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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
That was very touching, and very sad.
 
 
I hope you wont mind if I try to lighten the mood a bit...
 
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From the DC Origins campaign, set in 1965
 
The Justice League has tracked Felix Faust's movements to the Lousiana swamps, to the abandoned manor of Anton Arcane.
 
The Spectre: Beware! The grounds are heavily defended by mystic traps!
 
Mystic traps: *Glow green at Spectre's command*
 
Solomon Grundy: *ATTACKS!*
 
Wonder Woman: *Ensnares Grundy in her golden lasso*
 
GM: Grundy is struggling to break free. Now that youve got him, what are you going to DO with him?
 
Wonder Woman (OOC): Take him on a tour of the house's defenses! ;D
 
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GM: The Oracle runs up to Princess Diana and whispers in your ear...she says... *rustles notes* ...she says... *shuffles thru more notes*...she says "Loading, Please wait..." :/
 
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Batman (OOC): Ill go to the White House and talk to the President. Ill even make an appointment this time.
 
Wonder Woman (OOC): Good. You dont want to give the Secret Service conniptions. They dont "connip" well.
 
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Kali is a PC supervillainess, working with Riddler and Black Adam.
 
Superman: *ARRIVES!*
 
Kali (OOC): Uh oh...I have exactly until Superman is not to busy to notice me, to escape.
 
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Batman (OOC): Wow. She's so scared even her clothing is white!
 
Superman (OOC): But...its after Labor Day!
 
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In a modern supers game, two PCs are playing HALO
 
Sean: Oh man!! I blew the tranny in my warthog!
 
Kyle: THAT is a sentence you need to NEVER take out of context! ;P

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
More from the 1964 DC Origins campaign (although its about to be 1965 just any day now)
 
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The League has weekly meetings. Superman has recently encountered a young woman calling herself "Supergirl", though in truth she is the daughter of the WW2 hero Commander Steel
 
Superman: Im going to be taking on a protege...
 
Green Arrow: How exactly do you plan to teach someone to do what you do!?
 
Batman: I wasnt aware that you had an apprentice position open.
 
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Batman (OOC): I am the dark, mysterious d*ck of the Justice League.
 
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Superman: Bruce, youve spent all week working on the Isley case. Now you want to break into Lex Luthor's office? Dont you ever take time to relax?
 
Batman: Breaking into Luthor's office is how I relax.
 
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GM: Superman shows up in the Batcave
 
Superman: .....S'up? ;P
 
GM: *cracks up*
 
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Superman: Being devious and sneaky is part of your design, Bruce. Its really not a part of mine. *Indicates his costume* I made it as bright as I could.
 
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Perry White: JIMMY! Get in here! Do you KNOW who just called me?
 
Jimmy Olsen: *hesitantly* ...A....Am I supposed to?
 
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Perry White: We need to get ahold of Superman!
 
Jimmy Olsen: I...dont know how to get ahold of Superman...
 
Perry White: Think of something! Throw Lois off a building!

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
 
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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!)
 
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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...
 
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
 
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[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!
 
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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
 
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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: :/
 
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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!
 
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GM: A vulture peers down at you from the barren tree
 
Leni: *Makes big Bambi-eyes, then makes kissy noises at it*
 
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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.
 
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Valeros: I think that Harsk has had too much of that tea.
 
Amiri: Is that what they call the "crazy juice"?!?
 
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Valeros (OOC): When a rat comes around a corner and roars at you, its a bad sign
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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Leni (OOC): I prestidigitate everyone clean.
 
Harsk: MY DEFENSIVE BUTT-GRIME!
 
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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: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
Ive got an evil brain that LOVES to mangle lyrics. Usually in "Weird Al" type ways.
 
Vixen's "Love made me blind to the truth" becomes "Love made me blonde to the roots".
 
Its been happening since I was a kid. The BeeGees "More than a woman (more than a woman to me)" became "Bald-headed wombat! (Bald headed wombat with fleas)".
 
It never ends.
 
My room mates have threatened me with violence if I dont keep this stuff to myself

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
Ok, I posted this story in the "How to Make Bricks Interesting" thread, and it was recommended that I repost it here.
 
A friend of mine was playing a Big Red Cape homage named Ultraman. UM was being chased by one of his nemisese, who knew about his vulnerability to Argonite radiation, and was trying to get close enough to sap UM's powers with the Argonite chunk that the villain had acquired. He flew about as fast as Ultraman, and was chasing him through the campaign city at high speed.
 
Ultraman cant close to hit the guy, or else he will get within range of the Argonite. The guy is wearing reflective armor that deflects UM's heat vision. The exoskeleton the villain is wearing makes him immune to the cold breath, and so on.
 
