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I'm totally making gelatin mix potions. You cannot stop me from calling any cure spells used in this way Holy Jello.
totally midwest.
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...uh...
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I'm totally making gelatin mix potions. You cannot stop me from calling any cure spells used in this way Holy Jello.
Blessèd by Jellovah.
I would like to see stats for magic weapons with the following names:
Buttflenser
Asshammer
Grundleflail
Nardgargler
Taintgrater
SphincteradicatorOn second thought, maybe I don't.
I know someone who uses the second as a nickname for his manhood. But that's about it.
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The kids have started asking me when I'm going to run the undersea campaign for them.
I'm making excuses because I don't actually know of any undersea AP's or modules. Do any of you know of one offhand? Doesn't have to be Pathfinder, could be old D&D and I could modify it.
Hey, LM, do you remember the basic D&D gazetteer, PC3: The Sea People? It has undersea playable races for basic D&D and underwater rules, but it also has a few adventure seeds that you might find useful.
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Any PC gamers in here who could suggest some small-scale LAN games?
I've been out of that scene for a while now. The most I play on my PC is stuff like MMOs, Pathfinder Kingmaker, and occasionally some old Star Wars games like Rebellion.
Anymore FPS games tend to make my stomach queasy and I start sweating.
I've been out of that scene for a while now. The most I play on my PC is stuff like MMOs, Pathfinder Kingmaker, and occasionally some old Star Wars games like Rebellion.
Anymore FPS games tend to make my stomach queasy and I start sweating.
because of the super fast movement/rendering/what have you? I have been there before, once during a halo game I got super nauseous. A friend changed the settings and it didnt happen again.
because of the super fast movement/rendering/what have you? I have been there before, once during a halo game I got super nauseous. A friend changed the settings and it didnt happen again.I've been out of that scene for a while now. The most I play on my PC is stuff like MMOs, Pathfinder Kingmaker, and occasionally some old Star Wars games like Rebellion.
Anymore FPS games tend to make my stomach queasy and I start sweating.
Some games the settings can be adjusted so that I don't have an issue. Other games...no...something about their video quality just makes me ill.
I also am not a very good passenger on trips. At the very least I need to sit in the front seat and even then I can have problems. No issues if I'm driving though, unless I get on a hillside road with a lot of switchbacks and no traffic.
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I've been playing Fortnite with Tiny T-Rex to give him positive examples of good sportsmanship.
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@Orthos
Does Hinduism take actions and behaviors into account when determining fate/afterlife/reincarnation/etc.? If so, is that balanced against the need to believe - IE, do Hindus believe that Non-Hindus can still reach a satisfactory final fate even without believing? Or do they, like Christians (and Abrahamic faiths in general), have as a founding part of their philosophy that anyone who is not part of the faith - anyone who does not believe as they do - automatically fails the most basic-level prerequisite for a successful spirituality?
Apparently Hinduism is like Judaism in that it's as much an ethnicity as a religion. I'm not sure if Hinduism is exclusionary about moksha the way monotheism is exclusionary about heaven/paradise, but it is more accepting of diverse beliefs and practices. The three paths to moksha are Karma Yoga (heavy on ritual), Jnana Yoga (heavy on self-discovery), and Bhakti Yoga (devotion to one god or other, like D&D priests apparently). Only the last one makes gods centrally important, so I guess that's different than christianity where god and belief in it is [nearly] always suuuper important.
Even in islam apparently, while belief is important, it is considered "the easy part" of the islam equation. The hard part being the 'five pillars', four of which require consistent and/or difficult ritual or charity. Salat (five daily prayers), zakat (required charity), sawm (ramadan fasting), and hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). Only with shahadah, every muslim's initial profession of faith, is belief really the sole requirement. And apparently the quran pretty consistently emphasizes the rules and rituals of the religion, rather than the "ease" of belief.
...Okay, I'm starting to see Prothero's point now. :)
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Our Arizona state-level overlords are making their annual attempts to take away our voter rights. Not one but four bills this year, all chipping away at voter reg and citizen ballot initiatives. So I called all three of my overlords to threaten their jobs. >:(
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Blegh…
I know I haven't been around here much lately and the reason are myriad and many, though it has at least some to do with me feeling really moody, wretched and sickly as of late. Also been having bouts of loneliness and been thirsting for intimacy...which isn't easily curable when you just mostly want to withdraw into your shell at the same time. But its is what it is I guess.
Sigh...
