Anyway in pathfinder everyone can find magical traps, it just takes a rogue or trapfinding equivalent to disable it.
True that anyone can! As an aside, did you know that in Pathfinder, you don't need... anything to notice magic? Seriously, you can use Spellcraft to just know that the dude over there is casting a still and silent spell (and even what spell it is!), even though he's just... sitting by himself drinking tea! Quiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrky~!
Anyway about alarm spells, I feel that there's a stronger case for letting detect magic detect it then trap finding. I am not back working the CRs because I don't do maths. So if you detect it by detect magic I suppose you can dispel it/spell sunder it next.
I can't imagine a reasonable reading (though I can imagine a reasonable house rule!) where detect magic wouldn't pick up an alarm spell, but if you think they need the boost, than by all means!
And, fortunately, you don't have to back-work the CR, as I did it for you!
As it turns out, if no one can do anything about it, it's a CR 11 (or, if you dock it a point for being temporary/"not defined as a trap," it's a CR 10 or even 9).
On the other hand, if people/rogues can disable it, it settles down into a CR 3 (or CR 2 or 1, if you dock it a point for being temporary/"not defined as a trap" stuff).
I feel the latter is a far more reasonable understanding of the law rules as method of general enjoyment for play, though I submit that a particular reading could lead to the former take with, "Oh, well, wizzies jus' be totes mad strong, yo." (which they are, without the help).
(For the record my favorite class is wizard. Okay, well, no, actually, it's probably psion, or even better, erudite; and if I'm being honest, if I really want to hyper-power-game it, I'm going with arcane erudite. Then comes wilder, and then other psionic classes. Also the artificer should deeeeeeeeeefinitely be in there, somewhere. But! Those don't exist in Pathfinder; well, they do, but only as third-party, and only some of them. So in that case, my favorite class is, of course, the vigilante. Uh, dang it! I mean! Ah... my point is, that wizards are awesome and should feel awesome, and would be my favorite class if it weren't for all the other awesome classes! ... I... I had a point, here. I think it was, "I like wizards." Yeah! I'll go with it!)
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Haha, another absence for a while on my part, but I figured might as well give a status update.
- Classes are in full swing, got studies related to internet networks and their security protocols as well as a larger programming project to work on.
- Since I need some job experience to graduate, I have been throwing job applications for IT work here and there, with no results yet. I remain hopeful for now since I've only recently started.
- My main game team wants me to take up the DM seat eventually, but I've been juggling campaigns online and offline as well as feeling unsure of how well I'd run for said team. Thankfully, we have other games scheduled with the other players taking turns being DM for now.
Huzzah!
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Good luck Icy. By the way, if you're anywhere near Augusta, GA, we're hiring for an IT tech position there. Granted, we already have 37 applicants, but I haven't had a chance to see if any of them are actually any good.
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As much as I'd like that Vanykrye, I'm half a world away from Augusta. I happen to live in Finland, so my best bet before I graduate is trying to find a local job. Post-graduation I'm free to go wherever I'd happen to want to go as long as I have the money to pay for all the expenses.
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Pfft. Like Finland to Georgia would even be a hard daily commute.
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It's warmed up here. Positive single digits. Might even hit the teens today. It will warm up to the 50's over the weekend though...but the ground will remain frozen so there will be nowhere for the melting 15 inches of snow to go. Which means flooding. Then the temp is going to drop back into the teens and freeze everything into a giant skating rink.
EDIT: We just got more snow yesterday.
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We got a trace of snow, thankfully nothing I had to go out for.
The company that does our neighborhood just this morning have started to clean the sidewalks from the last snowfall, you know, the snow we had on Monday.
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It's been cold and snowy here for days. Public transport has been slowed down by it rather significantly.
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Oh it's been cold and snowy here for weeks now.
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Same, though the amount of snowfall has increased.
It's been cold and snowy here for days. Public transport has been slowed down by it rather significantly.
