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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)

9/4/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter gone to Portland, Gabe absent
9/11/09.....MassEffect....????......Matt gone on honeymoon
9/18/09.....Vamnp One Shot....Ben's condo......Dieter gone to Europe, Matt gone on honeymoon
9/25/09.....cancelled....????......Dieter gone to Europe, Matt gone on honeymoon
10/2/09.....Kingmakers one shot....bens......Dieter gone to Europe
10/9/09.....Kingmakers....Ben's condo......Dieter gone to Europe
10/16/09....Kingmakers....Ben's condo......Dieter late
10/23/09.....board games....Ed's.....
10/30/09.....cancelled......Ed likely absent, Matt likely absent
11/6/09.....Kingmakers....????......ben absent, dieter absent
11/13/09.....Failure....Loserverse......TPK!!!
11/20/09.....Kingmakers....Ben's.......Ed gone
11/27/09.....????........????........thanksgiving weekend: ben, ed absent
12/4/09.....????........?????.......
12/11/09.....????........?????.......
12/18/09.....????........?????.......ben likely absent
12/25/09.....cancelled...merry christmas!

Attendance and Food Preference

--Dieter the Bold 22:10, 15 November 2009 (MST) So Ed's already a no-show for this week. Anyone else have any "can't be missed!" social events on Friday (by which I refer to last week, not Ed's upcoming absence)? Double-check your calendars, people! Also, I have created a page with the boardgames I possess, in case people ever feel the urge for some awesome fun and wonder exactly what Dieter can bring to the party. The answer? Exhuberence.

--Matts 10:37, 16 November 2009 (MST)I'll be there, we can run the big Kingmakers dislodge-the-beastmen battle!

--Gdaze 15:57, 16 November 2009 (MST) Count me in. I'll try to bring what figures I can but I will have to take the bus over so I'm a bit limited in what I can bring.

--Gdaze 09:47, 18 November 2009 (MST) Um, so are we playing at Ben's this week, Ben, are you in for this week? Middle of the week so I figured I'd start some chatter on this. Matt, if Ben can't are we okay to play with two people?

--Matts 11:42, 18 November 2009 (MST)We are go regardless.

--Gdaze 13:10, 18 November 2009 (MST) Alright. Well lets do my place if Ben is a no go. But let me know by tomorrow. If we do it at my place I'm going to make the castle/tower out of heroscape board parts. I've been itching to build something lately so this gives me an excuse.

BEN: I'm in. we can use my place. I should be home by 6pm, but I can't promise it, since I'm commuting from Tacoma. How late are you staying this friday, Gabe?
speaking of which: Ed, are you planning on playing at all post-november? post-december?

Edmiao oh man, a heroscape board battle would be so awesome. I'm in for december, baby due mid january, i think jan 12th or 13th. so after that who knows. if things are managable and i need stress relief i might show up, but if its crazy and there's just no time, then i wont. and then down the line, the same. who knows. i think what i'm saying is you might want to start recruiting new members. Ben, are you going to be dropping out too, being married and a father n all?

Edmiao what rotation are you on in tacoma? did you continue to survive OB/GYN with the positive attitude i last saw several weeks ago? ooo ooh wait for it..... or did the milk sour?

BEN: I'm on family medicine. It's good so far. OB/GYN turned out to be a pretty good rotation, although the hours on OB were exhausting. The test raped me like a choirboy but I think I did well clinically.
I don't know what I'll do with the group come january, but it bears discussing. I have no intention of stopping gaming, but that can take a lot of forms...the attendance section probably isn't the place for that as a discussion, so feel free to port this somewhere if y'all want. I'll probably be querying everybody about what their plans are and how (quantitatively and qualitatively) committed they are in the coming weeks.

Quote(s) of the week

Elemental: (to police chief, who thanked them for their good work) That certainly isn't going to help Viho's colossal ego. (or something like that...)

CyberJesus: I'm so sick and tired of this bullshit Thomas Kinkaid police state!

