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I got toons in most RP realms, but I will happily join the Paizo guild :)

I am dissappointed indeed. I personally believe this is another nail in the coffin for Hollywood. They are out of ideas. So what do they do? Give us remakes of something that was good and remake it until we hate it.

I will mourn the death of Cowboy Bebop by sobbing quietly in a corner huddling me knees to my chest (with my beloved CB movie & boxset). I'll probably break down & watch it when it comes to the $1 redbox rental.

I dont have anything against Reeves, I just hate remakes. Or films made from comics. Or "re-envisioned" films like Batman. Actually, I think I automatically hate about 95% of what Hollywood craps out lately. When are they going to look for fresh ideas???

Yeah, I know I am getting my hopes up there on the fresh idea thing, but they really need to get some fresh blood in there. The transfusions from dead horses are turning them all into zombies.

The movie was enjoyable and dissappointing in a few aspects. Here's a bit that shouldn't spoil it completely :P

The BAD:
Predictable plot. You will find yourself almost ot the point of screaming at this chick not to do certain blindingly obvious WRONG things to do when faced with spooky events. Plus, you knew 15 minutes into the movie how it was going to end....

The CG was absolutely terrible! During the times of needed CG effects, I felt as if I was transported back to the early days of CG. I think they should have opted for claymation instead.

The GOOD:
I had a screamer sit next to me clutching her boyfriend/husband/thing which I found more entertaining than the scary moments! Since the predictable "boo" moments shown up more often than not, I casually turned to watch the woman with a morbid hillarity just to see her fear. I laughed alot during the movie.

The "old school" special effects. That was a breath of fresh air from all the terrible CG flying around. Pay whoever rigged up the latex and baby props cause that was AWESOME.

Would I recommend this film? Sure, just wait till it comes out on Netflix or Redbox and rent it. It's really not worth the 10+ bucks you will spend watching this in a theatre.

P.S. My favorite line was "Don't listen to that crazy lady! She has "old timers" or something" lmao

- When encountering playful pixies in their own environment and invited to party, it is not appropriate to say "I'm going to burn this f-ing forest down!" just becuase you are in a bad mood.

- Nor is it appropriate for a fellow party member (female) to make sexual advances on you during battle, when your female too, and a snippy elf....with firepower.

- Regenerating haunches of meat are just WRONG

- When punishment for threatining to burn down a pixie's forest is a orgy with fellow party members, to include a male drow, it is not appropriate to say to my character "Gee Rynn I didn't know you liked dark meat!" and not fess up who actually said that.

- Even more so when Rynn is now Zhuul the Lich Queen.

Joey, to answer you question, he's 36....and my husband....

OK!

Most recently in the campaign I am running, the massive party just killed off the BBEGs and the standard lootage of corpses. Well, except the vamp female of which got encased in liquid nitrogen of a sense and shattered. (They were a touch miffed about losing her gear but understanding when I again referenced she was SHATTERED) Either way, they seemed content with their spoils and proceeded to a market suitable for an epic party.

Our beloved mage (formerly referred to as the Wizard), at this time an iron golem lord & building a retinue of golem soldiers (which I allow cause I kill them off as fast as I can eat a handful of gummie bears), but has stumbled on the items that the vamps had and is intent on using them. There is a particularly nasty item I figured one moron of the party *cough* would use and let me have a touch of evilgasmic torture upon the party. You see, this item sucks the souls of said victims and thereby transfers them to a Demon for sale or return of favors. Mind you the party was and still is greatly against the use of such an item and tried to get the mage to “see the light”

