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"We basically just set out to make a musical version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis as played by The Butthole Surfers and Tangerine Dream."
Whilst spinning around in their own outer orbit London's Teeth of the Sea speak to Behind The Wall of Sleep.
Named after the French translation of the film Jaws – 'Les Dents De La Mer' – Teeth Of The Sea are gnawing into your consciousness. Be aware!
How did Teeth Of The Sea come to be?
A combination of factors really. Jimmy and I had been knocking about in noisy garage rock bands for years, all of which had pretty much petered out by mid-2006, but we were still paying for rehearsal space which wasn't getting used. At the same time Jimmy, Mike, John and Darren (who all worked together) wanted to get a drone/noise thing together, so it made sense to use our space. They asked me down to play some trumpet and that was the start of JAWS. Darren moved to Australia in 2007 which left just the 4 of us and about that time we changed our name to Teeth Of The Sea due to a few other bands with the name JAWS (JAWS was called 'Les Dents De La Mer' in France so we just went with the straight translation). That was the line-up that put out Orphaned By The Ocean at the start of 2009. That was also the time we parted ways with John and replaced him with Mat, which is the line up to this date and responsible for the Hypnoticon EP and Your Mercury.
Has the band developed in a way that you expected?
I don't think any of us had any expectations at the start of the band, it was just a good excuse to get together, drink some beer and clear the psychic custard as it were. Musically the big inspiration at the start was Wolf Eyes and we were definitely aiming for something a lot more abrasive. We were using really distorted drum loops and it had a Throbbing Gristle, early-Cabaret Voltaire feel to it. Gradually, however, the shocking realisation came that we could put stuff together which sounded quite impressive and a lot more conventionally 'musical' than we had originally intended. I think since then the aim has been to occupy the space between improvisation, composition and fucking brain-bleeding, excoriating noise. The addition of Mat on drums was another big step in the development of the sound. Where Orphaned definitely had at least one foot in drone we've become noticeably more kinetic and dynamic on the 2 releases since.
TOTS sound quite diverse on record, can you tell us about the influences you have brought to this heady brew
Being 4 geeks in our 30s there's obviously a huge amount of influences on what we do, too many to give a comprehensive list of, but here goes: I think if you're talking classic 'holy grail' bands and artists, people who we all love and have undoubtedly shaped what we do then I'd say Can, This Heat, Boredoms, Hawkwind, Eno, Miles Davis and Throbbing Gristle would all have to be in there, as much for their approach and spirit as the way their records sound. In terms of contemporary bands Liars ('They Were Wrong So We Drowned' and 'Drums Not Dead' period) and Emeralds would have to get a mention too. Individually we all have quite varying tastes: Jimmy comes from a more metal background than the rest of us and would undoubtedly list Sabbath and Maiden in his guitar influences, as well as more out-rock stuff like Skullflower and Chrome; Mike tends towards more electronic stuff and has latterly introduced us to the likes of Skyramps, Keith Fullerton Whitman and Ben Frost, all of whom have made their presence felt on the TOTS sound in one way or another. Mat is an ex-mod and brings a huge wealth of knowledge about British Psyche and Beat, bands called things like Mandrake Paddle Steamer, July and The Cloude Shoppe, as well as jazz, performance poetry and, increasingly, black metal. I've a background in playing jazz on the trumpet and inept garage rock on the guitar, and have tried to fuse this high/low brow approach into something coherent in TOTS, sort of Jon Hassell meets The Count Five. I
Your Mercury has a very strong krautrock and psychedelic feel, how important are these types of music to you?
Whilst we are undoubtedly influenced by Krautrock bands – I mentioned Can above but you can easily add Neu!, Cluster, Harmonia and Aamon Duul II to that – I think that these are pretty fashionable influences to drop at the moment, subsequently you hear quite a lot of bland approximations around. It's pretty easy to stick some repetitive stuff over a Neu beat and claim to be part of that lineage, which for me totally misses the point of what all those bands were trying to do anyway. This was something we've always been very keen to avoid, someone in the room will always call bullshit the minute we start sounding 'too Neu' or 'too Can'. Likewise with psychedelia, which is a pretty loose term anyway, I think the spirit of adventure and technology-abuse are more important to us than lovingly replicating the classic Leslie rotary speaker sound. Irreverence is the key.
What can you tell us about Your Mercury – why that title in particular? What are some of the musical influences and themes explored on this record?
We actually had the track title 'You're Mercury' first, which is a line from Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. There then followed an intensely frustrating period of trying to come up with a title for the whole album (we actually had over 100 suggestions between us that we discarded, no joke). Eventually someone suggested 'Your Mercury' with the different spelling and it just seemed to fit. (I've always liked it when bands have self referential puns in things, eg Saints have a song called 'Know Your Product' and another called 'No, You're Product'. I think it's the crossword buff in me). In terms of significance the title works on a several levels. There's the outer-space connotations of it and the fact that the music is dynamically pretty mercurial too. Also, Mercury was the Roman god of trade, and it's no coincidence that we all work in shops. Lastly, it'll give tabloid newspaper sub-editors a field day when we inevitably win the Mercury Music Prize in August.
In terms of musical influences, I've gone over a lot of the specific artists in previous answers, but the aim with Your Mercury was to create something really all encompassing from these, combined with all the film, art and literature we're into too. We're really into ridiculous over-arching concepts, sci-fi films and novels and London psychogeography. We basically just set out to make a musical version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis as played by The Butthole Surfers and Tangerine Dream. For me, the idea of the City is very important in what we do, it's definitely urban music. But it's a London seen through the eyes of people who've read too much Iain Sinclair and JG Ballard and watched Tron and Flash Gordon a lot rather than some tedious 'authentic' notion of what London is.
How do you feel Your Mercury compares to Orphaned by the Ocean or indeed the 24 minute Hypnoticon?
We all feel that it's a definite step up for us. Orphaned was put together very piecemeal and was really a snapshot of where we were at the time. It's the sound of us learning to write and record together really, but I'm still really proud of it. It has a nice murky feel which is part intentional, part ineptitude. Hypnoticon I suppose was a great stop-gap release between the two. It was Mat's first appearance on a TOTS record and it introduced us to Southern Studios where we did Your Mercury. I seem to recall it being pretty effortless in comparison to the two albums, the material was pretty much laid down straight without too much beating ourselves up over overdubs, mixing etc. In contrast we really slaved away on Your Mercury. For starters it was composed far more as a complete piece than previous efforts. We spent ages making sure every single detail was right, from a long period of hibernation at the start of the year when we wrote the thing, to being perfectionists in the studio recording and mixing. We also took pains over running order, segues, track titles, even down to fonts and credit lists. Subsequently I think the record is far more consistent than either of the previous releases both in terms of the quality of the music and the thematic feel of the thing.