The encounter went something like this:
 
Ultraman (OOC): Alright, I dive down through this man-hole, and into the tunnels under the city. You remember; the network of tunnels that Gorrillaman had his lair in a while back.
 
GM: Okay. You find the tunnels kind of tight; you cant fly at full speed and maneuver down here.
 
Ultraman (OOC): Thats fine. If I cant go full out, neither can he.
 
GM: Fair enough.
 
Ultraman (OOC): Okay. While Im flying around down here, trying to avoid him, I use my X-Ray vision.
 
GM: What are you looking for?
 
Ultraman (OOC): Pipes I -cant- see through.
 
GM: Okay. Youre under "Oldtown", so there are probably pipes down here you cant see through because theyve got too much lead content in them.
 
Ultraman (OOC): Groovy! Okay, I fly toward the biggest set of those pipes that I can find. Ill use my Ultra-Hearing to see if I can tell if theres anything running through the pipes.
 
[The GM has Ultraman roll. He makes his Perception roll by a ton]
 
GM: Okay, youre pretty sure these pipes arent in use any more.
 
Ultraman (OOC): All right! Ill fly along underneath those pipes, if I can.
 
GM: There are some running along the ceiling of the tunnels youre in, in some places.
 
Ultraman (OOC): Great! As I fly underneath them, I hit them with a strafing run of Heat Vision!
 
GM: Um...ok. The lead pipes melt under your heat beams.
 
Ultraman (OOC): Perfect! As the lead melts, I swoop underneath it, so as much of the lead as possible lands on ME. Ill turn in flight and coat myself with it.
 
GM: Its pretty hot, but considering you have Life Support to heat, and your ED is so high (and fully resistant) *rolls some dice* 22 Stun and 8 Body wont get through your hide at all, will it.
 
Ultraman (OOC): Nope! And now that Im coated in lead, Ill turn around and fly -toward- the bad-guy. His Argonite rock wont help him now; Im wearing a lead liner!
 
[uM proceeds to knock the villains block off]

Re: Interesting article about Sexism in Geek Communities
 
I agree that the HERO Boards are astoundingly open, well-mannered, and cool.
 
I also agree with everything that the author said in the article.
 
Theres a game store here in my town, and Id been there many times over the years Ive lived here. The guy who is usually behind the counter isnt exactly what Id call a "friend" of mine, but he was a genial business acquaintance. Hed say "hi" to me and be generally helpful, and my attitude toward him was generally positive, overall.
 
And then I heard a female friend of mine, who is absolutely a legitimate Gamer Girl (shes been gaming since the late 70s / early 80s), say some angry things about the "jerk who works at [insert Store Name Here]".
 
I said "You dont mean [Name], do you? The guy with the glasses? hes always been cool to me..."
 
"Of COURSE hes cool to YOU! Youre a guy, and you spend like $100 a month in there!"*
*(This is an exagerration on her part, but an understandable one) (And may also be completely accurate)
 
Apparently she had gone in a few times with her husband, and had noticed that he was kind of generally dismissive of her. But recently she had gone in by herself, because she knew that something she was interested in had either just come out, or was just about to, and wanted to pick it up if it was available, or put it on order if it was not.
 
Just like in the article, this guy basically ignored her for a little over half an hour, until she practically grabbed him by the arm and said "AHEM!"
 
And just as was described, he treated her in an AMAZINGLY condescending fashion, and at one point said something that was so patronizing and dismissive of her (because she, as a woman, COULDNT be a "real gamer") that she felt that she needed to spell out for this guy that SHE HAS BEEN PLAYING ROLE-PLAYING GAMES AND READING COMICS LITERALLY SINCE BEFORE THIS ASSHAT WAS BORN. And that she was furious at her treatment of her. And that she would not be coming back here again.
 
I was gobsmacked to hear all of this; the guy she described was like... the goatee-wearing Mirror-Mirror universe version of the guy I (thought I) knew.
 
And THEN, as I was saying "Are you SURE its [Name]?!?", another of my female gamer friends who was there at the table said, "Oh yes. Definitely. Hes done that to me too. I absolutely hate that guy." And then told us of HER several bad encounters with the little creep.
 
Ive since checked with every female gamer /comics fan I know in the area, and they ALL say that he treats them, and all women, like they are unwelcome aliens; simple-minded creatures who cant possibly undertsand the complexities of HIS world of comics and RPGs (poor things *pat pat pat*)
 
Needless to say, I have stopped going to that shop, and have advocated that my friends also stop going there. Instead I drive up to "The City" (about 30 miles away) to do my shopping at a place called "Games HQ", where to my knowledge they do not have that kind of B.S. attitude.
 