Druid (NG): You do realize that selling the souls to a demon is evil right?
Mage (N): But I am neutral, why should I care?
Fighter (Mongol hybrid) (N): It’s the concept you are dealing with a demon, by means of souls, and using them for your benefit.
Mage: I still don’t see the problem! They attacked us! Why should I care what happens to their souls?
Druid: I cannot condone that, even if they are enemies.
Mage: I’m becoming a Necro Lord! Can I change my alignment?
DM (Me): No. You’ll start to shift as you continue the use of your soul-sucking item.
Mage: Well, it says here I have to choose to sell the souls to a demon on donning…is that every time or just the first time?
DM: That would be the first time you done it.
Mage: Oh well, I already put it on.
Group: *Groan*
DM: Oh! In that case, make your choice, sell souls or not?
Mage: Well, I dunno, I won’t get the benefits if I don’t sell them.
DM: So you choose to sell the souls?
Mage: Well, you see, it’s really the item that is making the choice…
DM: *rubs temples* No, no, no, make a choice, yes or no.
Half Dragon Fighter (NG): Maybe you should think about going back to being a golem lord…
Mage: Why this is better!
DM: You still need to make a decision *glare*
Mage: The rogue has a soul sucking item! Why are you guys giving me a hard time?!
Rogue (N): Mine does life force, not soul. Plus I pull it out before it kills them.
Half Dragon Fighter: I heard that pulling out doesn’t always work.
DM: *chokes on 7Up*
Group: *laughing*
Rogue: *chuckles* Yeah, but then I release the energy on my next victim.
DM: *laughing* I have to pee, where’s your bathroom?
Group: *further gutterspeak and laughter*
DM: *still laughing when I get back* Alright alright, so Mage, what’s your answer?
Mage: Well, I dunno, I don’t think I have to make that decision now…
DM: Last time I am asking! Yes or no!!!
Ranger: You don’t want her making the decision for you!!
Mage: Fine! I will then, yes.
DM: Yes to decision or soul selling?!
Mage: Yes! I’ll sell the souls!
DM: hehehe
Druid: *groans* I ask the (NPC) cleric if there is something she can do to help.
DM (as Cleric): Uh, yeah….I’ll meet up with you guys later. I need to go…pray…or something…
Druid: *Smiles* Gotcha.
Half Dragon Fighter: You know, since we are at the market, you could always get a better robe.
Mage: Then I couldn’t be a Necro Lord!
Half Dragon Fighter: *gives me an incredulous look*
DM: Shut up, I stopped trying to explain him a LONG time ago.
Fighter: Fine, but no more raid for you! (this fighter likes to raid caravans)
Mage: What?!
Group: *cutting jokes about meeting the demon’s quota and such*

The group continues shopping, selling items, and gathering info. During which they witness something interesting….

