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Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, Part 4
Gromnir replied to Vaeliorin's topic in Computer and Console
respec'd lann (3/17 zen archer/divine hunter (hunter)) 'cause velociraptor talons no longer count as natural weapons: other, rendering useless our weapon focus and improved critical feats for the dino. lann lost access to domain spells on respec. to test the problem we created a knockoff merc approximating our lann zen archer/divine hunter and the merc similar suffered from the absence o' domain spells. as a spontaneous caster, divine hunter access to domain spells were kinda a major positive and is in fact part o' the pnp design if altered somewhat. for example, being able to cast divine power multiple times per rest were a major benefit. sent a bug report. am expecting a fix in december... if lucky will be december of this year. based on past experience, such a fix is not gonna be high priority. nevertheless if you got a divine hunter who current benefits from domain spells, be warry o' respec. HA! good Fun! -
Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, Part 4
Gromnir replied to Vaeliorin's topic in Computer and Console
is an act v improvements to mythic path opportunities which is being added and gold dragon already has the most development... 'ccording to owlcat. two separate paths current for gold dragon was deemed satisfactory. is information via reddit btw (am getting this second hand as we don't do reddit,) 'cause you will never learn anything useful from owlcat by way o' their official wotr forums. HA! Good Fun! -
"so even if we assumed the plaintiff did declassify some or all of the documents, that would not explain why he has a personal interest in them." am not certain why so few tv lawyers bother to mention what Gromnir and the 11th circuit believe is both essential and obvious, but there you have it. HA! Good Fun!
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Why this New York lawsuit is really going to anger Donald Trump the one understated advantage letitia james has in suing trump org is trump's ego. am thinking it will come as a shock to nobody that trump inflated the value o' his assets in attempting to secure loans from financial institutions. the thing is, there ain't no fraud unless those lenders relied on trump false statements. for there to be fraud, there needs be somebody who were in fact duped. to that end, trump's best defense is to show that his propensity for untruth were so well known that no lender took his financial disclosures serious. am not doubting trump has masses o' documents showing lenders refusing to give him money clarifying that the reason for refusal to lend money were that banks did their own due diligence and in spite o' trump claims o' wealth, trump org represented far too great a risk. show a big stack o' such letters as proof that nobody with any sense believed trump is a valid defense. heck, is not a secret that trump to this day is persona no grata insofar as wall street is concerned and in the 90s nobody other than deutsche bank would lend to trump, and deutsche bank were unlikely caught unawares, but knowing the risk involved, they lent increasing amounts to trump. so who were the suckers duped by trump? regardless am suspecting trump's best defense is to reveal what a transparently terrible lending prospect were trump org and that nobody in the industry would be fooled by his fabulist tendencies and outright lies regarding the worth o' trump property. have trump lawyers public admit just how little he were worth and that only the willful obtuse would be believing trump's financial statements? is hard to imagine trump being okie dokie with such a strategy. as to tax fraud... well that is a different issue and a different case altogether. edit: pretty much eviscerates judge cannon. no property interest by trump. no harm in being deprived of documents he never owned. trump didn't make any claim the documents were classified and in any event, they are classified presumptive for a pre indictment situation as in the present context. the current executive has broad discretion to decide and investigate matters o' national security, so deprive the fed o' a chance to do investigations o' the documents absent any proffer o' evidence such were seized improper is an improper exercise o' judicial power and beyond the scope o' a special master. etc. trump and judge cannon just had their lunch money took... again. first judge dearie and now a unanimous 11th circuit court of appeals. has been a bad week for trump, and is only wednesday. HA! Good Fun! ps the 11th circuit stay is not particular meaningful in the grand scope o' a possible case by the US v. trump, a case which don't exist as yet 'cause has been no indictment. 11th circuit efforts has no impact on the merits o' a case not yet brought by the doj. this whole judicial exercise insofar as the special master has been an inexplicable waste o' time and the fact the 11th circuit needed to weigh in woulda' been incomprehensible to us save for the fact it actual happened... so shame on Gromnir. but again, our point o' adding the ps is that insofar as trump possible being indicted and going to prison for obstruction or illegal possession o' state secrets, this ruling is correct but relative meaningless in that all it achieves is a metaphorical trout slap to the face o' judge cannon and team trump. it also presumptive ends unnecessary delay. converse, insofar as the impact o' the feds being able to investigate the damage trump did to security assets as 'posed to sitting on their hands, this could be a big deal... is just not meaningful from a potential US v. trump scenario.
