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This encounter could be lots of fun on either side, Dodson. You really have a potential TPK if you have like one of my groups. They conceivably could see themselves lose 30% according to how my experience is.

Also, depending how you set your terrain up, and I know you do a lot of tactical work...so the tiles from Wizards, the gamestore mats at the Den, and some of the 40K terrain would do wonders for either side that is thinking rounds ahead.

Then again, a group of roleplayers would still have fun with this encounter.

I suggest going to the back room of the store, find AP #37 and look at what happens in that module. Serpents Skull is how I see this going parallel to, though I know you'll cater this to your group.

Good Luck!

Okay... the release of the DVD won't be until Fall of 2012. The good thing, is that the movie is actually in theaters right now and it's probably going to be on my list of "MUST OWN AND GIVE AS GIFTS" dvd's later this year.

I hope those of you that love a great action flick don't pass it up. It's as good as Hard Boiled.

Wish you luck, Mikaze. If it's good art, then it's good art. Keep in mind, my gaming room is Frazetta'd because I like it. But if you do good work, then someone will pay you for it.

I'm all for the melee women in actual armor like the one from Deviant Art shown above...

Oh, and I don't know if the Raid will get much theatrical play here. The studio that got stateside distribution rights is planning on doing an English-language remake, so there is less incentive for them to show the original in theaters.

This will be released in March of this year on DVD.

This is what I thought. It would negate the utility for spells like Cure Light Wounds Mass or the supernatural channeling ability. Thanks.

Did anyone see this yet? I have the trailer burned in my skull and the score is pretty decent. What I really liked was the three film clips in one I found with some searching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWlmhMSnVdM

Any comments?

Jiggy wrote:

What I take away from all this is to avoid using touch spells.

I think metamagic rod of reach is the way to go if you want to use it in combat and you can't get your allies to stay near you.

/Raise thread...

So the party is low level, a lot of the cleric's capacity is diminished, but they have a moment to catch their breath...

And the cleric gathers everyone about (His favorite thing to say when being introduced to anyone regardless of sex is "Too old!") and casts Cure Light Wounds.

It isn't during a combat, but according to the descriptor, it's touch. So he heals up everyone with a friendly d8 plus his level (max five).

Is this RAI? Or just RAW?

His name is Robert Bruce Moore.

I know this may be of use to the staff here. I work for the company Cityof.com and we just updated our Seattle site to reflect the new changes. If you use it, let us know as we are getting ready to redo our testimonials portion of the website...

May all your hits be crits.

http://www.thecityofseattle.com/

I lived in Illinois between Bloomington and Peoria. Had that little place that about froze over thanks to the global warming every frigging winter. Let me tell you, that was the worst that I ever dealt with because everything else was gravy.

The midwest isn't for people wanting a go-go-go lifestyle. It's where you raise your kids and let them develop away from the city-stink of the coastlines and large metro centers where people demand you pay for their lifestyle.

My apartment was 300 a month to start, but after a few years, I agreed to 435/monthly. That was a great place. Aside from the DIY mouse care thanks to living in a rural community, I loved it. I'd move to the Mid-west if they had an economy there but once Cat left, everything else is following.

For Kingmaker, at the Gamer's Den in Corpus Christi. Saturdays, right now, every other. Find me there after 2pm.

=) Beer!

Beercifer wrote:

... They'll at least keep projected military power in the face of people who would rather repeat 9/11 or a ryder truck bombing in NYC.

I do like the idea of putting more money to guarding our borders. I also like the idea of our border agents being able to unload clips on those that fire on them. We give them a job to do, might as well earn the paycheck and skip the spouses death benefit, right?

"Lots of cash"?

Gah! No worries, just print more.

A stronger dollar and we wouldn't have to use the monopoly stuff anymore! I shudder to think, otherwise.

If Ron Paul is such a great leader why hasn't he managed anything in his time in office already?

Normally when you spend 21 years on a job you expect to have something to show for it.

This is a valid point. I agree with about 90, 91 percent of what he says. But that minority of items I don't agree with, its pretty damn big things. I like having a large military, even if it costs us lots of cash. They'll at least keep projected military power in the face of people who would rather repeat 9/11 or a ryder truck bombing in NYC.

I do like the idea of putting more money to guarding our borders. I also like the idea of our border agents being able to unload clips on those that fire on them. We give them a job to do, might as well earn the paycheck and skip the spouses death benefit, right?