Oh it's been cold and snowy here for weeks now.
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217,701 to 217,717 of 217,717
Well, it's a little too bad to mess that number up that way, but oh well!
Reposted from Cal's Respite, 'cause it's worth it:
Oh-HOH~!
The first time we see Romulans! Ever! Hoohoohoo~!
(We're watchin' Balance and Terror, y'all~! It's really good!)
HOLY CARP~! This was fantastic!
I gotta say, after the silly nonsense of before, this is one of the finest episodes and probably one of the best things ST's done - better than I remembered, by far.
Based on naval submarine war films, it's well paced, well plotted, and well executed in almost every way. Better than most of their films by a fair measure (and <most of> the films are better than <most of> the episodes I've seen that I recall).
Goooood television.
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Proud to be an American...
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Proud to be an American...
Unfortunately I'm assuming sarcasm and the American kid is stereotypically bad at geography within his own country.
I mean...WOOO AMERICA!
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Proud to be an American...
Unfortunately I'm assuming sarcasm and the American kid is stereotypically bad at geography within his own country.
I mean...WOOO AMERICA!
That is correct.
This started because of an assumption that Germany was much bigger than it was.
"No, no, I'll draw it, see?"
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I cant draw maps to save my life.
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*sigh*
I mean...I can Google this stuff, sure, but just looking at a...nevermind the kid won't know what a globe is...
I mean, the LARGEST European countries not named Russia are no larger than Texas. Germany, at a guess, is going to be the size of one of our Western states...probably somewhere in the vicinity of New Mexico or Arizona. Maybe as big as Montana. Bigger than Colorado.
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Yeah, they were both going from memory. The UK is the size of California, France is much smaller, and Sweden is south of Poland.
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Yeah, they were both going from memory. The UK is the size of California, France is much smaller, and Sweden is south of Poland.
Hnnggrrrkk
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I know. I had my head down for most of it.
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Yeah, they were both going from memory. The UK is the size of California, France is much smaller, and Sweden is south of Poland.Hnnggrrrkk
Sorry, that was my left brain separating and leaving my skull. My right brain has trained a flamingo to type while my body chases my left brain down the hall. The good news is that my left brain knows it's too cold outside so it won't get very far.
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Yeah, they were both going from memory. The UK is the size of California, France is much smaller, and Sweden is south of Poland.
Er, the U.K. is 93,628 mi².
California is 163,696 mi².Yeah, yeah, we're not *quite* twice as big, but...
EDIT: For the record, France is 248,573 mi². That surprises me, because I thought *it* was roughly California-sized.
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Yeah, they were both going from memory. The UK is the size of California, France is much smaller, and Sweden is south of Poland.Er, the U.K. is 93,628 mi².
California is 163,696 mi².Yeah, yeah, we're not *quite* twice as big, but...
EDIT: For the record, France is 248,573 mi². That surprises me, because I thought *it* was roughly California-sized.
And this is why I was silently crying at the map.
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And this is why I was silently crying at the map.Yeah, they were both going from memory. The UK is the size of California, France is much smaller, and Sweden is south of Poland.Er, the U.K. is 93,628 mi².
California is 163,696 mi².Yeah, yeah, we're not *quite* twice as big, but...
EDIT: For the record, France is 248,573 mi². That surprises me, because I thought *it* was roughly California-sized.
I'm really bad at estimating the size of countries. I think my fellow Americans are just as bad because our states dwarf the size of most countries.
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Yeah, they were both going from memory. The UK is the size of California, France is much smaller, and Sweden is south of Poland.
France is roughly Texas sized yes?
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Yeah, they were both going from memory. The UK is the size of California, France is much smaller, and Sweden is south of Poland.France is roughly Texas sized yes?
Yes. Texas is about a Massachusetts larger than France.
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"Balance of Terror" and "The Doomsday Machine" are my two favorite original Star Trek episodes.
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It is finally "Friday enough".
