Resuce bl press by 8-12 pts for Systolic by…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bAQTHHS2YVk&t=213s
Wall sit-
Hold position 2 minutes
Rest 2 minutes
Repeat that 4 times
3 times a week
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Also planks. Use as many muscles as poss.
Monday, May 25, 2026
Tolkien’s goblins come from two older books
Commenter on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COmJ6224nxI
Mochaelkellyep… Says
Tolkien's said he lifted his goblins in "The Hobbit" directly from George MacDonald's goblins in "The Princess and the Goblin" and it's sequel "The Princess and Curdie". The idea that goblins make no beautiful things comes directly from the first book, in which MacDonald says, "As I have indicated already, the chief defence against [the goblins] was verse, for they hated verse of every kind, and some kinds they could not endure at all. I suspect they could not make any themselves, and that was why they disliked it so much. At all events, those who were most afraid of them were those who could neither make verses themselves, nor remember the verses that other people made for them; while those who were never afraid were those who could make verses for themselves; for although there were certain old rhymes which were very effectual, yet it was well known that a new rhyme, if of the right sort, was even more distasteful to them, and therefore more effectual in putting them to flight." And the soft feet of MacDonald's goblins also gets a nod by Tolkien when he says his goblins "slipped on soft shoes".
Bone Javelin - AD&D 1e, Page121, could it be the origin of the Diablo 2 spell?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HsYKj2W3_8&list=LL&index=1
Bone Javelin Spell, from the Old 1e book, from 1996 (collected spells date back to 1975 though, so how old is this spell?). Wizard Spell Compendium.
- Diablo 2's Necormancer (game release year 2000) had Bone Spear. Sounds super similar. I bet this spell was first. From the TSR Spell Compendium (1e?).
- Page121 said it'd go through doors depending on door material.
- Can hit others if it misses orig target.
- Spell Description and Stats - Bone Javelin
- Level 7 spell
- Roll to hit. Range 10 yrds per lvl of caster.
- Lasts 1 rnd per level of caster.
- Can pause attacking with it one round to cast other spells, etc.
- Twists and turns and finds target. Speed 30 (yards or feet?) per round.
- Can target undead, other planar, etc. creatures.
- Does 1d4 + 1 pt. per lvl of caster in 1e.
- DnD 5e, I'd change to something like 3d6 + 2 pt.s per lvl of caster. Needs something else, like stuns or easier to hit or something to use a level 7 spell on, something major. It has to be WAY better than Cantrips at level 7. So let's compare
- at level 17 how much does firebolt or eldrich blast do? This is a level 7 spell after all.
- Firebolt is 4d10.
- Eldritch blast is what... 4d10 plus dragging them into thorns or AOE. Or maybe dropping them from high (fly) for extra 2d6 dmg.
- In the Book of Shangalar the Black (Male Lich) https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Shangalar_the_Black
- Ah ha! 1990 this spell came out in Dragon Mag. https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Dragon_magazine_164
BTW. Bones of the Earth were also in this old 1e book. Wizard Spell Compendium.
Sunday, May 24, 2026
Next time Our campaign
BX style ooze- only blunt or fire does good dmg. Even magic swords don’t rly hurt.
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Convert old Thac0 and old AC to Ascending AC
https://www.reddit.com/r/osr/comments/axa603/descending_ac_and_thaco_converter/
Subtract AC from 20, and you get ascending AC (If a monster has AC 4, then it's 16 AC for ascending)
For THAC0: subtract the roll needed to hit from 20 = your attack bonus (If a fighter hits AC 0 on a 19, then it's 20-19= 1; so +1 attack bonus)
Obviously, different games have tweaks to these sums, but overall this rough layout has been mostly accurate with converting on the fly
Loot our campaign / next time our campaign May 2026
Next time: at some pt. the drow (spider drow) will try to parlay b/c know how powerful they are. Guessing spent all resources just now on the big tsunami spell.
- sending a spider familiar to spy
- 1 guy comes with hands raised (?) in peace, whatever they do in Drizzt books
- speaks broken common
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Loot gotten: ring of regen from elite drow warrior on lizard vs. tsunami in troll cave.
Loot Future.
- Logan's Idea - Item for mage, on an enemy failed save of natural 1, 1/3 of the dice are max dmg.
- +2 ring protection?
- Ring of Blasting - once per Turn (fight) a cantrip will hit other monsters too, within 5 or maybe 10 feet. (I'll say eldrich blast wont pull more than 1 tho)
- Many more ideas https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_Magical_Rings
- Grey + Black Bracers +1 AC (only magic users can wear, like warlocks and druids)
- Obsidian Ring of DEX to 21.
- Nekron ring https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Black_Lantern_Ring_(5e_Equipment)
- Reduce Necrotic Dmg ring - i say, it'll give you resist to necro spells.
Old words. Hawk, swamp, eel
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/hY8mt466e_0?ra=m
- Hawk
- Swamp
- Eel
- Berry
Might be older than proto-indo-european
Cool goat-antelope japan, snakes
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F_6W4wHrs44&t=315s
Time9:11
Japanese Serow it is the one in the Princess Mononoke movie
Friday, May 22, 2026
Our campaign next time
From dnd cartoon ep 23, when Sheila walks out on the narrow walkway to get the ring. Bat creature (use that 2e one with one eye and 3 claws)… then it crumbles.
And drow on lizard plus drow on darkwing… hidden inviz ceiling. Durimg the mass troll fight.
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