Jorvik: A Land of Snow & Ice
Game Master
DSXMachina
A dark mystery in the ancient city of York.
On a long drive tomorrow, so probably offline all day. I think I will have access there. If not, I will be back the 5th (or night of the 4th).
FYI-
I will be out of town almost 2 weeks straight (Visit family, then kids to Space Camp, with visits to work in between)
But, I will have access to internet when I get to where I'm going,...
So I will check in as often as possible! :)
FYI, I'll be traveling this week.
(Taking kids to Space Camp, then coming BACK to do work that I can't get out of, Then going BACK to Space Camp,..[We just had our 20th anniversary, this is closest were getting to a second honeymoon!]) ;P
Short version (too late!) I'll be traveling a lot this week, but I will have access to Internet in between driving and other insanity. So I should be able to mostly keep up!
Hey all,
Just checking in and saying 'Hi',...
Um,... 'Hi!' ;)
Hope everyone's summer was a lot less,... eventful, than mine. ;P
How is everybody?
Lastwall Heroes - Current Date: Toilday, 31 Desnus, 4711 AR | Shadowrun - Current Date: Saturday, March 13, 2060
Hey Rags.
(...and so comes that sudden feeling of realization that I'm now several months overdue for a post...)
It's been a crazy stress-work summer (with unpredictable overtime) -- but other than that, things are mostly ok.
Sounds a lot like my summer.
Except I'm salary. No OT. :(
Glad to hear your still on the PLUS side! :)
Sheesh, I'm actually ready for University to start up again.
After this summer the few (slow for me) weeks at the beginning of Fall will be a welcome relief! ;P
Don't get me wrong, we had some fun in there too! but it was 'hectic' at best a lot of the time. NO 'slow down' time for us! ;)
Lastwall Heroes - Current Date: Toilday, 31 Desnus, 4711 AR | Shadowrun - Current Date: Saturday, March 13, 2060
There's no budget. I'll likely be taking it as time off in the late fall when things start to calm down.
Still, starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel... My boss has her planned 3 weeks cancelled (she's getting 2 days tracked on to a weekend)... Lucky for me, my wife and I rented a cottage first week of September, so that should be doable.
People postied here! Hello, peoples!
I haven't had much work for a couple of months so lean times. Back to work now, but going to be off again for at least a week starting August 24th when they break my jaw. This summer can end now.
Wow.
Some people will do ANYthing to get out of work!
;P
(J/K! No hurty!) ;)
Get better soon Treppa!
Oh, no problem with work. I am losing my main client. She's moving after I spent two months over the summer putting off other clients to wait for her to return. 1 week's work and gone. Sonuva.
♪♫ Gloom, despair, and agony on me;
Deep dark depression, excessive misery;
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all;
Gloom, despair, and agony on me. ♪♫ :D
Lastwall Heroes - Current Date: Toilday, 31 Desnus, 4711 AR | Shadowrun - Current Date: Saturday, March 13, 2060
As a head's up -- I'll be out of town in a place where I'm not expecting to have any internet access from Friday, Sept 2 until Saturday the 10 (and will likely be unpacking and the like, such that Monday the 12th is probably the safest estimate of when I'll be able to catch up and post).
All that to say, I'm not ignoring you of Kenneth doesn't react to something. Just imagine that he's rescuing some other cute coed and further complicating his life. ;)
Have fun with the moving stuff.
:)
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Can he further complicate his life? Seems like there's an upper boundary to life complexity that he might be approaching... ;)
NEVER underestimate some people's ability to over complicate things!
I work for the State of Louisiana. (University) Trust me on this. :P
The good news is that I've finally posted!
The bad news is that in the time it took me to do so, the rules for this game pretty much leaked out of my head. Oops.
lol,
that's ok, I find that every time we get in to a situation that actually requires us using 'the rules', I've forgotten them as well. :)
The good news is, we obviously have a lot of fun just RP-ing, because this ain't your usual D&D fight-every-5-minutes-game! :)
(But when we have them,... duck and cover!) ;P
Welcome to the party! :D
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I think Tilnar built the most complicated character. We typically count on him for rules stuff.
DSX mostly goes by the Rule of Cool, as evidenced by Sal's Ballistic Journey.
Lastwall Heroes - Current Date: Toilday, 31 Desnus, 4711 AR | Shadowrun - Current Date: Saturday, March 13, 2060
I did.
To be fair, there was a Ferromancer when I got here, so I wasn't the only one who drifted into the complexities of magic-making... just the only one still standing.
Still, given that all my experience playing this system can be summed up in a few hundred posts, I'm a little worried for all of us that I'm the "expert". ;)
Also, really, the system is pretty much built on the notion of the Rule of Cool -- it's meant to be very story/RP driven -- though I will concur that DSX also does a very good job of it.
OK, I'm off to the hospital this morning. I expect to be up and posting by Saturday, but that might be optimistic. If DSX posts before I return and things go south, Sal can shoot stuff. :) Otherwise, this might be a nice reprieve for Edwyn, who's probably on Sal's s#+% list. Danny, try not to get in trouble.
Hasta manana!
