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On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:00:52 +0000 (UTC), Patrick Baldwin
<pax DeleteThis @osmium.mv.net> wrote:
] the regular poker game broke up. We have a hell of a good
] time. The only real issue we've run into is one of the players
] keeps getting his characters carried off by stuff.
]
] Dire wolves, dragons, whatever. Of course, that's due to
] Inappropriate Grappling Attempts.
]
]~P.
]Just because you have Improved Grapple, does not mean you should use it.

blink, blink...

grappling a dragon ?!

Slappy Squirrel sez, "Now, thats comedy !"

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"Robin Raymont" <Rbn RemoveThis @shaw.ca> wrote in
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> Hehehehe, the guy could be for real, or just someone who had wanted to
> use your info.

Oh, he was real. Had credientials to prove it.

> Sorry for sounding jaded, but I've seen what ppl will do to
> opinions/words, et cetera that aren't copywritten.

Er, dude, that's what journalists *do*. They talk to people who have
knowledge they don't, and write news stories about it. Not that any of us
would have been a credible source to use directly, mind you, but we had
some insight in to the political situation that gave him ideas on what
kind of research to do.

I have no idea what he really thought of us, but he did listen in for a
while and take a few notes. (We were all pretty well informed on current
events, at the time, partly because the GM for the Top Secret game was
very well informed, and we had to keep up for Characters Would Die. And
we had such a diverse group of perspectives, between us, we didn't miss
much.)
>
> "No 33 Secretary" <terry.notaniceperson RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Loren Pechtel <lorenpechtel RemoveThis @hotmail.invalid.com> wrote in
>> news:471f9ee4$0$5187$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com:
>>
>>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:35:12 GMT, "Robin Raymont" <Rbn RemoveThis @shaw.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I'm thinking that there was enough said on the problems of
>>>>gaming, so I'm starting a thread on the more fun side of
>>>>gaming...the "weird/wacky" gaming sessions.
>>>>
>>>>I remember one time when we were playing 1st Ed. (ya, I'm that
>>>>old) and my oldest sister was playing. She had on a girdle of
>>>>giant strength (type forgotten) and was whipping to death a
>>>>cougar/puma/mountain lion with her old belt because she was
>>>>bored of killing it the old-fashioned way. [
>>>
>>> I'd say the best time we had was back in college. We realized
>>> there was a group of bible thumpers in the next room. The rest
>>> of the evening turned into jokes playing to their fears about
>>> the game.
>>>
>> We had a Top Secret campaign that ran about 20 years. We spent many
>> hours in our favorite restraunt, after a game session, discussing
>> politics in various third world shitholes (and first and second
>> world shitholes, for that matter). There was one night, I believe
>> we were talking about the apparent prospects for civil war
>> somewhere in Central America (in real life, that is), when the guy
>> at the next table introduced himself as a reporter for the LA
>> Times, and wanted to know what thinktank we worked for. He's been
>> eavesdropping, and said we sounded better informed than anyone else
>> he'd talked to about it. It was hard to decide whether he, or we,
>> were more freaked out.
>>
>> --
>> Terry Austin
>>
>> "I'm in the trenches and replaced the rose covered glasses with
>> fluid safe splash guards." - tom c
>>
>>
>
>
>



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Kewl. I believe you. Journalists are, imho, always looking for a story and
will try to get it by many means. Unfortunately some I allege, do go over
the bounds. I myself though have had my words and stuff re-used verbatim
w/o a byline on more than one project. I won't go into details, but IF my
schtuff is allegedly good enough to "use," then I must be doing something
right. [

FYI, there used to be, I believe, a female actress up here w/ the same name
as you. Sheer co-incidence.


