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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
Foxbat is attempting to woo (or, as originally mistyped 'woe') a female hero by the name of Juggernaut, no relation. She is seeking him out, at the deputy mayor's orders because he has demanded a thousand bucks... not cash, male deer, or he will use "A weapon of Mass Destruction". Juggernaut fails to find him, but she returns to her apartment to find a note on her pillow (she has a public I.D).
 
Fear not my love... our pouding beats shall heart as one soon enough. We are pedestined you and me, to know a love that would make angles weep. In the mean time, hurry yourself to safety... the city seems reluctant to aseed to my demands, and so, I must use my weapon to rain mass destruction upon them. A pity we must be at odds, my sweet.
 
Internally yours,
Foxbat.
 
PS: I'm sorry, there are a lot of typos in this letter I'm thinking which is why I shouldn't write in ink like this. Darn pens don't have spell checkers even in the 21st century, it's criminal. Anyway, I didn't have any more paper and I hope you're willing to forgive the few errors that might have cropped up.
Ta, F.B.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
(Told in the most matter-of-factly way possible, on both sides of the conversation.)
 
"So, what do we do?"
"I have an idea."
"Is it a stupid idea?"
"Please, have you forgotten who you're talking to?"
"I remember precisely who I'm talking to, that's why I asked."
"If you remembered precisely who you were talking to, you wouldn't have to ask."
"So, it *is* a stupid idea."
"Insanely stupid, yes."
"Very good, then. Carry on."

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
"Okay, that's it...we're going to need a bigger dragon."
 
 
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"Hey...just because I haven't died, then been brought back by some kind of lizard shaman and gotten superpowers as a result, doesn't mean my life isn't complicated!"
 
 
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"Okay, I'm going to change forms to Hathor, wearing a FedEx uniform...as no FedEx uniform has ever been worn before!"
 
 
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"And thus the main guns of the battleship Missouri are used to shoot down a mosquito."
 
(referring to Hathor turning the full force of her attentions on a mere mortal.)
 
 
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Dr. Anomaly's sister, Rebecca: "Come in and sit down, Solomon...or should I say, 'Dr. Anomaly'?"
 
Dr. Anomaly: (stunned silence, followed by) "How...when...how long have you known? How did you find out?"
 
Rebecca: "I've only known for a few minutes; I never had cause to probe your mind before, and never suspected my brother was more than the flake the popular press thinks he is. In hindsight, of course, it should have been obvious."
 
Dr. Anomaly: "Waitaminute...my sister is a metanormal? Rebecca, when did this happen?!?"
 
 
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Rebecca: "Honestly, Solomon, at this point, I think we should move any further discussion to my laboratory/HQ." (She flips a concealed switch and a bookcase slides aside, revealing a hidden staircase leading downward. A faint hum of some kind of esoteric power generator can be heard from below.)
 
Kathleen: "Solomon, why doesn't our base have a secret laboratory like this?"
 
Solomon: "Do you have any idea how difficult it is to try and remodel an indestructible, invulnerable building?"

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
Somewhat HERO-System-specific humor:
 
WITCH HAZEL: "Shasta, if you get Knocked Out while you're in your tree-form, I don't know how I'll be able to carry you off the ship."
 
SHASTA: "If I get Knocked Out, I revert to my humanoid form. It's not a Persistent Vegetative State."

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread.
 
The jedi is actually an older commission, but held back from public view per request of the patron. He wanted to surprise his game group. He gave me permission to post it now that his group has seen the character.
 

 
Next up is a commission for the Hero Board's very own Jeff T.
 

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
"Yes! I love country western Jesus!"
"Who cares? You loved punk rock Jesus and disco Jesus too!"

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: Storn's Art & Characters thread.
 
This is for "Heroes & Legends". From About Time! Games. They are
currently in playtest and have a tenative release date set for late 2006.
You can check out their website at http://www.abouttimegames.com.
 
I thought it was a clever tackling of a universal RPG system, instead of the multi figure approach of other covers.
 

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

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
GM: You recognize the symbol on the priestess clothing, she worships the drow god of...(cue evil music)...vengenace and suffering.
Me: I was hoping for rainbows and kittens.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
Okay, a little narcissism here, though it was about two weeks ago. Over on Hero Central:
 
Other player: "Sir, tell me what happened and where it hurts... I will help you if I can."
 
My response: You get the distinctive feeling that the character isn't conscious; however, with your knowledge of biology, you think that if the bloody man could talk right now, he'd say something to the effect of "It hurts where the two bullet holes are."

Re: Enforcer's new Campaign!
 
For an IT guy who works from home maybe he wrote and maintains a specialized internal software package for a large dispersed company. He might be on call for support for the software, but otherwise left alone to work on bugs and upgrades.
 
Maybe he'd have to take the odd call while on an adventure. He could use a cell phone and a headset. I could just see it now:
 
Hero: "Inter-Data tech support, Mike speaking. How can I help you?"
Villain: "What? Blast your cursed swing-line, I'll soon be free of it!"
Hero: "Have you tried closing the application and restarting it?"
Villain: "Ugh! You dare lay hands on Invictor?! I will teach you the meaning of pain!"
Hero: "ARRGH!" "Did you see any error messages pop up before it crashed?"
Villain: "NOO! You've crushed my Omni-Staff! DIE WORM! Hey, who are you talking to?"
Hero: "It sounds like you'll have to do a reboot." "Unghf!" "Let's try that and see if it loads the database again."
Villain: "Are you on the phone?! You DARE take a call while fighting INVICTOR?!"
Hero: "Whuf!" "Okay, it looks like the database connection is back, go to your file menu and see if it saved your last changes."
Villain: "PAY ATTENTION TO ME!"

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread.
 
Ex-Storn-dinary!