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|Callum Carnvegas
Callum joins the others to look through Grok's wares, mainly focusing on the weapons and armor, but looking at the other items too. "An interesting selection, ye have here, Grok. Ye get much call fer baptisms an' the like?" he says with a smile by the holy water. "An' best be careful with those," he continied chuckling as he passed by the alchemist's fire, "They could sink us all." He stops at one of the masterwork bucklers and picks it up, turning it around, considering it.
Thinking about buying the MW buckler. Of course if the discount is so huge Callum can buy the +1 short sword, we'll go with that ;)
Here is the check for whatever the most expensive item he buys. Probably the buckler, but I'm holding off to make sure we don't need to pool our money for something and he's forced to buy something cheaper.
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
|Young Tully
By the time Tully had collected his total earnings made his way to Grok's shop, Callum had already laid claim to the buckler Tully had examined earlier. Tully spotted a second of equal quality and was quick to grab it from the Half-orc's stores.
My dearest lady... Your taste is exquisite. And you sacrifice none of its function in creating its aesthetic. How wonderful!
Diplomacy Check: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Oh, and what have we here? Tully asked as he picked up the wand. Powerful magic, nearly spent. Still... I shall have to consider this purchase.
DMJ, my math puts the wand's price at 240 gp. If that's correct, then I'll see where I stand with the discount before buying that.
Ko'ulu follows the rest of the group down to Grok's, eager to spend what money he has.
"A chain shirt? It would be easy to get out of...can't sleep in it though...and it rusts to bits. But it might help when I need it...", Ko'ulu muses, fingering the steel links.
|DM Jonasty
|Xanxan Gimblewabe
|Young Tully
Tully spun the wand dexterously through his fingers. The power of one of the gods' champions at his fingertips...
"I oughta barter for that silver tongue o' yers," Grok huffed. "For you, two hunnerd."
No... No, thank you, dear Grok. Just this device, for today, I think.
Tully pays for the buckler and returns to the main deck, ready for further adventure! =)
|DM Jonasty
Xanxan, I've never really made a distinction for "generic" loot so if you want either of them to be, then that's fine. If an item is specifically sized, I'll make sure to note it but for stuff like this, I'm fine saying it happens to be. It could be Medium sized for everyone else, depends on who buys it first lol.
|Xanxan Gimblewabe
|DM Jonasty
|Xanxan Gimblewabe
2000 gold I aint' got so ...
The gnome eyes the items wistfully, but in the end, "Ah, too rich for this poor swabbie's blood."Xanxan figures he might be able to buy... or even steal, such an item later.
sorry about the delay. I know the window is closed after this, but Xanxan doesn't so he's passing for now, and may regret it later :)
|DM Jonasty
So people have had more than enough time to shop, time to move along.
The revelry continues through the evening and all through the next day and night, everyone drinking themselves silly and talking of all they would do with their coin once they made port. It was amazing to see how quickly spirits picked up at the thought of spending their hard-won plunder.
The following morning, two days after the Wormwood vanquished her prey, it appears the party is finally over and it is back to the business at hand. Coming up on deck, you find the Wormwood's officers standing around deck facing a line of the prisoners taken in the battle. As the rest of the crew gathers, Harrigan stomps forward and paces before the you all and the prisoners.
All right, you scurvy tars! You've done a right good job by me. We've got a second ship now, and she's quite a prize from the looks of her. But I still only have one crew. So here's the plan! The Wormwood will sail on to our planned destination with our new shipmates here, while Mister Plugg will pick a skeleton crew to sail the Man's Promise, Harrigan indicates the other ship with a wave of his hand, to Port Peril, where she'll be worth a pretty penny as salvage.
As for these fine fellows here, and he gives a look over the captured crew of the other ship, some of them no doubt will be worth a hefty ransom from their families back in Azir. And for the rest, if the life of a pirate's not for them, then they can spend the rest of the their lives at sea! At this Harrigan grabs one of the prisoners and hurls her over the side of the ship, where she splashes into the water with a cry. Much of the crew cheers and laughs at this and the captured sailors quickly begin swearing allegiance to Harrigan's flag.
Stomping back to the aft of the ship with the rest of the officers, Harrigan's voice rings out. Mister Plugg, gather your crew and be ready to sail!
Plugg calls out an affirmative before his voice rings out, naming his crew. You're almost surprised as he you hear your names ring out but then you catch a glimpse of the cruel smile on his face and realize that you aren't being chosen for your skills. As the last of the crew is selected from some of the captured sailors, Plugg faces his new "crew". You heard the cap'n! Grab your s*&% and make your way to the Promise. We make sail in 10 minutes and if you're not on board, you'd better be a strong swimmer!
- All of the PC's
- Plugg and Scourge obviously
- Sandara
- Rosie
- Conchobhar
- Fishguts
- Narhwal Tate
- Jaundiced Jape
- Fipps
- Maheem
- Aretta
- Badger
- 6 of the captured Rahadoumi sailors
After some brief chaos, the two ships part company and begin sailing off. As the Promise gets under way, acting captain Plugg calls his crew on to deck. Alright you dogs, listen up! You'll all keep to your assigned posts as you were on the Wormwood. Things ain't different just cause you're on a new vessel. In fact, discipline was always a bit lax on the 'wood and that'll be changing now, so get your jobs done and done right! Also there's to be no more rum rations or evening entertainments! Crew is confined to quarters after dinner.
Late into that first day, the Wormwood's sails disappear over the horizon and you are on your own. The day's work is finished quickly and after the meal, everyone heads below decks. The mood is somber and quiet amongst everyone as the first day aboard the Promise comes to a close.
Alright back from the long weekend and time to get things going again. Big changes are clearly afoot. Let me know what's going on with you guys. If any of you want to do or say anything during all of the above, I'm fine with that. Otherwise, let me know what the plan is right now/for the evening. Once everything's been resolved, either evening activities, retcon stuff or both, at that point I'll move the thread along.
|Callum Carnvegas
You heard the cap'n! Grab your s%%! and make your way to the Promise. We make sail in 10 minutes and if you're not on board, you'd better be a strong swimmer!
"Aye, aye," Callum mutters as he heads down to the crew quarters to collect his things and boards the new ship, looking around at the others, his friends and allies as well as their enemies and the new Rahadoumi crew. An' now it gets interestin'.
Callum works dilligently through the day, getting a feel for the new ship. Aye, she's a nice un.
Perception DC 15: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
At night, seeing selected crew being taken up to the deck, Callum quietly speaks to the others. "It looks te me like Plugg be gatherin' them whats with him an' them whats afraid o' him," he says indicating the now empty cots. "I was hopin' te be able te do some convincin' on Fipps and the new swabs, an' mayhap turn 'em our way. We can still put in the effort but I expect we can bet on them te be against us now." He looks around at the crew left behind. "I see about twelve o' us, thirteen if we count Fishguts, te their eleven. I like them odds. I say we play it real civil-like fer now, but keep an eye out fer the time when Besmara's opportunity comes a knockin' on the deck."
|Young Tully
Perception Check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Tully felt a sharp nudge on his shoulder, dragging him back to consciousness.
"It looks te me like Plugg be gatherin' them whats with him an' them whats afraid o' him," he says indicating the now empty cots.
Tully's sleep-muddled vision was too blurred to pierce the darkness of the 'tween decks. But, it was clear that several of the hammocks were hanging empty.
"I was hopin' te be able te do some convincin' on Fipps and the new swabs, an' mayhap turn 'em our way. We can still put in the effort but I expect we can bet on them te be against us now." He looks around at the crew left behind. "I see about twelve o' us, thirteen if we count Fishguts, te their eleven. I like them odds. I say we play it real civil-like fer now, but keep an eye out fer the time when Besmara's opportunity comes a knockin' on the deck."
