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Message no. 1
From: Calvin Hsieh <u2172778@*******.ACSU.UNSW.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Bad dice rolls was Re: Max Initiative (was Re: Car Wars)
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 17:31:16 +1100
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Bull wrote:

> I'm reknown for bad dice rolling at critical times (Not so much as
> Shadowrun, but definately in the various Warhammer games, where a single
> die can be especially critical!).

How bad could you be? I think the record I've seen was when I was playing
a **&* game. My barbarian friend rolled 11 (yes 11) fumbles in a row.
This equalled 22 rounds of dropping and picking up. He then spent the
next 3 rounds missing the enemy when he had a THAC0 of 4. I couldn't
believe it, I was doing more damage as a cleric with a mace than he did.

Can anyone beat that?


Shaman
_________________________________________________________
In Real Life: Calvin Hsieh
In Neo-Arch Real Life: Shaman

Neurological problems 101:
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome.
Occurs with the bilateral removal of the temporal lobe,
including amygdala.
Symptoms: Overattentiveness, hyperorality, psychic
blindness, hypersexuality, absense of emotional response.
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Message no. 2
From: Tim Coxon <Tim.Ntoo@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Bad dice rolls was Re: Max Initiative (was Re: Car Wars)
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 17:56:19 -0000
> On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Bull wrote:
>
> > I'm reknown for bad dice rolling at critical times (Not so much as
> > Shadowrun, but definately in the various Warhammer games, where a
single
> > die can be especially critical!).
>
> How bad could you be? I think the record I've seen was when I was playing
> a **&* game. My barbarian friend rolled 11 (yes 11) fumbles in a row.
> This equalled 22 rounds of dropping and picking up. He then spent the
> next 3 rounds missing the enemy when he had a THAC0 of 4. I couldn't
> believe it, I was doing more damage as a cleric with a mace than he did.
>
> Can anyone beat that?
> Shaman
Hmmmm, Not great on probability and all but I was in a CoC game, was
against a god right (no I didn't go insane) and the gm, being a kind guy
says, okay this 500 tonne gods just stomped on you 3 time...if you can roll
100 I will say that you dodged a stomp...*Jaw Droops* Gee Thanks I say.
*roll dice* Woah! a 100 there No. 1 *Roll Dice* Woah a 100 there's No
two...At this point Dave checks the dice rolls them a couple of time just
to see if they are loaded...Hmmm Okay Last Stomp...*Rolls
Dice*.............the room is silent......another 100. Three 100 in
critical life or death situ's in a row was pretty good if you ask me <gr>.
The character I was playing is still alive and well, and has pulled several
more daring escapes like that, and is the longest running CoC character in
the group...He also has written his own mythos tome with sanity loss, for
reading it...

And that was another thought from the black depths of my mind.
****Tim-Ntoo****
Tim.Ntoo@**********.com
Message no. 3
From: Calvin Hsieh <u2172778@*******.ACSU.UNSW.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Bad dice rolls was Re: Max Initiative (was Re: Car Wars)
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 21:33:06 +1100
At 05:56 PM 19/02/97 -0000, you wrote:

>Hmmmm, Not great on probability and all but I was in a CoC game, was
>against a god right (no I didn't go insane) and the gm, being a kind guy
>says, okay this 500 tonne gods just stomped on you 3 time...if you can roll
>100 I will say that you dodged a stomp...*Jaw Droops* Gee Thanks I say.
>*roll dice* Woah! a 100 there No. 1 *Roll Dice* Woah a 100 there's No
>two...At this point Dave checks the dice rolls them a couple of time just
>to see if they are loaded...Hmmm Okay Last Stomp...*Rolls
>Dice*.............the room is silent......another 100. Three 100 in
>critical life or death situ's in a row was pretty good if you ask me <gr>.
>The character I was playing is still alive and well, and has pulled several
>more daring escapes like that, and is the longest running CoC character in
>the group...He also has written his own mythos tome with sanity loss, for
>reading it...

Cool. So what is CoC?

Shaman
_______________________________________________________
In Real Life: Calvin Hsieh
In ShadowRun: Shaman

"Strange are the times we live in.
Stranger are the times we are to live.
But strangest of all are the times we have lived."
- Me, just then trying to be deep and meaningful
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Message no. 4
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Bad dice rolls was Re: Max Initiative (was Re: Car Wars)
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 05:42:53 -0500
At 09:33 PM 2/20/97 +1100, Calvin Hsieh wrote these timeless words:
>At 05:56 PM 19/02/97 -0000, you wrote:
>>Cool. So what is CoC?
>
Call of Cthulhu

Bull-the-I've-played-WAY-too-many-games-Ork-Decker
--
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Message no. 5
From: Brett Borger <bxb121@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Bad dice rolls was Re: Max Initiative (was Re: Car Wars)
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 12:18:57 -0500
>Cool. So what is CoC?

Call of Cthulhu. It's a horror RPG loosely based off the works of HP
Lovecraft. It isn't too bad....but you really get tired of going insane.

-=SwiftOne=-
Message no. 6
From: Tim Coxon <Tim.Ntoo@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Bad dice rolls was Re: Max Initiative (was Re: Car Wars)
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 16:27:21 -0000
<Snip>
> Cool. So what is CoC?
/me 's Jaw Drops to the ground....bu...but you must know that! It's Call Of
Cthulhu.....The most Frigthening Game ever! It's the only game that has HAd
me Shaking, and also it give you killer adrenaline rushes!
> Shaman
And that was another thought from the black depths of my mind.
****Tim-Ntoo****
Tim.Ntoo@**********.com
Message no. 7
From: Calvin Hsieh <u2172778@*******.ACSU.UNSW.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Bad dice rolls was Re: Max Initiative (was Re: Car Wars)
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 09:01:52 +1100
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Tim Coxon wrote:

> <Snip>
> > Cool. So what is CoC?
> /me 's Jaw Drops to the ground....bu...but you must know that! It's Call Of
> Cthulhu.....The most Frigthening Game ever! It's the only game that has HAd
> me Shaking, and also it give you killer adrenaline rushes!

Thanks everyone for sending something along those lines. But, I know what
Call of Cthulhu was, I just didn't know that CoC stood for it, OK?

Shaman

_________________________________________________________
In Real Life: Calvin Hsieh
In Neo-Arch Real Life: Shaman

Neurological problems 101:
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome.
Occurs with the bilateral removal of the temporal lobe,
including amygdala.
Symptoms: Overattentiveness, hyperorality, psychic
blindness, hypersexuality, absense of emotional response.
_________________________________________________________

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