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Aubrey- I saw you had posted your email in the Pathfinder thread. You might want to break the formating of it so it doesn't read like an email address or you'll be getting spam from the various programs that scour the net for addresses. Maybe your spamguard is so vigilant that you don't worry about such things, but just in case I posted over here so you could edit the post there if you wanted to. Spam paranoid people (like me) generally do something like Blah AT blahblah.com for posting an address on forums.
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Now that you mentioned those ads... I have a cultural question of sorts. In England on pop radio stations are commercial breaks overrun with a constant barrage of those dick drug ads? I've never been to England, and it just seems like it wouldn't be so crude there, but in ny on hip-hop and r&b stations (which I have to hear a lot of at work) every break has a message or two for Dr so-and-so who think he can give you a horse dong with his scientifically proven pills. It used to really crack me up, but then it got depressing to think of a generation of kids growing up on these commercials whose basic message is that ladies will never be /really/ impressed with you unless you pop your magic sex pills. They are really pervasive. Not that ads haven't always been designed to cultivate insecurities to sell products, but wow! Philip K Dick was spot on with that prediction back in the 70's.
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Maybe his name had something to do with it.
No, we don't really get those. Bear in mind we have a National Health Service which is always the first port of call with any health issues, erectile or otherwise, so we go there and get prescribed pills that way. There isn't the market for these in the same way, at least for the patient - my sister used to work in pharmaceutical sales, but the marketing effort is aimed at doctors rather than patients. Also, we don't get so many drugs over the counter as you do in the US, and as the little blue pills and such stuff has a number of effects on the circulation other than the obvious one you need to go to a doctor to get it.
I did notice a lot of the medical ads on the radio as we were driving about on honeymoon in the US earlier in the year. The most hilarious (well, to me) was some dentist called Dr Schreiber (or something) who was advertising his ability to do major work on you while sedating, as opposed to anaesthetising (sp), you. He had the sort of oleaginous voice like some monstrous pervert who would molest you in the chair before pulling all your teeth out (and, of course, you would be conscious all the way through - yeah!). Makes NHS dentistry seem almost OK.
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Hahah. Yes! Ever see the Seinfeld episode where he wakes up in the dentist's office and vaguely sees the dentist buttoning up his fly and the assistant adjusting her blouse? Saw a story the other day about a dentist who had temporarily implanted boar's tusks in his assistant while she was sedated. Then he took photos, removed them, and finished up. Then he showed her the photos cause he thought it was hilarious... She promptly sued him. We love our creepy professionals.
Somehow I knew those commercials wouldn't fly in the UK. Keep in mind that they aren't for any condition that would require prescription medicine. They are more along the line of "Are you satisfied with your performance?" and "Do you want better sex?" Just the classic snake-oil saleman type of thing. I live in a Caribbean neighborhood in Brooklyn and the local equivalent here are these hilarious pills they sell at corner stores called 'Horny Goat Weed.' Makes me laugh every time I see them.
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I read the letter that Ezreal translated.
I know that we are trying to save Erfan in the dungeon we're in now.
What I don't know is what we are supposed to do when we're done here.
Do we look for this Norn guy in Droaam next, or is that a major major jump ahead? I guess this changeling Gelb, when and if we stick it to him, will have something more to lay on us?
And the Triune--that's those hags in Droaam, right?
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Meh, I'll just read the synopsis again until I know what I'm talking about.
Okay, so Daask gave them Norn for some dreamlily and more later to distribute. Norn's possibly making a weapon for this warlord guy. And it has something to do with warforged. AND, the lord of blades' people wants Norn.
And, we've jacked up some Daask guys and have their dreamlily now.
Do we know what the hell they wanted Lightbringer for specifically? They kidnapped Erfan specifically so they could get their hands on him, right?
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They want Lightbringer as much as they want the rest of us... us being the ones who killed Gelb's gnoll muscle in a tavern preventing him from strong-arming Kerile (who later hired us) out of a pub. Presumably it's all about losing face. 'Nobody screws with Daask and gets away with it' kind of attitude. Lightbringer and Runzyl just happen to be more distinctive in appearance- and as a paladin of the Silver Flame with a known parish it was easy to find some fresh bait that would lure him in.
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Well, it is up to the DM.
So YEAH!
"Gimme an M! Gimme an O! Gimme an R! Gimme a G! Gimme a R! Gimme an A! Gimme a V! Gimme an E! What does it spell?! Who cares so long as my jumper is tight enough!!"
