Wildest Dreams is the amazing Asia song that didn't get the air play.
Amazing band.
Asia was the band that led me to all of the progressive rock bands like Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and UK. This will all be a trip through my childhood. I love Carl Palmer's drum solo on Wildest Dreams! I hope he does it tonight!
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I recommend taking a listen to Gentle Giant for progressive rock. King Crimson and Jethro Tull of course are the obvious ones. It appears we have more in common than just a love for classic RPGS!!!
I'm a Dream Theater man myself... by way of Tool of course. And now with a bit of a side order of Tyr.
Though folk metal's where I lay most of my head... from Eluvetie to Alestorm and Tengger Cavalry. And I'm partial to the odd Pet Shop Boys' cover - by Finntroll.
I recommend taking a listen to Gentle Giant for progressive rock. King Crimson and Jethro Tull of course are the obvious ones. It appears we have more in common than just a love for classic RPGS!!!
My favorite bands include the following:
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Genesis
Steve Hackett
Jethro Tull
Renaissance
Rush
UK
Yes
Rick Wakeman
I've seen all of them live in concert at some point. Some of them frequently. Every year there is a progressive rock cruise called Cruise to the Edge that I have always wanted to go on. However the dates have never agreed with my schedule.
When I noticed Dream Theater listed on that cruise I began taking an interest in them. I've heard some great stuff from them, but I don't know their music well.
I know some old King Crimson. In fact John Wetton played a lot of it at a UK concert I saw in Montreal a few years ago. However, I am not familiar with Gentle Giant. I will need to look into some of that!
Gotta remember, Asia is:
John Wetton - formerly of King Crimson
Carl Palmer - formerly of Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Geoffrey Downes - formerly of the Buggles (first video ever on MTV) and briefly with Yes
Steve Howe - formerly of Yes
Unfortunately, Steve Howe, who could fill in as a near perfect double for the Crypt Keeper if needed, will not be there tonight. But it will be fun to hear the band play. I have been lucky enough to have seen them twice in recent years, and their playing is still without compare.
anderson Bruford Wakeman and Howe -- the lineup that produced a single great studio album.
Two of my favorite albums were Yes Tormato and Rush 2112 -- we saw the Yes 90215 show while I was in college as well as the Pink Floyd Delicate Sound of Thunder. Not to mention catching the Boston reunion for Third Stage.
SHould mention the soundtrack to my college Viking D&D game prominently featured Songs from Broadsword and the Beast by Jethro Tull.
I saw Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe in Manchester! I was in the second row standing right in front of Rick Wakeman. Sublime! Bofus, I didn't realize you knew about those guys.
Asia was awesome tonight. They opened with Sole Survivor and went right into Wildest Dreams. Carl Palmer was phenomenal! His solo was fantastic. Every time I see him I am always floored.
We just got back to Tirion's house and I am ready for bed.
Hi guys, what is your plan?
I realize that I could let you choose between searching the holes or making your way to the fane, but I am trying to give this adventure more of a sandbox feel, and less like a railroad.
I prefer relying on you telling me what you want to do. With PBP, it comes across as me waiting for you to post. I can certainly move things along to the next encounter by giving you choices, but I am trying to strike the right balance between giving you choice and not going too far on a tangent.
Let me know if you need more structure or less.
Red is keen on getting to the heart of the matter and stopping the final foes, ensuring the final overthrow of the nasty Reds! :P
Hate to tell you this Red, we already wiped out a Red, a Green and a Black. I think it is White and/or Blue that we must face now.
Awwwwwwww.
But, hey, when you are finished, you can sing great ballads about the Red, White and Blue.
He sings that all the time actually - hes a Galtan!
Le Marsellaise has been linked in thread, as have tunes from Les Mis, and on a side note - so was I see Red by Split Enz.
Like this one?
Well, if you are posting national anthems, I think you should post them all, off the top of my head, I can only think of a few: Australia, NZ, Chech Republic, Russia, the Netherlands, the USA, Iceland, Chili, Costa Rica, Bermuda, and most anything that used to be a British colony (other than Canada).
