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It's time for ACKS ! I did this earlier, now the PCs are fooked. #ACKS

The current ACKS crew, PCs and henchies. #ACKS

"Can you tell me why you're having trouble going to sleep?" "No..." "Mom said it was bad thoughts." "Yes..." "Like what?" "I can't say..." "About bad things happening to the family?" "Yes..." "About death?" "Yeah..." "What exactly?" "Like guys breaking into the house to hurt us. And like someone throwing a bomb through the window." "Well, I'm not a spy so I don't think anyone is going to throw a bomb at us..." "And when it's dark and I can't see your face, I think you've been turned into a robot." "Huh. I always thought my parents had been replaced by aliens."

Two Guns in D&D type games Without resorting to bonuses to hit and damage. Roll damage twice, keep higher. or "Excess" damage left after killing a target is applied to an enemy within 10 feet of the first.

Swear to god, I just got a fax from Innotek .

Are there better cults than snake cults? Mmm...can't think of any.

Botswana has a heavy metal cowboy scene. The things you find searching for gaming stuff. This makes me very happy. http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/atlas-hoods-botswanas-cowboy-metalheads

Carcosan Raptors Depicted as a swell-headed deinonychosaur that wears jewellery and has invented nuclear weapons, Bioparaptor recalls Russell’s dinosauroid in having a short-jawed, big-brained skull and in having lost its pedal sickle-claw, but differs from it in being long-tailed and overall more dinosaur-like. Its nefarious activities not only resulted in a nuclear conflict that caused the end-Cretaceous event, but its domestication of herding cattle-like herbivores (Triceratops and kin) resulted in an impoverished terrestrial fauna where other big animals were rare or absent. http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2008/03/24/dinosauroids-2008/

Time for Realms of Cthulhu ! And a Harold Ramis tribute gif.

The only class for a possible Weird West OSRish hex-crawl game: Trailblazer Hit Dice: d6 Base Defense: 14 Attack Bonus: Level Save Bonus: ½ Level Backgrounds: 8 points Choose Two Special Abilities: Tough: +2 HP per level. Slippery: +3 Def Quick Draw: +1 to Initiative at 1st, 4th, and 8th level. Duelist: Extra dm on first ranged attack when targeting someone who has not yet acted in the round. x2 at 1st, x3 at 5th, and x4 at 9th. Scrapper: +1 to melee dm at 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 9th level. Lucky: +5 to saves Inventor (counts as two selections): Att. Bonus is ½ level, builds inventions per the table below. No supernatural weirdness, just sci-fi. Dinosaurs, aliens, mutants, time-travel, and the ancient cyclopean cities of the snakemen. #weirdwestwednesday

“DAH-doonk, dah-doonk, dah-doonk, gonk gonk.” http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/02/the_time_signature_of_the_terminator_score_is_a_mystery_for_the_ages.html

Was everyone aware that kids these days aren't challenged enough in their Christian faith? And that public schools are dens of sin? The things I learn eavesdropping at lunch.

Parent Post Actual words spoken by a two-year old: "Papa, me draw Batman on my tablet! Put it on Facebook!" #kidsthesedays

Start a little early so Jim can play longer. events/cq3pdjh2ldl7kvum524pne0ls50?authkey=CPaTmJaJoOrbPQ

#yojoeday ! Special Missions 13 No lighthearted, toy-selling romp this issue. Outback, Dusty, Mangler, and Lightfoot are on a mission to destroy an old depot of supplies that they don't want to fall into the hands of the new communist government of Trucial Abysia. The Joes are captured and despite the objections of a rather compassionate captain Yusif, the political officer tortures Lightfoot with a car battery for info on the Joe's mission. Lightfoot spills everything. Mangler calls him a traitor and worse. Captain Yusif is ordered to kill the Joes, but he can't do it. He gives them one canteen of water and tells them to head for the coast and drives away. In a poignant and touching scene, Lightfoot insists on finishing his mission although he can barely walk because of the torture. The Joes decide to follow through and Dusty and Outback show off their survival skills in the desert. Once at the bunker the Joes break in and Lightfoot improvises an explosive in true Larry Ha

Does anyone use Scribus for laying out gaming stuff? If you do, how did you do tables? I was cruising along nicely, learning how to use it, then bam! Table function is not yet implemented.

Well, let's say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of feelings I experience in a day. Based on this morning's news, it would be a Twinkie... thirty-five feet long, weighing approximately six hundred pounds. Originally shared by **** Awwww http://gothamist.com/2014/02/24/photos_harold_ramis_memorial_at_gho.php

True Detective confession. Because of the way HBO Go orders the episodes, ie newest first, instead of oldest first like Netflix does, we watched the fifth episode thinking it was the first episode. We did not notice. A couple things became clearer when we watched the first episode, but really, there's so much time skipping that it didn't matter one bit. That made me love it even more. Also, #rollforinitiative .

Time for some D&D 4e !

That's kind of fun.

I just built a spaceship at my address. https://www.buildwithchrome.com/

Totally justifiable. Originally shared by Kirill Grouchnikov

Empire of the Petal Throne encumbrance table. Possibly one of the least helpful tables in RPG history.

Tree Snowman knows your secrets.

Abby's subtly creepy button-eyed snowman sitting in a tree. Shades of True Detective.

I hear Carcosa is lovely this time of year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcosa_Seri_Negara

"Why are you taking a picture, Papa?" Because you're sitting there on your Chromebook editing a story about a murderer you're collaboratively writing with your friends by sharing the file on Google Drive. That's why, you silly girl.

