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O Senhor Leetz

#136
February 13, 2012, 07:43:36 PM
*Hand*
Let's go teach these monkeys about evolution.
-Mark Wahlberg

Xathan

#137
February 13, 2012, 08:09:24 PM
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Polycarp

#138
February 13, 2012, 08:12:00 PM
The Clockwork Jungle (wiki | thread)
"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way." - Marcus Aurelius

O Senhor Leetz

#139
February 13, 2012, 08:14:56 PM
awesome Polycarp.
Let's go teach these monkeys about evolution.
-Mark Wahlberg

Kindling

#141
February 14, 2012, 11:29:01 AM
Aye.
all hail the reapers of hope

TheMeanestGuest

#142
February 14, 2012, 01:05:16 PM
I should be able to.
Let the scholar be dragged by the hook.

Superfluous Crow

#143
February 14, 2012, 01:08:19 PM
I would only just be home by then. And I think I need to do some homework and prepare for an RP session the next day, sorry.
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Xathan

#144
February 14, 2012, 01:59:16 PM
Well, that's 5 at least - shame you can't make it crow.

BTW, Steerpike, if we wrap up Fimbulvinter by 2:15-2:30 EST, that'll give everyone who's in both this and Circle of Punishment a chance to play - including you. :) (Should give both games about 3 hours to run)
AnIndex of My Work

Quote from: Sparkletwist
It's llitul and the brain, llitul and the brain, one is a genius and the other's insane
Proud Receiver of a Golden Dorito
[spoiler=SRD AND OGC AND LEGAL JUNK]UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED IN THE POST, NONE OF THE ABOVE CONTENT IS CONSIDERED OGC, EXCEPT FOR MATERIALS ALREADY MADE OGC BY PRIOR PUBLISHERS
Appendix I: Open Game License Version 1.0a
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1. Definitions: (a)"Contributors" means the copyright and/or trademark owners who have contributed Open Game Content; (b)"Derivative Material" means copyrighted material including derivative works and translations (including into other computer languages), potation, modification, correction, addition, extension, upgrade, improvement, compilation, abridgment or other form in which an existing work may be recast, transformed or adapted; (c) "Distribute" means to reproduce, license, rent, lease, sell, broadcast, publicly display, transmit or otherwise distribute; (d)"Open Game Content" means the game mechanic and includes the methods, procedures, processes and routines to the extent such content does not embody the Product Identity and is an enhancement over the prior art and any additional content clearly identified as Open Game Content by the Contributor, and means any work covered by this License, including translations and derivative works under copyright law, but specifically excludes Product Identity. (e) "Product Identity" means product and product line names, logos and identifying marks including trade dress; artifacts; creatures characters; stories, storylines, plots, thematic elements, dialogue, incidents, language, artwork, symbols, designs, depictions, likenesses, formats, poses, concepts, themes and graphic, photographic and other visual or audio representations; names and descriptions of characters, spells, enchantments, personalities, teams, personas, likenesses and special abilities; places, locations, environments, creatures, equipment, magical or supernatural abilities or effects, logos, symbols, or graphic designs; and any other trademark or registered trademark clearly identified as Product identity by the owner of the Product Identity, and which specifically excludes the Open Game Content; (f) "Trademark" means the logos, names, mark, sign, motto, designs that are used by a Contributor to identify itself or its products or the associated products contributed to the Open Game License by the Contributor (g) "Use", "Used" or "Using" means to use, Distribute, copy, edit, format, modify, translate and otherwise create Derivative Material of Open Game Content. (h) "You" or "Your" means the licensee in terms of this agreement.
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13 Termination: This License will terminate automatically if You fail to comply with all terms herein and fail to cure such breach within 30 days of becoming aware of the breach. All sublicenses shall survive the termination of this License.
14 Reformation: If any provision of this License is held to be unenforceable, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable.
15 COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Open Game License v 1.0 Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
Fudge 10th Anniversary Edition Copyright 2005, Grey Ghost Press, Inc.; Authors Steffan O'Sullivan and Ann Dupuis, with additional material by Jonathan Benn, Peter Bonney, Deird'Re Brooks, Reimer Behrends, Don Bisdorf, Carl Cravens, Shawn Garbett, Steven Hammond, Ed Heil, Bernard Hsiung, J.M. "Thijs" Krijger, Sedge Lewis, Shawn Lockard, Gordon McCormick, Kent Matthewson, Peter Mikelsons, Robb Neumann, Anthony Roberson, Andy Skinner, William Stoddard, Stephan Szabo, John Ughrin, Alex Weldon, Duke York, Dmitri Zagidulin
System Reference Document Copyright 2000-2003, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Rich Baker, Andy Collins, David Noonan, Rich Redman, Bruce R. Cordell, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

Modern System Reference Doument Copyright 2002, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Charles Ryan, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Richard Baker, Peter Adkison, Bruce R. Cordell, John Tynes, Andy Collins, and JD Walker.

