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Some competitor on some glass blowing show: It's like the only magic left in this world!
Tiny T-Rex: That, and wizard magic. Plus witch magic. And fairies. And vampires.
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I think I'm going to allow the free archetype rule from Pathfinder 2 in Starfinder.
Thoughts?
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Don't know the rule, can't foresee the consequences of the interactions...but I've met your wife and kids. It'll be fine.
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It's super simple, you don't have to give up class feats to choose archetype feats.
In Starfinder they wouldn't have to give up class abilities to get archetype abilities, archetypes in Starfinder are kind of weak comparatively anyway so I don't foresee issues.
It's basically a way to trick people into trying something new.
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I think I'm going to allow the free archetype rule from Pathfinder 2 in Starfinder.
Thoughts?
That's what I was thinking about doing too. When I run it.
It's super simple, you don't have to give up class feats to choose archetype feats.
In Starfinder they wouldn't have to give up class abilities to get archetype abilities, archetypes in Starfinder are kind of weak comparatively anyway so I don't foresee issues.
It's basically a way to trick people into trying something new.
I love everything about this, yes.
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I have just learned that the Gaming Association of Southwest Pennsylvania has become defunct. Apparently from the lack of a manager.
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It's super simple, you don't have to give up class feats to choose archetype feats.
In Starfinder they wouldn't have to give up class abilities to get archetype abilities, archetypes in Starfinder are kind of weak comparatively anyway so I don't foresee issues.
It's basically a way to trick people into trying something new.
I think it will be a good way to get some really creative character builds
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MrT had his MRI yesterday. They are giving him some more tests this morning, and if those check out, he can come home in the afternoon!
Yay! I'm sure your both tired of the hospital by now.
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Most effective troll I ever used was one in full armor to the point you couldn't identify him. he got up and messed up the party 3 times before they put him down. after initial fight one of the characters wanted his armor I told him it would take a bit of time to get the armor off him so he carries the body instead. So after troll was full healed surprise! They then trapped him in a force bubble till he suffocated. as soon as they let the bubble drop air instant healed and round 3. It was during the round they discovered he was a troll and burnt him to death. Still one of my favorite encounters I've ran of all time.
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Yeah the random charts can be lethal.
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Someday I will not feel compelled to come in to school over the weekends.
But that day is not today.
Been here since six.
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Someday I will not feel compelled to come in to school over the weekends.
But that day is not today.
Been here since six.
If you were in Wisconsin I bet you wouldn't be in the office today, but that's because it's currently 2 degrees and it's not going to get warmer until next weekend.
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WELCOME HOME MR T
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MrT is home!
Be sure to drape him in gold chains and find his favorite welding torch, an ample supply of firearms, and a nondescript van he can trick out.
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MrT is home!Be sure to drape him in gold chains and find his favorite welding torch, an ample supply of firearms, and a nondescript van he can trick out.
Make sure you have several fools available for him to pity.
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It has been an unusually long Florida winter. You folks would call it "fall" at absolute worst. But it is a pleasant change from previous years.
In other news, Tala and I are hoping to use the stimulus and our taxes to put a down payment on a house back up in Ohio. My work is remote, so I can do it there, and Tala always was able to find work up there before she got pregnant. We really want to return. Hopefully it is enough.
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Make sure you have several fools available for him to pity.MrT is home!Be sure to drape him in gold chains and find his favorite welding torch, an ample supply of firearms, and a nondescript van he can trick out.
We watched the new wanda vision and now he's chatting with some friends about all the new theories they have
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Well, it's not nearly as awesome as Mr. T coming home or planning the downpayment on a house, but I got my replacement laptop battery in the mail today, so I should now have more than 10 minutes of battery life and won't have to schlep my power supply from room to room in my house any more.
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So, asking those who are so much more tech savvy than I am...
When we move into my mother-in-law's house this summer, we have to figure out how to make the internet work throughout the house. Right now, there's one router on the built-in desk in the kitchen (which will be mine, so, good), but the house is two stories and a smidge over 2800 square feet, plus the studio apartment over the garage (detached) is where WW's office will be, plus our movie and gaming room, because no tvs are allowed in the formal living room in the house.
And, right now, the internet doesn't even work in the living room or downstairs bedrooms because they're too far away.
