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Treppa wrote: Ah, Rags, sorry to hear that. What a pain in the butt. LITERALLY, in this case ;P
Treppa wrote: My dyslexia read "feel free to bon my toots," which seemed like some crazy Cajun expression.
Heal up quickly. Pulling for you.
I don't think that's a cajun expression? BUT, they do have some weird sayings down here. So it's not impossible! :)
Thanks guys,, Appreciate it.
Again, please feel free to bot me. (HAve Squeaks take over or something. He's probably smarter than Merlan anyway!) ;P
Thx all, (I hope so too!) ;)
As I mentioned in another thread, standing is not the issue. It is actually more comfortable to stand than to lay on the couch. (NO sitting!)
But typing hunched over like this is worse than my usual bad posture! ;P
And my body keeps reminding me to take it easy. Emphatically. >_<
"Oh, I HAVE to lay on the couch and watch TV? ALL day? What a shame!" ;P
I'll check in as often as I can. Please DO bot me if needed. (Or have the wiz get bonked on the head and fall unconscious) Don't let me hold up the action once it gets rolling! :)
See ya!!
Thank you, sincerely.
Standing up is actually more comfortable than lying on the couch.
But typing while hunched over like this is worse than my usual bad posture! ;P
And My body is reminding me to take it easy. Emphatically.
So you get out of dealing with my toons' novella-length posts!
(For a while, anyway) ;)
Hey there,
Sorry, forgot to mention in my PbP's that I was going in for another surgery Wednesday. It was to resolve issue #1 of my Prostate cancer removal. (I've 0only been waiting a year and a friggin' half! >_<
It,... Did NOT go as planned. :(
Halfway through they ran into an 'issue' and they had to do a repair of a tear. This meant they had to cancel the planned procedure, as the install of the implant would have interfered with the healing of what they just fixed.
I am fine. i am at home. And I am,... perturbed, at the turn it took. ;P
This means I have to go through all of the healing time I planned for, but with none of the expected benefits. ;P
And in another 2-3 months, I can revisit trying again.
In short, because I literally cannot sit up due to incision location, I will be noticeably absent for a few days, until I can actually sit on my chair.
I will type entries standing up (like I am now!) when I have the time and ability to do so.
Apologies for forgetting to provide early warning.
Feel free to bot my toons. (And play them smarter than I do!) ;P
See you as soon as possible!
Hey there,
Sorry, forgot to mention in my PbP's that I was going in for another surgery Wednesday. It was to resolve issue #1 of my Prostate cancer removal. (I've 0only been waiting a year and a friggin' half! >_<
It,... Did NOT go as planned. :(
Halfway through they ran into an 'issue' and they had to do a repair of a tear. This meant they had to cancel the planned procedure, as the install of the implant would have interfered with the healing of what they just fixed.
I am fine. i am at home. And I am,... perturbed, at the turn it took. ;P
This means I have to go through all of the healing time I planned for, but with none of the expected benefits. ;P
And in another 2-3 months, I can revisit trying again.
In short, because I literally cannot sit up due to incision location, I will be noticeably absent for a few days, until I can actually sit on my chair.
I will type entries standing up (like I am now!) when I have the time and ability to do so.
Apologies for forgetting to provide early warning.
Feel free to bot my toons. (And play them smarter than I do!) ;P
See you as soon as possible!
Hey there,
Sorry, forgot to mention in my PbP's that I was going in for another surgery Wednesday. It was to resolve issue #1 of my Prostate cancer removal. (I've 0only been waiting a year and a friggin' half! >_<
It,... Did NOT go as planned. :(
Halfway through they ran into an 'issue' and they had to do a repair of a tear. This meant they had to cancel the planned procedure, as the install of the implant would have interfered with the healing of what they just fixed.
I am fine. i am at home. And I am,... perturbed, at the turn it took. ;P
This means I have to go through all of the healing time I planned for, but with none of the expected benefits. ;P
And in another 2-3 months, I can revisit trying again.
In short, because I literally cannot sit up due to incision location, I will be noticeably absent for a few days, until I can actually sit on my chair.
I will type entries standing up (like I am now!) when I have the time and ability to do so.
Apologies for forgetting to provide early warning.
Feel free to bot my toons. (And play them smarter than I do!) ;P
See you as soon as possible!
David M Mallon wrote: Storyteller Shadow wrote: People over the years have just given me RPG stuff they no longer want so I have a ton of Dungeon, Dragon, and 1E stuff to add to the already robust amount of crap I already owned. That's pretty much how I acquired 95% of my RPG collection. LOL! Gotta luv it!
Cool.
