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)

7/24/09.....MassEffect....Gabe's House......Ben absent, Brandon absent, Nate?
7/31/09.....OAAAAAAAAA....Ben's Condo...... Gabe maybe absent, iz my birthday, matt absent
8/7/09......MassEffect....????......
8/14/09.....MassEffect....????......
8/21/09.....?????..........Ben's Condo......
8/28/09.....MassEffect....????......
9/4/09.....MassEffect....????......
9/11/09.....MassEffect....????......
9/18/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter gone
9/25/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter gone
10/2/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter gone
10/9/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter gone
10/16/09.....MassEffect....????......
10/23/09.....MassEffect....????......
10/30/09.....MassEffect....????......
11/6/09.....MassEffect....????......
11/13/09.....MassEffect....????......

Attendance and Food Preference

--Gdaze 19:50, 2 August 2009 (MST) Really sorry about last Friday, the day went to shit. And by the time I was done it was arleady 11.

BEN: we didn't start gaming till 10. shoulda called. But I'm sorry your day sucked, esp with it being your birthday, right? Sorry bro. What are we playing this friday?

ED: don't worry about it gabe. btw we sold fantus's soul to a hag witch to get galen a new bathrobe and aefra a makeover.

--Gdaze 11:25, 3 August 2009 (MST) Yeah, took me 3 hours to get to Olympia, not stop traffic the entire way, no construction, no accidents, no reason. I know it is usually a hour and half drive, but 3? It was fucking insane. Also although I acted okay I am actually not that okay with the whole break up, so it was just a bad day.

Um, lets do one more Mass just to have at least 3? I don't want to put the game off too much right in the start?

UNLESS... we have everyone, then we should go kill the dragon.

--Matts 12:20, 3 August 2009 (MST)I'll be there.

ED: present. how many do we need to kill dragon? do we want brandon and/or nate present? sorry to hear about your bad day. guess there were reasons that you broke up but also reasons that you were together. life sucks sometimes.

--Gdaze 10:28, 4 August 2009 (MST) Well, it seems Dieter will be there too? That means we have four players, two combat characters and two support. Plus an NPC. Brandon, care to stop by for a mother fucking DRAGON BATTLE? Your Future < Made up Battle with Dragon.

Thanks Ed, it was actually a really humbling experiance for me. And changed the type of person I am, much to mine, and others' benefit I believe.

BEN: salo will be there as well, playing an NPC in whichever game we do. Since we are technically still on Mass Effect, I think that should get priority...although if you guys want to battle Oryxys, I can definitely do that. BTW, gabe, what exactly went down friday? you're alluding to some major events, and I'm just curious what is going on in your life.

--Dieter the Bold 12:27, 4 August 2009 (MST) I am indeed attending. I'd prefer to hold off on Oryxys until we have a better plan. I mean, we're not 100% on what exactly we're going to do. Still, I'm down if everyone else wants to make the run, and I have 2 XP saved up for emergency use.

--Matts 20:10, 4 August 2009 (MST)If the weather forecast improves, what do you gentlemen say to a sausage-fest? I can grab some wurst from whole-foods on the way home, vegetarian options included, and we can set them floppy things on fire. Any interest? If the weather forecast stays accurate and it rains, this is obviously a bad idea.

Ed. Totally down for that. Cant pass up chance to wrap my lips around some sausage

--Brandon 14:08, 5 August 2009 (MST) I would certainly be up to bailing on my academic future to fight the dragon on some other date, but this Friday Kate and I are going to the peninsula to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Made up battle with dragon << a happy marriage. That being said, y'all should go one without me. I'm happy if Salo, or anyone else, plays Tithe. Feel free to spend points to bring him up to speed. I can assist with that somewhat if necessary. Happy dagron hunting.

EDIT: Thanks for the quiet assistance, Dieter, but it wasn't a misspelling. Or at least, it was a purposeful one. ; ) Strong Mad says "KILL DAGRON!"

--Dieter the Bold 16:05, 5 August 2009 (MST) Down with a BBQ. Today's turned around, so maybe Friday will be good!?! (knocking on wood) As for Oryxys, given the current situation in Caminus, I'd like us to make a power play there before we head off to fight the dragon. Basically, we rabble-rouse about the new slave market, tell off the punk Kid Prince and let everyone know we're the ones who're going to get Danerys back. And then when we roll back into town with her, shit gets cleaned up and bitches get off our back. Can ya' diggit?

