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I'm hoping for something a bit more interesting (not to mention entertaining.) Everyone knows how boring it is to have their characters left out of the loop.

Closed the bacon restaurant? NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Sorry for the delay. Let's continue.

The bat's rush through the combat area takes Jon off-guard, and his swing misses, but Stilgar's hammer gives it a solid thump in the ribs as it passes.

The monks continue to retreat, dragging Master Ironhead away as Gendo and others form a defensive line in front of their master.

Auric stays sprawled on the floor, trying to collect his senses and remember what's going on.

Magnus' horrific sounds momentarily grab the great bat's attention, but it simply ignores them.

Kalaya edges away from the combat further, murmuring words of power and raising a finger at the bat attacking through the wall. A gleaming ray lances out and strikes the beast, and it staggers, sagging under its own weight. Ray of enfeeblement, 8 point Str penalty.

Round 4

Jon swings the scythe again, carving a large rent into the side of the bat . The ball of flame then rolls up onto the bat Stilgar and Liam are fighting, engulfing its back end and filling the air with the smell of burnt hair and charred flesh. The thing gives a final screech and collapses.

With his foe down, Stilgar turns and strikes at the other bat, but it shuffles aside and avoids the strike entirely.

Liam moves and jabs his spear at the remaining dire bat, connecting but only dealing a small tear in the bat's wing. 3hp damage to the bat.

The remaining normal bats recover from Magnus' spell and flee, flapping and fluttering back out the tunnel from whence they came.

The dire bat, blood still running from its nose and mouth, makes a strange, keening wail, rhythmic and very unlike an animal sound. Suddenly a bank of mist begins to rise from the floor, obscuring the area. The thing then wheels about and begins awkwardly beating a retreat.

1 more point of bleed damage for those bitten by the swarm. Stilgar, Jon, and Liam get AoO against the retreating dire bat, then Auric, Magnus and Kalaya take their actions.

Granted, I haven't spent a dime on concessions since the 90s, but I still glance up at them on occasion to goggle at the prices and remind myself why I smuggle snacks and drinks into movies.

Black Dougal wrote:

Just saw it..

... $25/30 to see again in the theatre.

$25/30 to see a movie in the theater? Wow, where do you live???

If one were actually buying a large drink and a bucket of popcorn from concessions on top of a ticket, that would about ballpark it...or two tickets and a shared box of Junior Mints.

So the question remains, since Belkar wasn't part of the shared illusion, what is he experiencing?

The Goonies is still the best D&D movie ever made.

Shadowborn wrote:

Umm...** spoiler omitted **

Actually her first appearance was in "Asylum of the Daleks".

Fair enough. It was the first episode she actually gets to interact with the Doctor as a human.

Umm...

This should cover everything.

TOZ wrote:

Shadowborn wrote:

best fend for yourself rather than rely on charity.

Especially in America! Get a job and buy your own snacks! No handouts!

But I want my snacktime Stimulus Package.

And if you're a bank or a corporation, you'll get one.

1. If you want something to eat, then you'd better bring something to eat.

Sure, we share, but unless one of us decides to cook for the group or spring for pizza, best fend for yourself rather than rely on charity.

I hear polearms were in fashion...

I'd go with the third choice. While an argument for the second can clearly be made by the rules as written, it's a loophole that exploits wording that is not the intent of the ability. The whole point of the hex is to reincarnate a creature against its will. If the subject cannot be reincarnated, then it would not be killed.

I do the same thing for my bacon, but I dial back the heat to 350. Got a container of fat in the fridge. So long as my refrigerator keeps running, that bacon fat has a longer life expectancy than I do.

My partner dressed up as a drow for work one Halloween. There are a lot of gamers in her department, so most of them got it. (The WoW people thought she was a night elf, but whatever.) Then when the photos circulated to other offices she got called in and talked to about sensitivity. Apparently someone in their Atlanta office got offended with her "blackface" costume. *rolls eyes*

Shadowborn wrote:

Bacon hot dogs

Why? Why would you do that to bacon? Sure, it will make a hot dog just a little bit awesome, but it's also making the bacon less...bacony.

See The Rules of Bacon #2.

Agreed, but bacon bits in a hot dog? Why not just wrap a hot dog in bacon and grill it? Or just put a bunch of bacon in a bun and leave the dog out entirely? There are better ways to do this.

Despite all the unintentional humor that will come from the American ignorance of the word, I feel compelled to point out for those that don't know: "jaeger" is German for "hunter."

Still, I look forward to all the eventual drinking games where jaegerbombs are slammed back at DVD showings of this movie, and the inevitable alcohol poisoning that will ensue.

Bacon hot dogs

Why? Why would you do that to bacon? Sure, it will make a hot dog just a little bit awesome, but it's also making the bacon less...bacony.

*homage

Valeros is gone, but Harsk is still up.

(If it has even been flagged.)