This morning, as I'm getting a crappy 50 cent cup of hot chocolate from the vending machine, I'm asked how I like the coffee.
"I don't drink coffee."
"Oh...[awkward for her pause]...Well at least it's Friday!"
"It's not Friday enough. Still have the whole inquisition to go."
"Um...Well...Yeah, I guess that's true."
"I didn't even mind coming to the office today, until the rest of you a&^%oles showed up."
And that's when she finally realized I was just messing with her. She's one of the few in the office I don't mind talking to.
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Geez, I hate door-to-door whatevers.
The usual today. Some guy shows up at the door and I said, "No solicitors" and he says, "I'm not a solici-solici-what..."
So I responded, "If you don't know my name and you come to my door, I don't want to talk to you."
And as I was closing the door he said, "Well, that's rude!"
Er, no. Coming to my door is rude.
It's just the usual: You're rude to someone, and for the next couple of hours you worry that they're going to vandalize your car or something just to get back at you.
I have to remind myself that this guy is a door-to-door scam artist. He probably faces far ruder rejections 50-100 times a day.
Just not a stress I want to have to deal with.
Weekends lose all meaning in winter.
I can't wait for spring.
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Geez, I hate door-to-door whatevers.
The usual today. Some guy shows up at the door and I said, "No solicitors" and he says, "I'm not a solici-solici-what..."
So I responded, "If you don't know my name and you come to my door, I don't want to talk to you."
And as I was closing the door he said, "Well, that's rude!"Er, no. Coming to my door is rude.
It's just the usual: You're rude to someone, and for the next couple of hours you worry that they're going to vandalize your car or something just to get back at you.
I have to remind myself that this guy is a door-to-door scam artist. He probably faces far ruder rejections 50-100 times a day.Just not a stress I want to have to deal with.
I don't answer the door, just let the dog bark at them until they leave.
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I do answer the door.
'Heeey, Limey, can you help me move this cooker?'
'Yes, I can, BY THE POWER OF MY MIND ALONE!*'
And LO, the cooker was moved.
*For 'mind', read 'solid steel trolley/sack truck'
I don't answer the door, just let the dog bark at them until they leave.Geez, I hate door-to-door whatevers.
The usual today. Some guy shows up at the door and I said, "No solicitors" and he says, "I'm not a solici-solici-what..."
So I responded, "If you don't know my name and you come to my door, I don't want to talk to you."
And as I was closing the door he said, "Well, that's rude!"Er, no. Coming to my door is rude.
It's just the usual: You're rude to someone, and for the next couple of hours you worry that they're going to vandalize your car or something just to get back at you.
I have to remind myself that this guy is a door-to-door scam artist. He probably faces far ruder rejections 50-100 times a day.Just not a stress I want to have to deal with.
Yeah, the problem is:
(1) I don't have a dog,(2) I *do* have about 10 teenagers who show up at the door at random.
But yeah, I have a peephole. I should start using it.
It's just that when 99.9% of the time the people who show up are people you want to talk to, you get lazy.
I don't answer the door, just let the dog bark at them until they leave.Geez, I hate door-to-door whatevers.
The usual today. Some guy shows up at the door and I said, "No solicitors" and he says, "I'm not a solici-solici-what..."
So I responded, "If you don't know my name and you come to my door, I don't want to talk to you."
And as I was closing the door he said, "Well, that's rude!"Er, no. Coming to my door is rude.
It's just the usual: You're rude to someone, and for the next couple of hours you worry that they're going to vandalize your car or something just to get back at you.
I have to remind myself that this guy is a door-to-door scam artist. He probably faces far ruder rejections 50-100 times a day.Just not a stress I want to have to deal with.
Yeah, the problem is:
(1) I don't have a dog,
(2) I *do* have about 10 teenagers who show up at the door at random.But yeah, I have a peephole. I should start using it.
It's just that when 99.9% of the time the people who show up are people you want to talk to, you get lazy.
