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)

11/28/08.....Likely CANCELLED (Thanksgiving):
12/05/08.....OAAAA...........Ben's Condo............Ed maybe gone, Matt gone
12/12/08.....OAAAA...........Ben's Condo............Ed maybe gone
12/19/08.....likely nada.......................Ed, Matt, Ben Gone
12/26/08.....likely nada.......................Ed, Ben Gone
1/2/09.....TBD...........Ben's Condo............
1/9/09.....TBD...........Ben's Condo............
1/16/09.....TBD...........Ben's Condo............Ed gone
1/23/09.....TBD...........Ben's Condo............
1/30/09.....TBD...........Ben's Condo............

BEN: do people want to play on the 2nd? I'm trying to decide when I want to come back from california. I will likely come back on the 4th, but the 2nd is also an option, particularly if we'd actually be having a session.

Edmiao is possible i will be down for the 2nd. but not sure.

GABE: I'd also be down for the 2nd most likely.

Edmiao interested in board games on the 2nd? if so, i think cheryl and i would be in.

--Brandon 15:05, 15 December 2008 (MST) We fly back on the 1st, so the 2nd is a possibility, but not a certainty, for me.

Ranting and raving or other random comments

BEN: FYI. Ben's Dissertation Defense: March 5th, high noon. Location TBA. You guys will all be welcome to come, as well as to the mad party that will follow on it's heels.

Matts - Did I lend somebody my Mass Effect? I can't find it!

GABE: That would be me Matt.

ED: we played some great magic last night. got my fix in. brandon enjoyed fairies vs eye of the storm, especially when he took control of the eye and lashed me with my own lightning bolts. Fairies won 2-1. Ben's Enchanted Evening beat Ben's draw deck, which surprised me.

BEN: man, the economic crisis takes on a whole new aspect when it affects things you do yourself. I just found out that Parent Trust currently has none of its state contracts in the proposed governors budget, which is to say 515,000 dollars out of 1.2 million total budget. It's going to be quite a scramble to get back into the budget...sigh, fucking recession.

Weekly Magic Whining/Complaining/Smack Talking

Shards of Alara

Elder Dragon Highlander Rules

GABE: WARNING WARNING I will be posting a question about Eye of The Storm to that I might understand just how the fuck timing works as well as this card. I have to THINK UP just how to make up an example. It will be most confusing and take weeks to sort out.

Edmiao YES!!!! excellent. oh, i can't wait. btw, i conned cheryl into playing some magic with me, had her play Eye of the Storm deck and she loved it.

--Matts 10:48, 15 December 2008 (MST) A fucking match made in heaven. Jesus.

GABE: I can't believe I'm even going to ask this... but what happens if there are... 2 Eye of the Storms in play...?

Edmiao ooo ooo ooo. ooo. um. um. um. I've got it. i think. Eye is a triggered effect. Both Eye's will trigger from the spell cast. But which will trigger first? Triggered effects go into the stack when the player who controls them next gets priority. Thus, Player 1 and player 2 both have Eye in play. Player 1 casts lightning bolt. Both Eyes trigger, but neither enters the stack as of yet. Priority goes first (i think) back to player 1, and his Eye enters the stack, then priority goes to player 2 and his Eye effect enters the stack. Resolves last to first, the player 2 eye resolves, removes lighting bolt from the game, player 1 gets to then play lightning bolt and any other spells under player 2's Eye. Then finally the stack gets to the player 1 eye effect, which fizzles because the lightning bolt is already gone.

On the other hand, if Player 1 had TWO Eyes in play, he could choose which of them to place in the stack in which order, I think. so he might effectively get to shuffle opponents spells into an empty Eye and his own spells into a full Eye. this is interesting and something i never thought of before, but i do have two Eyes in the deck and have had one in hand while the other was in play.

thanks gabe, for making this deck even more confusing. i love it.

--Matts 14:41, 16 December 2008 (MST)I want a card that says: This card comes into play with 20 counters on it. Any time an effect controlled by an opponent is put on the stack, remove a counter. Any time an effect controlled by you is put on the stack, add a counter. If this card has 0 counters on it at any time, you win the game.

Edmiao dude, that would totally synergize with the Planeswalker "Edward the Delayer"

Next step in Of Amor, Armor, and Alchemy

Current OAAAA XP: 75 base + 138 XP

--Brandon 15:05, 15 December 2008 (MST) Can I get a recap of last session? Thanks.

Gabe: We all almost died... no really, WE ALL ALMOST DIED.

So I'm gonna give you a quick re-cap with this guy and that guy, some other person can re-write it.

We spent a day in the city of pompus jerk-offs doing some research. Met with the high wizard, he said he can't do Grundell's "task" just yet because of his important research. The next day we flew off on the carpet again.

We got to the tower pretty quick, it is massive. We decided that the best plan would be to fly into a window at the top, expect perhaps some arrows or such from defenders.

Instead the entire carpet was hit with the force of a dragon's strike and we all went flying into the air, we were really high up (enough to take around 30D6 of damage). We had nine turns.

Ah... for the rest I think I should post with names of characters as it is epic.

Edmiao after we began the incident, i was looking at the falling rules, and i think we actually had 9 segments (not 9 phases) to act. i kept it to myself in the interest of not being the sole survivor of the session (as the only character with wings). although that would have been interesting, Aefra could have probably saved one person, who to pick?

Gabe: Fantus would have insisted you save Galen. And offer many apologies to the two people who helped us get there...

Fantus has potions and a nasty claw, Aetan has a nice big club, but Galen can bring down the power of a God. When it comes time for punishment of those who did this, I think he would be of great use... plus a healer around when we save her is good too! And if any of us have a chance at making the people in the Kingdom beleive us it is Galen. (not saying Galen is the best in the group, in fact as a team we are pretty awesome, just saying that the most help back in our hometown will be Galen, but also Fantus has seen Galen's powers, healing, protecting us from heat and cold... Fantus figures that if he can keep most of us fighting he is very important)

Left Tithe out cuz he was lagging.

BEN: hah, 9 phases...you guys would have been pancakes. Well, board's a-play, and I'm quite pleased with how things turned out from a "storytelling" perspective...not to mention that killing ALL the players at one stroke is pretty drastic...although I guess it would have only been two. Damn, talk about a brutal session if that's how it'd gone...