I own many Dragon mags, (As in, 3-4 boxes (Reams of paper sized) full)
but very few Dungeon issues.
Although I DO recall some of those names from other reading I have done.
"The King in Yellow" stands out in my mind.
I do like it when a thread gives you interesting info! :)
Patrick Curtin wrote: Dungeon Monkey wrote: As a conscientious DM, I feel like I should warn you are in danger of committing one of the classic blunders :
“Never split the party when in hostile territory!”
I warned you! But, no, you wouldn’t listen..
ROFL!
When MONTY Flippin' PYTHON tells you it's a bad idea,...
It's a BAD IDEA! ;P
(Monty Python may be MANY things. But 'Wrong' is rarely one of them!);)
Wow.
When you drop a hint for another adventure, You drop a hint for A BIG adventure! ;)
Other than that whole GEAS thing, nope. ;P
Patrick Curtin wrote: No worries. I’m about to head out for a 10(+) hour shift attempting to fill America’s endless hunger for takeaway. OOOF!
Good luck fulfilling THAT greedy needy! ;P
Patrick Curtin wrote: A funny ad
I thought this was clever
THAT is funny! :)
I missed a day (or two??) Sorry.
Craziness ensues in the RL as well as the fantasy world. ;P
Catching up!
Wow.
I tune out for a day, and I miss a lot.
Figures. :P
Catching up!
<insert thumbs up emoji here>
:)
ROFL!
Sounds like a plan!:)
Yep, I know the feeling.
Hang in there! :)
Even when it's slow, it's crazy.
Hang in there!
All good, my brain is fried.
Or at least addled.
Either way, NOT working right today! :P
Take your time! (It's always been worth it!) ;)
Take your time boss! My brain is addled! :P
Hope everyone is safe from whatever the weather is throwing at us this week?!? :)
Dungeon Monkey wrote: As a conscientious DM, I feel like I should warn you are in danger of committing one of the classic blunders :
“Never split the party when in hostile territory!”
I KNEW that was gonna be the clip!
(LUV that movie) :)
Yeah, Taishe might want to wait a sec and make sure someone (ANYone) is following him to back him up. ;P
Seriously Pat, I'm just glad that you (AND Fiancee) are ok. :)
ALSO seriously,
MAN, I REALLY would have loved to be watching the evening news, (I actually do not watch it, but my wife insists) and see a report about a brawl w/ pickpockets on Bourbon street, and then realize,
"Hey, I KNOW that guy!" ;)
Yeah, crowds are not for everyone. And the crime has risen MUCH higher since Katrina. My mom always said that Mardi Gras sounds like fun, except for the crowds. :) (I now feel the same way entering Walmart during the Holiday season) >_<
Funniest part about the Bewbs thing? (To me anyway?)
The timing with the newer laws and 'crackdowns' were happening when they were airing episodes of New Orleans during Mardi Gras on one of those Real Police TV shows. (COPS?)
But the episodes airing were filmed the year prior, BEFORE the new laws and crackdowns. So People were running to Mardi Gras and then getting upset that they were getting arrested for doing what they had just seen on TV! ;P
The evening news during Mardi Gras THAT year was pure entertainment! :)
Storyteller Shadow wrote: (and boy are Pat's arms tired!) Rags will just teleport to the big easy for a beer and some bewbs and teleport back in time to handle the latest play disaster, or are they disaster plays? That's why Wizards are so great! Disasterous plays? Plays about disasters?
Lately?
ALL of the above! ;P
Yeah, unfortunately during large events, (mardi gras, Superbowl, etc) the powers that be put up very effective anti-dimensional-traversal barriers.
It's a real pain in my aging keister.
Sorry Pat, maybe next time? :)
Yeah, bewbs on display is not as prevalent as they USED to be, but apparently no amount of law-making and enforcing can ever make that quite go away.
(For better or worse? YOU be the judge!) ;P
Wow.
Sad but true stories of the Mardi Gras life.
Honestly? I'm only surprised by the fact that you didn't body slam all three of them into the Bourbon Street pavement. :)
Now THAT would have been a show! ;)
But seriously, how good a target must you have presented? :)
I mean, this was obviously not their FIRST rodeo. (Although it sounds like they were not 'Legendary' or anything at it)
But to try a target, fairly hard it sounds like, come up empty, and then try AGAIN?
Either they were desperate,
or you were a very tempting target,...
OR they were just p!$$3d that they didnt get anything from you the first time. Their 'professional' pride was at stake. :P
Either way, now THAT'S a good MArdi Gras Story! :)
"Yes! You are CORRECT sir! Heh heh heh"
<End bad impression of late night show announcer here>
Nice haul actually, you can always get a lot of beads, but getting some of the other throws are sometimes tricky. :)
Hope you had fun!
