paizo.com Recent Posts by Zeugmapaizo.com Recent Posts by Zeugma2019-10-21T02:35:32Z2019-10-21T02:35:32ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Writing the Hao Jin Cataclysm: reflections on RPGs, mental illness, and heroesZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs3gsv4?Writing-the-Hao-Jin-Cataclysm-reflections-on#152019-10-21T02:39:20Z2019-10-21T02:39:20Z<p>Thank you for your post.</p>Thank you for your post.Zeugma2019-10-21T02:39:20ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Module: Cradle of NightZeugmahttps://paizo.com/products/btq01vaw/discuss&page=3?Pathfinder-Module-Cradle-of-Night#1012018-09-21T00:46:15Z2018-09-21T00:46:15Z<p>Wow, that cover is awesome! I can't wait to run this!</p>Wow, that cover is awesome! I can't wait to run this!Zeugma2018-09-21T00:46:15ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Module: Cradle of NightZeugmahttps://paizo.com/products/btq01vaw/discuss&page=2?Pathfinder-Module-Cradle-of-Night#952018-09-02T16:11:46Z2018-09-02T16:11:46Z<p>My preorder says "Pending"! Woo-hoo!</p>My preorder says "Pending"! Woo-hoo!Zeugma2018-09-02T16:11:46ZRe: Forums: Books: What was the first science fiction or fantasy book did you ever read and how did it change you?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ut36&page=2?What-was-the-first-science-fiction-or-fantasy#742018-01-10T14:38:06Z2018-01-09T23:02:56Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Redblade8 wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Zeugma wrote:</div><blockquote> I also read a lot of Ray Bradbury. My parents had a huge anthology of his short stories I would read from, and that’s probably what got me into science fiction more than anything else. </blockquote>Was it <i>The Stories of Ray Bradbury?</i> My parents got me that for my 10th birthday. My god, but that book messed my head up (in the good way). </blockquote><p>Yes. That very book. I had to go to the bookshelf and thank goodness I did because now I see it’s an autographed copy! Signed by Ray Bradbury to my mom in 1980!Redblade8 wrote:Zeugma wrote: I also read a lot of Ray Bradbury. My parents had a huge anthology of his short stories I would read from, and that’s probably what got me into science fiction more than anything else.
Was it The Stories of Ray Bradbury? My parents got me that for my 10th birthday. My god, but that book messed my head up (in the good way). Yes. That very book. I had to go to the bookshelf and thank goodness I did because now I see it’s an autographed copy! Signed by Ray Bradbury...Zeugma2018-01-09T23:02:56ZRe: Forums: Books: What was the first science fiction or fantasy book did you ever read and how did it change you?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ut36&page=2?What-was-the-first-science-fiction-or-fantasy#632018-01-10T01:44:44Z2018-01-09T17:04:08Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Albatoonoe wrote:</div><blockquote> My first was "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne, and I love it to this day. there is something about this journey into the unknown led by character that is intimately familiar that I will always like. I guess that it allows the in-depth explanations if <i>how</i> so much more digestible and natural. </blockquote><p>Also one of my favorites! I read it on a camping trip to the beach in college. I finished it under the glow of a flashlight while the waves were crashing wildly against the shore just after sunset over the Pacific and I felt like I could almost look out and see The Nautilus breaching in the surf.Albatoonoe wrote:My first was "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne, and I love it to this day. there is something about this journey into the unknown led by character that is intimately familiar that I will always like. I guess that it allows the in-depth explanations if how so much more digestible and natural.
Also one of my favorites! I read it on a camping trip to the beach in college. I finished it under the glow of a flashlight while the waves were crashing wildly against the...Zeugma2018-01-09T17:04:08ZRe: Forums: Books: What was the first science fiction or fantasy book did you ever read and how did it change you?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ut36&page=2?What-was-the-first-science-fiction-or-fantasy#612018-01-09T16:49:38Z2018-01-09T16:49:38Z<p>I also read a lot of Ray Bradbury. My parents had a huge anthology of his short stories I would read from, and that’s probably what got me into science fiction more than anything else.</p>I also read a lot of Ray Bradbury. My parents had a huge anthology of his short stories I would read from, and that’s probably what got me into science fiction more than anything else.Zeugma2018-01-09T16:49:38ZRe: Forums: Books: What was the first science fiction or fantasy book did you ever read and how did it change you?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ut36&page=2?What-was-the-first-science-fiction-or-fantasy#602018-01-09T16:44:08Z2018-01-09T16:44:08Z<p>The first sci-fi I remember reading was <i>The Tripods</i>, by John Christopher. Another sci-fi juvenile novel that impressed me was <i>The Giver</i>, by Lois Lowry. My first fantasy novel was probably <i>The Hobbit.</i> The first sci-fi novel that changed my worldview was Le Guin’s <i>The Left Hand of Darkness.</i> That was the first time I’d read any sci-fi that had narration from an alien’s viewpoint, instead of an Earthling’s.</p>The first sci-fi I remember reading was The Tripods, by John Christopher. Another sci-fi juvenile novel that impressed me was The Giver, by Lois Lowry. My first fantasy novel was probably The Hobbit. The first sci-fi novel that changed my worldview was Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness. That was the first time I’d read any sci-fi that had narration from an alien’s viewpoint, instead of an Earthling’s.Zeugma2018-01-09T16:44:08ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=191?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#95492018-01-02T16:28:46Z2018-01-02T16:28:46Z<p>I’m reading <i>Starfinder</i>, because my library finally got it. So far I think I’m gonna go with Numenera if my after-school club wants to do a sci-fi RPG.</p>I’m reading Starfinder, because my library finally got it. So far I think I’m gonna go with Numenera if my after-school club wants to do a sci-fi RPG.Zeugma2018-01-02T16:28:46ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=191?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#95272017-12-10T04:17:51Z2017-12-10T04:17:51Z<p>I just finished <i>The Inquisitor’s Tale</i>, by Adam Gidwitz. A bit serious in its themes for a kid’s book, but enough juvenile humor for a typical middle-grade reader (there’s a farting dragon! That sets people on fire with its farts!)</p>I just finished The Inquisitor’s Tale, by Adam Gidwitz. A bit serious in its themes for a kid’s book, but enough juvenile humor for a typical middle-grade reader (there’s a farting dragon! That sets people on fire with its farts!)Zeugma2017-12-10T04:17:51ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: Best California Cons to Play Pathfinder? (and maybe Call of Cthulhu)Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2urnn?Best-California-Cons-to-Play-Pathfinder#82017-12-09T03:47:26Z2017-12-09T03:47:26Z<p>There are usually a few Pathfinder games at each con. You can check on Warhorn.net for what PFS games will be there.</p>There are usually a few Pathfinder games at each con. You can check on Warhorn.net for what PFS games will be there.Zeugma2017-12-09T03:47:26ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: Best California Cons to Play Pathfinder? (and maybe Call of Cthulhu)Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2urnn?Best-California-Cons-to-Play-Pathfinder#52017-12-08T06:47:27Z2017-12-08T06:35:22Z<p>We have Strategicon down here in Los Angeles. They put on 3 cons a year: Orccon, GameX, and Gateway. Next one is in February 2018.</p>We have Strategicon down here in Los Angeles. They put on 3 cons a year: Orccon, GameX, and Gateway. Next one is in February 2018.Zeugma2017-12-08T06:35:22ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=191?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#95142017-12-04T05:52:01Z2017-12-04T05:52:01Z<p>I read <i>Lincoln in the Bardo </i>, which is a very good ghost story. I think it would make a good radio play, since it’s essentially a series of monologues and letters.</p>I read Lincoln in the Bardo , which is a very good ghost story. I think it would make a good radio play, since it’s essentially a series of monologues and letters.Zeugma2017-12-04T05:52:01ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=190?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#94582017-10-01T17:35:23Z2017-10-01T17:35:23Z<p>I read <i>Girl Waits with Gun</i>, by Amy Stewart. It's about the first woman deputy sheriff in New Jersey during the nineteen-teens, when she goes up against gangsters threatening her farm. It wasn't as hilarious or suspenseful as the jacket copy led me to believe, but it is a solid, lighthearted historical crime novel. I'd recommend it to people who enjoyed "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries."</p>I read Girl Waits with Gun, by Amy Stewart. It's about the first woman deputy sheriff in New Jersey during the nineteen-teens, when she goes up against gangsters threatening her farm. It wasn't as hilarious or suspenseful as the jacket copy led me to believe, but it is a solid, lighthearted historical crime novel. I'd recommend it to people who enjoyed "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries."Zeugma2017-10-01T17:35:23ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=189?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#94472017-09-23T12:18:19Z2017-09-23T12:18:19Z<p>I finished <i>The Underground Railroad.</i> I really liked it. It reminded me of Orwell a bit - lots of allusion and allegory (well, I'm not sure allegory is quite the word for it, but close enough).</p>I finished The Underground Railroad. I really liked it. It reminded me of Orwell a bit - lots of allusion and allegory (well, I'm not sure allegory is quite the word for it, but close enough).Zeugma2017-09-23T12:18:19ZRe: Forums: Books: The 5th sentence of page 55...Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n54p&page=14?The-5th-sentence-of-page-55#6692017-09-19T04:31:37Z2017-09-19T04:31:37Z<p>The horsemen could wipe out their lead in short order.
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—<i>The Underground Railroad</i>, by Colson Whitehead</p>The horsemen could wipe out their lead in short order.
--The Underground Railroad, by Colson WhiteheadZeugma2017-09-19T04:31:37ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=189?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#94432017-09-12T03:53:19Z2017-09-12T03:53:19Z<p>Starting "The Underground Railroad," by Colson Whitehead, and "Princes of the Apocalypse," which is D&D 5e's Ferun update to the Temple of Elemental Evil.</p>Starting "The Underground Railroad," by Colson Whitehead, and "Princes of the Apocalypse," which is D&D 5e's Ferun update to the Temple of Elemental Evil.Zeugma2017-09-12T03:53:19ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Module: Cradle of NightZeugmahttps://paizo.com/products/btq01vaw/discuss?Pathfinder-Module-Cradle-of-Night#342017-09-11T19:59:03Z2017-09-11T19:59:03Z<p>I'm not sure another 8th level module is what I need right now, but since it's a ways off I'll wait and see what develops.</p>I'm not sure another 8th level module is what I need right now, but since it's a ways off I'll wait and see what develops.Zeugma2017-09-11T19:59:03ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Module: Cradle of NightZeugmahttps://paizo.com/products/btq01vaw/discuss?Pathfinder-Module-Cradle-of-Night#332017-09-11T20:06:46Z2017-09-11T19:56:02Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Rysky wrote:</div><blockquote><p> MODULE!</p>
<p>NIDAL!</p>
<p>SQUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEE! </blockquote><p>Ditto!Rysky wrote:MODULE!
NIDAL!
SQUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEE!
