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I have 11 new stitches, but nothing is broken, no teeth damaged, and no concussion, so not too bad, I guess.Holy s$*&. How did I miss this?!
Are you healing up okay?
I'm pretty casual with my injuries, I'm surprised more people didn't notice it.
I'm healing well enough, it's only been 24 hours.
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Speaking of death and resurrection, it's really tiresome to encounter another game where resurrection is commonplace, yet where the authors kill off an NPC in order to motivate the PCs.Don't play PFS then. :P
Edit: If you're playing naked, turn off the webcam.
Yeah, I've run CotCT twice now, and there's always the question, "Wait... it would cost 380 gold pieces a day for the Church of Abadar to put a daily Restoration on the king. So how much is he worth again, and why is he dying of a disease?"
Just have him die of a heart attack. Suddenly he can't be resurrected and it's all good...
EDIT: Yeah, yeah, I know. "Plot". But once again, don't make a plot that depends on fantastically rich people in major cities being unable to afford "basic" medical care such as Heal and Restoration spells."
I think it says something about the car you drive when a tow truck pulls up in front of your house and your immediate thought is, "Oh, crap. Someone must have called in to have my car towed. I'd better go talk to them..."
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Speaking of death and resurrection, it's really tiresome to encounter another game where resurrection is commonplace, yet where the authors kill off an NPC in order to motivate the PCs.Don't play PFS then. :P
Edit: If you're playing naked, turn off the webcam.
Yeah, I've run CotCT twice now, and there's always the question, "Wait... it would cost 380 gold pieces a day for the Church of Abadar to put a daily Restoration on the king. So how much is he worth again, and why is he dying of a disease?"
Just have him die of a heart attack. Suddenly he can't be resurrected and it's all good...
EDIT: Yeah, yeah, I know. "Plot". But once again, don't make a plot that depends on fantastically rich people in major cities being unable to afford "basic" medical care such as Heal and Restoration spells."
That's what I'm doing for my COTCT anyway. Since I'm revamping it and rearranging it to be a bit more Locke Lamora-ish.
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I have 11 new stitches, but nothing is broken, no teeth damaged, and no concussion, so not too bad, I guess.Holy s$*&. How did I miss this?!
Are you healing up okay?
I'm pretty casual with my injuries, I'm surprised more people didn't notice it.
I'm healing well enough, it's only been 24 hours.
I noticed, but you seemed pretty nonchalant about it and didn't text anything horrifying, so I was assuming you were basically ok.
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** spoiler omitted **Speaking of death and resurrection, it's really tiresome to encounter another game where resurrection is commonplace, yet where the authors kill off an NPC in order to motivate the PCs.Don't play PFS then. :P
Edit: If you're playing naked, turn off the webcam.
Yeah, I've run CotCT twice now, and there's always the question, "Wait... it would cost 380 gold pieces a day for the Church of Abadar to put a daily Restoration on the king. So how much is he worth again, and why is he dying of a disease?"
Just have him die of a heart attack. Suddenly he can't be resurrected and it's all good...
EDIT: Yeah, yeah, I know. "Plot". But once again, don't make a plot that depends on fantastically rich people in major cities being unable to afford "basic" medical care such as Heal and Restoration spells."
Past that point in our game but definitely stealing the idea for the future.
I noticed, but you seemed pretty nonchalant about it and didn't text anything horrifying, so I was assuming you were basically ok.I have 11 new stitches, but nothing is broken, no teeth damaged, and no concussion, so not too bad, I guess.Holy s$*&. How did I miss this?!
Are you healing up okay?
I'm pretty casual with my injuries, I'm surprised more people didn't notice it.
I'm healing well enough, it's only been 24 hours.
I can send some gruesome pics if you want, I came pretty close to shearing off my nose.
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Yeah, yeah you did. That's gonna leave a mark.
But chicks dig scars. At least, that's what I've been told. By the TV.
Gotta love school district planners: Impus Major is in his final 3 weeks of school of his senior year.
So this afternoon they're having an assembly on earthquake safety and what to do if an earthquake hits while you're in school.
For some reason he's cutting the assembly...
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** spoiler omitted **Speaking of death and resurrection, it's really tiresome to encounter another game where resurrection is commonplace, yet where the authors kill off an NPC in order to motivate the PCs.Don't play PFS then. :P
Edit: If you're playing naked, turn off the webcam.