It seems Your Mercury has been well received in the UK, ending up in some end of the year lists, how has it been received outside of the UK?
To be honest I've no idea. It's appeared on a couple of European blogs so there's obviously one or two people who've heard it, but I don't think we're in Depeche Mode territory just yet. Hopefully we'll get to play in Europe before the end of the year, and obviously we'd love to get further afield, it's just a question of time and money really.
I think TOTS are quite difficult to pigeon hole, are there any bands you feel a great comradery with?
In London there's very few bands who I think we operate in a similar way to. Whilst there have been some decent bands coming out of our neck of the woods in recent years (Factory Floor, Bo Ningen, Hyrst) we don't really hang out with any of them. The 2 bands who we have spent the most time with and probably played the most shows with are Gnod from Manchester and Thoughtforms from Bristol, and I think there's definitely some common ground there. Both bands fuse an experimental sensibility with a gung-ho attitude to performing and this is something we've always prided ourselves on.
What are your touring plans? Will you be staying in the UK or straying further afield?
We have some dates with British Sea Power in February (Leeds, Glasgow, Newcastle and Manchester) which we're really excited about. It'll be interesting to see how we cope with larger spaces. I'm also curious as to how BSP's fans respond to us. They're very much an indie band, but a really good one, and I think their fans are pretty broad minded so hopefully some of them will be into it. Other than that everything's up in the air at the moment. There's a few promising 'maybes' in the pipeline that I don't want to jinx by talking about just yet and we're definitely going to try and get to Europe later in the year. As far as full UK tours go it's just a question of what the best option is, I'm not sure enough people really know about us to embark on a headline tour of our own just yet, but we'll see how that goes.
What have you got planned for the immediate future?
Other than the British Sea Power dates (February 12-15th) we have an appearance at the Roundhouse Rising festival at the end of Feb (24th), then probably some more London dates in early March. We have a couple of mooted festival appearances we're just waiting on confirmation of too, all these will be listed on the usual my**ace, f***book channels. Other than that we have a video to make and some remixes to do, again watch this space for details


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Stonewall Jackson's Way
Something for the weekend. Stonewall Jackson's Way, sung by the endlessly talented Bobby Horton who has waged a one man crusade to bring Civil War music to modern audiences.
Of Thomas Jonathan Jackson, nicknamed Stonewall by General Barnard Bee at the battle of Bull Run, it was said he lived by the New Testament and fought by the Old. Certainly throughout his life he was a convinced Christian. As a young man he would attend services of various Christian denominations. In Mexico, during his service in the Mexican War, he attended mass, although sadly he did not convert to Catholicism. Instead he eventually became a Presbyterian. His Bible was his constant companion, and he would often speak of God and theological matters in private conversation.
Jackson in his professional life was a soldier. Just before the Civil War he was a professor of natural and experimental philosophy (science) and artillery instruction at the Virginia Military Institute. As a teacher he made a good soldier. His lectures were rather dry. If his students seemed to fail to grasp a lecture, he would repeat it the next day, word for word.
His home life was a mixture of sorrow and joy. His first wife died in childbirth along with their still-born son, a tragedy that would have crushed many a man less iron-willed than Jackson. His second marriage, like his first, was happy, but heartache also haunted it. A daughter died shortly after birth in 1858. A second daughter was born in 1862, shortly before Jackson's own death in 1863.
He and his second wife established and taught a Sunday school for black slaves. At the time it was against the law in Virginia to teach slaves to read, but apparently that is precisely what Jackson and his wife did. One of the last letters he ever posted was his regular contribution he mailed off throughout the war for the financial support of the Sunday school for slaves he and his wife had founded.
During the war he rose to fame as Stonewall Jackson. His valley campaign in 1862 in the Shenandoah Valley where he outmarched and outfought numerous Union armies, each larger than the force he led, is still studied in military academies around the world as a classic example of how a weaker force, using mobility and surprise, can defeat vastly superior forces.
His service under Lee established a military partnership that reached its culmination at Chancellorsville where Jackson led his corps around the Union right and into the rear of the Union army, leading to a stunning Confederate victory over an Army of the Potomac that outnumbered the Army of Northern Virginia more than two to one.
Jackson summed up his military philosophy succinctly: Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow; for an army routed, if hotly pursued, becomes panic-stricken, and can then be destroyed by half their number. The other rule is, never fight against heavy odds, if by any possible maneuvering you can hurl your own force on only a part, and that the weakest part, of your enemy and crush it. Such tactics will win every time, and a small army may thus destroy a large one in detail, and repeated victory will make it invincible.
At Chancellorsville, Jackson was shot accidentally by his own men. As a result of his wounding Jackson's left arm was amputated. Lee learning of it, said that Jackson had lost his left arm, but that he had lost his right.
For a time it looked as if Jackson would recover, but infection, that great killer after any nineteenth century surgery, prevented that happy outcome. He met the news of his inevitable death with Christian stoicism, bidding farewell to his tearful wife and infant daughter. In his delirium towards the end he returned in his mind to the battlefields, shouting out commands. At the very end, his voice grew calm and his face relaxed. He then gave the last command he would ever utter in this life: "Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees."
We see him now, — the old slouched hat
Cocked o'er his eye askew;
The shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat,
So calm, so blunt, so true.
The "Blue-Light Elder" knows 'em well;
Says he, "That's Banks, — he's fond of shell;
Lord save his soul! we'll give him hell,
That's "Stonewall Jackson's way."
Silence! ground arms! kneel all! caps off!
Old "Blue Light's" going to pray.
Strangle the fool that dares to scoff!
Attention! it's his way.
Appealing from his native sod,
"Hear us, hear us Almighty God,
Lay bare Thine arm; stretch forth Thy rod!"
That's "Stonewall Jackson's way."
He's in the saddle now. Fall in!
Steady! the whole brigade!
Hill's at the ford cut off; we'll win
His way out, ball and blade!
What matter if our shoes are worn?
What matter if our feet are torn?
"Quick-step! we're with him before morn!"
That's "Stonewall Jackson's way."
The sun's bright lances rout the mists
Of morning, and, by George!
