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my sacrilege...
But, with only the Old Testament covered, it leaves us with a burning question - what are Jesus' stats? Could Jesus take on a mature adult red dragon single-handedly, or would he need the apostles to back him up with some buffing, healing and ranged attacks? How much is Judas' backstab bonus? What level campaign are the Gospels? Naturally, I've thought about this quite a bit.
The first conclusion many people will jump to is that Jesus was a high-level character. But this conclusion doesn't stick with me. While healing the sick and creating food are excellent abilities, they're not that high in spell level. Remove disease and create food and water are 3rd level cleric spells. Sure, raise dead is a 5th level spell, but Jesus only raised the dead once or twice, leading me to believe he cast the spell from a scroll. Let's face it, Jesus was all about talk and not about casting high-level spells or winning folks over with combat. His specialty was actually the Diplomacy ability. As a half-celestial, Jesus had a +4 Charisma, and I'll bet he maxed that stat, meaning he ended up with a 22 Charisma at 1st level. (In my divine order, God uses the point-by system, meaning Jesus can min-max his stats.) This alone gives Jesus a +6 bonus to Diplomacy. Now, on a good day, Jesus could sway an "Unfriendly" NPC to "Friendly", which is a DC 25 Diplomacy check. Now, we'll define a "good day" as a roll of 15 on the old twenty-sided die. That roll, plus his +6 bonus from Charisma gives him a total of 21. He only needs 4 ranks of Diplomacy to make that up. If we consider Jesus a 5th level cleric, he could have 8 ranks of Diplomacy, giving him a +14 to his roll for Diplomacy checks.
Now, I bet you're asking why I peg Jesus so low on the level chart. "Surely, Chuck must have something against Jesus." I promise you, it's nothing like that. But God gifted Jesus with some powers, and I think Jesus tried to use them as best he could to help save the world. But you'll note that Jesus never used flame strike or greater planar ally in the New Testament. Imagine, if you will, Jesus confronting King Herod with a well-placed pillar of holy flame, damage being half-fire, half-divine. Being a King, Herod was obviously a high-level fighter who had retired, so he would have survived, but it would have given him something to think about. The New Testament is a low-magic world - that kind of magical effect, you can really impress a simple fighter. Besides, with his half-celestial template and 5 levels of cleric, Jesus is an ECL 9 character - not too shabby, overall. If it makes you feel more comfortable for the son of God to be a higher-level character, give him a few levels of bard or rogue, to buff up the Diplomacy and other Charisma skills. I'm convinced that when Jesus said, "God, why have you forsaken me?" he was really implying, "DM, why can't I have some more levels, dude?"
In my opinion, the New Testament is a low-level campaign designed for those who are strongly interested in roleplaying and character development. The adventure has a very tragic ending that could be very exciting for folks who are interested in that kind of thing, but hack-and-slash players will find the Old Testament to be a lot more interesting.
- from evil ninja
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weird things...
i find some weird stuff when im browsing the internet. check this out:
http://www.hugi.is/hahradi/bigboxes.php?box_id=51208&f_id=681
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cant wait til summer...
the long awaited sequel to the popular ffvii video game, advent children, is to come out in summer of 2004. the trailer (which you can download to see for yourself) looks to be an excellent movie, reminiscent of the last final fantasy movie. here are a few pics for you to enjoy, assuming that you are actually in to these cg movies and such.
other:
poster image
download trailer (for windows users, right click and go to "save target as...")
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one song...
today is gonna be a weird kinda day, weird schedule, and some other stuffs. well, for all those in on that damned pool, the winner is feb 24.
find / glory /in a song that rings true / truth like a blazing fire / an eternal flame / find / one song / a song about love / glory / from the soul of a young man / a young man / find / the one song / before the virus takes hold / glory / like a sunset / one song / to redeem this empty life / time flies / and then - no need to endure anymore / time dies
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porkenblog...
for those of you interested, i made a desktop wallpaper. i think im getting good enough with adobe photoshop that i will take requests, provided its a resonable request, and preferably video game related, cuz im good and knowledgeable with those. away from the shameless plug, heres a link to the desktop wallpapers, conveniently separated into (600x800) format and (768x1024) format, for those of you with different size monitors. im just too nice...
