Post by friartook on Feb 11, 2015 17:13:33 GMT
Nice stat block Mainprize!
Among my friends, I am the king of the nerds. I introduced them all to D&D, they respect my knowledge and opinions on fantasy and science fiction, comic books, and computers and I am the resident authority on all matters Tolkien. As I branch out and meet more and more people who are actual premier league geeks, I have begun to come to terms with my amateur nerd status.
So, who is Friar Took? My real name is Andrew Bleecker. The name Friar Took is from a nick name given to me by my first ever dungeon master, at around the age of 10. He called my Friar Tuck, which eventually got shortened to Tuck. Why? To this day I have no idea. I still sometimes use Friar Tuck or Friar Tuk or just Tuk online. I started using Friar Took as a gag on the Tooks of Hobbit fame, cause priests can be so stodgy and I enjoy a good bit of mischief.
I reside in Madison, Wisconsin with my partner (may as well be my wife, but we are not married), and our three boys ages 11, 9 and 15 months. I work for an environmental engineering firm doing computer design work in Autodesk software (most commonly in AutoCAD Civil 3D). My hobbies include reading, yoga, D&D, biking, writing, music (listening, not playing; I suffer from an embarrassing lack of musical talent), tinkering with computers, and RPG video games.
My D&D history: I've been playing since I was about 8 years old (1988, do the math if you're curious about my gray hairs) and found the 1st edition red box set at a garage sale. I moved up to 2e advanced, got the books for 3.5 but kind of missed playing in that whole era due to a lack of interest in my peer group, and rediscovered the joys of roleplaying near the end of 2013. I've mostly been the DM throughout my time playing, usually just because I had the most enthusiasm for the game among my friends. Like I said before, I tend to be the geekiest of my peers.
I'll do some top fives too, but mine are not in any sort of priority order.
Top 5 Science Fiction books:
1. The Dune series, Frank Herbert
2. Everything by William Gibson
3. Everything by Neal Stephenson
4. The Hyperion Series by Dan Simmons
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequels by Arthur C. Clarke
Top 5 Fantasy books:
1. The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss
2. The works of J.R.R. Tolkien
3. A Song of Fire and Ice books by George R.R. Martin
4. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
5. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Top 5 Musical Artists:
1. The Dear Hunter
2. The Talking Heads
3. KRS-One
4. Beck
5. The Mars Volta
Top 5 Visual/Comic Book/Illustrative artists:
1. Tony Diterlizzi
2. Ashley Wood
3. Ben Templesmith
4. Katsuhiro Otomo
5. Hiroaki Samura
Among my friends, I am the king of the nerds. I introduced them all to D&D, they respect my knowledge and opinions on fantasy and science fiction, comic books, and computers and I am the resident authority on all matters Tolkien. As I branch out and meet more and more people who are actual premier league geeks, I have begun to come to terms with my amateur nerd status.
So, who is Friar Took? My real name is Andrew Bleecker. The name Friar Took is from a nick name given to me by my first ever dungeon master, at around the age of 10. He called my Friar Tuck, which eventually got shortened to Tuck. Why? To this day I have no idea. I still sometimes use Friar Tuck or Friar Tuk or just Tuk online. I started using Friar Took as a gag on the Tooks of Hobbit fame, cause priests can be so stodgy and I enjoy a good bit of mischief.
I reside in Madison, Wisconsin with my partner (may as well be my wife, but we are not married), and our three boys ages 11, 9 and 15 months. I work for an environmental engineering firm doing computer design work in Autodesk software (most commonly in AutoCAD Civil 3D). My hobbies include reading, yoga, D&D, biking, writing, music (listening, not playing; I suffer from an embarrassing lack of musical talent), tinkering with computers, and RPG video games.
My D&D history: I've been playing since I was about 8 years old (1988, do the math if you're curious about my gray hairs) and found the 1st edition red box set at a garage sale. I moved up to 2e advanced, got the books for 3.5 but kind of missed playing in that whole era due to a lack of interest in my peer group, and rediscovered the joys of roleplaying near the end of 2013. I've mostly been the DM throughout my time playing, usually just because I had the most enthusiasm for the game among my friends. Like I said before, I tend to be the geekiest of my peers.
I'll do some top fives too, but mine are not in any sort of priority order.
Top 5 Science Fiction books:
1. The Dune series, Frank Herbert
2. Everything by William Gibson
3. Everything by Neal Stephenson
4. The Hyperion Series by Dan Simmons
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequels by Arthur C. Clarke
Top 5 Fantasy books:
1. The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss
2. The works of J.R.R. Tolkien
3. A Song of Fire and Ice books by George R.R. Martin
4. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
5. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Top 5 Musical Artists:
1. The Dear Hunter
2. The Talking Heads
3. KRS-One
4. Beck
5. The Mars Volta
Top 5 Visual/Comic Book/Illustrative artists:
1. Tony Diterlizzi
2. Ashley Wood
3. Ben Templesmith
4. Katsuhiro Otomo
5. Hiroaki Samura
