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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... The Honorverse quote is based on the fact that the technology in the Hoinorverse is -very- "hard sci fi", with the exception of the existence of FTL travel. A lot of the tactical and strategic decisions are made based on who can maneuver to where when, and the ships both utilize and are restricted by the bounds of gravity A LOT. Gravity factors into almost everything they do. And the uniforms of the Manticorans include the Captain having a white beret, rather than black like everyone else's.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Is the dead girl upstairs the one who asked for help? Cause if so Id be kind of PO'ed as a player...

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Some quotes from the Embria Pathfinder game Rhiannon: Half Elf Fighter-Rogue (looks like Hayden Panetierre) Chyra: Undead-Aspected Sorcoress (looks like Skye Sweetnam) Metreon the Black: Wizard (looks like young Ian McKellen) Varga Dragonwrestler: Magenta-haired Barbarian (looks like Phoenix from American Gladiators) Tash: Half Orc Ranger (looks like Rosario Dawson) Leigh Reighborn: Priest of the Sun God (looks like Christian Bale) --------- Rhiannon: DONT LICK MY CAPE! ---------- Metreon (OOC): Are you going to ride ahead to meet Varga, or wait for her to come back? Rhiannon (OOC): Im going to wait for her. SHES the one with the Survival skill! ----------- GM: Meanwhile, back in the Temple, Father Whitemane is all *grumpily, while miming using a push-broom* KIDS these days!...Its all about sex, sex, SEX! No one respects the old traditions....And I just KNOW theyre all on DOPE!... ------------ ------------ Followed by some quotes from the Runepeaks campaign: Anuskha: Gothy Fighter-rogue with a bladed chain (looks like Milla Jovovitch from 5th Element in black leather) Xasha: Gothy Priestess of the Raven Queen (looks like Jennifer Connelly from Rocketeer) Azyrabetta: Deer-centaur Ranger (looks like Mina Suvari with antlers) Davor: Half Orc Wizard (looks like green Michael Chiklis) Razael: 8' Giant Paladin (looks like tall Justin Hartley from Smallville) --------------- GM: Looking along the peg-board, you notice that Pok's "go-bag" is missing. Xasha (OOC): *Gasp!* Pernicious plunderers pilfered Pok's pack! --------------- Azryabetta (OOC): Can I find a guard? I mean, if I scroll my cursor over them, do I see a scroll? Xasha (OOC): ...Too much World of Warcraft for you! --------------- GM: If my body is a temple, then clearly the priests have all been killed by Vikings! -------------- GM: Its like the Cliff's Notes for Honor Harrington Xasha (OOC): "Its Gravity, b*tches!" Azyrabetta (OOC): "With a jaunty hat!" * *(This is hysterical if you have read Honor Harrington) ------------ Azyrabetta (OOC): I havent rolled a die all night....wait...no....I did. Just once. And it was a natural 20, so Im going to shut up now... ------------- GM: If the green slime was a hamburger, you definately wouldnt want to eat it. All: ---------------- The GM describes a VERY oggie special effect, involving leather-stretched skeletons, stitched eyes, and lots of internal ourgans on the external surfaces of the room Azyrabetta (OOC): That....was disturbing... GM: Good! Azyrabetta (OOC): *grabs up the spray bottle we use for the battle mat and starts spritzing the GM like a naughty housecat* NO! BAD! BAD GM! BAD! GM: ------------ Xasha (OOC): You dont want to miss a Fortitude save this early in the day, do you? ------------ [Davor is a major NPC, controlled by the GM] GM: Ok, Davor moves to here...which provokes an attack of opportunity. *Rolls dice* Which misses.....no, wait...Davor doesnt have any of his defensive spells up! Davor...dude!....Of course, Davor's looking up at me saying "IM not the one playing me, ***hole!"

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Ive known him since the early to mid 1980's. Hes one of my circle of really good friends. And hes a -funny- guy!

