LordGhee

Re: Game Master Lament Ninja-Bear, all your post are appreciated. Please keep posting, The Movie is for tone and some framework on the time (modes of travel etc). the other work is the campaign rules and two or three pages on the Musketeers, nobility and a little history so the player just do not get arrested out right. There are 3 video's on You tube to watch total 10 min as some players do not know what a musket is or the difference from an Arquebuse. this is so they understand how the basics work. luckily this group fenced in collage, took Martial arts, started a medieval larp and are really sharp, so really not much prep is need to get right tone. I found out from my star wars game that people have a really different view on the Jedi and even when told in a campaign hand out that eh Jedi had the power of life and death rejected this resonability. This view really complicated their game but at least they were warned, if not accepting in the interpretation. Lord Ghee

Re: Game Master Lament That awsome, now I get Rocks fall everyone dies. LOL Lord Ghee

Re: Game Master Lament Sean Waters, I remember games like that, well some of them sort of. Such is life that when the drinking interfered with the game or the game interfered with the drinking we parted company. A lot of our games are player dependent that I really dislike that as a steady diet as it leads to a lack of depth (in our group at least). Oh and this thread has go me started on a glossary. Player dependent – a game that player set the tone and direction. ( I trying really) Ghost Angel the 1973 and 1974 version with Michael York and Charlton Heston are the classic. Next you will be telling us that Sheen, Sutherland and O’Donnell (Platt and Curry did alright with a bad script) where French. Of course Mornay and Anwar, no wrong could they do. Sean Waters I was surprised as you are. That the rub. Bunny thanks for the reply, (about all the prep that get lol) Ghost stretch your self put more into gaming, you know you get what you give It took me 3 summers of running my star wars game to get to the point of getting two of my players to the point of trying to decide if they where going to kill each other ( 18 minutes and you could hear the clock tick and the sweat trickle) Vondy our group is now pretty tight but we have had people we just game with and are always looking for more. Ballbanto thanks for the well-worded post and back slap. Sean cool planning my trip to the UK now, and I bring my hat. Sword tabard . . . . .. beer, cooler for the beer and more beer Blacksword thanks for the post see above. Ice9 that is what I been saying. Oh that reminds me I need to do some pregen characters so I am not guilty as charge. Treb, home work is not a bad word just a fact of life. Egyptoid we can build great Pyramids together (just move to west Texas). Treb my Lunch buddy. The players who wined about the homework are in your group also. He who live in glass houses should . . . . . . . . Ninja bear got nothing thanks for the posts Cross you have got a point, the surprise in our group is that there are players that do not read or do movies and at times they feel out of the loop. Bunneh we make time for what we love. Crosshaircollie that would work. Balabanto I think no ticket not shirt need to go on my GM Screen. LOL Tsandman, thanks for the post and one reason we rotate GM is for style differences and we do vote with our feet and every one seem to take it in stride. ( and yes some of my games players have not played in) Casualplayer come play anytime we really need some one throw the wrong punch, pursue the dangerous beauty or make the misstep that leads to glory . (on the other flap of my GM screen) Lemming, what is campaign assassination? For the glossary please Zilla thanks for the post. Vondy thanks for Indentured Game Master. Peregrine thanks for tyranny of the Players and tyranny or the Game Master Shadowheart thanks for the post and the perk is able to play in the game. (1 pts) Megaplayboy. Just finished watching Douglas Fairbanks in the man in the Iron Mask (1925) it was good. And Kahuna’s bro do not know where to get that show, and the most popular series in the late 1970’s in Russia was the Three Musketeers (musical version). It was a culture Icon. Lord Ghee

Re: Certain Followers Bought with Limitations? Your mean your character is not the Follower for the Warhorse? Lord Ghee

