Start of #Exalted buffer: Sun Aug 30 08:29:24 2009 [17:49:17] Alright, get IC. I kinda want to get this show on the road by 9 or 9:15 [17:49:47] * Adyen is now known as Dmitrii [17:50:29] * Yon is now known as Natalya [17:50:41] * Demota is now known as Lily [17:51:34] * Kentaro is now known as Charles [17:51:36] * Maha is now known as EriA [17:51:40] #Mage is open [17:51:44] (Eri's already taken.) [17:55:01] Ready [17:55:26] Me too. [17:55:42] http://fsn.seorinwastaken.com/u/UBW08-03-11.jpg I have wondered for SO DAMN LONG what the fuck the context of this was. [17:55:43] I'm pretty much ready. Just have to get some more food... [17:55:44] And ready. [18:01:41] * EriA (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [18:04:15] * EriA (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) has joined #Exalted [18:04:38] Anything happen while I was booted? [18:04:49] * Once upon a time in Boston, two weeks after the beginning of the start of the fall semester, something terrible happened. But that's happening somewhere else. It's just after evening classes have finished, and the night's humidity has settled in. As students pack up, and building custodians get ready to lock up, the day's only really starting for many in the city. [18:05:04] Whoa, narration. Cool, thanks. [18:06:32] http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4483852/1/A_Politically_Correct_Court_Mandated_Bad_End Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha [18:08:02] Gasping for breath right now hahahahahaha holy shirt [18:08:03] shit [18:09:42] * EriA (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [18:09:45] Present tense. :( [18:09:53] Question, would I be hearing this too, being at a different school? [18:10:26] Nope. [18:11:46] http://fsn.seorinwastaken.com/u/UBW08-07c-32.jpg Wow, Shirou. I'm glad you're not such a sexist dick in UBW but you aren't toning the :downs: down at all. [18:17:31] * Cheeseball (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) has joined #Exalted [18:17:45] sorry guys. My connection really, really sucks right now. ;_; [18:17:53] It's alright [18:18:25] * Lily nods :/ [18:18:28] What's going on, anyway? [18:18:48] * Cheeseball is now known as EriA [18:19:50] With my connection? No idea, but I live in the boonies, so they don't maintain our lines very well. [18:20:11] :( [18:20:33] On average, we have a breakdown like this once every 2/3 of a year or a year. [18:21:11] blegh [18:22:24] Oh, Cha's playing Dem's retainer? [18:22:56] Retainers are mainly GM controled, as far as I know. [18:23:13] Ah, I see. Cool. [18:23:22] Well, retainers usually aren't NPCs, but Dem's has more agency than usual [18:24:24] * EriA nods. [18:26:37] Ah Shriou... "…How strange of her. [18:26:37] What part of that is strange? [18:27:23] Cha: Ahahahahahah, I love that description. [18:28:45] Fremen? [18:29:58] In Dune, the Fremen are desert dwellers on an alien world [18:30:10] They walk in irregular patterns to avoid attracting sandworms [18:31:19] I never made the connection between that song and Dune until just now. :aaaaa: [18:31:35] Oh! I knew it sounded familiar. [18:34:03] Do those emoticons appear in your chat program? (Did I ask that before?) I only see typed out thingies between colons. [18:34:23] Nope, we're just referencing emoticons common at Something Awful [18:34:27] Yon: What song? [18:34:31] Ah, okay. :3 [18:35:52] If you want, you can describe your sanctum, Dem [18:36:26] Ooh! Can I use my Forever Stranger rote hear to sneak in? [18:36:37] Cha: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMZwZiU0kKs [18:37:04] Oops, here. Not hear. [18:37:05] x-x [18:37:46] There we go [18:38:38] Alternatively, can I veil myself somehow and sneak in to take a look? [18:38:56] Checking the rote to see [18:38:59] Thanks. :3 [18:40:34] Hm [18:41:07] It makes you seem unextraordinary to people, but I think doing extraordinary things, like walking past a police barricade, might make you get noticed, even if they don't remember who you are, afterwards [18:41:25] So if you want, you can cast it, try to get in and get out without being caught, but they won't just ignore you [18:41:41] What about an improvised spell to get in unnoticed? [18:42:57] Hm. [18:43:26] Mind 2 could be used to improvise an effect to make yourself seem more trustworthy, and maybe convince one of the cops that you're a plainclothes officer without a badge or something. [18:43:57] I guess I'll have her try to look without doing that first. :) [18:49:04] Okay, how does casting magic work? [18:49:52] I have Mind 2. [18:50:40] For improvised magic, it's gnosis+arcanum dice [18:51:33] Uh oh. Were those things I was supposed to calculate? I didn't put them on my sheet. [18:51:51] Steve reminds his friend that Nicolae expects to meet with him back in New York. And just in case the insistence of the global supreme leader isn't sufficient persuasion, he says, "I know you're unlisted there, but if you think Nicolae Carpathia is someone to trifle with, ask yourself how I got your phone number." (DUM-dum-dummm.) [18:51:57] Your Gnosis starts at 1, unless you bought it up [18:52:06] Your arcanum is the school of magic you're using [18:52:09] In this case, Mind 2 [18:52:29] So 3, I guess. What dice do we roll? [18:53:22] d10s [18:53:27] 8 and above is a success [18:54:31] * Cheeseball (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) has joined #Exalted [18:55:01] re [18:55:04] Sorry. x_x [18:55:05] Am I rolling 3d10? [18:55:10] Oh yeah, fair warning, I might get grabbed away later. [18:55:24] * Cheeseball nods. [18:55:31] * EriA (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [18:55:34] * Cheeseball is now known as EriA2 [18:56:53] Yeah, 3d10 [18:57:06] * EriA2 is now known as EriA [18:57:06] 3d10 [18:57:06] EriA rolls 3D10: 9 4 4 = 17 [18:57:23] (Someone tell me if I'm rolling the wrong thing, please?) [18:58:15] No, that was right [18:58:41] And that's good for one extra die on subterfuge rolls for the rest of the scene if that's what you were going for. [18:58:51] Or whatever other social roll you were influencing people with [18:59:34] * EriA2 (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) has joined #Exalted [18:59:45] No, that was right [18:59:45] And that's good for one extra die on subterfuge rolls for the rest of the scene if that's what you were going for. [18:59:45] Or whatever other social roll you were influencing people with [19:00:15] Subterfuge is good. I have a 3 for that. Do I roll 4d10 this time? [19:00:26] * EriA (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [19:00:57] Ahaha, so my friend who was bribing me to play Champions Online with him decided to quit the game before it actually released. [19:01:09] With normal rolls, you roll attribute+skill+bonus [19:01:17] From equipment or whatever [19:01:19] Hahahah, how? [19:01:26] In this case, it'd be 6d10 [19:01:44] He played in the open beta and ragequit. [19:01:57] Wow [19:01:59] I'm not sure why exactly. [19:02:01] Odd [19:02:10] Hahaha [19:02:14] Since he seemed to be liking it during closed beta. [19:03:05] But he plays a TON of MMOs and tends to suddenly decide he hates them apparently at random. [19:03:12] Odd [19:03:18] * EriA2 (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [19:03:26] He gives reasons, but they're frequently bullshit. [19:04:17] That reminds me, I wonder if Matt still like SMT:Imagine [19:04:23] Like being too fat? [19:04:30] * EriA (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) has joined #Exalted [19:04:42] Though whenever he quits City of Heroes it's usually obvious why. :V (it generally happens whenever Paragon nerfs the latest power levelling exploit) [19:05:11] Asians usually have dedicated rice cookers, fyi. :| [19:05:28] Yeah, but you're still unpacking, so. [19:05:30] Unless it's like, fried rice she's making [19:05:33] Oh, true [19:05:35] Sorry. I have no idea what I missed. I got disconnected twice just now. [19:05:44] I wish I still had a rice cooker. Mine inexplicably broke so now I'm back to using the microwave. :| [19:06:38] And I figure she probably is making fried rice, just because 'hay, here's some rice' is kind of a shitty meal to invite a gringo over for. :V [19:06:49] (he's playing WoW again now and working very hard at being the stereotypical bad Death Knight) [19:07:35] (Complete with 'abandoned his first character almost as soon as they were high enough level to unlock DKs') [19:07:53] Hahahah [19:08:33] What variant of Mage Sight are you using, Adyen? There's one for each arcana, and they each detect things related to their pervue. [19:09:42] * EriA2 (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) has joined #Exalted [19:09:59] This is getting totally ridiculous. T_T [19:10:08] I'm mainly just using the Silver Ladder's one, which is mainly to see if it has any magical phenomenon. [19:10:12] * EriA (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [19:10:22] It's... uh... [19:10:42] At least he listens to advice, even if he's not very good at implementing it. It's kind of funny when I try to explain something to him, assuming that he understands the terms I'm using and he acts like he does, and then I find out that he has NO IDEA what I actually meant. [19:11:06] Prime [19:11:20] Which would be the main reason why I'd have it. [19:11:42] I apparently sent him off asking to 'pug heroics to get some better gear' and he didn't know what a 'pug' was so I guess he just went around going "I need to pug" [19:11:52] Hahahaha [19:12:04] Tell him that he needs to get a sammoflange [19:12:09] Hahahahah [19:12:25] lol [19:13:02] * EriA2 (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [19:13:13] So, I need to cast it first, right? [19:13:19] Yeah [19:13:25] * EriA2 (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) has joined #Exalted [19:13:30] 5d10 [19:13:30] Dmitrii rolls 5D10: 5 1 1 5 6 = 18 [19:13:34] Wow. [19:13:39] Uh... [19:13:57] I fail so terriblely, with 2 ones. [19:13:59] Is there an attribute for Subterfuge, or is it just Subterfuge + bonus? [19:14:01] I need to see if botches still exist in the NWoD. :| [19:14:06] :gonk: Good thing this isn't oWoD. [19:14:06] Is that Fumble? [19:14:08] In this case, it'd be Manipulation [19:14:11] >_> I sure HOPE not. [19:14:44] 2 + 3 + 1, then. [19:14:46] 6d10 [19:14:46] EriA2 rolls 6D10: 7 7 4 9 6 6 = 39 [19:14:51] One success again. [19:16:05] Okay, it's not a dramatic failure, since that only happens on a chance roll. [19:16:12] (this is the part where the guy who STed games for my group in high school would either make you make a new character because you spontaneously combusted, or you'd grow a second head from Paradox and be chased by 50 terminators :V ) [19:16:15] So Dmitri just fails to cast it [19:16:37] He was more than a bit sadistic. ._. [19:17:07] hahahahah [19:17:12] And I'm gonna say that combined with the magic, Eri does well enough to get a cop to let her in, albeit with supervision [19:17:16] Just to check, but I can keep attempting to cast it right? [19:17:52] * EriA2 (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [19:17:53] * EriA (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) has joined #Exalted [19:18:19] Especially as this is