Jex has a habit of making the PC's squirm along with they're players. Lots and lots of squirming. First we start off being timed to run away from an ARMY of dragon born and their war hound/lizard/ish things. We get stopped by wild boar, crocodiles, rivers, and so forth. Did I mention we were being timed? THEN we hear girls calling for help and our knight (actually fighter, but he was playing 'knight in shining armor'), also called Verdant of the azure blade, has to go rescue them. We're having a hard enough time rescuing ourselves. Zii and he get into a huge argument, but they end up going to see what the commotion was about. Turns out... it was a trap. Yeah.
After that there's the endless caves of ARGH! that's not really what they're called, but that's what the players wanted to call them. We found an NPC that got us across a busted arrow trap (the dude's a tank named Aeramus) at the price of finding a magic sword. Ran into occultist cyclops and nearly got dragged semi-willingly into a demon temple to a dead god that may or maynot have something to do with Tacit's life. Then to top off the nice runaround-from-hell sundae add a black dragon in his layer... with lots and lots of acid water... yeah. After that the dragon we thought we just killed comes back after our NPC healer Eratar bites the dust along with spider cult goblins and a drow priestess.... deep breath... our party nearly got wiped out. We literally survived by the skin of our teeth.
As per-usual all I can say is: "well... it was the farthest thing from boring ever."
Also I'm going to change up the posting style of this blog to a more story-esque form. It'll be easier for me to write and in the end more enjoyable for the couple of people still following.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Nerd Cafe
So I had this great idea.
I'm totally going to pawn off the idea of a nerd cafe onto someone.
In Japan they have maid cafes, cat cafes, and other interesting novelty places to eat.
In America we have... sports bars? Hooters (does that count as a sports bar)? Oh! Rainforest Cafe!
I even know the best place for it, right next to every convention center in every large city across America. Even the Trekkies and Comic Heads would go there (I think).
It's going to be called "Dee 20's" or "the Hargonian Grill" maybe just "Cafe le Nerd" I haven't decided yet; but the food is going to be awesome and very wittily named.
*Ahem*
We have the Full Plate special of the day, the chalk board with be on a full size shiny suit of armor's chest plate.
For the kids we'll have a 'halfling menu' Consisting of all the foods kids like to eat (like say: ravioli) only with super cool names and possibly died fun colors. Common what kid wouldn't go crazy for blue mac-n-cheese or a tie die corndog?
I'm going to draw up a menu (after I find a good free photo studio download) and it'll be more detailed and awesome since I'll have time to remember all the food names (like Will's Orc War Shake, a cinnamon caramel milk shake with dark chocolate on top or fudge on the bottom).
And everything will be decorated in nerdtastic style. I've already decided on huge bone (or crystal depending on who you talk to) D10 for salt and pepper shakers. I even thought it'd be fun to have a "Luck Roll" special: Roll a D20 to see what meal you get for a flat price (something like $7.50).
If anyone has any awesome ideas they want to volunteer for free let me hear 'em! I love getting feedback and am interested in what other mind sets come up with.
I'm totally going to pawn off the idea of a nerd cafe onto someone.
In Japan they have maid cafes, cat cafes, and other interesting novelty places to eat.
In America we have... sports bars? Hooters (does that count as a sports bar)? Oh! Rainforest Cafe!
I even know the best place for it, right next to every convention center in every large city across America. Even the Trekkies and Comic Heads would go there (I think).
It's going to be called "Dee 20's" or "the Hargonian Grill" maybe just "Cafe le Nerd" I haven't decided yet; but the food is going to be awesome and very wittily named.
*Ahem*
We have the Full Plate special of the day, the chalk board with be on a full size shiny suit of armor's chest plate.
For the kids we'll have a 'halfling menu' Consisting of all the foods kids like to eat (like say: ravioli) only with super cool names and possibly died fun colors. Common what kid wouldn't go crazy for blue mac-n-cheese or a tie die corndog?
I'm going to draw up a menu (after I find a good free photo studio download) and it'll be more detailed and awesome since I'll have time to remember all the food names (like Will's Orc War Shake, a cinnamon caramel milk shake with dark chocolate on top or fudge on the bottom).
And everything will be decorated in nerdtastic style. I've already decided on huge bone (or crystal depending on who you talk to) D10 for salt and pepper shakers. I even thought it'd be fun to have a "Luck Roll" special: Roll a D20 to see what meal you get for a flat price (something like $7.50).
If anyone has any awesome ideas they want to volunteer for free let me hear 'em! I love getting feedback and am interested in what other mind sets come up with.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Hostile Territory
Geno's soul is being held hostage till the Sheildless can obtain the last item for the weird chaos thing that popped out of his sword a couple weeks ago. That item is in a place of 'untold' danger; the bahazaine crater. Where our dragon borne friend Kragon is from, where he can't go back to but took us to anyways to help out our friend.
