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Thanks PS...no need for the suit...the other thread was getting long...

So, whats the next play date?

Thanks for the thread, Petskull.

I was actually hoping WS would do it and give it a more suitable name... (see my last post in the previous thread)

Sorry about that, Master Suho...got caught up in the IP thingie...I was going to do it today, but PS beat me to it...which is ok.

Let's get the next date decided...

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Well, it's no biggie in the long run. I was just getting jealous of the other campaign thread.

As for dates, I'm free this coming Saturday (I mentioned that in my last post in the previous thread, but I guess it got lost in the shuffle).

Hmmm...I could make it, too. Who else?

sorry, suho... I didn't read the thread... just saw it very long...

WS, I was referring ('Reefering'?) to the flame on the 'too many posts' folder icon..


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Eh, that's OK. I was just being my usual picky self. No worries.

Since everyone in the Dragonhunt campaign is also in this one, I might as well post here instead, since it would affect both groups. Since running two campaigns on the same schedule is obviously impossible, what would you gentlemen say to playing Veneficuz's campaign and mine on alternating weekends?

edit: To Suho, Petskull, etc, I know it sounds selfish to ask you not to play at all half the time. But it sort of looks like the alternative is to put the Dragonhunt back on the shelf (or start over with different players). Thoughts?

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Well, I'm sure Petskull won't mind.

As for me, I most likely won't be able to play every weekend, and this will generally come out to every other weekend for me (I generally go visit the in-laws every other weekend). If you wouldn't mind, maybe we could work it out so that you could play the Dragonhunt campaign when I'm unavailable, as long as this works out to be about every other week. What do you think?

nah... these games aren't really my thing... but thank for the heads up...

I'm more of a "bunch of people playing Vampire: The Masquarade around my neighborhood"-kinda guy...

... other than that, I just code.... ya'll have fun...


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Suho: anything along those lines would be aces with me. I just want to work something out that'll keep every session from being a logistical nightmare.

I don't think I'll ever understand these games.

Well...I'm free whenever. I don't work so I don't have to worry about getting up for it the next day.

RN3, just read a little ways into this transcript and perhaps it'll become clear.

The basic idea is this: One person, the "Game Master" or "Dungeon Master," imagines a world. Everyone else is a "player" -- they control characters in this world. The GM explains what's happening, and the players tell the GM what their characters are doing. For example...

GM: So, what now?
Player: I head down to Division Street to get a bratwurst.
GM: Okay, when you arrive, the street is crowded with the lunch-hour rush. People jostle you from all sides. All the vendors are doing a brisk business.
Player: I get in line at one of the hot dog stands.
GM: After you've waited in line for a minute or two, a burly biker-type cuts in front of you without so much as a by-your-leave.
Player: Really? Okay, I tap him on the shoulder. "Hey, buddy, wait your turn!"
GM: He turns around slowly, with a menacing expression. "You got a problem, chumpo?" He's got an eye-patch, a giant scar, eight face piercings, and more tattoos than normal skin.
Player: "Yeah, I've got a problem! A problem with your ugly face!"
GM: He's not happy to hear that. Looks like it's a fight!

Of course, these games usually take place in more of a fantasy or science fiction setting, but the basic principle is the same. There are usually complex rules governing combat between characters -- that's where the dice and things come in, and some people move little figures around on a map, too.

The best way to think of it is that it's an interactive story, told by a group of people, which can sometimes use board-game elements. However, all the dice and miniatures and things can be removed; the story cannot.

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RN3: Fortunately for the faint of heart, though, PT cut that last transcript off right before the Player got stomped into a pancake...

PT: Since I'll be able to play this weekend (and next weekend is the lunar new year, so I won't be playing then), how about scheduling Dragon Hunt for next weekend?

If Skaarjj is cool, then we just need to hear from tiki...

That sounds good -- we can run the rest of WS's prologue with Veneficuz and Tikigod (and if Skaarjj wishes to sit in he'll have his choice of NPCs to run). Then we can do Tikigod's prologue with Skaarjj on the next open weekend. That's better than our current plan for Tiki's prologue, which involved his wife getting cross with him again.

So, unless anyone chimes in with a different opinion, we'll do that on the weekend after this one.

I'm cool wid dat.

... but I've never seen you guys generate a transcript like the one PT typed up... are you guys doing that somewhere else (by email, perhaps), or have you just been "preparing to play" all along?


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OpenRPG is a program, that allows us to meet online...and play, of course...that's where the logs come from...

ah... I just thought you guys were talking about it for so long and never got around to doing anything...

good to hear... carry on.