Yeah, I've run CotCT twice now, and there's always the question, "Wait... it would cost 380 gold pieces a day for the Church of Abadar to put a daily Restoration on the king. So how much is he worth again, and why is he dying of a disease?"
Just have him die of a heart attack. Suddenly he can't be resurrected and it's all good...
EDIT: Yeah, yeah, I know. "Plot". But once again, don't make a plot that depends on fantastically rich people in major cities being unable to afford "basic" medical care such as Heal and Restoration spells."
That is a good idea in general
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Back from the book festival.
I have crammed my brain to bursting; I also have several more books.
ALL (DE) and I did not come close to strangling one another, despite living together in a tent for 5-6 days, so that's good.
Welsh whisky (are they allowed to call it that?) is surprisingly tasty.
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Deep 6 FAWTL. Tales of Agartha: the Avalon Chronicles. Ask James Jacobs Anything.Also, we were in the paizo trivia contest at paizocon:
4) The Paizo.com messageboards are a busy place, and as of last night, 3 different threads have 75K or more posts. Name any of these 3 threads.
Ask James Jacobs, FaWtL, and the one about hugging succubi, or maybe the LGBTQ+ gamer's thread.
Edit: definitely not the LGBTQ+ thread, they only have 17,000+ posts, so it's gotta be succubus in a grapple.
!!!!! O.o
Okay, I knew my game was kinda massive, but, honestly hadn’t realized it was that many posts! :D
That Agartha thing is indeed massive, it's been going pretty much since I joined if not longer. Scint and I tried to get involved at one point but just couldn't keep up.Deep 6 FAWTL. Tales of Agartha: the Avalon Chronicles. Ask James Jacobs Anything.Also, we were in the paizo trivia contest at paizocon:
4) The Paizo.com messageboards are a busy place, and as of last night, 3 different threads have 75K or more posts. Name any of these 3 threads.
Ask James Jacobs, FaWtL, and the one about hugging succubi, or maybe the LGBTQ+ gamer's thread.
Edit: definitely not the LGBTQ+ thread, they only have 17,000+ posts, so it's gotta be succubus in a grapple.
It’s been going for eight years. It’s quite a bit slower at the moment because I’m still ramping up after my unplanned hiatus, but yeah, there’s a lot to keep track of with multiple storylines running at once.
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CY, yikes! That sounds kinda horrifying! I hope your nose heals quickly
It’s been going for eight years. It’s quite a bit slower at the moment because I’m still ramping up after my unplanned hiatus, but yeah, there’s a lot to keep track of with multiple storylines running at once.That Agartha thing is indeed massive, it's been going pretty much since I joined if not longer. Scint and I tried to get involved at one point but just couldn't keep up.Deep 6 FAWTL. Tales of Agartha: the Avalon Chronicles. Ask James Jacobs Anything.Also, we were in the paizo trivia contest at paizocon:
4) The Paizo.com messageboards are a busy place, and as of last night, 3 different threads have 75K or more posts. Name any of these 3 threads.
Ask James Jacobs, FaWtL, and the one about hugging succubi, or maybe the LGBTQ+ gamer's thread.
Edit: definitely not the LGBTQ+ thread, they only have 17,000+ posts, so it's gotta be succubus in a grapple.
So you're admitting that you're responsible for the three biggest threads on the Paizo boards? 'Cause I know you convinced James to start his thread...
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So you're admitting that you're responsible for the three biggest threads on the Paizo boards? 'Cause I know you convinced James to start his thread...It’s been going for eight years. It’s quite a bit slower at the moment because I’m still ramping up after my unplanned hiatus, but yeah, there’s a lot to keep track of with multiple storylines running at once.That Agartha thing is indeed massive, it's been going pretty much since I joined if not longer. Scint and I tried to get involved at one point but just couldn't keep up.Deep 6 FAWTL. Tales of Agartha: the Avalon Chronicles. Ask James Jacobs Anything.Also, we were in the paizo trivia contest at paizocon:
4) The Paizo.com messageboards are a busy place, and as of last night, 3 different threads have 75K or more posts. Name any of these 3 threads.
