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Hey. Anybody here enter the D&D Fan Film contest mentioned in Dragon Magazine?

Go here to see my entry:
http://www.gamevideos.com/video/channel/DnD

Mine is called "Unnamed Dungeon." Its preview thumbnail is a cartoony solid purple beholder.

You can rate videos by clicking "Rate It" on the right side of the screen. Official voting for the winner does not begin until the 15th, though.

My film has some text that you'll need to read, so you might wanna download the movie rather than watch it stream, that way you can make your video-player bigger before you watch it. (If you download "Unnamed Dungeon," it begins on the 46th second by mistake. So rewind it first to see it from the beginning.)

Hope you get a kick out of it!

Watch a few before you watch mine, to warm you up.

:)
Tony M

Hiya, Wesley! I snapped a photo of my plastic rust monster for you and threw it onto my website. If you want it in a different environment, lemme know. I can snap another pic of it, no biggie. In this pic, it's eating my daughters' red wagon! Munch munch munch.

Here it is:

http://www.zogonia.com/gallery

:)
Tony M

I've been googling my brains out, and I finally found a webpage where somebody listed all the games in Dragon....

The game is Nibar's Keep!!
It appeared in Dragon #118!!

Yow!! Wooo wooo!!!!

Tony M

Alas, the funny folks at Paizo invented the hilarious Morgan Ironwolf, not I.

Well.....I'm assuming she was invented. She could be somebody's actual PC, I suppose. :)

Tony M

RE: comics:
Thanks! :)

RE: Pentantastar...
Hm. That doesn't sound right...

Hi, Tony here.

Does anybody know anything about this game? I haven't played in so long that I've forgotten how to play. And I can't find the rules or the map!!! If I could see a picture of the map, I could draw my own. But I've totally forgotten the rules. Heck, I've forgotten the game's NAME!

Wizard of......Something?

To see an image of the chits, surf to: www.zogonia.com/gallery

Thanks!
Tony M

It's weird and improper for a parody to credit.
99% of parodies do not credit.

I was very disappointed you didn't know that.

;)
Tony M

Mokumok the Shaman here.

Ah! So that's what happened to my "Ecology of the Adventurer" report--a sticky-fingered adventurer stole it from my desk and published it in Dragon Magazine!!

Um...I noticed my erotic novel was also missing. Please don't publish any of that, okay? It was never meant to be read by anyone.

Thanks,
Mokumok

In my mind, the patron wanted to use the island as a vacation/retreat location for him and his family...

Whoa, dude. That information should've been in the original proposal!

Tony M

The adventurers are hired to rid an island of vermin? I can't imagine anybody caring about the number of vermin on an island. That seems kooky.

Tony M

Many copyshops may only be able to laminate something 23" wide, any length. Priced at $3 a linear foot or so, if I'm not mistaken.

A graphics business can probably go wider, say 40". They'll also probably charge by the linear foot. Possibly less than Kinko's.

Note that linear-foot pricing is not square-foot pricing.

Call around. This kind of thing shouldn't be hard to get a quote for. If you do it, let us know how it turned out!

Tony M

Ah. I see what you mean. Obi Wan could have pondered that battle with Darth Maul for years, until he created the perfect counter-attack to his own attack. That makes sense. A jedi would probably do that.

In other words...you're right. Obi Wan might conceivably warn Anakin not to attack a foe on higher ground. I admit defeat. I was wrong. Wrong wrong wrong.

However!

Assuming that's true, not only did Obi Wan never teach that counter-move to Anakin, he never told him such a counter-move existed. So Anakin never had a chance in that final scenario. And Obi Wan knew it. He totally knew it.

Which creates a new question: Was Obi Wan's warning to Anakin genuine?

I have to wonder. Right now it seems to me that Obi Wan sensed Anakin wasn't going to leap, so he 'baited' him into leaping by telling him not to!!! Just so he could cut him down.

Eww. I'm feeling nauseated by the thought. Poor Anakin...

Tony M

I have to disagree.

Obi Wan would never have warned Anakin not to attack a foe on higher ground. If anything, Obi Wan would've backed up several feet to give Anakin a place to land (to be cautious and avoid Darth Maul's fate).

Possibly the writer wanted to make Obi Wan seem loving at the last second so he wouldn't seem so cruel when he cut off Anakin's legs...?

Tony M

Cool! OoTS is the kind of gaming humor I like: funny, and no cheap shots at gamers. I don't like laughing at myself or my friends, dangit.

