
Davosh the Wanderer |

Cross-posting to all of my games: I'll be pretty much AFK on the 24th and 25th. I'll be back to slow posting on Monday the 26th until Wednesday the 28th. After that I'm back to full speed posting.

Ali'yanah D'ohr'hein |

Why is everyone always thirsty on Christmas?
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Because there ain't no water when there ain't Noel!
have a great holiday everyone!

GM thunderspirit |

My apologies, guys; I've been hit from several sides with Real Life [tm] stuff the past few days. (Nothing hugely serious, just several small things at once.) Trying to dig out and kick this back off.

Ali'yanah D'ohr'hein |

btw GMTS, Ali will be charging her new staff as the opportunity presents itself (she added 1 charge today, for example). If you're OK with it, I'll just take care of that behind the scenes--but if you prefer me reporting "Ali's dropping a spell to recharge staff today" i'm fine with that.

GM thunderspirit |

A reminder is preferred, cos I'm sure I'll forget. (Bookkeeping is on the honor system, though, cos I'm not a trained accountant like my lovely bride. LOL)

Davosh the Wanderer |

I know I'm always doing this to Vojtek/Odric, but if you're using a two-handed weapon, you don't also get your claw attack.

GM thunderspirit |

Yeah, for flavor purposes I'm letting that go this time, but S has a point: while it's a Free action, you still don't get the extra attack if you're using a two-handed weapon. Sorry, them's the rules.

GM thunderspirit |

I'm 39!
...again.

Vojtek Wartooth |

That's funny, my bride is celebrating her birthday today too. Happy Birthday man!

GM thunderspirit |

That's funny, my bride is celebrating her birthday today too. Happy Birthday man!
All the cool people were born today.
Daniel Webster.Oliver Hardy.
A.A. Milne.
Cary Grant.
Danny Kaye.
John Hughes.
Adam's wife.
Then there's the not-so, like Kevin Costner and me. LOL

GM thunderspirit |

FYI, all: I'm at a convention this weekend. Hoping I'll get a chance to post something tomorrow morning, but I might not. At any rate, should be back after the weekend.

Davosh the Wanderer |

Funny, Phil...don't know if you ever heard Jon Moss describe his fencing style as "a stork on acid"
WHAT?! You've never heard Moss use the "stork on acid"???
(Kappi, Ali, and Davosh were all on the same college fencing team.)

Davosh the Wanderer |

I misread Mike's original post. It makes WAY more sense to me now. I read it as "You've never heard"?

Davosh the Wanderer |

No one mastered it like he did, but it was absolutely worth putting points in. Coach was an Olympic alternate (and an A level fencer, which is SUPER rare.) He's currently an Olympic referee.
Stork on Acid = drunken style boxing.

Kappi Matarito |

My question is, is it a good style, or did it just work for him?
Back in college when I was a sabre fencer, the "stork on acid" style made no sense to me. It wasn't the kind of thing that works for sabre. But I fenced epee for a couple years in my 30's. I couldn't really pull it off but I was able to use a few things from it. Epee is an odd weapon, but pretty cool once you get into it.
My nine year old started a beginner fencing program. If he catches the bug, I'm going to start up again!

GM thunderspirit |

Mea culpa, guys — surprise work deadline and a host of stuff to redo as a result this week. (But hey, furloughs on the horizon again, so there's that. :-/)
I'm at an all-day gameday/convention thing this Saturday but I should be back and posting regularly after that.

Vojtek Wartooth |

iPhone posters: You can set up text replacement to easily enter the codes to post dice etc.
Go to "Settings"
"General"
"Keyboard"
"Text replacement"
I set mine up so if I type "zdice" it automatically changes it to: [dice=]1d20+[./dice] (without that extra period)
I also made zbold, zitalic, and zspoiler
Hope this helps someone!

Ali'yanah D'ohr'hein |

I had an awesome time at Total Confusion, but am totally wiped due to lack of sleep & having to get immediately back to work. I'm going to try to catch up on reading all threads, but will trust y'all to bot me today if necessary. Be nice.

GM thunderspirit |

Off to Gary Con IX starting tomorrow thru Sunday. I will be largely AFK during that time.

Davosh the Wanderer |

Heads up, I'll be AFK tomorrow through Sunday night. I'm chaperoning a field trip, and then I've got a lot of house work that HAS to get done before the granite comes in Monday. Bot me as needed.

GM thunderspirit |

Housekeeping:
Total for clearing out the Market Square is 20,000 xp, so 4000 each. Spiffy sheet is updated.
I'm working on the Hut map, hopefully today or tonight.

Ali'yanah D'ohr'hein |

noice!!!
treasure dividing...who's getting what now, & how to we decide? I think Vojtek should get first dibs on defensive items, but i'd like high (if secondary) consideration.
Ring of Prot: interested
Amu Nat Armor: interested
Cloak: have one.
Wand: that's really cool, so to speak. Don't know if I can use it. Might be better in Davosh's hands, if he can use it.

GM thunderspirit |

Vojtek's AC, like most barbarians, is his HP total. ;-)
Sadly, no map tonight, due to Real Life [tm]. Hpefully tomorrow.

Ali'yanah D'ohr'hein |

Vojtek's AC, like most barbarians, is his HP total. ;-)
Sadly, no map tonight, due to Real Life [tm]. Hpefully tomorrow.
I made an Invulnerable Rager barb who got a 33 AC at lvl 15-ish. Great fun!!

Ali'yanah D'ohr'hein |

I love that the song "Hello" is about a stalker. Only Lionel Ritchie could have pulled off making that creepiness sound good/sexy/hawt.
kind of like the song Sweet Dominique by Adam Cohen...he makes sex in a car sound like a beautiful thing. (really a great song)

Davosh the Wanderer |

Or "Every Step You Take" by the police, or "Time of Your Life" by Green Day.

GM thunderspirit |

Spotty for various reasons this weekend. May not be back at this until Monday. Apologies in advance.

GM thunderspirit |

Sorry, guys, had a host of Real Life things come to a head over the past 48 hrs. (Long story made short: after a press release early Wednesday, my wife's position was eliminated and she was sent home on Thursday.)
I have struggled to get into the proper mindset for this and my other games since then, and I apologize for not being able to give y'all the game you deserve. Can I please request a pause until July 5?