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Quickbeam
Explorer
Lots to cover, so I'll get right to it!!
** Let me begin with the Games Plus itself -- what a great store! I bought two books and a giant d20, and had to make a Willpower Save to avoid other purchases. The product array is fantastic, and the wholly separate gaming area is quite nice. I'll be back shopping at Game Plus the next time I'm in Chicago
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** I want to thank Curt, Mark and Matty, for arranging all of the fun. It was a great event, and I look forward to participating in more of the Chicago Gamedays going forward.
** In the morning session I had the great pleasure of playing Tordek as a 10th level tank. He and his companions were entrusted with guarding a rather obnoxious King...whose entire family was comprised of dispicable and loathesome (at least to Tordek) people of low morality and questionable character. Being the proud possessor of a CHA 6, Tordek spent most of the mission grumbling about how much he hated the King and his progeny. What's even funnier, is that on reflection, almost all of these insults and curses were four words in length. Thus, phrases like "your family sickens me!" and "you turn my stomach!" were born. Of course, there were some more colorful dwarven insults...but these simple outbursts were more memorable. This session also included Lidda sneak attacking the King's cousin while he performed a simple magic trick (OOPS!); Mialee blowing up a gnome assassin hiding under a commode (and the commode itself) when a poorly used wall of fire mixed with the methane gas in that area; and Jozan's repeated attempts to rebuke the advances of the King's oldest son
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** The afternoon session was my first experience with CoC, and I loved it!! After deciding that our group of student archaeologists needed a female to round things out, I created Liv Winslow...who had a high WIS and DEX, and lots of moxie. Liv was a bit overly curious for a Cthulhu campaign, but damn she rolled well. Despite being the first to encounter several horrors, she was only down three sanity points when the game was called. Although, she probably owes her life to Max's timely demise -- because the monsters only needed one sacrifice, and this allowed the paralyzed Liv to survive. Buzz's Rex was great comic relief; Dinkeldog's Tim made a terrifying homicidal maniac once he lost his mind; Barendd's Iggy certainly knows when to run; and well...Max dies nicely
. Thanks for a fantastic first experience with CoC Matty, and I promise to keep working on those notice checks 
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** Finally, I always enjoy the opportunity to meet some of the fine people I know from these Boards. Eric, Anthony, Mark, Greg, Matt and everyone else -- it was great meeting and gaming with you! Kent, I'm especially glad I was finally able to meet you, so that I could thank you in person for getting me an Orc & Pie t-shirt at last year's GenCon.
Take care everyone, and I hope to see you all next time out.
** Let me begin with the Games Plus itself -- what a great store! I bought two books and a giant d20, and had to make a Willpower Save to avoid other purchases. The product array is fantastic, and the wholly separate gaming area is quite nice. I'll be back shopping at Game Plus the next time I'm in Chicago
.** I want to thank Curt, Mark and Matty, for arranging all of the fun. It was a great event, and I look forward to participating in more of the Chicago Gamedays going forward.
** In the morning session I had the great pleasure of playing Tordek as a 10th level tank. He and his companions were entrusted with guarding a rather obnoxious King...whose entire family was comprised of dispicable and loathesome (at least to Tordek) people of low morality and questionable character. Being the proud possessor of a CHA 6, Tordek spent most of the mission grumbling about how much he hated the King and his progeny. What's even funnier, is that on reflection, almost all of these insults and curses were four words in length. Thus, phrases like "your family sickens me!" and "you turn my stomach!" were born. Of course, there were some more colorful dwarven insults...but these simple outbursts were more memorable. This session also included Lidda sneak attacking the King's cousin while he performed a simple magic trick (OOPS!); Mialee blowing up a gnome assassin hiding under a commode (and the commode itself) when a poorly used wall of fire mixed with the methane gas in that area; and Jozan's repeated attempts to rebuke the advances of the King's oldest son
.** The afternoon session was my first experience with CoC, and I loved it!! After deciding that our group of student archaeologists needed a female to round things out, I created Liv Winslow...who had a high WIS and DEX, and lots of moxie. Liv was a bit overly curious for a Cthulhu campaign, but damn she rolled well. Despite being the first to encounter several horrors, she was only down three sanity points when the game was called. Although, she probably owes her life to Max's timely demise -- because the monsters only needed one sacrifice, and this allowed the paralyzed Liv to survive. Buzz's Rex was great comic relief; Dinkeldog's Tim made a terrifying homicidal maniac once he lost his mind; Barendd's Iggy certainly knows when to run; and well...Max dies nicely
. Thanks for a fantastic first experience with CoC Matty, and I promise to keep working on those notice checks .** Finally, I always enjoy the opportunity to meet some of the fine people I know from these Boards. Eric, Anthony, Mark, Greg, Matt and everyone else -- it was great meeting and gaming with you! Kent, I'm especially glad I was finally able to meet you, so that I could thank you in person for getting me an Orc & Pie t-shirt at last year's GenCon.
