This is what I had in mind originally
But I have watched Yo Gabba Gabba with my son before and have seen that episode, and I know why you are shuddering so I am going to go with that instead!
Ok - both of those scare me. Thank goodness my kids never made me watch that.
This is what I had in mind originally
But I have watched Yo Gabba Gabba with my son before and have seen that episode, and I know why you are shuddering so I am going to go with that instead!
OK, the first one was funny. The second makes me want to retch.
Then the swashbuckler's job is done....for now
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Considering I have a five-month-old son, my reaction was driven at least in part by the the crushing despair of inevitably actually have to watch that kind of stuff. ;)
Past this part, in fact, never show this part again.
Spaceballs
Sorry about the delay, Life happened.
Sorry about the delay, Life happened.
np, it happens, thanks for telling us though :)
Sorry about the delay, Life happened.
I (and I'm sure, everyone else) figured as much. ;)
Lucky for me, Genisen's Age of Worms 2 has been posting a lot of material for me to read. :D [/ooc]
I think he may want to talk :-)
I think he may want to talk :-)
OK, that's like taking 20 on an Intimidate check. lol
Though you'll never see them again, here's how I imagined these three
Fat thug - Shanks - Full of bluster, but when things are going south, he's the first to run. Values his own skin the most.
Lanky thug - Timmins - Spiteful, so much so that he'd get himself killed to slice off your ear.
Hawk-nosed thug - Hillick - A coward, pure and simple.
so yeah, doesn't take much to get two of them to crack.
Fearghus I can't believe how many posts went through today! I love it!
Well, I may have to put the brakes once may comes around. I'll be working and won't be able to keep up!
not that that's a bad problem to have. :D
Besides, a dwarf sorcerer? What madness is that?! 17/25 points spent to get 16 Cha, what a waste of points!
DM-Salsa, don't worry about the summer... you'll still have before and after work to post. ;)
I loved the dwarf sorcerer! He was on the cusp for sure. And as a player of a dwarf Paladin, I don't see that as too crazy!
Lol - Genisen, I didn't realize you were DM Blood. I play Aarakess in your AoW2 campaign.
Lol - Genisen, I didn't realize you were DM Blood. I play Aarakess in your AoW2 campaign.
Arakess? You mean the desert planet of Dune? The spice must flow! wait, that's Arrakis. Meh, close enough.
Lol - Genisen, I didn't realize you were DM Blood. I play Aarakess in your AoW2 campaign.Arakess? You mean the desert planet of Dune? The spice must flow! wait, that's Arrakis. Meh, close enough.
No clue, all of my character names are completely made up. Any connection to anyone or thing else is purely coincidental.
Arakess? You mean the desert planet of Dune? The spice must flow! wait, that's Arrakis. Meh, close enough.
Ha, nice catch however incidental! Man, I haven't read Dune in a long time. Should do that again one of these days.
Genisen, not sure whether you really like your avatar, but if you look at my aliases, I have one - Jargal Darkbane which has a pic that I think is almost dead on for your entry description - big hat and all.
Couldn't find that one, but I did find this one
Also good, even has a feather in the had for extra style points.
Dang, guess I need to find another avatar for male NPC's you don't know are friendly or not.
By the way, nice entrance there Genisen
I need to add the eyepatch and change which eye it covers at random times
Arakess? You mean the desert planet of Dune? The spice must flow! wait, that's Arrakis. Meh, close enough.Ha, nice catch however incidental! Man, I haven't read Dune in a long time. Should do that again one of these days.
It's too bad there's only one book in the Dune world. They should write a good sequel to it!
It's too bad there's only one book in the Dune world. They should write a good sequel to it!Arakess? You mean the desert planet of Dune? The spice must flow! wait, that's Arrakis. Meh, close enough.Ha, nice catch however incidental! Man, I haven't read Dune in a long time. Should do that again one of these days.
