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Monday, October 7, 2013

Pathfinder Witch

Gearing up for a Pathfinder game where I am playing a Witch. Really looking forward to it. For this game the group is pulling from the Pathfinder SRD. It's a great resource and full of all the Pathfinder material you need to play. I have been spending some quality time with it lately.

Plus I have been working on this recently, http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2q5wq?Misfit-Studios-The-Ultimate-Witch-Warlock
Though I am not ready for a big announcement yet.

Here are some links of various Pathfinder Witch posts I have made on my blog and some OGC from the Pathfinder SRD.

Pathfinder SRD

Alternate 3rd party classes and Prestige Classes

My Posts On Witches and Pathfinder

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October Movie: Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Needed a bit of palette cleanser. Silence of the Lambs is a fantastic movie. It was one of those movies that stuck with me for years. I remember running out to buy the book soon after and then I went an read everything by John Douglas, the FBI profiler the was one of the influences on the book.
Without Silence we would not have had the TV shows "The Profiler" or "The Blacklist" and to some extent "The X-Files".

The great thing about re-watching this one is once again seeing how good of an actress Jodie Foster really is. Not to mention how great Anthony Hopkins is. Plus you have to love a movie that gives Roger Corman a cameo role.

Tally: Watched 6, New 5

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Sunday, October 6, 2013

October Movie: Daughter of Dracula (1972)

Also known as La fille de Dracula this is one of the movies I bought back in the summer just for this. Plus Halloween would not be complete in my mind without one (or more) Jesús Franco movie.
I picked this one up last year with the intent to watch it for the last Challenge but I ended up traveling for work and I discovered that my work computer did not have the codecs installed to allow me to play DVDs. Grumble....

So like all of Franco's work from around this time this one has a surreal feel to it. That and a lot of girl on girl vampire action. No to mention a beach, a nightclub and lots 70s sex. The movie is a Franco play-by-numbers.

There is a subset of the Dracula myths in movies that often deal with his family. The Subspieces movies touch on this, Dracula's Daughter from 1936 deals with this and many more. There is also influences of Carmillia here, no surprise, and even some similarities

I liked the movie to be honest. You have to go into a Franco movie with some expectations. I would have liked a slightly different ending, but hey expectations right.

Tally: Watched 5, New 5

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Saturday, October 5, 2013

Games Plus Haul 2013

Here is this year's haul.

Lots of board games that the boys wanted. A replacement Victoriana 1st ed. A Doctor Who game I have never seen and another copy of Dungeon (I am a collector).

Tower of the Wizard King is new to me. The bags are tiles of monsters for D&D 3.x or 4.

More later. Getting ready to play Vampire Hunter now.

October Movie: Drive Angry (2011)

October is not complete without at least one bad Nicholas Cage movie. I am not sure if this one is horror really or not. There is a lot of killings, an immortal hellish "Accountant" (no joke) and a cult. Plus it also has Nicholas Cage chewing up up scenery. Oh and he just escaped from Hell. Maybe he took the same route that Veronica did from Dark Angel. At one point when we see the cult in a church my wife thought it was like Children of the Corn. Children of the Corny more like it.

But in the end it was a fun movie. Nick Cage is always fun and Amber Heard is not bad to look at.
In truth I kinda like the Accountant character. Think about it. What sort of Accountant would Hell have? Even the lesser demons have to be terrible to behold so what is the guy in charge of making sure the numbers turn up right? I also thought if this is the Devil's Accountant what must his Librarian be like?

All in all better than I expected, but I wasn't expecting much at all.

Tally: Watched 5, New 5

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Friday, October 4, 2013

Games Plus Game Auction

Games Plus in Mount Prospect, IL

Headed out to the Games Plus Game Auction tomorrow.
Should be great! I am looking to fill some gaps in my Greyhawk collection and of course see what odd, rare or new-to-me game shows up.

I have gotten some pretty nice deals in the past and I am hoping that will be the case tomorrow.

If you live in the Chicago Area head out to Mount Prospect (in the Northwest Suburbs) and join in.
Their doors open at 9:00am and the auction starts at 10:00am.

Games Plus on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/GamesPlus
And the auction event page, https://www.facebook.com/events/383498218445628/

So come on by and buy my old games so I can buy new ones!

October Movie: Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994)

You have to love October! Horror movies are everywhere. I got this one cheap at Half-price books along with the all the Subspecies movies. It was not on my list of movies to watch this October, but hey sometimes you have to strike when the iron is hot.

So. Dark Angel: The Ascent. Well. I have seen worse movies that is for sure.
It features Angela Featherstone, who is not the worst actress I have ever seen. Her only credits are Friends and the girl in the S-Mart at the end of Army of Darkness.
The movie isn't terrible. Featherstone plays Veronica who plays a teenage (or so) demon that wants to know if there is more to life in Hell other than torture and damnation. No she doesn't break into Up There, but she does leave hell and finds herself a new boyfriend (easy to do when you show up naked) and she starts killing evil doers.
There are some interesting bits. Hell looks pretty good. The demons are religious interestingly enough.
I didn't go into this one with any expectations and none were meant. Still it was sorta fun.

Tally: Watched 4, New 4

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