"Why do we hesitate? We should strike this very morning, before the first bell. We need not rouse the entire crew." Tully reached into his dunnage retrieving his sap and whip. "The Rahadoumi will support Plugg and Scourge only as long as they believe their lives depend upon it. Even Fipps may only support them conditionally... In a few hours time, when all are sound asleep, we can subdue the crew..." Tully offered the sap to Xanxan, "... and give Mister Plugg and Mister Scourge a taste of their own medicine!" Tully said as he offered the whip to Callum.
"In any event, we should not wait over long. Plugg and Scourge are smart enough to know that their hold on the crew is tenuous. Through a combination of labor and punishment, they will drive us to weakness and exhaustion until we reach Port Peril.
|Tylos Vielent
Tylos is surprised to be selected for the new vessel but is heartened when he sees his new companions chosen as well. [i]Perhaps a new ship will give better opportunities for the utilization of my talents. Gathering his gear, he quickly moves to the other ship and stows it.
Upon Plugg's pronouncements of further discipline, Tylos cringes but does not seem to mind being confined to quarters as it gives him more time to research and practice his magic.
Perception 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
During the down time, he notices Plugg bring a few men and women up on deck. He is not surprised when the others mention it as well.
When the others start speaking of mutiny he says I am in agreement with Callum that we should exercise caution. I am on your side obviously should a fight break out but I worry about what happens if we fail.
|Xanxan Gimblewabe
Xanxan scowls as the lady is thrown overboard as an example, What a waste of a fine wench. Women folk should be flattered and lied to, not thrown into the drink.
But his real surprise comes up when and his mates are put on the Promise.
"Well, well...fellow Wormwood, hello my lady Promise." He grins as he's on the deck.
Alright you dogs, listen up! You'll all keep to your assigned posts as you were on the Wormwood. Things ain't different just cause you're on a new vessel. In fact, discipline was always a bit lax on the 'wood and that'll be changing now, so get your jobs done and done right! Also there's to be no more rum rations or evening entertainments! Crew is confined to quarters after dinner.
Xanxan just smiles, but inwardly he seethes, No. Death'll be coming for Scourge soon, no more bilges, no more flogging.
Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
The meeting starts up, he listens to them all. He takes the sap. "We can't wait too long. We'll get worn down till we're not threat at all. The new six may not think highly of us, as we did kill their mates. swaying them won't be easy. Let me talk to a few of em, but I won't wait longer than a few days. I'll tell you that. Scourge whips me again, or shoves me in the bilges... I won't be waiting."
For a moment the deck is silent, Xanxan's words trailing off into the ever present symphony of wood and wave.
"No." Ko'ulu says from the shadows, the light from the swinging lantern picking up the white of Ko'ulu's eyes.
"Plugg is a coward. He will pick his time and place when we are weak, or he has the advantage. That time will be bad."
"We must go tonight. He has chosen his men. We have ours. We will have the advantage because Plugg will not be able to chose his time and place. Cowards like him are always expecting trouble, his picked men will not."
"I will not sail under Plugg." he says with finality.
Ko'ulu is not smiling.
|Young Tully
"Ko'ulu's correct, I fear. Plugg and Scourge are at their weakest at this moment. Tate and Jape will support them, if for no better reason than to oppose us. Perhaps they have cowed Fipps, as well. They are working quickly to secure the allegiance of the Rahadoumi.
"We are at our strongest. But, Plugg has the power to change that! He can, with a word, work us past exhaustion. Then, he'll have us at the gratings for 'failing' at our duties. Remember how much healing was required on the Wormwood just to stave off death! Imagine how much more will be required without Harrigan's control! He will give us no opportunity to influence the crew. You can see he already has us confined below decks, at night. Whatever privacy we might once have found on the Wormwood will be denied us here. Whatever steps we take will be known and countered quickly.
"Tonight. This is our best opportunity."
|Callum Carnvegas
"The Wormwood is not even a full day's sail away. A bit o' smoke in the air an' the ol' Cap'n will be comin' fer us fast, an' us with naught but a skeleton crew. We need a bit more time te get some more distance methinks."
Callum thinks a bit, "An' mayhap we can figure what they be plannin' an can head off anythin' meant te weaken us. Any chance we have a silent one 'ere what can give a quiet visit te them whats out plottin against us?"
|Tylos Vielent
I am with Callum on this one...more for self preservation than anything else. I find it is always better to have more information than less. Also we may want to involve those friends you have managed to make upon the ship and see what their opinions are.
"If they work us the way they usually do while Plugg's picked men do nothing, they will not have to try. We will be weak."
"Plugg will whip me dead the first chance he gets. Then see who follows you. The rest of these sailors aren't going to risk their skin so soon...Tully-man might be able to talk them up though..."
"Take care of smoke by snuffing the fires. Cold ship won't burn."
|Xanxan Gimblewabe
Callum thinks a bit, "An' mayhap we can figure what they be plannin' an can head off anythin' meant te weaken us. Any chance we have a silent one 'ere what can give a quiet visit te them whats out plottin against us?"
"I'll risk it if ye all like? Might settle things one way or nother."
|Young Tully
"I'll risk it if ye all like? Might settle things one way or nother."
Do you still carry the potion with which we were paid? It could make the difference between life and death. If we're to take this course, you must go quickly. Plugg and Scourge are not ones to beat around the bush, as it were. They will come quickly to the point, and set those men about their nefarious business.
This spell will let me hear your words, for a time. Do not speak if speaking will place your life in peril. But, call out quickly if you have need of us. If you believe it to be safe, you can relay what you see to me with whispers.
Tully casts message targeting Xanxan.
|Callum Carnvegas
"I'll risk it if ye all like? Might settle things one way or nother."
"Mayhap ye be right, Callum says nodding. Take care out there Xanxan an' keep yer wits about ye. May Besmara be with ye on this."
He then turns to the others. "It's me firm belief that ye can't take an' keep a ship without a crew te back ye. At my thinkin' we can at least have a Cleric o' Besmara on our side in Sandara. Havin' worked with Maheem, I can say he's got a good strong arm on 'im, Rosie too, if her pig tossin' skills are any indication. Conch may be a tough nut but I'll reckon he'll fight te the best o' his ability on any side Rosie'll be on. Don' know much about Aretta an' Badger, but I expect they'll fight hard fer the right cause. An' a cause, bein takin' down Plugg an' Scourge an' gettin' a ship, that be a right one."
|Jirobo the Storm Crow
Perception Check: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26
The tengu watches some of the sailors go up on deck with Plugg before hopping over to the others whispered conversation. Jirobo looks at the others with worry at the talk of full-blown mutiny so early, "But the Wormwood is still yet close. Are we sure this is the best time for taking over of the ship? The price of failure in this is death by sword, keel-hauling, or drowning. Maybe we can wait until we are closer to an island or the mainland. If things go south then, we have alternate routes of escape."
|Young Tully
|Xanxan Gimblewabe
Nodding to Tully as the spell is cast, and Callum's blessing. He nods to them all, but speaks chiefly to Jirobo.
"Well, my fine feathered friend, that's what my foray will determine. Fear not, whatever happens to me, it's got to be more interesting than the bilges," The gnome winks, nods to all, checks the potion at his side, and slips out.
Many rolls needed I'm sure...
Stealth: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18
Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Perception with trapfinding: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Disable Device: (traps) 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
Disable Device: (locks) 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
|DM Jonasty
|DM Jonasty
Despite your best efforts, you can't make out anything from beyond the door. You can hear muffled voices but can't pick out even a single word. You do hear the scrape of a boot and hastily move back from the door.
Hidden amongst the shadows and night, you watch as the men head back down to the crew quarters while Plugg and Scourge go back into the cabin and shut the door. You hear the latch being thrown and then you're alone on deck. Moving back down into the hold, you see the sailors settling into their hammocks and drifting off to sleep. Across from them you can just manage to spot your crew mates awaiting your return.
|Xanxan Gimblewabe
Xanxan whispers,
|Young Tully
|Xanxan Gimblewabe
Xanxan wonders if he can wait till Scourge sleeps and then slit his throat. Then sighs Not on me game tonight and I'll need Desna's own luck to pull that right.
