Chris Newman 1260153068|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I'd be down to go and since i'm a student i get free audio tours and stuff
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Invincible Overlord 1260148274|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Maybe!
Invincible Overlord, 1260148274|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
James_Nostack 1260146185|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
As noted on the Internet the Metropolitan Museum of Art is having a special exhibit on the arms & armor of the samurai through January 10. I was thinking of organizing a Red Box Expedition to check it out this coming Friday, 12/11, maybe around 7 or 8 P.M. Maybe to be followed by drinks or food.
Any takers?
Note that this is a classy way to check out swords & armor and killin' implements, while also appearing classy and refined in front of spouses, cheap dates, relatives, employers, or religious dignitaries of your acquaintance, so they are more than welcome to come along and I promise not to embarrass you in front of them.
Greengoat 1260116061|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
John Fighter hanging out at the pawnshop could be a neat adventure. I am sure someone would be pawning some questing artifacts.
(Quendalon and IO are correct and I have my weeks wrong. It just shows how out of it I was last night.)
Invincible Overlord 1260069683|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Danin
Together with their human partners, the Danin rule the Mandanin Codominion. Generally humanoid in form, Danin are amphibious bipeds with scaled skin, bulbous yellow-white eyes, dozens of mobile needle-sharp teeth that pluck rhythmically against each other in waving ranks, a strong tail, and a “wattle” — a grisly mass of vented pleats beneath their jaw that serves as lungs, gills, and erogenous zone. The Danin digestive system is distributed rather than linear - partially digested food is peristalsized throughout their body through dedicated vessels, the waste products eventually emerging through large pores, while oxygen and carbon dioxide travels through a more conventional vascular system. Components of their immune system and intercellular signals travel through both. Danin always emit a distinct smell — usually perceived as repulsive to those unused to them. Danin usually do not stand straight, but when they do are usually a foot or so shorter than the average man. Their arms are quite long and their legs stubby. They often knuckle walk and, rather than stand in place, will squat or lean on their knuckles. When swimming, they use their tails, the short legs, and a powerful breaststroke all together. Danin hands are inferior to men’s hands, but much of their fine manipulation depends on their dental endowment. Danin speech is a combination of fricatives and softly ringing trills of cross-plucking crystalline teeth. Many of their early writing systems depended on dental wire sculptures. Modern Danin clothe themselves somewhat less than men — their skins are an important component of their excretory system and their distributed physiology does well with temperature changes. However, they are equally prone to decorate themselves for complex social reasons, often using jewelry and long-lasting body dyes, often on their eyes.
Omnivorous, gregarious, and ambitious, Danin are surprisingly manlike in personality. After overcoming the initial mutual repulsion after contact, man and Danin proved quite capable of living and working together. Both can produce intelligible versions of each other’s speech without mechanical aid, though the speaker’s race is obvious. Earth-like worlds of the Codominion usually have majority Danin populations in undersea cities and men on land, but there is always extensive mixing. The Codominion embraces integration whole-heartedly — few important teams consist of man or Danin exclusively.
In game terms, danin are aquatic, have Notable Str +2, Weak Dex -2, and can follow the rough equivalent of any career path.
Invincible Overlord 1260062878|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Sphinx
The Sphinx are an intelligent alien species native to the Gateway Quadrant. They resemble bat winged greyhounds with flat African masks for heads and a vertical mouth at the center front of their chest. They fly by a combination of wings and telekinetic propulsion. The sphinx prefer earth-like worlds with lower gravity. Their personalities seem oracular to most humans, and their politics tremendously complex and obscure. The Sphinx have done quite well for themselves, especially those found traveling in human space.
Sphinx have Notable Soc +2, Weak Str -2, Weak Dex -2, can Fly, and are Psionic. Roll Psionic Strength like the other characteristics (using best two out of three dice if the random background was accepted). All sphinx are telekinetic enough to fly and aid themselves in manipulation (their paws are thumbed but inferior to human hands). They do not need to spend psi strength points to do so. Some can develop their psi further. PCs do so by following a psi career, though the Wild Talent assignment is unavailable. Sphinx psi talent for anything beyond flight and manipulation degrades with age exactly as humans. Some career paths are inappropriate for Sphinx: Marines, Rogue, and Scout.
Invincible Overlord 1260056069|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Hey Kaarin! And Doug! Sure, you could play him — but since he'll probably be thrown out an airlock in his first session, maybe you could try out the nifty Random Space Dude Generator (newly edited above)and report back …
littleidiot 1260055396|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
On second thoughts can I keep the character I test generated for your previous campaign? If so,
Kaarin Ishugi Gishkarin Ashigi Adukuu
UPP 678CC5
Vilani of low birth gains scholarship to university due to persistence and high intelligence.