Here's Longstreet struggling in the lists,
Hemmed in an ugly gorge.
Pope and his Yankees, whipped before,
"Bayonets and grape!" hear Stonewall roar;
"Charge, Stuart! Pay off Ashby's score!"
In "Stonewall Jackson's way."
Ah! Maiden, wait and watch and yearn
For news of Stonewall's band!
Ah! Widow, read, with eyes that burn,
That ring upon thy hand.
Ah! Wife, sew on, pray on, hope on;
Thy life shall not be all forlorn;
The foe had better ne'er been born
That gets in "Stonewall's way."
18 Responses to Stonewall Jackson's Way
Thank you sir. I know we have had our tussles over the War for Southern Independence before and I do know that we both agree that men of honor should be remembered.
Rally behind the Virginian!
Thank you for this page. It is nice to know he is still remembered as a lover of God, if he had more time on earth he would have become Catholic, don't ask me how I know this, I just do. God Bless You!
I just want to point out that I live less than a mile from the statue of Gen. Jackson that appeared at the end of the vignette of mostly Kunstler paintings and that statue stands very close to the spot that Gen. Jackson actually sat atop his steed – it is on the field of battle – that battle was First Manassas. It happened on a field and not in the stream of water that runs nearby – that stream is Bull Run. You Yankees have a funny way about naming battles. Y'all make me laugh.
Thank you AK and ginaelise for your kind words. Jackson was an American original: a military genius and a man who dedicated his life to God. His importance in the Civil War is demonstrated by the dimming of the chances for Southern victory immediately after his death.
After the war, on May 10th, 1881, in New Orleans a statue and monument to Stonewall Jackson were unveiled. Father D. Hubert, who served as a chaplain during the war with Hay's Lousiana Brigade, gave the benediction. I have always been struck by this phrase in his prayer: "And Thou knowest O Lord, when Thou didst decide that the Confederacy should not succeed, Thou hadst first to remove thy servant, Stonewall Jackson."
An ancestor gave his life at First Bull Run with the 69th NY Militia.
Jackson's military philosophy is identical to the Nazi General Staff's blitzkrieg, except their army was equipped with panzers and stukas.
Jackson's infantry was so fast and mile-devouring that it was called "foot cavalry."
We will never know. I imagine if General Jackson had lived, the Confederates would have taken that unmanned hill the first evening at Gettysburg; or would have defeated the Union left on the second day; or would have moved earlier and faster on the center the third day.
AK: You mean the unconstitutional War of Northern Aggression. The federals named the battles for creeks/rivers (Antietam, Bull Run), the Confeccderates for towns and cities.
T. Shaw,
I don't have a problem with calling the conflict the War of Northern Aggression; however, it seems to me to miss the point. All wars are aggressive and I think we lose some of the uniqueness of the conflict when we identify it thus.
We don't call the War for American Independence the War of British Aggression. I prefer the War for Southern Independence because it echos the same purpose as the war of 1775.
I think Yankees miss the point when they name battles after bodies of water. For the most part, the war was a land war and although naval operations played a part, especially with the Southern tech innovation of the CSS Hunley, the most decisive battles took place in towns and cities bringing us the horrible modern innovation of total war (especially perpetrated by Sherman's destructive march).
I visit the Manassas Battlefield often, but I have never set foot in Bull Run.
I prefer the Northern Crusade for Human Liberty myself. 🙂
That may be a nice thought; however, the anti-slavery nature of the war was not the intent of the North when they thought they could destroy Lee's Army at First Manassas. The noble cause of freeing African slaves was not employed until the North needed propaganda to prevent European powers from entering the conflict on the side of the CSA. It worked – Christian nations are not prone to want to be known for entering conflicts in order to secure the 'rights' of some of God's children to enslave others of His children. At least not publicly.
Trampling states' rights in order to 'liberate' blacks was a benefit to no one. We are still dealing with it. Wouldn't it have been better to free blacks more organically rather then subject all of us, including blacks, into slavery?
"Wouldn't it have been better to free blacks more organically rather then subject all of us, including blacks, into slavery?"
Considering that the Confederate Constitution specifically forbade the Confederate Congress from enancting any anti-slavery legislation, I can only imagine that Confederate victory would have meant the continuation of black slavery for the foreseeable future. I suspect that virtually all the black slaves then, and virtually all their descendants now, are quite happy that the war ended slavery. Come to think of it, that was also the view of Robert E. Lee at the end of the war. He said that he rejoiced that the war had ended slavery. Additionally AK, calling what defeated Southerners experienced as slavery is simple hyperbole. Real slavery is what blacks suffered in this country for over two and a half centuries. It took a Civil War to end this stain on American honor, and it was worth every drop of blood shed to accomplish that task.
Our Constitution forbade women, blacks and eighteen year-olds from voting and we amended it. Slavery would have ended and the Confederate Constitution would have been amended. Of course, we can't know that, but I doubt the CSA would be the last place in the West with legalized slavery. Not only did great men find slavery morally reprehensible, like Gens. Lee & Jackson, but it would also have become economically unviable.
Gen. Lee did see the silver lining in the defeat of the South in that slavery ended. He also said he would rather have died with his sword in hand had he known the evil manner in which the victors occupied the South. However slavery ended is a good thing simply because slavery ended. The issue is that 600,000 Americans did not need to die to do it and we did not need to lose states' rights to do it.
Additionally, the money power that instigated the war in order to divide the emerging United States, has now succeeded in making all of us, blacks too, slaves. The difference is that African slaves knew they were in shackles. Modern slavery uses invisible shackles and convinces the slave that he is free and happy. It is much, much harder to gain freedom when you aren't aware that you are in a cage.
Also, please note that my defense of the position of the South is NOT a defense of the Southern position on slavery. I love my chosen homeland despite the stain of slavery, not because of it. Losing states' rights has been one of the gravest mistakes America has made because it forces all of us to be subservient to an out-of-control national Leviathan, well on its way to becoming a regional (North American) monster with designs for a global totalitarianism. This is not good for anybody whether their ancestors were salves 150 years ago or over 2,000 years ago.
We did not lose states rights due to the Civil War. I know this is a favorite neoCon talking point, but American history says otherwise. The real growth in the powers of the federal governments dates to the Progressive era, beginning with Wilson but exploding with FDR. In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War to the beginning of the Progressive era federalism was still respected, and the 10th amendment more than a simple truism.