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. My friend Owen K. C. Stephens: If my body is a temple, then obviously all the priests have been killed by Vikings! --------- A couple of friends and I had gone out to eat. One of my friends contemplates several dishes, before finally ordering a breakfast plate. As we were finishing.... Waitress: *clears the table* Plates: * slip out of her grasp* The Knife: *shoots out and bops my friend point-first, right in the belly-button* My friend Ian: *picks up the escaped table knife and runs his thumb over the blunt curve of the tip* ....Guess its a good thing I didnt order the steak!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Some more Embria quotes ---------------- GM: "Dimension Door" is a 4th level spell. You cant cast that yet, Metreon. Rhiannon (OOC): How about "Dimension Cat-flap"? ----------- Chyra (OOC): Ill buy several empty sacks, too. Rhiannon: What'cha want sacks for? Chyra: 'Put stuff in. Rhiannon: ------------- Rhiannon: ...I could sneak into her garden and pee on her azaeleas... ----------- Chyra (OOC): Waitaminute...a potion weights a POUND and we're supposed to down it as a Standard Action? Let me guess; Gygax wrote this when he was in college, right? ----------- Messenger: There is a Harn Mithrilheart and his men here to see you, in the Town Hall. Rhiannon: *puts down her blacksmithing tools and wipes the sweat from her forehead* Are they in a hurry to see me now-now-now? Messenger: Well, they are Dwarves... Rhiannon: *brushes her blonde hair back to reveal her delicately pointed ears* Im half Elf. What does that mean? Messenger: ...Dwarves are renowned for their great patience? Rhiannon: Oh, ok. Then Im gonna go clean up! --------------- Varga: ...So we were deep in the depths of the Glitterhame, battling the Black Dragon in pitch darkness... Dwarf: What is "pitch darkness"? Rhiannon: Its like it was seventy feet away!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Some quotes from a New World of Darkness game set in the 1980's --------- Avery: *Looking at one of Savannah's "Tiger Beats" *Looks like Corey and Corey are up to their usual antics. Savannah: Corey's pretty cute, but I worry about Corey. ----------- GM: The guy youre supposed to meet arrives. Hes...odd. Portia (OOC): How odd? GM: He shares bilateral symmetry with normal people, and thats it! ----------------- Avery (OOC): I guess I can go hang out with the spooky Priest, so I can learn Latin. Savannah (OOC): Dude! Take a Berlitz course! GM: *as Avery* "But Berlitz costs money! This may cost me soul...but I have a soul just lying around, and I dont have any money..." ------------- GM: He's about thirteen, and therefore terrified of having a personality, lest it be wrong.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Nightwing was taunting Two-Face about his, well, face. Or was it the phrase "flips smooth out"? Its basically an exagerration of "flipping out". Like "he flipped totally out" or "he flipped right out". Sorry if its not in common usage. My friends have been saying it for years; I thought it was more widely known (Oops).

