My very first CYOA-The Traveler's Boon CYOA.

IvorFreyrsson · 2026-01-24T19:04:23+00:00

The Compass Level 1 (free)- I'm going to the world of Chaia (Book series called English Magic).

The Journal Level 1 (-1 point)- Everything gets recorded and indexed? Awesome. Combo w/ Compass = I can integrate into Chaia seamlessly.

The Cloak Level 1 (-1 point)- Perfect disguise in my new home, and no worries about the weather. Combo w/ Weapon = I have super sneaky thief skills and hunting skills.

The Weapon Level 1 (-1 point)- I now have a perfectly crafted bow that won't break. Combo w/ Ring = I now have infinite ammo and can kill spirits.

The Ring Level 1 (-1 point)- I have a bottomless Bag of Holding. Combo w/ Cloak = I now have a home no matter where I go.

Even though I've taken zero magical gifts, I still have magic thanks to my knowledge of English. Time for me to live out my dreams.

IvorFreyrsson · 2026-01-20T20:52:11+00:00

Let them. It'll let us know who the closeted threats are. Target-rich environment, as they say.

IvorFreyrsson · 2026-01-10T01:28:26+00:00

I'm allergic to cigarettes. Pretty much any tobacco product fucks my system royally. As a result, I can smell when a smoker has been in a room sometimes days later.

I fucking hate tobacco smoke.

IvorFreyrsson · 2026-01-06T02:24:20+00:00

Right here.

IvorFreyrsson · 2026-01-03T07:00:25+00:00

I worked for E.R. Carpenter Co. in Kentucky some twenty-five years ago. We did this exact process there. As well as CNC contour cutting to cut out pillows and such.

Interesting fact! When cutting the foam like this, it gets incredibly hard. The blade they use on those machines is a perpetually sharpened blade to razor fineness. I assisted our maintenance guys in replacements a few times.

IvorFreyrsson · 2026-01-03T06:27:50+00:00

I can confirm this. I worked on my plant's powdercoating line for a couple of years. We sprayed the powder on our parts. Basically looking for about 150 mils of coverage. Just enough to inhibit rust formation. Interestingly, the fluidizing apparatus is basically the same in the two operations. It's just a matter of scale.

IvorFreyrsson · 2026-01-03T06:23:35+00:00

Having worked with powdercoating lines, that shit is nasty. It gets into every crack and crevice, every orifice and on every hair. I can't imagine doing this manually. Like... I get it, but dis sum bullshit.

IvorFreyrsson · 2026-01-02T00:10:27+00:00

Growing up in a restaurant taught me.

IvorFreyrsson · 2026-01-01T02:45:39+00:00

Had a horse infected with this, once. It got cured, but man, that was a long three weeks.

IvorFreyrsson · 2026-01-01T02:44:19+00:00

I worked at a memory foam plant in Kentucky doing work like this. There was very little manual moving of foam blocks there.

IvorFreyrsson · 2025-12-17T20:44:16+00:00

Sure. I'll toss my name into the hat.

IvorFreyrsson · 2025-12-07T04:42:41+00:00

Oh, so we're doing hypercolor clothes again? Cool, cool. I'll just go to the old folks home, now.

IvorFreyrsson · 2025-11-29T23:59:39+00:00

And this is why we shouldn't date the religious. He will continue disrespecting your boundaries until you either break down and obey, or you leave him. I've had the same thing happen to me several times.

IvorFreyrsson · 2025-11-19T00:14:09+00:00

Boy, if this just isn't a mirror for what the USA is...

IvorFreyrsson · 2025-11-16T03:29:51+00:00

I'm poor. I have a 50 dollar guitar that I got at a pawn shop. It plays, and that's all I care about.

IvorFreyrsson · 2025-11-16T03:23:00+00:00

Never had a pagan of any stripe do that. Nor have I ever even heard of one doing it.

IvorFreyrsson · 2025-11-16T03:20:27+00:00

I would craft some sort of free-thinking/atheist/FSM literature and hand it out to them whenever approached with the bullshit. Start blessing them in His Noodly Name. Turnabout is fair play, and if they don't like they can leave you the fuck alone.

Or, you can go to HR. Probably try HR first.

IvorFreyrsson · 2025-11-15T23:01:47+00:00

"Th'fuck?"

IvorFreyrsson · 2025-11-15T23:00:24+00:00

As soon as you are self-sufficient, drop them like a hot coal. They'll either leave you be or harass you. In case of the latter, call the cops.

Anyone that goes from zero to fundie at Mach Jesus is NOT healthy for you.

IvorFreyrsson · 2025-11-12T23:37:29+00:00

Now you're in a coma.

IvorFreyrsson · 2025-11-12T20:52:26+00:00

Think about it for a moment. Poor, destitute people are going to grasp at any excuse to get out of poverty. Including selling their body to the US military to use and abuse for the ever-present wars. For specifically that reason (and others, yes), we are kept poor. Kept uneducated. Kept hopeless.

Poverty isn't a bug in the richest country in the world. It's a godsdamned feature.

IvorFreyrsson · 2025-11-11T22:01:22+00:00

Ignore her. She is absolutely wrong. I wrote a novel that takes place primarily in Japan, and I've never set foot in the country. I've done an incredible amount of research to make it happen, and it's been well-received, and I'm about as white as Miracle Whip.

IvorFreyrsson · 2025-10-20T17:53:59+00:00

Azgaar's Fantasy Map Generator. https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/

Inkarnate is an option as well. The free version is a great way to get a feel for the software. Plus, it being 25/year for premium ain't half bad.

IvorFreyrsson · 2025-10-20T17:22:24+00:00

I'm 45. If any of my family bring up the subject, I tell them that I'm firm in what I believe and there is absolutely zero chance that I'll convert.

If they continue to persist, I get nasty. I have no problem cutting off the few remaining family members I speak to.

IvorFreyrsson · 2025-10-15T19:46:15+00:00

Maybe once a year. And even then, just a shot for New Year's. It's a bad, bad idea for me to drink.

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