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.

Schedule

Date...........game................Location..........(Advanced attendance)

4/17/09.....Supers.........Ben's Condo.........
4/24/09.....nada...........Ben's Condo.........Dieter, Ed, Matt Absent
5/01/09.....OA.............Ben's Condo.........Ed absent
5/08/09.....OAA............Ben's Condo.........
5/15/09.....OAAA...........Ben's Condo.........
5/22/09.....OAAAA..........Ben's Condo.........Matt absent
5/29/09.....OAAAAA.........Ben's Condo.........
6/05/09.....XXX.............Canceled
6/12/09.....OAAAAAA........Ben's Condo.........Ed absent, Dieter SIFF @ 9:30
6/19/09.....OAAAAAAA.......Ben's Condo.........Ed absent
6/26/09.....Gutersnipes....Ben's Condo.........Matt absent, getting married. Ben at matt's rehearsal dinner.
7/02/09(thurs)..MassEffect.....Ben's Condo.........
7/10/09.....MassEffect....????......
7/17/09.....MassEffect....????......Ed absent
7/24/09.....MassEffect....????......
7/31/09.....MassEffect....????......
8/7/09......MassEffect....????......
8/14/09.....MassEffect....????......
8/21/09.....?????..........Ben's Condo......

Attendance and Food Preference

ED: what's the plan this week. friday is a holiday for most. thus, i may be unable to attend on friday, not sure. we should consider thursday. not sure actually if i can make that one either, but which is better for the rest of y'all?

--Gdaze 13:49, 27 June 2009 (MST) Thursday would work for me, I got Friday off. We could start Mass Effect.

--Dieter the Bold 12:36, 28 June 2009 (MST) Thursday could work, but I'd be late. I have a class at SCCC starting around 6:30.

Edmiao if friday, i will be absent. if thursday i will be present.

--Gdaze 09:49, 29 June 2009 (MST) Alright, so thats 3 of us (me too) who can do Thursday. Anyone else? Also, I got my 2nd 40k book back. Would you all like to start Mass Effect this week?

--Dieter the Bold 11:25, 29 June 2009 (MST) I'd be down, but I'd like some more background work among the players. I made up a bunch of crap about Ed and I, but I haven't heard Ed's take on it yet. And Matt wrote some stuff up about him and Ben, but I haven't heard much more. Not feeling like there's enough hooks among us yet.

Edmiao i guess i should read the stuff and actually pick what kind of character i want.

Matts - I guess I could do thursday, but I'd probably prefer Friday.

--Dieter the Bold 23:44, 29 June 2009 (MST) I'm down for either Thursday or Friday, but let's have a decision by the end of the day (and I mean 8pm or so) Wednesday, 'cause I need to have stuff with me at work, 'cause I'll be going straight from there to Seattle Central, and then from there to gaming.

--Gdaze 09:51, 30 June 2009 (MST) Since, so far, those who have posted have said they can do Thursday, but some can't do Friday, I am thus making Thursday our gaming day. It is done.

Edmiao ben hasn't posted whether thursday is ok at his house....

BEN: thursday works for me. As an aside, I'm on surgery at harborview for the next six weeks, starting 7/6, so I'd like to ask that we are on Mass Effect during that time unless there is some special rearrangement. Also, starting next friday I will not be able to host unless, as above, I post otherwise during a given week. After 8/18, i'll be on pathology, which should be back to a nice open schedule.
so, thursday at my place, and somewhere else until otherwise noted thereafter.

--Gdaze 12:22, 30 June 2009 (MST) Ah, I was thinking if not his, then mine. I can run it for that period Ben, no problem. And again, I guess we do it at my place? Would make sense as I have all the figures anyway. Thanks for letting us know Ben. Will you be playing at all during that period? Or off and on? I dunno how it all works with med stuff.