A) I did this well before we got a dog, 2) I don't care if they see me looking at them from the window.
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Can't you fire a shotgun at them through the letterbox?
Not even in AMERICA?!
As a guy who is now expected to knock on a lot of doors every two years, I will say that you gotta get used to people rejecting any interaction. One time a guy literally just pointed at his "No solicitation" sign and closed his door on me.*
The only time I got a rude reaction was from someone I met in my neighborhood. She saw me knocking on doors, asked me who I was, I told her with a smile, and she replied "Solicitation isn't allowed in this neighborhood." I was 99% sure she was blowing smoke, but just to make sure I called our HOA, and sure enough "no solicitation" just means "no selling stuff door to door." Still not sure if she was trying to discourage a young Democratic PC from making neighborhood friends, or if she's just a busybody.
*Yeah, I ignore those signs. I knock on doors to talk, not to sell, and some people are happy to talk even if they have a sign.
Can't you fire a shotgun at them through the letterbox?
Not even in AMERICA?!
Something something "HE WAS COMING RIGHT AT ME!!!"
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As a guy who is now expected to knock on a lot of doors every two years, I will say that you gotta get used to people rejecting any interaction. One time a guy literally just pointed at his "No solicitation" sign and closed his door on me.*
The only time I got a rude reaction was from someone I met in my neighborhood. She saw me knocking on doors, asked me who I was, I told her with a smile, and she replied "Solicitation isn't allowed in this neighborhood." I was 99% sure she was blowing smoke, but just to make sure I called our HOA, and sure enough "no solicitation" just means "no selling stuff door to door." Still not sure if she was trying to discourage a young Democratic PC from making neighborhood friends, or if she's just a busybody.
*Yeah, I ignore those signs. I knock on doors to talk, not to sell, and some people are happy to talk even if they have a sign.
So is there a sign I could put up that basically said, "I do not want to talk to you about anything?"
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As a guy who is now expected to knock on a lot of doors every two years, I will say that you gotta get used to people rejecting any interaction. One time a guy literally just pointed at his "No solicitation" sign and closed his door on me.*
The only time I got a rude reaction was from someone I met in my neighborhood. She saw me knocking on doors, asked me who I was, I told her with a smile, and she replied "Solicitation isn't allowed in this neighborhood." I was 99% sure she was blowing smoke, but just to make sure I called our HOA, and sure enough "no solicitation" just means "no selling stuff door to door." Still not sure if she was trying to discourage a young Democratic PC from making neighborhood friends, or if she's just a busybody.
*Yeah, I ignore those signs. I knock on doors to talk, not to sell, and some people are happy to talk even if they have a sign.
I will talk to political people, even if they are from the C*ns*rv*t*ve P*r*y, and even if it's just to tell them that they're wasting their time.
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I found my midlife crisis!
I am utterly sick to death of material possessions. I don't want any more.
*Looks at his bookshelves, which is suffering under the crushing weight of far to many Rpg books*
Nope, must say I'm not suffering from that particular crisis…
In fact I might need some kind of intervention, as I have so many Rpg books that I (almost) can't fit them into shelves.
Is there such a thing as Rpgers anonymous?
…
Anyone want to buy any books? ^^'
*fondles Cover Turtle's horse whip*
Send me a PM with an address, PO box or what not and I'll send you one ^^
…+ some assorted tasties and random knick-knack. It's the least I can do for putting up with me for this long.
(The same goes for other FaWtLers who aren't averse to random gift-boxes)
So now we know which one of the seven dwarfs VE would be lets see who else we can dwarfify.
Gran is dopey!
I call sleepy. today anyways.
Mort you want bashful or sneezy?
lets see who else is usually on this late.Probably should let the turtle be bashful. he hides in his shell that seems pretty fitting. Mort your sneezy then.
I kind of like it...but I'm definitely not a 'bashful' dwarf.
