Right, Hec. I know my Davids apart, I swear.
Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em. Zoe: Shoot 'em? Mal: Politely.
'Serenity'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.
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chrismg - Jan 04, 2021 1:00:21 pm PST #26115 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Gudanov - Jul 31, 2021 10:26:52 am PDT #26116 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
Sorry I dropped off in the middle of a game. Went through a rough period.
Kalshane - Sep 08, 2021 6:14:10 am PDT #26117 of 26133
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
So with my bad back and my desk chair being one of the few places I can sit without pain I've been putting a ridiculous amount of time into Solasta: Crown of the Magister on PC lately. It's a turn-based 5th Edition D&D CRPG (though it uses the SRD rather than the full license) and I'm having a blast with it. (It reminds me of the old Temple of Elemental Evil video game, but less buggy.) I've played through the official campaign twice and am now working my way through some of the many user-created dungeons and trying out various mods.
Much like ToEE you create a full party (4 characters in this case). As part of character creation you assign them personality traits that influences what they say during cutscenes (though the system isn't quite as robust as I would like as some lines are always said and can seem out of character when they come up.) My favorite character I made so far is a Sellsword Dwarf Rogue who comes across like a sarcastic London street tough.
dcp - Oct 19, 2021 9:54:35 am PDT #26118 of 26133
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
For you Halo fans, an a capella version of the theme: [link]
Cass - Nov 16, 2021 6:35:01 pm PST #26119 of 26133
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I love that music.
DavidS - Dec 11, 2021 9:35:14 am PST #26120 of 26133
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Just wanted to let y'all know that Emmett has gotten so into D&D that he's DMing a campaign, spends more time writing up scenarios every week than he does on his homework, and bought his girlfriend (who plays in his campaign) Fancy Dice for xmas.
Kalshane - Dec 11, 2021 9:59:55 am PST #26121 of 26133
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
That's awesome!
I was very similar when I first started DMing as far as workload. Tell him he doesn't have to come up with everything himself. Finding out that it was okay to "steal" things and that even the best DM's steal was much needed for my sanity when gaming as an adult.
For example, I made an inn in a frontier town based on Quark's Place from DS9, only instead of Ferengi the Quark and Rom analogs were dwarves. The players enjoyed it and even the hardcore Trekkers didn't pick up on the source material. I also frequently swipe plot hooks, story beats and even dungeons and NPCs from published adventures before tweaking them to fit the story I'm telling.
DavidS - Dec 11, 2021 11:03:57 am PST #26122 of 26133
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Tell him he doesn't have to come up with everything himself. Finding out that it was okay to "steal" things and that even the best DM's steal was much needed for my sanity when gaming as an adult.
I'll relay that! But not on Tuesday because that's gaming night and he will accept no calls.
dcp - Jan 10, 2022 12:36:43 pm PST #26123 of 26133
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Have you seen this yet?
"The Evolution of Trust" [link]
Neither the topic nor the conclusions might be new to you, but I enjoyed the presentation.
Kalshane - Feb 28, 2022 12:57:31 pm PST #26124 of 26133
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I'm really enjoying Horizon: Forbidden West (HZD is easily on my top 5 all time favorite games list) but man the increased difficultly and loss of all my cool gear from the first game is rough. Just wish I was able to play on a PS5 so the post-death reloads were shorter.
I'm about 28 hours in and have probably died more on Normal than I did in my entire NG+ Ultra Hard run to get the Platinum trophy for it.
The writing and acting is still great and I'm enjoying the follow-up to the phenomenal story of the first game. I had some suspicions confirmed but I'm sure they're going to throw more twists our way as well.