I hope OoTS will be in Dragon a long, long time.

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Tony M

A sleepy eye wreathed in sunflowers?

Ah! Thanks much.
I didn't know about the secondary usage.

If anybody else wants to add some additional info, please go ahead.

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Tony M

Thanks for replying. The 2 times I've seen it written it was spelled with a K, and seemed to mean killing with a gun, or killing in general.

Anybody cool guys in the US use this word?

Tony M

What does KACK mean, and where did the word
originate?

I can't find any info on it. I'm thinking it's slang for kill, or kill with a gun.

Tony M

I spooked my players pretty good when I had a monster say, "I am going to eat your soul." The players instantly paled. They knew I was telling them, No resurrection is possible if a PC dies.

Usually, death is only an embarrassing interlude in any character's pulse-pounding life of adventure. But when death truly means DEATH, players freak-out.

Also consider weird, magical diseases.

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Tony M

Hey, Delglath. From check out the following thread about pay rates:

http://www.enworld.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-27545

In the thread, a would-be writer asks what a good pay-rate is and one publisher says getting 2 cents per word is pretty good. Then Monte Cook, Erik Mona and Mike Mearls respond.

Anyhow, it seems that Paizo is one of the highest payers in the gaming industry!

Oops, this thread is being hijacked. D&D is weird! Discuss!!

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Tony M

...Snakes don't have legs, and yet they can take the Run feat!

Run feet. Haha.

Wow, that's a lot of hours per week and a lot of duties!!! I noticed, though, that you didn't mention a particular duty that I was hoping to see: guarding Erik Mona. Wizards keeps poaching Paizo's editors, you know. He needs round-the-clock protection! (Somebody should be guarding you, too, of course.)

That Fraz-Urn'luu article kicked butt, by the way. The territory of Ugudenk the Pestlord creeped me out especially. I'd like to hear more about him. (Sheesh, here I go, trying to ADD to your monumental workload.)

:)
Tony M

I have a theory about the overwhelming popularity of the CN alignment amongst players. It's the DM's fault!! See, every time a player runs a Lawful character, whenever that character wants to attack and kill everybody in a bar for no reason and then burn down the bar to hide the evidence, the DM says, "Your LAWFUL character would never DO that!"

After hearing that for the tenth time, most players abandon their high ideals.

I say, if you're a DM and you truly want your players to run PCs with Lawful alignments, tell your players that beginning today, in your campaign it's a LAWFUL ACT to attack and kill people in bars for no reason and burn down those bars afterwards. If you do this, viola! Problem solved!

Oh. One more thing. It should also be a lawful act to kill an alchemist and take his potions, especially if your PC refuses to waste his money on over-priced potions because he is saving-up to build an orphanage.

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Tony M

Treasure Hunt. It was a module, though--not in Dungeon.

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Tony M

Column Title - Total Party Kill (TPK)

Damn, that's a good title.

Tony M

HAHA! Actually, I would prefer to be consumed by an oozing, yellow pyramid. The pyramid's jelly-like substance delivers a powerful anesthetic, making one's consumption completely painless. Moreover, the creature emits a pleasant lemony fragrance. Plus, you can struggle a little--which is nice way to pass the time while you're being eaten.

Being consumed by the mummy, however, is nothing but bad. No lemony scent, and you can't struggle!!!

I repeat: Run awaaaaaay!!

Tony

Holy crap, there's a monster in issue #124 that has creeped me out. It's the female mummy Arodnap, in the Chamber of Antiquities. Damn. I am completely creeped out.

I mean, being DIGESTED is bad enough. But by a mummy? Eeeeek! Run away! Run awaaaay!

Tony M

What to replace the 1 page of Wil Save? I vote for 2 additional pages of Downer!

The complexities of the story and the eye-catching art of Downer scream, "Four pages!"

If Downer were 4 pages, I bet nobody would have trouble following the story--which some folks have complained about, I think.

Tony M

Could I have erred? Me? Am I mistaken?

"BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!"

That hideous beep was quoted from the R2D2, from the scene where Yoda whacks him with a stick.

Tony M

Obi-Wan? Drawing power from the dark side?

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

That hideous "No!" scream was quoted from Luke Skywalker, from the scene where he learned that Vader was his father.

Entertain the thought, I cannot!

Tony M

...Anakin failed his tumble check and Obi-Wan got an attack of opportunity....