Filling out the Minnesota Notary Commission Application. http://www.theonion.com/articles/joinin-tha-notary-club,16209

My company's disaster recovery test has been canceled due to bad weather. Picture not related.

In other TV news, Almost Human continues to be full of cliches and awesome at the same time. I just want Kennex and Dorian to trade quips in their car for an hour.  I'm almost caught up. Just watched the episode with a smokin' hot Gina Carano doing her best Terminator impression. Awesome. And it had John Larroquette! Hell yes, Dan Fielding! And a big reveal about the wider in-show world. Please don't get cancelled.

For the first time since we ditched cable, I miss HBO. I'm trying really hard not to read anything about True Detective . All I know is: Matthew McConaughey Woody Harrelson Louisiana Carcosa King in Yellow  Argh! King in Yellow from: http://yog-blogsoth.blogspot.com/2012/07/king-in-yellow-hastur.html

I hate our townhouse association's snow removal company. HATE.

Of interest to anyone who might run a Spears of the Dawn campaign. Originally shared by Wayne “Lumrunner” Humfleet http://io9.com/the-great-lost-cities-of-africa-1507656099?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Bret Gillan you seemed interested in my Scarlet Heroes / Spears of the Dawn solo campaign. These are the tables I'll be using for generating the hex map and dungeon inhabitants. I think everything else will work straight from Scarlet Heroes.

Made it home before the snow made it impossible. http://youtu.be/nASrAXTturU

Follow up to Ice-T's reading a D&D audio book. I listened to the latest podcast. I quote : "What wouldn't Ice T like about a dungeon or a dragon? That shit sounds dope." "I'm definitely gonna play a game. I want to be a dungeon master." "People said I should start my own game. I think I'll call it Ghettos & Gangsters... "

One paladin mixed in with the fighters.

More like a level 1 OSR cleric, but the sentiment is right. So many of these pictures have the protesters wielding riot shields stolen from the police.   Originally shared by Jeremy Seifert #Kiev   image found in Jennifer E 's post.  Originally from Jonathan Langdale 's post here https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JonathanLangdale/posts/WvjC5dojgG6

Ever suddenly remember a dream you had the night before? I just remembered that last night I had a dream about being trapped in a huge submerged building with two pliosaurs, one bigger than the other, like possibly a Kronosaurus and a Liopleurodon. There were other people there too being picked off by the pliosaurs, while I tried not to be noticed.  This fits with my general nightmare theme of being completely helpless in a dangerous situation. Like stabbing a guy attacking me and it doesn't do anything to him, or shooting at a guy chasing me and I can't hit him no matter how close he is. Maybe had something to do with our party fighting a plesiosaur while playing Hollow Earth last night.  Anyway, dreams are weird.

Time for Hollow Earth Expeditions !

Olympics Post This is for the Russian hockey team:

The Guardians trailer is making me share this again. Originally shared by Casey G. Reading Guardians of the Galaxy and the Marvel Superheroes RPG at the same time reminded me of this from Dragon #132 .

I'm hooked on a feeling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTZ2Tp9yXyM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

And here we see Roman soldiers in the Testudo formation...oh wait...this is Kiev, today. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/02/18/ukraine_live_feed_kiev_burns_as_mayhem_grips_ukrainian_capital.html

#yojoeday ! Special Missions 12 Special Missions 12 is a funny issue. It introduces a new piece of Joe hardware and its pilot, Maverick (really, Larry?). But it’s also an issue that highlights Hama’s nostalgia for old aircraft and his love for New York state.  We start with a small-town airshow where Bert the pilot flies his classic Stearman. The highlight of the show is that the Joes are the special guests and Ace, Slipstream, and Maverick put on quite a show. After the show, Maverick gets Bert to take him for a ride since he rode in a Stearman as a kid. While they are in the air, Firefly and a couple Cobra goons disable the Skystriker and Conquest and steal the Vector. In a somewhat improbable development, Bert and Maverick are able to keep up with a supersonic jet because Firefly is keeping the Vector close to the ground to avoid radar and if he flies faster, he’ll slam into the ground or a hill. After a tour of New York state including some local geographic features and a raceway,

"You want somma this? You want somma this? BAM! Yeah, goats!" Originally shared by Matthew “Polybius” H #goat2014

Next Guardians of the Galaxy question: Anyone know if Cosmo will get a cameo?

Trying out making a hex map right in Roll20 without importing a map. I found some map icons I could knock out and turn into individual images. Then I can just paste them right onto the hex grid Roll20 makes.

Science!

Pirate Girl Power defeats Papa Pirate Power.

"What are you doing, Papa?" "D&D stuff." "Did you make a new character?" "Yep. A fighter." "How do you do it?" "Do you want to make a character?" "Yes!" "Are you just saying that because you're supposed to be doing homework?" "Yeeesss..." "Fine. Go get your dice." "Yes!" #scarletheroes

From Dusk Till Dawn series? What? El Rey Network? Huh? It's Robert Rodriguez's english language latino network? Holy crap! Well, I don't have cable anymore, but I'll hope it ends up on Netflix or Hulu.

I've been thinking about the solo adventuring rules in Kevin Crawford 's Scarlet Heroes and using them with his Spears of the Dawn setting. Here's my solo hero made using both rule sets. I used the Scarlet Heroes class with the Spears economy and used the cultural backgrounds as a guide for making Traits. This worked slick. Hopefully I have time to get this dude plundering a randomly generated Eternal tomb-house this weekend.