And I'm sure the CSA would have gotten around to ending slavery. We could have caught it all on video when they made the announcement.
Wow, I am not sure how "Civil War" got butchered into "silver due," but that might be the greatest typo ever. No wonder I hate typing on laptops.
Corrected it for you Paul, although I do agree that was a typo for the record books!
"Our Constitution forbade women, blacks and eighteen year-olds from voting and we amended it."
Actually our Constitution was completely silent on who could vote. Blacks voted in some northern and southern states prior to the Civil War, although all southern states forbade free negroes from voting by the time of the Civil War. Women began voting in Wyoming in 1869, and voted in some Western states and a few Eastern states, including I am pleased to say Illinois, prior to the amendment granting female suffrage. Several states allowed 18 year olds to vote prior to the 26th amendment.
favorite neoCon talking point
You mean Thomas Woods, not Elliot Abrams, right?
You mean Thomas Woods, not Elliot Abrams, right?
Yeah. You can tell by the capitalized C.
Not to derail the thread even further, but I use the term half-jestingly mainly because neoCons so despise neocons. But I do wish we'd stop adding neo- to every political term. Usually it is just a stand-in for "bad," and in most cases the thing described as neo ain't so neo.
Great post. Jackson was a fascinating character, with a surprisingly soft side. After his service in the Mexican War, his habitual term of endearment for his wife was "mi esposa."
"And I'm sure the CSA would have gotten around to ending slavery. We could have caught it all on video when they made the announcement."
What an absurd insult Mr. Zummo!
The answer to your marxist comment is that the 13th Amendment passed by the former seceded states whereas the 14th did not.(Video was a pipe dream then).It took the radical reconstruction acts to expel the same states so the ILLEGAL ratification of the 14th could take place!
Duh! What history did you learn in the government indoctrinated schools? Face it. Lincoln was a marxist. He and Karl Marx corresponded often and admired each other. What other reason would explain why exiled Marx followers were made colonels and generals in the Union army?
No sir our troubles began in 1865 and have worsened since. True Wilson and FDR accelerated the problems, but ole Abe started them when he perverted the Constitution.
The CSA was correct in seceding. You just can't accept the truth or are forever entitled to remain DUPED.
PS Not related to the yankee Elliot.

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My plan for this evening was to post a lot of photos and fun stories from today's Angels Fanfest and exhibition game against the Padres. Unfortunately, I missed them both. My husband and I have been burning the candle at both ends and at a couple of points in the middle just for good measure for a few weeks now and this morning it finally caught up with him – he woke up too sick and headachey to do anything. I am a diehard baseball fan but I am a diehard wife first…okay, that makes me sound like a car battery or like I should be saying yippee ki-yay mother etc., but you get the general idea. Suffice to say, we stayed home, I took care of him and I wound up watching the game on the living room sofa, whooping and cheering between a snoozing husband and two snoring cats – yes, they snore. Louder than most people. It's a little disturbing. As disappointing as this was, it really only means 12 extra days until I get to hear my first actual crack o' the bat since September. That's not so bad at all.
The game itself was as fun as a blowout beating up on a mix of the other team's A, B and C squads can be – which is to say fun, it being baseball and all, but not outrageously so. Still, Dan Haren pitched a great five innings. It was great to see that he is definitely in April and May shape. Hisanori Takahashi, Kevin Jepsen and the other relievers looked more than ready for prime time themselves. Mark Trumbo is still hitting like a beast, even inside regular season height walls. He had a three run homer and an additional hit today. Peter Bourjos, Jeff Mathis and Alberto Callaspo also collected two hits each, including a nice triple from Bourjos. Hopeful signs for a great season, all. Mike Trout looked good but it was an uneventful game for him so I didn't see much of him from my living room vantage point, another small disappointment.
There was, however, one definite consolation to watching the game at home – Torii Hunter and Vernon Wells were not playing today and joined Victor Rojas and Mark Gubicza in the announcer's booth for two innings. Whether it was Wells giving Torii grief about his age – he is clean shaven this year because there was apparently a lot more silver in his beard than he liked – or Torii suggesting that Wells can't bunt because he would hurt himself running hard to first, those two guys crack me up. They were also serious at times and it's great to see them locked in and so psyched for the season. If I had to make the rough decision and pick a favorite current Angel, it's Torii and I can tell Vernon Wells is going to become a favorite of mine as well. I know that clubhouse chemistry alone does create a winning season. But I think it is the important x-factor that makes a team's strength greater than just the sum of its parts. I am thrilled that Wells seemed to fit so effortlessly into the work hard, act goofy Angels clubhouse that I love so much. Wells mentioned that Mike Scioscia's group dinner tab Spring Training assignments definitely helped him make friends quickly, he he.
After the game, Mike Scioscia officially announced the Angels Opening Day pitcher. It's Scott Kaz…I'm totally kidding. Of course it's Jered Weaver. I would say, as predicted here on this blog, but this decision was pretty close to a given. In the same press conference Scioscia also announced that Joel Pineiro will definitely start the season on the DL. The Angels will go with a four man rotation – Weaver, Dan Haren, Ervin Santana and Scott Kazmir – using the extra days off in early April as the 5th starter's spot, until Pineiro is scheduled to come back and pitch in the April 8th home opener. I think this is a great short term solution and I am now certain Pineiro will be healthy enough to start on April 8th. I have tickets for that game, as I've mentioned, and I have uncanny luck for being at games where it's either a pitcher's first start off the DL or first start with the Angels.
Only 65 miles to win country!
The saying from my title is from a pun-ny billboard advertising a Chumash casino off the 101 on the way up to California's Central Coast wine country. I thought it was clever and it made me smile thinking, more like only 11 days until win country. Baseball season is just around the corner! As you can probably guess from this introduction, Seth and I spent the weekend on the Central Coast for the Paso Robles Zinfandel Festival, our it-fit-the-budget-better-than-SpringTraining March trip. Wine, parties under a patio in the rain, eclectic conversation (We went into this great little used bookstore. But when you stepped inside it was really huge, like a TARDIS, for the win.) and, even without Spring Training, plenty of baseball talk. It was a great weekend.
Paso Robles is a wonderfully casual place. There is wine, very good wine even, aplenty. But the winemakers have the perfect fun attitude about their craft and for festival weekends, they throw great laid back parties featuring pairings like wine and street tacos, Pinot and paella, or wine with Santa Maria style barbeque or sliders. It's common to have winery parties centered around MLB playoffs or, this weekend, around college basketball games. It's anything but stuffy, which is why I always have so much fun up there. And, seriously, for a town located about as far away from professional baseball as you can get in the state of California, there sure are a lot of baseball fans in Paso.
