Miami; the Makeshift Mermaid and other Yarns

[Funge]

My apologies for intruding, but this reminded me of the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets songs "One-Gilled Girl" and "The Innsmouth Look."

You got your Cthulhu in my Dresden!

[Funge]

Our obsidian page is getting huge and awesome.

I've poked around the site a bit looking at other games, and ours by far is the most complete and has the most information.

After another session or two, I've considered linking it to the community here since there is such a huge amount of info and resources for other groups just starting out.

There are some huge games on there that have been going for years, but I haven't had a chance to look at much of the Dreseden-specific stuff so we might actually be ahead of the curve on that.

[Malkyne]

Also, Tess, I'm pretty sure I left my water bottle at your place the first time around.  I'm bad about that sometimes.  Can you bring it to Sunday's session?

You sure did.  I think I've moved it to Jason's place, already, in anticipation of your arrival.

[Malkyne]

I'm not sure we should do that since you have the stripped-down rules posted there. I think its fine for our own use but unless we can lock down that section we should keep it to ourselves.

If we need space to post eyes-only game information (e.g. game rules info, non-PG-rated stories, etc.), we can either use the Google Docs folder for that, OR, Jason or I could provide a private wiki area for that.

[fantazero]

heh,
weird.
Watching "Freaks and Geeks"  last episode involves them playing D&D.
Turn on Community
and their playing D&D.
And then the wife she turns to me and says "Is this what you've been doing?"
 

[Ren]

Shoulda been playing this game instead...

[fantazero]

Shoulda been playing this game instead...

then my nerd-gasm would have destroyed the world.

[BumblingBear]

If we need space to post eyes-only game information (e.g. game rules info, non-PG-rated stories, etc.), we can either use the Google Docs folder for that, OR, Jason or I could provide a private wiki area for that.

I am in awe of our secret-squirrel vibes as a group.

then my nerd-gasm would have destroyed the world.

Just don't tap on a scary fucking fish tank's glass, ok?

Soooomebody has problems in that regard....   

[devonapple]

You got your Cthulhu in my Dresden!

Yeah, *I* put that there. Jim Butcher had nothing to do with it.

[BumblingBear]

I hope we start getting significant milestones soon.

I've got to save 5 of them before I can do what I want to do skill-wise.  

Poor Ethan may be stagnant for a while.

I'm not sure where we are in the story yet (any hints Ren?) and lots of stuff keeps happening.

I'm pretty sure I heard Ren say this last weekend that we have some sort of milestone coming up at the beginning of our next session and I've been bouncing off the walls thinking of the possibilities.

So anyway - I have a question (yes, there is actually a point to this post).  For the people who miss a session or two, will they be advancing at the same rate as everyone else?  How are we going to handle that?

[Funge]

heh,
weird.
Watching "Freaks and Geeks"  last episode involves them playing D&D.
Turn on Community
and their playing D&D.
And then the wife she turns to me and says "Is this what you've been doing?"
 

Be sure to tell her we all look like James Franco, too.

Fun fact:  the Dungeon Master in the Freaks and Geeks episode is played by Stephen Lea Sheppard, who these days writes roleplaying games.

[Funge]

Hey, who's the "lenpw" listed as a member of the party on the Obsidian Portal page?

[fantazero]

Be sure to tell her we all look like James Franco, too.

okay

speaking of Dungeons and Dragons and James Franco and getting off topic 
anyone see the R-Band Trailer for "Your Highness"?

[Ren]

I have seen the trailer and the movie looks like it will be fun!

[edit] confirmed, lenpw is the friend I invited to check out our site.

I am going to talk to him about crossing up adventures at some point so we can have an even more greatly-expanded group of players at least for special events.

[quizboy]

I want one of these...http://www.hammerdog.com/twgs/index.html#Landscape...but $40 is steep...may have to talk to a friend of mind who works at a print shop about making something similar for me. I once saw a really cool screen that was magnetized and had customizable magnetic strips you could move around to reflect initiative changes etc...just need an aid to keep track of all the changing aspects on NPCs...8P

Ian,
  I have quite the collection of RPG supplies, and I might be able to help out with this a bit.  I have a generic (slip in the pages you want) style GM screen that I'll bring to the next session; the only problem I've heard with this type of screen is that they can tear at the joints.  You can try this out to see if you find it useful and still want to pick one up.
  The one I have is in landscape mode, and has three panels; I have Dresden print outs for the outside (copies of the RPG cover artwork), and the two page GM screen printout from the DFRPG website.  I slid in an extra insert for spellcasting, but it's sidewayes (portrait not landscape).

I also have one of the magnetic initiative tracker boards (a bought one, and one I made myself).  We could try them out as well, and see what you like.  I'll also bring a couple of dice towers to see what people thing about them as well...

Later.

--Steven (aka. Gavin the Lore Master)