a rote with no cost? [19:18:43] Sorry. If I keep disconnecting, I might have to just bow out tonight. :( [19:18:59] And I'm gonna say that combined with the magic, Eri does well enough to get a cop to let her in, albeit with supervision [19:19:10] Woot. [19:21:04] Adyen: Go ahead, yeah [19:21:47] 5d10 [19:21:47] Dmitrii rolls 5D10: 5 3 8 8 10 = 34 [19:21:56] Yay! MUCH better. [19:22:08] Btw, do they still have bonuses on 10 rolls? [19:23:18] You can reroll 10s [19:24:10] Like, works as a success and gives a bonus die? [19:25:39] Yeah [19:25:56] If you can score five successes total, you get an exceptional success [19:26:34] 1d10 [19:26:34] Dmitrii rolls 1D10: 8 [19:26:48] Well, 4 I guess? [19:26:49] Well, four successes ain't bad [19:28:37] * EriA (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [19:34:15] Analyzing the resonance is a Intelligence + Occult roll. [19:35:13] Do I automatically get the 4 from the rote, or do I add those dice roll in? [19:35:52] Nope, the rote was just to activate supernal vision, not to augment future aura-reading rolls [19:36:15] Right. That's another 5d10 [19:36:17] 5d10 [19:36:17] Dmitrii rolls 5D10: 9 2 2 1 7 = 21 [19:36:45] I see nothing! [19:37:16] Well, 1s don't cancel successes anymore. You're able to work out the personal resonance of whoever did this, though you don't recognize it [19:38:00] Ohhh. Well... Either way, it's telling me that someone either used magic to do this or it has to do with magical energies? [19:39:51] Yeah. What you see is consistant with what you see when a specific person does magic [19:40:03] Just not any specific person you've ever met (or analyzed the magic of) [19:40:42] Did the news say where it happened? [19:41:54] Harvard Square [19:42:03] It's just down the street from the apartment you're at now [19:43:32] Is there a window facing in that direction? [19:44:48] (also, looking at the fiend folio wtf d&D article, I'm amused to no end by the fact that Yog-sothoth only has 400 hp) [19:44:50] I figured the loft was pretty sizable, so probably, yeah [19:44:55] Hahaha [19:45:01] haha [19:47:05] It's the size of all space-time and it only has 400 fucking hitpoints. [19:47:22] hahaha [19:47:43] Maybe it has more hitpoints than the human mind can conceive [19:47:48] But they mostly exist in other dimensions [19:49:51] Yon: If you want to, you can make an Investigation roll to, like, get a better idea of what the situation is over there [19:50:22] Alright. What's the roll for that? Investigation + intelligence? [19:51:26] Yeah. [19:52:15] 6d10 [19:52:15] Natalya rolls 6D10: 5 6 2 6 6 9 = 34 [19:53:57] The chopstick thing is based on a true story. [19:54:01] Never. Again. [19:54:08] :gonk: [19:54:13] You're no wizard, but judging by the fact that the guy's tied to a fence in a major public thoroughfare and butchered, and that his blood is arrayed on the ground around him, but not actually on him. [19:54:29] We use plastics. Though I understand that in Korea, they're starting to use metal ones. [19:54:34] Er, judging by those, this isn't a mugging or anything [19:56:06] We're all on the couch, I thought [19:57:09] No, I went over to the window to get a better look. [19:58:14] The Shadow Chorus is the big Guardians cabal in Boston. [19:58:22] Next session: Mages versus the sloppiest vampire. [19:59:19] Or a vampire who's allergic to blood and barfed it all back out. [19:59:52] They're generally *super creepy*. Whenever they deal with other mages, they wear masks. And when they don't, they work alone and never use the same face with the same name twice [20:00:16] Oh, awesome. http://www.smalltimes.com/display_article/368420/109/ARTCL/none/none/1/IBM-pushes-AFM-to-ima ge-molecular-structure/ [20:00:28] Someone got a microscope powerful enough to photograph an atom. [20:00:31] Er [20:00:33] Molecule. [20:00:46] No more "This is how we've inferred they're constructed". [20:01:57] http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/511657/ [20:07:53] http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/511647/arisato_minato-doujima_nanako-female_protagonist_- Hahahahahah [20:08:24] hahahaha [20:12:33] http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/512491/arisato_minato-persona-persona_3-takeba_yukari-tra Ahahahah holy shit. [20:13:09] Hahaha [20:14:02] http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/512696/arisato_minato-persona-persona_3-takeba_yukari-toa *snerk* This entire doujin is great. [20:16:47] * Cheeseball (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) has joined #Exalted [20:17:13] Sorry, guys. I'm trying on someone else's computer. [20:17:17] * Cheeseball is now known as EriA [20:17:22] Hopefully this works better. [20:17:37] TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK [20:17:44] Re, Maha. [20:18:13] Thanks. :3 What did I miss? [20:19:14] Copy and pasted it to you in a PM [20:19:58] Thanks [20:22:58] A reminder to mages: If you have one dot in an arcana, you can check for stuff dealing with that. And even though this is stressful, nobody except (maybe) Eri is under time pressure at the moment [20:24:12] I have arcana in matter, mind, prime, and space. [20:24:20] Any of that register? [20:25:03] I have... time, Frte, and Forces, but Lily's not interested in gawking [20:25:20] Though she'd like to know what's behind it. If she can do it without looking directly at it, awesome [20:25:24] Hmm. I have Prime, Forces, and Mind. lol... [20:25:37] We all have arcana others have. [20:26:13] Mind might pick something up. [20:26:28] Any of those might, really [20:26:36] Depending on what you were looking for [20:27:36] Hmmm.. I think I'll be looking for a specific reason on how a body could become like that? [20:28:04] Yeah, reason and maybe cause of death. [20:28:09] ...It just occured to me, for a sleepwalker, the 'Rose dresses without style = Fremen walk without rythm' analogy actually works pretty well. Since she's aware of the supernatural, and if you dress without style, you won't attract the vampire. :| [20:28:14] Which of those are you using? [20:28:46] Could Mind help find the reasoning behind the attack? [20:29:19] It'll detect minds in the area [20:29:52] Prime to see what kind of magic was used? [20:30:06] Time to see when this might have happened [20:30:13] I THINK I can do that [20:30:17] You could just keep analyzing the auras for that, Dmitrii [20:30:23] 1d10 [20:30:23] Lily rolls 1D10: 1 [20:30:26] AWESOME. [20:30:32] D'oh! [20:30:32] Oh, wait. I got Gnosis too [20:30:34] 1d10 [20:30:34] Lily rolls 1D10: 2 [20:30:37] AWESOME. [20:30:50] You can keep rolling 2d10 until you succeed since you're not under pressure [20:30:54] Cha> Can I detect nearby mage minds, specifically? [20:31:27] oh, sure. [20:31:29] You can generally tell the difference between types of minds, but mage minds are probably close enough to human minds [20:31:31] 2d10 [20:31:31] Dmitrii rolls 2D10: 10 2 = 12 [20:31:37] 1d10 [20:31:37] Dmitrii rolls 1D10: 10 [20:31:38] I was talking to Dem [20:31:45] 1d10 [20:31:45] Dmitrii rolls 1D10: 3 [20:31:52] but it's cool that I got 2 10s! [20:31:55] For you, you can just keep making Int+Occult checks to read the auras [20:32:11] Do I roll the number of arcana in that? [20:32:12] Sure. [20:32:19] Arcana+Gnosis [20:32:23] 5d10 [20:32:23] Dmitrii rolls 5D10: 4 4 5 4 3 = 20 [20:32:28] 5d10 [20:32:28] Dmitrii rolls 5D10: 4 5 6 5 1 = 21 [20:32:32] 5d10 [20:32:32] Dmitrii rolls 5D10: 4 4 6 6 10 = 30 [20:32:34] 1d10 [20:32:34] Dmitrii rolls 1D10: 5 [20:32:41] wow. that's... pretty average. [20:33:03] For the interests of not fucking around, I'm gonna take the Unknown Armies approach from now on. [20:33:12] Rolling only happens if you're under duress in some way [20:33:17] Btw, I just read they're making a Nanoha PSP game to come out in 2010. [20:33:39] So Lily is able to activate Temporal Eddies, and Dmitrii is able to notice that the resonance around the dead man reads as hollow. [20:33:51] 3d10 [20:33:52] EriA rolls 3D10: 2 10 2 = 14 [20:33:53] As though it weren't so much magic as it was a lack of magic [20:33:57] One success on Mind. [20:34:21] For Matter, can I tell how the body was manipulated to explode like that without blood? [20:34:36] Alright. In addition to the crowds behind the barricades and the policeman next to you, you're able to detect a mind, detached from a body, near the corpse [20:35:07] D: [20:35:34] And Lily is able to notice that there's a large pocket of missing time around the man. As though a long series of events were compacted. [20:36:06] Any interesting aura near the mind detected? [20:38:43] Roll Int+Occult with +2 dice [20:39:34] 5d10 [20:39:34] EriA rolls 5D10: 9 10 6 7 3 = 35 [20:39:38] 2 successes. [20:41:00] You're able to tell that it's a distinct person, albeit one you've never met before. And it's the spirit of an Awakened human. [20:41:28] Is there any way that I would know to communicate with it? [20:42:44] You know that there *is* a way to communicate with it, but it'd be using Death magic [20:43:13] Or, possibly, a higher level of Mind than you have access to [20:44:26] Ah. Does Matter help at all for figuring cause of death, like what could cause him to be ripped open like that without blood? [20:47:12] If you use it, you'll just find out that this area has a fairly dense resonance in the ground, being a paved city street, and nothing more useful. :( [20:47:22] Aw. [20:47:44] I forget what Prime is. [20:47:46] Wait, do we know Natalya to be a sleepwalker? [20:48:08] I think that's the reason she's hanging around with you guys, yeah [20:49:39] Do I know the others yet? [20:50:45] Up to you guys [20:51:16] If Eri knows Lily and the two have already confided in each other about magehood, she'd probably go over to her place to talk about the thing she just saw. [20:51:32] Otherwise, there'd have to be some sort of chance meeting. [20:51:34] * Charles nods [20:52:04] Can we actually sense more by getting closer? [20:52:35] Not unless you wanted to analyze the auras and didn't want to avoid penalties for distance [20:53:14] (Which might exist for what you've been doing anyways, but I handwaved distance, once I realized I misread the map and noticed that kendall square is 20 blocks away from harvard square and not two. :V) [20:53:49] Hahahahha what the fuck Blizzard. [20:54:04] http://www.wowhead.com/?item=5318 You get those for cleaning out a cave infested by harpies. [20:54:08] I don't even need to see what you're talking about to say: "It's Blizard" [20:54:29] I don't get it. [20:54:33] You don't need to know a lot of things to say them. [20:54:57] Zhovur axe. Zovirax. It's...a herpes medication. ._. [20:55:03] Aahahahahahahahhaha [20:55:04] Hahaha [20:55:07] I didn't know that. [20:55:18] Oh. Wow. [20:55:26] Neither did I, but that's actually really funny [20:55:34] Yeah, hahaha. [20:55:40] And some people STILL THINK BLIZZARD DOES THESE THINGS INNOCENTLY. [20:55:46] Hahahah [20:55:50] Obviously not. o_o [20:56:07] Well, if they didn't believe that, what would happen to THEIR PRECIOUS IMMERSION? [20:56:14] Oh god, tell them about the seeds [20:56:27] Seeds? [20:56:44] The... something about seeds and eating them [20:57:03] There was some guy arguing that these achievements that were