Gromnir

nature v. nurture. almost every right terrible bastard curses his/her children with genetic predispositions and the exact wrong kinda environment to escape the predictable cycle o' anger and self loathing which is the gift of bad parents everywhere to their horrible children. doubt any o' us would be shocked if the father in the video suffered loathsome parents, yes? the genuine surprise is when you got a child who manages to break the cycle and becomes a warm and nurturing parent in spite o' the double-whammy o' genetics and environment. is a whole lotta f'd up people in the world and a good starting assumption is that the parents o' each f-up is at least partial responsible for the resulting damaged human adult. 'course in most cases, busted people focus their chaos 'pon their children and the harm they may heap 'pon rando strangers is limited. the ez access to firearms in the US means the ordinary and ubiquitous villainy o' the mob has potential consequences much worse than the typical brief and unpleasant encounters we all need suffer daily. HA! Good Fun!

the most likely explanation is it were alive when it found its way to our door. haven't inspected the corpse as am planning on moving it in the morning, but am assuming injury or disease resulted in the critter's death after she managed to reach our home under her own power. we suffer frequent cervid visitations, but this is the most grim and morbid hooved guest we has had to endure. overnight temps will be chilly, but it will reach almost 70F tomorrow-- can't leave a bloated corpse rotting so near our door during the holidays, eh? is just kinda weird. a dying critter typical don't seek out the lair o' a carnivore as the spot it leaves the mortal coil. then again, depending on the nature of the injury or the disease, is possible she were more than a little disoriented in the hour(s) immediate preceding her expiration. am hardly an expert. is unfortunate, but is possible we will know more tomorrow when we need drag the considerable dead meat some distance away from our doorway. not looking forward to that chore. HA! Good Fun!

well, fudge. there is a dead deer in our planter box. is not a small deer. the corpse literal is w/i a metre o' our front door. HA! Good Fun!

it's not a big reward, but IF you did the diplomacy thing with indrah in act 1, then with a successful completion o' the quest you are able to initiate a crusade project which results in all your generals acquiring a level o' master of maneuver. as such, this is a quest which is best done as early as possible in act v. also, while has possible been fixed, if you looted enemy corpses before the end of combat, it were possible to generate a fair amount o' gold from this quest-- potential infinite amounts. if you wait to loot after combat, then bodies disappear and so do their gear, but this is one o' the few instances o' respawning enemies in the game and it is/were possible to manipulate the rewards by stacking bodies improbable high and taking their gear before they evaporated. 'course in act v is unlikely you are strapped for cash, so... functional, nothing is lost by skipping, but if you really want the extra master o' maneuver, and if you are funding your crusade projects by buying material points and the like, then in the unlikely event you are able to trigger this quest early in act v, then there are a few potential (and possible exploitive) rewards. HA! Good Fun!

well, in the us, local and state government has been interfering with business since... forever. can't sell booze on sundays and no firearms for indians? @Guard Dogwas enraged by the anti-liberty aspect o' no smoking ordinances while convenient ignoring the whole democracy bit which had voters decide there should be laws 'bout smoking in restaurants. has always been laws and rules limiting biz. thank goodness. we posted this previous... mostly 'cause o' the james earl jones narration. all that clean air and water legislation passed during the nixon administration no less, placed limits on business and even GD were ok with such... 'cause. most o' us is ok with some kinda government limits on private business... 'cause. am not sure what is your personal "because," but most o' us got one, eh? however, speech is different... at least has been in the US since 1787... but less so in the past decade. congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. ... now keep in mind this is something we frequent have difficulty explaining to europeans, but until recent in the US there were a kinda near ubiquitous understanding amongst the citizenry, even if most people couldn't explain the what or why behind the special exception for speech, that the kinda speech which required protection were speech which offended people... particular the majority. is the majority which, through democratic process, would make laws which might burden the naacp or woke teachers in arkansas. so yeah, we got nazis in skokie, illinois able to wear their brownshirts and march through a mostly jewish community w/o the government able to prevent 'em from doing so. a florida preacher burning copies o' the quran shocked europeans, but there were literal nothing The Government, by of and for the people, could do to stop him from doing so. if a company such as obsidian has a message board they use as part o' their advertising and goodwill efforts, then the notion The Government could force them to change content regulations woulda' been unthinkable to most americans in 2002... but is far less clear in 2022. ‘This Is Positively Dystopian’: Judge Skewers DeSantis’ ‘Stop W.O.K.E.’ Act, Blocks Law Turning Higher Ed Workers into ‘State’s Mouthpieces’ in 2002 the comical farce o' an anti-woke law being passed and surviving Constituional scrutiny woulda' made us sneer with derision. 2022? dunno. clarence thomas suggests, via dicta, that free speech only applies to political speech, which would have antonin scalia and louis brandeis rolling in their graves. the ridiculous anti-woke laws ain't just rando local laws neither but appear as some kinda concerted effort by republicans o' all people, the folks who until recent claimed they were the party dedicated to keeping government limited and remote from the liberties o' ordinary gun-toting americans, is creating laws which is "dystopian," and heretofore unthinkable. we woulda' laughed at the florida anti-woke campaign in 2002. am not laughing no more. unfortunate is no longer fringy folks (and bruce) who embrace a fundamentally unamerican effort to have The Government interfere with speech 'tween private citizens. is no longer just a bad joke circa 1980 or 90 when some "patriotic" group tried to get a flag burning amendment passed... 'cause even those loons knew they needed a Constitutional amendment to get around american first amendment free speech protections. wtf am feeling old(er). HA! Good Fun!