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cats about town https://m.facebook.com/catsabouttown/posts/ you can volunteer time and money to aid people already well-equipped to do what you hope to achieve. is folks as far away as los angeles on their wait list for low cost dental services. am not a cat person, but these folks is one o' the handful o' local organizations we feel no reservations 'bout providing donations. if you are serious, ask suna kneisley how you might help. HA! Good Fun! ps have mentioned the cats folks previous... once or twice is rare anything new from Gromnir
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Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, Part 4
Gromnir replied to Vaeliorin's topic in Computer and Console
not using lann optimal, but admitted am also rare making the best use o' lann as an archer. keep in mind an end game zen archer with hurricane bow and legendary proportions is gonna be seeing base 8d8 shortbow damage before any modifiers. with a skald in party, he could be doing x5 on crits. am personal using lann most frequent as a hunter (divine hunter) or inquisitor (sacred huntsmaster) though cleric is tough to argue against being his best option. with the change to guarded hearth am gonna eventual try lann as a 2/18 zen archer/judge 'cause adding sacred bonuses is now more meaningful. am admitted a bit disappointed with the enhanced edition features revealed thus far. if the expanded combat log works as designed, that one is kinda kewl and appreciated. we were aware o' the pet stuff 'cause owlcat had mentioned previous, but photomode? whatever. that said, am s'posing if a few more fixes is implemented, we will be satisfied... at least after most o' the new bugs enhanced creates is expunged. HA! Good Fun! -
‘As Far as I’m Concerned, That’s the End of It’: Skeptical Special Master Presses Trump’s Lawyers on Declassification Evasions at Hearing so, judge cannon ordered a special master to review documents and her rationale were in part that a neutral third-party expert with an intelligence background could wade into the complex issue o' whether the Presidential Record Act ,by means o' possible declassification trump's lawyers had not yet claimed trump had exercised, somehow resulted in unresolved questions o' fact and law and the sooper-sage special master could then find solutions to such profound problems. again, keep in mind this kinda effort by a plaintiff to exclude evidence typical takes place after the indictment, so the whole situation is kinda unprecedented particularly as judge cannon did not suggest the fbi had acted improper but rather observed that somehow 'cause o' trump being an EX-president, coupled with public distrust in the doj and fbi, specific warranted a special master review. regardless o' the fact the only documents doj were resisting insofar as special master review were the clear marked classified, secret and top secret stuff, the judge went ahead and granted trump's request for a special master to review all material seized during the warrant search. "that's the end of it," is gonna be seen as a criticism o' trump's legal team, but is actual a shot at judge cannon. special master judge raymond dearie asked a handful o' simple and obvious questions, questions judge cannon shoulda' asked before appointing a special master. judge dearie made more than obvious that at this pre-indictment stage there ain't no complex issues o' law or fact and no special knowledge or handling were required to decide if classified, secret and top secret documents need be returned to trump. what an utterly incomprehensible waste o' time. a district court judge's rulings does not establish precedent, so am wondering if the doj should risk the possibility the 11th circuit were sniffing the same glue judge cannon got ahold o' before making her special master decision. for all intents and purposes, the doj won, so is there a reason to press their luck and risk having judge cannon's special brand o' stoopid be remembered five years from now as anything more than an obscure footnote in a law journal article or history book? HA! Good Fun!