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Some quotes from tonights Gotham City Knights campaign. The characters: Catwoman (Selina Kyle) (Looks like Morena Baccarin) Nightwing (Richard Grayson) (Looks like a young Tom Cruise [pre-crazy]) Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) (Looks like Danielle Panabaker in Sky High) Robin (Tim Drake) (Looks like teenaged Frankie Muniz) Titania (Annie - formerly a construct of Clayface now an independant personoid) (Looks like teenaged Natalie Portman) ------------------ Nightwing (OOC): Awesome! Soon theyll have those "virtual gaming tables", where you can game with people from all over the world! Catwoman (OOC): ...Who suck. ---------------- Nightwing (OOC): Oh, yes. We are SO mean to the cat. We feed him. We pet him. We clean his box... Batgirl (OOC):Thats self defense! -------------- GM: The Bat-jet packs have bat-shaped wings, control handles, a rocket propulsion unit, and a chest-plate with the Bat-logo. You see them in the later Batman TAS episodes. Catwoman (OOC): I "X" out the Bat-logo with my lipstick before I put mine on -------------- The characters intercept Two-Face as he is trying to put a binary compound in the water Nightwing: Hello, Harvey! Say, youve got a lil' something on your face! Two-Face: AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH! *Flips smooth out* --------------- ("Rhino" is a particularly large, strong mob enforcer) Catwoman: *Wraps up Rhino's heavy pistol with her whip, then disarms him, sending it splashing into the water treatment plant's open canal* Rhino: HEY! Those things gost money! Catwoman: Well, you know what they say; crime doesnt pa-....oh who am I kidding! --------------------- Nightwing (OOC): I throw Two-Face, and then I kick him while he's down. GM: Bruce would be so proud. Batgirl (OOC): Clark...would not. --------------- Catwoman is surrounded by thugs Catwoman: You know, I am into the "group" thing, so let me help you get off *flips a mook over the rail for a 20 foot fall* ------------- Mooks co-ordinate their attacks against Catwoman... and fail. Catwoman: Performance problems? ------------ Catwoman: We're in a water treatment plant! It cant burn down! ----------- Nightwing (OOC): I give a parting shot to Mr. Face. Only his close friends call him "Two". -------- Nightwing (OOC): I tackle Titania out of the fire flare-up that stunned her. You know, this is my first time being this close to her? GM: She smells nice. Batgirl (OOC): Like warm toast! --------------- Catwoman: What now? Nightwing: Get the people out of here! Ill try to find the sprinkler control main! Catwoman: *Picks up an unconscious security officer from the ground and starts to haul him outside* Okay...this feels like "work" ------------ Barbara scuffs into her morning class afer being up till 4 am chasing Two-Face...who managed to get away. Again. Gina (her friend): Are you ok? You look...sorry to say this...terrible! Barbara: I was up all night Gina: Anything good happen? Barbara: No...the two-faced jerk gave me the run-around

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. And I just found out that the pencil shavings and graphite dust from the Russians using pencils were what cause one of the major MIR fires. America! F**k yeah!

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. My friends and I are driving down the main street of our town (which is a college town) at about 1 am. At a stoplight, we are next to a couple of frat guys. There is no cross traffic, and no visible pedestrians. One of the frat guys yells something out the window... Me: Did that guy just yell "D*CK!" out his window? Who was he talking to? [Note: That word is not the name of a water fowl] Prodigy Duck: Theres no one there! Me: Do you think he saw his own reflection? Innermoppet: Great. Now we're going to get six more weeks of douchebaggery from him! --------------------- Me: I just read that NASA spent 12 years and a ton of money developing the "space pen". You know, the one that can write upside down, in zero G, underwater, and in extreme cold. The Russians apparently just used pencils. Innermoppet: Pencils are for wimpy losers who make mistakes!

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. I havent read the story, and I havent seen the movie, but.... And if it doesnt work that way, the writers should be rochambeaux'ed

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. When I was in Sunday school, the teacher was handing out sugar cookies. I got a little over-eager, and accidentally dropped mine on the floor. But being a seven year old kid, I picked it up, dusted it off, and was -just- about to take a bite out of it, when the Sunday school teacher took it away from me. Me: Whyd you take my cookie? Teacher: It fell on the floor. it has germs on it now. Me: *exhasperated* Jesus and germs! Jesus and germs! Its all anyone ever talks about and you cant see either one! Teacher: *turns red in the face and abruptly leaves the room* I was convinced that Id made her really angry and was going to be in BIG trouble when she came back. I even hid under a table But when she came back, she coaxed me out and gave me a new cookie! I found out from my mom, years later, that she had left the room so quickly and gone red in the face because she didnt want to bust out laughing in front of the class! (Apparently they still talk about it at St. Pauls cathedral in Oklahoma City)

Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster It also looks like Cthulu xeroxed his backside and sent it out over the intarwebz

Re: Superman + Plastic Man? Sorry, GA, but Im currently running a M&M game. My write-ups wont help you :/

Re: Happy Halloween! What Would Your Character Wear? I think I may have to run a Halloween adventure in Gotham, with the Wayne clan invited a charity event, just to see who the PCs show up as.