I will miss him. He made the hour fun to watch and I think all the kids in the eighties wanted to be him. "Be the bad guy and have the girl! Hell yeah!"

Crimson Jester wrote:

Vin Diesel

Weird AL
and
Stephen Colbert

Beaten to the punch. :)

+1 on Vin

I'd actually wished that we could go back in time and see the games that happened with Cordell and Cook during the time where the Ptolus was getting its foundations made. I believe the Illithiad Trilogy was being sculpted at the time, too.

If I could say that if you are at all in the Central IL area, Mike Maholik (Washington area gamer near Peoria) runs a FINE Pathfinder game. More politics and intrigue than anything else.

To me, the sorc at my tables is almost never played. We had one guy run one and to say he explored all the possibilities is preposterous. He did run an ice sorc, which was fun to watch.

I like the new options for sorcerers because I see the wizard has a little more oomph than them with a bonded item. I might be wrong, and I encourage some creative showcasing as to what you can do.

I like the new possibilities with the archetypes from the APG, coupled with the bloodlines, you have a viable character. I just as a player would prefer to play a conjurer wizard instead.

I am so sorry to read this. Condolences for you and your family.

Hey mate, I was stationed down in Ingleside myself for a while. There's a FLGS called the Gamer's Den that's always got some game going on. Here's directions http://www.wargames.com/store/801/corpus-christi/gamers-den

If you go, tell 'em John and Shadow say hi (although I don't know if any of the old crew are still there, but the owner Bruce will remember us)

His name is Bruce?

Rock!

game mechanics-wise: Kingmaker

flavour-wise: Legacy of Fire

story-wise: Curse of the Crimson Throne

most excited-wise: Rise of the Runelords

+1

and while Second Darkness wasn't exactly the greatest AP of all, MUCH of it can be mined for stuff for your current campaign and all articles in those AP's are useful. Was it Mona or Reynolds...I can't remember-that had an editorial "But I don't use pre-made adventures!"

This is the perfect example, imo.

I think it's funny.

At the Game Room, in Washington Illinois (pimp), the store-use computer pulls up that site as the homepage. Everyone there uses that site, often because $%^&*(((*& (distributor who shall remain nameless) drops the ball on orders.

So if you need the 8th level stats for bloatmage, wham! There you are.

I saw that some of these critters in the 3.5 section were still needing an update. If you like, what format should people send this stuff in. The Peoria IL area is engineer-rich and a lot of these guys like to tweak things like golems, dragons, using the Bestiary rules. I'd pass on the information and make sure to imply the vanilla changes.

Some of the stuff that you've published in the past built on the foundation from Green Ronin's Book of Fiends. Are you turning back to that magnificent tome for more Golarion goodness?

Now that I had my last game session in Illinois for the year, I'm headed home to pack up my gear and prepare for this weekend's trip to Texas. Funny how I didn't really care about packing things up until I was needing to wrap up my CotCT campaign (which rocked and is my favorite campaign of all time-mainly due to players).

Now that my gaming here is done, I'm looking at threads and there are some threads that I want to post in, but it isn't necessary. I'll buy UM once I get to the Den in Corpus. I'll wait for UC and offer some of the options to the table when I find a group down there.

But let me state that I wasn't really ready to move until my last night of gaming had ceased. I still felt connected to this place because of the tie I have with people I've known for three years. I'm bitter sweet about it, but I know that once I'm settled down there enjoying the good and the bad of coastal weather, I'll be fine.

I have to say you people are geniuses. Hyrum, Jason, the Jameses, Erik, Sean, all of you. You gave me a hell of a good time up here gaming my ass off while I watched the economy deplete the area of jobs. I would have stayed if I didn't feel like the opportunity for more wasn't available down in Texas, because of the gaming groups I have up here.

So one last time, thank you.

-Bruce Lombardo

Personally, I'm wondering what the 2012 candidates plan to do about the mage/fighter gap. I worry that our national security could be damaged, since we have no wizards or sorcerers in the army.

I think the main issue on the Republican front will probably be getting rid of the changes to the cleric class, while the Democrats will try to dismiss Obama's faults by putting all the blame on the previous edition.

Usually Obama's entire speech involves the following topics which are mandatory for the current teleprompter to display.

1. I.
2. Me.
3. Previous incarnations or administrations.
4. 'now' and 'sacrifice' must be tied together.
5. Courage for the years ahead.

