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Sun Oct 2 07:51:57 EDT 2016
Slept from around eleven to seven without waking.
Rainy again. High of sixty-eight.
Goals:
- Work on condensed D&D rules. What still needs to be done?
- Treasure
- Misc. magic items
- Magic armor and shields
- Magic weapons
- Encounters
- DONE. Initiative
- DONE. Surprise
- To-hit
- Saving throws
- DONE. Monster (re)actions
- Grappling and subdual
- DONE. Light
- Experts (sages, engineers, etc.)
- Finish monster creation guidance
- DONE. Thanks
- DONE. OGL
- Expand adventure design section
- List of recommended adventure elements (trap, toy, wonder, friendly or neutral npc, etc.)
- List of scenario types
- Come up with a name/title
Finished putting away clean laundry, changed the towels.
Ancient Roman coins found buried under ruins of Japanese castle
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12597607
The Strange Victorian Computer That Generated Latin Verse
Called the Eureka, it may have influenced Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12581886
Took a half-hour walk in the afternoon. The rain clouds parted enough to let through a little blue sky and sun. Walked through Beverly Park and the neighborhood west of here. Saw a couple of little white butterflies, and spooked a large bird in the woods I didn't ID.
The Art of Making a Nixie Tube
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12623738
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxL4ElboiuA
According to the HN thread, he sells these tubes for $150 each, which seems crazy cheap considering the labor and expertise involved.
Watched a few episodes of Nick Cage. Pretty good.
Breakfast: carrots, coffee with half-and-half, mac and cheese
Lunch: chicken pot pie
Dinner: pizza
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