DM: Oi, rabble rousers, I need a listen check.
Group: *rolls* (most make it)
DM: You hear what sounds like an explosion, sounds a ways off, but after a few seconds you all feel a shockwave.
Druid: Aw Sh*t
Rogue: Was it in the market? (Market is a haven, no hostile action allowed)
DM: No, as you turn and look around, you see a red glow of light off in the distance, it throws the fog back, but is soon reformed. Since people are rushing to the edge of the market to see, you can’t make out much more than that.
Rogue, Druid, Fighter(s), and Mage: Lets walk over and see what’s up.
DM: Leaving the market?
Group: NO
DM: *cackle* Kay, so what you will then see is a rider fast approaching the market, he’s riding what looks to be a flaming horse.
Group: *gay jokes ensue*
DM: The rider rushes into the market and heads straight for the portals, drawing up to hastily speak to the gatekeeper. You’ll see some money exchanged and the gatekeeper begin to work the gate.
Druid: Was anyone following him?
DM: You’ll look back outside the market to see several dark shadows fly up and over the market. They are remaining in the fog so you can’t quite make them out, but they are big.
Druid: How interesting, what is the rider? Human, elf?
DM: Fiend, he looks like a tiefling.
Druid: hmm
DM: Well, the gate opens and the tiefling rides through, but you will note that the gatekeeper is not closing the gate. His assistants seem to be asking the crowd to make way.
Rogue: Oh yeah, we’re getting out of the way.
Group: Yeah
DM: No problem, after a few minutes you see what appears to be a small army of fiends, all shapes & sizes, march out of the portal, heading straight out of the market.
Mage: Where are they headed?
DM: Well, remember the info you had before you went on that caravan raid? That particular building the guy said “Under no circumstance do you go near that place?”
Group: *Looking curious/worried/intrigued and nodding*
DM: Yup, they seem to be bee-lining for that.
Fighter (Mongol): Wait, that’s the buildings the demons are holding right?
DM: *nods*
Druid: Sounds good to me! Evil kills evil!
Mage: That don’t make sense…
Rogue: Fiends and Demons don’t get along.
Mage: Why not? They are all evil.
Druid: *was about to launch into an explanation* Ah don’t worry about it…rest assured it’s a good thing if they kill each other and not us. Lets not get involved.
Rogue: To bad we couldn’t watch.
DM: Sure you could, you can always tag along.
Group: *laughs*
Druid: Hey wait! I can scry on them! *Starts to pull out his bowl*
Half Dragon Fighter: You should use a large body of water so we can watch it like a big screen.
Group: *light turns on*
Druid: Is there a big fountain anywhere?
DM: Sure, not too far.
Druid: I’ll use that!
DM: *laughs* Like a drive in movie eh? Yeah sure I’ll go with that.
Rogue: Awesome, we should charge admission.
Group: *cautioned optimism waiting for my answer*
DM: *smirking* yeah sure, people will pay to see this.
Group: Woo!
Rogue: Oh man yes! Yaking all bets! Demon army vs Fiends! I got 3-1 one odds on the fiends folks! Taking your bets here!!!
Group: *laughing*
DM: You will definitely get bets and such, but the favor is quickly going to the demons once the crowd gets wind of where the fiends are going.
Rogue: How are my odds?
DM: 10-1 in favor of the demons
Rogue: Holy crap, well lets just hope we make out something!
Group: *laughs*
DM: I’ll give you crazy ass folks point for ingenuity hehe
Mage: Man I bet those fiends and demons got some great items!
DM: Yeah, of what you seen, they look pretty decked out.
Mage: We should go after them!
Group: What?!
Mage: Come on! We could pick up what’s left!!
Fighter (Mongol): You’re on your own with that one. I’ll just sit back and watch.
Mage: Just think of the items!!!
DM: So….you going to follow 1500 fiends into a battle with demons?
Mage: Well…I’ll follow at a safe distance.
Half Dragon Fighter: And what do you consider a safe distance??
DM: That’s my line.
Half Dragon Fighter: Oh yeah, my bad. *laughs*
DM: To speed things along, you will follow behind at a “safe” distance. All the others in the marketplace will watch this horrific battle between chaotic and lawful evil. At first, the fiends seem to have the upperhand, based on numbers, but you can just make out at the edge of the scrying’s vision a bright red glow. The fiend’s leader turns to face this new threat and you can easily see the look of fear etched on his face, just as a bolt streams into view and blows his head off. The remaining fiends start to panic as they are overrun by a wave of demons from the direction of the glow.
Druid: Well…sucks to be those guys.
Group: *laughs*
DM: the scrying will last a few moments longer, but I’ll get back to what you see in a minute….Oh magie!
Mage: They’re all dead? Cool, I’ll go loot the bodies.
Group: *a bit stunned but shutting up*
DM: Fine, as you fly towards the battlefield you will see the glowing area as well as an intense heat.
Mage: Probably where the demons came from
Half Dragon Fighter: Ya think?
DM: *chuckle* Just as you start to enter the battlefield you get a warning shot from atop the building.
Mage: You’re just trying to kill my character! *pout*
DM: *eyeroll* Not yet, so what is your reaction?
Mage: Well I am going to keep going! I want to know who shot at me!
DM: O RLY??
Mage: You guy’s will come help me if I get into trouble right?
Group: HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAAA
Mage: *grumbles* I am jumping planes.
DM: You sure? This was gonna be spectacular!
Mage: Really? Did I find something?
DM: *Bites tongue* (Some days it just doesn’t pay, but he makes it so easy!)
Mage: No, fine, I’ll leave, but I want to come back when I think it’s safe.
Group: *snickers*
DM: *glares at sarcastic players for inside joke* Sure, whatever, ok, when you come back, all the bodies are gone. Those of you who scryed on the area see the demons have taken the bodies.
Fighter (mongol): No Sh*t. *laughs*
Mage: WHAT? No fair! Nothing?
Druid: Uh, you do realize that we aren’t the only ones that loot stuff after we kill it….
Mage: *grumbles about DM cheating him out of loot*

Wow, I am glad to see I am not the only one that runs around just to look at the scenery!!!

