If you don't see new turns,
Reload
the page here
Kim
JK - When 'chopping' - please don't discard. I'd like to see either
an archive of L&BP&I, or receive an email of the saved page prior
to amputation. --(signed) Pack Rat
JK
I save everything. Probably won't make an archive of LnB, but I'll send
it to you. You could also just save the page right now. That's all I do to
archive. I save the page onto the hard drive, and then I delete. I used to
cut and paste. What a terrible idea that was as the pages are too long for
one cut and paste.
Jerry
As an informal survey since I've now posted for players, where did each
of you hear of our online game? ...and I'm not talking to you formerly local
guys, I know where you came from and wish I could forget!.....well not
really.
Todd
For geneaology, my Dad has traced portions of his side of the family
back to the 1200's. On a sorta incidental note. When I was in Groton,
Connecticut, I befriended a Navy family after I had gotten out. 3 months
into visiting this family, we basically discovered that we were related thru
the Fuller family. Then while we were discussing this with the mothers' father,
he gets a call from a guy that's doing research on the fullers. My dad had
researched that our family thru the fullers, had been brought to the shores
of the America's by 5 fuller brothers. As it turned out, this guy that had
called, had researched 3 of the 5 brothers, and was coming down the 4th brothers
tree, which is how my family ties in, to the family I was introduced to.
For the game, I think I found it thru aol, but am not sure.
Jerry
Everyone brag on JK and embarrass him good for his nice work on the
new colors and sidebar for the Games Page. It's looks great
JK!
Thoth
A pale figure in robes of the blackest night enters the room. Looks
around , looks a bit confused and says, " Oops, wrong room." He then exits
quickly.
Jerry
You know. i don't remember how I became a Woldian. It may have been
AOLs RPG boards, but for some reason I don't think so, But those are the
only ones i ever read so......
JK
A contest: Make logos for the games and one for the Wold in general
to head up the pages and put out front. Email them to me and someday I'll
put up a page of test logos. Then everybody can vote on the ones that they
like best, and we'll see if we can't hook up the winners' characters with
some xp or treasure or some such... and I suppose you saw my samples on the
way in.
JK
And I know some of you have other games you play in or run. Send me
the urls of any sites you like or run, and I'll see about putting them on
the links page.
Kris
Pretty colors, JK! On an unrelated subject, every time I post I don't
see any changes for a couple days. Then finally there's a boatload of posts
that came after mine and are waiting for me to respond. At least, that's
what I think is happening. I'm gonna see if viewing the page on Internet
Explorer allows me more up to date linkage, but does anybody else have this
problem? It's the main reason I don't post every day anymore.
Kris
Hit to have Internet Explorer update the page
immediately.
JK
are you using the aol web browser? you need to force it reload the page.
I put how to do so with netscape and explorer at the top of each page. I
don't remember how to do it with aol.
Todd AOL's browser is IE, so it should work in the
same manner.
Jerry Kris, both IE and Netscape work fine with the
page. Just follow the instructions at the top to renew the page after posting.
AOL does not renew the page until the page completely loads from scratch
again which is set by your preferences. I don't know if you can tell it to
load each time or not. The default is either every 2 or 3 days, I think.
Do not use AOL's browser with the Games page. Use IE or
Netscape.
Jerry Thanks to JK for updating the Games Page. Note
that by joining AOL Hometown we've obtained an extra 4MB of memory. Note
the new urls. I expect that the old urls will be removed with
time.
Jerry We've received over a dozen inquiries concerning
our expansion Game 4. Only one committment so far, but at least 10 are seriously
interested. So things are going well in that aspect. We have one also signed
up for Game 5. Consider playing in that game. It will have a major role to
play in the coming months and years in The Wold. (See advertisement
below)
Advertisement How many of you have said at one time
or another: "Ah to be young again!" Well Game 5: Aisildur is your chance
to make that dream come true. Game 5 will begin with 0 level characters that
are 11 years of age, exploring the last months and days before The Joining
when all citizens of Ailsildur are implanted with Heartseeds and become One
with Ga'al. . . So come join us in Game 5. Wontcha come? Your inner child
is calling you!
JK blast. stupid banners. I'll get rid of it (and
keep the extra space). Don't worry about that hometown url thing. the old
ones will keep working. curses. death. drek. muckmuck.
Kevin My Inner Child ? Jerry are you a new age guru
now?
DEH Todd, the 1200's you say? Would you do me a favor
and ask him what sources he used to go back that far? Written records from
the middle ages are few and far between. I'd really appreciate it. We have
no idea how to break past where we currently are stuck.
Todd Sure, I'll ask him. I know one of his major sources
was the Mormons. The Mormons in our local area have something like a 20 CD
set of geneology stuff. But will let you know.
Kim Just got back from Walla Walla, Washington (for
the Kenoyer family reunion), and learned about Chief Peo-Peo-Mox-Mox, respected
leader of the Walla Walla ('many waters') tribe in the middle of the last
century. Earlier, Merriwether Lewis met a predecessor of PPMM, and referred
to the friendly 'Wollahwollah' tribe in his journal.
Jerry I love that name. It rolls off the tongue. I
wonder what the name means in their language?
Jerry Every once in a while I like to throw some tidbits
out there and see if anyone bites on them. We have some locations that were
visited in the last set of adventures that could be detailed. Doing this
increases the chance that some DM in the future will want to pull it out
and use the location again. So here are some locations that could be mapped
and detailed. I'll offer some token experience for them or some token gold
for helping out depending on how useful the work is.
Jerry The Game 1 areas of interest would be the castle
of the Duke, whatever his name was. This could become a site for a future
grand battle or a home for an adventuring group sometime down the road. Yes,
I suppose groups could share a dukedom. That would be interesting. The other
location would be the Dragon's Hideout. It could be used for the same purposes.
It would also be a good site for an outside attack or a place a group would
have to sneak in to. So anyone in Game 1 interested in detailing these two
locations let me know.
Jerry Game 2 has Parnoth's Castle. It has the tavern
in Treetown where you met Joe and Grey. Someone who has a campaign folder
could draw a more detailed map of the Emerald Kingdom itself including Emerald
City, the River, and Tree City along with the three towns shown on the Bad
Lands map.
Jerry Oops that was Game 3. Game 2 could detail the
island where the Trogs live along with some more details about the river
leading to it detailing such necessities as where they get food, nearby enemies
and friends, etc. I can give some information there that I thought on in
that regards.
DEH Thanks Todd. I would be most grateful to know
the sources.
Kim Kent - did you send a map of Game 2's 'sea devils
vs Sentinal' action to folks? I didn't get one. If you (or one of our fellow
Winhorn Hamleteers) could email it to me (BillTFind@holtmail.com), I'd be
grateful.
Kim No, no, not 'holtmail'.
BillTFind@hotmail.com
JK Not it
Todd Hmm, seems I had thing a little mixed on the
geaneology stuff. Our records only go back to the 1400's. But my dad said
to look for a Mormon family records place. That's where he found the records
he has, and he say that you should be able to look for free.
Todd Kim, if you still need the file, and have icq,
check and see if I'm around at 803726. I'm connected most days, but between
work (11pm-7am), classes (11am-12:30pm), and currently helping to set up
for fireworks (anytime left over), I cannot say when you might catch me!
:)
DEH Thanks Todd, I'll check it out. I will be acquiring
all of my late grandmother's records soon. I intend to continue her work.
She visited Ireland, Scotland, Germany, and France in search of grave stones
- and she found many. I anticiapte quite an adventure... BTW, 1400's is STILL
way back there. Past that very rarely can you find records other than for
royalty or famous people - especially in Europe.
Todd When I was in Vienna, we visited one of the mass
graves under one of the churches, from the time of the black plague. They
do not know who's buried in there, other than to say it was some 5000 people
or so.
Kim Jerry - I'm willing to take a shot at mapping
the Trogs area & river, etc. for Wold 2. Let me know what info you can
provide to help me get started. -Kim
DEH Events such as the plague as well as illiteracy
in the 'common' people are the primary reasons for the trouble. It's tough.
Now, do you know where this nursery rhyme came from: Ring around the rosey,
pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, we all fall down. - Answer the black
plague. I can't remember the first part but the second is when they died
to help with the smell they put posies in their pockets - then they burned
them. And we sing it to our kids without thinking... :) Good
Day!
Kris I think 'ring around the rosy' refers to the
symptoms of the Plague. Some sort of hives or something.
Kent Kim everytime I send anything to
BillTFind@hotmail.com, it comes back as Subj: Mailer-Daemon. Returned mail:
Host unknown (Name server: hotmail: host not found)
Kim Kent - So, Hotmail is being cranky again, eh?
MSN has been experiencing known problems with it intermittently. Too popular,
because it's free. If you also send to hkimm@idt.net, then I'll get it one
way or the other. BillTFind@hotmail.com works for me ~98% of the time when
I send stuff to it from other accounts, but I've gotten the message you got
once. Also, you can use my work address: kim.mccoy@ci.seattle.wa.us ... While
we're at it, I'll give you my SSN, height, weight, and favorite color
:-)
Kim David - Whenever I sing 'Ring around the rosie,'
I am actually thinking. For the record.
Kim Kent - I have received various emails from you,
including "Re: Welcome Clay to The Wold" just now. So, sometimes it works!
Okay, it's somebody else's turn to enter something here.
JK Speaking of the plague, I was reading some Chinese
propaganda from the days of Mao yesterday which referred to Eisenhower as
the "God of Plague." I thought that was pretty funny for some unknown
reason.
Kim Hmmm -- I would've thought he would be known as
the 'god of divets.'
Kris Asian languages seem to have a vitality that
makes translation amusing. 'Newsradio' had a re-run where the corporate owner
has his biography, which didn't sell well in US, but DID sell well in Japan,
translated into English FROM the Japanese version. As a result, 'Jimmy James:
Corporate Lion-tamer' became 'Jimmy James: Company Donkey Man'. His new bio
bore such new and interesting passages impossible to tell from where they
were translated: 'Jimmy James will tame the donkey! Donkey! Donkey! Donkey!
Go Donkey!'. And other fascinating expression twists. By the way, JK, reloading
the page seems to work great so far.
Kim Several years ago some Americans were visiting
Japan. They wanted to see a Japanese movie, to get a taste of their
cinematography. They told their interpreter/guide of said desire. He informed
them that the local theater was running a show called 'Violinist on the Ceiling.'
Delighted to hear of such an apparently avant-garde film, they bought tickets
and sat down to watch -- Fiddler on the Roof.
Kim And in San Francisco's Chinatown some time ago,
I witnessed a sign posted in a souvenir shop, "Shoplifters will be executed
to the full extent of the law."
Kent and there is something wrong with executing
shoplifters??
Jerry I have another "task" that could be done by
someone (perhaps Kim) With all the new players entering the game, it would
be helpful to have a "legend" of The Red Wyrm Inn that describes what has
been learned so far: NPC's, stairs up and down, The Maw. That kind of thing.
Any takers?
Jerry I have a task that someone could do if they're
interested. With all our new players about to come into The Red Wyrm Inn,
a legend about the place is in order explaining what's there, famous drinks,
NPC's, stairs up to the rooms, The Maw, etc. Any takers?
Kim Idea for Red Wyrm Inn background: Decades ago,
an adventuring band managed to defeat a Red Dragon. From the wealth of its
hoard, they resolved to establish an inn, "By adventurers, for
adventurers."
Jerry Kim, I wasn't really looking for a history or
a background. It already has that. And your idea is very close to the truth.
The inn was first built and owned by The Red Dragons, who were the top of
the heap in The Dragon Consotium of adventuring troupes before the Gold Dragons
came along. In fact they were the ones who asked "The Company of Wayward
Saints" to tryout and become a dragon group. Since then, they've died fighting
a beholder in a desert of the Far West. A couple of years later, Orion and
The Blue Sapphires, went and found the bodies and had them raised. However,
they have not been the same since. Extremely capable, they don't have the
same drive to adventure that they did before their deaths, not to mention
that the lone survivor of that encounter, a mage known as Fireball, went
insane for a time and endured through several extreme changes and personalities
as a result. So a new catagory for semi-retired Dragon Consortium Groups
was created: The Wyrm groups. Now about the time that the Red Dragons died,
their inn burned to the ground in a battle between the Gold Dragons and one
of their nemises, The Black Dragons. Burned it remained throughout all of
Claudia's reign. Only after Sturtevant became High Lord Mayor and vowed to
"bring the adventurer's back to Plateau City" did the inn get rebuilt as
a part of the upgrading and remodeling of Adventurer's Square. It was thought
that since the Red Dragons had become officially The Red Wyrms, that the
name of the rebuilt inn should be changed as well. (Plus this gave us an
excuse to make our name different that the infamous chat room on AOL of the
same name. No one would have believed that we had that name for a major inn
over 15 years ago.)
Jerry I'd love it if you, Kim, would undertake this.
You could tell the backgroune that I just posted elaborating on the battle
that destroyed it etc. as none of those details are remembered, at least
by me. Anthony, Sam, or Kevin might remember something. Then do the important
part which describes the NPC's, drinks, and The Maw for the new players.
Giving the new players the information they need to use the inn is the purpose
for the article. :)
Kim So, Anthony, Sam, Kevin -- let me know what you
remember. What glorious or ignominious things did your characters engage
in that relates to the destruction of the Inn of the Red Dragons in the battle
twixt the Gold and the Black? Details or generalities appreciated. Meanwhile,
Jerry or others, do you know of any extant sketches of the Red Wyrm Inn?
If so, I can elaborate upon them. If not, I'll call upon the meager architectural
skills acquired in Drafting 101 an undisclosed number of years ago, and make
something up. Be prepared for questions...
Jan Just thought I'd pop my head round the door to
say - that Games Page looks fabulous - nice graphics!!
DEH Hello to all! Just now got enough time to post.
Been unburying myself out from under all my emails and voice mails after
my long weekend vacation. We had a great time. Hope you all did too. Good
afternoon to everyone. The games are really beginning to get interesting...
