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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Embria rides again! To recap: Chyra: Undead aspected Sorceress (Looks like Skye Sweetnam) Varga: Big babely barbarian (Looks like Phoenix from American Gladiators) Metrion: Scholarly Wizard (Looks like a young Ian McKellen) Rhiannon: Half Elven fighter/rogue in Field Plate (Looks like Hayden Panetierre) Tash: Hawt Half Orc ranger (Looks like Rosario Dawson) Leigh: Dashing Priest of Pelor the Sun God (Looks like Christian Bale) --------------- Chyra (OOC): That animated table doesnt seem to be much of a threat. Rhiannon (OOC): Yeah. If this is the best if can do, I cant understand how the world was almost conquored by the Ottoman Empire. All: *Facepalm* ------------- GM: ...And finally among the effects, you find the old Wizard's spellbook. Metrion (OOC): I rub myself against it. ------------ Rhiannon (OOC): *Hearing the above* USE A BOOKMARK! Jeez! ----------- Metrion: Theyre JUST spiders! ....You dont know what it was LIKE in the old days! In order to cast Spider Climb we had to actually EAT one of those mother****ers! Rhiannon: --------- GM: The mummified corpse of the gigantic Orc warrior pulls the heavy, barbed sword free from the body of the dead Dwarf, and turns toward you as hellish green lights glow in its empty eyesockets. It raises a hand, with long claws grown in undeath, and growls "Rise...and DESTROY!" The dozen or so skeletons littering the floor of the chamber begin to stir, and get to their feet. Rhiannon: *Pats Leigh on the shoulder a couple of times* Youre up! ----------------- Chyra obtains an Undead servitor by controlling the massive dead Orc. Metrion: To be clear; we didnt hire him just because hes Wight. ----------------- Rhiannons plan backfires. Rhiannon: Well...now I feel special. You know...."cork helmet" special. ------------- Metrion: Rhi, I believe that your fighting prowess has risen to the point that you are definately the most powerful warrior in Brookehollow....and possibly even in the greater Sternhelm metropolitan statistical region!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Thats a really great way of connecting the PCs to the canon characters, and fleshing out a snifty detail, without derailing anything we actually see on screen. Well done!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... A pair of assassins "decloak" from their invisibility ward and attack. Vaela: Assassins! Later another pair decloak Vaela: Assassins! And another pair Vaela: Assassins. Kale: Stop it! Every time you say "assassins" more show up! Two more appear behind Vaela Vaela: ...assassins ------------------------------- The Evil Prince has a cadre of soldiers, twelve assassins, and about six notable individual NPCs guarding him when the three PCs and their one NPC friend attack. Kale: Their giant has broken our Sorceress' mind control! We're dead! Talik: Hes only one man! Youve killed LOTS of men! You can take him! Evil Prince: *Haughtily* Quality will always trump quantity. Talik: THATS why we've killed all YOUR men! Vaela: (Oh burn!) --------------------------------------------------- GM: Okay, you take a Bruise and an Injury (in M&M thats like a "Captain Kirk cut"; the cut Kirk got from Spock when he sliced Kirks shirt open in the fight on Vulcan which barely scratched Kirk's skin) Utar (OOC): *Sings* MAIMED! Im gonna bleed forever! I was just cut by this guy WHY?!? [Chorus] Dismember...Dismember...Dismember...Dismember... Everyone: *Air guitar rock solo* The Housecats:

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Two gorgeous Amazons are arguing over something ultimately trivial but of utmost importance to them personally Rhiannon (OOC): Theyre being so vicious because the stakes are so low Chyra (OOC?): Here are your bikinis and Jell-O. Settle it in the Ring of Honor! ------------------------ Varga (OOC): My missing d4! Its been gone almost a year! Chyra (OOC): The Tweenies have brought it back, after using it to save their universe.

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Re: Silly question: Someone Rep him for Starfire and "wet dog" It wont let me

Re: Silly question: To punch Joe Quesada in the face.

Re: Alterate Timeline: 9-11 Averted I think the freakiest part about it, to my PCs, would be that the would-be terrorists didnt wear flashy uniforms and use energy weapons. No Hydra. No Viper. No AIM. "Oh ^%! Regular Humans can do this kind of crazy stuff too?!?"

