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On to nerdier things. I've been playing Neverwinter Nights a lot recently. My character, Cora Greenbottle, was one I had made back when I used to play D&D with Martin. She's a halfling rogue, whom I intended to make into a ninja in my campaign with Martin but I just ended up adding some monk levels to her until her speed was increased since the ninja class, being something I made up myself, is not in the game. Her background is that she was orphaned at a very early age and has grown up picking pockets and nabbing loaves of bread to survive. Of course Martin's campaign was based in a middle-eastern type setting so Cora wears a hijab (headscarf), which actually helps her blend in. She's got a pretty strict code of conduct and is extremely self-reliant. She's quite accustomed to being looked down on (for simply being a halfling, but also because she's female) and underestimated so she uses these to her advantage. It's also pretty handy when no one suspects that a woman would be stealing their coin purse. Anyway, I've played straight through the first game and I'm on to the first expansion the Shadows of Undrentide. I've gotten so efficient at that game that I can actually time out how long each section is going to take for me. most chapters take between 5 and 9 hours to complete, because I'm obsessive compulsive and I complete every single quest and explore every square of map and I open every barrel and chest that I find and I sell all the items that I get. I've got over a million gold pieces now and I've been buying lots of items that cost about 100,000 each. Easily I've made over 2 million so far. anyway I'm saving as much as I can for the end of the second expansion The Hordes of the Underdark because I know I'll need lots of gold to buy information and I don't feel like cheating to get it. I honestly hate to cheat. if I can't beat a game without resorting to a hint book or a cheat code that I stop playing. oh well.
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