And the skirt short enough ... don't forget the skirt.
I'll add to the chorus of those praising Aubrey's efforts on this - very, very cool. Between this and Dragonmann's game I am seriously considering running an Eberron game for my next campaign.
I was getting a bit confused in the battles, so starting sketching out the grids on post-it notes for the last couple - much clearer (though I still managed to get a few things wrong, guess I just need to read the crunch descriptions more thoroughly).
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I read the letter that Ezreal translated.
I know that we are trying to save Erfan in the dungeon we're in now.
What I don't know is what we are supposed to do when we're done here.
Do we look for this Norn guy in Droaam next, or is that a major major jump ahead? I guess this changeling Gelb, when and if we stick it to him, will have something more to lay on us?
And the Triune--that's those hags in Droaam, right?
Well, it seems like if we wanted to keep persuing our original mission for Karile (which was to retrieve Norn), we'll be heading off to Droaam. I'm thinking we might like to ask for some extra insentive if we do that...
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I'm running about between things (birthday last night / preparing for the move now- which is this thursday btw) I have several more things to take care of today, but I'll post for both games tonight. Sorry to drag a bit, but being a master procrastinator I left a lot of details of the move to fall into place during the last three days. It always works out in the end though...
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I was just thinking...when Mothman logs in tonite,....dayum a lot of stuff went down today.
It'll be funny if he posts:
"F$+! it," Lightbringer whirls his greatsword around in a massive arc, severing Gelb's head cleanly from his body before scowling at Sgt. Croke. Finally, he glances to Rodergo. "I'll atone later."
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I was just thinking...when Mothman logs in tonite,....dayum a lot of stuff went down today.It'll be funny if he posts:
"f*@~ it," Lightbringer whirls his greatsword around in a massive arc, severing Gelb's head cleanly from his body before scowling at Sgt. Croke. Finally, he glances to Rodergo. "I'll atone later."
Heh, nice. Busy morning, probably wont be able to post properly for a few hours. But I’d love to do that. Hmmm, warforged Blackguard anyone?
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LB, you'll protect Rodergo in the hoozegow, right?
Huh. I had to look up hoozegow (just to be sure I knew what you meant) – 4 of the top ten google responses turned up your posts on Paizo Heath! Even urban dictionary.com hasn’t defined it yet.
Anyway, if it means what I assume it means, yep, LB’s got your back if you drop the soap or an ogre wants to make you his biatch or anything.
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Hoozegow has to be one of the coolest words I've heard in a long, long time. Kudos to the Heathmeister for popularising it!
As for the law stuff, extraterritoriality was very common in colonies and developing countries until the First World War or so - in some African countries, it lasted until decolonialisation. Look up any Chinese history book, and you'll see references to the British, French, Americans etc. using their own legal codes and launching punitive actions whenever the locals arrested a foreigner. So you should be on fairly safe ground, legally speaking.
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Hoozegow has to be one of the coolest words I've heard in a long, long time. Kudos to the Heathmeister for popularising it!
As for the law stuff, extraterritoriality was very common in colonies and developing countries until the First World War or so - in some African countries, it lasted until decolonialisation. Look up any Chinese history book, and you'll see references to the British, French, Americans etc. using their own legal codes and launching punitive actions whenever the locals arrested a foreigner. So you should be on fairly safe ground, legally speaking.
Yeah, I'm not really expecting to pull this one off, but I figure LB is not just going to hand him over (and let him escape, or bribe his way out or whatever). Unfortunately he has to look for a somewhat legal (or at least lawful) avenue to do that.
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SPOILER FOR FATEY:
** spoiler omitted **
Retributive spoiler for Aubrey:
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Hey, are we at an impasse right now? I just need to know before I try and reread the entire adventure thread again looking for clues that I didn't apparently glean on my first read.
It doesn't seem that way to me. I'm committed to seeing this thing through, but, hey, if she wants to give us the fish-eye, I'm all for moving on to something else. There's always Ezreal's ship to Xen'drik...
LB, you'll protect Rodergo in the hoozegow, right?Huh. I had to look up hoozegow (just to be sure I knew what you meant) – 4 of the top ten google responses turned up your posts on Paizo Heath! Even urban dictionary.com hasn’t defined it yet....
Sorry to interrupt, I'm just stunned about hoozegow.
My mother used that word.
I use it frequently; I can't believe it's not more well known.