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I've run Kingmaker like five or six times by now, as a DM. It's become an inside joke among my buddies that I'm cursed to forever be a DM for Kingmaker games, never getting to be a player in one despite having some character ideas that'd go well with it. Haha, what can I do?
Id offer to GM it for you, but it would need to be online, and we'd need to wait for a bit, since I'm currently playing trough it.
We never play naked however. It would terrify the neighbors.
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Friends have caught COVID-19, and it defenitely is not 'just a flu'. They have respiratory issues. Luckily fairly mild. Getting out of breath when doing simple tasks. And they are completely healthy people.
Well I'm glad to hear from a source I trust on it anyways. Everything is so stop and go with it. Like :It's bad but it's not THAT bad but it is bad etc. Ofcourse nothing would justify the idiot things people are doing in stores as of late.
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Friends have caught COVID-19, and it defenitely is not 'just a flu'. They have respiratory issues. Luckily fairly mild. Getting out of breath when doing simple tasks. And they are completely healthy people.
I am so sorry to hear they have it, and I hope they pull through.
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Friends have caught COVID-19, and it defenitely is not 'just a flu'. They have respiratory issues. Luckily fairly mild. Getting out of breath when doing simple tasks. And they are completely healthy people.I am so sorry to hear they have it, and I hope they pull through.
So far they are doing good. Real challenge is that they have kids aged 5 and 7 who are home with them. And since they have to stay indoors as well...
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Friends have caught COVID-19, and it defenitely is not 'just a flu'. They have respiratory issues. Luckily fairly mild. Getting out of breath when doing simple tasks. And they are completely healthy people.
Well, in all fairness I get quite uppity when someone says, "Just a flu".
If you're not bedridden and needing care from others, it's NOT THE FLU.
The flu's become too generic of a term for any illness.
Have a temperature of 99.7˚F and have to lie down for a bit? It's a cold.
Have a temperature of 103.7˚F and are in serious danger of death by dehydration because you're too sleepy to even get up and get a drink of water? It's the flu.
</uppity old man rant>
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And I should point out that I feel that I get uppity for good reason. I have otherwise-intelligent friends and co-workers who say, "Oh, I don't need a flu shot," or, "It's OK, I've already had the flu so I don't have to worry," because, "I was sick for about a week! Runny nose, mild fever! It was awful! I couldn't even go jogging for more than a block or two!"
So we (English speakers) refer to all mild ailments as "the flu", and hence when doctors offer us flu shots or friends say they have it, our reaction is, "Oh, it's OK, I've already had it this season..."
...when they haven't.
Which is, in my opinion, a Bad Thing.
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Every time I get the flu shot I ended up getting the flu twice, so I don't really put a lot of faith into it, especially with the current administration.
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The one time I forgot my flu shot was the year I caught it right before Thanksgiving and spent it absolutely miserable.
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That said, I'm never dismissive of the flu, or it's symptoms.
Which is why I'm pretty much a hermit in the winter.
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Well, would you look at that? It's Day 1000.
And it's pretty scary. Almost 3 years into my sobriety, I still crave alcohol multiple times a week. It's true what they say: Once your body is hardwired to think it needs it, there's nothing you can do but abstain.
This whole idea of, "Moderation is better than cold turkey," is gaining ground in the scientific community, but as someone for whom moderation has never been easy, I just don't see myself starting drinking again any time in the near future.
Once I'm retired (so not working) and not raising the kids, maybe I'll give it a chance.
But I lost 10 years of my life to the stuff, and I just have no temptation to go back down that rabbit hole.
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That said, I'm never dismissive of the flu, or it's symptoms.
Which is why I'm pretty much a hermit in the winter.
Yeah, being a hermit is definitely the way to go in the winter.
But you have to admit, it is much easier to be a hermit with multiple feet of snow blocking you from going anywhere! :)
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And I should point out that I feel that I get uppity for good reason. I have otherwise-intelligent friends and co-workers who say, "Oh, I don't need a flu shot," or, "It's OK, I've already had the flu so I don't have to worry," because, "I was sick for about a week! Runny nose, mild fever! It was awful! I couldn't even go jogging for more than a block or two!"
