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  1. Evaniel

    Our Physical Fitness

    I track workouts with apps like Strong and Hevy, which are pretty good for what they are. I'll have to check Macro Factor out.
  2. Evaniel

    Our Physical Fitness

    Any interest in reviving this? I'd be interested in seeing what kind of training splits and diets y'all are following. By the end of the spring semester, I found I was tired of tracking calories, realizing it had led me to a lot of yo-yo dieting. I would cut calories and trim fat, but that...
  3. Evaniel

    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    As someone who was only sporadic at best in the "Didn't Comment" thread, real talk: does the "Pineapple-On-Pizza" metaphor have a specific correspondence in the current rules or does it just refer to the tendency to evangelize about one's tastes?
  4. Evaniel

    AD&D 1E Favorite Obscure Rules from TSR-era D&D

    I played in a game where we fought that guy, and I took his sword. Every fight afterward usually featured me asking a variant of the following question: "but is it a peasant werewolf?"
  5. Evaniel

    Our Physical Fitness

    I stayed offsite at the Abbey Resort, which meant I pretty much had the run of their gym while I was there. That was really nice as I don't have much self-control when it comes to eating on vacation.
  6. Evaniel

    Sales Figures for TSR Marvel Superheroes RPG

    Hi, all. I'm wondering if any of you know where I could find sales figures for the TSR-era Marvel Superheroes RPG line. I know those sorts of figures can be hard to come by and that Ben Riggs did some work on finding that information for D&D. I have no idea how to find it on my own, though. :/...
  7. Evaniel

    What adventure module have you pillaged the most without using the main plot?

    I've used Storm King's Thunder for place-based encounters, its random encounter tables, and its gazetteer (which was frankly stronger than SCAG) for several campaigns. I've run PotA twice now, and both times, the Red Larch and surface stuff was far stronger than the back half of the campaign...
  8. Evaniel

    Our Physical Fitness

    I've never been much into rowing (too much cardio peanut butter in my resistance training chocolate), but this bit about old man knees? It's making me reconsider.
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  10. Evaniel

    D&D General "I'd like to run (or play in) an all ___________ campaign." (+)

    A friend and I have joked about doing an all-bard party of "monstrous" humanoids and basically playing Gwar. Our calling? Summon Gor Gor.
  11. Evaniel

    Coen Brothers - The Movies and the Ranking!

    And now I have to watch the ones I haven't seen so I can weigh in. And I'd better re-watch the ones I haven't seen in awhile. To avoid recency bias, I'll need to watch those I've seen more recently. Darn. ;) I haven't seen all of them, so I can't speak to those. I'd agree with Snarf that No...
  12. Evaniel

    D&D General Industry Veteran Jennell Jaquays Passes

    I'm so saddened to hear this. We've lost a true icon.
  13. Evaniel

    Our Physical Fitness

    Thanks for responding, and you're dead on about the ego part. It's something that I'm still trying to adapt to. Full ROM has never really been a problem for me, and it's one of those dimensions of ego-lifting that's pretty easy to circumvent. Rather, it's the nebulousness of paused reps...
  14. Evaniel

    The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

    As an academic, I've been able to dip my toes in that field a tiny bit through publishing and networking (it's very, very small). My experience thus far has been so, so much more enjoyable than engaging folks on message boards but also much narrower and slower. It's a microcosm in a lot of ways...
  15. Evaniel

    Our Physical Fitness

    I've lifted on an off again for decades at this point. I first got into it a bit before my 30s, and went from 135 lbs (5'7") to 180 at my heaviest. After grad school and kids derailed me, I started taking it seriously again after the pandemic in my 40s. I spent the first year or so simply...
  16. Evaniel

    The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

    I for one welcome our Snarfian overlords. It may be a totalitarian state, but the drinks are good and the allusions to Derek sustain.
  17. Evaniel

    The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

    Well that post certainly proved everyone's suspicions about your motives true.
  18. Evaniel

    What do you use Chat GPT for?

    I haven't used it much, but I have used it as a player to quickly generate holy texts and sayings my cleric or paladin can "cite" in game. It took a few stabs at getting. ChatGPT Certainly! Here are Torm the True's doctrines presented as sayings: 1. Duty and Loyalty: "In Torm's name, duty...
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    D&D General Edition Changes and Brand Identity: Remembering New Coke

    To which my coworker would reply, "why be part of the problem when you could be the whole problem?"
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