(OOC) A Hard Time in Harrowdale

[Rhun]

Originally Posted by Arkhandus

Sorry for the infrequent posting lately, folks, but ever since the new ad-bars appeared I've hardly been able to check or post to one thread every few hours without my web browser freezing up from the stupid GoogleAds. So it's slow getting anything done here at the times when I can manage to log in and post successfully.

That's funny...since the new ad-bars have started, I've noticed that the site is moving much faster for me.

Originally Posted by Myth and Legend

Hey Arakhandus, use Mozilla Firefox and the AdblockPlus add-on.

I have been using Mozilla Firefox, so maybe that is the reason it seems faster for me since the change.

[Arkhandus]

It's because of my machine and OS being so old, about 9 years old. I'm stuck with my current version of Internet Explorer, at least until I eventually get Firefox. But I'm not bothering with that yet, and I'm not sure switching browsers would solve this problem for me with my cruddy old machine and OS (Windows ME is problematic in and of itself).

Anyway, total XP awards so far have been 1,531 XP Abde'ragman, 1,971 XP Abrielle, 1,771 XP Evanar, and 1,771 XP Fayne. I just needed EN World to run stably for me long enough to check through it all and total it up.

IC2 thread was updated earlier.

And I'm still waiting for Abde'ragman's and Abrielle's level-ups and such.

Also, my internet alias isn't Arakhandus, just Arkhandus. It's the name of the first character I roleplayed online, in the Beyond Dominia Roleplaying Mill, at least after he regained his original body and reclaimed his original name (before that he was called Mist Phantom, because that's what he was stuck as....).

[Myth and Legend]

Leveled Abby up, although i have a question. When two separate skills give a synergy bonus to a third one does it get the synergy twice?

[Scott DeWar]

Originally Posted by Arkhandus

It's because of my machine and OS being so old, about 9 years old. _*edit*_ my cruddy old machine and OS (Windows ME is problematic in and of itself).

I feel your pain. My machine is same age and OS, however, I seem to be having very little problem with en world except during high traffic times

[quoate]Anyway, total XP awards so far have been 1,531 XP Abde'ragman, 1,971 XP Abrielle, 1,771 XP Evanar, and 1,771 XP Fayne. I just needed EN World to run stably for me long enough to check through it all and total it up.[quote]

Cool! just notice I was missing about 200 xp somehow!

[Rhun]

I feel your pain, and my PC is only about 4 years old. I'm still running XP because I thought Vista sucked, but I am excited for the release of Windows 7. With that said, I just think all PCs tend to get gunked up after a few years, and start operating much more slowly than they did in the beginning.

[Scott DeWar]

I spoke with a person in my neighborhood about this very problem withing the last week (not sure when, I have worked continous for 8 days and still have at least 4 more to go. It was all a big blur.) Any way, he mentioned that since win 95 there have been so many programs running in the background added to any OS that it has the very effect that every one mentions. it is just that between ME and XP there was a 'perfecting' of hiding the background monitering clutter. And that is pretty close to being verbatum.

just because you aare paranoid, it doesn't mean they really arn't out to get you!

[Voda Vosa]

 Name: Abde'Ragman Zaliman
Class: Wizard Diviner
Race: Human
Size: Medium
Gender: Male
Alignment: chaotic good


Str: 10 +0  (XXp.)     Level: 2         XP: 1,531
Dex: 14 +2 (XXp.)     BAB: +1         HP: 17
Con: 14 +2 (XXp.)     Grapple: 0     Dmg Red: 
Int: 18 +4 (XXp.)     Speed: 30'      Spell Res: 
Wis: 10 +0 (XXp.)     Init: +2        Spell Save: +0
Cha: 08 -1 (XXp.)     ACP: 0          Spell Fail: 0%

                Base  Armor Shld   Dex  Size   Nat  Misc  Total
Armor:          10    +0    +0    +2    +0    +0    +0    12
Touch: 12              Flatfooted: 12

                           Base   Mod  Misc  Total
Fort:                      0     +2          +2
Ref:                       0     +2          +2
Will:                      3     +0          +3

Weapon                Attack   Damage     Critical
Cross bow              +3       1d8          x2
Staff                  +1       1d6          x2

Languages: Common Dwarven Elven Draconic.