added in the 3.2 patch weren't meant to be double entendres. [20:57:15] Literally the only seeds of note that come to mind are the rapeseeds of raping from FATAL [20:57:16] Like 'Riding Bearback' and 'Back Door Job' [20:57:19] Hahahahah [20:57:49] Are you guys arranging a chance meeting? [20:57:50] The seeds thing is some alliance quest in grizzly hills. [20:57:55] Oh, right [20:58:21] Well, there's Fate, maybe? [20:58:26] There's a quest where you eat some seeds from a bucket that turn out to have been necessary for growing back some trees [20:58:30] I meant OOC [20:58:45] So the druid has you harvest plants for a laxitive then go to an outhouse [20:58:57] Hahaha [20:58:59] And then you bring the seeds back and he puts them in the bucket for other players to eat [20:59:28] There is SOME MOTHERFUCKER who writes a quest with shit as the focal, if not ONLY, element. [20:59:40] IN EVERY ZONE [20:59:56] At least in Lich King, but I think Burning Crusade also has quests written by The Shit Guy [21:00:42] Wow. [21:00:47] There were some pre BC as well. Not nearly as many, but there was one questline that was just sick when you realized what was going on. [21:01:22] Oh god. [21:01:29] I just realized [21:01:43] This guy is going to have his filthy, shit-covered hands in writing for Cataclysm [21:01:46] You're collecting these crystals, and a bunch of them are humanoid shape and stuff like that. And you're gathering them from these crystaline giants. [21:02:14] And then you find a diary when you're digging for these crystals. [21:02:31] Written by some guy while he was being SLOWLY DIGESTED BY THE GIANTS. [21:02:39] THE GIANTS ARE SHITTING OUT THE CRYSTALS. [21:02:51] Yeah, but let's be fair [21:03:07] That was before they modelled the 3-d turd and this guy could really work in his ouvre [21:03:23] This is true. [21:04:04] God, I wish someone at Blizzcon had thought to ask 'which one of you motherfuckers is the shit guy' [21:04:33] Hahahahahahahahahaha [21:04:39] Is this Korean-style poo? [21:04:49] Oh geez. I was telling a friend about Jackie Chan's First Trike. [21:05:27] What, a Jackie Chan themed plastic tricycle? :V [21:05:43] (and what is Korean-style poo?) [21:06:09] It's the ice cream swirl [21:07:16] Haha, that's Asian-style in general. [21:07:35] Oh, true [21:08:00] They're not quite like that. It's a swirl, but it looks a bit more like a long coiled up shit. [21:09:17] Honestly, I kind of wonder if the shit guy would be ashamed or proud if he got called out [21:09:38] Haha. I think I might have stopped playing before those quests came out. [21:10:01] Like, if he would try to deny it or just be "Yeah it's me. After you kill giant dragons and fuck Arthas in the skull, I'm the guy who makes you fill your backpack full of actual, literal feces for no good reason." [21:10:35] hahahahah [21:10:57] Someone who writes that many blatant poo-related questlines has got to be proud of it. [21:11:05] Which sometimes come with bonus "You stink like ass" debuffs! [21:11:38] Wow. Hahaha [21:12:02] (it's not quite on the same level but there's an achievement in Northrend that you get by killing a boss while still covered in the previous bosses vomit) [21:13:03] hahaha [21:13:32] Are you sure it's njust one guy? [21:14:10] Having one guy who REALLY likes shit is PROBABLY better than having multiple guys entheusiastic enough to base at least one quest per zone on it [21:14:49] Well, I was thinking it was randomly selected [21:16:46] Like, who draws the short curly straw. :| [21:17:09] That implies that there's a directorial mandate for shit quests [21:17:32] * NovaSeaker (novaseaker@c-24-129-21-196.hsd1.fl.comcast.net) has joined #Exalted [21:17:38] Heyo [21:17:47] Oh cool, playing Mage? [21:17:49] Hey Nova. [21:18:08] Hey [21:18:09] Yeah [21:18:19] Oh, did we decide if we already know each other? [21:18:31] Or is this the moment we sense each others' mage-ness? [21:18:36] Now's the time to if you haven't decided [21:18:36] Hi Nova. [21:18:38] What's up/ [21:18:40] Hi, Nova. :) [21:18:53] Honestly, I think there being one Shit Guy is most likely, but I think it's entirely possible that Blizzard is full of people who think shit quests are hilarious. :| [21:19:12] Yeah, true :( [21:19:33] They've got a pretty well established juvenile sense of humor. :V [21:19:59] (Lily and Eri are totally going to get a Newtype Flash while we pass each other) [21:20:04] Oh, speaking of supernaturals and cell phones, Sin-Eaters (being less paranoid) often actually have an iphone app that uses bluetooth to detect other Sin-Eaters [21:20:05] Haha [21:20:12] I just saw Inglourious Basterds [21:20:31] By looking for other phones sending out that signal, and then playing a fugue when they get in range of each other. :V [21:20:36] Hahah, that's hilarious [21:20:40] Hahaha [21:21:12] Hey, Dem? Any input? [21:21:21] Have we met yet? :) [21:21:22] Hahahah, that's awesome. [21:21:26] No idea... how would we have met? [21:21:47] http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3161820&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=55#pos t364990670 Also, holy shit, this post. WOW MODDING DRAMA [21:21:55] Probably at school, but we can make this our first meeting, if you want. Maybe we've seen each other on campus but haven't actually met. [21:22:50] Sounds good. [21:30:50] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC0uO0ttA44 Wow, I'm really sad this ability never went live. :( [21:31:41] Can we tell that there's something magely about the other person right away, or is it something that needs to manifest first? [21:32:33] Well, from what I read, if