Quote of the Week from my gaming group...

[Vulcan]

Just as a total aside having nothing to do with anything... Liquid + Container = 1 Pound = 16 Ounces.
Assuming the container weighs 1/2 of the total weight, that's an 8oz drink. Couple good gulps gets that down right quick.

Yeah, the flask would have to be pretty solid and heavy to survive the sort of stuff adventures do routinely...

[ghost-angel]

Yeah, the flask would have to be pretty solid and heavy to survive the sort of stuff adventures do routinely...

Indeed, assuming it's even just made of glass with a heavy protective leather case or such - I have a 20oz flask that weighs almost two pounds by itself. Imagining a similar flask that's for 8oz of liquid I can easily see a "Potion" being a full pound. Heck, your average set of clothes weights several pounds.

[Susano]

Indeed, assuming it's even just made of glass with a heavy protective leather case or such - I have a 20oz flask that weighs almost two pounds by itself. Imagining a similar flask that's for 8oz of liquid I can easily see a "Potion" being a full pound. Heck, your average set of clothes weights several pounds.

And back in my day., clothes weighed 20 pounds. Uphill... both ways... in the snow!

[SirViss]

I'm in a Pulp game right now. The group was talking about the direction the campaign might be taking after the X-mas break and this is a comment I made:

"We're probably heading for the deepest parts of Africa, that means we're going to need porters. You know what porters are? What they're really for? They are there to die. You know: to be killed by wild animals, die from poisonous bites from snakes and spider, fall of a cliff-face trail, or killed by the angry natives.

Porters: they're the «Red Shirts» of Africa."

[Karmakaze]

I'm in a Pulp game right now. The group was talking about the direction the campaign might be taking after the X-mas break and this is a comment I made:

"We're probably heading for the deepest parts of Africa, that means we're going to need porters. You know what porters are? What they're really for? They are there to die. You know: to be killed by wild animals, die from poisonous bites from snakes and spider, fall of a cliff-face trail, or killed by the angry natives.

Porters: they're the «Red Shirts» of Africa."

To be fair, they're also there to refuse to go into dangerous places and to slip away in the middle of the night...

[SirViss]

To be fair, they're also there to refuse to go into dangerous places and to slip away in the middle of the night...

You have a point. Especially as the GM pointed out (in the same conversation) that one of the other PCs had a reputation for being the last survivor for most expeditions he went on.

[Lucius]

You have a point. Especially as the GM pointed out (in the same conversation) that one of the other PCs had a reputation for being the last survivor for most expeditions he went on.

Pardon me as I slip away in the middle of the night.

Lucius Alexander

Taking the palindromedary with me

[Tim]

Your Slip is showing

[SirViss]

Pardon me as I slip away in the middle of the night.

Lucius Alexander

Taking the palindromedary with me

Hey, where did my camel go?

[Narf the Mouse]

Hey, where did my camel go?

<- Thataway! ->

[Arkham]

I'm horrible at remembering to write down quotes. Only if someone mentions that it should be written down does anything generally get noted...

Valour - Sentient emotion made manifest.
Dr. Mystic - Dr. Strange style mystic styled after the Venture Brothers' Dr. Orpheus.
Caius - Earth elementalist detective.
Sephiroth - Qabbalistic magus.
Me, the GM.

Discussing how to deal with a someone whose help they need that they just learned is a criminal of some special talent.

Dr. Mystic: We could citizen's arrest him, or we could just "hero" him... ... ... into the ground.
Caius: I like how "hero" has been verbed...

Caius: You could tell him that if he is deceitful, he will be "heroed".

Resting up for an early morning to come...

Caius: I'm going to go take a dirt nap.


Fighting a dangerous criminal who happens to be a 90+ year old little lady with a walker and a mumu who mystically controls yarn and knits mind-controlling clothing.

Valour: "Good, we won't be accused of attacking a little old lady because her yarn is attacking the stones."

Me, OOC: "It's a tuque. It tuque over his mind."

[Manic Typist]

Dr. Mystic: We could citizen's arrest him, or we could just "hero" him... ... ... into the ground.
Caius: I like how "hero" has been verbed...

I like how "verb" has been verbed.

[Deadborder]

Me, OOC: "It's a tuque. It tuque over his mind."

Ow.

That is one of those "so terrible its brilliant" puns. Well done sir.

[Matt Holck]

Lowered Intelligence was a power?

And I though Traveller (where your character can die during character creation) was the silliest game-system I'd ever seen...

In Hero Games,
I can lower a followers intelligence and get points back to spend.
I don't get points to spend for other disadvantages though.

[Narf the Mouse]

In Hero Games,
I can lower a followers intelligence and get points back to spend.
I don't get points to spend for other disadvantages though.

That's sort of a mixed blessing. On the one hand, they're easier to fool. On the other hand, you're trying to get things done using a fool. On the one foot, they also are unlikely to perceive danger. On the other foot...