Stop the presses! This is out now?! I've very much been looking forward to this. I've been playing the hell out of torchlight, and loving it, but Torchlight is going to have to take a backseat for this one!
As far as rice goes: I'm with Kank. I have to have some sort of carb product. I love rice, and I would say I eat it 3-4 times a week. However, as far as America goes, we don't really have a single product like rice is for you. Bread would have to be the closest; I would hazard a guess that many Americans eat a bread product, of some variaty, every day.
As far as how I prepair rice... I go both ways. When I'm making curries or stir fries, I steam the rice seperately (like I did tonight). However, there are many dishes that I cook with the rice.
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As far as my D&D campaign goes....
Everything is slowly coming together. I've largely based the early game on my players backstories.
Ones concept is a lawful good fighter who is unknowingly under an evil lord.
One is a mage of a noble house.
One is a warden who is in charge of the Kings forest.
The fourth is undecided, but he may be playing a slightly villanous court jester.
(and yes, I'll be supplying a healer, of some sort, as an NPC)
So, I've decided to set it in a Barony, which I'm going to be creating. The Barron is a distant relative of the mage, and he also is secretly the evil lord that the lawful good fighter is working for. I'm also setting the Barony on the edges of the Kings forest.
I need to think of a good intro plot. I know I want something thick with combat at the very begining though, just to kindof forge a bond between the characters. It's really usefull that they are all essentially working for the same man. However, I'm not sure how to handle the warden. His background story is tied into working for the king, but I don't want the game to go into the capitol city yet. I guess I could say that, since the Barony is the closest noble house to the kings forest, that it's the primary place the warden reports to.
Still though, I'm struggling with the intro plot. Bandits attacking? A dungeon crawl?
Stop the presses! This is out now?! I've very much been looking forward to this. I've been playing the hell out of torchlight, and loving it, but Torchlight is going to have to take a backseat for this one!
As far as rice goes: I'm with Kank. I have to have some sort of carb product. I love rice, and I would say I eat it 3-4 times a week. However, as far as America goes, we don't really have a single product like rice is for you. Bread would have to be the closest; I would hazard a guess that many Americans eat a bread product, of some variaty, every day.
As far as how I prepair rice... I go both ways. When I'm making curries or stir fries, I steam the rice seperately (like I did tonight). However, there are many dishes that I cook with the rice.
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As far as my D&D campaign goes....
Everything is slowly coming together. I've largely based the early game on my players backstories.
Ones concept is a lawful good fighter who is unknowingly under an evil lord.
One is a mage of a noble house.
One is a warden who is in charge of the Kings forest.
The fourth is undecided, but he may be playing a slightly villanous court jester.
(and yes, I'll be supplying a healer, of some sort, as an NPC)
So, I've decided to set it in a Barony, which I'm going to be creating. The Barron is a distant relative of the mage, and he also is secretly the evil lord that the lawful good fighter is working for. I'm also setting the Barony on the edges of the Kings forest.
I need to think of a good intro plot. I know I want something thick with combat at the very begining though, just to kindof forge a bond between the characters. It's really usefull that they are all essentially working for the same man. However, I'm not sure how to handle the warden. His background story is tied into working for the king, but I don't want the game to go into the capitol city yet. I guess I could say that, since the Barony is the closest noble house to the kings forest, that it's the primary place the warden reports to.
Still though, I'm struggling with the intro plot. Bandits attacking? A dungeon crawl?
I just started the Dragon Age: Origins (it streeted yesterday) campaign with a burly female dwarf warrior! (Call me weird, I prefer playing female characters in video games. Hopefully some female on female romance plotlines are available! :unibrow:)
I finished Ratchet & Clank last night, but I'll likely play it again on Challenge mode before I dive fully into DA-O.
Here's a novel approach to your bandit/crawl dilemma. Have a series of bandits/brigands lay terror to people of the area via a group of old tunnels/catacombs that run under the Barony. The PCs have to find the secret tunnel system that leads into a dungeon crawl. That way you can have both!
Golly, here in the Philippines everybody has to have rice. People would panic without it.
So, y'all excited for L4D2? I know I am. *giddy*
L4D2...is that Left 4 Dead 2?
