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Topic: Getting to know you
Subject: Stuff
Ammo for an Uzi is easy to get. They use 9mm pistol ammo. You can buy it at pretty much any sporting goods store.
I already got myself my Christmas presents - well the ones I'm likely to actually get, anyway: My pretty new rapier/main gouche set and my pretty new flintlock pistol.
Of course, if we pull out all the stops, and get to ask for anything - I'll take a time machine. Barring that, I'll take being able to spend it with Leah this year...
My plans involve going broke and hurling myself into over-the-top celebrations in the vain hopes of forgetting how horrifically depressed I tend to get around this time of year.
Posted on 2006-11-20 at 22:38:07.
Edited on 2006-11-20 at 22:39:43 by Rystefn K'ryll
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Topic: Corrupt a wish
Subject: Done!
Your hair is now ten miles long.
I wish I was an Oscar Mayer weiner.
Posted on 2006-11-20 at 22:30:27.
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Topic: ^ < V game
Subject: I resemble that!
^ Is easily fooled by my human disguise
< Is a master of deception
V Is deceptively human, despite the fool
Posted on 2006-11-20 at 22:27:29.
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Topic: Getting to know you
Subject: cry
I cry easily over certain things, and I'll freely admit it. There are a few surefire buttons to cause it, and Leah yelling at me for any reason is one of them. There's no shame.
Posted on 2006-11-15 at 23:58:14.
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Topic: Corrupt a wish
Subject: Granted
I get arrrested for trying to "love" people in public...
I wish for a "get out of jail free" card... I'm too pretty for this place.
Posted on 2006-11-15 at 23:56:00.
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Topic: ^ < V game
Subject: LoL
^ Is welocomed back with a watchful glare and great mistrust
< Is touching self inappropriately much of the time
V Is touching self with a watchful glarte and great mistrust
Posted on 2006-11-15 at 23:53:45.
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Topic: Plot twists most worthy of a dice shower?
Subject: AC 0
In the old days, instead of starting at 10 and counting up, it counted down. AC 0 in AD&D is the same as AC 20 in 3e and 3.5. A first level character would have a thac0 of 20 (which is to say youhave to roll a 20 on 1d20 to hit AC 0, or a 10 to hit AC 10), it would then improve (the number would lower) as your skill increased. A 10th level fighter would have a thac0 of 11, meaning that on a roll of 11, he hits AC 0, and on a roll of 20, he hits AC -9.
People like to say it's complicated, but it's exactly the same system as 3e, except it counts the other way. Chain improves your AC by 5; fighters, rangers, and paladins get +1 to hit each level; etc. A few of the details are changed slightly (a 3e fighter starts with an effective thac0 of 19, for example), the the system as a whole is that same. You simple subtract your d20 roll from your attack rating instead of addding it.
Also, while thac0 was the equivalent of BAB, most people used adjusted thaco (calculating in str, magic, and whatnot), giving you the equivalent of your total attack bonus.
Thac0 replaced the old combat matrices, which were also the same system in cart form. In the really old days, you looked up your class and level on a chart, compared it to the AC of your opponent, and it gave you the roll you needed to hit. The thac0 system just gave us the math behind the charts (something many of us had worked out long ago anyway).
Posted on 2006-11-15 at 23:51:53.
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Topic: ^ < V game
Subject: Those are the new pics I was talking about!
^ Is awfully dodgy
< Has a great imagination and is always looking for more fuel for it
V Is now looking to collect the reward on my head
Posted on 2006-11-14 at 08:58:39.
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Topic: Art of Yanamari
Subject: Iei!
*dances* Excellent work, as always. Ever thought of being a clothing designer, by the way? My roommate walked by as I was looking at these, and the first thing she nticed was how pretty the dresses tend to be.
Posted on 2006-11-14 at 08:55:56.
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Topic: ^ < V game
Subject: Of course...
Hence, the pillaging women to take to RenFest (doing the same this weekend, too).
^ Needs to post pics
< Has some new pics to post
V Will be banned for posting the pics they're thinking about posting...
Posted on 2006-11-13 at 22:31:05.
