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by mrlost
Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:55 am
Forum: Spam: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Topic: Clash of the Titans
Replies: 12
Views: 8153

They should just get Harryhausen onboard and do the sequel to Clash he wrote all those years ago about the Trojans but couldn't be filmed because it was too special effects intensive (stop motion wise). They certainly should have at least one stop motion shot, I mean look at Coraline! Freaking aweso...
by mrlost
Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:56 pm
Forum: Spam: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Topic: Clash of the Titans
Replies: 12
Views: 8153

Yeah Bubo kicks ass. Kicks C3P0 and R2D2's behinds in my book.

All I've got to say is Harryhausen better be heavily involved in any remake, the dude is one tough effects wizard.
by mrlost
Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:52 pm
Forum: One-Shots
Topic: Serenity... Tramps like us
Replies: 34
Views: 53311

I can fill a spot if you run it before the 19th.
by mrlost
Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:59 pm
Forum: One-Shots
Topic: Planar Vikings with M20, any takers?
Replies: 1
Views: 9293

Planar Vikings with M20, any takers?

I was hoping to experiment with running Planescape with the extremely rules lite Microlite d20. I've got until the 19th, any day before then would be awesome. I've got so far is... Unknowingly aided in his endeavor by the reincarnated soul of his lover whom he killed to prevent a magical disaster. T...
by mrlost
Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:35 am
Forum: Reviews
Topic: Best places for Coffee in San Diego IYO
Replies: 13
Views: 13744

Best places for Coffee in San Diego IYO

Not certain that this shouldn't be in Spam or Debate. Move it if you feel the need. Move it! move it! Anyway, I was just reading ekomega's response to my suggestion that we meet at the Living Room on college and it got me thinking. Where are the best places for a cup of mud in San Diego. I usually g...
by mrlost
Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:22 am
Forum: Swap Meet
Topic: DnD 3.0 and 3.5 clearance
Replies: 9
Views: 18481

Sure that sounds fine. The Starbucks in Pfieffer Lounge of Aztec Commons near the free speech steps, the ticket office, and the bowling alley, or the one in West Commons near Storm/Nasatir Hall, PS4, and the utility building? Or did you mean one of the many near the campus? I hardly even notice Star...
by mrlost
Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:43 pm
Forum: The Champions
Topic: eCollapse stuff
Replies: 26
Views: 12905

PK: My players demanded I ask Greg Stolze: Why would the Crux interfere with the Villian if the Villian is helping out, and what is the player of the Crux supposed to do? Basically, we get that the Crux is there to balance the Hero and Villain. But what is the player supposed to do? Greg: The assum...
by mrlost
Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:37 pm
Forum: RPG Discussion
Topic: White Wolf's response to WotC's new pdf shenanigans
Replies: 0
Views: 3301

White Wolf's response to WotC's new pdf shenanigans

As a publicity stunt that will likely buy White Wolf some very good PR, they are offering the 2nd edition Exalted Core book free until April 12th and a one time 10% discount on any WW pdf purchase through DriveThruRPG and RPGnow. While there isn't a thing I want from WW at the moment. I really have...
by mrlost
Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:42 pm
Forum: Spam
Topic: Greg Stolze is ransoming Dirty World fiction
Replies: 0
Views: 2781

Greg Stolze is ransoming Dirty World fiction

with proceeds going to charity read more here
by mrlost
Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:28 pm
Forum: Swap Meet
Topic: DnD 3.0 and 3.5 clearance
Replies: 9
Views: 18481


[quote="Digital_Boy"]Wait. Do Or Dice is closed?!



Crap. I used to shop there for miniatures.



*looks for a 40 to pour out*[/quote]

Well they used to have a store front, but they closed it. I don't know if they're still in business as an online store.

by mrlost
Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:43 pm
Forum: Swap Meet
Topic: DnD 3.0 and 3.5 clearance
Replies: 9
Views: 18481

[quote="ekomega"]They are yours if you still want them, 3 for $12. Monster Manual 2 has a lot of different monsters. I can name some specific ones, or copy the table of contents if you want. A lot of them are planar, demonic, etc., if I remember correctly. Let me know, and we can coordinate pickup....
by mrlost
Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:05 pm
Forum: Swap Meet
Topic: Looking to buy for some D&D 3.x books
Replies: 0
Views: 7620

Looking to buy for some D&D 3.x books

Does anyone want to part with their copy of 3.0 Miniatures Handbook 3.5 Tome of Battle: Book of 9 Swords 3.5 Dungeon Masters Guide 2 3.5 Dragon Magic I'm really interested in Dragon Magic, I'm willing to go as high as fifteen for it. The others, would be nice to read/have in case I ever run 3.5 agai...
by mrlost
Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:46 pm
Forum: Swap Meet
Topic: DnD 3.0 and 3.5 clearance
Replies: 9
Views: 18481

E-mail sent.