:D
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Have fun Pat!
And wave at me if you drive past Lafayette on your way there!
(I have no idea what route you are taking.) ;P
Yep, tis the season for beads and debauchery!
(Not necessarily in that order!) ;P
And parades. Lots of parades.
And parade goers who have NO concept of "how NOT to get run over by a float", and other general safety concerns.
And some folks are just far too obsessed over claiming their plastic beads. Even if you grabbed it first.
It's an adventure alright Pat! ;P
Hold your Hurricane high, your beads tight, and "Lassez Bon Temps Rouler"!
Which translates (very, VERY loosely) as, "Let it all hang out and have fun!" ;P
(Actually, it's "Let the Good Times Roll", so I was close!) ;P
PS- you are correct Shadow, Baton Rouge is halfway between where I live (Lafayette) and New Orleans.
BR is one hour away, NO is 2hrs. :)
Storyteller Shadow wrote: Patrick Curtin wrote: Out of curiosity. Did you folks ever liquidate this stuff? Patrick Curtin wrote:
Magic to identify
Halfling Corpse
Dagger
2x Scroll Cases scroll: spider climb, fireball
3x Potions Cmwx2, invisibility
Gold Ring - Pink Gem with Gold Flecks (Hamar) - this is a custom ring. Identify reveals it gives the wearer a +2 in STR and DEX.
Ghoul
Half-Plate with Demonic niello embossing +2 half plate
Hammer +1
Thakhotis
Mummy Wrappings
Silver Raven Figurine-wondrous figures
Clear Bottle - Blue Glass with a Growler-style Stopper (empty)- bottle of air
5x Blue Potions CMW
2x Brown Potions +2 AC
1x Green(ish) Potion Potion Of fast healing (3hp/rd for 2-20 rds)
1x Rainbow Potion - potion of mana replenish (refuels all mana)
6x Scroll Tubes 6 scrolls: animate dead, fireball, lightning, wall of force, dimension door, gate
Leather Holster Rig (elaborately tooled) - quickdraw holster. Slows gunslinger to switch between holstered guns as a free action
Wand - magic missile
Hieroglyphic Book - We need to RP this guy out. Who is investigating?
Quiver of Arrows - quiver is efficient quiver. The arrows are:
10 +1
10+2
5 +3
Arrow of giant slaying
Arrow of demon slaying
Arrow of devil slaying
Arrow of dragon slaying
Arrow of undead slaying
10 exploding arrows (add extra 2d6 fire damage to target)
Elaborate Breastplate +3
3x Rings (water breathing, spell storing, ring of protection +2)
Cape (seemingly made of Spider Webs) cloak of archnida
This is just the regular stuff that we can sell/convert to regular currency once we can get it appraised so we can get a total.
Mundane... Sorry I vegged on iding these. I hope this helps Sorry, I just do not recall but I think we did when we returned to Sigil. I'd be surprised if we didn't. WOW, Yeah,
I have been trying (Very hard, still not perfect, but I am working at it!) to keep track of all the treasure stuff for this thread. I remember all of this stuff, and with certain exceptions, I think we voted to sell most of it. (?)
(Holster went to Blayze, Ring to Hamar, not certain if we ever ID the potions, wand or scrolls, but I would have voted we kept all that)
I WANT to say that we mostly agreed to sell things that no one wanted (The +2 armor, unless Karrin claimed it? Silver raven figurine, etc)
I DO recall a conversation about Blayze asking if the arrows enchantments could be transferred to bullets? :) (Justin could have managed that with a high enough roll? He has spells to help with the negs involved.)
I do NOT recall having a sudden influx of cash, so knowing that the Strange Book ID was supposed to need RP, I highly suspect we all got side tracked and continued on?
Perhaps a quick re-visit of who claims what, just to make certain, and cash out the rest? How does that sound?
Justin would have voted to keep all books, potions, wands, scrolls, etc. At least until ID'd and usefulness appraised. (If Wand of Magic Missile is 1st lvl, sell it, If higher, keep, etc.)
He is also keeping the Mummy Wrappings. (They are in his inventory) He has ideas for a Magic item to help squishy wizzie survival. (Its in the book! NOT custom. Just need time and GP to make it!) ;P
Patrick Curtin wrote: Storyteller Shadow wrote: I'll be posting up today, sorry for the delay! Lots going on over here. lol. No worries. I just pored over the ooc thread from 2017-2019. It is mainly me apologizing for not posting.
