I need to catch up on "Doctor Who". But I can't tonight, because I'm playing D&D! Ah, to be a nerd. . .

Oliver sent me this when I mentioned my D&D-related fate.

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So, for all my character has a +4 Charisma mod plus a rank in Diplomacy, all my rolls to try to talk to the several factions requesting my party's help were mediocre at best. At one point, a couple members of the party were trying to go into a brothel, so I decided to roll to see if I could get the leader of one of the factions to come in and talk ( Read more... )

I watched "The Time of Angels". And my inner D&D geek squeed at the existence of a squad of fighting clerics.

Me: What's up?
Talitha: The ceiling!!!
Me: Okay, just for that, you get. . .
Me: ANGRY EYEBROWS!
Talitha: :)
Talitha: Yay!
Me: >>>>>:0{
Talitha: I cast "wax" on the angry eyebrows.
Me: +10 damage reduction! The eyebrows become sleek and fabulous!

I finished a paper and handed it in. Thus the weekend of nerdish debauchery begins ( Read more... )

Today in D&D, we had the best battle EVER. We faced this huge undead thing that Jeff thought for sure was going to be able to knock us out and drag us into another room. . . AND WE KILLED IT! It took us something like an hour and a half, but we killed it! And I rocked so hard - I was able to turn giant leeches, incinerate undead minions with ( Read more... )

I was all kinds of tired last night. I was watching "The Three Musketeers" with Agnes and the rest of Ring of Steel, and I was really cold, so much that my teeth started chattering (which is frequently a sign of exhaustion in me). So I got my fleece blanket, wrapped myself in it, and proceeded to fall asleep in the TV room. I woke up, of course ( Read more... )