Major Tom 2009 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... The only real way to remove the threat of McGinty to the rational universe would be to hit him with the combined H-bomb megatonnage of the world -- and even then, there'd only be about a 50% chance of the strike successfully taking him out. Major Tom 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... "A lot of people ask what it is. What it all means. See, the bright light... it ain't heaven, son. It's just a muzzle flare." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Engineer Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... I suppose it could be some convoluted scheme by the Auditors of Reality' date=' but if they really want to remove threats to a truly rational universe, surely they should be targeting McGinty?[/quote'] It may be that they'd believe McGinty could at least be contained, if not controlled with sufficient quantities of alcohol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom 2009 Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... It may be that they'd believe McGinty could at least be contained' date=' if not controlled with sufficient quantities of alcohol.[/quote'] I don't think that there's that much booze in the entire Multiverse... Major Tom 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... I just realized - Pratchett is the Anti-Lovecraft! Lucius Alexander The palindromedary stares at Cthullhu with one set of eyes, stares at an Auditor with the other, and tries to grow a third head to look for where Pullman fits into all this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... I just realized - Pratchett is the Anti-Lovecraft! Brilliant! Would SO Rep ya if I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikModi Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From last night's game: Flipside has recently picked up the ability to detect powers. Like most of his abilities, this sense is touch based, i.e., he has to touch a super-powered individual to sense what powers they have. The whole point of getting the ability was essentially to let him detect what powers someone had so that he could more effectively drain them. As we finish a security system install in our civilian identities in the early, apparently overcast evening, Flipside feels a power all around him. Since he's not touching any super-powered people, this understandably weirds him out. We travel back to the base, and perform a number of experiments trying to figure out what's going on, including throwing him up in the air, as the power seems all around except from the ground. In the air, he can feel the power all around him (leading the GM to rename the session from "Twilight" to "In The Air Tonight," after the Phil Collins song.) Eventually, we manage to determine that the power is actually a Drain on Stellar Light. Shortly after we figure this out, our crime-detecting supercomputer (which we have taken great pains to avoid calling a "crimeputer") alerts us to a break in at the Plainveiw Museum of Art and History. Groundwire: What, are they stealing "Starry Night?" After the laughter dies down, she continues "What harm could that do, it's just a painting?" All players: Ooooh. Me: Yeah, until some idiot says "as long as nothing bad happens. . ." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archon Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From tonight's finale to a short lived Rifts campaign. "I'm carrying 2 heavy blasters on my back, but I'm using a water pistol. What's wrong with this picture?" "He's dominated, not stupid." And I have finally met an ancient evil from beyond time that you can kill with a gun. But vampire intelligences don't really qualify. You need the equivalent of tac nukes to kill them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Back from the holiday break. Some of my players have even complained of withdrawal symptoms. The Gamer's Guild has been hosting some Pathfinder's Society events. Most of these quotes will be without context, to avoid spoilers. Me : I wanted to recreate Rumbaba for this, but goblins aren't a playable race yet. So just picture me as a halfling painted green. Our completely unproven group is sent on an important mission, leaving us extremely paranoid, especially after various high-and-mighty types stick their oars in. Rumbaba : Does anybody else get the impression we're walking into a giant mincing machine? Plague Doctor : I think we should talk about this outside the embassy... PC : Why, do you think ninja are listening to us? Plague Doctor : Of course not, everybody knows ninja don't exist. Ikazuchi, samurai, demonstrates a remarkable ability to