Slipping into hold, he come a bit wistful.
stealth back 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16
|Tylos Vielent
|DM Jonasty
Sorry for the delay and thanks for the patience everyone.
It's a somewhat restless night as you sleep as you're able but being on a strange ship with Plugg at the helm is enough to give anyone bad dreams. Waking groggily the next morning, you climb up to the main deck where Plugg and Scourge are waiting, both men clearly preening at their newfound authority. Quickly assigning tasks to the lot of you, Plugg moves up to the wheel and stands behind it with a grin.
The work assigned to you is quite possibly the worst you've had to deal with so far during your ordeal as a pirate. It's not necessarily harder than anything you've done but it is certainaly more onerous. Cleaning out foul messes left over from the battle, scrubbing the scorch marks on the hull from the explosion, and other base labor. Within hours you're all sweaty, dirty and irritated.
The day winds to a close and the meal is quickly brought up by Fishguts. It's a welcome relief not to have to swallow the hideous rum you were forced to drink on the Wormwood although it's a bittersweet feeling as it reminds you of Grok and those others you may never see again.
Despite his claims the day before, there isn't a single punishment meeted out. Scourge looks disappointed but Plugg doesn't seem to care, his eyes distant and lost in thought. Regardless, it's a welcome relief. With no evening activities allowed, you all quietly head below decks.
As people settle in and relax, some sailors playing quietly at dice while others simply chat, Amrbose moves towards the group of you. His voice is low as he catches your attention. There's been talk that you lads are thinking of taking the ship. Don't act so surprised, you ain't exactly been hiding your disdain for Plugg and his lapdog.
Kroop lowers his voice further and looks around before continuing. I caught wind of this today and Sandara helped confirm it. I think Plugg means to keep the Promise for himself. I thought heard Tate bragging about it to one of the new sailors and Sandara confirmed that we've indeed changed course. We're no longer heading towards Port Peril but east towards Bloodcove. Anyone with ranks in Know Geography would realize this after Kroop mentions it.
I'm not sure yet but I think I've got a good idea we're headed. There's a seedy little drydock called Rickety's Squibs west of Bloodcove. If Plugg is making a bid on the ship, that's where he'd head. They "squib" ships there, changing their names and shapes enough to look enough like a new ship to fool people. Pirates do it all the time and if Plugg is aiming to take the ship, that's where he'd head.
If he's already planning on betraying Harrigan for himself, I don't think he'd plan on keeping around those of us that don't think kindly of him already. So be wary and if you're planning on doing something, you haven't got much time for it I imagine.
As Kroop moves away, you all settle back and think on what he's said.
I know with the delay it might take people a bit to catch up but let me know what you guys wnat to do. Again sorry for the delay.
|DM Immortal
Tylos looks over at the rest of the group and says quietly How long do you think it will take to get to this Rickety's Squibs?
|Callum Carnvegas
Knowledge (geography): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
"Aye, I thought I noticed a change in what bein' the direction we be headin'. West of Bloodcove? We'll not be there by tomorrow, but it might not matter leastwise. We'd best get our good crew on board this right quick. With Plugg movin' against Harrigan, thems whats may have been afraid o' the repercussions, might be more afraid now o' what'll happen te them, bein witnesses to 'is act, an' not on friendly terms with the scalywag."
|Jirobo the Storm Crow
Knowledge (geography) Check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Perception Check: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30
Jirobo finishes the last of the much needed meal as Fishguts fills them in on the doings of the ship. The tengu glances to his friends, "It is almost time for the rinsing storm to sweep through. Ready our friends. Ready our weapons. In a day or two's time, when all is ready, we will take the ship? Might be best time to do so is at night. Ship is not at risk for floundering or fouling if she is not under full speed. Knock out or secure all those against us and just leave Plugg and Scourge by their lonesomes for the final fury of the typhoon."
As Kroop moves away, Ko'ulu grunts.
"I have said my piece. I am still waiting for the wind to change on this ship."
Ko'ulu claps his hands together and stands up.
"Tully-man, tell me if you notice any weather change." he says as he walks away.
|Tylos Vielent
My apologies again for using the wrong avatar before.
Tylos looks at the others and says We should be ready, definitely but also I think we should wait for the opportune moment as well. I will support the assault with my magic but I admit other than that I have no skill at fighting hand to hand.
|Xanxan Gimblewabe
Sorry, somehow i missed the updates!
Perception 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
Looking around, the gnome notices something "Bloody hell, Tate is missing. He never came down after meal. You think he overheard Sandara or the others talking ?
|Young Tully
Perception Check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Tate? Are you sure? That bodes ill for us, and our future enterprises. If Plugg and Scourge have taken that one into their confidences...
Master Kroop and Mistress Sandara have demonstrated their loyalties, my friends. But, I think it falls to us to see that justice is done aboard the Man's Promise. Tully lowered his voice even further. In the deepest hours of this night, just before dawn. Time is no longer our ally, gentlemen.
Sorry about the delay. Like Xanxan, I'm not getting updates about new posts, apparently.
|Xanxan Gimblewabe
|Xanxan Gimblewabe
Realizing that Callum and Tully may still be at loggerheads about this, he pulls out a coin, "Idea for us gents. Rather than squabble and debate till the seacows come home, why not this... one toss of a coin. One of you picks heads, the other tails...and we go with whichever plan Lady Luck blesses. What say ye?"
|Young Tully
He was in the water again. The shallows where he'd fought the reefclaws. It was another idyllic day. He floated lazily on his back, skin prickling from the salt and the heat of the bright, bright sun. A piece of the sun broke off and began a gentle descent down towards him, like a feather of fire and light. Slowly, ever so slowly, it took shape like an angel. <Why did she have Sandara's face, he wondered?> Her sword was glowing with heat and radiance like a shard of pure elemental flame. Then she brought the sword down. The blade struck his heart in an explosion of joy and awe and pain.
Tully's eyes opened. He reached for the holy symbol draped across his chest, lying against his heart. The memory of the pain faded quickly, as he reoriented himself to the world.
His instincts told him that it was the earliest hours of the morning, some little time before the sunrise or the morning bell. He slid silently out the hammock, using the faint light of the binnacle overhead to find his friends.
Stealth Check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
One by one, he gently nudged them awake, his finger to his lips in a gesture of silence. He drew his rapier from its scabbard, nodding to the others as he slid silently towards the hammock where Fipps lay snoring. He glanced at the sap in Xanxan's hand before gesturing him towards Fipps' bunk. With only a slight grimace at the sight of Ko'ulu's trident, he nodded him towards where Jaundiced Jape lay. Pointing towards the other Rahadoumi, then the door, he offered Callum, Jirobo, and Tylos their choice of targets. He watched patiently as the others quietly moved into position.
For a moment, everything was still. He listened to the snores, and the creaking and grinding of the ship at sea. His fears were creeping up within him, as the moment approached.
Perception Check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Sense Motive to see if anyone is faking sleep: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2
Tully will delay action, until everyone is in the position of their choice (the ones I indicated in my post were really just suggestions) and on the same initiative (so that we're acting simultaneously as much as possible in game terms).
With a look and a nod, the time had come... (Assuming everything is going to plan...)
Tully raised his rapier above his head, as he watched the others do the same. Then he brought the hilt down hard on Fipps' temple.
Hilt Bash - Coup de Grace: 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 + (1) + 1 = 8 Non-lethal
|Tylos Vielent
Tylos nods his head and moves over and quietly wakes Sandara and any of the others that were identified as friends of ours. We are taking the ship. Plugg has something planned for all of us and I'm sure it isn't good.
Moving off on his own he quietly casts Mage Armor on himself before returning to the others.
Memorized spells from the day before: Mage Armor, Enlarge Person, Color Spray, Silent Image, Grease
|Xanxan Gimblewabe
Xanxan wakes up quiet like, and is somewhat surprised when he sees that Tully is going to start this with or without the rest of them. Oh, Callum is going to love this. Still, can't let the lad die alone.