Re: Potential new player... where to start ? Welcome aboard the Hero Forum! I dont have anything useful to add. But I wanted to say "Hi"

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From a World of Dimness game ------------ Savannah (OOC): I dont want to see Karl again! I killed him once for a reason! ----------- Savannah: Its not MY fault Im blonde! [Note: This had nothing to do with any kind of "bimbo moment". It turns out that Karl was a Nazi, and was obsessed with Savannah because shes a drop-dead gorgeous blonde, and the hottest girl in town] ------------ ------------ And now...EMBRIA quotes! ----------- The PCs are investigating a long-abandoned Dwarven Crafthold that has been overrun by goblinoids Rhiannon (OOC): I listen at the door. GM: You hear labored breathing, and the sound of many voices Rhiannon: Im not sure whats in there...could be Goblins mating Varga: Oh, well, we GOTTA put a stop to THAT! ------------ GM: In the little alcove, way in the back, theres a little metallic glint Rhiannon (OOC): We're in a Sierra game! Metrion (OOC): The Way Back Machine just hit me in the face ---------------- GM: In this room you find a deep well... Varga (OOC): Insert Hobbit... Rhiannon (OOC): Recieve Balrog! ------------ GM: The Ork Priestess seems very agitated, and kind of high from the fumes Metrion (OOC): Doped up on sugar and Yoo-Hoo, no doubt! ------------- Chyra (OOC): Can we tell what it is? GM: It could be a monitor lizard Rhiannon (OOC): "Let me sssssssee your hall passsssssss" Entire Group: *Facepalm*

Re: The Ten Things I Love About 6e and the Ten Things I hate about 6e So....if you want to KO someone (cause most of what youre doing is Stun), use a normal attack. If you want to KILL someone (cause most of what youre doing is Body), use a Killing Attack. ....I think I can handle that concept

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Overheard by me in a crowded mall Hot Girl 1: Why dont you just give in to the obvious and DATE him? Hot Girl 2: But...but....but hes my potato! I cant DATE my potato! Overheard by me in Wal-mart at the DVD section Brunette: Lets get this one. It looks interesting. Blonde: No, this says that its "based on a true story". Those never end well.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER She keeps changing direction for me whether I want her to or not. Although clockwise is easiest for me to maintain. (Artist and all that, I guess) Cool effect

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... And a few from a new Pathfinder game ----------------- We have been using Divination and it comes up that Gods dont HAVE to follow spell descriptions...yet somehow the spell is "Yes/No" Xasha the Priestess (OOC): Do you get your jollies making people play 20 questions Diety: Yes...but I spell "jollies" starting with an "I" because we're using the Hebrew alphabet -------- GM: You wont die! You have a big buffer! Xasha (OOC): Never tell a woman she has a "big buffer"! ---------- Giantess: Dwarves are small...hard to find...and likely to have dropped a bomb into your lunch!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... A few quotes from the Karnalas fantasy game... Talik - Hawk Knight and all-around hero-type guy Utar - Ork warrior. Hes MUCH smarter than people think (played by the guy who had been playing Hakkar) Kale- The new PC "adventurer" (thief) traveling with Talik --------- Utar (OOC): *Taking out figures for people* Here we have one for Sir Talik...heres one for me.....and here's Dude McSlinky-Pants. Kale (OOC): *Proudly* Of the Clan McSlinky-Pants! --------- The following were NOT euphemisms.... * Hey, how hot is YOUR pie? * Kick my magnets! * I should just shut up ala mode. * Who wants butter or baked beans with my pie? * Wal-Mart has three-ways for a dollar! -------- Utar (OOC): Im a mathematical GENIUS! I just divided "pi" evenly! --------- Talik (OOC): Wow, the earth-mage's "impenetrable sand whirlwind shield" is really impressive! GM: Um...its really just partial concealment. Talik (OOC): Not the way WE'RE gonna tell it to people! ---------- GM: The huge Golem rears back its fist to smite you Utar (OOC): In Orkish, I tell it Ive wiped bigger rocks out of my @$$. ------------ Talik (OOC): Did I say "monkeys"? I meant "Vikings". ----------- Talik (OOC): You throw Hymie into the mix, and suddenly Im interested. -------- We go to meet a powerful Naga Utar (OOC): We go see Lady Slither-pants. --------- Hakkar does something particularly Hakkar-like Talik (OOC): There really is only one Hakkar. Kale (OOC): And Satan is his prophet!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Some quotes from the most recent Embria game (Our characters are approaching 6th level! ): ------------ Everyone (at one time or another): You really cant post that! -------------- Rhiannon (OOC): ...I have a +2 Swim check in Field Plate armor, including the penalty for my Shield Metrion (OOC): So...you use the shield like a boogie board? Rhiannon (OOC): Yeah, basically ----------------- [somehow the subject of what a real moose call sounds like comes up. If you ever played the MMO Anarchy Online, the Rollerrat sound is actually a moose call] Chyra (OOC): Its this really high-pitched, annoying sound. Probably the most annoying sound in the universe. Rhiannon (OOC): Its no wonder people shoot them! --------------- Metrion (OOC): Next time Im going to summon a Celestial Squid! Squid are the sharks of the animal kingdom! The Rest of Us: ------------- Metrion: How badly do we need to get rid of them? If you want me to use one of my spells- Rhiannon (OOC): [phonegirl voice] - Press "7" Metrion: *Facepalm* ------------ Rhiannon: *Fires a commandeered Ork bow at the Ork leader...and rolls a "1" for a total miss* Metrion: *Looks at her askance* Rhiannon: ....Its a new bow. Metrion: Pulls to the left? Rhiannon: A little ------------- Ork Squad: *Charges at us across the long rope bridge over the Chasm of Doom* Chyra: *Casts SLEEP* Ork Squad: *Fall to their Orky doom* Chyra: --------------- [We hear sounds on the other side of the door, but cant really identify what they are] Metrion: I think that we should kick open the door and boldly stride in, and slay the miscreants! Chyra: I think we should be more careful; I dont want to interrupt a Death Knight at his amusements. --------------- Metrion: Ive written a "Mood Chart": MOOD TABLE (Roll d20 for the mood of people, animals, furniture, etc. encountered) 1.....Spunky 2.....Angsty 3.....Disaffected 4.....Hot 5.....Palpatating 6.....Suave 7.....Hungry 8.....Sinful 9.....Balding 10...Half-Celestial 11...Threatened 12...Coy 13...Sean Connery 14...Celebratory 15...Nauseated 16...Neurasthenic 17...Garrulous 18...Locquacious 19...Redundant 20...Re-roll twice