Ditto!Zeugma2017-09-11T19:56:02ZRe: Forums: Ironfang Invasion: Worth Getting/Running Ironfang?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uh4q?Worth-GettingRunning-Ironfang#22017-07-31T17:57:27Z2017-07-23T20:08:40Z<p>To me it felt really solid from first to last. There weren't any plot threads that were picked up and dropped - everything is nicely foreshadowed and none of the books were really weak, although I've only read through it and not played it yet.</p>To me it felt really solid from first to last. There weren't any plot threads that were picked up and dropped - everything is nicely foreshadowed and none of the books were really weak, although I've only read through it and not played it yet.Zeugma2017-07-23T20:08:40ZRe: Forums: Movies: A Wrinkle in TimeZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ugq3?A-Wrinkle-in-Time#112017-07-23T19:57:29Z2017-07-23T19:52:14Z<p>The trailer wasn't great, but I'm hoping the movie will be good. I liked the book and graphic novel adaptation. It's a good story.</p>The trailer wasn't great, but I'm hoping the movie will be good. I liked the book and graphic novel adaptation. It's a good story.Zeugma2017-07-23T19:52:14ZForums: Customer Service: Please Cancel Pathfinder AP SubscriptionZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uh4p?Please-Cancel-Pathfinder-AP-Subscription#12017-07-23T18:18:07Z2017-07-23T18:18:07Z<p>Please cancel my Pathfinder Adventure Path subscription. Thank you.</p>Please cancel my Pathfinder Adventure Path subscription. Thank you.Zeugma2017-07-23T18:18:07ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=188?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#93862017-07-18T16:39:33Z2017-07-18T16:39:33Z<p>Not reading anything serious now. I finished a sci-fi novel: <i>Shadrach in the Furnace</i>, by Robert Silverberg. A lot of the stuff he explores about body-switching and body-farming was already becoming cliche by 1967 but, as with most Silverberg, he carries it off with panache and lots of focus on fallen-empire window-dressing that he so loves (and that he does quite well compared to, say, Michael Crichton).</p>Not reading anything serious now. I finished a sci-fi novel: Shadrach in the Furnace, by Robert Silverberg. A lot of the stuff he explores about body-switching and body-farming was already becoming cliche by 1967 but, as with most Silverberg, he carries it off with panache and lots of focus on fallen-empire window-dressing that he so loves (and that he does quite well compared to, say, Michael Crichton).Zeugma2017-07-18T16:39:33ZRe: Forums: Movies: "Bad" movies you actually likeZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2t62j&page=8?Bad-movies-you-actually-like#3632017-06-29T01:28:26Z2017-06-19T23:36:22Z<p>Does "Earnest Scared Stupid," "Earnest Goes to Jail" et. al. count as terrible? I like them. They're really stupid though.</p>Does "Earnest Scared Stupid," "Earnest Goes to Jail" et. al. count as terrible? I like them. They're really stupid though.Zeugma2017-06-19T23:36:22ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=186?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#92952017-06-02T21:27:41Z2017-06-02T21:24:59Z<p>I'm reading Jack London's <i>The Sea Wolf</i>, which I'm enjoying so far even though I've already seen the film. I've just realized the title isn't the name of the ship, but of the story's main character, and I'm on chapter 10. : -/</p>I'm reading Jack London's The Sea Wolf, which I'm enjoying so far even though I've already seen the film. I've just realized the title isn't the name of the ship, but of the story's main character, and I'm on chapter 10. : -/Zeugma2017-06-02T21:24:59ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=186?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#92892017-05-29T03:53:21Z2017-05-29T03:52:19Z<p>I finished <i>The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA</i>, by Doug Mack.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>I finished The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA, by Doug Mack.
[Spoiler omitted]Zeugma2017-05-29T03:52:19ZRe: Forums: Serpent's Skull: NobodysHome's Silly Serpent's Skull Moments [***Spoilers***]Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s9t0&page=26?NobodysHomes-Silly-Serpents-Skull-Moments#12762017-05-29T15:48:00Z2017-05-29T03:20:17Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">NobodysHome wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Use the <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=plotz" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Urban Dictionary</a>.</p>
<p>Though I was surprised; I've never heard "plotz" used negatively before...
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</blockquote><p>It can be either. Like, when I'm exhausted after a rough day at work and someone calls to invite me out: "I can't. After the day I've had, I'd just plotz!"NobodysHome wrote:Use the Urban Dictionary.
Though I was surprised; I've never heard "plotz" used negatively before...
It can be either. Like, when I'm exhausted after a rough day at work and someone calls to invite me out: "I can't. After the day I've had, I'd just plotz!"Zeugma2017-05-29T03:20:17ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Aquatic Adventures (PFRPG)Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9toq/discuss&page=3?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Aquatic-Adventures#1452017-05-29T02:56:55Z2017-05-29T02:56:39Z<p>I <i>mostly</i> like the cover, but the red is weirding me out, because it really shouldn't show up that well under water.</p>I mostly like the cover, but the red is weirding me out, because it really shouldn't show up that well under water.Zeugma2017-05-29T02:56:39ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Adventure Path #119: Prisoners of the Blight (Ironfang Invasion 5 of 6) (PFRPG)Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9too/discuss?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-119-Prisoners-of-the-Blight#332017-06-18T11:33:37Z2017-05-29T02:35:59Z<p>I really like the cover. Awesome evil dryad!</p>I really like the cover. Awesome evil dryad!Zeugma2017-05-29T02:35:59ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=186?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#92512017-05-19T17:22:14Z2017-05-19T17:22:14Z<p>I'm reading <i>The Not-Quite States of America</i>, by Doug Mack. It's about the past, present and future of the Commonwealths and Territories of the USA. Very interested and can't wait to read the chapter on Puerto Rico in light of the recent "not-chapter-11" bankruptcy proceedings.</p>I'm reading The Not-Quite States of America, by Doug Mack. It's about the past, present and future of the Commonwealths and Territories of the USA. Very interested and can't wait to read the chapter on Puerto Rico in light of the recent "not-chapter-11" bankruptcy proceedings.Zeugma2017-05-19T17:22:14ZRe: Forums: Books: The 5th sentence of page 55...Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n54p&page=14?The-5th-sentence-of-page-55#6512017-05-18T04:12:04Z2017-05-18T04:12:04Z<p>Da Vinci sounds like my kind of epicurean! I love all those foods too!</p>Da Vinci sounds like my kind of epicurean! I love all those foods too!Zeugma2017-05-18T04:12:04ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Good New StoriesZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rt30&page=11?Good-New-Stories#5202017-05-17T04:20:56Z2017-05-17T04:20:56Z<p>Thanks Aberzombie. I needed cheering up after a tough day.</p>Thanks Aberzombie. I needed cheering up after a tough day.Zeugma2017-05-17T04:20:56ZRe: Forums: Books: The 5th sentence of page 55...Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n54p&page=13?The-5th-sentence-of-page-55#6452017-05-16T04:19:35Z2017-05-16T04:19:35Z<p>The common theme was that even by the pluralistic standards of the USA, American Samoa was <i>different</i>, more foreign than familiar.
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~ Doug Mack, <i>The Not-Quite States of America</i></p>The common theme was that even by the pluralistic standards of the USA, American Samoa was different, more foreign than familiar.
~ Doug Mack, The Not-Quite States of AmericaZeugma2017-05-16T04:19:35ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Player Companion: People of the Wastes (PFRPG)Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9wzt/discuss?Pathfinder-Player-Companion-People-of-the-Wastes#492017-05-15T02:48:34Z2017-05-15T02:48:34Z<p>Yes! This one looks fun! I can't wait!</p>Yes! This one looks fun! I can't wait!Zeugma2017-05-15T02:48:34ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: You Gotta Start Somewhere - Musing on Helping New PlayersZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uc8e?You-Gotta-Start-Somewhere-Musing-on-Helping#62017-07-17T14:27:21Z2017-05-15T02:31:36Z<p>My sister, a middle-school science teacher, has just started an after-school RPG club! She has about 7 students interested. I'm so proud of her!</p>My sister, a middle-school science teacher, has just started an after-school RPG club! She has about 7 students interested. I'm so proud of her!Zeugma2017-05-15T02:31:36ZRe: Forums: Movies: Blade Runner 2049 trailerZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2u2vg?Blade-Runner-2049-trailer#102017-05-09T04:08:32Z2017-05-09T04:08:32Z<p>I probably shouldn't post here, but IMO Rutger Hauer was the only good actor in that movie. Everyone else was just playing a role.</p>I probably shouldn't post here, but IMO Rutger Hauer was the only good actor in that movie. Everyone else was just playing a role.Zeugma2017-05-09T04:08:32ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=185?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#92312017-05-09T02:59:37Z2017-05-09T02:59:37Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Neriathale wrote:</div><blockquote><p> I'm working my way through the Lord Peter Wimsey detective novels, and wondering why it took me so long to find them.</p>
<p>That is iNterspersed with whatever catches my eye in the library, which means rereading The Handmaid's Tale today. </blockquote><p>I used to own some of the books in that series but they got moldy and I had to throw them out. : (Neriathale wrote:I'm working my way through the Lord Peter Wimsey detective novels, and wondering why it took me so long to find them.
That is iNterspersed with whatever catches my eye in the library, which means rereading The Handmaid's Tale today.
I used to own some of the books in that series but they got moldy and I had to throw them out. : (Zeugma2017-05-09T02:59:37ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=185?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#92232017-05-07T16:55:56Z2017-05-07T16:55:56Z<p>I actually find Douglass easier to read. Yes he's flowery but he's not sugar-coating his message to the same degree.</p>I actually find Douglass easier to read. Yes he's flowery but he's not sugar-coating his message to the same degree.Zeugma2017-05-07T16:55:56ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=185?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#92202017-05-07T02:18:58Z2017-05-07T02:18:58Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Readerbreeder wrote:</div><blockquote> I'm currently beginning <i>The Souls of Black Folk</i>, by W.E.B. DuBois. I have Booker T. Washington waiting with <i>Up From Slavery</i> after that. Maybe Samnell is rubbing off on me... :) </blockquote><p>Booker T Washington kind of frustrated me because there is so much subtext that doesn't get said in his 19th century style - the racism and discrimination that I want to see called out for what it is. But that could be just me having read up a bit on Reconstruction, particularly Jim Crow, and not buying into the Horatio Alger spin he puts on his story. It certainly worked for his audience but not for me. But I may try <i>UFS</i> again someday; it could have been the wrong time for me to try it.Readerbreeder wrote:I'm currently beginning The Souls of Black Folk, by W.E.B. DuBois. I have Booker T. Washington waiting with Up From Slavery after that. Maybe Samnell is rubbing off on me... :)
Booker T Washington kind of frustrated me because there is so much subtext that doesn't get said in his 19th century style - the racism and discrimination that I want to see called out for what it is. But that could be just me having read up a bit on Reconstruction, particularly Jim Crow, and not...Zeugma2017-05-07T02:18:58ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=185?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#92112017-05-05T19:14:15Z2017-05-05T19:14:15Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">SmiloDan wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Zeugma wrote:</div><blockquote> Reading an ARC I got last month (librarian perks): <i>Black Moon Rising</i> by DJ MacHale. It's middle grade fiction and I'm skimming so I can review & booktalk it. I thought I was getting into familiar "Carrie"-esque territory but now its taken a turn towards "Hocus Pocus" which appeals to me way less because I am getting tired of girls-with-magical-powers = witches. Still it's fast-paced and some of the more obvious plot twists will still be new and fresh to the 11 to 13 crowd. I'd probably recommend it over the Goosebumps books they're always reading. </blockquote>I'm beginning to really appreciate the power librarians have when it comes to influencing our youth. Just recommending books can lead to a cascade of events resulting in major consequences. There are so many books, and such little time, that the tiny percentage of publications you do get to read are so precious. </blockquote><p>Thanks Smilo! I tend to look at it more negatively, as in so-many-books,too-little-time, and it can get frustrating when my list of go-tos just leaves a patron cold; so I don't always appreciate that each recommendation could be precious. I try to see it from the patron's POV.and try to conjure up my inner child. But it doesn't always work.SmiloDan wrote:Zeugma wrote: Reading an ARC I got last month (librarian perks): Black Moon Rising by DJ MacHale. It's middle grade fiction and I'm skimming so I can review & booktalk it. I thought I was getting into familiar "Carrie"-esque territory but now its taken a turn towards "Hocus Pocus" which appeals to me way less because I am getting tired of girls-with-magical-powers = witches. Still it's fast-paced and some of the more obvious plot twists will still be new and fresh to the 11 to...Zeugma2017-05-05T19:14:15ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Dungeon Crawl Classics #51: Castle Whiterock (OGL)Gregor Samsa (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/products/btpy80hk/discuss&page=2?Dungeon-Crawl-Classics-51-Castle-Whiterock#822017-05-05T04:53:39Z2017-05-05T04:53:39Z<p>[sulks in his room]</p>[sulks in his room]Gregor Samsa (alias of Zeugma)2017-05-05T04:53:39ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Dungeon Crawl Classics #51: Castle Whiterock (OGL)Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/products/btpy80hk/discuss&page=2?Dungeon-Crawl-Classics-51-Castle-Whiterock#812017-05-05T04:51:15Z2017-05-05T04:51:15Z<p>Now now Gregor, that joke doesn't work. You know you're not in that story.</p>Now now Gregor, that joke doesn't work. You know you're not in that story.Zeugma2017-05-05T04:51:15ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Dungeon Crawl Classics #51: Castle Whiterock (OGL)Gregor Samsa (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/products/btpy80hk/discuss&page=2?Dungeon-Crawl-Classics-51-Castle-Whiterock#802017-05-05T04:49:44Z2017-05-05T04:49:44Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Zeugma wrote:</div><blockquote> I started in a Play-by-Post of Castle Whiterock here on Paizo.com and it was early-days Pathfinder rules, but that game petered out quickly and we barely got into the castle, so I don't know how much fun it would have been. </blockquote><p>You got farther than I did, sister!Zeugma wrote:I started in a Play-by-Post of Castle Whiterock here on Paizo.com and it was early-days Pathfinder rules, but that game petered out quickly and we barely got into the castle, so I don't know how much fun it would have been.