So we (English speakers) refer to all mild ailments as "the flu", and hence when doctors offer us flu shots or friends say they have it, our reaction is, "Oh, it's OK, I've already had it this season..."
...when they haven't.Which is, in my opinion, a Bad Thing.
I dont get the flu shot because around here it is a true random guess as to which strain of the flu is going to get popular. I know several people who had experiences similar to Captain Yesterday, and with what some places were charging for the flu shot, I wasnt going to bother.
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The one time I forgot my flu shot was the year I caught it right before Thanksgiving and spent it absolutely miserable.
I vaguely remember you posting about that.
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I use pawns (so many pawns) and a chessex megamat.
Thank you all for thoughts. I have an in person weekly game. Heavy on dwarven forge layouts and such. I have a bunch of minis from my painting days and now a pretty big selection of the WizKids stuff...so we are very much into seeing what we do.
BUT...want to keep options open. We have a few with college age kids, a few with infant/toddlers/middle school age...and a few with older parents in close proximity. SOOOOO....looking to explore what can help us limp through this hooha.
I think we will test play sunless citadel on roll20 and then see what fantasy grounds is like...and/or campaign theater from hero lab.
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That said, I'm never dismissive of the flu, or it's symptoms.
Which is why I'm pretty much a hermit in the winter.
Yeah, being a hermit is definitely the way to go in the winter.
But you have to admit, it is much easier to be a hermit with multiple feet of snow blocking you from going anywhere! :)
My job in the winter is to shovel said snow so people can go somewhere.
Which is why I liked working with Rocko, he liked to drive his own truck and we'd just split the list (I'd get 60% of the list (at least) and he'd do 40% (if I was lucky).
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Well, it's official, no school at all next week.
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Closed here at least on Monday, to be seen if that continues longer.
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Soooooo hard to avoid ranting about politics today.
Instead, I'll note that GothBard and I reluctantly started watching My Hero Academy Season 4 yesterday, after we both found Season 2 very meh and Season 3 "pretty good".
And holy carp, Season 4 is good.
We're hard-pressed not to just tell everyone, "Sorry! Corona!" and vanish for the weekend to binge watch it.
Nice job picking things up, guys!
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Well, would you look at that? It's Day 1000.
And it's pretty scary. Almost 3 years into my sobriety, I still crave alcohol multiple times a week. It's true what they say: Once your body is hardwired to think it needs it, there's nothing you can do but abstain.
This whole idea of, "Moderation is better than cold turkey," is gaining ground in the scientific community, but as someone for whom moderation has never been easy, I just don't see myself starting drinking again any time in the near future.
Once I'm retired (so not working) and not raising the kids, maybe I'll give it a chance.
But I lost 10 years of my life to the stuff, and I just have no temptation to go back down that rabbit hole.
WOO~! WAY TO GO~! ROCK IT!
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Monster: Bomber Bees
You are a sick, evil, twisted man.
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Well, would you look at that? It's Day 1000.
And it's pretty scary. Almost 3 years into my sobriety, I still crave alcohol multiple times a week. It's true what they say: Once your body is hardwired to think it needs it, there's nothing you can do but abstain.
This whole idea of, "Moderation is better than cold turkey," is gaining ground in the scientific community, but as someone for whom moderation has never been easy, I just don't see myself starting drinking again any time in the near future.
Once I'm retired (so not working) and not raising the kids, maybe I'll give it a chance.
But I lost 10 years of my life to the stuff, and I just have no temptation to go back down that rabbit hole.
Stay strong NH
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Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark finished. Bonus location/dungeon remains to be finished. Excellent FFT-style game. The classes and gear could use a bit of tweaking, but fun and the story is nice, if not terribly groundbreaking.
Hm. Looking this up, now. No reason.
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Well, it's official, no school at all next week.
Same here.
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Monster: Bomber BeesYou are a sick, evil, twisted man.
I resemble that remark!