Yes, Northrend is more beautiful that I thought it would be! But there is a new danger, mobs can come at you from above, so be sure to look up when running around the areas that are vastly higher level than you! At lvl 70, I ran into a lvl 77 zone, I did ok, managed to hold my own agains 1 at a time, but it was still so beautiful!

My D&D group is a large one! When all of us actually show up, we can tip the scales at 17 people, however that is very rare. Average, we sit about 10 people, but even that is pretty large for one DM to handle. To say the least, we don’t accomplish much and horse around 90% of the time. All in good fun though! I just wanted to share with the community some of the weird stuff we do as a group (and sometimes against the group) for your enjoyment.

Setting: We made it to an oasis in the desert while we are trying to track down an undead army to stop from destroying the world thing.

DM: The particular oasis is controlled by a group of merchants who welcome you and allow you to stay for the night. They are peaceful and accommodating, offering such brave travelers a look at their wares and offer advice for your path ahead. ~Spot Check from the group please~

Everyone: Rolling, someone gets a one and can’t find the sand. Most of the party does make the check.
DM: What you notice is there are three old men walking towards the oasis, they seem ghostly as their forms shimmer-
Wizard: I FIREBALL THEM!
Everyone: Wait what?!?! No you idiot!
DM: Nope, he said it, so he is doing just that. Oooook, so you launch a fireball at these poor old men and turn the surrounding sand into glass. The three old men are definitely dead, half encased in glass and burnt to a crisp….
Me: WTF! Why did you do that!
Wizard: What! The DM said they were ghosts!
Everyone is now either laughing or cursing the mage.
Me: You trigger happy dipsh*t! You didn’t even let him finish the description.
Wizard: Ok fine I won’t fireball them.
DM: Too late. Your group is now approached by the merchants, heavily guarded mind you, and asked to leave immediately.
Wizard: We can take them! Lets kill em!
DM: Is he speaking for you?
Everyone: NO
We left. Much chastising was to be had, but the wizard still doesn’t get it.
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Setting: The group is required to go to a mine and help the dwarves stave off drow attacks. We need to get there quickly because the message is a week old and we do not know how long the dwarves could hold off. Since several of us could not make that game night, the DM was kind enough to run us separate and catch us up to the group. He did NOT tell us at all how the main group got there or what they encountered along the way, so the three of us had to play catch up.

