Busy night tonight - lobster biriyani and ten-pin bowling... looks like I'll be sore come morning.
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Had to look that up. I thought 'biriyani' might be some form of crustacean wrestling.
Lol.
Mark was sore from the those purple nurples the lobster was handing out! They are definitely heels, Meow.
Crustacean wrangling would indeed be a good idea... but alas was merely conspicuous consumption this time. The lobster aspect was probably overkill in this instance... but still tasty.
I thought you were lobster bowling. Figured those claws would really help grab all the pins.
Lobsters don't roll well enough to go bowling with... horseshoe crabs work much better.
I figured with their skittering little legs, they would slide down the lane very nicely.
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Hey everyone,
I am helping my mom move out of her house this weekend and may not be able to post. Have a great weekend. I will post when I can.
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Hi all!
Back again... what a killer that was.
My shoulder boards now look like this - **
WINNING!
Although that ends my days in Infantry, Corps transfer inbound.
That said, I will still be instructing Infantry stuff!
A lot of stuff to catch up on, so will get cracking, but am a physical trainwreck after that month in field. That heatwave over Australia persisted the whole time,record highs... goes well with a full load out and body armour.
Good to have you back!
Not sure how much you missed, but you hopefully have a pleasant read-through!
Spent a few days in hospital, but no internet - sucked.
Nice reading so far though :p
Yeah! Welcome back, Shifty! It was great to see Victoria's post. Was that really a whole month? Man, time sure flys in.
Welcome back to the fold Shifty... and congrats on the **
The most important question however is... Was there hugging?
Salute. Congratulations on the pips, Sir.
Welcome back Shifty, glad you survived in one piece - by the way, Auri and Kzrira are chasing after that annoying gnoll druid still.
*pip, *pip, Hooray!
Yay! Shifty's back!
yah, welcome back Shifty and congrats on the promotion.
The most important question however is... Was there hugging?
Not quite.
I did get picked up by my body armour and dragged away when I became a casualty though - an exercise casualty evacuation went wrong and I ended up a real one as a result. Was by the 'real life' Jack Reacher too!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt-M7l4dXU4
The man is a fracking giant.
Well heat stroke will do that to you. Oh and giant poisonous spiders who trampoline off their webs to come at you at eye height.
Seriously f$#% the outback. Glad to have you back.
Shiftyyyyyaaaaaahhh!!
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Funny you say that, the Doctors were trying to work out whether it was a spider or a scorpion that got me, as I didn't notice the original injury straight away (it was during an assault) and I only realised something was wrong when the dust settled and adrenaline dropped. Things went downhill rapidly from there - resulting in a casevac to the Aid Post and then to the Military Hospital where I spent a couple of days being pumped full of stuff.
The other injury was the casevac where the injured guy in body armour was being carried by two other guys in body armour who ran into the compound and one hit the barbed wire and started falling... unfortunately I was in a prone firing position and the first guy dragged the wire into me and then all three used me as a 'soft spot' to fall onto. Much hilarity and carnage ensued. I ended up back at the Aid Post for a while with a load of ice packs and an opportunity to clean the blood off.
Still alive though!
Which is wonderful. Woe would be the world without Shifty.
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Without Shifty, hundreds of slots would open in pbp campaigns . . . and all the campaigns would be much sadder.
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LOL - that's sort of true.
It's only 8 campaigns now.
Yikes - and I am in five of those.
Ill today (and most probabyl tomorrow too) :(
Ill today (and most probabyl tomorrow too) :(
NOOOOOOO - suffering withdrawal!!!!!
Get better soon, ZZ.
Get well, hope it's nothing serious.
Nah, just fever, terrible headache and such stuff - keep your fingers crossed for tomorrow - guess I'll be ok enough for updates then
Z, have you been attending some of Fey's "gatherings?" Hmmmmmmm.....;) Get well, Buddy.
Sorry about the shoddy posting these days, it's carnaval down here and everything is a complete mess.
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still sick, but updating, forgive me if I write nonsense.
