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This page is for discussion of stuff related to the game coming up this week, no matter when that actually is. For instance, we can all assume Nate isnt coming for some lame reason and that Ed is sick of pizza and is bringing teriyaki or some other crap. They can post something here if that happens to be untrue.

Schedule

Date...........game................Location..........(Advanced attendance)
8/29/08......OAAAA...........BnD...............Matt gone
9/5/08.......OAAAA...........BnK...............Brandon gone (HONEYMOON!)
9/13/08 SATURDAY 6pm......Super Heroes?.....Gabe's..........Ben Gone, Brandon gone
9/19/08......Super Heroes.....BnK..........
9/26/08......OAAAA.....BnK..........Matt here!
10/3/08......OAAAA.............BnK..........Matt and Brandon gone
10/10/08.....OAAAA.............BnK..........
10/17/08..................BnK..........Dieter gone to Canada
10/24/08.......................BnK..........Ed likely gone
10/31/08 or 11/1/08?...........BnK..........Ed 50% chance

BEN: congratulations, Brandon. NATE! can you let me know if you will be gaming on 10/3? If you are, then we will have 3 players and we can proceed with a session. Otherwise, 10/3 will likely be cancelled.

Edmiao I will be here on 10/3 so game on biatch!

Attendance and Food Preference

KIM: I WISH I had pizza last night, *nom nom nom*. I was in Philly yesterday lusting after such godly greasy goodness from afar... won't be home until the week of Halloween, and then off to rape and pillage more villages. Count me OUT for pizza now through New Years, but when I get back, I SO have dibs on half of every pie, MWAHAHAHAA!

9/26/08

BEN: present, pizza. I think I'm going to throw the debate up, and we'll start when it's done, unless people are opposed to this. We will of course throw down with magic all the while: bonus points if you make a deck using the cards on the bored at work link during the debate.

Edmiao Present, no pizza. personally, i'm recording the debate and watching it later. if that whimp mccain doesn't back out altogether. i thought it was only Palin who was afraid to let the american people see how dumb she it. Anyone interested in a Nov 4th jubilation/wake party?

--Brandon 15:27, 24 September 2008 (MST) Present pizza. I'll be coming straight from campus with no car, and am totally down for debate watching/ridiculing.

--Matts 17:18, 24 September 2008 (MST)I can pick you up, Brandon. I also want to see the debates, or dance on John McCain's cowardice while spawining Homarids (or Camarids to be precise I suppose).

--Edmiao 17:28, 24 September 2008 (MST) perhaps we should just watch the debates and not play magic. i'm trying to picture 2 headed giant with the TV on in the background. if we are going to watch the debate (which may go on until 8pm btw) then i might invite cheryl, i think she may want to watch it. looks like it won't be cancelled after all.

--Dieter the Bold 18:20, 24 September 2008 (MST) If we're doing magic + debate, or just debate before gaming starts, I'll pass until gaming. Totally down with ya'll doing the debate, just let me know when gaming will be start and I'll be there. No pizza, this time.

BEN: it's scheduled for 90 minutes, I think. So Gaming should start at 7:30pm.

--Gdaze 20:02, 24 September 2008 (MST) Yeah, also going to pass if we aren't doing any magic. So I'll be there around 7:30 or 8. I already know the outcome.

Edmiao i don't think cheryl will come for the debate.

BEN: we don't have to debate it up...I can always watch it later if people would rather focus on magic

KIM: Debate it up! I'll be watching at my dad's place, should be interesting kickin' it bi-partisan with the old folks... PS: ya'll would be proud, every tog i shoot with wants to dress me up as Palin and put me in some sort of ridiculously compromising situation, it's just too bad I don't own a hunting vest or a suitable moose rifle...

Edmiao gabe, we can play some heads up magic if others want to watch the debate. i think some of my decks may be better in single player games and wouldn't mind trying them out anyway. so i say why not all show up and if the debate is actually on, those who want can watch and those who don't play magic. and for those who want neither, there's always gabe's mom.

BEN: So, me, brandon, and matt for pizza: we'll just get Mad to deliver, then, one pizza with lots of toppings (half veggie, of course). Since it is unclear whether the debate is on or not for Friday, we will probably be magicking it up starting at 6. If there is a debate, I may switch to watching that but if its distracting for magic players, dieter's old room is like one giant play mat right now.