you can perceive their aura via magesight, then you can examine it to tell if they're awakened (or otherwise supernatural) [21:32:55] Would anything about the impression of the person hint to use Magesight? [21:34:00] Not unless they did anything special [21:34:17] But it lasts for a while, so you might still have yours on from investigating the crime scene [21:34:26] Hm, okay. Good enough. :) [21:34:49] Does Natalya have the aura of a mage? Or are sleepwalkers different? [21:36:18] Sleepwalkers have a slightly brighter aura than sleepers, but dimmer than mages [21:36:37] You probably don't know the specifics well enough yet to know that means she's a sleepwalker [21:36:48] She might just seem like a mage in a different emotional state [21:42:19] Hahahahahha [21:42:20] Steve: Totally different stuff you just listed. A gray ooze is an animal, a slime is a type of mold. Just to name one. [21:42:20] Zack: That is an amazing point. Great point, Steve. Totally different organisms. [21:42:20] Steve: It's like if you're making a peanut butter and jelly you don't use marmalade you put that on an English muffin or jam on a biscuit. There's a place you put each of them. [21:42:21] Zack: But where do you put a gelatinous cube? [21:42:21] Steve: In a doorway. [21:42:32] I'm gonna assume Eri has Mind. :I [21:42:34] hahahahahaha [21:42:36] Is this a Mind check? [21:42:37] Haha. [21:42:54] Let me check again. Gnosis + Arcana? [21:43:21] The correct answer is "69, DUDE!" [21:43:26] XDDDD [21:43:58] This is Gnosis + Arcana, in case that's right [21:44:00] 3d10 [21:44:00] EriA rolls 3D10: 9 3 2 = 14 [21:44:45] Is that a success? [21:44:52] There's one in there. ^^ [21:45:03] If one success is enough, she's thinking of the number e. [21:45:15] As in, 2.71828183 [21:45:33] That's a success, but you can't read minds with two dice. But I'm gonna make an exception here because it makes a cool scene [21:46:22] She's not a math person, so I assume she might not know or remember. [21:46:36] I forget if it's covered in high school math. [21:46:55] I think algebra 2 had numbers like that at my school [21:47:31] Oh. Darn. I guess she, uh, just forgot. Algebra 2 is a sophomore class, right? [21:48:17] Junior, at my high school [21:51:06] Ah, okay. [21:51:14] High school was a long time ago for me. D: [21:52:06] Same here. I just have very distinct memories of Algebra 2 because I took it twice. :V [21:52:12] Sweet! The last episode of Decade came out. [21:52:42] Oh, is Dmitrii there too? [21:52:46] hahaha [21:53:04] Man, next time someone tells me to pick a number between one and anything above 4, I'm totally picking Pi. [21:53:46] I don't think I'm there... [21:54:11] He was talking to Rose/Lily/Natalya earlier, wasn't he [21:54:14] ? [21:54:50] IIRC, he never spoke to any of the other characters [21:55:13] Oh, oops. I got scrambled from all the disconnects, I think. [21:55:36] He never did. [21:56:20] http://i.somethingawful.com/u/elpintogrande/may09/monsternew1.gif Oh look Dem, your favorite monster/person you know irl. :| [21:58:51] haha [21:59:22] I'm starting to pass out, here. :/ [21:59:30] :( [22:01:09] If people want to keep going and maybe run associated NPCs and share information, that'd be cool. I'm not quite sure on the mentors' personalities, so having interaction from their associated players might be good. :| [22:01:18] Cha, you said we were 2 weeks into class? [22:01:28] Yeah [22:01:49] Well, I think we just haven't had a reason to meet yet. [22:02:30] Simmonds is sort of dry and no-nonsense. [22:03:00] The way you had him scold Eri for her oversight was pretty on-the-mark. [22:03:07] Hahaha [22:03:07] Zack: I once again appreciate TSR's inability to rate the intelligence of the creature, yet they can rate its alignment. [22:03:08] Steve: You do that all the time with republicans. [22:03:08] Zack: Most of them are chanting, "We're lawful evil! We're lawful evil!" How is a mushroom brain going to self-identify as evil? [22:03:12] hhahaaha [22:03:16] Hahahahah [22:04:43] Hahahah [22:09:51] Oh, interesting [22:10:03] The goblins in Cataclysm are going to be from the Bilgewater Cartel [22:10:16] I guess that explains what'll happen with the Steamwheedle Cartel towns [22:10:24] Buyouts? [22:10:53] new WoW expansion lets you play goblins? [22:10:58] Yeah [22:11:02] Cool [22:11:04] They're joining the Horde [22:11:14] Do you get to make Lumber Harvesters? [22:11:16] Dem: Nah, there are already two Goblin cartels in WoW, at least [22:11:40] There's the Steamwheedle Cartel, who're neutral, and Venture Company, which is hostile to everyone [22:11:53] I always wanted to play a goblin. [22:12:11] They really should have made Harvesters the Goblin mount. [22:12:17] Time is money, friend [22:12:30] What's the Goblin mount? [22:12:36] A steampunk car. [22:12:47] Aw. Yeah, Harvester would have been cooler. [22:12:49] Huh. That kinda sucks. [22:13:10] Especially since getting things that look like vehicles takes the most effort out of anything in the game otherwise [22:13:25] Yeah. >_o [22:13:54] You mean like the motorcycle mount? [22:14:13] Yeah. [22:14:19] The fucking motorcycle mount [22:14:59] I want one for Brienne, because someone as dickish as her could really use a motorcycle, but they cost as much, in parts, as a goddamn traveller's mammoth [22:15:04] :( [22:15:16] Hey Nova, Adventurers Vault 2 has the perfect item for Mari [22:15:54] Oh FUCK. They're putting the actual ending to Decade to an OVA movie, aren't they [22:15:58] Oh does it? I just bought it [22:16:07] I actually made one of the damn things on my engineer. [22:16:15] Took fucking