Comments on: Epic Loot!

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:40:39 +0000

That’s a fun idea! I like that. And he sure does love the noodles when visiting the pool.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:16:01 +0000

For a lightsaber, go out and get a pool noodle (preferably green, red or blue) and cut off a 2′ length, then wrap one end in a 3″ swath of silver duct tape, then wrap the edges of that in black electrical tape to make the “handle”. You will end up with a “lightsaber” that is fun to fight with, but Alex won’t be able to really hurt anyone, even if he hits as hard as he can, and you can make as many as you want for under $10.

Red = the people who live (since Vader kills everyone else in the original 3 movies)
Green/Blue = the good guys

By: Mannyac

Mannyac — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:42:03 +0000

This happened to pop up on my homepage..I think it’s very appropriate to most of us. I know it is for me and BBB

Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I’ll have a long beard by the time I read them.
– Arnold Lobel

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:49:07 +0000

Yeah, it would be a Shaman, but the idea of doing the shape shifting thing with elements sounded really fun all of a sudden, like a natural fit.

By: ursiheil

ursiheil — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 04:40:19 +0000

That’s more a shaman’s gig really… but still a damn cool idea for an epic class.

I always view the shamans having power over the elements and Druids have the power over life and primal nature.

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:58:04 +0000

I’m looking back at what i just wrote and totally using that in my game world, I swear to god. Like, writing it in right now.

Elemental Druid… I’m freaking crazy, but I like it.

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:57:08 +0000

Destroyer Druids… part man, part animal, part machine.

You know, at some point you gotta ask yourself, how many parts do ya gotta go with? Why not an Elemental Druid? Part night elf, part living elemental. You got your Fire form for melee combat, your earth form for tanking, your water form for healing, your air form for ranged/flying….

By: ursiheil

ursiheil — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:07:07 +0000

Destroyer Druid… the new hero class in WoW? One that can transform into large mechanical devices of pure destruction?

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 02:26:46 +0000

Well, I think that there’s a UK version of Amazon, you might check there. Sof ar they’ve only released three of the “Ultimate” collections, one year per book, and then one hardcover that holds all three at once. Cassie tells me she found the three books for less all together than the one hardcover, so shopping around might help.

See, Christmas between Cassie and I is kind of a competition she always wins. We come up with lists, we each have exactly $100 for a budget, and we can’t go over buying for the other person.

So…. the more careful and frugal a shopper, the better the savings a person can get, the more value for the money… so the more presents that person can give.

This year, like so many others, the pile of what I came up with for a $100 was less than what Cassie came up with, so once again she has bragging rights in the real world to go along with her Auction House voodoo skills.

It’s funny… I grew up dirt poor, so spending $100 on a person for Christmas seems insane, even though we can afford it by saving up. At the same time, how far $100 goes in presents now compared to when I was growing up is ridiculous. It’s like, “Hey, here are a couple new video games, Merry Christmas.” A $100 bucks just isn’t as impressive as it feels like it ought to be. Especially when I think about how far that money would go on careful spending for food and clothing.

By: Elynea

Elynea — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 00:52:14 +0000

Over the years, I’ve used Christmas to introduce my young daughter to my idea of the classics: Tolkein, Douglas Adams, Bronte…a varied menu, but an interesting journey in lives and imaginings. She, now 17, has begun the tradition in reverse…I got a Stephen King, my favorite author, and two Sookie Stackhouse books (her idea of classics…lol). I must admit…I’m actually having a load of fun with Sookie Stackhouse. Of course, I space them out between my jinx feedings of Longstreet and Lee, Scottish historical, Warcraft lore and King.

Readers rock.

Merry Christmas.