"Terry Austin" <terry.notaniceperson.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Robin Raymont" <Rbn.TakeThisOut@shaw.ca> wrote in
> news:QT9Ui.144336$1y4.13987@pd7urf2no:
>
>> Hehehehe, the guy could be for real, or just someone who had wanted to
>> use your info.
>
> Oh, he was real. Had credientials to prove it.
>
>> Sorry for sounding jaded, but I've seen what ppl will do to
>> opinions/words, et cetera that aren't copywritten.
>
> Er, dude, that's what journalists *do*. They talk to people who have
> knowledge they don't, and write news stories about it. Not that any of us
> would have been a credible source to use directly, mind you, but we had
> some insight in to the political situation that gave him ideas on what
> kind of research to do.
>
> I have no idea what he really thought of us, but he did listen in for a
> while and take a few notes. (We were all pretty well informed on current
> events, at the time, partly because the GM for the Top Secret game was
> very well informed, and we had to keep up for Characters Would Die. And
> we had such a diverse group of perspectives, between us, we didn't miss
> much.)
>>
>> "No 33 Secretary" <terry.notaniceperson.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns99D38765F4CD8taustingmail@216.168.3.64...
>>> Loren Pechtel <lorenpechtel.TakeThisOut@hotmail.invalid.com> wrote in
>>> news:471f9ee4$0$5187$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:35:12 GMT, "Robin Raymont" <Rbn.TakeThisOut@shaw.ca>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I'm thinking that there was enough said on the problems of
>>>>>gaming, so I'm starting a thread on the more fun side of
>>>>>gaming...the "weird/wacky" gaming sessions.
>>>>>
>>>>>I remember one time when we were playing 1st Ed. (ya, I'm that
>>>>>old) and my oldest sister was playing. She had on a girdle of
>>>>>giant strength (type forgotten) and was whipping to death a
>>>>>cougar/puma/mountain lion with her old belt because she was
>>>>>bored of killing it the old-fashioned way. [
>>>>
>>>> I'd say the best time we had was back in college. We realized
>>>> there was a group of bible thumpers in the next room. The rest
>>>> of the evening turned into jokes playing to their fears about
>>>> the game.
>>>>
>>> We had a Top Secret campaign that ran about 20 years. We spent many
>>> hours in our favorite restraunt, after a game session, discussing
>>> politics in various third world shitholes (and first and second
>>> world shitholes, for that matter). There was one night, I believe
>>> we were talking about the apparent prospects for civil war
>>> somewhere in Central America (in real life, that is), when the guy
>>> at the next table introduced himself as a reporter for the LA
>>> Times, and wanted to know what thinktank we worked for. He's been
>>> eavesdropping, and said we sounded better informed than anyone else
>>> he'd talked to about it. It was hard to decide whether he, or we,
>>> were more freaked out.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Terry Austin
>>>
>>> "I'm in the trenches and replaced the rose covered glasses with
>>> fluid safe splash guards." - tom c
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Terry Austin
> Beware the other head of science. It bites.
 >> Stay informed about: What was your funniest time gaming? 

Hmmmm, the topic(s) sound interesting. The stuff that I've been told over
the years about what "really" goes on in the military, political backrooms,
et cetera is pretty scary.




