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I like that there is as nutty stuff on Bandcamp as there is on Spotify.
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One consequence of having to get my job shit together is that I'm finally making way on updating the metadata that goes into Observatory. For a few projects, you can now get links to the actual running apps or bots or what have you. Need to add more tonight.
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Looked outside, and a pedestrian's cellphone was the brightest thing I saw. Lights coming from phones are the new torchlight.
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I decided to not glaze over Thorin's death in tonight's reading. The guy wasn't fazed at all. He just kept asking followup whys. Why did he die? Why did he get hurt? Why was there a battle? (A lot of his questions require you to recap the whole book or explain what scarcity is.)
He was so excited about Beorn reappearing that he had to leave his bedroom to tell Katt. -
I actually sent out my D&D recap email the day after the game instead of sitting on that 2+ weeks. It's a small accomplishment, but it's an accomplishment.
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We got through the many planned events for the weekend. We don't normally watch videos (our kid does not have a strong desire to see them), but today, we watched two versions of a crayon factory video and some Planet Earth. I realized recently that the music in that Sesame Street segment is very Wizard of Speed and Time.
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The Num Lock light on my keyboard has been on for about a week because unplugging it and plugging it back in didn't work, and I couldn't be bothered to look up how to change Num Lock state.
I finally did — it's Keypad + 7. I turns out there is a tiny "Num Lk" label on on the side of the key.
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D&D was fun because hanging out with those people is fun, but I feel I could have done some things better:
I've been mapping stuff out on computer, but writing content in a notebook. I have sections in the notebook for areas, encounters, monsters, and items. Each entry in each section references a few other sections.
Tonight, I was flipping like mad to find stuff and sometimes failing. As satisfying as it is to write in a notebook, I think I'm going to have to go back to doing this in some sort of electronic fashion.
I got really baroque with some monsters, probably because I was taking a break from something else and was enjoying writing for its own sake.
For example, the autoworm is 8 magically animated orbs connected by metal-encased fiber rods. It has one AC if you target the rods, another if you target the orbs. They reduce damage to themselves differently depending on what kind of weapon is attacking them. Also, they can split apart into smaller segments that are each auroworms that do less damage than full ones.
I think everyone got confused, though they did figure out some weapons were more effective than others. I got confused, too. This would have been better if they either absorbed damage from some weapon types or split apart, but not both.
I provided a "deal with the devil" that A) I expected no one to take (though I should have) and B) put a lot of focus on a single player. The things that single player did were very entertaining, but I wish I had come up with something to engage the other players at the same time.
I left some areas empty, expecting to fill them with the wandering monster table, but results didn't feel right at game time. Would've been better to much put in static stuff.
However, the magic item I created, the Flame Buddy Sword Assistant, worked out well. It's an intelligent sword created by Flame Buddy, a slime hive mind of sorts. The FBSA is a magic sword, but it offers usage tips and tries to sell people on Flame Buddy. It also can misrecognize speech and can be affected by connectivity issues. It also has all the logistical problems of any sword that's always on fire. -
Packed weekend progress:
- Swim lesson ✔
- Having kid's friends over ✔
- D&D
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Eight consecutive hours of sleep! 📈
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I hope this new offer of blueberry waffles if he doesn't wake us up during he night works.
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"You're so old that you're starting to die!"
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