Well,
my family vacation has come and gone... and word of advice, 8 days is a
bit too long to spend in Disney! (But that is a story for another
time). Despite the week long interruption, I still had a few things go
on in geek-land.
For
the plane ride out to Florida, I mentioned before that I picked up two
White Dwarf Magazines. I honestly expected to blow through both of them
on the trip out, and since I didn't want to lug around the big
Ultramarines Omnibus, I picked up the Age of Sigmar novel: War Storm.
That said, I didn't really need the new book, as I read the first WD
from cover-to-cover which lasted the whole flight out. I must say, I'm
pretty impressed with what GW did with the magazine as a whole, and will
definitely continue to keep picking them up. On the way back, I read
the 2nd one, again, cover-to-cover. So yeah, well worth it.
Now
that I'm back home, I've noticed my routine has still been a little bit
off, but may slowly be settling back down. I haven't been playing a
lot of video games like I regularly did before, though I did manage a
few games of Halo and Destiny. In Halo, I was obviously very rusty, and
it took me awhile to even get a positive KDR. (My aim was a bit all
over the place). Played a bit of Destiny as well, though again, I was
rusty as heck. We did a few Archon's forge runs and a played a few
rounds of crucible, in which I was struggling to get a positive KDR as
well. Really, it boils down to just one night of video games in the
last week, which has not been the norm for me.
Without
video games, I managed to finish up the Warriors of Ultramar, and am
taking a break from 3rd book in the Ultramarines Omnibus to read War
Storm, which I started over vacation. My wife and I have been watching
The Walking Dead on Netflix, and I also watched all of season 2 of Dark
Matter while I tried to get caught up on work. I must say, Season 2 of
Dark Matter was pretty good, and the show has really grown on me. (I
still view it as a poor man's Firefly substitute, but it's still
entertaining)
I
also played my first game of the Pathfinder RPG, and it was a lot of
fun! There were 6 players, plus the GM. It took me a bit to warm up,
having not played this type of RPG in close to 20 years, but everyone
really seemed to like my character. I was playing a bard, a displaced
noblemen, who's only goal is regain his estate and his status in
society. I mentioned before how his magic and skills all come from
tutors he'd had throughout his life. I meant for him to be a serious
character, but he ended up being more comical than intended. It started
when I used my bardic performance, the group says: "what's that? Play
an instrument, or sing a song?" I simply reply: "I'm not THAT type of
bard. As an aristocrat, I talk too much, tell stories about the
superiority of my house, etc. think more of a public speaker...
honestly, I'm probably scolding you guys, telling you how these
creatures are nothing compared to the denizens of Cheliax!" Then, when I
tried to heal our fighter, mentioning that I was tutored in the healing
arts one summer at my summer estate, and I rolled a 1.
(But hey, that
was enough to bring him to 0 wounds!). At one point, I ended up having
to fight off a bunch of rats, having bragged about my character's time
at the fencing academy, but it was anything but impressive! When I did
hit, which wasn't easy to do, I'd comically only roll a 1. At one
point, I was tanking two rats, and while they couldn't hit me, I
couldn't hit them either, it wasn't until the mage used a mate-hand
spell on a rat to generate attacks if opportunity, was I able to hit
them, again, rolling 1's each time. By the time the first combat was
over, I was fully comfortable and in character. Once it came to playing
out of combat, my character did a complete 180! The first out of
combat roll, the GM asks to make a perception check, and I roll a
natural 20! (+7). Then a diplomacy check sees me roll a total of 23,
then an appraise and knowledge check, both above 20. So yeah, as I had
hoped he'd be, he was not valuable IN combat, but was invaluable OUT of
combat! (Though, he needs to work a bit on his fencing!). If you are
curious to see how our games are going, the GM has put together a little
blog at pathfinderfun.blogspot.com, detailing our adventures.
So,
aside from Pathfinder, no other games have been played before or after
vacation. I did manage to finish painting up the slaughterpriest from
the White Dwarf magazine, as well as one of the reaper Pathfinder
models. I'm currently working on the final miniature I have to paint,
which shouldn't take me long to finish. (I noticed that I kind of rush
the reaper models a bit more than I would a GW model.). I'm not sure
what I'll paint afterwards. Part of me wants to collect the 15mm Halo
Ground Command, but I know I won't be able to find anyone willing to
play. Part of me also wants to start a 40k army, or even a kill team
one, thanks to the White Dwarf Magazines, but I'm not sure which one to
start: Eldar (my old love), Ultramarines, World Eaters, or the branches
of the Inquisition - Deathwatch, Grey Knights, sisters. Another
hesitation I have, is if I'd actually get to use whichever army I
start. I mean, let's be honest, I don't game near enough for me to
warrant the cost, I'm doing so for hobby reasons, and out of habit. I
thought about adding to my Khorne army for AOS, but I've still yet to
play anyone other than my daughter, so is there really a point? I dunno
what I'll decide to do, but I've got a few days to decide while I
finish up my last model.
There
you have it. Sorry to end on a bit of bummer, but if you've followed
my blog for awhile you would have noticed a severe lack of gaming that
actually takes place, so my rant should be nothing new. Maybe I just
need new gaming friends, I dunno. In the meantime, hopefully this
Pathfinder deal works out, as it was my first true gaming experience
(with actual adults) that I've had in a really, really long time!
Hopefully, I'll get back in the swing of things soon...
-WuhSawBe-
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