He eyes the sap he was given, and who Tully wants him to target. Sneaking over to Fipp, he brings the jack o black down on the fellow's head.
Can one use Coup De Grace rules for sapping? Do they fall into a coma instead of dying if they fail their fort check? :)
regardless.... assuming the sap is gnome sized
Sap damage 1d4 ⇒ 1
crit dmg from coup de grace 1d4 ⇒ 2
Rogue sneak attack dmg bonus 1d6 ⇒ 6
|Jirobo the Storm Crow
Jirobo shivers with nerves as Tully wakes them up, motioning at others around the cabin while going over to whack the ever-loving heck out of Fipp. The tengu grabs the length of knarly wood that makes up his club as he shuffles quietly as possible over to one of the Rahadoumi sailors. Jirobo closes his eyes for a moment as he lines up the club with the side of the man's head. He opens his eyes just as he swings down hard, trying to stun and knockout the sailor in one go. He whispers as he does so, "So sorry."
Perception Check: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28
Stealth Check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Club Attack, Nonlethal vs Rahadoumi (if required): 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (16) - 2 = 14
Club Damage, Nonlethal vs Rahadoumi: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Seeing Tully's eyes on him, Ko'ulu grins, his smile a flash of white in the gloom, then mimics stabbing Jape, enjoying the blanch on Tully's face.
Bare feet silent on the wooden deck, his chainmail jingling slightly with the motion of the ship, Ko'ulu passes the trident to his off hand, then rears back and punches Jape square on the temple.
And that ladies and gentleman, is why every fighter should take improved unarmed combat.
Unarmed:nonlethal 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Nonlethal 1d3 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Nonlethal coup de grace 1d3 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
|DM Jonasty
|Xanxan Gimblewabe
|DM Jonasty
Taking some liberties for dramatic effect.
As you pummel the sailors in front of you into unconsciousness, you quickly turn to deal with the rest. You spin around to find that Sandara, Maheem and the rest have the other Rahadoumi held at sword point, their faces a mix of anger and confusion. Sandara gives you all a quick nod and a smile. We've got this lot handled. You go take care of that eel Plugg.
Moving quietly up the stairs to the main deck, the moon is bright and nearly full above you, illuminating the deck in a bright white light. As you spread out from the stairwell you see standing at the entrance to the captain's quarters are Tate, Scourge and Plugg, all with weapons drawn. The self-made captain gives you all an evil smile as he lazily twirls his cat-o'-nine-tails, the cutlass in his other hand firm and steady.
I think we all knew this day was approaching but I have to admit I honestly wasn't sure if any of you maggots had the stones. Well it's about time you were put in your place the way you should've been that first day out. The Promise is mine and you lot ain't fit to stride her decks!
Like a bubble popping, the quiet tension breaks and you rush at each other.
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There is no surprise round, everyone knew this fight was long in the making. ;-) I'll have Plugg's action up shortly and then everyone post from there.


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Seeking a Bridge to a Peaceful Two-State Solution
On my first trip to Israel, as a high school student in the Los Angeles Bureau of Jewish Education's Summer Ulpan program, we learned about how the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans brought about the end of Jewish national life. While touring Jerusalem, we were taken to the spot that had been a bridge where Jews ascended to the Temple Mount, and all that was visible were its boulders and stones as they had crumbled in the year 70 C.E.
I was mesmerized. As a teen touring the modern Jewish state of Israel, I was witnessing the physical remnants of the destruction of the thriving Jewish national life from 2,000 years ago.
I stared at ancient rubble and saw my future.
On June 6, The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and the Israeli Consulate sponsored an emergency community rally in support of Israel. Despite there being less than a week to prepare, the street was filled with thousands, conveying the deep commitment we have in Los Angeles to the well-being of the State of Israel.
Unfortunately, and certainly unintentionally, the rally also demonstrated a serious lack of civility within our community and a seeming lack of acceptance of what is readily known in Israel — namely that its future as a secure, Jewish and democratic state can only be ensured through a two-state solution.
I was honored to represent Americans for Peace Now at the rally. It's certainly not news to readers of The Jewish Journal that a vocal minority of the crowd, if not a majority, refused to listen or let others listen. They booed, catcalled and jeered. On three occasions, top representatives of The Jewish Federation and the Israeli Consulate implored the crowd for civility, but it was to no avail.
In the end, I finished saying what I had prepared to say — a proclamation of support for the people of Israel in their time of need, and a message of hope that Israel would one day live at peace with its neighbors.
Those in the crowd who disagreed might have simply offered polite applause, stayed silent or put their fingers in their ears. They chose to heckle and did so without considering what was being said.
At first blush, this incident may appear to be about right versus left, hawk versus dove. But there is something much deeper, and very troubling, that the heckling exposed: For a broad segment of American Jews, there can be no debate on Israel. Its policies must be supported whether or not they are sensible, whether or not they are humane, whether or not they are contributing to Israel's descent into pariah status. They are the self-appointed enforcers of political orthodoxy.
For them, there is no room for divergent opinions on what is best for Israel. For them, when it comes to this issue, they ignore the fundamental Jewish tradition of debate and dissent, which are so elevated as to be a core element of the Talmud.
This is not just about a handful of hecklers. This attitude permeates the meeting rooms, boardrooms, sanctuaries and social halls of our community. At the same time, it does not represent the majority in our community, nor in Israel, where the defense minister can say that the occupation poses a bigger threat to Israel than an Iranian nuclear bomb. In Los Angeles, a representative of Americans for Peace Now simply steps to the podium, and the people who are ostensibly the most ardent supporters of Israel open their mouths to boo while closing their minds to the message.
Something is terribly wrong when the wagons are circled so tight that differences, healthy debate and loyal dissent are not allowed in. If this is the culture that dominates "pro-Israel" activity, those unable to countenance this orthodoxy will feel alienated, which includes a growing number of young Jews.
So, what to do? Let's start by acknowledging the problem. Then, let's openly discuss in our synagogues, schools, chavurot, learning circles and organizational meetings how Israel's current and future well-being is being served by its policies. Let's abandon the talking points that cleverly skirt Israel's dilemmas. Let's stop obsessing about hasbarah and start talking about the real issues. Israelis do it every hour of every day. We should cherish and nurture it just like they do.
The current Israeli government's reluctance to genuinely pursue a two-state solution could spell the end of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. I would welcome those who disagree to engage with me in discussion and debate. I'm sure I will learn from their insights, as they will from mine.
The forces that physically brought down the Second Temple in Jerusalem were external. However, the rabbis say that the destruction was not due to Roman military superiority but rather to causeless hatred among the Jews.
The destroyed bridge in Jerusalem that captivated me many years ago reminds us what can happen when we are overcome not by external forces, but rather internal divisions, incivility and hatred.
Let us protect and strengthen the bridge we have here in Los Angeles and prevent any possibility of a collapse that would bring the destruction of us all.
David Pine is West Coast regional director of Americans for Peace Now and has worked for more than 20 years on behalf of the Jewish community and Israel.
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- We provide a new estimate of the local supermassive black hole mass function using (i) the empirical relation between supermassive black hole mass and the Sérsic index of the host spheroidal stellar system and (ii) the measured (spheroid) Sérsic indices drawn from 10k galaxies in the Millennium Galaxy Catalogue. The observational simplicity of our approach, and the direct measurements of the black hole predictor quantity, i.e. the Sérsic index, for both elliptical galaxies and the bulges of disc galaxies makes it straightforward to estimate accurate black hole masses in early- and late-type galaxies alike. We have parametrized the supermassive black hole mass function with a Schechter function and find, at the low-mass end, a logarithmic slope (1 +α) of ∼0.7 for the full galaxy sample and ∼1.0 for the early-type galaxy sample. Considering spheroidal stellar systems brighter than MB=−18 mag , and integrating down to black hole masses of 106 M⊙ , we find that the local mass density of supermassive black holes in early-type galaxies ρbh,early_type= (3.5 ± 1.2) × 105 h370 M⊙ Mpc−3 , and in late-type galaxies ρbh,late_type= (1.0 ± 0.5) × 105 h370 M⊙ Mpc−3 . The uncertainties are derived from Monte Carlo simulations which include uncertainties in the Mbh–n relation, the catalogue of Sérsic indices, the galaxy weights and Malmquist bias. The combined, cosmological, supermassive black hole mass density is thus Ωbh,total= (3.2 ± 1.2) × 10−6 h70. That is, using a new and independent method, we conclude that (0.007 ± 0.003) h370 per cent of the Universe's baryons are presently locked up in supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies.