Sidebar 1: I HATE those "get in the kitchen" jokes. They arent funny, and they actually just seem to exacerbate the exact problem we are talking about. I know Pattern Ghost was speaking in jest, but its sad how many people who make those "jokes" are not.
 
 
Sidebar 2: I avoided using the name of the store and the name of the guy, because I dont want the Hero Forum to be open to any kind of legal action in case the guy reads this. I named Games HQ because I have only good and positive things to say about them, which I think makes it OK to name them directly).

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
Supreme Ancestral Power Attack: I hit you so hard your ancestors die.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
There was a fringe artist in the 60's and 70's named Vaugn Bode, the guy whose work inspired the movie "Wizards" by Ralph Bakshi. He had a cartoon of a female soldier (his art style meant she was wearing like a helmet, boots, and a gear belt and nothing else) carrying a machine gun, who was walking along with a treaded robot, which was talking and saying things like "You are an enemy, but I cannot destroy you. Your beauty has enchanted me, and I must protect you from now on." This goes on for several panels, the last one of which is the robot syaing "Now all I must do is kill the ugly bag of mostly water, and you and I can be together forever, beautiful machine gun."
 
Bode was always doing things like that.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
PLEASE lets have one thread that doesnt go political!
 
Okay, so a few years ago, some friends and I are playing a D&D game. (The Gm was intimidated by HERO. We tried to get him to run it, We really did. But anyway)...
 
The character group is being led by a Paladin. She was fairly new to the Order, as we were all fairly low level (Third, I think).
 
As we ride down a winding road, just after sundown but before it was completely dark, the GM tells us that we begin to notice that the trees around us have black, wet-looking bark, and that mounds of damp rotting leaves coat the ground. We press on, and the GM tells us that in the growing darkness, the trees begin to look more and more menacing, and that there is a wind rustling through the leaves.
 
Good description work, really.
 
And then the GM turns to the Player of the Paladin and says, "So....when do you use Detect Evil?"
 
The Player (my friend Tom, who is kind of like a cat personified) gives the GM a rather cold look, pauses, and then says"...When I tell you I use it. And certainly not now!"

Re: Superhero Images
 
I did this as the cover-page for my campaign notebook. The two characters are (top) American Eagle; a sort of Superman-type character, and (bottom) Revenant, a Batman-type character.
 
Both have differences from their "archetypes"; American Eagle got his powers in the explosion of a Nazi cosmic-energy machine in WWII (that also gave the same powers to his arch-nemesis, Baron Zerstorung). Revenant is...well...a revenant! His entire family, himself included, was killed on Halloween by pirates in 1654. He came back.
 
Comments welcome

Re: Superhero Images
 
I still need to do the shading and highlighting, but here are the three characters from my current supers game that Im running for my roomates.
 
Revenant is the leader of the team, and kind of a batman type character (although hes also the NPC. He will be "busy" or "out of town" alot). Jade Spectre is next to him; she is the grand-daughter of Fu Manchu, and a martial artist. The other guy is Goblyn, who has been Revenant's sidekick for a while now.
 
The game is set in 1986. My roomate is also running a game set in the same campaign world, in 2006, where Goblyn has changed his identity to Requiem, kind of like how Dick Greyson went from Robin to Nightwing.
 
The characters fill the "ecological niches" of Batman, Bargirl, and Robin, but are -very- different in the details. So far its been pretty cool!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
Another one, this time from a little while back.
 
We were playing a Space Opera setting campaign. The GM had created the setting himself, and it was, overall, based equally on Original Series Trek and Babylon 5.
 
Our characters were all somehow involved in the marriage of a Princess of one stellar nation to the Prince of another. These star nations had been at war for a very long time, and hated each other on "general principal", but were trying to rise above it and create peace.
 
The Princess was a PC, the Prince an NPC. All the other PC's were in the Princess' retinue, including her bodyguard (me), and the captain of the flagship.
 
The Prince and his entourage arrive aboard our ship, and all they do is make snide comments and complain. The Prince, especially, is extremely vocal in how unimpressed he is with our Navy and its vessels.
 
The most memorable exchange came during the wedding reception. The Princess was standing with the Prince, as the new bride and groom, and there were dignitaries and officials, as well as bodyguards, milling about.
 
"Well," said the Prince," that ceremony was...adequate, I suppose. Not as sumptuous or grand as the ceremonies we have back home. But I suppose that would be because of the cramped accomodations aboard this small little starship."
 
"But Milord," the ship's captain protested," this is the largest starship in the Astarri Star Navy. It is the flagship of the fleet!"
 
The Prince looked down his nose at the Admiral. "How...unfortunate, that your entire star navy should be crowned by something so small and unimpressive."
 