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Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, Part 4
Gromnir replied to Vaeliorin's topic in Computer and Console
am suspicious o' the label. beyond the recognition am having an annoyingly accurate visual recollection, we don't make any such claims. as for @Gorth and his beer elementals, am gonna note fire elementals is a surprising solid and easily overlooked army unit. fire elementals got the powerxd6xunit number damage potential. given their relative cheap unit cost, is possible to acquire or create many fire elementals. hellknights, for example, got a 43 xp unit cost. fire elemental cost 40, they got a power of 20, their burn effect lasts 3 turns and they got immunities even hellknights do not. is possible to create a whole lotta fire elementals if you wish to... but is only a meaningful act v approach. 'course campaign strategizing is all meaningless if you got a mage general and a s-ton of marksmen.... particularly if you max'd combat morale. HA! Good Fun! -
Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, Part 4
Gromnir replied to Vaeliorin's topic in Computer and Console
lucky you. our ocd resulted in us "needing" to do on our own at least once. maybe not literal need, but skipping or cheesing woulda' resulted in an unpleasant brain itch. extreme unpleasant itch... unable to sleep level o' brain itch. on the plus side, our bizarre memory means we don't need the guides or mods henceforth. so not worth it. the thing is, enigma remains a tedious slog even if you are able to breeze through the puzzles. owlcat added so much retracing o' steps and repetitive combat that even if puzzles is solvable via a mod or annoyingly specific recollection, enigma remains a dull chore... though am admitting being able to breeze through puzzles lessens the pain considerable. btw, were a complete accident having us discover the dc boosting goggles of mind control. if there were some clue for solving that puzzle we missed it. not that anyone asked, but we don't have jack nicholson, as good as it gets ocd, thank goodness. we don't need perform seeming irrational rituals to get through the day, and we even walked out o' @majestic's favorite movie less than halfway through a viewing, so is not as if am complete broken with our desire to complete tasks. even so, we got an unhealthy desire to complete jobs the right way... even if we know from a reasonableness pov the right way would be to cut bait and move on to the next problem. HA! Good Fun! -
last time we serious checked were 2013 and at that time it were still technically illegal for a citizen o' the uk to suggest the abolishment o' the monarchy. the only reason am aware o' such is 'cause in the early 90s we saw a guy get arrested in hyde park for his public demand o' an end to the monarchy. were a bit shocking to see such happen and so we periodic checked if the law remained valid. given the national mourning current underway, we has been embracing uncharacteristic restraint, but am thinking @Gorth would be unsurprised to learn we got a few thoughts on monarchies and monarchs. HA! Good Fun!
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Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, Part 4
Gromnir replied to Vaeliorin's topic in Computer and Console
am pretty sure greybor is only on the military council. no reason to skip logistics, diplomacy and leadership. if memory serves, on the one run we had greybor early, his suggestion for infantry unit upgrades is spearmen and headhunters for archers, so am never concerned with greybor 'til rank 4ish(?) for military anyways... and only ever post beta did we have wenduag contribute to a military council meeting and am admitting we got fleeting recollections o' her now likely irrelevant and many patches removed suggestions.... convicts (infantry) and bandits (archers)? our memory is better than average, but we literal only used her once and am suffering no sadness at her absence. *shrug* aside, the bound of possibility may no longer be equipped by legendary characters, although if you had equipped previous to the most recent patch it remains in the cloak slot... am not sure if it functions in combat but chances are it does. a respec might unequip, so be careful. am suspecting ex-aeon devils may also have bound of possibility issues, but we got no way to test at the moment. HA! Good Fun! ps headhunters is actual kinda a nifty ranged unit, but they is most useful when they is getting hit as they got a retaliation thing going for 'em... but we would prefer not to be hit. as we noted, we near never utilized wenduag recommendations save ever so brief testing during the one run we had her, but am recalling bandits were actual a solid ranged unit and perhaps post marksmen nerf maybe they is a viable option. dunno. -
which is precise how democracy is s'posed to work. *shrug* is a whole lotta laws we personal believe is foolish and/or counter productive. our feels is immaterial. if amentep is correct and thong lady is active trying to have the law or ordinance changed, then we applaud her civic virtue, but until she succeeds, her exposed buttocks in a thong is likely gonna continue to count as being nude for purposes o' code. regardless, is many words which mean something different in law as 'posed to the oed or merriam-webster entries. also, tweets and tik-tok videos have a tendency to be misleading. HA! Good Fun!
