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| Session Start (Succubus Club IRC Chat:#thesuccubusclub): Wed May 04 16:53:19 2005 |
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| *** #thesuccubusclub: @MattH |
| *** #thesuccubusclub was created on Wed May 04 17:57:52 2005. |
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| MattH | Hiya CM |
| Elais | hiyas matt |
| Elais | watching Lost |
| MattH | How many episodes left this season? |
| Elais | I think tonight is ep 21? |
| Elais | 3 more eps after tonight's ep |
| MattH | 24 eps in a season. |
| Elais | yup |
| Elais | one more ep and then a two-part ep |
| MattH | Hmmm.... Lost really *is* innovative ;-) |
| Elais | it's more exciting than Gilligan's island |
| Elais | boone is still dead |
| MattH | Well, how would they bring him back, other than the "it was just a dream" shtick? |
| Elais | sorry, I blame Joss *g* |
| MattH | Joss had only one real resurrection in the show |
| Elais | but everyone else who died came back in some form |
| MattH | Hmmm...Wesley and Anya didn't ;-) |
| Elais | ROFLMAO |
| MattH | Of course, they were killed in the finales. |
| Elais | I just saw Lionel's hair |
| MattH | His evil is in his hari. |
| MattH | hari = hair |
| Elais | he's got to be wearing a wig |
| Elais | my god it's awful |
| Elais | back to Lost |
| Elais | we finally get some background on Sayid |
| MattH | Who? |
| Elais | one of the characters on Lost |
| Elais | every ep has focused on one or more of the Lost characters with a great deal of flashbacks |
| Elais | how is work going? |
| MattH | There were what 45 or so survivors? That would mean that there could be only 2 seasons worth of episodes without repeating anyone. |
| MattH | Busy, busy, busy |
| Elais | I was busy too, until a program suddenly crashed |
| Elais | don't know how long before we get it back |
| MattH | Ouch? What was the program used for? |
| Elais | it was a internet-based program |
| Elais | we lost complete access to it |
| Elais | but we would have to contact the vendor who supports the program |
| MattH | Oh - is the program on the vendor's server? |
| Elais | yes |
| MattH | Hmmm...maybe their server is down... |
| Elais | I think it might be something different |
| Elais | we are in the process of using a different vendor who proves the same service |
| MattH | That would explain it - the vendor pulled the plug. |
| Elais | yup |
| MattH | So how long until the new vendor comes on line? |
| Elais | we just started using it |
| Elais | however, there are still a ton of records on the other vendor |
| MattH | No local backups or any such thing? |
| Elais | nope |
| MattH | Ouch. |
| Elais | so were stalled for the time being |
| MattH | So, nothing to do until then? |
| Elais | we have other stuff to do, of course |
| Elais | but that isn't gonna keep us busy for much longer |
| MattH | So is the first vendor holding your records hostage or are there plans to get them back? |
| Elais | not sure what's going to happen now |
| Elais | not my problem *g* |
| MattH | Well - you are the one who will be bored ;-) |
| Elais | I have net access now |
| Elais | so I won't be quite so bored |
| Elais | maybe you can ship some of your work over to me ;-) |
| MattH | I wish.... |
| Elais | D&D up and running yet? |
| MattH | On the 23rd.... |
| MattH | Got 3 new players, so I am full up. |
| Elais | woo hoo! |
| MattH | Yep - I am working on some stuff now. |
| Elais | starting from scratch? |
| MattH | No...just continuing where we left off. |
| Elais | so..what kind of stuff are you working on? |
| MattH | New area of the dungeon, new monster race to populate said area. |
| Elais | how do you usually start creating a new monster? |
| MattH | Well, first I sacrifice a chicken to the gods of chaos and mayhem.... |
| MattH | Basically, the idea is to come up with a simple concept and then derive the stats from that. |
| Elais | sooo...I come up with an idea for a race of pink troll Amazons |
| Elais | then you figure out the stats? |
| MattH | The current monster is a ratling...a ratlike humanoid. Thought of what rats are like - agile, not that strong, good swimmers, diseased and work that into the numbers. |
| MattH | Something like that |
| Elais | I get it |
| MattH | Troll implies strong, tough and ugly...so I would give them a Strength bonus, maybe some natural armor, a charisma penalty. Amazon kind of implies barbarian, so maybe some berserker madness or maybe archery. |
| Elais | then you work on the stats for the ratling's particular abilities |
| MattH | Yep - I figure they are kind of sneaky, so I made the favored class Rogue. There is a white/albino subtype...for the lab rat type...they tend to be wizards/alchemists |
| Elais | sound like fun! |
| MattH | I thought so...I am just putting the finishing touches on the race and then am going to whip up 4-5 samples/archetypes to use. |
| Elais | what about the new area of the dungeon> |
| MattH | Basically the ratlings lair plus a few specials thrown in. I haven't figured out what the specials are yet, other than having a few very sneaky traps and 1 giant spider. |
| Elais | kissing cousin to Shelob? |
| MattH | Kind of, but smaller. Giant spiders have a lot of history in D&D |
| MattH | Going all the way to the goddess of the dark elves (the spider goddess Lolth) |
| Elais | good you are keeping with tradition |
| Elais | Smallville wasn''t too bad |
| MattH | As good as last week? |
| Elais | Lost is better, though |
| Elais | I might see hitchhikers this weekend |
| MattH | My sympathies - it has gotten horrible reviews |
| Elais | funny |
| Elais | I've seen critics hate it |
| Elais | yet when I seen people post about it, they liked it |
| Elais | even my mom seemed to like the movie |
| Elais | and she is definitely not a hitchhiker fan |
| MattH | I saw the mini-series, many years ago...it will be hard to top that. |
| Elais | I saw that too |
| Elais | but it's been a while since i've read the books |
| Elais | so I expect I won't be annoyed by any differences in the movie |
| MattH | I suppose - I doubt they can do it just in two or so hours. |
| Elais | not sure If I will go see the Revenge of the Sith movie |
| MattH | That has actually gotten good reviews... |
| MattH | Kevin Smith(may have the name wrong) gave it a great review |
| MattH | http://viewaskew.com/news/sith/ (spoilers inside) |
| Elais | thanks |
| Elais | interesting |
| Elais | that actually might be worth going to |
| MattH | With any luck, we'll see Jar-Jar die a horrible death. |
| Elais | maybe your D&D group can do that as a side adventure |
| MattH | Nah ... that is D20 Star Wars, a different (but similar) game. |
| Elais | bummer |
| Elais | Jar Jar should die multiple deaths |
| MattH | Well...in D&D he could be resurrected so we could kill him again. |
| MattH | Ran across this - very funny http://www.jerrypournelle.com/mail/mail360.html#Wednesday |
| Elais | LOL |
| Elais | pretty good |
| MattH | Some of them are a little dated, but I can relate. |
| Elais | Alias is good tonight |
| Elais | I can definitely relate to some of those as well |
| MattH | My fav is number 20 - Breakfast *is*the most important meal of the day |
| Elais | mountain dew and doughnuts |
| Elais | wow, that will certainly keep you bouncing for a while |
| Elais | I usually just have cereal, milk and oj |
| MattH | It has the two most important elements of good nutrition - sugar and caffeine. |
| MattH | Anyway - time to go. I'll see you next week. |
| Elais | true |
| Elais | have a good weekend, Matt |
| Elais | see you next week |
| MattH | You too |
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| Session Close (#thesuccubusclub): Wed May 04 20:01:58 2005 |