forever to get the money together. [22:16:23] Who's Lily? Dem? [22:16:27] Adyen: Apparently. :( [22:16:36] Yeah. [22:16:38] NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [22:16:44] heh [22:16:49] Novaaaaaaaaa. [22:16:51] Novaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa [22:16:56] what [22:16:59] KKKKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!! [22:17:13] I figure I'm gonna turn in, since I'm starting to get a headache from looking at the screen. If you guys want to keep roleplaying and better integrate Eri with the group, that'd be great [22:17:29] Next time, we can work on getting Dmitrii into things [22:17:51] What are these items that are perfect for Mari? [22:17:57] Maybe she can craft them herself. [22:18:02] * Dmitrii cries. "I'm currently suffering from severe depression, so I might just drop off a cliff." [22:18:33] Cha, you think this is a good stopping point, since you have to sleep? I have to go eat, anyways. [22:18:45] night Charles [22:18:55] Night Charles. [22:19:01] Nite, Cha. [22:19:02] * Dmitrii QQ more [22:19:11] I guess so, yeah. I guess Eri can get more involved with the others next time [22:19:11] I can come back in a bit, if you guys want to keep going. [22:19:13] Night Cha. [22:19:17] Otherwise, yeah. [22:19:25] Next time is okay. I won't be here for two weeks, though. [22:19:25] Maybe if I get the job at Wal-Mart we can run weekly if people are up for that [22:19:25] Nova: AV2 has boots for Artificers. Filled with a self-replenishing fuel [22:19:27] http://i.somethingawful.com/u/elpintogrande/july09/ff8_1.gif http://i.somethingawful.com/u/elpintogran de/july09/ff8_2.gif FLIP FLUMPH OVER FOR MASSIVE DAMAGE [22:19:34] Oh, right. :( [22:19:38] Daily power, fly your move speed +2 until the end of the encounter [22:19:56] Maybe you guys can hold out until Maha gets back, I dunno. [22:20:09] I'm okay with that. [22:20:11] I'm okay with that. ^^ [22:20:14] I'm okay, yeah. [22:20:17] We can run some other game [22:20:21] Like Cartoon Action Hour. [22:20:28] Sorry for all the connection issues earlier. [22:20:32] No prob [22:20:34] Hopefully that'll be all fixed by the time I get back. [22:20:47] Three phone calls oughta do something, right? [22:21:12] Hahaha [22:21:21] Yon, do you want jetboots? [22:21:35] Nite, guys. Thanks for game. :3 [22:21:46] They sound pretty awesome. [22:21:57] Night Maha [22:21:59] * EriA is now known as Cheeseball [22:22:12] * Dmitrii is now known as Sad_Adyen [22:22:13] See you in two weeks-ish. :) [22:22:15] Night. [22:22:17] Later [22:22:20] Have fun [22:22:30] * Sad_Adyen is now known as Depressed_Adyen [22:22:37] That fits my current feeling more. ;_; [22:22:47] Thanks. Wish we could've gotten the whole group together this session. We'll do it next time, yes? :3 [22:22:51] I can make it worse, Adyen. [22:23:04] By the way, the way I think I'll handle flight in Sharn is any powers that let you fly (except attacks that let you fly only for that attack, like Radiant Charge) become one-step more frequently usable. [22:23:05] Nitenite. [22:23:10] Really? [22:23:12] * Cheeseball (mahamari@adsl-75-17-58-148.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Quit: zZzzZzZzz.) [22:23:13] one-step? [22:23:28] Remember, the kisama-tachi will probably take six months to sub the movie after it comes out on DVD! :V [22:23:33] hahaha [22:23:33] Daily powers become utilities [22:23:56] * Natalya is now known as Yon [22:24:08] So those boots will let you do the fly thing every encounter. [22:24:20] Even better! [22:24:26] If you have an encounter flight ability, it becomes at-will [22:24:44] Oh, well, I don't have to QQ too much over that, since I can understand most Japanese and thus will watch the raw. [22:24:47] And if it's at-will, it becomes one step easier to use. Standard becomes Move, Move becomes Minor, Minor becomes Free [22:25:12] And Sustaining flight for any power is free. [22:25:17] if you need to sustain it. [22:25:36] Adyen: Bang the nail in with your hammer! [22:27:14] * Lily is now known as Demota [22:28:50] Hey, I watched the Kabuto movie without subs just fine. [22:28:56] And man was it dramatic. [22:28:59] * Depressed_Adyen is now known as Adyen [22:31:14] Hahahahahahahah [22:31:15] Steve: Actually, this fellow looks a lot like the crabman from the first part with a full-on bird head and handicapped hands. [22:31:15] Zack: He also looks like he just got caught trying to escape from prison and he's about to get chased out of frame by bullets from a tommy gun. [22:31:15] Steve: The Dame Wore Hooks! [22:31:15] Zack: Of all the two-copper screech caves in Underdark she had to scuttle into mine. [22:31:15] Steve: Her exoskeleton was all curves, like an '8' with a bird head. [22:31:15] Zack: Her clacking said "yes," but her hooks said "no." [22:31:36] hahahahaha [22:32:29] http://i.somethingawful.com/u/elpintogrande/july09/fiendfolio2_8_1.gif :effort: [22:34:20] haha [22:34:29] Haaaahahahahaahh [22:34:43] http://i.somethingawful.com/u/elpintogrande/july09/fiendfolio2_9_1.gif Steve: I think I saw a comic from the New York Times of 1840 and this was how they drew Italians back then. [22:34:43] Zack: A steamer approaches Ellis Island. The gangway is lowered to that hallowed ground. *Rolls 40d10* 214 Italians attack the customs official. [22:34:43] Steve: Xvart #1 changes his name to Zobart. Xvart #2 changes his name to Bart. Xvart #3 changes his name to Zooart. [22:35:17] hahahahah [22:40:31] http://exaltedsharn.wikidot.com/sharn-manifest-zone [22:41:01] Clicky [22:42:06] Problem loading page. :( [22:42:36] So what's going on? We won't run Mage til Adyen