[OOC] A Game of Trust

Love you too Sparky....

So, how's married life? No sparky jr on the way yet? (between you and me, (and any total strangers who're reading this), Zombie Jr is gonna have a little brother (or sister) to play with in a few months). Whoopee. Don't tell anyone, ya hear, it's supposed to be a secret. And it's still very early days.

OK. I'm bored as hell. Stuck at work for the weekend. Blaaargh. ten past midnight so the wife's asleep. What do I do now? Annoy you guys I guess. Sorry. Well, not really. You can all just scroll past this, anyway.
So, what's next? Buaah, another open invitation to anyone coming to Europe to do the tourist thinghie? Mi casa es su casa or whatchacallit. Guess I'm compensating for the lack of tabletop RPG's. I'm still a bit , well, how do you call it. Uncomfortable? Annoyed? At the anonimity of the whole PbP thingie. Still feel like giving festy and sparky a call to go drink a beer or two.Go to the session an hour early to see if I can still kick the crap out of GP on the X-Box when he should really be preparing the session, only to discover dpdx has been there since early in the afternoon and has learned some nifty moves, leaving me looking like a total n00b. You know, that kinda thinghie.

Anyway, work once again rears it's ugly head. Gotta go

Cya.
 

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DrZombie said:
Still feel like giving festy and sparky a call to go drink a beer or two.
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Haven't got a driver's license yet (sheer laziness on my part :D) and my uni ID isn't good enough to get me into bars, especially after i accidently snapped it after an exam (it's held together with tape until i can get a new one :p). It's a couple of years old and kinda brittle (made of plastic), and it snapped while i was putting it back in my wallet. I might have been putting more force into it than I realised though, as I did get some pretty bad news just after the exam.

Anyway, that's my share of off-topic goodness. :)
 

Festy, you know you really shouldn't let Nurthk handle the items in your wallet. That's how uni IDs get snapped. 8)

You've got nothing to worry about from me on the xbox, DrZ. I haven't even hooked it up for six months, and it's been even longer than that since I picked up a decent game for it. I'll probably get this year's FIFA oh, about 2007, when I've finally got any spare time.

My work contract (imagine, a 'gastarbeiter' in my own country) ended today, but I've got some freelance webwork to tide me over until either they decide they can't do without me, or I hook up with some benefits. In the meantime, given that I now have two characters in this outstanding PbP, best of its kind, expect F. and H. to 'contribute' to the dialog at least as much as they have to date.

So, does anybody have an idea why my midnight style looks half broken?
 

Thanks for the good word, Sparky -- it's good to be appreciated :) But really, I've had my share of failed games, just like everyone else; it's fair to say it's more a matter of player chemistry. I'm motivated to put forth my best effort because I know how much I'll get back from all of you, and (I assume) you guys give back so well because you know what to expect from each other and myself in return...Conversely, I think the big "Casual" in the subject line helps a lot, too: It's good to know that on those days when all you can come up with is a quick, one-line response to further the action a little, you can do so without really letting anyone down.

BTW, anyone know anything about Uriel? It's been nearly two months since his last post... I know he's had a lot going over the past several months, and by no means is his seat anywhere near up for grabs or anything... I'm just a little curious, and maybe a bit concerned (something along the lines of what DrZ's describing... When you don't hear from someone you know IRL for two months, it's usually very serious, but on-line it can be as minor as a dead hard drive that you don't have the money/time/inclination to replace.)

Anyway, off to start counting XP awards, which are starting to seem overdue (I'll officially award once you leave Eivanrach)... If anyone has any more major epiphanies or crucial insights they've been holding back, get 'em in while you can.
 

Festy_Dog said:
Haven't got a driver's license yet (sheer laziness on my part :D) and my uni ID isn't good enough to get me into bars, especially after i accidently snapped it after an exam (it's held together with tape until i can get a new one :p). It's a couple of years old and kinda brittle (made of plastic), and it snapped while i was putting it back in my wallet. I might have been putting more force into it than I realised though, as I did get some pretty bad news just after the exam.

Anyway, that's my share of off-topic goodness. :)
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No worries about ID's, just come over to belgium, where legal drinking age is 16, and nobody checks anyway unless you're ordering hard liquor. And none of thet Foster's lager either. Some good beer. Although since XXXX was taken over by a Belgian brewer, you can get some good beers downunder. Yess, yessss, we're slowly taking over the world, brewery by brewery.
 

DrZ -- Congrats on DrZ 3.0 and best wishes for a safe and elegant pregnancy. And no, no little Sparky on the way. One day. Neither of us has baby fever just yet. But I imagine it'll hit at some point.

About that beer - what's the thought on Chimay there in Belgium? My husband is a big fan (and me too, but he gets the credit since he introduced me) and it's one of the finest trappist brews we can get. There are some other stand outs. When we do go to Belgium - and we will someday because we want to eat mussels and drink beer - what beer should we absolutely not leave the country without having sampled?

GP -- No word on Uriel. San Fran must be eating PbP DMs. Another DM I know from there has vanished with nary a word. It is a little troubling, though. Do we know anyone who knows him in RL? Wait - I know somebody here that does... I'll go toss out a line...

dpdx -- No idea why midnight might look half-broken.

Everyone! -- I got my Tauren Hunter to level 11 this weekend in WoW! And tamed a named lion (The Rake) for a pet! Whoooo!
 
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Chimay is OK. It's a regular beer, nothing special. I'll take you through a pubcrawl when you come over. There's a jazz-bar in leuven that has, well, about a hundredfifty different kind of Belgian beers. My favorite is Maredsous Tripple blond. 11°. Duvel is good if you want something with a little bit less kick, but we'll sample a few :).
 


GP, should I just be basing Hiritus' level on Fendric's, i.e., when Fendric gets to 7th, Hiritus would be at 6th at that time, or is there some book-verified system that's more esoteric?
 

From the SRD:

Cohorts earn XP as follows:
The cohort does not count as a party member when determining the party’s XP.
Divide the cohort’s level by the level of the PC with whom he or she is associated (the character with the Leadership feat who attracted the cohort).
Multiply this result by the total XP awarded to the PC and add that number of experience points to the cohort’s total.
If a cohort gains enough XP to bring it to a level one lower than the associated PC’s character level, the cohort does not gain the new level—its new XP total is 1 less than the amount needed attain the next level.
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Somewhat confusing, but considering that there are things cohorts might spend XP on (item creation, some spells) it seems better to give them their own totals than to simply advance them to match the table... Granted, Hiritus probably won't be spending XP on anything, but future cohorts might, and I'd rather avoid setting precedents which lead to inconsistencies/confusion down the road.
 

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