--Gdaze 22:30, 25 September 2008 (MST) Well since these were all added last minute, I'm still gonna be late cuz made some plans with the little lady. So expect me around 7:30 to 8.

--Brandon 00:08, 26 September 2008 (MST) Matt, I'm in a meeting until 5, but would be happy/available to be picked up anytime after that. Let me know where you want me to be in the U-District, and I'll be there. Give me a call when you are on your way (206.250.6329).

--Gdaze-- Oh so, Noelle is getting out an hour earlier then I thought. So for those who don't want to watch the circus (zing!), I may be there for some magic. All depends if I can talk the little lady into giving me a ride there, or end up taking the bus.

--Edmiao 10:15, 26 September 2008 (MST) I'll be there at 6 for debate or magic or both or whatever. Brandon, how bout I pick you up, since the U is on my way. I'll call you around 5:40 or so.

--Brandon 10:46, 26 September 2008 (MST) Sounds good. See you soon.

Friday 10/31 or Saturday 11/1

--Dieter the Bold 11:46, 4 September 2008 (MST) Alright lads. We're gamers, so we're lazy by definition. I am lazier than most. But Halloween is a holiday I always feel bad about for not coming up with an awesome costume. I hereby forward the motion that we make that session a costumed session. Two months to come up with something awesome and wear it to the session. Bonus points to be awarded for those who come as their characters.

--Gdaze 11:00, 5 September 2008 (MST) I'm pretty sure I will be busy on said day. If I'm not, I will come in costume... but one it is over 2 months away so I have no idea, and two, yeah, typically I got out on that holiday.

BEN: as far as halloween goes, and as long as we've opened the can of worms that is switching sessions from friday to saturday or vice versa, the 31st of october may be an ideal candidate for saturday, as opposed to friday, gaming. Either way, I still think people should come dressed as their characters.

--Edmiao 14:24, 8 September 2008 (MST) Definitely will be gone if Friday 10/31, might be able to make Saturday 11/1 but won't be able to tell you until the day of.

Ranting and raving or other random comments

Edmiao Hey Jason, hero question. genre Fantasy Hero, i have a familiar that is a shadow creature. it has magic like abilities like shape shift and teleport from shadow to shadow and possibly in the future growth. Typically magic spells are bought with the following limitations: requires a magic roll, gestures and incantations. Ben likes the idea of innate magic in creatures, and as an animal (cat or something) it does not use gestures or incantations. but if i need some limitations to bring the cost down, so was thinking either requires a skill roll or activation roll. for requires a skill roll, i would buy Shadow Magic Power skill. so the question is, is the limitation "activation roll" a reasonable limitation for a magical power, or should it be reserved for armor and gadgets?

JASON: I think this is up to the GM. Normally, if its magical, like a spell, it should be RSR, but if its like something that happens only sometimes, then you could use activation, but why? What is the explanation for why it doesnt work sometimes? Once you have thought that through it might be better to have a conditional power limitation instead, like doesnt work in direct sunlight.

Edmiao i think for the genre and for the idea that it is magic that a magic RSR is best. which addresses the point as to why, the why would it fail is because magic sometimes fails, which means it should not be activation rather RSR

Other RPG or Non-RPG or Monthly Board Gaming Day gaming Events

JASON: Anybody up for a game of Battletech sometime in the next few weeks? I will need to try it out to see how feasible this mechwarrior thing is. Its only been about 18 years since I have played it!

--Dieter the Bold 17:41, 16 September 2008 (MST) Definitely down. I have a few boxes and books I can bring if necessary.

Weekly Magic Whining/Complaining/Smack Talking

Shards of Alara

GABE: Holy crap, those new cards are insane. I like the 2 mana elf that can produce 3 different colors.

BEN: what, you mean quirion elf from back in the day?
Obviously, I'm in play: you lose, biatch!

Edmiao Titantic Ultimatium. now that's my kind of card. priced high, three colors and devestating. Brilliant Ultimatum could be awesome with scry abilities. I love Cruel Ultimatum it has freakin 6 effects on it. Violent Ultimatum and Clarion Ultimatum seems overpriced? at least compared to the others.

