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Love-Mountain Care-Bear Sing-A-Long?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
There go my final sanity points. Actually, I'm in debt now. If I don't get dried frog pills right now, I'll start to go reall--AND IT'S A BEAUT DAY LADIES AND GENTS FOR THIS YEAR'S KARAOKE-POWERED ORNAMENTAL SHRUB FAST GROWING! HOLY CHRIST I BURST WITH ANTICIPATION SEDATE ME RIGHT NOW OR I'LL EAT A HAMSTER!
::Nick sheds a rainbow gum-drop tear for hamsters everywhere::
Oh, c'mon folks, you're not really buying this "Oooh, Nick wrote something really, really ookey" routine, are you?
It looks to me like Nick and James are trying way too hard to sell this story. See, what I think happened is, Nick's manuscript arrived in James' in-box, and when he flipped through it, it had sunshine-and-happiness ogrekin and free-love ogres everywhere. Happy fey nymph friends of everyone. Love and plentiful gooey chocolate cookies.
And James realized two things:
1) This adventure was too "care-bears"-compatible to publish.
2) If anyone ever learned what Nick had written, they'd never be willing to buy anything the poor guy wrote, ever again.So he took into account Nick's situation (marriage, cross-country move, et.al.) and he decided to re-write the whole thing (possibly with Pett's help, I mean, they may not get along, but even Pett is capable of feeling pity for the poor guy), and then convince everyone that Nick's version had been So-Much-Kewler!
And I feel sorry for the poor guy too, with all his care-bears-and-lollipops creativity, but I feel that the truth must come out. I'm sorry to have to be the one to reveal the horrible truth, but I just couldn't stay silent any longer.
(And as for Lilith and the others who pretend they've seen the uncut version - really, people, is even Paizo worth perjuring yourselves for? You should be ashamed...)
Best piece of reverse psychology ever! :)
After reading through the encounters with Hograth et all, as well as the Foreward by Mr. Jacobs and the posts on this thread, I was struck with the idea of modeling those three NPCs off of a few minor characters from the comic Preacher (specifically, War in the Sun.
I know exactly which three characters you're thinking of... almost felt sorry for Herr Starr during that sequence....
ok back to thread... sorry.
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::Nick sheds a rainbow gum-drop tear on his original manuscript for Love Mountain Sing-A-Long::
The Ogre Song
Ogres gather, ogres sing,
Ogres pretty flowers bring.
Dance in circles round and round,
Ogre song's a happy sound.
Climb in trees, braid flowers in hair,
Ogres always glad to share.
Have a party, bring a friend,
Ogre fun will never end.
Ogres laugh and ogres play
Out in the sun-shiney day.
Splash in streams and skip-to-lou,
Ogres play, you come play too!
From Part Three: Down Comes The Rain
Raindrops and gumdrops and bright purple flowers,
Sunshine and rainbows and laughing for hours,
Running with arms out as if they were wings,
These are an ogre’s most favorite things.
Fluffy white kittens asleep on my lap,
Playing all morning, then stop for a nap,
Giving my best friend my favorite toy,
This makes an ogre feel all full of joy.
When there’s thunder, when there’s lightning,
When I’m filled with fright,
I think of the rainbows that I will soon see,
And everything is alright.
The Ogre SongOgres gather, ogres sing,
Ogres pretty flowers bring.
Dance in circles round and round,
Ogre song's a happy sound.Climb in trees, braid flowers in hair,
Ogres always glad to share.
Have a party, bring a friend,
Ogre fun will never end.Ogres laugh and ogres play
Out in the sun-shiney day.
Splash in streams and skip-to-lou,
Ogres play, you come play too!
My sanity's not going away. It's running.
I like the hidden meaning of this. They sure sing a happy song, but why are they happy?
You forgot to mention that those flowers are from flesh-eating plants, by the way.
And the games they're playing...
Rock-a-bye, ogre, sleep through the night,
Morning brings rainbows of shiny bright light,
Morning brings bunnies and flowers and song,
So sleep, baby ogre, sleep the night long.
I leave this thread alone for a few hours and it gets...
FRIGGIN AWESOME!
Oh, and smurf.
Pett would show us HIS Director's Cut...
I'm just sayin.
He would.
Yeah I'm sure of this... Can't wait for Pett's next chef d'oeuvre...More Styes-like 0-SAN goodness.
Nicolas "Oh just can't show you it's too horrible I swear" Logue ? A sissy...
;o)
C'mon man !!! I know you can do it. *make the sign of the Old Ones*
Pett would show us HIS Director's Cut...
I'm just sayin.
He would.
Yeah I'm sure of this... Can't wait for Pett's next chef d'oeuvre...More Styes-like 0-SAN goodness.
Nicolas "Oh just can't show you it's too horrible I swear" Logue ? A sissy...
;o)
C'mon man !!! I know you can do it. *make the sign of the Old Ones*
::Nick cries into his hands::
;-)
It's pretty rough. Also, with the barrage of unhappy on the "torture porn" thread (you can't pay for advertising like that), it's prolly an especially bad idea right this moment. :-)
I have an email address, Nick. game_ops_director (at) yahoo, in fact.
