Start of #Exalted buffer: Mon Aug 18 21:15:41 2008 [17:20:39] Rusty was going to be away for part of the session, right? [17:21:49] I don't remember [17:21:56] 1d20 [17:21:57] Eilenia rolls 1D20: 13 [17:26:00] I'm gonna need a heads up [17:26:03] I don't remember a pillar. [17:26:04] On what's going on [17:26:30] The...altar/idol thing that looked maybe alive. [17:26:40] Aah [17:26:52] That I thought was going to come to life and eat us. :saddowns: [17:27:18] Alright. A few sessions ago, the PCs went to check out the town sluices. They found guards concerned because the guy who normally patrols the overflow and deals with the goblins had disappeared [17:28:03] Will my 18 passive insight pick up on Devia's plight? [17:28:24] It turns out that most of the town's nobles, controlled by the parasites, had been using an old cavern that the sewers connected to as a temple, and had strongarmed the goblins into being guards [17:28:35] ah [17:28:43] Down there, you found some documents, a strange altar, and a doppelganger. [17:28:52] And that depends entirely on wether she's trying to disguise it [17:29:18] If not, looking will be enough to tell. Otherwise, it depends on a bluff check [17:29:19] Wait, so Devia was here last session? [17:29:23] Yeah [17:29:23] Yeah [17:29:24] yesem [17:29:32] oh :downs: [17:29:39] HI! [17:29:47] Hi! :downs: [17:30:55] aaaaahahahahhahah, there's a rumor that the Xbox version of Rock Band 2 will have an achievement for playing the entire Endless Setlist without pausing. ;laffo: [17:31:09] Hahaha christ [17:31:34] I'm kind of torn about wether to get Rock Band 2 when it comes out or wait until they release the full set so I can have two guitars and a new drumkit [17:37:11] You guys just go ahead and tell me when you're ready to end the scene [17:37:33] *shoves them in the inn* [17:37:40] I don't want to rush you, especially since we're in the middle of a introduction [17:37:47] I'm ready [17:38:18] I'll character rp all day. [17:38:24] so when ever you guys are done. [17:38:49] heh [17:38:58] I love eve...al.ready. [17:39:48] :D [17:40:10] in soviet d and d you eat dragon? [17:40:56] hehe [17:41:12] hrm [17:41:18] Eve's coin purse is still 0. [17:41:21] I feel this is remiss. [17:41:34] (And I probably butchered the use of remiss there.) [17:42:37] elven... beard? [17:42:43] You were remiss in your use of language. [17:42:51] Indeed. [17:43:12] Elves can grow beards, and if you think otherwise, you're a racist. :colbert: [17:43:15] No one found any gp? [17:43:18] But the PHB says otherwise [17:43:23] We paid for a room already,didn't we/ [17:43:27] Elves with human blood can. [17:43:33] I'm heading toward the bar. [17:43:36] The PHB also says that jews are all cheap. :colbert: [17:43:38] I'm russian. [17:43:45] hahaha [17:44:02] You were remiss in your placement of facial hair, Cha. [17:44:10] Hahah [17:44:30] hahahaha [17:44:45] I just realized from reading Devia's emote that Eve IS pretty and has no coin and wants to drink. [17:45:04] hahahaha [17:45:16] Here we go, elves have little body hair. [17:45:24] it is patchy [17:45:27] I wonder if she's above seducing men for free drinks. [17:45:31] So an elf is perfectly capable of having a shitty beard. Page 41. [17:45:37] haha [17:45:44] hahaha [17:46:20] I wonder if I can pull off some bullshit about liking men with beards and seducing a bottle of vodka from the barkeep. [17:46:42] He's probably proud of his shitty little beard. [17:46:51] (may have taken him 50 years to grow it) [17:47:04] Devia can turn into someone pretty any time she likes. [17:47:06] the sight of it makes dwarves vomit. [17:47:28] So we got NO gold from the sewer expedition? [17:47:34] Or since we got into town? [17:47:36] Or he could be self-conscious about it, or he could have shaved recently and is growing in his full winter beard and thinks you're a patronizing bitch. :V [17:47:37] yes she can but the afect is a bit ruined if they know shes a dopleganger [17:48:05] Well, you could always leave and come back. :V [17:48:10] HA [17:48:16] meh [17:48:28] It's too bad the Paizo Book of Beards isn't 4e compatible, or else I could roll on the random beard-based self-esteem chart [17:48:28] I wanna see if he can figure out how to get free vodka by himself. [17:48:30] You don't have to walk around in your natural form either [17:48:39] Yeah. [17:48:44] Cha... you're not serious [17:48:47] she is right now. [17:48:51] Got it in one. [17:49:09] Is there anyone else