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we hate to be that guy. nudity in code is a legal definition as 'posed to dictionary. public nudity is described in code by means o' all too often dated, comical, and crude language including mentions o' "pubic hair" and similar. the thing is, in the edited video you likely don't see where cops no doubt inform the young lady how exposed "buttocks" is enough to satisfy public nudity laws in the carolinas, portions o' the south excluding most o' florida, as well as much o' the heartland. just 'cause you know what nude means don't result in you being correct 'bout definitions o' nudity in law. ... some o' us praise democracy when it results in statues memorializing civil war icons being taken down in tennessee and alabama. if The People finally recognize that statues erected purposeful during the 1920s and civil rights era as part o' a concerted and intentional effort to degrade and demoralize black populations should be removed as prominent public displays, then such is democracy working as designed, no? unfortunately we don't like democracy near as much when it leads to books 'bout transgender youth being removed from local libraries 'cause the undereducated and angry majorities in backwaters has been convinced by skeevy politicians that all that gay sh!t is a threat to real american values. democracy is not inherent wise or smart. democracy is one more than 50/50 deciding what is gonna be best for everybody... and with representative democracy is possible for a minority to functional be deciding what is best for the majority. regardless, "nude" don't necessarily mean what the young lady believes it means. "nude" has whatever meaning The People decided it should mean, 'cause like it or not, that is how democracy works. HA! Good Fun!
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Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, Part 4
Gromnir replied to Vaeliorin's topic in Computer and Console
is just our experience, but am personal finding hedge knights is gonna be a better option for dealing damage, but hellknights tank exceeding well and do reliable damage. we like to have both hell knights and hedge knights. hedge knights is guaranteed to replenish weekly and with stables in most outposts you will develop overwhelming numbers kinda quick. a large stack o' clerics provides considerable heals and they are also a durable unit, though am suspecting if you only have a handful they is gonna wilt quick. based on recollection, the cleric heals is powerxd6xunit number, which means you need serious numbers to see results. if your general is healing archers, then he/she ain't doing damage, and even then, is possible you got multiple units requiring heals. cleric heals also do not reduce general energy, but you need a goodly stack to make an impact. clerics is hardly necessary. have skipped clerics as often as not. 'course have also skipped hellknights, but they got resistance to mind effects and their chaos smite ability means they hit many critters with damage resistance. if you feel you got an either/or proposition with clerics and hellknights, then am thinking hellknights is not a wrong choice. is a few obvious bad choices, but more hellknights is not one such. @InsaneCommander am not certain, but am thinking greybor's upgrade (hedge knights?) doesn't happen in his absence. am knowing we got mounted scouts kinda late in act iii for a couple o' our past characters. nevertheless, we got the footmen and archer upgrades early, and those made a big difference in our overall effectiveness. delay all decrees 'til you finished the dragon hunt were likely unnecessary and maybe kneecapped your own army a smidge as well as putting on hold a whole bunch o' decrees which woulda' boosted your crusade. no biggie. if you killed the dragon, then just move forward and try to get as much done as possible... and don't forget monuments... add as many monuments as possible once that option becomes available. crusade morale and combat morale stack, so add every combat morale option via decrees and whatnot 'cause high morale is gonna mean 2x actions for a unit. HA! Good Fun! -
Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, Part 4
Gromnir replied to Vaeliorin's topic in Computer and Console