You got farther than I did, sister!Gregor Samsa (alias of Zeugma)2017-05-05T04:49:44ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=185?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#92022017-05-05T04:44:41Z2017-05-05T04:44:41Z<p>Reading an ARC I got last month (librarian perks): <i>Black Moon Rising</i> by DJ MacHale. It's middle grade fiction and I'm skimming so I can review & booktalk it. I thought I was getting into familiar "Carrie"-esque territory but now its taken a turn towards "Hocus Pocus" which appeals to me way less because I am getting tired of girls-with-magical-powers = witches. Still it's fast-paced and some of the more obvious plot twists will still be new and fresh to the 11 to 13 crowd. I'd probably recommend it over the Goosebumps books they're always reading.</p>Reading an ARC I got last month (librarian perks): Black Moon Rising by DJ MacHale. It's middle grade fiction and I'm skimming so I can review & booktalk it. I thought I was getting into familiar "Carrie"-esque territory but now its taken a turn towards "Hocus Pocus" which appeals to me way less because I am getting tired of girls-with-magical-powers = witches. Still it's fast-paced and some of the more obvious plot twists will still be new and fresh to the 11 to 13 crowd. I'd probably...Zeugma2017-05-05T04:44:41ZRe: Forums: Serpent's Skull: NobodysHome's Silly Serpent's Skull Moments [***Spoilers***]Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s9t0&page=25?NobodysHomes-Silly-Serpents-Skull-Moments#12352017-05-04T03:22:18Z2017-05-04T03:09:32Z<p>I hope y'all feel better soon. I miss my free entertainment.</p>I hope y'all feel better soon. I miss my free entertainment.Zeugma2017-05-04T03:09:32ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Dungeon Crawl Classics #51: Castle Whiterock (OGL)Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/products/btpy80hk/discuss&page=2?Dungeon-Crawl-Classics-51-Castle-Whiterock#742017-04-30T18:04:42Z2017-04-30T18:04:42Z<p>I started in a Play-by-Post of Castle Whiterock here on Paizo.com and it was early-days Pathfinder rules, but that game petered out quickly and we barely got into the castle, so I don't know how much fun it would have been.</p>I started in a Play-by-Post of Castle Whiterock here on Paizo.com and it was early-days Pathfinder rules, but that game petered out quickly and we barely got into the castle, so I don't know how much fun it would have been.Zeugma2017-04-30T18:04:42ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Adventure Path: Curse of the Crimson Throne (PFRPG)Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9nme/discuss&page=21?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-Curse-of-the-Crimson-Throne#10112017-04-30T18:00:00Z2017-04-30T18:00:00Z<p>I'd love to see another AP or Module set in the same area as Second Darkness - kind of like a SD do-over, since there were all kinds of problems with that AP.</p>I'd love to see another AP or Module set in the same area as Second Darkness - kind of like a SD do-over, since there were all kinds of problems with that AP.Zeugma2017-04-30T18:00:00ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Adventure Path #118: Siege of Stone (Ironfang Invasion 4 of 6) (PFRPG)Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/products/btpy9t1s/discuss?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-118-Siege-of-Stone#282017-05-13T13:29:50Z2017-04-30T17:55:41Z<p>Naga and medusa on the cover! So cool! I hope the interior art is just as awesome!</p>Naga and medusa on the cover! So cool! I hope the interior art is just as awesome!Zeugma2017-04-30T17:55:41ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=184?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#91892017-04-29T22:14:05Z2017-04-29T22:14:05Z<p>I finished "The Wall of Storms"! Finally! As in book 1 the best parts were: 1. The bickering gods of Dara, 2. The advances in technology due to necessity, and 3. The fantastical setting. Note how only 1 of those deal with characterization. Liu is okay at some of his characters, but others (like Empress Jia) are Machiavellian plot-movers. I'm still looking forward to book 3 but I hope it isn't 800+ pages like this one.</p>I finished "The Wall of Storms"! Finally! As in book 1 the best parts were: 1. The bickering gods of Dara, 2. The advances in technology due to necessity, and 3. The fantastical setting. Note how only 1 of those deal with characterization. Liu is okay at some of his characters, but others (like Empress Jia) are Machiavellian plot-movers. I'm still looking forward to book 3 but I hope it isn't 800+ pages like this one.Zeugma2017-04-29T22:14:05ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=184?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#91652017-04-26T05:03:33Z2017-04-26T05:03:33Z<p>I'm more than halfway done with "The Wall of Storms" and only now has a character actually gotten to the wall of storms! On page 509 no less! Only 300 pages left to go!</p>I'm more than halfway done with "The Wall of Storms" and only now has a character actually gotten to the wall of storms! On page 509 no less! Only 300 pages left to go!Zeugma2017-04-26T05:03:33ZRe: Forums: Movies: The MummyZeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2u1zm&page=2?The-Mummy#932017-06-14T19:31:40Z2017-04-16T04:01:27Z<p>My favorite part of the James Whale's <i>Frankenstein</i> (1931) is the long tracking shot of the father carrying his dead daughter through the wedding festival, and the gradual change in tone from festivity to absolute shock and horror. And the best thing about that scene is that there are zero special effects, zero "surprise" cuts, and it is still emotionally effective - I had to remind myself that it's only a movie and that little girl isn't actually dead. Go watch that scene. It's great.</p>My favorite part of the James Whale's Frankenstein (1931) is the long tracking shot of the father carrying his dead daughter through the wedding festival, and the gradual change in tone from festivity to absolute shock and horror. And the best thing about that scene is that there are zero special effects, zero "surprise" cuts, and it is still emotionally effective - I had to remind myself that it's only a movie and that little girl isn't actually dead. Go watch that scene. It's great.Zeugma2017-04-16T04:01:27ZRe: Forums: Serpent's Skull: NobodysHome's Silly Serpent's Skull Moments [***Spoilers***]Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s9t0&page=25?NobodysHomes-Silly-Serpents-Skull-Moments#12222017-04-16T03:10:31Z2017-04-15T03:41:16Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">NobodysHome wrote:</div><blockquote><br />
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<p>They searched the room and found the remains of a dwarf, including a masterwork stone hammerhead that <b>Narlock</b> easily identified as one of the treasures of the Kraggorach clan of dwarves. After figuring out that it would take them <i>days</i> to return the hammerhead properly, the party just shrugged its collective shoulders and sold it to the Free Captains instead. (The Free Captains are making out like <b>pirates</b> in this campaign. It's pretty awesome.) </p>
<p></blockquote><p>Fixed a typo.NobodysHome wrote:They searched the room and found the remains of a dwarf, including a masterwork stone hammerhead that Narlock easily identified as one of the treasures of the Kraggorach clan of dwarves. After figuring out that it would take them days to return the hammerhead properly, the party just shrugged its collective shoulders and sold it to the Free Captains instead. (The Free Captains are making out like pirates in this campaign. It's pretty awesome.)
Fixed a typo.Zeugma2017-04-15T03:41:16ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Zeugmahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=182?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#90962017-04-11T13:45:35Z2017-04-10T21:01:51Z<p>We'll Shakespeare sort of was a rebel, wasn't he? What with <i>Richard II</i> being a "treasonous" play.</p>
<p><a href="http://theshakespeareblog.com/2014/02/shakespeares-richard-ii-and-the-essex-rebellion/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Shakespeare's Richard II and the Essex Rebellion</a></p>We'll Shakespeare sort of was a rebel, wasn't he? What with Richard II being a "treasonous" play.
Shakespeare's Richard II and the Essex RebellionZeugma2017-04-10T21:01:51ZRe: Forums: Starfinder General Discussion: Paizo Blog: Introducing Starfinder’s Final Core Race: The Shirren!Gregor Samsa (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljpv&page=3?Introducing-Starfinder-s-Final-Core-Race-The#1352017-04-11T08:59:16Z2017-04-10T20:40:07Z<p>It's....it's like my nightmares have come true! I have found my people!</p>It's....it's like my nightmares have come true! I have found my people!Gregor Samsa (alias of Zeugma)2017-04-10T20:40:07ZRe: Forums: Serpent's Skull: Is Serpent's Skull an AP for evil characters?Walkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2u6dz?Is-Serpents-Skull-an-AP-for-evil-characters#32017-02-12T18:25:33Z2017-02-12T18:25:33Z<p>Hail Walkena! May Mzali reign destruction upon her enemies! Give no quarter to the Sargavan running-dogs! </p>
<p>The setting definitely lends itself to moral grayness at best! When I first read about Sargava, I thought "Wow, this region explores the actual consequences of all those H. Rider Haggard novels! What kind of players are going to want to explore this and enjoy delving into the difficult discussions that arise from real-world colonialism...Will it be akin to the whole 'are goblin babies evil' endless debate?"</p>
<p>The players do have the option of "going native" as part of the Sargava sourcebook; which could or could not make the interactions with Mzali have a different outcome. But since Mzali and Sargava are kind of like the 20th century border between Germany and France, even without a Chelish presence there's bound the be conflict!</p>
<p>Have you been reading the fiction in Serpent's Skull? I loved the fiction, not least of all because it features an all-Mwangi party. My favorite character is Verkusht the Bekyar sorcerer.</p>Hail Walkena! May Mzali reign destruction upon her enemies! Give no quarter to the Sargavan running-dogs!
The setting definitely lends itself to moral grayness at best! When I first read about Sargava, I thought "Wow, this region explores the actual consequences of all those H. Rider Haggard novels! What kind of players are going to want to explore this and enjoy delving into the difficult discussions that arise from real-world colonialism...Will it be akin to the whole 'are goblin babies...Walkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)2017-02-12T18:25:33ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Blame *Cosmo* for ALL your problems hereZombie Zeugma (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ppag&page=120?Blame-Cosmo-for-ALL-your-problems-here#59972017-01-09T23:28:03Z2017-01-08T05:35:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">John Kretzer wrote:</div><blockquote> I Blame Cosmo for snow. </blockquote><p>Don't blame Cosmo for snow. We need more snow here in drought-country. I blame Cosmo for no snow. We call him No-Snow Cosmo in slo-mo when we're too low to go to Whiskey A Go Go.John Kretzer wrote:I Blame Cosmo for snow.
Don't blame Cosmo for snow. We need more snow here in drought-country. I blame Cosmo for no snow. We call him No-Snow Cosmo in slo-mo when we're too low to go to Whiskey A Go Go.Zombie Zeugma (alias of Zeugma)2017-01-08T05:35:10ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Blame *Cosmo* for ALL your problems hereZombie Zeugma (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ppag&page=120?Blame-Cosmo-for-ALL-your-problems-here#59732016-12-31T00:26:45Z2016-12-30T05:18:48Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Kajehase wrote:</div><blockquote> I blame Cosmo that a cold virus has left me unable to walk in a straight line for the past 24 hours. </blockquote><p>Oh no! You too, Kajehase? It's spreading! The Cosmo plague is spreading!Kajehase wrote:I blame Cosmo that a cold virus has left me unable to walk in a straight line for the past 24 hours.