today was an interesting day. for those of you who arent in the know (not like theres any of you left, i find everything out last), laylas b/f broke up with her, which makes me sad, because they were cute together. however, she is taking out her frustration on me... well, she says that its not just me, but it seemed to be just me.
my academic stats:
GPA: 3.8010
RANK: 65 (out of 500+)
top 12%
damn my luck. you have to be in the top 5% to get the palmetto fellowes scholarship. oh well, i can still get the life or the hope. whatever...
today was a crappy day, all in all. everyone was either having a bad day themselves, bugging me, worrying me, or pissing me off. its like today was designed to destroy every inkling of happiness in existance. like in child lit today, after book talks, we are supposed to have a discussion, and if the class isnt playing along, ms dowd will help us along. but when i went up to do my discussion, she just let me sit there and look like an idiot...
of course, second period was fun. our sub was telling us about the appropriateness of "inside voices." everyone was giggling. ill admit it, even i was caught giggling. i mean, laughing, cuz i dont giggle ^.-
ms cone is a bitch
the gospel choir is doing a production entitled "if the preacher aint right" this weekend, and they used on of our giant flats for a backdrop for their show. only problem is they painted over our guys and dolls scene with a boring rendition of jesus... and hes a brotha. now, dont get me wrong, i know that jesus was ethnic. everyone in that area at that time was. but he was by no stretch of the imagination full-on black (nor was he white). it was just amusing to take in when you are so used to walking past a giant city skyline as you walk across the stage.
i cant wait til next years production. im finally up for a lead, and i fully intend on getting one.
im bored now, so im gonna go hit www.newgrounds.com and see if i can find something fun to watch.
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camelot: sat, feb 20, 2004...
good photos:
- summerville stage
- arthur and gwenevere (savanna d'amico)
- c'est moi - lancelot du lac
- the camelot chorus
- my lizzyness and my stephie
- gwenevere between the two she loves
- arthur, pellinore (john melfi), and lancelot
- swordplay in the barracks
- an affirmation of love
- cavorting with the enemy
- fie on goodness - scotland
- fie on goodness - mordred (cody smith)
- kyle (fie on goodness)
- gwenevere - stage left
- gwenevere - stage right
- i loved you once in silence
- sneaking around the castle
- king arthur (sagan harris), defeated
- arthur and "sir" tom of warwick
- the joust
- proclimation
- anyone got some rope (just kidding ^.^)
- fie on goodness - kyle looks drunk
- lancelot (kyle gilstrap) of the joyous gard
- arthur and mordred
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get fuzzy...
ok, so tonight, i am taking in a show; i get to go to summerville high school (alone) to see camelot (im gonna take/post pictures here either late-nite tonite or tomorrow). i already know the show is gonna be good. wait, i should call kyle to see if im even allowed to take pictures. ill check...
*calls kyle's cell*
...ok, im going to take some good pics. i absolutely cannot wait to see kyle, lizzy, and stephie up on stage. and i wanna see kyle's knight garb. but no hanging out afterwards, nor on sunday, so i prolly wont go to the sunday show. whatever the case, i gotta go to dinner first, so im out.
later...
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thinkkaman...
ok, i think im gonna pull a linzy. linzy, inspired by geoffs acknowledgement for the little things, created a list of things she is thankful for from her LJ friends. well, i dont have an LJ, so im gonna just go thru all the friends i can think of, or until my hands get tired.
well, here i go...
- kim - thank you for just accepting me, and not trying to make me into what you want me to be as a boyfriend. thank you for just letting me find that niche myself. thank you for just being yourself, instead of trying to please people; there arent enough people in the world who realize that if you live life pleasing others, youll never find true happiness. and furthermore, just thank you... *muah*
- kristen - thank you for always listening to my problems. thank you for always being there for me, as a sister, as a friend, and as someone who cared. thank you for never being blindly optimistic, and for having a smile on your face, even when life wasnt going your way.
- lizzy - thank you for always knowing how to make me laugh. thank you for always keeping my best intrests at heart. thank you for always knowing whats best for me, even if i dont. thank you for not being afraid to tell me that im an idiot, especially when it was true. thank you for just being my friend, even when i was a jerk to you.
- kyle - thank you for never being selfish, even when i was. thank for always putting up with me. thank you for always knowing how to make a good joke better. you never fail to make me laugh, and i will always appreciate that. thank you for being my first true friend at dock street; if i hadnt met you, i might not have met anyone, really.
