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Hey there gang :)
Just popped in to say hello and share that the baby is scheduled for delivery on June 20th! I'm anxious, scared, thrilled, and humbled to be a new dad.
Sorry Yasmin, I don't think I have the time to jump back in yet!
I hope you're all doing very well. I miss gaming with you all.
Woo! Glad to hear things are going well. I'm sorry that we still haven't had a chance to play together yet. I think once Tot loosens up some, she and Grayface would be a fun pair to be around.
@Grayface - if you're watching this thread, seems like there's an opening if you have time to come back to us. :PHe wiped the sweat from his brow as he sat at the dead slavemaster's desk, high atop the keep's tallest turret. The cretin was foolish enough to believe he was a match for the scarred raging warrior, resulting in him being reduced to a crumpled lifeless heap face down in a growing pool of his own lifeblood.
Grayface picked a piece of fruit from the bowl next to him, tossing aside the pear in favor of the red apple underneath. He enjoyed the snack during his brief respite, relishing the sweet juice upon his lips much as he savored the deathblow of the pathetic wretch that lay at his feet. Scanning the desk for valuables, his eyes landed upon a fine quill and a pile of crisp paper, beckoning him to perform a spontaneous notion that came to mind.
I will write a letter!
Smiling in spite of himself and the situation he was in, he endeavored to pen a letter that could be couriered to Fort Inevitable when an opportunity next presented itself, one that greeted his old friends and informed them that he was well on his way to exterminating the organization of slavers that he had been tracking. The idea was forthright, but he a talented wordsmith he was not, and so he struggled to think of how to begin his correspondence.
After a flustered pause of writer's block, a grand evocative sentence came to his mind - the perfect way to say hello and begin his letter!
Gray plucked the quill from its sheath and was about to dip it in one of the inkwells near to the papers when he suddenly decided against using that conventional method of writing. With a crooked half-smile that accentuated his scarred and empty eye socket, he bent over and dipped the quill in the crimson blood that now covered nearly half of the floor. Carefully he drew it back up and placed the loaded pen to paper, pouring out his thoughts and greetings in a most macabre fashion...
Okay, you totally had me going there. I was ready for the triumphant return of Grayface!
But June 20? That's a couple weeks to get your feet wet again! :P Just kidding, you're going to have your hands full! Boy or girl? Hope for the best for you and your family. Let us know how things go!
Great to hear you're doing well Grayface - exciting times are ahead for you... wishing you and your wife the best of luck for the imminent arrival - and be sure to pop back and let us know how it went (here's a tip for you... make sure you have a good book squirreled away somewhere - our second took well over 24 hours to decide that he really was on the way but the hospital kept us in anyway; plenty enough time to work my way through a Game of Thrones!!!)
...and I'm sure, someway down the road, Grayface's road will bring him back to the Spire.
@ ToT,
Yes, I hope we can too in the future. We'd be a force!
@ Yasmin,
It's a boy! We're looking forward to his arrival greatly. My friend has a decal maker and she made us a little onesie that says "DUNGEON MASTER IN TRAINING". It's adorable.
@ Zed,
Thanks for the well wishes. Oh yes, I am bringing some reading material! I just got my new kickstarter fulfillment in the mail, the Modiphius Conan 2d20 core rulebook. It is beautiful! The cover art is by Brom (the awesome artist who did the Dark Sun paintings) and the game itself is shaping up to be pretty interesting.
i got my Conan last week....haven't cracked it open yet...been busy getting a bunch of blood bowl minis ready....glad to see all is well Gray....so is it going to be L'il Gray or Gray Jr.?
I've sent all of you a PM. Please read it when you get a free moment.
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@ Rallos,
Right on. I've never played Blood Bowl but my friend has a sweet bloodbowl field he made from scratch, replete with bleachers filled with various cheering fans from multiple Games Workshop races. I've been playing a fair amount of Age of Sigmar lately since I had large armies from the old WarHammer days, and the huge rulebook always scared off my friends from wanting to learn. Now I can play with the 4-page rules with armies as small or large as we want, and we're having a really good time.
I read your PM, Grayface. All my thoughts to you.
Same here.
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We're all here for you, Gray / Zedith. As you likely have seen, I also responded via PM.
As for Blood Bowl, I remember playing the DOS version that Google tells me was released in 1995! You would choose a team with members of a primary race like humans, orcs, giants, halflings, or undead. Then you'd play through multiple seasons and get better players over time. Until today, I didn't realize this started off as a board game using minis! It makes so much sense in retrospect. Hope you're having fun with the game, Rallos!