So I'm sorry for what I've missed...birthdays, long awaited returns (Yay! Lyn!) and a bunch of other stuff.
The other reasons include a waning interest(and growing disappointment) in Paizo's stuff* - both in general and in particular - as I've found other products, by other companies, that cater better to my particular twisted tastes and likes...and while it hard to articulate properly - the why's and how's - I just don't find the stuff put out by Paizo that fun anymore. It feels somehow bereft of some of the experimentation, 'edge' and 'wonder' from the first many years worth of products have slowly bleed away for a more streamline, tight and 'mechanically good' formula.
(Yes, I know this is opinion/taste territory...and for all I know maybe that 'wonder' is still there, just in the Starfinder line of stuff…that's just not my ballpark...yet at least)
* Some of it has also been brought up here in this thread before…stuff like printing quality.
Not much have happened up here North.
Mostly been working my butt off, when I'm not down in the dumps.
Its election time up here, so that's the talk of the country, and its bringing all the usual kooky characters out of the woodworks from your run-of-the-mill dirty hippie lefties to your nutty book-burning far right-wing populists.
I've been playing Fortnite with Tiny T-Rex to give him positive examples of good sportsmanship.
so...no on teabagging?
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I'm totally making gelatin mix potions. You cannot stop me from calling any cure spells used in this way Holy Jello.Blessèd by Jellovah.
Gelatin is extracted from boiling animal hides/skins and bones. Does anyone know if the leftover hides/skin can then be used to make leather armor? (My inner gnome/dwarf entrepreneur is pondering a Healing Gels & Tannery Mart.)
I've been playing Fortnite with Tiny T-Rex to give him positive examples of good sportsmanship.
This is also a perfect counterexample of why my nephews should probably not ride in my car while I'm driving.
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Captain Yesterday fun fact: Once as a challenge the kids decided to spend the entire drive to New Glarus by saying "are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" In unison over and over again to see if I'd snap.
We made it to Lodi before the General snapped.
Yeah, I'm pretty good.
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I figured out the problem with the almond milk. I forgot to shake the carton. Now the carton is shook, it tastes fine. I’ll try unsweetened coconut milk next. And…cold storage at my workplace only has bruised Pacific Rose apples. I hope they pour a new batch out soon, becaue I’m running low on apple stocks.
Belated hi Syrus.
Also. I had some weird dream last night about being in some kind of (cult?)…that was giving its members combat training. Saw a former D&D party member who happened to be in the US navy and he said he was getting slow when the instructor was doing a demo on him and he failed to avoid the leg sweep. So really strange…and I realized it was a (cult?) only after someone tried to join and the instructor turned them down, and apparently we were all selected for our fitness prowess in certain events? (Or maybe I shouldn’t expect dreams to make sense)
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Blegh…
I know I haven't been around here much lately and the reason are myriad and many, though it has at least some to do with me feeling really moody, wretched and sickly as of late. Also been having bouts of loneliness and been thirsting for intimacy...which isn't easily curable when you just mostly want to withdraw into your shell at the same time. But its is what it is I guess.
Sigh...
So I'm sorry for what I've missed...birthdays, long awaited returns (Yay! Lyn!) and a bunch of other stuff.The other reasons include a waning interest(and growing disappointment) in Paizo's stuff* - both in general and in particular - as I've found other products, by other companies, that cater better to my particular twisted tastes and likes...and while it hard to articulate properly - the why's and how's - I just don't find the stuff put out by Paizo that fun anymore. It feels somehow bereft of some of the experimentation, 'edge' and 'wonder' from the first many years worth of products have slowly bleed away for a more streamline, tight and 'mechanically good' formula.
(Yes, I know this is opinion/taste territory...and for all I know maybe that 'wonder' is still there, just in the Starfinder line of stuff…that's just not my ballpark...yet at least)* Some of it has also been brought up here in this thread before…stuff like printing quality.
Not much have happened up here North.
Mostly been working my butt off, when I'm not down in the dumps.
Its election time up here, so that's the talk of the country, and its bringing all the usual kooky characters out of the woodworks from your run-of-the-mill dirty hippie lefties to your nutty book-burning far right-wing populists.
Damn, why didn't they send the nuns instead?
I am no AP critic since I don't even write myself, so I would have no idea on how to critique an AP.
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Captain Yesterday fun fact: Once as a challenge the kids decided to spend the entire drive to New Glarus by saying "are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" In unison over and over again to see if I'd snap.
We made it to Lodi before the General snapped.
Yeah, I'm pretty good.
