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super sweet [May. 15th, 2008|11:54 pm]
i have three 1 oz. liter plastic bottles of Moxie in my mini-fridge right now. chillin'.
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current muxtape [May. 10th, 2008|01:46 am]
sagat - funk dat
cephalic carnage - touched by an angel
tricky VS gravediggaz - tonite is a special nite (kaos mass confusion mix)
iggy pop - baby
flight of the conchords - hiphopopotamus VS rhymenocerous (featuring rhymenocerous & hiphopopotamous)
dethklok - bloodrocuted
body count - evil dick
beneath the massacre - the surface
gwar - the road behind
celtic frost - progeny
the misfits - some kind of hate
white zombie - blood, milk & sky

listen here
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i know his name doesn't have an S in it, fucktard [May. 10th, 2008|01:31 am]
*phone rings*
me: hello?
caller: 'ellew, ev ya got the runny woots book?
me: pardon? the runny what book?
caller: runny woots!
me: sir, i'm sorry. you're going to need to spell that for me...
caller: r-o-n-n-y... w-o-o-d-s... duntcha knew who runny woots is?!
me: please hold.
*holding*
me: okay, back. thanks for holding. if you're looking by "ronny" by ronny wood, i have one here in hand. want us to hold it for you?
caller: yeh? well, do - you - know - who - he - is?!
me: yeshe'sintherollingstonesokay? do you want this book held?
caller: no. i'll be in to pick it up later.
me: thanks for calling. have a good day.
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[May. 8th, 2008|02:25 am]
a couple of weeks ago, i posted a poll at a bulletin board. it was something like this:

_ for obama
_ against obama
_ for clinton
_ against clinton

here's how the votes stacked:

6 for obama
0 against obama
1 for clinton
3 against clinton

totals:
obama, 6 (leading by 8)
clinton, -2
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more about: friday foster (1975) [May. 8th, 2008|01:15 am]
dir. arthur marks
the dukes of hazzard
starsky and hutch
i spy, perry mason
bucktown

feature cast:
pam grier jackie brown, the L word
yaphet kotto law & order, freddy's dead: the final nightmare
thalmus rasulala what's happening!!, bucktown
jim backus mr. magoo, gilligan's island
scatman crothers twilight zone: the movie, the shining
carl weathers happy gilmore, street justice
eartha kitt batman, fatal instinct

imdb summary by eric gregersen

Friday Foster, an ex-model magazine photographer, goes to
Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival
of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men
attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee
and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder
of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan
called "Black Widow".

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[May. 7th, 2008|02:35 pm]
whomever picks the programming for the encore ondemand channel has fun taste. in the last couple of months or so, i've caught some great blaxploitation flicks, namely bucktown, hell up in harlem, and last night, friday foster. great stuff.
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[May. 5th, 2008|11:23 am]
weird. kate hudson has a stalker from my home town. the name sounds really familiar. i think this dude might be the son of my grade school social studies teacher. edit: nope. his name was bergin, not bergman.
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ROFL [Apr. 30th, 2008|05:14 am]
blessed be his noodly appendage!

(...more genius from the guy who brought you a stick-puppet makeout session between jesus and muhammad...)
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before it gets me, i'll build a funeral pyre... [Apr. 30th, 2008|02:30 am]
i just created what i believe to be the best bad religion compilation in the entirety of human history. as good ol' jim ross might say, your mileage may vary.


and yeah, it all fits on an audio cd, with like 15+ minutes to spare.
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[Apr. 28th, 2008|05:57 am]




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[Apr. 26th, 2008|04:00 am]
this week's muxtape (NOW WITH LYRICS/VOCALS!)
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mux it up [Apr. 20th, 2008|07:04 pm]
after [info]goldenhog -

my "goblin: best of argento scores" muxtape.

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[Apr. 20th, 2008|04:19 pm]
headline: ULTIMATE WARRIOR TO MAKE RING RETURN AND TEACH ORLANDO JORDAN THAT "QUEERIN' DON'T WORK"...
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lacenaire is a bastard [Apr. 17th, 2008|09:53 pm]
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[Apr. 16th, 2008|03:39 am]
wow. i've just finished the first part of les enfants du paradis, and i feel high.

no, it's not mindbendingly abstract, or an assault of wall-to-wall weirdness. maybe listening to foreign tongue has me hypnotized, though. or perhaps, just perhaps, i see myself in a few of these characters. the cold bastard who embraces his fate, the old fool who thinks he's good at everything, the verbose performer who's content to accept the superficial, the tortured dreamer who wants what he can't have and could have what he doesn't want...