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(Methinks Petskull needs to pay a bit more attention )

~I wish he would just pay me money...hehe...~

Yup. Everything is good on this end, PS ol' chap! What?? No, I wasn't whispering...where ever did you get that idea? Ummm...I think I heard Ini muttering something about Webcams and that he's the Doc, though...over that way!

Run for it!

Playing this Saturday sounds fine. Not doing anything that day that I know of so far

Petskull: There are two postscripts like that available from our campaign at http://www.p-design.net/dnd/ . The postscript from the last session will be available there soon as well, but I've been bussy with other things lately so I haven't had the time to fix it.

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OK... now that everyone but tiki has said they can play, how about we work on a time--if possible, a time that won't require tiki to stay up all night. I know it's rough for our European contingent to get up early, but I think tiki has been making the greatest sacrifices in the time department. So, if at all possible, can we make things a little easier on him this time around?

I would also consider a complete shift in our schedule... for example:

1100 GMT
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0600 Georgia
1200 European Crew
2000 Korea
2200 Australia (?- I think Skaarjj is two hours ahead of me... right?)

I imagine that this would make things easier on tiki. Of course, Skaarjj would take the brunt of this time schedule, but at least no one would be starting at one o'clock in the morning (or whatever obscene hour we started playing at last time). It would also be easier on the European Contingent, since they wouldn't have to get up early.

Granted, I wouldn't be able to play as long, since I have to get up early the next day, but if we started on time I could guarantee at least four hours.

So, what do you think?

[Edit: I talked to Mrs. tiki a few hours ago, and apparently tiki is bed-ridden, which would explain his absence. I just hope it wasn't because of his all-night session last time...]

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Sounds good

I think we started playing closer to 2 o'clock Georgia time last session...

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Hmmm...I can do that, but I have to be getting gone by 1500 GMT.

1500 GMT is my limit, too, so that works out. And if we actually start playing on time, that would give us a solid four hours. Just imagine how much we could play if WS didn't phase out every other minute!

(We still love ya, though, WS. )

*Kicks Master Suho down the basement stairs*

And stay down there!

*mutters about uppitty electro-shock junkies running wild through the halls*

Hey, I can quit if I want to!

Zzzt... Zzzt... aw, yeah baby... bring on the juice!

[Brooklyn accent] Ah got yer juice raght here, buddy! [/Brooklyn accent]

Hehe...I wouldn't phase out so much, if somebody would let up on the electricity drain...but noooo you don't have a problem...nope. None at all.

I can play then. Sorry if my message is brief, I've had the flu for the past couple of days. I'm still not much better then I was when Suho talked to my wife.

Hope you feel better soon, tiki! Unfortunately, I don't think I get my "cure flu" spells until level 3.

WS: Yep, that's the first step: denial. Always blame your problems on someone else. Whenever you're ready, I know a good Phasers Anonymous group...

Um, but anyway, as long as tiki is feeling better by this weekend, it looks like we're good to go, right?

I am pretty sure I've got the recipe for a 'cure flu and plague' potion lying around here somewhere... *wanders off mumbling something about rat blood and bat wings*

Yes, that sounds about right. We're playing at GMT 1100 this Saturday if Tiki is up to it

At last I've managed to make something that slightly resembles a summary online. For those who wan't to refresh their memories for the next session can read the thing-resembling-a-summary here: http://www.p-design.net/dnd/

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My character for the Dragonhunt Campaign, Dannyl Nailo, has a light healing spell that may work there...I'll get him to visit you some time soon.

Or if you have a really severe sneeze, he can turn its kinetic energy into a Kleenex. Good for impressing the ladies; not such an efficient use of magic points, though.

Well, since tiki is the only one who has to wake up early, how about the rest of us get our butts into OpenRPG a little early so we can get all of our jibber-jabber out of the way? That's not an official suggestion, of course, but I will most likely be around, and if anyone wants to jump on OpenRPG early I'll be there to shoot the breeze (and maybe iron out anything that needs ironing out).

I'll try and get there an hour before playing time...

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me too...if I'm still around.

I can't garuntee anything tomorrow...read my fire! fire! thread to find out why.

I don't think anyone can fully grasp how much this scares me.

I can, Skaarjj...I used to live in Northern California...and wildfires are nothing to joke about. And burning to death has to be one of the worst ways to go...well, besides going through a meat-grinder feet first...or being sawed in half with a chainsaw from the groin up (ala Scarface), or...jibber, jabber, jibber, jabber....etc.

I'll be online...with Phasing, and everything... *sticks tongue out at Master Suho*

I'm feeling better. Are we playing tomarrow?

Today for me and Suho now...10:00 PM for me and I think 8:00 PM for him, althought it's actually 9 and 7 since we're going ot be there early.

tiki: glad to hear you're feeling better!

