I just got Issue 143 yesterday and I pretty much read the whole thing in one sitting last night. The long and short of it was that I loved it, but it does beg the question, "Does Nicholas Logue Ever Sleep?" I mean, come on, he's almost in every other issue and based on these boards, he's got a lot more in the hopper (and I'm not even considering his freelance work for WoTC).
BTW, I really liked the return to Talantier in Mask of Diamond Tears, though it did invalidate some queries I was mulling featuring ethergaunts and evil doubles. Talantier is a very interesting setting for high-level adventures and I hope it gets a chance to be fleshed out like Richard Pett's the Styes.
Nic goes to sleep whenever mommy tells him as he's only six...
Thanks for crashing the Styes into Logue's praise - he really hates that:) He keeps pestering me to read this adventure so it must be pretty good but I hate reading his stuff as he keeps raising the damn bar, so I'm just going to assume it stinks and leave it unread this time:)
And Scuttlecove is coming...
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LOL.
Remember back when Chris Perkins contributed an adventure every issue for a couple years or so -- then they made him editor...
But this won't happen for Mr. Logue because Mr. Pett's adventures are better.
Mr. Logue's are great combat heavy Hack-n-Slash Powergames where as Mr. Pett's are well written story archs full of NPCs with personality and settings with atmosphere.
Go Pett, GO!
-W. E. Ray
Hey Pett!
Call off your zealot thugs!!!
Thanks Shroomy, I'm glad my rampant insomnia at least gains me some notice on these fine boards. I slice and diced Mask to get it to fit in #143, so I'm not sure how the final cut turned out (as in Hawai'i we NEVER see our Dungeon magazines...WAAAAAAAAA!). Hope it was okay.
Pett, don't be mad, just cause a six year old (going on seven now Rich...watch out!), writes like five times more stuff than you do in a year...at least you have a band of cro-magnen cronies who are somehow convinced your NPCs are have "character." Keep brainwashing em!
Can't wait to read Scuttlecove...er, I mean, stupid Scuttlecove!!! ;-)
Glad you like Talantier Shroomy! I use the city a lot in my home brew games and it is a lot of fun. It's all nice and artsy on the surface, with nothing but corruption, extraplanar plots and evil lurking beneath. No plans so far to give it a backdrop, but who knows, maybe I'll give it a shot later.
As to me being an Editor...I've seen how much work those guys have to deal with on a daily basis from my two visits to the Paizo compound and I don't think I could ever do what those amazing gents do. Thanks for the great magazines Lords of Paizo!!!
Oh and Pett...
Stop using my f*!+ing avatar, willya.
Excellent adventure, Mr Logue, but it was defintely far too short. Thaddius' estate was a fantastic riff on duplicates and clones and mirror images and evil twins, but the hook that brought the players to the estate was underdeveloped. (I think introducing the players to their evil alternate universe counterparts early on would have been an effective hook, but that's especially difficult to get right in a published adventure.) If the adventure had been two or three times longer I think it could have been one of the all time greats. Maybe if Dungeon ever publishes a compendium we can get this one blown out to its proper length...?
LOL.
Remember back when Chris Perkins contributed an adventure every issue for a couple years or so -- then they made him editor...
But this won't happen for Mr. Logue because Mr. Pett's adventures are better.
Mr. Logue's are great combat heavy Hack-n-Slash Powergames where as Mr. Pett's are well written story archs full of NPCs with personality and settings with atmosphere.
Go Pett, GO!
-W. E. Ray
Marvellous...I'm at a loss for words Molech.:)
Rich (moral winner, Bullywug vs Weavers contest 2006).
Oh and Pett...
Stop using my f~#~ing avatar, willya.
Perhaps you should consider asking the lovely paizo people to create some sort of disgusting, winged child as your avatar Nic, bearing in mind what's coming your way...
Soon Nic, soon...
Excellent adventure, Mr Logue, but it was defintely far too long.
A truer point was never made.,
Up her Majesty! Huzzah and a happy new 2007 full of spelling mistakes, bad adventures and incorrect stat blocks to Logue.
I've been misquoted.
Excellent adventure, Mr Logue, but it was defintely far too short. Thaddius' estate was a fantastic riff on duplicates and clones and mirror images and evil twins, but the hook that brought the players to the estate was underdeveloped. (I think introducing the players to their evil alternate universe counterparts early on would have been an effective hook, but that's especially difficult to get right in a published adventure.) If the adventure had been two or three times longer I think it could have been one of the all time greats. Maybe if Dungeon ever publishes a compendium we can get this one blown out to its proper length...?