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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... ProdigyDuck ran a Pathfinder conversion of Keep on the Borderlands at Gen Con, where we played the 1st Level versions of the iconic Pathfinder characters. Characters in play were: Harsk: Dwarf Ranger with a 6 Charisma Leni: Gnome Druid with green hair Merisiel: Elf Rogue Valeros: Human Fighter Amiri: Human Barbarian girl with a Frost Giant sword ------------------ [The last Player to join the game is trying to pick a character] Harsk (OOC): Im not saying that you have to play the Cleric. Im just saying that we're going to kill every other character until the Cleric shows up! ------------------- Inkeeper: We have ale, cheese, roast fowl, roast jopint... Harsk: Did you just offer me a JOINT!?! Merisiel: Hey, this town might not be so bad ------------------ Harsk sees Valeros picking a bug out of his tankard and flicking it across the room. Harsk: Hey longshanks! Theres a trash barrel right over there! Leni: *GASP!* You DO care about the environment! Harsk: :/ ---------------- Harsk has made a big production out of brewing himself some tea. He finally finishes the process. Leni: *Swipes Harsk's tea out from under his nose, sips it, and then giggles* Harsk: I'LL WEARYOUR SKIN AS A HAT! Leni: *looks herself up and down* Thats about all you'd be able to GET! -------------------- GM: A vulture peers down at you from the barren tree Leni: *Makes big Bambi-eyes, then makes kissy noises at it* ------------------ Valeros (OOC): So, the Kobolds are just standing there, in the light from Merisiel's lantern? GM: Yeah, basically Harsk (OOC): If they were smart, they rule the world. ----------------- Valeros: I think that Harsk has had too much of that tea. Amiri: Is that what they call the "crazy juice"?!? --------------- Valeros (OOC): When a rat comes around a corner and roars at you, its a bad sign -------------- Amiri (OOC): So let me get this straight...the Kobolds' entire pursuit force fell into their own pit trap? Harsk (OOC): If they were smart...theyd rule the world. --------------- Harsk: *Looks down into the pit at the pile of dead Kobolds, who fell in while trying to chase us* So.....when we get back to the keep...we LIE! Merisiel: *sigh*....Agreed. ---------- Leni (OOC): I prestidigitate everyone clean. Harsk: MY DEFENSIVE BUTT-GRIME! -------------- Leni is writing down the treasure GM: In the first sack you find 250 copper pieces. In the second, a large, hard cheese... Leni: 200 and how many cheeses? ......