at the bar? [17:49:53] Nah. [17:50:00] It'd be easier to seduce someone buying drinks to buy one more, me thinks, than to seduce a free drink from the guy selling them [17:50:02] damn [17:50:07] http://fabrydesign.com/tf/sandvich.htm hahahaha [17:50:18] Not many traders currently, and the locals are probably in another bar rather than one run by an inn. [17:50:26] * Eve_Kasnora nods. [17:50:43] hrm [17:51:14] http://nickisimo.blogspot.com/2008/07/other-side-of-vixenita-fiasco.html This is....one of the saddest things I've ever read, I love it. [17:54:54] ...Hahahaha [17:55:05] I love high-end video game drama [17:56:21] I remember hearing some CoH goon mention that the only interesting thing that happened when he was playing Eve was that he started a diplomatic incident by sending a shipment of ore to an allied corporation in a freighter named Dongs, or something. [17:56:58] Hahahahahhaa [17:56:58] hahahahahaha [18:01:06] diplomacy time [18:01:18] 1d20+9 [18:01:19] Eve_Kasnora rolls 1D20+9: 6 +9 = 15 [18:01:27] I love how he ends with "I don't think about her" when he's clearly FUCKING OBSESSED. [18:01:28] damn [18:01:58] hahahaha [18:04:16] (I think the best part of Eve is that it's a game specifically designed to generate drama, and *people still pay for it*. It's like knowing a kleptomaniac who tries to sleep with everybody, and giving him $15 a month) [18:04:31] Yeah [18:04:35] how can i be making withthe diplomacy check? [18:04:47] Roll a d20 and add your DIplomacy modifier [18:04:51] (Except that's an imperfect analogy, since to be like Eve, the kleptonymphomaniac would also have to be boring as hell when they're not ruining things for everyone) [18:04:58] sunrod. [18:04:58] Or your Charisma modifier if you have no Diplomacy-specific mods [18:05:12] I dunno, I kind of think the drama is a selling point. [18:05:37] This is for Eve online? [18:05:43] I can't tell what's happening. [18:05:52] I thought it was some rockband leaderboard or something [18:06:00] 1d20+4 [18:06:00] Devia rolls 1D20+4: 8 +4 = 12 [18:06:03] damn [18:06:11] We're just making a comparison as they're both about trivial videogame drama [18:06:17] late ont eh draw [18:06:18] But I get to hear about it as it happens, which is almost as good [18:06:30] Okay, Cha, on a scale from 3 to 18, how good looking is this barkeep? [18:07:00] The drama where a dev was helping that one guild get epic spaceships was pretty terrific to see unfold. [18:07:08] Hahah [18:07:40] Eve has been in a swamp for who knows how long and she's probably had nothing but sunrods to keep her company. [18:07:43] I'd say probably pretty much average. He might look better if he cleaned up a little, but his facial hair is kind of ruining the effect. [18:07:54] * Eve_Kasnora nods. [18:08:07] I'm not sure elves are Eve's thing either. [18:08:53] Yeah, that was phenomenal. I liked the SA specific one where someone spread around an MP3 of a "GOONFLEET STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH" and they flipped the shit out. [18:09:15] What? [18:10:24] hahahahhahaha [18:10:33] ... [18:10:34] Something Awufl has a .... history in EVE Online, to say the least [18:10:36] I think i just died [18:10:41] Now, here's the thing... does Eve have an acurate picture of what she looks like? [18:11:21] If not, she's genuinely complimenting Devia on her appearance. [18:11:37] hahahaha [18:11:39] They got up in the mods faces and claimed copyright and shit, I think the guy who gave the speech even claimed to be a 'professional voice actor'. [18:11:48] Hahahahahaha [18:12:18] hahaha what? [18:12:21] The WORST thing about Eve Online was learning that The Great Scam was entirely fictional. :( [18:12:26] aw [18:12:30] The Great Scam? [18:12:49] Well, mirrors probably exist. [18:13:26] reflections in puddles [18:13:39] Puddles don't exist. >:( [18:13:59] Whuh oh [18:14:06] She probably had a mirror in her little swamp cabin, yeah [18:14:27] Here we go. Romans had bronze, silver, and silver-and-gold-based mirrors [18:14:57] Assuming that Nerath was basically roman in technology, good mirrors are probably not uncommon. [18:15:01] alls she needy was a shinny plate [18:15:10] needed* [18:15:41] heh [18:15:52] I'm sure there's steel mirrors or something [18:15:57] The Great Scam was this amazing series of posts by this guy about an EPIC grief in Eve Online, in which he suckered some people out of hundreds of millions of Evebucks (like, $2000 worth of real money). It was an amazing