I have, too. I want to say that here for no reason. It's my screenname, with the domain of gmx.de. Or mindflayer.de or (my screenname).com
And I also want to say, for no particular reason, that my players said yesterday, after our first session of Pathfinder (lot to catch up!), that they're anything but squeamish if it comes to horror and horrible things. I would be remiss in my duties of Game master if I wouldn't make them regret that statement.
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Also, with the barrage of unhappy on the "torture porn" thread (you can't pay for advertising like that), it's prolly an especially bad idea right this moment. :-)
Hmm, but what about a Mammy Graul Wallpaper?
As I write this I have the bestest idea eva:
MAMMY GRAUL PLUSH!
or
MAMMY GRAUL T-Shirts!
or
MAMMY GRAUL EAU DE TOILET (no spelling error!)
endless merchandise possibilities!
Hey Nick,
I was discussing this Pathfinder with my wife and we both recalled an episode of the X-Files called "Home" in which Mulder and Scully investigate a inbred hillbilly house, all full of traps, and the mother under the bed upstairs. I know there were a lot of other source materials used for this adventure, but I was wondering if this was another influence.
One of my favorite episodes of the X-Files I must admit.
And I also want to say, for no particular reason, that my players said yesterday, after our first session of Pathfinder (lot to catch up!), that they're anything but squeamish if it comes to horror and horrible things. I would be remiss in my duties of Game master if I wouldn't make them regret that statement.
I would have to second that, having a group of players who keep saying "bring it on".....
I would have to second that, having a group of players who keep saying "bring it on".....And I also want to say, for no particular reason, that my players said yesterday, after our first session of Pathfinder (lot to catch up!), that they're anything but squeamish if it comes to horror and horrible things. I would be remiss in my duties of Game master if I wouldn't make them regret that statement.
Believes the eight brave souls who would dare thwart his long-term plans and minion-training-regime practices are in dire need of education at the expense of their false sense of invulnerability.
"Will minion groups Graul and Ogre please deploy to the Valley of Obelisks. Repeat, will minion groups Graul and Ogre please deploy to the Valley of Obelisks. Thank you."
I believe I saw the uncut version on an episode of Smurfy's law.
(smirk)
Hey Nick,
I was discussing this Pathfinder with my wife and we both recalled an episode of the X-Files called "Home" in which Mulder and Scully investigate a inbred hillbilly house, all full of traps, and the mother under the bed upstairs. I know there were a lot of other source materials used for this adventure, but I was wondering if this was another influence.
One of my favorite episodes of the X-Files I must admit.
That episode supplied a great deal of inspiration for the Grauls, yes indeedy.
X-Files really is the bomb. Anyone who runs a regular campaign should watch it, its just full of awesome inspiration.
::Nick Posts Entire Uncut Manuscript, but then edits the post at lightning speed to remove it.::
;-)
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Heh. Really, I'd love to guys, but really, I can't do it. It's just too f&#!ing sick. I feel dirty for writing it even. f&#!ing sick. Horribly sick. I just re-read some of it thinking I might post a tidbit, and I threw up in my mouth a little. I write a lot these days, and I quickly forget what I've written, and after re-reading the original section on Jeppo, Sugar and Hograth, I was like: "Why Nick!? Why did you write that!!!"
i'm jEAlous That tHe voIceS in your HEAD don't talk to me.
Hey Nick,
I was discussing this Pathfinder with my wife and we both recalled an episode of the X-Files called "Home" in which Mulder and Scully investigate a inbred hillbilly house, all full of traps, and the mother under the bed upstairs. I know there were a lot of other source materials used for this adventure, but I was wondering if this was another influence.
One of my favorite episodes of the X-Files I must admit.
That episode supplied a great deal of inspiration for the Grauls, yes indeedy.
X-Files really is the bomb. Anyone who runs a regular campaign should watch it, its just full of awesome inspiration.
::Nick Posts Entire Uncut Manuscript, but then edits the post at lightning speed to remove it.::
;-)
Could you e-mail it? :)
You know, I shared a hotel room with Nick at Origins, and everything I've tried to write since then has a sick and horrific twist.
Ah I see...so Nick has the original copy of the King in Yellow, signed by Hastur himself, eh?
The uncut version can't be any worse than "two girls one cup"
You know, I shared a hotel room with Nick at Origins, and everything I've tried to write since then has a sick and horrific twist.Ah I see...so Nick has the original copy of the King in Yellow, signed by Hastur himself, eh?
I have harboured the terrible suspicion that Logue actually might be the original author of "the King in Yellow".... but there is always Pett..... who can do things even worse to one's cherished, if tattered sanity !
As for sharing a hotel room having certain... "consequences".... there may be ....other .... explanations for you frame of mind since then
*cues the banjo music*
PS in fact, that Logue's .....writing...... DOES twist time, logic and space in and of itself is shown clearly if one reads the "logic and Hook Mountain" thread somewhere else in these cherished boards. Ever since, I hear the ominous rattling of the sanity dice when I open the ancient issue...
As for sharing a hotel room having certain... "consequences".... there may be ....other .... explanations for your frame of mind since then...
The hotel... Did it have a yellow sign?
(Don't tell me that you didn't see the Yellow Sign!)