Edmiao i would predict that ben will know his call schedule (overnight shifts), so may be able to predict assured absences, but even when he's not on call he might be absent due to studying, long hours on non-call days, being deluded into thinking his relationship with a woman is more important than his relationship with a bunch of geeks, etc...

Charles: Hello. Dieter mentioned that your group might have room for another player. (I know Dieter through Jason's board game night.) I've played Hero System since 2nd edition or so, but I've gamed under other systems as well. Having invited people into campaigns myself, I understand that you guys will want to check me out. I spent a fair amount of time as a professional actor, so I'm used to auditioning. And just for the record I'm available Thursday or Friday. Dieter has my email if you'd like to contact me directly... cP

--Gdaze 15:02, 30 June 2009 (MST) Hello there! Yes, I will send you an email once I get your email from Dieter, I have a few questions to ask, I also moved your post to the bottom as we are all lazy and don't do this the normal forum way.

Charles: Hey Gabe, you have an email from me, so ask away.

--Gdaze 15:37, 30 June 2009 (MST) Yes I think Dieter emailed it to me? However, I can't check any web based email at work so I'll have to get back to you later today, most likely around 7.

Charles: Gotcha, I'll be around tonight.

--Matts 12:12, 1 July 2009 (MST)I don't think I can do thursday night this week. I found out Rina's parents are in town until Friday, and I can't miss the last night with them. Sorry guys.

--Gdaze 12:30, 1 July 2009 (MST) *looks at watch* Right on time. So can you show up for ANYTHING? Ed, no way you can do Friday? We almost had everyone...

Edmiao Friday is out for me, got brother in law in town. so pick whichever day is best for Gabe, Deiter and Ben, and Brandon if he can make it.

--Gdaze 12:39, 1 July 2009 (MST) Oh also Noelle is playing, should have told you all that awhile ago. Anyway ummm, MATT. Can you at least come for an hour, or so? Just in the begaining? I'd like to have the interaction between you and the others at the cafe, then when the Geth attack, you can take off? We could even start AT 6:30?

--Brandon 14:30, 1 July 2009 (MST) I will not be making it, for sure. As you know, you should always assume such. I'll try to let you know with sufficient warning if I end up being able to make it sometime.

--Gdaze 14:55, 1 July 2009 (MST) Hero Clix, Hero Clix!

--Matts 15:28, 1 July 2009 (MST)I don't think there's any way I can make it on thursday. I should have realized this before, so I apologize.

--Gdaze 16:24, 1 July 2009 (MST) Well for the first adventure, I feel like we should have everyone there. But I'm okay with missing one player. More over, Matt knows a lot about the world, although Dieter does too, and Ben I think you know some as well?

That said I'm still on for keeping Thursday, unless others really wanted to do Friday (meaning Ed won't be there, ho). Also I'm a little... iffy on waiting till Friday as Matt may be unable to game then as well. Fuck it, we'll play Thursday.

Don Pardo: Congratufuckinglations!! You've just won the biggest set of cajones that any geek has ever owned! But wait! there's more! with this particular set of testiculatorial majesty you can not only impress your friends but you can teabag all of them ... AT THE SAME TIME!!!

Charles: Just dropping by to see if there's room for me tomorrow. I'm happy to come and just observe to get a feel for the game. Just let me know...

Edmiao Gabe, that's your call as GM. and Mr. Pardo, thanks for the insights there.

Matts - Fucking Don Pardo. Who asked him? I'm looking at you ED.

--Gdaze Yeah, we play.

BEN: so, my place this week, or gabe's (I can host this week, would probably be convenient even)? what time? If it's at Gabe's I doubt I would be able to be there before 7.

--Dieter the Bold 09:29, 2 July 2009 (MST) I want a firm Time and Place by 5pm.

--Gdaze-- I was pretty sure that above we all agreed Ben's place? At the usual six time.

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

--Brandon 21:02, 27 June 2009 (MST) Congratulations, Matt!! May you be blessed with infinite turns filled with wedded bliss!!

