Deep 6 FaWtL

[Tacticslion]

Also, GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!

GUYS

GUYS

GUUUUUUUYYYYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSS

SO GOOD

EDIT: putting cloths back on, BUT CHECK OUT THAT LINK!

[Cover Turtle]

lisamarlene wrote:

(Good thing I was wearing my special baking apron.)

(Dresses.)

*Does his best news anchor parody*

I, for one, welcome our new apron clad (and hopefully bare assed) amazonian over-ladies!

lisamarlene wrote:

And now you all know what to get Freehold for his fortieth birthday in eight days!
Milkmaids in aprons, jumping out of cake! And a trip to Japan, for (cough) "research" purposes!

*Reports in as an research assistant, fellow travller and (milk)maid connoisseur.*

(Would chip in for a trip for Freehold and Co., he's got to get to the Gundam statue somehow ^^)

Just a Mort wrote:

Bank epic credit card fail.

November statement some credit card bills, which I paid off promptly. Because I'm that kind of cat.

December credit card statement shows overdue and late payment charges for that same credit card. Statement date is 3 December 2018, and they say the charges are due in November?

What the hell, bank?

If you don't waive my late payment charges I'm going to yowl very, very, loudly.

How am I supposed to pay bills that I wasn't aware off?

If it was due in November, it should have appeared in the November Statement.

*Picks up a yowling Mort to keep her from clawing the bank and give her some reasurring pets*

Stuff like that has happen to me me too Mort.
Up here its usually fixed with a quick phone call, but its still very annoying nonetheless…

lisamarlene wrote:

NobodysHome wrote:

So, yes, I was an alcoholic for 10 years. On the other hand, the e-mail from our video production department this afternoon came as quite a shocker:

"Your recordings from 2015 required many edits that, had they been missed, would have gotten the editors in quite a bit of trouble. Please refrain from yelling, swearing, or bodily functions such as belching during the recordings."

So... lisamarlene knows me very well. There is NO WAY that he's thinking of recordings that I did. I am obsessive-compulsive about my professionalism, and even in my personal life I virtually never swear nor raise my voice.

So I'm getting blamed for someone else's foibles. Ah, well, it means he'll be really impressed at how professional I am this go-round.

Umm... as I recall, you tend to get quieter, even *more* reserved and on your dignity when drinking.

I have never seen you belch, swear, or yell. Even at Teensy Valeros, even when he deserved it.

…

Just a Mort wrote:

I'm a happy drunk so when I get sloshed I get more spontaneous and yakkity. Not that my colleagues don't already find me very spontaneous since I'd do beatsaber in the middle of a mall.

I'm an introvert with a lot of energy.

I'm a depressive drunk.

Though I do get a bit argumentative and crass, though I can also get quite philosophical and monology…or all four at once ^^'

Sharoth wrote:

Mom. Fifth bout. Breast cancer that spread to the right lung (fourth time) and then to the brain (fifth bout, not done yet). Two tumors that were discovered about 7 to 8 months ago due to her having 3 seizures in 5 days. One of the tumors has almost gone away, but the second had shrunk to half the size it was, but it has now grown again and is slightly larger. She starts radiation treatment next week.

The law says that you must be at least 6 months seizure free before you can drive again. She has been 7 months seizure free but the doctor wants her to not drive for another six months or more due to this tumor. Needless to say, mom is not happy about that either.

And to add injury to insult, one of our cats is sick and at the vet for treatment. I am confident in her recovery, but the bill is at $680 as of right now and I expect it to go up.

*Waddles over and offers hugs and back pats to Sharoth and family*

I so sorry to hear of your mother continued sickness and distress Sharoth.

Sissyl wrote:

Serve an excessively good meal. Or carbonated drink.

Mistress Sissyl!!!

*Waddles over to prostrate himself before Sissyl, while attempting a turtle-purr*

lisamarlene wrote:

The more I think about this one, the more it is reminding me of the current phishing scam I keep getting in my spam filter... the one that says, "Wow, I've been spying on you and tracking your browsing history and dayum, are you dirty, send me lots of money and I won't post images of the nastier sites you visit on your social media wall and send them to all your contacts, since I have all your passwords."

It amuses me, because my browsing history is:
FaWtL
Amazon shopping for my kids and my niece
keeping up with family/friends on FB
bbc news (I have this little fantasy that it's more accurate and less biased than US news sites, also no paywall)
Netflix (Dark Matter and A Series of Unfortunate Events)
Gmail (mostly work, church, ballet, and girl scouts related)
Pinterest boards of holiday kid craft crap and more time-wasting projects for my kids' Hogwarts bed/bath rooms

I'm a nerd mom with no social life and everyone I know already knows it.
Do your worst, a**wipe.