"Terry Austin" <terry.notaniceperson RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Robin Raymont" <Rbn RemoveThis @shaw.ca> wrote in
> news:QT9Ui.144336$1y4.13987@pd7urf2no:
>
>> Hehehehe, the guy could be for real, or just someone who had wanted to
>> use your info.
>
> Oh, he was real. Had credientials to prove it.
>
>> Sorry for sounding jaded, but I've seen what ppl will do to
>> opinions/words, et cetera that aren't copywritten.
>
> Er, dude, that's what journalists *do*. They talk to people who have
> knowledge they don't, and write news stories about it. Not that any of us
> would have been a credible source to use directly, mind you, but we had
> some insight in to the political situation that gave him ideas on what
> kind of research to do.
>
> I have no idea what he really thought of us, but he did listen in for a
> while and take a few notes. (We were all pretty well informed on current
> events, at the time, partly because the GM for the Top Secret game was
> very well informed, and we had to keep up for Characters Would Die. And
> we had such a diverse group of perspectives, between us, we didn't miss
> much.)
>>
>> "No 33 Secretary" <terry.notaniceperson RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns99D38765F4CD8taustingmail@216.168.3.64...
>>> Loren Pechtel <lorenpechtel RemoveThis @hotmail.invalid.com> wrote in
>>> news:471f9ee4$0$5187$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:35:12 GMT, "Robin Raymont" <Rbn RemoveThis @shaw.ca>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I'm thinking that there was enough said on the problems of
>>>>>gaming, so I'm starting a thread on the more fun side of
>>>>>gaming...the "weird/wacky" gaming sessions.
>>>>>
>>>>>I remember one time when we were playing 1st Ed. (ya, I'm that
>>>>>old) and my oldest sister was playing. She had on a girdle of
>>>>>giant strength (type forgotten) and was whipping to death a
>>>>>cougar/puma/mountain lion with her old belt because she was
>>>>>bored of killing it the old-fashioned way. [
>>>>
>>>> I'd say the best time we had was back in college. We realized
>>>> there was a group of bible thumpers in the next room. The rest
>>>> of the evening turned into jokes playing to their fears about
>>>> the game.
>>>>
>>> We had a Top Secret campaign that ran about 20 years. We spent many
>>> hours in our favorite restraunt, after a game session, discussing
>>> politics in various third world shitholes (and first and second
>>> world shitholes, for that matter). There was one night, I believe
>>> we were talking about the apparent prospects for civil war
>>> somewhere in Central America (in real life, that is), when the guy
>>> at the next table introduced himself as a reporter for the LA
>>> Times, and wanted to know what thinktank we worked for. He's been
>>> eavesdropping, and said we sounded better informed than anyone else
>>> he'd talked to about it. It was hard to decide whether he, or we,
>>> were more freaked out.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Terry Austin
>>>
>>> "I'm in the trenches and replaced the rose covered glasses with
>>> fluid safe splash guards." - tom c
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Terry Austin
> Beware the other head of science. It bites.
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Robin Raymont wrote:

> YES, YES!!!
>
> Let there be puns, and the whole world groaned. [ (my quote)
>
> One time I was GM'ing a group that were all younger than me. They were not
> totally into the gaming so I decided to take this one player personally. I
> gave him a vile of gunpowder, which he was rubbing between his fingers. The
> gunpowder goes off naturally, and he's airborne. Lol, he was still acting
> up, so when he came back to the party, he downed another vile. Heh, I
> played at as a vile of hallucinogenic (peyote) and he was believing that he
> was taking on a red dragon single-handedly and won. Lol


My games have always spent a lot more time outdoors than in a dungeon.
The players of one of my groups had learned to judge my mood and the
portents of things to come by asking about the weather and descriptions of
the things around them.

One game session after a gruelling encounter with some undead bad guys
that got away, the players had camped out in a forest grove overnight. I
had intended that they remain unmolested and recover a bit. They needed
it. But, as was my custom, I kept rolling dice behind my screen from time
to time and putting on a show of interpreting the results. Every now and
then I picked up a bigger set of dice and rolled them for effect, followed
by faux note-taking.

As I was finishing one of these "ambiance" dice-rolling events, I
announced that moring had arrived and asked what they were going to do
next.

So they asked me how everything looked today...

"The sun is rising in the East to a crisp blue sky. The frogs are
singing and the birds are croaking..." I had gotten crossed in my head
with the description. But I never got any further than that as all hell
broke loose with the players...

"Run! The Frogs are singing some kind of death spell!"

As I recall, they burned down the forest.

I miss that group.

