Quote of the Week from my gaming group...

[DusterBoy]

In the HK Action Heroes II campaign, is Varga the Filipino superheroine?

[Susano]

In the HK Action Heroes II campaign, is Varga the Filipino superheroine?

Yup.

Also known as Darna. Dates to 1948 or so and has been in print since.

[BoloOfEarth]

Part 2 of last night's Champions game:

Flashback to when I was drawing up the battle map. My 14 year-old daughter walked in – she claims to be “mostly evil” and likes it when I’m playing the bad guys.

Her: What’s that?
Me: A VIPER base. They’re testing giant robots there. Well, not giant, but bigger than normal.
Her: Cool! (pause) Where’s the poison pit?
Me: Poison pit?!?
Her: Yeah! You’ve gotta have a poison pit!
Me: How about an acid pit?
Her: That would be okay… but a poison pit sounds better.
Me: And where am I supposed to put it?
Her: How should I know? I’m an evil genius, not an evil architect.

I’m pointing out different things on the map.

Me: And that’s the reception desk.
Her: Why is there a reception desk in the bad guys’ base?
Me: Mainly so I can see how the players react. And that’s a sitting area over there, with a fountain.
Her: You’re weird.

Backtracking a bit to before the assault.

Subliminal: Should we call Pansy? See if she’ll give us a hand?
Styx: I’ll bet she’ll give us a finger. You can guess which finger.

After PRIMUS arrives, the heroes are talking to Mac, an assault agent with a reputation for customizing his weapons.

Synergy: Here, you can use this. It’s a heat beam projector we took from the Subterrans.
Mac: (opens an access panel on the side of the weapon) Y’know, you can get a lot more power if you just bypass those pesky safety interlocks…
Synergy: Yeah, I know. I already made some modifications.
Mac: (closes access panel and high-fives Synergy) Kid, I like the way you think.

[BoloOfEarth]

And finally, Part 3:

Okay, back on track. The heroes have just walked into the VIPER base and past the reception desk and the dumbfounded male receptionist, who is watching Styx walk away but turning to hit the “intruder alert” button.

Subliminal: I hit him with a mind control to keep watching Styx instead. (rolls for 30+ EGO effect)
Joe (receptionist): HEY! You can’t just walk in here! (waves his clipboard) You’ve gotta sign in!

Unfortunately, six VIPER agents round the corner, see the heroes, and trigger an alarm. Subliminal creates an illusion of Synergy standing by the water fountain while the heroes head down another hallway. Another group of agents coming down the hall blasts the illusion, trashing the water fountain. Gordie the janitor comes out of his janitor’s closet, where he’s been napping.

Gordie: I’m not cleaning that up! (pause) I’ll let the night guy do it. (ducks back into his closet while blaster shots fly back and forth)

Sentinel x-rayed the base, so they know there’s five Mech-VIPERs and a Chimera Battle-Pod heading their way, in addition to two more squads of agents. She also identifies the base’s armory, several offices, and the location of Amy, Subliminal’s missing DNPC. Synergy heads to the armory, while Styx steps into an office to stop a secretary from burning all the files.

Styx: I’ll knock her out. OCV 9. (rolls) I hit, unless her DCV is 12 or more.
GM: (rolls) She blocks your punch.
Styx: (smiles slowly) I’m gonna be a little while here. (closes the door behind him)

Styx and the secretary (Tracy) banter a bit while they circle and trade (missed) attacks. Then he successfully grabs her.

Tracy: I don’t normally let guys get this forward on a first date.
Styx: So, how about dinner afterward, then?

Styx squeezes Tracy unconscious, then uses her computer cords to tie her to her chair.

GM: Subliminal… your smut senses are tingling.

Styx: (OOC) I’d have given her an Indian rub, but I’d probably accidentally rip off her arm. (mimes holding a ripped-off arm) Sentinel! Can you fix this? She just did her nails!

Tracy regains consciousness as he’s tying her feet to the legs of the rolling chair.

Styx: Nice gams.
Tracy: Gams?! How the heck old are you?

Remember Joe, the receptionist? After Styx took off, Joe leapt over the counter and chased after him, braving blaster fire, flying bullets, rocket explosions, and what not to catch up to Styx. He even yelled at a Mech-VIPER to stop blocking the hallway so he could get through. The heroes have decided that the other VIPER agents are probably amazed at Joe’s dedication at stopping the heroes, armed with nothing but a clipboard. Joe finally catches up and opens the office door to see Styx finishing tying up Tracy.

Joe: (with a slight leer) Listen, pal, you still gotta sign in. (holds out the clipboard)
Styx: Oh, sure. Sorry. (signs his name and hands the clipboard back) Good job. You can go hit the alarm button now.
Joe: Yeah. Thanks. (walks away)


Synergy grabs a crew-served tripod-mounted blaster cannon and hip fires it. After an initial miss trying to figure out the weapon, he one-shots a Mech-VIPER, then blasts another one. Meanwhile, Styx has come out of the office and heads toward the armory.

Styx: I need one of those!
Synergy: This one’s almost out of power. Can you pick me up another power pack while you’re in there?

Styx finds that there’s unfortunately not another one of those, so he grabs a Brickbuster cannon, a rocket pod, and a few other heavy weapons, in addition to a spare power pack for Synergy's weapon.

Styx: WWMD?
GM: Huh?
Styx: What Would Mac Do?
GM: Hmmm… probably duct tape them all together and try firing them all at once.
Styx: And the best part is, that acronym includes “WMD.” I’m sure Mac would approve.