Oh no! You too, Kajehase? It's spreading! The Cosmo plague is spreading!Zombie Zeugma (alias of Zeugma)2016-12-30T05:18:48ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Blame *Cosmo* for ALL your problems hereZombie Zeugma (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ppag&page=120?Blame-Cosmo-for-ALL-your-problems-here#59662016-12-29T08:38:43Z2016-12-29T05:25:13Z<p>I think I'm finally over the flu!</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>I think I'm finally over the flu!
[Spoiler omitted]Zombie Zeugma (alias of Zeugma)2016-12-29T05:25:13ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: A race to 400 aliases!!Zombie Zeugma (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2u2rz&page=2?A-race-to-400-aliases#752016-12-22T15:39:11Z2016-12-22T15:39:11Z<p><span class=messageboard-bigger>BRAAAIIINNNSSS</span></p>BRAAAIIINNNSSSZombie Zeugma (alias of Zeugma)2016-12-22T15:39:11ZRe: Forums: Hell's Vengeance: Paizo Blog: Meet the Villains--ZelharaGregor Samsa (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lijt?Meet-the-VillainsZelhara#502016-03-15T05:34:50Z2016-03-15T05:34:50Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Twigs wrote:</div><blockquote> I loved the rack on her back! I can see why it had to go, but it was just so wonderfully excessive. </blockquote><p>Howso?Twigs wrote:I loved the rack on her back! I can see why it had to go, but it was just so wonderfully excessive.
Howso?Gregor Samsa (alias of Zeugma)2016-03-15T05:34:50ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Nidal is effed upGregor Samsa (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2svh8?Nidal-is-effed-up#482015-11-29T16:33:44Z2015-11-15T03:42:53Z<p><a href="http://artery.wbur.org/2015/11/12/boston-lyric-opera-in-the-penal-colony" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Do you think they offer discounts to Kuthites who show their barbed chains at the door?!</a></p>Do you think they offer discounts to Kuthites who show their barbed chains at the door?!Gregor Samsa (alias of Zeugma)2015-11-15T03:42:53ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Nidal is effed upGregor Samsa (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2svh8?Nidal-is-effed-up#182016-09-18T21:08:31Z2015-08-24T03:08:52Z<p>Wakes up one morning and casts <i>Baleful Polymorph</i>.</p>Wakes up one morning and casts Baleful Polymorph.Gregor Samsa (alias of Zeugma)2015-08-24T03:08:52ZRe: Forums: Movies: Angelina Jolie to direct Captain MarvelCirce (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s6sd?Angelina-Jolie-to-direct-Captain-Marvel#202015-05-16T17:08:45Z2015-05-16T17:08:45Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Scythia wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Hama wrote:</div><blockquote> It's probably just because DC is getting a female director for Wonder Woman. Political correctness and that stuff. </blockquote>I remember years ago when the scuttlebutt was that they had gotten Joss Whedon to direct a Wonder Woman movie. Around the same time that Robert Rodriguez was supposed to be doing a reboot of Red Sonja. So few heroine movies seem to actually happen that I'll be glad if a good one does, regardless of who directs it. </blockquote><p>Looks like "Wonder Woman" is getting crushed beneath the heel of the movie-making machine yet again! <a href="http://variety.com/2015/film/news/wonder-woman-michelle-maclaren-wb-1201473481/#respond" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Link</a>.
<p><obligatory Muaha ha ha ha! •snort•></p>Scythia wrote:Hama wrote: It's probably just because DC is getting a female director for Wonder Woman. Political correctness and that stuff.
I remember years ago when the scuttlebutt was that they had gotten Joss Whedon to direct a Wonder Woman movie. Around the same time that Robert Rodriguez was supposed to be doing a reboot of Red Sonja. So few heroine movies seem to actually happen that I'll be glad if a good one does, regardless of who directs it. Looks like "Wonder Woman" is getting...Circe (alias of Zeugma)2015-05-16T17:08:45ZRe: Forums/Gamer Life: General Discussion: Best Villains of All TimeCirce (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s3gb?Best-Villains-of-All-Time#402015-03-31T01:48:39Z2015-03-29T01:24:13Z<p><Circe enters the thread, strutting her stuff.></p>
<p>Ahem...You pigs are forgetting someone.</p>
<p><struts on out of the thread.></p>Ahem...You pigs are forgetting someone.Circe (alias of Zeugma)2015-03-29T01:24:13ZRe: Forums: Comics: Rat QueensCirce (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qbdc?Rat-Queens#132014-06-29T03:02:34Z2014-06-29T03:02:34Z<p>My local comic books shop is <i>still</i> out of the Rat Queens' "Sass and Sorcery" trade ppb! [eyesroll] Comics guy said they might have it in stock again in 2 or 3 weeks. That's what they said <i>last</i> time and I asked them to put me on their list for the next shipment! I can't wait that long! I want my FIX! [nerdrage]</p>My local comic books shop is still out of the Rat Queens' "Sass and Sorcery" trade ppb! [eyesroll] Comics guy said they might have it in stock again in 2 or 3 weeks. That's what they said last time and I asked them to put me on their list for the next shipment! I can't wait that long! I want my FIX! [nerdrage]Circe (alias of Zeugma)2014-06-29T03:02:34ZRe: Forums: Movies: The Lego MovieCirce (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qoa0&page=2?The-Lego-Movie#572014-03-13T06:47:16Z2014-03-13T06:47:16Z<p>I hated the Lego movie.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>I hated the Lego movie.
[Spoiler omitted]Circe (alias of Zeugma)2014-03-13T06:47:16ZRe: Forums: Comics: Top Ten Super VillainsCirce (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ov1c?Top-Ten-Super-Villains#342013-12-21T19:09:42Z2013-12-21T19:09:42Z<p>Moi, of course! I take the top 10 spots.</p>Moi, of course! I take the top 10 spots.Circe (alias of Zeugma)2013-12-21T19:09:42ZRe: Forums: Comics: How do you reboot Wonder Woman?Circe (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ptj5&page=6?How-do-you-reboot-Wonder-Woman#2572013-12-09T17:49:38Z2013-12-07T00:58:20Z<p>[pouts] I bet she just has a two-second walk-on part...maybe not even any spoken dialog.[/pouts]</p>[pouts] I bet she just has a two-second walk-on part...maybe not even any spoken dialog.[/pouts]Circe (alias of Zeugma)2013-12-07T00:58:20ZRe: Forums: Comics: How do you reboot Wonder Woman?Circe (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ptj5&page=3?How-do-you-reboot-Wonder-Woman#1132013-09-17T22:06:26Z2013-09-17T20:23:46Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Set wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Circe wrote:</div><blockquote> Why would anyone want to re-boot that pig? You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear...I should know! </blockquote><p>But Circe, if they make a Wonder Woman movie, it could be your big chance to light up the silver screen! (I mean, let's face it, your competitors for Wonder Woman's arch-nemesis are Cheetah and Giganta, so you're darn close to a shoe-in...)
<p></blockquote><p>My fine dog-headed canine, reverse that sentiment. The <i>"Circe"</i> movie is a fine opportunity for Wonder Whinny to get some screen time, if I let her live awhile...Set wrote:Circe wrote: Why would anyone want to re-boot that pig? You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear...I should know!
But Circe, if they make a Wonder Woman movie, it could be your big chance to light up the silver screen! (I mean, let's face it, your competitors for Wonder Woman's arch-nemesis are Cheetah and Giganta, so you're darn close to a shoe-in...) My fine dog-headed canine, reverse that sentiment. The "Circe" movie is a fine opportunity for Wonder Whinny to get some...Circe (alias of Zeugma)2013-09-17T20:23:46ZRe: Forums: Comics: How do you reboot Wonder Woman?Circe (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ptj5&page=3?How-do-you-reboot-Wonder-Woman#1102013-09-17T19:06:52Z2013-09-17T19:06:52Z<p>Why would anyone want to re-boot that pig? You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear...I should know!</p>Why would anyone want to re-boot that pig? You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear...I should know!Circe (alias of Zeugma)2013-09-17T19:06:52ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Mythic Realms (PFRPG)Walkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/products/btpy90q7/discuss&page=3?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Mythic-Realms#1272013-07-07T01:59:43Z2013-07-07T01:59:43Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Odraude wrote:</div><blockquote> Also, here's hoping to see Walkena statted up! I could see the little mummy-god king as a mythic creature. </blockquote><p>Blasphemer! Walkena is no mere creature! Walkena is too mythic for a puny stat-block to contain His awesome powers! Also, He may be little, but He is mighty! You shall suffer the punishment of seven angry suns for your blasphemy!Odraude wrote:Also, here's hoping to see Walkena statted up! I could see the little mummy-god king as a mythic creature.
Blasphemer! Walkena is no mere creature! Walkena is too mythic for a puny stat-block to contain His awesome powers! Also, He may be little, but He is mighty! You shall suffer the punishment of seven angry suns for your blasphemy!Walkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)2013-07-07T01:59:43ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Your favorite deities!Walkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ncpm&page=4?Your-favorite-deities#1852013-04-01T02:55:57Z2013-04-01T02:55:57Z<p>All hail Walkena, Child-God of Mzali! By his divine grace and the Council of Mwanyisa, we prosper against the Avistani and their northern, heathen gods!</p>All hail Walkena, Child-God of Mzali! By his divine grace and the Council of Mwanyisa, we prosper against the Avistani and their northern, heathen gods!Walkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)2013-04-01T02:55:57ZRe: Forums: Movies: What are your favourite war moviesFatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2m6za?What-are-your-favourite-war-movies#292011-05-02T21:46:51Z2011-05-02T21:46:51Z<p>My honor as a Qadiran partisan compells me to add <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuxHLzwlDY4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Lawrence of Arabia</a> to this list of venerable "moving image" tales. Truly it is worthy of Shazathared!</p>My honor as a Qadiran partisan compells me to add Lawrence of Arabia to this list of venerable "moving image" tales. Truly it is worthy of Shazathared!Fatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)2011-05-02T21:46:51ZRe: Forums/Paizo: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: Iconic LoveFatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lbw6?Iconic-Love#452011-02-15T01:37:05Z2011-02-15T01:37:05Z<p>Wonderful!</p>Wonderful!Fatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)2011-02-15T01:37:05ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Concerns about the Campaign SettingWalkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lnjy&page=2?Concerns-about-the-Campaign-Setting#822011-01-08T02:27:51Z2011-01-08T02:27:51Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Mojorat wrote:</div><blockquote> I can also see the appeal of team Wakena. </blockquote><p>Join us! Come to our introductory meeting in Mzali and we will teach you more about the greatness of Walkena. You will see wonders!
<p>[There is a small services fee, which will be remitted should you not be satisfied with your experience. However, no one has ever yet asked for a remittance. Ever.]</p>
<p>Your friend,
<br />
W.W.</p>Mojorat wrote:I can also see the appeal of team Wakena.
Join us! Come to our introductory meeting in Mzali and we will teach you more about the greatness of Walkena. You will see wonders! [There is a small services fee, which will be remitted should you not be satisfied with your experience. However, no one has ever yet asked for a remittance. Ever.]
Your friend,
W.W.Walkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)2011-01-08T02:27:51ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Concerns about the Campaign SettingWalkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lnjy&page=2?Concerns-about-the-Campaign-Setting#812011-01-08T02:21:17Z2011-01-08T02:21:17Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Mazym wrote:</div><blockquote><p> And Mzali is more interesting than it looks. It's big, run by Mwangi natives, and ascendant. Walkena is LE on the books, being a mummy and all, but look at it another way:</p>
<p>He's a newly revived superhero from the golden age past who blew up an army of nasty foreigners. Those who are loyal to him and his dreams of greatness (for us loyal Mwangi) are rewarded. Those who are not with the program, well, things are bad for them. But what right minded Mwangi wouldn't want to be on team Walkena? Fools who think trade with foreigners is good? Crazy men! Or the narrow minded who balk at a mummy for a king? C'mon, judge the guy by his deeds!
<br />
</blockquote><p>Ah, a brother in arms! Thank you for joining the cause! With Walkena's aid and blessings we will drive the heathens into the sea, and a golden age can begin again, as it was in Walkena's days! Those who oppose us shall feel his wrath, and those who join with us shall taste the milk of paradise! What right-thinking Mwangi wouldn't give his all for undead-god and country?