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Dahl's Basement Tapes
Radio legend Steve Dahl started charging for his podcast last month. He was dumped from "free" radio in December of 2008, when CBS Radio bought out his WJMK-FM (105.9) contract (and continued to pay him). Two years ago, Dahl launched his podcast, joining a growing number of local media figures who have tried to reinvent themselves in today's topsy-turvy media world: paying for equipment; a staff of seven; and a $7,500 per month fee to CBS to allow him to do the podcast.
Dahl has total control over every aspect of the show, since there are no suits or advertisers to alienate. He does it from the basement of his home – so there's no commute (although some of Dahl's most inspired bits happened when he called in late to his old show with Garry Meier). One of the drawbacks of the format is that there's no room for live listener input.
Now, subscribers pay $9.99 per month (or $99.95 per year) to keep the podcasts a-coming (more info at www.dahl.com).
I asked Dahl a few questions about the pay-Dahlcast in an e-mail interview.
IE: So, how do you feel a week after launching the pay podcast? Is it different from before?
Steve Dahl: I feel good. We have been signing up a lot of subscribers (many for a year) and they all say the shows are the best ever.
IE: Was this your plan all along (to offer the podcast for free, and then charge for it)?
SD: No, that idea evolved as I began to understand that it was the only viable way to monetize it.
IE: What makes you think this model will work, when it is failing for journalism (i.e. trying to charge for something that is free), and Sirius XM Internet offers 120 channels for just $12.95 per month?
SD: It's the only place to hear me!
IE: Will the show have paid staff? If so, whom?
SD: Yes, the same staff that I have had for the past two years (Mary Sandberg, Pete Zimmerman, Jim Ruffato, Stephanie Fallara, and Brendan Greeley).
IE: Why is a radio legend of your stature doing a podcast?
SD: Because a legend can do whatever he wants. 🙂
IE: For that matter, why do you think that radio legends like you, Johnny B, and Mancow are all off the air in Chicago?
SD: You would have to ask them, but I suspect it's because radio is losing its focus and shifting away form the one-on-one connection that made it such a great medium.
IE: Do you think a young Steve Dahl could come up in today's corporate radio environment?
SD: Definitely not. There is no place to experiment, fail, and therefore improve.
IE: If Merlin Media, Tribune Co., or a similar entity offered you a lucrative prime time slot with Garry Meier, would you do it?
SD: I wouldn't rule it out, but no one has asked, and I'm very committed to making the podcast work, since I really think it's the future of what used to be called personality radio.
IE: Please add anything else you feel is relevant.
SD: I haven't felt this good about something since I started talking instead of playing album cuts on FM radio back in the '70s (while program directors told me to shut up)!
A NOT-SO-BRIEF-HISTORY OF Q101: In August, WKQX-FM (101.1) flipped to a news format, and Q101 joined the ranks of Chicago's late, great rock stations: WMET, The Zone, The Blaze, and WCKG. But Chicago has always had alternatives to Q101 (anyone remember when WXRT and Q101 used to duke it out?) down on the nonprofit, lefthand side of the dial.
On Q101's last day as a rock station, former DJ James VanOsdol exceeded his Kickstarter target for his upcoming book, Smells Like Rock Radio: An Oral History Of Chicago's Q101 (1992-2011).
"I think that once the Q101's demise became reality, there were a lot of people who wanted to ensure that the project happened, and become part of the it in the process," says VanOsdol. "I'm grateful for the overfunding – it means I'll have better resources and help with the book."
VanOsdol spent years at the station, but left his on-air job earlier this year. "I was working part-time, doing weekend shifts," he explains. "That found me working seven days a week for quite some time. I needed to catch my breath and get my weekends back."
Now that the book is funded, "I'm proceeding slowly and methodically," he says. "My plan is to talk to every air personality, Program Director, General Manager, and relevant support staffer from the station's history. So far, I've completed 20 half-hour interviews, with an estimated 75 more to follow."
So far, no one has declined his interview requests. He says the trickiest part is coordinating interviews around his work and home schedules.
He says the book will take "however long it takes. I'm trying not to put a date on it, simply because I want to do this right.
"If I had to guess, I'd say late '12/early '13."
As for his music taste these days, "I listen to a pretty exhaustive amount of artists and styles," he admits. "I'm perfectly happy listening to indie, metal, classic rock, and blues. It's not unusual to hear The Jesus Lizard or Rush blaring from my car."
More at blog.jamesvanosdol.com.
Not long after the music stopped on Q101, local radio stalwarts Matt Dubiel and Mike Noonan purchased the Q101 brand (the pair was also behind the short-lived "Save The Loop" movement and head up the Broadcast Barter Radio Network; DuBiel was program-operations director and air talent at WERV-FM Aurora and PD at 9 FM; Noonan is a former WLUP jock and former assistant production director at US-99). The duo kicked off the new "goes where the fans go" venture last month with a party at the Cubby Bear, featuring Redlight King. Look for the alternative rocker to be resuscitated via mobile apps, social media, concerts, and its online home – Q101.com.
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In an ideal world, we could download a podcast of both Steve AND Garry….
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In today's Connecticut Post Health & Fitness section, I ran a Los Angeles Times story about the power of books to make us feel better. The story included a link to a list of "mood-boosting books" assembled by the Society of Chief Librarians and the nonprofit Reading Agency, which you can view at http://readingagency.org.uk/adults/tips/mood-boosting-books-2012-list.html
The list of 27 books is pretty eclectic, ranging from the Frances Hodgson Burnett classic "The Secret Garden" to more modern picks, like Bill Bryson's "Notes From A Small Island" and Helen Simonson's "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand." Reviewing the list, I realized that "The Secret Garden" is the only I'd ever read (and that was actually read to me, as a kid). However, I have my own literary pick-me-ups — books that I turn to when I'm feeling a little blue. Like the books on this list, they're not all obviously peppy (have you read "The Secret Garden," by the way? A kid's entire family is wiped out by cholera! Not exactly an upper.)
But all of them make me feel good:
"Garlic and Sapphires," Ruth Reichl: A non-fiction account of Ruth Reichl's attempts to stay anonymous as the New York Times food critic. She employs a variety of disguises and, not only do they conceal her identity, they reveal a lot about how we treat people based on their looks and what we think their socioeconomic status is. Funny, smart and full of sumptuous descriptions of fancy restaurants I will probably never actually dine in.
"The Outsiders," S.E. Hinton: Like "The Secret Garden," this young adult classic isn't a particularly chipper read, but I've read it at least three times. It's about poor teenagers in Oklahoma who are constantly at (often violent) odds with the rich kids in town. When one of the poor kids kills a rich kid in self-defense, it sets off a firestorm. If the only thing you remember about this book is that includes characters named Ponyboy and Sodapop, you owe it to yourself to pick it up (but, honestly, those names alone are enough to perk you up when you're feeling glum). There's something weirdly comforting about the book's message that things are hard all over. And even though really sad things happen in it, there's such beauty and sweetness in Hinton's writing, probably because she was a teenager when she wrote it.