Re: The Incredible Shrinking Species Well, now I know what happened in the past of the Taarna sequence of Heavy Metal. (Take a look: they have rats the size of horses and at one point she flies her "bird" through a skeleton of a dog the size of a cathedral. It even has a collar and tag!) Sadly, Im not playing any superheroes right now However, the principle go-to NPC in the supers game that Im running is Batman. Im pretty confident that he would find a way to stop this. Either with the Gotham City group, where the PCs are Nightwing, Batgirl, and Catwoman, or with the Justice League, where the PCs are the Flash, Power Girl, and Wonder Woman. In fact...now that I think about it, I just might use this plot idea myself

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Im the one who writes down the good quotes for our groups, too. I keep about 5 index cards handy during the game, and scribble the good quotes down as they occur. All thanks to this thread! Now.....why do say that sheep stay up late thinking of ways to die?!?

Re: Bench transformers Thats....oddly cute for an Autobot. And now, some more Embria quotes. To recap: Rhiannon: Half Elf Fighter 5/Rogue 1 "Commando" (Hayden Panetierre) Varga: Barbarian 6 (Phoenix from American Gladiators) Chyra: Undead-aspected Sorcerer 5 (Skye Sweetnam) Metreon: Wizard 6 (young Ian McKellan) Leigh Reighborn: Priest 6 of Pelor (Christian Bale) Tash: Half Orc Ranger 6 (Rosario Dawson) ------------------------------ Rhiannon (OOC): My mommy's Lawful Good. Her house looks like a gingerbread house. Only Lawful Good people live in houses like that. Chyra (OOC): Or witches. Rhiannon (OOC): Of course YOU'D say that ------------------------ Metreon (OOC): You can tell that Gandalf has "Sense Motive" from the way he moves his eyebrows ---------------- Varga: My little sister wants to join us. Chyra: Theres a test. Everyone: *Looks at Chyra in puzzlement* Chyra: *Casts SLEEP* Varga's sister: *Does not have more than 4 hit dice* zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Chyra: Rhiannon (OOC): You must be "this many" hit dice to go on this ride ------------- GM: Out on the muddy field are about two dozen militia men, running at each other and hitting themselves with wooden swords. Rhiannon (OOC): Hitting themselves? Well, theres your problem, right there. ------------ The Rain: *Pours down* Metrion: *grumbling* Lovely weather we're having. Varga: You're a Wizard. Fix it! ---------- Rhiannon: *Notices that Chyra is not wearing a cloak in the heavy rain, and looks like a drowned rat.* Rhiannon: Arent you cold?! Chyra: No. *Puts her hand on the bare skin of the small of Rhiannon's back up under her cuirass* Rhiannon: *Squeaks!* YES YOU ARE TOO! Chyra: ------------------ GM: Whats your initiative roll? Metreon (OOC): ....My initiative cannot be expressed in mere numbers. --------------- The group learns that the Evil High Priest leading the bandits is named "Falc". Undead Dwarf: Enough! I shall run away and leave you to deal with FALC! *Runs away* Varga: *Stays right with him and smacks him upside the head* Rhiannon: Funny...I dont feel Falc'ed. Do you? -------------- Metreon (OOC): A Wand of Light?!? A wand of an at-will spell? This is a totally ridiculous magic item. I think we should give all of our cr*p items to that 1st Level Bard back in Brookhollow GM: (as Bard) "This is bull***t, man!" Metreon: "Youre a BARD! You brought this on yourself! Now run and learn a level of a REAL spellcasting Class!" ----------------- Metreon (OOC): I summon a Giant Fiendish Dire Ape! .....I just LOVE saying that! Giant Fiendish Dire Ape: *Wins initiative and hits with all three attacks, for maxmium damage on each!* Varga (OOC): *sings to the 30s tune "We're in the money"* You're in the monkey....You're in the monkey.... ----------------- GM: *Looks at carnage wrought by the summoned beast* Giant...Fiendish....Dire....Ape Metreon (OOC): *Twists his own nipples like radio dials thru his t-shirt, and looks orgasmically happy* ---------------- The party confronts Falc, an Evil High Priest of Orcus (a major Demon focused on Undeath). Falc the Evil Priest: Leave now, or this crypt will be YOUR tomb! Your Gods cannot save you here! Orcus reigns supreme! Battle ensues. Metreon casts "haste" on the -entire- party. Varga and Rhiannon streak past the Priest's undead minions and bone-dogs to surround the Priest and start hammering on him. Leigh invokes the power of Pelor, God of the Sun, and destroys most of the skeletals on the ground level. Chyra dominates more (the skeletal bowmen) and turns them to our side. Tash dispatches the skeletal bowmen that Chyra didnt take control of. Metreon then dispells the Priests attempt to cast damaging magics. Varga and Rhi hammer on him mercilessly, despite his Stoneskin spell. Evil High Priest: *Casts "Gaseous Form" and tries to flee* Metreon: *Casts "Gust of Wind"* Evil High Priest: *Is pinned against the back wall, helpless* Chyra: *Dispels the Stoneskin* Metreon: *Dispels the Gaseous Form* Leigh: *Disrupts the remaining zombies and skeletons* Varga and Rhiannon: *Both roll Critical Hits and confirm them!* Evil High Preist: *Is cut into THREE SEPARATE PIECES* Evil High Priest's Head: *Rolls down the steps to stop at Metreon's feet* Rhiannon and Varga: *Chest-bump against each other* Metreon: HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW! Corellon isnt just a snappy dresser, b*tch! GOD OF MAGIC! Rhiannon: Boo-yah! ;P