Nahhh Red is a Galtan revolutionary, and probably a commie.
North Korea is also Red White and Blue. And I am pretty sure that the current government of Russia is trying to bring back totalitarianism.
I agree Dream Theatre is great after listening to them. Thanks for the link!! Have to try some of your other recommendations.
My friend Tony in college introduced me to a singer who called himself Fish--we got him to play in our local D&D game--and he gave me a signed copy of his album Script for a Jester's Tear in July of 1983 after we saw him at a small venue in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a true Scotsmen and fun to hang out with, and since it was my home town, I ended up meeting his entire band and showing them around. He hadn't met his supermodel wife yet. It is ironic he was a great promoter of Scottish independence -- his latest tweet to Scotsmen -- 'May your decision reflect your hopes and not your fears' Nelson Mandella
Later I bought Marillion's album Fugazi, and became a big fan. So, I add Marillion and this track to the greats. Though many call it to derivative of Genesis, I think it stands up. Grendel was always with Broadsword and the Beast in my gaming music tracks. This video captures how Fish looked when I met him. Now his daughter is a supermodel.
So are we going to go on the Cruise to the Edge and play Pathfinder when we are not listening to great music?
So are we going to go on the Cruise to the Edge and play Pathfinder when we are not listening to great music?
Can you imagine? Not only a cruise with lots of great music, but Pathfinder as well!
So are we going to go on the Cruise to the Edge and play Pathfinder when we are not listening to great music?Can you imagine? Not only a cruise with lots of great music, but Pathfinder as well!
I suppose that the AP that would be run is Skull and Shackles. A cruise to the edge of the Eye.
I remember I made an evil assassin and use these lyrics from Marillion for my theme song...
I am the assassin, with tongue forged from eloquence.
I am the assassin, providing your nemesis.
On the sacrificial altar to success, my friend;
Unleash a stranger from a kiss, my friend;
No incantations of remorse, my friend;
Unsheath the blade within the voice,
my friend, my friend, my friend, my friend
I am the assassin, (assassin, assassin)
Who decorates the scarf with the fugi knot,
Who camouflaged emotion in the thousand-yard stare,
Who gouged the notches in the family tree,
Who hypnotized the guilt in career rhythm trance.
Assassin, assassin, assassin, assassin.
(Assassin , my friend.)
Listen as the syllables of slaughter cut with calm precision,
Patterned frosty phrases rape your ears and sew the ice incision.
Adjectives of annihilation bury the point beyond redemption,
Venomous verbs of ruthless candor plagiarize assassins' fervor.
Apocalyptic alphabet casting spell, the creed of tempered diction,
my friend, your friend, the assassin.
my friend, your friend, the assassin.
A friend in need, is a friend that bleeds...
(my friend, your friend, the assassin.)
A friend in need, is a friend that bleeds...
(my friend, your friend, the assassin.)
Let bitter silence infect the wound,
Let bitter silence infect the wound,
I am the assassin, (your friend)
I am the assassin, (your friend)
I am the assassin, (your friend)
Assassin!
You were a sentimental mercenary in a free-fire zone,
Parading a Hollywood conscience;
You were a fashionable objector with a uniform fetish,
Pavlovian slaver at the cash till ring of success.
A noncom observer, I assassin, the collector... defector.
So you resigned yourself to failure, my friend,
And I emerged the chilling stranger, my friend,
To eradicate the problem, my friend,
Unsheath the blade within the voice,
within the voice, within the voice,
within the voice.
And what do you call assassins who accuse assassins, anyway...
My friend?
I played around with The Trees by Rush in one post a few months ago.
Well, we come to that time of year again where I head off for the weekend to play harp for the Highland Games. It will be interesting this year if the vote for independence goes yes. I won't be able to post until Monday. Have a great weekend!
Party on Harpwizard. Quit playing when your fingers start to bleed.
Bofus, no problem about being busy. That happens to all of us. As to the eyes of the dragon, they have certainly been interesting, but there is still much to be learned about them.
In the meantime, any of you can tell me where you explore. The short people do not have any special insight into the location of the fane.