This trip I ran into an unusual number of Angels fans too. The winemaker's wife who went to Villa Park high school in Orange County with Bert Blyleven and Bob Boone's sons. The casual fans up from Orange County for a visit (Vernon Wells, who?). Dissecting the starting rotation and the Kaz question over a Methuselah – a six liter bottle of wine, truly awesome in its absolute absurdity – of a lovely meritage blend. The local who literally tugged on my sleeve at another event after noticing my jacket. So do you think they're going to make it this year? Ah, the eternal question.
We also made a special trip to Rio Seco, the baseball winery, hoping for a spring training tie-in. Former minor league pitcher, retired scout and winemaker Tom Hinkle and friends were actually at Spring Training though. No matter, the wine was great as usual, from the Grand Slam and the MVP to the "futures" barrel tasting. Hinkles' wife and daughter, who run the winery alongside him, are as knowledgeable and hospitable hosts as one could ask for…and they told me that Tom thinks the Angels made some good decisions in the offseason and are ready for a great year. *huge grin* Hey, come for the wine, stay for the season predictions. Rio Seco is hosting a summer kickoff wine and seafood event in June, and Seth and I are planning to make the trip back up again at that point. I jokingly asked if they would have the game on, and my wonderful hostess replied, Here? Are you kidding, we'll probably have several of the games on, before noting "big Angels fans" next to our names on the guest list. I have a feeling that will be a great party.
In Angels news this weekend, It's official, Kendrys Morales will start the season on the 15 day DL. (Yes, Kendrys. Apparently they mucked up his name on his original visa, which is more common than you'd think) I am disappointed but I am also relieved. He's hitting. He's fielding. But it sounds like his ability to run at the level required to play hasn't improved much since Spring Training started and now there is a problem with his big toe and narrow cleats – injuries to your feet and ankles suck. They take forever to heal and complications as they heal are common. So, suffice to say. Slow down. Heal fully. Come back strong and ready to enjoy a productive career.
But the rest of you Angels, please, stop trying to be trendy. Just because so many of the cool kids are going on the DL this spring doesn't mean you have to do it too. Trumbo, Pineiro, Bourjos, I'm looking at you. All joking aside, Pineiro's sholder strain concerns me. Bourjos is back playing after hip tightness. Trumbo is due back any day now from groin tightness but no word on Pineiro since he was pulled from the minor league game he was pitching in today. I'm glad the team is taking precautionary measures with minor injuries and such during Spring Training, but let's be careful not to need the precautionary measures in the first place, shall we?
Funny news from today's game? Scioscia was thrown out for arguing that a third out tag had beat the runner scoring. If this were the regular season I might feel more outrage or annoyance – it does sound like the ump was a little overzealous – than amusement but, seriously, who gets thrown out of the game in Spring Training? Too funny!
This isn't just a spring game. It's live baseball! It's been like four months, man!
The quote I used for my headline? It was easily the best comment of the night at Taps Fish House and Brewery where Seth and I decided to go for a late dinner in the bar Saturday. We were giddy from the live baseball treat of the afternoon – and scoring opening day tickets that morning! – wanted more and figured it wouldn't take much effort to sweet talk the Taps bar staff into putting the Rockies/D-Backs game on one of the TVs. It didn't. Our favorite bartender, the Angels fan who pumps us for details every time we hit Taps after a ballgame's, eyes got huge when we asked for a channel change. "There's still a game on! I thought I missed them all today."
Well thank goodness for the MLB network's delayed airing because I think all of the baseball fans in the bar were in the same boat. No one apparently thought to put the game on before we arrived, but the minute it was on the TV half of the eyes in the bar were glued to it…and it's not like there were any Rockies or D-Backs fans in the bar, just a bunch of baseball starved locals. The headline comment came shortly after that from a guy sitting at one of the tables behind us. One of his friends chided him for paying so much attention to the game and this was his response, delivered loudly, with a great deal of passion and a sweeping gesture at the screen. We at the bar, several bartenders included, responded with approving hollers.
It was a great evening. Out with my husband, an honest to goodness game at the bar, good food, tasty beverages and a lot of baseball fans to talk to – from the friendly, talkative Red Sox fan beside me, to the Angels fans on both sides of the bar who echoed our boo when he used the term "rebuilding year" in reference to the Halos. In many ways, Taps is my ideal game day bar. I would spend more games there if I didn't also spend so much money there every time I go.
So imagine my excitement about the Angels/Dodgers game today! Meh. As it turned out, I would have been a lot happier if they had aired yesterday's game instead. Today the Angels gave the starters and most of the second string the day off and let the kids have a work out. Alas, against the Dodgers first string, the kids were not alright. I'm aware that this is the nature of spring training. It's more about giving everyone a workout, giving the kids some experience and a tryout and working through any issues before the season starts than it is about winning. But still, 5-0 ouch.
With the spirit of spring training in mind, I think there were a few important take aways. First, Kaz was throwing hard and throwing strikes! Even in the first inning and Scott Kazmir is prone to rough first innings. Granted, the Dodgers hit him – five hits and three earned runs in the two innings he pitched. But I think this was inconclusive, and I am not inclined to make excuses for Kaz. I think if he had the Angels starters behind him, that stat would have been better, more like two or three hits and one run. But you never know. I want to see more before the season starts but the fact that I do want to see more at all is positive. Maybe…maybe…well, we'll see.
Here are some other thoughts I had watching the game. Bobby Wilson is taking spring training very seriously and looked strong both behind the plate and at bat. His increased speed and agility was a bright spot in the game for me. Hank Conger on the other hand looked rusty. I'm not really worried. I've seen him do a lot better than that, but if he wants a shot a starting catcher he needs to pick up the speed on his throw down to second a lot. I don't know what to think of Mike Trout. He hit a nice solid single in the first inning and made one catch in center that his speed made look a lot easier than it was. Other than that, however, he looked like he kind of phoned it in, which I don't like. But it is just one game. Mark Trumbo needs a lot of work at first. He made some good plays and some really clumsy ones. He's wearing Mike Napoli's Angels's jersey number 44 this season and between the homerun yesterday and, alas, the lack of performance with runners in scoring position today, this seems appropriate. Fernando Rodney's rustiness looks suspiciously like right where he left off last season.