At which point the Princess smirked and interjected," It is my fervent hope that your government has not supplied me with anything with which I would have a similar complaint."
 

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
Another one, this time from a little while back.
 
We were playing a Space Opera setting campaign. The GM had created the setting himself, and it was, overall, based equally on Original Series Trek and Babylon 5.
 
Our characters were all somehow involved in the marriage of a Princess of one stellar nation to the Prince of another. These star nations had been at war for a very long time, and hated each other on "general principal", but were trying to rise above it and create peace.
 
The Princess was a PC, the Prince an NPC. All the other PC's were in the Princess' retinue, including her bodyguard (me), and the captain of the flagship.
 
The Prince and his entourage arrive aboard our ship, and all they do is make snide comments and complain. The Prince, especially, is extremely vocal in how unimpressed he is with our Navy and its vessels.
 
The most memorable exchange came during the wedding reception. The Princess was standing with the Prince, as the new bride and groom, and there were dignitaries and officials, as well as bodyguards, milling about.
 
"Well," said the Prince," that ceremony was...adequate, I suppose. Not as sumptuous or grand as the ceremonies we have back home. But I suppose that would be because of the cramped accomodations aboard this small little starship."
 
"But Milord," the ship's captain protested," this is the largest starship in the Astarri Star Navy. It is the flagship of the fleet!"
 
The Prince looked down his nose at the Admiral. "How...unfortunate, that your entire star navy should be crowned by something so small and unimpressive."
 
At which point the Princess smirked and interjected," It is my fervent hope that your government has not supplied me with anything with which I would have a similar complaint."
 

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
Another one, this time from a little while back.
 
We were playing a Space Opera setting campaign. The GM had created the setting himself, and it was, overall, based equally on Original Series Trek and Babylon 5.
 
Our characters were all somehow involved in the marriage of a Princess of one stellar nation to the Prince of another. These star nations had been at war for a very long time, and hated each other on "general principal", but were trying to rise above it and create peace.
 
The Princess was a PC, the Prince an NPC. All the other PC's were in the Princess' retinue, including her bodyguard (me), and the captain of the flagship.
 
The Prince and his entourage arrive aboard our ship, and all they do is make snide comments and complain. The Prince, especially, is extremely vocal in how unimpressed he is with our Navy and its vessels.
 
The most memorable exchange came during the wedding reception. The Princess was standing with the Prince, as the new bride and groom, and there were dignitaries and officials, as well as bodyguards, milling about.
 
"Well," said the Prince," that ceremony was...adequate, I suppose. Not as sumptuous or grand as the ceremonies we have back home. But I suppose that would be because of the cramped accomodations aboard this small little starship."
 
"But Milord," the ship's captain protested," this is the largest starship in the Astarri Star Navy. It is the flagship of the fleet!"
 
The Prince looked down his nose at the Admiral. "How...unfortunate, that your entire star navy should be crowned by something so small and unimpressive."
 
At which point the Princess smirked and interjected," It is my fervent hope that your government has not supplied me with anything with which I would have a similar complaint."
 

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
Another one, this time from a little while back.
 
We were playing a Space Opera setting campaign. The GM had created the setting himself, and it was, overall, based equally on Original Series Trek and Babylon 5.
 
Our characters were all somehow involved in the marriage of a Princess of one stellar nation to the Prince of another. These star nations had been at war for a very long time, and hated each other on "general principal", but were trying to rise above it and create peace.
 
The Princess was a PC, the Prince an NPC. All the other PC's were in the Princess' retinue, including her bodyguard (me), and the captain of the flagship.
 
The Prince and his entourage arrive aboard our ship, and all they do is make snide comments and complain. The Prince, especially, is extremely vocal in how unimpressed he is with our Navy and its vessels.
 
The most memorable exchange came during the wedding reception. The Princess was standing with the Prince, as the new bride and groom, and there were dignitaries and officials, as well as bodyguards, milling about.
 
"Well," said the Prince," that ceremony was...adequate, I suppose. Not as sumptuous or grand as the ceremonies we have back home. But I suppose that would be because of the cramped accomodations aboard this small little starship."
 
"But Milord," the ship's captain protested," this is the largest starship in the Astarri Star Navy. It is the flagship of the fleet!"
 
The Prince looked down his nose at the Admiral. "How...unfortunate, that your entire star navy should be crowned by something so small and unimpressive."
 
At which point the Princess smirked and interjected," It is my fervent hope that your government has not supplied me with anything with which I would have a similar complaint."
 

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
Another one, this time from a little while back.
 
We were playing a Space Opera setting campaign. The GM had created the setting himself, and it was, overall, based equally on Original Series Trek and Babylon 5.
 
