Had a relaxing day with Magnus and Tim playing video games and watching TV.  Specifically the movie, "Eddie the Eagle."  Magnus made us a traditional Swedish Midsummer fest meal that included 3 different tastes of the same fish, (Cod?  I forget the specific one.) potatos, and meatballs.  Very tasty!  A great ending to a blessed day that started with a miraculous healing.  :)

Tomorrow we tour the copper mine.

I'm super glad to hear you're having a great time, and have moved on to recreational long time pal part of your trip.

That said, I do hope the church stuff went well.  Hope you two are both getting enough sleep.

Yup!  Plenty of sleep.  Ireland was so crazy busy, we'd fall asleep just minutes after getting to the hostel.  Magnus works this morning, so we get to sleep in today.  But after 10 or so hrs sleep, I don't think I can force myself to sleep any longer.  :p

Massive time-skip in giant comics once again has me head-scratching over what to do with Mits.  I feel like it would be a lazy cop-out to go with the same "oops, got stuck in a multiverse misadventure for 5 solar years (indeterminate how long mits really did spend in space-time silliness, or how much she aged.)"

large part of the reason for that is so i wouldn't have to pretend like my character had any idea of what was going on for the past 5 years.  and pretend that she somehow didn't interact with the other supers in 5 years time.  pcs and npcs alike.  guh, i hate time skips.

tim is considering 15 yr old mav, and possibly app for a different character.
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Matt was IN SPAAAAAAACE.  But yeah, good freaking luck with a new character as I remember Tim's hurdles trying to get Emerald off the ground, as much as I overall like the place.

Maybe adding an adorable baby dragon wouldn't be going too far, but thanks for the heads-up.  I'm leaning heavily on the "can somehow be in two places at once" and "was totally not here for 5 years" side of things.  Because threads have a way of suddenly dieing in one place, and suddenly getting active elsewhere.

TRUTH:

  Yeah, I'm totally good for Mittens having come along for the vague undescribed space adventure.  I'll just have to keep it in mind when making joke references to it like "I never cut a moon in half. _{It's in one piece nobody can prove it}".    So I've made a mention of that in my PM thread.
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So since it's a space adventure, I think I might go with Jedi/Sith Mittens adventures.  She got lightsabers in the other place from inventer dude, so I guess I'll grab a pair in this world as well.  Doppelganger is a force power, so there's my excuse for Mits replicating herself as needed.

So, amusing hindsight about falls rivers.

We've had terrible luck spotting hidden enemies. Throw "even with blindsight" on top of "Even with a +2 bonus to noticing hidden people thanks to theme", hah.

Though the bigger deal lv 1 perk was "Your attacks ignore partial conceal" which is like, 90% of all random shrubs.  The comedy leap utility option at lv 2, and lv 5 GHOST HORSE (daily freebie cast of phantom steed).

Also wow look at me, buying Everlasting provisions instead of a proper enchanted bow. What's wrong with me,  (I COULD afford both, but then I would hit "Literally exactly zero gold")
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Probably the one time I should have had your perception come up was the initial orc ambush, but I think I forgot? I'm not used to blindsight to begin with, let alone a pc having it. Second ambush, though, they really did walk away. You guys just didn't know it was so they could get into a good position. That's more insight. XD

But please do keep taking initiative to roll perception with comments about your blindsight so I'll keep being reminded.

Heh... the provisions v bow is probably because I rarely have combat come up. And my idea of lvl 2 boss fight was AC 18. So you probably feel more comfortable.

That and goodness you have a very high to-hit value that I don't know how you got that much. *De-levels Angel to see what her to-hit value was at level 2* Wow. Her to-hit was +12. Math for her then was:

+5 (Dex Mod)
+3 (Superior Crossbow Proficiency Bonus)
+1 (Sharpshooter Talent from Rogue. Had to use Hybrid Talent feat)
+1 (Crossbow Expertise Feat)
+1 (Half Level)
+1 (Inherent Bonus)
=12 total

So I'm guessing you have exact same minus the sharpshooter talent? I just didn't know Joe had a dex of 20. And always imagined him with a bow and not a crossbow (superior crossbow is the only ranged weapon with +3 proficiency, I think?).