Haha :)

Okay, I don't have a problem with the good and bad dice rolls involved in the combat. I'm just saying, Obi-Wan would never have told Anakin that he's doomed if he attacks a foe on higher ground.

Anybody else in the universe might say it, perhaps--but never Obi-Wan! Not after battling Darth Maul. The killing of Darth Maul, who stood on higher ground, was Obi-Wan's most glorious moment in his whole life!!!

Obi-Wan probably dreams about that battle every night, and I'm sure he's told the exciting story a thousand times in bars for free drinks.

When other Jedi pass him in the hall, they're certain to whisper to their companions, "That was Kenobi, the Jedi who killed that foe on higher ground!"

Heck. I bet Obi-Wan teaches a class at the Jedi Academy entitled, "The Myth of Higher Ground: How to Kill Your Opponent."

Obi-Wan would never have lectured Anakin like he did! It invalidates his life's most GLORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT!

:)
Tony M

SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't seen Episode 3 of Star Wars, go away!

Good, you're still here. I just wanted to shout into the Void about one teensy, tiny, almost sub-atomic thing that bugged me about Episode 3.

Before Vader has his legs cut-off on the lava planet, Obi-Wan warns him not to attack a foe on higher ground. Naturally, Vader attacks anyway. So, as if to prove his point, Obi-Wan cuts off Vader's legs. Remember that? Good.

Now remember back to the moment when Obi-Wan killed Darth Maul in Episode 1. Obi-Wan was dangling in a FRIKKIN PIT. Darth Maul was on the edge of the pit, looking down at Obi-Wan. If anybody ever had the advantage of higher ground, it was Darth Maul at that moment. And yet Obi-Wan LEAPS out of the pit and cuts Darth Maul in HALF!!

That's my teensy-tiny, almost sub-atomic gripe. Considering the manner in which he killed Darth Maul, it was WRONG of Obi-Wan to lecture Anakin about the advantages of higher ground. Sheesh!

Anyhow, thank you for listening, Void. And don't get me wrong, Episode 3 rocked my world.

Tony M

DAMN YOU TONY YOU DIDNT PUT UP A COMIC!!!!!

I just updated it! I took a break from packing boxes for my BIG MOVE from Illinois to Missouri, and updated it.

Thanks for caring. *sniff*

:)
Tony M

When I come across a word I don't know in Dungeon or Dragon Magazine, I am delighted. AD&D 2nd Edition INFURIATED me with its simple words, simple punctuation and simple sentences. It's like the PHB thought I was a 10-year-old "C" student who missed breakfast and was kinda thinking about how great a bowl of Froot Loops would taste right about now.

Of course, I wouldn't want to see a plethora of unfamiliar words.

(BTW, "plethora" means "more than can be eaten by a pleth in one sitting," or something like that.)

Anyhow, bring-on the BIG words, because the alternative is too scary to contimpla...contumpl....kontempl.............

...to scary to have thoughts toward.

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Tony M

yoyo. your comics are da bomb. echuba lee son das evos katrena ma eckton. uh...i dont know what just came over me

Thanks, Chip Jellyman :)

(...whatever that means.)

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Tony M

Yippee!

Tony M

No, you didn't miss them.

I decided to add the Zogonia strips slowly--1 per week, roughly. Next Monday I'll explain my 'plan' on the front page (the day I'm uploading the next strip into the archive).

At some point down the road, I'll run out of published stuff and will start generating brand new content for the site!

That's the plan I came up with a couple days ago, at any rate.

:)
Tony

That's right, Squid: two Fighters and a Rogue. This is basically because Domato hasn't felt compelled to recruit a spellcaster yet. There are a few reasons for this...

Being the Party Leader, Domato gets an extra share of treasure. He spends that extra share buying magic potions and whatnot for use during adventures. In a sense, those potions ARE the cleric/wizard in the party. :)

Also, Domato (who enjoys being the boss), thinks all spellcasters are bossy and opinionated and would likely "take over" control of the party...so he's wary of bringing one in.

And, lastly, having a 4-character party would make Zogonia seem too much like Nodwick. (haha)

THANKS for the nice words about that lich strip!!!

:)
Tony M

Thanks ASEO, Snotlord and James Jacobs!!

Yes, ASEO, I did the kick-off-the-gnome's-head strip. :)

Absolutely correct, Snotlord, I get some of my ideas from gaming. But I also get ideas from other places...