Our characters were all somehow involved in the marriage of a Princess of one stellar nation to the Prince of another. These star nations had been at war for a very long time, and hated each other on "general principal", but were trying to rise above it and create peace.
 
The Princess was a PC, the Prince an NPC. All the other PC's were in the Princess' retinue, including her bodyguard (me), and the captain of the flagship.
 
The Prince and his entourage arrive aboard our ship, and all they do is make snide comments and complain. The Prince, especially, is extremely vocal in how unimpressed he is with our Navy and its vessels.
 
The most memorable exchange came during the wedding reception. The Princess was standing with the Prince, as the new bride and groom, and there were dignitaries and officials, as well as bodyguards, milling about.
 
"Well," said the Prince," that ceremony was...adequate, I suppose. Not as sumptuous or grand as the ceremonies we have back home. But I suppose that would be because of the cramped accomodations aboard this small little starship."
 
"But Milord," the ship's captain protested," this is the largest starship in the Astarri Star Navy. It is the flagship of the fleet!"
 
The Prince looked down his nose at the Admiral. "How...unfortunate, that your entire star navy should be crowned by something so small and unimpressive."
 
At which point the Princess smirked and interjected," It is my fervent hope that your government has not supplied me with anything with which I would have a similar complaint."
 

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
In my new campaign, the characters are associates of Revenant, who is a Batman-like hero. One character is Goblyn, his teen-aged sidekick, and the other is Jade Spectre, grand-daughter of Fu Manchu.
 
Goblyn and Jade Spectre have both recently arrived on the scene of a bank job in probress. Goblyn finds a position on a nearby rooftop from which he can observe. Jade Spectre arrived independantly, and made a fantastic Perception roll to spot Goblyn.
 
Jade makes a killer Stealth roll, and glides up behind Goblyn while hes peering through his mini-binoculars.
 
...."Two on the roof, on opposite corners." Jade says.
 
Goblyn, startled, said "Gyaaaah! Cant you ever make some noise when you walk?"
 
Jade gets a thoughtful expression, has a contemplative look on her face, and then says
 
".......No."
 

Re: Best Gaming Superhero fights ever
 
A memorable experience. My friend and I alternated a GM's in highschool, by and large he was better. And byer and larger our group consisted of him, his brother, me, and my brother. We managed to get our auxillery friends together for a christmas vacation spectacular. Every one made two characters. Unrelated in any way. One group was "beginning" level characters, the BBB came out around my junior year in highschool. These guys were 250 pts. Then we made 500 pt characters.
I GM'd most of the holiday (we got together 4 times) The 250 pt heroes were investigating a series of murders, robberies, and etc that were all connected some how. And we had a few skirmishes with mercenary supers, generic agents, a summoned monstrosity, and a mind controlled super team.
The scary thing was that we were realizing that the individuals responsible were Eurostar. (the 4th ed team except a summoner named Lord Hellock (replacing the Whip who I didn't like) So, our rather large superteam (2 "NPCs" (the GM's characters) and 6 players) realized they were likely going to face off against a team of equal size but far more power. The heroes planned the final encounter fairly well. They managed to catch Eurostar off guard and the combat seemed to be going fairly well after one turn. Then it became a rout. Our mentalist went down and with out her to keep Mentalla busy we started to fall like stones.
Then with the players on the ropes, Fiacho begins his speechifying. The players are getting angry, Fiacho is basically humiliating them. When the ceilling of the warehouse where the battle was taking basically disintigrates; my "co-Gm" stands and describes our 500 pt characters slowly, heroically, descending on to the scene and we fight the battle again, this time as characters on equal ground. The weaker heroes regroup and head off to stop the assassination while the 'Big Guns' engage Eurostar teamo y teamo. This fight lasts the rest of the night and in the end the heroes are victorious. It was the coolest scenario we ever ran. My co-GM was good for ideas.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
I was running my Zombie Apocalypse game, with several long-time friends.
 
The three PC's and one NPC are on the top of a sporting goods store that they and their survivor group has been holed up in for a couple of days, as they prep to leave L.A.
 
The three PC's are Jordan, a gorgeous LAPD "kiddie cop" (think of Eliza Dushku in the LAPD uniform. Now youre on track), Eric, a recently-graduated high-school athletic star who was about to turn pro before the world ended (looks like Tom Welling), and Gabriel, a six foot ten EMT ambulance driver (who looks like Abraham Benrubi). The NPC with them is most often referred to as "Conspiracy Man", and goes only by the name of Ed. Despite a few comments about the "alien overlords" and the "flouride mind-control policy", they nevertheless gave Ed a rifle, as they had just raided a pawn shop, and his oddly useful skill-set was instrumental in their success. (They suspect he is ex military, and has seen too much).
 
