So there's been some talk and speculation about your latest secret project, Erik. Inquiring minds want to know what's going on, but I imagine you'll keep it under wraps until the appointed time and place. Some seem to think it's Greyhawk related, and while I am one of the faithful hoping that's true, I've decided to wait patiently.
Ok, enough waiting.
Come on, man! Throw us a bone! Let slip the bloodhounds of curiosity!
I'm kindda curious myself. "Whatsssss it got in itsss pocketsesss?"
"Mooooooooonaaaaaaa! Moooooooooooonaaaaaaaaa!"
(my feeble attempt at a parody of Star Trek II)
Come on, man! Throw us a bone! Let slip the bloodhounds of curiosity!
Most people let loose the dogs of war. Shouldn't it be "let slip the cats of curiosity?"
Anyway, I'm curious as to what mentioning of a secret project you're referring.
I know what the secret project is. It's neat.
I swear, you and Mona are such teases. Taunting us consumers like this, it's inexcusable! Why, it's exactly what I would do in such a situation!
Frankly speaking, 'neat' does not invoke images of Greyhawk, so I think we can scratch that one off the list.
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Frankly speaking, 'neat' does not invoke images of Greyhawk, so I think we can scratch that one off the list.
Other things James would call "neat" (NOTE: List is NOT all-inclusive):
Lizards that run on their hind legs.
Magic Shell ice cream topping
Kate Beckinsale
Redwood trees
Remote-control dinosaurs and spiders
Best Buy Tuesdays (that's tomorrow! Yay!)
Abalone sandwiches
Tormenting people with secrets
Frankly speaking, 'neat' does not invoke images of Greyhawk, so I think we can scratch that one off the list.
Other things James would call "neat" (NOTE: List is NOT all-inclusive):
Lizards that run on their hind legs.
Magic Shell ice cream topping
Kate Beckinsale
Redwood trees
Remote-control dinosaurs and spiders
Best Buy Tuesdays (that's tomorrow! Yay!)
Abalone sandwiches
Tormenting people with secrets
So Erik is working on a project involving Kate Beckinsale covered in Magic Shell ice cream topping (mmm) eating an abalone sandwich (ick) in a redwood tree while stomping bipedal lizards with a remote-control dinosaur or spider that she purchased at Best Buy on a Tuesday. And harboring a dark secret. Neat!
Speaking as someone who missed out on 1e and 2e, I'd find something Greyhawk beyond awesome. Even more so than the preceding paragraph.
Hey, if Erik was in fact working on that, I would spend a whole paycheck to get me some of that :-D
On a more serious note....what is it? what is it? what is it?
Maybe it's "Fiendish Codex III" (yugoloths)? :D
So Erik is working on a project involving Kate Beckinsale covered in Magic Shell ice cream topping
*drools on the thread*
I'm gonna have to get back to work. If I ponder this too long, I'll need a cold shower.
Of course it'll be Greyhawk. It's Erik Mona. ;)
Other things James would call "neat" (NOTE: List is NOT all-inclusive):Lizards that run on their hind legs.
Magic Shell ice cream topping
Kate Beckinsale
Redwood trees
Remote-control dinosaurs and spiders
Best Buy Tuesdays (that's tomorrow! Yay!)
Abalone sandwiches
Tormenting people with secrets
Oddly enough, I find those things neat too. :D
Bet it's Giants or Drow.
I was hoping for Greyhawk, until I realized Kate Beckinsale was a possibility. Now I'm hoping for Kate Beckinsale.
Erik, please don't let people talk you out of using the Underworld leather outfit for her. :)
I agree you should at least let slip the date so we all know how worked up to get and when. Hmmm, maybe not the best frase considering the appearance of Kate Beckinsale into the thread. Oh, well. Come on guys, a bone, no matter how small, is still a bone ;-)
Since those in the know are all too content to tease us on this, how about telling us who Erik's working with on the project? Surely that can't be classified.
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Abalone = delicious! It's basically a giant snail-like critter that lives on rocks in tide pools, and to catch them you have to pry them off the rock with an iron bar. Red abalone's the flavor I grew up with on the northern California coast; they're pretty sizable mollusks and can get to be a foot across (although that's kinda rare). Raw abalone meat is super tough. Like a tire. You have to pound it with a spiked metal hammer before you cook it (or use some other tenderizing technique). I've only rarely seen it offered for sale in restraunts, and then it typically goes for like $40 or more per plate.
Plus, once they've been done eaten, they leave behind awesome shells that look like they're made of rainbows trapped in iron. Check it out!
I know what the secret project is. It's neat.
Actually what James meant to say was, "It's neatly folded."