I usually have a bunch of ideas pop into my head while I am drawing a strip, for example. While I drew the last Zogonia, I wrote down another 5 script-ideas as my mind wandered and thought Zogonia-thoughts.

I also come-up-with good ideas out-of-the-blue. Like when I'm walking in a store, or driving.

I can also sit down and say, "I'm going to come up with an idea" and I will come up with one.

Thanks, James, for commenting on the "Kev=Frog" idea! You bet Domato's Delvers will eventually encounter Galeena. I don't know when it'll happen, though. If I wrote that script now, I have a strong feeling it would end with Galeena killing Domato, Dindil and Kev. So I'm going to wait, out of fondness for Domato's Delvers.

But who knows? Whenever they eventually DO bump into one another, maybe it'll be a TPK anyway.

:)
Tony M

Thanks, Don Tam!

Today is Saturday. Yesterday I spent the whole day sick, laying on the couch, half-listening to the Shaun of the Dead DVD playing over and over on the tv. But today I am fine. Yay me.

Anyhow, while laying on the couch I decided that Monday I'll upload a Zogonia-something to the website.

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Tony

Thanks Squid, mortellan, Alec Austin and Iskander!
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Tony

The unpublished one, #5, was funny. But I understand why it didn't see the press :)

Heh :)

News Update! The website should now sport those nifty Alt-tags mentioned above, thanks to a reader sending me some helpful information. And thanks to that same reader, I'll also be able to construct NEXT and PREVIOUS buttons in the archive (I'll likely do it next week...).

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Tony

Thanks, glad you like the site! I simply don't know how to create previous/next buttons, nor do I know how to create "alt" tags. But I'll figure that nifty stuff out eventually. This was my first crack at a website and I'm anxious to fancy it up... now that I've finally figured-out the basics.

:)
Tony M

Thanks Josh, and Mike :)

Congrats on the neatness of it all. :)

Cool. I was going for neatness.

:)
Tony

Hi, Tony Moseley here--the guy who does the Zogonia comic.

Zogonia.com is now a living, breathing website! There isn’t a huge pile of cartoonage up, at present; however, all my Mt. Zogon strips from Dungeon Magazine have been archived. :)

Please pass the word to your Game Crew, and to any other messageboards you visit where you think people might be interested.

:)
Tony

Hi, Tony "Mt. Zogon" Moseley here.

At long last, I have removed the “under construction” sign at zogonia.com and replaced it with......(drum roll)......a WEBSITE!

Please take a look. There isn’t a ton of content yet, but all the Mt. Zogons published in Dungeon are there. Plus one extra.

Please pass the word to your buddies, and to any other messageboards you visit where you think people might be interested.

:)
Tony

Hey, all. I bought the SWERVE comics for sale in the Paizo store. They were done by Kyle Hunter, who does the Downer comic (which I love).

I enjoyed 'em, and assign them 5 out of 6 pips. I had to subtract a pip for the pop culture references, which were a bit out-of-date. Yeh yeh, the comic was made 9 years ago...but that's no excuse for Kyle not predicting the future. :)

You can certainly tell the comic was made by Kyle. It was fun. It was like 2 parts The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy mixed with 1 part The Phantom Menace, blended within a blender until soupy, then injected into the vein of an episode of Futurama.

:)
Tony M

...I'm cancelling out of respect for my parents. They didn't freak out. I am not "under their thumb." They are not making me cancel. I'm cancelling to make them feel better.

That's great that you respect your parents so much. You said the cover was "awesome," so I'm sure you're doing what's best for your household.

Maybe later, after you live on your own, you can buy all the back issues you missed. Heck, that's what I did with Penthou--I mean, Smithsonian.

:)
Tony M

The PCs are loafing on a pier, chit-chatting, eating peanuts and watching a half-dozen townfolk dig-up clams from the muddy shoreline. The PCs particularly notice the pretty brown-haired girl who had served them beers the night before.

Then the pretty brown-haired girl starts screaming, "No! No! Please! NOOOO!" A moment later, she runs into the water and starts swimming straight-out towards the middle of the lake!

An older man, perhaps the girl's grandfather, looks to the PCs and says, "Do something!"

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Tony M

What if folks who subscribed to both Dragon and Dungeon got free shipping after $25 of purchases from the store, instead of the present $100?

If you use this idea, send me a Dungeon Warduke t-shirt, size M. Haha.

:)

Tony M

Wow! That's fast packing and mailing. Thanks. :)

Tony M