yeah, it's a good movie. back to it.
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[Apr. 15th, 2008|01:56 pm]




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[Apr. 15th, 2008|02:43 am]
okay, so tomorrow, after work, i plan to watch the so-called epic "les enfants du paradis" (1945).

i'm sort of confused, though. y'see, according to imdb, the role of "jéricho" was played first by robert le vigan, but was mostly played by pierre renoir. more precisely, imdb claims that "one of [le vigan's] scenes survives late in the film." so, my question is: am i going to be confused as fuck when this character is suddenly portrayed by someone else, for one scene?

either way, i want to like this film already. one of my customers has been talking it up to me for months now. he'd even given me his two-tape vhs copy, not knowing at the time that i didn't have a vhs player. he's moving back to d.c. soon, and i really want to be able to tell him that i saw the film, and give him some sort of thoughts on it before he leaves.
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[Apr. 15th, 2008|12:50 am]

What's keeping you from your dream job?


View other answers

"a thunderous lack of ambition."
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[Apr. 14th, 2008|02:13 am]
following contrasoma's entry from the other day, i got to thinking about some actors who are still kicking it, that i respect.

Henry Silva
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"Chunjin" - The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
"Bernardo" - Lust in the Dust
"Ray Vargo" - Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai

John Saxon-
"Allan Brenner" - Queen of Blood
"Roper" - Enter the Dragon
"Walter Deaney" - Mitchell
"Norman Hooper" - Cannibal Apocalypse
"Bullmer" - Tenebre
"Lt. Thompson" - A Nightmare on Elm Street

Tom Atkins
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"Nick Castle" - The Fog
"Rehme" - Escape from New York
"Dr. Daniel Chalis" - Halloween 3: Season of the Witch
"Frank McCrae" - Maniac Cop
"Detective McCleary" - Bruiser
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[Apr. 10th, 2008|01:14 am]
okay, no svengoolie torrents was one thing, it being a regional phenomenon, but i'm really disappointed that i can't find any kung faux out there either. maybe i oughta' just bite the bullet and get the boxed set for $50. i already have the first disc, but the other volumes are $20 each individually.
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[Apr. 10th, 2008|12:05 am]
okay, i've been watching a bunch of the older MST3K episodes. i guess i'm more of a mike fan. it seems like the joel episodes, especially those with the original servo are pretty flat. i mean, in some instances, they're just reading the screen titles in a goofy voice. this is comedy?

so, are there any older episodes that are especially good? for reference, some of my favorite eps are "mitchell", "girl in the golden boots", and the feature film "this island earth".
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"...but pity him, also..." LOL [Apr. 8th, 2008|01:28 pm]




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i'm pretty sure jtron isn't mick foley... [Apr. 5th, 2008|02:44 am]



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fictitious guest movie review [Apr. 4th, 2008|11:38 pm]





   on friday, april 4th, Gir had this to say about The Fountain:

"Lookit- he whispers to her stump!"

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wrestlefans... [Apr. 3rd, 2008|10:20 pm]
...am i the only one who cringed when curryman said "rockudown" when cutting his lockdown ppv promo?
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[Apr. 3rd, 2008|01:34 am]
my aging buttrocker roomate just came home, and he is now calling everyone he knows to wildly proclaim "I JUST PARTIED WITH NIKKI SIX! WHAT THE FUCK?! I KNOW, MAN!!!". i'm not sure which is sadder, that he might be lying, or the possibility that he's telling the truth.
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[Apr. 2nd, 2008|01:32 am]
no svengoolie torrents?! what gives, chicago?!

on the other hand, when i got home today, a man named mitchell was waiting for me. super sweet.
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brainjumble [Mar. 30th, 2008|03:40 am]
fuck. i've had this dull ache in my right shoulder for a few hours now. part of me wants to stab myself in the shoulder with a pair of scissors just so it'll be less of a wishy-washy pain and something more concrete. hell, that'd probably get some adrenaline running and knock the pain out for a few minutes.

i have this recurring theme in my dreams, and i'm almost afraid to know what it could mean. i'm often moving through a house, from room to room, or from one floor to the next, and as i pass between the rooms/floors, the path i have to take becomes increasingly difficult. visually, it looks very michel gondry.