<p>W.W.</p>Mazym wrote:And Mzali is more interesting than it looks. It's big, run by Mwangi natives, and ascendant. Walkena is LE on the books, being a mummy and all, but look at it another way:
He's a newly revived superhero from the golden age past who blew up an army of nasty foreigners. Those who are loyal to him and his dreams of greatness (for us loyal Mwangi) are rewarded. Those who are not with the program, well, things are bad for them. But what right minded Mwangi wouldn't want to be on team...Walkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)2011-01-08T02:21:17ZForums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: New Year Resolutions for 4711 ARFatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lo40?New-Year-Resolutions-for-4711-AR#12012-11-15T23:08:15Z2010-12-31T16:44:33Z<p>I would like to ask what the people of Golarion resolve to do in the new year, following a similar thread established for Earthlings on the Paizo messageboard and blog.</p>
<p>I, Fatima of the Desert, resolve to explore the deserts of Katapesh and bring tales of their people home to Katheer. </p>
<p>What do my fellow Golarion Pathfinders (and others) resolve to do?</p>I would like to ask what the people of Golarion resolve to do in the new year, following a similar thread established for Earthlings on the Paizo messageboard and blog.
I, Fatima of the Desert, resolve to explore the deserts of Katapesh and bring tales of their people home to Katheer.
What do my fellow Golarion Pathfinders (and others) resolve to do?Fatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)2010-12-31T16:44:33ZRe: Forums/Lost Omens Campaign Setting: General Discussion: Concerns about the Campaign SettingWalkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2lnjy?Concerns-about-the-Campaign-Setting#492010-12-31T05:00:28Z2010-12-31T05:00:28Z<p>Dear Paizo,
<br />
I resent any implications that Walkena is Evil. Those are all lies spread by His enemies to deceive you! Walkena is Good! Walkena is Love! If you embrace Him as your Savior, he will not visit his Wrath upon you. I can send you informative brochures about Walkena's Plans for Us, and how he just wants the Best for us. Just contact witness@www.com or visit our website: www.ww.com.
<br />
Sincerely,
<br />
W. Witness</p>Dear Paizo,
I resent any implications that Walkena is Evil. Those are all lies spread by His enemies to deceive you! Walkena is Good! Walkena is Love! If you embrace Him as your Savior, he will not visit his Wrath upon you. I can send you informative brochures about Walkena's Plans for Us, and how he just wants the Best for us. Just contact witness@www.com or visit our website: www.ww.com.
Sincerely,
W. WitnessWalkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)2010-12-31T05:00:28ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Adventure Path #39: City of Seven Spears (Serpent's Skull 3 of 6) (PFRPG)Walkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/products/btpy8h6h/discuss&page=2?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-39-City-of-Seven-Spears#592012-05-22T18:19:09Z2010-09-10T21:43:34Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">James Jacobs wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Zeugma wrote:</div><blockquote><p> The half-elf Red Mantis is very sexy. But I'm wondering why all the face characters on the covers so far are melanin-impoverished? I understand they're NPCs, but for an AP set in Mwangi, they're awfully lily white.
</p>
I hope they packed sunblock. </blockquote>Because of the nature of Sargava, which is a Chelish colony. The factions all hail from this colony, and all represent intruders of a sort into the Mwangi expanse; the locals aren't as interested in discovering an ancient city in their own back yard as they are, perhaps, in either living life or even getting these various factions out of their land. </blockquote><p>Walkena does not approve of these pale-faced foreigners. When the invaders are slain, then we will explore the cities of our ancestors in proper Mwangi style.
<p>I believe that Red Mantis elf will not hold out long in our jungles; leather doesn't breathe well in tropical climates.
<br />
MUAHAHAHAHA!</p>
<p>May Walkena smile on our cause.</p>James Jacobs wrote:Zeugma wrote:The half-elf Red Mantis is very sexy. But I'm wondering why all the face characters on the covers so far are melanin-impoverished? I understand they're NPCs, but for an AP set in Mwangi, they're awfully lily white.
I hope they packed sunblock.
Because of the nature of Sargava, which is a Chelish colony. The factions all hail from this colony, and all represent intruders of a sort into the Mwangi expanse; the locals aren't as interested in discovering an...Walkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)2010-09-10T21:43:34ZRe: Forums/Paizo: General Discussion: Paizo Blog: The Rumors Are TrueDetective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lbf8&page=3?The-Rumors-Are-True#1012010-09-02T02:17:08Z2010-09-02T02:17:08Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Dragnmoon wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Joshua J. Frost wrote:</div><blockquote> Now that corporations are legally people, Paizo will soon announce it's candidacy for the state senate! </blockquote><p>It's Paizo. Soylent Green is made out of Paizo. They're making our food out of Pazio. Next thing they'll be breeding our RPGs like cattle for food. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!
<p>Now that it is legal.. I can say that... ;) </blockquote><p>HEY! That's MY line!
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>Dragnmoon wrote:Joshua J. Frost wrote: Now that corporations are legally people, Paizo will soon announce it's candidacy for the state senate!
It's Paizo. Soylent Green is made out of Paizo. They're making our food out of Pazio. Next thing they'll be breeding our RPGs like cattle for food. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them! Now that it is legal.. I can say that... ;) HEY! That's MY line! [Spoiler omitted]Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)2010-09-02T02:17:08ZRe: Forums: Comics: Wonder Woman gets Pants! Oh, and a new history, tooCirce (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2kzbc&page=2?Wonder-Woman-gets-Pants-Oh-and-a-new-history-too#772010-07-03T20:15:24Z2010-07-03T20:15:24Z<p>•rolls eyes•</p>
<p>[snark] If she's getting a new wardrobe, you'd think she'd have the fashion sense to ditch that late-'80s jean jacket.[/snark]</p>*rolls eyes*
[snark] If she's getting a new wardrobe, you'd think she'd have the fashion sense to ditch that late-'80s jean jacket.[/snark]Circe (alias of Zeugma)2010-07-03T20:15:24ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Meet the Iconics: AlahazraFatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lb5m&page=2?Meet-the-Iconics-Alahazra#642010-07-03T04:31:40Z2010-07-03T04:31:40Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Cartigan wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Zeugma wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Rahadoumis aren't atheist. With clerics all over the world actively showing the literal power of their faith, there is no way you could deny the existence of the gods. What the people of Rahadoum do is just refuse to worship the gods.</p>
<p>edit: Paul's idea is good too. </blockquote>We all realize that the background article says her father is atheist right? </blockquote><p>Hmm...You're right, there. But I think this is a case where the writer's intention doesn't quite translate from the Modern Osiriani concept of "god denial" which means "refusing to worship the gods", instead of the English, Terran meaning of "denying gods exist," which everyone on Golarion knows is patently ridiculous!Cartigan wrote:Zeugma wrote:Rahadoumis aren't atheist. With clerics all over the world actively showing the literal power of their faith, there is no way you could deny the existence of the gods. What the people of Rahadoum do is just refuse to worship the gods.
edit: Paul's idea is good too.
We all realize that the background article says her father is atheist right? Hmm...You're right, there. But I think this is a case where the writer's intention doesn't quite translate from the Modern...Fatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)2010-07-03T04:31:40ZRe: Forums: Lost Omens Products: Ustalav book?Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2kg9x?Ustalav-book#302010-06-23T04:11:18Z2010-06-23T04:11:18Z<p>WoW, too?</p>
<p>Okay, who's been leaving these piles of perfectly good protein all over the place?</p>WoW, too?
Okay, who's been leaving these piles of perfectly good protein all over the place?Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)2010-06-23T04:11:18ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Companion: Sargava, the Lost Colony (PFRPG)Walkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/products/btpy8ey2/discuss&page=2?Pathfinder-Companion-Sargava-the-Lost-Colony#582010-07-02T22:22:15Z2010-06-17T05:25:59Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Generic Villain wrote:</div><blockquote> Hopefully we'll learn more about Walkena the Child God. I noticed some of his followers in the NPC Guide, and would like to know more about the faith. </blockquote><p>If you are interested in learning of the greatness of Walkena, I'd be happy to do a home visit. You can also come to our prayer meetings. With Walkena in your life, the path to greater happiness will be clear. Do the proverbs not say that the little Child will lead us?
<p>•hands over colorful folded papers written in Polyglot•</p>
<p>We have brochures!</p>Generic Villain wrote:Hopefully we'll learn more about Walkena the Child God. I noticed some of his followers in the NPC Guide, and would like to know more about the faith.
If you are interested in learning of the greatness of Walkena, I'd be happy to do a home visit. You can also come to our prayer meetings. With Walkena in your life, the path to greater happiness will be clear. Do the proverbs not say that the little Child will lead us? *hands over colorful folded papers written in
...Walkena's Witness (alias of Zeugma)2010-06-17T05:25:59ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Chronicles: Faction Guide (PFRPG)Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/products/btpy8emo/discuss&page=2?Pathfinder-Chronicles-Faction-Guide#662010-08-04T14:36:41Z2010-05-18T21:57:04Z<p>Don't listen to her James! She's a liar! And she bit my head off!</p>Don't listen to her James! She's a liar! And she bit my head off!Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)2010-05-18T21:57:04ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Relax: We don't have to worry about Sovereign Debt anymore!Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2kn3j?Relax-We-dont-have-to-worry-about-Sovereign#252010-04-16T07:02:44Z2010-03-23T19:48:21Z<p>Oh don't worry. There will be plenty to eat despite an oxygen-depleted ocean. Why not try some nutritious Soylent Green? It has half the calories of Soylent Orange.</p>
<p>•opens bag of Soylent Green and passes out samples•</p>Oh don't worry. There will be plenty to eat despite an oxygen-depleted ocean. Why not try some nutritious Soylent Green? It has half the calories of Soylent Orange.
*opens bag of Soylent Green and passes out samples*Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)2010-03-23T19:48:21ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: The Cookie Meister Presents.... The cookie thread!Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2klbz?The-Cookie-Meister-Presents-The-cookie-thread#322010-05-30T23:41:36Z2010-03-11T07:49:26Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Cookie Meister wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Detective Robert Thorn wrote:</div><blockquote><i>They're people! Soylent green cookies is people!</i> </blockquote>No they're not. There are no soylent green people cookies here. </blockquote><p><i>That's just what </i>they <i>want you to think!</i>Cookie Meister wrote:Detective Robert Thorn wrote:They're people! Soylent green cookies is people!
No they're not. There are no soylent green people cookies here. That's just what they want you to think!Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)2010-03-11T07:49:26ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: The Cookie Meister Presents.... The cookie thread!Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2klbz?The-Cookie-Meister-Presents-The-cookie-thread#282010-05-30T23:41:36Z2010-03-11T07:41:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">ulgulanoth wrote:</div><blockquote><p> any type of cookies eh?
</p>
even for us undead with the aquired taste of brain cookies?
<br />
eh?
<br />
eh? </blockquote><p><i>They're people! Soylent green cookies is people!</i>ulgulanoth wrote:any type of cookies eh?
even for us undead with the aquired taste of brain cookies?
eh?
eh?
They're people! Soylent green cookies is people!Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)2010-03-11T07:41:10ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: The Skirmish Rings of VudraFatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2k7d3?The-Skirmish-Rings-of-Vudra#22012-11-15T22:16:54Z2009-12-01T18:21:45Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc> •clap clap clap clap clap• </span></p>*clap clap clap clap clap*Fatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)2009-12-01T18:21:45ZRe: Forums/Pathfinder First Edition: General Discussion: Amazon?Circe (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jucu&page=3?Amazon#1132009-08-25T23:13:15Z2009-08-25T23:13:15Z<p><span class=messageboard-bigger>I hate the Amazon!</span>
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[Spoiler omitted]</p>I hate the Amazon!
