Mister Chaos (GURPS)

By Patrick MurphyPosted on January 3, 2021December 31, 2020Cat NerdTags Character Creation Challenge, GURPS, Tabletop RPG1 Comment

Mister Chaos (200 points) Former battle-mage who walked away after being left for dead. Now he wanders the world looking for fun and profit, leaving chaos and hilarity in his wake. Operationally, he’s a small-unit commander and ambusher. Ideally he dispatches a group of skeletons to distract foes while he provides fire support either with… Read More »

Herman Bentz (Call of Cthulhu)

By Patrick MurphyPosted on January 2, 2021January 3, 2021Cat NerdTags Call of Cthulhu, Character Creation Challenge, Tabletop RPG1 Comment

Herman Bentz, Age 27, Agency Detective, former infantryman Herman Bentz was 18 in 1914 and joined the Army just in time to be shipped off to France. He spent three years in the trenches and survived with only a bit of PTSD largely triggered by loud noises and thunder – he was nearly killed by… Read More »

So I Got the Necromunda Vidgame

By Patrick MurphyPosted on January 1, 2021January 1, 2021Cat NerdTags Necromunda, Tabletop RPG, Vidgames2 Comments

Isn't bad except for some absolutely infuriating stupidity on the part of the designers. Three examples: Loot doesn't carry over between missions that appear to be taking place hours or minutes apart. It doesn't bother to mention this, and it gives you enough things like medkits and grenades that it has the feel of a… Read More »

Thebe Severine (40K RPG)

By Patrick MurphyPosted on January 1, 2021January 1, 2021Cat NerdTags 40K RPG, Character Creation Challenge, Tabletop RPG1 Comment

Thebe Severine Thebe originally hails from a backwater at the edge of the Calixis sector. She lived a boring life of endless filing and cross-checking until she witnessed a Slaaneshi cult ritual in progress. An Inquisition cell arrived moments after her and killed the lot of them before they could finish whatever they were up… Read More »

Character Creation Challenge

By Patrick MurphyPosted on January 1, 2021January 1, 2021Cat NerdTags Character Creation Challenge, Tabletop RPGLeave a comment

This just looks like too much fun to pass up. It’s the Character Creation Challenge, wherein you create a character for a game you either play or want to play. Being me, I’m going to (in theory) be designing characters for seven (or six. Or eight) different games. Naturally, these four will be at the… Read More »

Goblin Math

By Patrick MurphyPosted on November 22, 2020December 23, 2021Cat NerdTags Tabletop RPGLeave a comment

I'm using Pathfinder 1e for the game stats. We're assuming four 3rd level fighters with +3 STR and DEX and +2 CON bonuses, which isn't uncommon using the "4d6 and drop the lowest" stat generation method. Breastplate gives a +6 to AC. Add +3 DEX bonus and you’re at +9. Add a heavy shield for… Read More »

Caffeine

By Patrick MurphyPosted on October 4, 2020October 4, 2020Cat NerdTags Amusingness, Science FictionLeave a comment

It is by will alone I set my mind in motion and through the juice of Caff-Een the thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion and through the… Read More »

Workload Amusingness

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020Cat NerdTags Amusingness, Devil Monkey Games, Educational, WritingLeave a comment

Remember when those mean ol' poopyhead teachers used to force you to write a four-page double-spaced paper as a final project and it just destroyed your life for the two months they gave you to do it? That translates to about a thousand words typed. That’s what everyone used to complain about endlessly because it… Read More »

Semiannual Upgrade

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020Cat NerdTags Geek, TechnologyLeave a comment

Behold the newest member of the Murphy Technical Services family. This gorgeous little minx is being installed tomorrow as part of the semiannual upgrade process. Other festivities will include: A full nuke & pave with a fresh copy of Windows 10 Professional. I've been running the "upgrade" from Windows 7, and I don't think that… Read More »

Karen Doesn’t Like People Locking Their Cars

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 3, 2020September 3, 2020Cat Nerd, ProjectsTags Karen, Morons, TechnologyLeave a comment

Someone shared this earlier. Click for the full-size image. Pull this crap on me and here's my response: Hidden Arduino hooked to a speaker. Do a little program to fire off the car alarm sound at random intervals every few minutes. Then it can go on all night long and it isn't coming from your… Read More »