:)
Jerry One of the reasons I felt I could destroy the
thing when I did was the fact that I hadn't mapped the place yet. I started
several times, but wasn't satisfied. The place resembles a castle. The bar
is circular and in the central portion of the main floor. The Maw on the
right end of thing surrounded by grandstands that will hold 200 people. The
5-star restarant is in the western end of the floor. The place is 8 stories
high with the top story being a penthouse type thing. The other floors are
rooms. The next to the top reserved for staff or visiting minstrels that
wish to live there. The whole section under the restaurant is the incredible
wine cellar. There should be a couple of stages somewhere one for minstrels
and one for dancers and performers which has walkways extending out into
the tavern. These walkways are only one step up from the floor so that don't
impede the movement of the customers. At the front is the cloakroom and a
stairs up. The desk to check our cloak and weapons, if that is desired, or
to get a peacebond, if that is desired is on the right side of the cloakroom
with the stairs and a small waiting area to wait for friends to arrive before
entering on the left. There is also a grand staircase curving up and to the
left in the back of the tavern area. Another equally grand staircase curves
down and to the left. Underground, there are several meeting rooms for those
who wish extreme privacy, some of which are even hidden from view by secret
doors. A walkways lead in several directions. One goes to the Catecombs,
a second to Finlon Vod's Party House. A third to Star Tower. A fourth south
to the thieves Guild. This one is guarded in everchanging ways by the thieves.
A final one heads under Adventurer's Square to Red Wyrm Castle. It has a
red gate preventing access. Some of these longer passages should have smaller
taverns along the way for other meeting places and for those who wish to
wet their whistle while traveling the Red Wyrm Entrails. Construction is
still going on in several places on this level as the inn is newly rebuilt
and some of this level had fallen into great disrepair with collapsing tunnels
etc. both from the burning of the Inn and the encroachment from below of
The Maw. There's more, but i'ts like secret and stuff so I'll send it to
you by email. The place should be grand in size, at least a football field
from the north of it (the right wing) to the south of it (the left wing).
See the drawing of it on the Plateau City map for the basic shape and location
of the place.
Kim Wow. Okay ... I'll see what I can get going. It
will probably take me several weeks to do it, though, if you can wait that
long.
Donna Greetings & salutations, fellow RPGers!
I (the humble player of K'nara Illutu from the Emerald Kingdom game) have
FINALLY returned! Imagine my surprise to see that the name of this (geez,
I certainly HOPE)out-of-character message board has been dubbed with...that
is, the Loot 'n' Booty, one of my more fanciful creations for another AD&D
game! Thanx! I'm ablush! 8D (Now...wha'sup???)
jK Jerry, do your fingers hurt?
DEH Good day to all - especially Donna. Good to have
you back! In case you don't remember I play Gareth in Game 1 and now Figment
in Game 3. Good to have you back in the game. I've always enjoyed your role
playing. I hear the weather in the NE is HOT (As I recall your from up there
somewhere)! I'm used to it in Texas but in the NE? Wierd things are afoot
in the World. Oh well, Good Day! Anyway.
Jerry Yeah, JK, I think they do.
Kim Yeah, Donna. And has Jerry reminded you that K'Nara
gets 750 experience points for your having come up with 75% of the name?
Maybe, with compounded interest, it will be up to an even higher amount!
Welcome back. I'd missed reading of your character's dancing defenses and
artful attacks.
Jerry Kim, that will be fine. I've wanted it for years.
:) It just never made it to the top of my list of things to develop. Feel
free to send me drafts, ideas, etc. Also if any of the rest of you have ideas
for the Red Wyrm Inn, let us know.
Kris Hi Donna! Seems like everybody's checking into
the Emerald Kingdom lately for a cameo. 'Course it would be even funner if
the lifestories of more Gold Dragons were written up! (hint,
hint)
DEH Good Friday morning! Got here at 5:00 AM and get
to leave a 1 PM. Fine by me! JK, I discovered a typo on the 'Games" page.
In the Game 1 description the 4th word on line 2 should be "known" instead
of "know", I think. I hate to present even the slightest hint of criticism
as the page remake is exptremely impressive - but I thought you'd like to
know. Good day to everyone and a great weekend too.
Jerry Kris, I echo that hint. I've always had the
players of those characters write their own legend or commission it to be
written by another, but it's hard sometimes to get them to do it. However,
since it seems we will be returning to some of those characters in the local
game now that we have 4 of those players in the group again, perhaps I can
encourage more of them to get theirs done. :)
JK bye bye all. I've got to take a little break for
a while as I catch back up with real life. I'll be back before too
long.
Donna ::waves toodle-loo to JK:: see ya soon! 8)
Meanwhile, back at the ranch...I'd been wondering if it was merely *my*
perception, or had Game 3 been getting crowded lately, eh? ;D Still, more
stuff about all the Golden Dragons is DEFINITELY welcome!
DEH Good afternoon to all! Hope you all had a great
weekend. I sure did. My oldest son is now my brother in Christ! He was baptised
Sunday - by me (and I had this idea that I could keep my composure...hah!).
Guess I'm doing SOMETHING right anyway. Got to see my mother and other family
as well. It was good to have them there. Hope your week goes well. Good Day
to all!
Kim JK - Enjoy reality. Bill will miss
Borbo.
Kim David - good news! As you with your son, I've
had the privilege of baptizing each of my three children. Doesn't get much
better than that. Congratulations to your son and your
family.
JKlinger As I'm sure you've heard elsewhere, it's
WONDERFUL to have you back, Donna! No one will take offense to this as I'm
sure we all agree: Your turns are wonderfully written and a joy to read and
really raise the level of our posts. I knew I needed to start reading Game
3 when I received a copy of your 'Welcome to the Wold', where you talked
to -- what was that? -- a head of lettuce? Because carrots are too stuck
up?
JKlinger The post about Donna got me thinking. Have
any of you written a book, short stories, usw.?
DEH Good morning everyone. Here we are upgrading software
on our UNIX server again. It's STILL dark outside! Guess I'll get to go home
early and miss the traffic. Good Day to all the mighty adventurers who dare
to read this page.
Donna Congratulations, David! And, in regards to ever
having been published...alas, no--never professionally. I had a near-miss
a few years ago with the august DRAGON magazine, but personal problems intervened
and I was never able to get the story hammered out so that they could print
it. ::sigh::
Kris Nope! Though I'm starting to consider it. Only
thing that I've ever published was a badly edited short module 'The Faerie
Dragon's Egg' for The Greyhawk Grimoire online mag.
JKlinger
Jul 13, 1999 21:55
Just taking a peek.
Jerry
Jul 13, 1999 22:09
Testing...
Kris
Jul 14, 1999 00:09
Hey! August is here! Who else is going to GENCON? Wanna hook up anywhere?
A seminar or something? Let me know!
Q
Jul 14, 1999 12:08
Hi, I'm Quincy...one of the newbies of game 4...so...I'm doing as I've
been told...and posting here...practicing getting to know all the happy smiling
faces that make the Wold the great thing that it is. And that's it...nothing
amazingly important to say...that I don't suffer from insanity...I enjoy
it...
Kim
Jul 14, 1999 12:11
Love the new look here. Drop down 'jump to' navigation, adding the dice
rolls without having to skip over to Irony.com, the flaming dragon ... and
more. Well done!
Michael
Stanley
Jul 14, 1999 12:23
Hi all, I will be playing in Game 4 as a Mage named Alec Rasksie. Will
hopfully get to know you more as the game goes on. Looking forward to getting
started. See Ya
Kris
Jul 14, 1999 12:40
Q, what's your email address again? Just wanna make sure you aren't
the other Quincy I know--here I thought it was a rare name!
DEH
Jul 14, 1999 13:09
Good day to all! Hope all goes well for you today. Welcome to all those
starting game 4. Hope you enjoy the Wold as much as I. Good to see you posting
again Donna. I've never been to Gen Con - I'm sure I can't go this year.
I'll be in Seattle visiting Kim (just coming back) as Gen Con begins. What's
it like? (I figured I could get some milage out of THAT question :)). Good
Day!
Justin
Chambers
Jul 14, 1999 15:56
Here's my real wold post. I'm a newbie making my debut as a PC in game
4. The character's name is Guardian Solomar. If you see him in the Red Wyrm,
go easy on him. He's a bit fragile right now. But here in the loot andf booty,
I can take it.
Gniffle
Jul 14, 1999 19:12
i can post here too but not in game 4
Ted
Jacobs
Jul 14, 1999 20:39
I have a new chacter in game 4. His name is Trace Jacobs. An Elven Ranger
with his dog luke. I have allways been fascinated with the dark ages and
anything associated with that time. I look forward to becomeing good friends
with ya'll. Oh and by the way I like the new changes to the web
sites.
JKlinger
Jul 14, 1999 22:21
To those of you unfortunate few that cannot post into game 4, please
send me email describing any error messages you get. Thx.
Q
Jul 15, 1999 00:40
Kris...I have two e-mail addresses...granmastrQ@aol.com and qwindin@aol.com.
My name is a pretty rare one...I only know two people that have
it.
Kris
Jul 15, 1999 02:00
The other Quincy calls himself The Real Q. I thought for the longest
that meant the real question, but turns out his name is Quincy. What's GENCON
like? I can't be the only one who's gone! It's 10,000 gamers in one place.
Imagine a city where everyone is a gamer and the only people who get made
fun of are those heretic card-players.(Save gaming-kill a Magic player) You
can sit on bleachers for cattle-call games at any time if you've got nothing
better. I love going!
sam
Jul 15, 1999 02:55
ive been to GEN CON too. I even was able to win one of my games i competed
in. Its a blast. everyone should go at least once
Jerry
Jul 15, 1999 15:09
I am gearing up to going to Gen Con again next year. I've thought for
a couple of years now that it would be cool to go in the year 2000 and then
in 2001 for the obvious reasons. I'll never forget playing the RPGA Ravenloft
tournament there about 4 years ago. There was a spot in the module where
the party was required to scream out loud with horror in their voices at
a certain spot about 30 minutes into the module. As each of about 30 groups
playing the thing got to that spot, they would scream out and everyone else
would scream back. One group didn't get there for 2 and 1/2 hours. Everyone,
which was 1000s of gamers in a huge gymnasium just jeered and laughed at
them for being so slow. It was a nice tension breaker in a truly horrifying
adventure. There are a million stories. I'm sure that everyone who has gone
has a dozen. I'd like to hear some from others of you. Or if not con stories,
just gaming anecdotes.
Jerry
Jul 15, 1999 15:10
BTW, welcome to all of you new guys and gals. Welcome to the Loot 'n
Booty!
Kim
Jul 15, 1999 15:29
Our phone lines went down at home yesterday :-( ... So I went running
with my 14-year-old son instead of doing my email / internet things :-) ...
The phone company says they won't be out until Friday :-( ... but maybe I
can do something else with my kids tonight :-)
Justin
Chambers
Jul 16, 1999 16:14
Sam, if you're listening, i've got a beef :) I mean, I know it's only
practice, but 15 goblins against 5 1st-level runts is what we call in the
business "overwhelming odds." Of course, Guardian Solomar would NEVER complain,
I feel (as his alter ego) I must address the situation on his behalf
:)
Kris
Jul 16, 1999 16:26
I felt the same way when my first DM ran us against a horde of skeletons.
Didn't matter that we won, I didn't like it anyway.
sam
Jul 16, 1999 20:35
dont worry justin, its just pratice, to help you get the rules down(if
you received them from jerry, that is). it has no effect on the game that
is about to start. our normal combats will be more balanced. for instance,
if it was in the adventure we are about to play, it would only be about 6.
so dont worry, your not going to be put in an unfair
position.
Jerry
Jul 16, 1999 21:16
Me send out the combat rules? Me? I asked you to do that Sam. Grrrr....Ok,
I"ll do it. Stamping off.....stamp....stamp.....stamp.....
Justin
Chambers
Jul 17, 1999 13:58
Um . . . I didn't mean to 'cause such a rucass. I was just complaining
like good PCs do, hehe. Thanks jerry for sending the combat rules. Thanks
sam for squelching my fears of being outnumbered. i will, um . . . MAY, never
compain again.
Kris
Jul 17, 1999 17:25
Don't do that Justin! Jerry LIKES it when the players complain! Do it
a lot!
Todd
Jul 18, 1999 15:40
Hey all. I've never been to Gen Con myself. Had a friend when I was
out in Hawaii, that went to Gen Con every year. Wish I could remember his
name. Anways, JT, I do not know how much work you want to put into these
webpages. But I can tell you that Opera Browswer does not like these pages
at all. I get to one page, then it hangs on that page for anything else I
try to do. But I have explorer as a back up, since Eudora uses their viewer
for html in e-mail. BTW for the new people, I'm Rond in game 2 and soon to
be Ari in game 5.
Kent
(test) d20=12 d20+5=15 2d20(8+18)+5=31
Jul 18, 1999 16:54
Wow!!!i go away for ten days and the entire Wold has changed. Change
IS good, just remember that. everything looks great, even if AOL doesnt
particularly like loading it. Ahh GenCon, haven't been since the early eighties,
when I ran MY tourney game. :>) As for being published, So far, only a
few poems, one article in an early Dragon. However, There is a series I am
working on currently, with the aid of my editor, that will be out in the
next year or so. The first book and the series will be titled Women's Magic.
Yes, the protagonist is a young female and yes i know that I am an old crotchety
male, buy hey what the heck.
Justin
Jul 19, 1999 01:20
Who's excited about game 4? (raises his own hand) I am! Here's to not
dying in the first fight . . .
Jerry
Jul 19, 1999 14:41
Well, Games 4 and 5 are both up and running. Hoody Hoo! (BTW, Hoody
Hoo! is not a Master P the rapper thingee. He stole it from the comic book
"Knights of the Dinner Table" which if you're not reading, you're missing
the funniest thing to come along since Snarfquest. Many kudoos to John who
redesigned the posting pages, to all the new players who put up with me asking
for corrections to their character sheets for the jillionth time, to John
also for filling in for Kent as DM of Game 2 during his vacation (Welcome
Back Kent!), to David Hill for taking over Game 3, and to Anthony for DMing
the local game all summer so I had the time to work on this expansion. Selah!
Jerry
Jul 19, 1999 14:45
Anyone seen Arlington Road yet? I thought it was the best conspiracy
movie I've seen ever. The character development was what made it work. No
one-dimensional typical action film characters. Very spooky and thought
provoking. I highly recommend it.
DEH
Jul 19, 1999 15:51
SnarfQuest? Wasn't he eaten by the Comic Crudulator?...:) Speaking of
movies I saw part of the non-animated Disney's "Jungle Book" Sunday. And
who would appear but John Kleese - in a SERIOUS role! It was quite funny
to me. Good Day!
