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Your dead to me.

Hey John,

You wanna' go to Applebees on Friday?

I'm thinking of ordering a steak. Though I might have to send it back if they overcook this one.

I hear they got some new fancy salads to go with them, too...

<.<

Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to make either Friday or Saturday. 3 cooks quite/got fired since Monday. I started the week scheduled for 39 hours, and I'm one of the only ones who know how to cook on the whole line, so now im scheduled for 63 hours this week. Sorry guys.

Do you guys still want to get together and play some magic on either Friday or Saturday? Friday night works best for me. I sort of need to keep Saturday to watch some movies and write some reviews. But I suppose I can move somethings around if you guys want to get together on Saturday. Let me know what you think.

Jeremy - I should have the 2nd disc of trailers in from Netflix for this week. I imagine that they will blow Dustin's mind :)

Later guys

The Shatzers will be there ready to chill! What time do you want us over?

I wont be able to make it, got to work 4-close tomorrow, thanks for the invite though.

Mrs. Shatzer says the Casa de Juan is off-limits for this Friday. Charred meatflesh and movies at my place instead?

Dustin - Give me call or email if you read this to let me know if you'll be able to make it.

I should be there around 6:30 if that works for you. In know that Jeremy will get there later.

836 Oak Hill Rd APT B, rite across the street from the school. I dont have a phone that works atm, so post if your comming.

Farva, I think I found a good Dwarf mini to mod into your chain fighter.
Reaper - Snorri Oathbreaker.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/125008

Chop that crossbow out of his hand, and he's got a great base pose.

I can and will use you deceased brother and gnomish buddy as plot hooks in the future.



ARE YOU THREATENING ME?

Jeremy - That looks great to me. It is now the official history of your family. I can and will use you deceased brother and gnomish buddy as plot hooks in the future. Thanks.

Everyone else - So get off your butts and give me something to work with here. I promise to use everything that you give me to customize the adventure for you characters. This will maximize your role play opportunities.

John - You'd sounded on Monday like you were interested in some sort of backstory for the characters.

I haven't been able to write down anything resembling a coherent timeline, but here are some notes regarding Kara's history. (I went ahead and generated names. Feel free to change anything if needed to jive with your history.)



Youngest of 5 siblings. 4 older brothers:
Bláinn (Fighter)
Glóinn (Fighter)
Drofin (Cleric)
Nordrin [Deceased] (Rogue. Killed during Marcus War.)



Ulfrun - Father, Rogue/Fighter (Retired after Marcus War partially due to nagging injuries sustained during the combat, mostly due to pleading by the wife after the death of their son- a rogue who was growing up to be "just like his father.")
Austri - Mother, Cleric

When she was very young (pre-War) Kara would often sneak out of the underground through a secret passage found by Nordrin. She was also caught often, leading to many scoldings by a worried mother. Ulfrun, a rogue himself, found the wanderings about in secret and restricted areas amusing, dealing out milder punishments for "being sloppy enough to get caught" rather than disobeying them.) Austri later provided the Cure Light Wand the moment Kara was schooled enough to cast from it. ("If you're going to keep wandering around out where it is dangerous, you keep this with you so you don't end up bleeding to death somewhere while you're lost in the woods. Now come inside before you're eaten by a bear.")

She played frequently with a group of gnome children- an experience which left her with a moderate understanding of the gnomish language, and the belief that she can actually sit down and have a conversation with burrowing mammals. ("Snuffles understand every word I tell her... damnit. She just doesn't always listen."

This time before the war includes a nearly 10-year friendship with one young gnome named Wizzle Omnigear - Alchemic Engineer whizkid extrodinare! (When Wizzle wasn't accidentally setting himself on fire attempting to make a rocket pack using alchemical fire and hollowed-out reeds/bamboo, his tinkerings were what got Kara interested in Dwarven engineering. This later inspired the Crossbow-o-Doom.)

She has not seen or heard from the gnomes since the migration to the new Gnomehome. When hearing the announcement that scouts were being recruited for a trip to that area, she jumped at the opportunity.