- geoff - thank you for always being willing to help, even when there is nothing in it for you. thank you for always knowing how to laugh at the world, even if no one else is laughing. thank you for always doing whats right, even if you are doing it alone. and thank you for not changing who you are, just because you take crap from certain nameless people. thank you for never forgetting that there is always time for friends.
- joey - thank you for making me into what i am today, even if your methods were a little unorthodox. thank you for teaching me the values of brotherhood, and thank you for introducing me to the brothers i now have come to love like family. thank you for teaching me to pick my battles, even if you didnt pick all the right ones yourself.
- stephie - thank you for teaching me about the VV club. thank you for being willing to talk to me, even though you hardly know/knew me.
- linzy h - thank you for always giving me the advice i really needed, even if i didnt take it. thank you for being my older sister, and thank you for always giving me your honest opinion, even if it was possibly painful. thank you for never trying to impress everyone, and thank you for standing up for your opinion, even if you got called a b**** for it.
- linzy l - thank you for always being the voice of reason. thank you for inspiring this rant. thank you for always being willing to listen to me, and willing to talk me thru each issue that i had. thank you for making gem happy.
- amanda c - in a literal sense, thank you for being the sister i never really had. thank you for introducing me to things i would have never experienced otherwise. thank you for never sacrificing your past for the sake of the future, and thank you for being yourself, even if thats not what people wanted from you.
byes...
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a few links...
to everyone in my english class, the following might come in useful:
sparknotes.com: A Farewell To Arms
this weeks vocab information
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"the bill of no rights"
(a la mitchell kaye)
we, the sensible people of the united states, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid any more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt-ridden, delusional and other liberal bedwetters. we hold these truths to be self-evident: that a whole lot of people were confused by the bill of rights and are so dim that they require a bill of no rights.
ARTICLE I: you do not have the right to a new car, big screen tv or any other form of wealth. more power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.
ARTICLE II: you do not have the right to never be offended. this country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone - and not just you! you may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc., but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.
ARTICLE III: you do not have the right to be free from harm. if you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful. do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.
ARTICLE IV: you do not have the right to free food and housing. americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes.
ARTICLE V: you do not have the right to free health care. that would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in health care.
ARTICLE VI: you do not have the right to physically harm other people. if you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.
ARTICLE VII: you do not have the right to the possessions of others. if you rob, cheat or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big-screen color tv or a life of leisure.
ARTICLE VIII: you don't have the right to demand that our children risk their lives in foreign wars to soothe your aching conscience. we hate oppressive governments and won't lift a finger to stop you from going to fight if you'd like. however, we do not enjoy parenting the entire world and do not want to spend so much of our time battling each and every little tyrant with a military uniform and a funny hat.
ARTICLE IX: you don't have the right to a job. all of us sure want all of you to have one, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful.
ARTICLE X: you do not have the right to happiness. being an american means that you have the right to pursue happiness - which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an overabundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the bill of rights.
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x plus the square root of 2, x minus the square root of 2...
i just had to rub that in for kim.
i am content. no. more than content.
i finally took erik's advice and switched to haloscan, and i must admit, the services are actually quite nice. took me very little time to set the whole thing up. actually, i got it all up and running in under two minutes. unfortunately, all my old posts are gone. that means if you ever left a comment on my site, it is now gone, and i expect there to be more now, so people... get to typin'
im sad about valentines day. i wanted to take kim out for a nice dinner, but she has all-region band concert on saturday afternoon, and then shes sticking around til 6, so she wont be home til like 8:30. no fancy valentines day dinner. no sweet surprises waiting for her when she gets home. nothing.
of course... i probably will be taking her to dinner on sunday. i just really wanted to do it on valentines. i think its much better then. a romantic kinda thing. somehow i feel ive lost my romantic touch tho. i wanted to do something sweet. mom (ms. batts) recommended that i go buy some flower petals from the florist and put them in her room. now i will emphasize this, because this is important: i do not need a count of B and E on my criminal record. so that idea, however sweet, is not going to happen. i still have a little time to think of something, but its not likely.
kim is at all-region right now and im in a romantic mood now. that sucks. for the first time in three months, ive regained my romantisism, and kims gone. just great.
byes.