Watching this game, it was obvious that, like most teams, the Angels have a lot of minor league players who will never be major league players. Andrew Romine, on the other hand? I liked his instincts when he came up this September, sliding across third with the ball to get the seemingly impossible force out. He had a good solid hit today and made one nice diving play at short, his throw just missing getting the speedy runner out at first. I look at him and think, interesting, maybe in a few years? Suffice to say, I need to see a lot more of spring training and the kids – and some of the veterans – need to play a lot more before I form stronger opinions. Fortunately, this was only game two and tomorrow the regular starters are supposed to play. And it's all still exciting. In the words of random Taps bar guy, these aren't just spring games. It's live baseball! It's been like four months, man!


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Thanks for all your work on this. Rspec appears to be working but I'm still having trouble getting autotest to fire.
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fdschoeneman - can you post this to the rspec list? There are a lot of moving parts here (rails 3, autotest, rspec versions and different versions of ruby) and you're not the only one having trouble. Hopefully if enough people get involved we'll be able to get to the bottom of the problem.
I DID get the same error - the dead easy fix for my setup was this
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Sagaar as far as I know will be a melee character, I'm gonna change it up and get the heal spell. But I'm not soley going for the healer, I'm was trying to go for a debuff type character but then I found out that they don't work well on demonic type stuff that my guy hates. Quick question, if things like inflict wound heal undead, does that mean that heal will hurt them? Also even though my guy is horribly scarred, he is always shrouded in a cloak so most people wont be able to see his face. His ability to talk with others is less of a genial type of charismaticness and more of a gruff in charge type of commanding respect, and less of getting them to like me.
|Orlok Jr
Yes, the "cure" series of spells can be used to damage undead. And I never figured that Sagaar would be a healing specialist, but please recognize that he is the most competent healer in the party, and he will probably be expected to treat wounds from time to time. I think that between and Oracle getting all the "cure spells" (which you get for free) and an inquisitor selecting healing spells (I saw that Zhan at least has CLW), we ought to be in good shape.
Oh and another thing, I was planning on playing Sagaar not just based on fighting, hes going to be more of a RP story type character, but he still will be able to stand up to a scrap. I want to use knowlege to help in the fights, help find enemy weakness, know what to bring the the battles and stuff like that. Help give others better chances with the fighting while still being able to survive.
|Orlok Jr
Saagar, a couple of things. Looking over your character sheet, I was wonder if you could list your class, level, and archetype (if you have one) somewhere near the top. Also, you have more 1st level spells than you should. A 1st level oracle has 2 1st level spells of their choice, and in addition, at each spell level they get either the relevant "cure" spell or "inflict spell." You have to choose which of these you'll be gaining at 1st level, so you'll get either all the cure spells, or all the inflict spells. You can take the inflict choice if you want, though if you do so, I'd strongly recommend selecting the cure spells using your other spell choices for the sake of party survivability.
Also, if you've got Ultimate Magic, there's a "possessed" oracle archetype that you might be interested in. It specifically mentions demons as a potential possessing entity.
alright changed the spells, and im looking into doing the class, level, and archetype stuff
|Orlok Jr
Sagaar – High Cha, but doesn't like people. No indication yet if he'll fight melee or ranged, or be more caster-focused. Looking at his concept thus far, are you sure he might not work better as a non-cha based class? Cleric with the knowledge domain maybe? Conceptually, hideously scarred and high-charisma is an atypical combination.
I don't see a reason this couldn't be made to work. A high charisma is more indicative of a powerful personality than it is a likable one. One might be able to play up to the mystique of the stoic with a dark past, and a high charisma can be channeled into intimidation just as easily as diplomacy.
|Orlok Jr
I notice we still haven't heard from Valachi. What do you guys want to do about this? Since the actual game is about a week off, there's no real rush to get everyone over to this thread, though if you'd prefer to get the party compiled and fully represented, we can pick a replacement from the recruitment thread later tonight or tomorrow.
A high charisma is more indicative of a powerful personality than it is a likable one. One might be able to play up to the mystique of the stoic with a dark past, and a high charisma can be channeled into intimidation just as easily as diplomacy.
I agree that there is no reason it cannot work, simply pointing out that it is less common. Since the character sheet was bit details-lite, it was more of a mechanical question than an RP one, and I was just curious if it was a deliberate variation from the typical (which I think is a good thing). I like it when a character concept deliberately challenges the normal preconceived (read:cliche) expectation.
I notice we still haven't heard from Valachi.
I think we can easily afford to wait a few days. If he flakes out, we can always invite bear-dwarf, or even the witch Tsura.
|Orlok Jr
I couldn't get your URL to work, but I found the pic here.
It is a cool idea.
Starting Statistics: Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 claws (1d3); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.
4th-Level Advancement: Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2.
But it is only small or medium, which makes it one of the less realistic animal companions, in my opinion. Why does a bear only become medium? It doesn't even get any decent special abilities; a lion or a wolf are both much tougher. If he did come in, I'd suggest you either allow him to ride the bear once it became a medium creature (kind of like our dwarf on a pony conversation in Ringtail's campaign - make dwarves an exception that can ride a medium animal), or use one of the other animals as a template for a 'Grizzly' companion that is different from the normal bear companion. Until it was large enough, he would have to fight afoot and just use his animal as a companion.
Sagaar I noticed in your profile, you have titles and Spoiler buttons. You can combine the two if you want to clean things up a bit. You just have to list a title in the code. (spoiler=Offence)Content(/spoiler) becomes
In regards to the question of our group's 'face,' I gave Zhan a domain that would allow him people skills along with great Wisdom stat synergy. Of course, if we have enough 'face' skills to go around, he could always look at taking a different domain in order to allow him to contribute to the group in another fashion. I'm perfectly willing to look at modifications to my character that might allow a more diversified group. If there are any thoughts on this, or other suggestions for modifications to Zhan, I'd like to hear them.
I've also considered generalizing his stats a bit to make him less specialized (probably to raise his strength). His goal with his existing stats would eventually be to acquire a 'Guided' melee weapon (+1 feature that allows you to substitute Wisdom for Attack and Damage). Until then, he would have to focus on Range, as his melee abilities are underwhelming. However, I think our group is large enough that a specialized range character would be useful, particularly since we don't have anyone else who has much range capability (so far).
Woot! Thanks for adding me! I'll start fleshing out the rest of the stats, equipment, etc.
