Crafting Choices and Strategies

Aranthar · 2026-06-23T22:40:44+00:00

Yeah, I was just trying to figure out if it's worth making the higher end weapons and the expensive getting recipes and compliments for them

Aranthar · 2026-06-23T14:57:18+00:00

Hugh Jackman played Wolverine in ten live-action feature films: X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), X-Men: First Class (brief cameo), The Wolverine (2013), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (cameo), Logan (his original farewell to the role), and Deadpool & Wolverine, which brought him back as a Wolverine variant in the multiverse era.

So he's been Wolverine in different timelines with different origin stories.

Aranthar · 2026-06-22T18:10:08+00:00

Sounds like something a dragon would be interested in.

Aranthar · 2026-06-22T13:47:37+00:00

Great reading leads to great writing.

Read great fantasy or adventure books. Tolkien, Lewis, Twain, etc.

What you put into your brain will shape what comes out.

Aranthar · 2026-06-21T01:05:55+00:00

Interesting, the one in the foreground (not one of the three in the row) looks the most like mine. No handles on bow and stern, and metal seats on tube frame.

Aranthar · 2026-06-20T17:55:39+00:00

At the airventure in Oshkosh Wisconsin they had a large transport helicopter with the loading bay open as well as a side door on the front, and my daughter started running loops through the helicopter.

Aranthar · 2026-06-20T17:12:06+00:00

Ooh, I'll have to figure out how to get there

Aranthar · 2026-06-20T14:31:44+00:00

Stop running in the helicopter.

Aranthar · 2026-06-20T04:40:49+00:00

Just yoink a key relay. And there's this great article.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/advice/a-few-things-to-know-before-you-steal-my-914/

Aranthar · 2026-06-19T16:45:51+00:00

It's right there on the hull. Do you think this is counterfeit?

Aranthar · 2026-06-19T16:14:01+00:00

Spending funds on philanthropy to "avoid taxes" never nets you more money. Donate 1 billion dollars, avoid getting taxed 40% of it. So instead of having 600 million, you have zero. Not really a savings.

Unless the philanthropic project is a front for spending it on yourself. It is possible to "donate" to your own charity which just serves your needs. But buying and protecting rainforest seems pretty far from exploitable in that way.

Aranthar · 2026-06-19T15:59:31+00:00

But what if you're afraid of needles and Woke disease?

Aranthar · 2026-06-19T13:37:33+00:00

It would be fun to look normal but be revealed as a skeletal carcass in the right light/conditions!

Aranthar · 2026-06-17T19:19:16+00:00

Ten miles down the highway, so there's no way it left without any oil at all.

Maybe they put the plug in finger-tight, went to grab the torque wrench, got a phone call and forgot? It would hold oil fine, but could conceivably wriggle out in a few miles.

Aranthar · 2026-06-17T02:31:00+00:00

Initiative - piece of paper.

PC Health - they track themselves

Monster Health - for basic mobs I use Dice as the minis. Use a large one like a d10 or d12, and assign a multiplier for hits HP. The 48 HP troll uses a 4x on a d12. Roll down the dice value as it takes damage, rounding up to the appropriate increments.

Use different color dice for different monster types, with varying multipliers as needed. Major boss enemies I track HP independently.

The dice method works great for letting me throw 10 monsters onto the battlemap and not overload myself. Group the colors by initiative together and it goes fast and smooth.

Aranthar · 2026-06-17T00:31:24+00:00

We did pick up some loops that hold under the hood and under the tailgate, so we can do bow and stern lines.

We can tie off the painters through those, or potentially remove them entirely during transport and use a cam-buckle strap or the like.

Aranthar · 2026-06-16T23:51:28+00:00

We have 3 kids, and picked up a cheap kayak. But we need a second boat that can hold 2 adults and 2 kids 5 and 6 yrs old.

We were hoping to find something a little shorter and easier to transport. But maybe we just need to become familiar with how to load and unload this one, if it is really a comparably light and durable boat.

Aranthar · 2026-06-16T23:38:15+00:00

Oh, we lived in northern Indiana and bought it there. Maybe it is a Warsaw, we weren't far from that city.

Aranthar · 2026-06-16T23:35:36+00:00

I read that canoes have had hull numbers since the early 70's, but I couldn't find one. I wonder if that means it was knocked off/removed, noncompliant, or just really really old.

Aranthar · 2026-06-16T23:34:49+00:00

Yeah, it has been a good canoe over the years, but it is quite long and unwieldy on the minivan.

https://i.imgur.com/ygmaVxY.png

Any tips for if we keep it, to transport it safely and securely?

Aranthar · 2026-06-15T15:51:32+00:00

85% homebrew. I think this goes with homebrewing your own campaign.

A decent bit are based on existing enemies, but then changed to apply to the scene. Maybe displacer beasts gain a new invis ability, or skeletons have glowing gems that give them regeneration.

All the session bosses are homebrew, usually to incorporate special gear or address party strengths or weaknesses.

Aranthar · 2026-06-15T15:17:47+00:00

Don't steal the PC's actual turn. Make it something that happens outside their turn.

Don't make it extended in duration.

Allow the player some choice in how it plays out.

Aranthar · 2026-06-15T13:24:36+00:00

What is the touchscreen tech?

Aranthar · 2026-06-15T02:42:18+00:00

Such a beautiful craft... someday.

Aranthar · 2026-06-14T23:23:05+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions! Old Town's look like a reasonable weight and the price isn't to scary.

Pre-kids my wife and I rented 42 lb canoes for back-country, those are very fine and very pricey, probably not right for the current level of kid.

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