read. [18:15:58] There was in 3e [18:16:15] hah [18:16:46] no idea how to spell ahsuphacust [18:16:49] esophagus? [18:16:53] Esophagus, yeah [18:16:54] cuase I'm special. [18:16:55] haha [18:17:05] I thought you had Devia choking on her drink [18:17:21] she kinda did. not over board. [18:17:39] just the face. [18:17:41] Huh, it just occured to me: Alcohol can be treated as a poison. [18:18:01] haha [18:18:13] it was in 3e [18:18:18] In 3e... yeah [18:18:35] Yeah, but I never figured out how the fuck poisons in 3e worked. [18:18:55] I'm sure Nova could tell us, and we'd have no idea if he was telling the truth or not [18:18:59] fort save, take ability damage, 10 rounds later, fort save, ability damage [18:19:11] then 10 days later, fort save, ability damage [18:19:24] Then 10 years later, fort save, ability damage [18:19:32] haha [18:19:42] you lost your fort save, your kidneys fail [18:20:02] Meanwhile, here, I can say that hard liqour is a +3 attack against Fortitude, ongoing slurred speech and poor judgement (Extended rest ends both), aftereffect: -1 to rolls on the next day's first encounter. [18:20:30] haha [18:21:03] hahahahaha [18:21:35] I think instead of afereffect it should be secondary attack [18:21:41] haha [18:21:42] I've gotten drunk with no hangover before [18:21:47] And since a 20 is always a success, it means that even epic characters will eventually have their liqour catch up with them. [18:22:03] Maybe if you fail a save when you wake up. [18:22:15] I've never been hungover, but that's because I'm conscientious about water [18:22:30] I think a secondary fort attack would be more in keeping with the rules [18:23:01] I'm done drinking when eve is. [18:23:03] No poisons have secondary attacks, though [18:23:25] HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA [18:23:30] Tsavarogorod has a mind flayer infestation :( [18:23:47] anything can have a secondary attack [18:23:51] It's just a power [18:24:34] True. [18:25:12] I'm more inclined to think that it's better to keep it simple, though. [18:25:26] And say that if you get hit by its initial fort attack, you're shitfaced. [18:26:26] I'm gonna call the scene there. [18:26:36] Unless anyone has anything they really want to do before it's over [18:26:43] Nah [18:26:58] kay [18:27:09] Hahahha, I love the idea of putting a Weird Al version of a song in Rock Band along with the regular version, and you just randomly get Weird Al sometimes when you select it. :V [18:27:17] +3 attack vs. Fortitiude/ Hit: slurred speech and poor judgement until the target takes an extended rest. Upon completing an extended rest, the target takes a secondary attack [18:27:35] I was going to hit on the bartender :( [18:27:52] * Devia giggle [18:27:56] IF THERE ARE ANY GUYS THERE EVE WANTS TO DOOOOOOOO THEM [18:28:01] AHhahahahahaa [18:28:05] hahahahahahahaha [18:28:07] :D [18:28:09] Baahahaha [18:28:43] No, she was just gonna flirt and leave him high and dry. That's what girls do, amirite? [18:28:59] eh? eh? [18:29:07] * Eve_Kasnora nudges the guys in the room. [18:29:19] Elena is responsible! [18:29:21] -.- [18:29:34] It's a sliding scale. [18:29:53] Kidding, Sarah. :P [18:29:59] i knows. [18:30:09] any way boys think I' [18:30:20] huh that was delete not send [18:30:36] you're not leaving. >:( [18:30:51] ? [18:31:08] oooh. http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/arena.htm [18:31:10] If you wanna go by the rules we just whomped up, Nova, Eve done got shitfaced then avoided a hangover [18:31:12] I thought you were about to say you were leaving [18:31:18] heh cool [18:31:28] nooo [18:31:29] (Natural 20 on the first roll, then around 14 on the second, against fort) [18:31:31] Sarah, how long did Devia stay in eve form? [18:31:38] I went to say soemthing witty and then deleted it...i hit enter instead. [18:31:49] ah [18:32:02] ...oh, Suda51. [18:32:02] Suda 51 posted: [18:32:02] Of course I had a chance to present it to different publishers, but EA was the company that understood the game and understood my approach to it. That's why I took the chance to work with EA. Also, EA produced Rock Band, so they understand the "soul of rock." [18:32:04] so what am i rolling to determining my blood alchol levels? [18:32:14] If she got really shitfaced she probably went to go spoon herself. [18:32:45] .... and whats her name watches her sleep? [18:32:52] Yes. [18:32:55] Sarah: I roll a couple attacks against you. [18:33:01] okays [18:33:27] same numbers