs Diary of Anne Frank
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The Adult Kid is GMing a group where she's living now. I'm proud of her for trying to do it, whether she's ultimately successful at it or not.
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Freehold DM - I have this urge to throw tentacled things at my party. I don't quite understand why but I just feel like doing it >.<
Do go on...
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Black pudding saves butcher trapped in freezer
this is a good day for the Empire Today thread.
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Black pudding saves butcher trapped in freezer
Love the story, but, "with the door-release button frozen shut" on the INSIDE SAFETY SWITCH OF A FREEZER, if I ruled the world, the manufacturer would be going to jail right about now...