DM: You can find the trail the group used, but it seems they are travelling parallel to a swamp.
Me: Don’t we have to go north? If we keep to their trail we will have to backtrack and lose a lot of time.
Cuddles(the thankfully female fighter): Yeah but how else are we going to get across the swamp? We should try to find where they crossed.
DM: You know you don’t have that kind of time.
Me (a sorceress): I could fly us.
Wizard: Yeah I got that spell too!
Cuddles: You cannot fly my horse over this swamp…not happening.
Wizard: Then I will stuff your stupid horse in my bag and then we will fly over this swamp! It will probably suffocate, but I don’t care. Buy a new one.
Cuddles: *Glares and starts to draw her sword*
Me: Alright-alright-alright, how about this? I can shrink the horse to a more manageable size and then we can al fly over the swamp.
Wizard: You can’t cast that spell.
Me: Uh yeah I can
Cuddles: I’m not flying.
Wizard: NO you can’t, if I can’t cast it, you can’t either.
Me: Yes I can, stop arguing with me.
Wizard: No you can’t because it’s not in my spellbook!!!!
Me: *sigh* Yes, I can, I don’t need a spellbook, especially yours!
Cuddles: I’m leaving. (In the argument the wizard and I did not notice) *rides off*
Wizard to DM: How come she can cast that spell and I can’t?
DM: *laughing* Because you never researched or bought that spell.
Wizard: I would have! Where did she get it!
DM: She got it in the last city you were in after you leveled.
Wizard: Then I should have it too!
DM: Did you go and get it when you were in the city?
Wizard: Well, no, but I would have if I would have known it was there…can I have it now?
Me: *facepalm*
DM: Nope.
Wizard: *grumble*
Me: Anyways, I know we have enough spells to fly over this, so Cuddles-
DM: You see her in the distance, riding away from you.
Me: *laughs*
Cuddles: *laughs*
Wizard: FINE! I’m casting fly and flying over the swamp.
Me: See you on the other side Cuddles! *waves*
Cuddles: Yeah have fun with that! *laughs*
DM: Geez, split the party again! Haha! Ok, as you two are flying over the swamp you come across what looks like an encampment. You see a lot of giants wandering around.
Wizard: Lets kill them!
Me: No you idiot! Two of us squishy mages with no tanks?! You’re insane, I am going to just pass by this and note its location…
Wizard: We could take them.
DM: There are about 20 of them.
Wizard: I am going to dive in lower and shoot a magic missile at them.
Me: I am NOT coming back for you.
DM: Ok, you hit one with magic missile and definitely get his attention.
Wizard: I didn’t kill him?!
DM: No, he picks up a boulder and returns the favor, what is your AC???
Wizard: What! No way, that should have killed him! (gives his AC)
DM: Luckily he missed, but there are more giants picking up boulders now.
Wizard: Hey aren’t you going to help me?!
Me: That would be a NO. Not only no, HELL no.
Wizard: *pouts* Fine I am flying out of there.
DM: The giants are giving chase.
Wizard: Sh*t!!!
Me: I am gaining altitude.
Wizard: Me to! Me to!
DM: *laughs* ok, they finally give up after awhile.
Me: *ss.
Wizard: What?! We could have taken them.
DM: Ok, I’ll get back to you guys. Cuddles, you’re pretty much going to have to either camp for the night or try to press on.
Cuddles: Eh, I’ll press.
DM: Ok. It will be on towards early morning before you find the path that the other group took into the swamp.
Cuddles: Alright, then I am heading in.
DM: No prob, you find that the path, while difficult, is not too bad for you and your mount.
Cuddles: So much for flying.
All (except Wizard): *laughs*
DM: Eventually, you see someone standing in the middle of the path, seems to be waiting for you.
Cuddles: Alright, I will ride up to…uh…who is it?
DM: A swamp hag. She holds up he hand and orders you to halt.
Cuddles: Aw d*mn. Ok I will stop.
DM as Hag: This road belongs to me! You must pay a toll to pass here.
Cuddles: No *tries to ride by her*
DM: *laughs* Ok, the path you think you were taking disappears and you and your mount are dropped into the swamp. It’s pretty deep and your mount is sinking fast.
Cuddles: Can I see the path? I need to work my way back to it.
DM: Yeah you can see the path behind her as she is laughing at you.
Wizard: Lets kill her.
Me: Lets? We’re not there man!
Wizard: But she is under attack! I told you we should have just grabbed her.
Me: What are you smoking?
Wizard: Huh?
All (except now confused Wizard): *laughs*
DM: Ok, you can get back to the path, but you and your mount are soaked, muddy, and smelly. The Hag asks you again for the toll and she will let you pass.
Cuddles: *growls and draws her blade, advancing on the hag* I got your toll…
DM as Hag: Wait! I am only asking for a pittance! Just one measly magic item!
Cuddles: I’m gonna kill this b*tch.
DM: Alright, the Hag runs off into the swamp and disappears.
Cuddles: The path?
DM: The path reappears, seems to have been some sort of illusion.
Cuddles: Clean up a bit, then I will press on to catch the group.
DM: Ok, I think we can fully catch up to the group next week, this will be interesting.
Me: Why?
DM: *smirks*

When we finally get back to the main group we kick things off rather humorously…
DM: You guys are all still camped at the exit of the swamp, you can see Cuddles emerge from the swamp, looking p*ssed but otherwise unharmed. *everyone laughs at Cuddles* You also can see what looks like your Sorceress and Wizard flying toward you, coming from another direction.
Group Leader: You guys separated! You never separate the group! (he goes on a tirade and I kinda stop paying attention)
Monk: Did you pay the toll too?
Cuddles, myself, and Wizard: What toll?
Rest of group: That toll the Hag made us pay! We each had to give her a magic item to pass! Not only that, we had to pay to leave the swamp as well! *grumble grumble grumble*
Me: Well, the Wizard and I flew over the swamp and we didn’t encounter no Hag.
Cuddles: I did but I just tried to kill her and she ran off.
*Silence*
Me: *in an incredible sarcastic tone* You mean to tell me that a whole eight of you paid the hag? Each?! To come in AND out of the swamp?!?! You didn’t stop to think that you could take on ONE swamp hag?? HAHAHAHAHAHA you got taken to the cleaners!!! By one hag!!
Group Leader: *Turns red from embarrassment and rage* But…I….its….we….argh! I am gonna kill that hag!
Group: *lots of grumbling now realizing they’ve been had*
DM: ROFL Twice! I got you suckers twice!!!
BTW, the hag still lives!

