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I am alive.


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happy birthday rysky.


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What about resistances as that was where I really liked power attack in 1e and felt not fun and really weak to say play a 2 weapon fighting character against something with DR in 1e. I have not played a fighter yet but have got to use double slice but unfortanetly had the wrong type of weapons out and didn't really want to take two actions to draw new ones double slice felt really cool to use.


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I actually tend to get more pissed when people misgender npcs when I am gming in meatspace have not run into many pbp problems here.


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Mark Seifter wrote:
Bruno Mares wrote:
7) Wondering if low-level spellcasters will have more spells (or more useful cantrips in the beginning of the play) of if they'll still need to rest after one or two combats...
If we're talking 1st-level, you're looking at roughly as many prepared spells, plus your Spell Points (maybe 4+), potentially some additional spells from other class features, and then the cantrips are significantly better than doing 1d3 damage even at 1st level. For instance, telekinetic projectile (the most damaging single target cantrip because it hits against full AC) now does 1d10 damage at 1st level, which is much more than it used to.

So seems great to use against gelatinous cubes.

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I actually somehow remember not having my rplayers care about miss feathers that much being trans and running the city of strangers. Then again I like kaer maga overall and had already found out about miss feathers from the campaign setting book. Then again I had a gorilla animal companion in a dress when I ran city of strangers Which seems ok in Kaer maga moreso than anywhere else.

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I honestly have felt more welcome at pfs than at my home.


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Yay woke up early for a first time in a while.


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Gozer "Bone Splitter" wrote:
If you listen to the playtest on glasscannon one of the characters crit fumbles a skill on society. He gets incorrect information, but the other characters are able to correct his mistake. Taken in that context I really like the crit fumble of skills idea.

Yes fumbling things like knowlege make sense of giving wrong answers. Dropping your sword fumbles kind of got old once I turned 18.


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Yay this works on qupzilla with the new update.


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Well an alchemist tumor familiar on a male reproductive organ. Snake makes most sense for this. Paizo can't publish art of this though.


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I have had so much trouble dealing with my dad lately. I just seem to care about everyone but him.


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Sharoth wrote:
Tacticslion wrote:
lynora wrote:
John Napier 698 wrote:
lynora wrote:
Kidlet went to his first anime club meeting after school today. He says it was fun, so that's good. It's hard for him to join school activities since his schedule is already so packed with martial arts practices, but this works out for him.
Please inform the kidlet that I have over 200 titles. If he wants a recommendation, never hesitate to ask me. What genre is he most interested in?
He'll watch anything if the story is good enough. I started him out with Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and then went on to Soul Eater and The Devil is a Part-Timer. He's not so keen on romance, but can overlook that in some cases. Much to my surprise and amusement Ouran High School Host Club is one of his favorites. We watched stuff together at first, but then he started watching things on his own. I think he was rewatching Madoka Magica (sp?) last I knew. Basically I've lost track of everything he's seen by now. :)

Ouran' wasn't nearly as much a romance as it seemed like it tried to purport to be, and - as a result - was better than I thought it could be. It was still out there, but more enjoyable.

Still not seen FMA or FMA:B. >.>

I... didn't enjoy Soul Eater nearly as much as I thought I would. It had a lot of elements I liked, but just didn't gel for me in the way I wanted.

TDiaPT was much better than I thought, though it had... uh... moments. >.>

I... am actually kind of surprised you're okay with Depression and Why Everything is Always Bad; or: Let Me Ruin Life, er, I mean, Madoka', as it can be quite... intense.
(Really well made, though.)

One of the first anime my wife and I watched together was Princess Tutu and, frankly, it still comes recommended, if you can find it.

(The box art for the collected set, though, is truly out-there, though. It's literally a fan-service box with a show that... isn't. Like, there's even

...

I like girls und panzer was last anime I watched.


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Alignment debates get way too much attention to lead to nothing productive.


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NobodysHome wrote:

NobodysHome's Driving Experiences

(I was going to spoiler this whole thing, but I figure some people will want to reply, so here we go...)