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... As I always suspected......

Re: Mini Settings "Too Short"? Im going to have to jump in on the side of pro-mini settings, too. (Groundbreaking within this thread, I know) However, its my understanding that a great many gamers these days do nothing -but- run "from the box" settings and adventures. Apparently entire campaigns rise, lumber forward, and come to their conclusion without the GM ever actually -creating- anything original. And I think thats sad. HERO gamers are a different lot than the "typical gamer", I suspect. Not in the least because we are accustomed to using a game system that not only allows but demands that we be able to see all the nuts and bolts of a write-up, and that encourages GMs to create their own material because they can. Many RPGs have NPC, character, vehicle, and other setting pieces generated by tables or charts, or by modular components that give a "general feel" for how something is supposed to work. But they dont let you see whats behind those tables. Lets say a Player creates a spell in D&D. How does the GM know what spell level it should be? Answer: You dont. The GM has to basically guess. In HERO you see the construction of the spell. You know exactly how powerful it is, because you know the Active Points. And you know how much of a drain on a Player's recources it is going to be to learn, because you know its Real Point cost. Because of that, if we decide we want to include something new, or something not previously generated, we can, knowing -exactly- how it will fit into the game. Because thats how the game is built. Most games discourage that kind of thing. More's the pity

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Ive always wondered....what does that song mean??