JKlinger d20+3=10
Jul 19, 1999 22:13
Todd, I downloaded Opera and tried it out. I see what is happening,
but don't know *why* it's happening. I played a bit, and it seems the page
should be loading! My guess is the problem has something to do with Opera's
caching scheme. If you want to use Opera with our site now, while I try and
figure this out, hit Opera's reload button every time you follow a link (ie.
Read Turns, Enter Turn, etc). I'm attempting to post this with Opera, so
we'll see if it's doable.
Ted
Jacobs
Jul 19, 1999 22:13
Justin I am with you.....heres to not dieing the the first
combat.
Todd
Jul 20, 1999 00:35
Hmm. Seems I didn't think about hitting the refresh button. I'm also
using Netsonic on a test basis to see whether I think it might be worth it.
The main thing that is good about netsonic, is that it work with all the
browsers, so you can use netsonic to hold all the graphics. It would be
interesting to see if Netsonic also intercepts on AOL.
JKlinger
Jul 20, 1999 00:43
Hello, everyone. I just wanted to point out that the Loot 'n Booty placard
on the top right of your page has a big blank spot in it. What should we
put here? Suggestions? Pass your suggestions or drawings on to me, or post
them here. BTW: This is my attempt at the sign which hangs above the doorway
to the Inn.
JKlinger
Jul 20, 1999 00:43
Todd: So what does Netsonic do? Call me lazy, but I'm not gonna search
for it on the web today.
Q
Jul 20, 1999 00:52
I'm excited about game 4...and as far as the first fight. Well...he
who fights then runs away...runs for long...and fight...um...no...that's
not right. He who fights and gets good dice rolls...lives to run away another
day? No...well...it's something like that. I just want to get out of the
first fight alive...my request is simple. That's all I'm
asking...
DJ
Jerry
Jul 20, 1999 01:43
Ok Folks! I'm happy to announce the opening of our new dance floor here
at the Loot 'n Booty. Just grab a partner and hit the Loot 'n Booty icon
at the top of this page. Let it load completely. It takes a bit for our bards
to get their instruments tuned. Turn up the volume on your speakers and Dance!
(I can't wait to ahem see the posts this generates.) Celebrate good times!
Come on!
Jerry
Jul 20, 1999 10:58
Some unsolicited advice to Game 4. If you want to get ahead in one of
Anthony and Sam's games, concentrate on the creativity and cleverness of
your roleplaying posts. Get into the personalities of your characters. Find
an "acting" hook for it and in as melodramatic way as you can, roleplay the
top out of things. I suggest you read the start and continuing adventures
of Game 3. Anthony started this group last year and they still roleplay the
top out of things. Note such characters as Shadrach, Ingrge, Olana, and K'nara
in Game 3. I also recommend Bill and Borbo in Game 2 who enter the game about
half way through the archives of that game. Succeed through
imitation!
DEH
Jul 20, 1999 11:16
DJ Jazzy Jerry... I LIKE it. Good Work John. You put a lot of work into
this. Oh by the way, if we (the family) came to Hawaii would you meet us
there? Just curious cus' we just might do it.
Justin
Jul 20, 1999 16:38
Shake shake shake shake shake shake shake your booty . . . shake your
booty . . . (excellent get down, get down page. mover over studio 54, here's
comes the loot and booty! YEAH, baby!)
JKLinger
Jul 20, 1999 16:53
There is a new airline starting to fly in August. Ticket prices for
a round trip to Hawaii will drop from $1000 per person to around $500 per
person. Still a bit steep for a casual weekend in Hawaii. I'll bring it up
to Tina, but probably not. We are planning our vacation for Nov, though.
Tina's getting fairly excited.
Kris
Jul 20, 1999 17:00
LOL my kid liked it. 'Course any time Mommy gets up and starts dancing,
it MUST be interesting. Much to my irritation, tho, all the posts I did last
night didn't go! Very annoying!
kent
Jul 20, 1999 18:17
love the tunes but where were the Hula dancers. I was hoping i hadnt
left them all in hawaii. Ah well my wife must have searched the luggage before
we left ... or customs took them.
Ted
Jul 20, 1999 20:45
Probally the only guy in this group that has a cowboy hat none the less
than two ....gets on the new dance floor and starts danceing...uh oh sorry
too much to drink....he he he.
Teko
Jul 20, 1999 20:50
The site is VERY nice. Thanks, John, very much! I was checking out the
status of the Lord of the Rings movies and I thought I'd drop a couple of
URL's for those who might not have seen them yet. The Lord of the Rings movie
site (which is very slick and has some nice preview shots that they've thrown
together) is at: http://www.lordoftherings.net/main.html A popular info site
for the movies is: http://www.xenite.org/faqs/lotr_movie.htm Check out the
interviews ("20 questions") with the director, Peter Jackson. Somehow, I
think these movies will be more that just "renters".
Joey
Jul 20, 1999 20:52
I knew, sure as the world, that I'd do it eventually! That last post
from Teko is, of course, actually from me, Joey Chapa.
Kim
Jul 21, 1999 03:33
As some of you know, last week I had problems getting on line. My phones
finally work reliably again. In the interim, Someone Else has taken over
posting of Sweetie Pie and Franklin. Could You let me know who You are? I'd
be happy to pick up on posting for them ... but the last few times when I
was about to, that Someone Else had already posted ... You can let me know
at BillTFind@hotmail.com. I'm willing to negotiate for their
release.
Joey
Jul 21, 1999 19:58
Well, I didn't dance, but I love the music! That song's always been
a favorite of mine. Now, if you were to give me some riffs to play air-guitar
to, THEN you'd see yours truly getting to his feet...
Kim d20=16
Jul 21, 1999 20:35
I rolled 1d20 to see if I made my dancing proficiency. Must have
stumbled.
Kim
Jul 22, 1999 01:39
Okay, looking around the boards here, I see that Franklin & Sweetie
Pie & Disgruntle, and perhaps others, are spreading about. So, I grant
a limited release of Fr. & Sw.Pie to the DMs, with the reserve clause
that I can play them, too. So there :P ... and remember, Sweetie Pie is a
Nice Girl (and a half elf with strawberry blonde hair, and Loves to Feed
People, and is pretty cute).
DAH
(Atlanta)
Jul 22, 1999 22:05
I'd love for you to play these NPCs on the Red Wyrm and Emerald boards!
Donna
Jul 23, 1999 00:35
Hey, hey, Jerry! I LOVE "Celebrate"! wooHOO! ::shakes her money maker::
Wow! Gives a whole new meaning to "Loot 'n BOOTY", eh? ;D
Todd
Jul 23, 1999 08:03
hmm This is a test.
Todd
Jul 23, 1999 08:04
this is a test no 2.
Todd
Jul 23, 1999 08:08
JK, I'm not sure what it is about posting, but there's something fishy
between the posting screen, and what happens afterwards. I'm missing a total
of 3 posts. 2 to game 5, and 1 right here. The two to game 5 have been over
the last 2 days, and the one to here, should have been before my two test
messages. the test message were because I thought it might be something with
the blue screen. The message I lost here, I got to the blue screen after
posting, and went back on my browser by two, in order to just refresh on
the browser, in order to see my post. But when I came back, it wasn't there.
Which is what promted me to do the test messages. It may also be something
with Netsonic. FOr this post, I made sure that the program was turned off.
Will play over the next day or two, and see if I can give you feedback about
it.
Advertisement
Jul 23, 1999 15:40
Coming soon to a game near you....Woldstock!!!
JKlinger
Jul 23, 1999 19:35
David Hott. I would like to take 1 week of classes when we get to Ft
Worth. Would you mind emailing me the name of training facilities you may
know of in the area? I'm interested in Java (not Basic/Intro), and maybe
something along the lines of Signal Processing or Noise Filtering. Thanks,
John
Chris
Jul 23, 1999 20:53
Hey folks, just got back from "The Haunting" It was inspirational. I'm
sitting down presently to map out the house for my own use... 'tre
cool.
Jerry
Jul 23, 1999 23:52
Anyone interested in receiving Dateline Startrek, a monthly email letter
detailing happenings in the Star Trek Universe please email me. It tells
of projects Star Trek actors are working on. Talks of Star Trek news, birthdays,
etc. This one reveals a new show to air in 2,002.
Quincy
Jul 24, 1999 00:01
Jerry, I would appreciate a copy of the Star Trek newsletter. My e-mail
address is Qwindin@aol.com
Kim
Jul 24, 1999 02:30
John - David Hott is in Seattle this week, staying at the Sheraton Hotel.
But don't tell anyone, as this may be Top Secret ;). He and his wife Kim
had dinner with my wife Jenny and me tonight. It is good to meet face-to-face
a fellow Woldian! We're going to see if we can meet together this coming
week, too.
Kris
Jul 24, 1999 14:21
I felt the film had some faults but the House was truly inspirational.
In the credits they said they used some Castle Haraxton or something in
Lincolnshire plus another place plus the Queen Mary. Picking out the neatest
bits, I'd say. But without photos or pictures, any game based on it wouldn't
have the same impact.
Chris
Jul 24, 1999 20:47
I think it depends entirely on how it was presented... I'm a pretty
visual Storyteller/DM, I don't think I'll have a problem conveying the mood,
spirit, or beauty of the location.
Jerry
Jul 25, 1999 13:02
Well DEH (David Hott) called me yesterday from Seattle and said he throughly
enjoyed getting to meet Kim and his family Friday night. You gentlepersons
are the reason we have such a sense of community here. Most of you probably
think of me as the guy that sends your character sheet back to you for the
15 jillionth time asking for corrections and I guess I deserve that, but
let me say here that I do feel very fortunate to have so many of you decide
to join us and add your richness to The Wold. Thanks for playing and staying
and making this place such an enjoyable place for me to game and
create.
Jan
Jul 26, 1999 13:42
I've just finished posting and saw the Darth Maul quote after entering.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!
testing
Jul 26, 1999 19:20
test 1 ..2...3
Kim
Jul 26, 1999 19:33
Little idea time: Wouldn't it be useful to have the current DM's email
address for each game posted somewhere up at the top of the
page?
Jerry
Jul 27, 1999 01:12
That would be helpful I'm sure Kim, but I'm not sure our DMs would want
their email addresses posted like that for all to see. Care to chime in here
DMs? I'll send out a currenct email list soon.
testing
Jul 27, 1999 10:44
Umm i would rather not post it for all to see as then wanderers may
mistakenly bombard us with reqest to join the games. Personally i don't have
a problem with it but functionally it could be a nightmare.
JKLinger
Jul 27, 1999 16:22
I think I'll pass, too. Having our email addresses on the web page would
also open it up for web robots to glean them for spam.
Jerry
Jul 27, 1999 18:34
Well, thanks for that comment, Mr. Testy. :) I wonder which DM that
was...slap! slap!
Jerry
Jul 27, 1999 19:54
So like all of you are saying to yourselves, "Self, I wonder what Jerry
actually looks like? Does he have horns? Is it true he dates the Lady of
Pain in Sigil?" Well find out for yourself. I went Monday morning at 6AM
to see my favorite sports talk show host broadcast from Dallas Cowboy Training
Camp and they took a picture of the audience (all 7 of us) and posted it
on the radio's website. So rush over to www.570klif.com and select the training
camp pictures. I'm the one in the blue tee-shirt and the blue cap on the
far left of the back row. See me? Doesn't that help? hehe. Better rush over
there, it probably won't be up long considering that I'm in the picture.
:)
Kris
Jul 27, 1999 23:07
Most of you don't know but the Game 3 people have had the LONGEST argument
about their name. We're in the second vote run-off and I'm sick of it. The
next person to suggest we change our name again, I shall personally
slay!
Kim
Jul 28, 1999 02:11
Posting the DMs' names on the web pages is, if you think about it, a
pretty silly idea. It would open up the game masters to frequent unwanted
email, spam, rheumatism, IRS audits, etc. Who thought of this, anyway? I
say boot 'im off.
Kent
Jul 28, 1999 15:13
Oh jerry, You're famous. We are not worthy to spit shine your boots
or are those berkenstocks? Great pick BTW. Oh and Just for the record I think
that the Florida State seminoles might be able to beat Dallas as well as
a few other pro franchises this year.
Jan
Jul 28, 1999 18:00
Kris? That was a long argument? Nay! ::::thinking of six other names,
just for the sheer devilry of it, and then hiding under the
table::::::
Donna
Jul 29, 1999 08:09
Well, *I* sure wasn't "Mr. Testy", though I agree with him/her/it...by
the way, nobody's even offered a hanky for my "Ms. Chesty" (heh heh heh)
to cover herself with!
<--reference to HOWDY.BMP she sent as greetings.
Kent
Jul 29, 1999 12:14
OOps Mr testing was me, i keep forgetting that I have to change the
name if I dont use mine. Lets here it for group three we finally have a name.
"Yea"
Kris
Jul 29, 1999 12:31
::throws trident in Jan's general direction:: Woohoo! I just saw Deep
Blue Sea yesterday. Sheesh! It's possible my shark phobia may have made the
film more thrilling, but I think they did a good job. Makes me want to run
sea campaigns and avoid them as a player.
JKLinger (Netscape 4.5/IE
5.0)
Jul 29, 1999 16:15
So are you saying that wasn't you in the pic, Donna? What are the choices
for game 3's party? Maybe we can help you decide. ::chuckle:: Ok, people.
I have another request on the web page side of things. The next time you
post, one time only, please include the browser names and versions you typically
use. Thanks.
JKLinger
Jul 29, 1999 16:22
LOL: You gotta try this!
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/users/rsfay/magic/index.html
Kent (AOL, IE
5.0)
Jul 29, 1999 17:36
Ok I give up. How does that work? argghhhh. Party? where? when? will
there be beer?
DAH
(Atlanta)
Jul 29, 1999 18:50
To JKlinger: And exactly how many seconds 'till you figuired it
out?
Kim
Jul 30, 1999 04:24
(IE5, IE4, Netscape 4.52, and a later version of Netscape (I forgot
the number that comes after 4)). Fun card trick. I saw this one in real life,
using the same method. The magician was unthrilled when I pointed it out
to him...
JKLinger*
Jul 30, 1999 17:35
Okay you Green Acres wannabees in game 3, here's a couple of possible
images and variants for your upper-right and games page icon. Vote for which
you want, and let me know. Minor changes are fine, just put your comments
in with your vote.
The left two were donated by Lemberno (Thanks), the right two by me. If we
use either of the left two, we need to give credit to the picture's original
author either on a "credits" page, or the same as I've done the flying dragon
(place your cursor over the flying dragon for a couple of seconds and you'll
see what I mean).