"Me Talk Pretty One Day," "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim," by David Sedaris: The great thing about books of essays is that you can pick them up whenever you want, read a favorite piece, and be done with it. Though I've kind of gotten over Sedaris in recent years, these two books of hilarious essays are faves of mine. "Corduroy and Denim" includes one of my all-time favorite Christmas stories, the riotous "Six to Eight Black Men," about Christmas traditions in other countries (with, somehow, an interlude about how the blind can hunt in certain states). Not a deep read, but so much fun.
These are some of my favorite mood-boosting reads. What book makes you feel better when you're blue? Leave comments below or email me at email@example.com.


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Camelot Theatres
2300 E. Baristo Road,
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The original 625 seat Camelot Theatre located at the Palm Springs Shopping Center was opened on February 4, 1967 by then President of Metropolitan Theatres Sherrill Corwin at a cost of $750,000.00. The heralded state-of-the-art cinema, equipped to the standards of only three other theatres in the United States, debuted with a star-studded screening of "Dr. Zhivago" for the United Fund.
Celebrities in attendance for that sold out performance included Barbara Rush, Suzanne Pleshette, Mr. and Mrs. David Jansses, Bill Bixby, John Shubeck, Lily Pons and Jolie and Eva Gabor. For those unable to obtain the heady $100.00 per couple tickets to this major event, two radio stations in town, KDES and KCMJ broadcasted the evening's event live.
That evening set the stage for what was to become nearly two decades of success for Camelot Theatre as well as the growing chain of Metropolitan Theatres. In the early 1970's Camelot was expanded to include a second theatre screen and then became a tri-plex in the late 70's when the second auditorium was split to seat 202 and 214. The theatre and its owner Metropolitan continued their successful run through the 70 and 80's. But as competition began to take shape in the valley in the early 90's and the era of multi-plexs was born, market conditions began to change.
Citing tough economic conditions from competition, diminishing attendance numbers and high operating costs for the then 25-year-old building, Metropolitan Theatres closed Camelot Theatres on January 15, 1992 after the Third Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. Saved from the wrecking ball by the Palm Springs Shopping Mall management as it searched for another tenant, the theatre remained closed and dormant for several years. Many various uses were considered including new theatre operators and even discussions that the City of Palm Springs should buy the building, but no firm offers came for nearly 8 years.
Then in November of 1999 Ric and Rozene Supple, the owners of KPSI / KDES Radio purchased the building and renovated the three-screen theatre complex as the new Festival Of Arts Theatres. The theatre herald once more the emergence of a state-of-the-art theatre beautifully designed and laden with the finest sound and projection equipment offering an overall movie experience unmatched in the desert valley.
Seizing on the opportunity for a growing market niche, programming for the new Festival Of Arts theatres was to be community driven, offering foreign and art films that appealed to the eclectic appetite of surrounding residents. The theatre also once more became the home for The Palm Springs International Film Festival, Palm Springs Festival of Short Films and an ever-growing list of other prestigious annual events.
Noting the exciting yet confusing list of film events springing up throughout the Coachella Valley theatre management contemplated a name change in the later half of 2001. The idea was to better distinguish the year-round theatre from numerous similarly named events in the desert. They reflected fondly with many long time residents on the theatre's glory days while focusing on the exciting future that lay on the horizon. On February 1, 2002 it was announced that the Festival of Arts banner was to be retired to once again resurrect the name Camelot!
Over it's brief new history Camelot Theatres has shown such acclaimed films as "O Brother Where Art Thou", "Big Eden", "The Deep End", "Monster's Ball", "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", as well as the local box-office phenomenon "Sordid Lives". The quality presentation as well as the tailor made programming of unique films put the theatre on the map as the deserts first choice for superior entertainment offering rare, fun and intelligent films to be enjoyed by old and young alike.
Camelot Theatres is located on the South side of the Palm Springs Mall parking lot at 2300 Baristo Road, Palm Springs. Camelot Theatres is a three-screen movie house and entertainment complex specializing in first-run art film, foreign film, independent film features and special events. Newly renovated in 1999, it is one of a handful of theatres in the country with its level of technical sophistication. The large house (548 seats) also contains a performance platform live performances and the small house (152 seats) contains a lecture stage. The theatre is programmed 52 weeks a year and is also available for group sales and rental.
The facility also contains Ric's Cafe serving a large canopied outdoor patio, offering a complete menu of fresh salads, sandwiches, bakery goods, beer and wine, and gourmet coffees. Camelot Theatres also has a full liquor license and offers complete catering services for groups and special events.
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I was one of the projectionists of the camelot from about 1973 to 1977 when it had a D-150 screen 70mm and 6 channel sound. It was run by F. Hugh Thomas, a third generation Master showman with standards unmatched in the industry. To go from the small "flat" previews and then open the huge 70 foot screen while the picture was projecting on the giant curtain while it was opening was a magnificent event to behold. It was as if the heavens were opening up. Stanley Diaz
This theater is about to have a FILM NOIR FESTIVAL on June 2-5…
I recommend a call to the theater the day of the event to confirm guest appearances. Some of these films are being shown on one of only 1 or 2 prints remaining. It is not to be missed if you are in the area.
Thursday June 2nd 7:30 pm – OPENING NIGHT with actress Salome Jens
Friday June 3rd 10:00 am
Friday June 3rd 1:00 pm w/ Special guest Paul Picerni
Friday June 3rd 4:00 pm
with special guest James MacArthur & Ray Bradbury book signing
Friday June 3rd 7:30 pm
an evening with Mamie Van Doren on stage
Saturday June 4th 10:00 am
Saturday June 4th 1:00 pm
Saturday June 4th 4:00 pm w/ Special guest Stanley Rubin
Saturday June 4th 7:30 pm w/ Special guest Robert Forster
Sunday June 5th 10:00 am
Sunday June 5th 1:00 pm
Actress Nancy Coleman in a special guest appearance.
Sunday June 5th 4:00 pm
Sunday June 5th 7:30 pm – Special Guest director George Englund
For complete info on films and prices, go to: http://www.palmspringsfilmnoir.com/
When this theatre opened as a D-150 house the full screen was 30 feet high by 68 feet wide.
In September 2010, The Camelot Theatres added digital projection in their main house on the large screen, and one of the smaller auditoriums. Theater #3 is still 35mm.
And the Norelco 35/70 projectors were removed making it no longer possible for the big theater to run 70mm.
Official Information: In June 2011, Camelot Theatres upgraded Aud #1 to allow for Digital Cinema Projection by installing a Christie Solaria CP2230 projector. All existing equipement in Aud #1 remained, with the exception of 16mm. The Norelco 35/70mm projectors are still operational and we are still capable of running reel-to-reel, two projector changeovers. 70mm can only be ran if it has a DTS soundtrack. By the end of August 2012, we will have fully upgraded to Digital Cinema, leaving existing 35mm equipment in Aud #1 and Aud #3. Aud #2 will be exclusively digital, due to space contstrains. If you would like more information, please feel free to contact me directly at . – Thank You :)
Well, well. Take a look at this:
Tucked away in Palm Springs is a movie theater complex called Camelot that shows mostly quirky indie films, hosts the local gay and lesbian film fest, and takes money from gay people to give to horrible politicians. The news broke this weekend on a local blog, where a lawyer unveiled the results of a little campaign finance sleuthing. The theater's owner, Rozene Supple, has made a series of contributions over the years that read like a checklist of people who don't like LGBT people.
Michelle Bachman? Yep. Proposition 8? Yes indeed. Allen West? Oh yes.
(We have to admit that there's a part of us that misses Allen West, the super-crackpotty politician from, naturally, Florida, who lashed out at Lady Gaga for calling America "home of the gays.")
And it gets worse: According to attorney Robert Tansey, who dug through Supple's donation records, she was more than a little sneaky about how she donated to Prop 8. Initially, she listed the money as coming via her homeowner's association. The record was only corrected after the association received a large volume of complaints, Tansey reports. (Conversely, we wonder how Bachman and West would react to her upcoming hosting of The Palm Springs Gay and Lesbian Film Festival?)