The group has recently discovered that there are a few more survivors trapped on the fourht floor of a building about a block away from their own hideout. The people trapped in the office building have smashed out a window and hung a sign out of it written on a drape that says "Help Us".
 
As the characters are deciding what to do next, the sounds of gunfire erupt from a rooftop a few buildings away. The characters look around, and realize that it is coming from four gang-banger types who are taking shots at the "Help Us" sign, and the people behind it. (These are people with the same mentality as those who were shooting at police, ambulances, and fire fighters during the L.A.riots).
 
Jordan, the cop, is the first to spot the perps. She aims her rifle at them. The others follow suit. I tell them that one is shooting, another has a rifle also, and there are two others with pistols besides. They look like they are in their early twenties, of mixed ethnicity, and are wearing loose clothes with alot of sports team endorsements. Jordan makes a Perception roll and recognizes them as wearing local gang colors.
 
Ed: Firing order?
 
Jordan: Im taking down the shooter.
 
Ed: Ill take the other one who has a rifle.
 
Eric and Gabriel's Players both indicate they are also going to fire. I ask them to pick targets. And then...
 
Gabriel's Player: Ill shoot whichever one has the most underwear showing.
 
 
 
 
After we all finally stopped laughing, Garbiel then proceeded to randomly hit the unlucky s.o.b. in Location 13. For near-max damag,e and maximum Stun.
 
I guess Gabriel -really- didnt want to see that guys underwear!
 
(Edit: If this post accidentally offends anyone out there who habitually "busts a sag"... TOUGH! Pull your gorram pants up!)

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
I was running my Zombie Apocalypse game, with several long-time friends.
 
The three PC's and one NPC are on the top of a sporting goods store that they and their survivor group has been holed up in for a couple of days, as they prep to leave L.A.
 
The three PC's are Jordan, a gorgeous LAPD "kiddie cop" (think of Eliza Dushku in the LAPD uniform. Now youre on track), Eric, a recently-graduated high-school athletic star who was about to turn pro before the world ended (looks like Tom Welling), and Gabriel, a six foot ten EMT ambulance driver (who looks like Abraham Benrubi). The NPC with them is most often referred to as "Conspiracy Man", and goes only by the name of Ed. Despite a few comments about the "alien overlords" and the "flouride mind-control policy", they nevertheless gave Ed a rifle, as they had just raided a pawn shop, and his oddly useful skill-set was instrumental in their success. (They suspect he is ex military, and has seen too much).
 
The group has recently discovered that there are a few more survivors trapped on the fourht floor of a building about a block away from their own hideout. The people trapped in the office building have smashed out a window and hung a sign out of it written on a drape that says "Help Us".
 
As the characters are deciding what to do next, the sounds of gunfire erupt from a rooftop a few buildings away. The characters look around, and realize that it is coming from four gang-banger types who are taking shots at the "Help Us" sign, and the people behind it. (These are people with the same mentality as those who were shooting at police, ambulances, and fire fighters during the L.A.riots).
 
Jordan, the cop, is the first to spot the perps. She aims her rifle at them. The others follow suit. I tell them that one is shooting, another has a rifle also, and there are two others with pistols besides. They look like they are in their early twenties, of mixed ethnicity, and are wearing loose clothes with alot of sports team endorsements. Jordan makes a Perception roll and recognizes them as wearing local gang colors.
 
Ed: Firing order?
 
Jordan: Im taking down the shooter.
 
Ed: Ill take the other one who has a rifle.
 
Eric and Gabriel's Players both indicate they are also going to fire. I ask them to pick targets. And then...
 
Gabriel's Player: Ill shoot whichever one has the most underwear showing.
 
 
 
 
After we all finally stopped laughing, Garbiel then proceeded to randomly hit the unlucky s.o.b. in Location 13. For near-max damag,e and maximum Stun.
 
I guess Gabriel -really- didnt want to see that guys underwear!
 
(Edit: If this post accidentally offends anyone out there who habitually "busts a sag"... TOUGH! Pull your gorram pants up!)

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
I was running my Zombie Apocalypse game, with several long-time friends.
 
The three PC's and one NPC are on the top of a sporting goods store that they and their survivor group has been holed up in for a couple of days, as they prep to leave L.A.
 