My long-term vision for Val was straight ranger using the natural weapons specialist, and either shapeshifter or skirmisher archetypes. Not yet sold on either one, both are cool and fit the concept really well.
He's not a "face" character, but I'll use his skills to make sure he's got something to add out of combat. As everyone develops out, I'll find a niche unfilled.
EDIT: Yeah, sorry it took a while to reply. I've been thrashing the last couple days to get my house packed up and cleaned out! I'm on the road the next couple days, driving FL > TX, but I'll do my best to check every day, if able.
Question do you guys think that I should trade my adaptability for the dual mind racial trait? That would give me +2 to will saves. I could just keep the skill focus for the +3 to my craft but I do not think we really need to worry about Agnar making the party armor till around level 4 or 5.
|Kirill Innokenti
Your craft score will already be decent, and unless you are trying to race the clock you can probably live without skill focus unless you are planning on going the master craftsman route. Dual minded would be good to shore up the martial will save. When I think barbarian I usually think stubborn and the resistance to mental influence would help with that.
I'm having my own feat quandry. I have two and have no clue what to do with them. I'm thinking any two of stealthy, deft hands, or alertness (possibly skill focus in perception) and just being a skill whore, but it would leave my defenses and offenses in combat incredibly low. I'd have surprise rounds with my short bow for decent damage, but would pretty much be down to manipulating existing terrian in a battlefield or aiding another once combat is fully engaged. Does anyone have a particular objection to me lagging very far behind in combat?
Not going the master craftsman route. He will just make the armor others can enchant it. Question on the armor making though say I want to make an armor out of special materials do I just use the rules for masterwork or what do I do ? Yeah seems about right I will go with dual mind.
|Delia Pilachet
Lagging behind as in, behind in distance, or behind the power curve in effectiveness?
If distance is the thing then you can use Father as a shield. He will be mostly in a 'defend the casters' role, and can add a 'defend the archers' to that.
If it's lag in power, I think the CC AP isn't too combat heavy (I imagine) and is more about fear and mystery. I think we are decent for combat, so being a little behind the curve wouldn't be a big deal to me personally.
Looked at some of the archetypes, I think the closest that would fit my concept would be Evolutionist. As she understands what Father is she masters controlling his manifestation. I have til 6th to decide that though, so I will see how it plays out. I may just stick with straight summoner the whole way.
|Kirill Innokenti
I would go with a mix Ringtail. Not saying be great at combat but do well enough if something happens you can hold off until other characters can get to you. Never know what can happen. That is what I would do if you do not want to seem weak in the party. You will still have the skills and can still defend yourself if something comes up.
Since you are counting on that first round or two for some good sneak attack damage, it might work well to take Alertness or Skill Focus in Perception (which will generally never be wasted in Pathfinder, it's pretty much the everything skill) and perhaps improved initiative.
Depending on what it does for you concept, if you are taking a skill focus it may be beneficial to consider a change to Half-Elf for race. You loose 1 skill point per level, but still get a skill focus feat for free (so the +1 feat human trait is met), as well as gain low-light vision, half-elf immunities, and +2 to perception from keen senses. If that is not too radical a shift in concept, it might be worth the pay off.
Otherwise, I too would likely recommend splitting your feats between combat and utility/skills rather than going straight skills. You get enough skill points that even focusing in combat would not be that bad. If you are planning on range, any of the range feats are good; Point blank is great (since you need to be that close for sneak attack anyway), rapid shot (2 sneak attacks in the first round vs. 1), deadly aim (since you need a way to keep your damage up after the surprise round, but rapid shot kind of does that too), would all be good choices. Precise shot helps, but is not critical.
Otherwise, any of the usual combat feats: Dodge, Weapon Focus, or Two Weapon Fighting, for instance, will get used regularly enough to make them worth it, I'm sure.
|Orlok Jr
Profile updated with gear and combat stats. Let me know if I missed anything, or if you need me to expand/explain.
I changed his feats out, taking Imp Unarmed Strike and Imp Grapple. Figure Agnar will be fine handling the brute force smashing of things, and as Val gets into the natural attacks, the unarmed/grappling will work nicely with the claws, etc. Also put spikes on the armor... :)
Open to comments, questions, recommendations, b~~+#%*! flags, anecdotes...
Hey I do not just smash I also chop and slash. Anyway why is your favored enemy human? Thought maybe it was a back story thing but did not see why it would be in from the back story.
A little metagaming from the CCPG suggestions, and I wanted to start with something different than *undead*. It works okay for his background in that he spent much of his youth as a street rat, doing his best to survive - stealing or bluffing to get things, avoiding guards or gangs, etc. Later in life, perhaps protecting his woodlands against poachers or bandits. Val doesn't hate humans, he just have a lifetime of being at odds with humanity.
Hey is there any suggestions anybody can offer me to help refine my character?
Do you mean mechanically, or conceptually?
I can comment on some mechanical tweaks if you like. They are by no means the only options, but usually sound suggestions.
1. Armour: First off, I'd suggest ditching the Hide armour and going with either Studded Leather or Scale Mail. If you could afford a chain shirt that would be a good middle road, but that is a pricey item. If you are doing medium armour, you have already lost your 10ft movement, and there is not much harm in going heavier. Scale gives you an extra +1 AC
- Studded Leather AC +3 | Dex +5 | Check -1
- Chain Shirt AC +4 | Dex +4 | Check -2
- Hide AC +4 | Dex +4 | Check -3 | 20 ft movement
- Scale AC +5 | Dex +3 | Check -4 | 20 ft movement
Except for its cheapness, Hide has pretty much nothing going for it. You start with 3d6x10 go (105 average), so I think you could afford to go with the Scale at 50 gp. If not, go with the studded leather and save yourself the 10ft movement.
2. Weapon:
You have mentioned that you will likely be mostly melee. Based on your stats and such, you are not really a first line combatant. Scale Mail will help keep you safer, but you don't have the HP to stand up with Agnar (HP 15) and Valachi (HP 13). With that in mind, your best bet is likely a reach weapon, so take a Long Spear.
- Longspear 5 gp 1d6 1d8 ×3 — 9 lbs. P brace, reach
3. Traits: Lore Seeker - Adds +1 to Kn: Arcane and increases the caster level of 3 arcane spells. Since you don't cast arcane spells, you cast divine spells, this trait may be of limited use to you.