The people around here are all salivating for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. I've never been big on first person shooters, or I'd likely be interested as well.
I never got that into the first Modern Warfare, but I'll probably end up playing it since literally every other gamer I know is crazy about it.
Dragon Age is definitely gonna have to take a backseat to Gay Tony. I haven't played Lost and the Damned yet, so I just picked up LC Stories today, I am very excited about it.
L4D2 will be amazing, but I hate all the character models in the game. None of them really look like they'd survive a zombie attack, especially the fatty coach. I guess I'll have to play as infected more so I can kill those stupid pricks off!
I'm not big on the GTA series, or I'd likely be interested in Liberty City Stories too. The closest (and closest is a stretch here) that I liked was Infamous. That was a decent game. I didn't love it per se, but I definitely enjoyed playing it.
There's really no other games I'm interested in until next year hits and brings along Mass Effect 2, BioShock 2, and God of War III. Until then, I've got a good 100+ hours worth of games to play with what I've got over just the last couple of weeks. That should hold me.
I just started the Dragon Age: Origins (it streeted yesterday) campaign with a burly female dwarf warrior! (Call me weird, I prefer playing female characters in video games. Hopefully some female on female romance plotlines are available! :unibrow:)
Here's a novel approach to your bandit/crawl dilemma. Have a series of bandits/brigands lay terror to people of the area via a group of old tunnels/catacombs that run under the Barony. The PCs have to find the secret tunnel system that leads into a dungeon crawl. That way you can have both!
I just picked up Dragon Age: Origins. I'm downloading my bonus content (the free golem character), right now. I'm probably making a female elven mage as my first character. Nothing wrong with eye candy! And, from what I hear, the romance plotlines are very robust in this game.
The idea about the bandit/crawl is good! One of my players wrote about a big undead attack ten years ago, so I may be able to tap into that as well.
I'm a real noob gm, so I'm trying to look at all the angles.
Oh! I also picked up the Garuk/Lilliana duel decks. I couldn't resist the alternate art! But man, Dragon Age, Torchlight and Magic... It's been an expensive week for entertainment!
Fortunately, I made some good football bets last week.
I've never played left for dead before. Never been one for first person shooters really. I played the originals back in the day though. Duke Nukem and Doom! hehe.
L4D2 will be amazing, but I hate all the character models in the game. None of them really look like they'd survive a zombie attack, especially the fatty coach. I guess I'll have to play as infected more so I can kill those stupid pricks off!
Haha! That's Hilarious.
Well, Not everyone here likes Left 4 Dead. Everyone here plays Defense of the Ancients, or DOTA for short. You won't get through a day without hearing a thing about it. -.-
The last FPS I played was .kkreiger; it's amazing what can fit into 96KB. A little buggy, permanent beta status, nothing to compare to a "real" FPS in terms of content, but it's still awesome.
Just got back from another dinner at Albona. Woke up today thinking I really wanted to get a nice dessert and invited a friend, but then we were both hungry so we just went for a full meal. Risotto with prosciutto and saffron to share (lovely, they don't hold back on either of those expensive ingredients), then he had a halibut special with a lemon sauce and some vegetables, and I had an Adriatic fish stew with grilled polenta. He very much enjoyed the halibut, and the fish stew is one of their signature courses for a reason. I think I'd return to the braised rabbit on my next visit, but it's still quite good.
For dessert, he had cinnamon apple strudel a la mode that he very much enjoyed, and I had the very mildly flavored espresso gelato mousse with brandied Maraska cherries. Those cherries are just incredible, and were the entire reason we went in the first place. Maraschino cherries have fallen so far from the original, it's even worse than so-called chocolate. Brandy made from the same variety of cherries to be stored in it has become this... disgusting mess that serves to destroy what flavor existed instead of heighten it.
