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......... Canceled due to hive lameness.
7/10/09.....MassEffect....Ben's Condo......
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

Nate: What up what up? I return from the Grad school grave in Eburg. I am now graduated, though lamely unemployed in our wonderful current economy. I want to get back in the games if you'll have me. Let me know if this next friday is happening and if I can join. Hope to see you all soon! And congrats Matt!

--Matts 09:36, 6 July 2009 (MST)Haha, awesome! Congratulations on your degree! I'm am almost positive we're playing this friday, though it's hard to tell with people having kids and getting married and shit.

I'm definitely in for this week, i'll even put it in my iphone calendar! Just don't change the day to wednesday!

--Dieter the Bold 12:41, 6 July 2009 (MST) I'm totally down for Friday (Ben's place is closed, yes?). Great to have the fearsome Nate back. It'll be interesting to see Ed's 'Nate-character' Krogan vs. the actual Nate. Plus Salazar and his pet elemental will be a welcome boon vs. Oryxys, whenever we get around to that.

BEN: so, IMPORTANT UPDATE. My call night this week is thursday, which means that I can not only play, but host...in fact, it might be convenient for me if after I have napped for a few hours in the afternoon gaming were at my place. Also, Meghan's brothers may come and play some magic with us after the session this way. If that sounds good to y'all, I'll see you at my place at 6 on Friday! This also means that my next call day (of relevance) will be next friday, so I will be missing that session.

--Dieter the Bold 19:33, 7 July 2009 (MST) Ben's Condo it is, and we'll finally get Mass Effect off the ground.

Ed. Ben dont wanna be a pooper but personally i was in no shape post call for games. Cheryl thinks you will get zero sleep on call but get to leave by 1 pm friday. That said you have a higher tolerance for lack of sleep than i do. Do you also have sat and sun to recover, or do they work you weekends?

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."

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.

--Brandon 17:04, 2 July 2009 (MST) Gabe, if you please, I'd like you to whip me up a Human Engineer for when I'm able to pop in. See my page for a few more details on what I'm thinking.

Weekly Magic Whining/Complaining/Smack Talking

--Brandon 11:39, 2 July 2009 (MST) Hooray, hurrah, another incredibly annoying blue enchantment for Ed.

--Gdaze 12:13, 2 July 2009 (MST) ... How about this, if that card, and Eye of the Storm are in play at the same time... I don't even know. I think at that point we need to find a God Particle or something.

--Matts 10:30, 6 July 2009 (MST)I'm just gonna go ahead and stock up on Pithing Needles right now. Or, I'm gonna shoot for a playset of Hive Mind. I can't choose!

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.