Current events
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.
Contents
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
10/17/08
--Gdaze 02:36, 18 October 2008 (MST)Yeah that was a bit sudden wasn't it? I got a call from Noelle and she had this sudden stomach pain at work (worst ever), so much so she couldn't walk, ended up throwing up all over the place, pale face, loss of body heat and all that. So I had to go to the hospital where her work sent her (which happen to be right by my work!). Did some tests, figured it was most likely caused by dehydration and a uranary infection. She is all okay now, and actually was looking fine after awhile at the hos. Hope you guys kicked some ass!
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 o
--Brandon 22:53, 12 October 2008 (MST) I doubt I'll be able to make gaming either Friday or Saturday at this point.
Ranting and raving or other random comments
Edmiao Jason, i have some old comics, you in the business of buying still? or trading for magic cards? i have a bunch of spawn and the angel spinoff from the late 90s, and then a bunch from the late 1980s of a big DC crossover event, where the green lantern corps and the guardians got their ass kicked by manhunters, and some other random stuff, including the Maxx. kind of just sitting around in a box in my house forever for no apparent reason.
JASON: I do buy comics, but that kind of stuff is really common. I could trade for Magic cards, but it would have to be commons and uncommons. I will look at them though, and if there is something exceptional in there I could possibly give a little more.
Edmiao i'd trade it for uncommons and commons. it's just sitting around not doing much. i'll bring them the next time i see you. this weekend, hopefully for some magic?
JASON: Rumi and I would like to get together to do something. My magic decks really need an overhaul, which is strange considering I have so many damn cards now. I just havent been taking many for myself. I can only justify using 50 cent rares or the commons and uncommons usually. I have about 25000 cards you can look through to find a trade for your comics. We can make this work.
GABE: when did the X-Men start killing so many people... jeez.
Edmiao what? who did they kill now? and did they stay dead, cus they killed magneto like 10 times and he keeps coming back. Phoenix too.
GABE: Well Phoenix is like a force that has been around since the begainning of time so you can't kill it. I dunno if they will stay dead, but they've just been killing each other. A lot of the younger mutants have been killed off, they fought these people called Childern of the Vault, killed almost ALL of them. Crazyness.
Edmiao i've been steadily going through every x men comic ever made (that the library purchased). there are a lot. i just got done with End of Greys, where the Shiar murder all Jean Grey's relatives because they were related to the Phoenix. that was kind of brutal.
Edmiao jason, how would you make a power or martial art in hero system that was "take the blow"? you dive in front of someone and take the hit for them.
JASON: There are rules for creating your own martial maneuvers, and this would just be Flying Dodge with the special effect that instead of dodging away you dodge in to the attack, consult the list to be sure. Another possibility is to use Missile Deflection, usable by others or to buy any defensive power usable by others. This last possibility would not have abort, however, so you would need to save a phase to do it and thereby save the intended victim. I would need to read the powers descriptions to be sure there isnt a better way, but there is a way to do it for sure.
--Matts 22:10, 14 October 2008 (MST)The dive for cover maneuver in 5th specifically permits this.
Other RPG or Non-RPG or Monthly Board Gaming Day gaming Events
October 19/20
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?
Weekly Magic Whining/Complaining/Smack Talking
--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.
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
Current OAAAA XP: 75 base + 91 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.