Edit - Started in on a Rogue Trader campaign, which ought to be very interesting. I'm playing an astropath transcendant, and as they're supposed to be rather deranged, I'm copying the mannerisms of Torgo from Manos: The Hands of Fate. Also, the GM is the gluten-intolerant friend I mentioned the other day, so to accompany the cupcakes that follow me everywhere, I got the stuff to make hot chocolate. Oh man! That was a major success that completely overshadowed the cupcakes. I'd only made the recipe once before, and it's rather simple: 3 cups milk, 2.5 cups water, 10.5oz chocolate - heat the milk and water to a near simmer, add the chopped chocolate, keep over low heat and stir until the chocolate has melted in. Pulse in a blender to froth (I frothed each individually due to the size of the blender). The last time I reduced the recipe to make two servings (that makes six; I did it for five) and it works much better in this larger quantity. And ohhh so good. I'll never use a powder to make hot chocolate again.
Oo! That hot chocolate does sound good. When I do it like that, I usually add a bit of cinnamon to enhance the aroma.
Also, what the hell is an astropath transcendant? You'll have to forgive me, as I don't usually play the newer gaming systems.
I've been playing the hell out of Dragon Age.. and I think I may be in love. However, I believe I may need to spice our relationship up a bit more with some "devices". Yup, you guessed it: I need a new video card.
I've been playing my mage mostly, a female elf. I'm shocked that the game manages to be honestly challenging, without being ridiculous.
I'm at eighth level now... I have been going with Alistar, Morrigan and the hot french rogue with the red hair :sneaky:. But I just picked up the spirit healer, and I really am impressed with how much better my party works. I replaced morrigan with the old healer woman, and my team is just kicking ass. I really would love to run with a three mage party, but I just can't stand to bench the crazy french redhead! Alister is just too necessary with so many squishies running about. And I do enjoy Alister in the party as well, he's actually quite funny at times.
My strategy, since picking up the spirit healer:
I lead off with a fireball, then have the healer cast earthquake, which kindof holds them in place, at the same time. Then, my mage casts inferno... It's a pretty nasty alpha strike, and if could work Morrigan in there, to cast blizzard, it would be just too badass.
However, while this strategy offers brilliant alpha strike damage, but my options when surrounded or ambushed are kindof limited.
Ah, Dragon Age: Origins is taking all my game time too.
I need to find a rogue, I do. I'm playing a dwarf warrior and only have Alistair and Morrigan. We're all level 8 and I just finished the Castle Redcliffe part. I still have no way to get into anything locked.
Oo! That hot chocolate does sound good. When I do it like that, I usually add a bit of cinnamon to enhance the aroma.
Were I to do that, I'd heat the milk and water, then put in some stick cinnamon and throw a lid on it, let it sit for 30-90 minutes, then take it out, reheat and proceed as normal. I was planning to do it with fresh mint leaves, but cinnamon's a good idea.
Also, what the hell is an astropath transcendant? You'll have to forgive me, as I don't usually play the newer gaming systems.
Rogue Trader's a new RPG in the Warhammer 40k universe. You're pirates in the old world sense, people allowed to perform normally illegal things in the name of the Imperium - provided that you're furthering the goals of the same (subjugating planets, increasing wealth, spreading the faith...). It's also been called "Scrooge McDuck in space" as the whole idea is to become even more ludicrously wealthy than you already are.
So the astropath transcendant is the comms man, a very powerful psyker who underwent a long, long line of religious rites, including looking at the soul of the Emperor and having your eyes burned out as a result (but you can still see). This all lets you maintain communication with the Imperial realm while you're out in wild space, and you can also keep communications between people open, probe things, or start doing magic stuffs. Of course, any of this is playing with fire - demons in The Warp are attracted to psychic usage - so everyone is afraid of you. The combination of contact with The Warp and all those rites leaves them... somewhat unhinged.
My group's rogue trader (the class, basically the captain) is highly addicted to Dragon Age. He disappeared for a good twenty minutes as we were settling into his house for the game; we're half sure he was playing during that time.
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My anecdotal evidence disagrees with yours! EXPLAIN THAT!
Well, we're all on this website because we share an affection for fantasy + strategy + RPG action, right?
I'd say it's a must have! I'm already 20 hours into it and have barely scratched the surface. I'm already contemplating whether on my next playthrough, I'd be a mage or a rogue.
I've recovered my cookie recipes! I'll probably celebrate with a batch of mustacciuoli napoletani - a hard little cookie flavored by: cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, pepper, orange zest, and a chocolate glaze painted on opposing sides. I made it in school and they're awesome.
