So, we decided to start a DnD game. And I decided to play a cleric with a terrible wanderlust. Since, I've never been much of a magic user I thought it would be kinda fun.
Showing posts with label Freelancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freelancer. Show all posts
Friday, April 23, 2010
By the Light!
Since I don't have any classes on Friday, last night I came back to Lancaster. We were planning on playing Freelancer this weekend turns out that we ended up starting a DnD game. We'll still be playing our Freelancer game, seeing as we have some story to finish up.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Joking Around
I don't know exactly how this came to mind, but bear with me (also if your not a fan of puns and wordplay queue your facepalms). I was in physics and talking about waves. And waves have to propagate through a medium. Medium.
Remember that old joke, what do you call a clairvoyant little person escaped from prison?
-- A small medium at large
A small medium. Kori's definitely a psychic, and she's short. Check and check. If only she was at large-- oh that right, she's one of the most wanted people in the galaxy. Check there too.
Korin Andromeda Leena
Small Medium at Large
I should make business cards.
Edit:
Totally made business cards. This is what you get when you teach a geek graphic design.
Remember that old joke, what do you call a clairvoyant little person escaped from prison?
-- A small medium at large
A small medium. Kori's definitely a psychic, and she's short. Check and check. If only she was at large-- oh that right, she's one of the most wanted people in the galaxy. Check there too.
Korin Andromeda Leena
Small Medium at Large
I should make business cards.
Edit:
Totally made business cards. This is what you get when you teach a geek graphic design.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Dungeon Dwellers
It's going a busy week for me, but I'm going to try my hardest to still not blow off these posts. Also, coming soon to an Earth Day near you is my birthday (which means I'll be debuting my 20 things before 20 list on Thursday).
I meant to talk about this on Saturday, but really wasn't in the right frame of mind to actually write.
I met with my potential DnD group last Friday, and things went very well. They're awesome people and I enjoy DnD a lot. The problem I'm having is that I don't have a lot of spare time to add in another RPG. I'd love to play, but frankly my priorities lie with my guild and Freelancer group. Meaning that if I can reasonably be at home playing Freelancer, thats where I'll be. Also, I love Freelancer (partially because I've almost literally never met Sci Fi I don't like) and I'm quite attached to my character and the plot at this point. So, we'll see how this DnD thing pans out, especially since I'll probably only be in Pomona every other weekend. It should be interesting as I have to think about my character a little bit more from the beginning, as opposed to deciding Kori's personality months in.
Also here a bit of a breakdown of the the player characters (in a very simplified way) so far in the DnD game:
A fighter raised by wolves
A rogue with a secret (me)
A gigolo bard
A man-eater sorcerer
And some sort of wizard (who I don't know as much about)
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Eek!! Finals
It's Sunday again. And thus far I've been good about keeping this up for every week. Let's how long I can keep this up...
On another note Happy Pi Day!
On another note Happy Pi Day!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Coincidences
Warning this post may contain "Nerdy Content". The owner of this blog is not liable to any confusion this would cause to the normal populace. You have been warned.
As any good nerd, I enjoy Sci Fi. Actually scratch that I LOVE Sci Fi. So, with this in mind and after not getting most of the references in Freelancer-- so with a little help form my nerds I started in on some classic Sci Fi TV shows.
This week I started in on the (Re-imagined) Battlestar Galactica:
Currently I've seen the mini-series and the first couple of episodes. And I am definitely enjoying it thus far.
However, that isn't why I'm bloging: about 20 minutes into the start of the miniseries, when Adama is walking through Galactica, he is greeted by various important characters. One of these character, he Chief, is with a portion of the deck crew, however, they just stand behind him, silently. For the most part they seem to be fairly typical minor (sometimes very minor) characters. Perfectly normal, right? Well, sort of-- you see, of the about 3 people standing behind him the two males are generally nondescript while the girl, there's something about her. It takes me a second to figure out why I'm drawn to her.
And then it hits me, she looks exactly the way I pictured my Freelancer character, Kori. Change the hair slightly, change the clothes, and that' how she should look. So I take some screenshots, because at the moment I don't even know who this character is or if we'll ever see her again.
Then I do some Googling to see if I can pull up some actual pictures or information. I quickly find more pictures and information about Specialist Cally. And she still looks just how I imagine Kori.