Edmiao I love this Planeswalker, for the rest of the game your permanents are indestructible.

BEN: yeah, elspeth is awesome...although I wish the art were just a little bit better. titanic ultimatum is, I think, by far the best of the ultimatums. By the way, check out the art for the card "empyrial archangel", I think it's amazing, one of my favorites, I'd say.

GABE: I really like the devour power, is that new? I want a creature with Flash and Devour. Besides Matt's mom that is.

--Brandon 14:43, 26 September 2008 (MST) this is, at the moment, my new favorite card. I just like that every time it attacks it threatens to cast a giant growth on itself. I still also am impressed by this art, and the card is pretty good, too.

Next step in Super Heroes

Edmiao I wonder if the suveilance cameras caught cortez and the battle on tape, could be good PR sort of the Guardians most wanted list.

--Gdaze 02:29, 21 September 2008 (MST) Yeah... except then we went to the park and fought the mutant kid... had to knock out a bunch of teens with Ash Berry's spores... and um... he got away...

--Brandon 12:37, 21 September 2008 (MST) I just want to say that that last battle had a lot of great moments. Silver Snake being thrown into the air and then transforming and swinging back down in mid air; Ashbury flying above the crowd of teenagers and releasing pollen everywhere; Elemental taunting Zeus, and then not budging when the counterattack came; Brimstone walking with Silver Snake as armor, dragging a line of fire through the air, and then teleporting inside of Zeus's shield. Good times, all.

Next step in Of Amor, Armor, and Alchemy

--Edmiao 10:28, 6 September 2008 (MST) so, the way i see it, all the blood elf pirates abandoned ship, leaving us on the ship. dragon likes to eat blood elves. let dragon eat blood elves, we keep ship.

GABE: Agreed.

Also... about the dragon, here are some deals I thought of.

What about if we offer him the Ruby Shield Ignus? You know, the one thing that can stop his breath, and we give it to him? Also another deal we could make, since he looks phat lootz, is find out who is shipping what and from time to time give him that info? I know its awhile till we play but just some things I thought up.

BEN: in response to Ed's concern above I will say this: there won't be a whole lot of "meeting" going on during this first encounter with the dragon. Very likely none, barring spectacular miracles and/or cleverness.
Allow me to try to elaborate (on a metagame level, since none of the PCs likely have much dragon knowledge): Dragons are both brutal animalistic predators and wise and cunning sentient beings. When they are in the "predator" mode, they are almost exclusively instinct-driven monsters, attacking with total ferocity. In short, this is not a mode in which it would be easy to bargain with or even communicate with a dragon. Surviving such an attack is a rare and great feat in itself.
Also, as I alluded to before, the next session will start, at the very outset, with a presence attack against everyone on the ship on the order of 14-16d6. That means that anyone with a presence lower than 21 will be in a state of total, abject terror (barring special effects or miracles) and only concerned with getting as far away from the dragon as fast as possible, or just wetting themselves and waiting to get eaten (we will assume the former as default for the PCs). Actions in line with psychological disadvantages, or actions relating to your auspice bond may be taken as long as they don't interfere with the above: if they do, PRE rolls with penalties will be involved. Other actions will come at high costs, either in terms of stat rolls (likely PRE) or XP expenditure.
If you have questions about this start up of the next session, feel free to ask.

BEN: a few more things:
1.) Gabe, can you bring a big, nasty dragon miniature for the start of the session?
2.) your "bag of stuff" weighs 20 lbs. if there are specific things you want to save out of it if you fall in the water, you can hold onto that until the end of the session. After that, you will have to replace the bag (this DOES NOT cost points, if you remember, as long as you are somewhere you could reasonably restock). Anything you bought with points weighs what it weighs in the book.
3.) Gabe, if there is no entry in a book for an alchemical kit, we should figure out how much we think it probably weighs.

GABE: Man, and I was thinking I should bring one! Thanks for reminding me. I vill try my best. If there is nothing in the book, which I doubt there is, we could use the WHFRP. Or one of the 8 bizzlion other fantasy books I have.

BEN: sounds good. see y'all tonight for magic and circus!