Ashbury: I grow plants that may or may not be used for pharmaceutical purposes

Ed/Aefra: "I use Seduction on the baby"

"Galen, you're wearing a dress." "Yes, but I still look better in it than in you do in your clothes."

Ranting and Raving

--Gdaze 09:48, 18 November 2009 (MST) Hey you docs. So I yawned the other day in an attempt to pop my ear. Instead my jaw made an awful popping sound and now it hurts like a bitch. Am I just stupid, or should I go in?

Edmiao i have no idea. sounds like you popped your TMJ (joint where your jaw hooks up to your skull). how bad does it hurt? like kinda sore, or like you can't eat and its swelling like a baseball? you might just try some ibuprofen (advil).

GABE: Hmm, it hurts to chew mostly. But the pain seems to slowly be getting worse. I don't seem to detect any swelling, minus my pants.

Edmiao as an untrained medical non-professional, i would take some ibuprofen.

BEN: I agree with Ed.

Edmiao whew. that's a releif! not being sarcastic actually cus ben's clinical skills are better than my 5 year rusty training. For ibuprofen dose, read the label on the bottle.

--Gdaze 13:08, 18 November 2009 (MST) I ate the bottle and now I'm in more pain. Now I will sue you.

Kingmakers

Current XP as of 11/6 session: 2500

Of Amor, Armor, and Alchemy

Current OAAAA XP: 75 base + 352 XP; Followers: 15 XP (current as of 8/7/09)

ED: How long did you say the interim was between act 2 and 3 again, ben? 10 years would be great, time to fit a lot of goings on.

BEN: 10 years is correct. Some things for the next session of OAAAA:
1.) Everybody will get to spend their bonus "interim" XP as they please, I've changed my mind about forcing expenditures in a certain way.
2.) I want everyone to think about their interim adventures. At the start of the nextsession, I amthinking we may do Gemini style card "prologues" in which we explore people's adventures: the person we are doing it for presents the overall theme/happenings, and then we run through it, with the group contributing details. Group bonus XP will be assigned based on cool story effects people come up with in these. If this idea seems too complex or seems like it will give other players too much involvement in your interim events,we can can it and just let each person do a narrative, in character or out.
3.) I will clarify happenings in the world at the first session of book 3.

ED: Sounds fun. I wrote up a bunch of ideas, i think there's plenty of room for adventures in between the paragraphs. Brandon, what is your email so i can send you the Tithe sheet. I may not have done a great job on him, he was pretty low on the damage potential, but still could take hits quite well. you may want to remod him, i'm sure ben would be fine with that. although i really think you should keep the pegasus, since it played a major role in the fight with the dragon. Let you fly and catch Aeten, bring him back to the battle and Aeten immediately thereafter struck the killing blow.

--Brandon 20:53, 9 August 2009 (MST) Sweet. A pegasus sounds awesome, and I was totally thinking about getting a mount for Tithe anyway, so that's perfect. I'm glad that Tithe played a solid role. My e-mail is olsenb3 [at] u.washington.edu. I would appreciate a full recap at some point, if someone has the time. Gratz, y'all!!

--Dieter the Bold 15:41, 13 August 2009 (MST) I think such a prologue adventure thing would be awesome. I heartily approve. Also, I personally would like a little GM wild-card in how points get spent, but that's just me. Ben, do you have the time/interest to do that with Galen?

BEN: sure...or rather, if you want you can use your prologue adventure thing to drive your xp expenditure. Or I'm happy to take as heavy of a hand as you want. Also, if we do this, the player who was "on the spot" would have full veto power over any card played: this may sound like a cop-out, but the point is to generate a backstory for those 10 years that appeals to the given player, and that trumps. I don't anticipate this being a problem, but it's easier to enforce than a "don't be a dick" policy. Also, any given player can just opt-out and write/come up with his own background for that time.

--Gdaze 13:48, 16 September 2009 (MST) So is that exp at the top, all the exp we have? Or am I missing the extra bit for the last 10 years? Also, Ben, should I email you with what my guy has been up to? Or are we doing this card thing?