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An hour's drive from Jackson Hole is a smaller local hill called Grand Targhee. It can't match J-Hole's vertical or sheer size, but if you're in the area, don't overlook its advantages.
For one, because of a quirk in geography, when it snows at Jackson Hole, it can often snow even more at Targhee. On average, it records 12 metres of snowfall a season.
And thanks to its smaller size, reduced accessibility – the drive is a circuitous route that runs west into Idaho, north, and then east back into Wyoming – and fewer on-site amenities, the crowds are limited and the powder stashes stick around longer.
On a recent trip to Wyoming, we took a daytrip to Targhee. We weren't disappointed.
We spent the day cruising the easy-to-navigate hill – you can practically see every run from the base area – consistently finding fresh lines.
It's not steep and it's not particularly challenging, but there's a good variety of terrain, and the skiable surface area is big enough that there are spots that, after a sizable snowfall, remain virtually untracked for a few days.
We enjoyed some deep-snow tree runs, a chute or two, a creek bed that seemed to go on forever, and more than a few open fields with fat powder chunks that were mysteriously untouched.
If you've got the time, it's worth the drive. But don't tell the locals I sent you.
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- ~~louise~~ said...
Hi Jane!
Hope all is well by you. Things have been crazy around here but beginning to finally calm down:)
I love this blend of flavors and as usual, you have made this recipe your own I for one LOVE it!!!
Thank you so much for sharing...tell your son the peanut butter idea sounds awesome!
I'm off to Idaho for a few months but when I return, I will be sure to drop by to see what cookin! Louise - April 5, 2013 at 5:42 PM
- grace said...
this looks so soft and moist, and i'm sure the aroma is simply incredible. no black pepper? i usually see that in chai blends, but i suppose it's not for everyone. :)
- April 5, 2013 at 7:55 PM
- Lynn said...
I can't believe how much I love your blog. I am a baker and crafter so I really appreciate that you take great photos and artistically present your baked goods. I will continue to aim towards having a blog like yours. I can't wait to make your banana bread. I've altered my mom's banana bread recipe to include chocolate chips and it is always receives compliments.
- April 5, 2013 at 8:19 PM
- Jane said...
Hi Louise, Thanks so much for visiting! So great to hear from you. Do I really need to tell you how darn much I miss your blog? Heaven knows I'm not the only one, lady!
Sounds like you're doing well, in any case!
Take care,
Jane :)
Dear Grace-- You know, that's a good suggestion and next time I just might try it in this bread. Live dangerously!
Jane :)
Hello there Lynn,
Those are the nicest possible things you could say! Thank you so, so much. Very sweet of you. And as for your mom's banana bread, I know what you mean. Isn't it great how easy it is to customize quick-bread recipes like this? I love chocolate chips in banana bread. Can't go wrong with that variation. Keep on baking!
- April 5, 2013 at 10:15 PM
- Debra Eliotseats said...
I am always on the look out for the next big thing in banana bread. This might be it! Thank you for sharing!
- April 6, 2013 at 9:54 AM
- Betty said...
Lucky me, I have a bowlful of nicely speckled bananas just wanting some attention. This sounds so good, especially with the chai flavors! :)
- April 6, 2013 at 2:18 PM
- Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar said...
This looks so tasty!! Love the flavour combo!
- April 7, 2013 at 1:47 PM
- kitchen flavours said...
Hi Jane,
Your banana bread looks good! I would reduce the sugar too, a habit of mine with almost every recipe I've tried!
chanlierr 515 - April 8, 2013 at 10:56 AM
- cindy groshko said...
Since rum is never in our home can I substitute KAHLUA instead? Kahlua and banana's sounds pretty yummy to me. What do you think?
- April 10, 2013 at 1:22 PM
- Jeannie Tay said...
Hi Jane, I just found your blog and have seen so many recipes that I would love to try! Including this banana bread which looks so fabulous!
- April 10, 2013 at 8:40 PM
- Bunny said...
Now that's a banana bread loaded for bear! It looks wonderful and with all those warm wonderful spices plus the rum I can just imagine how good it is!
- April 22, 2013 at 8:25 PM
- Baking It To The Top! said...
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- May 10, 2013 at 5:05 PM
Well, Jane.... this recipe came out nicely for me so I am happy! On the other hand, I am still trying to figure out the Honey Oat Sandwich Bread conundrum... determined!
- November 11, 2013 at 2:54 PM
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The article is very good about breads. We cant compare the bread with another sweets.
