Bill the barbarian

He works reasonably well with Deadman!

Pretty sure the first time I encountered John was in the pages of Swamp Thing back in the mid 80s.

I could be mistaken, but I think this map goes well beyond first world whining, the air is so thick here I can not clearly see a very large bridge about km away, those with health probs are told to stay at home and I have had a cough all day. That's a lot of fire across the great north! Those who would like to follow this NASA map can go to: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/map/#d:2021-07-17..2021-07-18;l:noaa20-viirs,viirs,modis_a,modis_t,active-usa,active-ca,country-outline;@-90.0,39.9,4z

We know the Heortlings (hard to get over the old name, Orlanthi, but I do seem to remember most of the time... not bad for an old set-in-his ways grog...) are fanatics in their devotion to the nth degree of the concept of hospitality. What of the Praxian neighbours, surely they have concepts of hospitality, and I postulate of a more serious (yep, I said more.. than the Heortlings? Inconceivable) nature and with more clearcut consequences. Now, on the Blue Marble, hospitality is very much a matter of life and death in the desert. Very ritualized as well. Hospitality given; life’s can be saved, withheld... one may not be long for this realm. Any thoughts or insights about desert (or oasis, or even savannah) hospitality in Prax, out there in the hive mind?

Sorry I quoted the top line (the only text there). I mean the sheet in general

I am very similar without the miniatures and using Skype instead of zoom. Quite low tech but it works. Still, I am not a newbie to computers so, I am slowly putting together roll20 Yep, slowly it is. Thanks Dave, as useful as all your tips! Are you the creator of this marvellous tool, if so thanks a lot!

How would one be able to take healing 6 off the roll up? One only gets 5 MPs of spells and the cost for that 6th should be incredible. Mind you, you did say could have. I suppose if one wanted to, one could go into major debt. Is this what you were thinking of soltakss or were you thinking of a little munchkinnery and paying for the first point and getting the remaining five for free?

M:tA, got me there, what you have said is about as much as I know. Why does this have the nuts and bolts to pull off a Constantine, or even better, a blond bloke from London from the Hellblazer comics? No, bottom line Constantine is no Hellblazer! Just not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Not as Wickian as I feared. And Tilda, have yet to see a bad performance from her.

One core person and a bunch of lackeys, yes? Jajagappa pointed out how easy that would be to do with RQ the other day... a thread about using less then the normal amount of adventurers for questing. Well RQ is not that far removed from BRP. Ian, assuming demonology in AS is everything thefub says it is, think good ol’ BRP or possibly RoL as SunlessNick figures would be able to handle the weighty job of replacing M:tA

Thanks, I knew I could count on you to be serious!

Seems I have seen him in NY and Paris as well. So la la land is not impossible is it? ? In a great many shows, but I doubt not in Constantine (remember him? 🙂)

Yep, I believe that comes with urban planning (or in the case of the city of angels, unplanning). Grand Theft: Antelope... love that game!!!!

We have GTA for that (no, not Grand Theft: Antelope, sigh) Urban planning at its finest (sigh).

I had a baboon that talked like a bad film noir detective!

Not an Austrian Ahrnie accent?

I like this and take it to be part of having an intelligent (or not) pet. Patrons as well! good for game balance, quite un-trollkin like. Nice! Nice!

right, magic and detective work together! Good call!

In a game like RQ this serves two purposes. As one can lose a character quite easily (and it does take time to reroll a new one), one has a back up all ready in the game or ready to bring to the fore.

Absolutely not, I would not enjoy it. In a campaign, perhaps, in a one off where I am following the module closely, and there is no reason for anything other then the text provided (no subplots that will be built up over a number of games, for instance), I can see the player having a touch of familiarity in the campaign but when he knows if he pushed this rock this will happen.... not interested in running such a game. So if you join in, we will not play this game. Are there others you have read? and I do hate spoilers! 0900 hours and 1300 hours have only one meaning. They can not be interpreted in more than one way. Main reason I use ‘em. This is the 24 hour clock. 1 AM is 0100 hours or “O" one hundred hours. 1 PM is 1300 hours or thirteen hundred hours. Always. This is used for anyone working around the clock. I find it easy for talking to fereners across timezones! ETA So why do I run modules if I don’t spice them up. Improv is cool, but a lot of work. If I am going to devote this much time I will be wanting more than a couple of games. So, yes, improv is cool and so is using a script written by pros that are probably better than you at it. For me the story is the thing and everything else is setting, theme, props, dialogue and things that go into making the story. For a short game and a demo I am unwilling to go to the depth improvising or writing a game would require. In any case that is what I am doing and advertising for. People not familiar with the modules.

So, that’s a possible three, if everyone likes the hours and the trip to the past using classic scenarios.

The Irishman playing in my regular winter game seems to do alright by it. Still, I am incredibly reluctant to run a game that someone has read recently. In my regular game a member or two read some of the games I run, but about 40 years ago so just with dementia alone there is memory attrition never mind the decades toll, as well. Plus they understand the game and are GMs, so acting accordingly is natural... but for me I do not see the attraction of knowing what is coming... Main reason for my hatred of spoilers, I suppose.

or T&T... same author as Stormbringer! Honestly though, I do not decry the dark side. Some do prefer D&D, who am I to judge.

Bunnies and Burrows it is, let me get my dice!

It would replace my usual game for the 6 weeks or so it would play... Everything in the OP except this being a one-off pick-up game still holds true. I was thinking of Gringle's Pawnshop but if you end up playing I will have change that. I hope to play from 900 hours to 1300 hours GMT -6. This would be a chance to see the game in practice for a short period of time while my usual group discovers travel, romance and freedom before the next wave’s lockdown.

No matter what everyone else is saying about ya behind yer back, I think yer a good egg, and this proves it! A squaredealer ya might say. 🙂