Quote of the Week from my gaming group...

[ChocolateMousje]

D&D: party is being mauled by a large pack of (Romero) zombies led by an "identical looking" one powerful enough to challenge us by itself.

PC (Evil ur-priest): I read my scroll of Gate, and call for a Solar (extremely powerful servant of Good)

DM: ... A Solar steps through the gate. It looks at you. It looks at the zombies. It turns to you and says, "I'll be back for you later." and attacks the zombies.

The evil PC runs away. The zombies are defeated and the Solar kindly true resurrects our dead before flying off after the evil PC.

Next week, his player comes with a new psionicist character instead...

[Koshka]

I was running a playtest the other night, using the Champions as PCs for simplicity's sake (not everyone has 5th edition characters yet). Nighthawk and Witchcraft were in one part of the underground villain base when they get a warning from the rest of the team in another section -- the villains are going to try to release poison gas into the air supply. Nighthawk takes out his rebreather and gives it to Witchcraft.

Witchcraft: You're a gentleman.
Nighthawk: No, I'm Overconfident.

[Dust Raven]

We've started keeping a regular record of quotes from our Champions game to post on our web site. Most of them are in game, but occasionally a few out of game comments will slip onto the list (more than a few from last night's game). Here's the top two from last night:

"I'm about the collapse the cave so someone take their @#%*ing turn!" - Jared (guest player visiting from out of state).

"Zephrem likes me. I feed him people." - Whispering Death (the teams ninja speaking about the ghost that haunts their base).

The rest of the quotes can be read here: Quotes - TLO3T

[Madstone]

Heard this one at today's game. As a player was trying to justify buying down his code against killing:

"There's just so many times you can get your ass kicked in the outback of Canada before you realize that your attitude has to change."

[Magmarock]

Tonight's D&D game. I give you, the indecisive monk:

The scene: The party's dwarven mage had been bull-rushed off a ledge by a troll and both fell 100 feet to the bottom. From a lower ledge, the party's fighter, wearing a feather fall ring, leapt into the pit to assist the mage. Another troll, having fumbled horrendously while trying to attack the monk, also fell into the pit.

The following round, the mage is in the negatives, dying from the fall, both trolls are flanking the fighter and the monk, on the lower ledge, is peering over the edge debating on his next action:

Monk's Player: "So, how far is the drop?"

DM: "Sixty feet."

Monk's Player: "But only fifty feet if I land on the troll, right?"

~~~

We also had this classic quote, earlier in the evening, spoken like a true chaotic:

"Battle plans only last until the battle starts" -said by Jonathon the fighter right before he died...

~~~

Mags

[Korvar]

Just came back from the U.K. Student Roleplaying Championships in Sheffield.

Best quote from my game was: "Don't worry, no ship I've been on has ever been captured intact by Pirates..." - Laurence Valroux (Jonothan)

The rest of the quotes are here.

[Nuadha]

Characters
Gillian Black, Vampire Slayer
Jessica Pierce, demon symbiote host
Gavin Black, Gillian's twin brother (introduced in ep. 1.8)
Amy Nguyen, witch
Nigel Harker, Watcher
Andrew Wells (aka Andrew Harris), witch
George Carver, computer hacker and inventor

Quotes from Episode 1.1 "What Fresh Hell?"
"Can I get back to you in a few minutes? Because we're about to play (Jessica's) death scene and it's really important." -- GM to Nigel's Player
"What?!?" -- Jessica's Player

"Gillian probably won't get killed, but as soon as all of her little friends start dying, then maybe she'll listen to me." -- Nigel to GM

"(Andrew) faced the First." -- Amy's Player
"Actually, (Andrew) was the First's bitch." -- Andrew's Player

Quotes from Episode 1.2 "That's Entertainment!"
"Remind me to change roommates." -- George, waking up the morning after being poisoned during a demon attack
"I don't think it's so much your roommate. You just need to learn how to dodge." -- Nigel