Without event we hiked up and down mountains, Kragon holding a burning stick that would keep all the baddies off of us the entire way.
At long last we found ourselves in front of the BloodTalon clan's fortress thing. Kragon goes up and knocks on the door, gets knocked out, and dragged into the fortress while a whole legion of dragons and draco hounds (like rancor dogs) come pouring out. The rest of the team stared wide eyed and warred with themselves and each other over going in to the fray and saving Kragon or running. The incense stops burning and there's a bone chilling howl right before a hawk sized wyvern find us and starts spewing fire into the air to alert the dragons of our position.
Yeah we ran.
Ran straight into a herd of wild boar. Ran straight into the thick sticky mud of a river filled with crocodiles. Ran towards the more familiar parts of the jungle and maybe back to White Cliff to get the help of Tacit's aunt.
Then Verdant heard some women calling for help and had to run off and be hero. Idiot. Zii told him not to go, Kragon was their first priority after staying alive, but Mr. Knight-in-dented-armor had to go and save the day.
Turns out Zii was right. They were evil man eating dryads. The party got wrapped up in thorny vines and nearly killed till Eratar (who was the Sheriff from Dead's End in our campaign with Shawn and Missy) shows up and does his minotaurly awesome head bashing.
With a little persuasion, and Tacit's cute 16 year old puppy eyes, Eratar is going to help us find and rescue Kragon. Sweet.
Now we just have to come up with a plan.
Without event we hiked up and down mountains, Kragon holding a burning stick that would keep all the baddies off of us the entire way.
At long last we found ourselves in front of the BloodTalon clan's fortress thing. Kragon goes up and knocks on the door, gets knocked out, and dragged into the fortress while a whole legion of dragons and draco hounds (like rancor dogs) come pouring out. The rest of the team stared wide eyed and warred with themselves and each other over going in to the fray and saving Kragon or running. The incense stops burning and there's a bone chilling howl right before a hawk sized wyvern find us and starts spewing fire into the air to alert the dragons of our position.
Yeah we ran.
Ran straight into a herd of wild boar. Ran straight into the thick sticky mud of a river filled with crocodiles. Ran towards the more familiar parts of the jungle and maybe back to White Cliff to get the help of Tacit's aunt.
Then Verdant heard some women calling for help and had to run off and be hero. Idiot. Zii told him not to go, Kragon was their first priority after staying alive, but Mr. Knight-in-dented-armor had to go and save the day.
Turns out Zii was right. They were evil man eating dryads. The party got wrapped up in thorny vines and nearly killed till Eratar (who was the Sheriff from Dead's End in our campaign with Shawn and Missy) shows up and does his minotaurly awesome head bashing.
With a little persuasion, and Tacit's cute 16 year old puppy eyes, Eratar is going to help us find and rescue Kragon. Sweet.
Now we just have to come up with a plan.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Remelema ding dong
To torture our Characters I tossed them into the kind of the plot that means a lot of running back and forth to get the job done. Most places they had to visit made them come back... one place was full of screaming fan boys and girls that swarmed the Githzerai and Dragonborn in our party. There was an entire Drow Village under the city that was their goal... you know little things. (I loved seeing the look on Will and Jex's face when they saw the picture I drew of the drow village. The look of 'OH NOES!' after the 'oh yeahs'*koolaide man style of course* that the secret tunnel had brought on was definitely giggleworthy)
I tried to incorporate a lot of elements that we haven't had a lot of in role playing thus far. Notes and letters could be found if the bodies of the baddies got searched. One of them had to be decoded. There were little keys that interactions with the NPC's would give away for special items like shiny magic armor.
I even set up some stuff so that the characters didn't have to fight some of the bad guys and could actually win them to their side. (they kinda won over the giant lighting snake, Naga for the veteran players, to their side and got some information that they otherwise wouldn't have)
I feel good about the traps they had to disarm; who doesn't love flying pendulums of death? About the river they had to cross and the cliff they had to climb.
The NPC's created themselves nicely. Ebon the half drow informant of the iron unicorns and her whimsical attitude and love of drama. Lyria the all business, sweet, librarian with a backbone. Irkim my drow paladin (yeah you heard right). The emo Wizard prodigy that never got a name but has enough personality to feel 'real'.
Yup I feel really good about how it all turned out. Will and Jex said it felt like they were really adventuring, not just running around smashing faces and finding random loot.
I gotta love Verdant and his Thievery check mojo. "I see the pattern!" "This picture looks like Arathorn's face!" "I like blue... it has to be the blue button." And did I mention that Verdant's lilt of tone turns into a big black lady at a pentecostal type service? Oh yes. Oh lordy. Oh dear someone is going to kill me for this comment, but it's true! XD! And funny.