Basically I want the Draconicon, Exalted Deeds, and Fiend Folio if you still got them. And I can meet you in the SDSU area no problem.

What's in the Monster Manual 2? I don't remember it at all. I wish you had Dragon Magic too, then I'd be set.
by mrlost
Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:30 pm
Forum: HyphenCon
Topic: Hyphen Con 09: RSVP Now!
Replies: 72
Views: 57744

[quote="Neuro"]Because FB is for girls ;)[/quote] What's wrong with that?:mrgreen: Wait, wait, there are also some women on it, gay men, and some nerds. Much better than Facebook's demographic, musicians excepted, obviously. EDIT: I'm just bummed my digital camera is teh suck, otherwise I'd totally...
by mrlost
Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:41 am
Forum: The Champions
Topic: eCollapse stuff
Replies: 26
Views: 12905

.[quote] [b]Petrophage, the [/b] There aren’t enough groin-kicks in the world for the sick sumbitch who cooked up the petrophage. It’s a hardy, virulent, world-wide bacteria that eats gasoline and excretes a worthless white platic byproduct that has come to be called “tro. ...
by mrlost
Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:40 am
Forum: The Champions
Topic: eCollapse stuff
Replies: 26
Views: 12905

[quote][b]Cops, the [/b] Police, especially in the United States, are underpaid, underfunded, understaffed and undertrained. With taxes as tight as they are, they’re lucky they can afford underpants. Despite political rhetoric about “law” and “being tough on crime”...
by mrlost
Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:39 am
Forum: The Champions
Topic: eCollapse stuff
Replies: 26
Views: 12905

. [quote="Chapter Three: Important Things To Know About the Dystopian Future. I Mean, Present."]loves watching cops and grunts get pummeled) but because both sides demanded more frequent opportunities to tear into each other. Commanders on both sides went along after a few unfortunate shoot-outs. T...
by mrlost
Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:33 am
Forum: The Champions
Topic: eCollapse stuff
Replies: 26
Views: 12905

I sent you a zipped file just a moment ago. The setting is presented in the same format as IN SPAAACE [quote="<CHAPTER>Chapter Three: Important Things To Know About the Dystopian Future. I Mean, Present. "] Rather than present this as a boring timeline, which dates the book, only makes sense in ord...
by mrlost
Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:58 am
Forum: The Champions
Topic: eCollapse stuff
Replies: 26
Views: 12905

The quote is from the eCollapse playtest materials. I really like it. It sums up something I was trying to explain to my dysfunctional El Centro group several months ago but wasn't able to express with nearly as much eloquence. Its the sort of advice that is also given in Burning Wheel but again not...
by mrlost
Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:37 pm
Forum: The Champions
Topic: eCollapse stuff
Replies: 26
Views: 12905

eCollapse stuff

For the players...being an Enabler. Something to think about. [quote]There’s no “I” in “Team” and there isn’t one in “Roleplay” either. Gett...
by mrlost
Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:33 pm
Forum: The Champions
Topic: Up for play testing a new supers game?
Replies: 10
Views: 8571

Okay, lets do this at Jimmy Corrigan's place. Someone please bring a copy of Wild Talents though. I don't have one, as much as I'd like to.
by mrlost
Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:31 pm
Forum: HyphenCon
Topic: Hyphen Con 09: RSVP Now!
Replies: 72
Views: 57744

Thanks again Mord for the venue, and letting us try DRYH.
As usual I had a great time. I only wish that I hadn't been so late on arriving so as to have gotten to see what all the Trek fuss was about.
by mrlost
Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:32 pm
Forum: HyphenCon
Topic: anybody up for trading books at hyphen con?
Replies: 17
Views: 15018

Well I looked and looked. I can't seem to find Serenity or Ghostbusters. I found Tobin's Spirit Guide but its not quite the same. I did however find Tale from the Crypt, Aberrant, and Adventure!
by mrlost
Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:28 pm
Forum: HyphenCon
Topic: Hyphen Con 09: RSVP Now!
Replies: 72
Views: 57744


[quote="devlin1"]I hope that sodypop doesn't include these Cokes in your fridge, because I'm drinkin' one right now. (Or, if you prefer, "I'm in ur house, drinking ur Cokez." However, I don't prefer that.)[/quote]