This means I also have all thirteen of my biscotti recipes. So if you're interested in trying a different one, Shaharazad, I've got them.
And my candy recipes, including fudge!! Definitely having a good day just from that.
My lack of computer power has left me somewhat envious of all of you. I'll have to pick up Torchlight soon; that one'll run on this little guy. But I've been busy making characters for the various pen and paper games I'm in now. The astropath I mentioned, I just made a female heavy weapons and demolitions person for Shadowrun, and now I've got a monk/rogue going for a Pathfinder campaign that I need to figure some backstory for. And I'm supposed to be drawing up a campaign for other players to be clones in the Clone Wars.
But most of my time has been taken up by having picked up StarCraft: The Board Game last week. Fantasy Flight Games knows how to make complicated, long games with many, many pieces, and it's a lot of fun.
Edit: I made potato puree for my Rogue Trader group, and it was amazing. I'll be suggesting my folks let me make it for Thanksgiving. It could've used a little more cream, and I should've added a bit of water to help it be a little looser, but oh... it was so good. Every last little bit of it was taken up at the end, one plate actually licked clean. And the two chickens that went with it were nearly gone, too: two of the eight servings remained from five eaters. Those were successful such that a person who has never like chicken of itself was returning for seconds, and the host's cat stole a scrap of skin (the cat was then praised for its good taste). Fun times.
Tonight started cooking again. It was rather random but I had fun. I chopped up carrots, a tomato, potatoes and half an onion and threw it all in a pan with drumsticks seasoned with paprika, cumin and basil and chicken broth. It came out pretty good.
This means I also have all thirteen of my biscotti recipes. So if you're interested in trying a different one, Shaharazad, I've got them.
Hell yeah I want to try more!
I tend to favor the simple coffeehouse flavors. Chocolate and such (not dried fruits).
Sorry that I've been so inactive. Dragon Age is taking a lot of time, and I'm also working on setting up the Cormyr tabletop game. I've also been looking at a new guitar.
My plans have been congealing over the past few days. I wanted to make cinnamon creme anglaise (or ice cream) to go with pumpkin pie, and realized that the egg whites leftover would do well as meringue cookies - peppermint meringue cookies, to be precise. With hot chocolate! And I've gotten my folks on board for potato puree, and maybe some homemade creamed corn. And I've been signed on for yet more rolls. I think my dad's planning on barbecuing the turkey. There's to be my parents, my sister and I, and my brother's family - him, his wife, and his two daughters. Should be exciting.
Actually, I'd probably skip the whole thing and go out to eat, but... I don't know. I'd want to go with a small group of friends, but I suppose they're more loyal to their families.
A trip to Bouchon yesterday changed things up, though. I went with a friend for donuts and goods to take to our families: macaroons, tarts, croissants, peppermint patties, little cork-sized brownies, and oatmeal raisin cookies. The tarts were a mini pumpkin pie, which was very, very nice, and a mini huckleberry creme brulee pie that was incredible. Absolutely spectacular! Such that I had my folks taste some of it and we've ordered a full pie of it to be picked up Thursday morning, because oh my goodness. I tried to suggest it for the pumpkin pie as well, but they like mom's. To me, it's flawed on a number of levels, the worst of it being that it falls, creating this ugly brown ring over the pie along the crust, and it lacks a smooth, creamy texture, but that's what they want...
We're also getting their house stuffing mix. I grew tired of what was available at grocery stores, and scratch stuffing is apparently not an option. This should be a happy medium.
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My anecdotal evidence disagrees with yours! EXPLAIN THAT!
I'd love to get my hands on some of Bouchons stuff. I have wanted to try huckleberry pie all my life, but I can never find any! They don't grow in the south east, from what I understand.
Zith, you should get a job at Bouchons!
We did a big pot-luck Thanksgiving today at the Bar. I made my Broccoli casserolle, which was a big hit. It's good stuff, if I say so myself.
Zith... I need a recipe for some chocolate biscotti!!
We're going to my mom's this year. It's our job to to the potatoes, the green bean casserole, and possible a cake or so.
Last year we spent Thanksgiving at Disneyland, which I'm really glad we did.
