At the rate this fight is going, I may conserve spell slots…Quite wise ... Ceven is about to Foe Throw the ogre into a large tree, and he will hurl away from the party
Go ahead and do that. It is your turn and all. And I'd rather not dig through a kintetisct character sheet to find all the stats on that.
Go ahead and do that. It is your turn and all. And I'd rather not dig through a kintetisct character sheet to find all the stats on that.At the rate this fight is going, I may conserve spell slots…Quite wise ... Ceven is about to Foe Throw the ogre into a large tree, and he will hurl away from the party
Give me just a moment - I have been fighting a constant WiFi outage in my place :(
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FYI: leaving on a business trip tomorrow, and I doubt I'll have a chance to post until sunday/monday.
Safe travels
Be safe! Have fun!
Safe travels!
Hopefully you have good meal comps. Those were my favorite things for business trips (when I had them), trying new and interesting reasturants.
Good speed
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Thank you all for your patience for my random break. It was a great time, but now I'm back at work and back at the game.
Glad it was good! I will never intentionally stand in the way of love and commitment. Or even really, really like and commitment, to be honest. :D
My turn for a trip with my significant other. If Tarphrex' action is slowing down the action, please skip or bot him. I may be able to check in, but I cannot guarantee it and don't want you to lose any momentum because I'm off on a trail.
I hope everyone is well (or recovering, where necessary)!
Cheers!
My turn for a trip with my significant other. If Tarphrex' action is slowing down the action, please skip or bot him. I may be able to check in, but I cannot guarantee it and don't want you to lose any momentum because I'm off on a trail.
I hope everyone is well (or recovering, where necessary)!
Cheers!
Have fun!!!
Have a great trip!
Thank you! We have already put a crazy (for us) number of miles on bike trails in just two days. Tomorrow, we move to a new town with new trails (and new restaurants) and do it again - if our legs have anything left, that is.
Met a couple today that have a goal of riding a century in every state. That's a hundred mile day for us mere mortals that don't speak of such things. I was thrilled to get (only) 40 miles today!
Hey all, my keyboard is dying on me. Two letter keys no longer work. I ordered a new one (albeit not the same kind, because Microsoft sucks and discontinued the keyboard I've been using for the last 20+ years) but it'll take about two days to get here. So if my posts are short, it's because I'm on my tablet and I hate typing on a touchscreen.
@Tarphrex: We did some trail on our honeymoon, in the days where I could still do such things. We rode on every trail on the map. The funny thing was that we thought the trails were color-coded so you could tell them apart. That was not the case. The colors were there to show the difficulty of the path, including ones that we later found out were marked for "do not take bikes on these paths". We were very sore the next day.
@Elisani: I'm thinking it's time for some creative vocabulary.
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Do any of you play any 1E home games?
For those of you who don't know, I help run a game convention called Farmageddon. We do an event there called The Gauntlet, a series of challange rooms for Pathfinder 1E at level 5, culminating in a big central chamber where are surviving teams compete for the final prize. Problem I'm having is that the group that was playtesting the rooms for us (outside of our own playtesting) is run by a friend of mine. A friend who has decided to start attending and competeing in the Gauntlet. So, huzzah to see my friend. Boo in that we lost our beta-testers. Would any of you be interested/available to do play testing?
Playtesting sounds interesting, but I assume you're not talking about PBP(?). Would this take place to any sensible time for one being awake on european daytimes? :)
@Ceven: Feel free to take the belt. I just thought DEX and CON were priorities for Kineticists.
Yeah my group plays a sunday 1e pathfinder game. Homebrew setting
I'm playing a crafting wizard, and the only other player is some combination of Skald paladin.
We run a much more extensive 5e game, not out of preference but the others in our friend group started in 5e whereas myself and our sunday Gm started in Pathfinder
I'm definitely not opposed to helping out with a playtest but I can imagine I'd be a hard person to plan around, life's been pretty busy!
This would be me sending materials (via email) to you (or your GM) to run at your home game. Not play-by-post, unless that is how your home game operates already.
Ideally, I'm not involved at all so as to not taint the experience. Part of the play test is making sure that what I wrote makes sense to someone who's not me. This year has four total rooms, and the materials would include full maps.
Also, this material is not yet ready to be sent. It'll be October at the earliest before it is ready for other people to fiddle around with. Playtesting would need to be done by March 2025.
And I cannot afford to compensate you. It would be only worth my gratitude, limited that it is, and a playtest credit on the title page.
Actually, I would include the pdf's for the previous two years of Gauntlets to anyone who completes the playtesting. That's 14 additional rooms, all designed for PF1E at level 5, complete with maps.