The General should have done this.
The other reasons include a waning interest(and growing disappointment) in Paizo's stuff* - both in general and in particular - as I've found other products, by other companies, that cater better to my particular twisted tastes and likes...and while it hard to articulate properly - the why's and how's - I just don't find the stuff put out by Paizo that fun anymore. It feels somehow bereft of some of the experimentation, 'edge' and 'wonder' from the first many years worth of products have slowly bleed away for a more streamline, tight and 'mechanically good' formula.
(Yes, I know this is opinion/taste territory...and for all I know maybe that 'wonder' is still there, just in the Starfinder line of stuff…that's just not my ballpark...yet at least)* Some of it has also been brought up here in this thread before…stuff like printing quality.
Out of curiosity, since Scint and I are looking to get into the adventure-writing business, what are those products and companies?
So far That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is pretty good.
So . . . . two posts across two and a half days . . . .
*gasp*
It's almost like I'm back again!!
(Almost.)
Minor financial edge:
If you register online with the Choice Hotels chain (Econo Lodge, Sleep, Clarion, Quality) right now for the "Choice Privileges" rewards program, they're offering a summer promo where if you book two separate stays (i.e. different hotels) of at least $40/night, you'll get a free $50 gift card for Amazon, Lowe's, Apple, or a couple of other options. I think there are some chain restaurants, too.
I'm planning Econo Lodge for the road trip with the kids to my Mom's this summer, because they have the free hot breakfast, not just cereal and juice, and they often have a pool, and it's vaguely affordable on a teacher's dime. So I figured, one night in Wyoming, one night in Nevada, and we're there, and then I get $50 back out of a bit over $100 spent (with the taxes).
Thankya, gran! And you, too, lm!!
How've y'all been?
(And, yes, gran and Vid can scoff at my pick of hotels, and I know NH is probably horrified. All I can say is, I've stayed in a LOT of cheap hotels on road trips, and this one is the least depressing and miserable and a heck of a lot better than anything with a number in the name (6, 8, etc.)
So far That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is pretty good.
Yeah, we're about 18 episodes in and still really enjoying it.
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(And, yes, gran and Vid can scoff at my pick of hotels, and I know NH is probably horrified. All I can say is, I've stayed in a LOT of cheap hotels on road trips, and this one is the least depressing and miserable and a heck of a lot better than anything with a number in the name (6, 8, etc.)
LOL. You're talking to a man who voluntarily stayed at Motel 6s on the corporate dime because he grew up staying in "rustic" cabins where even running water was a luxury, so paying more than $50 for a room seemed like an obscenity.
My experience, now nearly 20 years old, is that La Quinta Inns are a cut above the other dirt cheap, "Here's a bed and a lock on your door, we hope they both work" chains.
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The paramedics, her parents (years later), and the police all agreed that I probably saved her life that night. I never forgave the 4 people who ran, leaving me and one other guy desperately trying to keep the young woman alive. (She was in really bad shape.) The police and her parents reacted in the natural, stupid way, blaming me for the whole thing, yelling at me, threatening me with jail time, etc., but I just quietly worked with the paramedics to make sure she was OK, and I personally got her home to her parents safely after she'd been treated.
Fast forward to 2019. Impus Major and three friends were walking home from a trip to tour a local community college. Two of them had engaged in illegal edibles. The girl suddenly got dizzy, fell over, and started asking the others to call 911 because she was overdosing. The other kids panicked. One ran away (sound familiar?). Another ran off to have an emotional breakdown. Impus Major calmly called 911, stayed with her until the paramedics arrived, dealt with the police questioning and accusations, etc.
The entire thing was SOOOOO frighteningly parallel. And I am SOOOOOOO proud. And her parents were SO much better than the parents of the 1980s, which is something I'm seeing consistently across all the parents around here. THEIR response was, "Impus Major, we love you for what you did. Thank you SO much for looking out for her and taking care of her. But she's going to live like an Amish girl for a while, so you're not going to see her. But it's not your fault. You did a wonderful thing, so thank you."
Why couldn't the parents of MY generation understand that kind of s***? It's the kids who stick around and take care of your kid that you need to THANK, not CONDEMN.
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NH - I would have stayed and seen the whole situation through too. I don't run away from problems. I can be very patient and helpful with those who are truly in need even if I'm a b~~*~y cat on other times. Just ask my friend who ended up on crutches after she sprained her ankle.
How her parents treated you was an injustice but I am guessing they were probably panicking at that time and just had no outlet for it.