In the courses of travel for business and leisure, I've driven in dozens of cities and 7 different "countries": Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, the United States, and Wales. (Yeah, yeah, I know, UK, you're all 'United' -- but it doesn't mean they don't all WANT to be different countries...)

So, here are some highlights/lowlights:

  • Boston: I was relatively amazed when everyone warned me how bad drivers in Boston were, and I had no trouble at all. It reminded me of home. So either I was in the wrong place, or it was in the wrong time of year, or Boston drivers get a bad rap.
  • Chicago: Chicago's the one place that made me feel guilty about driving like a Californian. The drivers there were SOOOO timid! I'd do the usual, "Wait for a space, then signal and move into it at the same time," and the other drivers would immediately slow down to allow me as much room as possible. It was just a surreal experience seeing so many drivers working so hard to avoid getting in my way. Then we got 6" of snow, and all the drivers on the road knew how to drive in snow. Considering I spent weeks every year driving in the Sierras and watching idiots in SUVs with 4 wheel drive learning that 4 wheel drive means nothing in terms of ability to go around corners on icy roads at high speeds, it was a nice experience.
  • Dallas: OMG, wow! More than anywhere I've ever driven, "I'm going to do 35 in the left lane of this 65 mph freeway," is a standard of living there. It's so bad that every 100-200 yards there's a sign that says, "If you're doing under the speed limit, please stay out of the left lane." Everyone ignores it. I've never been anywhere with drivers who so flagrantly ignore the speed limit... by driving BELOW it by 15-20 mph! And I've driven in Florida for gosh' sake....
  • I live in Los Angeles and drivers that stop in the crosswalk when I am a pedestrian and then I would walk into the side of them if I walked straight across the crosswalk.

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    I want a leshy paladin of saerenrae. saladin ;p


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    Yes I hate making typos and not realizing it makes programming extremely frustrating.


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    Rosita the Riveter wrote:
    Wow. Los Angeles public transportation seriously picked its game up.

    Yay maybe not having my mom work there is a good thing.


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    Just a Mort wrote:

    Yeah orcs with their ferocity su*k. Only way of dealing with em is a color spray to their face. Not even sure if you can run since they run as fast as you do.

    Oh dear. Kitty caught naked while casting colorspray.

    Cleric couldn't swim to the surface? =(

    *puts on some clothes*

    Since you are big into rules as written if you can deal enough nonlethal damage not to knock them into negatives ferocity never goes off.


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    eel the need to. I really think most of us here would gladly lend an ear to listen, a shoulder to lean on or a piece of advice if its anything we can help with.

    *Takes Wu by the shoulders, gives a tentative hug and a few light pats on the back*

    Thanks for the hug. Well not upset now but way off schedule and feel no energy now. Had my dad say he will refuse to eat something I am eating for dinner and then he complains I don't make stuff for him.


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    I really don't like getting in family fights.


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    NobodysHome wrote:
    John Napier 698 wrote:
    High of 13 degrees here. Where's my Spring I ordered?

    Hanging out here in California. Please come pick it up! We need some snow and rain!

    Well unless you are in an area stripped bare by a fire.


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    NobodysHome wrote:
    Rosita the Riveter wrote:

    I am now firmly convinced that LAX is Satan's a~*@~##. The line for passport check for US Citizens took an hour and a half of just standing, and there was no cell service or wifi, and everybody in line with connections is freaking out. Then I finally get to the border control agent, and he's looking at me like I've personally insulted him, he's talking to me as little as possible, and doesn't really care about whether I have things to declare or not. I ended up not paying the tax by sheer virtue of the fact that he basically didn't do any of the customs portion of his job. Which, after that line, made me super glad I didn't have to get my bags checked.

    Then I went through TSA screening twice because the airport staff couldn't figure out whether I needed to be in Terminal B, 2, or 3 (the correct answer was 3, but my boarding pass clearly said 2), and for the first time, I actually ran into a TSA agent who was just an unmitigated jackass. She got pissed at me for following the instructions a different agent gave me because she didn't like the instructions (and she heard them being given), lined me out because the metal...

    Ugh, yeah. LAX is legendary in its horrificness. I'm born and raised in California, flown all over the country and the world, and avoided LAX like the plague. I think we went through it ONCE, and it lived up to its legend. Even when I used to have to teach down in LA at least once a month I drove instead of flying.