Re: Game Master Lament Well with an assembly of papers and a sly smirk on my face I respond to some of the replies on this thread. Thanks to Mayapuppies for being first response. It warmed my heart that I was not a voice in the wilderness and my feelings were not unfounded. Thanks to Ghost Angel you made me see that there is anther view. Mostlyjoe, If I use a week to get characters together then I lose one of my weeks to play and my rotation will not come back for 2-3 months, that is why I am giving out information 6 week in advance. Mr. Long, thanks for the post and I am running what was asked by the group and in particular what one of the complainers asked for. The group also invites you to play with us if you are ever in El Paso Texas. The reaction was “that’s cool”. And for all who state they would play in my Musketeer game, thank you for the kind words and come Play with us! Jagged, see above and having a rant here has been most productive. KA, thanks for the example and now I feel both way’s (sound of nug comes from audience). And you have not ask your player to speak Klingon? Doesn’t everyone speak Klingon? Ninja-bear thanks for the thoughts and that is “IN The Body BAG”. LoL Vondy thanks and thanks for the quote, “I guess my bottom line is: gamemasters are a rare breed. Uber-players who go all out for a game are just as rare. You have a right to expect players to put in some effort, but overall, keep the required effort to a minimum and give them plenty of time to work it into their schedules. The hard-core players will happily do extra credit on their own.” It where my feelings are headed. Ghost Angel what Mayapuppies says next as a game master it is my job to see that the game runs smoothly and that one player dose not ruin the game for others. But ghost angels tone and hand holding we should get along is a better approach. LOL Jagged they all GM in our group. It is why I belive that I game with the best group of people in the World. Ikerensky thanks for the input see Mostlyjoe above. Mudpyr8, thanks for the thoughts and bribery is for the wife and kids. (hahaha) Hugh Nelson and Crosshiarcollie I did plan a movie night, we did a movie night and most where to busy to come. And if a 2 hour movie and reading 5-6 pages of Material is to much work then you should go back to playing D---- wait I did not really mean that, Mr Long put the gun down. Buy lots of Hero products. . . . (bang- “that really hurts") More to come Lord Ghee

I will be running a new campian this January and here is my first announcement Hear Ye, Hear Ye Life knows no age or time Youth will ever set out to seek fortune, Men will ever fight for the love of Women, Kings will threaten, Queens will weep and Ministers will conspire, And so, thought our story is of four hundred years ago, It is as young as yesterday or tomorrow. Then come to France of old, To fiery days when hearts beat High, When swords crossed swords to dare and die, For Love, honor and glorie then, When life was life and men where men. Come to the Musketeers. Introducing a 150-point Fantasy Hero game, coming to the game table in January. · Of the Heroic Historical Cinematic type. o Historical in style (no magic) o Cinematic (swashbuckling physics) o Heroic (positive outlook with individual motivation) · The characters are French and Noble born (ennobled) o As such they can carry weapons and defend themselves o The only taxes they have is the blood tax o Can serve in the Masion de Roi (the King’s household) § The Musketeers is a Guard Cavalry unit, the most junior § Should know the sword and musket § Have a reason to be a Musketeer · The character building rules start as follows with campaign rules coming o The campaign will be a 5th edition revised game o 75 points with up to 75 points in disadvantages o Human Maximums in play o Consider to be French speaking and literate § May have a first language such as Occitan but French is a must o You are not a patent holding noble that is a perk purchase o To be a Musketeer is a 3 point perk and you are consider a line officer in rank o You do not have to start as a Musketeer, you may start as a want to be hanger on · Characters should be cleared with the GM (Lord Ghee) before game day · More information is coming and homework is considered a must o Watch the Three Musketeers (1973) suggested, GM has a loaner copy o Or watch the Three Musketeers (1948) with Gene Kelly, kid safe § Optional · Watch the Three Musketeers (1920) and or (1993) · Watch the Man in the Iron Mask (many) · Highly recommended The Four Musketeer (1974)

Re: Game Master Lament Thanks for all the commets I will post a more detail response as today is very busy. I was ask by a player to run a Musketeer game I asked the group if this was alright as it was going to be historical and to my surprise got a postive response my first announcement came out 6 weeks in advance I ask a player who had a copy of the 1973 Three Musketeer movie to do a moive night and we did the core group have been playing Hero together since the begining and I have the gray to prove it and we are friends Start dafe is January and as we have 8 rotating Gm's we get a month. The group plays 2 days a week with a different GM and genere. and I did get inthused and plan a game to make the Hero world envious and since we are friends I am crying to strangers thanks for the comments and keep them coming and I will be posting My Musketeer game on the Fantasy Hero boards. Lord Ghee