am finding an instapot makes simple and we may make a batch o' steel cut oats large enough to last us a week if we so desire. however, real milk is problematic in the instapot. the thing is, as horrible as is almond milk or soy milk in literal everything else we has ever "cooked," it is our choice when making milk + oats in the pressure cooker... and somehow those milk alternatives is not vile. weird. regardless, instapot is extreme simple and while it takes a bit more time than instant, is kinda a labor= zero situation as you throw everything in the pot, give a stir, close lid and then start the pressure cooking. HA! Good Fun!

ken starr and john durham may have eliminated the point o' the special prosecutor. in both cases, the prosecutor appears to have indulged partisan theatrics. why is The People gonna think a special prosecutor is less corrupt than ___________? yeah, the special prosecutor is gonna be insulated a bit from a republican house demanding an end to investigations, so is not a complete waste. however, the notion somebody special is needed 'cause trump is now a Presidential candidate and *add some nonsense 'bout trust or transparency here 'cause we cannot bring our self to conjure up a real explanation* but given the stoopid o' starr and durham in particular, am unsure if the public sees special prosecutors as... special. so, point not found. HA! Good Fun!

compared to most feedback we has seen, am having a slight different pov on combined spellbook angels and lich as well as trickster-- am not a fan. we got issues with story for lich and trickster, and angel is kinda too predictable to be enjoyable, but we got a serious issue with the mechanics o' the aforementioned mythics. from our pov, busted strong is no better than busted weak. choosing merged angel or lich, as well as trickster, is functional shifting the difficulty slider one or more places leftwards. and yeah, all the mythics may be designed to be overwhelming stongk, but angel, lich and trickster gameplay becomes kinda mindless mid-late game, which robs the game o' enjoyment for us. the problem is you cannot move the difficulty slider further to the right and make the game more fun for the angel, lich or trickster. on unfair, regardless o' your mythic path, there is a handful o' exploits and loopholes which you need indulge to progress. is a dreadful sameness to party composition and battles on unfair which we find soul numbing. that said, lich were also tough for us 'cause it were a bit too cackling and cartoony evhul and we were hoping for a pragmatic evhul option. however, is no question a merged spellbook lich is mighty powerful, so if you are looking for a build to roll-stomp all comers with little need to consider exploits or tactics when playing anything less than hard difficulty, then lich is gonna feel appropriately mythic indeed. HA! Good Fun! ps in the spirit o' full disclosure, we wanted to get through the inevitable excess dlc asap, so we did a merged spellbook angel run. we saw that particular dlc as a chore and the merged angel were an appropriate tool to complete the task.

no beer is sold at byu home games, and caffeinated beverages were verboten until recent. given new rules, is tougher to claim college football don't qualify as a professional sport, and regardless, ticket costs average more than $60. admitted, jim mcmahon were frequent seen not going to class on campus, spitting chew and drinking moosehead beer, so the rules were not exact applied equal, but regardless, there were no beer concessions at the time and such prohibitions remain in place. byu games frequent sell out. HA! Good Fun! ps seating capacity for the stadium in provo, utah is 65K.