Thanks Kim, for telling me your browser versions.
Kris (AOL, IE
4.0)
Jul 30, 1999 19:34
Far left. I think if possible it would be interesting to have the name
all inside the egg, but I prefer the dark inside to the white inside. Maybe
a lighter, spectral green against black?
Jerry (IE4.72.3110/ Netscape 3.01/
AOL4.0
Jul 30, 1999 21:53
(Also Netscape from school, but as it's not up and running yet, I don't
know what version.) Donna wins the greet the new guy contest and receives
a leather halter top plus an extra healing potion. Runner ups are Tom and
Kent for some very interesting roleplaying. They receive a normal healing
potion. Congratulations.
Kent (AOL, IE
5.0)
Jul 31, 1999 14:47
you know it really irks me when i dont pay attention to things. I went
bak to the card trick page and paid a bit more attention this time. Gee am
I a "mark" or what. Geeesh.
Lew
Jul 31, 1999 22:23
I see death for grey elves in the emerald forest. But may that is my
opinion. hmmmm, grey elfwiches......
Kris
Aug 1, 1999 14:30
Triple-decker human and halfling hero elfwiches!
Kim
Aug 1, 1999 18:14
In the Red Wyrm Inn's Maw, Din's fading away was to carry out the 'one
character only per player' rule for the Inn. Just so you all know
:-)
DEH (Netscape 4.5, IE 4 or
so...)
Aug 2, 1999 13:24
"I'm back in the saddle again....". Good Day to all! I see the Wold
has survived my week off. Seattle is a wonderful place. My only wish is that
I had another 2 or 3 weeks to spend in the area. We saw a few key sites,
ate at a few key restaurants, saw a few key people. It was great! Two treats
in particular was to meet and dine with Kim, Jenny, and their daughter Shanleigh.
They introduced Kim (my Kim...) and I to a great spice tea, Russian culture,
cool things to do in Seattle, ongoing missions in the East. It was really
a wonderful time. I only wish we had more time. The other treat was to see
the newest US aircraft carrier the USS Stennis. It has 4 1/2 acres of deck
space and a crew of 6000! They had their full contingent of aircraft on the
deck. F-18s, F-14s and some others. I really felt proud when I saw it. We
have fire power folks. Too bad it is abused so much (end of political
innuendo...). We also saw GreenPeace attempting to spray paint it. They failed.
Oh well. Anyway, it's good to be home and see the boys. They were glad to
see us but not nearly as glad as we were to see them. They didn't miss us
much. They were playing ut at the lake. Hope everyone has a great
day.
Donna
Aug 3, 1999 01:55
speaking of Red Wyrm Inn--I've been asked to RP Flueterflam while people
are offline and/or on vacation...I was told he was in the RWI (specifically
with the band of adventurers in the MAW)...but I don't see any references
to him there. IS he there? Should I leave well enough alone since I have
to DM game 3 while Dave's away, too? Will Oil Can Harry make sweet Polly
Pureheart give up the deed to the ranch..?
DEH
Aug 3, 1999 08:18
Donna, Fluet was with Gareth, Onrad, and Marlowe who - as you may know
- came up a few days back and have been trying to determine what it is they
found. After Gareth and Onrad went and got rooms Fluet stopped appearing.
I assume he's tking it easy upstairs somewhere. Good morning! hope all is
well in the world today... the Wold too.
Kim
Aug 4, 1999 20:32
I wonder if the AOL pages downtime is related to their current spat
with Microsoft? Probably not, but just wondering.
Jerry
Aug 5, 1999 00:00
Welcome back DEH. Did you get any pictures taken when you and Kim met?
I've had a pic page that would link from this page in the back of my mind
for awhile now. I think it was Anthony's original idea, but I'm not sure.
We'd probably put it where the dance floor is now. :) Kim, John said something
similar last night about the programming problem being a reacion to their
feud with Microsoft. It's an interesting theory. However, it didn't prove
to be a permanent change. Just something that had to be fixed. Donna found
out a little more about things from a friend of hers who is an AOL tech,
but I'll leave it to her to espouse that or not here. By the way, who is
Lew? I saw a post from a Lew up there and don't know who that is. It's not
a name that has appeared before or has been given to me as a player name.
So identify yourself or we'll banish you to dance with the lemmings on the
dance floor!
DEH
Aug 5, 1999 11:23
Good day to all! Nice to see my return greeted by a chance to slam AOL!
Boy, it doesn't get any better than that! BTW, in an email I said AOL is
a good stock to own... Not currently, down 10 points+ today. Oh well, far
be it from me to wish someones investment to go down so I'll refrain less
the stock gods frown upon MY investments... I'm beginning the process of
unburying myself at work. It was a relatively smooth week but STILL it piles
up. Guess that's good though, in a sick sort of way. I must apologize that
we didn't get any pictures of Kim, Jenny, myself, and Kim. We thought about
it at all the wrong times. Sorry. Should have done it. Back to the grindestone
for me. Until tomorrow!
Chris
Lindsay
Aug 5, 1999 12:09
Uh guys... why do I get a blank white screen when I click on The Emerald
Kingdom? Milo can't post.... HELP.
Jerry
Aug 5, 1999 13:13
(Standard posting problem answer #33) Try clearing your cache, history,
and temporary internet files. Make sure you're loading the page fresh and
not an old copy from your harddrive. This can be done by setting your preferences
so that the page is refreshed each time you boot up the browser. 95% of the
problems people have had are solved by doing these simple things. :) Let
me know, Chris, if this doesn't do the trick.
DEH
Aug 6, 1999 10:50
And a good Friday to everyone! What's going on? We have some good friends
coming in from Austin tonight. We're cooking out on the grill. Can't wait
to see them. It's been a while. Have a great weekend and we'll see you all
posting again (if AOL decides to quit messing up...) on
Monday!
Chris
Lindsay
Aug 6, 1999 12:10
I clicked on the option that clears saved pages when my net browser
is shut down. Everything seems to be running fine. Thanks.
Kim
Aug 6, 1999 13:01
David - Pictures! What a concept. Yeah, it's too bad we didn't think
of that. Sure great having you and Kim up in Seattle. Hope you enjoyed the
blueberries :-). Blackberry season has officially opened. I think it's a
city ordinance or something that you should be able to find ripe blackberries
at least every three blocks in residential areas during the month of
August.
Todd
Aug 7, 1999 12:17
(I use them all, Netscape 4.6, ie 5 Opera). I'm back up and running,
finished final yesterday, awaiting the teacher to e-mail my final grade (crossed
fingers on passing). I've e-mailed both Jerry and Kent to let them know I'm
back.
Kent
Aug 7, 1999 21:58
{S whipcrack Bad AOL Techie, bad AOL Techie, If I have told you once
I've told you a thousand times No drinking while working on the hardware.
The Vodka just doesnt mix well with the chips.
Jerry
Aug 8, 1999 00:37
Glad I could help Chris. Hey folks, we have a very serious problem.
It's been tough enough around these parts with one Kim playing in the Wold.
Tonight I received an email from the Son of Bill[Kim](would that be Ill??)
wanting to join us. The Wold may never be the same. [just kidding] I'm working
now to find him a place with us.
DEH
Aug 9, 1999 11:49
Rats (and mice)! I know Kim, we can each scan in our pictures and send
them to one of these clip art gurus and let them cut and past them together!!
- Then again, could we trust them... :) Just kidding. Good Day to
all!
Kent
Aug 9, 1999 14:40
You know what? I truly am sick and tired of dieting and exercising.
I just want to be the weight that I want to be and stay there. And I am not
asking for a miracle either. OK, I'm done whining now. So is AOL done messing
with the Wold or are they just taking a break. I think game 3 is very close
to deciding on the logo, but you know how that goes ... Now then I want to
see what happens if someone steps onto the gold dias in the RWI, but not
enough to do it myself.
Todd
Aug 9, 1999 18:07
What alternatives might there be for web space? Or are you not really
worrying about that? The only real diet that I've seen work, is just plain
changing your eating habits for good! :)
JKlinger
Aug 10, 1999 04:41
Sorry for not getting back with you, Todd. I don't think web space is
too much an issue -- other than forcing us to archive our games every month.
The issue seems to be AOL's.
DAH
(Atlanta)
Aug 10, 1999 08:48
Hey everybody! Just wanted to say a big 'Thank You' to Sam, Joey, Kevin,
and Donna for their help in running the Red Wyrm Inn and Emerald Kingdom
games, and playing Catcher Kebo for me.
Donna
Aug 10, 1999 11:35
No problem, DAH! Now...where's my chocolate? I was promised chocolate,
dammit--and none of that Palmer crap...I'm talking Ferrero Roscher!!! ::stomps
off, in search of chocolate::
DEH
Aug 10, 1999 12:23
Good Day everyone, how's life? Diet... I figure you eat reasonably well
and then go run at lunch every day. Looks good on paper anyway. School begins
tomorrow for my 2 older boys. They are looking forward to it - sort of. I
doubt it will be a permanent condition... :). Went to the dentist this morning
for my semi-anuual scolding for not flossing enough. No cavities again! Have
a great day and we'll visit again tomorrow.
Todd
Aug 10, 1999 12:27
Well, I was just wondering whether there would be any interest in creating
either a backup site to post to, when aol gets fussy, or moving to some kind
of centralized server. I know at one point there was a place that was offering
25megs of free space. Though I do not know if they allowed cgi, which is
what I think you are using. Also, for those that didn't know, there's
netzero.com, which is a free U.S isp, as long as you do not mind a banner
sized spot on your desktop for advertisements. I have them as a spare backup.
Though I'll be going to cable modem thru tci next month, I
hope.
Kris
Aug 10, 1999 16:28
I use Geocities/Yahoo myself. Get 11 free megs, tho my pictures take
up a lotta that. Well, my post to Aisildur went fine, tho I'm gonna wait
on Phyrbie before updating on Game 3. Donna, Fluet's group split up til Marlowe
was done identifying stuff. He's due a share of that
treasure.
Jan
Aug 10, 1999 16:29
:::sneaks Donna a Cadbury's Flake:::::::
Jerry
Aug 11, 1999 17:12
Except for two instances in one week, AOL has done fine and been very
dependable. There were some problems with the programming of the new pages,
but that was to be expected. We were forced into upgrading before we were
ready because JK was not around to fool with the old ones and get them working
for the expansion games. Plus, 95% of the problems with those were because
of browser problems, not programming. John did a very fine job of getting
those written from scratch in a new language than he had used before in a
very short time. If we did decide to move, it would have to be next summer
when I have the time to deal with it.
Jerry
Aug 11, 1999 17:13
Did someone say Donna's a flake? Corn or bran?
DAH
(Atlanta)
Aug 12, 1999 08:07
Snow flake.
DEH
Aug 12, 1999 14:20
The AOL site itself has always been OK. It's the blasted software you
have to load on your home system that always aggrivates me. It always breaks
when they upgrade - without exception. I usually don't say always but I really
think it's accurate this time. But this is the first time I've been affected
by their server. Guess we better give them the benefit of the doubt. Only
one server problem. Of course, this is also the first time I've ever heard
Jerry even entertain the idea of moving from AOL in ANY form! Of course,
I think that's because he likes to hear me complain about it ... :). Not
really. It would be premature to suggest moving to another ISP. AOL has improved.
If they continue we'd do well to stay with them - unless we can get a
significantly better deal on disk space somewhere else. And there's one other
large consideration. AOL is the heaviest hit site in the world by a long
shot - like it or not. What better place to showcase the Wold than there?
Maybe a TSR site or something. But another generic ISP? I doubt it would
be as good for us from that perspective. Let's hold off on moving. Of course,
all of the above is just my own opinion. Your's may vary... Good Day to
all!
JKlinger
Aug 12, 1999 14:34
So, do we have a final tally on the Emerald Thorns vote? I'll await
an announcement here, then someone send me the final version.
Kris
Aug 12, 1999 18:18
Emerald TALONS, please. We did make that decision. Still arguing about
the logo.
JKLinger
Aug 12, 1999 19:41
LOL. I stand corrected.
Kent
Aug 12, 1999 21:38
I will Say right now that there will never be a consensus on the Logo...
sad but true
Adam
Aug 13, 1999 02:14
Gah, I'm geting bad mojo. I just watched Deep Blue Sea, you know the
movie with the genetically engineered sharks . The ocean is lookin like a
bad place to be right now
DEH
Aug 13, 1999 11:45
What!? No Jerry jab? What's the Wold coming to? I figured he'd be all
over my last post with both feet by now. Come now Jerry, surely you can't
resist THAT opportunity. Good Day!
Donna
Aug 13, 1999 14:04
Finally got a moment to post! Hello! Belated thanx for the extra-healing
potion! Many, MANY thanx for the Cadbury's! 8D oh...and we WILL get a logo
for the Emerald Talons if I have to do forcible surgery on a certain pair
of elf ears to do it! (or, rather, my character in Game 3)
DEH
Aug 16, 1999 11:32
Good monrnig! Hope all goes well. Had a great weekend. My voice is in
traction but other than that things are OK. We laid down 6 songs for our
new CD Saturday all of which we stacked 3 times. Then Sunday I sang in all
3 services at our church. All in all it was about 70 to 80 songs. And just
think, tonight we pactice again! Hope I'm up for it. Good
Day!
Chris
Lindsay
Aug 16, 1999 15:49
I'm sorry I've been rather unresponsive regarding the Emerald Talons
logo. Its just that they all look good to me, so I've decided to abstain.
I'll be happy no matter which one is chosen. At any rate, I just spent the
morning on the lake behind my parents house, spinning out on a Waverunner.
VERY AWESOME!!! For those of you who haven't had a chance to try one, I'd
highly recommend them. Anyhow, Have a good day folks.
JKlinger
Aug 16, 1999 18:36
I think I asked ya'll if anyone heard about a Rocket-EBook several months
ago. If not, ignore this. Otherwise, I found they have an interactive demo
of it at http://www.Rocket-eBook.com/eRocket . Looks cool. I'm pretty sure
I'll buy one at the turn of the month.
Kent
Aug 18, 1999 17:08
Hmm, I stepped into the L & B and heard echos, os, os, os......
It has been forever since anyone has posted so I figure some nonsense was
in order. yeenehteh ehnah pahrtee. erkhehsteh? pehreemenehnehteh kahpeeon?
yeenehteh ehnahss khoross sto dheeskotheekee. eemeh seeghooross otee thah
ksahnahsseenahndeethoomeh kahpoteh.