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The news hit Eric Stephens before Texas Tech had even concluded its game Saturday against Northwestern State.
Texas State, the next opponent for the Red Raiders, had throttled Houston, 30-13, despite entering the game as a five-touchdown underdog. It was the first game for the Bobcats as a Football Bowl Subdivision member, and it came with their first win against an FBS team since 2000, when they defeated Louisiana-Monroe.
"I was kind of shocked," said Stephens, the senior running back who scored two touchdowns Saturday. "The guys are looking at the scoreboard seeing the scores. I didn't see it. But some guys came to me and told me. ... When I saw that score, it gave me something to look forward to (this) week."
Tech coach Tommy Tuberville, too, was surprised by Texas State's dominance on the road against a Houston team that went 13-1 with a bowl victory last season. The Red Raiders visit the Bobcats at 6 p.m. Saturday.
"I've never seen a team be that much of an underdog and win by as much as they won by," Tuberville said.
Still, Tech might have been less surprised than other teams by the result after a tough matchup with the Bobcats in last year's season opener. The Red Raiders won, 50-10, but Texas State had a 10-9 lead at halftime.
It wasn't until the middle of the third quarter that Tech began pulling away with the help of four fumble recoveries it turned into scores.
"They outplayed us for three quarters," Tuberville said. "We were fortunate enough to get a couple of turnovers, get a lead and pull away from it. That game probably should have gone down to the wire, and we knew it."
Two of Texas State's top performers in that game, running back Marcus Curry (three touchdowns against Houston) and quarterback Shawn Rutherford (18-of-24 passing for 189 yards and a touchdown), are at the forefront of the offense again for the Bobcats.
The duo leads a unit that will give Tech a better test than it had in Saturday's 44-6 win against Northwestern State, when the Red Raiders set a school record by allowing only 84 total yards. Tech faced a dual-threat quarterback in Brad Henderson in the opener, but middle linebacker Will Smith said slowing Rutherford will be a greater challenge.
"It gives you an idea of what you'll face," Smith said, "but I feel like the quarterback at Texas State is more versatile. Like I said earlier, just staying disciplined in what you're assigned to do."
Texas State, under second-year coach Dennis Franchione, should provide a more raucous environment than did New Mexico in Tech's lone non-conference road game last season. Newly renovated Bobcat Stadium, which now holds more than 30,000, will make its debut by hosting a Big 12 opponent for the first time, and Texas State expects a sellout.
With the way the Bobcats dismantled Houston, Tech expects a battle.
"I think we respect every opponent we play," quarterback Seth Doege said, "but at the same time, what they showed on Saturday definitely picked us up a little bit."
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A major impediment to building a customer-centric organization is the conflicting goals of the primary customer-facing departments: sales, marketing and service. Somehow, in the drive to achieve goals, each department loses sight of customers as people and sees them only as "objects" that need to be optimized. In her latest column, Donna Fluss outlines the most successful way to approach customer centricity.
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I spent the first 14 years of my career in banking, where we were forever striving (and spending millions of dollars) to create and maintain databases that would provide a complete view of the customer. This was a corporate goal long before the era of CRM and customer experience management (CEM). Today, the vast majority of financial services organizations still have not achieved this basic objective, despite huge technology investments. You may ask, "How hard can it possibly be to create one database that incorporates all aspects of a customer's relationship with a company?" It's surprisingly hard, but not for the obvious reasons.
Customer centricity is not as easy as it seems
Approximately 15 years ago, new applications were introduced for banks and other financial institutions to help address the fundamental challenge of identifying "who is a customer." This software was used to reconcile multiple customer databases where the same person was included a number of times under variations of his or her name, address or other indicative information. At the time, this was a major accomplishment, and this software is now a standard component of most customer information file environments.
When the CRM movement began in the mid-1990s, it promised to provide a "holistic" view of customers. However, the majority of the CRM suites could not deliver on this promise due to the complexity of integration. This problem, particularly in the 1990s and early 2000s, has driven many investments in customer information file (CIF) applications. A number of the largest software providers around the world -- SAP and Oracle, for example -- have made significant investments in CIF applications, including complementing their CRM applications.
Building a customer-centric organization requires a change in culture
The good news is that better technology is now available, even if it is quite expensive. Why is it, then, that so many financial services organizations that could benefit significantly from being customer centric just can't seem to make it happen? Most of us have experienced the frustration of doing business with one department in a financial services company and then having another department not know anything about us or our transaction history. The problem is corporate politics.
