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Wow. Does today look nice outside, or what? I have my window open, and the air that's coming in feels sooo good.
So, yesterday, I worked 11am-8pm. Guess what? Yep. I was freakin' late again! *sigh* That annoys me, since I know I can do better. I'm just going to start going to bed sooner than I have been. That's all there is to it. Plain and simple. Now, to see if my determination will succeed in the face of "a few more minutes of sleep".
I was solely Guest Care, which didn't bother me too much at all. In fact, it was quite enjoyable. While I'm not above helping my manager out or whatnot, it was nice to be automatically left alone because of where I was. The day went pretty well, though I had a metric ton of Western Union money transfers come through. I mean, I was there from 1115am-800pm, with 45 minutes for lunch, and we'd done over $11000 by the end of the day, not counting the times someone received money, which adds another $2500 to that total. Most of the transfers were done by me.
One time, I had someone walk up with two. I began the first one, and someone got in line behind that customer. That second customer had two as well! I almost lost my cool at one point, just from feeling overwhelmed. Thankfully, I made it.
I came home, and watched Snowdogs with my mom, snice it seemed like a fun way to pass the evening. (Fairly stupid movie, but enjoyable, too.) I came back to my room, and built a 20-level swordsman who fights with two weapons, because Scott said that a Fighter10/Ranger10 would make a great two-weapon fighter, and I countered that the levels of the Tempest prestige class* would only make him stronger. My build was a Fighter8/Ranger7/Tempest5. At level 20, with no magical equipment, his AC when wielding both longswords was 20. His attack bonuses with the longswords were +25/+25/+20/+20/+15/+15/+10**. That is before any gear. I tossed a +5 speed longsword in one hand, and a +5 shocking burst longsword in the other, got him a Belt of Giant Strength +6 and Manual of Gainful Exercise +3, and his attacks were: +35/+35/+35/+30/+30/+25/+25/+20. (Eight attacks in a round? I *LOVE* speed weapons.)
So, anyway, Scott wound up altering his to make it a Fighter12/Ranger8, to benefit from Greater Weapon Specialization. I think we were each too biased towards our own builds to be able to see where the other one was coming from, so we let it go.
I slept for a while last night, although the puppies that bastard next door has gotten kept yelping. Something's really wrong with that man, and it annoys me that those dogs are going to suffer for it. He's got the original dog, a companion dog for it, and about 11 puppies. The puppies are kept in a "doghouse" that's approximately six square feet in area. I might be willing to go as high as nine square feet, but that's probably too generous. I woke up this morning when I heard what sounded like him hitting them, but I saw nothing when I looked out my window. Frankly, I think an anonymous call to animal control might be warranted. They're pretty puppies, but he's gonna make them vicious, if he doesn't kill them. Perhaps I'm overreacting, though.
Today, I'm going to create builds for those five characters I'm considering, to see which works out the best. After that, I'm going to rearrange the music on my computer. I've "rediscovered" proper Celtic folk, and want more of that available to listen to. Not only that, of course, but it might be a good thing to do as "theme" music for one of the cultures on Eberron. Hmm.. Perhaps the gnomes? *shrug* I'll cross that bridge later. For now, some character builds await!
EDIT: First, though, I suppose I'll go crush some cans with my brothers. *shrug*
* - From Complete Adventurer, page 81.
** - Thanks to "Oversized Two-Weapon Fighting", he can wield two longswords, and treat one of them as light. Then, Tempest reduces that -2 to a +0.
So, yesterday, I worked 11am-8pm. Guess what? Yep. I was freakin' late again! *sigh* That annoys me, since I know I can do better. I'm just going to start going to bed sooner than I have been. That's all there is to it. Plain and simple. Now, to see if my determination will succeed in the face of "a few more minutes of sleep".
I was solely Guest Care, which didn't bother me too much at all. In fact, it was quite enjoyable. While I'm not above helping my manager out or whatnot, it was nice to be automatically left alone because of where I was. The day went pretty well, though I had a metric ton of Western Union money transfers come through. I mean, I was there from 1115am-800pm, with 45 minutes for lunch, and we'd done over $11000 by the end of the day, not counting the times someone received money, which adds another $2500 to that total. Most of the transfers were done by me.
One time, I had someone walk up with two. I began the first one, and someone got in line behind that customer. That second customer had two as well! I almost lost my cool at one point, just from feeling overwhelmed. Thankfully, I made it.
I came home, and watched Snowdogs with my mom, snice it seemed like a fun way to pass the evening. (Fairly stupid movie, but enjoyable, too.) I came back to my room, and built a 20-level swordsman who fights with two weapons, because Scott said that a Fighter10/Ranger10 would make a great two-weapon fighter, and I countered that the levels of the Tempest prestige class* would only make him stronger. My build was a Fighter8/Ranger7/Tempest5. At level 20, with no magical equipment, his AC when wielding both longswords was 20. His attack bonuses with the longswords were +25/+25/+20/+20/+15/+15/+10**. That is before any gear. I tossed a +5 speed longsword in one hand, and a +5 shocking burst longsword in the other, got him a Belt of Giant Strength +6 and Manual of Gainful Exercise +3, and his attacks were: +35/+35/+35/+30/+30/+25/+25/+20. (Eight attacks in a round? I *LOVE* speed weapons.)
So, anyway, Scott wound up altering his to make it a Fighter12/Ranger8, to benefit from Greater Weapon Specialization. I think we were each too biased towards our own builds to be able to see where the other one was coming from, so we let it go.
I slept for a while last night, although the puppies that bastard next door has gotten kept yelping. Something's really wrong with that man, and it annoys me that those dogs are going to suffer for it. He's got the original dog, a companion dog for it, and about 11 puppies. The puppies are kept in a "doghouse" that's approximately six square feet in area. I might be willing to go as high as nine square feet, but that's probably too generous. I woke up this morning when I heard what sounded like him hitting them, but I saw nothing when I looked out my window. Frankly, I think an anonymous call to animal control might be warranted. They're pretty puppies, but he's gonna make them vicious, if he doesn't kill them. Perhaps I'm overreacting, though.
Today, I'm going to create builds for those five characters I'm considering, to see which works out the best. After that, I'm going to rearrange the music on my computer. I've "rediscovered" proper Celtic folk, and want more of that available to listen to. Not only that, of course, but it might be a good thing to do as "theme" music for one of the cultures on Eberron. Hmm.. Perhaps the gnomes? *shrug* I'll cross that bridge later. For now, some character builds await!
EDIT: First, though, I suppose I'll go crush some cans with my brothers. *shrug*
* - From Complete Adventurer, page 81.
** - Thanks to "Oversized Two-Weapon Fighting", he can wield two longswords, and treat one of them as light. Then, Tempest reduces that -2 to a +0.