There are many more. At the moment I'm reading a huge book called "The great Dune Trilogy". It has "Dune", "Dune Messiah" and "Children Of Dune". There are apparently other books too.
I've read the first two, but that was enough for me. Enjoyed them both though.
Never read the Dune series, though I do like some of the designs I've seen from that 'verse.
@Genisen: The bit about the eye patch gave me a good chuckle.
There are six Dune books published by Frank Herbert. After Children (#3) is God-Emperor (#4), which is 5,000 years later, and then Heretics of Dune (#5) and Chapterhouse: Dune (#6) 5,000 years after that. He was working on a seventh book, the manuscript of which was lost when he died.
Years later, that manuscript was found and Frank's son Brian teamed up with Kevin J. Anderson to write more books in the Dune universe. Three books were prequels to Dune itself, exploring the early life of Paul's father. Another prequel trilogy was the Butlerian Jihad, which was 10,000 years prior to Dune and set the stage for the Harkonnen vs Atreides enmity. Both of these prequel series were to "warm up" for completing and publishing the lost manuscript. The actual seventh book was published as two books, Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune.
Among "serious" Dune fans, anything written by Brian/KJA is dreck and to be avoided as they vastly over-wrote the series and diluted many of the elements that made it great in the first place. While not fanatical, I generally agree with this assessment, which was a huge disappointment and why I was content to read the wikipedia summary on Sandworms instead of suffering through the actual book.
Opinions on Dune are... divergent: you either love it, or hate it. I think that Dune is worth reading as an example of "popular" non-pulp science fiction whether you like it or not. After Dune itself, I most enjoyed Heretics and Chapterhouse, which were not as well received as the earlier books - but perhaps more suitable to my personal taste in SF.
I believe Brian's books are better than all but the first Dune book. The House Atreides/Harkonnen/Corrino beat most of Frank Herbert's original series.
I believe Frank Herbert's Jesus Incident (1970s) is one of his best and was blatantly plagarized for the movie Avatar. It is also the inspiration for the computer game Alpha Centauri and Brian Reynolds cites Jesus Incident as one of his favorite sci fi books.
Sorry, i should use the sarcasm font! I am in the 'only the first book is good' camp. It's been a while since I've read them though. Which is better, the new sci fi remake or original movie?
Well, I'm just going to leave this here.
The art for the first strips is bad, but the story is still pretty good, even with the fourth-wall breaking. If that will get on your nerves then about book three is where you want to start.
Luther: I think the "House" books are more accessable to a wider audience, which is likely to their credit, but I didn't find them as engrossing which is my only real complaint with them. I have much more of a problem with the Butlerian Jihad books, which I think are a textbook example of bloated and poorly edited writing. You are, of course, free to disagree! :D
I haven't read any of Frank's work outside of Dune, so I can't comment on Jesus Incident. Regarding Avatar, it was Dances with Wolves in space with giant blue aliens and free-floating rocks and a happy ending.
Oh, and Alpha Centauri is my favorite computer game of all time.
Dolgana: The original movie excised considerably more portions from the book, but I felt that the characters were more true. I enjoy the miniseries as a more complete adaptation of the book, but the characters (especially Paul) don't remotely square with how they were originally written... so I come down on the "first one is better" side.
I would read Lois McMaster Bujold's entire Cordelia/Miles series starting with Shards of Honor. It might be the best sci fi I have ever read--and I am old school Asimov/Heinlen/Anderson/Niven.
Here is the beginning of the list:
Shards of Honor (1986)
Barrayar (1991)—Hugo Award winner, Locus Award winner, 1992,[11] Nebula Award nominee, 1991[12]
Cordelia's Honor (1996)—Combined edition of Shards of Honor and Barrayar with an afterword by the author.
The Warrior's Apprentice (1986)
Borders of Infinity (1989)
Brothers in Arms (1989)
The Vor Game (1990)
I used to read about a book a week. Then life, kids and work got in the way. Need to start reading more. I remember when TSR started producing books, I read every one of them, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, etc. Probably read the first 50 or so. Same with a ton of other fantasy series. For some reason I never read Dune.