Ask James Jacobs, FaWtL, and the one about hugging succubi, or maybe the LGBTQ+ gamer's thread.
Edit: definitely not the LGBTQ+ thread, they only have 17,000+ posts, so it's gotta be succubus in a grapple.
Lol...I had nothing to do with that one, I swear! :P
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So you're admitting that you're responsible for the three biggest threads on the Paizo boards? 'Cause I know you convinced James to start his thread...It’s been going for eight years. It’s quite a bit slower at the moment because I’m still ramping up after my unplanned hiatus, but yeah, there’s a lot to keep track of with multiple storylines running at once.That Agartha thing is indeed massive, it's been going pretty much since I joined if not longer. Scint and I tried to get involved at one point but just couldn't keep up.Deep 6 FAWTL. Tales of Agartha: the Avalon Chronicles. Ask James Jacobs Anything.Also, we were in the paizo trivia contest at paizocon:
4) The Paizo.com messageboards are a busy place, and as of last night, 3 different threads have 75K or more posts. Name any of these 3 threads.
Ask James Jacobs, FaWtL, and the one about hugging succubi, or maybe the LGBTQ+ gamer's thread.
Edit: definitely not the LGBTQ+ thread, they only have 17,000+ posts, so it's gotta be succubus in a grapple.
Actually, you can thank TOZ for the Ask James Jacobs thread.
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I did what now?
Edit: huh, looks like some posts got removed at the start. Not sure why.
A likely story.
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I walked out of my classroom about an hour and a half ago and am free until August 5th.
Tonight, the boss is treating the faculty to dinner and drinks at some swank restaurant uptown. Personally, I'd rather just take over one of the many excellent barbecue joints in town (there are SOOOO many!) and have brisket, ribs, and beer, but I'll dress up and go swank too. I'm easy.
Tomorrow we're going camping for four days up on Lake Texoma. I'm excited.
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I walked out of my classroom about an hour and a half ago and am free until August 5th.
Tonight, the boss is treating the faculty to dinner and drinks at some swank restaurant uptown. Personally, I'd rather just take over one of the many excellent barbecue joints in town (there are SOOOO many!) and have brisket, ribs, and beer, but I'll dress up and go swank too. I'm easy.
Tomorrow we're going camping for four days up on Lake Texoma. I'm excited.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOait a minute. August 5th? That's insane!
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Speaking of death and resurrection, it's really tiresome to encounter another game where resurrection is commonplace, yet where the authors kill off an NPC in order to motivate the PCs.
The Final Fantasy series is rife with such inconsistencies, but this was Borderlands 2, and was particularly incongruous because we'd seen the NPC in question resurrected dozens of times, but this time it was different because.... why?
IIRC the Final Fantasy works on presumption that the death status is really an incapacitated condition, not actual death.
Borderlands had an explicit statement by the creators that New-U stations are game mechanic and not part of the game lore (which I personally think is a terribly missed opportunity), though the New-U stations quotes are hilarious and finely fitting the setting thematically. If it wasn't the case, they could be easily explained as super-tech 3d printers/molecular reassemblers that rebuild you and download the latest copy of your personality, and all the in-game deaths are caused by weapons that disrupt and erase the backup data of personality/body that are needed for resurrection.
If you're going to have *ANY* game where resurrection is a thing, don't use death as a motivator!!!!!
It's really not that hard...
There are different degrees of death, and death can be still used in this way. For example Vlad Taltos is fine fantasy series where resurrection is casual and assassination is commonly used as a warning, but at the same time there are multiple ways of offing someone permanently - soul-killing weapons, certain magics, degree of bodily destruction, time from death, and so on.
Back from the L5R sessions. Not much for me to do this time, recovering from face injury under the tender care of my opponent's sister (which has an eye for my fellow Scorpion as she is the other part of his Karmic Tie advantage that showed recently). The rest of the party done a bit more, trying to appease spirit of kappa whose body I killed on the last session, finding two samurai children that fled the attack on the village that happened prior to previous session and led to a lot of bad things, and promising to adopt those two as part of appeasement arrangement.
*sigh*
I say we need to get rid of that vile spirit as it explicitly declared no respect for Celestial Order and spoke with a dead otter.
