This Week In Gaming 6/2/22

The Patreon Ravnica Game: I have some news coming out on Saturday about this.

The Play by Post Game: The dm messaged and said things are mostly back to normal and will post soon.

The in-person Ravnica game: It’s always a good idea, to ask how a certain race is treated in a setting, but maybe do that before you talk about cutting the ears off of drow, and that is how this week’s game started.

Somewhere in precinct two is a bar so rundown it doesn’t even have a name, and the goblin who runs it hates his job. This seems to be the bar that my players go to the most, even though I have given them a place that is nice and has adventure hooks waiting for them. And this is 100% okay, I just think it’s funny.

The druid being without her goblin fighter friend, and the wizard found her way to said bar. Where she found a Vadalkin Artificer, an Imp Rogue, and a Minotaur Artificer, that most patronage this bar has ever seen.

The adventure to the Tower of Ra Na Koi, started because the Valdalkin had a map with a tower on it and the Druid doesn’t know any shortcuts to it.

Who puts a Roundabout in Ravnica?

Every time the Druid needs to go somewhere she knows a shortcut, and every time the group is in the undercity they get attacked. This time it was three drow, a rat swarm, a giant spider, and a poisonous snake.

The Tower of Ra Na Koi, can only be entered at 2 am, when the moon hits it just right and you can see the door. The tower is full of death and pain. The good news for the group is the imp likes death and pain. The bad news is they have 17 more levels to go before they get out.

Alright, my friends that is it for this week, so until next time keep gaming.

The Adventure of Chantel 107: what is this work life Blance you speak of?

I was going to write this blog before I took care of Patreon, but that is not how it went down. Now I have come to tell you a story, about a time I worked at Vivint Smart Home.

Every month they had these lunch training things, and one time the lady that was giving the talk was asked how she balances being a wife, a mom, and the VP of whatever department she was over I don’t remember any more. But I remember the answer that I don’t, sometimes I am great at being the vp, and the others are lacking and sometimes I am the best wife in the world and the others are lacking.

I share this story because at the time I got the idea for this post I was thinking about applying for a job at work. Spoiler I applied for the job, but the schedule I have now is really good for writing, but the new job is more money and It is a 9-5, so I am hoping I will get more writing done after work.

But if I don’t get the job, I guess I don’t have to worry about it. So until next time keep gaming.

The Free Market

With con season getting closer and closer or already started, I have been thinking about this story I have.

One day when I was working at Vivint Smart Home, someone asked why are Vivint Camera So much? My answer was because that is what the Market says they can sell them for. They asked what that meant, so I told them that if people would stop buying cameras for 400 dollars, vivint or any place would stop selling them for that much.

Why is it that when people pay a lot of money and something goes wrong, they Point out that this should not be happening, I paid 8,000 dollars to do this thing? I really want to walk up to that person and be like Hey I really sorry that this thing happened, but why would you pay 8,000 dollars for this thing?

Now don’t get me wrong, the Con I am going to next March is going to cost a lot of money, the Badge to get in is going to be somewhere between 95 and 100 dollars because prices are going up, I am buying a pair of boots that are 112 dollars, and then there is lodging and food and on and on, but I don’t understand why people have to get so mad about crap going wrong I mean that is what life is things always going wrong. And at the end of the day even with prices going up, if people stop paying prices will adjust or cons will stop being cond and then we start over.

Alright, that is my rant for the day, so until next time keep gaming.

This Gamers Goals #38

This past week went mostly the way I thought it would. So now it’s time to look at the next week.

This week I am promoting The Temple of Golden Nuts. https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/chantel-jones/adventure-module-ch3-the-temple-of-golden-nuts/paperback/product-k4zrgv.html?page=1&pageSize=4 The PDF version is still on Sale at Drivethru. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/376104/CH-3-The-Temple-of-Golden-Nuts?affiliate_id=1559598 but this sale ends tomorrow.

It’s almost time for my monthly blog post on Patreon, and there is still time to help me reach my goal of 4 new goblins this month. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14964776&fan_landing=true

Alright, This week I will be working on Ravnica more at work. I have the Ravnica six and the main story that I will be working on.

I will also be working on Typing the Temple of Set. I need to do one more monster encounter and I will be done with the first level.

I am going to try and work on The Wonderland map on Saturday, but I have some other projects that I need to work on so we will see.

My last goal is to get some other business stuff done, like fixing the website.

I think that is it for this week, so until next time keep gaming.

The Helping Hand of Doom & YouTube

I have been sitting on the idea of doing a helping hand for Youtube for some time, but a post made by a friend the other day about having 800 followers on Facebook could really help him out, I thought I really should get this post done.