Changing a corporate culture is extremely challenging and time consuming. Management is (relatively) quick to change systems, in part, because it's easier than changing their culture. Many corporate leaders hope that a new application will actually drive a change in culture. Sometimes it can, but often just putting a new system into a status quo organization only creates new problems. While there are exceptions, if an enterprise does not retrain its people and change accompanying policies and procedures, systems implementations will fail.
Customer-centric organizations align goals of sales, marketing and service
A major impediment to building a customer-centric organization is the conflicting goals of the primary customer-facing departments: sales, marketing and service. Somehow, in the drive to achieve goals, each department loses sight of customers as people and sees them only as "objects" that need to be optimized. (See Figure 1.) Clearly, the obvious answer is to shift the focus back to customers and to align corporate goals. The problem is that when some companies have tried to standardize goals, their revenues decreased, customer satisfaction fell and loyalty dropped off, because the three primary customer-facing groups failed to cooperate.
Figure 1: Conflicting goals of sales, marketing and service
Case study: Treat your customers like humans
We know it's possible and beneficial to align the goals of customer-facing departments because there are companies like L.L. Bean that do it right. What makes this Freeport, Maine–based retailer unique is that it did not have to change to be successful. Customer centricity has always been a core value of the company. Its founder, Leon Leonwood Bean, believed that you should "sell good merchandise at a reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beings, and they will always come back for more." (Source: http://www.llbean.com). His care for customers was legendary and his philosophy permeates the company to this day. While the family is no longer involved in running the business, Bean's service philosophy "set the standard for customer service in 1912, and his service-based philosophy is a fundamental belief that resonates throughout the company today."
It's all about leadership
Customer centricity is not a fad; it's a cornerstone of all successful businesses. It also involves much more than CRM. Customers like to do business with companies that know who they are and demonstrate that they really care. Today, many managers at financial institutions are investing millions of dollars to build customer-centric organizations. Just as clearly, too many of these efforts will fail. The linchpin is senior leadership. Enterprises can change, but it has to come from the top.
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Donna Fluss is the founder and principal of DMG Consulting LLC, a firm specializing in customer-focused business strategy, operations and technology services for Global 2000 and emerging companies. Ms. Fluss is a recognized thought leader and innovator in CRM, contact center and real-time analytics. For over 23 years, she has helped end users build world-class differentiated contact centers and vendors develop high-value solutions for the market. She is the author of the book, "The Real-Time Contact Center" and many leading industry reports, including the 2006 Speech Analytics Market Report and the annual Quality Management/Liability Recording Product and Market Report.
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Yeah, yeah, I know there's a lot going on in the world right now. (And by the way, Osama bin Laden is the best friend George W. Bush ever had.*) But we might expect the corporate media to pay at least a little bit of attention to subjects such as major legislation before Congress that will affect the health care and economic welfare of tens of millions of Americans -- and as a matter of fact, in the end, most of us.
I'm talking about the Medicaid bill. The reconciliation will be before the House as soon as they get back to work, and while you can't read about it in the New York Times, or hear anything about it on NPR or the boob tube, you can read about it here, in a summary by Jocelyn Guyer of the Georgeown University Health Policy Insitute.
Frankly, when I first read this, I thought I must be losing my marbles, but evidently it was the conference committee members and staff who were smoking the wacky tobacky. In what Guyer presumes is a drafting error, the bill allows states to charge preganant women below the federal poverty level the full cost of all "non-pregnancy related" services; ditto for all services provided to parents, seniors and people with disabilities. Okay, maybe they didn't really mean that and they'll fix it, but the stuff they did mean is pretty sick. Sickest of all, states can charge elderly and disabled people premiums to enroll in Medicaid, without limit. (Again, they may have intended to cap these at 5% of income but right now, the bill does not do that). And they can charge 10% of the cost of services for children in families between 100% and 150% of poverty, and $3 co-pays for drugs. Same for low-income seniors and people with disabilities. Etcetera.
Well in case you didn't know, the Federal Poverty level for a family of three right now is $1,341 a month. Also in case you didn't know, the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in a low rent district of Boston is about $1,000 a month.
What this will mean is simple. If states take advantage of these options, a lot of poor elderly and disabled people will be unable to afford coverage entirely, because they will now have to pay premiums; and many people and families that do have coverage won't be able to afford the co-payments for all the services that they need. And that's the whole point -- to save money by getting people off the roles, and stopping people from using services and buying drugs by putting up financial barriers. The point of doing this to poor children, poor people with disabilities, and poor elderly people, is to pay for tax cuts for rich people and the war in Iraq. And the point of doing that? Why it's to foster a culture of life, of course. It's the Christian thing to do.