Every year we alternate as to which family we spend Thanksgiving with.
BTW...I'm already on my seond playthrough of Dragon Age. Now I'm a male human rogue trying to romance Leliana and Morrigan!
Chocolate biscotti? I've got chocolate orange walnut and ginger chocolate, which seems like a small selection. Hm. I guess more of them are for things like cranberry pistachio. Well, which of the two would you like? I'd probably adapt the former if I were to make a chocolate only biscotti, though.
And I'd love to work at Bouchon. They were hiring a few months ago, but want people with over two years experience, and it should be specific to the kinds of things they do - cupcakes not included.
And Disneyland's an awesome place for Thanksgiving. Without having the data, I'd imagine it'd be a quiet day at the park, particularly at normal dinner hours, for the same reason Super Bowl Sunday is the slowest day of the year. I know the Disneyland Hotel had a very nice Thanksgiving banquet that I'd always wanted to attend. I wonder if the Napa Rose has taken that over...
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My anecdotal evidence disagrees with yours! EXPLAIN THAT!
Chocolate biscotti? I've got chocolate orange walnut and ginger chocolate, which seems like a small selection. Hm. I guess more of them are for things like cranberry pistachio. Well, which of the two would you like? I'd probably adapt the former if I were to make a chocolate only biscotti, though.
Oo, the chocolate orange walnut sounds like it would be awesome. I actually like the combo of orange and chocolate, so I'll try this one as is. But I'll also do a batch with some chocolate chunks replacing the orange.
I have been wanting to buy a new guitar amp, and I decided to go with a friend to the guitar shop on black friday... Little did I know.
I've never shopped on black friday, and I truly underestimated the chaos of it. It was hellish and the sad thing is that the guitar shop didn't have most of the things I was interested in testing.
Oh, I meant to say that as an alternative if you were wanting a chocolate-only biscotti, not as a general replacement.
I'm not really sure how much this is meant to make. My math suggests three large bars, but my mind suggests either two or four. In either case, the amounts are meant for a full sheet pan, 18x26 inches, so bear that in mind (I'd quarter it for home use). The recipe is from my more pragmatic instructor, which means a simpler recipe with terse instructions:
Doh! I somehow missed your post. Thank you, Zith! I'm going to try it soon.
I've been working on my MTGSalvation holiday card exchange. It's been... humbling. I know how to paint, but working on a tiny little card is so damned frustrating. I hope I get mine into Lesurgo in time. I'm going to have to use express mail, I suppose.
Stop the presses! This is out now?! I've very much been looking forward to this. I've been playing the hell out of torchlight, and loving it, but Torchlight is going to have to take a backseat for this one!
As far as rice goes: I'm with Kank. I have to have some sort of carb product. I love rice, and I would say I eat it 3-4 times a week. However, as far as America goes, we don't really have a single product like rice is for you. Bread would have to be the closest; I would hazard a guess that many Americans eat a bread product, of some variaty, every day.
As far as how I prepair rice... I go both ways. When I'm making curries or stir fries, I steam the rice seperately (like I did tonight). However, there are many dishes that I cook with the rice.
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As far as my D&D campaign goes....
Everything is slowly coming together. I've largely based the early game on my players backstories.
Ones concept is a lawful good fighter who is unknowingly under an evil lord.
One is a mage of a noble house.
One is a warden who is in charge of the Kings forest.
The fourth is undecided, but he may be playing a slightly villanous court jester.
(and yes, I'll be supplying a healer, of some sort, as an NPC)
So, I've decided to set it in a Barony, which I'm going to be creating. The Barron is a distant relative of the mage, and he also is secretly the evil lord that the lawful good fighter is working for. I'm also setting the Barony on the edges of the Kings forest.
I need to think of a good intro plot. I know I want something thick with combat at the very begining though, just to kindof forge a bond between the characters. It's really usefull that they are all essentially working for the same man. However, I'm not sure how to handle the warden. His background story is tied into working for the king, but I don't want the game to go into the capitol city yet. I guess I could say that, since the Barony is the closest noble house to the kings forest, that it's the primary place the warden reports to.
Still though, I'm struggling with the intro plot. Bandits attacking? A dungeon crawl?
