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"...and you liked it so mcuh, you named the town after it?"
"What? Naye, lad...the emperor's tax man what came throo used it during floode season, true? An' he come through it a powerful mess. Right put out, he were. It were halfin'-made, see?"
"Well, I noticed it was rather...shallow, yes."
"Sure as true, it are. An' the tax man, he were a tallbones, like yoo. Came through all a'crouched and fierce mad, see? Damned the whol' a the town for ruining his fine cloak. I imagine it were right nice when it weren't covered in mud and doong."
""DUNG?"
"Well, we hafllins got our carts to move stuff, yes? Them little ponies....well, we're a farmin' community. Don' mean much to us, but it were market day then and the tax man weren't used to bending for others, see? Cursed us with the name 'a 'MudTunnel' and changed it on the Imperial Roles ever since."
"Oh. What was the town called before?"
"Pig Sty. We figured it weren't no step down. It's a fine tunnel, that."
__________________ "I'd say it's more appropriate to say that videogames are RPG-ish, wouldn't you?"
or our older WizarDru's Story Hour? You Should.
I ain't linking to Piratecat's story hour...no sir, I just won't do it. He can just get the next half-million reads on his own.
Did I mention that I have a Livejournal? It's possible that I have.
or our older WizarDru's Story Hour? You Should.
I ain't linking to Piratecat's story hour...no sir, I just won't do it. He can just get the next half-million reads on his own.
Did I mention that I have a Livejournal? It's possible that I have.
PC, I'm officially stealing your escape from the temple skill challenge. It's amazingly awesome and works very well in my upcoming Chicago gameday event. (I even cited you in a footnote on the handout!) Thanks for posting it for consumption!
__________________ "My name is Will... Will Negates."
PC, I'm officially stealing your escape from the temple skill challenge. It's amazingly awesome and works very well in my upcoming Chicago gameday event. (I even cited you in a footnote on the handout!) Thanks for posting it for consumption!
Chicago gameday event? Tell us more! Near Joliet myself and have been trying to find a good group.
Post in the thread, or get a hold of our esteemed organizer Buzz, and you can get added to the mailling list. We have a little mini-con about 3 times per year. Next one should be in February or March?
As to my pilfered skill challenge....
What fun! I wasn't quite sure how it would work out, but I felt like it was able to condense a lot of action into a few meaningful rolls. I'd like to do more skill challenges like it, though I'm not sure if I could make one myself that I'd be all that proud of.
One thing that I struggled a bit with how to run the skill challenge was how to exactly run it--I settled on just going around the table in order, and asking everyone what they were doing (skill) and to describe how they were doing it. It'd probably be more consistent with the rest of the rules to just go in initiative order, but going around the table was nice and fast. I also got asked a question that I hadn't throught of beforehand, though I think I'm pretty happy with my table ruling: can you do secondary skills before you've escaped, or are they purely for people that succeed on the challenge before everyone else, and are then able to help? I went with the latter--that the PCs first priority was getting out of the place alive, and that only after they made their successes did they get out.
__________________ "My name is Will... Will Negates."
PCat, what has happened to this game? It's been quiet in here for over a month.
I just saw most of the players (and the GM!) this weekend and gave them reminders that people are waiting for their updates. They claimed real-life pressures were causing the delay but the guilt is in place and no doubt gnawing away at them as you read this.
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