DM Heathy's Saltmarsh Discussion Thread

[Heathansson]

Just ta let chall know;
I'm AFK for the rest of the afternoon; gotta go get a brake job.
*urk*

[Heathansson]

EFFFFFFFFFFFFFF ME.

[Mothman]

What's up mate?

[Heathansson]

There was a flood 3 months ago in my parking garage at work; I liberated my vehicle from 3 feet of water.
I just found out that it did a big big damage to my brakes. I was in shock for a while there; I'm okay now. I think the insurance might give me some cash back though.

[French Wolf]

How did you find out? Is it flat roads round near you?

[Heathansson]

My wheels were chafing metal on metal, so I figured "time for a brake job." The guy checked them out and said I had been in high water. I said, "ayyyyup."

[Aubrey the Malformed]

I'm heading back to the UK today so there will be a break in transmission after about 11.00 Eastern time.

[Heathansson]

Have a good flight!

[Aubrey the Malformed]

I'm back!

[Mothman]

Aubrey the Malformed wrote:

I'm back!

How long is the flight between the US and the UK? Do you get to fly business?

[Patrick Curtin]

Yik, that is a long boring flight over the Atlantic. I remember doing Texas-Maine-Ireland-Sicily-Saudi on my way to protect fat sheiks and their oil. That trip was a killer.

[Aubrey the Malformed]

It's about eight hours. It was a night flight so I could sleep through most of it (though the Virgin beds in business class are bloody uncomfortable - I think it might be BA next time). The trips to the US are nothing like as bad as the flights to the Far East - that's about 12 to 13 hours - that really is tedious.

[Heathansson]

Tell us more of these "virgin beds."

[Vattnisse]

Welcome back!

[French Wolf]

The Rottweiler Returns or Gittik Let Loose.

Good, let's give them a good kicking then Hamfist for tea.

Cheers

[Aubrey the Malformed]

Heathansson wrote:

Tell us more of these "virgin beds."

I tell you, Business Class is great. It's not jetlag that's making me tired right now.

[dungeonmaster heathy]

lol.....I thought that confusion spell was a one pop encounter destroyer...looks like it's still got a bit of a pulse...

[Vattnisse]

Confusion is pretty cool spell. However, the effects vary from round to round, so this is by no means over.

"Take that, me! Ouch! I'll make me pay for that!"

[Heathansson]

heh heh....
I wanna do a wizard now, so I can go "why are you hitting yourself? huh? huh?"

[French Wolf]

Just a bit of advance warning, I'm on holiday from Thursday evening until Monday evening. No internet. Going cold turkey for four days.

Cheers

[Heathansson]

I love this new Pathfinder shit!
A month of neurotic performance anxiety, and the fight is on!
It's sweeeeeeeeeeet.

[Vattnisse]

Ouch. I got cocky; serves me right that the elemental went down.

[dungeonmaster heathy]

(lol)well, he is pretty jacked up; one last ditch hail Mary fireball....

[Vattnisse]

Gittik's right - Xever talks way too goddamn much. He sorta reminds me of John Torturro's character in Miller's Crossing. "Please! Look in your heart!"

The dialogue's gold, though. "I don't want you to walk down that dark path." Awesome!

[dungeonmaster heathy]

Thanks; I'll check that out.
I full on was trying for Owen Wilson in Shanghai Knights/every other movie he's in....

[French Wolf]

Cars? A favourite of my son, I might add.

EDIT: Feel free to NPC Oso after tomorrow am. I'm going to be busy packing. He has all his personal combat spells left if you just want him to go all chippy-choppy.

Cheers

[Heathansson]

Right on....

Have a good one!

[Ragadolf]

Just a note,
On Friday I'm escaping to the beach this weekend (again!) because my kids have a three day weekend from school. I might be in in the morning, but if not, I'll be back on Tuesday.

Laters!

[Vattnisse]

I'll be AFK this weekend - off on a little trip to the mountains.