So, y'all excited for L4D2? I know I am. *giddy*
My Sig's smile is better than yours.
I just started the Dragon Age: Origins (it streeted yesterday) campaign with a burly female dwarf warrior! (Call me weird, I prefer playing female characters in video games. Hopefully some female on female romance plotlines are available! :unibrow:)
I finished Ratchet & Clank last night, but I'll likely play it again on Challenge mode before I dive fully into DA-O.
Here's a novel approach to your bandit/crawl dilemma. Have a series of bandits/brigands lay terror to people of the area via a group of old tunnels/catacombs that run under the Barony. The PCs have to find the secret tunnel system that leads into a dungeon crawl. That way you can have both!
L4D2...is that Left 4 Dead 2?
The people around here are all salivating for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. I've never been big on first person shooters, or I'd likely be interested as well.
Dragon Age is definitely gonna have to take a backseat to Gay Tony. I haven't played Lost and the Damned yet, so I just picked up LC Stories today, I am very excited about it.
L4D2 will be amazing, but I hate all the character models in the game. None of them really look like they'd survive a zombie attack, especially the fatty coach. I guess I'll have to play as infected more so I can kill those stupid pricks off!
There's really no other games I'm interested in until next year hits and brings along Mass Effect 2, BioShock 2, and God of War III. Until then, I've got a good 100+ hours worth of games to play with what I've got over just the last couple of weeks. That should hold me.
I just picked up Dragon Age: Origins. I'm downloading my bonus content (the free golem character), right now. I'm probably making a female elven mage as my first character. Nothing wrong with eye candy! And, from what I hear, the romance plotlines are very robust in this game.
The idea about the bandit/crawl is good! One of my players wrote about a big undead attack ten years ago, so I may be able to tap into that as well.
I'm a real noob gm, so I'm trying to look at all the angles.
Oh! I also picked up the Garuk/Lilliana duel decks. I couldn't resist the alternate art! But man, Dragon Age, Torchlight and Magic... It's been an expensive week for entertainment!
Fortunately, I made some good football bets last week.
I've never played left for dead before. Never been one for first person shooters really. I played the originals back in the day though. Duke Nukem and Doom! hehe.
Haha! That's Hilarious.
Well, Not everyone here likes Left 4 Dead. Everyone here plays Defense of the Ancients, or DOTA for short. You won't get through a day without hearing a thing about it. -.-
SHRIMP FRIED RICE! SHRIMP FRIED RICE!
My Sig's smile is better than yours.
Just got back from another dinner at Albona. Woke up today thinking I really wanted to get a nice dessert and invited a friend, but then we were both hungry so we just went for a full meal. Risotto with prosciutto and saffron to share (lovely, they don't hold back on either of those expensive ingredients), then he had a halibut special with a lemon sauce and some vegetables, and I had an Adriatic fish stew with grilled polenta. He very much enjoyed the halibut, and the fish stew is one of their signature courses for a reason. I think I'd return to the braised rabbit on my next visit, but it's still quite good.
For dessert, he had cinnamon apple strudel a la mode that he very much enjoyed, and I had the very mildly flavored espresso gelato mousse with brandied Maraska cherries. Those cherries are just incredible, and were the entire reason we went in the first place. Maraschino cherries have fallen so far from the original, it's even worse than so-called chocolate. Brandy made from the same variety of cherries to be stored in it has become this... disgusting mess that serves to destroy what flavor existed instead of heighten it.
Edit - Started in on a Rogue Trader campaign, which ought to be very interesting. I'm playing an astropath transcendant, and as they're supposed to be rather deranged, I'm copying the mannerisms of Torgo from Manos: The Hands of Fate. Also, the GM is the gluten-intolerant friend I mentioned the other day, so to accompany the cupcakes that follow me everywhere, I got the stuff to make hot chocolate. Oh man! That was a major success that completely overshadowed the cupcakes. I'd only made the recipe once before, and it's rather simple: 3 cups milk, 2.5 cups water, 10.5oz chocolate - heat the milk and water to a near simmer, add the chopped chocolate, keep over low heat and stir until the chocolate has melted in. Pulse in a blender to froth (I frothed each individually due to the size of the blender). The last time I reduced the recipe to make two servings (that makes six; I did it for five) and it works much better in this larger quantity. And ohhh so good. I'll never use a powder to make hot chocolate again.
