I’ll start off by calming anyone’s worries based on the lengthy title of today’s blog by saying that this “brush with death” did not happen to me personally. It happened to a long-running character I’m playing with my friends in the Pathfinder Adventure Path, Strength of Thousands. With that being said, on to “my” brush … Continue reading “The Overwhelming Logistics Of A Brush With Death”
Last Sunday, on Mother’s Day, my present to my wife was doing the yard work projects she’d been meaning to do. My reward for my efforts has been a very, very nasty case of poison ivy rash that I am still dealing with over a week later. I am in itchy hell and the rash … Continue reading “Poison Ivy”
I’ve gotten back into playing Baldur’s Gate 3 lately and found myself having difficulty clearing that infamous first opponent: the Character Creator. After several restarts through the intro I fell into a character concept and design I really enjoyed, and have begun progressing through the game at a reasonable pace. Getting past the character creation … Continue reading “In Defense of John Baldursgate”
Back when I was bringing the Oracle for Hire years to its end, I was thinking a lot about how to come up with a memorable ending. Endings are, in my opinion, the most important part of any story, and failing to stick that landing will cause disappointment at best and feelings of betrayal at … Continue reading “The Unused Ending”
I may have started my love of tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) with Dungeons & Dragons, and I’ve dabbled with other game systems since, but these days I’m primarily a Pathfinder guy. My introduction to Pathfinder came right after D&D released their fourth edition, which I didn’t like at all. I was a big fan of … Continue reading “A Pathfinder Guy”
As the title of today’s blog states, this is going to be about an infamous book in the annals of TTRPG history, one that is often poked fun at and referenced as a joke. But I loved it. I loved it then, and looking back I owe it a lot. The Complete Psionics Handbook. Why … Continue reading “The Complete Psionics Handbook”
My brain likes to lie to me in many different ways, and yesterday as I was working on comic pages it brought out an old favorite it hasn’t employed in quite some time. I got an early start on the page I needed to do, and as a result I was done a little earlier … Continue reading “Unconvincingly Unproductive”
The first half of my son’s Spring Break last week was pretty terrible. It wasn’t constant fighting but the fights we got in to were pretty intense (for our family) and I was afraid the entirety of his break was going to be a bad one. Thankfully, the second half of the week was managed … Continue reading “The Weekend Recovery”
I was debating whether I should blog about this at all, but I ultimately decided to. This is not for the purposes of seeking sympathy or advice, but rather because sharing the bad with the good of parenting paints a more realistic picture for others, and perhaps others who’ve gone through something similar will find … Continue reading “Spring Broken”
This week is going to be weird for me because it’s my son’s Spring Break. He has no school all week, which means I’ll be doing my best to keep him entertained while also trying to fit the work I need to do into the gaps. I’ve gotten better at these weeks over the years, … Continue reading “Spring Breaking”