botch anything - tea ceremony etiquette, combat, walking and talking at the same time.. Rumbaba : You know, I think that helmet might be a bad idea in this heat. You hear that sizzling sound? That's your brain, quietly frying. Rumbaba : *recovering from a Colour Spray* *groans* Did anybody get the number of that Hellpig? Rumbaba : I haven't felt this exhausted since that giantess used me - for a week. Other PC : We found a scrying stone - anybody that looks into it dies in seven days. Plague Doctor : *fishing for clues at the bottom of a well* We're playing 'Bobbing for Bodies' At least we haven't found any bodies. On the other hand, we know their are ghouls about, which explains the absence of bodies. Rumbaba : *fishing a party member out of another well* Don't worry, we looped the rope around his neck. It'll save time, later. Plague Doctor : Don't mention any of the elements! Rumbaba : What, like carbon? Praseodymium? Ununoctium? Plague Doctor : No, the classical elements. Rumbaba : Ah, Unobtainium GM : So you've replaced the party cleric Ikazuchi : I like to say 'upgraded' One of our tasks is given us by the Venture Captain of the Silver Crusade, a paladin of noteworthy pulchritude, and assorted other features that capture Rumbaba's imagination. Paladin : I urgently need you to go to blahblahblahdittyblah, etc. Got all that? Rumbaba : I'm sorry, I got distracted by 'I urgently need you' Paladin : If you say one more suggestive remark, boy, I'll have you over my knee and soundly thrash you! Rumbaba : ... ... ... ... and I'll put that mental image away for later study. GM : She IS Venture Captain of the Silver Crusade! Rumbaba : And I'm sure if she ever wanted an alternative career, she'd be very popular. Target of our investigation one Aunty Boltwin, who runs an orphanage. Evidence comes to light that she is also a serious alcoholic. PC : What gives you that impression? PC 2 : Her last three livers were buried with full honours? Rumbaba : Where would she be getting replacement livers from, anyway? PC 3 : She's harvesting organs from the children! GM : Aunty Boltwin's Home of Recovery. Rumbaba : Not 'Home of Recovering Alcoholics' I notice. Aunty Boltwin : How dare you cast nasturtiums on my character! GM : Ikazuchi strips off to swim - you learn that most of that bulk wasn't padding - it's all muscle. Rumbaba : Remarkably tiny head though. Returning a crate of books at 2 in the morning Rumbaba : *knock knock* Pathfinder Travelling Library! Attempting an ambush Rumbaba : Did you remember to give the redhead an Initiative bonus? Because red ones go faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Rogue Trader - Relics & Revelations - Perusing the Warhammer 40K RPG Black Crusade, and the rules on Minions. Jak's player : I want a minions with Quadrapedal, Winged, and Unnatural Agility! Me : ....why?...oh god.... you want Rainbow Dash as a minion, don't you. *headdesk* Jak's player : Needless to say, I will not be running such a campaign - given what they do to normal campaigns, the thought of what they would do when they're actually on the side of Chaos terrified me. Jak's player : *to a prospective GM* I'm not sure I can recommend sitting in on one of our games ... If you ever want to see a campaign go... Me : Tits up? Spectacularly pear-shaped? Some sort of Chaos pear, with tentacles? Because of the trouble the X-1 unit caused, it's suggested Marzu do some additional neurosurgery on the Lord-Captain, so that whenever he thinks of the device, he says 'my penis' instead. Lord-Captain van Baroque : Does anybody know where my penis is? The Tech-priest had it last and he's lost it, damnitall. Navigator Benetek : I know how you feel - I haven't seen mine in years. Navigator Benetek : I know that as a Navigator I won't be the centre of attention of every encounter. I'll just evolve into being the centre of my own planetary system XD Navigator Benetek OOC : Another thing: Looking at the map of the Koronus Expanse I noticed Damaris (which the oracle mentions in her prophecy) is a planet more toward the Maw. Would it be fair to assume Netzach knows this too? If so I want to sent them a warning via our Astropath next session, considering her mentions of war in our future and seas of blood et al. Whatever the outcome I assume that even if I'm allowed to send a warning they'll just ignore it, it being a message through a minor Astropath from an unknown Navigator babbling about some chicks prophecy coming from a war-world... but at least I tried then, and afterward can tell them "I told you so" if the shit happens to hit the fan GM : Depends how you phrase it - "reliable precog foretells oceans of blood on Damaris - have you