Jerry
Aug 18, 1999 18:46
What he said.
Kent
Aug 18, 1999 19:53
well for some reason i cant use my greek letter font in here. It switches
to Arial. Ah well.
Donna
Aug 19, 1999 02:07
I wasn't aware that you could use different fonts--whenever I submit
something, it always looks like Times-New Roman to me...then it comes out
on the site as Comic Sans. Go figure. (but then again, I am one of those
miserable unfortunates with AOhell for my ISP.)
DEH
Aug 19, 1999 11:58
Good day to all! Hope all is well. I will be traveling to Missouri tonight
to help my grandfather get ready to move to Texas. He's marrying my widowed
great aunt. Interesting... My grandfather is marrying his brothers wife.
We had to pick ourselves up off the floor after THAT announcement. Have a
great weekend!
Kim
Aug 19, 1999 12:26
David - was your grandfather's brother older than him, or younger? Did
his brother's wife bear children to your grandpa's brother? If your grandfather
is the younger brother, and his bride-to-be bore no children, then he could
be said to be following the levirate law of marriage. References to and instances
of are mentioned in Deuteronomy 25:5-10, Genesis 38, Ruth 4:5ff, and in the
Sadducees' question regarding it in parallel passages in Matthew 22:24, Mark
12:19, and Luke 20:28. Although unusual in this day and age, for a brother
to marry his deceased brother's wife has a sound Biblical basis. Besides
that, she doesn't have to change her last name again, or get to know a whole
new set of inlaws! ¡Que vivan ellos benditos!
Jerry
Aug 19, 1999 13:00
If I remember right, though, Kim, one of the more graphic scenes in
Genesis concerns this practice of the brother marrying the widow of a brother
out of loyalty to the brother. I'm at school and don't have access to a bible
here, but didn't a relative of Abraham get struck down by God when he purposfully
shot his seed on the ground instead of joining with his brother's wife? And
didn't she dress up as a harlot or something when he wouldn't take her to
wife fooling him into joining with her? ::hehe joining is a Game 5 term.
Scary::
Kris
Aug 19, 1999 19:44
I don't recall exactly, but it's from Hebrew law. Has something to do
with property as well. Like maybe the brother gets the property and money,
and it's to take care of his dead relative's children and wife to marry
her.
Kim
Aug 19, 1999 21:12
Jerry & Kris - you're both correct. The referenced Genesis 38 tells
the story of Onan. For any bankers among us, this is the first recorded instance
of 'substantial penalties for early withdrawal.' [[**Sorry**]]. In a nutshell,
Judah (one of 12 sons of Jacob, and great-grandson of Abraham) married Shua's
daughter, who bore him three sons over a period of years. #1 son, Er, married
Tamar. Er, wicked in the sight of Yahweh, was slain by the LORD. Judah said
to #2 son Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a
brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother." Well, as
you pointed out Jerry, Onan didn't quite follow through with this plan. So,
the LORD slew Onan, whose actions were displeasing in His sight. Judah then
counseling his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Remain a widow in your father's house,
till Shelah my son grows up"-- for he feared that he (son #3) would die,
like his brothers. / [Taking deep breath.] / Eventually the mother of Judah's
sons died. After his period of mourning, he headed up to the town of Timnah
for sheepshearing time. Someone mentioned to Tamar that her father-in-law,
Judah, was going there. She took off her widow's garments, dressed real nice,
veil included, and posed as a harlot at the gates of a town on the way. Judah
was feeling frisky, and negotiated a price with her, not realizing she was
his daughter-in-law ... To find out what happens next (very interesting series
of events), read chapter 38 of Genesis. Tamar was foxy in more ways than
one. / Kris - you'd be referring to Deuteronomy 25:5-10. And, the fourth
chapter of Ruth in the Old Testament. The story of Ruth is charming and short
- about four pages in the average Bible, and the role of property and brides
is nicely illustrated, as the bright Boaz (descendent of Judah & Tamar,
by the way, and great grandfather of King David) uses his knowledge of Mosaic
law and his people's customs to ensure he can marry the beautiful widow of
his relative. By the way, for those in Game 5 - Aisildur, there already have
been a number of Biblical allusions (not illusions).
Kim - And now for something completely
different d20=20
Aug 20, 1999 02:05
Made my saving throw! Jerry - when can we see the rest of the Mengor's
Crypt archives? Currently, we have 1 through 4, which end with the party
at the top of the stairs, and finding the slain troglodytes.
JK
Aug 20, 1999 10:14
I'll be lurking about in these parts once again.
Kim
Aug 20, 1999 11:42
Yeah, JK! Whaddaya say? Hey hey. So, then, is Borbo going to wend his
way back from his cart ride? Or will it just be YourSelf poppin' in at the
Loot & Booty?
Jerry
Aug 21, 1999 13:09
Kim, JK, I think, has a copy of those archives. We'll need to add them
to what I've removed since he left us and then post them. JK is supposed
to be here in Wichita Falls today visiting family and said he'd call me or
drop by during our game today. If he does, I'll catch him up on things woldian
and we'll work out how to get that stuff online. BTW, Anthony suggested last
week that we create shorter "legends" of each archived adventure told in
1st person by one of the characters in that adventure (although it wouldn't
have to be written by that character's player) so that new players could
read the legends instead of hundreds of pages of history to get the full
picture of each games situation. It would serve as a good reminder for us
as well. Let me know what you think about this. Also let me know if you're
interested in writing any of these legends. I"ll be glad to give you "token"
appreciation for doing it in the form of minor expendable magic, gold, and
or xp.
Jerry
Aug 21, 1999 13:12
If you want to volunteer to help at the site in any way, all you have
to do is ask. Anything you do will carry your name on it. We need town maps
of certain towns, maps of locations, newly created NPC's, legends, written
modules, etc. We can use the whole gamut of help in mulpiple areas. My current
list of things to develop has 13 catagories and over 250 items. :) Remember
it's good to volunteer. :)
Cameron with a philosophical planescape
question.
Aug 22, 1999 12:02
I have a question for those of you familiar with the planescape set
(or the planes in 1st edition). Which of the 5 lower planes, Baator (9 Hells),
Gehenna, The Grey Waste (Hades), Carceri (Tarterus), or Abyss seems most
evil to you, and why. Just a curious question that's been running through
my mind.
Kim
Aug 23, 1999 01:54
Well, with work still underway on the Red Wyrm Inn maps (expect first
installments in September), I don't think I could do a legend summary right
now unless a major benigh artifact were available ;-)
DEH
Aug 23, 1999 11:15
Good Monday morning to all! Kim, my grandfather is the youngest of 5
brothers. He is 19 years old and will be for 4 1/2 more years - really. His
oldest brother (husband of the woman my grandfather is marrying) had 2 daughters.
In fact only one of his brothers had sons - and they were from different
marriages and haven't been heard from in 50 years - they are not nor will
ever be (in all likelyhood) part of the family. Nobody knows where they are.
So my father is the only "real" heir in the Hott bloodline. I'm not sure
the Hebrew law applies. It may because I don't think daughters really counted
back then. Hope all is well with everyone. Good Day! Eh?
Cameron with a philosophical planescape
question. d20=13
Aug 23, 1999 14:19
heh. Dang wisdom of 12 j/k. I think I'll volunteer for something that
I'll be really excited about for 2 days then get bored with. Seriously though,
I would like to volunteer for something.
Adam
Aug 24, 1999 01:09
Well, I'll volunteer for something. I don'tknow what but hey I'll
help.
Kim
Aug 24, 1999 01:39
David, you said, "He is 19 years old and will be for 4 1/2 more years
- really" Guess what? He'll turn 20 next year, because, unlike most century
marks, those divisible by 400 ARE leap years. So, he has only six months
and five days until he turns 20, celebrating once again the anniversary of
his 1920 birthdate. And, he'll be old enough to drink on the last day of
February, 2004.
DEH
Aug 24, 1999 10:58
You learn something new every day. Oh well, as with every rule there
is an exception. So does he qualify for the Hebrew law or not? Somehow I
doubt they'll have any kids - barring a miracle of course. However my dad
- being the card he is - wasted no time in asking him if he got her pregnant
and if he needed any pointers on contemporary birth control... :) Good
Day!
Jerry
Aug 24, 1999 12:49
Kim, I'll scan and send you a map of an inn I drew for the Silver Eel
in Lankhmar. It's very large and spruced up. Perhaps it will give you some
ideas. I'll send lists of things that need doing to those of you volunteering.
That way you can have some choices of the kind of things I have available.
It also serves as example of the kinds of things you can do. Perhaps you'll
see something on the list that interests you. Perhaps the list will spur
your imagination to something you'd like to do not on the
list.
JK
Aug 24, 1999 17:27
All the archives that I had are now posted. For any others, bother Jerry.
Kim, I'll be slowly easing back into things. For now, I'll just be playing
Nonam in G1. But have no fear, Borbo will one day return. Volunteers? ::chuckle,
chuckle::
Todd
Aug 24, 1999 20:04
I may be up for doing game 5 Legend, I think it was, but it would have
to wait until I move into my own place in Sept. If there's no takers before
then, I'll get together with you on that Jerry.
Kris
Aug 24, 1999 20:35
Most evil, Cameron? But first you have to decide what evil is..Let me
think about it another way: what plane would like LEAST to live in? The grey
waste where they bore you to death--ho hum. Baator where you live like a
communist or boarding school--been there. Gehenna just seems like a big blob
of lava to me; nothing much there. The Abyss where nasty people try to hurt
and eat you? Maybe. But then there's Carceri where they try to turn you against
each other-the prison world.
Kim
Aug 24, 1999 21:11
David - *LOL* - Yes, it sounds as though, at least in a round-about
way, that marriage still qualifies under Hebraic law. However, I'm sure that
some Talmudic scholars could have an enjoyable field day discussing and debating
the details.
Cameron
Aug 24, 1999 23:55
You underestimate them. Baator is much more than a 'communist boarding
school' The Dark Eight are there, and it's a world of political intrigue
and manouvering(sic?), where you seek to get the best you can within the
confines of law. Gehenna is almost like Carceri, but while in Carceri the
plane itself tries to get you to betray others, and the petitioners there
betrayed for betrayal's sake, in Gehenna it is simply a 'everyone for themselves'
mentality. You may aid someone if it furthers your ends, but you'd betray
them too. All that matters is your own furtherment. In the Abyss, they are
much like limbo, only evil. In Limbo, it is simply senseless, whereas in
the Abyss it is senseless violence. Betrayal is the mode, but often cabals
will survive simply because they are too afraid to betray each other. The
very plane itself seeks suffering in any form. In the Grey Waste, however,
it is not simply boring, it is depressing, hopeless, and apathetic. Things
don't follow cause and effect (even though they may seem to), they just happen
because they have to. No other reason. In Carceri, it is similar to the Abyss
only no one is afraid to betray in any way. They lie in such twisted ways
that you must discount all that they say. If you look beyond the surface,
all are very evil. The question is what is the worst form of evil? Some say
the Abyss or Carceri, for sure, but what of the Grey Waste, in which you
lose even your individuality? Your sense of self? For adventurers, who strive
to be individuals, this is the worst punishment you could have, unless you'd
rather not adventure any more. And even then, it's not so nice when you realize
that even thought you have no sense of self, you still have a sense of dispair
and hopelessness.
Kim
Aug 26, 1999 18:53
Whew! The Wold is back. What a relief!
Cameron
Aug 26, 1999 22:04
Yup it is. *looks at game 4* not all the Dms know yet, apparently. *mild
grumbling*
DEH
Aug 27, 1999 09:54
Good Friday to all! Glad things are getting back to normal. I hope you
all have a great weekend. It will be busy as usual for me and
mine.
Kent
Aug 27, 1999 10:15
::standing up and dancing to the music:: and :: jumping around with
joy :: We have our new LOGO in game three Hooray!!
JKLinger
Aug 27, 1999 16:25
Ok, people. Only seven people have given their browser versions. Speak
now or forever hold your peace. This may affect the future of the Wold
(slightly).
JK
Aug 28, 1999 09:25
Browser? usually Netscape 4
Cameron
Aug 28, 1999 15:27
Browser? Well I think it's IE 5 on my comp, but if I ever do it from
the Community college, it may be 3 or 4.
Adam
Aug 29, 1999 04:28
I usually use Netscape 4 or 4.5
Donna
Aug 29, 1999 13:44
sorry, John--I been busy, busy, BUSY! (I'm perfecting THE #1 Hottest
Act for exclusive performance at the Red Wyrm Inn! 8D) I use Internet Explorer
by MicroSoft--whatever version provided by AOL, since AOL is my ISP. (NO
TEASING! grrrrr)
Kent (IE
5)
Aug 29, 1999 17:42
has the quick Jump feature on the pages been eliminated, or is my puter
just screwed up? It was so very nice to have.
JKlinger
Aug 30, 1999 06:38
I just used the QJ before this post; seems to be working for me. Oh,
I recently discovered a good tidbit of info. As some of us have unfortunately
discovered, hitting the browser's Refresh button doesn't always reload the
page from the web, even if you think you've emptied your cache [ especially
those using an ISP we don't need to name ]. I previously told people using
Netscape to do Shift-Refresh to force the issue. My new discovery is you
can do Ctrl-Refresh in IE to force it. If any of you AOL'ers have a problem
again [ like that'll never happen ;) ], try Ctrl-Refresh to see if it works.
Later.
JKlinger
Aug 30, 1999 06:41
Tried the QJ again, and it worked with my new post. Thought I'd also
mention that it only works on the system you entered the turn on. Also, if
you delete your cookies or don't allow cookies to be written; the QJ won't
work.
JK
Aug 30, 1999 11:25
FYI, for all you AOL users, you aren't limited to the AOL browser. You
can download the latest version of Netscape or IE and use those. I used to
do it, and I'm pretty sure Jerry does. You just minimize AOL and launch the
browser. It'll solve many of your AOL web surfing woes. I recommend trying
it.
DEH
Aug 30, 1999 15:40
Good Day To All! Hope all is going well. I was told last night that
my fish catching record had been officially broken for our family. Well,
sort of anyway. Out on Lake Texoma I caught a 29 1/2", 12 lb 8 oz striper
bass last year which was declaired to be the largest fish by far anyone in
our extended family had ever caught on that lake. Sunday my father-in-law
and his brother pulled in a 36", 40 lb catfish on a jug line - good for them!
