Shadow Hawk

Re: Answers & Questions Q: What's the first rule in the evil necromancer's army? A: The crystal cathedral.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Theren the Archer, Elven Ranger Goguin the Faithful, Dwarven Cleric Samm the Compensating, Human Fighter Darrek the Redundant, Dwarf Fighter Lucius the Pyro/Cyromaniac, Tiefling Elementalist Damacus the flighty, Tiefling Warlord We continue to explore the underdark in search of a Drow Priestess. Theren: Giant metal snake! Samm and Darrak: Roto-Rooter! We find the priestess, and she isn't friendly. Samm and Damacus are slain! Theren: Samm was a good man. Lucius: No, Samm was unaligned. Damacus's player, as he and Samm's player create new characters: Crunch all you want, we'll roll up more! Samm's player creates Terius, a Minotaur Fighter Damacus's player creates Varus, a Half-Elf Ardent. With two of the party dead, the survivors retreat, informing the Drow general that yes, the Drow Priestess is alive and no, she doesn't want to talk to you. On thier way to the surface, the party encounters a group of vampires trying to sacrifice a minotaur to Orcus. They move to his aid, resulting in the Minotaur breaking free and attacking the Vampire Lord... Theren: The vampire's been steaked! Goguin: A stake through the heart kills vampires. Terius: A stake through the heart kills everybody, silly. Goguin: Don't have a cow. Terius: Don't start. Lucius: Minotaur, the other steak meat. After killing or driving off the vampires, the party introduces themselves. Theren offers food... Theren: Here, have an apple. Terius: No thank you, I wouldn't be caught dead with an apple in my mouth. Goguin: What do you want to eat, then? Terius: I prefer Greek maidens. Lucius: A-maze-ing. So, the new party is... Theren the Archer, Elven Ranger Goguin the Faithful, Dwarven Cleric Darrek the Redundant, Dwarf Fighter Lucius the Pyro/Cyromaniac, Tiefling Elementalist Terius the punned upon, Minotaur Fighter (moo!) Varus the stretched, Half-Elf Ardent

Re: "Neat" Pictures Did it take them longer than 12 parsecs to make the trip?

Re: "Neat" Pictures "Unfortunately, it does it in a small circle."

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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Theren the Archer, Elven Ranger Goguin the Faithful, Dwarven Cleric Samm the Compensating, Human Fighter Darrek the Redundant, Dwarf Fighter Lucius the Pyro/Cyromaniac, Tiefling Elementalist Damacus the flighty, Tiefling Warlord Attempting to contact a Drow Priestess/Duchess, we encounter her bodyguards... Damacus: If we kill enough of them, maybe she'll be impressed and grant us an audiance. Samm: If we kill all of them but her, she'll have to give us an audiance. Lucius overdoes the fireballs... Samm: You hit me with your fireball! Lucius: But all your wounds are cauterized now. Samm: I was uninjured. Lucius: I'm pro-active. Damacus the warlord has a plan Damacus: I'm a warlord, a tactical genius. Therin: So, what's the plan. Damacus: Get 'em!

Re: What Non-Fiction Book have you just finished? Just finished "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" by James D. Hornfisch. Taffy 3, equipped with 6 converted cargo ship aircraft carriers (CVEs), escorted by 3 destroyers (DD) and 4 'escort destroyers' (DE) were preparing for thier morning ground support for the troops ashore on Leyte and anti-submarine patrol when over the horizon comes 4 battleships (including Yamato, world's largest), 6 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, and 11 destroyers. The American carriers immediatly launch whatever aircraft they have ready for combat, however they were armed (Mostly fragmentation bombs, napalm, and depth charges) while the destroyers ("Tin Cans" in navy slang) first laid smoke then closed into torpedo range. Last stand time indeed, as destroyers first launched torpedoes then turned around and *pretended* to launch more torpedoes. Aircraft dropped bombs etc. then turned around on fake bomb runs. Drama on the high seas, told almost entirely from the point of view of Americans who were there. As history, it's shaky, since it relies almost exclusively on American sources, but as action/adventure, well, they should make a movie of it. (Clint Eastwood as Admiral Clifton Sprague. "Admiral, look! They're getting away!"

Re: Order of the Stick Racist, or speciest?

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares PT-1138 JFK in a dystopiac future. Chariots of Fire and Ice Station Zebra

Re: "Neat" Pictures Tommy Smothers, is that you?

Re: "Neat" Pictures Disqualified, lane violation. (I swam competition in high school. No part of your body is allowed to go past the lane marker.)

Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster Ah, a Heretic! (Original meaning of Heretic: Thinks for himself.) (Now someone will come and prove that it doesn't mean that and never did.)

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares The King and I Spy Using royalty as a undercover agent...

Re: "Neat" Pictures Somebody's fish pond just lost a very nice carp. (My stepdad found a great blue heron "fishing" in his koi pond. He wasn't happy about it.)

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Theren the Archer, Elven Ranger Goguin the Faithful, Dwarven Cleric Samm the Compensating, Human Fighter Darrek the Redundant, Dwarf Fighter Lucius the Pyro/Cyromaniac, Tiefling Elementalist Damacus the flighty, Tiefling Warlord This is actually 2 weeks worth. So... We encounter a monster that summons demons, then throws the demons, and then the demons explode! Samm: Kamikaze Demons! Goguin: Suicide Satans! Damacus: Baelzebub Bombers! Darrek may be feeling a little railroaded? Darrek: Do you want to continue? Turn to page 43. Theren listens at the door... Theren: It sounds like Elven, but it's not. Samm: The letters are Elven, but the language is that of Mordor. Goguin: We shouldn't do anything until we know more. Damacus: Lack of information has never stopped us before. Damacus gives Theren battle direction... Damacus: Put an arrow in his knee! Lucius: Or in his heel. Lucius kills a prisoner Lucius: Killing him was evil, splattering all of you with his brains was just entertainment. Lucius gets careless with his spells... Theren: You could have killed us! Lucius: And? I don't throw cotton balls. Samm: Cotton balls, fire balls, elemental magic is all the same to me. The giant spider attacks! GM: He uses scuttling charge. Samm: He's going to sink himself? Samm is in trouble! He's taking acid damage, he's been slowed, he's next to a giant mushroom that's spewing poison spores, and surrounded by spiders... Darrak: Is this some 60's movie? Diplomacy is considered... Goguin: We don't want to attack them if they aren't enemies. Damacus: Well, if we attack them then they'll become our enemies, making the issue moot.

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares The Big Lebowski Theory Howard is mistaken for the millionaire Lebowski, and enlists his friends to help get the money for his ruined rug...

Re: "Neat" Pictures It was on the navy's 'recommended reading for leaders' list. A decade ago, anyway.

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Overheard at work... "I don't care what you read, the safe operating altitude for helicopters over National City is NOT three feet!"

Re: Electricty based characters Energy blast explosion ("Ball Lightning") Damage shield (electrified skin)

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Re: "Neat" Pictures Argument from incredulity, I think. "I can't conceive how they did it, therefor space aliens."

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. I was promoted to NCO in 1986.

Re: "Neat" Pictures Ah, yes, the Von Danikan "Thier ancestors, the dummies, needed outside help" arguement.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat

Re: "Neat" Pictures There weren't many left when the Spaniards showed up, and fewer still a decade after that.