--Dieter the Bold 12:38, 28 June 2009 (MST) Word to your wife.

JUSTIN: Congrats on the wedding! Hope all went well. Good luck to the two of you.

Edmiao Matt, i presume congratulations are in order. twas a beautiful weekend for a wedding! hope it all went well, except for one thing that was hilariously funny but really inconsequential. we all need stories to tell....

BEN: you mean like the part where matt gets super drunk at his bachelor's party on thursday, runs down the street, and falls flat on his face? And then has to go to harborview and get six stitches in his orbit and has road rash all along his left jaw for the wedding pictures? hee-larious.

Edmiao oh god. i think that would NOT fall under the "really inconseqeuntial" section. A week before my wedding i was playing racketball, turned around during the serve and got beened in the eye, resulting in vision loss for about 15 minutes and the first black eye i ever had. luckily the green cleared up on the wedding day. I hope Rina is forgiving, and has a sense of humor about it. Actually, that probably seems now to not fall in the "inconsequential" ream, but i suspect it will in a month or year or two or ten. she still said "i do", so it's not so bad.

--Gdaze 09:47, 29 June 2009 (MST) As I already said, grats, but wow... Did that actually happen???

--Matts 18:30, 29 June 2009 (MST)Everything he says is true. We've got pictures to prove it. It makes me look ruggedly handsome, but I wouldn't recommend it because going to harborview is the pants.

Ed: word. I think that ben has failed in his duties as best man or good friend to the groom. It should be the job of such to keep the groom from bodily harm on bachelor party. Ben should now play body guard to matt in mass effect.

--Dieter the Bold 23:47, 29 June 2009 (MST) If it makes you feel any better, Matt, I did the same thing once on a work night. Had to go to work white as a ghost and looking like someone attacked my face with a cheese grater. And the medical description of your condition is anthrax drunk. Look it up.

Edmiao spam's getting pretty bad. can you require new users to be OKed by the admin?

Mass Effect

BEN: gabe, I'd like to switch my "designer baby" stat bonuses: +5% from intelligence to ballistic skill and +3% from willpower (perception?) to Agility. If that's ok...I'm trying to make a generalist character, so I'd like to spread the love a bit.

--Gdaze 16:07, 29 June 2009 (MST)That is totally fine.

I'm going to put this here instead of up there, as it is Mass Effect related. So, are you all okay with a starting adventure of being in the Citadel when it is attacked? Do you want to RP that out (yes there will be fighting, running, jumping from exploding things)? Or would you rather me just write something up and let you all kinda just shoot the shit for the first hour to establish how characters interact and make up things ("Remember that time on planet y, when we dug up what we though were mummies and it ended up being an old ship drive?")?

Let me know by... tomorrow.

BRANDON, let me know what kinda character you wanna play, I'll put him/her in as staff. Like race, class, thanks.

Also, don't go by the starting equipment in the book, I'll give each character some nice stuff. Plus a group pool of items to take from. I like that sheet Brandon had made up in cyberpunk, stolen!

Edmiao my character is going to be a Nate archetype. i've always wanted to play one, times here. Gabe, suggest an appropriate race and class. there will be much drinking of alcohol and bar fights and generally kicking ass all over yo mamma. maybe some sneaking in places to kick peoples asses and steal their stuff. lots of shooting guns, but preferably stabbing with knives. much yelling. His name shall be Krolm, nickname Wrath, or WOK (for Wrath of Krolm) (anyone ever play a computer game called Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim?) KROLMMMMM!!!

--Gdaze 17:11, 29 June 2009 (MST) Thats fine, but I need you to have a little more drive then this, I want to avoid a totally 1D character. Try to answer the questions Dieter did. And a Krogan would fit well. But reall Ed, your not going to be able to play without doing a little bit of reading. I suggest you go read the Krogan entry on the wiki.