Take care everyone, and I hope to see you all next time out.
Pbartender
First Post
Great games.
Great fun.
As Dr. Mike, I got use a PKE meter and mixed up knock-out gas from powdered Tang, Twinkies, Pop-Rocks and Coca-Cola. Not to mention dual-wielding two automatic pistols with Burst Fire and Auto-fire.
As Maxwell Polish, I got to hide ignominiously from That Which Man Was Not Meant to Know, before getting my head clipped off by That Which Man Was Not Meant to Know. "Zoinks!"
All in all it was more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
And I finally got to buy myself that double-sided reversible Megamat I've always wanted!
I can't wait until June...
Great fun.
As Dr. Mike, I got use a PKE meter and mixed up knock-out gas from powdered Tang, Twinkies, Pop-Rocks and Coca-Cola. Not to mention dual-wielding two automatic pistols with Burst Fire and Auto-fire.
As Maxwell Polish, I got to hide ignominiously from That Which Man Was Not Meant to Know, before getting my head clipped off by That Which Man Was Not Meant to Know. "Zoinks!"
All in all it was more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
And I finally got to buy myself that double-sided reversible Megamat I've always wanted!
I can't wait until June...
Desdichado
Hero
Dude! Rex was back? I'm sorry I missed that. Dude!
Good job on Liv. Last time we played with Matty, or lone female character was devoured by crazed rats, after she inexplicably decided to crawl into a sewer by herself.
Good job on Liv. Last time we played with Matty, or lone female character was devoured by crazed rats, after she inexplicably decided to crawl into a sewer by herself.
buzz
Adventurer
Joshua Dyal said:
If only you could have seen Rex rolling a 30 on a Cthulhu Mythos check. Lordy, the look on Matt's face when Rex suddenly delivered a "dude"-free exegesis about the King in Yellow and Christopher Marlowe was priceless.
As was this classic quote from Matt: "Dammit, this is Call of Cthulhu! Why aren't all of you dead yet?"
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Desdichado
Hero
Yeah, that 2-session "campaign" has been surprisingly successful and pulpy (if you ignore Mike's character dying from a failed Jump check off a 10-foot crate -- that's hardly pulpy!) overall. I'm still amazed I killed several Deep Ones with an old Chevelle!
Quickbeam
Explorer
Pbartender:
Max the CON and HP challenged student was great fun, and Liv will be forever indebted to him for his perfectly timed death.
Josh:
What can I say? You were right on all counts. Games Plus is an awesome store; the people were great; and the games were (particularly CoC) were tons of fun. And thanks for the compliment on Liv. One of my favorite parts of the session, took place when Max had spotted some loose earth in the middle of our dig site. The group went to town with shovels and pickaxes, and Matty had us making STR and CON checks. Liv -- the weakest member of our party -- outlasted all the boys, by rolling a string of checks all somewhere in the 17-20 range. It was great. Even Rex (the athlete) had pooped out to rest at one point.
Buzz:
I may not know a lot about CoC and sanity points, but I do know that getting a 30 on your Cthulhu Mythos check was freaking beautiful!! The look on Matty's face was priceless.
Max the CON and HP challenged student was great fun, and Liv will be forever indebted to him for his perfectly timed death
.Josh:
What can I say? You were right on all counts. Games Plus is an awesome store; the people were great; and the games were (particularly CoC) were tons of fun. And thanks for the compliment on Liv. One of my favorite parts of the session, took place when Max had spotted some loose earth in the middle of our dig site. The group went to town with shovels and pickaxes, and Matty had us making STR and CON checks. Liv -- the weakest member of our party -- outlasted all the boys, by rolling a string of checks all somewhere in the 17-20 range. It was great. Even Rex (the athlete) had pooped out to rest at one point.
Buzz:
I may not know a lot about CoC and sanity points, but I do know that getting a 30 on your Cthulhu Mythos check was freaking beautiful!! The look on Matty's face was priceless.
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