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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / Re: Future Ransom: The Aaron/CoC Project

« on: August 11, 2010, 05:49:17 PM »

Good shootin', but I think Tom's game probably killed not only his PCs, but PCs at surrounding tables.

It's true about Tom's game. I was the first to go. 01 with a BAR at point blank range. Stupid crazy PC's. Why couldn't I use my Persuade to mind control him? 

Seriously though. Awesome game. Loads of fun. Everyone died.


Operation Endgame was incredibly fun. Death by light kicks from Ristarr, sword-cane butchery from Aaron, and I garroted poor Tad with an ethernet cable because everyone was flipping out and murdering everyone else.

Good times all around.

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General Chaos / Re: GenCon Preparations

« on: August 04, 2010, 02:23:00 PM »

Well, we're in town now, at the Sleep Inn near the airport. If anyone has any ideas on stuff to do, give me a call at the phone number listed as my YIM address in my profile. (If you can figure out my super sneaky code)

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General Chaos / Re: Cthulhu Mythos Sculpts

« on: August 03, 2010, 12:54:05 PM »

Made my additions to the document.

Oh, yeah, I just remembered, I saw a flyer you posted over at War Dog's here in Jacksonville (it's closed now, but whatever). Did you ever get your WH40k minis back?

Wow, those made it all the way to Jacksonville? I'll have to thank Steve Fields, he canvassed the state in those fuckers.

No, I never did get my army back. Our best guess at this point is they got nabbed because they were in my car in a soft-case, and looked valuable. Maybe the thief assumed they were camera equipment or computer stuff. I'm thinking they probably ditched them in a dumpster once they realized what they'd taken.

Is a shame too, I never really recovered my energy for working on warhammer stuff. I'd put a lot of time into those plague marines.

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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / Re: RPPR Profiles. Profiles in nerdery and horror.

« on: August 01, 2010, 02:50:04 PM »

First character: A lawful-good assassin with a boring one-word name. ("Cloak" or something like that) Kind of like a more deadly robin-hood. He was trying to help re-start the spin of the world, which had stopped because the "god who turned the great wheel" had been killed. In the end he got eaten by a chaos beast, and resurrected to fill the vacant position. End result: Gained a Divine Rank and all the awesomeness that comes with it, but has to spend the rest of eternity turning a crank so the earth rotates. I think we'll call that a wash.

First Created Character: Do NPCs count? I actually GMed before I ever got to play. If so, it was Brunn, the animal trader. He was a 3rd level barbarian, and had a ridiculous trove of creatures in his store. One of the PCs killed him and took his Large Dire Bat as a mount. That game ended pretty much as you'd expect from that little peep into its construction.

If not, it was the above character, who I now recall was named "Shaw". Lawful good assassin, with the "throw anything" and "Urban brachiation" feats. (The second one basically allowed him to move across rooftops, walls, and various urban features as though they were level, as long as he could pass the Jump/climb checks to get up there) He sneak attacked many a thug with a roofing tile. Not really much of a character, but he did have a goal of ending corruption by killing the wicked, on account of some sort of melodrama where friends or family were executed without cause.

First Campaign Ran: A disastrous attempt to do a 3.5 DnD campaign. The players all ended up horrifically overburdened with magic items. the most experienced player there was a lying sack of crap that mislead me so I would give the group better stuff, allow horribly broken powers, and hand out crazy amounts of XP. One person was a psychobitch that was obsessed with having EVERY object the party found but had no use for it. One girl (we shall call her T) ended up throwing a pair of scissors IRL at another player's head (named G) over loot. We made it through about 5 sessions in which they killed a shopkeeper, survived being robbed and stranded in the woods, and rescued a castle from orc occupation. When the game imploded they were wandering the castle's secret escape tunnels because the bigger orc army showed up and they decided it was a lost cause. I think there was also a magic cave or something.

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General Chaos / Re: Cthulhu Mythos Sculpts

« on: July 31, 2010, 02:09:40 PM »

The Byakhee often serve Hastur  the Unnameable. Since the beings are made of ordinary matter, they can be injured by normal weapons such as firearms. Byakhee can fly through space and can carry a rider, though the rider needs protection from the vacuum and cold by suitable spells or potions. Byakhee live in interstellar space but may be summoned to Earth to perform tasks or to serve as steeds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byakhee

Ah, then I'd probably throw them in the Carcosa set too. The book was kinda a lame filler choice anyways. I'm guessing they'd be Knights. (Always popping in unexpectedly from above, and flying over other things)

EDIT: I'm making a more organized list for various sets.
Anyone who wants to help, just follow the link to an editable google doc.
https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1UV5AtAVM1DIWtod01dQr8EImPNTqNSU4_WHKOwd1IxA&hl=en&authkey=COafns8C

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General Chaos / Re: Cthulhu Mythos Sculpts

« on: July 31, 2010, 03:04:23 AM »

...you do it so quickly...