The call is coming from inside the house. Get out now!

by mrlost
Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:49 pm
Forum: The Champions
Topic: Up for play testing a new supers game?
Replies: 10
Views: 8571

[quote="devlin1"]I would love to playtest this, but I'm not around when you play, so I can't, so fuck you guys.[/quote] Hey, I'm going to be in San Diego tomorrow and house sitting in City Heights until the 18th while my former landlord visits her sick uncle. I'm going to have little to do except m...
by mrlost
Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:11 pm
Forum: HyphenCon
Topic: Hyphen Con 09: RSVP Now!
Replies: 72
Views: 57744

I'm definitely bringing Redfox tomorrow, fizzy fruit punch, an apple pie, and possibly a pecan pie if I can find some tomorrow. Yippie!
by mrlost
Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:40 pm
Forum: The Champions
Topic: Up for play testing a new supers game?
Replies: 10
Views: 8571

Up for play testing a new supers game?

I just received the play test documents from Greg Stolze. It looks awesome. I think I might need Wild Talents to actually make characters, not sure yet. I've only just started reading it. The game is called eCollapse. [quote="Chapter One: Where Are We and What Are We Doing Here?"]...It&...
by mrlost
Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:46 am
Forum: HyphenCon
Topic: Revenge is a dish best served...IN SPAAACE! PCs
Replies: 0
Views: 4772

Revenge is a dish best served...IN SPAAACE! PCs

Four pregens as promised although you could have downloaded the whole adventure by now and I wouldn't have known it. It is free after all. Junkie Monkey Motivation: You got ripped off. NV stole your stash. You want it back! Backstory: You’re a genetically enhanced orangutan trained in the arts of ...
by mrlost
Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:57 pm
Forum: RPG Discussion
Topic: Microlite d20 Necromancer class idea? Your thoughts...
Replies: 3
Views: 4578

Microlite d20 Necromancer class idea? Your thoughts...

Necromancer cannot wear armor but can use one martial weapon (such as a scythe). Necromancers have a +2 bonus to Knowledge and +1 bonus to Communication. They cast necromancer spells (use Dread Necromancer spell list). At first level may raise a undead minion (treat as Skeleton Warrior) except that ...
by mrlost
Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:00 am
Forum: HyphenCon
Topic: Hyphen Con 09: RSVP Now!
Replies: 72
Views: 57744

So looking forward to it. Was done with prep the moment In Spaaace! won out over Nobilis.
by mrlost
Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:22 pm
Forum: Reviews
Topic: in bruges
Replies: 3
Views: 7379

Loved Harry's integrity and twisted sense of honor.
by mrlost
Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:20 pm
Forum: RPG Discussion
Topic: Mazes & Minotaurs
Replies: 6
Views: 5367

Tell me more. My girlfriend is a Classics major. This sounds like something she'd love, and she already likes murdering orcs in D&D.
by mrlost
Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:19 pm
Forum: RPG Discussion
Topic: RPG Meetup Chat
Replies: 19
Views: 15100

[quote="jimmy corrigan"]yeah, but seriously, wouldn't the average gamer choose [i]actual[/i] gaming over merely talking about gaming? playing trumps shop talk. always.[/quote] I've played with folks that consider D&D the end all of RPGs. Nothing else is worth their time. I don't get it, but tha...
by mrlost
Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:38 pm
Forum: RPG Discussion
Topic: [Microlite d20] Planar Races, give me your opinions?
Replies: 4
Views: 4044

Well, I'm obviously really bad at that. Since originally I meant MIND when I typed COM. I was looking over the Expert rules without getting a good grasp of the Microlite core rules. Embarrassing. I've still got a couple weeks to put it together. Bariaur are essentially real strong and the males are ...
by mrlost
Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:22 pm
Forum: RPG Discussion
Topic: RPG Meetup Chat
Replies: 19
Views: 15100

Not enough D&D I suppose.
by mrlost
Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:45 pm
Forum: Reviews
Topic: in bruges
Replies: 3
Views: 7379

In fuckin bruges! Yeah. I saw that in the theater twice!

The dwarf was also in a similar movie called Weirdsville where he plays a security guard with a posse of dwarfs with medieval weapons.
by mrlost
Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:39 pm
Forum: RPG Discussion
Topic: [Microlite d20] Planar Races, give me your opinions?
Replies: 4
Views: 4044

I was looking more at the Expert rules with Lizardmen and Gnomes.
by mrlost
Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:41 pm
Forum: RPG Discussion
Topic: [Microlite d20] Planar Races, give me your opinions?
Replies: 4
Views: 4044

[Microlite d20] Planar Races, give me your opinions?