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Topic: Getting to know you
Subject: cry
Yeah, thanks to all the vets (and current service members as well) here. You are appreciated. *raises a glass*
Fan, you do have lovely hair... and a pretty face. If you weren't so far away, and already attached to a guy I rather like, and a bit on the young side as I recall for the likes of me...
Last time I cried, and I hope you folks appreciate, because I generally try not to make a big production out of it, was last Friday night. Honestly, I have no more reason than that I missed my wife.
Posted on 2006-11-13 at 22:21:45.
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Topic: Plot twists most worthy of a dice shower?
Subject: Thay-co
Death! Death to the Thay-co faction! How darest ye to damage the entire concept of an acronym by adding unto it another letter!
May you forever be doomed to play the hated 3rd edition.
Posted on 2006-11-10 at 10:28:05.
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Topic: ^ < V game
Subject: It was an accident!
^ Is meaner than me anyway
< Is going to pillage an attractive women to take to RenFest this wekend
V Wants to be that woman
Posted on 2006-11-10 at 09:49:59.
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Topic: Getting to know you
Subject: Attractive
If man wasn't meant to look at breasts, why is the Y chromosome shaped like cleavage? I'm just saying...
Since someone sort of tacked on the own most attractive quality, I guess I'll answer that now. While I'm an icredibly attractive person (in fact, the prettiest man in the universe), I'd have to say it's my voice that attracts the most. Not sure why. I'm not a trained singer, and as a musician, I can say with all honesty that I'm not even particularly good... but for some reason, every woman I've ever sang to ended up in my bed that night. That's the reason I don't sing to women anymore, by the way. It's not fair.
Posted on 2006-11-10 at 09:47:44.
Edited on 2006-11-13 at 22:16:13 by Rystefn K'ryll
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Topic: Plot twists most worthy of a dice shower?
Subject: Letters
Actually, since the 0 in Thac0 is not a letter and doesn't stand for a word, the guy was more correct than us, but we don't like smart-assed pretentiousness unless it's coming from me, so we put an end to it.
Seriously, though, none of you live in a region where it's said both ways? That's just weird to me...
I guess that's what comes of being in a group of self-taught gamers. We learned out of the books, and there's no pronunciation guide (which is sad, because ioun stone is mildly confusing, to say the least), so we just all came up with our own pronunciations independantly.
Of course, the popular pronunciation isn't always right anyway - witness "drow." By the far the more popular way to say it rymes with cow (I say it that way), but it is definately incorrect. It's a twist of "trow," which is the word from whence our "troll" derives. Hence, it would sound like "crow."
Posted on 2006-11-10 at 09:42:41.
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Topic: DnD stereotypes
Subject: Ummm...
None of the above, actually. Funions and Mt. Dew are more for parties. Our games are heavuily influenced by cherry limeade, though.
Posted on 2006-11-09 at 18:18:47.
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Topic: ^ < V game
Subject: I likes me some Swiss
^ Is the abuser in an abusive relationship
< Makes Val jealous of how pretty I am
V Makes Avrielle jealous of how abusive they are
Posted on 2006-11-09 at 08:41:54.
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Topic: Getting to know you
Subject: Beer?
I hates beer. It's disgusting. Almost as disgusting as calling coke "pop." Where I come from, the correct response to "Can I have a coke?" is "Sure, what kind do you want?"
All tissues are Kleenex, all soda is Coke. Get used to it.
Posted on 2006-11-09 at 08:38:08.
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Topic: Getting to know you
Subject: Beer?
Ewww....
Posted on 2006-11-09 at 07:35:30.
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Topic: Corrupt a wish
Subject: Done!
You're in an old west shootout at high noon.
I wish I could run a Marathon.
Posted on 2006-11-09 at 07:34:00.
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Topic: Plot twists most worthy of a dice shower?
Subject: Hmmm
Am I the only one living on the border where we get both pronunciations?
Posted on 2006-11-09 at 07:32:08.
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Topic: ^ < V game
Subject: k
Only on special occasions.
^ Has a beautiful name
< Is the prettiest man alive
V Dances in the rain in the nude in the middle of the street in Denver
Posted on 2006-11-08 at 18:13:06.
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Topic: Getting to know you
Subject: Catching up
OK, so I guess this will be a big post.