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last time i write this damn post...
ok. so there are only this will be my next to last post, until i can prove to my parents that i can get all b's on my progress report/report card. that wont be too hard, but i need to finish this damn essay still. so now that im writing this post for the third time, it seems to be my personal goal to get the whole damn thing published.
ok. pretty normal day. woke up early. went to church with my grandparents and parents. i keep falling asleep in church, but thats because my church is so boring. but its cool. we went to lunch afterwards at some place down by my church. the food sucked. and by sucked, i mean sucked. but thats cool. its nice to spend time with family. i did.
then i came home, and there was a message on the answering machine. now thats not that odd, for me to get a message, but all of my friends love to hang up on the answering machine. but this was different. there was a voice. kim inviting me to go to the movies. now this was great. cuz first off, its kim. and second off, its getting me out of the house. thats awesome. anyways, they sprung me, and we left.
so kim came to pick me up, and we went off to the church. by "we" i mean kim, me, lanie, and lainey (dont get confused: lanie = kims sister, lainey = new person). we got to the church, and i decided to scare davis some. then we followed lindsay to the movies. well, actually, lindsay has no clue how to get to places, so we only followed her about halfway before we took interstate. we got there about six minutes before her. *minor victory*
well. we watched LOTR3. kim and i sat together, and by "sat together", assume im using the dramatic quotation fingers and such. i mean, nothing happened, because lanie was sitting opposite of me, but it was still nice to sit with her for 3.20 hrs (^.^ im a pathetic loser). when christina and lindsay went off to the bathroom or something, davis and i had a lil chat. in short, i told him that if anything did happen between them, that he would treat her with respect and kindness, because shes my sister, and i will protect her at all costs.
i got no problem goin back to prison
so we took lainey home, and we were gonna go back to kims house where there were going to be people waiting for us, but since everyone flaked, we elected to go back to my house and watch some movies. we watched "oh brother where art thou?" and some episodes of aqua teen hunger force. i think kim likes that show now.
no. dont do it. thats exactly what he wants. so lets do the opposite. prepare to be immortal!
it was great just sitting there on the futon watching movies with her. ^.^
and then, on to tonight...
skipping the boring part where i did my double-entry journals...
i went to kims house with mark. he is such a loser. i mean, i am too, but he is definately close, if not as much of a loser as i am. and thats hard. we all watched hebrew hammer at kims, and i sat with kim again (^.^). nothing happened of course, cuz whitney was on the other side (i hate people). not that anything would have happened with david and mark right there.
oh well... thats all...
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mission accomplished...
well, what can i say. i stand before you a changed man. ummm... *stands* now i stand before you a changed man. thats better.
lets start from the beginning, and get to the greatest ending...
so i got up. fed the dogs across the street at mr steves. came home. went over to johns. we talked about me wanting to borrow the silvia. then john and i watched volcano high and played dothack infection. that was cool. sweet game.
came home. pretended to do my reading. then we went to dinner at logans. logans has good food, and actually a pleasant atmosphere (for a steakhouse). the peanut-shells-on-the-floor thing have never done it for me, tho. on the radio was some good music. and i know more old music trivia than dad. he didnt remember who did the song "come on eileen" and i did. it was dexy's midnight runners. i think dad was surprised that i knew that. but then again, i love that song... or at least the end of it.
the i went to go see "school of rock" with dave, nick, kim, and allison. that was a really funny. then nick and dave went home, kim took allison home, and kim and i went to christina's to hang out for a few minutes. i met davis (i think i scared him ^.^) (lindsay needs to make up her mind, already)
then kim took me home. and to skip an awkward recount of events, im no longer single, which is good for me, cuz ive been wanting to go out with kim for a while now. finally...
but that was my climactic finish.
night...
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emotions...
| ^.^
happy face -.- bored/sad face >.< frustrated/angry face | o.o o.0
amazed/surprised face(s) *.* confused/daydreaming face ^.- winking face |
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happy new years...
so i failed my goal. i couldnt. but the party was nice. beat up dave *evil stare*, and i watched fireworks in peace. saw the ball drop while sitting in kims lap, tim tried to feel my ass, swung on the swings with tim, tickled kim on the floor ^.^, listened to breakfast at tiffanys, slow danced with nick (at least theres one decent royce left).
went to the mall, and got a new car. im happy about that. its the MACH5 (i was in a speed racer mood).
