Quote from: Big Andy;1031230That is how I realized I needed glasses. No matter how much or how good my light was I couldn't focus my eyes on minis to paint details, lol. Glasses and a swing arm magnifier have done wonders!

Agreed! I don't know what I would do without my visor!!!

Quote from: chirine ba kal;1031242To hear is to obey.

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Is it just me, or does this need a Wandering Monster table to go with it?

He forgot the Tomb of the Ancient Pot Roast.

Quote from: Horu hiFa'asu;1031247Is it just me, or does this need a Wandering Monster table to go with it?

I am guessing that 'Ancient Modeler' would show up most often on that table, followed by the 'Queen of the Internets'.

For treasure, I am pretty there would be lots more lead pieces than gold pieces. The real prize would be the Secrets that the Public Must Never Know (Until Properly Interpreted). Which means never according to certain Dark Priests that keep trying prevent anyone from entering and lay heavy curses on the Ancient Modeler that lives in this Underworld.

Quote from: chirine ba kal;1031242To hear is to obey.

That is very useful (and cool). I just couldn't grok where your workshop was in relationship to everything else.

Quote from: chirine ba kal;1031244Not that we know about; they extrude their clear chitin, like the Pe Choi and Hlyss do, so it would not surprise me that they do have clear boats. There's been speculation that the great black ships of the northern seas are theirs, made by their human allies, but nobody wants to go and find out.

They live on the far side of the planet, and don't interact with the Hlyss; at least that was the way it was in Phil's campaign. The two DO NOT get along at all, as we saw once in an underworld encounter where - for once - we were the innocent bystanders.

How about the Ssu? I realize they would most likely travel via tube or Nexus Point but do they ever ply the oceans? Would they ride with the Hlyss?

Quote from: Horu hiFa'asu;1031247Is it just me, or does this need a Wandering Monster table to go with it?

This is the lowest level of three. Hopefully, you're mapping as we go along...

Wooden doorway with a small leaded glass window in the upper middle. The panes are alternately frosted and clear. There is an inscription in an unknown language in brass above the window. An obvious lock is above the obvious door handle. Roll against your DEX to see if you can pick the lock.

Door leads into a 15' x 20' room, long axis north-south; sand-colored walls, blue ceiling. In the southeast corner is a long couch, with a strangely glowing machine on a a small table in front of it. in the northeast corner is a glowing rectangle atop a number of boxes with glowing gems set into them. To the north, a door leads into another room, and another door leads into another room, from the northeast corner of the room. Next to this door is a glass display case with many strange and mysterious objects in it.

Quote from: Big Andy;1031254I am guessing that 'Ancient Modeler' would show up most often on that table, followed by the 'Queen of the Internets'.

For treasure, I am pretty there would be lots more lead pieces than gold pieces. The real prize would be the Secrets that the Public Must Never Know (Until Properly Interpreted). Which means never according to certain Dark Priests that keep trying prevent anyone from entering and lay heavy curses on the Ancient Modeler that lives in this Underworld.

My domain is the lower level, the Queen Of The Internet the middle level that we're currently exploring.

As for The Real Prize, here it is:

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These are the three copies of the digital files; I keep a working copy on the hard drive, and archival ones on both flash drives and CD-ROM; both archival sets are updated regularly, onto two more hard drives so that all the original data stays pristine. There is a total of 32 gigabytes of texts, and 34 gigabytes of artwork; the archives go back to 1948, and are current as of Friday as the Queen of the Internet does weekly searches of the web and downloads anything we don't have in our files. I had promised Phil, back in 1977 or so, that I'd be his archivist; I've kept that promise, and all of his data as well as all the stuff that's been created for his games and in his world is here.

One of the accusations that used to be leveled against me was that "Jeff Berry is trying to steal Tekumel!" Well, too late; it's all here.

I am, as I have noted in the past, playing a very different game then most people are assuming that I am. I have achieved my goals and objectives; I have, in the game that I am playing, won.  

Quote from: Big Andy;1031258That is very useful (and cool). I just couldn't grok where your workshop was in relationship to everything else.

Thank you! It's our little house, and we've been here for thirty years; we like it, it likes us, and more then that you could not ask for.

Understood. Our house is divided into my domain and hers. I get the basement, aside from the laundry, and she gets the middle and upper levels of the place.

The workbench shares a common wall with the video rack, so we'll use the hard-wired pan-tilt-zoom mounts in the workshop for our upcoming podcasts. The other switcher / vision mixer will be for the game room, with the third one for the lounge and home office. We have a lot of hardware to hand...