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DVD ReviewIn the short 23 years that I have walked the earth, I have had several surgeries. Most have been painful, and several have been so awful that I hoped death would soon hover over me. Yet, rarely did I cry; in fact, most of the time I just bit my lip and tried to make it through. Why is this important in a review of the classic romance film Love Story? Well, it's assumed that guys don't cry at movies. After all, how can invented characters mean so much to the us that we shed tears as if it what happens to them were personal to us? Guys play bloody sports where the more blood that is shed is seen as a good indicator of how well someone has played the game. How can a movie make us cry? Oh, and in case you haven't figured it out, Love Storymade me cry.Harvard student Oliver Barrette IV (O'Neal) meets a Radcliffe student named Jennifer Cavilerri (MacGraw). Like most motion picture love stories, fate has a way of keeping the two together even though there are numerous obstacles in their way. When they decide to get married, Oliver's father (Milland) threatens to disinherit him from the family will, leaving Oliver and Jennifer to start their marriage with nothing but love. As the marriage blossoms, the talk of having children does as well. When Jennifer goes to the doctor to discover why it is that she can't get pregnant, it is revealed that she is dying and doesn't have much time left. Love Story is far from the greatest romance film ever made, but the picture does what it should do. It makes the viewer feel for its characters and their pain, and in MacGraw's case, the sadness that a life is about to end. What separates Love Story from the large number of romance films that have come out since is that for once, the story was original. A film like Love Story hadn't been seen with this sort of unabashed romanticism before, and audiences flocked to every screening. In fact, chances are, if the film were to come out today, it would be dismissed and relegated to the buy-one-get-one-free bin at the local Blockbuster. In essence, the story isn't really all that different than, say, this year's Sweet November, but in its time, Love Story was the quintessential romantic drama. Other aspects of Love Story also make it successful. The direction by Arthur Hiller is a large part of why the picture works so well. Hiller takes the one-dimensional characters from author Erich Segal's novel of the same name and adds layers to their personalities. Hiller makes us care about the characters and, when the their love tragically ends, we are in synch with Oliver's emotion. As much as Hiller adds to the picture, Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw take an average story to another level. Their chemistry and personalities carry the viewer along through their relationship, and ultimately to the very end. Rating for Style: B+ Rating for Substance: B- Image Transfer
Image Transfer Review: I will admit that going into Love Story I was expecting the video transfer to be a bit less than stunning. I am happy to say that this 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer is certainly better than I had hoped and possibly the best this film has ever looked. Detail is good and sharpness is often hampered by the overly soft look of the image. Edge enhancement is a problem as the transfer does show excessive grain. Colors are also a bit subdued, victims of the soft look as well. In the end, this transfer is as good as you will see this film look on home video. Image Transfer Grade: B Audio Transfer
Audio Transfer Review: The audio, much like the video transfer, is simply a victim of its age. Presented in English and French mono, this track isn't exactly going to shake the walls but it gets the job done. As this is a mono mix the only thing that seems to matter is the center channel. The dialogue sounds a bit flat at times, and the Academy Award®-winning score fails to sound as full as it should. This mix isn't great, but it certainly could have been much worse. Audio Transfer Grade: C+ Disc ExtrasStatic menuScene Access with 18 cues and remote access Subtitles/Captions in English with remote access 1 Original Trailer(s) 1 Documentaries 1 Feature/Episode commentary by director Arthur Hiller Packaging: Amaray Picture Disc 1 Disc 1-Sided disc(s) Layers: RSDL Extras Review: First in the way of extra features for Love Story , Paramount has given us a new audio commentary with director Arthur Hiller. Ultimately, this is a slow moving track that isn't as informative as one might hope. The problem is that Hiller doesn't really have much to say and when he does talk it is often followed by a long period of silence. There are a few nice stories about the production and the cast, but other than those small moments of enjoyment the track is unfortunately slow. The only other feature of note is a fifteen-minute featurette titled Love Story - A Classic Remembered. Both Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw join Hiller in remembering the film with brief interviews. If anything, it shows how fond they are of the film that put them on the map. Rounding out the extra features is the film's original theatrical trailer. Extras Grade: B- Final CommentsConsidering its many imitators, Love Story is a romance classic. While not everyone will like it, if you are a fan of the film the commentary track and documentary make the disc worth a purchase. If you are curious, or if you are worried about how to make up with a significant other, it is most definitely a rental. It pains me to say this, as it might take away my license as a guy:Recommended. Now where did I put my issues of Maxim, Big Trucks and Sports Illustrated...? |
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Apr 29
Simoncelli fastest as opening day in Estoril just stays dry
Round 3: Portuguese GP – Free Practice One & Two
Whilst the weather forecast predicted rain all day, Estoril demonstrated how unpredictable its climate is and both MotoGP free practice sessions remained dry, although the rain came the moment the flag dropped on the premier class this afternoon. Overnight rain left the tarmac dirty and slippery however.
