Grr. Trying to find a generic version of the Firefly RPG version of the cortex system. Basically, I want to add extra Distinctions, and replace the B.D.H. Die with an otherwise identical Uncanny Grace Die.
It would also be really cool to grab a Ship Sheet and change it into an Organization Sheet. Effectively, replacing the Engines, Hull, and Systems attributes with Influence, People, and Wealth attributes.
Hm... this might be better served in the Other Game Systems thread...
EDIT: I did!
Also: man, I must really want them badly!
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You might want to throw something on first. :-)
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Dude. Financial aid comes in, and within a day I've already taken out a sizeable chunk:
Google Nexus 9 (Old tablet is fin)
Carrying case
Two Kate Ascher books related to my university major
4 textbooks (soon I'll buy a 5th, the most expensive)
Box cutter (the orange disposables at work go dull after two uses)
Box cutter blades
64 GB USB/Micro USB flash drive (for the tablet and for moving stuff between university computers)All of that was over $400. Still, given the number of textbooks, that's probably pretty cheap.
I'm amazed you got away with just four textbooks for $400. In my days as a community college professor, I learned that the single-most-useful thing I could do for a course was:
(1) Contact the publisher of my textbook, and tell them I'd like evaluation copies.(2) Publishers, being odd, would send me 3-4, instead of just the 1 I ordered.
(3) Loan the extra books to the financially-needy students in my class.
I never lost a book, the publishers never complained, and I felt like I was doing my little bit.
Textbook prices are just plain stupid. And I used to do contracting work for McGraw-Hill, so I "owe 'em".
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Dude. Financial aid comes in, and within a day I've already taken out a sizeable chunk:
Google Nexus 9 (Old tablet is fin)
Carrying case
Two Kate Ascher books related to my university major
4 textbooks (soon I'll buy a 5th, the most expensive)
Box cutter (the orange disposables at work go dull after two uses)
Box cutter blades
64 GB USB/Micro USB flash drive (for the tablet and for moving stuff between university computers)All of that was over $400. Still, given the number of textbooks, that's probably pretty cheap.
I'm amazed you got away with just four textbooks for $400. In my days as a community college professor, I learned that the single-most-useful thing I could do for a course was:
(1) Contact the publisher of my textbook, and tell them I'd like evaluation copies.
(2) Publishers, being odd, would send me 3-4, instead of just the 1 I ordered.
(3) Loan the extra books to the financially-needy students in my class.I never lost a book, the publishers never complained, and I felt like I was doing my little bit.
Textbook prices are just plain stupid. And I used to do contracting work for McGraw-Hill, so I "owe 'em".
Well, one class is a Humanities class that uses novels instead of traditional texts, another professor allows an out of date edition that costs $15 (new edition is around $100), and the other two I was able to rent instead of buy. The textbook I still need to buy is about $110, and not available used. The big driver of costs this time around was the tablet.
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It's entirely too easy to procrastinate today.
I should probably be paying attention to my professor, but I already know how to use a library database. I did it for money for two years.
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I've done things for money, scary frightening things!
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Dude. Financial aid comes in, and within a day I've already taken out a sizeable chunk:
Google Nexus 9 (Old tablet is fin)
Carrying case
Two Kate Ascher books related to my university major
4 textbooks (soon I'll buy a 5th, the most expensive)
Box cutter (the orange disposables at work go dull after two uses)
Box cutter blades
64 GB USB/Micro USB flash drive (for the tablet and for moving stuff between university computers)All of that was over $400. Still, given the number of textbooks, that's probably pretty cheap.
I'm amazed you got away with just four textbooks for $400. In my days as a community college professor, I learned that the single-most-useful thing I could do for a course was:
(1) Contact the publisher of my textbook, and tell them I'd like evaluation copies.
(2) Publishers, being odd, would send me 3-4, instead of just the 1 I ordered.
(3) Loan the extra books to the financially-needy students in my class.I never lost a book, the publishers never complained, and I felt like I was doing my little bit.
Textbook prices are just plain stupid. And I used to do contracting work for McGraw-Hill, so I "owe 'em".
blessings upon you.
I still have flashbacks to the time I was forced to buy two books because the professor or his main squeeze wrote them. 200 plus dollars each.
The school bookstore/library racket was no joke back in the day....
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Well, one class is a Humanities class that uses novels instead of traditional texts, another professor allows an out of date edition that costs $15 (new edition is around $100), and the other two I was able to rent instead of buy. The textbook I still need to buy is about $110, and not available used. The big driver of costs this time around was the tablet.Dude. Financial aid comes in, and within a day I've already taken out a sizeable chunk:
Google Nexus 9 (Old tablet is fin)
Carrying case
Two Kate Ascher books related to my university major
4 textbooks (soon I'll buy a 5th, the most expensive)
Box cutter (the orange disposables at work go dull after two uses)
Box cutter blades
64 GB USB/Micro USB flash drive (for the tablet and for moving stuff between university computers)All of that was over $400. Still, given the number of textbooks, that's probably pretty cheap.