And there's the crux of the matter. If you think the title of the thread is a spoiler and will ruin the enjoyment of the movie, then flag it for the moderators to deal with. Complaining about it in the thread won't do anything to change the title. Not flagging it means you're ticked off about having something spoiled for you, but really don't care enough to ensure it doesn't happen to other people. (Also makes it hard to be sympathetic to the complaint.)

The official start time will be 5 pm.

However, the location will be available for people to show up at and hang out far earlier then that.

The last "bus" back to the hotel will probably be around midnight.

Thanks, Big Kyle. My flight gets in around 3:30, so you can add me to the list.

What's the starting time for this shindig?

Ultimate Flumph

Well, the Osirians have kilts...

"Och, laddie! We need to be gettin' this pyramid built right quick, or the Pharaoh will have our 'eads fer sure. Hitch up yer, kilt, now. There'll be no haggis 'til she's done, or my name's not Angus McSekhmet."

As a GM with over three decades of experience, rest assured I'll be doing funny voices for the NPCs and everything...

I'll also be looking at taking along a camera and documenting the con that way. I could make a Facebook page or a Tumblr site and post them for viewing.

Thanks again for another insightful review.

gusoin- n. a ceremonial tea cozy traditionally given as a bridal gift in rural Armenia, woven from the back hair of her male relatives by her mother and aunts.

skrant

kmal2t wrote:

Shadowborn wrote:

meatrace wrote:

Also, rocket man sucks.

Not this version.

I see your bad remake of a bad remake...and I Raise you this

I can take about 3 minutes before I have to bail. This belongs in Guantanimo.

Game. Set. Match.

John, can you just......plox get her the f&@~ outta here. Plox.

Jesus tapdancing Christ.

Pedantic point:

Choking is cutting off the air supply, strangling is cutting off blood flow in the neck (which knocks you out significantly faster than choking). With bare hands, it is practically impossible to actual "strangle" someone.

Essentially, either this guy was using an object--a garrote would be the most obvious, but any kind of thing like that (a belt, some rope, etc.) could be used--or he was really the Drenchport Choker, which sounds a lot less intimidating for whatever reason.

Medical point: Strangling is a general term for a mechanism of cutting off oxygen to the brain, whether by asphyxia (choking, or compression of the larynx or trachea), cerebral ischemia (applied pressure blocking bloodflow in the carotid and/or jugular), or either bradycardia or hypotension (carotid sinus reflex).

As much as I would love to see a successful D&D movie, I don't see it happening. Even if the movies in development are successful beyond what past movies have been, I don't see them being successful to the point of being able to support a toy line. I see them having the same problem that the core game has, and that is unrealistic expectations within Hasbro, who neither understands, nor cares about, the functional limitations that the D&D IP has. It may be well known, but it's functional selling power is fairly limited.

I'd say it's all a matter of marketing. Look at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. That franchise started as an independent, black and white comic book with a fairly small following and an adult--or at least PG-13--story. Then it got turned into a Saturday morning kids cartoon and the popularity exploded. Hasbro could do the same thing with D&D if marketed correctly. Granted, it might turn into something that current D&D fans find abominable, but it could be done.

Initiative Order:

Jon
Stilgar
Liam
Bats
Monks
Auric
Magnus
Kalaya

Let's see if I can organize all this...

End Round 2:

Auric staggers, blinded and stunned, amidst the bats in the same condition.
Magnus sends a blob of acid into the swarm, killing a single bat to no real effect before stepping behind the illusory wall.

Round 3:

Jon casts his spell and a great sphere of flame (I'm sensing some bleed-over from Kereek here...)suddenly ignites on top of the second dire bat. The things instincts are in form, however, as it scrambles away from the flames suffering nothing more than some singed fur.

Stilgar moves to support Liam and Kalaya, bringing his warhammer down in a solid strike, thudding hard against the side of the great bat, eliciting an angry shriek from the creature.

As the bad snaps its head towards Stilgar, Liam darts in again, stabbing into the meaty part of the thing's neck, drawing more blood.

The flood of smaller bats quickly diminishes as the fearful ones flee under Kalaya's influence. The stunned and blinded ones continue to swirl drunkenly about the room. The foremost dire bat snaps its teeth at Liam, tearing a vicious gash in the man's side. 12 hp damage.

The second dire bat, having avoided the spear, makes a rush into the room, bowling right over the unsuspecting Auric and past him, straight through the illusory wall, sending up a cry from the monks behind it. Magnus is able to watch as the thing charges forward, lunging to tear into Master Ironhead...when the dwarf suddenly lunges forward, pushing off from the two monks supporting him, and rams his forehead right between the bat's beady eyes with a crushing headbutt. Its bite snaps only air as it wobbles and shakes its head, blood running from its nose splattering those nearby.

Shortly thereafter, Kalaya's magic descends upon it, causing the creature to buckle slightly as it supports itself on its wing claws, but the bad remains awake through sheer effort of will.

Stilgar and Jon will get attacks of opportunity at the dire bat as it charges past. Magnus gets his action this round, and then up to the top of Round 4. Auric can see again, but remains stunned this round, and is currently prone after being run down by a charging dire bat.