So, now that we have this information, what do we do about it? Well, there's always the possibility of a boycott. Supple's free to spend her money on nutty causes that hurt her own patrons–just as the people of Palm Springs are entitled to withhold theirs from her.
The optimal outcome in a situation like this would be an apology from the donor, a promise that it won't happen again, and a big donation towards marriage equality. Might we suggest an amount at least equivalent to all the combined money she's given to antigay causes? That's what a Gold's Gym franchisee in San Francisco did after it came out that the CEO of Gold's supported a Karl Rove PAC: the franchisee cut all ties with Gold's and donated a ton of money to local LGBT causes.
Will Supple follow suit? It certainly wouldn't hurt to ask.
Full story here:
As a gay man that lived in Palm Springs for over 5 years, this came as a bit of a shock. I mean the gay film festival is held here for goodness sakes. This was my little piece of heaven in the desert. Where else can you see independent films on a 70 foot curved screen with 7.1 Dolby (when available).
I don't ever like to get political on this site, but I do feel that her response to this should also be posted here as well.
An open letter to the Palm Springs community.
My name is Rozene Supple. Although I was born in the Midwest, I have been a part-time resident of Palm Springs since 1934 and a full-time resident since 1968. Recently, others have tried to paint a very one-sided picture of who I am. With your forbearance, I'd like to add some color to that canvas.
I love this community. I have seen it through good times and through bad times, and I have always tried to do everything I could to contribute to its well-being with my own energy with financial contributions and through the businesses that I own.
When my husband and I moved here, we invested in this community by opening businesses here. We purchased, refurbished and reopened the defunct Camelot Theatres, and purchased, then reopened a defunct radio station. We have also tried to do our part when it comes to philanthropic causes.
We helped found the Palm Springs International Film Festival, we funded the trauma center at Desert Regional Medical Center, we helped fund the McCallum Theatre, and we have given time and money to a wide variety of other organizations and causes.
Over the years, we have also donated to a number of arts organizations and charities, including the Desert AIDS Project, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Equality California, The Judy Fund, Olive Crest, the Children's Discovery Museum and others. We didn't have to do any of these things. We did them because we love our community and its people. That includes the gay and lesbian community — a community that includes many of my closest friends, and a community I both admire and respect.
Having been born in the Midwest to a conservative family, and to a family that had been in the broadcasting business since before I was born, I have also been a supporter of small government and less regulation for most of my life. The broadcasting business is one of the most regulated in our country. I daresay you will find few owners of broadcasting companies that are in favor of big government or more regulation.
As a result of my background and my beliefs, I have been a member of and a supporter of the Republican Party for many years. As the party began to become more and more attached to social causes I personally disagreed with, it became harder and harder for me to continue making those donations, but old habits and longstanding beliefs about the role of government die hard.
I doubt anyone will ever call me a liberal, despite my rather liberal social beliefs and my commitment to the arts.
I can tell you specifically that I am not a fan of either the tea party or the religious right, and that I have been struggling for quite a while with the fact that my efforts to support fiscal responsibility in government have been clouded by these other issues. As a result of that struggle, and because of these recent attempts to paint me as someone I am not, I have decided that I will no longer contribute to any political entity that does not embrace equal rights for all Americans. Truth be told, I will probably stop contributing to any of them.
I realize that some people will find a way to criticize this decision on my part, or spin it in a negative way. That's their option.
Anyone who knows me knows I answer to my own conscience, and not someone else's opinion.
They also know there is far more to me than the picture that was painted in the Valley Voice column that was printed in The Desert Sun on Sunday.
Does the main large theatre still have the large D-150 curved screen up? They need to advertise this in the ads they run in Palm Springs.
they had the D-150 screen and projectors but they gave away the projectors and put in video. Too bad it would have been a great place to run the Hateful Eight
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'Prometheus' Trailer Almost Unbound, Teased For Now
It's been a very long time since Ridley Scott directed a science fiction film -- so long, in fact, that he'll barely tell us what his newest one is about. Half a year away from the release of "Prometheus," we've only been told a handful of details regarding the film: it takes place in space, it's kinda-maybe an "Alien" prequel, and the cast -- including Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron and Idris Elba -- is loaded.
All that changes on Thursday, when the first "Prometheus" trailer will be released. For now, we can make due with a trailer teaser, courtesy of iTunes.
The very brief teaser opens with a few loose shots of the set, while a wailing guitar introduces Scott's presence. There's the mysterious head we've seen in the poster, an equally mysterious hole in the ground, space marines flying through the air, and some kind of creepy crawly attached to someone's mask (we hope it's not one of these suckers).
The trailer before the trailer is a weird concept; it'd be undoubtedly more powerful if the full thing just dropped by itself, without explanation. There's enough hype around "Prometheus" to warrant the surprise, given Scott's pedigree and the haze of obscurity already surrounding the film. But hey, any glimpse is enough -- especially one that shows us Sir Ridley's predilection for North Face jackets (or maybe it just gets really chilly on set).
"Prometheus" comes out next June, and again, look for the official trailer on Thursday.
Tell us what you think of the "Prometheus" trailer teaser in the comments section and on Twitter!


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Today, thanks to the unholy power of autocorrect, I told my mother-in-law that "crispy dick" is on the menu tonight. FML
by Anonymous / 06/17/2016 at 7:29pm / United Kingdom (St. Helens) / Miscellaneous
Today, my dad forgot I was on the back of his motorbike. He did a wheelie and I fell off. FML
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Today, a customer yelled at me so furiously that she sprayed my face with spittle. I had to stand there, smiling and politely explaining that I needed to see a receipt before I could give her a refund. When she finally gave up and left, my boss bitched me out for "provoking the customer". FML
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Today, I was shopping with my boyfriend, when he suggested that I might want to buy a new loofah. When I asked why, he admitted he's been using it to scrub his ass crack for weeks. I use that loofah to wash my face. FML
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Today, I was rudely stopped in the park by a woman screaming at me for being a slut for having a baby so young. She got so worked up that she started swearing. Not only was I just babysitting for a friend, I am unable to get the toddler to stop swearing. FML
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Today, I caught my boyfriend cheating so I broke up with him. As revenge he threw my PS3 and XBox out of the window when I wasn't in our house. I got those consoles out of the spare money my three jobs had brought in - the same three jobs I had to get because he refused to get a job of his own. FML
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Today, I rang my dad to tell him and my half-sister that I'm finally engaged. I then asked my half-sister to tell my stepmother. Still on speaker, I heard her run upstairs and pass the good news on. My stepmother responded with 'Cery who?', followed by 'So what? I can't stand her'. I'm Cery. FML
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Today, my girlfriend and I watched Juno. When the baby is born in the film, I put my arm around my girlfriend and whispered in her ear that one day it could be us having a baby. She responded by punching me in the happy sacks and telling me I wasn't getting any from her in a long time. FML
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Today, it's my first wedding anniversary, or Paper anniversary. I got him airline tickets for an expensive weekend break for two in Berlin. He got me a toilet roll. FML
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ESPN writer: John Carlson signing risky for Cardinals, but worth the reward
The Arizona Cardinals bolstered their tight end corps by signing 29-year-old veteran John Carlson to a two-year deal Friday.
At the very least, Carlson, who was waived by Minnesota earlier in the week, adds depth at tight end for the Cardinals. However, if he can get back to the form he showed in his first two seasons in the league (both with the Seattle Seahawks), he could emerge as Arizona's No. 1 option at the spot.
John Carlson signs deal next to #AZCardinals President Michael Bidwill. @Cardschatter's STORY: http://t.co/LqfgIQ4JVP pic.twitter.com/b38MqfLnc2
— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) March 7, 2014
The 6-foot-5, 248-pound tight end missed the last three games of 2013 after he suffered the third concussion of his career. He reportedly considered retirement before he was released by the Vikings.