Oh, and that unpleasant argument about stealth v. Perception a former player had with me. Ugh. NO worries, I get lost in the old thread re-reads ALL the time! :)
And UGH, I'm sorry about that vershugina old argument. (And I had nothing to do with it!) ;P
That was just silly. Still one of the best in-game 'horror-movie' reveals ever! :)
Work=Blecch
Moving=Double-Blecch
Posting on PbP? = YAY! :)
Patrick Curtin wrote: Well, there is the small matter of Orcus/Tenebrous to settle. That might take another few years, real time. Then we can think about Ace and his giant extraplanar undead city fortress. True.
Very, VERY true. ;P
LOL<
Yeah, when I was ENGAGED, I loved going to New Orleans for Mardi Gras.
I was from OK (and a few other states that didnt want me either. N.O. will take ANYone!) And my wife is from Naw'lins. Her mother always insisted on buying tickets in the stands for the big parades, and It was fun.
(Man, people be CRAZY and fight dirty to claim those stupid plastic beads!) ;P
Once we were married, and I was living in the middle of New Orleans ('Mid-City', actually) I HATED Mardi Gras. Trying to get to or from work in the city through, by or around parade routes is REDICULOUS!
Still had to buy a ladder, put a wooden seat on top of it, and take the kids to as many parades as we could though. ;P
Have Fun PAt!
Just be sure NOT to get caught out in the French Quarter at midnight on Mardi Gras Day! They DO roll down the street in fire trucks, hosing everyone off the streets (and believe me, the streets need the bath!) while the police cars blare "MARDI GRAS IS OVER! GO HOME!" on their speakers! ;D
Safe travels, have fun, catch beads, enjoy 'Hurricanes' (the drinks, not the storms!) and bring us back crazy stories of what you saw! :)
OK,
First, (Mostly random) thoughts, (Not a complete rationale, just ideas that got strung together) ;)
So Alessia in Thrall mode, probably not much individuality. (If any) No control over her own actions, does what shes told, etc.
BUT,... presuming that Alessia is 'unusual' (As most adventurers are supposed to be) and maintained enough of herself to eventually take back control, (even if it was only because she was left unattended for a century or three),...
So, say when you are taken control of by a mind-control spell or similar, unless the spell says that you have no memory of the event, you REMEMBER everything, you just cannot control yourself and have to follow given orders. Which adds to the RP value after the spell expires.
As opposed to CHARM, which (usually) the suspect does not realize they have been charmed, and only cooperates because they are looking at everything the charmer says and does in the best possible light.
So, a thrall, complete mind control, while serving under orders, it is POSSIBLE that she has seen and been privy to valuable info. Maybe a little, maybe a lot.
I guess the main question is would be whether or not she can REMEMBER any of it.
Was she a mind-blanked thrall? Basically an automaton with skills?
Was she actively awake & fighting her thrall-dom?
Obeying every order, but maybe only to the letter? Not necessarily as her order-er intended?
(Think evil genie granting wishes, you get your wish, but never what you intended)
Somewhere in between?
I think the answer is 'Whatever makes any upcoming adventure involving this fun and interesting', (and not necessarily harder for you!) ;P
While it would be fun to curb-stomp Acererak in one fell swoop, :)
lets be honest, I dont think anyone was actively thinking of THAT when Alessia was rolled up.
(Although if Dave WAS thinking along those lines, Good for him! I dont think that far ahead!) ;P
Maybe ALessia started as mind-blanked thrall, and slowly worked her way back into control, (?) so the info she can recall would be from later, as she began to 'awaken'. Even though she still had to follow orders, her mind was active and working on how to free herself, starting to remember where she was, what she was doing, etc etc.
Just thoughts.
FYI-
UGH!
Apologies for radio silence. Been,... 'busy'.
('STUPID' busy)
Seems I have almost 2 weeks of semi-normalcy ahead,
(So 'regular stupid' busy)
Hopefully I'll be a little more visible for a little bit! :)
UGH!
Apologies for radio silence. Been,... 'busy'.
('STUPID' busy)
Seems I have almost 2 weeks of semi-normalcy ahead,
(So 'regular stupid' busy)
Hopefully I'll be a little more visible for a little bit! :)
Wow. I did NOT see that coming.
I mean, a high-lvl (VERY high lvl) adventure arc re:storming Acererak in the future?
Sure. THAT thought crossed my mind. (For a brief, terrifying moment!) ;P
(As did thoughts of utter PC annihilation if they fail a single saving throw. I've READ (parts of) the Tomb of Horrors thank you!) O_o
But thought that maybe Alessia held, however unknowingly, the key that basically every adventurer with ANY desire for fame and fortune in the Planescape would kill to have, a key, or even a hint, of how to end Acererak once and for all?!?