OMG. they just quoted an entire line from pulp fiction on adult swim. it was so cool. "i dont feel like doing 'quentin tarantino' theatre anymore". lol. that was the best. click right here to go to the pulp fiction script, as written by a fan on geocities.
"ok, yeah its gonna hurt. im not gonna lie to you. the initial blow will hurt like you wont frickin' believe..."
didnt do any of my reading today. at all. i finished my books. need to get all those double entry journal thingys from kim. maybe she can come over and watch those movies, give me the double entry journals, and give me a chance to complete my mission. ^.^
this is a good end to a good night. feliz año nuevo...
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i have no problem going back to prison...
so today was uneventful, like all my other days. im wrapping up "billy budd" finally, so i can put aside all of this foolish english stuff. itll be much better once i can get this all out of the way. the story sucks, no thanks to one herman melville. he cant seem to write more than one page before he tries to lose my intrest. jerk.
joey came over. beat him in THUG. he got me back in SSBM tho. i deserved it. the THUG was fun tho. ive never been challenged that much.
im a poor speller...
dinner was nice. taco salad. mmm. taco salad. mom hogged all the guacamole tho. glutton.
moms finally starting to get into her new job. i think she might start liking it. i think she has issues with just enjoying what shes doing, but i can understand how hard it is to acclimate to new surroundings. especially with her having been laid off for four months. i just hope she cheers up. she rarely seems genuinely happy anymore.
still looking forward to the new years party. the surprise might be more difficult with my stalker there, but ill will go thru with it anyways. im tired of being so timid. ive just decided. my new years resolution is to be more assertive and commanding of my surroundings, and stop letting life happen to me.
i think im gonna watch a movie. maybe ill watch some ATHF now. who knows.
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today 4 u...
so today was slow. not like "its taking forever for night to come", more like "it feels like its been an hour since the second hand last moved". and i got up at 1. and my day is still slow. its gay...
did my reading... some of it. im not sure. do i have to read all those stories, or JUST "billy budd". i hope i dont have to read them all. that would suck. the book is really long. the crucible was good tho. surprisingly. i was shocked that the book ended in its climax.
i have a surprise planned for the night of the 31st. its going to be Y2K+4. i am definately looking forward to nicks new years party. definately gonna be a night to remember. (yay for finally getting my act together.)
ive done some thinking too, and i think i have come to a decision (i can play that game too kim. you wanna write vaguely, i can too).
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firesign...
dogs flew spaceships
aztecs invented the vacation...
men and women are the same sex
our forefathers took drugs
your brain is not the boss...
everything you know is wrong!
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profound revelations...
went to johns early to get the cd of firesign theatre. i love firesign theatre. go here.
a childs garden of grass
a true classic about possession, use of, and care for weed. really is quite funny. maybe you all should listen to it sometime. i dunno. up to you. you can probably get it off of kazaa. i didnt, but i bet mr john did. not that hard to get stuff that obscure off of kazaa. another good one to download might be "the adventures of nick danger". great stuff.
we went to best buy today. i bought THUG. im gonna go play it in a few minutes. great game. place was packed. i still need to return "viewtiful joe".
kim picked me up to go to outback, but the wait was too long, so we went to ruby tuesdays. it was great, and then afterwards we bothered amanda. nick, david, and i went to the arcade, and the girls went somewhere. i played one game of initial d. we left and went to see peter pan. great movie, but that kid has alot of pent up sexual tension. well, after "exploding", not too much tension anymore.
kim took me home...
then nick and i talked. and talked. about his transgressions, and about my teenage-life-crisis. god only knows where im going with all this. i feel like im going in circles. spinning me in circles. and... something about the ages. (if you didnt get that, its from a song called "circles" on homestarrunner.com). i dont know what to do. i feel like im stuck. cant go back now, but theres not too much reason to stay. im in a losing spiral.
and i have yet another "person" to add to my list... (the previous paragraph and the current have nothing to do with each other, just a forewarning.) i was surprised to find out who, but its not like it changes anything.
today was just an all around great birthday. im just glad i have friends who love me. even if im not successful with females, i have friends, and thats more important to me than anything else...
nite all... (hasta mañana, mi amor)
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