(To the tune of "Eye of the Tiger")
o/~ Risin' up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive
So many times, it was over too fast
You change your passion for boredom
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive
It's the start of the game, it's the dream of Ex. P
Risin' up to the challenge of the GM
And the eager player now makes up his P.C.
And he's watchin' the boards for the start of the game o/~
Deleted Scenes. You know the routine.
From Brian:
Where have all good PCs gone
And where are all the GMs?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To roll the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery sheet?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream of what he'll beat
I need HERO
I'm holding out for a rulebook til the end of the night
It's gotta be strong
And it's gotta be big
And it's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need HERO...
<Rezantis> You're going to want to reinforce the fourth wall before we start this.
<Bjorn> Hm?
<Rezantis> Probably concrete buttresses.
<Bjorn> This maaaay be the case.
<Bjorn> Perhaps I should note that any and all LotR references will be met with "rocks fall everyone dies."
<Rezantis> But our characters will have actually read Lord of the Rings.
<Bjorn> ...
<Bjorn> BLARGH! DEFEATED BY LOGIC!
<@Bjorn> Brian's intro session won't be any longer than yours was.
<Rez> So noted.
<@Brian> <@Bjorn> You know what? A SWAT armored spider grabs you and stuffs you into the trunk of a car on your way home.
<@Brian> <Brian> But--
<@Brian> <@Bjorn> You wake up with the rest of the party.
<@Bjorn> ... That's better than what I had planned.
12:51 <@Bjorn> "A cryptographer," she says thoughtfully. "Would you call them heroes?"
12:51 * Brian is actually somewhat taken aback by the question. "Well.... You know, that's a good question. I think.... Definately in the end, though it's not always clear until they get there."
12:53 <@Bjorn> "But what about their own perspective," she pursues. "Do they see themselves as heroes? Do they see an opportunity put before them, and seize on it? Or are they dragged into affairs, against their own wishes?"
12:54 <@Brian> "They got stuffed in a car trunk by a SWAT armored spider."
Following Nathan's intro session:
[18:40] Bjorn: Next!
[18:41] Rez: Please note: My first action after this session
[18:41] Rez: And I want this noted down
[18:41] Rez: The moment time resumes
[18:41] Rez: I am going to voice a profanity.
[18:41] Rez: *nod*
[18:42] Rez: Just noting.
<@Brian> Aw, man! My Starfleet Academy shirt got ELF on it!
14:58 * Halbarad is an Adept!
14:58 < Rez> Have done so!
14:58 <@Halbarad> Brian is a Pansy?
14:58 * Brian <_<s.
14:58 < Rez> He totally is.
14:58 <+Brian> Shut up. I have a healing spell.
14:59 <+Brian> ;_;
14:59 < Rez> FRIEND.
14:59 < Rez> BUDDY
14:59 < Rez> PAL!
14:59 <@Halbarad> I love you, man.
[22:25] Bjorn: <Brian> You're all prone to ignoring me...
[22:26] Halbarad: I'm not!
[22:26] Brian: <Halbarad> Well, you got Elf on you.
[22:27] Brian: <Brian> Fine! Be that way! I'm gonna join the Fae!
[22:27] Brian: <Fae> Go away, filthy Fae-melting half-thing.
[22:27] Brian: <Brian> ;.;
[22:45] Bjorn: I assume, btw, you're using clairaudience in this as well.
[22:46] Brian: Of course.
[22:46] Bjorn: Brian has managed to show off all but two of his powers so far.
[22:46] Bjorn: You guys have managed to prove you know less languages than him.
[22:46] Bjorn: Go go Team Elf.
This is too awesome not to post.
(http://home.austin.rr.com/tmaus/charphone.jpg)
I AM READY TO GAME. I have my CHARACTER SHEET on my PHONE.
<@Halbarad> Hatbot, could you fill in for Rez?
<+Hatbot> Without a doubt, Halbarad.
<@Halbarad> Right on!
<@Halbarad> Hatbot: brace and shoot or dive for cover?
<+Hatbot> I'll pick dive for cover, Halbarad.
<@Halbarad> He's a natural.
<Halbarad> Okay, now I think *I* must be drunk.
<Bjorn> Eh?
<Halbarad> Due to the music I'm listening to, I suddently have a picture of Rez and his armor being obliterated out of nowhere by a large katamari.
[20:46] <Rez> REquesting an AM check on the topic of: Water.
[20:46] <Rez> >.>
[20:47] <@Bjorn> ...
[20:47] <@Bjorn> Okay, go ahead.
[20:47] <@Halbarad> <Bjorn> "It's wet."
