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  1. Balrog99

    30+ years online and intros are still awkward

    It wasn't me. I'm barred from drinking contests (the liquids evaporate before they reach my stomach). It's tough being a fire demon sometimes... 🔥
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    How much did games used to cost?

    Wizardry cost me about $40 way back in the early 80's. The price of games didn't really go up much since then. Inflation alone should put a game at around $100 or so now, but the rise of more game companies seems to keep prices down. That's my 2 cents worth anyway.
  3. Balrog99

    How do you feel about tabletop?

    Last Saturday I played D&D at a friend's house for the 1st time in 40 years. I was the DM for a group of friends way back in the '80s before my dad burned all my D&D stuff in the fireplace because it was 'Satanic'. Since then I've only played on the computer. This time somebody else was DM so I...
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    What game are you currently playing?

    Still playing BG2EE and HOMM IV myself. Too old to change I guess. Thought I'd finally found the perfect evil character to play when I decided on a Cleric/Mage and Keepered her to Necromancer. Alas, after finally getting the band together (Viconia, Korgan, Dorn, Hexxat and Edwin) I saw a post in...
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    Things You Can't Avoid Doing in the Original Baldur's Gate Trilogy: Enhanced Edition

    That's what Potions of Master Thievery are for!
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    Things You Can't Avoid Doing in the Original Baldur's Gate Trilogy: Enhanced Edition

    Pickpocket the Ring of Regeneration from Ribald in the Adventurers' Mart after escaping Chateau Irenicus (even if I'm playing a Paladin!). It's just too useful to simply leave it in the pocket of a simple merchant...
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    What game are you currently playing?

    I still goof around with Heroes 3 a lot myself. I play with the Horn of the Abyss mod though so not sure about multi-player potential. @BelgarathMTH Playing necromancer is only killer against the AI. You won't get as much time to build your skellies vs competent human players. There are a...
  8. Balrog99

    Black Swallowtails

    Nice pictures! It struck me that the chrysalis of those little buggers look a lot like a bat hanging upside-down! Creepy but cute at the same time... 😆
  9. Balrog99

    Food and drink

    I'll have a bowl of the Mysterious Mushroom Soup please. (Although I'd rather have a bowl of Mysterious 'Magic' Mushroom Soup...) 🍄
  10. Balrog99

    Your dream RPG setting

    How about something pre-Western civilization? Babylon, Egypt, Assyria, Caanan, Medea, Persia, Sumer, Parthia or Nubia/Kush would all be interesting settings. One could use the Old Testament Bible, the Torah and/or The Epic of Gilgamesh to flesh out the mythology. Edit: It could even be set in a...
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    Ho there, wanderers!

    Yes.
  12. Balrog99

    Smoke in your eyes!

    Always fun to see a mention of Schmidt beer. It's right up there with Grain Belt & Hamms as far as representing breweries in the Land of 10,000 Lakes!
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    Ho there, wanderers!

    Well, Balrogs can't be hurt by puny Krogan drinks! I'm not even sure any liquid can reach my stomach except molten lava. Now that I think about it, do I even have a stomach?
  14. Balrog99

    Happy Holidays!

    Happy Holidays everybody! I'll be enjoying mine with a nice mug of eggnog soon...
  15. Balrog99

    Don't know for sure if that link will work for you, but it tells of a fake social media threat...

    Don't know for sure if that link will work for you, but it tells of a fake social media threat in my daughter's school district...
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    https://www.parentsquare.com/feeds/10077185 It's getting ridiculous. I think I heard 13 school...

    https://www.parentsquare.com/feeds/10077185 It's getting ridiculous. I think I heard 13 school districts in Michigan had to cancel classes tomorrow due to social media bullshit that's probably false alarms. Wtf are you supposed to do as a parent???
  17. Balrog99

    Did you know? (Infinity Engine games' secrets)

    Nope, they just stand there looking dumb, trying to make you feel guilty. They sometimes visit me in my dreams. They don't do anything, just stare at me with their big brown eyes, innocently chewing their cuds. Skewering them with arrows time and time again with nary a steak as reward seems to...
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    If any password you use is in this list, it's time to change

    Why are there 90,000 people using "aaron431"? Does everybody named Aaron have some kind of fascination with the number 431? Maybe the same Aaron is using that password on 90,000 different sites? Enquiring minds need to know...
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    Did you know? (Infinity Engine games' secrets)

    You can kill the cows in Kuldahar in IWD without consequence as well. Why would you want to, you ask? Well if you're playing in Heart of Fury mode they're worth 2k experience each!
  20. Balrog99

    I've been rather disgusted with politics of late and with this being a new forum I've resisted...

    I've been rather disgusted with politics of late and with this being a new forum I've resisted the temptation to start a thread going. Having said that, the school shooting that happened the other day in Oxford, MI was only about 60 miles north of me. My daughter starts high school next year so...
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