Recent content by Umbran

...including ourselves....

And this is me, keeping my mouth shut, because while well-meaning, the statement won't be taken well.

Not at all. No worries. I think of this thread more as a place to help process what's going on, and maybe be a little bit informative, and maybe to normalize folks talking about these things just a bit.

First oncologist consult we can get is December 4th. Luckily, my wife knows other oncologists. We'll see if any of those can talk to us earlier.

So, something to note here: The pet owner matters, too. There are loads of cases in which the burden of care is just too much for an owner, physically, emotionally, or financially, and in such cases, saying goodbye for the owner's sake can be the right decision. I could give examples, but...

Thanks, all, for your thoughts. Several of you have shared your own stories, and be sure, at this moment, I can sympathize and empathize with all of you. I'll likely to use this thread to jot down some bits over this time. Nobody's obligated to check in - I'll be doing it mostly for myself...

Mod Note: This thread isn't about 3e, 3.5e, 4e, or 5e. Let's please try to keep it to the topic going forward, folks. Thanks much.

If you don't want to read about sadness, maybe take a pass on this one folks. Today was... not a good day. One of my cats has clearly not been feeling well, as she hasn't been eating much. While my wife is a veterinarian, she's in hospice and palliative care, and generally doesn't need or...

I think that Spider-Man: Homecoming was a good mix of serious and comedy, though - anyone who can make the Vulture into a serious villain earns a little leeway. So, Trek that contains comedy, but isn't just comedy, is a goodly possibility.

I finished J.S. Bailey's Dalton Kane and the Greens, which was okay. Then read the second in Dinniman's "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series, Carl's Doomsday Scenario. Awesome book, loads of fun. An example of exactly how easily you can forget the book's title while you are reading it.

Says the guy... named Danny....

The Laws of Thermodynamics boil down to: You can't win. You can't break even. You can't quite the game.

What's the example that proves your assertion correct? 1) Yes, but we are looking for both readability (for which prose paragraphs are best) and playability (standard templates being useful here) - you look to be prioritizing the latter, which isn't meeting the brief. 2) We are talking about...

I was Rome some years ago, and watched someone have a nigh existential crisis over an obelisk. The obelisk was over 1800 years old, from Egypt. It had been moved by the Romans, and installed in Rome. Then, in an earthquake, it had fallen over, and buried in rubble, and not stood back up...

That's your prerogative.