[20:48] <@Halbarad> <Bjorn> "You think Sir Viking might have drunk some once or twice, but you're not sure."
Bjorn: I was going to try and slaughter you today.
Bjorn: But without Nathan to assist you, I am afeared I would succeed.
• Bjorn ponders.
Bjorn: I could send Dee to assist you!
Brian: Fuck you.
Brian: Sorry.
Brian: Knee-jerk reaction.
[12:35] <Rez> Do I actually know how to trigger the change? :D
[12:36] <@Bjorn> Yes, you do.
[12:36] <@Halbarad> Iron Rez Power, Make Up!
[12:36] <@Bjorn> Feel free to make up how. :P
[12:36] <@Bjorn> Except don't listen to Hal.
[12:36] * @Brian snickers.
[12:36] <@Brian> I am the magical pretty warrior of crushing and steel!
[12:36] <@Bjorn> Pfft.
[12:36] <@Bjorn> Rezepticon... transform! More than meets the eye!
[12:37] <@Brian> As long as Rez doesn't just do a striptease, revealing himself to be iron underneath. 'cause ... just ... no.
[12:37] <@Bjorn> Ooo.
[12:37] <@Bjorn> Iron Golem pantyshot.
[12:37] <@Halbarad> >_>;;
[12:37] <@Brian> <IronRez> Feel the iron. Baby.
[12:37] <@Bjorn> "Is that a chastity belt, or... or... arggggh my eyes"
<Rez> I am totally aborting to dive for cover.
<Brian> I hate you.
<Halbarad> You suck.
Blame the rodent for putting the idea in my head.
<Brian> I should probably point out that I have '+8 to attacks versus a lavadog in abandon human cities while being an elf' on my character sheet.
<Brian> I know it sounds unlikely, but I thought, "It's cheap," so....
<Brian> :D
<Bjorn> Yeah, I noticed that. I'm sorry I forgot it last battle. :(
<Bjorn> Unfortunately, you only have the personality of an elf, not the body, so it don't count none.
<Brian> I just had an image of Rez on one of those Jazzercise programs, with an announcer saying, "Come on golems, WORK those abs!"
[08:06] <@OkibiOhki> I'm going to sleep now, unfortunately.
[08:06] <@OkibiOhki> This gives you and Rez all kinds of time to speculate and discuss.
[08:06] <@OkibiOhki> With Rez's ... non-speakyness, and all. o_o
[08:06] <@Halbarad> Er... yeah.
[08:06] <@OkibiOhki> It'll be fun! He can pantomime!
[08:07] <@OkibiOhki> Tim: "I think that we should probably ask them about shelter first."
[08:07] <@OkibiOhki> Nathan disagrees with interpetive dance.
[08:07] <@OkibiOhki> Fae: O_o?
[08:07] <@OkibiOhki> ahh, I need sleeep.
<Halbarad> <Brian> "I, uh, turned him into goop."
<Halbarad> <Brian> "...sorry?"
<Bjorn> <Fae> "He has been transcended!"
<Halbarad> <Brian> "So your ultimate goal in life is to become goop?"
<Bjorn> Not just goop -- IMMORTAL goop.
<Bjorn> And hey, if you can be turned into goop at a touch, well, that's not a bad goal.
<Halbarad> It's not? o_o
<Bjorn> Well, if you're going to be goop, might as well be immortal goop.
<Halbarad> I SUPPOSE, but is there a plus to being living and apparently inanimate goop?
<Bjorn> You mean, compared to being a pansy?
<Halbarad> Oh, well. When you put it THAT way.
Faeghorn Leghorn: "Fortunately, I say, fortunately I keep my goop numbered for just such an occasion."
Brian: Mifanetya is which number?
Bjorn: 30k2.
Bjorn: You killed Numba Nine.
Halbarad: So are lower or higher numbers good?
Bjorn: Roll AM.
Halbarad: roll 3d6 for NUMBERS~!
• Hatbot --> "Halbarad rolls 3d6 for NUMBERS~! and gets 4." [3d6=1, 2, 1
Halbarad: I KNOW numbers.
Bjorn: You've got no fucking clue.
<Brian> Alrighty, Hal!
<Brian> Now we're totally confused as to what information we actually even got.
<Brian> Your secrets, Bjorn, are SAFE.
<Bjorn> Heh.
<Bjorn> He's off base.
<Bjorn> Sort of.
<Bjorn> Or, put more correctly, he is entirely wrong, but wrong in such a way that questioning along these lines might lead you closer to the right answer!
<Bjorn> If you ask the right questions.
*Brian did not ask the right questions.
<Bjorn> And that's how I know I'm doing my job RIGHT!