had similar predictions there?" for example Navigator Benetek : I sure wasn't gonna broadcast "ancient tart we found in the middle of the desert babbles about war, take care." The Explorers supposedly in charge of the starship Rose Tattoo have narrowly avoided disaster, but only because the ship's armoury exploded after their battle with four Ork raiders, and not during. Of course, the 2000-odd crew working and living in the sections around the armoury were not so lucky, but either way the Life-Captain and his subordinates would very much like to get their hands on the saboteur. Tech-Priest Marzu, indeed, suggests an interesting experiment should they capture him alive - drag him behind the ship on a long chain when they re-enter the Warp. The ship's various psykers go slightly pale at the suggestion - true, most likely he would be promptly devoured by the eternally ravenous denizens of that realm, but the other possibility is that he comes back demonically possessed. Jak : If he's still on board, he may have changed his disguise. Hell, I can change my face pretty easily. Tech-Priest Marzu : I can change faces pretty easily too *smacks powerfist against palm* Navigator Benetek uses his abilities to survey nearby space, in case that last Ork ship has changed his mind and came back - instead, he feels the launch of one of the Rose Tattoo's salvation pods, making a bee-line for the storm-wracked surface of Zayth below. It's probably a decoy, but Jak and Xanthis fly down in pursuit to be sure. Either way, Marzu thinks that now would be a good time to conduct the ritual marking his own ascension to Magos, since it includes a certain amount of mechanical upgrades that may prove useful, even if his underlings deplore the speed he demands. Malakai OOC : Will you please stop referring to your psychic abilities as 'spells'? Magic only comes from one source in the 40K universe. GM : Magical ponies? Finding a safe place to land proves next to impossible, and Jak elects to simply drop the passenger compartment while he tries to hover the Aquila lander over a slightly less precipitous patch of mountainside. Jak : Dumping cargo.... now. GM : The tech-priests are going to love you. The pursuit is complicated by the demands of the nearest Zaythi landship, the 'Unbreakable' that they depart post-haste, but Marzu claims they are pursuit of Orks to exterminate, and to that noble end the Unbreakable even agrees to shell the mountainside flat, after Jak and Xanthis find no sign of the saboteur at the pod but don't want to take any chances. But, as they had feared, the assassin was still on board the Rose Tattoo - he had simply exited the ship and strolled around the hull to the life support compartments, slaughtering everybody he met on the way. He was no doubt hoping to lure the ship's officers and armament into a trap, but he hadn't reckoned on Marzu's willingness to use ancient wonders of technology at effectively point-blank range - teleporting the assassin and a fair chunk of the surrounding life-support machinery into the Teleportarium, and into a ring of armsmen, Astropath Adrik Starsson, and Marzu himself, resplendent in his new robes of office - i.e. power armour and chaingun. The assassin actually manages to dodge the hail of lasgun fire and armour-piercing bullets, and responds with something the size of a marble that shatters Marzu's armour and even manages to seriously damage his 'true flesh' and merely organic components beneath. Up on the bridge, Malakai Tubreau elects not to send any more troops down there ( assuming, rightly, that anything that can actually hurt the Tech-priest would make short work of anybody still merely human ) and instead attempts a trick he saw Marzu do once - re-routing huge amounts of power to the Teleportarium, in the hope of frying the assassin as the machinery overloads. GM : You realise the tech-priests will want your skin as an oil-rag, don't you? You are endangering the sacred mysteries of technology - after all, humans are easily replaced, but ancient machinery is impossible to recreate. It works though - the Tesla coils and giant van de Graff generators arc spectacularly, immolating and in some cases exploding the unfortunate armsmen, and not doing Adrik or Marzu much good either, but slowing down the assassin enough for Adrik to telepathically blind him - which is when Jak arrives to finish the job with a few clips of autopistol rounds. Jak : You okay? Magos Marzu : Give me a minute *looks down at chest, where his grey nanite-infused blood-substitute is knitting his True Flesh back together* OK, good to go. The assassin manages to survive this, but at least he's unconscious. Marzu and Adrik