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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... One of my personal favorites from our "Five Rings" game, which just goes to show how much of a bastard John T (hubby mine) can be as a GM... The GM (John) and I are in a separate room discussing what is happening inside my character’s head during a hideous dream sequence while the rest of the gaming group is munching on pizza in the next room. GM: “He holds out one hand to you, and darkness swirls around it. A pointed spike of pure shadow leaps from his hand and shoots straight at you, too fast for you to dodge. You don’t know what this is, but you know that this can’t be good.†*the GM then gets up to leave the room* Michelle: “Hey, wait a minute, what the hell kind of message is that? What happens next?†GM: “Well, you won’t know that ‘til your character wakes up.†Michelle: “I thought you said I can’t wake up until the rest of the party figures out how to heal me!†GM: “You’re right, you can’t.†Michelle: “So what happens now?†GM: “I’m going to get some pizza.†John thought it was an outright riot... Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... And since I'm surprised that neither RebeccaRed50, John T, nor Slim McCoy has posted this yet... this is the theme song of our 7th Sea Group, sung to the tune of "Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum." Sorry it's so long, but it's good. RebeccaRed50 is “I’m your every fantasy, cash in advance only†Gabrielle, Slim is “I’m just like the Highwayman, only I’m cooler†Connor, John T is “My name is Don Inigo Montoya de Soldano del Castillo, Lord Drachenheim†Inigo, Gekko is “50 uses for Montaigne wine†Gustaphe, Amused is “No, no, no, SHE’S the courtesan, I’M the bodyguard†Vera, and yours truly is TaraLeila. We rock. Eight PCs on a dead man’s chest, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Beat Elaine’s Knights, we’re the best, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Tempting promise, sexy guile, ever in Gabrielle’s smile, Practically invented style! Loves amour and loves to dance, she lives only for romance But without cash, you’ve got no chance! Yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Eight PCs, the pirates’ bane, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! As we fly colours of Elaine, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Once the Highwayman, you see, stealing kisses and money Elaine’s men ended his highway spree Now with Glamour in his soul, Sidhe mischief’s taking its toll Connor seeks to make his heart whole, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Eight PCs on the high seas, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Dispatching pirates with casual ease, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Diego’s left the family line, seeks his fortune ‘cross the brine He lives for Castillian wine With dark and dashing handsome looks, you’ll never find his nose in the books He’s out defeating Montaigne crooks, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Eight PCs ride ‘cross the land, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Saved Montague from Matushka’s hand, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Second fiddle Vera plays to her sister’s lusty ways As long as some horny fool pays So she watches Gabrielle’s back against a sneaky foe’s attack Now is not the time to slack! Yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Eight PCs living like lords, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Saved the O’Bannon from iron swords, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Gustaphe Le Brun’s on the run, deserting simply isn’t done Now he looks out for number one With beer mugs he’s a deadly shot, with pistols, well, he’s not so hot He gives the Knights all that he’s got, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Eight PCs off to Montaigne, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Montgomery Pearson’s quite a pain, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! A woman born of dark and light, her Clan destroyed in just one night Has never known rapture’s delight As TaraLeila now she’s known, Unseelie hunter of renown All her life she’s been alone, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Eight PCs ‘cross Théah ride, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! It’s simply not our style to hide, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Vito’s usually in the dark, his knives, they rarely miss their mark In fact this whole jaunt’s just a lark Now this Vodacce had to flee Villanova’s death decree For this, HIS death he’s sworn to see, Yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Eight PCs looking for trouble, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! We just give Vito cash to double, yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Inigo’s not known to laugh, he’s actually missing his other half Loves to watch his cousin gaffe Castillian wine’s his favorite thing, guitar he’ll play and songs he’ll sing Then be El Vago for a fling! Yo ho ho and a bottle of wine! Cheers, Michelle aka Samuraiko