Favorite musical performer: John Lennon. Distantly following: George Harrison, Ozzy, Metallica, Mediaeval Baebes, Loreena McKennitt, Goo Goo Dolls (older stuff), Bob Marley, PEter Tosh, Nerf Herder, E Muzeki, and Wylde Nept.
Where would I most like to visit: Scandinavia and Holland (two of the last places in Europe I haven't been), and back to the UK.
I don't believe in astrology and am ratehr annoyed at its prevalence in our society. If it worked, you should be able to tell me my sign, shouldn't you?
Favorite sleeping position: Wrapped around a beautiful woman. (For the record, I'll sleep wrapped around anyone who happens to be in arm's reach of where I'm sleeping. I'm told that I give back rubs and talk in my sleep as well, but I can't verify, since I've been asleep through all alleged incidents.)
Favorite Holiday: Most people think it's Halloween, but it's Christmas. Even after the events of recent years whaich have made me unable to really get into the celebration like I once did, I still look forward to it and get excited about it every year.
First thought upon waking up: (I know it's kind of emo, but...) Do I have a reason to keep living?
Perfect romantic evening: The ocean and the stars... but anywhere under any circumstances is good enough if she's there.
Color: Green
Website: Don't really have one...
Drink: Tattoo and Cherry Coke
Costume: Big Daddy Maul, Dark Lord of the Pimps
Treat: Smarties
I still Trick-or-Treat
Halloween show: Ghostbusters
Have I had my fortune told: Yes. It was very, truly, extremely, cruelly wrong. Just like I knew it would be.
I am not psychic, contrary to popular belief. I am merely intelligent and observant.
Worst Fear: Already happened. Hence the "nothing left to lose" bit for the last several years.
Pets: I got a kitty!
What did I want to be? Honestly, I always wanted to be a paleontologist for some reason. Read my mom's zoology textbooks when I was 5. What did I become? Lots of things. The most interesting being soldier, smuggler, arms dealer, and sandwich maker. I like making sandwiches a lot, which is why that's what I do mow, even thoug I don't really need a job.
Blind date: No. In fact, pretty much the only person I ever went on a real date with was my wife. Since we knew each other for months before we got together, it doesn't remotely qualify, does it?
Rystefn K'ryll is the name of a D&D character I played for a long while, who is now a major NPC on my world. His name means the same thing my real one does "Unflinching Guardian, Chosen of God." It's a granted name, achieved upon reaching adulthood. He protects his sister to the exclusion of everything else. The Original Palassassin bit I tack on is actually a reference to a HUGE debate I started over at PlanetADnD.com over whether or not assassination is really evil. Rystefn is very like me in some ways (It's not my sister specifically, but I do have a strong protective streak when it comes to people I care about), but rather toned down, actually. I'm kind of an over-the-top sort of person most of the time, and I try to keep RK in check so that I give the otehr players a chance to shine. He is, however, a more violent person than I am.
Season: Winter
Most attractive: The ability to deal with my presence for extended periods of time. It's a rare and exotic quality. Most people find me charming and endearing in small doses, and indeed a lot of fun to be around occasionally... but most people are swiftly exhausted. Many, like NASA and the Army, ecome increasingly unamused by my antics over time.
Physically, I'm a generalist - I have a very wide variety of taste in women, and I love them in many shapes, sizes and colors. I do, however have a very strong hair fetish, and it's a rare woman with short hair that doesn't make me want to insist she let it grow.
Posted on 2006-11-08 at 18:10:46.
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Topic: Plot twists most worthy of a dice shower?
Subject: What?
OK, first: BBQ Fritos are sacrosanct. They will NEVER be thrown. They are to be treated with the respect a holy relic deserves.
Secondly, here, we say Thaco (rhymes with wacko)... and by "here," I mean my circle of friends. We're die-hard adherents, and keep the battle going strong. You Thay-co jerks will rue the day you ever crossed character sheets with the BirthDay Party!
On a related note, there was a short-lived Thac-zero faction, but we ended that when we told his mom he was playing D&D.
Posted on 2006-11-08 at 17:21:23.
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Topic: Corrupt a wish
Subject: Granted
Granted: Hasbro bought AlienWare
Wish: I wish to live a long and happy life.
Posted on 2006-11-08 at 10:33:40.
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