Once VIPER’s forces are defeated, Styx goes back to collect Tracy, only to discover she slipped the cords binding her, and ducked out a secret tunnel that the heroes already knew about and had informed PRIMUS to cover. Styx follows her trail (he has IR Vision with Tracking) and sees…

Tracy (talking to the suspicious PRIMUS agents surrounding her): Oh, it was horrible! VIPER had us hostage, and … (sees Styx walking her way) oh s***.
Styx: I’m glad to see you got out of there safely, miss. (to the PRIMUS agents) If you don’t mind, I have to ask her a few questions, then I’ll see her home. (He and Tracy begin walking away)
Tracy (quietly enough so only Styx can hear) You are *so* getting lucky tonight.

[matrix3]

And finally, Part 3:
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Synergy grabs a crew-served tripod-mounted blaster cannon and hip fires it. After an initial miss trying to figure out the weapon, he one-shots a Mech-VIPER, then blasts another one. Meanwhile, Styx has come out of the office and heads toward the armory.

Styx: I need one of those!
Synergy: This one’s almost out of power. Can you pick me up another power pack while you’re in there?

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heh. Made me think of Jesse Ventura in Predator:

[Mjolnir74]

More quotes from my Shadowrun4 champaign.
(Its been a while)

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Bender: A male alcoholic Troll martial artist.
Wren: A female Elf drone rigger.
Faulk: A male Human Christian Theurge.

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The team are trying to deliver a lost 8 year old girl back to her father:

GM: You approach the door and ring the bell. A man in a black uniform and armoured jacket sporting a star logo answers. At the same time, four more men wearing the same uniform surround you outside of the condo.

Bender: I ask the Lone Star officer who answered the door, "Have you found Jesus?"

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Random:

GM: I'm not a killer GM ... mostly.

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The SitRep right before combat:

GM: The EMP has burned out the electronics in your van. You have an unconscious 8 year old technomancer in the back of the van covered in blood. And, Lone Star is closing in ... Go!

[teh bunneh]

Some quotes from my Teen Titans Go! game at Genghis Con this last weekend...

The characters... well, if you've seen the cartoon, you know the characters already.

The beautiful Zatanna takes the stage, and the Titans react:
Raven: I roll my eyes.
Speedy: My eyes roll!

Evil, heavily-armed bunnies attack the city!
GM: The bunny's got a .38, and he fires it at you!
Robin: Wait... how does a little bunny fire a gun? What about recoil?
Raven: They're magical, evil bunnies that came out of a hat, and you're worried about recoil?

One bunny has hit his target multiple times...
GM: This is the sharpshooter bunny. You can tell, 'cause he's got a little eyepatch and tattoos.
(This set off a riff about what kind of tattoos an evil bunny might have... "Born to Raise Carrots" and the like...)

What to do with all these evil bunnies the Titans have captured?
Starfire: We can start a bunny rehab!!!!

Cyborg drives his T-car through the middle of a hoard of bunnies...
GM: The bunnies scatter like ninepins!

The heroes pile into the T-car to track the source of this disturbance...
Raven: Important point before I get in: What is the car stereo playing?
Cyborg: I dunno. From the outside, it's all bass: Thumpa thumpa boom, thumpa thumpa boom.

Bunnies shoot at Cyborg and do minimal damage:
GM: The bullets bounce off of your armored hide.
Cyborg (not hearing): "The bullets bounce off my armor, and hide"???

The main bad guy shows up: Mumbo Jumbo!!!
GM: He's an evil sorcerer. He does card tricks and stuff. But EVIL card tricks!

Beast Boy turns into a hummingbird to try to distract Mumbo...
Beast Boy: I fly around his head being really annoying.
Raven: Wow! Way to play to your strengths there, BB.

Best without explaination:
GM: You've been in Mumbo's hat before.

[Mjolnir74]

Best without explaination:
GM: You've been in Mumbo's hat before.

I think I saw that episode ...

[Enforcer84]

Investigating a missing reporter, the heroes find that a scientist, Dr. Reginald Dagget, is involved.

Synergy: I'm sorry, but all I can think about is that stupid robot dog from the old Battlestar Galactica series.
Subliminal: Oh, gawd, that thing was so irritating.
GM: Actually, that's exactly where I got his name.

Daggett is my Grandfather's last name. I was always happy to see the annoying little dog.

[teh bunneh]

Some quotes from my Teen Titans Go! game at Genghis Con this last weekend...

Some more quotes from the second session:

Cyborg and Raven just teamed up to smash a bunch of giant bunnies. Cyborg celebrates:
Cyborg (holding up his fist for a fistbump): Aw yeah! You wanna bump it?
Raven: *stares at Cyborg*
Raven (deadpan): No.

The heroes run into some bunnies robbing a convenience store:
GM: The bunnies are all dressed like gang bangers. Baggy pants, bandanas, flashing gang signs...
Speedy: Bunnies don't have fingers! How are they flashing gang signs???
GM: With their ears, of course.

Some other evil bunnies are holding up a bank:
Robin: Be careful! The bunnies might have hostages in there!
GM: Nah, bunnies don't take hostages.
Raven: When bunnies are involved, there will be no negotiations!

Cyborg wants to use a police car to smash some bunnies. Problem is, the police car is still occupied by police...
Cyborg (picking the car up about a foot off the ground): Guys, would you please climb out? I need to borrow your car for a minute.

[SSgt Baloo]

Some quotes from my Teen Titans Go! game at Genghis Con this last weekend...

I saw that episode recently and immediately thought of you.

[teh bunneh]

I saw that episode recently and immediately thought of you.

Which episode was that?

[csyphrett]

Which episode was that?

probably the one with mumbo jumbo's hat
CES

[teh bunneh]

The one where he turned all the titans into animals?

http://www.titansgo.net/screenshots.php?ep=311&page=2

Cranky goth Raven-bunneh FTMFW!!!

[Celt]

Bunneh, I just get an image that says "I like to hotlink and steal bandwidth."