I just announced to our gaming group that I will be running a Musketeers game. In the announcement I mentioned that there would be home work. The players needed to watch one of two Four Musketeers Movies (the 1973 or for those with kids 1948 version). Also I will have a few pages of notes and a couple of 3 minute videos from the web to watch. This is so everyone is on the same page and understands the kind of game this will be. Now I have already put in 40 hours of work, bought a copy of the Three Musketeers (the queens diamonds 1973), checked that blockbuster has the 1948 one at .99 cents for five day rental and have not even started on the villains. I do plan to go the extra mile on this game. So when they read my announcement and two players stated that they do not do home work for games. I was stunned, really stunned, and hurt that my game was worth no effort and no effort was expected. The parties stated that gaming is fun and should not have any work. Was I right in what turn into outrage that I was expected to spend hours of time to set up a game to entertain all and expect no effort other than creating a charater from my players? this is a game that my players asked me to run also. What to you as gammaster expect from your players. (if some one more clever than I could set a poll on this subject that be cool.) Sincerely Lord Ghee

Re: what are the rights of Nobility (In France in 1630's is the main question) Lawmower boy Is the "Eternal Gangsta" therory of ahistorcism your theory your theory?? Love that. Any help on any noble Privileges would help. Lord Ghee

Thanks to Curufea site http://www.curufea.com/Wikka/wikka.php?wakka=RulesVersailles I understand better the right of High nobility (the peers) but what is the rights of the lower nobility and any of the commoners? (Is the right to be armed and defend ones self a basic right of nobility?) Lord Ghee

Re: Help with cost of living in 1630's France Thanks everyone And Curufea thanks the information on peerages is a help. Lord Ghee

Dear Mr Long, In a campins using hit locations If a charater takes killing damage, On page of Fred 414 1. Hit location 2. roll the body damage 3. Determine the stun damage from the stunX of the location A. subtract defenses = stun damage taken *this is where the damage redution would apply for stun? 4.Take body subtract resistant defenses that apply. *This is where damage redution resistant would apply A. take number and apply BodyX of the hit location = body done. Or is damage redution done after bodyx is applied. Thanks Lord Ghee Getting in one more question under the wire.

Re: Proof Lightsabers make everything better! Thanks for the Laugh, as a long player of military miniatures that great. Lord Ghee

Re: Fantasy Art Thread Mr Mardock, when I click on the pic all I see is black, so I go to a setting on my vid card which I use for online gaming (to see better at night) where the gamma is all the way up. red show up as dose the teeth of the wold and dagger and basket. Is this a problem with my settings? Lord Ghee

Re: Help with cost of living in 1630's France Thanks for the Information and keep it coming, Please! I order a copy of A Mighty fortress which is a old AD@D aid on 17th centry France. I found out about this from a review of Flashing Blades which I got from DrivethruRPG in PDF format. Some good information in that book. Thankyou all again and I will post more about this soon. Lord Ghee

I will be running a Musketeer game in January and I need help. Any one have any information on the cost of stuff in France in 1630's or about then. How much the KIng made? What the income of the nobels was like (this is hard stuff I know)? What a job would bring in? The cost of weapons, horse anything? Land titles and housing. I have Grups swashbucklers some help. I found a Frech gamers site that google translator did a fine job on so I will be posting that information. Thanks Lord Ghee

Re: Chocolate in Pre-Columbian New Mexico Here in El Paso Tx, we have a hill east of us that over looks the Rio Grande river and the pass east, on it artifacts were found that are Aztec, the owner got wind of the find and bulldozed the top. so it looks like the Aztec most north outpost was here. Lord Ghee

Re: Russian SUV I just love the first commet after the add, Leather from the biggest ***** for the biggest ***** Lord Ghee

Re: moving Darkness Thanks for the post Gents Lord Ghee

IN 5ER how would one make a darkness field that moves with a target? Darkness is targeted at a hex and dose not move. Lord Ghee

Re: Zeppelins That things is huge they mean ship Lord Ghee

ran across this and it is one more step towards a battle filed laser. http://www.strategypage.com/military_videos/military_photos_20091004165426.aspx# Lord Ghee

Re: Escapist "High Adventure" column about Hero Thanks Sir for the Great work and the great line "and combat moves like a careful tax audit." LOL Lord Ghee repped

Re: Killer Shrike: A Question About Your Site Me Me Pick Me, I got a Question Are you going to keep your sites 5ER stuff up (PLEASE>>>>>>>>>) and if not is there a way to download all of it Lord Ghee

Re: Anyone know about Systema? OHHHO detect martial maneuver as a color! this could be a cool power the ability to detect what the attacker is going to do like punch or martial block, he is going blue so he is upper body attacking ect. instead of ki energy detection it is based on the science of the body ect . . . Lord Ghee