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Icyshadow wrote:

Anyone here ever been a DM or player in a Carrion Crown game?

Yep. I played the frontline fighter through the whole thing. Only died 3 times, as I recall...

Overall, its three big failings are:
(1) It *loves* to spring random, "Ha! You're dead!" moments on the PCs. I can think of at least 4 places where it has just, "Wow! What the heck was that?" moments.

(2) The overall story arc is weak in and of itself. They were more interested in including every major horror genre than they were in telling a coherent story.

(3) You absolutely, positively have to read all 6 books and try to weave elements of Book 6 into the earlier books. My GM was amazed that Book 6 starts with an apology that basically says, "Yeah, sorry we never mentioned the BBEG until this book, but we just thought of him now..."
Yeah. The final guy you fight? If the AP is run as-written, you've never heard of him until you're fighting him.

So while for the most part I enjoyed it, it has many failings that you as a GM have to watch out for, and some areas where your players have to be OK with, "Rocks fall, you're dead" moments...

EDIT: Or is this an "illegal" discussion on FaWtL? Where's Freehold when you need him to sort you out?

stumbles into thread half asleep, gropes around for brass knuckles

It went really well!

It just went better for the guy they hired.

youse wants I should break his knees, boss?

I hate college bs as well as math. I will gladly go to town on this professor as well as the bursars if yo wish.

Youse wants me to have a conversation with em, boss?

There is this strange zen place where you realize that it doesn't really matter anymore if the person that has been mistreating you, insulting you and using you is doing it out of an actual inability to understand how cruel they are being or out of a desire to deliberately hurt you.

There is that one last act that says "I don't care how much I hurt you, as long as it makes things easier on me," that pushes you past all the hurt and the pain.

Hmm...a little cathartic yelling also helped!

Ahh. Zen. Done.

<- Just lost all faith in humanity. Might not be posting or answering the phone for a few days.

whose you wants me to visit, boss?

The Thing From Beyond the Stars wrote:

Ffflllleeeessssssssssh.........

Shut up you and get back in your cage.

Beats the Thing back with a big stick

Farewell division wants the sum of $633 dollars in services that was rendered while my brother was laying brain-dead in the hospital.

I guess they did not get the message.

Grrrrrr. They're not going to get it or they are going to be talking to a lawyer.

You need me to go talk to someone?

Hey, guess what? For the second time in the past three months, I got laid off. Awesome. Now I have to tell my landlord on short notice that I'm leaving the state.

sinks a fist into the ribs of shiny's former employer

Paris Crenshaw wrote:

::crashes his copper-scaled draconic butt back in the thread::

That's absolutely asinine! Poor Bryce. That's one of those situations that would prompt me to make a very direct and directive phonecall to the principal, demanding an interview with that particular person.

Backlash for demanding that your child get the attention and specific educational benefits he needs to succeed? It'd better not be...just remind them that his academic success is directly tied to their job performance...school administrators AND teachers...by LAW! (Whether you agree with the NCLB laws or not, it's leverage in this case.)

If she's just too much of a b***h to demonstrate patience and self control when presented with a child who obviously has special needs, then she needs to be ... calibrated.

Sorry...this riled me up. Some people need a kick in the teeth.

If only. Alas, she and the principal think alike on these matters. And they're being pissy cause we make them do their job and go over their heads to get things done when we have to. It's especially sad because these people can not only overshadow but often undo a lot of the good done by those educators he interacts with who really do go above and beyond to help him and would be able to do their jobs better if the administrators would get out of the way.

In other words, yes, some people need a kick in the teeth. :)

takes a road trip

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE TEENAGE GIRLS!!! THEY ARE TEARING UP MY DRESSING ROOM AND CLOTHES RACKS!!! AND THEY ACT LIKE I AM SOME SORT OF A B+&@@ FOR WANTING TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING IN MY DRESSING ROOM!!!!!!!! STOOOOOOOPID BIOTCHES!

Youse wants I should rough 'em up, boss?

So. Much. Stress.

bludgeons the source of Lynora's stress

Hmmm, something tells me that our neighbors are unhappy to have us here. Could it be the Building Code Enforcer that just paid me a visit saying he had recieved a complaint that we had done building rennovations without a permit? Too bad for them all we did was put in a tiny dressing room. *sigh*

Youse wants I should talk to him about it, boss?

*Sigh*

So now our accountant is in town. She is eyes and ears for teh big money bags boss. Man I am glad I bought that new shirt and Jacket for tonight!

Youse wants I should roughs her up, boss?