It's not a small thing I'm asking for, and I know that. But if you have a group that likes a unique challange, this is the sort of thing that should interest you. I'll expound details out the nose if anyone wants them.
The first year, the team that won made it out with only 7 minutes left (out of 8 hours).
The second year, no team was able to complete it.
This year, we'll see.
Playtesting sounds interesting, but I assume you're not talking about PBP(?). Would this take place to any sensible time for one being awake on european daytimes? :)
@Ceven: Feel free to take the belt. I just thought DEX and CON were priorities for Kineticists.
I dumped STR actually, I was affirming that we shoulld sell it when we can :)
Unfortunately I don't have an in-person group. Just the PbP games in this forum.
I am trying to get my office friends into a gaming group with some success. I could try this with them when it’s ready - we are doing short arcs only, which should work for this request.
We started cycling later in life, so we had encountered “black diamond” trails in other contexts and recognized what they were when we saw them on the map. Glad you only had sore muscles the next day!
Unfortunately I don't have an in-person group. Just the PbP games in this forum.
Yeah, I just have PbP and 1 VTT game that I joined through StartPlaying. Yes, in case you want to ask, it is totally worth every dollar that I pay for it. While Ceven may be one of my favorite characters ever, Nathan Lebeda is def my favorite (yep, it's a Kingmaker AP)
I do love that there are people out there doing the old school thing and making the magic happen at a real table though.
Ah, yes, I'm sadly out of a home game right now as well, so I won't be able to help. Sorry!
@Ain: Is this something you think your group would be interested in trying out? Maybe for sessions when not everyone can make it?
@Tarphrex: If that gets off the ground, let me know.
@Everyone: Thank you for your consideration.
@Everyone 2: Even proofreading would be a help. If you read it and can't understand what I'm trying to convey, that means I've done a poor job writing it. I have a grammar proofer and another general proof reader, but the more the merrier.
@GM Sphen: I can virtually guarantee two players will be interested, so plan on my crew. And I'm always willing to proofread. I am literally reading some materials right now I got from a Kickstarter and cringing at the misspellings. I generally see them even if I'm not looking, so if that idiosyncrasy benefits you, use it.
I’m willing to proofread too. I am the family spellchecker, misspelled words jump off the page at me. I also like to think that I’m good at flow and clarity in my writing.
Always open to proofread here as well!
If misspellings are super obvious to you, reading my posts must be torture for you. I fully know how horrible I am at spelling.
Eh, I've been on the internet since the 90s. I'm used to it. :P
You correctly spelled misspellings, you are a cut above most.
And, what Elisani said - I have callouses from the rough edges reading online posts. Even "professional" posts.
In full disclosure, I used to edit professionally, and had a long long career in technology, AND I may happen to be published (no, not 'self').
So I have to be honest, I am unclear with all the tools in the world why or how anyone can misspell anything, but they do.
A glowing recommendation, thank you Ceven.
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Everyone’s brain works differently. I’m terrible at arithmetic. It’s not for lack of trying, something about numbers just doesn’t stick in my head. One reason I like PbP is because the forum dice roller will add my modifiers up for me. Myth Weavers will do a bunch of the character sheet math automatically. I used to get so much grief for counting on my fingers or using a calculator when I played in person.
That’s why I always ask someone to check my math when I level up or buy equipment. So I get it, Sphen. I’m always happy to proofread, and I won’t judge you for having problems with spelling if you won’t judge me for having problems with math.
and tbh, I just want people who care, about both.
But I will also say that I just don't have the patience for pen & paper char generation any more. I like having all the rules programmed by someone. For PF1, back in the day, I poured a LOT of money into HeroLab, and for PF2 I will admit, I paid for both the Web and the android versions of Pathbuilder. Some of the best money I have ever spent to be honest.
Yes. Just show you care, and I’m happy. And happy to help.
@Elisani & Tarphrex: I do try. I don't get paid for this, it's all just on me to put it together. But the fact that teams are coming back is a good sign that I'm doing something right.
@Elisani & Tarphrex: I do try. I don't get paid for this, it's all just on me to put it together. But the fact that teams are coming back is a good sign that I'm doing something right.
WOW - I just went through the whole thing. So it's a benefit, like a gala but probably a LOT more fun. So is there a Board of Directors or committee or something who allocates the proceeds to the different organizations? Everyone who is "working" is actually volunteering? That is seriously incredible.
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@Elisani & Tarphrex: I do try. I don't get paid for this, it's all just on me to put it together. But the fact that teams are coming back is a good sign that I'm doing something right.