Re: How to make the Loner feel not so Lonely? Coming in late, here. First, I hope things go well. And by that, I mean that I hope that Bloodclaw's player decides to do something else on Game Night from now on and leaves you alone. Second, welcome to the Hero Forums! Do you have any idea why the other player (Harry?) actually seems to like this Bloodclaw guy? As far as keeping to your boundaries and not revealing too much about yourself; good on you! I also know someone who had a very bad experience through an MMORPG, and as long as you never mention anything more specific than what time zone you live in you should be OK. When I met her she was kind of a wreck, honestly, but shes come out of her shell and is actually kind of a silly whackadoo once she gets going. As long as you dont give out real names, or mention the specific city that you live in, you should be fine. It sounds to me like you are probably more together (overall) than you think you are. Id advise, in my armchair pshychoanalist kind of way, that you just try not to over-analyze yourself too much. From what little Ive seen of you, you sound like a great person to have as a friend. You just need a tad more self-confidence Thats it for this edition of the Input Jack Ramble. We now return you to your regularly scheduled forum thread.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... "I dont care what anyone says....this hurts!" - Pinhead --------------------------------- And now, some quotes from the Hawk Knight game, where the player of Hakkar (who is also the guy who played Troubleshooter) is changing characters to Utar the Orok. A new PC, Kale, has also joined the party. -------------------------- Kale (OOC): I look for someplace cheap and nondescript to stay. Talik (OOC): "Motel Sixpence?" Utar (OOC): "Super Pieces of Eight!" ------------- Banoch the Wizard: That...is the ugliest statue...I have ever seen. Talik: Hakkar said it tasted funny, too. Banoch: Well, thats Hakkar for you. (Yes, Hakkar had actually licked it) --------------- Talik (OOC): Well, thats it! We can only be saved now by carpentry or pragmatism! ---------------- Talik (OOC): Youll do anything to engage in arguementation wont you. Utar (OOC): No. ---------------- Utar's Crowning Moment of Awesome: Utar (OOC): Okay, I split my attack. I place the edge of the bladed arrow at the throat of the guy who's Stunned right next to me, slitting his throat as I shoot his boss! [And it worked!]