Gene P.
Slidell LA
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Alcore wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Robin Raymont wrote:
>
>> YES, YES!!!
>>
>> Let there be puns, and the whole world groaned. [ (my quote)
>>
>> One time I was GM'ing a group that were all younger than me. They
>> were not
>> totally into the gaming so I decided to take this one player
>> personally. I
>> gave him a vile of gunpowder, which he was rubbing between his
>> fingers. The
>> gunpowder goes off naturally, and he's airborne. Lol, he was still
>> acting
>> up, so when he came back to the party, he downed another vile. Heh, I
>> played at as a vile of hallucinogenic (peyote) and he was believing
>> that he
>> was taking on a red dragon single-handedly and won. Lol
>
>
>
> My games have always spent a lot more time outdoors than in a dungeon.
> The players of one of my groups had learned to judge my mood and the
> portents of things to come by asking about the weather and descriptions
> of the things around them.
>
> One game session after a gruelling encounter with some undead bad guys
> that got away, the players had camped out in a forest grove overnight.
> I had intended that they remain unmolested and recover a bit. They
> needed it. But, as was my custom, I kept rolling dice behind my screen
> from time to time and putting on a show of interpreting the results.
> Every now and then I picked up a bigger set of dice and rolled them for
> effect, followed by faux note-taking.
>
> As I was finishing one of these "ambiance" dice-rolling events, I
> announced that moring had arrived and asked what they were going to do
> next.
>
> So they asked me how everything looked today...
>
> "The sun is rising in the East to a crisp blue sky. The frogs are
> singing and the birds are croaking..." I had gotten crossed in my head
> with the description. But I never got any further than that as all hell
> broke loose with the players...
>
> "Run! The Frogs are singing some kind of death spell!"
>
> As I recall, they burned down the forest.
>
> I miss that group.
>
> Gene P.
> Slidell LA
>

"I attack the gazebo..."

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"Robin Raymont" <Rbn DeleteThis @shaw.ca> wrote in
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> Kewl. I believe you. Journalists are, imho, always looking for
> a story and will try to get it by many means.

Well, duh. That's their job, after all.

> Unfortunately
> some I allege, do go over the bounds.

Oh, certainly. For all I know, this guy was one of them. Never saw
anything that I knew was from him. But he seemed a sensible enough
sort at the time. (That's an important job skill for a journalist,
after all.)

> I myself though have had
> my words and stuff re-used verbatim w/o a byline on more than
> one project. I won't go into details, but IF my schtuff is
> allegedly good enough to "use," then I must be doing something
> right. [

Heh. My father was involved in the divorced men's rights for about
25 years or so. Was interviewed by a lot of journalists. The most
accurate story I ever saw on him was in the National Enquirer.
>
> FYI, there used to be, I believe, a female actress up here w/
> the same name as you. Sheer co-incidence.

There's a fairly well known comic book artist of the same name,
too. He's *much* nicer than I am.

--
Terry Austin

"I'm in the trenches and replaced the rose covered glasses with
fluid safe splash guards." - tom c
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"Robin Raymont" <Rbn DeleteThis @shaw.ca> wrote in
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> Hmmmm, the topic(s) sound interesting. The stuff that I've been
> told over the years about what "really" goes on in the military,
> political backrooms, et cetera is pretty scary.

I wouldn't believe a single word about what "really" goes on in the
military from someone who was never in the military. And I'd believe
even less from anyone who was in the military. They do love a good
sea story.

--
Terry Austin

"I'm in the trenches and replaced the rose covered glasses with
fluid safe splash guards." - tom c
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Hm, lots of funny moments in gaming. Here's one we were talking about
just the other day:

The heroes were having trouble with a long-recurring villain, a demoness
bent on killing their leader. (For folks who've read or played through
the original D&D adventure path, she was the Cathezar.) I introduced her
to the campaign about 10 levels early, and the players soon grew to
dread her appearances.

However, the heroes grew stronger, and eventually the matchup shifted
from a desperate scramble for survival to an even match and eventually
to the players' favor. Still, the demoness meddled in their affairs and
generally remained a thorn in their collective side. They kept defeating
her, but she kept coming back, courtesy of a demon prince.