can take their time dismantling his body and mind. Among their discoveries are a number of contacts he had, all over the Koronus Expanse, and the fact it was him that stole the X-1 unit from Marzu's lab before Inquisitor Lammergeier's acolytes had a chance to find it. Marzu quietly replaces it in his personal vault, without informing the Lord-Captain. After all, he has enough issues to worry about. For one thing he had to endure the Rose Tattoo's Chief Archivist reporting on all the damage and current population, in excruciating detail, counting every pipe-marshal, indentured rating, lux-man and wax-collector. Chief Archivist :... I'm pleased to report that the ship's complement of scribes, led-mechanics, and archivists survived the attack completely unscathed... Magos Marzu : Imagine our joy. Chief Archivist : ...3 sanctioned psykers of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica...etc etc. Etc. Oh, and one Lord-Captain. *tick* Magos Marzu : Will somebody shoot this man? Please? Jak : Wouldn't it have been easier to just tell us who died? Chief Archivist : Certainly! *starts again from the top* Death by immolation of Guildmaster Grover of the Portside Locomotive Clan ...etc etc etc... and the accidental death of one Bow-legged Betti, listed as 'Crew Entertainment Specialist' *eyes list suspiciously* Plus they want to ensure that the situation with the assassin never arises again - every deck sergeant, section-master and clan head will be expected to send in weekly reports, and immediately report any odd goings-on such as surprise inspections. GM : They'll need some things before they can do that - such as the ability to read and write. Illiteracy is the norm in the Imperium. Jak: What? But every Imperial Gaurdsman has a copy of the Gaurdsman's Uplifting Primer! Malakai : Yup. And most of them have to ask their Commissar to read it to them. Lord-Captain van Baroque : I want you to start literacy classes among the crew. Chief Archivist : All of them?? Which has risen in number by two, I have just been informed. Lord-Captain van Baroque : Risen? How? Chief Archivist : Twins, Lord-Captain. Mother and children doing well. Lord-Captain van Baroque : Ah. Give my congratulations to the parents, and increase their rum ration. Chief Archivist : Yes, Lord-Captain. The father is given as 'Probably Henri No-nose Vancattum'. But even the meeting survived without anybody having to gnaw their own leg off, they're still going to be swamped with work. For one thing, there's all that Ork pirate loot to snaffle. Indeed, the quantity is sufficient to make a measurable improvement in the van Baroque fortunes, with more than enough to wave at the Zaythi landships Unbreakable & Ironclad, in return for their assistance in rebuilding the armoury. Having three wrecked ships to de-orbit and and salvage for millions of tonnes of metal helps with negotiations, and even if a number of the Zaythi landship do object to having hulks dropped on their planet, pointedly reminding them how they got hulked does reduce this to mere grumbling. GM : You have very good relations with the landship Ironclad - some relations even better than others *glances at Jak, who had been bedding one of the Ironclad's Navigator-Captains.* GM : You're very good at those charm rolls. Jak : I should be, I'm a popular person. GM : But not as popular as the late Bow-legged Betti. Benetek has an announcement too, that he makes over a small soiree he's arranged in the observation dome. Navigator Benetek : Just a small meal, mind you - four courses. Barely a brunch. He's figured out what the Navigator's Cant in that prophecy meant - Mykybe's Veil is the Zaythi name for a Warp Storm that dominates the local starscape, and whilst not a particularly violent area of Warp-Real Space interaction, the destination given in the prophecy appears to be right on the very edge, if not inside. Not very encouraging, given that Rogue Trader Ingeneri went there after more items like the X-1, and he never came back. At least negotiations with the various landships are going well - most of them were impressed by the Rose Tattoo's brutal dispatch of the 'green-skinned demons' but at least one landship remains intransigent. Despite assurances that the Rose Tattoo is merely at Zayth to trade, this landship sneers "Like the thief Ingeneri?" The mention of this name, connected as it is to the X-1 unit, naturally gets their attention, and after protracted negotiations and the express delivery of a million-tonne pile of salvage, the Rose Tattoo's officers get permission to come down for in-person discussion at the Landship Indefatigable, focus of all that religious and military attention