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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.....OAAAA.............BnK..........Dieter gone to Canada
10/24/08.....Supers..................BnK..........Ed gone, Brandon likely gone
10/31/08 ....CANCELLED.......BnK..........Ed gone, Matt gone, Brandon gone
11/07/08.....Supers..........BnK..........Dieter probably gone
11/14/08.....Supers..........BnK..........
11/21/08.....Supers (?)..........BnK..........
11/28/08.....Likely CANCELLED (Thanksgiving)
12/05/08.....OAAAA...........[BnK]............

BEN: ok, it sounds like we are going OAAAA this week. Given that, the next FOUR sessions will be at Matt's disposal for Supers, so that we keep things fair and balanced (like your mother and a sperm whale, for instance). That does NOT include the 31st weekend, which as far as I can tell is going to be a CANCEL. We can discuss in the coming weeks (based largely on Matt and the material he has ready) if we want to switch back to OAAAA before December.

Attendance and Food Preference

10/24/08

Edmiao absent

BEN: Matt has suggested we will be under quorum on friday. If we cancel, I will just go rock the FNM, BUT, I still prefer gaming, so those of us that are down for some sort of tabletop RPGing, speak up and, if supers goes down, make some mention of what you'd like to do instead. I'm happy to run a one shot of some sort.

Edmiao brandon said that he is opting out of supers in general. so the only one absent will be me, unless others are gone. also don't forget Noel and Kim if she's back.

KIM: I WISH I'd be back... still traveling for another week, won't be home until Oct 27th, and then only for a few days before I hit the road again... Gabe, is Noelle okay?

--66.235.37.222 14:04, 19 October 2008 (MST)I'll be gone until 9pm at the earliest anyways, so it's probably best to can it this week, at least from the supers front.

--Gdaze -- Yeah she is fine now, just needs to take some anti-bods. So wait, we are canceling evey though we have 3 players, + GM? I mean thats cool if the GM wants to do that. Also what about Dieter? However, I'm also cool with-not playing.

--Matts 11:27, 20 October 2008 (MST)Yeah, sorry about that. I've got some stuff to do on Friday, so Supers is cancelled. Gaming certainly doesn't have to be.

Ranting and raving or other random comments

--Gdaze 12:41, 20 October 2008 (MST) Please let me know what you think of that game idea I came up with, if you would take the time to do so anyway, this is in regards to the Gears and Tears game. I mean anything, like if it seems boring, system suggestions, if it seems interesting. Thanks in advance, oh use the talk page if you could.

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

October 19 Sunday

Edmiao so anyone up for some something this weekend? Jason, from your note above might be interested?

GABE: Big maybe for me, bro is in down which means I may even miss parts or all of gaming, we shall see.

GABE: Would Sunday work for anyone?

BEN: I could do sunday afternoon/evening.

Edmiao totally down for sunday. any time. what time good for yall

--Gdaze 02:37, 18 October 2008 (MST) Thats 3, any chance Matt could stop being a pussy? Or Brandon?

Edmiao brandon was out. i think 3 is fine, we can do rotating duels and the out guy can taunt or make decks.

--Gdaze 15:50, 18 October 2008 (MST) Cool cool, not sure my decks can do so well in those types of games. Too bad we can't get a fourth, Jason, Matt? Also, what time Sunday?

JASON: We may be in, but thats two so it would still be odd.

Edmiao still no problem. we'll work it all out. see you all at 5. any dinner plans or should i bring my own?

--Gdaze -- Cool cool, I will most likely head home around 7ish or so. Catching the bus on Sunday is annoying but I'll see what I can do!

--Gdaze 13:32, 19 October 2008 (MST) Also as Ed said, no problem, more people = better.

Weekly Magic Whining/Complaining/Smack Talking

Shards of Alara

--Brandon 13:17, 18 October 2008 (MST) Ed, I found your new favorite card (for the protection deck, at least): Glamerdye. It's your cheesy color changer w/ retrace. Ouch.

Edmiao i've seen that one. yeah. protection deck did ok last night, might let it stick around a little while longer.

--Gdaze -- Whoa... the protection deck did pretty well while the Fire Giant deck didn't... INSANITY!

--Gdaze 12:38, 20 October 2008 (MST) Alright guys, Ed suggested doing some kind of themed decks, and I'd like to see this as well. Jaosn has metioned he did it in the past with friends and was quite fun. Maybe like no spells over 3 mana, stuff like that. Lets think some up and choose a few, sound cool?

Some I've thought of but just not how to do them exactly...

Settlers of Catan.

D&D - Fantasy adventure (something like, you have to have 2 or 3 legendary humniod races and equipment for them to get, I dunno, kinda hard to do maybe)

Peck your eyes out: Can only use birds.

Etc, etc. I think we should each choose different ones to battle or a concept that anyone can do. Elemental, elf, kinship crap like that are the themes I think we should avoid.