Ultimate goal is enter the Imperial Navy Flight School but fails to enter the Naval Officer Training Corp and gain an Honors degree.
He decides to enlist in Navy and succeeds in enlisting in the Imperial Navy in the Gunnery branch.
After many years of hard work and little luck he finally gets his commission and spends his last term in the navy as a space fighter pilot at which he excels.
Skills
* Pilot (Fighter) – 4
* Gunnery (Lasers) - 2
* Gun Combat (Sub machine gun) – 2
* Seafarer – 1
* Computer – 1
* Comms – 1
* Language - 1
* Leadership – 1
* Astrogation - 1
* Zero-G – 0
* Vacc Suit – 0
* Mechanic – 0
* Flyer (Grav) - 0
* Navigation – 0
* Survival – 0
Equipment
* Blade
* Revolver
* Sub Machine Gun
* Cloth Armor
* Hand Computer
* Watch
Cash
2955 Credits
Invincible Overlord 1260053079|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Right, though I was thinking the same thing on thursday! I would have been alone there except for Lotur's balls.
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Quendalon 1260051476|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I didn't think there was a game tonight; isn't it scheduled for next weekend?
Greengoat 1260050909|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Can't make it tonight gang.
Lotur's Golden Balls are there for you though.
-C
littleidiot 1260045951|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I'm back in the mix after two weeks hanging out with my little sister.
I'm up for this. So much so my bi-weekly purchase from the strat was the Traveller Character Pack. Watch me die quickly after investment. Will roll up a character over the weekend.
Broozer Bear 1260044020|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Monday - NO GO!
Tuesday - I'd rather not.
WED THUR Fine, I can get there by 5PM
FRI - I'd rather not - I'll have to pass up on overtime to get there and Christmas shopping is around the corner!
Quendalon 1259949898|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
After yet again avoiding a total party kill by the skin of their teeth, the Company of Crossed Swords is ready to embark on another hazardous adventure! Who's in? Let me know about you availability next week on the following days:
Monday 12/7
Tuesday 12/8
Wednesday 12/9
Thursday 12/10
Friday 12/11
flyingace 1259896446|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I've been trying to find the thread where people were posting about alternatives to Cafe 28. I couldn't find it and so I thought I'd just pick up the thread here since this already seems like it's on the same track. Most of the investigating that I've done on this front has all been done on-line and not on foot. I would like to also outline a number of possible locations that I've mentioned previously as a way of aggregating a list.
1. Coop Meeting/Party Rooms: Most coop buildings have rooms located somewhere in the building which can be reserved by residents, sometimes for a fee, sometimes not. I've mentioned that my building in deepest Brooklyn has such a room but since I'm in deepest Brooklyn (actually, there are deeper parts of Brooklyn, as yet unexplored) I'm doubting anyone would want to make the trek.
2. Rentable office spaces or board rooms: There are a few places in NYC where an office can be rented monthly and various types of board rooms can be rented hourly. I'm not altogether certain of what the rates would be in the evenings or on weekends, but I'm guessing that they're still not cheap.
3. Public libraries: Broozer Bear suggested in the Glantri thread that we look into Public Libraries, which do also have free, reserve-able meeting rooms. Unfortunately, my own investigation has led me to believe that most of these libraries would be closing earlier than we would want to be leaving. I also don't know much about the availability of such meeting rooms.
4. People's offices: I have a friend who works for a company with a large board room table and we meet there fairly regularly to play poker. Unfortunately, I don't think they'd be keen to let us use it, but perhaps other people have similar work situations which might allow a "poker game" to take place there on a weekend every so often.
5. Schools: I have no idea if this is viable but do any of the places where our teachers teach have meeting rooms which might be made available to a group not made up entirely of faculty or students?
6. Bars with back rooms?
7. Public spaces which don't close early and won't kick us out? The Sony Plaza on 57th & Madison and the Winter Garden both come to mind, though I've not visited either and am unaware of any rules about meetings or gatherings in those places.
TavisAllison 1259863038|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I could play until midnight, which'd still give us six hours.
It's also a lot more likely that I can find sitting from 3-6 (or entertain Javi during that time) than from 3 until I get home at night.
What do other folks' ideal schedules look like (apart from "more is better"?)
Quendalon 1259848565|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Reminder: We meet today at 6:30pm at Cafe 28!
flyingace 1259819026|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Since we'd be starting at 6pm at the earliest it seems unlikely that we'd get our normal amount of game-time in. How late are you planning/willing to stay Tavis? If you're going to have to leave at the usual 9 o'clock might it be worth considering moving the game to Sunday the 13th?
Damn it man I've got a monkey on my back to take care of!
Invincible Overlord 1259796088|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
not a problem at all!
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Chris Newman 1259787714|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Ill help you test your tarveller skirmish but i've never played before if thats a problem