--Matts 16:15, 5 August 2009 (MST)Response below in the planning section!

JASON: Dude, Brandon, thats totally weak. There are like 3 billion women in the world, you can totally get another one. How many opportunities will you have to kill Bens made up dragon? Seriously?

--Gdaze 09:32, 6 August 2009 (MST) Indeed, we will need as many men as possible to defeat Ben's dragon!

Edmiao so what's the deal? are we going to oaaaa and kill a dragon or are we mass effectin' it?

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."

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

--Gdaze 10:29, 4 August 2009 (MST) Got Galaxy Truckers and the Expansion for my birthday. Played with some friends on Sunday, much fun was had. One Friend kept loosing half of his ship when just one little square was knocked off. We must play.... yes...

--Dieter the Bold 12:28, 4 August 2009 (MST) Lordy. I was introduced to that at Jason's for his BBQ. People can be doing so well in that game and then just get crushed. It is indeed fun, though. Count me in.

ED: love that game and wanted to get cheryl to try it out. only played it once with Jason. let me know if you want to play sometime.

--Gdaze 09:33, 6 August 2009 (MST) Yeah, let me know what times are good for you all. As I know have no obligations I'm pretty much always free.

Weekly Magic Whining/Complaining/Smack Talking

--Brandon 11:45, 1 August 2009 (MST) On Declaring attacks to planeswalkers, from the comprehnsive rulebook:

"Declare Attackers To choose a set of creatures that will attack, declare whether each creature is attacking the defending player or a planeswalker that player controls, and pay any costs required to allow those creatures to attack. See rule 508.1." ED: huh. complicated.

Mass Effect

Current Mass Effect XP: 1000 Starting + 1300 xp = 2300. (Current at end of 7/24)

Mass Effect Recap

Next step in Of Amor, Armor, and Alchemy

Current OAAAA XP: 75 base + 337 XP; Followers: 12 XP (current as of 7/31/09)

Plans to Kill Oryxis

BEN: assuming we switch to OAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA again this week: 1.) As I mentioned to dieter and ed already: you are all proceeding with "planning" and "scheming" as your current approach to the above, rather than "leeeerrrrooooyyy Jenkins!". I think that's great: frankly, your job is "defeat the dragon" and how you do that is totally up to you. But I just want to take a moment to say that I want PLAYERS to keep their own expectations in mind. If you come up with a brilliant, foolproof ambush, don't be TOO surprised if the dice fall in your favor and it goes off without a hitch, and the dragon dies without much of a fight. If you want an EPIC battle where you have to pull out all the stops, it's largely up to you as players to make that happen (of course, I'll hand some of it out freely, but you will certainly contribute, see below).
2.) Ed and Dieter made an arrangement for the life stealing javelin, as a spoiler: As has been my habit (and it seems to be good) I will give some metagame info about how this doohickey plays out. The javelin is 1 (one) charge, not recoverable. For game purposes, it reduces the struck target to -1 body automatically, at which time they start taking bleeding damage (contrary to our normal rules) until they die. The damage is not amenable to non miracular healing.
3.) Assuming you decide to stick to your hag-bargain, Lyra will be joining you. She is about the characters' point total +100-125 more pts. She will be an NPC.
4.) Salo will be around and will play for us: if nate doesn't show, she will get to play nate's character (or whoever else doesn't show, she can pick). If you don't want her to play your character, let me know...although every time she has played she has reaped tremendous rewards for those characters, just FYI (ask dieter).
5.) you can potentially recruit other NPCs. HOWEVER, whereas I will hesitate to char PCs (hesitate, but not refuse, for such a boss battle), I have no such compuctions about NPCs. You have been warned.

Ed. Nothing goes better with sausage than a little charred npc

--Matts 16:16, 5 August 2009 (MST)Aetan will be the muscle for a political upheaval, especially if there's a chance to defenestrate one or more people.

--Gdaze 09:32, 6 August 2009 (MST) Fantus just cam in his pants.