Who I Am (in 250 words or less…*)

If I were to describe myself to someone who didn’t know me, this is how it would go:

Interesting turns of events…and hello to those who have just found me!

To those who have just found me via the shiny new link on this page*…Hello and welcome!  For those who haven’t…it’s probably best if you just skipped this one.

I can only imagine that it’s been a wild ride to get here.  Her original post was dated February 22.  Of course at that time, she didn’t have the clever links to my site (or the link to helpguide.org).

On March 27, (OK, in the wee hours of the morningof the 28th) I happened across it (I’ll explain how in a bit…)

Me, with my pipe, as an avatar.

In case of confusion, see title of post.

Trying to get this pic on the web, so’s I can use it as an avatar in a place that restricts url length.  If this post is still here, it’s because it worked.

The Adventurer’s Backpack

Ah, yes!  The backpack, cornerstone of all experienced adventurers’ “stuff” lists.  Costing a mere two gold pieces in the standard D&D rules, it is worth sooooo much more in actual value.  It keeps all your miscellaneous gear in one, easy to get to place and serves as a place to stash the loot.  It can be used for such diverse tasks as a pillow whilst camping out to (in at least one instance) use as an improvised missile weapon*.

But of course, most of us who have played know too well the importance of this essential piece of gear.  Hell, it has become so iconic that they include a “Standard Adventurer’s Kit” as a package deal in D&D 4E!  But I can only imagine that some of you are aware that this is not the adventuring kit that I’m about to discuss…

No Good Deed…

goes unpunished, as the quote goes.

Please note that as I write this, I am wearing a smile. What I am about to explain was not presented to me as punishment, but you will see how the end result is, shall we say, less than optimal…