? warnock's advert is not subtle. is saying a vote for walker is a vote for trump and is obvious warnock believes invoking trump harms walker's chances. *shrug* your name didn't come up once in our uncharacteristically brief post. HA! Good Fun!

well, that's not subtle at all, is it? HA! Good Fun!

am a smidge confused. are the four octogenarians (am thinking sally ain't quite eighty, but am not curious enough to check) playing themselves or are they four other women 'cause they do not appear to be treated as movie icons in the trailer, but their announced education and other comments seem to suggest they is play themselves? can't imagine seeing this in a theatre, but we will watch at least three o' the four leads in just 'bout anything, so chances are we break down and check this out at some point in spite o' fact is ez to predict all the jokes ahead o' time. HA! Good Fun!

nowadays is ez to see them (democrats, libertarians, republican, progressives, etc.) as not just people with whom you disagree, but as monsters. the kinda dehumanization you expect but likely condemn during wars is happening based on political divisions, which is not normal in US politics. if republicans are evil, then it is a mistake to resolve differences with them as 'posed to eliminating the threat they represent. 'course the problem we personal see is that all too many people is willing to fight to get at them. speech and religion, which were kinda reflexive deemed off-limits by americans until recent, is not protected by libs nor conservatives same way as when we were younger. we need safe places from bad speech? converse, 'cause wokeism is so bad we need do something legislative 'bout those companies which make movies or champion causes which might turn our children into gays or some other nonsense. and yeah, too many "republicans" appear to be willing to literal and figurative burn down american institutions if their guys don't get elected, so is not a both sides situation and is why am effective a one issue voter for the nonce. *sigh* also 'cause it should need not be said but still is, vandalizing an empty court house in portland as a form o' protest, while excessive and deserving legal prosecution o' offenders, is so not same as attempting to prevent the peaceful transfer of power 'tween a republican Presidential administration and one which is led by a democrat, attacking the Capitol while Congressmen is still present and huddling for safety in locked rooms and hiding under desks. the fact we still feel the need to repeat what should be axiomatic is kinda horrific. the thing is, if you are genuine convinced nancy pelosi or climate change deniers is indeed evil, then what actions is unwarranted to remove the threat they pose? sit around and take no action is the real injustice if you is convinced they is evil, right? brave new world. HA! Good Fun!

that's the point. chances are many players would replay *add whatever unspecified span of time you deem appropriate* worth o' the game to fix their "mistake" with sosiel. is not a practical solution. choice and consequences has little value if gamers think they got treated unfair by the developers and resort to a mod to fix the perceived problem. yeah, more than a few players will reflexive mod out any bad selection, but for crpgs am suspecting many players is gonna try and attempt to adhere to whatever is their personal notion o' fair, as meaningless as is such a concept in a single-player game. HA! Good Fun!

spoiler: dunno. the quest didn't make much difference to us as am admitted only slight more invested in the wotr companions than we were regarding bg1 companions. am admitting there is for Gromnir a kinda knee-jerk displeasure in achieving an avoidable bad ending which were in no way foreseeable as potential wrong, but as long as sosiel stayed in the party and served his purpose, then we cared little for his pain. truth is we treat the wotr companions as if they is the galley slaves in ben-hur even if we pretend to be friends with them. row well and live, 41... or ember or sosiel or... HA! Good Fun!

yeah, but keep in mind that all happened in 1890. scoff if you will, but isn't the pizzagate and seth rich folks dedicated to the notion powerful democrats, with the help o' george soros, is draining the blood o' children to achieve immortality and become the kwisatz haderach... or something like that? have never quite been able to figure out all that q and seth rich silliness, but those beliefs is a decent litmus test for stoopid and/or those easily manipulated. regardless, if you is a part o' the not insignificant % o' critical thinking challenged persons who has been voting republican o' late, then chances are you believe nancy pelosi is an american elizabeth báthory, so don't pretend as if our 1890 quip is beyond the pale. however, am gonna concede 2022 nancy does look a bit like ida lowry. is nothing wrong with being or looking old, though women do suffer from an unfortunate cultural double-standard. am not a woman, so... HA! Good Fun!