Skaarjj: You're right, I can't fully comprehend how scary that is, but I definitely feel for you. I can imagine what it would be like, and I imagine it must be terrifying.

Cool, then, so I'll have to make sure to eat dinner a little earlier than usual (OK, a lot earlier than usual). See you guys then.

So...thought I'd bump this up...when are we playing again? That last session was a blast!

When we finally got to play it

DNS server errors plagued our game on saturday, so we eventually gave up without ever having had the opportunity to declare the session open. We tried again on sunday night, and then one went much more smoothly. No WebShaman clones popped up to plague us...no one got disconnected, and we had a great 2 1/2 hours of game time.

Many character developments, including Indemar showing one of his major fears

A good session all-round...glad to have played it.

If we can swing it we may want to try for another session sometime during this week, since we have the Dragonhunt campaign on satuday...or we may want to try doing Dragonhunt saturday and this campaign on sunday...whaddaya think?

BTW: Here's an article on the DNS errors that plagued us...a huge DDoS attack on the root name servers
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?site=lightreading&doc_id=27430

I don't have any major plans for this weekend. The only time I can play during the week is at GMT 0600ish at Thursday, or sometime after GMT 1600 any other day...



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I'm ready any time during the weekend. If you want to play the Dragonhunt at the same time as this last session -- 1100 GMT -- I can handle that.

I'm up for that...

I'm down with that

So what is happening this weekend? WS's prologue part 2 at GMT 1100?

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Skaarjj suggested playing V's campaign at 1100 GMT this Sunday. I would be cool with that. I could also swing this time during the week, but this would be in the middle of the day for WS (when he's at work) and early morning for tiki (who would also have to go to work).

So, anyway, Dragonhunt on Saturday, V's campaign on Sunday? How does this sit with everyone?

Sounds good



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No. Not a good idea...I wouldn't be able to make one of those dates, I'm afraid...

Just the prologue on Saturday, then?

OK, well, whatever you guys want to do is fine. I'll most likely be gone from tomorrow to Sunday afternoon (lunar new year), so you guys figure out how it's going to go and I'll check up on it when I get home. Sunday is good for me, so if you guys want to play, cool. If not, that's cool too. Well, maybe slightly less cool, but that's OK.

I'm up for whatever time really....I've had a bad case of insomnia realy...so when I do sleep I generally sleep to WS's timetable....I said the latest I can do things is GMT 1500...but usually right now I don't get ot sleep until GMT 1900...so I can do it a bit later if need be.

Actually, I think it is fair, for me to play PT's campaign this weekend...

Sorry, but we played last weekend in V's campaign...

No problem for me at least. It suits me pretty good actually, since I wouldn't be able to play on Saturday morning anyhow (Goth party on friday night ) and a couple of friends want to start an Ars Magica campaign on Sunday...

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V, you crazy goth freak!

*power word: bump*

When are we playing next time? There is a 'beginner's capoeria workshop' the coming weekend (8th and 9th) that I have to attend, so I can't play this weekend... But I don't have anything planned for the following weekend, so that would work for me.

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V, you crazy Brazilian martial arts freak!

Oh, um, not sure about the week after next. I'll have to check on that.

hehe... I'm a crazy gothic Brazilian martial arts freak, no wonder I feel special



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Well, whatever weekend you don't play on, I'll suggest the final segment of WS's Dragonhunt prologue. This last session was just demon-bashing (yeah, I know, paladins are SO holy-centric in their outlook) -- things get a lot more interesting right after the point where we stopped.

[Being stupid]
Go Zan Icarus!

BURNING WAVE!!

my god...sounds like a bad japanese cartoon.

maybe DBZ
[/being stupid]

Thank you.

*Slaps Skaarjj*

Come out of it! That's it...ease up....ease up....

And put that stick down...Quick, Master Suho...get that chair ready...maximum voltage!



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Hey, hey, he's got the right idea... all the "secret techniques" are supposed to sound like something out of a Japanese cartoon or a video game. Burning Wave, Gates of Heaven... the trick is to bury the style deep in a game-world shell. I want everything to make sense together, to feel organic. So the Church of Kahan has moves called "Dark Shackles," "Black Gate," and "Crumbling Future..." but they come from a verse in their scripture:

quote:

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Your longing for the past, and your fear of the future, are the dark shackles that bind you to the hollow ground. Every passing second is a black gate: until you hurtle through, you cannot see the other side. You waste the present, forever building a shaky bridge to a crumbling future.

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The only way I could truly enjoy putting in a ton of video game references (two in the previous quote, by the way, call 'em if you see 'em) is if they're completely integrated into the game world.