But as far as the record... It was a different fish, it was caught in a 'passive'
manner, AND it was caught by two of them so I think they should divide it
by two (sounds fair to me). That's all I can think of right now. Of course,
they SAY they took a picture which they have not yet produced... :) Good
Day!
Kim
Aug 30, 1999 17:35
David - but what if they divide it lengthwise? Then there would be TWO
36", 20 lb catfish.
Todd
Aug 31, 1999 10:08
You can even do e-mail from other systems, if you know what smpt outbound
server to use, that won't get in conflict with AOL. For those that are on
the AOL system ( I have access to it, though I don't use it that much, I
use it more as Bring Your own ISP).
DEH
Aug 31, 1999 11:30
I completely agree Kim, they SHOULD have to divide it cross AND lengthwise.
Thats 18" at 10 lbs. Good call! Hope all goes well for everyone. Good Day!
Eh?
DEH
Sep 2, 1999 11:41
"Wow. Seems people don't like fishing. Where'd everyone go? Is there
a "Frequent Flyer" program I'm in the dark on or something? Good
Day!
Kent (IE
5)
Sep 2, 1999 22:05
love fishing just never get to do it any more and my fly rod needs to
be worked on and I dont have the time for that either.
:>(
Cameron
Sep 3, 1999 03:54
Sorry, just haven't been paying too much attention. I've been watching
game 4, where we seem to be at a segment per day pace. :P oh, and Anthony,
have you checked hotmail lately? If not, I've sent you an email, if so, I'd
like a reply soon as I might need it soon...
Ryan
Sep 3, 1999 04:29
Hello everyone. Man, it's been awhile since I've posted here. I almost
forgot about it (that's just a nice way of saying, "OOPS, damn, that was
here? Ah well.......") So how is everyone?
Kim
Sep 3, 1999 05:33
Cameron and I will be off to the woods with the family & church
this weekend. Won't be back until late Monday... so probably won't post until
Tuesday sometime. [2 & Maw-Bill, 5-Legs]. Who wants to post for Sweetie
Pie over the weekend?
DEH
Sep 3, 1999 13:25
Glad to hear some of you sound off! And how is everyone on this lovely
door into the 3 day weekend? I'm actually staying in town this weekend. It's
the first time in about 6 or 7 years we haven't gone to the lake on Labor
Day weekend. Oh well, I simply have too much to get done this time. The lake
won't move - I hope... Good Day!
Cameron
Sep 3, 1999 15:48
:P I fully intend to check email and at least game 4 when we get back
monday, dad. So there.
Cameron
Sep 3, 1999 20:42
Also, if my expirement works, my hamster will post for me! *muffled
snickering in background* What?
Kim
Sep 4, 1999 00:58
I hope that there's no expirement this weekend. An experiment, maybe,
but no expirements.
JKlinger
Sep 4, 1999 14:27
Speak for yourself. My 'long weekend' will be spent at work -- even
with one over-nighter. :(
Jerry
Sep 5, 1999 22:09
John, I just have one thing to say to you........
Muhahaha!!!!!!
Jerry
Sep 5, 1999 22:12
Life has been busy for me as well. Sorry I have posted here recently.
I'm very behind on things Woldian right now. I have added to my list of things
to do to make a list of things to do. LOL....what I mean is that I'll come
up with a list of things that need to be done and you who have posted here
and/or contacted me by email can have some choices of things to
do.
Jerry
Sep 5, 1999 23:35
No one much tells AD&D anecdotes here, but I thought I'd share a
couple that have happened to me in the local game recently. My eyes have
recently been opened as to the sinister things we DMs to to players that
they put up with in the name of fun. Example 1: Anthony has graciously DMed
the local game all summer. We've done an adaptation of White Plume Mountain,
with Anth adding what I call "Anthony Specials" to the whole thing. He added
a bit of Tomb of Horrors to it and it suddenly become more sinister than
both. Well, anyway, we hit this room filled with pools and mirrors. Our intrepid
band of adventurers by this time carrying a huge death fixation just dives
in hoping for ability changing pools as in the old days of roleplaying. While
this happens, Scott Marley (aka inventor of Parnoth and a Woldian DM of Master
Status [JK and Anth are also that level] gets trapped in a mirror and replaced
by his evil self. My beautiful new Mage/Priest who has done so well with
24 hit points at 5/4 level, dies by backstab with one stroke. Anth had let
Scott play both his bad and good selves so strictly speaking, Scott killed
me. I seethed for about 5 minutes when I broke down laughing as Scott apologized
for the 25th time and wouldn't stop feeling like he had betrayed me. End
of first story. The next week, we finish this mini-campaign coming up on
the Lich. I'm playing Anth's character since I'll begin DMing right after
this and see no reason to roll up a character for one battle. Chris who holds
one of three artifacts necessary to kill this bad guy, rolls a 1 attacking
one of the remaining mirrors in the mirror room and the item rebels. Chris
loses the ego check and the artifact disappears. Now we can't kill the bad
guy, we can only destroy the box with his bones in it. Immediately the lich
appears offering us a way out through a dimension door if we'll but leave
him the box. He teleports us to the Astral Plane so there is nothing for
us to lay the box on so we can break it. Scott grabs the box and tries to
jump through. He slams against the thing not able to leave with the box.
Me, now playing Anthony's character, gets two of the others to hold the box
against the dimension door and I strike at it putting a crack in it and doing
damage to each of us somehow. Combat ensues. Scott gets sucked into the liches
teeth which serve as soul receptacles. All of us except Sam die horrible
death with the damage that radiates from hitting the box over and over while
trying to save vs. the lich's soul attacks. In the end, Sam destroys the
box, but all of the rest of us are dead. Anth gets this satisfied look on
this face. (This is the part I spoke of earlier when I said I got to experience
things from the other side of the DM screen) Sam raises my character (actually
Anth's character) with a Scarab of Death. I'm giddy with all of this. I'm
all ready to DM a 5-7th level adventure next and it looks like we'll be rolling
up new 1st level ones since there are only two party members left alive.
If we did continue with the two adding new characters, I have to deal with
keeping 2 guys from being bored while the 3 others roll up characters all
afternoon. So anyway, The lich's Soul Teeth are laying about and one is filled
with Scott. Sam breaks it and we have Scott back. I get this silly notion
that perhaps the souls of the dead are still around the bodies and place
the empty teeth on the chests of the two still dead. Anth, feeling a little
guilty, perhaps, of killing us all with a lich at 5th/6th level, gives a
10% chance. Philip rolls under 10%. Chris doesn't. Only one dead. One of
the others had tried to roll for divine intervention earlier in the combat
and failed. I tried that now to bring Chris' character back. I throw down
the first percentile dice. It's a 0. That means I have a one chance in 10
to do something I've never done in a game before. Roll the infamous "double
aughts!!" The tension grows. Anth laughs and someone says, "Jerry never makes
these rolls." I toss down the other one. (pregnant pause) The dice seems
to fly through the air in slow motion glinting with sunlight from the slats
in the window. It hits and rolls across the table. Time stops just like when
Kirk kisses the old woman who is a young woman in Insurrection. Then, as
eternity ends, the dice comes up 0. I've rolled 00! Amazing! Anthonoy loses!
The party led by.....me???? wins! Everyone jumps up from the table screaming
and laughing raucously, especially me. No one can believe it. (Except Sam
of course who just grins for a second and then returns to his usual taciturn
self. Sometimes I think Sam should be a dwarf in real life. Yes I do know
you'll get me later Sam. [grin]) Anyway, I got to feel what it was like to
pull off the impossible, even if it was with Anthony's character, just once.
I'll never forget it. My elation ebbs quickly as someone says "Hey what about
experience" and I realize the moment is over. Someone says, "Hey we do that
all the time." Ten minutes later, I'm back on the other side of the screen
doing my usual. Sigh.....
DEH
Sep 6, 1999 12:21
Good Labor Day to all! Well I thought I'd take a break from my programming.
Things go fast, then slow, them slower, then you find something else to do
for a while. Kim is cleaning the garage (she does this sort of thing for
fun - no joke) and of course that means I don't get off the hook. I got sucked
into it as well for a while. Somehow what I'm doing pales in importance...
Anyway, that all done I'm back on the computer. Figured I'd post before plunging
back into the project. I hope this finds you all having fun and enjoying
life. Good Day!
Kent
Sep 6, 1999 13:46
well just dropped in to say hi, while taking a break from writing lesson
plans for next week. Arrggghhh, I truly was hoping this part ended with school,
but NooooOOOOooo. my principal wants full lesson plans for the following
week in her office at the beginning of the previous week. so that is 5-6
plans a day for five days each week AND she wants them to show where they
address the curriculum goals. Now under normal circumstances this wouldnt
be hard but As I teach lessons that address several curricular areas in each
lesson I must adress all of them so that when I am teaching Social studies
and doing a unit on mapping, that includes coordinates, gridding, longitude
and lattitude, I also teach the sections about mathematics at the same time
withion that lesson, so i must show the social studies and math Curriculum
goals for that lesson. And since I tie all my lessons to literature in some
form or another I must also include the language arts goals. And of course
since we ate doing weather and tracking of hurricanes, on coordinate maps,
in science I must include the science goals as well. Needless to say writing
30 of these a week is almost enough to turn me into an open the book and
read lecturer type of teacher. ah well I have vented now. Don't feel much
better but at least I have said this to someone and wont put my job in jeapardy
by telling My principal what I really think about her lesson plan requirements.
Ah well so long. i'm going back yo write 15 more.
Jerry
Sep 6, 1999 21:57
Kent, you just described very well what I've meant when I've said I
was busy lately. My plans for this 4 day week was 10 pages typed. It gets
a little easier each week as my "arsenal" of lesson plan material I've saved
to cut and paste with grows larger, but it's still a pain. Seems like they
subdivide those requirements more each year. The killer this year is showing
the PEPs. Personal Education Plans. Each kid that has one has "modifications"
to his leaning due to a learning difficulty. I have 22 PEP kids with stated
modifications. And the number of modifications total 33. I have to show in
my plans how I'm adapting my lessons for these 22 kids and their 33
modifications. Grrrrr.....
Cameron the unlucky
DM
Sep 7, 1999 02:58
:P I don't have to go to school until the 20th, ha-ha! *runs pip under
an beech tree to avoid DMly retribution* (At least in the form of lightning.
Gotta love those beech trees.) Well, I still have to study VB. Maybe by the
end of the school year I can do some amateur programming for this site. Or
set up a VB chat that a few people have access too. (with a backdoor too.
Yeah... Oops. j/k) Hmm. Well, after reading Jerry's two stories, I'll submit
a story of my own. I was DMing with a group that took their classes a little
too seriously. Especially the person playing the Halfling thief. In 5 minutes
of game time he had a whole table-full of Dwarves mad at him because he was
pick-pocketing. With a % of 30, he still managed to roll a 00 on his first
try. The Dwarf he was trying to pick-pocket, a level 3/4 Fighter/Thief, picked
him up by the neck and threatened to twist it if he ever tried anything like
that again. The would-be pickpocket then joined two others of the party (none
of which knew each other yet) and tried to pick their pockets, succeeding
in getting all of 4 copper pieces. I managed to get the group in one common
room (along witrh an NPC or two), and the Halfling thiefc woke up first.
He tried to steal from a Drow Fighter/Thief (of good alignment), who woke
up and was about to throttle him when another of the party, a Song Wizard,
sang a lullaby which conked out the halfling while the drow resisted. Then
things got kinda out of hand, and suffice it to say that the halfling was
lucky, he didn't suffer. I am currently going to be in a PBEM based on the
most famous story out of Dragonlance, and I'm playing Gilthanas. If anyone
can give me a handle on his character without giving any of the story away
(I've never actually read it), go ahead. :P they wouldn't let me be
Tasslehoff.
DEH
Sep 7, 1999 11:47
I'm glad to be in the company of such dedicated teachers! It's folks
like you that give me hope for our future. It's part of where the "Rubber
Meets the Road". The other part is at home and we all know what that's like
for a bunch of the kids. It would probably be better if they slept at school.
As my circle of influence grows I will eventually have a voice in teacher's
salaries at our private school. I will be lobbying to pay them what they're
worth - or at least a bit closer to that level. Good Day!
Chris
Lindsay
Sep 7, 1999 16:56
For those of you griping about your teaching jobs, I will say, that
I wish I had one. I have two teaching licenses, OR and WA and nobody will
hire without babysitti...er... substitute experience in their particular
school district. Anyhow, I had to get a regular job. As regular jobs go,
it isn't bad. I get to telecommute.... I manage a database now. And the pay
is MUCH better. Ho hum. Forget it... maybe this isn't so bad... I withdraw...
partially... the complaint.
DEH
Sep 8, 1999 10:48
Cameron, aren't you a Sr. this year? Where you going to
college?
Jerry
Sep 8, 1999 13:08
This is from school. I'm sans computer for a few days. :) It's lunch
time. :) Now, I'm planning on going to Gen Con next year with anyone from
WF or elsewhere who wants to go and room together. I'd like to either stay
at a hotel one or two blocks away and not have to rent a car, or to stay
away where the hotels are normally prices and rent a car. :) If you're interested
in rooming at Gen Con, let me know. I'll be glad to coordinate housing, etc.
If we can get enough Woldians there, we can have a live session with our
online characters and actually meet each other which I think would be alot
of fun. So if you're interested in whatever, let me know. My usual plan is
to take two personal business days, fly out Wed. night after school arriving
there in Milwaukee about 11PM or so. Then play and party through Sunday flying
back Sun late afternoon so I can go to work on Moncay. I miss Thurs and Fri.
at work--the two business days I get a year. So again, if interested let
me know.
Jerry
Sep 8, 1999 13:13
Also, November 20, that's a Sat. John Klinger of Game 1 fame and one
of our Asst. DMs will be in the states. We're planning an AD&D reunion
here for him in Wichita Falls that evening. Supper at a Sports Place, followed
by an evening of AD&D with our online character mixed with the local
characters. The module for the evening is the long awaited return of Gareth
to his home in The Windbourne Hills. It may involve some of the other families
of the players there as well. What's better for a reunion out of character
than a reunion of the families of our characters. :) Anyway, that was said
to say this. If anyone wants to road trip to Texas for that, (I'm not really
expecting anyone to be able to do so, but offering anyway) you're welcome.
There are plenty of homes for you to stay in here with me or the local players,
and some nice hotels close by as well. :) Just let me know if you're interested
in that.
