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Hey there guys! I'm here to introduce you to a little game called Arrowflight.
Arrowflight is a fantasy RPG with some elements of steampunk and plenty of magic. It has a simpler engine, relying only on D6, and therefor is a little easier to just pick up and play. The magic system is very diverse and there's even mechanics for creating your own spells. There are also airships and black powder weapons for the enterprising sky pirate. The races are also very diverse, and although elves are the dominant race in the world, there are still many different races to choose from, including dwarves, humans, orcs, shal'taka (Dragon-men), merfolk, and many others.


What you will need in order to play:

• Skype and some sort of microphone.
• At least two six sided dice, or some sort of dice-rolling app.
• Some tolerance for a fairly new GM (me)

What you will not need, but what will be useful to have:

• A copy of the main game book, which can be found in PDF format here. Unfortunately I don't have permission to hand out copies of the book, so you'll have to buy it yourself. Again, you will not need this, but it will definitely be useful to have your own copy.
• Some experience with pen & paper RPGs. You'll be playing with a few newbies, but all of them have had a little experience with other RPGs. I don't mind explaining mechanics, but I'd rather not have to.

The nature of the game:

• Mostly story based. There will be some rolling, but not as much fighting or dungeon crawling as other scenarios. The whole story will revolve around the characters actions and how they affect the world around them, not about bashing heads to find some magical treasure. There might be some of that, but it's not going to be the main focus.
• Fun. I really want people to have fun with this. If you're not having fun, or you're not getting along with another player, tell me, I'll see what I can do about it. That said, this isn't going to be wacky shenanigans, this is still going to have some semblance of seriousness, which brings me to the next point:
• No death immunity. Some GMs won't let your character die. This is not the case for me. I feel that death immunity leads players to believe that they can do whatever they want and barge blindly into situations that they would normally die from, only to emerge with a couple bruises. I'm not going to be completely unforgiving about it, just know that character death is a real possibility, and if you do something tremendously stupid, don't expect to get away scott-free.

So, if you've read all that and you still want to join, the game will be every Sunday at 1:00 PM PST (GMT -8), starting either this week or next, depending on when I get enough players. I've already got two, with a possible third, and I'm waiting to get to four or five. So if you want to play, PM me, and if you have any questions or criticisms, post in the thread. I will respond as soon as possible.

If you weren't part of the original game, or you've just forgotten how it works, let me fill you in.
Post a song and a name and I will determine your character's skills, equipment and objective from there.
This one's going to be a bit different from the last one, because instead of being a fantasy setting, it's now a sci-fi setting. We'll still have dwarfs, elves, and magic, but we'll be using them on space vessels and in giant mecha.
Interested?

For those of you who are new to RTD in general, it works like so:

Hey everybody! I thought that to properly celebrate taco month we could have a little draw-a-thon!
Your challenge: Create an image of a Taconite! What's a Taconite? A Taconite is a sentient taco. To qualify as a Taconite, your taco must be a taco, it must also have a face. That's all there is to it! Be creative! Have fun!


Examples of Taconites:






(More as I get people to draw them IRL)

So, where did you get your username?


A friend and I prank called Taco Bell and I disguised my voice by breathing in while I talked, saying that I was Taco Dan, and stating that I liked tacos. Half an hour later, we called them again multiple times and complained that mold was growing out of my ass after their tacos had given me extreme diarrhea. We also made some prank calls to his girlfriend's sister, whom he didn't like. Unfortunately, her father took them as threats of violence and called the police, explaining it wasn't fun.


How about you?

So after yesterday's movie watching spree, I decided I was going to start up a piecewise/Spoony style bad movie review thread, because I like ripping on movies.
If you can find a movie that you think is bad and can find it on Netflix (Bonus points if you can stream it.) I'll watch it and review it. For now though, I'm going to start with my own list.
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Hey guys! I know there are thousands of LCS LPs out there but I thought I'd try my hand at one.

In case you didn't know, Liberal Crime Squad is a game developed by our very own Bay12 Games. It's based of of an old RPG called Oubliette, in which you must gather a party to explore a dungeon and kill monsters, etc.
Liberal Crime Squad isn't, however, about exploring dungeons and killing monsters, it's much more political than that. Instead, you have to gather followers to your liberal agenda, kidnap, brain wash and kill conservatives, and generally stick it to the Man.

Pretty much everything will be viewer defined, so we need a name and an origin. What'll it be? Choose carefully.

I thought I'd make a QotW to help me and others get to know the Bay12ers around here.
Feel free not to answer if you don't want to, the questions will be varied so I understand if you might be uncomfortable with some of them.
I'll update the thread every Friday.

This week's question:
What to you do for a living? If you don't have a job, (still in school) what to you want to do?

I want to go into game programming/design, I hear it can be lucrative.

So I was looking at the less sexual fan fiction of fanfiction.net and thought I'd share one.
Possibly my favorite line is, "You kicked me in the invisible".

Any fiction that made you laugh?


EDIT: Wow, Peter Chimaera got books published! Look at his book of hsitorical faFfiction.