Yeah, I was worried the trim I made gutted some of the cooler aspects of the adventure.
And Pett...
...nope, nothing's there, nothing happening in my mean zone right now...
Nick
Dar! Styes Dar! Oog zuk zuk!
Like Styes!
Zuk!
Dar.....dar....
LOL
As usual Heath, you make-a me laugh!
Excellent adventure, Mr Logue, but it was defintely far too short. Thaddius' estate was a fantastic riff on duplicates and clones and mirror images and evil twins, but the hook that brought the players to the estate was underdeveloped. (I think introducing the players to their evil alternate universe counterparts early on would have been an effective hook, but that's especially difficult to get right in a published adventure.) If the adventure had been two or three times longer I think it could have been one of the all time greats. Maybe if Dungeon ever publishes a compendium we can get this one blown out to its proper length...?
Jeb (can I call you Jeb?), I feel that me and my Greyhawk fact robot, Gary Holian, are a bit responsible for this. I hope you can forgive us. We tried to keep the word count down, but there was just so much juicy stuff to write about when dealing with the Isle of Dread. Plus, James Jacobs has an unhealthy fascination and love of extinct prehistoric reptiles which he felt a compulsion to cram into our already bloated adventure.
Poor Nicolas... Wait! Isn't this like his dozenth adventure to get published in Dungeon in 2006? Screw Nic! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahah! ::wheeze:: ::deep breath::
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Ha!
Just kidding, Nic. I'm not really as jealous of your success as that may have sounded. Really. ::fingers... cramping... from crossing... and typing... at same... time::
Yeah, Nic. You are the future of D&D.
I shudder to think what I would do to it.
IN PLACE OF A DARK LORD YOU WOULD HAVE A QUEEN! NOT DARK, BUT BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIBLE AS THE DAWN! TREACHEROUS AS THE SEA! STRONGER THAN THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH...ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAIR!!!
Whew...I passed my test...I can diminish in the West.
Or something like that.
Jeb (can I call you Jeb?), I feel that me and my Greyhawk fact robot, Gary Holian, are a bit responsible for this. I hope you can forgive us. We tried to keep the word count down, but there was just so much juicy stuff to write about when dealing with the Isle of Dread. Plus, James Jacobs has an unhealthy fascination and love of extinct prehistoric reptiles which he felt a compulsion to cram into our already bloated adventure.
Poor Nicolas... Wait! Isn't this like his dozenth adventure to get published in Dungeon in 2006? Screw Nic! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahah! ::wheeze:: ::deep breath::
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Ha!
HOMIGODS ON HIGH!!! Can't wait to read "Tides of Dread!!!" I LOVED the draft you sent me way back when, and now I salivate at the thought of the final version of that goodness. Oh Mr. Postman!!! Won't you bring a Dungeon for me!
Whew...I passed my test...I can diminish in the West.
Or something like that.
Well, goodbye.
Well, goodbye.
Whew...I passed my test...I can diminish in the West.
Or something like that.
I'm heading West towards you Prett!!! Watch out! ;-)
I'm heading West towards you Prett!!! Watch out! ;-)Well, goodbye.
Whew...I passed my test...I can diminish in the West.
Or something like that.
You're flying, I presume...
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...hahahahahaha...ha!
To explain, you may recall that Mr Logue thought it highly amusing to poke fun at myself and my dear friend Mr Vaughn (King's of the Rift et all) who, you will recall, I would never dream of criticising in any way (especially not his marvellous adventure 'Hateful Legoset' which is one of my favourites). Said Jape was carried out during one of his sordid little adventures set in a theatre and involved a group of 'actors'.
Said cad Logue even went so far as taunting our good selves in various threads on these fine messageboards, and trying to involve numerous good folks by making the whole issue one of patriotism. Fortunately most of us rose above his playground tactics, and shenanigans, and he was defeated so utterly by this sorry episode that he crawled away, not to be seen for two months.
Sadly for Mr Logue, the quotation 'If you prick us, do we not bleed?'is heading his way, on little leathery wings and dangling off something unmentionable, so please indulge me my joke for a little while until all is revealed...
:)
Flap...
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
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An adventure about an evil stork? And here I thought it was all about the rats!
GGG
I heard they keep Logue locked in the basement at the Paizo offices. Insomnia is the key to his powers, just like that guy in Heroes needs drugs. The less he sleeps, the more he writes...
I heard they keep Logue locked in the basement at the Paizo offices. Insomnia is the key to his powers, just like that guy in Heroes needs drugs. The less he sleeps, the more he writes...
Yes! Sleep is for the Weak. I'll sleep plenty when I'm dead!!!
Flap...