Apr 29
British film writer working on Lauda script
He is still a regular in the F1 paddock, appearing as a pundit for German television.
A British film writer is working on a script to immortalise the most famous season in F1 great Niki Lauda's successful career. The Oscar-nominated Peter Morgan, best known for writing The Queen and Frost/Nixon, is focusing on the 1976 season, when Lauda almost burned to death in a fiery crash but returned six weeks later to battle James Hunt for the title.
Apr 29
Ferrari budget biggest in F1 – report
Reportedly, not every team in F1 has reduced its spending.
Ferrari is F1's biggest spender, while Hispania boasts the smallest budget, an industry publication has found. But the latest edition of 'Business Book GP' said the teams association FOTA has succeeded in dramatically cutting costs with its resource restriction agreement, according to a report in the Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo.
Apr 29
Turkey ticket prices too high – Webber
Ticket prices for the Turkish grand prix are too high, according to Mark Webber.
The Red Bull driver's comments come amid great uncertainty about the future of the event at Istanbul Park, with organisers saying the race next Sunday will be the last due to Bernie Ecclestone's doubling of the sanctioning fee.
Apr 29
Bahrain's May deadline still in place – FIA
The FIA is sticking to its May 1 deadline for the possible rescheduling of Bahrain's 2011 grand prix.
With the date fast approaching amid reported continuing problems inside the island Kingdom, F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone on Thursday indicated he is now willing to wait for Bahrain until "early June".
Apr 28
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Paul Cooke and four Canadian Karting World Champions were honoured last Saturday in Toronto at the 17th Annual Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame Gala held at the prestigious Inn On The Park Conference Centre in Toronto attended by over three hundred motor sport and business leaders that included Bobby Rahal as the keynote speaker.
Apr 28
Isabelle Tremblay announces ambitious 2011 racing schedule (+photo album)
Isa Racing Team providing the chance of a lifetime
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Apr 28
Ecclestone hints at deadline extension for Bahrain
Bernie Ecclestone on Thursday sounded willing to extend Bahrain's deadline for the rescheduling of its 2011 grand prix.
Due to the civil unrest in the island Kingdom, the season opener at Sakhir was postponed, with the FIA giving organisers until May 1 to propose a new date this year or be content to wait until 2012.
Apr 28
Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix tickets now on sale globally
F1TM tickets go on sale for 2011 Grand Prix
Tickets for November's Formula 1TM Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix are now on sale as Yas Marina Circuit prepares to stage its third sell-out race weekend. The race will take place on 11-13 November and tickets are available from www.yasmarinacircuit.ae.
Apr 28
Race for Red Bull's F1 seats hots up
"If you give up, it's over for you" – Buemi
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- Alignment: Any neutral
- Skills: Concentration 5 ranks
- Hit Die: d8
- Skill Points: 4 + Int modifier
- Class Skills: Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Diplomacy (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Gather Information (Cha), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Listen (Wis), Search (Int), Spot (Wis), Swim (Str)
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1st | +1 | +1 | +0 | +0 | Drunken Fury, At Home, Bonus Language, Numbness | |
2nd | +2 | +2 | +1 | +0 | Iron Stomach | |
3rd | +3 | +3 | +1 | +1 | ||
4th | +4 | +4 | +2 | +1 | ||
5th | +5 | +5 | +2 | +1 | Advanced Drinking | |
6th | +6 | +6 | +3 | +2 | Lunge | |
7th | +7 | +7 | +3 | +2 | ||
8th | +8 | +8 | +4 | +3 | Projectile Vomiting | |
9th | +9 | +9 | +4 | +3 | ||
10th | +10 | +10 | +5 | +4 | ||
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Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Drunken Brawlers gain proficiency with simple and thrown weapons and light armor.
Bonus Language: Drunkard Drunken Brawlers can communicate with intoxicated people, if they know the basic language the person is speaking. For example: If there is a highly intoxicated elf, the Drunken Brawler could use Drunkard (Elven), if he would normally be able to speak Elven.