What am I supposed to do to fix this? Our rental house is barely bigger than NH's and this hasn't been an issue. And how much should I plan into my budget for the fix?
I just realized that we have six months left on our rental, and we have to have the scary haunted hoarder house completely ready and be moved in by then. All the cleaning, getting rid of all the hoarded crap, all the reno we can manage.
If we can move cross-country in two months, we can clean this monster out and move cross-town in six, but... geez.
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Get a lot of cable (NH or Vany should be able to tell you exactly which one, possibly aiming at a better one in the expectation of far future upgrades to the internet service) and get it strung all over the house.
Coincidentally, Gorbacz asked related question last week on FB, though he was looking for a temporary solution BEFORE he and his wife will be renovating their new apartment and putting cables all around.
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The LIVING WALL was stapled up this afternoon, which means that I can now spend my working day staring at a synthetic hedge, whoopee, and the boss also tells us that it cost one and a half thousand pounds.
My life.
I would be tempted to hide small plastic arboreal animals* amongst the plastic foliage and see how long it takes for anyone to notice.
* Or anything really: 1/64 scale cars, doll shoes, food-shaped refrigerator magnets, small photoshopped pictures of the boss doing odd/stupid things, small plastic dinosaurs, etc. Just keep it cheap, plentiful, and stick to a theme.
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Make sure you have several fools available for him to pity.MrT is home!Be sure to drape him in gold chains and find his favorite welding torch, an ample supply of firearms, and a nondescript van he can trick out.
And hide his medications in a glass of warm milk.
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So, asking those who are so much more tech savvy than I am...
When we move into my mother-in-law's house this summer, we have to figure out how to make the internet work throughout the house. Right now, there's one router on the built-in desk in the kitchen (which will be mine, so, good), but the house is two stories and a smidge over 2800 square feet, plus the studio apartment over the garage (detached) is where WW's office will be, plus our movie and gaming room, because no tvs are allowed in the formal living room in the house.
And, right now, the internet doesn't even work in the living room or downstairs bedrooms because they're too far away.What am I supposed to do to fix this? Our rental house is barely bigger than NH's and this hasn't been an issue. And how much should I plan into my budget for the fix?
I just realized that we have six months left on our rental, and we have to have the scary haunted hoarder house completely ready and be moved in by then. All the cleaning, getting rid of all the hoarded crap, all the reno we can manage.
If we can move cross-country in two months, we can clean this monster out and move cross-town in six, but... geez.
I've seen wifi repeaters that you can set up to boost/extend the wifi range and retransmit, but I've not had any experience setting them up or using them.
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Get a lot of cable (NH or Vany should be able to tell you exactly which one, possibly aiming at a better one in the expectation of far future upgrades to the internet service) and get it strung all over the house.
Coincidentally, Gorbacz asked related question last week on FB, though he was looking for a temporary solution BEFORE he and his wife will be renovating their new apartment and putting cables all around.
I'd go for this as well. If there are pipes in the wall, you can pull cables trough that. We pulled our internet cables trough the pipes used for landline cables.
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I've seen wifi repeaters that you can set up to boost/extend the wifi range and retransmit, but I've not had any experience setting them up or using them.So, asking those who are so much more tech savvy than I am...
When we move into my mother-in-law's house this summer, we have to figure out how to make the internet work throughout the house. Right now, there's one router on the built-in desk in the kitchen (which will be mine, so, good), but the house is two stories and a smidge over 2800 square feet, plus the studio apartment over the garage (detached) is where WW's office will be, plus our movie and gaming room, because no tvs are allowed in the formal living room in the house.
And, right now, the internet doesn't even work in the living room or downstairs bedrooms because they're too far away.What am I supposed to do to fix this? Our rental house is barely bigger than NH's and this hasn't been an issue. And how much should I plan into my budget for the fix?
I just realized that we have six months left on our rental, and we have to have the scary haunted hoarder house completely ready and be moved in by then. All the cleaning, getting rid of all the hoarded crap, all the reno we can manage.
If we can move cross-country in two months, we can clean this monster out and move cross-town in six, but... geez.
Im not a fan of those
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So, asking those who are so much more tech savvy than I am...