in last night's dream, i was walking up a stairway, but halfway up the stairs, i stop because another, smaller staircase intersects it, which leads to a narrower staircase, on and on. so, i have to crawl up across the banister of this next staircase, squeezing my body into increasingly difficult positions in order to get through. last night i actually made it to the upper floor, past these staircases. a woman was up there, feverishly cleaning the lavish room. red carpet, globes, long tables, plush chairs. she complained that her husband, "that fat bastard" never comes up to help her clean. i conjectured with her that he probably can't manage to make his way up there to help.

i also had a dream that i went to buy cigarettes. (wtf?) i was in new hampshire, and i was buying them from a street newspaper stand, the likes of which i never saw growing up there. the cashier was a cute asian, looked a lot like yuka honda from cibo matto. she took my money first, and then asked me for id, which i thought was odd. she even had the change, ready to hand to me. she looked at my id, and laughed, saying that my handwriting was hardly legible. "i didn't know the handwriting was what you were supposed to look for", i said, pointing to the picture. i then noticed that the id was very strange. it had two pictures. one was my eyes, the other was a whole body picture of me sitting in a brown wooden chair, wearing white. after i bought the cigs, i started walking away. two blocks later she walked up alongside me, and turned towards me. i put my arm in the small of her back, something i'd never do to a stranger irl, regardless of how they came at me, and said "you're kinda' cute. can i get your phone number?" she said i could, but when i pulled my phone out, she said "y'know what? i'll just see you around."

there was a third dream, too. (there were probably more, but i only remember these...) i was walking around in a mall. i started in the bookstore. as i kept moving, i was thinking to myself "wow, this bookstore just keeps going and going." somehow, i knew that it was some sort of bookstore mall, but the stores made no attempt to differentiate themselves from eachother, and there were no walls between them. i saw a tall bald guy and a totally nondescript person talking sharply between themselves. they were flipping out a little because someone had just called out sick. i was like "hey, i work at a book store. i think i can help you out", but they just looked at me like i was a meddlesome customer and moved on.
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schlock! [Mar. 29th, 2008|03:29 am]
bought the drive-in movie classics 50 movie pack today, despite my better judgement.

included:
absolution, beast from haunted cave, black hooker, breakout from oppression, count dracula & his vampire bride, country blue, creeper, creepers, day of the panther, death by dialogue, the devil with seven faces, don't look in the basement, don't open till xmas, the firing line, going steady, the guy from harlem, horror of the zombies, i wonder who's killing her now, in hot pursuit, invasion of the bee girls, island monster, jive turkey, katie's passion, the lazarus syndrome, legacy of blood, the legend of bigfoot, mad dog, mama dracula, the manipulator, moon of the wolf, murder mansion, nabonga, night train to terror, prime time, prisoner of the lost universe, rattlers, savage journey, savage weekend, shock, slave of the cannibal god, snowbeast, spare parts, throw out the anchor, tnt jackson, trauma, treasure of tayopa, twister's revenge, unsane, voodoo black exorcist, and women of devil's island.

essentially, i bought the set because i couldn't wait until may for anchor bay/starz to re-release dario argento's tenebre and phenomena, which appear here in american cuts called unsane and creepers, respectively. there are also a few sleazy-sounding blaxploitation and giallos flicks that caught my eye.

prime time, yet another "70's sketch comedy movie" is included, but i'm not sure what to expect yet, as i get conflicting reports about it wherever i look.

i was a little disappointed to see that horror of the zombies was yet another name for the blind dead 3,  and similarly that count dracula & his vampire bride was another title for the satanic rites of dracula.

anyone recognize any titles in here that i should either move right to the front of the queue, or (more realistically) avoid like the plague?
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[Mar. 27th, 2008|03:26 am]


recommended for fans of john waters: johnnyboyxo


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jtron eats owl babies! [Mar. 26th, 2008|04:15 am]




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animated smileys [Mar. 26th, 2008|01:31 am]
once upon a time, when i was a far dorkier geek, i created a number of "smileys", some animated, for a bulletin board i was helping a friend with. actually, i created, or touched-up nearly every graphic on the forum. anyhow, here are some of the better thingies that i created...