Drunken Fury: At 1st level, a Drunken Brawler, while intoxicated, throw himself into a fury. Upon failing a Fortitude save after drinking alcohol, the Brawler must make a Concentration Check (DC 20) in order to control itself or risk losing control of their body and attacking the nearest person, friend or foe. While in a Drunken Fury, the Brawler becomes illiterate, gains +2 to AC recieves a +4 to Strength and Constitution and a -2 to Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. While in Drunken Fury, the Drunken Brawler recieves a -4 to attacks except when unarmed and a -4 to all skill checks. During a Drunken Fury, a Drunken Brawler must succeed at a Balance check (DC 15) or fall prone. The Drunken Fury lasts as long as the Drunken Brawler continues failing the original with a -1 to the saving throw every 5 rounds. At the end of his Drunken Fury, the Drunken Brawler goes unconscious and must make a Fortitude save of the original saving throw to wake up.
At Home: At 1st level, a Drunken Brawler recieves a +2 to all rolls while in a tavern or inn.
Numbness: Beginning at 1st level, a Drunken Brawler recieves 1 damage reduction from physical damage, with an additional point at every 2 levels (2 damage reduction at level 3, 3 at level 5, 4 at level 7, 5 at level 9). At 10th level, Drunken Brawlers are immune to critical hits. Numbness only applies while in Drunken Rage.
Iron Stomach: At 2nd level, a Drunken Brawler recieves a +1 against ingested poisons and recieves an additional +1 per 2 levels (+2 at level 4, +3 at level 6, +4 at level 8, +5 at level 10).
Advanced Drinking: At 5th level, Drunken Brawlers gain the ability to drink two mugs of liquid at once. When figuring the saving throw, pick the drink with the highest DC as the base drink and the other as the DC modifier.
Lunge: At 6th level, a Drunken Brawler may attack an enemy up to 5 feet away but is subject to an attack of opportunity with the opponent threat range increased by one. During its attack, the Drunken Brawlers threat range is 17-20 (If the Drunken Brawlers threat range is normally wider then that, use its normal range instead). If its attack is a critical hit, the opponent is instantly grappled.
Projectile Vomiting: At 8th level, a Drunken Brawler may make a ranged attack on an opponent up to 5 feet away. Anyone hit by Projectile Vomiting must succeed at a Fortitude save (DC 15) or fall to their knees vomiting.Projectile Vomiting causes 1d4 damage to the Drunken Brawler.
Drinks, DCs, and Prices[edit]
Upon drinking, the Drunken Brawler must fail the drink's basic DC save to enter Drunken Fury. If he succeeds, he may continue drinking. With each additional drink, the Fortitude DC goes up by the drinks DC+. For example: A Drunken Brawler drinks Orcish Swill and succeeds at the Fortitude save with a 21. He then drinks some Ale. The Fortitude saving throw is now 22.
Here are some examples for drinks:
Ale: DC:5, DC+:2, Price(mug):4cp, Price(gallon):2sp
Wine: DC:10, DC+:3, Price(mug):2sp, Price(gallon):10gp
Dwarven Brew: DC:15, DC+:4, Price(mug):10gp, Price(gallon):50gp
Orcish Swill: DC:20, DC+:5, Price(mug):50g, Price(gallon):250gp
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Don't hate me. . . I'm not the one trying to destroy the earth:
Lovecraftian Maltheism for the Pragmatic Individual
by Charles Ward
During times of crisis, the people crave a hero: a leader who can take control and bring order to the chaos. The hero often strives to not only give meaning and purpose to one's actions and unite the group, but also attempts to interpret history and provide a means of enunciation so that one's current plight is placed within some sort of context.
The desire for a suitable vocabulary with which to process one's position in the cosmos has historically been a nearly unstoppable sociological force often surpassing even the fundamental biological mechanisms of hunger, aversion to pain, and basic sexuality. Hence, many people will often choose to follow a leader who purports to offer them an answer to "why," even if this comes at an excruciating cost.
Beyond the mere Skinnerian dynamics of Terran religiosity, which are still vehemently denied by billions of 21st century homo sapiens, the ubiquity and popularity of religious belief is not in question. For better and for worse, the contemporary heroes of religion are extremely successful in their ideological conquests.
Pat Robertson is one such hero, offering relief from the burdens of coming to terms with one's existential demons. Of course, the acceptance of his ideology comes at a steep price: one must abandon reason in favor of dogma and all the sundry implications this brings to every aspect of one's life. His dogma is notoriously gruesome, and it is why he is the perfect example for a short exercise I will now suggest.