I have dug up my old Blood Bowl from back in the mid 80's... polystyrene 'field' painted (somewhat inexpertly by my teen self) and some very dubious attempts to paint some humans... I remember it being played quite a bit but it always played second (if not third) fiddle to WH40k, Dark Future and D&D (the old red and blue boxes)... plus, did anyone ever play the Judge Dredd Block War game? That was amazing (or at least I remember it being so - rose tinted spectacles!!!)...
I played the original Blood Bowl, years ago. Ahhh, the old blue and red D&D boxes... My first RPG, when I was maybe 12. Now I feel sooooooooooo old.
Not a fan of Warhammer 40k, but I liked a few boardgames, Space Hulk , Space Crusade...
I've never played Judge Dredd or the Red/Blue boxes for that matter. My first D&D was AD&D 2e. I bought my first PHB in '92-'93 or so when I was 11-12 years old.. Most of my gaming buddies are about 10-12 years my senior and all played D&D in its original edition(s), and none of them are willing to run a game for me so that I can try it out because they now find it too archaic.
Oh well. My gaming cup runneth over already. I guess I'd rather try out one of my other RPGs on my shelf (13th Age, Conan 2d20, Advanced Fighting Fantasy, Dungeon World, Barbarians of Lemuria, Myth and Magic, etc) than play old D&D.
yeah...i like Blood bowl a lot...its the football player/fan in me. cant wait to start my home league. I played the whole BECMI series in my youth...started with 1ed though...ive played so many games i cant remember them all....as well as TCG games....gotta crack open my new Conan book too....
Oh wow... I accidentally navigated back to Page 1 of this campaign and realised we just had our third birthday!!!! Unbelievable...
That first year, we defeated the goblins in the Tower Ruins, Gorloth in the spooky old school crypts, pushed our way through the gang of thieves in Splinterden and endured the underwater craziness of the drowned level. The second year started by driving the GM half-crazy with the kinetic map of the Clockwork maze before we moved on to a double bill of serpentfolk...
And now, as I mull over the third year, we had the morlocks and their devil mistress, the lava level (which enabled me to riff on the story of DiViri a little and ultimately bring Titania in to the story) and there was, of course, the tomb of Yarrix. Incredibly, dependent on what you folks do next, we may be starting level 12 of 16 soon... the end of the Spire may be in sight!!! It's been a wild ride, with a couple of changes in the group as we've delved further and further, but for my part, it's been great fun...
...and so, your GM wishes you a happy Spire Birthday!!!!
Happy 3rd Spire Birthday! Incredible that we've made it so far, and with a good part of the original cast intact!
it's a great adventure, with a great GM and a great team
Is the bow helpful to you Titania, or do we just sell it?
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Maybe? I don't think the bow I have is magical, but I need to double check that.
Just a regular +3 Str composite bow. Yasmin will detect magic to be sure.
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I'll be off one week, on vacations, starting this saturday.
Bot me as needed
I'll be off one week, on vacations, starting this saturday.
Bot me as needed
Have yourself a great vacation / holiday / break... promise not to slay Ea whilst you are away!!!
Hey Zed, would Tot know how to get out of the Hellknights. After her experiences with the party and the way Maralictor Wolfheim has treated her, I think she'd want out. It's clear that they only see her as a cog, a pawn in the power struggle, while the other actually appreciate her and accept her, fears and all.
I ask because if we're stuck here, I can imagine her superiors sending her all over the fort just to show her who's in charge. I can also imagine her snapping and going on a killing spree and I don't want her depopulating the fort.
Hey Zed, would Tot know how to get out of the Hellknights. After her experiences with the party and the way Maralictor Wolfheim has treated her, I think she'd want out. It's clear that they only see her as a cog, a pawn in the power struggle, while the other actually appreciate her and accept her, fears and all.
I ask because if we're stuck here, I can imagine her superiors sending her all over the fort just to show her who's in charge. I can also imagine her snapping and going on a killing spree and I don't want her depopulating the fort.
Hmmmm... interesting question that I will need to mull over. I'm not sure that there is a way out - especially out here on the 'frontier' where Wolfhelm will 'need' all the troops he can muster... something to ponder.
Back!
wb! I saw you were back in one of your other games....did you recognize the last name of one of the players?
Nope... In which game?
the one with Erhun in it...
Welcome back Ea. :)
Hope you had a great vacation, Ea!
So, there's a rerecruitment going on for a game I'm in. The characters are great, the GM is good, and the only complaint I have is that it moves a little slowly. If you're looking for another game, check out the thread and see if you can think of something that tickles your fancy.
Recruitment thread
Gameplay thread
We are in dire need of a healer. Just something to keep in mind.