Oh, and Master Suho might be able to give you some tips on Explodist magic, Dannyl -- one of the guild's custom spells is called "Exploding Thunder." (1d6/level damage up to 10d6, 5m radius, knocks each victim 2m away from the point of impact; damage and knockback halved by Reflex save)

Wow, sounds like you guys have some cool moves in that campaign. Telana's best moves are heal-the-bleeding-warriors, unleash-holy-fury-on-bad-guys, get-shot-with-crossbow-bolt-and-almost-die... you know, the basic stuff.

Suho & Skaarjj: rather than clutter up your game's thread, I've responded in the last post here.

Not only am I bumping this up...but here is my new Min

Anybody else want a new Min? Let me know...



[This message has been edited by WebShaman (edited 02-06-2003).]

Great work WS!

If you want to I'm sure some of the bad guys would appriciate a new look...

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Which bad guys, V? Give me a list...

Was thinking of orcs, kobolds and skeletons to start of with. A basic 'bad human' mini might be nice as well.

If you create them I can then alter them somewhat to distinguise the special characters of each race when we need that and use your minis for the standard people/monsters...

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Who's up for playing this weekend? (Beginning with WebShaman and working outward from there; although if WS can't make it, yet Skaarjj and Tiki can, we can do Tiki's prologue.) I've got my schedule clear for the same time as last weekend; or I can do pretty much whatever.

Robot roll call!

edit: Oh, and WebShaman, if you haven't had a chance yet to study the churches of the four archangels and archdemons on the religion page, see if you can find a moment. There's only a paragraph or two on each of those eight churches, and it'll enhance your understanding of what happens in the riveting (I hope) conclusion of your prologue.

double edit: Just looked at the page, and there's a bit more to it than I remembered. ^_^ The only essential reading is everything starting with "The Church of $patron". The rest of it, though informational and possibly useful, isn't as essential to your understanding of upcoming events.

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Well, I'll be making my debut appearance as an NPC... that should be fun.

WS: Great min!

I'll be there...but i can only stay until GMT1330

Ok, V, I'll get to work on them immediately.

As for this weekend, I have no time...damn! Sorry, guys.

Well, perhaps we're lucky and Tikigod can play from 1100 to 1330? We could make a little start on his prologue, which has been carefully simplified for rapid play.

The weekend after this one, my best friend is visiting from California; he's planning to propose to his long-time girlfriend on Valentine's Day, and I've been hand-picked to organize the festivities. So no Dragonhunt next weekend.

WS: Perhaps you'd have an odd hour here or there during the week to try wrapping up your prologue? Just a suggestion.

Unfortunately not...I have my daughter for the weekend, and my wife has emergency duty as well...my personal time is zilch.

edit: Meant to post this in the Dragonhunt thread, and post a link. So here it is! Cross-thread madness!

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Here you go, V!

Orc

Kobald

Skeleton

Bad Human



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Here are some more...

Wizard

Wizard/Rogue

Warrior

Female Warrior

Female Warrior/Cleric

Anyone that wants to, can use them...feel free!

I hereby claim the Wizard/Rogue mini...woo!

Yeah, I made him with Indemar in mind...if you would like the color to be different, let me know...

I actually claimed him for Dannyl, but...my god WS...that's some good work!

Like I said (and thanks, btw ), who wants a new min?

If you would like, I could make an Indemar min...NP. Just let me know, what/how you want him to look...

Hmmm...maybe I should start a Min thread...D & D Min

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Already done for you

* Power word: bump *

I don't have any major plans this weekend, so if the rest of you don't have any plans yet we could play another session. Any time on Saturday or Sunday later than GMT 0600 would work for me...

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I'm in. Get your mins, glorious mins!

I'm in.

Min's, glorious mins
Do care what they look like.
WS does some great work
Indemar's glowing hand and big pike.

I wouldn't mind joining if there is an open position.

Dan: I doubt there will be any 'available' NPCs in this session, but in the next session there should be a couple of NPC available that you can play.

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OK, people, so what's the score for this weekend? Are we playing, and if so, which campaign? PT set me up with an NPC from his campaign, so I should have something to do no matter which one we choose to play. So who's available for 1100 GMT on Saturday?

It can't be Dragonhunt, I fear, as I've got an important commitment in my hometown. Next weekend would be nice, though.

OK, so how about V's campaign then... here we go again:

Roll call!

Indemar!

I'm in!!!

Good, good... that leaves the funny looking guy with the really long polearm and the DM...

Um, OK... I spoke to tiki, and he said he's good for 1100 GMT. That just leaves V... and I haven't seen him on Q much lately. It would be unfortunate if we all showed up and there was no DM...

V, where you at, man? We wanna play, with our new mins!

Mins, mins, glorious mins...get your mins here! Fresh out of the oven!

I'm gonna close this...the new topic is here: http://www.ozoneasylum.com/Forum1/HTML/006685.html