What I propose is a nomenclatural shift of a species of thought: that the broad concept of Lovecraftian cosmic horror might be considered to be more than a literary genre or philosophical device, but as something that might be part of a pragmatic approach to contemporary life.
Maltheism, of course, has a long and rich history through dystheism, misotheism, theodicy, dualism, and fideism, due largely to the fact that religious authors through the ages have taken great pains to unapologetically anthropomorphize their gods in all the worst ways possible. Now, don't get me wrong here: we can be more nuanced than just gleefully celebrating the concept of a malevolent god like freshman in a philosophy class, though the standard exercise does prove useful to provide a starting point for my proposition. The basic tenets of maltheism might be presented the following way according to the deus deceptor analogy:
What if a malevolent space demon manifested itself to earth and demanded worship and slavery for its own selfish purposes? To string its slaves along, the demon makes two claims:
Whether or not these premises are true--or even possible to measure--is, of course, the whole point. With our limited resources of five highly subjective senses and less than a century of time to gather information before we die, all claims of verifiability or veracity of the demon's claims are completely absurd.
What we are left with, as beings with a least some time and hopefully a bit of reason available, is to--for lack of a better vocabulary--test this hypothesis by means of the fruits of the tree a la Matthew 7:16 (Too see a concise depiction of this argument, watch this internet pundit's take on the deus deceptor)
This proposition is not even that controversial in religious circles outside of modern Western culture. Remember Zeus? While an inscrutable and unquenchable lust for human worship is a nearly universal trope of the divine amongst all religions, at least some imagine this to be a rather mundane and mostly nonthreatening process.
This is not the case with Christianity and Islam, the two most dominant religions in the Western world, whose beliefs derive from some of the most violent and terrifying texts ever written. Weird fiction author Matt Cardin wrote an interesting piece for TheoFantatique recently that discusses how "the biblical God is often portrayed as a source of horror."
In particular, the diplomatic Cardin is intrigued by Isaiah:
Isaiah can be understood as a cosmic horror story, a la Lovecraft etc., in its entirety. All that's required is a shifting of one's surface focus and underlying assumptions. It's not that some parts are horrific and others aren't, but that the whole thing can be read and — importantly — emotionally experienced that way, while remaining entirely true to its concrete content.
This seems hard for any even slightly reasonable person to argue with. But quite frankly, I don't think this train of though goes nearly far enough. Let's cut the diplomacy and jump down the rabbit hole in a way only a pseudonymous avatar like Charles Ward can.
Let's talk about the practical implications of acknowledging the monstrosity of a god whose track record includes murder, advocating rape and incest, torture, genital mutilation, mass drownings, and whose "big plan" for the earth's near future consists of global immolation.
Consider the following passage by Lovecraft in "The Call of Cthulhu":
That cult would never die till the stars came right again, and the secret priests would take great Cthulhu from His tomb to revive His subjects and resume His rule of earth. The time would be easy to know, for then mankind would have become as the Great Old Ones; free and wild and beyond good and evil, with laws and morals thrown aside and all men shouting and killing and reveling in joy.
Quite frankly, to its credit, the entity known as Cthulhu is not nearly as big of an ass as the god of the Old Testament, and evil is not a term that would even really apply. However, what we are after here is a means of enunciation to attempt to contextualize our position in the cosmos and cope with the calamity we see around us.
This brings us back to Pat Robertson, our previously mentioned hero of linguistic law and order. He serves the important position of being a messenger of the god of the Bible, and he provides a vocabulary and precedent for the visible horrors of existence. In all seriousness, taking it at face value, I think he must be right: it is quite logical that, according to his system of beliefs, his god would curse the people of Haiti for their sins. In fact, it is exactly the sort of thing the god of the Bible would do. Robertson just happens be brave enough to eschew the bounds of civilization and political correctness while others cower in its confines. And by brave, I mean stark raving mad.
Thus, to complete my circuitous train of thought, Pat Robertson is a hero in precisely the same way that Wilbur Whateley is a hero for the cult of Yog-Sothoth, or that Trap Jaw was a champion for Skeletor: he is a harbinger of doom and the servant of a malevolent space demon.
I'm not claiming this kind of paranoia to world events is what Lovecraft was trying to elicit with his fiction, but I am claiming that his fiction has great utility in providing a pragmatic means of enunciation for the current state of Terran life. And I propose that we can adopt this vocabulary with sacrificing our reason; to be totally honest, we can even do it without hyperbole.
The fact that the latter is true is not very good news.