Jeremy - That is pretty cool. In fact I'll say that the little bugger is following you around and when you get the chance you can work with him. Until he is "official" I'll just say he ducks out of the way during combat.

All - Scott called me today and he is planning on coming tonight. I filled him in on the back story for the new game and he is prepping a new character. I'm really looking forward to this game. I promise that it has some legs and we should be playing this campaign for a while. See you guys tonight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5czZYr-UOY

John - I'm happy with the standard list of animals. If it is OK with you, I'd like to include my animal companion in my character creation, even though I'm not high enough level to actually travel with it. (ie. still too young, and I haven't completed training.)



She is a badger and her name is Snuffles.

Bubbles - I only want spells from the 3.5 PHB. Feats I'm not going to be so strict on. If you have a feat that you want that isn't in the 3.5 PHB you will have to get it approved by me.

Jeremy - Do you have any ideas what you may want? Much of the campaign is going to be set underground for the first few levels which means you have access to all sorts of exotic stuff.

Did anyone have any other questions for me before Monday? If so post them here and I'll get them answered. I'm very excited to start another game. I feel like my batteries have been recharged and I'm ready to go!

Is it okay to use spell and feats from the non core books(Complete Divine and what not.)?

John,

3.0 Rangers used to get an animal companion at 1st level. 3.5 Rangers (which I'm using, for the new specialization rules) don't get a companion till level 4.

I've got the appropriate animal handling skills. When the opportunity comes, I should be able to grab one in the wild.

Yeah Casey will most likely be playing, I was talking to him and I think he'll be making a Barbarian.

Dustin - Thanks for the clarification.

Jeremy - I don't remember off the top of my head when Rangers get their companion. If you have one already please make sure that it is an appropriate animal for your underground home.

Bubbles - Cool. Dorf clerics are the best!

Do you guys know if Farve was expecting to bring his friend again?

Wonderful.

Dwarven Cleric

Ah surveyin' group, you say?

Yer' gonna' be needin' a scout that knows the terrain, then. At least, unless ya' all plan to go wonderin' off into the woods blind as a 'uman in the Underdark!

Darf Ranger, reportin'!

I was thinking slightly crazy in dwarven standard, like not wearing armor or fighting with an axe.

Okay a few more things to talk about



More background on the clan: The Hammerfall clan is responsible for the security of not only the King and his court, but that of the entire kingdom as well. While not as powerful as the military clans they still hold a great deal of influence with the king. Additionally while the military clans have no interest in what transpires outside of Dwarven lands the Hammerfall clan does. By default this makes your clan a very important source of information.

Dustin - Define crazy? As a member of the Hammerfall clan you would have to be able to at least function as a member of society. Any truly odd members of the clan are "fixed" so as to not cause any embarrassment of the clan.

I would also be interested in what you other guys may want to play.

Umm... dibs on the wizzard.
He shall be Ixidor Hammerfall.
Chaotic Good, slightly crazy.
Publish Post

So next week instead of Farve's game we will be starting a new game run by yours truly. Here is what I had in mind.




You are all members of the Hammerfall clan of Dwarves. Even though you are all of noble blood you have no real standing or place in the clan. The only way that you can get standing with the clan is by leaving the comforts of the Dwarven citadel and making a name for yourself. So when the clan let it be known that they were organizing an expedition to survey the situation in the Gnomish lands you all jumped at the chance. This is how and why you are all together.

rules:
1. Everyone must be a Dwarf (duh!)
2. The only alignments allowed are - Lawful Good, Neutral Good, and Chaotic Good.
3. Any of the classes from the 3.5 PHB are allowed. You will need to make sure that you have at least one healer and one mage/sorcerer in the party (storyline requires it)
4. I'm starting the party out at 3rd level. If you are able to purchase magic with your starting funds you must clear all items with me before the first session.
5. The setting for the game is my world approximately 25 years after the destruction of the Blue Dragon Knights by the Black Hand.