Oh, I know you care. That's why I'm happy to help. If I was several hundred miles closer, I would probably show up and help in person.
My statement above was a general statement. There are people that seem to enjoy butchering the English language or make no real effort to get their calculations correct. The people that seem to genuinely seem to care, I genuinely want to help. The ones that don't care, I don't care quite so much.
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@Ceven: It's a game con, 3 days, food, mostly Pathfinder 2E, mix in Starfinder, Pathfinder 1E, and D&D 5E. This year we're thinking of trying some Blades in the Dark and the new Monty Python ttrpg.
The workers are all volunteers, mostly my Saturday night gaming group and spouses/families. Some from Hope Lives Youth Ranch (our primary beneficiary, run by some friends of mine, really awesome place check it out as well). Some years we get vendors in, some years we don't.
2025 will be our 3rd year for the Gauntlet and our 12th year over-all. We techincally do have a board of directors. Illinois Sate Law requires us to have at least 3. But we make (amazingly under) $50,000 annualy, so we have few other requirements. Mostly, we just talk to each other about what we're doing year over year, with some people put in charge of specific things.
Kurt runs the kitchen and some of the sponsor work.
Brent runs the website, the final Gauntlet chamber, some sponsor work, and registration during the event.
I run the rest of the Gauntlet, event scheduling, Paizo's outreach, and the money.
We're the main three, as it were, and consitute the board. It's a full 501 c3 charity searchable under the name Knights of the Octagon.
If any of you happen to be in the area around April, I'll pay your registration fees for you. We get players from 4 different states on the regular (not including IL).
Lastly, I hate the name Farmageddon.
I'm happy to proof-read the materials, but I doubt I'll get a group together for playtest.
Lastly, I hate the name Farmageddon.
A shocking twist!
Though it's entirely unfeasible for me to attend in any sort of way, it's always been nice to see Farmageddon come back every year in this thread. It's nice to see it live on year after year, and I can always tell there's a lot of energy around it, both in what gets put into it as well as what it gives back. Anything I can do to help out with it, I'll gladly do :)
I don't think so, only because we barely have time to play the games we do lol. Thank you for the offer though
Lastly, I hate the name Farmageddon.A shocking twist!
Though it's entirely unfeasible for me to attend in any sort of way, it's always been nice to see Farmageddon come back every year in this thread. It's nice to see it live on year after year, and I can always tell there's a lot of energy around it, both in what gets put into it as well as what it gives back. Anything I can do to help out with it, I'll gladly do :)
Although attending would be a stretch, I am more than happy to help.
With the re-naming too ;)My first thought: Farmer - City -- Farmocity -- like Velocity, but better
My best thought: Farmistice -- like Armistice, but also better; a connotation of peace & cooperation versus the end of the Universe.
So as it stands my group has an on and off friday 5e game
And a consistent sunday Pathfinder game
In the 5e game, I'm having a ton of fun playing a Haregon monk. I have a 55 move speed at level 7. I'm about to get the rogues bonus action dash. I have mobile. So basically i can move anywhere i want and it's been incredibly useful
Just wanted to give everyone a small heads up. My union is this close to going on strike. If we do, it'll be next Tuesday at the earliest. While I will still post the same amount of times per week if we do strike, the time of day I post will begin to vary. And I know that doesn't change much, but I wanted to let you all know.
Just wanted to give everyone a small heads up. My union is this close to going on strike. If we do, it'll be next Tuesday at the earliest. While I will still post the same amount of times per week if we do strike, the time of day I post will begin to vary. And I know that doesn't change much, but I wanted to let you all know.
Very very best of luck that the action is swiftly impactful.
Ooh, my view of the US changes - I believed unions weren't much of a thing over there. Best of luck with the strike, if it comes to that. I hope it makes a change for the better!
Ooh, my view of the US changes - I believed unions weren't much of a thing over there. Best of luck with the strike, if it comes to that. I hope it makes a change for the better!
I wish it was a bigger thing. A great many jobs aren't unionized that should be. But so many large corporations are actively fighting unions. Which means they should unionize all the more, but getting them to that point is hard. Large groups of employees often don't have enough money to sustain themselves through a strike.
Ooh, my view of the US changes - I believed unions weren't much of a thing over there. Best of luck with the strike, if it comes to that. I hope it makes a change for the better!
We do have some unions left, but the leadership and numbers of said unions vary in strength, honesty, and competence. The fact that laws prohibiting union-busting are all but toothless doesn't help.
Best of luck to you and your union, Sphen!