--Dieter the Bold 23:42, 29 June 2009 (MST) Take a read on my character sheet NSP17A-Fizzak for my theory on our backgrounds, Ed. And I'm down with either start, Gabe. Personally I'd prefer to do both. Do a little stand-up philosophizing in the beginning. Play through some of the Citadel attack (like maybe a firefight to protect our shop and employees, maybe a rescue/team-up with our contacts to establish some hooks), then on to some more bullshitting and some kind of dig.

ALSO: Since we're going to be regularly down a man, I've had Charles (Jason's friend and business partner) express interest in joining up. I've encouraged him to post here himself so we can palover. Just FYI.

Ed: ok i read dieters thing. What was the take home questions i was supposed to answer?

I read krogan on the mass effect wiki. Sounds good. Not sure about added dimensions from the reading.

--Gdaze 10:01, 30 June 2009 (MST) Thats fine Ed. Long as you read up on their current happenings. But you have to come up with a reason to stick with the characters. For example, Krogan are known to do anything for money, what will keep you from just turning around and blasting your own dudes for money?

Edmiao um. they should pay me more money?

--Matts 11:03, 30 June 2009 (MST)Dude. We don't really have any money, I'm guessing. Maybe he takes his pay in PROTHEAN ARTIFACTS, or maybe he's one of the last honorable krogan and some part of his hyper-masculine warrior code won't let him leave the side of the group?

--Dieter the Bold 11:29, 30 June 2009 (MST) The take home questions are: 1) Do you want to agree that is our history together? 2) Do you want to change anything about what I wrote? Eg., this history has you liking Fizzak enough to want to defend him from trouble. 3) Have you told us anything else about your past? 4) What do you get up to when we're not out on a dig?

Edmiao these are things i should think about.

--Gdaze 15:37, 30 June 2009 (MST) Alright, so the first adventure will take place right before the Geth attack the Citadel. Here is how we will set it up.

Blackeye has invited Fizzak and Krolm to a local pub to met up. He also of course wants to introduce his good friend Alistar. The adventure will begin with the two humans at the pub, and the two aliens just a block away.

Stuff will then happen, wooooooo.

After that we will jump to the present. The character will be returning from a recent outting, when.... More to come later!

Edmiao how much time will pass between the prelude and the present?

--Gdaze 18:22, 30 June 2009 (MST) I would say about... 2 to 3 years.

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

--Gdaze 13:50, 27 June 2009 (MST) I really liked the Shadowrun one shot. Any game where I can charge at someone, take a shot from them, and then hack them with an axe is great.

Next step in Of Amor, Armor, and Alchemy

Current OAAAA XP: 75 base + 322 XP; Followers: 9 XP (current as of 6/23/09)

Plans to save Danny-Girl from the dragon

Fight the dragon, kill it

Lyra told us where to find the freezing Tears of _____ so we can put out the dragon's breath, right before she extinguished the eternal forge flame in our temple (bitch) by sucking its soul out like a vampire. She will help us fight the dragon. In return we agreed to let her strike the killing blow IF we successfully obtain the Tears. Other allies could also be enlisted in the fight.

Deal with the dragon

Give the dragon something he wants more than Danny. Say the Ruby shield or freeing Iximion.

Dragon vs Dragon

Free Iximion, tell him Oryxis is getting up in his magic shit and doens't he want to kick the shit out of Oryxix for learning magic?

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ED: anything interesting happen last week?

--Gdaze 09:21, 23 June 2009 (MST) We raided the Forge's stash. Turns out the Prince took all the shiney stuff, which is actually the weaker stuff. I got a box. Matt got a sword, and we went into the old ways and had it forged by some old dwarf witch. My shadow self called out to my crow and killed it. Oh, there is now basically a pirate town on the island as well. We went to see the fairy king who was way more relaxed then before but still a dick. Matt met the new guard of the fairy bridge.

Oh, and there is a big political scuffle at the Forge (mostly due to our request). It isn't too bad right now though.