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Only reason why I know this tradition exists is because of an episode of Friends, as I had nothing else to binge while on an offshore rotation: Each trip involved being on a ship for five weeks straight with shoddy internet connection.
Quiet weekend at home, DMing D&D for my kids, before my work trip next week.
Yeah, that’s probably the one.
Remind me what the holiday I saw was about again? I think it was around October. Celebrations seemed to last several days.
I visited KSA when they celebrated a national holiday a few months ago. EVERYONE had flags on their cars. This guy probably didn’t want to look less patriotic.
Introduced three of my kids (aged 10, 11, and 13) to D&D (v3.5) in an effort to have them play something more advanced than roblox.
I expected that it wouldn’t be high-paced enough, and that they’d get bored, but it turned out they enjoyed it a lot more than I thought they would.
I decided to start the game really simple. No class, no stats, no feats, no levels. Instead I gave them a feat I chose to call “basic training” so they could use some crude (-1) martial weapons with a -2 penalty instead of -4.
After a “tutorial-dungeon” where they got to learn basic combat and tactics they found a chest with some class-suitable items, based around what they’d told me in advance that they’d like to play. They then chose class and race: Orc Barbarian, Gnome Rogue, and Gnome Wizard, but I told them to leave the level blank.
After some individual additional quest that mostly involved talking to NPCs and some training, they now have classes and they’re properly lvl 1.
The exception is the wizard who only has a couple of spells possible. I figured it’s better to introduce them over time so he doesn’t have to memorize so much. And because of story-related reasons, he can’t summon a familiar yet, but he will soon.
Previous session ended with them ready to embark with some NPCs on a more difficult quest to test them as adventurers instead of peasants with a mission.
We should probably have time for another session tonight. They’re about to learn the hard way what an Ogre is.
Phone Background: picture of my daughter
Phone Lock screen: Feathers McGraw
Desktop: linux mint default
Work Pac: A greenish color i always liked
Bacon and water melon. Discovered by accident when I was late going on my offshore shift. I swung by the galley just to pick up something so I wouldn’t run on fumes for the next 6 hours before breakfast. Upon entering the back deck, I stuffed it all in my mouth to free up my hands, and that’s when I noticed the godly combination.
What do you call an elephant that you can only access remotely? A elephant.
Introducing three of my kids to D&D. One of them asked a few days ago how old he had to be to play, and I said 0. It snowballed from there and I have now planned an introductory campaign for them after brushing the duat of my D&D 3.5 rule books. I’m going to the library in a little bit to print out character sheets.
They’re aged 10, 11, and 13, and I’m pretty sure they’d all get bored if the first session is all spent picking a character and learning the rules of character creations, so I’m flipping it a bit on the head: They’ll jump straight in with class and race unspecified, and introduce things as we go.
The “tutorial” starts with them being tasked with clearing out a kobold lair, after which they will find some gear that will be tailored for each class. Depending on what gear and weapon they choose, I’ll help them pick a race and class.
Then comes more puzzle-oriented task, which will introduce them to the skill system.
Then they’ll Hopefully become lvl 1, which is when I’ll introduce them to features and spells if applicable.
Same. But at least UO was great.
And access to my own stove and fridge when I declare lunchtime results in the best lunches I’ve ever had, be it steak, 500g of bacon, or just an egg.
And getting to arbitrarily declare lunchtime…
I have two wallets that I use:
So it holds true for me, at least.
I was on a business trip, so I had some extra time for a change.
Rewatched “Heat” (1997). I thought I hadn’t seen it, but I must have a long time ago, as I remembered the ending. Still a great movie, though. Remembering the ending halfway through didn’t ruin the enjoyment. 8/10
I also saw “Predestination” (2014? The one with Ethan Hawke…) after a coworker recommend it. A good movie, but I’ve seen enough brain fuck movies to predict a lot of the plot twists. Still pretty good, though. 8/10.
And I finally got around to seeing Top Gun: Maverick. I wasn’t expecting much beyond trying to recapture 80’s cool-guy-story, but I must admit I was pleasantly surprised. F14/10.
I have two cats who are annoyed and waiting impatiently - The fish I’m cooking for them is too hot to serve.