See you after your vacation, Tilnar. Hope you guys have a great, relaxing time. Cabin in the woods sounds like what the doctor ordered.
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There will be a post for you to come back too. I will restart this.... :)
You've my bestest wishes, Treppa.
Thanks for the good wishes, everyone. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy - weird. And hooray for DSX posting with renewed creativity and vigor after a bit of a vacation!
Lastwall Heroes - Current Date: Toilday, 31 Desnus, 4711 AR | Shadowrun - Current Date: Saturday, March 13, 2060
Sure hope so. Summer's been ... busy.
Tilnar wrote: Sure hope so. Summer's been ... busy. THIS, yes! :P
It's sad when your ready for the university semester to start so you can feel relaxed! :P
Hey Guys and gals,
Hope everyone is alright and doing well?
I'm TRYING to do so,... Idjits make that so hard sometimes. ;)
Sorry for slow/no posting lately, just busy with RL, and trying to keep up with my PbP's, and get all of my other stuff done. I'm still here if your wondering! :)
Lastwall Heroes - Current Date: Toilday, 31 Desnus, 4711 AR | Shadowrun - Current Date: Saturday, March 13, 2060
I'll say "mostly", in terms of the doing well, Rags. :)
I know of which you speak sir! ;P
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A bit touchy about Hull's status this year, are we? :D
Lastwall Heroes - Current Date: Toilday, 31 Desnus, 4711 AR | Shadowrun - Current Date: Saturday, March 13, 2060
Sorry so absent, currently attending Sundance at Salt Lake City for premiere of documentary my daughter is in.
Should be back to my USUAL level of insanity with work/rehearsals/posting by Tuesday.
~Rags
Ooo nice! Very movie-action exciting! :)
Busy at work, so give me a few hours. This is worthy of a well-crafted response. ;)
Hopefully before I crash tonight I'll have time to post!
Thanks sorry about the horrible delay. The various zones made it a bit tricky, however this should allow a smooth flow of combat - since rounds themselves are fluid.
But as I've mentioned to some, I'm running DF for friends at the moment & it takes place in York - thus it's helped me flesh out the background even further.
Sweet!
There are typos in my post, but when I tried to fix them, the board put the edited post up as a new post with all new rolls. I was afraid if I tried to fix it, I'd keep spawning nonsensical posts, so I deleted the second post.
Yeesh, they're having problems.
Huh, we haven't had the 'repeat the post, get new rolls' problem in what? Years?
They must be running a lot of new scripts on the site. I'm sure they'll get it all ironed out.
Eventually. ;)
Yeah, thought they had killed ghost posties.
Lastwall Heroes - Current Date: Toilday, 31 Desnus, 4711 AR | Shadowrun - Current Date: Saturday, March 13, 2060
It's been a while, for sure.
Off to be as impressed as Rags. ;)
Kudos to DSX for runnung 4 simultaneous combats. I am in awe.
Treppa wrote: Kudos to DSX for runnung 4 simultaneous combats. I am in awe. AND keeping them STRAIGHT! O.o
If the rest of us look over at Danny's zone, will we see the illusory monks? Do we need to make a save to disbelieve, if we do?
Up to DSX, but I would say yes, as I made the monks illusion cover the entire area. (I may not have specified that actually, but it makes sense as per my description, which would make my total of a 6 power illusion a 4, using the last 2 to cover the zone) If i have the game-stuff right?
As far as seeing Danny, normally I make my veils just big enough to cover me and the twins, which seems to fall under the 'strong as you actually roll' category, as I'm not using some of the points to cover a larger area. Veils in the description (both game and novels) seem to be a 'all or nothing' effect, so if it works, then likely all you can see is Buff-danny swordfighting a Fomor, and not a skinny little singer crouching behind the illusion. :)
EDIT- ALthough, being familiar with Danny's work, it is far more likely that you will see the illusion of the monks for what it is, and still be able to tap it's Aspect for the advantage.
Again, up to DSX of course, :)
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Poke. I think Kenneth is the only one with action left in this turn?
Lastwall Heroes - Current Date: Toilday, 31 Desnus, 4711 AR | Shadowrun - Current Date: Saturday, March 13, 2060
Sorry. Been having notification issues with the Jorvik game.
And then, of course, the last week's been quite busy for other reasons.
OF course it has. Because RL stinks. ;P
Does anyone ELSE feel like they missed the entire summer?!?!?
I can't believe that school starts back next week! (AND neither can my kids!) ;P
Tilnar wrote: Sorry. Been having notification issues with the Jorvik game.
And then, of course, the last week's been quite busy for other reasons.
Congrats :)
And that's the good thing with the Zones it allows a modicum of time lapse.
DSXMachina wrote: Tilnar wrote: Sorry. Been having notification issues with the Jorvik game.
And then, of course, the last week's been quite busy for other reasons.
Congrats :)
And that's the good thing with the Zones it allows a modicum of time lapse. LOL!
I'm slow, I get it now! :)
Gratz again Tilnar! :)
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Nice description of the mechanics of tapping an aspect!
Thenk yew, ;)
Glad you enjoyed it.
I'm not a master of much, but I have a vivid imagination! :D
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