I love my group, more to come!

I also tend to play the AH game. Especially with metals becuase I am a miner too. Look for the median price of all the ores (can be applied to herbs/etc) and start watching the AH for a significant price drop. Its all really supply and demand, but sometimes someone (myself included) needs to make a quick gold and undercuts the competition in a signifigant manner. Buy said item/metal/herb/whatever and resell it an market value. I would say its a long term strategy, but it works.

Currently, I am profiting severely on the new expansion pack's metals like a fiend. I plan on funding my epic flyer this way ;) I may still be lvl 70, but I am running through lvl77 areas with little issues!

Yeah, I am on Steamweedle too. Tryin to help bring back RP to this RP server :P

You guys remember Arcannum? The game had an interesting concept, but ultimately it was released WAY too soon before working all tha major bugs out.

I guess what I loved most about the game was how open it was to do whatever you wanted. You could even join a brothel! lol I remember being offered a job when I put some barbarian gear on (as a female), everyone in town were wierded out (put some clothes on woman!) except the mistress hehe!

Rolemaster campaign:

DeeDee - Female half elf bard. In every sense of the word if you ever seen Dextor's Labratory. Another player who opted out of this campaign joined us one night & we thought to bring in a brother for her "Dex Tor!" lol The whole "DeeDee NOOOOO" jokes ensued.

Good for a laugh at first but I find it hard to pay attention in this campaign. Not to put it down totally, but damn its painful to go through all the "rounds" with "sub-rounds" with about 10 players. I know I have ADD at times but this gets ridiculous after awhile. Especially for spell casters. Going from regular AD&D to this hurts. Especially when you are used to dramatic spells.

I learned out resident "magic user" first spell was "melt ice". Oh god! everyone watch your ice tea! He's got Melt Ice spell! No no, wait. I got 2 shots at him before he can cast it....pfft....

The Sterling Butter Knife of Probability - This simple butter knife is a halfling artifact that grants the wielder extraordinary luck.

If we pair it up with the Kender Spoon of Turning, then we would just need to find ourselves a magic fork. Hmmm... maybe the gnomes have something to offer.

That reminds me of the Regenerating Haunch of Meat our DM threw at us during a off the wall fairy encounter. It was a random thing that popped into his head. My character, a snobbish elf female sorceress, thought that was the sickest thing she ever seen and couldn't stop ranting about that concept. "You rip off a chunk of meat & it growns back??? That is SICK!" Of course, our half-orc fighter thought it was the most amazing thing ever & wanted to take it with us.

Course that encounter kinda ended with my character getting entranced by the faires (cause she refused to "have fun" and threatened to burn down the forest) & wound up in an orgy with some party members. To include the Drow and someone HAD to make the smart-*ss comment "Gee Rynn, I didn't know you liked dark meat!" No one has fessed up as to who said that yet....

Mikkyo wrote:

alexander deel wrote:

Animal-Shapes Animal Crackers- eat the cracker, turn into that animal.

LOL I like that one! you would have to be careful not to eat the animals that are missing limbs/heads/or half their bodies

hehehe

:)

Bah, you're just trying to keep the last box of animal crackers to yourself.

What would happen if you jammed all the animal crackers in your mouth at once?

Fun times :P

[i]A terrible hunger had awoken in him. All through the day and all through the night a fell hunger gnawed at his gut. A dreadful compulsion to dine on the flesh of the dead filled his mind, strangling all other rational thought.