Uh...

Hmmm…
I'm guessing you don't search for the same things I do on Pinterest...

>_>

<_<

*^_^*

[Orthos]

The Vagrant Erudite wrote:

I will say, I'm not a huge fan of other people's homebrew worlds. Not because I have to have preformatted universes, but because they almost never go through the serious in-depth delving and lore you find in a fully fleshed out published world. I know that amateurs who put that kind of detail in do exist, but they haven't run games for me.

My friends and I admittedly designed my group's homebrew world specifically for us, and I imagine there'd be no end of issues if we tried to bring too many outsiders into the picture.

While I don't imagine we're anywhere near experts, we're not looking to impress anyone outside our own group. And most of what doesn't seem to make sense is either stuff we haven't gotten to fleshing out in more detail (because it hasn't been relevant to any plots we've run yet) or stuff that's deliberately that way because we like it that way. In fact many things have been left deliberately undefined, so we can fill them in as we go and/or as they become relevant, rather than defining them in advance then discovering later that we didn't care for the definition we gave at that time for whatever reason.

That said, I've gotten some positive feedback for the little about our world I've posted here from time to time, and the story I'm working on posting in the Art section is set in our world, so that's a bit more of a glance in you could get if you wanted.

[Orthos]

I just went through my inbox on DriveThruRPG. I apparently had a stack of about 12 unread messages all linking to free PDFs I'd received from old Kickstarters I'd long since forgotten about. Yay free stuff/stuff I paid for a long time ago and thus don't have to pay for now! (Seriously a couple of these things were dated 2012.)

[Orthos]

Tacticslion wrote:

Also, GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!

GUYS

GUYS

GUUUUUUUYYYYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSS

SO GOOD

I don't think I'm enough of a stage musical geek or history geek. I just do not get the massive fandom over Hamilton.

[John Napier 698]

Clocking out. Good night, everyone.

[Freehold DM]

Tacticslion wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

the same problems you have with this homebrew are the same problems I have with pre built worlds. Why hasn't elminster destroyed szass tam again? Or the good gods killed Cyric?

1) He's a lich; he gets better (also high level spells, and I think Szass is technically higher level, or at least higher CL). Also, if Elminster assassinated Szass, he'd then have to immediately take on a nation of mages (and one of the top five most populated nations, at that) and be out of magic, or nearly so. That will liiiiiikely not end well. Also, a dude's gotta rest sometimes.

Yawn.

How many enemies does elminster have again? Ill make it easy on you, just count the guys hes cuckolded. He also has THE LITERAL GODDESS OF MAGIC AS HIS SEX PARTNER, I think he should be able to reduce thay to cinders, none of the wizards there hold a candle to him backed up by his squeeze.

Quote:

2) Gods rarely profit from face-to-face conflict and don't tend to go murdering their peers (much like mortals tend to have qualms about murdering fellow mortals); nonetheless, Cyric has survived multiple assassination attempts, has a few strong allies (because he's a useful patsy) and not only did at least one god (really more than one) try to kill him (and fail, merely strengthening him), but also they even put him on trial using every loophole they could... a trial which he passed due to a similar loophole. As an aside, because of those assassination attempts? One of the most powerful gods there were, to the point that it took three greater deities working together to imprison him, and it was only kiiiiiiiiinda effective (though, to be fair, Mystra was dead, so... said gods had less things working in their favor in that regard).

double yawn.

Cyric has killed HOW MANY GODS AGAIN?! Come now, this is nothing more than plot armor at this point, and particularly BAD plot armor at that.

Quote:

I'm a helper!

Helping to cover bad realms plot holes?

[Vidmaster7]

I'll go ahead and tag in here then go and get caught up.

Was very active a lot to catch up on.

[Vidmaster7]

Sharp cheddar
Mozzarella
Permesean (I think I spelled it wrong but you know what it is.)

[Vidmaster7]

TriOmegaZero wrote:

I pretty much only play 3.x when I'm gaming. I have tried Warhammer fantasy and 4E D&D a couple times but never got into it. I wouldn't mind trying a different system but the hassle of learning the rules is a barrier. I play board games mostly because other people already know the rules and I only have to pick up what I need to be a player rather than the whole thing. Settings don't matter a whit on the other hand.

I've played so many different games. I am all about learning some new rules.

[Vidmaster7]

Well you guys touched a lot of area's this last 2 days including politics and religion. Where is the flaming bike launcher!?!?!?!?!