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hobbs now projected to win in the arizona govenor race. so, cheney channeling a bit o' nelson muntz? HA! Good Fun! ps once again am linking the relevant fox news article: Arizona gov election: Katie Hobbs defeats GOP challenger Kari Lake, race may now go to recount under state law read the comments and recognize how even though lake lost, a significant % of americans are true believers in the lies trump, lake and others is continuing to sell 'em. real don't matter. facts don't matter. truth don't matter. given the degree o' polarization we see as normal nowadays, any narrative which benefits or originates from the libs is part o' a scheme by them to keep real americans down... or whatever. lake' losing is a win for reality, but not a big win 'cause look how close a thing it were and those near 50% who supported lake yesterday is not waking up tomorrow to the realization they has been willful buying snake oil. is a real win when folks such as lake is once again a momentary punchline embraced serious only by the lunatic fringe.

the final tragedy o' the nixon ouster is rare taught in schools, but am suspecting mitch mcconnell and others were much aware o' how the story ended for Congressional republicans who did the right thing. to this day, on this board, you will see people suggesting january 6 were unfortunate but nowhere close to an insurrection... and whatabout the 2020 summer protests? trump were not particular popular when he won the Presidency in 2016, but somehow a cultlike following developed during four years o' ignominy and incompetence? what? am thinking republican leadership is gonna be hesitant to move on from trump, regardless o' circumstances. history o' "heroic" nixonian republicans and the january 6 backlash 'gainst folks such as lindsey has taught the gop there ain't no practical benefits in doing the right thing. is in part 'cause o' the history o' nixon we are stuck with trump for the near future. @Pidesco (edit) there were no smoking gun moment for republican voters in regards to nixon. the narrative taught today is embracing more than a little romanticized fiction. what happened were, after a substantial elapse o' time following the release o' the watergate tapes, a collection o' republican Congressmen let the President know they would no longer support him through impeachment and a subsequent trial, at which point nixon resigned. the thing is, republican voters did not forgive those Congressmen who were disloyal to their clear guilty President; most o' those republican politicians were primary'd or voted out o' office in the subsequent election 'cause they had such diminished support from republican voters. HA! Good Fun!

yeah, we mentioned a few posts ago how ordinarily, and maybe with one or two exceptions, the only time a House with the kinda majority the 2022 gop may achieve (is not certain, but is increasing likely) has ever been able to do anything noteworthy were during times o' crisis. assuming there is no war or other catastrophe, then what is the gop gonna do other than investigations? might be able to bring about a government shutdown, but am not seeing how that helps republicans. budget reconciliation is a thing and should not be dismissed. ... o' more immediate concern is the strange but true scenario o' trump being made speaker of the house. at the very least, such an outcome could have a chilling effect on the criminal investigations o' trump. HA! Good Fun!

the post mortems is gonna be interesting. so far the stories we has seen from conservatives is that they either blame trump election denialism or mitch mcconnell failure as a team player for the red trickle. is good news for democrats if gop can't even consider the possibility that there were other factors to consider. Why were the midterm elections close? Exit polls offer clues. There was a significant partisan divide in voters’ priorities and attitudes this year. About 45% of voters who supported a GOP House candidate called inflation their top issue from a list of five, with 15% picking immigration and fewer than 15% picking any other issue as their priority. Among voters who backed a Democratic candidate, about 43% called abortion their top issue, with 18% picking inflation and fewer than 15% picking another issue. ... obviously inflation were gonna be a factor, but... It’s Not Just the Economy, Stupid the economy were gonna be significant and real even if Congress or the President has limited capacity to do anything meaningful in the short term. that said, the party in power is ordinarily blamed for perceived economic failures, so were hardly crazy-talk to assume democrats would suffer in the midterms... as were near invariably the case even w/o historic inflation increases. however, most o' the other hobgoblins the gop imagined into being only resonated with fox viewers, and that clear weren't enough. democrats got their own issues to resolve and am no more confident they will come up with a compelling unifying message which genuine speaks to voters as a whole than the gop. scotus handed midterm democrats a huge gift with abortion. trump and his carnival o' crazy will also continue to benefit democrats. is quite possible those two factors will continue to motivate liberal and independent voters in enough numbers to make a difference, but for how long, eh? regardless, is good news for democrats if the gop savages their own instead o' addressing real problems. am admitted curious to see how much blood is metaphorical shed before/if the gop achieves some new power dynamic, 'cause am suspecting they embrace stoopid and forge ahead with an investigations-focused platform which is only gonna reach their base and conspiracy theory nutters. HA! Good Fun!