It's a brand-new line of Greyhawk tablecloths, napkins, and other finery. Dine with the wizards in style!
I'd buy that -- is that sad, or what?
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Abalone = delicious! It's basically a giant snail-like critter that lives on rocks in tide pools, and to catch them you have to pry them off the rock with an iron bar. Red abalone's the flavor I grew up with on the northern California coast; they're pretty sizable mollusks and can get to be a foot across (although that's kinda rare). Raw abalone meat is super tough. Like a tire. You have to pound it with a spiked metal hammer before you cook it (or use some other tenderizing technique). I've only rarely seen it offered for sale in restraunts, and then it typically goes for like $40 or more per plate.
Plus, once they've been done eaten, they leave behind awesome shells that look like they're made of rainbows trapped in iron. Check it out!
Note to self: Right up those queries using the Giant Abalone ASAP! The adventure where the town is destroyed by rampaging mutant Giant Abalone should be gold. Cover them in Choco-Shell and add sentient Dino-Overlords and it's sure to be your ticket out of this dead-end town!
Don't forget the kenku ninja assassins waiting in the shadows. :D
Ten gold says it's a web enhancement of Dieties & Demigods that turns the Paizo staff into a fully-detailed pantheon.
"Ooh, my domains are Abalone and Lizards. Neat!"
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Plus, once they've been done eaten, they leave behind awesome shells that look like they're made of rainbows trapped in iron.
Wasn't that like a Ronnie James Dio song?
"You're a Rainbow trapped in iron,In the shell you left behind,
Like the wizard of the ocean,
It's a fate that's so unkind!
Holy abalone!"
Plus, once they've been done eaten, they leave behind awesome shells that look like they're made of rainbows trapped in iron.
In New Zealand, where I'm originally from, they call abalone "paua," which is the Maori word for the shellfish. Paua shell is a major component of Maori decorative and symbolic art. It's also one of the most common touristy things in all the gift shops - rings, earrings, inlaid wood, etc all made with paua shell.
Cheers,
Cam
never had the chance to eat abalone...and probably wouldn't as it is endangered, (probably because of James' abalone fetish)but the shells are AWESOME
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Note to self: Right up those queries using the Giant Abalone ASAP! The adventure where the town is destroyed by rampaging mutant Giant Abalone should be gold. Cover them in Choco-Shell and add sentient Dino-Overlords and it's sure to be your ticket out of this dead-end town!
And thus, the 3.x edition update of the Flail Snial is born!
I thought the third edition wacky monster was the Calzone Golem.
Holy Snikeys!
I just figured out what the secret project is!!!
And I ain't sharin. ;-)
It's frickin cool though, if its what I think it is.
Is it what I think it is Erik?
James?
Jason?
An addition to what I said earlier. It's either a Greyhawk guide, and/or a 3.5 update of GDQ1-7, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, and/or The Egg of the Phoenix series.
No doubt Erik'll love all the anticipation and speculation generated on this thread...
The very thought causes an avaricious flutter in my chest. There must be something very wrong with me.
I think Eric is coming up with a new deep-fried food that will be delicious.
Either that or it's something DnD related.
I had abalone once, it was good.
Close ericthecleric,
But actually it is a deep fried Kate Beckingsale covered in chocolate shell. Who could say no to that?
Time machines are fun.
Some seem to think it's Greyhawk related,
If it is a Greyhawk setting book as some have speculated, then consider this my request for some content positioning along the following lines:
Troop strength info like the Silver Marches hadSetting specific prestige classes (cool ones - not just some to have some)
Support for Heroes of Battle
And most importantly, political tension, secret history and places of power (there was some good mention of this being well suited to higher level play in Ivid the Undying), plot hooks. adventure ideas and campaign themes. There was a lot of this in the Marlands, and Power of Faerun, two books that I think are some of the best GM resources that I will go to for idea mining and inspiration for new campaigns.
Perhaps a Greyhawk book is too much to hope for. We might as well hold our collective breath for a 3.5 edition Planescape.
Either of them would be deeply, utterly, profoundly awesome but there's surely lots of politics involved before they could see the light of day?
Mind you, Erik, you'd be up for a Presidential Medal if you could make either of them happen...
Perhaps a Greyhawk book is too much to hope for. We might as well hold our collective breath for a 3.5 edition Planescape.
Maybe it is, maybe it is!
Will you follow it up with an accessory of that annoying Planescape slang? Logue, into the time machine and find out!
I keep checking this thread hoping Kate Beckinsdale will post but I guess I will have to settle for eatting a hot fudge sunday.
If there was a forgotten Realms movie, which sister would Kate Beckinsdale play?