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
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As long as I got those wings, I'm happy Prett. I always wanted to fly! ;-)
An adventure about an evil stork? And here I thought it was all about the rats!
GGG
LOL!
I just read Prett's post above this and then yours and got it! Joke grenade!!!
I heard they keep Logue locked in the basement at the Paizo offices. Insomnia is the key to his powers, just like that guy in Heroes needs drugs. The less he sleeps, the more he writes...Shhhh.....first rule of Fight Club....
Nothing going on here. Carry on.
I'm bringing the whole system down Heath!!!
Just to let you all know..
Right now while you're sleeping, I'm writing more adventures.
If you need some inspiration you can always check out "The Styes."
-W. E. Ray
Oh, you so mean to me!
Actually, I submitted a proposal in this batch that is very "Nick's Stab at the Styes Style Adventure." I hope it gets taken...so Rich can marvel at its glory.
I fly on sickly vestigal wings Pett, I fly!!!
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If you need some inspiration you can always check out "The Styes."
-W. E. Ray
Oh, you so mean to me!
Actually, I submitted a proposal in this batch that is very "Nick's Stab at the Styes Style Adventure." I hope it gets taken...so Rich can marvel at its glory.
I fly on sickly vestigal wings Pett, I fly!!!
Actually, me too. In the spirit of the Lovecraftian mythos tales, where H. P. Lovecraft actively encouraged others to use and add to his mythos tales and backstory, I think if it works out to everyone's benefit, it's beautiful.
Totally Heath! I flatter the Pett with my proposal. As much as it pains me... ;-)
News Flash: January, 2007: The gaming community as a whole collapsed this month because Nicolas Logue, prolific adventure writer, suddenly ceased writing. Sources close to Mr Logue (including someone known as "Vaughn," without a 2nd "a") believe this lapse was due to an ongoing battle against an addiction to taunting someone named "Prett" on the message boards. D&D players everywhere are wearing black, and some unconsolable fans have taken to wearing sequined masks, which they claim are "diamond tears."
Oh, wait. I forgot. He posts while we're awake, and writes while we sleep. All hail Logue!
(Mr. Pett: Here's your chance, lad. Knock off a few more Styes adventures while Logue is posting... Hurray for Merry England, and god save the Pett!)
And "Slimy Grottoe of the Flail Snail" finally sees print.
Hey... I LIKE flail snails! And potato-es.
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How 'bout a co-written, Pett / Logue adventure where the PCs inadvertantly summon Ktulu or Hastur. Heathens everywhere, even ones in NC, have to fight off the Lovecraftian nightmares.
(you are from NC aren't ya Heath?)
I was spawned in Minnesota, came of age in Florida, and currently reside in Texas. I did Basic Training in South Carolina at Fort Jackson, though. Long long ago.
I was spawned in Minnesota, came of age in Florida, and currently reside in Texas. I did Basic Training in South Carolina at Fort Jackson, though. Long long ago.
Coincidence? I was raised a Yankee, taught in Virginia, and currently reside in Texas. I went to grad school in SC.
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I thought I saw a post that mentioned you were in NC, sorry 'bout that. Must've been someone else.
Holy CRAP, I was also born in MN (Brainerd) and raised in FL (Pensacola). But I'm a Philly brat now, temporarily exiled back in Fla.
I was born in Minneapolis. Used to go up to Chaska to visit my grandparents. I went to the Eden Prairie Mall a lot; the one where they filmed Mallrats.
Aaah good times. Drinkin' soda when everyone else is drinkin' pop. And THEY made fun of ME for sayin' y'all!
What do you teach, Eric?
Did. Formerly, 9th grade Earth Science. Lots of "repeat customers." But I got a bit tired of the clicheed sayings ("those who can't DO..."). I'm now a hydrogeologist here in Houston.
Huzzah!
There is some particularly fine wine on here, particularly those superb stabs at Logue (well done everyone - huzzah - down with Chimes at Midnight and all his sordid bunkum). As to the idea of a collaboration I don't think I could possibly consider it bearing in mind that he would doubtless claim all the good ideas were his, and since we live on opposite sides of the world I'd probably only get an hour or so to write anything before his bedtime. I'd also like to take this opportunity to confirm that we have never considered the possibility, especially not recently, and especially not a twisted wilderness adventure or anything.
Rich
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That's just a Woody Allen joke concerning the public schools in Brooklyn, Coney Isle. It is not meant to go beyond the movie, Annie Hall. Unfortunately, a great many stupid, often uneducated, people misrepresent the joke. The better saying is "you get what you pay for," and depending on your district that may not be much at all.
-W. E. Ray