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Crookshanks: I'm not worried about the virus, teenagers are invincible!
Me: I can show you the 6 graves of my friends that died in high school that would disagree with you, if they could.
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Cough - Check
Runny nose - Check
Blows nose all the time - Check
Puffy eyes - Check
Headache - Check
Tired all the time - Check
Allergies - Check!!!~looks around~ What? I am not contagious! I blame the South and my pets!
Yes, but isn't it fun to walk in to public places with your head all stuffy, clutching a tissue, and have people stare at you in alarm?
No. No it isn't. (Takes an extra Allegra.)
The South bites.
It did before the virus, and it will after.
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On the plus side now no one can get out of playing RPGs.
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Stoners are always polite and easy to herd.
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Aiymi was supposed to drive to Chattanooga today. Unsurprisingly, that did not happen.
I've run Kingmaker like five or six times by now, as a DM. It's become an inside joke among my buddies that I'm cursed to forever be a DM for Kingmaker games, never getting to be a player in one despite having some character ideas that'd go well with it. Haha, what can I do?
You could ask some of your buddies to GM for you!
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Unfortunately the General's family is firmly in the "This is a liberal hoax!" camp.
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Steal their toilet paper.
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Steal their toilet paper.
But then they won't have anything to fuel the inevitable illegal still fire when it happens (the General's brother has burned down three sheds that way).
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By order of the Gov of Illinois, restaurants/bars/etc closed except for delivery/pickup/drive-thru through March 30th, for now.
The Gov's office had recommended that St Patrick's Day activities in Chicago be cancelled or severely limited. People didn't listen. Pritzker's going with the nuclear option since people aren't listening very well.
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Unfortunately the General's family is firmly in the "This is a liberal hoax!" camp.
I should be surprised that this is even a thing but I'm not.
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It did before the virus, and it will after.Cough - Check
Runny nose - Check
Blows nose all the time - Check
Puffy eyes - Check
Headache - Check
Tired all the time - Check
Allergies - Check!!!~looks around~ What? I am not contagious! I blame the South and my pets!
Yes, but isn't it fun to walk in to public places with your head all stuffy, clutching a tissue, and have people stare at you in alarm?
No. No it isn't. (Takes an extra Allegra.)
The South bites.
Forever and ever, Amen.
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Forever and ever, Amen.It did before the virus, and it will after.
The South bites.
Orthos...you didn't have to put that song in my head. You really didn't.
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Well, tomorrow is no longer a staff workday. Per the state department of education, all schools not already on spring break this week are advised to straight-up close through Friday.
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I dunno what song Vany is talking about, but I did see an interesting theory earlier about why you don't really hear many tales of vampires outside of the Northern Hemisphere. It's holy water. You see, they bless the rains down in Africa.
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Orthos...you didn't have to put that song in my head. You really didn't.Forever and ever, Amen.The South bites.It did before the virus, and it will after.
It says something about how long it's been since I listened regularly to country music that I had to Google it to find out what song I'd unintentionally referenced.
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Orthos...you didn't have to put that song in my head. You really didn't.Forever and ever, Amen.It did before the virus, and it will after.
The South bites.
Orthos gets cookies.
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Orthos gets cookies.Orthos...you didn't have to put that song in my head. You really didn't.Forever and ever, Amen.It did before the virus, and it will after.
The South bites.
nom nom nom nom nom
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It says something about how long it's been since I listened regularly to country music that I had to Google it to find out what song I'd unintentionally referenced.Orthos...you didn't have to put that song in my head. You really didn't.Forever and ever, Amen.The South bites.It did before the virus, and it will after.
I still don't get it.
Granted I don't Google country music, ever.
Though I do listen to a bit of it.
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It says something about how long it's been since I listened regularly to country music that I had to Google it to find out what song I'd unintentionally referenced.Orthos...you didn't have to put that song in my head. You really didn't.Forever and ever, Amen.The South bites.It did before the virus, and it will after.I still don't get it.
Granted I don't Google country music, ever.
Though I do listen to a bit of it.
Pardon me...I have to...go...