The three PC's are Jordan, a gorgeous LAPD "kiddie cop" (think of Eliza Dushku in the LAPD uniform. Now youre on track), Eric, a recently-graduated high-school athletic star who was about to turn pro before the world ended (looks like Tom Welling), and Gabriel, a six foot ten EMT ambulance driver (who looks like Abraham Benrubi). The NPC with them is most often referred to as "Conspiracy Man", and goes only by the name of Ed. Despite a few comments about the "alien overlords" and the "flouride mind-control policy", they nevertheless gave Ed a rifle, as they had just raided a pawn shop, and his oddly useful skill-set was instrumental in their success. (They suspect he is ex military, and has seen too much).
 
The group has recently discovered that there are a few more survivors trapped on the fourht floor of a building about a block away from their own hideout. The people trapped in the office building have smashed out a window and hung a sign out of it written on a drape that says "Help Us".
 
As the characters are deciding what to do next, the sounds of gunfire erupt from a rooftop a few buildings away. The characters look around, and realize that it is coming from four gang-banger types who are taking shots at the "Help Us" sign, and the people behind it. (These are people with the same mentality as those who were shooting at police, ambulances, and fire fighters during the L.A.riots).
 
Jordan, the cop, is the first to spot the perps. She aims her rifle at them. The others follow suit. I tell them that one is shooting, another has a rifle also, and there are two others with pistols besides. They look like they are in their early twenties, of mixed ethnicity, and are wearing loose clothes with alot of sports team endorsements. Jordan makes a Perception roll and recognizes them as wearing local gang colors.
 
Ed: Firing order?
 
Jordan: Im taking down the shooter.
 
Ed: Ill take the other one who has a rifle.
 
Eric and Gabriel's Players both indicate they are also going to fire. I ask them to pick targets. And then...
 
Gabriel's Player: Ill shoot whichever one has the most underwear showing.
 
 
 
 
After we all finally stopped laughing, Garbiel then proceeded to randomly hit the unlucky s.o.b. in Location 13. For near-max damag,e and maximum Stun.
 
I guess Gabriel -really- didnt want to see that guys underwear!
 
(Edit: If this post accidentally offends anyone out there who habitually "busts a sag"... TOUGH! Pull your gorram pants up!)

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
I was running my Zombie Apocalypse game, with several long-time friends.
 
The three PC's and one NPC are on the top of a sporting goods store that they and their survivor group has been holed up in for a couple of days, as they prep to leave L.A.
 
The three PC's are Jordan, a gorgeous LAPD "kiddie cop" (think of Eliza Dushku in the LAPD uniform. Now youre on track), Eric, a recently-graduated high-school athletic star who was about to turn pro before the world ended (looks like Tom Welling), and Gabriel, a six foot ten EMT ambulance driver (who looks like Abraham Benrubi). The NPC with them is most often referred to as "Conspiracy Man", and goes only by the name of Ed. Despite a few comments about the "alien overlords" and the "flouride mind-control policy", they nevertheless gave Ed a rifle, as they had just raided a pawn shop, and his oddly useful skill-set was instrumental in their success. (They suspect he is ex military, and has seen too much).
 
The group has recently discovered that there are a few more survivors trapped on the fourht floor of a building about a block away from their own hideout. The people trapped in the office building have smashed out a window and hung a sign out of it written on a drape that says "Help Us".
 
As the characters are deciding what to do next, the sounds of gunfire erupt from a rooftop a few buildings away. The characters look around, and realize that it is coming from four gang-banger types who are taking shots at the "Help Us" sign, and the people behind it. (These are people with the same mentality as those who were shooting at police, ambulances, and fire fighters during the L.A.riots).
 
Jordan, the cop, is the first to spot the perps. She aims her rifle at them. The others follow suit. I tell them that one is shooting, another has a rifle also, and there are two others with pistols besides. They look like they are in their early twenties, of mixed ethnicity, and are wearing loose clothes with alot of sports team endorsements. Jordan makes a Perception roll and recognizes them as wearing local gang colors.
 
Ed: Firing order?
 
Jordan: Im taking down the shooter.
 
Ed: Ill take the other one who has a rifle.
 
Eric and Gabriel's Players both indicate they are also going to fire. I ask them to pick targets. And then...
 
Gabriel's Player: Ill shoot whichever one has the most underwear showing.
 
 
 
 
After we all finally stopped laughing, Garbiel then proceeded to randomly hit the unlucky s.o.b. in Location 13. For near-max damag,e and maximum Stun.
 
I guess Gabriel -really- didnt want to see that guys underwear!
 
(Edit: If this post accidentally offends anyone out there who habitually "busts a sag"... TOUGH! Pull your gorram pants up!)

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
I was running my Zombie Apocalypse game, with several long-time friends.
 
The three PC's and one NPC are on the top of a sporting goods store that they and their survivor group has been holed up in for a couple of days, as they prep to leave L.A.
 