Also, what the hell is an astropath transcendant? You'll have to forgive me, as I don't usually play the newer gaming systems.
I've been playing the hell out of Dragon Age.. and I think I may be in love. However, I believe I may need to spice our relationship up a bit more with some "devices". Yup, you guessed it: I need a new video card.
I've been playing my mage mostly, a female elf. I'm shocked that the game manages to be honestly challenging, without being ridiculous.
My strategy, since picking up the spirit healer:
I lead off with a fireball, then have the healer cast earthquake, which kindof holds them in place, at the same time. Then, my mage casts inferno... It's a pretty nasty alpha strike, and if could work Morrigan in there, to cast blizzard, it would be just too badass.
However, while this strategy offers brilliant alpha strike damage, but my options when surrounded or ambushed are kindof limited.
I need to find a rogue, I do. I'm playing a dwarf warrior and only have Alistair and Morrigan. We're all level 8 and I just finished the Castle Redcliffe part. I still have no way to get into anything locked.
Rogue Trader's a new RPG in the Warhammer 40k universe. You're pirates in the old world sense, people allowed to perform normally illegal things in the name of the Imperium - provided that you're furthering the goals of the same (subjugating planets, increasing wealth, spreading the faith...). It's also been called "Scrooge McDuck in space" as the whole idea is to become even more ludicrously wealthy than you already are.
So the astropath transcendant is the comms man, a very powerful psyker who underwent a long, long line of religious rites, including looking at the soul of the Emperor and having your eyes burned out as a result (but you can still see). This all lets you maintain communication with the Imperial realm while you're out in wild space, and you can also keep communications between people open, probe things, or start doing magic stuffs. Of course, any of this is playing with fire - demons in The Warp are attracted to psychic usage - so everyone is afraid of you. The combination of contact with The Warp and all those rites leaves them... somewhat unhinged.
My group's rogue trader (the class, basically the captain) is highly addicted to Dragon Age. He disappeared for a good twenty minutes as we were settling into his house for the game; we're half sure he was playing during that time.
@shaharazad What's your vid card anyways?
My Sig's smile is better than yours.
Well, we're all on this website because we share an affection for fantasy + strategy + RPG action, right?
I'd say it's a must have! I'm already 20 hours into it and have barely scratched the surface. I'm already contemplating whether on my next playthrough, I'd be a mage or a rogue.
It's the best fantasy rpg of the decade.
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT, by the way. I'm fairly certain that a 9600 GT will be a nice upgrade without breaking the bank.
This means I also have all thirteen of my biscotti recipes. So if you're interested in trying a different one, Shaharazad, I've got them.
And my candy recipes, including fudge!! Definitely having a good day just from that.
My lack of computer power has left me somewhat envious of all of you. I'll have to pick up Torchlight soon; that one'll run on this little guy. But I've been busy making characters for the various pen and paper games I'm in now. The astropath I mentioned, I just made a female heavy weapons and demolitions person for Shadowrun, and now I've got a monk/rogue going for a Pathfinder campaign that I need to figure some backstory for. And I'm supposed to be drawing up a campaign for other players to be clones in the Clone Wars.
But most of my time has been taken up by having picked up StarCraft: The Board Game last week. Fantasy Flight Games knows how to make complicated, long games with many, many pieces, and it's a lot of fun.
Edit: I made potato puree for my Rogue Trader group, and it was amazing. I'll be suggesting my folks let me make it for Thanksgiving. It could've used a little more cream, and I should've added a bit of water to help it be a little looser, but oh... it was so good. Every last little bit of it was taken up at the end, one plate actually licked clean. And the two chickens that went with it were nearly gone, too: two of the eight servings remained from five eaters. Those were successful such that a person who has never like chicken of itself was returning for seconds, and the host's cat stole a scrap of skin (the cat was then praised for its good taste). Fun times.
Hell yeah I want to try more!
I tend to favor the simple coffeehouse flavors. Chocolate and such (not dried fruits).