Unearthed Arcana Copyright 2004, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Andy Collins, Jesse Decker, David Noonan, Rich Redman.

Mutants and Masterminds Second Edition Copyright 2005, Green Ronin Publishing; Steve Kenson
Fate (Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment) Copyright 2003 by Evil Hat Productions, LLC. Authors Robert Donoghue and Fred Hicks.
Spirit of the Century Copyright 2006 by Evil Hat Productions, LLC. Authors Robert Donoghue, Fred Hicks, and Leonard Balsera
Xathan's forum posts at http://www.thecbg.org Copyright 2006-2011, J.A. Raizman.
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Steerpike

#146
February 16, 2012, 04:47:53 PM
A few things I'd like to draw players' attention to...

1) I have reading week coming up and while I'm doing my CE game on Monday (probably a big climactic session too) I have a little more free time than usual.  Would people be able to make it to another Wednesday session (i.e. the 22nd) to finish off the kobold warren?  I know playing in two games a week is problematic for Crow, but Sirje is currently guarding the horses, and I will give her a chance to make up for the lost experience at the beginning of the next regularly scheduled session; what I don't want to happen is to force Crow to sit through the end of the kobold warren crawl twiddling his thumbs while his character guards the mounts.

2) Now that we're several sessions in, feedback would be great so I can make the game as good as possible.  What do you guys think so far?  Are there things you like particularly and conversely things you dislike or are annoyed by?  Having such a big party creates some challenges, but it's mostly led to a pretty rich dynamic.  I'm trying to make combats somewhat quick, and sparkbot is helping with that.  I'm trying to go for a "non-linear episodic" game in the sense that the overall, narrative is pretty episodic but there are multiple ways of dealing with each situation.  Is this working, or does the game feel too railroady?

3) Is there anything you'd like to see?  More roleplaying encounters vs combat (or vice versa)?  More horror & gruesomeness (or less?)?  Would you like some more maps, or some more setting information of a particular kind?  Does the party need a greater sense of direction or are you fairly happy with the main goal of the group being "survive in the post-apocalyptic winter-wasteland" plus your individual character goals?

4) While it's sort of verging on metagaming and I don't want to dictate character actions, it might be smart to roughly decide which way the party is headed in this thread, out of character, as a kind of "rehearsal" for the actual conversation between characters as to where the party will head next.  The benefits of this are twofold: 1) it will allow me to prepare my notes better and 2) it will cut down on time-consuming in-character debates about where to go and what to do, thus allowing us to get to more interesting encounters, roleplaying and otherwise, more efficiently.  This is purely a suggestion.

5) A clarification, in case anyone was confused: we're playing with E8, not E6.

Thanks to everyone participating so far.  I'm having a great time with this and I hope everyone else is having as  much fun as I am.

O Senhor Leetz

#147
February 16, 2012, 04:57:50 PM
1. I'm down, I'll know for sure by tomorrow.

2. So far so good, I have nothing against railroads if they're nice railroads.

3. I think a bit more combat may be nice, considering the setting and all. But I'm personally not one to role-play over decision on the next direction to take for more than 5 minutes, so...

I could go for some big battles (per-say), so far it's been sneaking out and sneaking in, some good old, face-to-face Nordic skull-cracking would be nice.

4. That sounds like a good idea to me.
Let's go teach these monkeys about evolution.
-Mark Wahlberg

Superfluous Crow

#148
February 16, 2012, 05:00:02 PM
I might be able to make it for both wednesday and monday, as long as it is only for next week.
But if is combat XP, I'd just like to point out that Sirje is still pretty frail, I don't know how she'd survive on her own, at least not for long.
I'd like to comment on Fimbul, but I think I need to see a session or two more before I can do that.
As to the discussion of where to head next, Sirje is just following the winds of fate. She is more of an observer, pulling on the occasional string or two when the need arises.
Currently...
Writing: Broken Verge v. 207
Reading: the Black Sea: a History by Charles King
Watching: Farscape and Arrested Development

Kindling

#149
February 16, 2012, 06:22:09 PM Last Edit: February 16, 2012, 06:24:34 PM by Kindling
I'll know my schedule for next week on sunday. At the moment I'm happy to just be along for the ride with this game, I kind of imagine that some kind of "direction" will occur through play, although if it doesn't that's no biggie.

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(per-say)
Unnecessarily obnoxious pedantry: it's "per se," and it means in itself or intrinsically, and therefore makes no sense in the context you just used it in :P

EDIT: although I do agree that it would be nice to form up in a shield wall and do some real fighting instead of this womanish work in the shadows - even if only occasionally.
all hail the reapers of hope
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