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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Construction Begins</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[First post &#8230; This will eventually be my portfolio site, but for right now it is a very bare bones sort of blog.  I know what will spruce up this place &#8230; A NINJA! There, that&#8217;s much better. Anyone who knows me well, knows about my love of ninjas.  Pirates can get bent.  My brother [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First post &#8230;</p>
<p>This will eventually be my portfolio site, but for right now it is a very bare bones sort of blog.  I know what will spruce up this place &#8230;</p>
<p><em>A NINJA!</em></p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.pauloconnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ninjaclass2.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7" title="ninja splat pic" src="http://www.pauloconnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ninjaclass2-182x300.png" alt="ninja splat pic" width="182" height="300" /></a></em></p>
<p>There, that&#8217;s much better.</p>
<p>Anyone who knows me well, knows about my love of ninjas.  Pirates can get bent.  My brother deqlan is the pirate fan of the family.  Strangely enough, we&#8217;ve never had a good pirates vs ninjas conversation.  Perhaps we are above that shit.  (hmm first swear-word.  I guess this is gonna be a mature audiences blog <img src='http://www.pauloconnell.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>This particular ninja was drawn for a roleplaying game, and that game is <a href="http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG">Pathfinder</a>, what is probably the spiritual successor of Dungeons and Dragons.  What does that mean?  Well,<a href="http://pathfinder.wikia.com/wiki/Pathfinder_Roleplaying_Game#Announcement"> its a long story</a>.  Sufficed to say I am a big Paizo/pathfinder fan, and wanted to add to the game my own <a href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dck7bhk_22dwhz3vdr">home-brewed ninja class</a>.  Every class in every RPG book has a neat picture attached to it, which are affectionally called &#8220;splat pics&#8221;.  So my ninja class, which I had excruciatingly worked on, what was to be my perfect ninja class for this new version of Dungeons and Dragons needed- no, DEMANDED a splat pic.  I only hope I have done it justice&#8230;</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve done quite a few of these home made classes lately, as RPGs have been hobby/borderline obsession for nigh unto 20 years now (approximately as long as I have loved ninjas).  They have fueled my art for that long, providing imagery and context for my sketches and doodles.  I have no doubt that many of my future posts will be pictures to follow crunchy homerules for my one giant nerd-hobby.</p>
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