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Yesterday I refreshed my memory on the state of BRP ("Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine"), Chaosium's current foothold in the d100-based TTRPG system space. There's a long convoluted history there. 1971: Guidon Games publishes Gygax and Perren's "Chainmail" rules for tabletop miniatures wargaming 1974: D+D ("original" or "OD+D"), first TTRPG and ancestor of modern d20 RPGs, by Gygax's TSR company 1975: TSR acquires Chainmail from Guidon 1975: Greg Stafford's "White Bear and Red Moon" str... (...more)

bed ~10, awake 6 \o/ fill powder and protein pods promptly, since I paused previously Finished plant sterol powder, repurpose that container for 2 bottles gelcap supply litter genie Costco regular gas yesterday: 2.6x; today: 2.76 ... still well under $3.00/gal * * * Some years ago already, I read a forum post where the person said they felt like they had pretty much "solved" D+D, at least as a player making character-build choices within a given campaign's leveling span: - some subcla... (...more)

what happened to the second half of Mrs brekaritos?
check salted butter, angel hair, Rao's, broccoli

populate powder and protein pods
library card and Kanopy deets to keys sheet
treadmill, grocery, gas

update chars

roast beef sandwiches \o/
line up supply for shrimp scampi + angel hair, chicken puttanesca
finish Side Effects (2013, Rooney Mara, Jude Law)

pancakes + bacon 1st session "Call From the Deep". - Level-ups after each of the first two encounters felt pretty uneven, so we agreed to stay at L2 and use XP. - Medicine + Herbalist Kit skill/tool check was handy: countered Galadriel's Poisoned condition - Arcana check was handy: connected the shark idol with the sahuagin deity (Sekolah) and theorized the significance of it being broken by a blue tentacle, as representing an opposing deity influencing the sahuagin. Psychic impression: "false ... (...more)