    I'm sorry. LAX is the worst.

    Even driving by LAX is terrible.


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    Freehold DM wrote:
    Scintillae wrote:
    NobodysHome wrote:

    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.

    Yeah, I'm going to run into this if they bring in other possible kid. There are 6 in the Rainbow, potentially 7. Granted, it usually 3-4 because some are very hit and miss about showing up.

    I'm streamlining things with fiat leveling rather than XP and removing some encounters here and there, but it is a worry. I don't think I could send potential babyGM off on her own with them yet, so we remain a large group and see how things go.

    isn't remaining clothed while gaming a good idea?

    does anyone know for play by post? If you could tell that would be more creepy. Or you were sitting right next to someone in the play by post.


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    I am thinking about the ceviche I did not buy at the store yesterday.


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    Sharoth wrote:
    Who would have thought that we (not really me, but you get the idea) would be working with a petabyte of storage? Damn.

    NASA. Probably youtube, netflix maybe, three letter agencies.

    Then again xfs is bigger and started development in 1993.


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    Then again mining does also cause some really bad pollution and say silt up streams.

    If in a home game any of my players tried to use a decanter of endless water for hydralic mining I would have a bunch of druids come after them.


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    The Vagrant Erudite wrote:

    Oh yay, s&#*head brother jumped off 17 days sober, got so f%*&ed up last night that he was still drunk at 2pm today. Caused a big fight in front of our mom, and...just...just f!&% him.

    Giving me a place to stay does not entitle him to treat me like a slave, bully me, make fun of me constantly, belittle me, and just overall be the piece of s!!! he is when he's drunk.

    Thank God I start the new job tomorrow. We had plans to stay together until his lease runs up in June so we could both pay off excess bills and stuff, but you know what? Soon as I'm even partially capable I'm going to GTFO, and never, I repeat, never talk to him again. I'm deleting his number, and I already told my mother I'll never go to an event she invites us both to.

    Blood can f@@& itself. DNA doesn't mean s!@* when someone bullies you, threatens your physical well being, and threatens to have his dog attack you if you don't get out of the house without giving you time to pack up your things.

    He's a bit pissed cause I told his boss about him doing coke last time we butt heads like this. I, admittedly, was trying to get him fired (his boss is an old...acquaintance of mine. I'd say friend but I've known him 30 years and he didn't even TRY to help me find a job when I was desperate, and he runs five branches of a company). Yeah, trying to get him fired was a dick move, but not as big of a dick move as kicking me out at 9am, not letting me even have time to pack up my stuff including my ferret because you're holding your dog by the collar and giving him the command word to attack and having him snarling and barking, while repeatedly threatening that he'd beat the s&#! out of me. (He was so drunk from the night before he was STILL drunk in the morning.) He's a bully, pure and simple.

    The worst part is my f*~~ing enabler mom who dealt with this s#!! for my dad thinks I need to just suck it up and be his b#&~!, because she was a codependent enabler for 20 years with my dad, and doesn't understand I'd rather walk up to a...

    I can't stand living with my dad but he is in such bad shape himself. I find him threatening my belonings worse than attacking me. He did threaten my belongings. He fell and blamed me for a bike cover when I did not even put the bikes there that had been there for years. and is mad I called 911 when he was bleeding out. I think he is getting beyond my ability to take care of but he gets me so upset I get litterally nothing done and can't stand to be in the same room as him if he is awake.


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    warm enough to wear a dress today.


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    Are there job applications for freehold abscondi cave llc?


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    CrystalSeas wrote:

    *hugs for doctor_wu*

    Glad you could de-stress with your friends

    It was nice and now have 10 tables reported so my gm star should show.


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    I had a bad fight with my dad on Friday played pathfinder and was with frineds on saturday and am getting along better today.


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    I gmed pfs yesterday with people from Arizona. One local player was santa claus as a dwarf eldritch knight. Had a table full of dwarves a gnome , a wayang and a half-orc. The Wayang was min maxed like crazy rode a rabbit familiar and shot so many arrows that totally destroyed everything. I had fun in spite of that. Because santa had readywimple a fairy dragon with a rod of wonder.