Class:  Scribe Scroll
Familiar (Toad)
Spellbooks
Spells

	
Feats: Mind Over Body, Spell Focus (Enchantment)

Skill Points: 30         Max Ranks: 5/2

Skills                   Ranks  Mod  Misc   Total
Spellcraft                   5    +4          +9
Profession(alchemist)        5    +0          +5
Knowledge(arcana)            5    +4          +9
Concentration                5    +2          +7
Craft (alchemy)              5    +4          +9
Decipher Script              5    +4          +9

Equipment:               Cost  Weight
Quarterstaff               1gp
Light crossbow            35gp        
Morning star               8gp                 
Regional Item: Magic Wand (lvl 1º 20 charges)
Acid*3                      30gp  
Alchemist Fire*2            40gp
Scroll case                 1gp
  

      Money: 5gp

                       Lgt   Med   Hvy  Lift  Push 500
Max Weight:           1-33  34-66 67-100 100

Prhibited schools: Necromancy

Spell DC: 4 (int) + Spell Level

Spells per day:
Level 0: 4+1 Div
Level 1: 3+1 Div

Spells known
Level 0

    * Resistance: Subject gains +1 on saving throws.
    * Acid Splash: Orb deals 1d3 acid damage.
    * Detect Poison: Detects poison in one creature or small object.
    * Detect Magic: Detects spells and magic items within 60 ft.
    * Read Magic: Read scrolls and spellbooks.
    * Daze: Humanoid creature of 4 HD or less loses next action.
    * Dancing Lights: Creates torches or other lights.
    * Flare: Dazzles one creature (-1 on attack rolls).
    * Light: Object shines like a torch.
    * Ray of Frost: Ray deals 1d3 cold damage.
    * Ghost Sound: Figment sounds.
    * Mage Hand: 5-pound telekinesis.
    * Mending: Makes minor repairs on an object.
    * Message: Whispered conversation at distance.
    * Open/Close: Opens or closes small or light things.
    * Arcane Mark: Inscribes a personal rune (visible or invisible).
    * Prestidigitation: Performs minor tricks.


Level 1

    * Charm Person
    * Mage armor       
    * Sleep            
    * True strike
    * Enlarge person   
    * Color spray    
    * Identify
    * Magic Missile   
    * Reduce Person


Age: 38
Height: 1,75 meters
Weight: 75 kg
Eyes: Brown
Hair: black
Skin: Tan

Level 2 AbdeRagman

[Arkhandus]

Synergy bonuses stack, Myth. Along with dodge bonuses, they're one of the rare few that do stack with themselves.

And Vista has a RIDICULOUS amount of crap running in the background. Seriously. When I look at how much stuff is running in the background on a Vista computer, I wonder how the heck it manages anything close to a decent frame-rate for video, no skipping in music, and any kind of respectable gameplay speeds. Yet it does, more or less, only because of how much computer memory has advanced in the past 10 years. XP has an annoyingly large amount of junk running in the background too. I managed to cut down the amount of stuff running in my Windows ME on a daily basis, but it's still about a dozen or at least 8 or 9 things that have to run in the background otherwise the machine has problems.

[Scott DeWar]

I most definately feels your pain with what you are talking about there!

[Rhun]

In my opinion, as someone with a systems admin background, XP is by far the best of the Windows operating systems thus far (excluding 7, of course, since I haven't had a chance to get my hands on it yet.) With that said, it still run a LOT of stuff in the background. I'm really hoping WIndows 7 will fix a lot of these issues though. I guess we'll see at the end of the month, eh?

[Scott DeWar]

here is a bump to keep from losing sight of the thread