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Deanna ([personal profile] dr4b) wrote2002-01-24 01:10 am

this unicorn will self destruct in 30 seconds. for official ninja use only.

Well, it's been a fun day, I guess. I got lunch with Eli at Lulu's, and it wasn't too bad. (For those who haven't been around in a while, Lulu's, which was formerly Yum Wok, on Craig Street, has expanded in the past few months, so now it's like four times the size it used to be. It's slowly swallowing the entire corner of that row of stores.)

Then I spent a lot of time in the afternoon futzing with Perl and reading LJ, which was good because I futzed with Perl but bad because I didn't achieve what I intended to. I think I've got this mental block with Perl wherein "if it doesn't take 5 minutes, it's impossible or not worth doing", where I sit there going "there's no possible way I should have to write this much code. It's Perl. Someone has done it already," and then I give up and read LJ to destress. Of course, I discovered some new people on LJ to read about, so that was nice and nonproductive. (There's now a CMU alumni LJ community which mostly seems to span "people in KGB in the early-to-mid-1990s" so far)

After work I went to play D&D at Tal's, and he decided to level us last time. That is, we gained another level, not got killed by something. So we spent a bit doing that at the beginning of the session, and then we played a while. Brook made a nifty chicken pot pie for dinner. My character is becoming more reasonable to play, and Tim's is just becoming a powerhouse. (I think I have about as much fun roleplaying Tim's character as my own though. (Tim only comes out to Pittsburgh every few months if that, and since my character's more of a fighter than anyone else, I've taken his character on as my NPC. (Tim, you'd be so proud of me. We were questioning an orc and I had Grundar say "Can I question him... with my axe?")))

It's funny, I really do write about all of the boring stuff I do in a day on here, because that's how I write journals, but something gets me in that "other people are reading this" sort of way, and I want to tell cool stories, except there's sometimes nothing to tell, and I figure I'm boring the crap out of most of you. Then again, that's what I've been doing all along.

And hey, I got my dr4b backpack today! It's so cool! It actually has "dr4b" as the monogram! Go L.L.Bean!

I seem to recall I wanted to post something in here recently, but now that I try to remember what the heck it was, I can't. I'm sure it'll come to me sometime when I'm randomly elsewhere far from a terminal, and I'll forget it again soon enough.

My long-lost character

[identity profile] tesposit.livejournal.com 2002-01-24 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! You sound like you are doing a good job running Grundar. Just like I would. I liked the quote too. Didn't I say that with Dunkan a while ago? So what level is my character now? Did he get any feats? If you want, I can help you pick out feats and stuff, since he technically is my character. Give me the dirt!

Re: My long-lost character

[identity profile] tesposit.livejournal.com 2002-01-27 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
OK, what does he have so far? I know about ambidexterity, two weapon fighting, exotic weapon proficiency (urgrosh), and weapon focus (urgrosh). I would have next picked specialization in Urgrosh. Then either Power Attack, followed by Cleave. Also I would have added his both of his bonus skill point to Strength. I would have set his skills to Climb 7, Jump 7, Spot 5.0, Listen 5.0 (since they are cross class), and left Swim at 6. Well, you need Power Attack before Cleave. So, I think he should be specialized first (which I think you did). Then use the bonus feats on Power Attack, and then Cleave (can't get Great Cleave as of 7th following this buildup) Does that match what you have? So when you go to 8th, I would raise each of the skills by 1 (except Swim) so you get Climb 8, Jump 8, Spot 5.5, Listen 5.5 (since they are cross class), and leave Swim at 6. Then as your bonus feat, I think that Improved Critical would be great! (Save Great Cleave for later) If I am not mistaken, the Critical damage on an Urgrosh is x3, so if you double the critical range (making it 19-20) that would really mean damage! And damage is what Grundar is all about. Does this match up with your plans too?