4. Spells Known: Think carefully about what spells you choose. In oracle is not a cleric or a wizard; he can't learn new spells easily, he only gets a few spells but he can cast them many times. If you need a situational spell, it might be better to buy an item or a scroll. An oracle is like a Sorcerer; he's a caster with a narrow focus, but the ability to keep casting more spells by volume than a cleric or wizard. But, since he knows so few, he needs to pick them carefully. He should aim for spells that he can use as often as possible. In essence, he needs spells he can "spam" - that he can use as often and in as many different circumstances as possible. Holy water can be useful, but you can also buy it, or pack it along from the temple, and it only affects some kinds of badguys. Ventriloquism is useful occasionally, but can you use it in most social situations, or in most fights? You get ghost sound for free, will that do what you intended for Ventriloquism? Protection from evil is good; you can cast it in pretty much every battle. Other handy spells might be Divine Favor, Bless, or Shield of Faith. There are plenty of good out of combat spells too. The key to keep in mind is that you get very few, so make sure each has as broad an application as possible, or is very good a doing one thing that will come up often (like combat).
I like the idea of a the reach weapon, I think I will go ahead and get rid of the 2 spells that can make holy water, I had been contemplating it before but wasnt sure. Those spells do take up alot of space on my spell list. Also Ill see if I have enough money to get a bit more decent armour, and as for ventriloquism, I though that since i took the archytype I have to take that spell, even though I do get it for free? (Not sure on this stuff). But yeah I was talking about mechanical stuff, Ive already got everything I need worked out conceptually unless anybody has any faults with my guy and ways to make it work better with the group.
Sorry, I didn't know Ventriloquism was a bonus spell. I'm looking at the Possessed Archetype now so I can learn about what it does for you. Since ventriloquism is a bonus spell, you in essence get it for free but you can't change it, but it does not count as one of the two spells you get to choose.
For Sagaar, another consideration for your armor decision is your overall encumberance. If you're already carrying enough gear to put you into Medium encumbered and 20 ft movement, than taking medium armor isn't going to penalize you any further in that area. If you're close to the line between Light and Medium enc, going the studded leather might keep you more mobile.
|Delia Pilachet
Bear in mind that 'encumbered' carries a heavy (hehe) penalty. Medium load is max dex of +3 to AC and a -3 penalty to all dex and str skills along with the hampered movement.
But if the max dex and skill penalty is the same as your armor or better, then your armor already takes it into account.
So hide is the ONLY core armor that you can wear and be better off if you are under you carrying medium load cap. and that is only for max dex (at +4 so only matters with an 18), the check is still -3.
|Delia Pilachet
Combination bump and reminder.
I'm not sure if encumbrance will be an issue (or used) for the game, but remember that unlike 3.5 your free set of clothes are not weightless. Just remembered and saw it put me over my weight, so now I have to make Father carry more of my gear.
|Orlok Jr
|Orlok Jr
Ah, and I don't have you track encumbrance unless you have an unusually low strength score (below 7) or are carrying mountains of equipment. It's something that might come into play when you start making your way out of a dungeon with bags upon bags of loot, but overall, so long as you are carrying what seems to be a reasonable amount of gear you don't have to worry about it.
|Kirill Innokenti
Ah, and I don't have you track encumbrance unless you have an unusually low strength score (below 7) or are carrying mountains of equipment. It's something that might come into play when you start making your way out of a dungeon with bags upon bags of loot, but overall, so long as you are carrying what seems to be a reasonable amount of gear you don't have to worry about it.
Whew. Even with my 12 STR it has been a balancing act staying within light load. Looks like I'll need to finally decide on feats today then. Oh, could I buy wither masterwork spectacles or magnifying goggles as a masterwork tool for sight based Perception? I have them currently listed on my gear but can change it to something like boots or a cloack for stealth or even something else if not.
|Kirill Innokenti
I think I've figured out a decent way to keep up in combat while only spending a few resources. I've taken point blank shot and precise shot at level 1. At either level 2 or 4 I'll pick up Minor Magic (trap spotter will be the other trick) to grab spark. Then I'll be able to light smokesticks to create smoke clouds as a standard action (20GP twice a day for when combat arises shouldn't be too difficult as levels progress). I'll be able to move through or behind the concealment, and come out the otherside stealthed to take a shot at a flatfooted enemy and repeat. I won't put out great damage, but hey, at least I'll actually be able to contribute while developing my character skill and personality wise. Now all I need is a final bonus langauge and I'm done.
Are you taking Aspect of the Beast at Level 2 to get true claws? If so, I don't think you need Improved Unarmed Strike, as you are considered armed since you have natural weapons.
Yes, and you're correct. I need IUS for pre-req to Imp and Gtr Grapple, though.
In that case, I would ask Orlok to wave the requirement for Improved Unarmed Strike, as once you are armed the effect is neutralized and the feat wasted. I would suggest you take the feat at level one, but then be allowed to retrain it after level 2, as you will in effect never be unarmed again. Orlok, what do you think?
In that case, I would ask Orlok to wave the requirement for Improved Unarmed Strike, as once you are armed the effect is neutralized and the feat wasted. I would suggest you take the feat at level one, but then be allowed to retrain it after level 2, as you will in effect never be unarmed again. Orlok, what do you think?
Good thinking... I won't complain about getting a feat back. :)
|Kirill Innokenti
|Orlok Jr
Zhan wrote:In that case, I would ask Orlok to wave the requirement for Improved Unarmed Strike, as once you are armed the effect is neutralized and the feat wasted. I would suggest you take the feat at level one, but then be allowed to retrain it after level 2, as you will in effect never be unarmed again. Orlok, what do you think?Good thinking... I won't complain about getting a feat back. :)
Sounds fine to me. Sorry I've been a little late in getting this off the ground. Been trying to get re-oriented after vacation. I only have a single class today though, so I'll probably have some time to get things rolling after that.


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First, I loved this little deke move by LB Larry Foote on Nate Livings:
Foote is showing blitz:
At the snap, he backs off as if he's dropping into coverage, as we see so often in the NFL today:
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Meanwhile, Tyron Smith (#77) now has nobody to block, and Foote has a free run at Tony Romo:
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By Sondra Washington
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St. Clair Baptist Association
Favorite Verse: Romans 8:28
Favorite Hymn: "Amazing Grace"
Hobbies: Journaling
Family Status: Widowed after 43 years of marriage to David; three children, Randy, Robin and Ric; five grandchildren
Jessie Garrison has worked in Bible Drill for 30 years. She has been the children's Bible Drill leader at St. Clair Baptist Association for three years.
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