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Then there's one of the better ones from my 7th Sea campaign, involving Slim and John T... The PCs are currently attending a masquerade party held by the Duke de Crieux. Unfortunately, as things happen, his daughter could pass for the identical twin of one of the PCs... and just to be cute, the PC and the daughter decide to wear identical costumes to play a joke on the other guests. Well, the daughter's lover arrives to whisk her away and save her from an arranged marriage, and nearly whisks away the wrong woman. In trying to stop the would-be abductor, one of our other PCs (Gekko, I believe he goes as on here) pulls out a pistol and fires at the man, but misses and hits the nearby keg of rare Highland whiskey, spilling whiskey all over the ballroom floor. Slim (the outraged Irishman who sees this) *shouting in dismay to the other PC with a thick Irish accent*: "You shot the keg? How could you?!" He then throws his glass of fine Castillian (read: Spanish) wine to the floor in a gesture of disgust, to which John's Castillian wine afficiando cries out (in a thick Spanish accent): "You threw the wine! How could you?!" We thought it was funny as hell, since it so summed up all three characters - Slim as a whiskey-loving Irishman, John as a wine-loving Castillian, and Gekko as his usual rotten shot. Michelle aka Samuraiko

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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Well, I don't really know if our current Champions group has a quote, but the majority of us played "Legend of the Five Rings" together and these were some of the better ones. I apologize for it being a bit long... actually a lot long, and there are actually a lot more... “Nobody slanders my yoriki. Only *I* get to do that.†(yoriki = underlings) As the GM remarks, [the big, bad ugly oni] smells like wet, diseased, burned cat. (oni = demon) “Void. It’s everywhere you want to be.†“No, oh no, no, no, no… don’t tell me I spent all of Winter Court learning Shadowlands Lore… from a god-damned akutenshi? AGGHHHH!†*staggers off to the bathroom, shuddering… then he returns, looks at GM, and shudders again before leaving again* *heard from down the hall* “AAGGGGHHH!!!†“If you’re in two pieces, you’re not really functional.†“I had an exquisitely crafted retort, full of subtlety and literary allusion, but you wouldn’t understand it, so I won’t say it.†“Yes, I AM a f***ing bastard. So?†“Help me Hida Banuken, you’re my only hope!†“I am a ronin... my word of honor means nothing to no one. But you may have it anyway.†(GM throws an Oni at the two Dragon and one of the Isawa shugenja... the name escapes me, but you hit it, it splits in two, you hit them, they split in two, and so forth. Took an hour of game time to kill the damn thing.) “So what was that thing’s name?†“Oni no Whack-a-mole.†*group falls about laughing* “That’s what Etiquette is for, which is short for, ‘I’m samurai, now get the hell out of my way.’†“You just killed two of our best leads.†“Ummmmm...†(What else would you expect from a guy nicknamed “Cartoon Man/Sound Effects Man?â€) *on taking damage in the middle of a battle* [in best Bugs Bunny voice]: “Ooohh, Agony... Aa--Go--Neeeee!!†“I fought the Maw and the Maw won!†“As long as I get to kill Lions, I don’t care where we go.†“These are not the Oni you’re looking for.†“Oni no Fandango! Look out! Raah!†“It’s Oni no Fear!†*singing* “It’s the many eyed, no horned, crawling purple people eater...†“You’ve never heard a garbage disposal scream before.†“Isawa Twin Powers, activate! Form of Fireball! Shape of Jade Strike!†*a la Yosemite Sam with the camel* “YAH, ONI, YAH!†“Hey, it’s Kuroshin’s Oni Obedience School!†Cheers, Michelle aka Samuraiko

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Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Started re-reading, in no particular order and often simultaneously, most of the DOCTOR WHO New Adventures novels... including... Set Piece, by Kate Orman Timewyrm: Revelation, by Paul Cornell Blood Harvest, by Terrance Dicks The Also People, by Ben Aaronovitch Timewyrm: Exodus, by Terrance Dicks Return of the Living Dad, by Kate Orman Then there's also Laura Joh Rowland's The Concubine's Tattoo, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Dragonlance: Legends, among others. Cheers, Michelle aka Samuraiko