Quote from: Big Andy;1031259How about the Ssu? I realize they would most likely travel via tube or Nexus Point but do they ever ply the oceans? Would they ride with the Hlyss?

Never saw them afloat, the Gods be praised; I don't think they like water, very much.

Never saw it; the Ssu like the land, the Hlyss the seas.

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1031250He forgot the Tomb of the Ancient Pot Roast.

Like hell I have.

Door to the north leads into a 10' x 10' room. Shelves with doors on the west wall; metal and pottery objects on the upper shelves, food items on the lower. More shelves with similar contents on the north wall. Cooking area on the east wall; box next to it with two doors on it. Lower door leads to an area of cold; upper one leads to an area of intense cold. Roll against STA to save from frostbite. Door to the east in the northeast corner.

Here are some photos from yesterday's 5e game session:

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Messing about in the maze, trying not to get killed by the hedge and solving the mystery of the Missing Druid. This is all from "The Redwood Scar", by Zeitgeist / Goodman.

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After escaping the shrubbery, we were attacked overnight by what appeared to be rabid undead My Little Ponies.

I did not get a photo - I was a little busy - but the next day we were attacked by an undead oak tree, which learned just what a Priest of Lord Vimuhla does for a living. After that, the shrubbery left us alone. More to come, next game session.

I will be right up front about this; I do not like this adventure very much. It feels like a stock-and-standard D & D module with Dave's name stuck on it as a marketing point, and set in his Blackmoor because it's, well, a marketing point. I am, to be frank, bored to tears by this adventure; the GM is doing a very good job of running it, and the players seem to be having a decent time. I am enjoying the people around the table, and enjoying making the miniatures for them, but I am staying back as the rear-guard of the party and letting them enjoy the game and keeping my mouth shut. There is, from what I can tell - and I have not read the book, in fairness to the GM and the other players - no Dave Arneson in this book and that's what I miss.

I'm spoiled, I think; I played in Dave's Blackmoor, with Dave. There is a difference.

I am still not enjoying 5e, either. Chirine2 has gone up a level, and I'm lost in all the number-crunching of the various logic trees. The other players all have apps on their phones, tablets, and laptops to manage this for them; I feel that any game that needs this kind of electronic support is maybe too complex for my comprehension. Again, no fault of the GM; he's doing a great job. I just don't like the massive complexity of the rules system, and the only reason I continue to play with this group are the regular people in the group. Had some new folks in yesterday, and they have a very different play style then the regulars do. As near as I can tell, they are all Adventurers' League players, and were in yesterday's game to pick up some fast XP to increase their levels and league standings. Lots of concern (verging on obsession) about how much XP could be gotten in any turn, and about how 'leveling up' was the important part of the game session.

I was a good boy and kept my mouth shut; I'd had a very good time talking to some folks about miniatures and gaming as it was practiced back in Ye Olden Dayes, and giving an impromptu tour of the game room here at the house via the various photos of the place that are up on the Internet.

So, bottom line: Love the group, had a great time in the game, dislike both the rules and the adventure book. I did get to show off some miniatures, though!

Certainly sounds net positive. :-)

Quote from: chirine ba kal;1031281My domain is the lower level, the Queen Of The Internet the middle level that we're currently exploring.

As for The Real Prize, here it is:

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These are the three copies of the digital files; I keep a working copy on the hard drive, and archival ones on both flash drives and CD-ROM; both archival sets are updated regularly, onto two more hard drives so that all the original data stays pristine. There is a total of 32 gigabytes of texts, and 34 gigabytes of artwork; the archives go back to 1948, and are current as of Friday as the Queen of the Internet does weekly searches of the web and downloads anything we don't have in our files. I had promised Phil, back in 1977 or so, that I'd be his archivist; I've kept that promise, and all of his data as well as all the stuff that's been created for his games and in his world is here.

One of the accusations that used to be leveled against me was that "Jeff Berry is trying to steal Tekumel!" Well, too late; it's all here.

I am, as I have noted in the past, playing a very different game then most people are assuming that I am. I have achieved my goals and objectives; I have, in the game that I am playing, won.  

Hey Chirine, just an idea:
Don't keep all the digital copies in one place like that, especially after you've shown everybody what they look like.

Quote from: CRKrueger;1031393Hey Chirine, just an idea:
Don't keep all the digital copies in one place like that, especially after you've shown everybody what they look like.

I do think Uncle neglected to mention the traps and guardians...!!!

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