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)
9/4/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter gone to Portland, Gabe absent
9/11/09.....MassEffect....????......Matt gone on honeymoon
9/18/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter gone to Europe, Matt gone on honeymoon
9/25/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter gone to Europe, Matt gone on honeymoon
10/2/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter gone to Europe
10/9/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter gone to Europe
10/16/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter possibly gone
10/23/09.....MassEffect....????......Dieter possibly gone
10/30/09.....MassEffect....????......
11/6/09.....MassEffect....????......
11/13/09.....MassEffect....????......
11/20/09.....????........?????.......Ed gone
11/27/09.....????........????........thanksgiving weekend
12/4/09.....????........?????.......
12/11/09.....????........?????.......
12/18/09.....????........?????.......
12/25/09.....cancelled...merry christmas!
Attendance and Food Preference
Edmiao present, no pizza. got a retreat i'm coming back from in port townsend, so might be late, but i don't think so. probably won't last past midnight, unless the thursday night retreat activities are lame and i actually get some sleep.
--Gdaze 12:28, 8 September 2009 (MST) So are we doing Mass Effect this week? And where at?
BEN: we can play at my house. I should be able to make it by 6pm for magic. Sorry about the magic issue...Ed, you should probably just hold onto your decks if you guys are going to be doing middle of the week stuff occasionally.
--Gdaze 00:21, 10 September 2009 (MST) Alrighty, I should be there a little after six. And very down for some magic. No pizza for me as usual.
Ed. No prob. I would very rarely play during the week. Cheryl is out of town this week though. Much easier in general to leave the decks at your place. Unless we are playing elsewhere though......
--Dieter the Bold 18:03, 10 September 2009 (MST) Present. Down for getting pizza. Happy to drive if there's a car available.
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
--Gdaze 12:29, 8 September 2009 (MST) How did Mutants and Masterminds go? This Monday I played with the Rough Road expansion for Galaxy Truckers, it was pretty fun.
Other RPG or Non-RPG or Monthly Board Gaming Day gaming Events
Edmiao anybody interested in some magic or something tonight, tomorrow or saturday?
~~---- I'm conceivably interested in an hour or two of Magic tonight, depending on the times. When were you thinking?
Edmiao any time, mystery person. i'd need decks from ben's. or i could use your decks, mystery man.
Brandon Ok. Ok. The fun is over. I am that mystery man. I've got some decks, but not too many. I'll give you a call in a half hour or so to see what your story is.
--Matts 20:00, 8 September 2009 (MST)Shit, I missed Mystery Magic Night. I'd be interested in magic sometime in tonight or tomorrow night, but I think the logistics are too challenging.
Ed. Too late for tonite. But i could do tomorrow too. We would probably need ben though. Hes got the dex
--Gdaze 23:25, 8 September 2009 (MST) I think I can do WED as well. I'd be there around 7 or 8 though. Where/when?
Edmiao sounds like this is not going to come together for tonight. probably for the best, i've got some stuff to do before going to this retreat thing. if anyone is interested in anything for Saturday, let me know. Crazy thing i might do, if any are interested is watch the wizard of oz to the soundtrack of the dark side of the moon. supposed to be eerily synchronous.
Mass Effect
Current Mass Effect XP: 1000 Starting + 1900 xp = 2900. (Current at end of 8/28/09)
BEN: I'm posting here for ease of viewing...it can get moved to the recap section at your leisure. IN short, what we accomplished:
1.) Discovered that the horned, hooved folks are called narthaks. They are megalomaniacal, genocidal peoples, by the looks of it. Then again, they genocided people who were going to genocide them after they figured out how to dodge the pesky genocide courtesy of the Reapers. But they sounded a little too happy about the whole thing, so I'm not a big fan of them, personally. We also discovered that they are in suspended animation in some sort of "the matrix" where they are training to take over the galaxy, soonish. But if we get that genocide weapon, which is probably on Armeni, we can head them off at the pass.
2.) Sold 90% of those seeds. Stop screaming, we got 2.5 million credits for them. And access to the corporate black market to get rare items, and all the money in a tax-free, untraceable account. Each player gets 100,000 credits to spend. Check out this shiny 8/8 shield!
3.) 300 XP all around. Huzzah!
4.) Discovered another narthak planet, and killed 8 zombie lizards and a maintenance robot. Also blew up a giant exhaust port.
5.) Fizzak created a cipher that even corporate black ops can't crack. Five degrees of success FTW.
Next step in Of Amor, Armor, and Alchemy
Current OAAAA XP: 75 base + 352 XP; Followers: 15 XP (current as of 8/7/09)
ED: How long did you say the interim was between act 2 and 3 again, ben? 10 years would be great, time to fit a lot of goings on.
BEN: 10 years is correct. Some things for the next session of OAAAA:
1.) Everybody will get to spend their bonus "interim" XP as they please, I've changed my mind about forcing expenditures in a certain way.
2.) I want everyone to think about their interim adventures. At the start of the nextsession, I amthinking we may do Gemini style card "prologues" in which we explore people's adventures: the person we are doing it for presents the overall theme/happenings, and then we run through it, with the group contributing details. Group bonus XP will be assigned based on cool story effects people come up with in these. If this idea seems too complex or seems like it will give other players too much involvement in your interim events,we can can it and just let each person do a narrative, in character or out.
3.) I will clarify happenings in the world at the first session of book 3.
ED: Sounds fun. I wrote up a bunch of ideas, i think there's plenty of room for adventures in between the paragraphs. Brandon, what is your email so i can send you the Tithe sheet. I may not have done a great job on him, he was pretty low on the damage potential, but still could take hits quite well. you may want to remod him, i'm sure ben would be fine with that. although i really think you should keep the pegasus, since it played a major role in the fight with the dragon. Let you fly and catch Aeten, bring him back to the battle and Aeten immediately thereafter struck the killing blow.
--Brandon 20:53, 9 August 2009 (MST) Sweet. A pegasus sounds awesome, and I was totally thinking about getting a mount for Tithe anyway, so that's perfect. I'm glad that Tithe played a solid role. My e-mail is olsenb3 [at] u.washington.edu. I would appreciate a full recap at some point, if someone has the time. Gratz, y'all!!
--Dieter the Bold 15:41, 13 August 2009 (MST) I think such a prologue adventure thing would be awesome. I heartily approve. Also, I personally would like a little GM wild-card in how points get spent, but that's just me. Ben, do you have the time/interest to do that with Galen?
BEN: sure...or rather, if you want you can use your prologue adventure thing to drive your xp expenditure. Or I'm happy to take as heavy of a hand as you want. Also, if we do this, the player who was "on the spot" would have full veto power over any card played: this may sound like a cop-out, but the point is to generate a backstory for those 10 years that appeals to the given player, and that trumps. I don't anticipate this being a problem, but it's easier to enforce than a "don't be a dick" policy. Also, any given player can just opt-out and write/come up with his own background for that time.