[Very_Noisy_Cricket]

I'm all alone, There is no one here beside me.

[Captain ?]

Tacticslion wrote:

Also, GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!

GUYS

GUYS

GUUUUUUUYYYYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSS

SO GOOD

EDIT: putting cloths back on, BUT CHECK OUT THAT LINK!

I don't click on links, what is it about.

[Vidmaster7]

Captain ? wrote:

Tacticslion wrote:

Also, GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!

GUYS

GUYS

GUUUUUUUYYYYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSS

SO GOOD

EDIT: putting cloths back on, BUT CHECK OUT THAT LINK!

I don't click on links, what is it about.

Hamildolph (An American Christmas Story) - Hamilton Parody

I trust T-lion links anyways. Although after this one i'm not so sure...

[Fritzy, Flaming Bike Artillery]

Vidmaster7 wrote:

Well you guys touched a lot of area's this last 2 days including politics and religion. Where is the flaming bike launcher!?!?!?!?!

To be quite honest I tuned out the last few days and didn't catch it.

[captain yesterday]

Freehold DM wrote:

Tacticslion wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

the same problems you have with this homebrew are the same problems I have with pre built worlds. Why hasn't elminster destroyed szass tam again? Or the good gods killed Cyric?

1) He's a lich; he gets better (also high level spells, and I think Szass is technically higher level, or at least higher CL). Also, if Elminster assassinated Szass, he'd then have to immediately take on a nation of mages (and one of the top five most populated nations, at that) and be out of magic, or nearly so. That will liiiiiikely not end well. Also, a dude's gotta rest sometimes.

Yawn.

How many enemies does elminster have again? Ill make it easy on you, just count the guys hes cuckolded. He also has THE LITERAL GODDESS OF MAGIC AS HIS SEX PARTNER, I think he should be able to reduce thay to cinders, none of the wizards there hold a candle to him backed up by his squeeze.

Quote:

2) Gods rarely profit from face-to-face conflict and don't tend to go murdering their peers (much like mortals tend to have qualms about murdering fellow mortals); nonetheless, Cyric has survived multiple assassination attempts, has a few strong allies (because he's a useful patsy) and not only did at least one god (really more than one) try to kill him (and fail, merely strengthening him), but also they even put him on trial using every loophole they could... a trial which he passed due to a similar loophole. As an aside, because of those assassination attempts? One of the most powerful gods there were, to the point that it took three greater deities working together to imprison him, and it was only kiiiiiiiiinda effective (though, to be fair, Mystra was dead, so... said gods had less things working in their favor in that regard).

double yawn.

Cyric has killed HOW MANY GODS AGAIN?! Come now, this is nothing more than plot armor at this point, and particularly BAD plot armor at that.

Quote:

I'm a helper!

Quote:

Helping to cover bad realms plot holes?

No one cares about the Realms anymore.

Besides didn't Thanos snap his finger and erase everything they've published for the Forgotten Realms in the last fifteen years.

[captain yesterday]

Vidmaster7 wrote:

Captain ? wrote:

Tacticslion wrote:

Also, GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!

GUYS

GUYS

GUUUUUUUYYYYYYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSS

SO GOOD

EDIT: putting cloths back on, BUT CHECK OUT THAT LINK!

I don't click on links, what is it about.

Hamildolph (An American Christmas Story) - Hamilton Parody

I trust T-lion links anyways. Although after this one i'm not so sure...

I don't trust Tacticslion links for that exact reason.

[Freehold DM]

captain yesterday wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

Tacticslion wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

the same problems you have with this homebrew are the same problems I have with pre built worlds. Why hasn't elminster destroyed szass tam again? Or the good gods killed Cyric?

1) He's a lich; he gets better (also high level spells, and I think Szass is technically higher level, or at least higher CL). Also, if Elminster assassinated Szass, he'd then have to immediately take on a nation of mages (and one of the top five most populated nations, at that) and be out of magic, or nearly so. That will liiiiiikely not end well. Also, a dude's gotta rest sometimes.

Yawn.

How many enemies does elminster have again? Ill make it easy on you, just count the guys hes cuckolded. He also has THE LITERAL GODDESS OF MAGIC AS HIS SEX PARTNER, I think he should be able to reduce thay to cinders, none of the wizards there hold a candle to him backed up by his squeeze.