Cameron
Sep 8, 1999 14:20
Well, umm, thanks to running start I'm going to a local community college.
But once I get out of High School, I'll head over to the UW to take 3 more
years to get a double major. I think you either wanted one or the
other...
Chris
Lindsay
Sep 8, 1999 17:00
Cameron, UW wouldn't be University of Washington would it.... if so,
I'm in Oregon, love to have any Woldians by for a game when possible. Hey
Jerry... as for the GenCon thing, I'm totally in. I'm planning on going,
but hadn't made traveling plans yet. As a side note, I just submitted the
paperwork to begin an offical RPGA club here in Portland. The name of the
club is "Company of the Rose". If anyone has any helpful suggestions on how
to jump start a club, let me know, either here, or by email. I already plan
to stop by the local hobby shops with flyers and such.
Kent
Sep 8, 1999 18:32
Now Chris, I don't believe that either Jerry or I were whining about
our jobs, I mean if we didn't love teaching, we wouldn't. After all there
a lot of other jobs that pay a whole lot more. I know I just left one. BTW
if you were to move to NC particularly in the Raliegh, Durham, Chapel Hill
area you would basically have your choice of school/grade, not to mention
it is a great place to live.
Chris
Lindsay
Sep 8, 1999 21:44
I was just teasing Kent... I didn't really think that you were whining...
that bad.. heh heh heh... just kidding. North Carolina huh? Interesting.
Unfortunately, I seem to be firmly entrenched in my current locale. Thanks
anyhow. Especially with putting together the new club... I find myself at
its head, trying to figure out which one of my relatively manipulative players
got me into this... I guess, I'm whining now... Oh well... I wouldn't do
it if I didn't love it... I suppose ya'll feel the same about teaching. Don't
take me too seriously, I certainly don't... It keeps me in perspective...
Even though my players constantly berate me for some illusory ego
problem.
Cameron
Sep 9, 1999 01:55
No, Chris, it's University of Whisperleaf. I'm really a Gnomish petitioner
of Bytopia (also known as Twin Paradises). j/k. Well, maybe when I get a
drivers license and car I'll drive down there *peer dad*. Sorry, mud
conditioning. I doubt we could do anything like that unless some vacation
came up, and it's not likely in the near future. Say, anyone interested in
setting up a MUD based on Wold some time in the indefinite future when I
can handle something like that? Maybe take ROM and really modify it, or maybe
ROT, I've heard it's easier to add new parts. When I learn VB it would be
a great way to test programming ability. Anyone who is a mud addict, present
or former, and is interested, go ahead and email me or something. I haven't
been getting much email lately. Don't you like my ADDesque postings? Thank
you. *muffled hits upside head, with a background muttering 'I've got to
stop doing this.*
DEH
Sep 9, 1999 11:06
Good for you Cameron. No need to dally around in school if you have
the ability to knock it out fast. As far as a road trip to Wichita Falls,
If you can talk you father and mother into it, we'd love to have you all
down. You are all more than welcome to come in stay in our home located in
Keller, TX (North of Fort Worth) awhile for a taste of Texas. That way it
wouldn't be such a whirlwind trip. Kim, you out there? How about it? You,
Jenny, and the kiddos come down. Love to have you anytime.
Kim
Sep 9, 1999 14:43
David, Jenny just called me and asked if I'd like to spend our birthdays
in Great Britain. Seems we've been invited by Keston Institute to a meeting
focused upon Christianity and religious freedom / oppression in Russia and
the former Soviet Union for Nov. 12th - 14th. Would have a chance also to
meet with some C.S. Lewis folks, visit the Kilns, stay at a Bed & Breakfast
(near Isengard?), etc. Maybe head northward after that to visit some friends
in Scotland. Hmmmm... can we afford it? We have one free round-trip ticket.
Would certainly love it. On the other hand, Texas would be nice... Cameron
could stay home and take care of the hamster. ;-)
Kim
Sep 9, 1999 14:46
FOR THOSE IN GAME 5, your temp DM, Kim McCoy, can be reached at:
BillTFind@zdnetmail.com and kimmccoy@iname.com The first address he can reach
all day and night, the second is his evening email. Cover your bases, use
both! Jerry should resume DMing once his computer is fixed, whenever that
may be (late this week? early next week?). Keep those postings
coming.
Cameron
Sep 10, 1999 00:06
Well, it's Tamas' hamster, let him stay home! :P I'd still have to stay
home, for college and stuff. And Christmas is already taken. Hmm. Where's
GenCon? I used to know, but not anymore...
Todd
Sep 11, 1999 17:22
I might consider GenCon, but for me, it's too early to consider. If
I did come, though I might be able to supply a car, since Milwaulke is not
an uncomfortable drive for me, from Pa. I did it before, when I was at the
Naval Station up there, and when I went to the Battletech simulator up there.
Will keep you posted. Probably wouldn't be until spring before I
decide.
Donna d100=46
d20=8 d12=9 d10=9 d8=6 d6=6 d4=2 d3=2 d2=1 d100+20=33
Sep 12, 1999 13:02
It's been soooo long since I've posted that I went crazy and pushed
ALL the dice buttons! MWUHAHAHAHAHAHA! I don't have much to report accept
that my family is in the middle of planning our tradition Halloween tableau
for this year. My brother is pulling for a UFO theme, but my sister would
rather have a graveyard. OOOOOO...exciting choices! I'll let you know how
it comes out. Meanwhile, I'll saunter over to the Red Wyrm Inn, and see if
the establishment is ready for my brand of entertainment! (heh heh
heh...)
DEH
Sep 13, 1999 14:31
And a good day to everyone! How's your Monday going. Got back from Arkansas
yesterday. It's pretty up there. Went running and canoeing. It was really
fun. Saw all my wife's 3rd and 4th cousins (I don't even know if I HAVE 3rd
or 4th cousins!). It was an enjoyable reunion. Well, back to the grindestone.
Good Day!
Kim
Sep 13, 1999 16:53
Speaking of GenCon, Hasbro just purchased Wizards of the Coast (which
includes TSR) last week, for something like $325M. They are floating the
idea of moving GenCon 'closer to the population centers' of the East
Coast.
Jerry
Sep 13, 1999 16:55
I took the computer home for awhile Sunday to do some backing up. The
shop is going to help me do some cleaning up of the harddrive, extraneous
files, etc. starting this afternoon. As soon as I know when I'll have the
thing back after that, I'll let you know. Remember, in an emergency, I can
be reached via email here at school. I can also be called. If you've kept
the address lists I send out every once in a while, my phone number is there
for such times. If you don't have one, contact your DM who should have one.
Right now, I'm predicting that I'll be active and posting again Thurs. Eve.,
but don't depend on that. It may be sooner or later....I sure hope not later
because I'm going through withdrawals. [grin] Kent, you surviving the hurricanes
ok? Donna, how about a halloween theme in The Inn? That would be cool! Not
that what you have planned isn't. "The Headless Bartender" "I want to suck
your flaming gnomish" "The Grinning Maw"--where the Maw opening begins changing
into an actual mouth. Guys and gals, don't ever give me time to plan and
brainstorm. It's like dangerous and stuff. (Posted from
school)
Kim
Sep 13, 1999 20:37
Even as I speak, Cameron is in hospital, undergoing an appendectomy.
So ... the phone just rang, and the doctor said things went great. "He was
quite cooperative, being so lean," his Physicianship allowed, pleased that
he didn't have layers of extra tissue to wade through on his way to Cam's
appendix. He'll be in recovery, and we'll go visit him in a few hours. Here's
your chance to send a 'get well soon' greeting to the player of Pip over
in the Southern Kingdom, Game 4.
Kent
Sep 13, 1999 23:03
well as for Making it thru hurricanes. well, while the coast got trashed
we didnt get much more than 35 mph winds and 10 inches of rain. of course
now yet another is threatening to come ashore. :>p You kow while living
in Florida i don't remember being hit by so many storms. Ah well. School
is going well I have ny first official observation tomorrow morning. Cameron
i hope everything is well and that you dont have too much pain during
recovery.
Kim
Sep 14, 1999 02:16
The family went to see Cameron. He is a pretty analytical guy, and was
explaining various procedures and medical gizmos to us. He was experiencing
some post-operative pain. [As is the custom in health care these days, they
plan to bump him out the door tomorrow, about sixteen hours after the operation.
They frame this in an, "Isn't this wonderful?" way. Well, yes and maybe.]
He was in good spirits, just not feeling great. He asked us to pray with
him, and we did. The nurse gave him a shot, and he began to drift off to
sleep. There was a device there, called something like "Altima Plus." I mentioned
that my appendix had been removed so long ago, they only had the "Altima
Minus" back then. Just before he fell asleep, he smiled wanly, and politely
asked me not to make him laugh. "Maybe in a couple days,
Dad."
DEH
Sep 14, 1999 10:42
I hope all continues to go well for you Cameron. I also said a prayer
for you. Kim, I'd go to Britain in a second. I think it sounds like a great
opportunity for you. I intend to travel there some day for an extended trip
- or maybe several. Don't know when yet. Probably years away. Hope all is
well for everyone. Good Day!
Kent
Sep 14, 1999 22:33
Well it is official, Floyd is expected to send sustained winds of up
to 110 mph to us as of midnight Wednesday, or is that Thursday? Any way I
am sending out an email to all necessary peoples, informing them of the
possiblity of not have any power for an indefiniote period of time and hence
not being able to post...... Man I really am getting tired of these
storms.
Todd
Sep 15, 1999 01:02
Kent, does that mean then, that you are the official 'Blow-hard' of
the group?! :) ;)
Cameron
Sep 15, 1999 03:09
Hmm, I must not have been fully conscious, I don't remember asing you
guys to pray. I'm back after my appendectomy, and I'll have the bandage off
tomorrow or Thursday, wait, make that today or tomorrow now. However, I won't
be playing water polo for about a month :P. Well, It's 12:03 in the morning
atm, and my pain medication is sort of kicking in and helping me along to
sleep. At least I didn't need much in the way of active neurons to make the
other posts. Did you know that you can get high from dizziness? It's because
dizziness is lack of blood to the brain, and highs are caused by a lack of
oxygen to the brain. I experienced that after trying to stand up just after
they took some blood to do tests on. Just a question for any MDs or med students,
I know that with appendicitus(sic?) you have an elevated white cell count,
but does your body produce any extra antibodies? Something I had wanted to
ask at the hospital, but kept on forgetting. I'm just rambling on here, with
an oxygen-starved brain. I should probably stop now. Bye all, off to go to
sleep and dream about first-edition terminology (which sounds better, devils
and demons or baatezu and tana'ri?) -signed Oxygen-Starved
JK
Sep 15, 1999 08:53
I'm sort of fond of demons and devils. Baatezu is okay. I can leave
tana'ri alone.... and Jerry, I want to suck your flaming gnomish? That doesn't
sound too good.
DEH
Sep 15, 1999 10:47
Cameron, you didn't ask us to pray. I just did it. Hope all is well
on the east coast today and tomorrow. I think we ought to pray for them -
even if they didn't ask... :) Good Day!
Todd
Sep 15, 1999 19:26
In same ways, that's the nice thing about prayer. Is that you can support
people with it, even if they don't want it. Because who knows, besides you
and the creator? :)
Kent
Sep 15, 1999 19:43
Todd Hmm i don't know about blow-hard but I've always been told I was
full of hot air. Ah well I have posted where I could at this point and will
try to post in Windhorn before we get hit, but........ And we will be thankful
for any and all prayers sent our way. We will take what ever help we can
get. Thanks all and see you soon.
Cameron
Sep 16, 1999 02:00
:P JK, I was talking to my dad. He said in his post I asked him to pray
for me, I think. If I did, I was drifting in and out of consciousness at
the time, as I was most of the night actually. And you're right, that does
sound sort of perverted. Like something new from Mt. Nevermind. *shudder*
Gotta go now. Oh, and one more question, which sounds better, yugoloth or
daemon? Another little 1st/2nd edition change.
DEH
Sep 16, 1999 10:37
Another neat thing about prayer is that Satan has no defense against
it. He cannot prevent a prayer once made from being heard. Pretty cool if
you ask me and a compelling reason to do it often. Pray for the folks in
south Fort Worth. A man shot up a church there last night. We stopped our
Wednesday night service and prayed for them then. But that's only the beginning
of what they'll need. Good Day (with a stiff upper lip).
Kris
Sep 16, 1999 15:00
The Wrath of Floyd turned out to be a bunch of hot air, here. Power
went out at 3am, and was turned back on at 11am. What an anti-climax. Just
to put my two cents in, 3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons (yes, they are dropping
the 'Advanced' name) will call Baatezu and Tanar'ri Devils and Demons,
respectively. But you still have one more year to argue over 1st and 2nd
editions.
JK
Sep 16, 1999 16:32
Cameron, I caught that you were speaking to your dad. It was the everlovable
DEH that did not. Additionally, I didn't know that Kim was your dad. Knew
you were related but not how. And finally Daemon sounds better than Yugoloth.
In fact I rather prefer Daemon to Demon. Though I can't abide
magick.
JK
Sep 16, 1999 16:34
I'm in the process of chopping and archiving pages once again. I already
did game 1. Make me a compelling argument as to why your game should be next,
and I'll see what I can do.
Kent
Sep 16, 1999 16:44
Well Floyd proved to be not as bad as we feared, perhaps the prayers
id the trick. any we too lost power but it was back on a 2pm Thursday afternoon.
So no harm, no foul. JK, as for chopping Game two could use chopping around
the end of the week when they have acquired what they need for the next step
and proceed underwater. makes a good chopping point I think.
Thanx
Cameron
Sep 16, 1999 18:51
Well, in AD&D, Daemons are seperate from Demons and Devils. Devils
are LE, Demons are CE, and Daemons are NE, although in some cases they are
TN. But I think Yugoloth sounds better, because each type, where it was
hydrodaemon, it's now hydroloth. But Daemon does sound better than yugoloth.
And sorry there, JK. I was sort of off in space... Hmm, they're losing the
Advanced? Heh. O hope they bring back old Bard and Ranger spell charts and
Bard progressions... Gotta love those Celts.
