Remember how I said last week that ideas where percolating over the new subclasses that dropped in the new book... yeah, after a brief instance of Hero Forge Character Block, I came out the other side with enough minis to get us to the Advent Calendar.
Yeah, let that percolate for a hot second.
But after several failed ideas, I got to Arzu Oathkeeper. And is Oathkeeper a less than subtle dig at the fact that nobody understands what the hell it means to break your paladin oath in D&D. But it also showed up organically one one of those list generators for orc names.
So, I got to mix one of the new backgrounds, Genie Touched, with the new Noble Genie subclass... double genie. The thing I like most about the subclass is that it's the first paladin that doesn't require armor. And I'm always down for that. And then, one of the other things I love about the new book is the small list of mundane items, which we really haven't gotten before for the most part. So this month's characters all get one of those items.
And what better for the Genie background Genie subclass character than an item that gives him advantage on talking to creatures of a specific element.
I don't really have backstory for Arzu, I have a location and probably a city, and a type of Genie, but I think I'd need to properly read the updated location lore in the new book before actually coming up with something.
And that Hero Forge outfit still doesn't make a fucking lick of sense. Explain to me where the crossed over section in the top half goes. And I've seen the original concept art... and it doesn't work there either. Likewise the yellow cord. Admittedly that actually goes all the way around the waist in the concept art, it doesn't just stop for no reason. But honestly, I'm not mad about the whole look here. We can just pretend that it all makes sense.
Oh, and, yes, the text at the base of his sword blade does say "Phenomenal cosmic powers! Itty bitty living space!", thanks for asking.
Anyway...
This week's soup was an invention. I'm calling it Chicken Minestrone. It was basically most of the things I'd do for minestrone, but I added shredded chicken. And white beans. Very good actually.
The Mini Media Reviews this week are an eclectic mix. First we have The Legend of Ochi. The most 1980's movie made in the 2020's. Because it has a little creature in it that is almost exclusively done with puppetry. And some of the sets feel very set-like, but in that 1980's way. The movie in general is kinda weird. It also does not surprise me that the director/writer did music videos for Björk. Story checks out. Good though.
Next up... The Bad Guys. On the surface, a decent enough kids movie. However, it's also about a furry with a praise kink. And I'm not exaggerating. That's literally the plot of the movie. Basically the more I paid attention to it, the more it seemed like somebody took a list of kinks and added them all into the movie. But the animation/art itself, gorgeous. And a lot more complex than it appears on first appearance.
I was constantly surprised that two of the main characters were not actually voiced by Owen Wilson and Danny Devito... but instead Sam Rockwell and Marc Maron. Again, do with that what you will.
I might watch the sequel eventually... even though I know that there is a scene where a snake makes out with a bird. And that image is as disturbing as that description indicates.
Last up was the first season of the TV show The Alienist. Looking back, I didn't completely love the book. The show is very beautiful to look at, and clearly I'm on a late 1800's detective kick. The show actually improves some of issues I had with the book. My main issue is that either Datoka Fanning is a terrible actress or else she was directed to play the character terribly. Or the writing was questionable. An interesting show though. Again, there's a second season, but I didn't really like the second book... but who knows. Maybe.
Friday Night DnD was... probably supposed to be more than it ended up being. We mostly did some clean up from last week. Up until a certain point were we kind of fell off the cliff into the nonsense side story the DM concocted. I'm not here for it, clearly. Thankfully, my character can also not be here for it and just walk away from it.
On the downside, I had the first bread fail for quite a while. I think it's because I mixed the last of the old yeast with new yeast... I think the yeasts fought each other and didn't bother to make the bread rise properly.
Anyway...
Today was mostly standard shopping. Although I did show up at the supermarket with literally no idea what the hell soup I was going to make this week... so we'll see how that goes.
Afterwards I wanted to do a run to Kmart to look at what their options where for Christmas mugs... because the one I have from last year is cute as hell but hard to drink from. Did they have cute Christmas mugs? Yes. Did I actually like any of them enough? No, no I did not. But I'm here for the very "traditional" Christmas vibe that Kmart is doing this year. It's all Santas and red bows and trees and gingerbread folks. So there was much Looking At Things. But nothing caught my eye enough. Until I saw the discounted/leftover Halloween candles. And surely the price on the shelf was for the little candles, not the big ones... but no, turns out, big Halloween candles, and the scent is supposedly "Blueberry and Spices"... 50c. Sorry... what? Yes, I bought two. I considered buying four. It was honestly more about carrying them all.
That's it really...
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