I will have more details for you guys on Monday. Please bring finished characters with you to the first session. I don't want to waste time making characters if I can avoid it. I'm really looking forward to this.

Thats just wrong.

This is so wrong that I have to see it.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt_tv7t79WY

This is some killer shit right here! Now lets go fuck Galvetron up his ass!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq1_6D9QS9Y&mode=related&search=

Dustin, if you read this before you come over give me a call. I thought the plan was you were going to contact me sometime over the weekend to grab that couch? (I tried to call your cell yesterday and it just went straight to voicemail.)

I usually get off work at 3PM. Any time between then and the game we could grab that couch. The basement is looking kind of empty without one, 'cause the brown one is gone.



Farva has informed me that he'll probably be arriving late for Monday's festivities, so it's probably movie-day.

Yeah I saw that in the news as well. One has to wonder how much longer Microsoft is willing to lose that kind of money. God help us if they do ever manage to run Sony and/or Nintendo out of business because then they will jack the prices up to make money on their consoles. That would suck.

SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it expects to spend more than $1 billion to repair widespread hardware problems in its Xbox 360 video game console after a large number of them broke down.

Shatzer-- I hope you read this before you leave tomorrow. They have changed my schedule so that I'm going to get this Sunday off, and work every other week. So, if its kewl, can I play tomorrow? And if yes, can I bring a co-worker with me to play as well?

John, here are two of my 11x17 AD&D character sheets.

http://www.baglecon.com/files/

I think one is just the standard four-page spread stuck onto a large page. The other is a bit more custom-looking. Whatever one you like best.

Blizzard does offer a download. It's the 10-day trial client for the original game.

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/files/pc/wowclient-downloader.exe


I've still got the WoW disks. You could pick them up sometime when you grab your USB wireless card. Might be faster than downloading, depending on when you could stop by.

Does anyone have a full install copy of wow, blizzard and their infinate wisdom dosnt allow download of the full game, and I got a 10 day free trial of TBC and I need the origional game to insall and play. My roomate just bought a descent hp that will handel wow rather well.

I moved into my new place this week. First months rent kicked my computer/tv repair fund pretty hard. My buddegt is getting pretty thin, Im probibly goning to have to quit smoking and drinking. My roomate is realy kewl, he's a long haul truck driver, and isnt going to be around much. Soon, if we wanted to start gaming at my place, that would be kewl.

Jeremy, with the repair of the TV, let me know the lowest repair bill, and ill start giving you some money twords it every month till I get it payed, again im realy sorry.

Jeremy and Dustin - Guys I'm going to have to cancel Friday's shindig. I've not been feeling well all week and have nothing done. I'll see you guys on Monday. Later.

Well it is still cheaper than a new TV.

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installun ur softwarez

John - if you check this before you leave work today, I'll be there this evening.

Tracfone was able to switch my phone number to the new phone without any problems. And fast, too- they said it might take as long as a week. It was done in two days. So, my 7552 number is still good- I'm just using a different service now.

Dustin-That is cool I know that you are being all responsible and shit. Does this mean that you aren't going to be able to make Farve's game on Monday? How about your World of Darkness game after that?

I wonder how much longer it is going to be before someone in the kitchen snaps, kills everyone, then cooks them up as steaks and serves them on special...?

Last night was fun. Or at least I thought so. Feel free to openly critic the game, its the only way I learn to get better as a GM.

Unfortunately we had five people quit within the last week, two dishwashers and three line cooks. I'm picking up as many shifts as I can, so until we get more people into the Bees, I'm going to be working just about every hour that they are open.....and the computer fund grows.

John, I'm going to have to cancel on Sunday, I hope that I can make it in two weeks.

http://www.sonypictures.jp/movies/sukiyakiwesterndjango/

A Samurai Western directed by my favorite Asian horror film director Takashi Miike.......


My Fucking head just exploded in pure joy! I must own this film it is the precious.

Hah. =D

Yeah, I'll have to go see Transformers. I can't continue to bitch about it unless I actually have seen it. Though I just saw an interview with Michael Bay a few days ago that made me want to cry...