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Some quotes from the Rune Peaks campaign, being run in Pathfinder. Anushka: Fighter-rogue from the Cairnwood (a gothy place where its always overcast). (Picture Milla Jovovitch from "5th Element" in black leather harness) Xasha: A Bard/Priestess of the Raven Queen from the Cairnwood (Picture Jennifer Connelly from "the Rocketeer" in a bare-tummy outfit made of black leather and raven feathers) Azyrabett: Lapith (deer centaur who can change to a bipedal form) ranger. (Picture Mena Suvari with flowers in her hair and lil antlers) (No picture yet) ------------------------------------------------ The group is discussing various advantages of playing in Pathfinder rather than 4E Azyrabett (OOC): In 4E you can run into a dragon at 1st level. A 1st level dragon! My little sister can smother one by rolling over on it in her sleep! --------------- Anushka (OOC): Deer are not known for their interaction skills. ----------- GM: Does anyone speak NPC?.....I mean Dwarven! Does anyone speak Dwarven! ------------ Xasha: We were attacked by Grimlocks. Trader: We were ambushed by Gargoyles while trading with a Giant Azyrabett (OOC): Were any other attacks made by creatures that begin with "G"? Cause if so we know what part of the Monster Manual to study up on ------------- Xasha (OOC): *Confused* Whatever I did, Im nearly sure that I did it -------------- GM: *Looking for lost notes* Its really bad when you know just exactly how low your Wisdom score is... ------- GM: All right! Lets start the combat! Azyrabett (OOC): ...I am full of comfort food and ready for a nap ------------ Xasha (OOC): "SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FLIND!" ----------- GM: Along the path, across the stream, you see numerous humaoid heads nailed to the trees. Azyrabett (OOC): Whats that up in the road? Anushka and Xasha (OOC): A head! * (*From a British actors' game where you totally change the meaning of a line by changing the emphasis of your pronunciation) ------------ Bugbear: Kill the men and capture the women! Anushka: *Performs an impressive display of her weapons prowess with her bladed chain, demoralizing the Goblin footsoldiers* Goblin 1: ...Did he say kill the men and run away from the women? Goblin 2: No! He said kill the plan and run away like women! ---------------- Xasha: *Breathless after running to rejoin the group* I killed a Goblin with a Sleep spell! Anushka: How?! Xasha: It fell out of a very large tree ---------- GM: The Goblin's armor bounces a sling-stone. He looks surprised and thumps his armor a couple of times, then says "Huh! I thought that stuff was just to make me uncomfortable!" ------------- Azyrabett (OOC): I hit him so hard his momma dont remember him anymore! -------------------- GM: Well, it IS worth noting that....well....no, I was wrong. Its NOT worth noting. (We never found out what it was that wasnt worth noting)

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... My DC campaign, based on the DCAU, has been re-started, with Nightwing, Batgirl, and Catwoman as the PCs. Let's watch! ---------------------------- Nightwing (OOC): Im going to take Barbara out to dinner at the Iceberg Lounge. Catwoman (OOC): It is one of the hotter spots. Batgirl (OOC): So to speak -------------------- Nightwing: So, what are you studying at Gotham U? Batgirl: Criminology and Library Science. Nightwing: So youre going after your father's job? Batgirl: Basically! Dont worry, Im going to put him in a realy nice home first Nightwing: I can just see him and Bruce terrorizing the nurses together. Batgirl: With Selina as the "Crazy Cat Lady" down the hall! -------------------- Batgirl: So, what did you get your degree in? Nightwing: Business management....minoring in Criminology. Batgirl: We should really start looking into the best homes...Maybe we can get a grant from the Wayne Foundation to pay for it! ;D -------------- Nightwing: Good night, Barbara. See you tomorrow? Batgirl: Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel! --------------- Batgirl (OOC): Its after midnight. Is Daddy home? Catwoman (OOC): .....I went to a bad place. Its not really "like that" in the Gordon Household is it? Everyone: NO! --------------- Robin: There was a robbery last night at the Phoenix Chemical plant. Catwoman: Hmm...I wonder which of Gotham's villains wants to use chemicals....oh wait, they ALL do! --------------- Batgirl: First rule of driving the Batmobile; you have to scoot the seat forward, then lean it way back, and drive like this *mimes driving leaned back with arms straight out, looking baddazz* ------------- Catwoman: *looking around the Batmobile cockpit* How do you keep all these buttons straight? Batgirl: He blindfolds us....and makes us drive. Catwoman: *Sigh* That sounds just like him. Never doing it for the right reasons. Batgirl: Huh? Catwoman: Youll find out, when you meet the right guy....Or girl...I dont want to make assumptions ------------- Catwoman: Who knew her bat-line swung that way? ----------- Catwoman (OOC): Oh, Im always nice to Alfred GM: And he is unfailingly polite to you. He just always quietly checks the silverware after youve gone