Compared to the barely literate post I made previously, it's a model of grammer and clarity. :)
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I'm almost ready to kick off a recruitment for Reign of Winter, and though I might give the esteemed gentlemen and ladies of the campfire a pre-read and warning in case you were interested:
I know one thing which never dies: the fate of the honored dead - Gestaþáttr
This is a recruitment thread for Paizo’s latest Adventure Path – Reign of Winter.
Campaign Summary:
All door-ways, before going forward, should be looked to;
for difficult it is to know where foes may sit within a dwelling. - Gestaþáttr
It has been a century since the immortal witch Baba Yaga last visited the world, and the hour draws nigh for her return. But when she fails to appear in the frozen realm of Irrisen to usher in its newest ruler, pockets of winter begin to grow throughout the Inner Sea region. After 1,400 years of perpetual winter, the icy curse of Irrisen is spreading! What links do these strange blizzards and swaths of wintry landscapes have with Irrisen, and is there any truth to the growing rumors that the Witch Queen Elvanna has taken full control of the realm? Can her plans for the Inner Sea be thwarted, or will the Reign of Winter engulf the world?
Thus was written the Campaign brief for the campaign – Player’s Guide is available at this link. Though keep in mind the information below when building characters.
A Question of Tone:
Bodvar Bjarki ploughed into them now, hacking two handed, his only thought to do as much damage as he could before he fell. And now they fall in heaps before him, one on top of another, and both his arms are bloodied to the shoulder, and he felled so many, the dead were stacked all about him. He stormed on as if he was insane. - The Saga Of Hrolf Kraki
In my version of Reign of Winter, the start point will be moved from within Taldor to within the Lands of the Linnorm Kings – in the Northeast of Southmoor just on the fringe of the Grungir Forest (just South of Delmon’s Glen).
I plan on running this game firmly in the realms of the darker end of fantasy. While it will be far from grimdark, it will be a decent step away from the typical Golarion high fantasy tone. Magic will tend to be less overt, more discreet and insidious in nature. Healing will hurt and not automatically make everyone better instantly without some recovery time. Swords and axes cut deep and descriptions will be commensurate with that.
While a lot of these changes won’t actually change the mechanical effect of abilities - it is still important to keep in mind when putting together your characters. Wuxia inspired monks, or wizards that shoot fire out their nostrils will not fit in. Winter witches, sorcerers who call upon dark pacts and brutish brawlers do.
If you’ve never read any stories that involve vikingr or the like… I highly recommend you start reading this link, and do a little research into the subpages like the tale of Ragnar Lodbrok, or Saga of the Jomsvikings. This is the type of feel that I want for this campaign – and my selection of characters will tend towards those that can recognize that and build their characters and posts to suit.
House Rules / Restrictions / Points of Note:
A twelfth I know, if high on a tree I see a hanged man swing;
So do I write and colour the runes That forth he fares, And to me talks. - Ljóðatal
I will be tying social skills to two abilities, meaning that the bonuses and penalties of each will apply. Diplomacy will be affected by Wisdom and Charisma; Intimidate by Strength and Charisma; and Bluff by Intelligence and Charisma. DCs will reflect the changes as well.
Due to the tone I have in mind, certain types of characters will need a better story behind them to prove that they belong – case in point would be guns and Eastern inspired classes such as Ninja or Samurai. I would not be terribly keen on Summoners either and Alchemists would be a tougher sell.
For races I am open to those in the core rule book and tieflings / aasimars only. Alternate rules for the planetouched from Blood of Fiends and Blood of Angels and race options from ARG are fine. But if you choose to be an aasimar or tiefling, I prefer more subdued signs of heritage. To me they are humans/dwarves/gnomes/elves/etc with just a touch of outsider heritage.
Lastly, in the true spirit of the North, bloodnames and odes are earnt and not given freely. So if you want more than a 15 point buy with no traits and the clothes on your back… you’ll need to give me something in return. This is explained a little more below in the guidelines for posting applications.
Posting Requirements:
Many men are mutually well-disposed, yet at table will torment each other.