for me? [18:33:29] In this case, 19+3 primary, and 5+ let's say 2 secondary. So, drunk, but no hangover. [18:33:38] kk [18:33:38] Suda61 is great [18:33:40] er, 51 [18:33:46] Awesome, we both got drunk [18:33:53] haha [18:33:56] Though they published Rcok Band. Did not produce it [18:34:19] http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/images/05_lumberyard_1.jpg Beautiful [18:34:22] I like how Shinji Mikami said that it's good that Suda51's working with EA because EA can tell him when an idea is a bad one. [18:34:38] (Which is something No More Heroes sure as hell could have used :() [18:35:30] http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/images/05_lumberyard_2.jpg oh god it's gorgeous. [18:35:32] Hahahaha [18:37:50] I think the most accurate assessment of NMH came from Yahtzee (I think) when he said it was impossible to tell when it was being a bad game for artistic reasons, or when it was being a bad game because it was *actually* not being good. [18:37:54] oi [18:37:57] Heya Rusty [18:38:01] Game on? [18:38:05] Eve got drunk [18:38:08] Yes [18:38:09] Heya [18:38:18] Summary, Eve and Devia got wasted [18:38:25] Like, say, was grinding for money just a commend in grinding for money in other games, or is it actually just mindless grinding? [18:39:33] * Mechazawa is now known as Xan [18:39:35] Watch the self-narration [18:40:04] Yeah sarah, use /me for narration [18:40:22] Some people don't use quotes for speach and just chatroom it [18:40:43] Since a lot of elements of presentation are intentionally bad (Mooks all being identical, say) but gameplay elements being intentionally bad is a brave new world. [18:40:58] my bad [18:41:18] I don't liek starting with a name everysentence due to training self from writting stuff. [18:41:22] Heh [18:41:29] Well, if you want to do that, start it with an asterisk. [18:41:37] kk [18:41:40] Do [this] or *this* for actions then [18:41:43] I just spaced [18:41:53] no prob, we don't mean to badger you [18:41:53] Don't use brackets. That's for environment description [18:42:50] so yeah... one more time... [18:42:54] Are we still flat broke? [18:43:17] As a party, there's no coin among us? [18:43:18] We had a bunch of cash, but we never split it up [18:43:21] Check the party log. [18:43:27] link [18:44:08] http://docs.google.com [18:44:15] Go to "Share Documents" [18:44:23] And everything, everything I have shared with you, will be there. [18:45:04] http://www.idwpublishing.com/titles/transformers/hos.shtml [18:45:11] 731 gold 497 silver [18:45:12] Take it easy [18:45:22] oooooh [18:45:35] I think we can split that now. [18:45:42] Yukkureve would be terrifying [18:46:51] ? [18:48:41] http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/209723/hakurei_reimu-kirisame_marisa-meme-touhou-translat [18:49:09] I'm pretty sure Yukkureve would be more like "Be taking it slowly" [18:49:13] hahaha [18:49:29] hahaha [18:50:16] heh [18:50:28] okay, how many party members? [18:50:36] And does Devia get a cut? [18:50:42] No idea. [18:50:55] There was 4 of us for the battle [18:51:09] Did devia start with character wealth for level 2? [18:51:13] Cha? [18:51:15] Yeah, but money awarded doesn't change depending on group numbers [18:51:20] And I just let her take one magic item. [18:51:31] I was kidnapped. I sorta decided i was broke. [18:51:32] I think we should take her out of the picture then [18:51:34] And whatever mundane gear she wanted [18:51:38] cause this was our level 1 loot [18:52:05] Actually, I think Eve said she wasn't going to be part of the coin cause she got the armor [18:52:18] Well, she wasn't given the full loadout for a level 2 character [18:52:34] Just one item, as opposed to three items and 360 gold [18:52:41] ah [18:52:46] okay lets just split it 5 ways [18:54:00] so, we in an inn? [18:54:04] 4 copper, 101 silver, 142 gold [18:54:09] yeah [18:54:51] we killed a few nobles, got out of the sewer/storm drains, went back to the inn, Eve and Devia got drunk, and we went to sleep and woke up [18:54:57] Everyone mark that money down. [18:55:40] I'll currently forego my share of the loot. [18:55:44] Okay. Mark it as distributed in the party log [18:55:59] And actually, just borrow it if I need supplies or ammo. [18:56:17] My character's a survivalist and as a result prefers to keep what he finds in the field. [18:56:23] Okay... [18:56:25] so... [18:56:32] mention that in character and we'll resplit it [18:56:49] also, we're all in the room