The three PC's are Jordan, a gorgeous LAPD "kiddie cop" (think of Eliza Dushku in the LAPD uniform. Now youre on track), Eric, a recently-graduated high-school athletic star who was about to turn pro before the world ended (looks like Tom Welling), and Gabriel, a six foot ten EMT ambulance driver (who looks like Abraham Benrubi). The NPC with them is most often referred to as "Conspiracy Man", and goes only by the name of Ed. Despite a few comments about the "alien overlords" and the "flouride mind-control policy", they nevertheless gave Ed a rifle, as they had just raided a pawn shop, and his oddly useful skill-set was instrumental in their success. (They suspect he is ex military, and has seen too much).
 
The group has recently discovered that there are a few more survivors trapped on the fourht floor of a building about a block away from their own hideout. The people trapped in the office building have smashed out a window and hung a sign out of it written on a drape that says "Help Us".
 
As the characters are deciding what to do next, the sounds of gunfire erupt from a rooftop a few buildings away. The characters look around, and realize that it is coming from four gang-banger types who are taking shots at the "Help Us" sign, and the people behind it. (These are people with the same mentality as those who were shooting at police, ambulances, and fire fighters during the L.A.riots).
 
Jordan, the cop, is the first to spot the perps. She aims her rifle at them. The others follow suit. I tell them that one is shooting, another has a rifle also, and there are two others with pistols besides. They look like they are in their early twenties, of mixed ethnicity, and are wearing loose clothes with alot of sports team endorsements. Jordan makes a Perception roll and recognizes them as wearing local gang colors.
 
Ed: Firing order?
 
Jordan: Im taking down the shooter.
 
Ed: Ill take the other one who has a rifle.
 
Eric and Gabriel's Players both indicate they are also going to fire. I ask them to pick targets. And then...
 
Gabriel's Player: Ill shoot whichever one has the most underwear showing.
 
 
 
 
After we all finally stopped laughing, Garbiel then proceeded to randomly hit the unlucky s.o.b. in Location 13. For near-max damag,e and maximum Stun.
 
I guess Gabriel -really- didnt want to see that guys underwear!
 
(Edit: If this post accidentally offends anyone out there who habitually "busts a sag"... TOUGH! Pull your gorram pants up!)

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
I was running my Zombie Apocalypse game, with several long-time friends.
 
The three PC's and one NPC are on the top of a sporting goods store that they and their survivor group has been holed up in for a couple of days, as they prep to leave L.A.
 
The three PC's are Jordan, a gorgeous LAPD "kiddie cop" (think of Eliza Dushku in the LAPD uniform. Now youre on track), Eric, a recently-graduated high-school athletic star who was about to turn pro before the world ended (looks like Tom Welling), and Gabriel, a six foot ten EMT ambulance driver (who looks like Abraham Benrubi). The NPC with them is most often referred to as "Conspiracy Man", and goes only by the name of Ed. Despite a few comments about the "alien overlords" and the "flouride mind-control policy", they nevertheless gave Ed a rifle, as they had just raided a pawn shop, and his oddly useful skill-set was instrumental in their success. (They suspect he is ex military, and has seen too much).
 
The group has recently discovered that there are a few more survivors trapped on the fourht floor of a building about a block away from their own hideout. The people trapped in the office building have smashed out a window and hung a sign out of it written on a drape that says "Help Us".
 
As the characters are deciding what to do next, the sounds of gunfire erupt from a rooftop a few buildings away. The characters look around, and realize that it is coming from four gang-banger types who are taking shots at the "Help Us" sign, and the people behind it. (These are people with the same mentality as those who were shooting at police, ambulances, and fire fighters during the L.A.riots).
 
Jordan, the cop, is the first to spot the perps. She aims her rifle at them. The others follow suit. I tell them that one is shooting, another has a rifle also, and there are two others with pistols besides. They look like they are in their early twenties, of mixed ethnicity, and are wearing loose clothes with alot of sports team endorsements. Jordan makes a Perception roll and recognizes them as wearing local gang colors.
 
Ed: Firing order?
 
Jordan: Im taking down the shooter.
 
Ed: Ill take the other one who has a rifle.
 
Eric and Gabriel's Players both indicate they are also going to fire. I ask them to pick targets. And then...
 
Gabriel's Player: Ill shoot whichever one has the most underwear showing.
 
 
 
 
After we all finally stopped laughing, Garbiel then proceeded to randomly hit the unlucky s.o.b. in Location 13. For near-max damag,e and maximum Stun.
 
I guess Gabriel -really- didnt want to see that guys underwear!
 
(Edit: If this post accidentally offends anyone out there who habitually "busts a sag"... TOUGH! Pull your gorram pants up!)