On the rare nights he managed to sleep, he tossed and turned in his bed, his dreams invarriably returning to that dreadful night three moons ago. He remembered it as clearly if it had happened yesterday. He remembered the strange moaning he'd heard that evoked terror in him and his companions as he drove his carriage through the forest. He remembred the frightened neighing of the horses as the howls and moans grew closer. He remembered the horses finally refusing to go any further and his companions leaving the carriage, drawing their swords. The horses bolted as they heard something rustling in the bushes to the side of the road. He and his two friends formed a loose circle, eyes darting around the clearing.
After a moment they heard the rustling of more creatures in the shadows and then a pair of eyes glinted from behind the trunk of an ancient oak. Two pale eyes absorbing the light of the full moon.
And then at least a dozen of the things stepped out, surrounding them. The were the size of a full grown man, although horribly emaciated and hunched over with pale skin stretched grotesquely over their faces, making the gaping maws full of vicious teeth and the luminous eyes even more prominent. Feral growls and moans emerged from the creatures as they closed in.
He remembered one of his friends whimpering in terror and swinging his sword, trying to ward the things off. The other tried to run. As he reached the nearest creature it pounced, biting into him and slashing open his throat. As soon as the body hit the ground two of the things began to feed on him, messily devouring the slain man.
The others sprang into action, attacking in a fury of chomping mouths and slashing claws. He fell quickly, writhing in agony from a vicious gash across his back and soon his...

That...was....AWESOME!

Do you write like this often? I was really getting into it! :)

Reminds me of the game where I played a horn'dog rogue. (I'm female so I could get away with alot more lol)

So we were divying up the treasure and the leader was calling out the items and those who wanted it would raise their hands. Mind you we have about 12 people in the group, so LOTS o stuff to go through. I was on the opposite side of the room/table making snide comments & reacting to typical items in naughty ways, erupting that end into fits of laughter. (much to the confusion of our leader, which made it funnier)

Leader: "ok, next we have a Rod of Enlarge"
Me: "OOOO MEMEMEMMEEMEEEEE!"
Guys: LMAO

Leader: *gives me a wierd look* "uh ok, goes to Rain"
Me: "Yeah baby!"
Guys: *more laughter*

Leader: "Who wants the Rod of Extend?"
Me: "I DOOOO!"
Guys: *couple guys raise their hands & we all laugh*
Leader: "Alright, roll for it."
Me: *shaking the dice in my hand* "C'mon baby, moma needs a new toy"
Guys: *laughing so hard some give up rolling for it*
Me: "YES 18! Beat that!"
K: "14 damn"
T: "Yeah? 19 haha!"
Me: "Can I borrow that?"
Guys: *more laughter*

Leader: "What are you guys laughing about down there? Its just a damn rod!"
All: *laugh*
Me: "Maybe to you, but to me.....its prreesciiooouuss" (in my best Gollum voice)
All: *laugh*
Leader: ??

Leader: "Whatever, next is a Rod of Quicken"
Me: *I look like I am thinking real hard about that*
Guys: *laugh*
Somone: "Wham, bam, thank you ma'am"
All: (except leader) *laugh*
Me: "We'll you never know when you need a quickie whilst "dungeon diving", I'll take it!"
*some guys are unable to look at me, turning red but laughing all the more*
Leader: "Fine, Rain, write down your rods..."
Me: "Ride down my rods?....OH! oh yeah yeah write. Got it" *smirks*
Guys: *ROFL*

Leader: "You guys are wierd. Ok, we have a Rod of Lordly Might"
Me: "F*CK YEAH!!! Oh gods I'll kill anyone that rolls against me for that!" *About jumping onto the table*
Guys: *Laughing to damn hard*
Leader: *just gives me a cold look*
Me: "oh....gods yes...." *fake drools*

Leader: "....*sigh*...Rod of Tentacles..."
Me: *takes a huge breath in and is about to scream*
Leader: "For the love of god, Rain. Will someone else take this thing?"
K: "Yeah, I'll take it." *laughs & winks*
Me: *pouts* "Hey we didn't roll for that!"
Leader: "I think you got enough, Rain."
Me: "When it comes to Rods, one can never have enough!"
All: *laugh*
K: "yeah you got to be prepared for anything."
Me: "Hell yeah! Now gimme those tentacles!"
All: *laugh*
K: "If you're good, I will."
Me: "No fairs, I want it now."
T: "Exhibitionist."
All: LMAO

A little later after the treasure is divided & we camp for the night...