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[Mar. 24th, 2008|03:09 am]
started yet another youtube playlist: favorite movie trailers. i've tried to not include trailers for movies that everyone and their mom has seen, so that if you wanted to, you could pop in and browse if you've run out of ideas for what to rent/download/buy. enjoy, there's some insane stuff in there.
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[Mar. 23rd, 2008|02:59 pm]
vegans, don't forget to tell your food that you're about to eat it, so that it can faint. 0_o
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[Mar. 23rd, 2008|12:18 am]


david lynch: problem solver


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*tsk*tsk* [Mar. 21st, 2008|01:53 am]
jesus christ, spiderman... you wouldn't have to squint if you weren't sitting so close to the screen. dumbass.
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the paranormal abounds! [Mar. 21st, 2008|12:51 am]
for anyone who likes listening to coast to coast am with george noory, i heartily recommend that you check out duderinok's youtube channel. besides the c2c back catalogue, you'll also find some other audios, such as talks by whitley strieber, terence mckenna, etc. there are hours, upon hours of listening to be had for those who would be interested. on top of that, duderinok also collects related materials from other channels, with admittedly varying quality, in his favorites list.
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[Mar. 20th, 2008|11:22 pm]
i never actually collected a lot of trading cards as a kid. i had a few marvel comics themed sets that i garnered in comic book trades and whatnot, and i'd occasionally purchase a pack of garbage pail kids or wacky packages. however, brandedinthe80s.com is a pretty awesome site. it's VERY image-intensive, so give it some time to load. if you don't see some cards near the top that interest you, just keep scrolling, you'll find something for you in there somewhere. this'd be a great place to find images to make lj icons out of.
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[Mar. 20th, 2008|10:36 pm]
jtron posted something on his journal that got me thinking.

i've had this sentiment about intelligent design brewing in the back of my mind for a few years now. immediately upon hearing of the theory in an issue of fortean times, i was amazed in how the proponents of this theory must have some inherently flawed understanding of the mechanics of evolution, or that the people who are espousing it are simply using a pseudo-scientific guise to attract people who might be turned off by the old-fashioned flavor of creationism.

here's a link to a little page that further elaborates on this, in a few paragraphs.
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[Mar. 19th, 2008|03:38 am]
does anyone ever actually watch whole movies, in segments, on youtube? if so, i have a few set up as playlists.

gregg araki's nowhere (1997)
dario argento's tenebre (1982)
yu wang's master of the flying guillotine (1975)
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nwa:tna booking? [Mar. 19th, 2008|01:58 am]
all over the wrasslin'web, people seem to hate nwa:tna.

why? the most frequent complaint i hear is "the booking is shit!". really? compared to what, exactly? compared to the wwe?! sorry, but i personally feel that anyone who prefers wwe's booking to that of tna may have a serious case of teh stupids.

i dunno, maybe it's because i couldn't care less about the storylines. some of my favorite matches of all time are ones i've seen entirely out of context, from compilations, where i have no idea why one competitor is supposed to be wrestling the other. all i want to see is a halfway decent match, given the restraints of free television exhibitions, and more often than not, and more often than the wwe, tna provides that.

something i said in that last bit there mades me wonder: why do people think we need storylines? it's a little insulting, really. i mean, we know it's fake. that's fine. why do i need to think that these dudes/chicks have some sort of blood vendetta against eachother? shouldn't it be enough that they're 1) employed by a federation 2) that federation is governened by a matchmaker and 3) that matchmaker told these competitors to fight? i mean, i appreciate that you can really put some asses in seats if everyone is dying to see the heel get smacked around, but isn't that just sort of the original cheap heat? shouldn't excitement be generated by fan interest in seeing a well-performed match?!

it's actually sort of funny, because in an industry full of mildly insulting contrivances (the irish whip, the "hot tag/house of fire" bit, etc.), i'm attacking the part of it that is least likely to ever be disposed of. meh.
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"...an odd mix of beauty and foulness..." [Mar. 16th, 2008|09:00 pm]




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last movie watched- [Mar. 16th, 2008|04:22 pm]
cracking up (1977)

What would happen if a 9.7 magnitude earthquake were to strike the L.A. area? This is what "Cracking Up" looks at from the lighter side. The movie is composed of individual skits of original material by the actors spun around this hypothetical disaster. Written by Randy W. Hogan {emplehod@bigfoot.com}

look at who we have in the cast, here:

fred willard
michael mckean
harry shearer
edie mclurgh

the summary of the program from my on-demand digital cable provider hyped the fact that this was a collaboration between the comedy troupes ace trucking company, the credibility gap and members of the firesign theatre. like other sketch comedy movies of the era, such as the groove tube, amazon women on the moon, and kentucky fried movie, you'll recognize a few of the cast members from their better-known efforts.

unfortunately, despite the efforts of talented performers (pretty much the four actors i linked above), i wouldn't suggest that anyone goes out of their way to see this. i mean, one of the sketches is a weak retread of the old "who's on first" routine, with two music industry gents trying to arrange the perfect super concert. i'll ruin the joke by telling you that it's "(the) who", "(the) guess who" and "yes"... pretty weak. i should mention that all of the actual sketches look like they were recorded live, giving it much more of a television look than a film.