Sorry that I've been so inactive. Dragon Age is taking a lot of time, and I'm also working on setting up the Cormyr tabletop game. I've also been looking at a new guitar.
Where do you think I've been? I'm around 55 hours into it and still have plenty left to do!
My plans have been congealing over the past few days. I wanted to make cinnamon creme anglaise (or ice cream) to go with pumpkin pie, and realized that the egg whites leftover would do well as meringue cookies - peppermint meringue cookies, to be precise. With hot chocolate! And I've gotten my folks on board for potato puree, and maybe some homemade creamed corn. And I've been signed on for yet more rolls. I think my dad's planning on barbecuing the turkey. There's to be my parents, my sister and I, and my brother's family - him, his wife, and his two daughters. Should be exciting.
Actually, I'd probably skip the whole thing and go out to eat, but... I don't know. I'd want to go with a small group of friends, but I suppose they're more loyal to their families.
A trip to Bouchon yesterday changed things up, though. I went with a friend for donuts and goods to take to our families: macaroons, tarts, croissants, peppermint patties, little cork-sized brownies, and oatmeal raisin cookies. The tarts were a mini pumpkin pie, which was very, very nice, and a mini huckleberry creme brulee pie that was incredible. Absolutely spectacular! Such that I had my folks taste some of it and we've ordered a full pie of it to be picked up Thursday morning, because oh my goodness. I tried to suggest it for the pumpkin pie as well, but they like mom's. To me, it's flawed on a number of levels, the worst of it being that it falls, creating this ugly brown ring over the pie along the crust, and it lacks a smooth, creamy texture, but that's what they want...
We're also getting their house stuffing mix. I grew tired of what was available at grocery stores, and scratch stuffing is apparently not an option. This should be a happy medium.
Zith, you should get a job at Bouchons!
We did a big pot-luck Thanksgiving today at the Bar. I made my Broccoli casserolle, which was a big hit. It's good stuff, if I say so myself.
Zith... I need a recipe for some chocolate biscotti!!
Last year we spent Thanksgiving at Disneyland, which I'm really glad we did.
Every year we alternate as to which family we spend Thanksgiving with.
BTW...I'm already on my seond playthrough of Dragon Age. Now I'm a male human rogue trying to romance Leliana and Morrigan!
And I'd love to work at Bouchon. They were hiring a few months ago, but want people with over two years experience, and it should be specific to the kinds of things they do - cupcakes not included.
And Disneyland's an awesome place for Thanksgiving. Without having the data, I'd imagine it'd be a quiet day at the park, particularly at normal dinner hours, for the same reason Super Bowl Sunday is the slowest day of the year. I know the Disneyland Hotel had a very nice Thanksgiving banquet that I'd always wanted to attend. I wonder if the Napa Rose has taken that over...
Oo, the chocolate orange walnut sounds like it would be awesome. I actually like the combo of orange and chocolate, so I'll try this one as is. But I'll also do a batch with some chocolate chunks replacing the orange.
I have been wanting to buy a new guitar amp, and I decided to go with a friend to the guitar shop on black friday... Little did I know.
I've never shopped on black friday, and I truly underestimated the chaos of it. It was hellish and the sad thing is that the guitar shop didn't have most of the things I was interested in testing.
I'm not really sure how much this is meant to make. My math suggests three large bars, but my mind suggests either two or four. In either case, the amounts are meant for a full sheet pan, 18x26 inches, so bear that in mind (I'd quarter it for home use). The recipe is from my more pragmatic instructor, which means a simpler recipe with terse instructions:
Chocolate Orange Walnut Biscotti
6oz semisweet chocolate, chopped
5.5oz butter (a stick is 4oz)
6 eggs
2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons grated orange zest (as from two oranges)
4 cups walnuts
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon, 1 teaspoon baking powder
Melt chocolate and butter together.
Beat eggs. Beat in sugar and orange zest. Stir in chocolate, then remaining ingredients.
Also, found another - "biscotti di prato" - which appears to be a simple vanilla-almond biscotti.
I've been working on my MTGSalvation holiday card exchange. It's been... humbling. I know how to paint, but working on a tiny little card is so damned frustrating. I hope I get mine into Lesurgo in time. I'm going to have to use express mail, I suppose.