When we move into my mother-in-law's house this summer, we have to figure out how to make the internet work throughout the house. Right now, there's one router on the built-in desk in the kitchen (which will be mine, so, good), but the house is two stories and a smidge over 2800 square feet, plus the studio apartment over the garage (detached) is where WW's office will be, plus our movie and gaming room, because no tvs are allowed in the formal living room in the house.
And, right now, the internet doesn't even work in the living room or downstairs bedrooms because they're too far away.What am I supposed to do to fix this? Our rental house is barely bigger than NH's and this hasn't been an issue. And how much should I plan into my budget for the fix?
I just realized that we have six months left on our rental, and we have to have the scary haunted hoarder house completely ready and be moved in by then. All the cleaning, getting rid of all the hoarded crap, all the reno we can manage.
If we can move cross-country in two months, we can clean this monster out and move cross-town in six, but... geez.
I personally despise Wi-Fi, but we quickly learned that hardwiring the whole house didn't work for iPhones and iPads, and GothBard had to be able to use her iPhone in the studio, so we got one of these. It's incredibly finicky to set up, but it works as advertised and GothBard gets a rock-solid signal all the way in the studio. So one or two of those would do you. Cost: $180-$360. Effort: 2-4 hours
I prefer Woran's solution: Run CAT 6 throughout the house to a central switch, plug your router into the switch, and have hard-wired internet throughout. Cost: $500. Effort: 30-40 hours
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So, asking those who are so much more tech savvy than I am...
When we move into my mother-in-law's house this summer, we have to figure out how to make the internet work throughout the house. Right now, there's one router on the built-in desk in the kitchen (which will be mine, so, good), but the house is two stories and a smidge over 2800 square feet, plus the studio apartment over the garage (detached) is where WW's office will be, plus our movie and gaming room, because no tvs are allowed in the formal living room in the house.
And, right now, the internet doesn't even work in the living room or downstairs bedrooms because they're too far away.What am I supposed to do to fix this? Our rental house is barely bigger than NH's and this hasn't been an issue. And how much should I plan into my budget for the fix?
I just realized that we have six months left on our rental, and we have to have the scary haunted hoarder house completely ready and be moved in by then. All the cleaning, getting rid of all the hoarded crap, all the reno we can manage.
If we can move cross-country in two months, we can clean this monster out and move cross-town in six, but... geez.
I personally despise Wi-Fi, but we quickly learned that hardwiring the whole house didn't work for iPhones and iPads, and GothBard had to be able to use her iPhone in the studio, so we got one of these. It's incredibly finicky to set up, but it works as advertised and GothBard gets a rock-solid signal all the way in the studio. So one or two of those would do you. Cost: $180-$360. Effort: 2-4 hours
I prefer Woran's solution: Run CAT 6 throughout the house to a central switch, plug your router into the switch, and have hard-wired internet throughout. Cost: $500. Effort: 30-40 hours
Yeah, the cost and time for us was lower because we had some good stuff scavenged from our jobs.
EDIT: Also, we both use computer towers and other devices that take a physical connection so putting in cables had an actual benefit.
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The LIVING WALL was stapled up this afternoon, which means that I can now spend my working day staring at a synthetic hedge, whoopee, and the boss also tells us that it cost one and a half thousand pounds.
My life.
I would be tempted to hide small plastic arboreal animals* amongst the plastic foliage and see how long it takes for anyone to notice.
* Or anything really: 1/64 scale cars, doll shoes, food-shaped refrigerator magnets, small photoshopped pictures of the boss doing odd/stupid things, small plastic dinosaurs, etc. Just keep it cheap, plentiful, and stick to a theme.
Great minds think alike. A couple of masks may also liven things up
I have also been thinking of jungle-themed songs to sing as I walk past it, though I expect to be told to stop doing that pretty quickly.
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The LIVING WALL was stapled up this afternoon, which means that I can now spend my working day staring at a synthetic hedge, whoopee, and the boss also tells us that it cost one and a half thousand pounds.
My life.
I would be tempted to hide small plastic arboreal animals* amongst the plastic foliage and see how long it takes for anyone to notice.
* Or anything really: 1/64 scale cars, doll shoes, food-shaped refrigerator magnets, small photoshopped pictures of the boss doing odd/stupid things, small plastic dinosaurs, etc. Just keep it cheap, plentiful, and stick to a theme.
