That reminds me of a place in one of my stories, a farmhouse converted to an orphanage that was a half step off prime because the unseelie monster in the high-tech dungeon basement cycled through orphans trying to connect them to its vampiric network to give them superpowers, and only a handful survived.
gregory blair That actually happened in my campaign. Someone rolled on the Exasperation table from A Red & Pleasant Land while in the farmhouse and found a secret door. I decided it led to the basement, where the thing's brain was barely visible poking out of the dirt floor. They spent a long time just stabbing the shit out of it until it died - I forget the math, but I think we averaged everything out and learned it would take hours of attacking to run through its HP. There was also the scarecrow to deal with, so leaving wasn't quite THAT easy. I still think of it as one of the best games I've run.
Your Beat 'em Ups! Give them to me! My daughter and I have played the hell out of X-Men on my PS3. I'm bored! She's not, she could blow up sentinels with Storm all day long. Are there other button-mashers out there that: -Have a playable female character (so Ninja Turtles are out) -Available on PS3 -Multiplayer I'm aware Dungeons & Dragons: Shadows of Mystara comes out in June. Can't wait. But until then, I need something new since I can't listen to "Nothing stops the Blob!" again.
Rating the Marvel villains so far on a scale from Excelsior (good), to No-Prize (could be explained that they’re either good or bad), to Bullpen Floor (bad): Iron Monger: Excelsior Abomination: No-Prize Loki: Excelsior Red Skull: Excelsior Whiplash: Bullpen Floor Justin Hammer: Excelsior Loki again: Excelsior Mandarin: Excelsior Dark Elf what’s-his-name: Bullpen floor Hydra Conspiracy: Excelsior Ronan: Bullpen Floor Nebula: Excelsior Ultron: No-Prize Did I miss anyone?
It must be real nice!
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of a place in one of my stories, a farmhouse converted to an orphanage that was a half step off prime because the unseelie monster in the high-tech dungeon basement cycled through orphans trying to connect them to its vampiric network to give them superpowers, and only a handful survived.
ReplyDeleteTales of the Scarecrow house after the creature is somehow defeated.
ReplyDeleteYUP...that's the place alright...
ReplyDeletegregory blair That actually happened in my campaign. Someone rolled on the Exasperation table from A Red & Pleasant Land while in the farmhouse and found a secret door. I decided it led to the basement, where the thing's brain was barely visible poking out of the dirt floor. They spent a long time just stabbing the shit out of it until it died - I forget the math, but I think we averaged everything out and learned it would take hours of attacking to run through its HP. There was also the scarecrow to deal with, so leaving wasn't quite THAT easy. I still think of it as one of the best games I've run.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty wild Justin Stewart! I like the idea of the Exasperation table leading to something unexpected.
ReplyDeleteOh, and when I see this picture I get Don't Go Into That Barn by Tom Waits stuck in my head. :P
ReplyDeleteJustin Stewart Oh hell yeah. Could be that combined with "What's He Building In There."
ReplyDeletegregory blair I love that one! Someone did a pretty funny parody of it on Youtube called Scissors. Don't have a link handy, sorry.
ReplyDeleteIs that Andrew Wyeth's barn?
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