[Spoiler omitted]Circe (alias of Zeugma)2009-08-25T23:13:15ZRe: Forums: Books: What books are you currently reading?Fatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2gmcl&page=28?What-books-are-you-currently-reading#13962009-07-23T20:33:25Z2009-07-23T20:33:24Z<p>I finished <b><i>The Murder of the Maharajah</i></b> by H.R.F. Keating. Now I have the urge to create a Jalmeray campaign!</p>I finished The Murder of the Maharajah by H.R.F. Keating. Now I have the urge to create a Jalmeray campaign!Fatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)2009-07-23T20:33:24ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: [Humor & Mild Sexism] Who are the 100 Hottest (male) Babes in Fantasy & Science Fiction?Idiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jrep?Humor-Mild-Sexism-Who-are-the-100-Hottest#442010-04-20T20:17:38Z2009-07-21T03:14:43Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Nevynxxx wrote:</div><blockquote><p> In order to bring things slightly back on topic....</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Ocean" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Danny Ocean.</a> </blockquote><p>But he's not a sci-fi or fantasy babe! (Has George played any sci-fi types? None come to mind)Nevynxxx wrote:In order to bring things slightly back on topic....
Danny Ocean.
But he's not a sci-fi or fantasy babe! (Has George played any sci-fi types? None come to mind)Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-07-21T03:14:43ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: [Humor & Mild Sexism] Who are the 100 Hottest Babes in Fantasy & Science Fiction?Circe (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jqwl&page=2?Humor-Mild-Sexism-Who-are-the-100-Hottest#722009-07-17T20:04:59Z2009-07-17T20:04:58Z<p><b>Muahahahaha!</b></p>Muahahahaha!Circe (alias of Zeugma)2009-07-17T20:04:58ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: [Humor & Mild Sexism] Who are the 100 Hottest Babes in Fantasy & Science Fiction?Circe (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jqwl&page=2?Humor-Mild-Sexism-Who-are-the-100-Hottest#692009-07-17T19:30:43Z2009-07-17T19:30:43Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Kirth Gersen wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Fake Healer wrote:</div><blockquote> Oh, another one——Wonder Woman (TV version-Linda Carter)! A chick with a magic rope that make you do whatever she says?!?! Where do I sign up for that! </blockquote>QFT. Every American male between the ages of 35 and 40 is hot for Linda Carter's Wonder Woman. </blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-bigger><b>CURSE YOU, WONDER WOMAN!!</b></span>Kirth Gersen wrote:Fake Healer wrote: Oh, another one----Wonder Woman (TV version-Linda Carter)! A chick with a magic rope that make you do whatever she says?!?! Where do I sign up for that!
QFT. Every American male between the ages of 35 and 40 is hot for Linda Carter's Wonder Woman. CURSE YOU, WONDER WOMAN!!Circe (alias of Zeugma)2009-07-17T19:30:43ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: [Humor & Mild Sexism] Who are the 100 Hottest (male) Babes in Fantasy & Science Fiction?Circe (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jrep?Humor-Mild-Sexism-Who-are-the-100-Hottest#52010-04-20T20:17:38Z2009-07-17T19:21:57Z<p>I used to watch the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BeastMaster_cast.JPG" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> BeastMaster </a>. Now it's over, I'd say Dan Goddard made a good move going into soaps - lots more women to drool over him daily that way! (it was a pretty lame series, on the whole, but hot is hot)</p>I used to watch the BeastMaster . Now it's over, I'd say Dan Goddard made a good move going into soaps - lots more women to drool over him daily that way! (it was a pretty lame series, on the whole, but hot is hot)Circe (alias of Zeugma)2009-07-17T19:21:57ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: [Humor & Mild Sexism] Who are the 100 Hottest (male) Babes in Fantasy & Science Fiction?Circe (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jrep?Humor-Mild-Sexism-Who-are-the-100-Hottest#42010-04-20T20:17:38Z2009-07-17T19:10:11Z<p>Yow! That Craig Horner pic is delicious! I've only seen one episode of "The Seeker," but I may have to TiVo it now. I don't see why it's "mild sexism" though. Sure, 90% of men can't achieve that look, but most women can't look like what's on TV either.</p>Yow! That Craig Horner pic is delicious! I've only seen one episode of "The Seeker," but I may have to TiVo it now. I don't see why it's "mild sexism" though. Sure, 90% of men can't achieve that look, but most women can't look like what's on TV either.Circe (alias of Zeugma)2009-07-17T19:10:11ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Companion: Qadira, Gateway to the East (PFRPG)Fatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/products/btpy88zq/discuss?Pathfinder-Companion-Qadira-Gateway-to-the-East#202009-10-03T16:44:34Z2009-06-18T05:39:02Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Asgetrion wrote:</div><blockquote> Hey, nice to see you writing more material for Paizo, Brian! Although Qadira is a pathetic backwater nation when compared to our majestic, glorious empire, I have to buy this just to laugh at their expense! ;) </blockquote><p>You confabulating, double-talking devil's sputum! We'll cut out your forked tongues to skewer on our kebabs!Asgetrion wrote:Hey, nice to see you writing more material for Paizo, Brian! Although Qadira is a pathetic backwater nation when compared to our majestic, glorious empire, I have to buy this just to laugh at their expense! ;)
You confabulating, double-talking devil's sputum! We'll cut out your forked tongues to skewer on our kebabs!Fatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)2009-06-18T05:39:02ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=24?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#11732009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-05-14T17:55:06Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Here is the attack and damage from my shot at the bald baddie:</span><a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2070398/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Both 6s.</a></p>Here is the attack and damage from my shot at the bald baddie: Both 6s.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-05-14T17:55:06ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: SPACE OPERA: the 100 best moments from ScifiDetective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jki6&page=2?SPACE-OPERA-the-100-best-moments-from-Scifi#532009-05-06T03:19:34Z2009-05-06T03:19:33Z<p>72. "Soylent Green is people!"</p>72. "Soylent Green is people!"Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)2009-05-06T03:19:33ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=24?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#11642009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-05-04T04:21:24Z<p>When Idiah sees Valtiro leap into melee with the spellcaster, she re-aims her bow on the tall, bald slaver she just shot in the shoulder. There's no point risking the monk's health if she can't get a clean shot.</p>When Idiah sees Valtiro leap into melee with the spellcaster, she re-aims her bow on the tall, bald slaver she just shot in the shoulder. There's no point risking the monk's health if she can't get a clean shot.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-05-04T04:21:24ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=24?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#11612009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-05-02T05:24:06Z<p>Idiah, slightly unnerved by her companions falling around her, knocks another arrow and aims at the short, bald spell-caster.</p>Idiah, slightly unnerved by her companions falling around her, knocks another arrow and aims at the short, bald spell-caster.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-05-02T05:24:06ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=24?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#11552009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-04-29T19:08:16Z<p>The arrow pierces the slaver's robe, and the armour underneath! <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2049984/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">6 points of damage.</a>
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"If you're going to shoot, shut up and shoot. Don't stand there talking," Idiah smirks.</p>The arrow pierces the slaver's robe, and the armour underneath! 6 points of damage.
"If you're going to shoot, shut up and shoot. Don't stand there talking," Idiah smirks.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-04-29T19:08:16ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=24?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#11532009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-04-28T17:50:35Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I posted my readied attack in case the men in the cart threatened us; it's on the page preceeding this one. I'd like to know how my attack resolved, or if there is a reason I couldn't take my readied action. As far as Idiah is concerned a verbal threat is still a threat, but I'll abide by the DM's call if you disagree.</span></p>I posted my readied attack in case the men in the cart threatened us; it's on the page preceeding this one. I'd like to know how my attack resolved, or if there is a reason I couldn't take my readied action. As far as Idiah is concerned a verbal threat is still a threat, but I'll abide by the DM's call if you disagree.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-04-28T17:50:35ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=23?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#11492009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-04-25T19:40:42Z<p>Idiah thinks, <i>Oh no! They were lying!</i> She is not about to give up without a fight, though. An arrow already nocked, she shoots at the slaver who is speaking with her shortbow. <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2043810/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Attack: 1d20+4=21.</a></p>Idiah thinks, Oh no! They were lying! She is not about to give up without a fight, though. An arrow already nocked, she shoots at the slaver who is speaking with her shortbow. Attack: 1d20+4=21.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-04-25T19:40:42ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Adventures: S1 Clash of the Kingslayers (DM reference & Errata)Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2izq3?S1-Clash-of-the-Kingslayers#262009-04-24T17:59:51Z2009-04-24T17:59:51Z<p>"Mmmm....adventurer pie! With gnome toppings! We is gonna eat to-nite!"</p>"Mmmm....adventurer pie! With gnome toppings! We is gonna eat to-nite!"Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)2009-04-24T17:59:51ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=23?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#11452009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-04-23T03:25:21Z<p>Idiah, still facing the men in the cart, asks, "Arien, do you recognize these monks as brothers of your order?...Arien?"
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<span class=messageboard-ooc>Is he still with us, or did the bugs eat him?</span> <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2037048/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sense Motive (untrained): 9</a>
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Idiah completely believes the monks' story, but she is curious to know if Arien recognizes the monks.</p>Idiah, still facing the men in the cart, asks, "Arien, do you recognize these monks as brothers of your order?...Arien?"
Is he still with us, or did the bugs eat him? Sense Motive (untrained): 9
Idiah completely believes the monks' story, but she is curious to know if Arien recognizes the monks.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-04-23T03:25:21ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=23?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#11372009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-04-15T17:41:14Z<p><a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2025874/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Spot check: 13</a> <span class=messageboard-ooc>Do I notice anything out of the ordinary?</span></p>
<p>Idiah stops scratching and nocks the arrow, not exactly threatening the people in the cart, but not letting down her guard either. She lets Merian be the "face" of the party.</p>Spot check: 13 Do I notice anything out of the ordinary?
Idiah stops scratching and nocks the arrow, not exactly threatening the people in the cart, but not letting down her guard either. She lets Merian be the "face" of the party.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-04-15T17:41:14ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=23?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#11292009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-04-11T20:38:45Z<p>•scratch scratch scratch•</p>*scratch scratch scratch*Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-04-11T20:38:45ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=23?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#11282009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-04-10T06:40:21Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Priapus wrote:</div><blockquote><br />
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<span class=messageboard-ooc>This was to the party in general not to those who have not yet reached us and with whom I have lost sight of.</span> </blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Huh? Do you mean that you're talking to everyone in the party except Kael and Brother Seamus, because they're down the hill at the cave?</span>
<p>Idiah says, "No. Did you find anything?" She scratches at her monstrous bug bites, mirroring Priapus scratching at his poison ivy rashes.</p>Priapus wrote:This was to the party in general not to those who have not yet reached us and with whom I have lost sight of.
Huh? Do you mean that you're talking to everyone in the party except Kael and Brother Seamus, because they're down the hill at the cave? Idiah says, "No. Did you find anything?" She scratches at her monstrous bug bites, mirroring Priapus scratching at his poison ivy rashes.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-04-10T06:40:21ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=23?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#11242009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-04-08T17:26:55Z<p>Idiah holsters her axe; she walks over to where she dropped her bow and arrow and picks them up. She is about to return the arrow to her quiver when she sees the cart approaching from near the castle and decides to have the ammo on hand.
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<span class=messageboard-ooc>Readying action: if the cart-people threaten us, I'll shoot first and ask questions later.</span></p>Idiah holsters her axe; she walks over to where she dropped her bow and arrow and picks them up. She is about to return the arrow to her quiver when she sees the cart approaching from near the castle and decides to have the ammo on hand.