centuries ago, and in sad decline ever since their living god was murdered. The Indefatigable is in sad shape for a Zaythi city-machine - half-crippled, nearly immobile, but still richly inscribed with images of their god - a Space Marine in Crusade Era power armour. Some suspicions about the nature of this once-Living God of War are aroused. To say that Marzu makes an impression is an understatement - the officers and priests react with a mixture of shock and awe and frothing rage at the 'insult to their religion' that is his wearing of power armour. The high priest is particularly put out, and Marzu is forced to put down a small mutiny by the more devout followers (all with X-1 branded on their foreheads, incidentally). Apparently Ingeneri, 50 years or so ago, had wormed his way into their confidence and made off with one of the sacred relics of their religion - the X-1 Unit, which their 'god' claimed could only be returned to his people in the sky once the Zaythi landships were reunited - one way or the other. The theft was last straw for the Indefatigable, with regular mutinies, and raids and attacks by other landships happy to finish the job, ever since. Marzu follows this up by demanding the 17-year-old Navigator-Captain gather his crew together, makes a small speech about how he too, has come from the stars and will like nothing better than to see the Zaythi (and, of course, their technology) reunited as a pious people... and has the X-1 Unit teleported down into his hands. To say that pandemonium reigns is an understatement. Mass religious hysteria becomes the order of the day, and with the teen-aged Navigator-Captain alive with slightly premature visions of their renewed conquest of every other fortress-machine on the planet, the party are lead to the most Holy of Holies, where the remains of their god are interred in a gilded sepulcher - currently also occupied by the aforementioned high priest, who has barricaded himself in snarling that it's all some kind of trick. Needless to say Jak & Marzu make short work of these feeble defences, and the High Priest is removed to have a nice quiet lie down somewhere, while Marzu & the others inspect the inner sanctum - the massive skeleton of a Space Marine, and parts of his armour, bones, armour and walls all decorated with intricately gilded shell-casings, bones, jewels, fragments of radioactive glass, and everything else the faithful could offer. He also appears to be of the Iron Hands chapter - interesting, because those marines have very close ties to the Adeptus Mechanicus. No-one in the group can guess how one ended up here, though ( and Jak is understandably reluctant to mention his adventures under another name, somewhere far across the Galaxy) The power armour's machine spirits are, sadly, quite insane after centuries without maintenance, and it doesn't help that the helmet and arm are missing - seized long ago during raids by other landships. Marzu sets out to recover the missing relics, and as usual, almost single-handedly reduces the first target landship's crew to gibbering wrecks - after all, none of their light weapons can hurt him, and after he assures them that he'll go away if they just hand over the relics, they do so eagerly. The other landship proves more intractable - understandably alarmed by the threatened resurgence of the Indefatigable, their first move is to open fire as the Rose Tattoo clears the horizon - and since Zaythi landships are effectively cruisers, if planet-bound, this should be a tough fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Attempting an ambush Rumbaba : Did you remember to give the redhead an Initiative bonus? Because red ones go faster. I thought he was a goblin, not an orc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... I thought he was a goblin' date=' not an orc?[/quote'] *grins* but the saying didn't start with the Orks - it was a reference to an old joke even back then See TVTropes http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LawOfChromaticSuperiority if you have a few hours free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... It was supposed to be a Cthulhu game, but none of us were feeling particularly clear-headed thanks to the heat, and I'd forgotten how badly Aldous had been injured in the last session two months ago, which severely crimped my plans for the follow-up adventure. But first, my players discussed plans for the Rogue Trader game. One suggestion was lifting an entire Zaythi landship off the surface of Zayth, and transporting it and its crew to C-6751246 Ji Xiu A, to support their war effort. Magos Marzu OoC : Can you see it? We drop it off on the other side of the