If one can step aside from millennia of cultural conditioning that makes one feel inclined to exhibit a maniacal sensitivity towards other people's dangerous superstitions, a simple analysis of Robertson and his religious colleagues' beliefs suggests that the case for maltheism is more than strong. It is, as Cardin says about the horror of the Bible, entirely "self-evident." The point here is not to advocate some kind of bitter anti-religious sentiment or even to advocate atheism at all. For the sake of this argument, whether or not these space beings are real is irrelevant. Quite the contrary, in fact: for the sake of our basic survival, we have to take this seriously either way--at least in a somewhat lugubrious fashion. I don't claim to have all the answers; I merely wish to point out that, as usual, Lovecraft was right all along. To be more concise, if my sentiment was tritely condensed to a bumper sticker, it might look something like this:
Maltheism: . . . because dangerous cultists really are trying to bring about the bloody apocalypse of their malevolent, space alien gods.
You can call Lovecraft's stories of cosmic horror mere fiction if you want, but only in the same sense something like Miller's The Crucible is mere fiction. One only has to summon the temerity to crack open a newspaper to find that the allegories are so thinly veiled as to be nearly biographical; in other words, the names have been changed to protect the author from being burnt at the stake by the guilty. Lovecraftian cosmic horror is not just a metaphor for life on earth, it provides a pragmatic political vocabulary we would do well to adopt. Let's not forget that the stakes are extremely high. It might seem reasonable to strive for a live and let live policy, but keep in mind that this is a luxury that has not, is not currently, and will not likely ever be afforded to you by any race bloodthirsty space tyrants. History is nothing but a testament, if I might borrow the phrase, of how literally and how easily people are willing to spill blood and worse for their non-Terran overlords. As the Philistines, the citizens of Dunwich, or any of He-Man's allies might tell you--those that are still alive, at least--these monstrosities cannot be reasoned with, their beliefs are not open for debate, they are impervious to science, and they are plotting right now to establish a brutal theocracy in your home city at the expense of your flesh.
Think I'm exaggerating? How is the threat of global immolation at the hands of a purported prophet an exaggeration? (See 2 Kings 1:10, and don't give me this "it's figurative" nonsense--they've already burnt scores of people in recent history!) In other words, in every case I can think of, eschatology is synonymous with war crimes and should be looked upon in the same light.
So what does one do with maltheism? Does one go mad with the realization when your mind finally begins to correlate its contents and you depart from the placid island of ignorance to view not only the black seas of infinity, but the fact that there are violent, highly aggressive, politically powerful, and terrifying mainstream forces literally preparing to bring about the end of the world. . .
I don't think one has to. Would it be too trendy to call for a sense of Post-Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror in which one faces the blind, idiot god Azathoth or Michele Bachmann and then says,
"To hell with it. I'm not going to let that bitch ruin my day."
Is it denial? Maybe. Considering the low percent of neural matter we humans have available to process information, I am not totally sure we can get around it. But that's okay, too. Remember, from a biological perspective, we are just trying to avoid the death our species by religious genocide.
At the very least, as I suggested earlier, we can shift the terminology we use. If a group believes in a superstition that involves one or more malevolent entities of an extraterrestrial or multidimensional origin, and their beliefs or "holy" texts overtly call for the destruction of the earth and/or violent subjugation and torture of non-believers, let's quit coddling them by pandering to "faith" and "religion." These people are doomsday cultists who worship evil space monsters. This change in terminology is not intended to be hostile or vengeful, though such reactions would not seem unwarranted at this point, but it would serve two clear purposes:
This is not a polished argument, and it is certainly not a definitive one. It is merely a collection of thoughts and reactions to recent world events I have been processing for the last month of so. Putting them down in writing helps me to think things through more clearly, which hopefully leads to the successful reevaluation and refinement of my ideas so I can better deal with the temporality of my existence—whether it is enforced by malevolent forces or those of a more benign variety. If this exercise turns out to be for no other reason than for my own selfish, intellectual pleasures, then so be it.
And so I say to them--with a gleam in my eye--what I imagine the professorial staff of Miskatonic University might have said to Wilbur Whateley,
Viva la Résistance.
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Comment by echeck casino on March 28, 2011 at 6:43 PM
Bravo, the excellent answer.
Comment by ThatGuy on June 10, 2013 at 11:32 AM
For what it's worth, you've opened my eyes to a new way of seeing certain religions. It's such an obvious similarity I can't believe it hadn't occurred to me before. Like the other guy said, bravo!
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