Carlson caught 32 balls for 344 yards and one touchdown in 13 games last season before the injury. His most prolific season was his rookie year, 2008, when he had 55 receptions for 627 yards and five touchdowns. His sophomore season was strong as well: Fifty-one catches, 574 yards and a career-high seven TDs. He did not miss a game in either of those first two campaigns, but hasn't played in all 16 games in any season since.
Based on the Notre Dame product's health history, ESPN writer Josh Weinfuss says the move is risky for the Cardinals.
If Carlson suffers another head injury, it's likely his career will be over. That's the risk — which is much greater for Carlson than the Cardinals — but Arizona can benefit from Carlson even as a third tight end, filling Ballard's role from 2013.
But Weinfuss seems to think that Arizona didn't make the move with the expectation that Carlson will be a franchise player, or even a No. 1 option. He concludes that with signing the tight end, "the reward is greater than the risk." He also notes that the Cardinals won't stand pat in regards to the position after Friday's move.
Arizona won't stop looking for tight ends. The Cards will continue combing through the waiver wire, looking through free agency and scouring the draft boards for another tight end in case Carlson doesn't work out.
Carlson's two-year deal is worth $4.65 million, NFL.com reported.
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Commute This Baby: Is The 'Work From Home' Ban a Fuss About Nothing For Working Women?
Before we women start burning our bras – via skype as a show of telecommuting solidarity – there's just a few things that are important to know…
Melissa Mayer is about as embattled as the ailing company she was brought in to save. First we rush to her defence as she is criticized for even considering taking the role of CEO of Yahoo while pregnant. Then, in a firm 180 degree turn we get all mad when she states she is only taking a few weeks off after giving birth. When she said that her baby was 'easy' millions of mommy-bloggers' around the world simply imploded with rage.
[W]e don't have a lot of other pregnant Fortune 500 superstars to look to, so we held you up as a role model and now we worry that you're modeling the wrong thing.
Lisa Belkin, Huffington Post
Now she is back in the news for rescinding the right for Yahoo employees to telecommute and with that the word is out because retail giant BestBuy decided to partially f0llow suit.
But, before we women start burning our bra's – via skype as a show of telecommuting solidarity – its actually important to know that, in reality, slightly more men are losing their extra hour of sleep and cushy home office than women. In fact, the Daily Beast reported that:
According to the Families and Work Institute's nationally representative study of the U.S. workforce…men actually have more access to telecommuting than women [and] are also more likely (4%) to work mainly from home compared with women (2%).
Add to that the fact that, if Yahoo is reflective of the IT sector, only 25% of its entire workforce is female. This isn't exactly a statistical blow to womenkind.
All in all, telecommuting seems to be a bit of a catch-22. As the Daily Beast reports, the reason why women are unrepresented in the 'stay-at-home' category is because these kind of telecommuting opportunities are typically only available to those higher up the pecking order. Those jobs are typically going to men. On the other hand, other research suggests that:
[B]eing present at the workplace gives an employee an important edge. When bosses and co-workers see an employee at work, they tend to think more highly of that person. And their evaluation is even more favorable if the sighting is after normal business hours.
Professor Kimberly Elsbach, Graduate School of Management, UC Davis
In other words, telecommuting could actually damage your career opportunities and limit your job security. In fact, one telecommuter reports that he has to go to great lengths to over-communicate how great he is. Given that self-promotion is already a problem for many women in the workplace, surely telecommuting is the worst idea for a woman that wants to get ahead.
Having a feminist freakout over Melissa Mayer's edict seems to be a little like a child having a tantrum when you take away a broken toy. Yes it's a loss, but its statistically insignificant and, in the long run, could actually do us some good.
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Facial exercises must be a joke. First, the results are destined to be ripe with placebo effect. Excaserbated by their authors over the top enthusiasm (coming from the dollars rolling in, hardly happiness for others, as might've been the case if their programs combated some serious disease). Moreover those who say the exercises fight wrinkles, other than speaking against expert knowledge of facial anatomy and behavior, have No way of knowing whether they would've looked the same without the facial exercises. That's why controlled trials are done in medicine. The alleged results of facial exercises are purely anecdotal, by a very limited number of 'similar minded' people, based on sales pitches by a handful profit seekers (as opposed to anecdotal results by millions over centuries with no profit motif involved, such as with some herbal treatments).
Furthermore the before and after pictures of customers are often taken under different light conditions, angles and with different facial expressions on the 'after' picture, with captions emphasizing 'positive results' thereby skewing the viewer's impression and reducing the programs credibility further. Lastly there is no proof whatsoever, that if the after picture does show an improvement that it wasn't from some other anti aging treatment.
I nearly had a Dermatologist destroy my skin by telling me my rash, which was a reaction to chocolate, was in fact acne..
At any rate, if you understand that most of medicine is based on studies of questionable authenticity, yOu begin to understand what is truly going on. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND GOOGLE: NEJM editor: "No longer possible to believe much of clinical research published
Just had to say this !! 10 years ago my mum had breast cancer . They removed her lymph nodes and she got lymphodema in one of her arms . They gave her a very special elasticated sleeve that went from her armpit all the way to a hand glove . If she takes off the sleeve you will see the most incredible smooth skin that's pure and white and has not a single mark on it and not a wrinkle in sight . It's like a baby's arm compared to her other arm which is a 70 yr old ladies arm . It's astonishing ! Shocks people when they see it . No cream or surgery or serum could ever make such a dramatic difference . Next question is how can this simple method be used on the face without being so tightly bound like a mummy , well not my mummy but you know the other kind :)
Hi Ira,
Like you, I was looking for Ageless you dareduring the 2010 period. They were practically not exixstnt but I keep looking till this year 2012 in June, I found them at their new website: http://www.agelessifyoudare.org/
I bought it and have been using for about three weeks now and I like the results its giving my cheeks!
Anyway, some docs may be exercising but they keep it hush hush or else no one will go to the for procedures, haha!
This is a message for NOnie, Ihope you are still reading this!
I saw your photos on A website and read that you had been unhappy about ''resistance'' training.
I assume it was the flex effect?
I purchased the program last year and only opened it yesterday (...) I am really scared of doing something to my face I would regret...
Any input on that?
Do you know anyone else who wasn't satisfied?


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New Music: Gerald Walker - "Girl, Oh No He Didn't?!"
Gerald Walker is back with this new song from his upcoming mixtape Believer's Never Die entitled "Girl, Oh No He Didn't?!,". Listen below, but you can also get it from iTunes. All my Mighty Max fans, tune in. Props on Gerald Walker for his continued taking over the nation and we will keep you updated on the mixtape.


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11 posts tagged with raptors.
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A New Golden Age of Falconry
Clever girl...
Desperately Seeking Deck Hands
Eagle-Hawk Death Match in New Jersey
When you're lost, ask someone who knows the way.
Everybody loves bacon!
Sky Hawk is watching you...
How we roll
Owls are rad.
Falcon watching
A long time ago, I helped out ( in a small way ) with the state effort to re-establish the peregrine falcon in the Midwest. It was in a major Midwest city, where the downtown buildings were a close match to their native nesting habitat of cliff faces and tall trees. The focus for the falcon release was a hack box. Now, the same hack box is being used as a nest by a falcon breeding pair, who have four eyasses ( singular; eyas: i.e., falcon chicks ) this year.
This URL is the webcam of the hack box; it refreshes every 30 seconds. Since falcons eyasses grow fast, they need a lot of feeding, so the parents are primarily out hunting when they are not sheltering their children. Every once and a while you'll see one of the parents feeding the eyasses. In the coming weeks, you can watch these eyasses grow to more than triple their present size and get their flying wings.


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Aircraft carrier Nimitz on way home to Everett
Published On: Nov 11 2013 04:22:48 PM PST
The aircraft carrier Nimitz is on its way home to Puget Sound.
It left the Mediterranean late last week through the Suez Canal and into the Red Sea. The Nimitz is expected to be back at its home port at Everett before Christmas.
It deployed in March to the area that includes the Red and Arabian seas and part of the Indian Ocean.
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