The heroes approached the demon prince in hopes that he might withdraw
his favor and permit them to finally defeat the demoness. Surprisingly,
the prince agreed, on the condition that they make a token sacrifice to
him. Nothing big, just a gray cat. The heroes complied, the prince
produced his (former) minion, the heroes laid the smackdown, and the
demoness was gone for good. Rejoice!

I don't remember who pointed it out, but eventually the players realized
that sacrificing an animal to a demon prince was maybe not the best
idea. At the very least, not a very /good/ idea. In fact, they had let
the prince smooth-talk them into something pretty heinous.

They decided to make good by reincarnating the cat. This also seemed
like a good idea at the time, until they realized that they had created
a girl as dumb as a cat. Realizing that her survival prospects weren't
so good, they set her up for life with a nice house and servants to take
care of her.
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:32:59 -0600, D.J. <alphmoe23 RemoveThis @cableone.net>
wrote:

>On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:00:52 +0000 (UTC), Patrick Baldwin
><pax RemoveThis @osmium.mv.net> wrote:
>] the regular poker game broke up. We have a hell of a good
>] time. The only real issue we've run into is one of the players
>] keeps getting his characters carried off by stuff.
>]
>] Dire wolves, dragons, whatever. Of course, that's due to
>] Inappropriate Grappling Attempts.
>]
>]~P.
>]Just because you have Improved Grapple, does not mean you should use it.
>
>blink, blink...
>
>grappling a dragon ?!
>
>Slappy Squirrel sez, "Now, thats comedy !"
>

I'm not sure whether it's more or less amusing than seeing a monk
grappeling an Ogre Vampire...
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Hehehe, are YOU saying that ppl MAKEUP things...just for a good story? [


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> "Robin Raymont" <Rbn RemoveThis @shaw.ca> wrote in
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>
>> Hmmmm, the topic(s) sound interesting. The stuff that I've been
>> told over the years about what "really" goes on in the military,
>> political backrooms, et cetera is pretty scary.
>
> I wouldn't believe a single word about what "really" goes on in the
> military from someone who was never in the military. And I'd believe
> even less from anyone who was in the military. They do love a good
> sea story.
>
> --
> Terry Austin
>
> "I'm in the trenches and replaced the rose covered glasses with
> fluid safe splash guards." - tom c
>
>
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I like that. The constant back and forth sounds like a great long-running
plot idea.

"Bradd W. Szonye" <bradd+news@szonye.com> wrote in message
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> Hm, lots of funny moments in gaming. Here's one we were talking about
> just the other day:
>
> The heroes were having trouble with a long-recurring villain, a demoness
> bent on killing their leader. (For folks who've read or played through
> the original D&D adventure path, she was the Cathezar.) I introduced her
> to the campaign about 10 levels early, and the players soon grew to
> dread her appearances.
>
> However, the heroes grew stronger, and eventually the matchup shifted
> from a desperate scramble for survival to an even match and eventually
> to the players' favor. Still, the demoness meddled in their affairs and
> generally remained a thorn in their collective side. They kept defeating
> her, but she kept coming back, courtesy of a demon prince.
>
> The heroes approached the demon prince in hopes that he might withdraw
> his favor and permit them to finally defeat the demoness. Surprisingly,
> the prince agreed, on the condition that they make a token sacrifice to
> him. Nothing big, just a gray cat. The heroes complied, the prince
> produced his (former) minion, the heroes laid the smackdown, and the
> demoness was gone for good. Rejoice!
>
> I don't remember who pointed it out, but eventually the players realized
> that sacrificing an animal to a demon prince was maybe not the best
> idea. At the very least, not a very /good/ idea. In fact, they had let
> the prince smooth-talk them into something pretty heinous.
>
> They decided to make good by reincarnating the cat. This also seemed
> like a good idea at the time, until they realized that they had created
> a girl as dumb as a cat. Realizing that her survival prospects weren't
> so good, they set her up for life with a nice house and servants to take
> care of her.
> --
> Bradd W. Szonye
> http://www.szonye.com/bradd
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