Plus talking about Youtube gives me a chance to talk about my boy Carlos of Casl Ent. Because they have a Youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRgkwvXnMD2BJIqzaZdxQNg. You can see all the great things Carlos has created on this channel.

My girl Darling Creep Show puts all her Twitch shows up on Youtube, so you can still see them if you miss a D&D game or a painting show. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP2ySLOKeB2fzTW6Xodg7oQ

The Kevin Long show has a contest going on right now that when he gets to 100 subs, he is going to give away a copy of Xanathar’s Guide to Everything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCHzLV0DafA&t=1s

Lace and Steel: This lady reviews games and her reviews are really good. https://www.youtube.com/c/LaceandSteelchannel

Now it’s time to go watch some Youtube so until next time keep gaming.

This Gamers Goals #37

This last week was a good week, I got one character done on a Ravnica project I am working on, and started working on the second. Why does it take so long to make a character in 5e? Maybe it’s because I only get two 15-minute breaks and a 30-minute lunch at work, but it seems to take forever.

This week I will finish the Paladin and start working on the next character, I am not sure what it will be yet, maybe a Minotaur from the Gruul Clans. I don’t think I will have these characters ready for the game on Sunday.

On Thursday I have to go to Las Vegas with my wife, so I am going to try and hit up a new game store. I don’t know much typing I am going to get done on Thursday and Friday, but I am going to try and get some done.

Saturday, I should be able to get some good typing. I have like one page left of the first level of the Temple of Set.

And Sunday is Game Day, after a month off, it’s back to the city of Ravnica.

That’s it for this week, so until next time keep gaming.

The Adventures of Chantel #106: Oh, Oh it’s Magic

I have been doing WordPress for over a year, and I have never gotten the numbers that I was getting when I was on blog spot, and at the end of the day that is fine, I guess. Until I did my bost about Con Season, and there was not even really in thing special in that post, but I got 88 views on that post.

I need to find that magic on all my posts.

So this post is also about how I am so excited for Virtual Greyhawk con. There are two things I want to be part of, and I don’t even know what is happening yet. The first is any game by Carlos Lisling but I am really hoping for The Baba Yaga adventure.

The second event is the Tournament that Jay does. I had so much fun last year, Plus there could be a History being made between two of the characters, And if I can get Jay can Casey going again That makes for some good Twitch tv.

This con will be happening during my Spooky Season Happenings so I was going to run one game maybe set in Ravenloft, but after watching a Youtube show today I have a better idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT8Rjgfnzi8&t=494s

I think I am going with Snakeskin outfits for this con, but I have a costume idea if I get into the Tournament.

I think this is it for today, so until next time keep gaming.

This Gamers Goals #36

It’s been a good week, and it’s only going to get better I think. I have gotten a lot done, so let’s just jump into what is going on this week.

This week I am promoting The King’s Castle. https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/chantel-jones/ch1-the-kings-castle/paperback/product-7dg5y4.html?page=1&pageSize=4

There are going to be some good things on Patreon this week, like a new character based on Kate Bush. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14964776&fan_landing=true

This week the goals are simple. Get more done on the Temple of Set, I am going to start working on that when I am done with this blog and get more done on the Ravnica game and other Ravnica projects.T

It’s short but work killed me this week, so until next time keep gaming.

This Week in Gaming 5/11/22

Man, another week with no gaming. The curse of May is almost over and I will be able to get back to the In-person Ravnica game.

Only one person showed up to the Patreon Ravnica game last night. I think that is my fault, I only reminded them one time. There is still plenty of room in said game. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=14964776&fan_landing=true.

The Play by Post Game should be getting back up soon, there was some real-life stuff, and it was way more important.

Alright, my friends, it’s short but there is This Week in Gaming. Until next time keep gaming.

This Gamers Goals #35

I did okay this last week with working on my goals. getting closer to being done with the Temple of Set.

Drivethru is having a sale on all things D&D. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?keywords=chantel+jones&x=0&y=0&author=&artist=&pfrom=&pto=

This week I am promoting The Temple of Golden nuts. https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/chantel-jones/adventure-module-ch3-the-temple-of-golden-nuts/paperback/product-k4zrgv.html?page=1&pageSize=4

I really only have two goals this week. The first is to get a lot of typing done on the Temple of Set. I have three more days before I have to go back to work so there is lots of time to work on that.

This week I work during the days that I will be working on Wonderland so there is that. I have to finish the section on the two Assassin groups.

Alright, my friends that is it for this week, so until next time keep gaming.