am typical having 'bout ten "armies" by the end o' act iii, but most such groups is comprised o' two or three small units with an overall army strength less than three. you receive free armies from time-to-time as part o' crusade and/or your mythic path events and most o' such additional armies is useless and do nothing more than take up space on the campaign ui. would be nice to disappear all the clutter beneath a reserves tab or somesuch, but is not a biggie from our pov. am admitted perplexed by the lack o' upgraded units in your armies. archers, footmen and mounted scouts is your starting units and you should have the option to upgrade such units kinda early in act iii. as to the spider mutant, folks who imagine it as anything other than creepy and weird is curious. somehow the slavish devotion makes more appealing? how does that work? in the pnp adventure path there were a ce barbarian follower available in what would be act ii. am s'posing she were viewed as too similar to amiri from kingmaker, but she has a quasi familial relationship with staunton which coulda' proven interesting in a couple encounters. woulda' also made a melee barbarian companion available instead o' yet another ranged option... and if owlcat wanted to give jestak the anime treatment, they coulda' made her a cat person and doing so woulda' been no more weird than their efforts with the multi-eyed and chitinous spider mutant. HA! Good Fun! ps while they is not as reliable available given they is mercs, with the nerf o' marksmen and a buff to mongrelmen archers, the mongrelmen makes a decent addition to an army. also, as far as we can tell, the recent patch changed talons from natural weapon: other to something else. am gonna assume talons is now benefiting from claw weapon focus and improved critical, but we ain't done a respec to reveal exact how talons is treated in game. is not a big deal for most characters or critters, but such a change does impact velociraptors. pps @Gorth am hesitating to mention, 'cause is cheese, but when the weekly merc refresh occurs, you get one free chance to change the available units. ... it is possible to savescum such that you recruit clerics, hellknights or both with 100% certainty. -
Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, Part 4
Gromnir replied to Vaeliorin's topic in Computer and Console
mentioned earlier, and perhaps it has been fixed, but elk were broken when we tested. elk should get three attacks and a free trip when using gore... and keep in mind as the elk levels, it should get more more attacks as its ab increases. when we tested, regardless o' level, the elk were limited to a single gore attack and there were no free trip. on paper the elk receives mighty charge, multiple attacks and should now be benefitting from free trips on gore attacks. elk should be a fantastic option and am thinking it would be a good daredevil build particular for a few cavaliers. immunity to flanking as well as the mighty charge numbers is nice additions particular for cavalier types. am not sure 'bout bully 'cause even with the boar and triceratops we cannot current choose trip-related feats, so am not certain how exact the trip is being implemented. regardless, be warry o' the elk. we got what you were saying and am agreeing. the thing is, the same reasons for not having the spider mutant in the party kinda make her/him/it (in the pnp ap, wendaug is referred to both with male and female pronouns and am not certain is a mistake) a not right mind choice for romance. HA! Good Fun! -
Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, Part 4
Gromnir replied to Vaeliorin's topic in Computer and Console
from a "right mind" pov, none o' the female options is reasonable. a demon created for the purpose o' seducing mortals and corrupting their souls? a treacherous spider mutant with an inexplicable accent who has already tried to kill you? a character with a hidden alignment (no warning sign there, eh?) who in combat shouts one o' the following: you will be today's sacrifice! the spirits demand your blood! the world in crimson! *shudder* sorry, but the only "right mind" option is available extreme late and there is some serious question marks with that romance as well, but nothing compared to the three core choices. 'course game reason need not be o' the right mind variety. is a fantasy rpg after all, but am admitting all the choices appear designed to simultaneous ridicule and pander to the worst gamer notions o' what makes for a good fantasy romance. HA! Good Fun! -
