Recap, and next game: Friday March 3rd
As of now, we're assuming that we'll play Friday night. Does everyone think they can make it? If you suspect problems, let us know in comments. (The game recap follows.)
Next Game: Friday February 24th?
Update: Kev comments (in thread)
Unfortunately we are going to be leaving again this week, things did not go well last week so stuff got pushed back. Sorry guys.
Do we want to run a session, and just have Erisorn trapped by duty, his fellow clergy, or something? Does a delay work better for anyone else? (After all, if we're going to be missing multiple people, we definitely want to cancel.) What does everyone want to do?
Original post follows:
Since it looks like Dad and Kev will be out of town this weekend, we're looking forward to a solid session two weeks from now. We finished just after dinner with our steely companion; now the Talons are preparing for a descent into the labyrinth beneath the old "Portal Wars" town, to find the secret of the portals-- perhaps a hint how to shutdown the Chaos Knight's bridge and portals.
Prepare for kobolds, bandits, and darker powers deep in the labyrinth.
Political Musing at lunch
I didn't remember a book this morning, so I had little to distract me at lunch. Somehow, my mind tracked onto politics and the legislature. I thought a bit about some IRV suggestion's I'd heard and it cross pollinated with some Clean Elections stuff I'd been considering. Below is what came to mind.
Accumulated loot
Revolution and Angels and Operators. A mass choose your own adventure; the votes of the audience choose the storyline.
Idea inspired by Conquest Sacramento: Run Shadows or Universalis? DitV perhaps?
Recent books recommendations that I should follow up on:
Tamora's Pierce's book, Alanna. It blew me away. -- Kameron Hurley, must check out
Engine Summer -- also strongly recommended
Good book for Betsey & Wes? -- Gilead, by Marilynn Robinson
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson.
Card Game recommendation:
Tichu. (In games top 10). [Alt: Frank's Zoo, or Zheng Fen]
Collector’s Paradise (Bullard between First & Cedar)
$10 D&D Mini boosters (theoretically)
1075 E Bullard Ave # 104, Fresno, CA 93710
(559) 439-3511
Hilzoy: On Distractions
Feminist Carnivals Links to all the carnivals.
Kyngdoms: Interesting map. Unfortunately, it looks like the rivers don't always make sense, but it might be a good place to steal elements from.
Panoramic Maps Surprisingly informative maps of old towns.
Pallidium Books goodies What's going on with Rifts and other things; plus an "almost blog" by Kevin about publishing, etc.
Questionable Content Fun, geeky webcomic
Alternate DitV Character Sheets
Johari Meme for me (You pick traits that you think are you, then everyone else comes through and picks traits that they percieve. See where your blindspots are.)
Movie Suggestions (Shakespear's Sister comment thread)
Central Valley Gamers (blog) ,
Story Games Forums
Knowledge: Current Events is a publisher who converts real world events into D20 elements.
Next week on: The Dragon Talons
Next game night is Friday, February 9th. If you have any problems, just let us know.
As a side note: does the planar invasion theme work for everyone? [Threat to the whole plane vs. Dragon's Talon's foe comes from Chaos against them?]
If it does work for you, do you want to deal with the NPCs (etc.) directly-- like a bigger version of the Cormyr politics plot? Or do we want to keep our part of the plot to ourselves, with random "chaos streams" errupting across the world-- so all those people Erisorn alerted are tied up with their own crossover plane problems?
I (as one player) don't want to fight beside Eliminster and other characters that greatly overshadow the Dragon's Talons. In part it'd be due to the loss of spotlight, and in larger part it'd be due to combat complexity, the need to ramp up the bad guys to match, and so on. I don't mind Kogor's dying in heroic combat versus a demi-god (or its minions)... but I would mind dying as "collateral damage" in an attack sent at a big ally.
What do you think?