North Carolina Game Day VI: January 29

[Darth K'Trava]

Well, I think I already mentioned this a while back, but I couldn't get up there with Henry this time out. Hopefully things will work out so I can next time.

Youse guys have fun. Kill some bad stuff in the name of Torm for me, eh?

I didn't know my cleric of Torm showed up...... She'd have killed stuff for ya!

Hope the day went well for those who were able to make it. I had to work and then went right home as the roads were getting nasty in High Point and I had to recuperate from both work and the game session last night.

I'd love to see some, if not all, you guys up here in nearby Greensboro for STELLARCON, March 11-13th. Linky is in my sig!

 

[Piratecat]

We tried to call this morning and have 30 people scream "hi" at you, but Henry changed his cell phone number.

 

[Rel]

We tried to call this morning and have 30 people scream "hi" at you, but Henry changed his cell phone number.

Aw, drat! That would have been fun! I hope the Boston Game Day went great.

Henry's going to be yelling something besides "hi" any moment now when he realizes, almost home to SC, that he left his gaming stuff and figure collection in my truck...

As for the NC Game Day I had a blast! Loved, LOVED the Grimm game and I had a great time running my Sky Galleons of Venus game, though the players couldn't seem to roll worth a damn during the Endgame and it wound up being much more of a nail-biter than I would have anticipated.

I don't have a whole lot of time just at the moment but I'll pop back on in a couple hours or so to post some additional comments and my "Quotable Quotes". For now, suffice it to say that I had an awesome time and I can't wait for NCGDVII!

 

[Templetroll]

well guys, wonderful gameday, too bad I could only stay for the morning (then again, it's sleeting like crazy outside so I guess it might've been for the best *shrug*).

First time playing 1st edition, fun stuff right there.

And...whomever it was (bad with names sorry), thanks for eden and aces.


The only quote I can recal at this point in time is "Called shot to the muffin!"

I'm still waiting for an explanation

You're welcome! They didn't have name tags this time round that I could see, but I got there late.

Mucho thanks once again to the fine fellow who provided the bagels and vvarious cream cheeses; that was MOST excellent!

I'm not sure if it was you, Corlon, but my fav quote came from a fellow who had never played 1st Ed and the wizard decided to caste Haste on some folks.

the comments went kinda like this (very paraphrased):

"haste is good."

"Yeah, and it ages you a year."

"It does? What a crazy thing to do."

Then Henry commented, "Due to the aging each character will have to make a System Shock Roll and if they fail they die immediately."

"WHAT?!? This game is dangerous!"


IT was an excellent time, both my games were great. Taking on the giants went fine and 1st e druid was proven to be the monster of summoning stuff! A bear seems so normal until it got boosted and that elemental was just overpowering.

Belen Umeria ran an excellent science horror thing. Scared my Navigator/Engineer half to death; he was NOT going back on that ship! The ship to ship combat was way cool and he did a great job of character design. Everyone had their niche and they were great and still had enough to be useful in all aspects of the adventure. I loved how the Doc was the one to save all our bacon early on when we failed our wil save.

B.U. - Malcolm will design something to protect from the mental attack. I think he'll start with a hat made of aluminum foil.....

Oh, yeah, I finally got to hang out at the Rock-Ola which was fun. Really great people in this bunch. Yakked about DMing, various games face to face and online, jobs and the horrors that can't be smote with axe or blasted with a laser and the food was good, too.

 

[Corlon]

yup, it was me

Kind of surprising to find that certain beneficial spells automatically aged and possibly outright killed the people is was cast on.

BTW: is eden a MMORPG that you pay by the month for?

 

[Templetroll]

yup, it was me

Kind of surprising to find that certain beneficial spells automatically aged and possibly outright killed the people is was cast on.

BTW: is eden a MMORPG that you pay by the month for?

Yeah, that was the glory of Haste being so useful. Folks would play Elves and get snarky about aging not really being serious for them. The group I played with never did the System Shock roll, btw.

Yes, both HelbreathUSA and Savage Eden are monthly rates. You get some free time to see if you like it. WarBirds and Dawn of Aces has offline flight missions, and there is a training arena.

 

[Elric]

Hope everyone had a good time at the game and made it home fine, despite the weather. I will really try to make the next one, although I think it comes really close to when I have finals. Playing 1e must have been a blast (I checked the books out from the library once, but that's all I've ever done with them).

 

[Rel]

Ok, it's "Quotable Quotes" time. I wrote down several from the morning session (when I was playing) but not so many from the afternoon session (when I was busy GMing). Feel free to add those that you overheard:

From CodeMonkey's Grimm game came MANY funny quotes, but what do you expect from a game that includes 3rd Graders, Brain Sucking Aliens, Organ Grinders with giant Monkeys, Killer Teddy Bears, Pirates, Pigs, Puppeteers, Frikin' Lazers and Cake Monsters...