"I'll go back to my room and read (Gillian's) Slayer's Handbook. Because apparently this is something important." -- Amy
"Oh good. At least someone will have read it." -- ?
"Then she can tell me what it says!" -- Gillian, excited

Quotes from episode 1.4 "Painful Lesson"
"Maybe I could date someone for real." -- Gillian
"I don't know, have you been to any parties recently?" -- Amy
"Where you haven't killed anyone?" -- Nigel

"The last party I went to turned into frat boys summoning demons in their basement." -- Gillian
"They all turn into that." -- Nigel

"Gillian, (Dorian) kind of saved your life. A thank-you note would at least be appropriate." -- Amy to Gillian
"So do I have to send all of you thank-you notes?" -- Gillian to the Scoobies
"No, we live with you." -- Amy
"I don't live with you, I want a thank-you note." -- Andrew

Episode 1.5 "It's Your Party"
"It's a horatham (demon)." -- Andrew
"A whore?" -- Gillian
"No, a horatham. It's like a whole bunch of whores." -- Andrew
"Competing. For charity." -- Amy

"I wonder if there's magic that can put hair on your back?" -- Amy
"I wonder if there's magic that can put hair on your chest?" -- Andrew
"At least one of us should have some." -- Amy

"I'm not going to be in the mood for my birthday party." -- Gillian to the group, after Amy tries to kill her

"So, like, is this where you're going to hate me forever? Just because I electrocuted you, kicked you in the head, and kicked you in the ribs?" -- Amy to Gillian

"I see Drusilla. She's touching Amy." *pause* "It's not a bad touch." -- Andrew, using his postcognitive powers
"It's Drusilla, of course it's a bad touch!" -- Amy

"Gillian, it's your roommate. Sorry I tried to kill you. We need to start planning your party. Stop pouting and give me a call." -- Amy, leaving voice mail for Gillian

Episode 1.8 "There's No Place Like Home"
"Do all Watchers wind up like Nigel?" -- Andrew
"How so?" -- Watcher
"Self-important and arrogant." -- Andrew
"Oh, no." -- Watcher
"What percentage?" -- George

[Starhawk1209]

Setting:
Game campaign that started off small in NY and ended up a Universe Spanning series of misadventures.

Two heroes..
Cosmic Herald: Cosmic Powered Hero
Pyramid: Man embued with the essence of Kanivar, who became the God of Justice, wielder of the Rod of Justice.

Pyramid was played by an easy going person who had to leave the game early often for work. However, this player couldn't always be counted on to be 'easy going'. Once, to stop a little power myte, he leveled a building on himself and Cos. Another time, used minimal force on and Uber villain claiming he didn't want to hurt him too badly.

Now Pyramid and Cos were buddies, they started off small and grew as time went by and they were forced into incidents.

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The group had just fought Menton and won. Menton was move to a stronghold prison in Albuquerque New Mexico.
Our characters were onboard are orbital platform which had a quirkly AI. The AI didn't like anyone but Pyramid.
Now Pyramid was apparently in a 'mood'.
Pyramid asked if the AI could locate Menton because the player found out that Menton didn't need to be free to bother us. Yeah I know, he should have figured that from the git go.. but oh well.

Pyramid: Can you find Menton?
GM: Yes he is in Albuquerque
Pyramid: Do we have anything onboard in the way of a weapon to hit him?
GM: Yes, there is a Energy Cannon.
Pyramid: I want Menton destroyed , shoot him.
GM: Okay, blast goes off and nukes Albuquerque
<Quote: Pyramid: "" Oh Well, I didn't know anyone there anyway "">

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Once when Cos and Pyramid were needing to 'talk'. They held their 'talk' above NY ( in the Avenger Universe by then ).
They 'talked' back and forth until Pyramid was going to go unconscious.
He had been attacking while flying around on a Avengers Skycycle.
He lands and promptly throws the Skycycle at Cos. Now Cos, being a hero didn't want pieces of this thing falling into the city so he decides to take the shot. He wasn't hurt hardly and figured no problem.
GM: The cycle impacts on your forcefield.
Cos: Yeah how much damage?
Pyramid: Yeah, how much damage , I am hoping I put him out.
GM: You realize if he goes out, he will fall from that height?
Pyramid: that's okay, he can take it hahahaha
Cos: It wont even hurt , so give it to me.
Now.. Pyramid was built by the GM, he often played him when the player had to leave. He 'liked' the character, so I 'should' have known better. But alas....

