Quote of the Week from my gaming group...

[Susano]

Speaking as a former drooling ecchi anime fanboy, when I was younger (pre-25), I would have had absolutely no problem with this. Then again, I wouldn't have a problem with it now, if there were good story hooks to be had; I'm thinking of the secretary from Phantom Quest Corp.

Who's what? 10?

[Black Rose]

Who's what? 10?

Oh no, I'm sure a young man with his level of maturity must be at least 11.

[teh bunneh]

A few from my last UNITY 2010 game...

Thich Nat Han: I'm a monk, not a babysitter.

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One character was wondering what Mondabi women are like...
Thich Nat Han: Be careful. You can get salmonella by handling a lizard.
Red Dragon: I've never heard of salmonella as a venereal disease.

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The heroes were considering going up into space. If they did so, they reasoned, they needed to give Red Dragon (HTH specialist) some Zero-G training...
Straight Arrow: If Red Dragon tries to charge someone, he's going to end up spinning helplessly in mid-air.
Vilkacis: And then he's going to get space sick...
New Man: Ewww... a vomit-propelled pinwheel!



Yeah, we were in a weird mood that night.

[Karmakaze]

He has a 14-year-old secretary?

Well, technically, she's a 30-year old woman who was hit with a reverse-aging spell some years ago. But she has the body of a 14-year old, and they have a habit of forgetting that she's not really a little girl.

[Dr. Anomaly]

Well, technically, she's a 30-year old woman who was hit with a reverse-aging spell some years ago. But she has the body of a 14-year old, and they have a habit of forgetting that she's not really a little girl.

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for expanding on that a bit.

[Karmakaze]

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for expanding on that a bit.

You're welcome.

And it was still poor form on the part of the PC to say "Hmm, this mysterious package might be dangerous. Hey, Tracey, come open this for me!"

[Pogo]

You're welcome.

And it was still poor form on the part of the PC to say "Hmm, this mysterious package might be dangerous. Hey, Tracey, come open this for me!"

I was told by a former assistant professor that during one of the Unabomber's active periods, a letter went to the Harvard physics faculty (may have been campus wide) suggesting that if a suspicious package arrived, "have the secretary open it."

[Black Rose]

Well, technically, she's a 30-year old woman who was hit with a reverse-aging spell some years ago. But she has the body of a 14-year old, and they have a habit of forgetting that she's not really a little girl.

Did it make her young again, and she's aging at the usual rate, or did it make her age backward?

[zornwil]

(snipped)

One character was wondering what Mondabi women are like...
Thich Nat Han: Be careful. You can get salmonella by handling a lizard.
Red Dragon: I've never heard of salmonella as a venereal disease.

I don't appreciate people using the boards to perpetuate species stereotypes. Please observe the RoC, and apologize.

[Dr. Anomaly]

"Death by redneck!"

[csyphrett]

In a marvel saga game I am in, our characters have been stuck on a D7D world that is falling apart because our characters took the lynch pin of reality. We've been given a jewel to take us to the bad guy so we can save the day.



Powertrip take the necklace and puts it around her neck and then kneels down by Mike and King Alian as she says 'WE will do our best not to fail you King Alain and this world."

"Let's go," said Darkness, grasping hands. "Somewhere a nitwit is calling the back of my hand."


CES

[Chimpira]

In a marvel saga game I am in, our characters have been stuck on a D7D world that is falling apart because our characters took the lynch pin of reality. We've been given a jewel to take us to the bad guy so we can save the day.



Powertrip take the necklace and puts it around her neck and then kneels down by Mike and King Alian as she says 'WE will do our best not to fail you King Alain and this world."

"Let's go," said Darkness, grasping hands. "Somewhere a nitwit is calling the back of my hand."


CES

LOL
I am soooo stealing that.

[Karmakaze]

Did it make her young again, and she's aging at the usual rate, or did it make her age backward?

She's aging backwards. Which is helpful in the sense that when she looked older, she was able to lay the groundwork for an ID that says she's 16 and an emancipated minor, but that won't hold up much longer. One of the ongoing subplots is an attempt to find a cure for her before it's too late.

Basically, when she was about the age she looks now, she cast a spell to look older so she could go clubbing, etc. Rather than getting the illusion she wanted, though, she accidentally aged herself. When the duration ran out and she did not revert, she panicked and tried several counterspells in rapid succession. What she wound up with was a tangled mess that was de-aging her. So far nobody's been able to unravel it and there's a concern tampering will make it worse. There's also a concern that when she hits the age she was when she first cast the spell, Something Bad could happen.

She is an excelent object lession in Why We Don't Tamper With Universal Forces Without a Very Good Reason. She likes to gripe about how frustrating it was to go through the changes of puberty backwards.

[csyphrett]

Darkness was a cowboy outlaw, hanged, then kicked out of hell by Mephisto. His two assets for the team so far have been immortality and extreme suicidal ruthlessness.

CES

[Hypnotoad, the]

From Gamephil's "Sorcerer's Galaxy" game earlier this week...

My character Kaiba did a bad thing, and his ancestor--Talia (Yes, the same one from "Galactic Champions", though a fraction of her former might)--was having a problem with it.

Talia: You just killed that...man...thing...whatever it was!

Kaiba: Yeah, well...he had it coming!

Talia: Oh really? Why's that?

Kaiba: Well, after all that progress I was doing to get us out of here was unmade, he beamed in and said 'I could've told you that would happen.'

Talia: And that's why you chopped him in half!?

Kaiba: NO!! That would be irrational! I was pissed, true enough. And I said in an angry voice 'oh thank you so much!' It's what he said afterward that pushed me over the edge!

Talia: And he said...

Kaiba: YOU'RE WELCOME!!!

Talia: And that's why...you chopped his head off?

Kaiba: Well...I guess I overreacted...a little...