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I can send some gruesome pics if you want, I came pretty close to shearing off my nose.I noticed, but you seemed pretty nonchalant about it and didn't text anything horrifying, so I was assuming you were basically ok.I have 11 new stitches, but nothing is broken, no teeth damaged, and no concussion, so not too bad, I guess.Holy s$*&. How did I miss this?!
Are you healing up okay?
I'm pretty casual with my injuries, I'm surprised more people didn't notice it.
I'm healing well enough, it's only been 24 hours.
I'm just catching up on the thread now, but I'm also glad you're relatively ok-ish.
So, it turns out getting catapulted over the front of a mini bobcat nose first into the hydraulic arm is NOT as fun as it sounds.
So, having mastered shaving bears, were you trying to expand your skills to shaving mooses? (meeces?) Or were you reenacting the power loader (bobcat) vs. xenomorph queen (conveniently on site cow) fight, and the cow decided it didn't want to be tipped? :)
On the plus side I've been rewatching my DVDs of Arrested Development.
I can do without the flashbacks to the accident though.
I have 11 new stitches, but nothing is broken, no teeth damaged, and no concussion, so not too bad, I guess.
*Waddles by Cap's place to offer a few back-pats, some well-wishes, a "heal up quick" comment and a stiff drink*
(Edit)...
*Tilts head slightly and gulps down both stiff drinks, before rummaging around a bit in his fridge and handing Cap a bottle of cold blood-orange-ade*
I don't drink but I approve of the sentiment, so thanks!
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More for me and Vany.
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOait a minute. August 5th? That's insane!I walked out of my classroom about an hour and a half ago and am free until August 5th.
Tonight, the boss is treating the faculty to dinner and drinks at some swank restaurant uptown. Personally, I'd rather just take over one of the many excellent barbecue joints in town (there are SOOOO many!) and have brisket, ribs, and beer, but I'll dress up and go swank too. I'm easy.
Tomorrow we're going camping for four days up on Lake Texoma. I'm excited.
Welcome to being a teacher: 60 hours per week for 38 weeks = 2280 work hours per year, as compared to 40 hours per week for 52 weeks = 2080 work hours per year.
Teachers EARN those 14 weeks off!
EDIT: And I'll be honest: 60 hours per week is a light estimate. My final year of teaching I was working 85 hours per week. I know. Because it was one of the major contributors to my quitting a tenure-track position without another job lined up.
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...For example Vlad Taltos is fine fantasy series where resurrection is casual and assassination is commonly used as a warning, but at the same time there are multiple ways of offing someone permanently - soul-killing weapons, certain magics, degree of bodily destruction, time from death, and so on.
The entire Jhereg series is a beautiful example of how to handle death and high magic properly.
Yes, it can be done, and Jhereg proves it can be done extremely well.
The problem is, 99% of writers are too lazy to even do it well enough to make logical sense in their settings.
And that is what irks me.
In Pathfinder, once you're dealing with assassinations of monarchs ruling over tens of thousands of people, it seems like bringing along a bound demon/devil who can cast Soul Bind would be a no-brainer, and would get rid of the problem easily.
Heck,
Holy cow Cap, glad it was nothing serious!
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The perils of being cripplingly shy: the staff dinner is mostly over, people are saying goodbye and drifting out, and I'm sitting here with my malbec on FaWtL because it's easier than talking to people.
But dinner was good. The food was well-prepared but plain, which was refreshing. I had scallops and I could actually taste that they were, in fact, scallops.
I'm bored and feel alone.
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Deep 6 FAWTL. Tales of Agartha: the Avalon Chronicles. Ask James Jacobs Anything.Also, we were in the paizo trivia contest at paizocon:
4) The Paizo.com messageboards are a busy place, and as of last night, 3 different threads have 75K or more posts. Name any of these 3 threads.
Ask James Jacobs, FaWtL, and the one about hugging succubi, or maybe the LGBTQ+ gamer's thread.
Edit: definitely not the LGBTQ+ thread, they only have 17,000+ posts, so it's gotta be succubus in a grapple.
!!!!! O.o
Okay, I knew my game was kinda massive, but, honestly hadn’t realized it was that many posts! :D
that is YOUR game?!
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The perils of being cripplingly shy: the staff dinner is mostly over, people are saying goodbye and drifting out, and I'm sitting here with my malbec on FaWtL because it's easier than talking to people.
