THAC0 was more a symptom of a deeper flaw - that in Second Edition, it wasn’t consistent whether a higher number or a lower one was better. Worse, the awkward intersection between the two happened to be in the most critical part of the rules, checking if an attack lands. THAC0 as an intermediary score was little more than a band-aid over those design flaws, and later editions embraced “higher = better” as a universal rule.

But also, “You find a set of magic scale plate. Its armor value is two less than what you’re already wearing.” “YIPPEE!” will never not sound weird.

The bad news is that I definitely am not. In brief, when I was diagnosed with diabetes back in 2007, that was about the same time. I got my ADHD diagnosis and I didn’t have health insurance because I struggled to keep work.

When I got that diabetes diagnosis, they put me on metformin and when that didn’t kick things down they’ve increased the dosage. But that didn’t work, because when you’re poor, you eat carbs and well. I need to cut out sugar. I didn’t know about carbs, they said well. I’m sorry that’s what you can afford.

So I went unmanaged for a decade, till I had a saddle pulmonary embolism in 2017. We had been stuck in a small town where I absolutely could not find work, so I convinced my wife I had to look. So moved from Florida to Virginia because I found work up here, got insurance. I’ve been working on getting my health under control and doing pretty well with that these days except.

Because of all that damage from 10 years of unmanaged diabetes, I’ve had seven heart attacks, my kidneys have failed, so I’m on dialysis, and have had a bologna amputation on my left leg. Among other lesser medical issues. LOL. I’m a wheelchair user these days as well.

So I definitely have much less life expectancy thanks to this fucking country and these fucking fascists who keep us as the only developed Nation out of 33 who doesn’t have some form of universal healthcare.

I’m a little bitter. LOL

So will last, I’m not surviving all that well. Although, considering all these issues I’ve had, I’m doing relatively well health-wise. Although I’m writing this from the hospital where I’ve just had to have a procedural on my leg because I was having some blood flow issues there. Thanks to all of the damage. And I really can’t afford to lose that leg because I’ve already lost part of one.

But in case you think I’m trying to ask for sympathy, I’m not. Everyday. I’m glad to be here. I’ll take whatever days I have left. I still try and have a positive attitude, and make people smile when I can. It’s just life.

Well I’m disappointed in Neil gaiman and his choices be icky towards women, I still love the sandmam series and the character of death. When a character in that series died, and asked death, is this all I get? Death replied. You get the same as everyone else, one lifetime.

I get one lifetime. You get one lifetime. We all get one lifetime. So make of it what you will

Very very much so :)

Gotcha, thanks. I thought I had missed something in the DSM, or that they had updated something, lol.

Meh, I’m getting through it. Moving to California for cheap and legal weed, and making myself my boss have let me muddle through to a decent retirement in the next couple years. I’m just not able to get a weeks worth of work done in a day anymore.

But original VGA could be 640x480, 800x600 or 1024x768.

Also I think it supported a 320x240, and then later on it would support much higher resolutions.

But it could certainly lead to one