[Ragadolf]

I'm Baaaaaack!
Physically, have to wait till tomorrow for mentally,...
;P
Nighters,

[Vattnisse]

Hmmmm... With most, if not all, of our foes being adept at dodging out of the way of explosive spells, I might already have spent my best blasting spells; as cool as Telekinesis is, it is a one-shot effect. I think I'll start to summon monsters from now on.

Having said that, that human missile was so worth it. Wooo-hoooo!

[dungeonmaster heathy]

Hell yeah it was....this is like comic book action. I'm inspired.

[dungeonmaster heathy]

Would it bother you all if there was a "mirror mirror" Driz'zt, say Tz'zird, from a universe where drow are good, but he's evil, and yet strangely popular?

[Mothman]

Do we get to kill him?

[Aubrey the Malformed]

Killing evil Drizzt - I'd rather kill the other one. In any case, the answer to Heathy's question is that it wouldn't bother me at all.

[Mothman]

Good point.

Have any of you guys read the Shackled City adventure path? There's this easter egg in there at one point, the PCs have to go into the Underdark, they get down there and find this corpse of a drow ranger with two scimitars ...

[Vattnisse]

Good Drizzt, evil Drizzt, neutral Drizzt... Kill 'em all, and let the deity of your choice sort them out.

[Pendobar 'Pip' Bushytoe]

Good, bad, I'm the guy with the guitar

[dungeonmaster heathy]

f@+!, I was just kidding. Sorry; it was that thread....

[Patrick Curtin]

LOL Oh why do we hate the emo drow with the twink sword?

[Aubrey the Malformed]

I'm sorry, Heathy, but you opened Pandora's box (so to speak). The drow, twin-scimitar-wielding ranger who is evil, really popular, and has no time for ethical contemplation now demands to be integrated into your game as a recurring villain. If it doesn't happen, I will sulk.

[dungeonmaster heathy]

Well, I always give em what they need.
I'm on it.

[Vattnisse]

Who will be Tz'zird's companions? His human mistress? A dwarf that speaks the Queen's English? A non-moronic halfling? A barbarian who actually likes to kick ass and take names?

This has serious potential.

[Aubrey the Malformed]

I think there also need to be cameos for an evil cleric and two dwarf brothers, both of whom are geniuses.

[Heathansson]

Hi ho!
Kids sick; 102 fever on one; might be swine flu; don't know yet; know in a little while.
I might not be around much for the next few; sorry fellers.

[Heathansson]

Son has swine flu.
Daughters have swine flu.
I probably have swine flu; asymptomatic as of yet.

[Aubrey the Malformed]

Ah well, Heathy - best wishes for you and the family. On the plus side, you may have to stay at home for a week - lots of time for planning D&D.

[Heathansson]

Obox-ob, lord of oozes,
just took an interest in you....;)

btw-who were the cleric and twin dwarves; didn't understand the metaphor.

[Vattnisse]

They are central cast members in Salvatore's horrifyingly awful Cleric's Quintet and have later surfaced to pollute other RAS novels. I forget the names, but one of the dwarves is a green-bearded druid who only communicates through "Gleep-glonk" noises and the other is a stereotypical shorty who's got the personality and toughness of a cobblestone. In the wits department, they rank somewhere between seaweed and sea monkeys. But they are funny! Watch as hillarious hijinks ensue as Cobblestone repeatedly informs Greenbeard that dwarves can't be druids, only to be told "gleep-glonk" back.

The cleric dude is insanely powerful and, um..., I guess tormented by trivial doubts would be a reasonably accurate description. Y'know, a spellcasting Driz'zt, but less psychologically complex and interesting, if that is actually possible. Man, did those books stink.

[Ragadolf]

dungeonmaster heathy wrote:

Would it bother you all if there was a "mirror mirror" Driz'zt, say Tz'zird, from a universe where drow are good, but he's evil, and yet strangely popular?

OMG!! YES!!! We get to kill him, right?

And yet, he KEEPS. ON. COMING. BACK. FOR. MORE!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

(Does THAT answer your question?!?!)

And in the RL, sorry bout your kids, I'll pray they get well soon, the newscasts are getting plenty scary.