But dinner was good. The food was well-prepared but plain, which was refreshing. I had scallops and I could actually taste that they were, in fact, scallops.
I'm bored and feel alone.
you drink malbec?
I DRINK MALBEC!
LETS BE MALBEC BUDDIES! SPANISH WINE FOREVER!
...For example Vlad Taltos is fine fantasy series where resurrection is casual and assassination is commonly used as a warning, but at the same time there are multiple ways of offing someone permanently - soul-killing weapons, certain magics, degree of bodily destruction, time from death, and so on.The entire Jhereg series is a beautiful example of how to handle death and high magic properly.
Yes, it can be done, and Jhereg proves it can be done extremely well.
The problem is, 99% of writers are too lazy to even do it well enough to make logical sense in their settings.
And that is what irks me.
In Pathfinder, once you're dealing with assassinations of monarchs ruling over tens of thousands of people, it seems like bringing along a bound demon/devil who can cast Soul Bind would be a no-brainer, and would get rid of the problem easily.
Heck, ** spoiler omitted **
in the game I referenced earlier we just agreed players could come back from the dead twice(raise dead once, true resurrection once), while bad guys could only come back once.
Things got heated in that game. Ugh.
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The perils of being cripplingly shy: the staff dinner is mostly over, people are saying goodbye and drifting out, and I'm sitting here with my malbec on FaWtL because it's easier than talking to people.
But dinner was good. The food was well-prepared but plain, which was refreshing. I had scallops and I could actually taste that they were, in fact, scallops.
I'm bored and feel alone.
*hugs* I know this feeling too well. Peopling is hard. Glad the food was good at least!
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that is YOUR game?!Deep 6 FAWTL. Tales of Agartha: the Avalon Chronicles. Ask James Jacobs Anything.Also, we were in the paizo trivia contest at paizocon:
4) The Paizo.com messageboards are a busy place, and as of last night, 3 different threads have 75K or more posts. Name any of these 3 threads.
Ask James Jacobs, FaWtL, and the one about hugging succubi, or maybe the LGBTQ+ gamer's thread.
Edit: definitely not the LGBTQ+ thread, they only have 17,000+ posts, so it's gotta be succubus in a grapple.
!!!!! O.o
Okay, I knew my game was kinda massive, but, honestly hadn’t realized it was that many posts! :D
Yep! I’m the head lunatic in charge of the asylum! ^.^
Extra funny thing? It’s my very first GMing experience... I jumped right into the deep end with that one ;)I did try to run an in person game a couple of times. The games went well, but I had trouble with the stress. PBP works so much better for me since I can write everything. Written language is soooo much easier than spoken
It turns out I am VERY bad at PBP. I am/was SOOOOOOOOO much better at PBEM. I love playing in person though.
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*hugs* I know this feeling too well. Peopling is hard. Glad the food was good at least!The perils of being cripplingly shy: the staff dinner is mostly over, people are saying goodbye and drifting out, and I'm sitting here with my malbec on FaWtL because it's easier than talking to people.
But dinner was good. The food was well-prepared but plain, which was refreshing. I had scallops and I could actually taste that they were, in fact, scallops.
I'm bored and feel alone.
its times like this I wish my super power was to do a combination of Ariel and Kool-Aid man style teleportation, so I could entertainingly arrive on the scene in situations like this one.
It turns out I am VERY bad at PBP. I am/was SOOOOOOOOO much better at PBEM. I love playing in person though.
That makes sense. Pbem would work better for a more structured approach. Making PBP work, from my perspective anyways, is a lot about cutting rules and streamlining play. Of course I also got into it in the first place via ye olde free form off topic game so I thought of it as more of a cooperative story exercise from the beginning instead of trying to stick to the format of an in person game. Which is also super fun. Just a different kind of fun.
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*hugs* LM.
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I got to rinse my stitches this morning, that was fun.
Now, they hurt.
I also return to work today, that WILL be fun.
No work and all sitting around makes Captain Yesterday go something something.
I was hoping my friend would catch the lemon-lime soda I tossed to her. Unfortunately, Sierra Mist.
I'm pretty sure you mean "missed" as mist is a form of precipitation and doesn't belong in a sentence structure like that.