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Some quotes from the last session of the Karnalas "swords and sandals" game: ------------- The PCs are protecting a large wagon full of treasure. Some bandits assault us in the alleys of a major city. Hakkar (all eight feet and four arms of him) slips under the wagon before the bandits see him. Hakkar: RRAAAWWWWRRR! The Unseen Watcher hungers! *Grabs a bandit and drags him under the wagon screaming* Other Bandits: An Urban Legend: *Is born!* ----------------- Lord Nantis: Id much rather go into the COuncil Chamber in my armor, rather than these robes. Its not like it was in the arena, back in my glory days. Hakkar: Consider yourself to have traded one arena for another, and to be clad in the correct armor to take on whatever kind of soft-skinned, womanesque, boot-licker prefers robes. ------------------ Hakkar: Shall I kill you now? ...... *Ahem* I mean...would you care to fight to the death for your "honor"? --------------- Talik: Looks like they have crossbows. Hakkar: I find that crossbows are antithetical to my plans to grow old and fat. -------------- Talik: I am Sir Talik of Tarvir, Hawkrider and Knight. This is Hakkar the Unconquored, world-renowned veteran gladiator and champion of his people. And THIS is a lawful writ authorising me to arrest your boss for engaging in a long list of crimes. And we get to kill anyone who refuses to get out of our way. The Guards: .......Um.....you know....its about time we take a break for lunch. See ya! *They run* Talik: I like reasonable people. Hakkar. I dont. But I suppose it does save time. -------------------- GM: What is Hakkar's "defense"? Hakkar (OOC): It was dark, he was drunk, and she swore to me she was nineteen Gm: :/ Hakkar: ------------------- Talik and Hakkar go to the walled estate of Lord Rastin, who is behind a series of extortions, robberies, kidnappings, and murders Talik: How many gates are there into Lord Rastin's estate? Hakkar: Oh, you mean his "Rast-Hole"? --------------------- Hakkar kicks open the gate, splintering the bound wooden door. Talik steps in and decks the two guardsmen standing just inside. Two more guards come running up. Approaching Guardman: ALARM! ALARM! THEY'RE AT THE FRONT GATE! Hakkar: ALARM! ALARM! THEY'RE AT THE POSTERN GATE! THEYRE AT THE REAR GATE! THEY'RE ALL AROUND US! Talik: ...I so owe you beer! ---------------------- Hakkar: *Slowly draws his four swords, facing the remaining House Knights while Talik takes on Lord Rastin one-on-one* All right then. Here are the rules. Each time one of you dies, the rest may surrender. But NOT until then! ---------------------- Elderly Magistrate: *Eyes one of the women we rescued, who is a renowned beauty* Shes pretty! ....Im done ---------------------- GM: You guys defeated all of the assassin guild's leaders earlier. These are just a half dozen of the "rank and file" assassins. You can defeat them easily. We dont need to play thru that fight. Hakkar (OOC): Ok, after I fight the assassins, Ill take the shortest one alive. If hes the smallest of them he MUSt be the cleverest! --------------------- Hakkar: Look what I caught trying to run from the fire they set in Lord Rastin's secret chamber to destroy the evidence we found against him. Talik: Its the Littlest Ninja! How cute!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... More from the Embria game in Pathfinder. We are now 5th level. -------------------------------------- Chyra the Sorceress (OOC): Im dinky! My jewelry probably weighs more than I do! ---------------- GM: So, you begin travelling on the 3rd, which is also the first night of the full moon. Metrion: Hmm. A bad omen. But at least the moonlight will show us the hideous monsters trying to eat us in the middle of the night. --------------- [Rhiannon goes to scout the enemy camp of the Hobgoblin army, called the Army of the Razor Crown. She sees about 10,000 Hobgoblin troops, about 100 Ogres, and other things. She returns to the culvert where the rest of the party is hiding] Rhiannon: ....and I also saw..um...what do you call a big sphere-ey thing... Metrion: Oh! I love riddles! Rhiannon: Its not a riddle. Its something I saw. It was, like, about five feet across, with a mouth, and a huge eye in the middle, and all these tentacle things on top with eyes of their own...and it hovers? Metrion: You saw one of those?! Rhiannon: I saw twelve of those. Metrion: ...Do you think the Razor Crown is hiring? ------------------- [Metrion and Rhiannon recount the heroic deeds of our barbarian, Varga, to her tribal elders. These include facing a Mummy, decapitating Hydra heads, and wrestling a man-sized white Dragon, among other things that are really far too cocky for a character who just hit 5th level to have accomplished, yet every word was true (we rawk! ). The elders listen.] Spooky Chick with incense: *Bites Varga's shoulder* Your blood tells the truth of your story. Varga: My friends would not lie. Metrion (OOC): Because "Bluff" is not a Class skill for either Wizards or Fighters....Best not to tell them about your Rogue levels Rhiannon (OOC): It was only one! I was young! I needed the Skill Points!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Some Star Wars quotes: Princess Asha: Nabooian princess and diplomat (Spittin image of her great-aunt Amidala) Dirk Nightsider: Young Jedi trained by Master Luke's academy (Picture Dean Winchester from SUpernatural, but with a lightsaber) Raene Taa: Former Imperial officer, then Hutt slave, now Rebel agent ------------------------ GM: ...And the arena has an audience, with little hover-droids with holo-cameras in them flitting around. Dirk (OOC): Well, THOSE are going to be sacrificed to the Telekinesis Gods ;D ----------------- Asha (OOC): Well, Asha kind of has a weakness for Dirk. I mean, hes a "bad boy" Jedi. Shes Amidala's great-neice; it kind of runs in the family! Raena (OOC): THATS what she considers a "bad boy"? Asha (OOC): Im from Naboo! Of COURSE I think hes a bad boy! He wears black and rides a speederbike! Reane (OOC): "OMG *Gasp!* Hes got...STUBBLE!" Asha (OOC): Rawr! ------------------- Dirk: ...And they say the giant shark-creature cant be hurt. Asha: Why? Dirk: Its sacred to their people. Its important to them. Asha: Ah! They dont WANT it hurt! Thats different! I thought you meant that if the Death Star blew up this entire planet, thered still be this big giant shark thingie wiggling around in space --------------------- GM: NOBODY expects the Imperial Storm-Commandoes! Asha (OOC): Their chief weapons are fear, surprise, and a series of exploding Death Stars ;D -------------------- Dirk (OOC): I activate my "Lightsaber Defense" Asha (OOC): "If the blade is lit, you cannot hit!" [/ Johnny Cochrane] ------------------ Dirk: *addressing a Mon Calimari Admiral* ...It was a TRAP! ----------------- The PCs (Allaince members) and a group of Imperial Storm Commandoes are the only people left alive on a deep-sea station thats been taken over by crazed fish-men and telepathically-agitated giant shark-things. We agree to team up to get everyone out alive, and settle our political differences later. Storm Commando Lieutenant: *Orders his troops to betray the PCs* NOW! Princess Asha: *Quick-draws her pistol and shoots him RIGHT between the eyes, killing him instantly* Storm Commando Troops: Raena (OOC): Cool! Battlefield promotion for "Sergeant Simmons" there!