Following up on Abyssalstalker's question from two weeks ago. I'd like to play the characters I purchased. When will the Class Deck PDFs be updated?
A player in my game came in with a silly name for his half-orc, until I got the backstory. Growing up destitute in the city he would taunt the baker's children into calling him names and eventually chasing him off with thrown baked goods just so he had something to eat. One of the often used names was shortened and he was known now as Biscuit. Best silly name made good.
There's a player in our group who is low-Cha IRL. I mean, he's a nice guy who means well, but if there's an absolute worst way to put something, that's the way he's going to say it. When he's playing a high-Cha PC, I encourage him to just roll the Diplomacy dice and tell me what he wants to get out of it. Anything he actually says when he tries to roleplay it out just makes me want to give him penalties. You just have to work to flip that around. I'm sure you can imagine ways your friend would say things IRL compared to things other, more charismatic, people say. You just have to take the horrible way the player puts it while roleplaying and apply the result of his Diplomacy check to "translate" it into what his more charismatic character would say. No need for penalties (or bonuses IMO), just relate it to what the dcie tell you. You may get the flipside where a well-spoken player may roll a 1 with his CHA 6 barbarian. Then you just think about how your other friend would say it that would offend the people he's trying to speak to.
1) Hijinx
Fifth Course: Sweet Conclusion 2 packages of spiced cake mix
Bake cakes according to packages. Cut cakes into different sizes to form the ziggerat. Beat the butter until smooth. Slowly mix in powdered sugar. Continue until mixed through. Use 8 drops red, 6 drops yellow and 10 drops blue to color frosting a brownish-red. Adjust color with additional drops until you get the exact color you wish. Frost the cake bottom to top. Sprinkle slivered almonds over cake. Drizzle honey over cake as desired. We didn't smash this cake, nor was it 8 feet tall. But this was really good.
Third Course: Tojbassarirge 1 Tamale
Wrap the tamale with deli chicken. Mix the crushed noodles and nuts into the ground beef. Wrap the ground beef mixture around the chicken/tamale in an oval shape. Wrap that in puff pastry. Combine food colorings, egg and water. Brush egg mixture over pastry shell. Bake at 400 degrees for 40-50 minutes. The only failure here was that the guys actually liked eating this. I had hoped it would be grosser. The guys suggested various potted meats (deviled ham, spam, etc) while I suggested seasonings that didn't mesh well. Someone even suggested pumpkin pie spice.
Second Course: Four and Twenty Blackbirds 4 refrigerated pie crusts
In a large bowl combine chicken, mixed vegetables, soups and seasonings. Mix well and set aside. Use two pie crusts to cover the bottom and sides of a 9x13 baking pan or very large casserole dish. Pour combined ingredients over crust. Use the other 2 pie crusts to cover and pinch top and bottom pie crusts together at the edges. Cut 1/2 inch vents in the top crust. Use leftover pastry dough from the first course with yellow food coloring to create beak-shaped decorations and place on top of pie. Bake at 375 degrees for 40-50 minutes until golden brown and heated through.
First Course: The Feast of Worms 8 oz vegetagle cream cheese
Bring cream cheeses to room temperature. Mix cream cheeses with mozarella. Place mixture in pastry bag or ziplock bag with one corner cut out. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Pipe cheese mixture out of bag into 3 inch long tube-shaped strips. Place cookie sheet with cheese mixture into freezer until the cheese mixture is solid. Wrap frozen cheese mixture tubes with dough. Mix egg, food coloring and water to create egg mixture. Brush egg mixture over pastry crusts. Bake "green worms" according to the type of dough used. Puff pastry should be baked at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until heated through. Croissant dough should be baked at 375 degrees for 15-25 minutes or until heated through. They won't writhe, but if cooked long enough they should ooze nicely.
Last night my wife helped me give our group a unique gaming experience. We left off last week just before the start of the banquet. As the first course was announced my wife entered to serve the players with a representation of what their characters were eating in game. I also made a ruling that if the player wanted his character to eat each course, the player had to eat also. If the character wanted to skip the course the player was still welcome to dig in. Waiting for each course to end in the real world made for good pacing in game. My wife's character accepted Mariss Quemp's marriage proposal just before dinner. Quemp made the glorious annoucement at the end of the fourth course that the wedding would take place the next day in the temple of Hextor. I thought I would share the recipes my wife concocted for each course. Being a graduate of Johnson & Wales Culinary Institute came to great use. A true chef making slimy green worms - priceless! |