Alorha wrote:

You forgot the part where every candidate would agree on what lawful good means. Which is of course that a person be vegan and play older editions of the game, as older editions are always better.

There will be massive debates over whether the Geneva conventions apply to old goblin shopkeepers, and what to do in a situation where a troll is holding a baby hostage. Conservatives will valiantly fight liberals who want to remove Gunslingers, and liberals will complain about how we shouldn't brand Assassins as evil. Tea Party candidates will point out how liberals are sneaking in massive changes in the Grapple system, and Al Gore will protest about how auto-death from falling in lava contributes to Global Warming.

Don't forget that the Goblins with Irish blood will pissing off the Goblins with Native American blood on St. Patty's Day because the cheapest bad liquor I've seen in quantity is fire water.

That in and of itself would cause a massive protest in the Goblin Community. The drunk Goblins wouldn't care, other sober Goblins would be irritated that the Goblin image is getting smeared. The entire local population would have to check their cattle, domesticated animals, and chicken coops to make sure that no losses were incurred during the holiday. Also, the distinct possibility of a hate crime could arise from someone getting too violent with a hungover Goblin and they could be sloppy with the crime scene.

Just my two cents.

Doodlebug Anklebiter wrote:

Dear Mr. Whedon,

Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan, BUT:

How does it feel to be the guy who wrote the only Aliens (w/o Predators) movie that really, truly, irredeemably sucked?

[SUBJECT: ANKLEBITER... DIAGNOSIS: CERBRALLY DAMAGED, ANKLEBITER UNIT IS NOT A CIRCULAR ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENT APPLIANCE]

Aliens franchise not integral to WHEDONNET plans. Also, it still remains better than Ishtar.

I thought three and four sucked equally. Really, after Cameron does a sequel to a masterpiece, just stop with the ideas of trilogy.

This is for the virgins!

Red-Assassin wrote:

Death effects

Beating that alone makes this spell a champ.

This spell is awesome in a high level end game. Ask my CotCT group.

This book is coming out tomorrow. I was lucky enough to get involved with the advance reading of this before it's release. I must say that I initially was like..."JRPG?"

But this book rocks. Seriously. And you'll probably read it more than once.

Here's the video review.

http://www.youtube.com/user/brucelombardo75?feature=mhum#p/u/0/3eBkr_wWc6U

James, have you seen the Rifftrax for Transformers 2?

Happy Birthday, Erik! Hopefully the lunchtime conversation will divulge into a afternoon game!

I am headed on vacation for a couple of weeks in the summer and want to know if there are any gamers around for a weekend night? They used to have a USN base in Ingleside which I was part of, but it closed, sadly.

Anyone?

Got lots of them :) bought at mainly my local.

In fact I am getting four folding maps for Eyecon in Sydney over Easter. (they come Tuesday).

I was thinking more like the Brewery from Decline of Glory, or the Barrel Caves. You must have some lovely Hi Res Artwork (they are in the pdf's after all). Perhaps you could pass it on to the guys at Gaming paper (or appropriate business partner) and they can resize them in a PDF we can print on nice paper and laminate at home.

Take the adventure to kinko's and enlarge the copy to 1" squares. To me this is the best use of a commercial facility.

Vic Wertz wrote:

Beercifer wrote:

8x11 assorted dungeon geomorphs, I think it is randomly packaged. 25 dollars gets you a package of this. Do we have a link for this? I think the people here would absolutely love this stuff.

Anyone? Anyone?

Do you have a proper title, product code, or a manufacturer?

Gaming Paper.

http://www.gamingpaper.com/adventure_maps.php

Beercifer wrote:

8x11 assorted dungeon geomorphs, I think it is randomly packaged. 25 dollars gets you a package of this. Do we have a link for this? I think the people here would absolutely love this stuff.

Anyone? Anyone?

Do you have a proper title, product code, or a manufacturer?

Gaming Paper.

8x11 assorted dungeon geomorphs, I think it is randomly packaged. 25 dollars gets you a package of this. Do we have a link for this? I think the people here would absolutely love this stuff.

Anyone? Anyone?

I'd rather they signed a deal with Capcom to get another side-scrolling beat-em-up game made.

Look at those iconics! They were made for that sort of game!

I think I have the Dragonheart video game somewhere around here. On PS1. Lemme find some info for you and link it here.

http://www.gamespot.com/ps/action/dragonheart/review.html?tag=updates%3Btit le%3B1

This pretty much sums up everything. Plus if you want, you can just impale yourself on a dull knife.

