I Want Some Gorramn Steak!

And you probably do to...Geek's Dream Girl (who always has delightful posts) is hosting a contest to win a $25 gift card to Outback Steakhouse...how to enter?...

All you have to do is go HERE and leave a comment describing (in one paragraph or more) a tale of your favorite geek icon(s) eating/cooking steak (or some other Outback-y thing)...need a little inspiration?...here's my entry for reference...

"Admiral Motti is grilling sausages, hotdogs, burgers, brats, and other various meats for the other Imperial officers…Darth Vader comments on how the power to cook flesh with propane is insignificant next to the power of the force…the Admiral condescends, “Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you fry the perfect chicken or given you the clairvoyance enough to find the Rebels’ secret recipe-”

Vader chokes the Admiral for his insolence. “I find your lack of steak disturbing.” The Admiral frantically motions to a shake on a table off to the side. Vader releases him after a few seconds more.

He slurps his steak shake through an Imperial straw…"

It's as simple as that, kiddos...now head on over and grab for your chance at $25 worth of delicious spiced meats and fried onions...

Mmmmm...

Demotivational Monday: From Mordith's Journal

So says he.

In other news, I've got more horn-tooting to do (especially since it's actually relevant this time around)...

Started a new project writing haikus...found that it's something that both entertains my brains immensely and I can actually keep up with it relatively frequently without it become a grind (sorry, this blog. I love you, but sometimes that's how it is.)...

So, go give Five-Seven-Five Daily a look/see...today's set is on roleplaying, though the rest are surely worth a look...some real gems in that prosetry...

Adios!...

Demotivational Monday: Abusing d20 Modern

In one of the supplements for d20 modern, it says you can increase a piece of armor's AC bonus by increasing the purchase DC by a certain amount...there is no limit to how high you can make it go, so long as you're willing to pay...

As a result, we've sometimes played with leather jackets that are better at bullet catching than full-body combat suits...it's quite ridiculous, but something I've always loved about the game...

As side note, I'm going to tooting my own horn a bit...started a new blog project today called Five-Seven-Five Daily...I write at least one haiku a day and post them for your viewing pleasure...if you'd like me to write about a particular subject or are looking to challenge me with an insanely multi-syllabic word, feel free to head on over and leave your requests in the comments of the most recent post...

Have a good day, all...

Demotivational Monday: OH SHI-, indeed.

Honestly, if such an awesome creation were possible, it would be the most terrifying thing imaginable...

Just picture it...you're going about your usual routine, swabbing the deck of some near-derelict naval vessel, when SUDDENLY...forty of these suckers rise out of the ocean and take to the sky...there is no doubt in your mind that some sort of crazy sky-torpedo (rocket, maybe?) is going to annihilate you off the face of the Earth (would it have torpedos and sky-torpedos, or rockets and water-rockets?...quite a quandary)...

Biggest problem I see is the weight of the damn thing vs. the amount of lift it'd be able to generate...by solving that problem though, you'd likely reduce the depth it can reach...

Solution?...BIG FUCKING PROPELLOR...or anti-gravity technology...that exists in the future, right?...

Anyhow, this is one of Supreme Visionary Iggy's employed war-machines, originally conceived by Jeph Jacques of Questionable Content fame (a most excellent web comic)...it's built for use on planets that have lots of water-bodies separated by brief stretches of earth...or that have a lot of ocean...I suppose it could be useful on those too...

Hope y'all are having an awesome March...and be sure to flood the carnival with assloads of War!-related posts...the more the merrier, son!...

RPG Blog Carnival: WAR!

Happy March, folks...it's my favorite month of the year for no particular reason...it's also my turn to host this month's RPG Blogger Carnival...last month was hosted by the Carnival's original host The Core Mechanic, the topic being Maps and Monsters...this month, in honor of my miniscule Greco-Roman heritage, I want you all to march forth (HA! Pun.) and blog on war...

