| Tuesday, March 04, 2008 |
| ENTRY 47: Dungeons & Dragons Wrap-Up I |
In the middle of "breakfast" at 3:00 pm...lol gotta love working overnights! Just need to add this before I get started: utorrent kicks some serious ASS! I've downloaded several movies, the whole first season of Dexter (RIDICULOUS show btw), a mind-boggling amount of comic book issues, and now I'm downloading the complete series of Deathnote. Not sure how good that show is, but I've caught a few episodes and it intrigues me.
Anyway, back the the Ultimate Game (lol it really isn't the ultimate game, but it's a sweet name). We're playing again today, so I'd thought I'd give a "brief" overview of what has transpired up to this point. We've just completed our first dungeon, which we happened upon while seeking shelter from an oncoming murderous storm (lots of lightning and hail and hurricane winds and shit). Turns out that the overhang that we found was actually an opening to an underground bugbear lair (definition: bugbears are distantly related to orcs. They are generally bigger, meaner, and more feral).
There was initially a lot of dissenting within the group; The Asshole's character, Argyle Houndtooth (get it?), decided to sneak up on Oxx and the other guy's character (can't remember his name, but he's an elven druid) after we found the lair, put his sword to our throats and kick us out. This is after Oxx and Druid fought of 8 giant rats -- Oxx killed seven of them lol. He then went to sleep and was ambushed by two bugbears. Served him right, the douche.
Lucky for him (VERY lucky for him) he managed to kill both bugbears, though he was mortally wounded. He came out to rest and hopefully get healed by the druid, who pretty much just gave him the finger. After he fell asleep, Oxx and the druid decided to go in and check out the rest of the lair. We quickly stumbled upon the "boss" of the dungeon, a heavily armored zombie bugbear warrior. The druid made the mistake of walking into the room first, and unfortunately got a spear through the chest (LMAOOOO!!!). As he lay on the floor dying, Oxx went one-on-one with the brute. Oxx was at a severe disadvantage; he only had 13 hp while the monster had close to 50. Nonetheless, Oxx was cleaving up the motherfucker, shaving a good 25 hp off before getting a morning star to the face. Severely wounded and disoriented, Oxx let out a war cry and kept on truckin'.
As intended, the war cry woke up Argyle Houndstooth, who rushed in and provided back-up with his trusty bow-and-arrows (he's a ranger). The zombie was soon done. Both Argyle and Oxx then tended to the almost-dead druid and were able to patch him up. We were all severely wounded, so we rested up for 8+ hours to regain our health and strength.
Once that was done, we then decided to explore the rest of the dungeon, this time with me in the front. I promptly ran into the web of a giant spider, but before it could reach me, the druid cut me loose, and I dispatched the vermin in one hit. Word. Cut the biatch in half. Further exploring revealed several treasures, which I divvied out, but not much more. Satisfied, we set out for the nearest town.
That's where we left off! What the town will bring, only the DM knows! Keep you posted!Labels: D and D |
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| Wednesday, February 27, 2008 |
| ENTRY 44: Dungeons & Drangons Premiere |
So today was FINALLY the first day of Dungeons & Dragons play, and I really didn't know what to expect. I had no idea how to play and how things were to proceed. I basically was going in blind and operating on faith. Overall, it was a fresh, exciting experience, more so than I had believed possible. We really got into it. My character is a 6'5", 260-lb half-orc tank named Oxx. He's been enslaved by a village his entire life (16 years) and has just fought back and slaughtered practically the entire town. I'd get into the story, but it'd take forever....maybe some other time. :P
We've played twice this week and already Oxx is kick-ass. His scythe deals out a ridiculous amount of damage, and his strength is off the charts, baby! Lovin' it.
We won't be playing again until next week, since not everyone will be in the office at the same time until Tuesday night. Just as well; we've just completed our first dungeon and are on our way to the closest village. Our dungeon master hadn't set that up yet, so it's good that he'll have several days in order to do that.
Kevin, you would LOVE this game LOLLabels: D and D, work |
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| Monday, January 28, 2008 |
| ENTRY 34: Curve-balls! |
It's funny. Before I'd be able to do pretty much a post a day; now I can barely manage one post a week. It's not like I have less to say. On the contrary, my life has been throwing me a lot of curve-balls lately, but dammit these are curve-balls I've been waiting for for quite some time now!
Things have really come along at work, and I've been able to settle down into a nice rhythm. On the other hand, I can't help but feel a bit put off by some dissention that is going on there. There is one guy that I hang out a lot with at work, and unfortunately for a lot of others, he is -- there are no two ways about it -- a bona fide, complete asshole. He is impossibly selfish, grossly opinionated, and offensively libertarian; he really doesn't give a shit who he puts off and when. He will say whatever he wants with complete disregard to who is around. At least twice a night I'll think "Did he really just say that? Am I-- Am I really supposed to respond to that?" So obviously, he isn't that well liked.
So why do I hang around with The Asshole? Well as far as geeks go, he and I are a pair of bananas in the same bunch. We're both HUGE comic book enthusiasts; we bring in our favourite titles and trade 'em up. He's introduced me to Robert Kirkman, who has since become my favourite comic book writer, and his titles (Invincible, Brit, and The Astonishing Wolf-Man) have become instant favourites, as well. On the other hand, I've introduced him to Bendis' Powers, which he enjoys. He has a great idea for a comic, and I'll be helping him out with the writing of it. He has introduced me to Lost, which has since usurped Heroes as my favourite currently running show.
All in all, excluding how we treat people, The Asshole & I have a lot in common. I can deal with him abhorrent behaviour, so I stick around. Plus, we're starting to play Dungeons & Dragons. How cool is that?
Okay don't answer that.
Curve-ball #2. As I mentioned in a previous post, Joan of Arc and I are both "junior" youth leaders in my church, and we work with the main youth leader, who is a SAINT. Anyway, over the weekend I confessed to St. Leader about my feelings for Joan, and to my surprise she was excited and happy! I just wanted to get it out of the way so that things wouldn't end up getting awkward and weird, but turns out St. Leader has been trying to play match-maker with me and Joan for quite a while now! On a long drive back from a workshop, she gave me some advice on what I should do and how I should proceed, and so yeah, I'm going to ask Joan out today. Nothing huge, just a movie thingy, but I'm positive that it'll be a good start.
Joan is just coming off stress leave from work, which really surprised me altogether: Joan stressed and out of sorts? Was that even possible?! I tried to be there for her without seeming too weird; she really appreciated it and it I think it brought us closer. During an outing with our young adult group at Church, she actually sought out body contact (leaning against me, hand on arm, etc.)! So yeah, I hope it'll all work out great.
Seriously, I've never felt this way, to the point where I'm actually consciously pursuing a love interest. It's all still so surreal. Me, fighting for love? Really?
Anyway, the curve-balls are coming fast, I just hope I'll be able to get at least some base hits...!
BLOG PLAYLIST
(a new feature, where I write down the songs I've listened to while typing out this post)
"I'm Sprung" - T-Pain
"Impossible" - Kanye West feat. Twista, Keisha Cole & BJ
"Terrorist" - RZA feat. Black Knights & Killarmy
"Rock Co.Kane Flow" - De La Soul feat. MF DOOM
"Strictly For The Heads" - Irs
"Burning Up (extended remix)" - Faith Evans feat. Missy Elliot & Freeway
"No Transitory" - Alexisonfire (Joan's favourite band!)
"Don't Leave Me Girl" - Blackstreet
"Throw Some D's (remix)" - Kanye West
Labels: comics, D and D, Joan, playlist, work |
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