Quote:

2) Gods rarely profit from face-to-face conflict and don't tend to go murdering their peers (much like mortals tend to have qualms about murdering fellow mortals); nonetheless, Cyric has survived multiple assassination attempts, has a few strong allies (because he's a useful patsy) and not only did at least one god (really more than one) try to kill him (and fail, merely strengthening him), but also they even put him on trial using every loophole they could... a trial which he passed due to a similar loophole. As an aside, because of those assassination attempts? One of the most powerful gods there were, to the point that it took three greater deities working together to imprison him, and it was only kiiiiiiiiinda effective (though, to be fair, Mystra was dead, so... said gods had less things working in their favor in that regard).

double yawn.

Cyric has killed HOW MANY GODS AGAIN?! Come now, this is nothing more than plot armor at this point, and particularly BAD plot armor at that.

Quote:

I'm a helper!

Helping to cover...

I dont care if I end up a pile of ash, watching forgotten realms turn into nothingness means I die happy.

[Elminster, Rockstar of Wizardry]

If you really must know, Szass Tam and I were once lovers, if that is shocking to you, so be it.

[lisamarlene]

IT'S SATURDAY!!!!!
(Does happy Snoopy dance.)

This was the dumpster fire of weeks. Must be December.

[Vidmaster7]

aren't you a teacher? I would think December would be like easy street.

[lisamarlene]

Curds.
Sharp Cheddar.
Havarti Dill.
Stilton.

I hate anything with blue in it. It tastes like mold to me.

I'm also not crazy about brie or camembert unless it's baked with... stuff. Fruit or meat or nuts or something. I don't like it plain.

I also have a guilty anti-cheese fondness for those horrid little nukyuler pink cheese balls that taste faintly of windex and have sliced almonds on the outside.

[Vidmaster7]

I find most cheese when served with the right thing can work.

Except for whatever that pink thing your tlakng about is.

[captain yesterday]

I prefer Italian and Mediterranean cheeses.

[lisamarlene]

Vidmaster7 wrote:

aren't you a teacher? I would think December would be like easy street.

Yes, and I teach pre-k/K mixed.

They get excited, they get goofy, they lose it completely, they get less sleep and more sugar, and there is so much anticipation. It's like having two dozen cocker spaniel puppies. Who, yes, sometimes pee when they get too excited. It's sweet but exhausting.

Plus this week is always hard because there's a bad grief anniversary in the middle of it. And on top of it, an old friend of ours went on hospice and died this week, and since we moved away, we couldn't go say goodbye, and my Grandma went into the hospital last night.

So f*** this week.

[captain yesterday]

My family is entirely too reliant on cheese logs to cover up the fact that they can't cook.

But, I'm not on Facebook so they never ask me if I'd cook, despite being the only one that was a chef and baker for over a decade.

[Freehold DM]

Vidmaster7 wrote:

aren't you a teacher? I would think December would be like easy street.

you would think that but it is actually the exact opposite

[Freehold DM]

lisamarlene wrote:

Vidmaster7 wrote:

aren't you a teacher? I would think December would be like easy street.

Yes, and I teach pre-k/K mixed.

They get excited, they get goofy, they lose it completely, they get less sleep and more sugar, and there is so much anticipation. It's like having two dozen cocker spaniel puppies. Who, yes, sometimes pee when they get too excited. It's sweet but exhausting.

Plus this week is always hard because there's a bad grief anniversary in the middle of it. And on top of it, an old friend of ours went on hospice and died this week, and since we moved away, we couldn't go say goodbye, and my Grandma went into the hospital last night.

So f*** this week.

I am so sorry.

[lisamarlene]

Vidmaster7 wrote:

I find most cheese when served with the right thing can work.

Except for whatever that pink thing your tlakng about is.

The pink thing is officially called a "port wine cheese ball" and it is the Captain Crunch of cheese-related products. It isn't really food, it's sweetish, it has pink bits in it, it's crunchy, it doesn't actually taste very good, and yet you can't stop eating it.

[Sharoth]

lisamarlene wrote:

Vidmaster7 wrote:

aren't you a teacher? I would think December would be like easy street.

Yes, and I teach pre-k/K mixed.

They get excited, they get goofy, they lose it completely, they get less sleep and more sugar, and there is so much anticipation. It's like having two dozen cocker spaniel puppies. Who, yes, sometimes pee when they get too excited. It's sweet but exhausting.

Plus this week is always hard because there's a bad grief anniversary in the middle of it. And on top of it, an old friend of ours went on hospice and died this week, and since we moved away, we couldn't go say goodbye, and my Grandma went into the hospital last night.

So f*** this week.

I am sorry about that. I hope that things improve for you.

[captain yesterday]

"You can't be Aquaman, you look nothing like him!" - One of my brothers, playing make believe about 35 years ago.

My, how times have changed!