I'm weird in that I don't typically enjoy reading Sci-fi, though I do like watching Sci-fi.
just a heads up. I will not be able to access my maps until late sunday afternoon/early sunday evening. I'll still be posting, but it's probably going to be light.
My apologies for not posting monday, I was in the hospital for the BRILLIANT reason of drinking WAY too much sunday and getting alcohol poisoning. It's wonderful when you don't remember how the evening ended because you blacked out and wake up the next morning in the hospital. No, this is not normal for me. I have never drank that much before and I will NEVER drink that much again.
My apologies for not posting monday, I was in the hospital for the BRILLIANT reason of drinking WAY too much sunday and getting alcohol poisoning. It's wonderful when you don't remember how the evening ended because you blacked out and wake up the next morning in the hospital. No, this is not normal for me. I have never drank that much before and I will NEVER drink that much again.
I'm glad you're okey and don't worry I'm sure everyone here has done something silly on an occassion...or in some cases more than one occassion, but never-the-less I'm glad you're okey.
It's nasty getting you're stomach pumped and all the various tubes they put on you, especially the one in the "sensitive area" so to speak.
I figured it would be our monk requiring that kind of treatment. Glad you are better though. Now onward, we have one Yale to turn into blood sausage.
I figured it would be our monk requiring that kind of treatment. Glad you are better though. Now onward, we have one Yale to turn into blood sausage.
Sausage? I was thinking MINCE! Smaller peices. Or you could go the Sherrif of Nottingham route and scream "I'll carve you're heart out with a spoon!"
"Why a spoon?"
"Because it's dull, you fool. It'll hurt more!"
My apologies for not posting monday, I was in the hospital for the BRILLIANT reason of drinking WAY too much sunday and getting alcohol poisoning. It's wonderful when you don't remember how the evening ended because you blacked out and wake up the next morning in the hospital. No, this is not normal for me. I have never drank that much before and I will NEVER drink that much again.
Glad everything is alright. I don't drink for several reasons, this being one of them. Still best not hang around open flames for a few days. :D
Adam, great action and lively NPCs with depth. Great job so far!
Thank you. I'm going to give things a little push. I need to find out what's going on in the other game as well.
I would read Lois McMaster Bujold's entire Cordelia/Miles series starting with Shards of Honor. It might be the best sci fi I have ever read--and I am old school Asimov/Heinlen/Anderson/Niven.
Here is the beginning of the list:
Shards of Honor (1986)
Barrayar (1991)—Hugo Award winner, Locus Award winner, 1992,[11] Nebula Award nominee, 1991[12]
Cordelia's Honor (1996)—Combined edition of Shards of Honor and Barrayar with an afterword by the author.
The Warrior's Apprentice (1986)
Borders of Infinity (1989)
Brothers in Arms (1989)
The Vor Game (1990)
On your advice, I've read Cordelia's Honor and am now halfway through Warrior's Apprentice. Pretty good so far, we'll see how it goes with later volumes.
Bases on this, though, I'd suggest you check out David Weber's Honor Harrington series if you haven't already done so. The first three, On Basilisk Station, The Honor of the Queen, and Short Victorious War should all be free to read on Baen Free Library. It's more into the military subgenre of sci-fi, and there's good explanations of the "science and technology" - which I've been enjoying it quite a bit.
He also has the War God series, the main protagonist of which is who I'm sort of basing Fearghus on in - though I didn't realize it until after I'd created him!
Or read the whole series here.
Perhaps, but you can buy the latest books at baen that aren't on the MoH cd (I read ART months ago, thanks to the advance copy release). That and fifthimperium was always blocked at work, where it took almost three years for them to wise on to baen. :P
Now, where's some green critters for me to slaugher?
Soon, my friend, soon.
funnily enough there's a huge list of literature mentioned in the GM part of the core book for suggestions for music, movies, books and so on for inspiration.