| From: | Pete Sims <petesims@********.demon.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Chewing Gum and other strangeness |
| Date: | Thu, 26 Sep 1996 01:41:07 +0100 |
<chaos@*****.com> writes
>>>Not so much as cowards as characters with a high self preservation factor...
>>>Unfortunately, Bull has yet to develop one...:)
>>>
>>No, you didn't see them, that wasn't self preservation, high or
>>otherwise, it was pure road runner yellow streak. They ditched some of
>>their kit, and ran like dogs.
>>
>>OK, the things didn't show up clearly on thermal, optical mag and low
>>light didn't make things much clearer (tattered rags with hoods etc),
>>other forms of detection didn't reveal too much, just a bunch of
>>stooped, shuffling humanoids moving stealthily from tree to tree. Not
>>really something to run away from 8-)
>>
>Ummm, no, not if you're me... But then, we're friends with the ghouls...:)
I can safely say (at the moment, because my players aren't on the list)
they weren't ghouls. :-)
>
>>{snip]
>>>>>strange. And also why I tend to make oddball comments from time to
time...
>>>Not a gun, GUM, as in the stuff you chew? This was a vague subplot for
>>>about six months before we finally were able to find anything out. Drove us
>>>nuts...:)
>>>
>>Sorry, *GUM*, erm, as in the stuff you chew?????? Huh??? You had a
>>vague sub plot for six months about chewing gum!! No, I don't want to
>>know, all sorts of horrible thoughts are springing into mind, regarding
>>microspots, microchips, microbes, diseases and all sorts of wierd
>>things, and please don't tell me it was because it was the last piece of
>>Wrigley's in the World. 8-(
>>
><grins> Things get strange.
>A MAge NPC had travelled back in time via ritual and lost some gum that he
>was always chewing. Another mage in the past got ahold of it (long story as
>to how) and started casting ritual spells through the material link of his
>saliva. The effects of the spell travelling through time were driving him
>crazy...:)
>
I read the explanation in the Nerps list, devious, really devious. Not
fair at all, I can sympathise with the poor guy this happened to. I
really feel sorry for him. :-) (not).
I can safely say I would not do this to my players. (vbg>. But then, I
run a very low magic campaign. The infrequency of magic and magical
interference allows me to use it as a point of mystery and fear for the
players. The Mage that plays in the game, lives in London, and only
physically arrrives at eight week intervals, sort of a guest star.
>>>Been there, done that... Really scares the mundanes, know what I mean? :-)
>>>
>>
>>Been where?? An alternate reality inside your own mind, whilst
>>confusing the poor souls who don't play this wonderful game - or
>>MacDonalds????? 8-)
>>
>
>Both, and let me tell you, they are horrible and frightening places...;-)
>
I prefer my own mind, I make more sense to me there. :-)
As for McDonald's, brrrr, scary place. It's just not natural to have
chimps dressed as humans serving - well - whatever that stuff is that
they stuff in the cardboard buns.
Pete
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