D&D Night Round-Up

Friday night was a SUCCESS! Kinda! We didn't get in to the Planned Adventure Proper, but we did have a little mini-adventure that allowed all of us to kind of get in to the flow of combat. And despite a few grievous errors on my part as a DM that may have resulted in the untimely demise of the party (NO ONE SURVIVED), I now know what I did wrong and was able to make corrections that allowed me to successfully run another mini-adventure the next night for one of my nieces and my darling khristle.

So the things we all need to take away from that gaming session?

• KNOW THY CHARACTER. Know who thios character is, where they come from, what they can do and why/how they would do it. Know how and when to use all your daily, encounter and at-will powers. Know your weapons and your armor.
  
• MAKE SURE THAT THE DM KNOWS THY CHARACTER. I need to remember to take your character sheet from you before the game and make notes. Also, I need to ask you any questions that I have about your character up-front instead of waiting till it comes up in combat and we have to pause the game so we can all discuss it for 20 minutes.
  
• GET MORE DICE. I really, really need to invest in some more dice, or locate the rest of my dice here in the house.
  
• STICK TO ONE SOURCE. The information on the D&D Minis Cards can sometimes be WILDLY different than the information found in the Players Hand Book and/or Monster Manual. The cards made things nice and convenient, but they just don't have all the necessary information for a full-fledged game.
  
• REMEMBER GAME MECHANICS. One major and two minors. Healing Surge. Bloodied. Combat Advantage. These are things I NEED to think of and remember at all times.

Other than that, I loved the game and thank you all so much for having come! Also, thank you for not mentioning just how disgustingly filthy our kitchen was; I just didn't have time to clean it :(
( Recap of Al The Action behind The Cut )

Big Diff

One of the most stunning differences between Crystal and I is our morning behavior. I am productive up till Breakfast, at which time I eat and then want to relax. She is sluggish till Breakfast, after which she is immediately full of vim and vigor ready to plan and do and run and jump and clean and do everything.

Made my day

I knew of this song and have the MP3 of it... but I never dreamed that there was an actual video! Ladies and gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Nimoy with his International super-hit, "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins".

It's part "Wacky 70's kid Show", part "Laugh-In" and part "Jesus Christ Superstar".