I'm going to be sadly unavailable for the next 5 days. Tommorrow I have to get as much of the apartment moved as possible as the net three days will involve hours and hours of cleaning.
Thanks for letting us know, Tark. If we do get into combat, we will be sure to post for you. Take care of yourself and good luck with the move!
just a fast note, will be travelling tomorrow and then working in the bush for a couple of days, so will be a bit patchy for a little bit until I return to civilisation. Will post where I can on my phone if I get reception :)
Sorry for my delay in posting. I am right at the end of soccer season my son is on the Varisity team that just won their first play off game. I've also had negotiation meetings in the evenings. Besides, coaching, teaching, dancing, giving harp lessons, and performing, I am my local teacher union's chief negotiator and we are making progress slowly. I will have my next negotiation meeting in November. How is everybody else doing?
I've been having Pathfinder withdrawals. I have not played a tabletop session since July. However, I am psyched to have some PFS coming up in a few weeks (November 7 - 9) in Killington, VT at a great convention called Carnage on the Mountain. Bofus, if you can get away, you should think about it!
I'm, hopefully, going to be there. Definitely on Saturday and Sunday. Friday is up in the air due to possibly having work conflicting with PF.
Hey Folks,
Sorry for the quiet day. I was running a Pathfinder session up at ComicCon in Burlington this afternoon and I earned my second GM star! That makes 30 sessions in one about one year.
Tirion, how does Friday the 7th look?
Bofus, any luck with getting the weekend of Nov 7 - 9 off for some Carnage?
DMHW - sent you an email.
How young?
I had a better result just throwing the box to the side, giving a two minute primer on the rules and then just rolling into content as a storytelling narrative and introducing mechanics as I went - stripped right back but mean that we got down to smashing skeletons in under 10 minutes and we never looked back.
Seems to be the way.
good game dragon.
good game.
Some of my students created an award winning short movie about our Pathfinder experience at CabotCon and related it to building character in our school. They are presenting it at the Rowland Foundation's Conference this week. My contribution is the harp playing in the background.
Nice - they even got DMHW in the shots twice that I saw.
I really thought that a CR13 Blue Dragon would be a challenge for you. It did not even get its turn in. Is this unbalanced? Do I need to up the level of monsters you are to be facing? Maybe I am not playing these creatures smart enough. There are still some very serious encounters to come, but this does not bode well for the monsters!
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Well, here's my take...I dind't expect folks to be able to do full attacks w/melee weaposn on the first round. I thought they'd have to close. But perhaps it was because I was unclear on precisely who was moving where, and precisely where everyone ended up...
had the dragon gotten the jump on us, rather than the other way around, things would hvae been different. We had an excellent combination of buffs and sh1t-hot rolls (THREE crits, Mirrin?!?! WTFingF????)
honestly, at this level, things are typically going to go one of two ways: really good for the players really fast, or really bad for the players really fast. This is a very solid group of experienced players with well-thought-out character builds, and good preparation. That gives us good scouting abilities, which gives us time to prepare in most cases--which means the first option is very likely to happen very often.
The last one pasted us though if you recall. The problem with high level encounters is that it is essentially a game of tag using rocket launchers - first to hit wins. We got all prepped up, and then won the die roll.
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And then one of the melee fighters rolled three crit threats.
I think that is why I prefer the lower levels. I like battles to last longer and seem more suspenseful while being less deadly. However, you should be aware that this adventure is hardly over yet! Be warned, what remains is still extremely dangerous! You'll just have to wait and see what comes up next!
Depends on the nature of the encounter.
We were playing Vengeance at Sundered Crag (PFS) and the end battle went forever and a day at levels 10-11. It was a long ass pitched battle.
We've had a bunch like that - tends to be large battle maps and multiple foes - another 'that shall remain nameless' was a CR16 encounter at L10, and that was a rather long and untidy affair I assure you - total chair gripper.
Well, when I think about it, the encounters with lots of enemies do seem to last longer. I've been personally a little disappointed with the dragon encounters. I always have such high expectations for the great beast, but they have not lasted very long in their battles.