"Yeah, so... a lot of people have asked me... y'know... flames on Optimus. Y'know... really... I wanted flames, OK?"

Okay sometimes you do find something really cool on the internet!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y39gHihP74

Yeah that would be nice if they did but you know that they won't. Still I'll go see it just for the car. Speaking of childhood memories that are about to be trashed who is going to go see the Transformers movie with me this summer :(

If they keep it campy and intentionally horrible, to make it as much like the original as possible, I'd dig it.

If they try to make it serious, it'll suck. Balls.

Ha-hah! I must hold very still because animation costs money and holding still is preferable to moving ha-hah!"

I know it will probably suck but I can't help but be excited about a live action Speed Racer movie. Especially after seeing a picture of the Mach 5!

Alltel fucking sucks. They'll send me text messages to let me know I can buy a text message package for my phone, but not to tell me the fucking thing has been out of minutes for the last few days.

Apparently I'm going back to Tracfone, damnit. Bastards may not speak English, and their customer service sucks, but their phones at least have a time display. And when you're out of time, it still works for voicemail. (Alltel's POS service tells you the number is out of service.)

Hmmn...

Didn't I do this same bitch last month at about this time?

Fuck it. New phone is on order. I'll have to figure out the phone number when it gets here. Tracfone's web page says it supports number portability (which Alltel doesn't have on their prepaid phones...) so maybe I'll actually keep the same number. Or go back to the old one. Dunno. We'll see.

(Farva, thanks for tellin' me about the new stuff from Tracfone. I ended up getting their $130 package for a year's service, 400 minutes, and "all minutes doubled for life." (So, 800 minutes.) More bonus minutes, even more bonus minutes if it'll let me transfer my phone number. Oh, and the "free" Motorola with the camera.)

God Damn c3po!

Enough said.

New photo contest..... ROBOTS BABY!

Um cool I'm not the biggest loser on the planet!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_4Ju6ZqKPU

Woo hoo

Ive got the beer covered. How about we all meet at Jeremy's say at 6:00, call in our order and watch some movies.

Time depends on when you all get off work. Dave said he'll be off work about 5pm, so he was gonna' give me a call then. We can push that ahead a bit if you're working till later.

I'd be up for wings on Tuesday.

I would love to get me some dead chickens on Tuesday. What time are you going to head out for the sacrifice?

Alright, so no Monday.

Tuesday... I'm gonna' be sacrificing a few dozen chickens to the teriyaki gods.

Anybody else want to tag along? (Farva said he was interested. John? Dustin, if you're out there... we miss you.) If they're damned loud (when aren't they) we might just be getting a bunch and heading back to my place to eat and drink in peace.

Maybe we should cancel it again this week. I think I'm going to crash at home. Catch you guys later.

Due to the weather, the travel plans for a visiting relative have been changed.

I may be a bit late Monday... and since it is my house, that tends to make things a bit of an annoyance. Can we push this forward to, say, 7:30-8:00PM? (7:30 arrival, 8:00 showtime! Time for one movie, before I go to sleep! Work at 7AM... woohoo! !#!^$%...)

Cool catch you guys next week for some cheesy movie goodness!

Farva is going to be working for the Monday holiday, so he's probably not going to be able to make it tomorrow.

I think I'm going to call off, too. Got too much stuff to do at both of the houses... long weekend has been nice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GbwSpRvEes&eurl=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32800

WTF!!!!!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275182,00.html






All I can say is "GET THESE MOTHER FUCKING SNAKES OFF MY MOTHER FUCKING PLANE!"

:)

We sort of talked about this last night but I just wanted to post it here on the blog for those who weren't there last night. I don't know if it is because of summer, or if many of us are just burned out but I think that we need to take a break from role playing. To that end Jeremy, Bubbles, Farve, and myself talked about movie nights. We could mix in some action flicks, anime, gay cowboys eating pudding (for Dusin!), and of course some horror flicks from my personal stash. I think that this is a good idea. So what do you guys think? For those of you unable to post you can either email me or call me and I'll throw that up on the blog. BTW I've sent invites to both Farve and Scott so it should work.