I'm amazed you got away with just four textbooks for $400. In my days as a community college professor, I learned that the single-most-useful thing I could do for a course was:
(1) Contact the publisher of my textbook, and tell them I'd like evaluation copies.
(2) Publishers, being odd, would send me 3-4, instead of just the 1 I ordered.
(3) Loan the extra books to the financially-needy students in my class.I never lost a book, the publishers never complained, and I felt like I was doing my little bit.
Textbook prices are just plain stupid. And I used to do contracting work for McGraw-Hill, so I "owe 'em".
there was no renting back in my day....
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For some reason, the supermarket put something on the handle of the trolley saying 'Try something you can't pronounce'
However, when I suggested cumulonimbus to the girl on the checkout, she had no idea what I was talking about. What's going on?
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I started reading Black Company. There was a neat omnibus edition in the local library that combines the first three books into single volume. I could not not borrow it.
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For those of you old enough to remember Calvin and Hobbes, NobodysWife sent me this link.
It has extremely minor spoilers to the new Star Wars movie, but... wow...
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I hope little Mrs. I'm Gonna Show Off My Tazer On University Property and Activate It Repeatedly realizes that even possessing that is pretty much a guaranteed expulsion and court appearance if she gets caught, much less activating it.
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For those of you old enough to remember Calvin and Hobbes, NobodysWife sent me this link.
It has extremely minor spoilers to the new Star Wars movie, but... wow...
Did you just call me old?
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My wife's grandmother passed away yesterday. It's turned our plans for the week upside down for the most part. But it looks like she will still be able to make it to Disney next weekend. After this weekend with family, I imagine she'll need it.
I am sorry to hear that. Please tell the wife that I send my condolences.
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I hope little Mrs. I'm Gonna Show Off My Tazer On University Property and Activate It Repeatedly realizes that even possessing that is pretty much a guaranteed expulsion and court appearance if she gets caught, much less activating it.
Quick, everyone!
"I'm Gonna Show Off my XXX on University Property and YYY it Repeatedly"
We need nouns and verbs!!!
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Frazzenrapple!!
Might need to be cleaned up a bit.
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NobodysHome's sore moments:
On the Roll20 forum:
"Why isn't it possible for the GM to disable the drawing tools for the players?"
Answer: "Because we assume you're all playing with adults."
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Hello? Kids' game? Playing with 11-14-year-olds here?
Their first opportunity to draw on the map was... not good...
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Hah! ... hhhhaaaaaahhhh...
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... sorry.
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I can only imagine what they were drawing.
>.>
Potions. Yes, that's it. >.>
EDIT: Hm. This... actually looks dirtier and more suggestive than I intended. Wow. I'm glad I didn't go all the way through with what I'd originally been thinking.
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Since you ask...
I misspoke as we were starting the session, and instead of saying, "I don't want to have to mute the kids," I ended up saying, "I don't want to have to neuter the kids."
Cue Voren's player writing out, "Don't neuter me, bro!" on the map.
So I Googled, "Cute Kitten" and grabbed a snapshot of a kitten lying on its back and put it next to the logo.
At which point Deady McDeaddead un-neutered the kitten.
And then the floodgates opened...
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That was actually my second guess, damn kids, drawing dongs on the lawn!
No respect I tell ya! No respect at all.
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Now, I've lost the General and goon squad, in the labyrinthine shopping center, this can't end cheaply I fear.
Since you ask...
** spoiler omitted **
But, see, he was, uh... just being thoughtful. You know. For the kitten's sake!
>.>
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I started reading Black Company. There was a neat omnibus edition in the local library that combines the first three books into single volume. I could not not borrow it.I have that version myself, I really enjoyed it
I am some seventy pages into it and damn, I remember so little...
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Nice thing about having a Beagle, I have a migraine, and the dog curls up under my arm and rests his head on my shoulder.
Between him and the ibuprofen, should have it check any time now. :-)
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Working on the idea for my drow game.
Effectively, I'm looking for "disturbing attempted benevolence" on their own part - kind of like a rule 63 "good old boys" type deal, where men and women have their 'proper' place... except here, there's more than a little hard evidence of where their place is.
More than that, I've taken some inspiration from the lashunta: the natural-born males are hirsute and hideous. This brings them back closer to their dwarf-like Norse roots, but only for the males. But, notably... those creatures are exceptionally rare, and growing rarer over time.