GM: It explodes on your chest crashing through your forcefield, you take xxx number of body and are WAY out! The cycle was Nuclear powered.
Cos: "Nuclear Powered???"
GM: Yeah it was haha
Pyramid: Damn.. I want one of those!
GM: Cos you fly backwards out over the city and end up in the Atlantic, fortuntatley for you, you won't drown and should wake up in about a week.
<Quote: Cos: Nuclear powered cycle my A$$!!!!>

[Chuckg]

A quote from tonight's elder Vampire game...

"Oh, God forbid we say rude things about the Tremere. Why, the anger from it all might force them to turn into a pack of intriguing, vitae-thieving, bloodline-ending vinculum-aping backstabbing murderers..."

"... whoops, too late!"



(For those who don't play VtM, suffice it to say that the Tremere are the vampires who are so sleazy that the other vampires noticed. You have to start hitting the Followers of Set or the devil-worshipping Baali before it gets worse.)

[devlin1]

GM: It explodes on your chest crashing through your forcefield, you take xxx number of body and are WAY out! The cycle was Nuclear powered.
Cos: "Nuclear Powered???"
GM: Yeah it was haha
Pyramid: Damn.. I want one of those!
GM: Cos you fly backwards out over the city and end up in the Atlantic, fortuntatley for you, you won't drown and should wake up in about a week.
<Quote: Cos: Nuclear powered cycle my A$$!!!!>

Maybe it's just me, but... this game sounds awful. I mean, like, not fun. From what you've described, it sounds like the GM plays favorites and the (only?) other player actively tries to make trouble. Please tell me it's better than it seems.

[ZenStorm]

"Man,... any time you see a blind guy holding a katana, it's time to just run."

-Me

[Jhereg]

Our group’s Martial Artist, after being challenged to an ‘honorable combat’ by his arch-nemesis:
“Yeah, I’ll be there, but I can’t promise I’ll be on time, and I can’t promise I’ll be entirely sober.”

[Starhawk1209]

Maybe it's just me, but... this game sounds awful. I mean, like, not fun. From what you've described, it sounds like the GM plays favorites and the (only?) other player actively tries to make trouble. Please tell me it's better than it seems.

Hey,
No the game was actually very good. The Gm might have had a soft spot in his heart for that character, but the character was pretty essential. Besides the two characters were best friends ( in the game ). Had been through hell and back. The whole group had 8 people in it. These were the two longest playing characters. The others, having made character changes as the game went on. This game actually lasted for several years of playing. There was little that we had not done (or, is that accused of doing haha ).
Was a great game and I , being the receipiant of the skycycle didn't mind it that badly in retrospect.

I still, to this day believe it was a test by the UBer Great power that had noticed 'us'. So I believe, that had he not 'won' that little battle of wills, then there would have been great consequences to that character and to 'us' as a whole.

I should point out, that later on Cos did kick Pyramid's butt when he truly had to. A Mind Controlled Pyramid is a bad thing after all.

I have to say, that this GM was very inventive and knew the game well. Had fantastic story telling abilities and so I would rate him as a 10 out of 10 easily.

[devlin1]

I have to say, that this GM was very inventive and knew the game well. Had fantastic story telling abilities and so I would rate him as a 10 out of 10 easily.

Okay, good.

Because he sounds like a putz.

[lemming]

Great avatar devlin1