I have long wanted to write for the gaming idustry. Two things have held me back. 1)Time to write regularly. 2)Knowing who to write to.

The advice I have been given is too send in submissions to various gaming magazines. But which one(s)? I do not have the money to check them all out and know which are the best.

So here I pose the question. Which do you recommend?

Kenzer and Co.

Welcome! Have some cookies. *shares chocolate chip cookies*

stop hugging people, Liz...every time you do that, they get bite marks!

Or those that actually have been around a bit, a piece of bad news his the community a few days back and I thought I'd post this to here. Jolly and Barbara Blackburn, one of the founding families that makes the print magazine monthly, have just been hit by a massive emotional blow.

Their daughter, Amber, was in the hospital a few nights back, as seen in this thread. Sadly, she perished. I know that some of you don't get into K&C stuff, but for those that know what type of hell a gazebo can give a party, these people are part the big community of gamers. I would like to think that most of you are aware of this sad event already, but if you haven't, please drop a line here or to Jolly or Barbara on facebook.

http://www.kenzerco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51756

This is a good book to have. We just got it at the table and I'm going through it reading page by page. I can't wait until I am through because of the fact that it is a real enjoyable read. The only thing we really need is more cowbell and maybe a Volo's guide to the realm, even though we have 6 pages a month.

I'd give it four stars minimum.
-B

There is a supplement containing these rules for sale as a pdf I think. Low price and is it Jon Rivers or Rite Publishing...

Regardless, it is a good book!

In other news, the actress who plays snoop just got arrested in a drug raid. Her real life rap sheet includes second degree murder conviction when she was 14.

Art imitates life, as many say. The only thing that makes me sick about the entire thing is that the web articles talk about "two Americas". Makes me think back to the initial episode of The Wire, when McNulty is talking to the guy on the street about the murder scene.

(summarized here)
"Why would you let the guy gamble with all of you if you knew he was going to try and steal the winnings?"
"Man, this is America, yo!"

Aside from that, it's sad to see this. I really liked her as Snoop and up until Mike said, "you look good, girl," I thought she had one of the most memorable characters in the later seasons.

And yeah.

Omar rocks.

Just think Mike will take over his spot as shown in the last episode.

Did anyone here but a Ballistix: Ecks versus Sever?

That was a painful movie to watch.

I saw those box sets are upwards of 100 on ebay.

S4 was worse.

After S2, just stop watching them. Smallville all the way.

Just discovered this series and had to say wow.

It is amazing. Season one introduces you to the cops and the drug lord they are chasing, along with his capo's and mooks. Season two deals with the ports and how blue collar jobs are leaving America with the added bonus of skin trade. Season three is about reform and the drug lord gets released from prison. Season four is about politics. Season five caps it off with the media and the spin doctors, along with actually letting the cops who were in the show from start to finish finalize their character arcs.

Its a great way to show how to link characters and in my mind...it reminds me of Ptolus except instead of a campaign setting it is a television series. It is so well layered and explained through scenery and just having at times, "no dialogue." You see how to have characters interact, you see how to connect friends and family through every day occurrences.

Five stars, bravo!

Years from now when the Mi-Go invade, we'll look at their signs and portents and go..."crap, we knew this all along...if we would have just not let Gaga get so popular...".

Really, is she our Dr. Breen?

For anybody else who's wondering, emails for Paizo staff are found on the Contact Us page.

no, I found an email for him from his skr webpage. Thanks anyway, Gary!

I can't get on facebook right now, router is not having it...

do you have a email I could use to just respond to something? That's all and thank you.

nm, found it

Curse of the Riven Sky sounds great! I'll definitely look into that for the end game. Since I'll have the party already together, I don't need a Crypt of the Everflame type adventure. Not that you knew that when you posted it.... I was slow replying. I love Lovecraft feeling adventures and his work is a big influence in the campaign I'm wrapping up right now. In fact, I used Dungeon's The King in Yellow as a stand alone that tied into the campiagn very well. I'll check out Carrion Hill right away.

Thanks wonko!

-The Eel

Curse of the Riven Sky is awesome. The giants offer great combats, the entire setting feels just like a end to a great trilogy movie (but with more "Oh my God!" moments. And to make it a memorable piece there is a climax that will probably not end in d20's shaking across the table, but revelations to the characters in this story that will shake their foundations to the core.