That strife will ever be; guest will guest irritate. - Gestaþáttr
I am looking for people that can check in on the thread at least a couple of times a day, and post at least 1/day on weekdays. Weekends are more relaxed, as I can generally only get online in the evenings due to the entanglements of a couple of young boys. My weekday posting can occasionally get a bit spotty as well depending on how my workload goes. But almost two years on the paizo boards and coming up on 16,000 posts should give you some degree of security that I’m not going to disappear on a whim.
Feel free to pop into my profile and take a peek at the campaigns that I currently DM if you’d like to get a read for how I go about things.
What do you Need to Post Now for an Application:
The halt can ride on horseback, the one-handed drive cattle; the deaf fight and be useful:
to be blind is better than to be burnt: no one gets good from a corpse. - Gestaþáttr
The baseline from which you will start is as follows: race choice between Human (Ulfen), Dwarf or Gnome. 15 point buy, no traits and zero wealth. I would also need a short background to consider an application complete.
Of course if you longed for more… then boons may be purchased by paying a price:
- To choose a different race from the core rule book – explain why your character is in unfamiliar lands.
- To play one tainted by outsider blood – tell me how that came to be, and which outsider was your forebear.
- To be more powerful (20 point buy) – tell me of your character’s personality.
- To further hone your strength (25 point buy) – describe two positive traits and two negative traits your character bears… and why.
- To gain belongings (average wealth for your character class) – tell me what your character looks like, and how they comport themselves.
- To be richer still (max wealth for your character class) – describe one item you bear that was inherited from someone important to you, and how it came to be yours.
- To have skills borne of experience (two traits) – weave the skills into the background that shapes your character.
- TBC
- TBC
Recruitment Timeline:
I know that I hung on a windy tree nine long nights,
wounded with a spear, dedicated to Odin, myself to myself,
on that tree of which no man knows from where its roots run. - Rúnatáls-þáttr-Óðins
The recruitment thread will stay open at least a few days and I will give a 24 hour warning before shutting the gates to applications.
Fire away with any questions that you might have and I shall endeavour to answer them.
Lastly… please remember this is a Recruitment Thread; and not a Roleplay Tavern.
No one will protest that there has been too little killing. - Brynhild, Völsunga saga
Still working on the last few bits and probably won't launch until I get the PDF of the first volume of the AP (Feb 20th) and apologies to Zyren for the derail :)
Mark - looks interesting, but I think that I will pass on this one as I am in too many campaigns already and may have some major shakeups in my RL in the near future - moving and new job if all goes as planned.
Thanks for the read though, looks interesting.
^ looks awesome DM VoV! Ive delved back into Skyrim after a long hiatus and this has the same exact feel. Ulfen with horned helms, snow to your waist and huge, furry trolls come to mind instantly. When you say 'launch..on the 20th' is that for recruitment? or actual game play?
Very interesting, Mark.
Hmmm...
This one calls to me.
Expect an app shortly - I will just need to re-read my Irrisen stuff.
If only I could justify an marauding Orcish viking. I'll put the darkness in yer fantasy :p
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I'm almost ready to kick off a recruitment for Reign of Winter, and though I might give the esteemed gentlemen and ladies of the campfire a pre-read and warning in case you were interested:
** spoiler omitted **...
I am extremely interested in Reign of Winter. I shall submit one of my potentials soon.
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A lot to think about there Mark, definitely interested. I can see a Redcap-tinged Gnome Knife Master in my future.
Even though I still consider myself a noob in all this, it sounds very interesting to me and I too shall try to put something together for submission.
Very interesting indeed :)
I'll try to find the time to put up a good submission too.
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The 'launch on the 20th' is when I expect to put up the full Recruitment thread. I want to get the PDF of the first AP volume and give it a read through just in case I need / want to change things up.
It makes me smile to see the interest, and by all means if you've any questions feel free to PM / ask me. I'd just keep the full character pitch until the formal recruit thread goes live.
I'll get something together for ya real soon, VV.
Can I haz an Orc?