Dunno. Hadn't heard anything from him.

If I remember correctly tonight is Dustin's game. Has anyone heard from him? I know he had been working crazy hours.

Jeremy--I think that I gave that hub to you the last time we had a LAN party.

John,

I'm working on cleaning up my garage, and I came across a box of stuff which I'm guessing was from the Baglecon. Uh... so, from a year ago...

There is a nice 24-port rackmount 10/100 switch with your name on it. Was this something from your LANgame collection, or something you'd given me long, long ago to try to sell?

=O Starcraft 2?

I just sharted myself.

So the day has finally come Starcraft 2 has been confirmed and many Koreans have to change their pants.

Gameplay footage

Article

Looks awesome.

Holy shit Hell just froze over Bubbles got a job!

Jeremy--Are you going to be able to make it tonight? I was just wondering what your job schedule looked like.

I might not be able to make it tomarrow, I start at Ameridial and I don't get off till about 6 or 7.
After this week though I'll be able to make it for sure.

I want a Wii :(

I finally got a job so I might be able to get one in a month or so.

Woot! I are posting with mah Wii!

I have returned.

Now you may party!

Allright, since there isn't gonna be a game tonight I don't think I'm gonna come, I'm feeling kinda crappy.

See ya next week.

Well I can always bring some "excellent" movies over to watch. :)

Starting the new job Monday. I don't know for sure when I'll be back home, so you may want to call before you head over for the game.

I'll also post again once I get off work.

Hey guys.
Ive worked 211.16 hours in the last month at the bees. I havent really had much time to do anything, including prepair for the the game. I open Monday morning, I should get off at around 4:00 pm. I was still planning on comming over after I got off work, but im not going to be able to run a game. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I love you tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_tiBGOEoVM&mode=related&search=

SEE YA!

Well... damn. The Nesters and Keith have both already made plans for this weekend. (Short notice, and all.)

Looks like it is just gonna' be us then. I still need to try to get ahold of everybody else here on the blog. Though that is fine- more lime-marinaded steak for us, while we enjoy a fine El Demonio Azul film to celebrate the holiday.

(Or at least I hope. Blockbuster Online lists them as available, but I still haven't had a chance to see what is in the store to rent.)

I could be up for some charred dead critters!

Saturday is May 5th. Also known in the lands south of Texas as Cinco de Mayo, or "May 5th."

Anybody up for a little grillin' and margarita drinking? this weekend? Maybe watch one of those Mexican Masked Wrestler movies?

I have a new favorite band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUrZi2XQKyU&mode=related&search=

MY BALLS ARE OKAY!

Get ready for the VIOLENCE OF THE LAMBS!



Another must see summer epic.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/blacksheep/trailer/

Jeremy--I'll take a look at it tonight.

Thanks for the warning, John. ;D
I'm still looking forward to working there.

Question for ya' - The bottom plate on my powerbook is starting to separate from the case pretty badly. It has had the small gap in the front since you'd cracked it open to replace the DVD drive, but now it is just hanging there on the front corner by the battery, where there are no bottom screws.

I don't see anything along that metal that could possibly have been used to secure it to the case except for some sticky dirt. Are those bottom plates just glued along that edge? (If that is the case, I'll be removing it, cleaning it up, and putting it back on again...)

Jeremy--Congrats on your big news this week. Watch out I here that here is a real beyatch that works there :)

So how does the caster-level of the spell work when you spend one of your spell-slots? Does it still get cast at the level of the wand, or does it bump it up as if you'd cast it yourself?

Yes indeed. Now I wont spend millions on high level wands.

Holy shit Bubbles that is a totally perfect fit for your character. Did you take it?

ZOMG!!! I just found the greatest feat ever in complete arcane.


Master Wand
When you activate a wand, you can expend a spell slot instead of using a charge.


Fantastic!