...and, on the subject of recruitment, our friendly neighbourhood fighter is also running a recruitment that might be of interest to folks here - I can't apply, I just have too many games going at the moment, but I know it'll be a great game!!!
On a related note, I have PM'd Zedth / Grayface to see if he fancies a glorious return to the Spire (and Fort Inevitable) and he is thinking about it...
sweet!
Cool and applying to that. (Probably shouldn't, but there's a couple of games I'm thinking about dropping because, frankly they aren't really that fun. This isn't one of them by a long shot!)
"You've got a blond, brunette, and a redhead, Rallos. I'm sure Signifier Hast will be quite impressed!" Yasmin hooks her arm around Rallos's so that he can escort her along.
And when Em was still here, we had a Greenhead!
...and, on the subject of recruitment, our friendly neighbourhood fighter is also running a recruitment that might be of interest to folks here - I can't apply, I just have too many games going at the moment, but I know it'll be a great game!!!
I'm closing recruitment in the next day or two, so if any of you are interested - please submit a character!
I know Adam/Titania has an application, and I just submitted a tiefling fighter!
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Folks, I have had a busy day packing for holidays and then tomorrow will be travelling - I expect to have wi-fi / internet where we are staying but I should think the pace will slow for a week... apologies (you can always check out the Gen Con coverage instead!!!)
Where are you off to? Regardless, have a great time!
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all good man....and im on the FB gencon group....gotta stop looking...jealous...i had to cancel going this year...but already booked my hotel for next year...
Travel safely, we'll wait, no problem!
Very busy at work theses days
Did we have a chance sell stuff? I'd like to grab a few things before we leave.
Did we have a chance sell stuff? I'd like to grab a few things before we leave.
Yeah, no worries... no need to RP it if you don't want - just do it as a housekeeping exercise.
Work is kind of crazy this week, just so you all know.
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Okay, here's my next question, where's the current list of unsold loot? I'm not the best at keeping track of that and gold earned, as Zed can attest to.
I guess it might be better to post my wishlist and see if I/we've got the funds.
Bag of Holding Type I - 2500 gp, Holds 250 lbs.
Pavilion Tent - 100 gp, 50 lbs. (Description says it's open, but I think we could find on that has at least outer walls. Picked this over the large tent because we can use it house everyone if Grayface returns and we can have a fire that's protected from the elements.)
4 cots - 4 gp, 120 lbs. total
3 days of firewood - 3 cp, 60 lbs. total
Collapsible tub - 15 gp, 20lbs.
Cooking kit - 3 gp, 16 lbs.
Enough rations for at least a few days.
If I thought we could get a bigger bag of holding, I'd say got for it and grab enough firewood and food to last us for a week in case a storm hits. The tub would mainly be to combat hypothermia.
Collapsible tub - 15 gp, 20lbs.The tub would mainly be to combat hypothermia.
There is a running gag about a tub in my home games with my wife and some friends of ours. In an adventure we did a couple years ago I had the innkeeper (who turned out to be the villain...) offer the use of his "copper tub around back" on multiple occasions to my female PCs/female players. The offer was always with sexual undertones, making the PCs uncomfortable and the players laugh.
The gag gained new life when in a later Dark Sun game they went to a pub and were hoping beyond hope that they'd find a copper tub because of the ultra-rarity of metals in that campaign world. Later in that campaign I threw them a bone when they discovered an ancient castle that had been buried by sand, filled with treasures from thousands of years ago before the world turned to crap, before the world was stripped of its metals. In this castle they found...you guessed it... and copper tub for bathing.
I've used the reference several times since those games, always in an attempt to solicit laughs or make a PC uncomfortable when an NPC makes a sexual nudge by offering the use of their "copper tub."
I know it doesn't sound very funny when you read about it like this but it has given our table many laughs over the last few years.
Don't really have any running gags like that, but I do seem to game with groups that have a penchant for getting in trouble with fire.
Shortly after I started playing, I was in a group running through Tomb of the Iron Medusa. We'd just started a fight against some fire elementals and one of the players asks, "If I use a fireball, will it make things worse?" We all died laughing and called the session there.
More recently, in a Dark Suns campaign that I recently joined, the dwarf druid played by the GM's wife started a prairie fire after my character got enough of a warning to get everyone awake before an ambush. After literally throwing everything into the wagon, we booked it back to the wastes where there were no dry grasses to catch fire. Next session's going to pick up right after we stopped.
That sounds awesome! I love Dark Sun. I fell in love with the setting in '95 when a new friend introduced it to our group and ran a short campaign.
Just want to say:
Yes welcome back!
Is Titania gonna have a bash buddy now? :)