we woke up in [18:57:24] Providing Cha doesn't intend on punishing me with the spartan lifestyle choice I'm making here. [18:57:33] I just can't see him going off to market. [18:57:38] So... [18:58:12] Oh, fucking dammit, Rusty, you've just entirely ruined my mental image of Xan. [18:58:16] Rusty: Well, it's D&D. So it's more of a madness lifestyle choice [18:58:39] Well, I'm not sure how you *won't* end up shortchanged unless I do a lot of fucking with the parcels to make it so you get things you might have shopped for if you did, in fact, sop. [18:58:40] He's now Naked Snake really badly pretending to be a non-human. [18:58:43] Shop, rather. [18:58:45] I mean technically it's alright if Cha keeps feeding you magic items you need. [18:59:01] hahahaha [18:59:04] Mental image of Xan? What, you picture him with a shopping cart? [18:59:19] For now, at least. Later on, when money parcels get a lot bigger, it'll be harder to handle. [18:59:22] No, now he's Naked Snake, the ultimate survivalist. [18:59:24] eh, I guess I'll just keep a running tally then. [18:59:34] Also the whole 'procure on site' thing. [18:59:41] heh [18:59:57] And his weird skin color and markings? Just camo. [19:00:00] But...how does it _taste_? [19:00:00] Just trying to stay in character now that I've found him and all [19:00:14] Well, if you want, you can abstract-shop, then. [19:00:19] Has cardboard been invented yet? [19:00:23] Heh [19:00:24] abstract-shop? [19:00:32] Just tally up the money you'd spend on stuff and you can find it in loot instead of buying it. [19:00:34] i posted but it vanished [19:00:36] Keep a tally of your money, shop for items, and then poof it appears. [19:00:46] did it no go through or did some one delete it for lamness? [19:00:46] In loot [19:00:49] gotcha [19:00:50] that works [19:00:56] You can donate your share of gold [19:01:11] That way, we don't have to fuck with a mechanic that works in order to support a concept that also works. [19:01:17] Or do something with it so that we can keep splitting it even and not have to wonder about how you're carryign tons of gold you never spend. [19:01:28] And potentially lose [19:01:31] Take that vow of poverty! [19:01:36] Hahahahah, wow, they've announced that a song in RB2 will have, on expert, _3722_ notes. In a 5 minute song. [19:01:38] Yeah, Xan's a bit of a do-gooder [19:01:41] Or just have him incharacter assign his money to a War Fund [19:01:49] Well, if you lose your money, you'll get that money back somehow. [19:01:52] They've described it as 'mathematically possible' [19:02:01] O.o [19:02:01] hahaha [19:02:07] dragon force much? [19:02:14] Since that money's now actually in the system as being part of how your character grows. [19:02:14] It's not even metal. [19:02:14] I suppose the people in town could use some of the spare change, and I'll just buy items when I can afford them and they appear in loot [19:02:17] that good cha? [19:02:17] I loves the dragonforce :3 [19:02:24] Yeah. [19:02:27] (also loves the dragonforce) [19:02:29] k [19:02:34] Yeah [19:02:39] We'll just say he gives away his money and earns karmic credit towards future useful loot [19:02:43] hahaha [19:02:46] Wow dude [19:02:55] You can totally play than in character [19:03:03] Be all "The Tao provides" [19:03:34] "By keeping my karma clean, the universe provides what I need." And Xan just keeps finding stuff he needs and we're all like "...that HAS to be a cooincidence." [19:03:51] I'll be like macguyver. [19:03:56] I like that [19:04:21] "I made this +2 longbow gem out of paste and sequins" [19:04:25] They both have mullets. :V [19:04:33] Plus, my mindset is, where the hell am I going to buy a +2 longbow gem in a town market? [19:04:44] "I Made this +2 Longbow Gem out of scap metal in a cave" [19:04:44] I already have one character with a mullet. [19:04:56] I mean Macguyver and Snake. :V [19:05:02] Yon is still picturing Naked Snake [19:05:04] ah, hehe [19:05:08] Well, you can buy a really high-quality gem and pay a wizard to enchant it [19:05:21] I figure that's how buying +whatever magic items typically works now [19:05:34] Imagine him going to a *wizard* and asking that though. [19:05:45] "Make this gem into a +2 longbow for my arms plz kthx." [19:05:51] Hahah [19:06:05] hahahaha [19:06:06] Well, they can reshape reality at a whim. They're probably used to lateral thinking. :V [19:06:08] It's not like going in and asking for a bag of holding. [19:06:19] heh [19:08:34] heh [19:09:11]