Readying action: if the cart-people threaten us, I'll shoot first and ask questions later.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-04-08T17:26:55ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=23?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#11152009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-04-03T19:58:37Z<p>"Thank you, Merian. Your prayers really do work miracles!...I don't think that those crawlies managed to poison me, though. I didn't feel any venom when they bit me." Idiah smirks, glad that she kept her cool against the bugs, even when they unnerved the demon-fighter.</p>"Thank you, Merian. Your prayers really do work miracles!...I don't think that those crawlies managed to poison me, though. I didn't feel any venom when they bit me." Idiah smirks, glad that she kept her cool against the bugs, even when they unnerved the demon-fighter.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-04-03T19:58:37ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=23?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#11052009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-03-29T19:31:09Z<p>Idiah thinks, <i>That's a very catchy tune...Great, now I'll hear it in my head all day.</i></p>Idiah thinks, That's a very catchy tune...Great, now I'll hear it in my head all day.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-03-29T19:31:09ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=23?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#11022009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-03-27T20:50:23Z<p><b>Round 2</b></p>
<p>The centipedes biting through her boots manage to to strike a vein. Idiah is desanguinating rapidly, feeling her own blood sucked out into the bellies of the rotten-smelling creatures. Ick! <span class=messageboard-ooc>(I took 8 pts damage total, so now I'm down to 4 hp!)</span></p>
<p>Seeing Arien holding out his hand, she decides it's a good idea to try to move away from the swarms, but first she takes another swipe at the bugs.</p>
<p><a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1998229/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">I rolled another 1.</a> She misses spectacularly again!</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>Round 2
The centipedes biting through her boots manage to to strike a vein. Idiah is desanguinating rapidly, feeling her own blood sucked out into the bellies of the rotten-smelling creatures. Ick! (I took 8 pts damage total, so now I'm down to 4 hp!)
Seeing Arien holding out his hand, she decides it's a good idea to try to move away from the swarms, but first she takes another swipe at the bugs.
I rolled another 1. She misses spectacularly again!
[Spoiler omitted]Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-03-27T20:50:23ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=23?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#11012009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-03-27T20:24:54Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">GM Chris Mortika wrote:</div><blockquote><p> <b>Round One</b>
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<b>Idiah, you may make an attack of opportunity against AC 18</b> (even though you haven't acted yet this round). The centipedes deal 6 points of damage, and the bites <b>require a Fortitude saving throw, please</b> from Idiah to resist the deadly venom.
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Idiah, <b>you need to make a second, different Fortitude save</b> to avoid being overcome with <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/conditionSummary.htm#nauseated" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">nausea</a>. If you avoid the nausea, you can attack.</p>
<p></blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Sorry I missed yesterday, I had a class that went late</span>
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<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1998186/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Fortitude vs. venom: 1d20+4=17. Fort vs. nausea:1d20+4=22; AOO v. bugs=1d20+1=2</a></p>
<p>Idiah itches as the centipedes bite her <span class=messageboard-ooc>assuming she has made her save vs. venom</span>, but the creepy crawlies don't nauseate her at all; she's seen much more disgusting movements from her past life as a camp follower. She swings clumsily at the cawlies with her axe, but fails to hit them — she's just been distracted by the arrow shot from the trees.
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<span class=messageboard-ooc>Are we doing penalties for rolling a 1?</span></p>GM Chris Mortika wrote:Round One
Idiah, you may make an attack of opportunity against AC 18 (even though you haven't acted yet this round). The centipedes deal 6 points of damage, and the bites require a Fortitude saving throw, please from Idiah to resist the deadly venom.
Idiah, you need to make a second, different Fortitude save to avoid being overcome with nausea. If you avoid the nausea, you can attack.
Sorry I missed yesterday, I had a class that went late
Fortitude vs. venom:...Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-03-27T20:24:54ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=22?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#10912009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-03-25T03:55:12Z<p>Idiah lets out a small gasp when she sees the centipedes emerge from the ground and surround Arien.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>Idiah lets out a small gasp when she sees the centipedes emerge from the ground and surround Arien.
[Spoiler omitted]Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-03-25T03:55:12ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=22?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#10822009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-03-20T02:50:31Z<p>Idiah looks towards where Priapus crawled.
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She thinks, <i>Is that poison ivy?</i></p>Idiah looks towards where Priapus crawled.
She thinks, Is that poison ivy?Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-03-20T02:50:31ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=22?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#10792009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-03-16T02:45:08Z<p>Idiah yawns.</p>
<p>"Yawn."</p>Idiah yawns.
"Yawn."Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-03-16T02:45:08ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=22?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#10762009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-03-13T20:39:18Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>There's that voice in my head again! It's telling me to do things.</span></p>There's that voice in my head again! It's telling me to do things.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-03-13T20:39:18ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=22?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#10742009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-03-13T20:32:49Z<p>Idiah contemplates carving her initials into a tree with her arrowhead out of boredom, but decides against it.</p>Idiah contemplates carving her initials into a tree with her arrowhead out of boredom, but decides against it.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-03-13T20:32:49ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=22?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#10572009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-03-08T19:22:28Z<p>Idiah thinks, <i>It's quiet...Too quiet.</i></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Seriously, it is pretty quiet on this msg board. Where is everyone?</span></p>Idiah thinks, It's quiet...Too quiet.
Seriously, it is pretty quiet on this msg board. Where is everyone?Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-03-08T19:22:28ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=22?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#10542009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-03-06T21:37:56Z<p>Idiah watches Priapus cautiously crawl forward. <i>He's so small he doesn't even NEED to crouch to stay hidden!</i> she thinks.</p>Idiah watches Priapus cautiously crawl forward. He's so small he doesn't even NEED to crouch to stay hidden! she thinks.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-03-06T21:37:56ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=21?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#10492009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-03-03T07:19:18Z<p>Idiah thinks about what she's doing and holsters her axe. With the distance between the treeline and the castle open ground, she decides to string her bow and nock an arrow. Now if there is trouble she can shoot from cover, providing more effective aid to Brother Seamus and Kael.</p>Idiah thinks about what she's doing and holsters her axe. With the distance between the treeline and the castle open ground, she decides to string her bow and nock an arrow. Now if there is trouble she can shoot from cover, providing more effective aid to Brother Seamus and Kael.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-03-03T07:19:18ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=21?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#10452009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-28T06:30:55Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>What if the raven you spot is just a regular raven? How would you be able to tell?</span></p>What if the raven you spot is just a regular raven? How would you be able to tell?Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-28T06:30:55ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=21?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#10372009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-26T04:58:59Z<p>Idiah grips her axe and waits near the treeline while Kael and Brother Seamus reconnoiter, ready to jump into the fray if there is any trouble.</p>Idiah grips her axe and waits near the treeline while Kael and Brother Seamus reconnoiter, ready to jump into the fray if there is any trouble.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-26T04:58:59ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=21?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#10222009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-24T05:13:24Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Brother Seamus wrote:</div><blockquote> "Alphabetical order." </blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Or the Ancient Azlanti/Jistka equivalent?</span>Brother Seamus wrote:"Alphabetical order."
Or the Ancient Azlanti/Jistka equivalent?Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-24T05:13:24ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=21?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#10172009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-23T06:09:10Z<p>Idiah nods. <span class=messageboard-ooc>Keeping her voice down, </span>"The girl said she was being taken to the castle, with other captives. Since all the disappearances and enslaving is happening nearby, we suspect the castle is being used as a base of operations by the slavers."</p>Idiah nods. Keeping her voice down, "The girl said she was being taken to the castle, with other captives. Since all the disappearances and enslaving is happening nearby, we suspect the castle is being used as a base of operations by the slavers."Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-23T06:09:10ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=21?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#10092009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-22T05:56:26Z<p><span class=tiny>"You mean...disguising ourselves, or lying to get in? Or maybe bribing them to let us in?"</span>
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Idiah considers the possibility, but doubts such a plan would work. The people they are tracking are slavers, after all; Priapus' approach might clap them all in irons before he could get out the word "Hello."</p>"You mean...disguising ourselves, or lying to get in? Or maybe bribing them to let us in?"
Idiah considers the possibility, but doubts such a plan would work. The people they are tracking are slavers, after all; Priapus' approach might clap them all in irons before he could get out the word "Hello."Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-22T05:56:26ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=21?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#10072009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-22T05:38:52Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Arien is the drunkard monk we encountered yesterday, the one Lord High-n-Mighty was making fun of before he was making fun of us.</span></p>
<p><span class=tiny>"Knock on the front door? It sounds like someone knocked on <i>you</i> and made your brains rattle if you think we'll just walk in there!"</span><span class=messageboard-ooc> Idiah whispers to the gnome.</span></p>Arien is the drunkard monk we encountered yesterday, the one Lord High-n-Mighty was making fun of before he was making fun of us.
"Knock on the front door? It sounds like someone knocked on you and made your brains rattle if you think we'll just walk in there!" Idiah whispers to the gnome.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-22T05:38:52ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=21?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#10052009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-20T08:00:55Z<p>Idiah suggests that the group approach the castle furthest from the standing tower's line of sight.
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<span class=messageboard-ooc>I'm assuming that, because there was more than one tower, the others were originally built to cover other portions of the castle, and if we pick the ruined ones, it is less likely we'll be attacked from above.</span></p>Idiah suggests that the group approach the castle furthest from the standing tower's line of sight.
I'm assuming that, because there was more than one tower, the others were originally built to cover other portions of the castle, and if we pick the ruined ones, it is less likely we'll be attacked from above.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-20T08:00:55ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=20?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#9982009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-19T05:56:41Z<p>Idiah checks out the intact watch tower, since it is the most likely place they'd put snipers. From this distance do we have a good view?</p>Idiah checks out the intact watch tower, since it is the most likely place they'd put snipers. From this distance do we have a good view?Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-19T05:56:41ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=20?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#9912009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-18T18:15:57Z<p>Idiah moves to the left flank, careful to stay in the shade of the slope as Merian recommended. She has her axe at the ready. She didn't spot anything at the castle, but stays alert: it is likely that enemies are patroling the area.</p>Idiah moves to the left flank, careful to stay in the shade of the slope as Merian recommended. She has her axe at the ready. She didn't spot anything at the castle, but stays alert: it is likely that enemies are patroling the area.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-18T18:15:57ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=20?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#9882009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-17T22:08:00Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Spot check:<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1943808/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">1d20+1=10</a></span></p>Spot check:1d20+1=10Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-17T22:08:00ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=20?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#9652009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-15T04:05:16Z<p>Idiah sighs.
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"To the castle it is, then."</p>Idiah sighs.
"To the castle it is, then."Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-15T04:05:16ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=20?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#9572009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-14T07:24:02Z<p>Idiah rolls her eyes at Bro Seamus' suggestion.
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"Brother Seamus," she sighs. "Giant bats would only come out at night, surely? And they wouldn't think to extinguish the fire." She points to the cold embers that Merian just pointed out.</p>Idiah rolls her eyes at Bro Seamus' suggestion.