Too overpowered? Aasimaar get +1 COM, +1 STR Bariaur get +4 STR, -1 from all skills Too complex? Githzerai get +2 DEX, bonus equal to level to resist spells, but -2 COM Tieflings get -2 COM, +1 bonus to resist spells, and the ability to cast one non-damaging spell chosen at character creation. How w...
by mrlost
Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:41 pm
Forum: RPG Discussion
Topic: [Brainstorm] What would you love to see in a game of Planar raiders or vikings?
Replies: 2
Views: 3828

[Brainstorm] What would you love to see in a game of Planar raiders or vikings?

Continually I find a lot of interest in playing Vikings that scour the planes for loot, grog, and adventure. Essentially the Norse Eddas contain everything that D&D players would love to play though. Also Eric the Viking was a fun film. So with that note what would you love to see in such a game?
by mrlost
Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:50 am
Forum: Spam: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Topic: SyFy
Replies: 11
Views: 6880

I have seen quite a bit of Science Fiction programming that I otherwise probably wouldn't have if it hadn't been for the SciFi channel. Stuff like Deepwater Black, Farscape (I miss it so), the old Invisible Man with the guy for Man from Uncle, the newer Invisible Man with the whole quicksilver gland...
by mrlost
Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:22 pm
Forum: Spam: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Topic: SyFy
Replies: 11
Views: 6880

While I think the whole idea is a stupid waste of money. Why would you want to brand SyFy? Sci-Fi channel already sells T-shirts. WTF but I think this sums it up better than I ever will. [quote="By JimJohnson at 9:20 AM ON 03/16/09"] [img]http://scifiwire.com/images/scifiwire/comments/balloon_top.g...
by mrlost
Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:50 pm
Forum: RPG Discussion
Topic: rpg-sandiego front page revision
Replies: 15
Views: 10586

Let me join the choir and say it looks beautiful.
by mrlost
Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:07 pm
Forum: HyphenCon
Topic: anybody up for trading books at hyphen con?
Replies: 17
Views: 15018

I might have some books. Let me get around to looking about. EDIT off the top of my head I'm pretty sure I have Serenity at home somewhere (I'm not at home at the moment) but I've been wanting to get rid of it. I like Unisystem more, and have Eden Studios Presents issue one so its a non-issue. I've ...
by mrlost
Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:51 pm
Forum: RPG Discussion
Topic: Changeling Larp
Replies: 7
Views: 8167

Oh shit with everything I totally forgot. Yes, I'll forward your e-mail along.
by mrlost
Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:42 pm
Forum: Debate
Topic: Pot will save California
Replies: 7
Views: 8960

Although I support legalization. I doubt that this particular initiative will fair any better than the previous attempts to legalize M.J. Especially with the Obama administration conducting the War on Drugs as business pretty much as usual, until he gets this economy straightened out. Yeah, yeah so ...
by mrlost
Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:03 pm
Forum: Reviews
Topic: watchmen
Replies: 7
Views: 10432

[quote="mordraine"]I think the ending of the movie was better than the ending of the comic, personally.[/quote] The only issue I had was the sound track was inappropriate and at times unnecessary. Good music used poorly. The movie is almost panel for panel/shot for shot direct adaptation except wit...
by mrlost
Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:59 am
Forum: HyphenCon
Topic: Hyphen Con 09: RSVP Now!
Replies: 72
Views: 57744

I'll bring punch and pie again. Also probably bringing Redfox too, again.
by mrlost
Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:07 pm
Forum: HyphenCon
Topic: Hyphen Con 09: Vote for your favorite games
Replies: 56
Views: 50904

What about Czernia's monsters game? [quote="cczernia"][b]Monsters and Other Childish Things[/b] Monsters are real. You know because you have one. He's more fun and way tougher than all the other kids' monsters. Try not to let him eat your friends. Pregen characters will be provided but you will hav...
by mrlost
Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:54 pm
Forum: HyphenCon
Topic: Hyphen Con 09: Pimp your game
Replies: 45
Views: 45757

I really love the encounter write ups such as [quote="D&D Tiny Adventures"]Enjoying the fresh mountain air, Trogdor, The Burninator began to juggle a few objects he had with him. A few skeletons came upon Trogdor, The Burninator and were so transfixed by the juggling that they started tossing h...
by mrlost
Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:23 pm
Forum: RPG Discussion
Topic: Changeling Larp
Replies: 7
Views: 8167

No, I don't know. But I know how to contact people who would know. Like Chryscommathe, AstraK, and such