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… third crit on me in a row. Collin drops again.

February 21, 2010 · 1 min · Bryant

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[gallery] Susan crits my PC twice in a row in her first time behind the DM screen. My PC drops like a stone.

February 21, 2010 · 1 min · Bryant

Regulator Con 2010

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Regulator Con 2010 Next con!

February 21, 2010 · 1 min · Bryant

21. Pyrophobia (MINI 1-5)

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What I am now is pooped. I ran Pyrophobia (original) for the usual crowd – Peter, Jon, Susan, Mark, and Noah. It takes, let me tell you, a lot of prep. I had about 20 effect cards on hand to give out to the players to reflect various temporary effects on the PCs, and a good number of those temporary effects had specific effects on individual combats. Here, have Vulnerable 3 for the rest of this section. Also, here’s an extra power you can use once in the next combat. Whoo. ...

February 21, 2010 · 2 min · Bryant

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[gallery] In the , an ice gelatinous cube has two PCs and a spirit bear engulfed. It is marked, oathed, and bloodied. Ow.

February 20, 2010 · 1 min · Bryant

20. The Cleansing Flame (MYRE 1-1)

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I ran my second Sambral MYRE for Jonathan, Mark, Tom, Hudson, and Susan. I really need to tune down my MYREs – it is not the case that any random combination of experience point appropriate monsters will be as easy as one might expect from the average LFR module. The opening fight was a mere 938 experience points – even level for a high tier group – and I dropped three PCs. The second fight was also pretty iffy, although not as bloody. ...

February 15, 2010 · 2 min · Bryant

19. Patronage and Pestilence (CORM 1-7)

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More MapTool games! Collin is now only three sessions away from level 4. This experiment in leveling quickly has proven to be a success. Draden Tristen GMed; he did a great job of moving things along and running the combats well. My fellow players were Crow of Pyke, Logopolis, Neldar, Maelwys, and Dareus. Crow played his warlord again and I found it deeply satisfying to play a fighter with a warlord. We spent a good part of one fight keeping two monsters locked down as he granted me basic attacks. ...

February 13, 2010 · 1 min · Bryant

18. Arts (DALE 1-7)

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More Arts? Don’t mind if I do… I played with Emperor799, Maelwys, Monouk, Matt, and Zeitgeist – yep, another MapTool game. Collin’s still working his way towards level 4. It looks like he might get there before our next MiniMoreCon, which would be keen. Dareus DMed. We boldly went for it on high despite a preponderance of level 1 or 2 characters. Since certain gnomes rolled dead last on initiative, and since our DM did not take advantage of certain knock prone powers, we managed to clear out of a certain doorway before certain bad things happened. ...

February 11, 2010 · 1 min · Bryant

17. Faint Hope (AKAN 1-7)

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I decided to run this as a MapTool (original) game because it’s one of the 1-4s I’ve never run or played. It was in fact pretty fun, although I have some quibbles. My players were Matt, Ryven, Draden Tristen, Neldar, Crow of Pyke, and Xalcair. I really liked the group; this is one of the best MapTool LFR experiences I’ve had. We had zero technical issues. There was maybe a bit of conflict between roleplay oriented players and tactically oriented players but people gave each other space to do what they wanted, which was nice, and much appreciated by the DM. ...

February 6, 2010 · 2 min · Bryant

16. The Radiant Vessel of Thesk (CORE 1-2)

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Ah, Radiant Vessel, how like a pair of comfortable old shoes thou art. I have played this sucker… a few times. This time Matt was the DM; we played via MapTool. The players were me, Monouk, Goldfishmind, Pelyt, Lunarstar, and Darrell. I’m mostly using forum handles for names here, to maintain privacy and to keep my life simple. Matt’s an awesome online DM. He knows how to keep the pace moving. Despite a couple of new players, we cranked through the thing in 3.5 hours, which is nice given that we started at 9 PM. He also remembered Reed failing his Athletics roll miserably back when he and I played this together, so when we were hanging out with the orcs he described a halfling getting his ass handed to him while wrestling. I was most amused.

February 4, 2010 · 1 min · Bryant