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Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Don't expect too much from the TV show. It's marginally entertaining, but it doesn't capture the magic (excuse the pun) of the books. The characters don't match the ones in my head. I thought it just might be me, but every Butcher fan I talked to has said the same thing. As for the books, I'm planning on investing in cryogenics so I don't have to wait between releases.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From our last Valdorian Age game: The PC's come upon a bridge attended by bandits who offer to escort them across for a nominal fee. Brego the Barbarian's player OOC: This is a cheesy line, but I've always wanted to say it. Brego: Certainly. Do you accept... pain!?! *promptly tackles lead bandit* *********************** Less of a quote than a mishap of the night: The PC's hear an elderly woman runs a bed & breakfast just outside town. Marcus knocks on the door and waits patiently. As the door opens, Brego, thoroughly in his cups, rolls all 3 points of his Unluck, announces "I don't think she heard you", and using his full STR (Brego has Psych Lim: Doesn't know his own strength), "knocks" on the poor woman who just answered the door. She crumbles, spilling flaming lamp oil all over the floor. Brego then attempted to urinate the flames out as the other PCs scrambled for blankets.

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... We're starting a Valdorian Age game, so one of my players has been re-reading Howard's Conan stories, and I've been brushing up on Leiber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From our first Valdorian Age game: Brego (barbarian): I say we just break open the door and slaughter all of these guys. Marcus (swordsman): That's not a good idea. Do you see all those stick-like thingies with the string thingies between them? Brego: *pause* I know what a bow is!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From Friday’s Jedi Academy campaign: Jedi Knight Verra Fortuna (no relation, it’s like “Smith” with Twi’leks) just delivered two disabling wounds to a Dark Jedi’s arms. Verra: Throw down your arms and come with us! I gave Verra's player +2d6 to her Presence Attack for that one.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... A player reminded me of one from an Alternity Hero game last year. The team has just "retrieved" a Thuldan double agent known to be a mindwalker. Dimitri: I think we can trust him. Elliot: Tell me that again when he melts our brains.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... I see no shame in borrowing from Dresden. But I may only be saying that because I've done it. I swear the Temple Dog was only around for one adventure

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From a more-fun-than-expected post apocalyptic Devil May Cry style campaign: “What’s the difference between a Quasit and an Imp?” Kallthor the Demonologist (upon miserably failing his second KS: Demons roll of the night): Uh, um, Quasits… are crunchier… and Imps like to hide their valuables in unsuspecting travelers’ rectums. Diego: *sigh* Everyone go check your rectums while Kallthor cracks open a grimoire. Nash: This guy’s not fooling anyone. We all know his real name's John.

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Currently re-reading my favorite Sci-fi; Hyperion.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... "Hey, lemmie show you that neck-breakin' thing I do." .

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous) +5 OCV; Only to punch your balls off (-1)

Re: I can't wrap my head around a.... I could only make it 1/2 way through the first book. All I could think was "Drizzt in Space". I need more realism. And I hate it when every character is the best in the world at what they do. That was one of only two books in my life that were too bad to finish.

Re: [GM Help Needed] Superhero Mystries No. See my clarification in post #12

Re: I can't wrap my head around a.... I never could get the hang of Thursdays. Sorry. Couldn't resist.

Re: I can't wrap my head around a.... I've never played a straight-up Martial Artist in a Supers game. It just doesn't seem fun to me. I've done plenty of characters with some MA, but they had powers too. I'm not too crazy about Flagsuits either, however as a GM I had a really compelling NPC who was a paraplegic, disillusioned "fallen flagsuit" from the Golden Age.

Re: [GM Help Needed] Superhero Mystries

Re: [GM Help Needed] Superhero Mystries It's tricky, but mysteries are a staple of my games. Staying flexible is the most important thing for me. Have contingencies prepared; other directions you can go in case they start figuring things out too early. You can also throw some red herrings to take up time, and get them looking in the wrong place.

Re: Atlantis, the Antediluvian World Here's a link to the Piri Reis map while you're at it.

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous) Dozens Hero: "Yo mamma's so fat it's a 10-point Physical Limitation."

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Actually, I'm familiar with the area. My best friend lives there, and I spent *cough cough* years at WCU.

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... [threadjack] I see you live in Arden. I'll be moving to Asheville in a few weeks. Howdy Neighbor. [/threadjack]

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Good choice. American Gods is IMHO Gaiman's best work to date. I also recommend Neverwhere, and if you can find the movie Mirrormask, it's worth a look.

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I’ve recently discovered Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files. I’m on Book IV, Summer Knight now. Great urban fantasy. It’s heavily influenced my Vibora Bay campaign. Also in the urban fantasy department, I highly recommend Stephen Zielinski’s Bad Magic. I haven’t laughed out loud so much since Good Omens.

Re: Irksome players I had to ban live steel at the gaming table for fear of players getting "prop happy".

Re: Irksome players - The Time-Traveler: “Can we say that I got my focus out of the building before it blew up?” - People who habitually withdraw from the game (whip out a magazine, put their head down on the table) while their character isn’t in focus. I understand that your character’s down time is the best opportunity to grab a cigarette, go to the bathroom, etc, but it when it’s always the same player; it becomes a sign of disrespect (“I don’t care enough about the GM’s story to pay attention"). Plus I feel like I’m doing a better job if the people are content to watch other players do their thing for a little while. - Similar to the ‘refusal to respect authoritah’ is the players who try to cow every NPC they meet with their awesome-ness. It takes a lot of time to roll a PRE attack on all your NPCs. However, the reverse is worse; the GM who makes all of his NPCs utterly resistant to intimidation. - Players who make combat-oriented killing machines, then complain about being left out of the non-combat side of things... ... ...like having skills. - Players who take a Hunted, then fully expect to kill them in the first game. I had a Champions player who wanted to be hunted by Warlord, then complained that Warlord was sending lackeys rather than show up himself, "so I can kill him." And that was OOC.