[Sharoth]

~curses~ It looks like Jezebel is not getting any better and that I will have to make a choice. Damn, but this week has sucked. Three pets in less than seven months.

[captain yesterday]

I'm so sorry you're going through that s$#~ Sharoth!

Even one of those things is a tragedy, but everything at the same time! F*~@, man, that sucks huge!!

[Sharoth]

Thanks CY.

[Scintillae]

Freehold DM wrote:

Vidmaster7 wrote:

aren't you a teacher? I would think December would be like easy street.

you would think that but it is actually the exact opposite

Yep. Semester grades are due, which means all the procrastinators have finally figured out they're going to fail if they don't gasp turn things in...and the work is so old, they've usually forgotten how to do it, so how else can they get their grades up, is there extra credit (not enough to save you), why won't you extend the deadline (it was due in October)...on top of getting keyed up for holiday break.

[NobodysHome]

..and don't forget the whole, "Hey, you've been working 60-80 hours a week for the last 15-16 weeks and we haven't had a chance to see you! Let's ALL try to socialize with you at once during your downtime!"

And holy carp is it insidious.
NobodysWife: "Can we do the Dickens Faire on the 16th?"
NobodysHome: "Sure!" (Sends out two "No" RSVPs to try to keep the weekend clear)
NobodysWife: "Oh! My friend just said she wants to host a holiday party that evening! We need to go to that!"
NobodysHome: (Winces at the thought of 12 hours solid of "social, festive" activity) "I guess that's OK..."

...and the invites just keep coming in. Relatives. Long-silent friends. Anyone and everyone who hasn't seen you in years wants to see you during that precious, precious two weeks of downtime where you were thinking you could finally relax and sit around doing nothing for at least a day or two.

Want to thank a teacher? Don't frigging invite them to anything during the holidays!

[Orthos]

I have a single party with acquaintances from church and a single party hosted at work for Xmas. Other than that, and Xmas day with the family itself, I don't do anything as far as social interaction. I don't think I know enough people offline to get invited to that kind of thing.

[captain yesterday]

My family plans stupid plans for the holiday season, so not being in the Facebook loop helps to minimize what I'm exposed to.

"Gee, I'd love to go sledding at night 60 miles away on New year's Eve, but I've already made plans, If only we knew about it sooner, oh darn"

[Scintillae]

We're having a work sort-of party...because it's a half-day for students anyway, and we're stuck there till our grades are finished. So we're having a potluck/chili contest for lunch.

[Icyshadow]

School is done with for this year, but now I have a week's worth of night shift work, from around 10 PM to 7 AM.

[NobodysHome]

We do the Fake Russian's New Year's Eve thingy (TONS of fun), plus visit GothBard's mother, plus the Dickens Faire.

Anything beyond that is excessive, but I usually end up getting dragged to 3-4 more things (GothBard's work holiday party and 1-2 parties for her friends).

Not anything that's really all that bad; I like her friends. But it takes a lot of "No" to keep the sociality that low.

[lisamarlene]

I miss the Ersatz Russian's New Year's Eve thingy SOOOOO much.

[Icyshadow]

My main D&D / Pathfinder / GURPS party from our high school days have traditionally had a New Year's celebrations at the house of one of the party members. I think this will be the fifth or sixth year in a row when we've gathered there to party!

[captain yesterday]

I miss putting the kids to bed early and fooling around with the wife, but now they're old enough they want to stay up and ring in the New Year.

Unfortunately, due to my family and their stupid plans (and the rampant alcoholism on the other side) we can't pawn them off on someone else.

[captain yesterday]

New Year's Eve is a huge holiday in the land of beer and cheese, so being somewhat contrary I've never really celebrated it.

[NobodysHome]

We go to the Fake Russian's, socialize and play board games for the evening, and then in the morning Shiro runs his all-day Call of Cthulu game.

If we aren't all insane or dead by 3 in the afternoon, we express our disappointment.

[NobodysHome]

And I forget whether I posted this here, but the week of December 24 is a mandatory week off at Global Megacorporation, and January 1 is a holiday. Now that I have infinite vacation I don't mind, but I got an e-mail that said, "Don't forget that the 31st is a work day."

I just IM'ed my manager and said, "I'm not coming in. You can't make me."
She responded, "That's OK. Neither am I."

[Sharoth]

I am about to say goodbye to Jezebel in a few minutes. She is 8 years old.

[Sharoth]

I may be gone for a few days. Please take care and I will be back later.

[Freehold DM]

Sharoth wrote:

I may be gone for a few days. Please take care and I will be back later.

my deepest condolences for your loss, and we will see you when you return.