    Well confusion with this party is quite fun. I got the fairy dragon with the rod of wonder confused. and the gnome moved closest to it and made the gnome diminuative confusing the death magus archer on the rabbit for 8 rounds was fun but druid used summon spells to attack and draw the fire away. I wanted the wayang archer to kill its own rabbit after all enemies were defeated.


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    got into a huge argument with my dad. He goes into telling me how I messed up all the other food I made and called it crap while he does not do what I need to get dinner done and then I get upset and do not cook well after I get upset and he tells me I am doing it wrong and wonders why I don't want to be in the same room as him.


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    I liked lucas arts games but disney got rid of them. I really liked mercenaries playground of destruction.


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    Make an intimdate check at a librarian.


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    NobodysHome wrote:

    Sometimes it's good being the technical lead for your division:

    VP in distress: The fnord tech group can't get this portion of the application running, and the deadline's in a week! Call NobodysHome!
    NobodysManager: NobodysHome, I have an urgent mission for you!
    NobodysHome flies in, cape billowing, and saves the day.
    VP, Manager, and Tech Group (in unison, with sparkly eyes): Thank you, NobodysHome!
    (That's how it plays out in my mind, anyway.)

    Sometimes it's not.
    NobodysHome: OK, I just wrapped up the updates to the FOUR classes you assigned me, two full days ahead of schedule, and by tomorrow I'll have taken care of all your action items. Considering the next-most-senior team member only got 2 courses done, I was thinking of taking Friday off.
    NobodysManager: I'm afraid we've been asked to decipher this 120-page tech document and reproduce it in a second environment, and I'm pretty certain no one in the group can do it except you. Sorry about your Friday.
    NobodysHome: Grumble. Cracks open thick technical manual. Sees free Friday float away...

    Help us nobodyshome you are our only hope.


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    Just a Mort wrote:

    I still think twilight sparkle is ISTJ - I like twilight sparkle! She has magic! And I don't know what's the name of that red pony.

    And anyway Severus Snape shouldn't be ISTJ...I dunno what he'd be. And I don't have anything in common with Severus! I wouldn't be keeping so many secrets!

    There's another one for Disney princesses

    ewww disney.


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    aww old history channel was actually good.


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    yay my printer works in the development release of ubuntu.


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    Just a Mort wrote:

    For all of you who are curious why you act in certain ways, I recommend The Myers Briggs Personality test

    There are 16 different personalities and I find(tested it on myself) its fairly accurate in describing you. That being said, some of you may find it uncomfortable sharing the results with others, which I understand since personalities are quite private things.
    Theory of Myers Briggs.

    I revolt about those personality tests almost as much as you do guns.


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    Chromantic Durgon <3 wrote:

    I feel like having never played 3.5 or 3p pathfinder psionics does give one a rather fresher set of eyes coming into psychic classes.

    Although from what little I’ve heard of psionics mechanically and law wise they don’t seem similar beyond having no somantic and verbal components.

    I honestly don't know how 3.5 psionics worked.


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    hmm play by post gameplay has started.


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    John Napier 698 wrote:
    Terrinam wrote:

    Yep. I had accidentally hidden it.

    Okay, no more phone posting before I accidentally delete my account or something.

    And this is the reason as to why I prefer either my laptop, or my PC at home. My fingers are generally too large for what passes for a keyboard on phones. And the larger screen is a definite plus.

    And better keyboard with the ability for tactile feedback.


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    I am only 26 and am suprised at how new the oldies are. Micheal Jackson does not seem oldies to me.


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    Scintillae wrote:
    glances to WiiU and PS2 Guess I'm a kid, then.

    I hope your PS2 controllers still work mine broke.


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    the newer version of gran turismo?


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    Now I am thinking about Nigel Mansel in a grand prix in the united states pushing trying to push his jps lotus across the finish line in Texas heat.


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    Aww now I remember kran I think is how it was spelled from the pathfinder tales novel skinwalkers.


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    I have my dad wanting me to keep track temperature to warm the house to not have the heater on so I set a timer.

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