Nope. Did not think of that. Not once.
I love how your mind works.
(Sure i can see how this might send you into catch-22, 'CIA/FBI/<inset unnamed org here>' levels of conniptions. Right up there with time-travel shenanigans in-game.
But still,... THAT is COOL! :)
OK, one sec,...
UGH!
Apologies for radio silence. Been,... 'busy'.
('STUPID' busy)
Seems I have almost 2 weeks of semi-normalcy ahead,
(So 'regular stupid' busy)
Hopefully I'll be a little more visible for a little bit! :)
OK, so PLAYER is having (another?!?) mental lapse.
(What else is new, right?!?)
WHY were we headed to explore the cave in the first place again??? O_o
Work is always stoopid. (Lately. Didn't used to be) ;P
HAng in there! It'll get better! :)
(Um,... It WILL get better,...? Right?!?) o_O
Patrick Curtin wrote: Ok. Monday was a bear and tues/weds are their normal crappy selfs. I will update third, barring any unforeseen issues Oh, good, it's not just me this week then? ;P
(Actually, compared to the rental Roller-coaster and River Rapids trip that was LAST weeks show,THIS week is a calm inner-tube ride down a calm stream. But still,...) ;)
HAng in there Monkey! :)
Wizard
FYI, yet ANOTHER busy rental week
(SAme group, last performance of show #1 (Phantom) today, THEN load out, and turnaround to show #2 (Finding Nemo, which I did not know had been made into a musical until now) for this week! ;P
I'll try to stay caught up. Promise. :)
Wizard
FYI, yet ANOTHER busy rental week
(SAme group, last performance of show #1 (Phantom) today, THEN load out, and turnaround to show #2 (Finding Nemo, which I did not know had been made into a musical until now) for this week! ;P
I'll try to stay caught up. Promise. :)
FYI, yet ANOTHER busy rental week
(SAme group, last performance of show #1 (Phantom) today, THEN load out, and turnaround to show #2 (Finding Nemo, which I did not know had been made into a musical until now) for this week! ;P
I'll try to stay caught up. Promise. :)
Storyteller Shadow wrote: In the thick of it for getting ready to move, I'll post up again next Monday the 29th. "Have fun storming the new castle!" ;)
Storyteller Shadow wrote: In the thick of it for getting ready to move, I'll post up again next Monday the 29th. Cool, congrats to you!
(I hate moving!) ;P
"Have fun storming the new castle!" :D
Apologies in advance, Just in case. (No relation)
Got a busy TWO week rental (The big kids theater group, doing two shows back to back)
2 weeks of Long days and late nights. :(
So if I vanish for a day, (or three) Please forgive me.
On the one hand-
after much arguing with client about whether or not they could have an actual chandelier 'crash' from above the audience onto the stage for their High schoolers doing Phantom, and finding a professional rigger for them to make it happen, and NOW they are mad because the chandelier ACTUALLY (controlled) crashes onto the stage, and NOW they dont want it to ACTUALLY hit the stage (Once the rigging is done, it's too late for that nonsense) because they did not build it correctly for that. (They did NOT ask me or the rigger ONE question, they just built it their way) So Now on top of everything else I'm playing peacemaker/negotiator. :(
On the OTHER hand,
I actually get to see a production of Phantom, complete with 'crashing' chandelier. ;P
Some days, my life is a Soap Opera.
Other days, I'm just chewing soap. ;)
LAters!
Treppa wrote: Back, safe and sound after a little highway skating in Nebraska.
Merlan and Tiny.
Glad you are back safe Treppa!
An OMG that is FUNNY! (And, strangely accurate.) ;)
Apologies in advance, Just in case. (No relation)
Got a busy TWO week rental (The big kids theater group, doing two shows back to back)
2 weeks of Long days and late nights. :(
So if I vanish for a day, (or three) Please forgive me.
On the one hand-
after much arguing with client about whether or not they could have an actual chandelier 'crash' from above the audience onto the stage for their High schoolers doing Phantom, and finding a professional rigger for them to make it happen, and NOW they are mad because the chandelier ACTUALLY (controlled) crashes onto the stage, and NOW they dont want it to ACTUALLY hit the stage (Once the rigging is done, it's too late for that nonsense) because they did not build it correctly for that. (They did NOT ask me or the rigger ONE question, they just built it their way) So Now on top of everything else I'm playing peacemaker/negotiator. :(
On the OTHER hand,
I actually get to see a production of Phantom, complete with 'crashing' chandelier. ;P
Some days, my life is a Soap Opera.
Other days, I'm just chewing soap. ;)
LAters!
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