"That is one SPANKED monkey!" - CodeMonkey regarding one of our foes directed by the Organ Grinder

"Oh my God! The Ninja just did more damage than ME!" - Kylekatern
"He's a NINJA!!" - Everybody else

"It's a clockwork ARMADILLO?!" - Fyrehowl
"It's an echolocating clockwork armadillo with mounted cannon." - Rel

"There's no such thing as a Good Ninja..." - Kylekatern

"So much fun you'll rip your pants!" - Rel (in reference to CodeMonkey's friend and fellow Underoo Avenger Aaron ripping his pants again)

"Called Shot to the MUFFIN!" - Kylekatern (just before hitting a cake monster)

"I PUNCH him in the HEAD!" - Rel (as his character, Lilly, punched the Organ Grinder in the head)
"I PUNCH him in the HEAD!" - Rel (as his character, Lilly, punched the masked Brain Sucking Alien in the head)
"I PUNCH him in the HEAD!" - Rel (as his character, Lilly, punched the Killer Teddy Bear in the head)
"I PUNCH him in the HEAD!" - Rel (as his character, Lilly, punched the Alien with the Frickin' Lazer in the head)
"I PUNCH him in the HEAD!" - Rel (as his character, Lilly, punched the Head Alien in Charge in in the head)
"I PUNCH him in the HEAD!" - Rel (as his character, Lilly, punched Kylekatern's PC who accidentally hit Lilly for 28 points of damage while grappled. I punched him in the head.)

From my afternoon Sky Galleons of Venus game I'm sure that other good quotes will percolate up from the recesses of my brain eventually. The one I recall for the moment was when the PC's were stealing the Zeppelin from the German Merchant and trying to deflect the responsiblilty onto another party:

"We're robbin' y'all in the name of France!" - Riggs (as "Tex" the Texan with a THICK southern drawl.)


Also a few quick Honorable Mentions for folks in attendance:

Henry - A very gracious houseguest considering that I made him sleep on the couch in my drafty basement. And I kept him up late both nights with conversations about "All Things Roleplaying". You're welcome here anytime, Henry. And Samantha really enjoyed meeting you too.

Cthulhu's Librarian and die_kluge - For driving 5 hours or so down from Virginia to attend, you guys deserve a special mention. And it was a real pleasure getting to chat with two of ENWorld's more prominent members some more. Thanks for making the trip and I hope you can come to the next one also.

Belen Umeria - You and your lovely wife have definately become part of the "backbone" of these gatherings and I wanted to thank you for bringing along the coupons for All Fun and Games. And, more personally, the generous gift of miniatures that you gave me was simply stunning. When you get so many free minis that your arms get tired from carrying them to the car then it means you scored BIG! (or maybe that I need to work out more)

NCSUCodeMonkey - As much as anybody you were responsible for us getting the first NC Game Days off the ground and now we have SIX under our belts with the seventh less than three months off. I hate to lose you to the rigors of life and I'm looking forward to gaming with you at the next Game Day, even if it has to be the last time for a while. Your Grimm game was just raw fun from start to finish and I enjoyed it greatly. My wife asked me this morning if I'd ever consider running a Grimm game myself. My answer was, "Not if Matt is running one at the same Game Day!" I don't know that it could be done better than you do it. Thanks for all your help and support in running this and other Game Days.

Morgenes - Finally, thanks to Neal for helping with all the administrative stuff that I generally don't think about once my feet hit the floor at Talley. I'm there to have fun. Neal's there to make sure you have fun. If you want to send somebody a box of chocolates to thank them for the fun you had at Game Day then Neal's your guy. (Plus, I'm diabetic and can't each chocolate anyway. )


More thoughts and quotes as they come to me and I'll be sending my pictures to Neal to post on the Game Day site in the next day or so. If you've got pics then feel free to send those too.

Thanks again to everybody who came and made this event so fun. We'll be doing it again soon so mark your callendars in advance! (I'm looking at YOU, Corlon! )

 

[Belen]

I had a blast.I really look forward to these games days and am sorry that we cannot hang out with you all more often. Three times a year seems too few an opportunity to do the game days.

I had a great time playing Sir Gawaine, lecherous Knight of the Round Table.

Also, I have to thank everyone who played in the d20 Future game. It was a blast and the starship combat was nailbiting and cinematic. I definitely want to run d20 future again.

Rel: Those minis were just sitting in a closet and they were meant to be used. I know they found a good home with you, eve if you're players will not enjoy all the vampires and ogres!

I really cannot wait for the next one.

Favorite Quotes:

Doc: Can I please shoot him in the head?
Commander Duncan (Female Cyborg): What about the hippocratic oath?
Doc: Right now I am considering the hypocritical oath!

Gunnery Sergeant Pedro: You crucified him with medical tubing!?
DM: He was also pumped full of embalming fluid while still alive.
Pedro: That is so twisted.
DM: RBDM Grin.

 

[Rel]

Rel: Those minis were just sitting in a closet and they were meant to be used. I know they found a good home with you, eve if you're players will not enjoy all the vampires and ogres!

Trust me when I say they'll be put to good use.

I knew that my sleep-deprived brain would leave out someone in the list above and that lucky person is...

Jon Potter - Jon, I just wanted to offer a personal word of thanks for being the North Star that I can count on in my Game Day games. (Jon has been in EVERY SINGLE Game Day event that I've run since Game Day II.) You are an excellent and reliable roleplayer and it has been great to have you in every one of those games. I hope that I'm still doing right whatever earned such loyalty in the firstplace. Or maybe it's the huge sums of cash?

- edited to fix the times that I called you "John" who is of course a completely different person.