Edmiao my theme: kick you in the nuts. not sure how many cards i can find with that theme. maybe we should make themed decks on making the worst deck and then others play it, that sounded fun

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.

Edmiao Viho, in my absence, will work on relations with the mayor. his goal will be to get some police officers into Venture to guard super prisoners, far better than the Venture Ind rent a cop and recptionist. And to expedite construction of the supers prison that we spoke of. Also, he will be thinking about branding, and will have his PR guy (Bob Seebo) work in conjunction with a hired design firm to make a logo for the guardians and coordinate costume colors (if the other players are down with that), something stylish. He'll buy the costumes for all and paint his suits to match. In addition, Sebo and design team will work on a possible advertising campaign. billboards or something: "Guardians of NY! we're great!". Maybe Viho will go on some sympathetic talk shows. He will also call up the Juice's ex wife and invite her to have her son apply for the student internship at Venture. Same for that nerd boy who gave those bad hoods his library access.

Next step in Of Amor, Armor, and Alchemy

Current OAAAA XP: 75 base + 107 XP

Stuff we want to buy:

Horses for all plus one or two as pack animals
Winter clothing and sleeping rolls
climbing gear and rope
torches and lanterns
rations
dragon repellent
picks, shovel, other digging equipment to clear cave ins? dynamite?
Ketchup (if you can't beat 'em . . .)
carrier pigeons

BEN: Well, for only three characters to go head to head with Sky was quite something. But the characters played smart and kept their actions tight and well coordinated, and victory was theirs. I'd just like to commend a few highlights, and leave it to the players to provide the summary to their fellow party members:
1.) Aefra taking down Sky with a thrown daenerys dagger...right after the MT Tithe got taken down with a 68 stun hit to the head.
2.) Aetan heaving several goblins into the abyss...or just bashing them into goblin pulp with his hammer and sending the others running in terror.
3.) Aetan diving off a bridge (!), into the abyss, after an unconscious and falling Tithe, catching him in midair with a critical success dex roll, to completely save the situation.
4.) Aefra making a cool illusory wedding band as for Grendel, to seal her marriage to him.
5.) Aetan declaring himself a vassal of Grendel.
6.) Matt prebuying luck to allow him to reroll the second of two 17 failures for a 15- roll, as an instant effect.
7.) Tithe getting dog piled by goblins and fighting his way out.

On account of numbers 1, 3, 4, and 5, but especially #3, the entire group (including Dieter, Gabe, and Nate) are awarded 1 bonus XP.
Additionally: Matt and Ed: I think that your purchased disadvantages came into play last session, so you each get the bonus from that as well.

--Gdaze -- Jeez, seems the group got a hard-on for Grendel. So is the group ever going to run into people we don't bow down and kiss their ass sometimes?

Edmiao I'm going out on a limb here.... no?

BEN: have you met anyone you particularly didn't like where it would have been beneficial to be bellicose towards them? Other than the establishment back on Caminus? Or the knight of flowers? Or the ninja orc?

--Brandon 11:18, 20 October 2008 (MST) I was going to say, though Ben has partially stolen my thunder, that I think we have established a pretty good balance between ass-kissing and ass-kicking:

Some members of Caminus establishment: kissed
Other members of said establishment: tricked/kicked
Bandits: kicked
Gwyndolin: kissed
Dragon: neither (we just ran and ran)
Ape: kicked
Knight of Flowers: kicked
Folks in Carthay: intermittent kissing
Wood Elves: stayed respectfully aloof
Ninja Orc: got kicked, then kicked
Grendel: kissed (literally)
Dragon (second time): I predict a prodigious amount of ass-kissing here

--Gdaze -- Yeah, but didn't this guy threaten us/Aefra to marry him? (Is this guy the goblin king or is that someone else?, also Fantus just doesn't like his friends being forced to do things they won't want.)

BEN: he didn't actually threaten the group at all. He had an attitude similar to the knight of flowers, really (kind of a lot of similarities, now that I think about it), except that he never hurt any member of the group (he did have the stone grab tithe's head, but it didn't hurt him...). He made requests of the group, and when they expressed reservations about the marrying thing, he got upset, explained why he was upset (the faeries chased him out as a child because he was ugly, and it nearly killed him several times), and offered the group the opportunity to just go along their merry way without doing any of his tasks, but that he would then take that as an indicator that even the best among the fae (ie, Aefra and Aetan) were nothing more than self serving, callous beings who would never respect him, and that this conclusion would lead him to join the wood elves in their war against the fae.

Edmiao yeah, so he was pretty nice about the whole thing, except for the threat of race war on your kind forevermore.

BEN: which really, when you think about it, ain't no thang. Sounds like a pretty reasonable guy, doesn't he?

Edmiao that's what i said, glad to be married to him