Jerry
Sep 17, 1999 13:26
Oops, JK, that wasn't my intention at all. I was thinking vampires at
the time. Apologies all around. I'm glad everyone has lived through all the
storms and operations. Remember two dates folks. If you want to road trip
to Texas, we're having a reunion for John on Nov. 20th. If you'd like to
get together at Gen Con this coming summer, I think it would be fun to have
lots of Woldians there. :)
DEH
Sep 17, 1999 15:05
Gareth doesn't care what you call them... he'll be glad to kill them
either way... :) Glad to hear all survived with life and limb on the east
coast. Hope it continues as yet another storm moves north.
Ted (Trace in The Southern
Continent)
Sep 19, 1999 01:37
Hey I just seen the thirteenth warrior. I liked it and thought it was
pretty good. Sure wished it would have been more fantasy like AD&D but
it was still good none the less.
Kent
Sep 19, 1999 13:03
I also recently saw 13th warrior. I too liked it even thought there
were quite a few historic inaccuracies and umm was it me or was there no
real plot???
Ted (Trace in The Southern
Continent) d20=2
Sep 20, 1999 00:52
no real plot just glad to see a movie come out like that. I will take
what I can get.
DEH
Sep 20, 1999 11:57
It must be like Highlander - lots of heads rolling... Good
Day!
Donna
Sep 20, 1999 12:50
I heard that 13th Warrior is very dark--literally. My friend nearly
broke a leg trying to find his seat after getting up to get some popcorn
and Milk Duds. ;) (BTW...how will I know when I take over the DM stint for
The Red Wyrm Inn? Do I get "tagged" by whoever's running the MAW adventure
or what?)
JK
Sep 20, 1999 18:50
It was dark. There was this scene when they were sitting around a fire
talking and you couldn't see a thing. There was a discernable plot. It was
destroying the bad guys and saving the village. Not exactly thought provoking
but a plot nonetheless. Of course Antonio Banderas wasn't integral to the
story in any way. Nor was the intrigue with old Hrothgar's son and the resulting
duel. Not even Antonio's love interest had anything to do with it. So there
was a lot of extra stuff, but there was still a plot.
Kim
Sep 20, 1999 23:35
Yeah! Borbo is back (Game 2, Windhorn Hamlet)! I can't do that in character
yet, but just couldn't wait. So, Donna, you're next up to bat, eh? Lookin'
forward...
Cameron
Sep 20, 1999 23:59
Yay, some action in game 4. :P I wish it would give me better rolls
tho'. Those would be great if I was trying to cook.
JK
Sep 21, 1999 09:48
And yea I say unto thee, "Borbo the talkative hath returned from his
joureys."
DEH
Sep 21, 1999 10:35
Good morning everyone. Hope you had a restful night and hope you have
a great day!
Kris
Sep 21, 1999 13:47
The parallels between Beowulf and 13th Warrior were obvious, even if
you hadn't read the book. You guys surprise me, disliking the plot of one
of the oldest stories written.
Ted
Sep 21, 1999 17:34
Not to sound mean but just because it is an old story dose not make
it a good one. Sorry. But please dont get me wrong. I liked the movie very
much but a poet that can fight like that ...should have made him a warrior
that would have been better....He had a great dog...he he..
JK
Sep 22, 1999 08:44
I didn't say that I didn't like it. Though Beowulf is quite a bit different
and there is a certain beauty to the original verse: Tha waes theod-sceatha
thriddan sithe, frecne fyr-draca faetha gemyndig raesda on thone rofan tha
him rum ageald. See?
DEH
Sep 22, 1999 10:48
or for those less versed in old English: "Oh! Listen to the tales of
Danish kings of days gone by...". :) Of course, it might be easier to use
middle English - such as the Cantebury Tales: "Whan that April with his shores
soote. The drought of March hath pierced to the roote. And bathed every veigne
in switch liquer of which virtue engengred is the fleur....". (Might want
to check the spelling. I haven't looked at it since 10th grade... Good
Day!
Jerry
Sep 22, 1999 13:41
Donna, I'll check on the Maw thing tonight when I get home. I thought
you were already up to bat. I'm behind in the games I'm not involved with
right now. :( I started to get caught up on Game 3 last night. But I will
find that out for you tonight. :)
Donna
Sep 22, 1999 14:37
Thanks, Jerry...my point had been, of course, that NObody let me know
EXACTLY when I was supposed to take the reins...all you'd originally said
to me was "small bills only"...er, ah, I MEAN..."sometime in September."
heh heh heh. (I didn't bribe nobody. Really. I swear..!)
JK
Sep 22, 1999 15:13
You bribe him? I thought it worked the other way around.
Kris
Sep 23, 1999 20:54
I read Canterbury tales in Middle English and didn't like it, actually.
Except for the Wife of Bath's tale, natch.
Jerry
Sep 23, 1999 23:37
Ok, Kris is running the Inn right now. Ask her, Donna, when she's going
to be done.
JK
Sep 24, 1999 13:16
Well, I guess Game 2 gets archived next since no one but Kent seemed
to care.
Kim
Sep 26, 1999 03:06
JK - If you want to archive Wold 2, could you have the new one start
from where Borbo shows up again?
Kim
Sep 26, 1999 03:09
Kris - how can you leave Game 5? We LIKE Skippy. If Legs were a witness
to what was going on, he'd attack that whip-wielding priest, and da.., uh,
er, darn the consequences. We'll miss your contributions
there!
Todd
Sep 26, 1999 22:18
Though we'll miss having Skippy around (whatever happens), I think it
will be another twist in the story line, that probably coudn't have been
supplied by Jerry in such a fashion. I sometimes have more fun for where
the story goes, by the players invention, than by the DM's original concept.
Of course, I know that this makes the DM try to cover all bases, as to what
the players are going to do, and then we still discover new ground to take
the adventure to! :) ;)
DEH
Sep 27, 1999 10:55
Good morning. Life is good in the Metroplex. Hope it's good where you
are. Have a great week!
Kris
Sep 27, 1999 20:26
Well, with the Inn, I'm running 3 online games, along with playing in
several games. There's continuing possibilities of me getting a job, and
I just feel like my brain will explode soon!:)
Kent
Sep 27, 1999 21:54
The question is will Wynd gather enough courage to let loose with a
few well aimed sling stones? If so who will she be aiming for? The Priests?,
Skippy's parents? Or Skippy herself? or will she lose her nerve and just
sit up there and cry for awhile? Kris, we will miss your play but I do understand
your dilemma.
Kim
Sep 28, 1999 11:19
Let us all observe a moment of silence for Skippy, the bright, the
beautiful, the spunky, the holder and liberator of the
honeybee.
Cameron
McCoy
Sep 28, 1999 16:57
*observes moment of silence* Hmm. It's been nearly 2 hours since that
post. Oh, well. Too bad Skippy was dropped. Will be interesting to see who
replaces her tho'.
Todd
Sep 28, 1999 22:34
JK. I seem to be having a diplay problem on the screens. When looking
at the site thru netscape 4.61 via a cable modem, I'm getting the read
turns/enter turns/loot&booty line chopped in about 2/3rds of what it
should be.
JKlinger
Sep 29, 1999 06:40
If you mean the height of that little bar is chopped, it's a known Netscape
bug. It usually only appears when you resize the window while a page with
frames is displayed.
Kris
Sep 29, 1999 09:33
Whose character is Rogar? He's been DM-run for the last 3 weeks or so.
His party is dividing magic items, so he really ought to see what's going
on in the Inn.
Todd
Sep 29, 1999 20:57
Okay JK. Though this is happening everytime I open a new netscape window.
(though resizing it once in the last couple of days may have started the
mess).
JK
Sep 30, 1999 00:13
JKlinger and JK aren't one in the same. Though we both do the web site
work. As for Rogar, he's my char. It's been a lot longer than 3 weeks since
I've played him. More like 2 months. Come to think of it, wasn't DAHill the
DM when I took my hiatus. I'm shocked that Rogar's been pulled along through
the story by more than 1 dm. I assumed he was sitting around drinking somewhere.
I'll have to look in and see what the stubborn guy has been up to.
Cameron
Oct 1, 1999 21:20
Dang, we lost a lot of posts. That's probably very annoying to most
of you. Me too. *sigh*
Jerry
Oct 1, 1999 21:54
"Cameron, what do you mean we lost posts?"...not that I'll be here to
get your answer unless you log on tonight. I leave in the morning. Should
be back by next Sat. night at the latest. :) JK and John are in charge until
my return.
JK
Oct 2, 1999 01:42
Yeah, what do you mean we lost posts?
JrK
Oct 2, 1999 04:25
Yeah, what do you mean we lost posts? :)
Kim
Oct 3, 1999 00:40
I think that Cameron means that in the Red Wyrm Inn, we lost about,
I don't know, maybe five to eight posts. After Holly said she wanted "a jem,"
Sweetie Pie asked, "What kind of jam would you like?" There were some other
posts following. The replacement page ended with Holly's statement of preference,
missing several following posts.
JK
Oct 3, 1999 09:55
Well, I didn't do it.
Kim
Oct 4, 1999 03:18
Yeah, it's probably Cameron's fault. Or, since he's not here to defend
himself, we can say that Jerry did it! Yeah, that's the ticket. ;) I wouldn't
worry about it too much, guys. It's not Faulkner or
Shakespeare.
Cameron
Oct 4, 1999 16:56
First of all, I don't hack into places I like, only places like AOL
and... Oops. All kidding aside, it doesn't matter much. A few posts from
both the Inn and here disappeared, and that's it. And I wasn't crashing AOL
users at the time, thank you very much.
Kris
Oct 4, 1999 18:39
Did anyone else get a wierd page when they connected to the Wold this
weekend, saying nothing but 'Strangling' or 'Choking' or something? It was
SO wierd...but I didn't want to bother our Esteemed Jericko about
it.
JK
Oct 5, 1999 10:40
No. You probably have some sort of dreaded internet virus that's going
to destroy your computer and mail your credit card numbers to every thief
in America. Have a nice day! :)
DEH
Oct 5, 1999 11:09
So THAT was all those numbers I got via email... cool! And now for something
completely different: To all those DMs who would change my character in the
RWI. Disgruntle is NOT a half-ogre!!!! Please email me offline if you want
more info... :). And finally, just for the record. He is "The Jericho", not
"The Jericko". Careful with that as he controls your experience point accrual
and character destiny... :)))) Good Day to all!
Kris
Oct 5, 1999 16:28
But he spells his name in all kinds of different ways! Gericko, Jericho,
Jericko, it's all so confusing! Is it really creating a new faith, or is
it just Jericho under a new name?
Kim
Oct 5, 1999 19:08
Good point, David. Disgruntle is just so big that people *think* he
must be a half-ogre. For further NPC guidelines for Red Wyrm DMs: Sweetie
Pie (the Red Wyrm Inn waitress) does not tend to suggest high-potentcy drinks
to the clients, but rather when possible leaves that to Vasha (the Minotaur
bartender). She prefers to focus on the food, juices, tea, milk and, though
preferring to defer to Vasha even on this, will suggest some of the lighter
alcoholic drinks, e.g., ales, wines. The heavier stuff she knows some customers
like, but she doesn't always enjoy the aftermath, thus will avoid mentioning
the popular 'concoctions.' Think of her as someone who would prefer to work
in a family restaurant, but who is surprised to find how interesting it is
to serve adventurers. But oh how she likes to tell those she serves about
tingly good food! [And no, I'm not entirely sure what 'tingly' means here.]
And she is more than willing to do what it takes to meet the culinary and
other tavern-related desires of the Inn's guests (like running out to find
Dahlia some pipes and good tobacco from the Wharf down the street). She's
a nice girl. What's she doing in a place like this? :^)
Jerry
Oct 6, 1999 05:23
Kim, please mail what you have on the NPC's of the Inn to Kris and Donna
and Cameron as Kris is the current DM there and the others come up next in
that order. For those of you who don't know, Kim is keeping up with the NPC's
there and who invented them. He is also working on a map and legend of the
place as he gets time.
Jerry
Oct 6, 1999 05:30
Now as to the spelling of The Jericho. Well, that's it. The NPC creator,
The Jericho, is spelled that way. Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm he,
playing that character. My online handle is Gericko primarily, although other
ones are TheJericho, TheJerich1, and TheJerich2. The Games page is stored
under TheJerich1. This was a nickname of mine back in college. My Sophmore
year, I fell twice and ripped my ankle up pretty good. Once in an ice fight
in the dorm and once when a fat lady fell on me while climbing down the Statue
of Liberty while it was under reconstruction. Really! My best friend at that
time, Kathy, made the comment that you walk around Jerry 7 times and he falls
down, just like Jericho. The nickname stuck. Somehow, it worked it's way
into the game. I don't remember exactly how. Perhaps one of the Game 1 veterans
can remember back that far. I do remember that it was suggested to me though.
No way would I be so arrogant as to make myself the creator of the gods.
So it's a character that just happens to have my nickname.....I think. Sorta
like the creator in the Thomas Covenant series, I get confused about it all
regularly.
Jerry
Oct 6, 1999 05:33
Ok, folks, I have some time this week and next so will be furiously
working on my lists. So rather than look back into the archives, I'll ask
again. If anyone would like some Woldian work or projects to do for fun,
experience, or both, let me know by email. I'll send you a list of possible
areas/projects/etc. for you to choose from.
DEH
Oct 6, 1999 11:18
Uh, guys. On game 3, if you roll UNDER your Wisdom you make the roll.
Ingrige rolled a 20 and is therefore paralyzed. The others rolled low which
probably means they made it. Just thought you'd like to know.... Jerry, I
can't remember how "The Jericho" came about. It has been that way for as
long as I have been playing with you. And I think I hold the title of longest
active player - barring a brief intermission of a few years absent from W.F.
You might need to ask Brent W. or Kieth E. about that. They may remember.
Dennis H. lives in Carrolton down here. I could call him if you
want.
DEH
Oct 6, 1999 11:41
DOH! Sorry about that game 3 players. I misread the DM post. I saw Wisdom
and not save vs. P. Everyone made the right post - except me of course. Here's
to egg on my face!
Kim
Oct 6, 1999 11:50
David - On a save vs. paralyzation, you need a roll greater than or
equal to your saving throw. With the -2 penalty, you have to roll at least
two OVER your saving throw (with any other character-specific adjustments).
Although, under the circumstances, it would be cool if it were as you suggest,
that would be counter to the official AD&D saving throw conventions.
N'est ce pas?
Kim
Oct 6, 1999 11:51
DOH! I started writing the post above this one before DEH's last post
showed up on the board. Sorry, David.
DEH
Oct 6, 1999 14:07
No problem Kim. I was the one with the mind flatulation - or is that
brain fart...