the game scales down based on meta and munchkiny exploitation, assuming that the hardcore fanbase is not averse to needing resort to guides and the like to successful navigate the game if one did not invest substantial hours in the beta. such an approach is not reasonable, 'cause you can't knock off 10 points o' ab and ac from a boss beatable by a party which uses guarded hearth, mark of justice, madness domain, metal curse and skald song exploits simultaneous to be manageable and then assume a casual player will be okie dokie with the unfair boss being handicapped down to core levels... simple knock off a bit o' stat bloat? that said, am not knowing sales totals, but so far it appears such an approach is working, so is little motivation for owlcat to change their design philosophy. even so, am feeling much sympathy for any sane player who perhaps has only a passing knowledge o' owlcat's unique interpretation o' pathfinder 1st edition. similar, those encounters which is clear designed as surprises for even knowledgeable players become well nigh insurmountable and prohibitive frustrating for more casual players. punishment level is such an odd way to design a game, but if the typical owlcat fan who complains 'bout stat bloat and unfair encounters has also already completed the game and is purchasing season 2 pass, then why is owlcat gonna listen to what is being said when is far more reasonable to listen to dollars or rubbles or whatever. wotr is designed to punish casual players. am not understanding the appeal; am thinking it would be a better game and more inclusive w/o such an approach, but is tough to argue with success, eh? HA! Good Fun!

if you know about the encounter, you may prepare a bit, no? first time were different, but subsequent we always have potions o' protection from fire in a slot for every companion and critter if am in the general time and location nexus for the encounter. you may quaff a potion and then move in a round. at higher difficulties, the improved initiative feat(s) is almost a prerequisite, and the dragon has unimpressive initiative, so is a better than fair chance you got multiple casters able to achieve buffs as well as seelah casting mark of justice. have more than once done enough damage to send the dragon scampering before it attack as the big lizard will retreat if it takes enough damage. is possible to end the encounter before the flame breath. however, am conflicted 'bout trying to drive off the dragon or just enduring some pain. in the balance, am thinking it makes more sense to focus on mitigation o' losses, but chances are we waste at least one possible reload seeing if we beat bloody the dragon so as to premature end the encounter. if we get initiative wins for sosiel and seelah, then chances are we try for the fight rather than flight option. animal companions resurrect after a rest, so death o' critters should be considered from a tactical pov. not being mounted is our preference, 'cause the dragon will spend a round destroying your critters and then escaping. mounted means your companions is killed along with the animal they is riding. unmounted means you may distance your squishy and expensive-to-resurrect humanoid comps. spreading out is a good idea, but with our recent azata skald build we didn't wanna spread too much. ordinarily we move companions out and away from the animal companions who serve as cannon fodder. and keep in mind, the encounter is over kinda quick, so as long as you survive, even only barely, you may raise dead and heal and whatnot. is not an encounter you are s'posed to win. assume you are gonna need raise or resurrect a couple party members means needing doing so is less painful. though am admitting given the somewhat unimpressive 1007 haul from killing the dragon, in addition to need paying greybor, the purchase o' extra scrolls and potions to survive the encounter is a bit irksome, especial at a point in the game when you may not yet be richie rich... rich. is a loser quest from a financial pov. HA! Good Fun!

they are laughing at an empty juice container. advice: keep walking. jealous? HA! Good Fun!

Democrats to maintain control of the United States Senate am posting not for the story but for the comments. fox news articles is worth reading if only to get a looksee at what fox readers/viewers believe. in any event, the next two years will be interesting. success o' democrats is gonna depend on foreign supply chains, the housing market, putin and a bunch o' factors they is gonna have even less control o' in 2023. perhaps more vital to democrat fortunes is how the gop reacts to the 2022 midterms and to the trump legal problems which is only gonna increase in the near future. am doubting anybody believes trump is gonna try and fade into the background as the gop power dynamic is clarified. how does the gop respond this time. after january 6, many gop leaders made an attempt to distance themselves from trump. a few visible republicans even criticized trump excesses which they had ignored the previous four years. has been multiple times during the past +6 years republicans shoulda' showered off the trump filth and stank, but didn't. is 2022 gonna be different? am thinking we are stuck with trumpism for awhile, but the gop could be in for major or minor changes as republicans either swear new loyalties or reaffirm their devotion to trump. is so many times republicans coulda' turned away from trump but did not. is 2022 different? am genuine uncertain. Did Lindsey Graham Say Republicans Would Get 'Destroyed' If They Nominated Donald Trump? credit where credit is due, eh? call, him a spineless hypocrite, but many o' lindsey's pre 2016 election predictions 'bout trump look positive prescient, yes? HA! Good Fun!