"Brother Seamus," she sighs. "Giant bats would only come out at night, surely? And they wouldn't think to extinguish the fire." She points to the cold embers that Merian just pointed out.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-14T07:24:02ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=19?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#9362009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-13T04:51:36Z<p>Idiah joins Merian in the search for our missing compadres. <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1937925/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Searching the area, Idiah observes the obvious, but can't see the gnome and monk for the trees</a>.</p>Idiah joins Merian in the search for our missing compadres. Searching the area, Idiah observes the obvious, but can't see the gnome and monk for the trees.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-13T04:51:36ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=19?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#9192009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-12T06:10:29Z<p>Idiah gets her gear, then retrieves her axe, nice and sharp, from the cook and thanks him for his work. She decides to wear her mail, remembering the arrow she took on the road and not wanting a repeat of that ambush, although now that she will be traveling with companions she is less worried about being caught unaware.</p>Idiah gets her gear, then retrieves her axe, nice and sharp, from the cook and thanks him for his work. She decides to wear her mail, remembering the arrow she took on the road and not wanting a repeat of that ambush, although now that she will be traveling with companions she is less worried about being caught unaware.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-12T06:10:29ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=19?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#9102009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-11T04:55:08Z<p>Idiah frowns at Brother Seamus and Merian's different approaches to the quest; hopefully they'll be able to work together on whatever plan eventually evolves. Then she speaks up. "I agree with Kael. We should get supplies and then hike out to where Priapus and Val are. They might know stuff we don't and will make our options clearer. The sooner we start out, the better. The more we delay, the more chance the slavers have to get away or get word from the traitor in town."</p>Idiah frowns at Brother Seamus and Merian's different approaches to the quest; hopefully they'll be able to work together on whatever plan eventually evolves. Then she speaks up. "I agree with Kael. We should get supplies and then hike out to where Priapus and Val are. They might know stuff we don't and will make our options clearer. The sooner we start out, the better. The more we delay, the more chance the slavers have to get away or get word from the traitor in town."Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-11T04:55:08ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=18?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#8712009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-02-08T02:03:35Z<p>"With so many foes to contend, it were best if we plan some distraction, and ambush them. Brother Seamus, you know the terrain best, do you think an ambush possible? I'm not so familiar with underground."</p>"With so many foes to contend, it were best if we plan some distraction, and ambush them. Brother Seamus, you know the terrain best, do you think an ambush possible? I'm not so familiar with underground."Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-02-08T02:03:35ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=17?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#8362009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-01-29T07:32:21Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Maybe he was being Ironic?</span></p>Maybe he was being Ironic?Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-01-29T07:32:21ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=17?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#8342009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-01-29T06:08:52Z<p>Idiah is concerned about being locked in, but she understands the need for secrecy. She crosses her arms, wondering if the cook is sharpening her axe carefully, feeling more vulnerable without it on her. At least she knows she can trust the people around her...she hopes.</p>Idiah is concerned about being locked in, but she understands the need for secrecy. She crosses her arms, wondering if the cook is sharpening her axe carefully, feeling more vulnerable without it on her. At least she knows she can trust the people around her...she hopes.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-01-29T06:08:52ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=17?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#8082009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-01-28T20:27:03Z<p>Idiah is curious about what Lady Chauntessa is reading. She has never seen anyone reading a book at breakfast before. She tries to see what the book is without getting too close to disturb her hostess. <span class=messageboard-ooc>Can I see if it is a spellbook, or the mundane kind?</span></p>Idiah is curious about what Lady Chauntessa is reading. She has never seen anyone reading a book at breakfast before. She tries to see what the book is without getting too close to disturb her hostess. Can I see if it is a spellbook, or the mundane kind?Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-01-28T20:27:03ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=16?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#7732009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-01-25T22:03:00Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Priapus wrote:</div><blockquote><br />
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<span class=messageboard-ooc> That is how it is in the end of <i>The Last Unicorn</i></span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>?A certain Archaic Chameleon?</span> </blockquote><p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Awesome. I haven't seen "The Last Unicorn" in <i>years</i>. The arcahic chameleon is Brother Seamus. Because he uses archaic speech and can blend into his surroundings like a chameleon.</span>Priapus wrote: That is how it is in the end of The Last Unicorn?A certain Archaic Chameleon?
Awesome. I haven't seen "The Last Unicorn" in years. The arcahic chameleon is Brother Seamus. Because he uses archaic speech and can blend into his surroundings like a chameleon.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-01-25T22:03:00ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=16?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#7642009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-01-24T21:29:51Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>•Smiles• Cooking eggs and singing campfire songs while on recon? I have a feeling a certain archaic chameleon would disaprove.</p>
<p>Also, the last line of the middle stanza, is a fifth line repeating part of the line above it, but the other stanzas are all four lines. You could easily add a fifth line to the other stanzas while only slightly modifying the wording of the repetitions. If you'd want to. It's a cute song. </span></p>*Smiles* Cooking eggs and singing campfire songs while on recon? I have a feeling a certain archaic chameleon would disaprove.
Also, the last line of the middle stanza, is a fifth line repeating part of the line above it, but the other stanzas are all four lines. You could easily add a fifth line to the other stanzas while only slightly modifying the wording of the repetitions. If you'd want to. It's a cute song.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-01-24T21:29:51ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=16?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#7602009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-01-23T06:56:04Z<p>Idiah awakes at dawn.
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•Yawns• •Stretches•
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She goes through her morning exercises carefully, holding the stretches and not skipping the one-handed push-ups. She wants to be in good shape for the battles to come. By the time she is done, morning light is pouring through the window.
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Her stomach gurgles. She thinks, <i>When's breakfast around here?</i> as she dresses. Before she leaves she makes sure that her weapons are in good order and peace-bound. Maybe the cook can whet the axe blade for her while she eats, to save time.</p>Idiah awakes at dawn.
*Yawns* *Stretches*
She goes through her morning exercises carefully, holding the stretches and not skipping the one-handed push-ups. She wants to be in good shape for the battles to come. By the time she is done, morning light is pouring through the window.
Her stomach gurgles. She thinks, When's breakfast around here? as she dresses. Before she leaves she makes sure that her weapons are in good order and peace-bound. Maybe the cook can whet the axe blade for her while...Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-01-23T06:56:04ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=15?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#7322009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-01-22T04:36:11Z<p>"zzz...•huh?• Uuugh."
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Idiah wakes up from her nightmare, her limbs cold and shaking. <i>Shadows, good beings, powerful enemies taking them down...</i> She's had worse dreams, especially the one where she is back at the Golden Erinyes, about to be punished by Sister Sanguina, but somehow this dream seems different. It's almost as if it were trying to tell her something and not just stirring up memories of a nightmare past.
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She hits the pillow a few times to get out her adrenaline, then tries to go back to sleep.</p>"zzz...*huh?* Uuugh."
Idiah wakes up from her nightmare, her limbs cold and shaking. Shadows, good beings, powerful enemies taking them down... She's had worse dreams, especially the one where she is back at the Golden Erinyes, about to be punished by Sister Sanguina, but somehow this dream seems different. It's almost as if it were trying to tell her something and not just stirring up memories of a nightmare past.
She hits the pillow a few times to get out her adrenaline, then tries to go...Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-01-22T04:36:11ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=15?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#7202009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-01-21T05:02:44Z<p>Idiah:
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<span class=tiny>"grumblegrumble....zzzz</span>ZZZZZ<span class=messageboard-bigger>ZZZZZZ<b>ZZZZZZ</b></span>•snort•...zzz"</p>Idiah:
"grumblegrumble....zzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*snort*...zzz"Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-01-21T05:02:44ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=15?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#7152009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-01-21T04:40:06Z<p>Back at the inn, Idiah sulks in her room, grumbling.
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<span class=tiny>"-stupid armor, making me all loud and clanky so they won't take me along, well who needs scouts anyway? gonna just go bash those slavers in the head so who needs to be all la de da scoutin' around like ooh 'I'm a fancy-pants chameleon-man'...etc."</span>
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She actually does understand the need for reconissance, but her impulsive nature chafes at having to sit still when there is danger to confront.</p>Back at the inn, Idiah sulks in her room, grumbling.
"-stupid armor, making me all loud and clanky so they won't take me along, well who needs scouts anyway? gonna just go bash those slavers in the head so who needs to be all la de da scoutin' around like ooh 'I'm a fancy-pants chameleon-man'...etc."
She actually does understand the need for reconissance, but her impulsive nature chafes at having to sit still when there is danger to confront.Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-01-21T04:40:06ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: Assault on Castle WhiterockIdiah (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j4q0&page=14?Assault-on-Castle-Whiterock#6962009-06-27T19:10:27Z2009-01-20T06:52:23Z<p>Idiah nods her agreement.
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"My flails are at your service," she tells Chauntessa.
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She smiles at Priapus, "And after all, I need to make sure I have an opportunity to pay off that debt I owe you. If you're going to risk your life, I want to be around to help save it."</p>Idiah nods her agreement.
"My flails are at your service," she tells Chauntessa.
She smiles at Priapus, "And after all, I need to make sure I have an opportunity to pay off that debt I owe you. If you're going to risk your life, I want to be around to help save it."Idiah (alias of Zeugma)2009-01-20T06:52:23ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post Discussion: Sharoth's Castle WhiterockDetective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2j48j&page=8?Sharoths-Castle-Whiterock#3912009-05-21T01:10:44Z2009-01-11T03:56:00Z<p><span class=messageboard-bigger><b>SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!</b></span></p>SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)2009-01-11T03:56:00ZRe: Forums: Off-Topic Discussions: Vegan Paizonians, assemble!Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2iy16?Vegan-Paizonians-assemble#462008-11-02T09:10:25Z2008-11-02T09:07:57Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>
<p>oops. forgot the spoiler!</p>[Spoiler omitted]
oops. forgot the spoiler!Detective Robert Thorn (alias of Zeugma)2008-11-02T09:07:57ZRe: Forums: Legacy of Fire: SweetFatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ioja?Sweet#92008-08-31T21:25:19Z2008-08-31T21:25:19Z<p>And severed hands!</p>And severed hands!Fatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)2008-08-31T21:25:19ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: What's your PFS Number?Fatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ilbe&page=4?Whats-your-PFS-Number#1632009-03-10T09:28:06Z2008-08-27T05:42:05Z<p>1993!...The year I turned 10. Easy to remember.</p>1993!...The year I turned 10. Easy to remember.Fatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)2008-08-27T05:42:05ZRe: Forums: Legacy of Fire: SweetFatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ioja?Sweet#62008-08-25T19:38:18Z2008-08-25T19:38:18Z<p>Silks! Spices! Carpets hand-loomed from angel hair that will fly upon your every command! Strange herbs grown in volcanic soil from the lower planes! Do they not entice you with their musky aroma? Breathe deeply; they induce strange visions!</p>Silks! Spices! Carpets hand-loomed from angel hair that will fly upon your every command! Strange herbs grown in volcanic soil from the lower planes! Do they not entice you with their musky aroma? Breathe deeply; they induce strange visions!Fatima of the Desert (alias of Zeugma)2008-08-25T19:38:18ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Society: Chelaxians—Announce ThyselfCirce (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ilbl&page=2?Chelaxians-Announce-Thyself#972009-07-27T02:35:45Z2008-08-11T06:07:31Z<p>Hey! Give me back my intrument!</p>Hey! Give me back my intrument!Circe (alias of Zeugma)2008-08-11T06:07:31ZRe: Forums: Customer Service: Amazon.comCirce (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ikgy?Amazoncom#462008-08-18T04:04:48Z2008-08-04T03:41:43Z<p>•crickets•</p>
<p>Manpig? Anyone?</p>*crickets*
Manpig? Anyone?Circe (alias of Zeugma)2008-08-04T03:41:43ZRe: Forums: Customer Service: Amazon.comCirce (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ikgy?Amazoncom#452008-08-18T04:04:48Z2008-08-04T03:28:26Z<p>Amazon? Where's the Amazon? Manimals, attack!</p>Amazon? Where's the Amazon? Manimals, attack!Circe (alias of Zeugma)2008-08-04T03:28:26ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: The New Argonauts (d20) PDFCirce (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/products/btpy84e8/discuss?The-New-Argonauts#162009-12-13T22:29:00Z2008-08-03T06:41:16Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">KnightErrantJR wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Circe wrote:</div><blockquote></p>
<p>One-eyed hag? Taste the porcine wrath of Hecate, mortal! Muahahahaha•snort•! </blockquote>Shouldn't you be bugging Wonder Woman or something? ;) </blockquote><p>THAT Amazon hussy? Puh-leez!KnightErrantJR wrote:Circe wrote:One-eyed hag? Taste the porcine wrath of Hecate, mortal! Muahahahaha*snort*!
Shouldn't you be bugging Wonder Woman or something? ;) THAT Amazon hussy? Puh-leez!Circe (alias of Zeugma)2008-08-03T06:41:16ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: The New Argonauts (d20) PDFCirce (alias of Zeugma)https://paizo.com/products/btpy84e8/discuss?The-New-Argonauts#132009-12-13T22:29:00Z2008-08-03T06:33:55Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Fake Healer wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">KnightErrantJR wrote:</div><blockquote><br />
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Plus, you know, the skirt fits right in that setting too . . . ;) </blockquote><p>Why I oughta.....
<p>It's pretty cool though and designed to be real gritty. No spellcasting classes besides the old one-eyed hag type, very limited healing, not a bunch of magic items and stores for them. It really looks cool and the alternate rules for handling the differences are really well thought-out. I love the change to Poison and plan to implement that in my game immediately. </blockquote><p>One-eyed hag? Taste the porcine wrath of Hecate, mortal! Muahahahaha•snort•!Fake Healer wrote:KnightErrantJR wrote:
Plus, you know, the skirt fits right in that setting too . . . ;)
Why I oughta..... It's pretty cool though and designed to be real gritty. No spellcasting classes besides the old one-eyed hag type, very limited healing, not a bunch of magic items and stores for them. It really looks cool and the alternate rules for handling the differences are really well thought-out. I love the change to Poison and plan to implement that in my game immediately....Circe (alias of Zeugma)2008-08-03T06:33:55Z