Me: "Any got any duct tape?"
Guys: LOL
K: "No but I got that glue stuff"
All: LMAO
Me: "Perfect! Can I have it?"
K: "Suuuure, but what do I get in return?"
Me: *looks at him funny* "You want to try it too?"
All: LOL
T: "We should buy her a Rod of Thunder & Lightning!"
Leader: "NO"
Me: "aaaaaawwwwwyyyeeeeeaaaaahhhh!! What's the next town?"
Leader: "NO you are not allowed any more rods!"
Me: "You need to get laid."
All: *shocked & laughing*
Me: "Wanna borrow my rods?"
All: LMFAO

END!

I'm such a bad girl :P

I thought I've seen it all, but Glory Portals?

KaeYoss, I can't stop laughing over anything you wrote!

Thank you, I needed a good laugh :)

Animal-Shapes Animal Crackers- eat the cracker, turn into that animal.

LOL I like that one! you would have to be careful not to eat the animals that are missing limbs/heads/or half their bodies

hehehe

:)

One of my major issues with the EPH is the epic spells saving throws.

These spells are pretty powerful, but only rates as a 10th level spell for associated saving throws? That makes it alot easier for epic level characters to save against... I figure if these spells are truely epic, then they should be painful. :)

Since I am going to run an epic campaign, house rules are a must.

I don't know about you, but finding a good Char Generator has been probably the biggest pain in the butt. Especially when developing an epic character.

So my friends and I have developed a MS Word generator that works great. We have to make a MS Excel one for Epic Chars cause Word just maxed on the stuff we already stuffed it with lol

Other than that, all other generators have failed misrably, and being the cheap person I am, its hard for me to pay for anything anyways. So if Wizards offers anything other than their standard paper edition, I still doubt I would get it.

I would suggest deviantart.com

They have superb artists there and I am hiring a few right now at very decent prices. 5-30 bucks for line art, depending on complexity. I color them myself, so I save money that way.

You can sign up for free and all, send me a note (Mikkyo again lol) if you have any questions on how to find an artist.

I only have a few:

Nuklearpower
VG Cats
Looking for Group

Waiterrant is a blog I frequent because I was in the waitressing biz and he is one of the best writers I have seen.

Don't know how to put the links in sorry.

Thanks guys! I really appreciate the advice!!

I know a group of 10 is huge but on average, not everyone shows up all the time. So maybe 6-8, depending on everyone's moods and how work went that week is how many show up. lol

I told my group I am not ready to run an epic, so I have a small "splinter group" that stop by every other week to run a lower level campain. So far so good with the small group (5), I think I am doing ok, just have a player complain of "motivation" for his character to stop the Hordes of Oblivion. Hmm...ok, how about they are sacking your newly won keep? Guess that worked. ;o)

Since the main 10 people group is preoccupied with an interum campain in middle earth, it may be 6-8 months before I pick up the bigger group. I think I should have a bit better knowledge on DMing and I watch our current DM(s) and how they run the group.

My problem I am running across is the group always has a plan A & B, but then they go with F. So I am usually stuck with winging the encounter. Not that it is overly troublesome, I just throw really pain in the butt monsters or off the wall situations that make them think a bit more.

I think the question was asked about what characters are being brought for the epic campain. For the core of the group, they have been RPing their characters since 1, so they have come a long way already, but the rest of the group it may be bringing in a new guy.

Thanks again for all the responses and advice! I think I will hold off until I get more DM experience under my belt. Thanks!!

I am a bit new to the DM world, but I put my hat in for the next campain. My problem is I have a group in the area of 10 people, topping it off, they want to go with an epic level campain.

So, my thoughts are "o crap".

Anyways, I was looking into something, of course, large scale. To add to my dilema, the group is so powerful, they pretty much can burn through anything thrown at them with little damage. I don't think we had a character die yet, even though the last DM threw a gargantuan black at us. Even then only a few of the party really fought it. (others ran around like chickens with thier heads cut off...or stood there say'n "let me know how that goes!")

I was suggested to try something along the lines of involving them in the Dragonfall War, but I really don't have alot of info on it, just the basics.

What I want to do is beef up the monsters and other challenges to make it at least "challenging". So could anyone help me figure out how to beef up the monsters to the point of being an actual challange to a group of 10 level 21 characters?

Thanks!!!