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League of Legends?Any PC gamers in here who could suggest some small-scale LAN games?
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We do hit up DotA, which is what LoL was based on, but LoL might be more approachable for the less experienced players at the LAN. And it is a good small-scale team battle game.
I've been playing Fortnite with Tiny T-Rex to give him positive examples of good sportsmanship.
I always thought Fortnite was 4 player team max, like a lot of those Battle Royale games, but I looked it up there and it's 16 now. So that could potentially work alright.
Torchligt?Any PC gamers in here who could suggest some small-scale LAN games?
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Similar to Fortnite, I thought this was 4 player max, but I looked it up and it's 6, 8 with a developer approved mod. So it could work too.
Thanks all. :)
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I love Impus Major so much more than normally right now. Please give him a big embarrassing hug from me and tell him he's awesome.
Meh. I should go to shop buy something to eat but it is raining and I left an umbrella yesterday at my GM's place.
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NH --
My sister had a very similar experience.
She was enrolled at the same college I first attended -- church-associated private school, super-strict. There was a drinking party off-campus, and she attended. One young attendee (granddaughter/niece/somesuch of a major donor to the school) got absolutely $#!7face-hammered on a hellacious amount of vodka, passed out, turned blue. My *sister*, no little bit drunk herself, loaded the young woman into the vehicle and drove her to the emergency room -- everybody else skedaddled. Saved the girl's life.
Said girl had a burst of guilty feelings, confessed to some Lord High Muckity-Muck, and named names. Every one of them except my sister "went forward" (altar call, in other groups, I think?) and yaddayadda. They ran my sister off -- the only one with the guts to save a life no matter who liked it or not.
#superproud
#nomorechurchschools
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To avoid walking in the rain, I order a pizza.
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Today I'm wearing a Harry Dresden shirt, and apparently I'm having to aim it at my own department.
Front:
"Saving the world one act of random destruction at a time."
Back:
"Evil isn't the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference."
Today:
A week-long snafu has been solved: These 50 people can't use email because the tech that's been in that particular office for the last 3 years still doesn't know how to correctly set up accounts. Executives in other departments have openly wondered why that technician is still employed.
My counterpart in another division of the business just ran the wrong batch file and wiped out his own Windows profile.
A technician who has been here for about a year is now asking if Iloilo, a city in the Philippines where we have an office, is in Guatemala City. Last I checked, Guatemala City is not in the Philippines. We also have an office there. I'm trying to figure out why this would have even come up.
Another technician is trying to install 10-year-old software that we haven't used in two years on a brand new computer. It's failing and he can't figure out why. We decommissioned the infrastructure that software was supposed to integrate with, but I'm sure that has nothing to do with it.
The users I usually complain about have been perfectly fine. Today. The issues that have come in have been legitimate issues that they themselves would not be able to solve. None of them have been rude. None of them have been idiotic. It's the damn IT staff that's the problem today.
I'm in freakin' Bizarro World.
Today I'm wearing a Harry Dresden shirt, and apparently I'm having to aim it at my own department.
Front:
"Saving the world one act of random destruction at a time."Back:
"Evil isn't the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference."Today:
A week-long snafu has been solved: These 50 people can't use email because the tech that's been in that particular office for the last 3 years still doesn't know how to correctly set up accounts. Executives in other departments have openly wondered why that technician is still employed.My counterpart in another division of the business just ran the wrong batch file and wiped out his own Windows profile.
A technician who has been here for about a year is now asking if Iloilo, a city in the Philippines where we have an office, is in Guatemala City. Last I checked, Guatemala City is not in the Philippines. We also have an office there. I'm trying to figure out why this would have even come up.
Another technician is trying to install 10-year-old software that we haven't used in two years on a brand new computer. It's failing and he can't figure out why. We decommissioned the infrastructure that software was supposed to integrate with, but I'm sure that has nothing to do with it.
The users I usually complain about have been perfectly fine. Today. The issues that have come in have been legitimate issues that they themselves would not be able to solve. None of them have been rude. None of them have been idiotic. It's the damn IT staff that's the problem today.
I'm in freakin' Bizarro World.
IT is notorious for being full of weirdos.
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A technician who has been here for about a year is now asking if Iloilo, a city in the Philippines where we have an office, is in Guatemala City. Last I checked, Guatemala City is not in the Philippines.
It's on the West Coast, right?
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IT is notorious for being full of weirdos.
I want to contradict this statement with logic and fact, but I simply can't.