trump has no property interest in the documents at issue in judge cannon's ruling whether they is classified or not, so a demand for the return o' such documents and a request for special master review o' such by means o' a civil 41(g) motion by trump lawyers is nonsensical. the doj makes the point we see as dispositive but that media lawyers keep glossing over in their five-minute takes on cnn and msnbc. again, so is clear, trump is demanding that his property, which were improper seized by the feds, should be returned to him 'cause o' special harms he suffers by being deprived o' his property PRE-indictment. if bob is being investigated for illegal ivory smuggling, and during a search o' bob's property the fed's seize his personal automobiles, even though is nothing in the warrant which suggests evidence would or could be found in his car, nor any suggestion bob were using his car to transport ivory, then bob could petition by means o' a 41(g) for the return o' his car(s) particular if those vehicles is his only means o' transportation. should be obvious the sensitive documents seized during the warrant search o' mar-a-lago is so not like the bob scenario. judge cannon don't suggest the documents were improper seized. furthermore, trump hasn't explained how the government intelligence documents is in fact his property, 'cause that would be silly. also, it takes extreme imagination to concoct a special harm trump suffers by being deprived o' US government state secrets. the fact the feds might use the documents to build a criminal case against trump is so utter not the kinda special harm a 41(g) motion seeks to cure. this whole exercise is mind-blowing stoopid. now for an eventual prosecution o' trump for action and inaction related to the espionage act or some other code violation for mishandling and obstruction related to state secrets and sensitive intelligence, the issue o' if and when trump declassified documents may be relevant, but for the current 41(g) pre indictment kerfuffle, is red herring material. am genuine dismayed by the level o' stoopid being indulged for no reason other than the fact trump is an ex-President. ... am not liking to do this, but our only reasonable explanation for judge cannon's ruling is that she has future aspirations which would be undermined if she delivered a ruling unfavorable to trump. IF cannon is seeing herself as an appellate judge in the future, the only way that happens is if a future republican President offers her the job. rule against trump almost guarantees her name is not gonna be on any near-future republican Presidential short-lists for appellate, scotus, ag appointments. and yes, perhaps from cannon's pov the special master is a minor inconvenience for the doj, so no biggie. the thing is, even if cannon were correct and that the doj is overstating the intelligence concerns related to the seized documents, there is no legal justification for her ruling. HA! Good Fun!
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assuming all facts is true as described, am suspecting that following an excessive and unnecessary long investigation and review, multiple dhs agents will be fired. states can't charge fed agents for criminal while agents is acting w/i scope o' their authority. am unaware o' a relevant fed criminal penalty for a fed agent in this situation but perhaps one exists (aside: am genuine unsure on this but is worth keeping in mind that not only is migrants cases civil in nature, but is unlikely that the agents in question profited or were seeking remuneration from the malfeasance described, so no bribes, fraud, human trafficking or whatnot. being a bastard fed agent is cause for termination but does not specific expose to criminal liability, as difficult as that bitter pill may be to swallow.) the migrants don't have standing to sue, 'cause the Court has taken an extreme narrow and reasonableness straining reading o' previous precedent and unless Congress makes more exceptions available, plaintiffs may only sue if is violation o' limited religious freedoms circumstances. termination o' employment is the expected outcome but no doubt such will satisfy almost nobody. furthermore, given the likelihood the agents will be afforded full due process before formal termination, the story o' the agent terminations will quite possibly occupy footnote quality coverage in a few national papers long after most people have forgotten 'bout this incident. 'course the agents could also quit and then move to lucrative private state of florida jobs. HA! Good Fun! ps we could be wrong on the criminal liability o' fed agents, and am hopeful am wrong, but sans a hypothetical bribe or payment o' agents situation, we don't see any obvious basis for charges. pps please keep in mind that much o' the rationale for the fed agent immunity from state prosecution were due in part 'cause states tried to criminalize fbi agents for investigating and arresting kkk members. fbi gets its start following the assassination o' President mckinley by "anarchists." as such the formation o' the fbi were yet another example o' the ordinary and expected knee jerk reaction much like the more recent patriot act. that said, much early fbi activity focused on the kkk and state sponsored kkk activities. as such, immunity from state prosecutions don't have the sinister origins many might suspect, but such immunity has been exploited time and again for less than benign purposes.
