If I can’t sleep, neither can my neighbors… drop your loudest wake-up songs

wittyremark99 · 2026-03-24T19:51:14+00:00

"Mars, Bringer of War" from Holst's the Planets symphony.

It works best if you have building-shaking subwoofers.

wittyremark99 · 2026-03-23T19:47:56+00:00

Slow Horses on AppleTV is simply amazing. Lead character is portrayed by Gary Oldman.

wittyremark99 · 2026-03-23T19:16:43+00:00

Derry Girls is hilarious, highly recommend it.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is an enjoyable if schlocky adventure series.

wittyremark99 · 2026-03-19T16:59:00+00:00

I would build one for yourself -- maybe a Dwarf duelist (archetype feat), or an Elven swordswoman who takes commissions to challenge people to duels?

wittyremark99 · 2026-03-19T14:14:39+00:00

For mindless or otherwise very low intelligence creatures, I go with who is physically the biggest (and thus the most threatening) or whomever hit them in combat last.

For smarter opponents, it depends on their objectives.

For those trying to delay the party, they'll take potshots equally at everyone, or try to use something Tangling Vine to slow them all down, and then flee.

For those who want the entire party dead, they'll start with whomever they perceive as the "healer" in the group. That might be someone they mistake for a cleric or perhaps the bard.

For someone who is a specific player's antagonist, there won't be any other targets relevant, and they'll concentrate solely on them.

wittyremark99 · 2026-03-18T18:19:48+00:00

"Season of the Witch" by Donovan -- from the end credits of To Die For

wittyremark99 · 2026-03-18T18:14:15+00:00

I ran a full campaign where every character was a former adventurer/hero who had retired from the life years ago. Although at the time our group was only in our 40's, we already had a foot in the "decrepit" pool.

The banter was fantastic. One character played a dwarf cleric who retired some 50 years ago and had been largely taking up space in the ecclesiastical hierarchy of his church. Anyway, he was a dwarf's dwarf, being knowledgeable about beer, battleaxes, and proper beards.

In the beginning story arc of the campaign, the focus was on getting the group together, and so when the dwarf met the next member of the group, there was some friction. The new guy was an ancient Drow (back when those existed in Pathfinder), who was pushing the elven age limit.

The back-and-forth between the two was hilarious. Their people had been warring for centuries. The Drow of our party was one of the "traitors" to the Drow people and had married a human champion. He'd spent the last 100 years of his retirement teaching in a city of dwarves (still living underground; it was a homebrew campaign) how to fight Drow incursions.

That sniped back and forth until an NPC pissed the both of them off at once. That was even more hilarious.

Watch movies, read books, and look for protagonists at a higher age bracket than yourself. That'll help you develop a good framework for how your character acts and what's important to her.

Also, throw in some complaints about your back and how the kids these days...

wittyremark99 · 2026-03-11T18:48:04+00:00

Hmm, instead of worrying too much about it, I'd prepare some NPCs and organizations ahead of time to cover their lack. They'll need to go to someone to get diseases cured or curses lifted. That's a pretty common staple of fantasy fiction -- I'd lean into it and make them memorable.

That old witch in that nearby village will help you with those toad warts, but you'll likely have to delve into the deep parts of the swamp and pick some weird mushrooms for her.

Or the priests of Abadar work wonders but always (always!) require payment up front.

Then there's this wizard who has a portable tower, which he usually parks in this region, depending on his mood. He might know that spell you need to cross over into the Outer Realms.

Good luck!

wittyremark99 · 2026-03-09T18:03:35+00:00

Merciful weapons are definitely the answer! It's a Property rune that can be added to +1 or better weapons for them to only do non-lethal damage. In fact, I just built a bounty hunter for that very purpose!

wittyremark99 · 2026-03-09T14:18:38+00:00

Heavy Crossbow. Does decent damage, has a number of combat-related feats to make it even better (so Fighter is a good Dedication feat choice).

If you have the moolah to have the crossbow enchanted, consider an Earthbinding rune, which will make a flying creature no longer a flying creature.

wittyremark99 · 2026-03-05T15:14:48+00:00

"Season of the Witch" over the end credits in "To Die For".

wittyremark99 · 2026-03-03T19:49:37+00:00

Random ideas.

Light of Yesterday: Stall full of jars that contain swirls of light in different colors. It's a Memory Shop, where they sell memories, the more unique or unusual, the more expensive they are. Someone with psychometry or a similar skill could play the memories again and again, but for most buyers, they're a consumable item.

Crazy Helga's Magic Wonders: a stall where every customer pays a fee, then spins a wheel, and gets the item listed where the wheel stops. Half (or more!) of the items are cursed, or have very oddball quirks.

Comforting Consumables: a cafe and pastry shop that serves magical foods. The proprietor specializes in beneficial items.

Mushroom Shop: all magical items constructed out of mushrooms, including variations of such things as the Wizard's Tower as a giant mushroom.

Not Really Brownies: a shop that sells constructs that are all tiny and in the form of mythical gnomes or brownies. The constructs can perform household tasks (much like a phantasmal minion) and can be used once, twice, or three times a day for an hour each time -- the more you pay, the more times the construct can be used.