i would note, however, that the scene featuring edie mclurgh as a demented televangelist was full of some great audio bits that, if they haven't already, ought to be used in some darkwave techno or deathmetal songs. i can't find a clip of the scene on youtube, so i'll reconstruct one exchange from memory

guest: those are my braces.
edie: (giving them a demented, perverse glare) and what are these? (stretches rubberbands on either side of the braces)
guest: those are extra suffering...
edie: extra... suffering... (looks drunk with lust)

speaking of youtube, i couldn't find ANY clips of this film there at all. not one. however, it's probably just because hardly anyone has ever heard of it since it was released. there were a couple of sketches that would not be acceptable by today's standards, so that might have something to do with it.

anyhow- if you want some more info about the film, check out this review at the unknown movies.
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[Mar. 16th, 2008|04:35 am]

...playing around with anagrams again...

whitley strieber
terrible whiteys
write be slithery
bee tritely whirs
lit thy breweries
thereby lie writs
the wry liberties
wiry theist rebel
twirly beer heist
shitty lie brewer
their wily berets
etc.


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yay free book [Mar. 13th, 2008|09:29 pm]

found this on the free shelf at work today.



here are a few samples of what the casual browser found inside:


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who says i was educated by dullards? [Mar. 13th, 2008|12:36 am]




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[Mar. 12th, 2008|03:27 am]
i've been reading bits and pieces of an old advance reader copy of tim scott's outrageous fortune during my lunchbreaks at work. it's pretty quirky. reminds me a lot of douglas adams, right down to our "hero" losing his house under unusual circumstances within the first chapter. i looked, but i didn't see any torrents for an ebook. it'd be dandy if someone e-mailed me if they found otherwise.
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[Mar. 12th, 2008|02:51 am]
added a few new titles to my dvdaf "owned" list. just some stuff that i've had for months, just hadn't added to the list yet. i swear someday i'm going to write reviews, or select reviews from websites for each of the titles. i always have sunday/monday off, so maybe i'll get that done in a few days...
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[Mar. 10th, 2008|08:21 pm]
is it just me, or does this seem like an extended mix of a WWE promo for an incoming diva?
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after jtron [Mar. 10th, 2008|01:25 am]
I Am A: Chaotic Good Human Sorcerer/Rogue (2nd/2nd Level)


Ability Scores:

Strength-11

Dexterity-14

Constitution-14

Intelligence-15

Wisdom-17

Charisma-13


Alignment:
Chaotic Good A chaotic good character acts as his conscience directs him with little regard for what others expect of him. He makes his own way, but he's kind and benevolent. He believes in goodness and right but has little use for laws and regulations. He hates it when people try to intimidate others and tell them what to do. He follows his own moral compass, which, although good, may not agree with that of society. Chaotic good is the best alignment you can be because it combines a good heart with a free spirit. However, chaotic good can be a dangerous alignment because it disrupts the order of society and punishes those who do well for themselves.


Race:
Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like.


Primary Class:
Sorcerers are arcane spellcasters who manipulate magic energy with imagination and talent rather than studious discipline. They have no books, no mentors, no theories just raw power that they direct at will. Sorcerers know fewer spells than wizards do and acquire them more slowly, but they can cast individual spells more often and have no need to prepare their incantations ahead of time. Also unlike wizards, sorcerers cannot specialize in a school of magic. Since sorcerers gain their powers without undergoing the years of rigorous study that wizards go through, they have more time to learn fighting skills and are proficient with simple weapons. Charisma is very important for sorcerers; the higher their value in this ability, the higher the spell level they can cast.


Secondary Class:
Rogues have little in common with each other. While some - maybe even the majority - are stealthy thieves, many serve as scouts, spies, investigators, diplomats, and simple thugs. Rogues are versatile, adaptable, and skilled at getting what others don't want them to get. While not equal to a fighter in combat, a rogue knows how to hit where it hurts, and a sneak attack can dish out a lot of damage. Rogues also seem to have a sixth sense when it comes to avoiding danger. Experienced rogues develop nearly magical powers and skills as they master the arts of stealth, evasion, and sneak attacks. In addition, while not capable of casting spells on their own, a rogue can sometimes 'fake it' well enough to cast spells from scrolls, activate wands, and use just about any other magic item.


Find out What Kind of Dungeons and Dragons Character Would You Be?, courtesy of Easydamus (e-mail)

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