One look at my browsing history, and I would immediately be regulated to being 'creepy', 'crazy' or 'Arrgghh! Kill it fire' dwarf...Gotta say, though there's a fair response to killing your crew as "that's not acceptable," the crew of the Enterprise are kind of being super-jerks, all things considered.
SV: "Look, all I want is salt. Please. I'm literally starving to death. If not that, please leave us alone."
EC: "No, you can't have it. Also, we're going to poke you with stuff."
SV: "Okay, well, if you're not going to give us salt-"
EC: "We definitely aren't!"
SV: "... right, well, if you're not doing that, please leave us alone and leave, quickly."
EC: "No, I think we'll hang out here for an extended period of time!"
SV: "I really think you should leave."
EC: "No-no. Definitely not."
*SV, literally starving, eats the only available salt; happens to be from a person*
EC: "Welp! Looks like you're an irredeemable monster!"
SV: "But... what if you literally just gave me salt so I wouldn't starve to death. From all the salt you've got."
EC: "No-no, we gotta kill it, dead!"
And then they do.
I mean, yeah, it killed people. And, yes, it was proooooooobably evil. But people kept actively withheld the literal thing that it needed to live. And then actively trying to trap it and kill it.
Kiiiiiiiiiiiinda jerks about the whole thing, guys.
Yea, most 'supposed heros' in a clash of cultures/species/etc can quite often be a bunch of scumbags purely based on, from which PoW the observer/viewer/reader is presented the situation in question.
Feds -> We're here on important business, and nothing will deter us! *Glomp! Redshirt disappears* OMG! a hostile species! Kill it!
SV -> I'm staring god damnit! and you, a living snack, keep prancing around me like you own the place?! F#+% it! *Glomp!*
Geez, I hate door-to-door whatevers...
Solicitors, yes.
Though I'm kind of loving the local chapter of Jehovah's witnesses attempt at getting more people into the fold. They keep sending around this couple of cute early-to-mid 20's women spreading the lord's word…And Yes, I've invited them in for coffee next time their in the neighborhood ^^' (which probably means they'll avoid me like the plague...and if not I get to
In other news.
Still somewhat annoyed, knackered and depressed.
And as the cheery on top, I've gotten a terrible cold. Mucus everywhere. Should probably walk around with a bucket around my neck as its currently that bad. *Grumbles and coughs*
Also I've gotten glasses...which was needed as I've been losing eyesight on my right eye at an accelerated pace for a few years now…(and yes I'm going to a specialist to have it looked at, no worries)
I'm also dealing with 'adjustment' headaches and dizziness from my new glasses, so its probably gonna be quite the weekend.
Hope everyone is having better luck, where-ever they are.
*Waves with a turtle foot, before gingerly wobbling back to his hidy-hole, while swaying slightly from side to side*
So is there a sign I could put up that basically said, "I do not want to talk to you about anything?"As a guy who is now expected to knock on a lot of doors every two years, I will say that you gotta get used to people rejecting any interaction. One time a guy literally just pointed at his "No solicitation" sign and closed his door on me.*
The only time I got a rude reaction was from someone I met in my neighborhood. She saw me knocking on doors, asked me who I was, I told her with a smile, and she replied "Solicitation isn't allowed in this neighborhood." I was 99% sure she was blowing smoke, but just to make sure I called our HOA, and sure enough "no solicitation" just means "no selling stuff door to door." Still not sure if she was trying to discourage a young Democratic PC from making neighborhood friends, or if she's just a busybody.
*Yeah, I ignore those signs. I knock on doors to talk, not to sell, and some people are happy to talk even if they have a sign.
Commission a sign that says just that.
Even better, have it specifically enumerate the common causes:
I am NOT interested in your religion.
I am NOT interested in your politics.
I am NOT interested in your cause.
I am NOT interested in your product.
I am NOT interested in your fundraiser.
Nothing's foolproof o' course, but it should cut down on the knocks, and it'll make you feel justified in a Red Foreman "...jack@ss!" as you close the door on the ones that ignore it.