Great minds think alike. A couple of masks may also liven things up
I have also been thinking of jungle-themed songs to sing as I walk past it, though I expect to be told to stop doing that pretty quickly.
Miniature cannibal sacrifice diorama?
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So, asking those who are so much more tech savvy than I am...
When we move into my mother-in-law's house this summer, we have to figure out how to make the internet work throughout the house. Right now, there's one router on the built-in desk in the kitchen (which will be mine, so, good), but the house is two stories and a smidge over 2800 square feet, plus the studio apartment over the garage (detached) is where WW's office will be, plus our movie and gaming room, because no tvs are allowed in the formal living room in the house.
And, right now, the internet doesn't even work in the living room or downstairs bedrooms because they're too far away.What am I supposed to do to fix this? Our rental house is barely bigger than NH's and this hasn't been an issue. And how much should I plan into my budget for the fix?
I just realized that we have six months left on our rental, and we have to have the scary haunted hoarder house completely ready and be moved in by then. All the cleaning, getting rid of all the hoarded crap, all the reno we can manage.
If we can move cross-country in two months, we can clean this monster out and move cross-town in six, but... geez.
The general gist has been given, but here's the more detailed but non-tech friendly answers.
1) Just run CAT 6 or CAT 5e through the walls, wire in some RJ45 wall jacks, put in some dumb network hubs and you'll be set for anything wired. You're going to spend about $100-200 in hardware plus the time/labor wiring and going through the walls, etc.
2) Wireless repeaters are relatively cheap ($40-100 per) and really easy to set up. That's the pros. The cons are that they can cause confusion as some devices will be in range of multiple antennas and will detect multiple different wifi IDs that are all the same name. Also, in order for the repeater to work, it has to get the signal in the first place. And wifi signals get blocked, interfered with, and there isn't a wifi security protocol currently available that hasn't been completely rendered obsolete. But for that apartment over the detached garage, if a repeater can get the signal out there and another repeater in the apartment is used to cover, that would be the most cost effective way of getting internet out there. Otherwise you're digging a trench and laying cable or running in along poles or something. Or...worst case...paying the ISP to run separately into the garage. Granted, that would make a good selling point for the house further on down the line.
3) There is an option to do a wireless mesh setup that would cover the whole house and *probably* hit the studio apartment/garage. This is more complex, and a relatively expensive option.
So, in your position I'd wire what can be wired, and strategically supplement the wireless with repeaters when/where necessary. I don't particularly like repeaters either, but they do serve the purpose.
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1) Just run CAT 6 or CAT 5e through the walls, wire in some RJ45 wall jacks, put in some dumb network hubs and you'll be set for anything wired. You're going to spend about $100-200 in hardware plus the time/labor wiring and going through the walls, etc.2) Wireless repeaters are relatively cheap ($40-100 per)...
I was responding to tut-tut you on the $100-$200 price range, but an 8-port gigabit ethernet switch is all of $20 on Amazon. Why you'd pay $360 for a 24-port one instead of three 8-port ones I'll never know. 500' of CAT 6 is $109. And 8 wall outlets plus 8 keystones is $67.
So $196 for 7 rooms plus putting the drop anywhere in the house.And yep, I'm seeing wireless extenders in the $45 range.
So yeah, I apparently just buy the pricey stuff. Go figure.
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I'm listening to Popcorn in 13 versions (chronological evolution), I wonder why
Actually, I know why - beer. Nonetheless, well done to Crazy Frog, and the Boomtang Boys.
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Well me and the Mrs. are just about ready to start the house hunt! we got our paper work all lined out finally and the journey begins soon.
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So remember.
Call Mr. Plow,
That's my name.
That name again is Mr. Plow.
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Lots of snow today.
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I wouldn't worry about Freehold, he's supposed to get a Noreaster one of these days so the New York crew will get plenty of snow.
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ITS SNOWINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
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In yesterday's Dallas Morning Snooze: Teachers, in vaccine group 1C in Texas, probably won't get vaccinated until after the school year is over.
Half of my students have had covid. Half. I've been teaching in-person since July. But I'm not eligible yet. All they'll give me is a weekly mandatory rapid test, to make sure I'm not infecting the kids. F***ing Texas.