gets back? [22:42:56] problem must be on your end [22:42:59] loading fine for me [22:45:56] Got it to laod [22:45:58] yay [22:46:06] Nova: What if it's already a free action? [22:46:11] :V [22:46:54] Then it gives you more actions if you use it. You can spam this until you're faster than the Flash. :T [22:47:09] hahahaha [22:47:17] Heh [22:47:25] If it's a free action, no benefit [22:48:04] Oh wait, there are no free action at-will fly powers. [22:48:12] Compendium FTW! :D [22:48:21] haha [22:48:32] What about No Action at-will fly powers? [22:48:43] same [22:49:44] No Immediate Interrupt or Opportunity ones either [22:49:59] Oddly enough there is an At-Will Immediate Reaction fly power. [22:50:19] It becomes free. [22:50:35] Weird [22:51:34] It's a paragon path power [22:51:50] What's it for? Escaping? [22:52:01] It's for coming to an ally's aid [22:52:08] ooh [22:52:27] You summon a ghostly winged steed that carries you to an adjacent ally if your Worth Foe target hits an ally. [22:52:38] Whatever Worthy Foe is [22:53:42] heh [22:53:49] Hmmm... [22:53:58] I wanna play in or run Cartoon Action Hour. :{ [22:55:06] Yon: Zephyr of the Barren Sands [22:55:06] You channel the power of the desert winds to briefly lift you into the air. [22:55:06] Encounter Arcane [22:55:06] Move Action Personal [22:55:06] Effect: You fly a number of squares equal to your speed. [22:55:25] This becomes At-Will fly your speed for Mari [22:55:36] Swordmage Utility 6 [22:58:08] :O [22:58:24] oooh. [23:01:10] I don't suppose there's anything to help balance things for us non-flyers? [23:02:05] You can get a little cloud to ride around on but only if you're lawful good. :| [23:03:55] haha [23:04:37] I miss Elena's teleporting as Aurora [23:05:01] I get a third at-will, but having to shift to get out of melee is weird. :( [23:16:12] Dem: Get Mari to craft you Winged Boots [23:16:48] oh okay [23:19:23] ahaha [23:19:25] This entire chapter, incidentally, will make wonderful, wonderful evidence during the inevitable trial. Most of it is just a series of adjectives ripped off from AD&D, without a tenth of the use. Even a hundredth of the use. For example: [23:19:25] 39. Immorality, of: Whosoever wields this weapon causes a loss of 1d20 points of morality regarding the disposition of the victim upon a successful attack. [23:19:25] Yeah. That's useful. A sword that makes you think the other person is immoral when you hit them. Good forward planning on the part of the authors, there. [23:21:40] rofl! Immorality, not immortality? [23:21:55] Yeah [23:22:00] http://web.archive.org/web/20080112095246/http://atrocities.primaryerror.net/fatal.html [23:23:54] http://exaltedsharn.wikidot.com/sharn-manifest-zone [23:24:02] updated with specific exceptions [23:24:58] heh [23:27:12] Somethings would just be too crazy [23:27:15] What level are weinged boots, anyway? [23:27:28] like insubstantial lasting the whole encounter... as an encounter power [23:27:56] Also, is this gonna make the game pretty ocmplciated? [23:27:57] 13 [23:28:02] Nah [23:28:02] I have issues figuring out height in combat. [23:28:21] We use the elevation status in GT [23:28:32] I have issues comprehending it [23:28:36] And you either use the horizontal distance or the difference in your elevations as range. [23:28:58] Wouldn't it be both? [23:29:02] Nope [23:29:08] Diagonals = 1 [23:29:23] I mean, I could just say "We're both 0 feet off the ground, so I sword him even though he's a hundred feet away" [23:29:27] So you use either one, whichever is larger. [23:29:46] You use the larger number [23:29:56] He could be right next to you, but 100 squares up [23:30:38] Also, I think elevation in squares starts at 0. [23:30:49] So Elevation 1 means "right above your head" [23:30:49] I'm sleepy so it's hard to figure this out. :( [23:30:58] It's simple, dem [23:31:37] You're elevation is, say, 5, the mind flayer is levitating at elevation 15. He's four squares out from you. [23:32:03] He's 10 squares away, because the difference in your elevation (15-5=10) is larger than the distance horizontally (4) [23:32:16] So you need an attack with a Range of 10 to hit him [23:32:22] a^2 = b^2 + c^2, so... hmm. [23:32:27] What? [23:32:39] You don't need the pythagoream equation [23:33:12] yes you do otherwise it's a horrifying non-euclidean geometry. :V [23:33:26] You do not need to figure out triangles and shit, since 4e has diagonals = 1 square [23:33:41] So ranges operate in cubes, not circles. [23:34:00] (or spheres, rather) [23:41:05] Ahahahahahah [23:41:11] http://i.somethingawful.com/u/elpintogrande/august09/07_art.jpg Zack: Thanks to the Charles Atlas Power Suit this 98 pound rotten hog man weakling was able to kick sand all over the beautiful woman on the beach and there was nothing her buff beau could do! [23:41:11] Steve: Her boyfriend only inflicts SDC damage. [23:57:24] Ugh, Carl Clover is totally the worst part of Blazblue [00:00:16] I'm heading to bed. Night everyone. [00:01:07] Night [00:02:54] * Adyen (senranda@bas1-unionville55-1177733668.dsl.bell.ca) Quit (Quit: Client Exited) [00:12:10] Angsty delusional shota with a sister complex? :barf: And as an added bonus, he's obnoxiously unfun to play as! [00:31:20] http://t.bt.is-ingenio.us/t/%5Bgg%5D_Bakemonogatari_-_08_%5B96B4221C%5D.mkv.torrent :toot: [01:16:47] * NovaSeaker (novaseaker@c-24-129-21-196.hsd1.fl.comcast.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [04:59:19] Oh, Dem, if you're interested, Myriad Games did a 2 hour interview with guys at Fantasy Flight Games on their podast [04:59:21] Podcast End of #Exalted buffer Sun Aug 30 08:29:25 2009