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gonna do our thing where we respond serious to silly, 'cause is almost never just a joke. payback desantis and abbott is not constructive, but the current state o' politics has left and right looking at ways to make them pay or suffer for wrongs done or imagined. waste. what blue states should be sending is what they already is sending: tech jobs. places such as texas becoming more reactionary is in part 'cause o' the justified fear o' the gop that their control o' the state is evaporating and may soon be irretrievably gone. what happened to california in the past is happening increasing to texas, georgia and other southern states today with agriculture and/or fossil fuels giving way to tech and service industry interests. southern state gop is, much as were the case during the civil rights era, fighting tooth and nail to increase voter suppression efforts, but while such vile practices may indeed be successful short term, and will likely have the blessing o' the current Court, texas and georgia got no plan for dealing with an influx o' young and educated persons. *snort* if f'ing millennials and younger people would actual vote, texas would already be blue. gop is indulging in theatrics 'cause they don't have an agenda. the gop allowed trump to set an ultimately self-defeating course as there ain't no way to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US and the wall on the southern border would achieve little save line the pockets o' a handful o' construction firms while cheesing off ranchers and undermining water projects. 'course is not all good news. the tech jobs heading south has coincided with more than a few blue states becoming more red as disaffected whites who has seen their working class jobs disappear or become less lucrative is needing to blame somebody and while trump couldn't offer real solutions he did channel fear, anger, and stoopid in ways other national republicans had previous found distasteful. wanna criticize desantis and abbott? fine. criticism is deserved, but libs lamenting the current situation is cowardly and indulges the same refusal to face realities as is endemic in the new gop. trump announced muslim ban and he were blaming immigrants and libs for every ill white working class voters suffered BEFORE he became President. nevertheless, democrats didn't bother to vote in 2016 and so we ended up with trump and four years o' government sponsored radicalization o' the right. meanwhile, democrats continue to indulge tyson furyesque punch-self-in-face infighting and spend big money to get ultra maga candidates onto republican ballots... and then pretend shock and dismay at the increasing intolerance o' republicans. regardless, short answer as to what blue states may be sending in return is obvious if less likely to energize the young democrats who don't vote but instead rage on internet message boards and twitter: tech jobs. HA! Good Fun!
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am admitted baffled by the cannon ruling. ... gonna repeat how this does not require a lawyer to spot the stoopid. seriously, just consider what the judge is suggesting. the 100 or so documents clear marked classified, secret and top secret requires a special master to determine if they is in fact the property o' the former President o' the United States and should be returned to trump's possession. wut? for crying out loud, the doj had offered picture evidence to the public so as to disabuse persons o' the notion it is possible to confuse rando trump papers with what is so painful obvious the property o' the United States of America. even if trump had declassified the documents in question, they would remain GOVERNMENT documents and should be returned to the national archives and/or relevant security facilities. the suggestion by the judge that the presidential records act or attorney client privilege need be considered by a special master in his deliberations to answer the undecided factual and legal questions o' whether the pictured documents need be returned to trump is beyond the pale and complete illogical. for chrissakes, judge cannon unwitting undermines her own ruling and simultaneous creates a pointless delay by recognizing that trump's attorneys need be achieving the proper clearance to even view the documents in question, clearance which the trump lawyers don't current have, nor did they have when they somehow imbued the marked documents with attorney-client privileges. note how judge cannon did not leave such a requirement up to the special master. clearly judge cannon did not need a special master's input to recognize the security classification markings on the documents pictured, eh? the ruling by judge cannon has us channeling andy dufresne. once again, so is clear, under no circumstances does the clear marked classified, secret and top secret documents go back to trump's possession, 'cause those documents, regardless o' whether or not trump declassified, is so obvious and irrefutable the property o' the United States of America and not the former potus. there is no relevant legal or factual question a special master needs consider in the current scenario. ... am thinking is obvious the doj appeals and requests an emergency stay, and am seeing no way the 11th circuit (fed covering georgia, alabama and florida) fails to grant doj request, unless is some serious funny business going on behind the scenes am not privy to. is always possible for a single district judge to be horribly wrong or possibly just so chicken sh!te they will befoul themselves in an effort to avoid personal responsibility, but if the appellate court were to agree with cannon we would need consider the possibility o' a successful infiltration o' pod people, or a commander remmick situation from trek. HA! Good Fun!