I have to give credit for both detail and speed to Zbrush. They have made an incredibly powerful and intuitive piece of software. I don't think I could even work this fast with actual clay.

And thanks! I'm likely going to be doing a series of humanoid miniatures in the next week. Looks like making this series has paid off already, and I haven't even sold a mini yet.

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General Chaos / Re: Ean's Art Thread of Random Shit

« on: July 31, 2010, 02:58:24 AM »

Bullshit! Why isn't this wallpaper size? WHY!?

Will 1600 across do? Picasa is being a bitch and won't let me make it bigger.

[spoiler][/spoiler]

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General Chaos / Re: Cthulhu Mythos Sculpts

« on: July 31, 2010, 02:44:35 AM »

Also, I finished another one of the projects I was working on today.

Ross, this one is for you. (I'll probably paint him when my brain congeals back into a semisolid)

Get it on Shapeways and such. I think I'll be ordering one of him and one of the Yithian. Between the two of them they get me just over the 25 dollar minimum order from Shapeways.

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General Chaos / Re: Cthulhu Mythos Sculpts

« on: July 31, 2010, 02:37:04 AM »

Interdimensional Fun: Daoloth, Hounds of Tindalos, Dimensional Shamblers, Not sure what to use as pawns

Byakhee

I thought they more just flew about in space and served Nyarlethotep? Or was it someone else the served...

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General Chaos / Re: Cthulhu Mythos Sculpts

« on: July 30, 2010, 10:52:29 PM »

Bee-tee-dubs, the Bloody Tongue avatar is suitably grotesque. The Black Buddha would be an awesome companion sculpture.

An interesting project I have in the works: Chess sets based on the Cthulhu Mythos, with different themes. So far i'm thinking

Nyarlethotep set: Bloody Tongue, Lurker in the Dark, Black Buddha, Bloated Woman, The Black Sphinx, and Cultists of the Black Pharoh as pawns.
Cthulhu Set: Cthulhu, Hydra, Dagon, Deep Ones, Cultists again
Carcosa Set: King in Yellow, Hastur, Some Creepy Buildings, A copy of the play, and Investigators as pawns
Interdimensional Fun: Daoloth, Hounds of Tindalos, Dimensional Shamblers, Not sure what to use as pawns
Alien Menace: Cthugha, Yithians, Mi-Go, use MJ12 Agents as Pawns
The Outer Gods: Azathoth, Shub Niggurath, Servitors, Dark Young, Shan as pawns?

Whatcha think? Any suggestions?

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General Chaos / Re: Cthulhu Mythos Sculpts

« on: July 30, 2010, 10:34:37 PM »

First up, Seth's request: The Great Race of Yith. (Available for print on Shapeways. They're under the $25 minimum order thingy, so you'd have to order something else, or buy a pair together.)

(His got bonus points because I may need one for my Masks game. Players haven't been to Australia yet, after all.)





If you want more images, check behind the spoiler tag. These ones are of the actual geometry:

[spoiler]
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Also, it's time for Name That Cthulian! One of my current projects.



(hint, it is not in fact pikachu)

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General Chaos / Re: The DnD Pirates Game

« on: July 30, 2010, 06:01:50 PM »

Too bad RPPR doesn't have an official knife with the logo on it. Maybe they'd be willing to try and stab each other with the buttons...

D'ya want me to make one?

Seriously, I could. Shapeways prints in steel. Would cost a ridiculous amount of money...

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General Chaos / Re: Image Thread

« on: July 30, 2010, 05:21:18 PM »

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General Chaos / Re: Ean's Art Thread of Random Shit

« on: July 30, 2010, 01:25:02 PM »

Nice! BTW I keep forgetting to say Great Image of Joseph Blackwell! That was my first DnD PC, I assume your the one that drew it since it says your responsible for all other images.

Thanks! Yeah, I drew him and I'd be happy to send you a bigger, printable version of the image if you want it for your character sheet or somethin...

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General Chaos / Re: Ean's Art Thread of Random Shit

« on: July 30, 2010, 12:35:10 AM »

BEHOLD! CORN!