Not nit-picking, just got blown away when I saw your +11 and +13 next to my feeb +6, but I am curious the build of your character.

While I am still factoring in Freebie expertise and Inherent.
Those +11 and +13's were based on combat advantage and a defense debuff on top.

As things stand, that Joe's normal to-hit should be +9. I did roll 9's earlier in the fight, such as when I rolled a threeeee… Though now I'm scratching my head where the +13 came from.

CA would be +11, and CA and a -1 defense debuff would be +12. Maybe I typoed when it came to the 13?  But yes, understandable question when you were expecting something closer to 7-9 to hit by default.
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https://twitter.com/Headpats/s...742557409282/photo/1

Turn in your Hatsune Miku fanclub badge, Tim.

This post I saw amused me because for once it's not me trying to explain this the phenomenon that has only gotten more heels dug in DESPITE the reduction of 'only so many times a day' for casters.


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Reminds me of a scene from Rune Soldier.  The mage encounters a hidden door...

https://youtu.be/pVwY4Z2DqVo?t=1073

There's another scene where the priestess blasts a whole group with a single spell.  So I remember saying to Tim afterward, "If I were to make a game system, every class would have some means to effectively do the same thing at the same level.  Clear the room in a single turn."

Leeet!

https://imgur.com/LN5XfSi

Finally, Rolen HAS COME BACK to Rpoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!

Hey Guys, it's been a while. Just returning as a casual glace, but wanted to say hello to everyone. Hope all are well.

Haha welcome back!  Would love to see more of the Nessie.  :)

In reply to Mittens (msg # 364):

Nessie??????????

Good timing because if you had checked yesterday, the site would have been down.

Nessie is one of the assorted nicknames for the elusive loch ness monster. Clearly they mean you are more fabulous than a unicorn.
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Nessie is a nickname Chris and I give to our friends who disappear for extended periods of time. Andrew Kipe is the original Nessie because he oft disappears for months at a time. Rick Schriver holds the record, though, having gone incognito for 2 years (not answering phones, not returning phone messages, not answering any other means of communication, etc). And he lives here in Waynesboro with us.

David Edmondson has become "The Blonde Nessie" because he moved away too far to visit, but he made efforts to visit.

It is a half-tease nickname that we give, but suffice to say all our Nessie friends are, in fact, friends, despite being gone for long periods of time. :) This is because to be a Nessie, you have to also be someone we really, truly care when you do appear. So in that regard, it is also a term of endearment.

Good to hear from you, Salow! I always liked Rolen.

In reply to Timothius (msg # 367):

This is the first time I heard you all use "Nessie" for MIA Friends ... but cool ... sorry for the long absence, life keep gets getting in the way of things.

While I have the desire to play, I just can't commit to anything atm. I tried getting in with a local group, but was only able to make two sessions before having to drop out. And even online has been hard - found a Google+ group (before that was shut down) that was pbp and we played several games, but eventually life got in the way there too.

In case you all haven't heard, but Courtney is pregnant with our 3rd child, she is due August 19th. Christian is going in for mouth surgery in late June to help correct his speech. It seems, as of now, that Carleigh and me are the only two without any major updates. My father just got of back surgery this past week, and is now in a physical therapy center recuperating. It's a long road ahead for him b/c they put a 12 in metal rod in his spine. I'm hoping he recovers quickly and is healthy enough to come up this way in August to visit his new granddaughter.

I do want to play again ... something that involves dice rolling ... but ... ya know ... life.

Anyway ... I'll be around

Wowowow!  Congratulations on the new addition to the family!  Will keep you guys in prayer.  :)

In honor of fish combat.

https://youtu.be/__zGnZtL53Q?t=168

Tuna, the ultimate weapon.

Doing a quick pre new years sweep of our little group's games as it looks like they are running the 'put unused games in the deleted games recycle bin' sweet in prep for the new UI being mandatory soon.