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had three estimates for ductwork at one our properties: $6700 $5300 $95 (the inspection fee) third estimate were from our usual hvac/duct guy, but he weren't able to take a looksee until today. from past experience, we were believing even if we had all ductwork replaced, it shouldn't cost no more than $4000 and a competitive estimate would be closer to $3000, so the first two proposals struck us as unreasonable. the guy we actual trust for heat and air came out today. ten minutes and a couple o' screws later (literal and figurative) our actual problem were fixed. there is already a wealth tax in the US, even if it ain't levied by the irs or franchise tax board. saw our billing address and assumed we would pay stoopid money... and truth is, if one o' those first two guys had asked for $3000 or less, we likely woulda' gone ahead and given them the job. HA! Good Fun! ps we did give the tech who fixed our issue a benjamin, so we actual spent $195.
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Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, Part 4
Gromnir replied to Vaeliorin's topic in Computer and Console
is a bit less dramatic than kp makes seem. zen archer gets perfect strike, short bow weapon damage boost and uses wisdom for attack bonuses. in pnp is even less dramatic 'cause sohei don't benefit from flurry until level six and in any pnp campaign the wait to see flurry benefits is a questionable call, and 'course animal companions is also unable to traverse stairs and ladders n' such, so in anything other than a nonsensical wotr campaign horses is far less useful. even in wotr the main benefit o' the horse over other critters is that you may enlarge your rider to legendary size and chances are your sohei ain't using much enlarging 'cause he is still dex dependent. zen archer also gets all those front-loaded free feats, which is a serious underrated benefit unless you has actual built a sohei archer and realize you need every feat possible and need make a few sacrifices, particular if you go the snapshot route. when archers were benefitting from mythic weapon finesse, the sohei archer were arguable the winner, but is far less settled now. neverthless, is a few sohei/demonslayer builds which looks excellent and might even make a crossbow sohei worthy o' consideration, particular if you got a trickster or are going for a melee heavy party procing attacks o' opportunity. (edit) that said, am gonna admit am most likely to use three levels o' zen archer added to inquisitor or hunter builds even though twenty levels is quite powerful. 'course am also not likely to do more than eleven levels for a sohei. HA! Good Fun! ps aside, the perfect form aeon spell behaves mighty odd with animal companions. is the kinda cheese we ordinarily avoid, but have a celestial velociraptor benefit from a 50 charisma is kinda amusing. even so, is weird and unanticipated penalties baked into the formula. odd spell. pps perfect form shenanigans is extreme late game and such is o' little overall consequence. however, am indeed curious 'bout the current implementation o' the spell as it is not behaving as it did when first released, but is difficult to explain a few o' the curious current eccentricities. -
Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, Part 4
Gromnir replied to Vaeliorin's topic in Computer and Console
one big advantage to being mounted is that enemies are more likely to first attack the mount as 'posed to the rider. if your barbarian takes the reckless assault rage power you benefit from a large attack bonus at the cost o' an ac hit, but stick your barbarian on a bulwark boar and by the end o' the game your critter will have a +70 ac, and is the critter which will be soaking up the hits a majority o' the time. there is an annoying act iii quest which involves maxing crusade stats, and max for act iii is V. managing time and money, dealing with conquering forts and upgrading outposts while trying to level a general and do quests might feel a bit overwhelming. that said, the wotr crusade mechanic is much more forgiving than were kingdom building in kingmaker. however, the 30 day fort timer can be particular annoying as it makes sense to not capture all forts too quick, a situation which has the potential to become a real hindrance in act v where one "secret" quest requires you to advance the calendar by many months resulting in the implausible situation wherein you have defeated every army on the map and captured every enemy fortification, but your crusade morale steadily tanks. is a workaround if you decide to do that quest, so we will spoil you when it becomes relevant. HA! Good Fun!