I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say that if the great Erik Mona can't dredge up anything beyond a bad novel his brain refuses to regurgitate, then you're safe making up anything you want. Chances are that the "canon" is contained in that book alone and unlikely to be remembered by anyone with whom you game.

It is a fairly sound business move. Get the movie rights back, film a movie. Meanwhile, prepare a line of toys to market in promotion of the movie, or vice versa. It's a winning combo.

On the oars and sails rule: the drag from a ship under sail -- even slowly -- is phenomenal. If you've ever timed an oar wrong on a rowboat and almost had it pulled out of your hands, you'll know what I mean.

It'd take an impossible level of coordination for a line of men to always dip an oar exactly right and never once make a mistake. Let alone a whole bank of oars.

The drag would grab the oar, snap the arm through an arc, crush and kill the men inside the belly of the ship.

It's basically a recipe for rowing crew frappe.

Mental note: How to stop an enemy galley from getting away...

I see your bad remake of a bad remake...and I Raise you this

I can take about 3 minutes before I have to bail. This belongs in Guantanimo.

20 seconds. Terrible. Guess even musical geniuses have off days.

It probably would have been cooler if they'd performed it in space.

$115 away from the goal. If five Paizocon attendees want an off-hours game with a captive GM, that's all it will take.

Strangling really isn't an effective way of killing someone, especially not in combat. However, since this is a fantasy game, let's see what we can do.

You might want to make him an unarmed/grappler build, and give him the strangle special ability from the Bestiary.

Strangle (Ex) An opponent grappled by the creature cannot speak or cast spells with verbal components.

It would give him a little something special to stand out, at any rate.

Also, I propose that for that particular issue all the bestiary monster entries should have additional line describing which parts of them are edible!

All parts are edible, but I wouldn't eat it; it tastes like burning.

In any case, the existence of an actor with this name is causing grave damage to my sanity because it makes me question reality.

His full name is Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch, and his middle names are the first and middle name of his father. His parents are rich British people. According to the registry at the Ministry of Silly Names, his name is recorded as only "slightly silly." Does that help any? (If it completes your slide into insanity, I'll take that as a yes.)

Stunned and blinded- I've got a -2 to AC, flat-footed and dropped both my hammer and shield. Current AC is 12. Nice spell Magnus.

The shield isn't dropped, technically, since it's strapped to your arm. It is unequipped though, and will take a move action to reequip when you're able.

Also, rocket man sucks.

Not this version.

okay so you solved this by putting the new person on equal footing with the existing players, then having the players talk it out and resolve their differences?

that is insane

why not just call them all dicks like the majority of posts in this thread were advising?

I mean that seemed like a pretty reasonable response to me and by reasonable I mean just absolutely terrible

thread people will be thread people but good on you OP for actually not listening to thread people and instead just doing something that actually made sense

Yes, because when people say that they expect the person to literally repeat the response word for word, rather than be diplomatic or reasonable with people they are on friendly enough terms with to play games together regularly, and tone it down to something like "You're being unreasonable."

There is no fudging. Every call I make from behind the Shield of Fear and Ignorance (known in common parlance as the GM Screen) is fair and balanced. Trust in your GM. Peeking over the Shield is forbidden and will result in summary execution of your character.

Gelatinous cubes and rust monsters.

See, this is why the U.S. needs to push manned space programs again. Canada beat us in being the first to record a music video in space. Canada! My nation needs to hang its head in shame.

Seriously though, the guy has some cajones to do that particular song. That's like watching Titanic while on a luxury cruise. I would have picked "Rocket Man."

Stepping in for Liam... Liam continues his exhortations, keeping up the party's spirits. He moves in next to Kalaya with his spear, realizing it won't be much good against the bats, but stands ready in case anything else happens.

The bats in the tunnel begin flapping back whence they came, but a great screech heralds the arrival of something new. A great shaggy form about the size of an ox hurtles down the hall, folding in its wings and hurtling forward on sheer momentum. It drops to the ground in front of Kalaya, baring yellow teeth like long, slender knives. It snaps viciously at the young woman, who leaps back just before the jaws close upon her flesh. Whisperwing gives an angry cry and flaps off the witch's shoulder away from the great bat. A second one of the monsters is clambering along the floor of the tunnel behind it, about twenty feet away.

Liam thrusts at the giant bat with his spear, jabbing it into the beast's shoulder and drawing blood. Readied attack, doing 8 hp damage. Kalaya steps back, putting her back to the illusory wall as she casts another spell at the Kalaya sends spell, this time at the bats swirling aimlessly around the room, making their flight even more erratic.

Business cards came in today. Posted an update on indiegogo. Next step: update the portfolio.

The player is rolling up a Duergar who was exiled and captain player says that it would be impossible for him to get the benefit if he were kicked out of his home.

Which isn't the player's call to make. There's no hard and fast rule on the subject of exiles in the books, and you're the GM making the call. If he's from a rich family, he has good stuff, and getting exiled and taking your stuff with you isn't an impossibility. This player shouldn't be getting bent out of shape over an extra 900 gp. Not that big a deal in the long run.