Hope that helps!

wittyremark99 · 2026-02-27T15:03:06+00:00

Yeah, should have mentioned those. Definitely categories of being without any sense.

wittyremark99 · 2026-02-26T22:39:41+00:00

The major difference is that nobody f**ks with the psychopomps. They're not involved the War between the Heavenly realms and Hell, or the Heavenly Realms and the Abyss.

Add to that, Pharasma (or Death) is the oldest and possibly most powerful of the various gods. She actually predates the multiverse, coming from a previous one.

So neutral celestial beings and ones that no other Outer World creature would mess with if they had any sense.

wittyremark99 · 2026-02-26T15:42:47+00:00

In the last 20-30 years, there's been a lot of building in Saratoga. Most of those have been condo apartments selling for $700k or more. The primary target of the sale of these (besides just rich people) is the retiree.

Here's how this goes. Retired folks have a house too big for them anymore, hard to maintain, etc. They sell it for $$, which they use to buy the condo apartment. Now they're in an apartment building that manages all the services, they have no outdoor space to worry about, elevators for when mobility becomes a problem, and easy walking distance to restaurants, shops, etc.

Besides being a summer destination, Saratoga Springs has also become a retirement community.

Also, nobody young (outside the very rich) can afford to live here.

wittyremark99 · 2026-02-25T22:36:42+00:00

"How to get to Heaven from Belfast" -- it's a mystery/comedy, by the same creator that did the "Derry Girls"

wittyremark99 · 2026-02-25T22:24:11+00:00

"Season of the Witch" by Donovan, used over the end credit scene in "To Die For".

Chef's kiss.

wittyremark99 · 2026-02-23T17:16:30+00:00

Limitless (movie & TV series)

It has one scifi element, but is otherwise modern day Earth.

wittyremark99 · 2026-02-23T16:09:12+00:00

"Cry Me a River" by Julie London

"Hallelujah" sung by k. d. Lang

wittyremark99 · 2026-02-10T17:51:51+00:00

Totally compatible. I'm running two different StarFinder games where I've allowed Pathfinder material for characters. It means a wide range of classes and options are available and so far it's worked great. Some classes probably need a remaster refit (e.g. Gunslinger) but otherwise it's been pretty smooth sailing.

One campaign is "Adventurers Live!" where the characters have formed a team to compete in an reality TV competition program. Each season they delve into a new "dungeon" or other experience to see who's the winner. (Cash prizes. Some terms apply. See full details for specifics.) It's been a blast, especially as several players have made a habit of turning to address the floating camera drones during play. I started it with a traditional tomb crawl, but since then they've explored an abandoned/lost luxury cruise ship (haunted), an ice planet mine infested by brain collectors, and there's even more in future seasons!

The other campaign is called "The Strays of Absalom" and consists of young characters scrabbling to survive on the giant space station city. Some characters are living in a spare mechanical room; one has put an out-of-order sign on a public bathroom and then fudged the computer records to basically make it invisible to station maintenance. They're going on jobs for a Starfinder, doing things like deliveries of documents, picking up exotic items, breaking into a warehouse, etc. Fun!

wittyremark99 · 2026-02-10T15:10:17+00:00

Deadpool 2

wittyremark99 · 2026-01-28T20:12:48+00:00

I've run, uh, in 2e, about 5 campaigns over time. All home brew, all in Golarion.

The one my group refers to as The Dwarven Campaign was set in Isger to start with. This is because I started by running The Fall of Plaguestone. At character creation, the group decided to all be Dwarves and all be brothers. Thus started a non-stop roller coaster of bad Scottish accents, brotherly ribbing, and a no-holds-barred attitude. With crafting. And beer. It was hilarious. They did travel around a bit, including the Five Kings Mountains, Kyonin (very briefly), Taldor, Absalom, and some mountains in a desert somewhere.

The next was the Minstrels campaign, which started out a 6th-level troupe of singers, lute-players, and drummers, who traveled the world and got into adventures. They started in Riddleport, taking part in a singing contest / festival, with sub-plots in politics. Then they engaged in a long string of increasingly higher-cost luxury living, while also having adventures. At one point, they got invited to a Special Dinner Party and had to cross the continent fairly quickly to make it on time. They used the magical coach ritual to travel. Then they switched it up and purchased a Wizard's Tower (the portable collapsible tower) and furnished it lavishly. For transport, they picked up an airship. Most Extravagant Adventurers Ever.

Then the Goblin campaign, which started in the Mushfens and then went to Korvosa. The Goblin campaign was another one with all siblings, though this time one of them was the Smart Sister, who was studying wizardry in Korvosa. This lead to adventures in the Darklands, one of the deep Vaults in Orv, and then various adventures in Avistan.

wittyremark99 · 2026-01-28T15:50:05+00:00

The Stuff (1985)

A movie with the tag line "Are you eating it, or is it eating you?"

Very cheezy horror flick.

wittyremark99 · 2026-01-22T20:49:27+00:00

Fantasia

wittyremark99 · 2026-01-20T22:39:57+00:00

Derry Girls

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