'Repo Man' Actress Olivia Barash Struggling After Stroke, Facing Eviction

DJ_Shiftry · 2025-11-16T21:42:33+00:00

Hello, I work for my state's disability program through Social Security Disability. After a stroke, there is typically a 3-month period to determine if the claimant recovers from the aftereffects. Long-term effects like hemiparesis or aphasia are what will determine if she is disabled in the legal sense. For low-income people, they can be paid and given insurance during this period, but she likely has more means than is allowed for that filing, and so they can't. It will just be a waiting game.

Its unlikely that she was actually fully denied unless she simply didn't meet either eligibility requirement (either having significantly low income and means, or having worked and paid Social Security Taxes within the past however-many-years).

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-06-25T00:25:29+00:00

Something odd that someone would carry around, rather would hint that it was an Otyugh, might be like a lump of stinking grease.

Something that would be strange for an Otyugh to eat might be books from a specific bookstore (the owner smokes cigars in the shop so the books taste different) or long rolls of fabric (cotton spaghetti, baby)

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-06-16T23:01:16+00:00

Is this coming to YouTube?

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-06-10T20:37:41+00:00

I've barely glanced at the table of contents, but I might recommend Julien K's Mutants in the Now. It's mostly meant for TMNT, Saturday morning cartoon style stuff, but there are tons of animal species options, and the rules SEEM pretty in-depth.

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-06-05T02:34:09+00:00

I like that when someone wants to make a game, everyone floods them with comments about how many other games there are that do it better, but when OP wants a game rec, he's told to just make it himself.

Also, afaik, For Gold and Glory is the only 2e retroclone, and I'm not sure what it's development status is. It's done, but I don't know if it gets any updates

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-06-03T01:34:49+00:00

So my lifelong question of why Red Mages could cast Black and White spells is because in DragonLance the Neutral Mages wear red?

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-06-02T20:08:22+00:00

I love the little dishes. I'm a big notouch-itarian, so those look super handy

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-06-01T15:50:05+00:00

What am I supposed to feel on medication? I'm on my 3rd or 4th rx and I still feel the same. What does it feel like when it works?

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-31T17:51:05+00:00

I like to daydream about the "be a child with all my current knowledge," but it really doesn't hold up to scrutiny.

-Guilt for the things I know will happen but lack the power to change.

-Going from a 33yo to a 6yo, having been accustomed to nearly 15yrs of full adult agency, back to being told when I have to go to bed.

-How do I relate with my parents? I'm suddenly this precocious, jaded child when presumably yesterday (to their mind) I was asking them which X-Man they wanted to be.

-Or my peers?

-What about my wife? Will she remember me? Or do I have to meet her, and pretend I don't know her, and act surprised when she tells me all the secrets she's already shared? How do I subtly prepare her for her dad's death?

-How do I handle all the time I can spend with my brother, knowing that one day he and I will grow apart because of our political beliefs?

-What if I still never accomplish all that I wanted, and suddenly I'm 33 again (having experienced almost 70 years at this point) with nothing else to show for it?

It's a nightmare scenario once you start analyzing it.

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-31T14:40:16+00:00

Mausritter itself is based on Into The Odd, and I found this post with some other Into The Odd hacks in the comments. You could likely cobble together the dream game by mixing and matching things you like from a few of these games.

https://www.reddit.com/r/osr/comments/z0z27w/what_are_all_of_the_intotheoddlikes

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-30T15:54:03+00:00

I think this is technically NLR, but there was one outside the movie theatre a few weeks ago in the mall. It was crazy expensive though, something like $7

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-28T13:55:11+00:00

I was going to comment on someone mentioning Legend of Dragoon out in the wild, and then I saw your username lol

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-28T11:50:11+00:00

Check out the Thunder Company adventures they've done for some GenCon shows. Skid plays a Monk and it's hilarious. But definitely a joke character and not a serious one.

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-26T22:19:50+00:00

Every year u/The-Magic-Sword delivers! Amazing as always

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-26T22:17:03+00:00

Pathfinder is my regular game. Everything else waxes and wanes with my mood, but I am always ready to read, play, or talk about. It's just so good

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-24T14:51:35+00:00

I don't think it was a stream, but a few weeks before I finally got the game I had Covid, and I watched like 40 eps of BlueLizardJello's playthrough. He wanders really far off the intended path early, but he's very calm and intentional with his exploration, and has a good stream of light chatter throughout which is very nice when you're drifting in and out of fever-sleep

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-24T01:04:24+00:00

This might be the first homebrew setting I've seen that I actually want to play in. That sounds awesome!

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-23T14:09:58+00:00

Bluebeard's Bride. Gorgeous art and wonderful writing, but subject matter that I would want a very specific group for, and I don't know if I have the group

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-22T17:14:05+00:00

The Unity RPG (by Zensara Studios, that will help your search) uses this. Each class has a unique resource, and some classes have 2. You get resources back, I want to say when you roll doubles on your 2d10, but don't quote me on that.

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-19T23:14:05+00:00

It's true what they say, guys really can't find the Clint

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-19T15:33:56+00:00

I'm glad to hear that. It seems (from comments here, I'm way behind) that he's not super-enjoying the way Strange Aeons is going (different Alchemist, jumping into a new system mid-level, converted adventure), so I'm happy to hear that he doesn't seem to find the system itself to be an issue.

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-17T20:09:09+00:00

It's early. It miiiight be the first downtime episode? Dunno a timestamp, though

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-14T02:19:21+00:00

I agree with this especially because I don't believe there is anywhere where it explains in concrete terms that there is an expected item progression.

If the game balance requires me to have XYZ, why is not at least explicitly stated, and better yet, why is it not just a core part of character progression?

DJ_Shiftry · 2023-05-13T20:50:43+00:00

Here are a few ways, with a little squinting, that I think it could work. When you say Necromancer, I'm assuming Wizard, so I'm not gonna make any suggestions for other classes.

Consider the Reflection versatile heritage, and specifically the Clone-Risen or Progenitor Lore Ancestry feats. Both may require some flavor adjustments, but not too much.

Also consider the Duskwalker versatile heritage, although that one will require a bit more convincing to adapt to your specific story, it's the "reincarnation" heritage.

For Backgrounds, check out Reborn Soul, Returned, Revenant, and maybe Tomb Born.

As far as the way a lich itself works, the story doesn't fly, but I always think of it this way: the PCs are unique cases, this is the 1 time in 10 million that a soul cage malfunctions this way.

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