planet, and drive around to the Logician fortress. But we'd have to stop at McDonald's drive-thru on the way Lord-Captain van Baroque OoC : Welcome to McDonalds, how may I serve you in the name of the God-Emperor? Jak Frost OoC : A small window opens high up on the machine, and a voice yells "Can we get 3000 cheeseburger meals? And a diet coke?" Employee : But we don't do onion rings here! Magos Marzu OoC : I've got a siege cannon that says you do Employee : We've got the new Wrath of the God-Emperor Happy Meals Magos Marzu OoC : Do we get a discount because we parked our warmachine on your competitors? Lord-Captain van Baroque : We should have some sort of education program for the children on the ship. GM : You really think that that RoseTattoo PBS would go down well? And that all those Muppet Mutants and Xenos wouldn't have you burnt by the Inquisition? The aftermath of the shoggoth attack on the Harvard English Department Halloween party McGinty : Every time we get together something horrible turns up. You know what? Christmas is cancelled - I can't even have people come around for sandwiches anymore They still have to deal with the cover-up of events - happily, the local press are putting out enough contradictory reports and theories that the party line that it was all some kind of gas leak seems almost reasonable. Prof. Einstein's attempted explanation of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle as applied to dead Majors helps. And Aldous is going to be bed-ridden for weeks, in a body cast. McGinty : Hey, Al? *poke* Al! *poke* Al! *pokepokepokepoke* Aldous Quinn : *glares at McGinty through the bandages* Yes, Mr McGinty? McGinty : Does your nose itch? Aldous Quinn OOC : ...... you bastard. Agent Johnson : What happened to you anyway? Aldous Quinn : Broken wrists... hip... tibia.. skull Agent Johnson : Ow! Aldous Quinn : Admittedly, most of these were self-inflicted. GM : And what did we learn from this, boys and girls? Aldous : Don't punch forcefields. McGinty : And Shoggoths can spoil your whole day - just look at the mess they make of the carpet. The head down to New York to rant to their Office of Naval intelligence handler, about the need for serious support and more agents. Aldous : I'll tell him to get in a bulk order of Advil. Agent Landing of ONI : Please tell me McGinty wasn't responsible for any of this. Prof. Einstein : McGinty isn't responsible for this. Or his own behaviour. McGinty : You heard the man. I mean, woman. I keep getting confused by the moustache. Prof. Einstein OOC : Is there anything large I can hit him with? Rondale : Yes - yourself. Agent Landing of ONI : And what about you, Johnson? What can you report about New England? Agent Johnson : Well.. I was there for three days, learned how to melt a man's brain, and nearly got killed by a big black ... blob. At least Al in a full body cast makes a good substitute Xmas tree. GM : You can wheel him out to the front window and hang tinsel and other decorations off him. Hey Al, you won't mind if they hang two big balls off your nose, would you? Aldous : Wouldn't be the first time - I've been in prison. But at least Al is up to getting himself around by Thanksgiving, and, bizarrely, there have been no episodes of eldritch horror in the intervening month. Even Carl Stanford makes no move, wherever he's got to. McGinty even feels confident enough to have everybody over at his place, for a big meal and to show off his Don Quixote outfit. Aldous : I'm not going to be the donkey, Mr. McGinty. Rondale wants to practise his arts of persuasion. Unfortunately, he attempts Everest on his first day out, and tries them on McGinty. For example, suggests McGinty, the postulate that McGinty should assassinate the Pope. Rondale has to dissuade him. Even better, that he should BE Pope. And King of England. McGinty : I'd be Pope-King McGinty the First! I'd have a fuck-off ginormous hat. Maybe a sombrero! Rondale : .... but you're Protestant... and you'd have to deal with the English. McGinty : Doesn't matter - I'd be Pope-King McGinty, I could have all them English bastards executed if I wanted. Prof. Einstein : A few minutes talking to you, McGinty, and death loses it's sting. McGinty : Growler! Testicles! Or, wait, that won't work on you... Agent Johnson : But if you're Pope you wouldn't get to drink. McGinty : **** off! Have you tried that communion wine? It's ping-pong-tiddly! GM : I'm not sure you're going about this correctly, McGinty - you should had got Rondale to gives reasons why you should be Pope-King. Then you could say "Well, you've convinced me!" and go do it. Al has secretly invited Rondale's siblings, because he has something of a crush