As any good nerd, I enjoy Sci Fi. Actually scratch that I LOVE Sci Fi. So, with this in mind and after not getting most of the references in Freelancer-- so with a little help form my nerds I started in on some classic Sci Fi TV shows.
This week I started in on the (Re-imagined) Battlestar Galactica:
Currently I've seen the mini-series and the first couple of episodes. And I am definitely enjoying it thus far.
However, that isn't why I'm bloging: about 20 minutes into the start of the miniseries, when Adama is walking through Galactica, he is greeted by various important characters. One of these character, he Chief, is with a portion of the deck crew, however, they just stand behind him, silently. For the most part they seem to be fairly typical minor (sometimes very minor) characters. Perfectly normal, right? Well, sort of-- you see, of the about 3 people standing behind him the two males are generally nondescript while the girl, there's something about her. It takes me a second to figure out why I'm drawn to her.
And then it hits me, she looks exactly the way I pictured my Freelancer character, Kori. Change the hair slightly, change the clothes, and that' how she should look. So I take some screenshots, because at the moment I don't even know who this character is or if we'll ever see her again.
Then I do some Googling to see if I can pull up some actual pictures or information. I quickly find more pictures and information about Specialist Cally. And she still looks just how I imagine Kori.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Freelancing
And now for the text-heavy blogging you've come to expect from me.
Valentine's Day is tradationally a day for boyfriends-- for girlfriends-- for spouses-- for couples -- for love. And while I am more-or-less happily single, I love Freelancer*. I love D&D style, pen-and-paper RPGs. I love the interaction and play of half a dozen people coordinating and thinking through danger. And I love being nerdy and having other nerds to be with.
So, yesterday despite sharing the date with Valentine's Day, we were supposed to play Freelancer. And as I implyed above this involves getting half a dozen people together for several hours. This, however, didn't happen. When playing we can't always get all the players, generally we will play with anywhere from 3-8 players (and 1 GM). The holiday prevented us from being able get the game started with a significant lack of people and getting stuck spending a good deal of time trying to name our ship. Completely changing gears we went out for tacos, and instead switched to video games. And spent the rest of the evening happily engaged by Starcraft.
Not the ideal, nor traditional Valentine's... but you could do a lot worse. And in the sum of the whole weekend I was able to see a lot of friends, debut a Freelancer character sheet, and roam the galaxy a little.
*Freelancer: A pen-and-paper role playing game (RPG) or tabletop RPG set in a dystopian, Sci Fi universe. The gameplay is similar to D&D and has the participants describe their character's actions through speech and outwit situations presented. The ingame results of the player actions are decided by a system of rules and, to create a sense of randomness and realism, dice rolls. The narration of the story is supplies by the Galaxy Master (GM) who creates the setting, drama, and conflict for the characters and voices the enemies and non-playered characters (NPC). Leading to virtually unlimited outcomes and scenarios.
Valentine's Day is tradationally a day for boyfriends-- for girlfriends-- for spouses-- for couples -- for love. And while I am more-or-less happily single, I love Freelancer*. I love D&D style, pen-and-paper RPGs. I love the interaction and play of half a dozen people coordinating and thinking through danger. And I love being nerdy and having other nerds to be with.
So, yesterday despite sharing the date with Valentine's Day, we were supposed to play Freelancer. And as I implyed above this involves getting half a dozen people together for several hours. This, however, didn't happen. When playing we can't always get all the players, generally we will play with anywhere from 3-8 players (and 1 GM). The holiday prevented us from being able get the game started with a significant lack of people and getting stuck spending a good deal of time trying to name our ship. Completely changing gears we went out for tacos, and instead switched to video games. And spent the rest of the evening happily engaged by Starcraft.
Not the ideal, nor traditional Valentine's... but you could do a lot worse. And in the sum of the whole weekend I was able to see a lot of friends, debut a Freelancer character sheet, and roam the galaxy a little.
*Freelancer: A pen-and-paper role playing game (RPG) or tabletop RPG set in a dystopian, Sci Fi universe. The gameplay is similar to D&D and has the participants describe their character's actions through speech and outwit situations presented. The ingame results of the player actions are decided by a system of rules and, to create a sense of randomness and realism, dice rolls. The narration of the story is supplies by the Galaxy Master (GM) who creates the setting, drama, and conflict for the characters and voices the enemies and non-playered characters (NPC). Leading to virtually unlimited outcomes and scenarios.
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