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RftG
We are almost ready to begin game 10 of Race for the Galaxy - now with double digits! I shall be sending out starting hands and whatnot once everything's ready. Here are the parameters:
- We're using the base game and the first two expansions.
- That means we have enough cards to support six players! They are:
omnis
chrismg
Connie Neil
Ryan
-t
Laga
- We are using goals, as we have for the last few games.
- Starting hand: every player will receive six cards and discard two, so they start with 4 cards in hand. They will also receive two starting world options, and choose one to start their layout.
It's been a while since last we played. If anyone needs a refresher on anything, just let me know.
Kalshane I recently had a party discover an ancient temple full of cursed sepulchers. Most of them figured out that the 'blessings' the dead wished to bestow on them were not worth it but the barbarian accepted four blessings and is now short tempered, egotistical, covered in oily black fur, and has to eat a pound of bones or graveyard dirt per day or he will die.
And what did the curses do to him? (I have yet to encounter a barbarian in-game that wasn't short-tempered or egotistical and the fur and dirt-eating aren't really that much of a stretch.)
He's dragonborn so yeah, now he's a furry, oily dragon. I should say he's become
more
short tempered and egotistical due to the curses. And I swear he was not eating dirt and bones before the curse.
Sorry for the delay. I have insent my starting world and discards.
I'm trying. But now that I'm not at work anymore, they cut off my access to OneNote sync. Yikes.
One fun thing I did forget to mention was that when the paladin first started attacking his friends the barbarian player immediately asked if she could throw him behind the goblins they were fighting. A couple Athletics checks later and the paladin was picking himself up off the ground and tearing into the goblins' back ranks.
I made the mistake of telling the party I was DMing that I'd let them get away with just about anything if they could make the game mechanics work. I eventually had to have a thief come through and take away all their belts of giant strength etc. They did finally realize that the tiny white kitten that was following them around and looking adorable was not something they could throw rocks at--darn those avatars of touchy gods.
I am loving these D&D tales.
One of my favorite moments in the previous (Pathfinder) campaign was when the party ran into a coven of hags, who identified the party oracle as the most immediate threat and hit her with Baleful Polymorph to turn her into a toad (as you do.) She passed the save to retain her mind and, looking over the rules, realized that she could still use a good number of her powers. Cue one flying toad putting the mental whammy on her foes. All glory to the Hypnotoad!
Oh, that pleases me no end.