Instead, to keep their society alive, they've taken to using elixirs on willing (or mandated, often by lot or divine vision) matriarchs who ingest philters that will lead to their currently-unborn children to eventually develop into a full-fledged male (though the final transformation doesn't take place until puberty). The potion (as a byproduct) tends to make males (and pre-males) naturally docile and servile, but usually with lowered intellects and less insight or understanding over-all. They are sent to a Monastery where they are raised and trained until shortly after puberty (and/or until they pass the proper tests). There are various standards and various philosophies of various monasteries – different societies treat men differently.
While there’s a definitive version of a Lolth-like patron, there’s a bit of the Eberron Vulkoor in there as well (though scattered among some of the other gods); beyond that, their pantheon is substantially more diverse, if divided. While the main one is technically the “most important” religion/pantheon wise, the other gods are often “more important” in a cultural fashion to locals. For various reasons, although there are six ‘gods’, only five are ever really worshipped at any given location, and usually it’s four (the other two being considered heresies, differing depending on where you’re from).
While slavery is a thing, it’s (generally, anyway) a kind of “benevolent” slavery – the various semi-sentient monsters that rise from the depths to raid and pillage and devour and the maddened, murderous spawn that descend from the fiery hellscape above the world are treated with at least a moderate amount of respect and mercy: instead of execution, they are captured, tamed, and given as much civilization and decent living as possible; they are kept in check with a combination of food (with some extremely mild non-habit-forming sedatives unique to different species for their personal benefit) and the natural drow mental abilities. Though kept subservient, they are (most usually, and relatively) well-treated and given a substantially superior lifestyle than in their homelands. (At least, that’s how they look at it. This is similar to how males are generally treated.)
Insanity is treated as a kind of divine blessing… because it kind of is. There is a thing called Spiderkissed in which an individual is slightly insane (though the degree varies, and the kind varies) while being heavily marked with unusual tattoos. Though much rarer, males who receive similar ‘blessings’ are called Scorpionstung. There is a delicate balance in honoring these people, and keeping general society safe from them, though, surprisingly, there is a very low “problem” rate in general society.
Anyway, that's just a little of what I've done so far. I'm having fun. Hope you guys can enjoy, too! :D
Nice thing about having a Beagle, I have a migraine, and the dog curls up under my arm and rests his head on my shoulder.
Between him and the ibuprofen, should have it check any time now. :-)
Here's hoping it feels better soon! Those are terrible! :/
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I took a nap, feeling better now that ibuprofen has kicked in, thankfully I don't get as bad as some people, still sucks.
Watching first episode of the second season of Fargo, f~$@ing awesome.
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Intereting. It talks about Mary Ingals blindness.
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This is pretty scary if you really think about it.
Cute video. But ultimately wrong. No economy can survive humans being unemployable.
Although we will see the biggest test of this within 5 years when cab drivers are replaced by robots dropping massive numbers into unemployment.
I've been to the one in Hudds, but not Leeds - mind you, boozers tend to come and go at a dizzying rate there. Where's the Leeds one?Have you been to the 'Head of Steam' in Leeds, better than the Tapped for price & a good selection of beers (& music).
Just near the train station, sort of to the left. Then again there's so many pubs in Leeds :D
(Hence why we end up doing a York or Otley pub crawl.)
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It's too bad I'm the only one residing in the tundra. :-)
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It's too bad I'm the only one residing in the tundra. :-)
Well...for us it's kind of good.
Yeah, but it doesn't make me less envious of those that go on pub crawls, and trips to Boston to throw feces at people with Monkey. :-)
All my friends are either hibernating, or broke from not having snow to shovel.
I really want spring.
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Move to Medellin, Colombia, city of eternal spring. It's where I want to retire. It's on the equator, but in the mountains, so it never gets hotter than 80 or colder than 60 year round.
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Oh, joy!
Another rain-snow collage of weather on tap for Sunday, that isn't getting old...
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Move to Medellin, Colombia, city of eternal spring. It's where I want to retire. It's on the equator, but in the mountains, so it never gets hotter than 80 or colder than 60 year round.
If I move to Columbia, it won't be to retire, I'm pretty sure I can run things way more efficiently down there. :-)
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At least you have snow, we get rain, then ice, but hardly any snow.
I doubt if we've even gotten 25 inches (of snow) all season.
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Move to Medellin, Colombia, city of eternal spring. It's where I want to retire. It's on the equator, but in the mountains, so it never gets hotter than 80 or colder than 60 year round.So, it's basically San Diego with a much lower cost of living?
And no earthquakes.
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I'm pretty sure Columbia has earthquakes.
However, you've obviously researched it quite expensively, so I shall take your word for it. :-)
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Italy, that's where I'd love to move, or anywhere cool and trendy on the Mediterranean sea.