So yeah, my chapter turned out pretty well. Some time soon I'll be posting a new comic and a filler pic I finished coloring today. (Microsoft Paint is the devil!)
Till the next time.
I tried to incorporate a lot of elements that we haven't had a lot of in role playing thus far. Notes and letters could be found if the bodies of the baddies got searched. One of them had to be decoded. There were little keys that interactions with the NPC's would give away for special items like shiny magic armor.
I even set up some stuff so that the characters didn't have to fight some of the bad guys and could actually win them to their side. (they kinda won over the giant lighting snake, Naga for the veteran players, to their side and got some information that they otherwise wouldn't have)
I feel good about the traps they had to disarm; who doesn't love flying pendulums of death? About the river they had to cross and the cliff they had to climb.
The NPC's created themselves nicely. Ebon the half drow informant of the iron unicorns and her whimsical attitude and love of drama. Lyria the all business, sweet, librarian with a backbone. Irkim my drow paladin (yeah you heard right). The emo Wizard prodigy that never got a name but has enough personality to feel 'real'.
Yup I feel really good about how it all turned out. Will and Jex said it felt like they were really adventuring, not just running around smashing faces and finding random loot.
I gotta love Verdant and his Thievery check mojo. "I see the pattern!" "This picture looks like Arathorn's face!" "I like blue... it has to be the blue button." And did I mention that Verdant's lilt of tone turns into a big black lady at a pentecostal type service? Oh yes. Oh lordy. Oh dear someone is going to kill me for this comment, but it's true! XD! And funny.
So yeah, my chapter turned out pretty well. Some time soon I'll be posting a new comic and a filler pic I finished coloring today. (Microsoft Paint is the devil!)
Till the next time.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Nerdkingdom Ho! Not Hoe... ho.... er... I mean...
So another jewel in the crown of the Nerdkingdom is that of sexist comments. It could be anything from Synova calling the fire breathing Bueno Dragon his Bizach, or one of the girl characters asking what size skirt to by the paladin as he worries about his fantasmical hair.
The jewel shone brightly at our last get together this passed Sunday evening.
I can't even remember how it started; but I can assume it was innocent enough with a few jabs here and there at femininity (<-- who invented that word?! It's stupid hard to spell!). Ha! I got it! The girls (3 out of 13 of the characters) ended up getting teamed up in the labyrinth. We killed the bad guys faster; My Ranger slicing, Celestia the Warlock blasting, and Arael doing some buffs and blasts with her divine powers. Well we got cocky and started a verbal spar against the guys who weren't hitting their bad guys very hard or very well. When we got to the end and this HUGE ASS fat red dragon roars at us after a bolder sealed us into the underground aztec looking temple it got out of hand.
Arael: We have to team up against this guy!
Jex: Yeah, why don't you girls team up and make me a Sandwich.
DadaM: *fist bump Jex*
Matt: *Nodding and laughing* Awe yeah.
Will and Brandon: *Laughing discretely*
Sara (arael's player), Carrie (celestia's player), and Me: *mouths agape gasping in horror and a hint of indignation*
Sara: Rem you need to get him under control. *pokes Matt in the face* He's a bad example.
Me: *thinks: Ha! like I have any control over my husband*
And the men chuckled while the women sputtered for longer than was really necessary.
Yay D&D, yay.
The jewel shone brightly at our last get together this passed Sunday evening.
I can't even remember how it started; but I can assume it was innocent enough with a few jabs here and there at femininity (<-- who invented that word?! It's stupid hard to spell!). Ha! I got it! The girls (3 out of 13 of the characters) ended up getting teamed up in the labyrinth. We killed the bad guys faster; My Ranger slicing, Celestia the Warlock blasting, and Arael doing some buffs and blasts with her divine powers. Well we got cocky and started a verbal spar against the guys who weren't hitting their bad guys very hard or very well. When we got to the end and this HUGE ASS fat red dragon roars at us after a bolder sealed us into the underground aztec looking temple it got out of hand.
Arael: We have to team up against this guy!
Jex: Yeah, why don't you girls team up and make me a Sandwich.
DadaM: *fist bump Jex*
Matt: *Nodding and laughing* Awe yeah.
Will and Brandon: *Laughing discretely*
Sara (arael's player), Carrie (celestia's player), and Me: *mouths agape gasping in horror and a hint of indignation*
Sara: Rem you need to get him under control. *pokes Matt in the face* He's a bad example.
Me: *thinks: Ha! like I have any control over my husband*
And the men chuckled while the women sputtered for longer than was really necessary.
Yay D&D, yay.
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