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Quick Hits
Posted by AE in Official Business, Table Talk on December 18th, 2009
Yes, I have a working computer… I’m anxious to start gaming again, but I’ve got a lot of worky-stuff I need to get caught up on, next week is the holidays for us Christian-descended folks, and then I’m going away for three weeks. So, in other words I’ll be making a “Who’s in? What’s up?” post in about a month.
Dragon has started publishing some Class Acts stuff either with less fluff. Yay! While I like things like new, more specific wrinkles for Warlock pacts or particular schools of Wizardry, “Here’s some shit for Assassins.” is nice, too.
One of the new articles for today is called “Familiar Power”, full of new familiar-foo, including Wizard spells that gain additional effects when used in conjunction with a familiar… including a Utility spell that teleports you to your familiar’s location, turning them into their passive state in the process. That’s something I’ve had as a homebrew idea for a while now, so I was glad to see it become canon.
The new D&D book release for this month, The Plane Below, is a deeper look at The Elemental Chaos… I don’t see any great need to own this book personally, but I’m glad it exists and I love what it portends. Manual of the Planes is still my least favorite book among my D&D 4E collection, and the one I would objectively rate lowest in quality even compared to books I have no interest in like the campaign guides. I said at the time it came out that individual books were the way to go. I will definitely be picking up any Feywild and Shadowfell supplements when they come out, and will look at an Astral Sea one to see if it catches my fancy.
(Which it might… especially if they do more with the Spelljammer influence. Update: The cover of The Plane Above shows a Githyanki at the helm of an astral ship, with another one visible in the background. Here’s hoping.)
Possibly notable: The Plane Below makes mention of elemental wizards called “sha’irs” in a possibly apocryphal origin of the genasi. This was a magic-user kit in the 2E Al-Qadim setting. This is actually the second mention of an Al-Qadim character type I’ve seen recently… a write-up on Avengers mentioned the classic “old man in the mountain”-style holy assassin build from Al-Qadim. Is it too soon to hope that Arabian Adventures might be making a surprise post 9/11 comeback?
No news is not necessarily good news.
Posted by AE in Official Business on November 18th, 2009
I have nothing good to report on my status, re: working computer that can handle Screen Monkey and a Skype conference call, and thus I have nothing to report on when I’ll be able to host games again. I suspect it will be a couple of weeks at a minimum before my claim over the defective computer I received is resolved. At this point… with so many weeks already gone since the last session, and so many people having schedule changes… I think it’s best just to declare the games dead.
When I have my computer issue resolved, I’ll see who’s still available/interested and figure out what to do.
In the meantime, I’m not going to focus on my inability to play the game and will instead focus on other things like the interesting developments in D&D, my own design ideas, character concepts, etc.
Thanks to everyone who’s participated, and sorry that it didn’t last longer.
State of the Game Table
Posted by AE in Official Business on October 15th, 2009
Friends, Eladrins, Countrymen…
I confess I’ve been too depressed to even look at this site since my desktop bit the dust, but with a little help from my roommate Kim (Elauria in the Sunday game), I should have a new system up and running by Monday. I don’t think I’ll be quite set to pick things up on Wednesday, but once I definitely have a working computer and Screen Monkey installed I’ll be making a status post and we’ll find out who’s still available and we’ll just go from there.
I’ll be making some more posts about D&D 4E developments and about my own design stuff. I haven’t had the time/energy for A Wilder World recently, but I do have some thoughts and material I’d like to share for feedback.
Dead and deader – my computer and tonight’s session.
Posted by AE in Sunday Night on September 27th, 2009
It seems my desktop computer, which has been lurching determinedly along, has finally given up the ghost. It won’t even turn on… probably a problem with the power supply or the motherboard, something that’s beyond the powers of mere jiggery-pokery. I’m sorry for not noticing until less than an hour before game time, but it’s been working so poorly lately that I don’t leave it on.
I’ll keep everybody posted about my progress in getting it repaired/replaced.
Wednesday Game Postponement
Posted by AE in Wednesday Night on September 23rd, 2009
Hey, folks… it’s looking like there are going to be more people out tonight due to schedule things than were last week, and I have a feeling I’m going to be crashing early myself. (I went to bed early last night and then was wide awake at 5 this morning.) In light of those facts, I think there isn’t going to be a session tonight. I’m going to be trying to get a hold of the missing folks (the ones who I don’t know will be back next week, I mean)… if they’re not available, we’ll just keep going and I’ll add replacements to the group after the adventure wraps.
Have a great week. I’ll try to do some more blogging here more often.
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!
Posted by AE in Sunday Night on September 20th, 2009
After a three week absence, the Sunday game is ready to resume tonight at 8 o’clock Central. Screen Monkey server is online for anyone who wants to test their connection out early… your characters are still saved, though, so there’s no need.
If you happen to be online reading this, please give a shout to let me know you’ll be there. I already know one person who is not going to be able to make it, so I’d like to get an idea of the crowd.
Wednesday game is online.
Posted by AE in Wednesday Night on September 16th, 2009
If you’re lurking in late, give me a holler on Skype and I’ll add you to the conference call.
Wednesday Roll Call?
Posted by AE in Wednesday Night on September 16th, 2009
Just a reminder to everybody in the Wednesday group that tonight I’m back and ready to resume play. If you’re in the Wednesday group and happen to be checking the site today, please comment and let me know that you’re around.
Sunday Game Cancellation
Posted by AE in Sunday Night on August 30th, 2009
Unfortunately I’m having some problems with my desktop (I think it’s time to find out if Screen Monkey can run in Ubuntu) that I might have time to fix, except I’ve just been reminded of a family event I can’t miss.
So, I’m afraid there’s no Sunday game this week. And as I’m going to be away from my computer the next two Sundays, that means the next game will be on September 1920th. I should have a working computer solution by then.
Wednesday!
Posted by AE in Wednesday Night on August 26th, 2009
Alright, I’ve got everybody online but Burke (who said he might not be around) and Aurora… Aurora, if you’re at the computer please put on Skype and pick up. 