on the sister, Scout, but when they arrive they find, among other things, Prof. Einstein carving McGinty's name onto a pocketful of bullets, at the table. GM : Not with the good silverware! McGinty : Hey, Richard, Scout, what's up with you twose? Pull up a chair. You get to carve the turkey... no, not the knife with all the runes on it, the other one. Rondale OOC : So Richard, Johnson and McGinty are here... that's three dicks at one table. McGinty :So What are you doing lately, anyway Scout : Well, I'm going to be starting a course on American Culture Prof. Einstein : Miskatonic does a short course on that GM : America has a culture? Aldous OOC : That's why it's a short course Aldous OOC : What we need is a Ghost Ship to sail up the Miskatonic - we can shoot it with the Turkey Cannon. Parson's nose first of course - that'll send them straight to the bottom. Prof. Einstein : .... Will that actually work? Aldous OOC : Well, maybe not - the damage would be poultry GM : *bounces head gently, and repeatedly, off desk* But a phonecall interrupts - apparently a gentleman in Boston is calling, desperate to talk to McGinty. It's somebody he knows from the Veteran's Dining Club, who garnered a certain amount of fame for single-handedly wiping out a German Patrol in the Great War. A foundling, too, and one very shy around people, possibly because of his horribly brutal appearance and also inhuman proportions. GM : Put it this way... he'd be a good love-match for Prof. Einstein. He desperate for some unspecified help, and couldn't think of anybody else to call. Happy for some excuse to burn off the post-turkey coma, McGinty and Co. gather their coats and head off to a South Boston rendezvous... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... No good can come of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... No good can come of this. Which part? Pope-King McGinty the First, the Turkey Cannon, or Aldous' crush? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Which part? Pope-King McGinty the First' date=' the Turkey Cannon, or Aldous' crush?[/quote'] All of it and then some, obviously. I also assume the Pope-King plan will become part of McGinty's rise to become WH40K's God-Emperor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Querysphinx Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Which part? Pope-King McGinty the First' date=' the Turkey Cannon, or Aldous' crush?[/quote'] Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... All of it and then some, obviously. I also assume the Pope-King plan will become part of McGinty's rise to become WH40K's God-Emperor. Seems plausible to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Turkey Cannon? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardanelles_Gun Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says, let's talk turkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Turkey Cannon? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardanelles_Gun Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says, let's talk turkey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_gun but a large caliber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_gun but a large caliber When we talk about "birds as weapons", we can't forget the Bat bombs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bombs or project Orcon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_guided_missile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... McGinty : Hey, Al? *poke* Al! *poke* Al! *pokepokepokepoke* Aldous Quinn : *glares at McGinty through the bandages* Yes, Mr McGinty? McGinty : Does your nose itch? Aldous Quinn OOC : ...... you bastard. This broke me right up. Can you rep McGinty's player for me, DrHoz? BTW, is "Prof Einstein" who I think he is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... When we talk about "birds as weapons", we can't forget the Bat bombs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bombs or project Orcon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_guided_missile Never mind that. How about a bomb whose electronics are kept warm in cold climates by sealing a live chicken (with food and water) in the case? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_powered_nuclear_bomb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... This broke me right up. Can you rep McGinty's player for me, DrHoz? BTW, is "Prof Einstein" who I think he is? nope, this is Deborah Einstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... "You're the whitest guy I know, and you're not even white" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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