The Gaming Den

Ia makes his own educated guess for likely meeting times.
Intelligence 4 [Analyzing]+Occult 5 [Rituals]

He also says "I'll doublecheck with Max. He's obsessed with these astronomical cycles."
Ia texts Max with the same question and keeping him in the loop about "The Grove."

Ia replies to Kel. "How close is this site Sheriff? Seems that may be our true murder site. Shall we go for a walk?"

As for Headquarters, the value disparity as compared to other equipment is found in Features. For the same cost as the above sedan a character could easily have an interdimensional bolthole, and an Apache could instead get Avengers Arena's Murderworld. It's so unequivocally the best bang for one's ...

In M&M3E an average car would cost 10 Equipment points, which is 2 Character Points. Considering the disparity of equipment costs between standard items and, say, headquarters, I've found it best to either throw a few freebie points at a group for things like comlinks and sedans, or work boring...

Guys. Guys. Why do you keep attacking CaptPike? I think he's really on to something. I mean, he said that we don't know and will never know whether 4e was a success, but isn't he right ? I mean, how do we really know anything? Every sense we have is fallible, and there's no outside observer we can ...

CaptPike wrote:60% or so is not good enough for me personally.

Does anything more really need to be said? CaptPike went from funny to really funny and has plowed straight into tedious. The joke has gotten old. Time to use this awesome ignore function.

CaptPike wrote: what Wotc did is not data.

You do not even know what data is. Why should anyone bother talking to you?

Essentials went against the grain of 4e, it failed because if you loved 4e for what it was you did not like Essentials. How do you know Essentials failed? admittedly true, I do not know but it make sense. it did almost certainly LOOK like it failed to those in charge, that is about all we can know....

Ia takes out his phone and starts typing to keep track of the investigation so far. He'll freely share his brainstorming out loud to make sure he isn't forgetting anything. Rosa and her fellow cultists. New person in life. Erika. Meeting at the "grove" tonight. A pale skinned female Kindre...

Thusly I'm also really interested to see some more developed hooks of what could do for this. Otherwise, we have "extract an important personnel", or get some mcguffin-of-the-week. All likely with the conceit that the players got stranded, and need to find a way to escape (whether repairi...

I am assuming Kel relays that information. Also did Vergil actually mention the tattoo is a relic? Because if so Ia will kind of lose his shit and will not leave the body until at least the tattoo is in our possession. "A female Kindred. It appears our Prince may be correct about Torrens being...

TheFlatline wrote:I've come to realize that every single game I've ever run/played in that lasted for a really long time with like one exception had shit mechanics. What is it about shitty systems breeding games that refuse to die?

Lots of houserules equals lots of personal investment?

Ia will ask Kel "Do animals note skin color? Did they see if he was the color of night? We do have a visitor that seems to know his way around spirits."

To Seth "Can you get me access to Rosas texts? I can begin reading through them if so."

Longes wrote:Onyx Path went meta, and soon we'll have a game where you play people who play Vampire the Masquerade.

I sort of did that once with nWoD & Mage: The Awakening. To this day it remains the favorite of my usual gaming group.

For me the "game" is the mechanics but of course there are plenty of settings I enjoy, at least conceptually, but I never use their mechanics. Like Bodshivita I enjoy Eclipse Phase. I read the books, however I quickly started skipping straight over anything mechanical. Chargen was so awful...

Forget the decanter. Cleric Orison. Cast at-will. Create Water. 2 gallons (per level) every standard action (6 seconds). They nerfed create water in pathfinder, if no one drinks it, it evaporates. "This water disappears after 1 day if not consumed" Pathfinder stealth nerf strikes again. G...

Baron von Evildude liked the Clone spell [or his own version which allows multiples]. Gotta kill em all. Each clone has taken up in part of the castle with their own experiments and servitors. Don't want to be too noisy or the players will have to deal with multiple barons at once. That's awesome. ...

Forget the decanter. Cleric Orison. Cast at-will. Create Water. 2 gallons (per level) every standard action (6 seconds).

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Ancient History wrote:Sorry for the delay, still on vacation.

No problem. Vacate all you want.

Yeah man, enjoy yourself.

Ia finishes his phone call to Stan. When Vergil tells Kel it may have been a trap Ia's mouth twists in a grimace. "I appreciate a healthy amount of paranoia Vergil but this is quite a lot of work to go through on the slight possibility of making you frenzy. They certainly didn't stack the deck ...

Ia smiles as Verge explains his plan. "Ha! I suppose Ive gotten old haven't I. It no longer even occurs to me to make use of these mortal institutions. Very well Vergil I bow to your expertise here." Ia bows slightly at the waist and then straightens back up. "However there is clearly...

Ia runs a hand through his hair. "I was thinking of using Seth's technical sorcery to have "Rosa" contact them. Tonight. My concern is that there could be more than one murder in the works. Im proposing we gather as many of them together as we can. Then have Verge question them,"...

Did Kel relay that the tattoo artist might be the same as did Andrews? Or only that the symbol itself was nothing special? Ia reaches out and grasps Seth shoulder for a moment. "No need for regrets Seth. We don't even know if an entity was released let alone from anything you did. If something...

Ia addresses Seth. "A protective circle attempts to prevent movement across its boundary on this plane. But there are of course loopholes and the simple possibility of failure or a summoning ritual having run its course. Could it escape through the phone? Your own powers show that is a possibil...

Im assuming I am familiar with Max's Thaumaturgy path. He hasn't tried to hide that has he? @Ancient History Did Ia manage to reach Victoria? Voicemail? No answer at all? Ia lines up a careful shot of the tattoo and snaps a couple pictures at slightly different angles. Every detail including orient...