Anything at all related to mankind's oldest pastime within the realm of RPGs is fair game...could be anything ranging from how you handle a campaign centered around war to running battlefield combat without bringing the game to a screeching halt to developing a setting that somewhat accurately portrays a post-war environment to anything else that I didn't just mention...extra points to those of you who develop new weaponry, soldiers, starships, mechs, etc. for use in RPGs...gadgets hold a special place in my heart...my good friend Iggy will be posting some of his delicious d20 modern creations later this month (as irrelevant as they are in the Post-3E Era)...

Once you've got your post up, comment on this article with a link back to your post so I can include it in the month's Roundup...I'll be keeping my eye on the network feed, but I can't catch everything on my own...

I'm one of the least active bloggers in the network at the moment, mostly due to a mix of laziness and academic obligations...but I'll do the best I can with hosting this month's carnival, contributing as much worthwhile material as I can...15 silver points to each individual blogger who posts more than I do...have fun kids!...

If you're not sure what to post, but REALLY want those silver points, check out these past carnival contributions for inspiration...

The Core Mechanic: Death, Undeath, Redeath, Fixing Death, and General Deadness

Donny the DM: Homebrewed Goodness

Musings of the Chatty DM: Superheroes/Super-LAME-oes in RPGs

The Dice Bag: Religion and You!

Critical Hits: CH-CH-CH-CHANGES!

Uncle Bear: New Year, New Resolutions (Getting Old Habits Off Your Lawn!)

The Core Mechanic (AGAIN): Dungeons And Dragons

The Book Of Rev: The Best One

GET BLOGGING, MINIONS!

How To Never Fall Unconscious: More Loopholes

Shortly before today's spectacular game (which I will be logging as soon as I possibly can), one of my players informed me of a frightening loophole...one which, while technically (very technically) legal, I will not allow...

The logic is this...any power that targets "you" will affect

 you...an ally is defined as "one creature [probably one you're pals with] who is not you"...most powers will specify if they can affect both you and an ally or some variation thereof...most powers, however affect enemies...an enemy is considered "one creature who is not an ally"...

As a result of this twisted logic, any power that affects an enemy can also affect you...great for suicide, but most of the time not very pragmatic...here's where it gets broken...

Warlocks have a class feature called "Warlock's Curse"...

"Once per turn as a minor action, you can place a Warlock's Curse on the enemy nearest to you that you can see..."

This means that you can apply the Warlock's Curse to yourself (technically)...now, Warlock's who take the Infernal Pact have another ability called "Dark One's Blessing"...

"When an enemy under your Warlock's Curse is reduced to 0 hit points or fewer, you immediately gain temporary hit points equal to your level."

As a result of this technicality (which it is), whenever the Infernal Pact warlock who has his Warlock's Curse targeted on himself drops below 0 hit points, they will immediately regain anywhere between 1 and 30 hitpoints...meaning they've got to be dropped to negative bloodied from 1 hit point or more in order to be killed...the odds of which happening (at any level) are pretty unlikely, even in a fight with a hard-hitting solo monster...

I won't be allowing this one, as clever as it is...mostly because of the mad logic involved...I'm sure most of you agree...

The mind of a player can be a frightening thing...

Demotivational Monday: Post-Oscar Stress Disorder

The caption may look like I misspelled something...I assure you, I did it...

Upon inquiry as to why The Dark Knight lost some of its nominations to Slumdog Millionaire, I exclaimed,

"IT IT THE SHIT!"

It's true...

Anyhow, went 14 for 19 in calling who'd win what, a lot of which were thanks to Slumdog...

Thank the Lord (Mike) that Rourke didn't win that Oscar...Frank Mangella deserved it, but Sean Penn was a close second in my heart...

Milk did not deserve it's original screenplay award, however...it was exactly like it's 1984 documentary, The Times of Harvey Milk...

Anyhow, that's my irrelevant soapbox...have a good day, folks...