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  1. Stringbean2142

    The Peanut Gallery

    So, the strangest OOC conversation I've ever seen is happening in "The Closed Eye." Has anyone ever seen a player tell his/her party to leave his/her character dead? Anyone? That's a commitment to roleplaying, and I for one salute KenHood for it.
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    Mesa moved through the knee-high sewer water, trying deperately not to think about what he was actually wading through at the moment. Reaching the entrance up into the morgue, he grabbed a rope and said, "Let's go see if our friends need help, yes?" Standard: Drop to a Move Action, move to D13...
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    PbP DM techniques...

    As a player in Mal's Zombies game, I can say thus far the combat has worked pretty well. And we just ran into a hidden monster in combat; I'm not sure if it's handled this way every time, but Mal sprung the monster on us on the enemies' turn, rather than as a readied action or an interrupt...
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    The Upcoming Adventures thread

    I've got a short adventure proposal submitted that just needs a second approval before it's ready to go. It's not long at all, anywhere from three to six encounters depending on the player's actions, and (if everything's approved by the judges) will be set in an island called Haurton in the Near...
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    Darn it, it's hard to talk about the fight without saying one of the dread "phrases guaranteed to anger the dice gods," but if you look at what we faced last fight and what we're facing here, it's heartening, at least in my mind, that none of us have gone down yet. We are in tough tactical...
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    Splitting the party hasn't been the problem; if we do it again, we'll need to remember to send the leader with our defender. Defender's are built to take damage, and right now all of our healing is in the other group. Andrec's got our main healing, and in a pinch I can drop my daily and get...
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    Mesa moved forward, wanting to keep close to his comrades. "We need to finish this last one; the fight up there sounds a brutal one. The others may need our help." Looking at the final zombie, Mesa prepared to call down lightning on it. How will ye send the lightning to me here underground...
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    Mesa cracked his knuckles and said, "Ok, let's try that again. And remember, winds, ye have a lot of bloody sewer to get through, so blow strong!" He raised hands to his sides again and sent his will coursing towards the skies hidden above him. His will shot out, and the winds answered. Debris...
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    Mesa was glad as his comrades joined him in the tunnel, but with the tunnel so narrow it was hard for three people to fight in. Still, he could see more enemies, two men, stacking corpses further in. Raising his arms to his sides, he threw his head back and whispered, "Blow them away, southern...
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    Tor and Andrec still have the surprise round to take an action in first. There's not much they can do in the position they are at, but they can at the least get into the sewer tunnel with the zombies and Mesa. Those are my meatshields, people! ;)
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    I don't know anything we can use as a substitue offhand, but luckily it looks like IC is back up!
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    Mesa grinned as he heard sounds of violence from above. "I believe that's our sign," he said softly to the others with him, and he moved quickly towards the corner. And found himself face-to-face with two angry-looking zombies. "More of these bloody things?!?" he asked, backing up some to give...
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    Unaware of Jarel's conversation or movement into the hospital, Mesa spotted an appropriate sewer entrance. Grinning, he called to the others over his shoulder, "I found a way to come up behind them, friends. This should lead straight to them!" Mesa couldn't see the others, as he'd found the...
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    Mesa grinned at the man. "Thank ye!" Racing to catch up to the others, he shouts, "Right at the next corner!" It was so much better, he realized, to run with a destination in mind. ... Arriving at the hospital, he stopped by the others. Guards at the front, and everyone in their small grouip...
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    I didn't get a chance to check yesterday, but I was starting to wonder how long that freeze-out was going to last. Good to be back. Mesa said, "I want to have a few words with this Rinch myself," as he followed Andrec out of the square. As he ran, he dropped to all fours occasional, looking...
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    Mesa snorted at the sheer stupidity in the young man's statement. "Ye were raising zombies, merciless killers as ye can see from the scene around ye, as a means to make money? Tell me, are all criminals this stupid in Daunton, or does this Rinch only accept morons in his crew? What were ye...
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    Mesa opened his mouth to respond to Jarel-Karn, but before he could Montroya added his bit in. Pa said when more than one person tells ye yer wrong, stop and think 'cause ye more than likely are wrong. Here were two men, both whom he had fought beside, telling him he was wrong. He rethought his...
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    Makes sense, Mal. I think that's actually what was intended with the short rest idea, but as usual us players went looking for the mechanical edge. In that case, should we assume that encounter powers have recharged and surges are used as soon as we're out of combat? Still, think of the...
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    Mesa shook his head at Montroya's words. "Afraid I can't quite agree with ye there. In this case violence fit, but just being undead ain't reason to hate a creature. If it's their will to be brought back into this world, then so be it. I may not agree with twisting the laws of the world, but...
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    Zombies and Crooks (DM:Mal Malenkirk Judge: Covaithe )

    As the last zombie fell, Mesa sighed with relief that the extremely unwelcome surprise was finally over. Stumbling over to a nearby vendor's booth, he pulled two finely-woven clothes from the table. The first he used to wipe the vomit from his mouth, while with the second he tied off a simple...
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