Merry Christmas to all us miscreants!

Gregness · 12-24-2016, 08:52 PM

This place has its ups and downs, but somehow manages to keep putting along. Happy holidays to all you beautiful motherfuckers!

My family opens most of our gifts tonight, so I'll pop in some time later to get the christmas haul posts started!

MuMu · 12-24-2016, 09:27 PM

Happy holidays to everyone.

The only thing I'm getting are Steam games but I stupidly locked myself out of my internet banking account and will only be able to buy anything on monday.

shiney · 12-24-2016, 10:23 PM

Merry Christmas, friends.

Echoing what Greg said. <3

mauve · 12-24-2016, 11:06 PM

Merry Christmas, kiddos.

And I guess Merry Christmas to you old farts, too.

<3, Mauve

Wishing you all a wonderful holiday!

Ryong · 12-25-2016, 02:08 PM

Merry Christmas everyone.

I got nothin'.

Seil · 12-25-2016, 02:37 PM

Tev · 12-25-2016, 03:30 PM

Christmas merryings all around!

phil_ · 12-25-2016, 03:58 PM

So, anyone else going out to wait for the Great Pumpkin tonight?

Tev · 12-25-2016, 04:55 PM

I just tossed four squishy pumpkins in the backyard patch as a sacrifice.

Gregness · 12-25-2016, 06:27 PM

I pretty much knew everything I was getting this year, because my mom's health isn't what it once was unfortunately, and she never particularly enjoyed shopping in the first place, so I had her order me a couple of RPG sourcebooks from Amazon, and I accompanied her for all the rest of the shopping she ended up doing.

For those who follow the new Discord chat, you might remember me gushing about Exalted a few weeks back. The third edition was officially released this year, and it's by far the most mechanically sound version of the game (prior edition's systems, particularly combat, had huge problems in different ways). That said, it only has the one book so far, and many of the first edition books are lauded by the community for the quality of writing on the setting material, so the two books I had Mom order for me are basically what the consensus has said are the two most useful setting sourcebooks out of Exalted's first edition

Games of Divinity

Exalted is an animist setting, and Games of Divinity lays out how the various spirits of the setting interact with each other and the mortals of the setting. The book also lays out the groundwork for Malfeas, which is on the short list of 'coolest hells in fiction'. It's not a place of fire-and-brimstone sin and punishment, but rather a place where the creators of the universe were imprisoned after having lost their version of Zeus' rebellion against the Titans. Exalted's 'demons' aren't necessarily evil, they're alien.

Scavenger Sons

This gives a good bird's eye view of the various places in the setting with plot hooks and notes on shit like the cultural habits and economic activity of the various peoples inhabiting the setting.

Other than all that, I got a couple movie gift cards, an iTunes gift card, and a Steam gift card that'll probably go to picking up Trails in the Sky, The Ghostbusters game, Crypt of the NecroDancer, and I haven't quite decided what else.

12-24-2016, 08:52 PM	#1
Gregness Never give up. Never give in. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,034	Merry Christmas to all us miscreants! This place has its ups and downs, but somehow manages to keep putting along. Happy holidays to all you beautiful motherfuckers! My family opens most of our gifts tonight, so I'll pop in some time later to get the christmas haul posts started! __________________ A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - Robert Heinlein

12-24-2016, 10:23 PM	#3
shiney Derrrrrrrrrrrrrp. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The land of fartz and buttz Posts: 8,266	Merry Christmas, friends. Echoing what Greg said. <3 __________________ boop

12-24-2016, 11:06 PM	#4
mauve So Dreamy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Someplace magical Posts: 6,863	Merry Christmas, kiddos. And I guess Merry Christmas to you old farts, too. <3, Mauve Wishing you all a wonderful holiday! __________________ Yoo Hoo!

12-25-2016, 03:58 PM	#8
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	So, anyone else going out to wait for the Great Pumpkin tonight? __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

12-25-2016, 06:27 PM	#10
Gregness Never give up. Never give in. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,034	Time for the haul posts! I pretty much knew everything I was getting this year, because my mom's health isn't what it once was unfortunately, and she never particularly enjoyed shopping in the first place, so I had her order me a couple of RPG sourcebooks from Amazon, and I accompanied her for all the rest of the shopping she ended up doing. For those who follow the new Discord chat, you might remember me gushing about Exalted a few weeks back. The third edition was officially released this year, and it's by far the most mechanically sound version of the game (prior edition's systems, particularly combat, had huge problems in different ways). That said, it only has the one book so far, and many of the first edition books are lauded by the community for the quality of writing on the setting material, so the two books I had Mom order for me are basically what the consensus has said are the two most useful setting sourcebooks out of Exalted's first edition Games of Divinity Exalted is an animist setting, and Games of Divinity lays out how the various spirits of the setting interact with each other and the mortals of the setting. The book also lays out the groundwork for Malfeas, which is on the short list of 'coolest hells in fiction'. It's not a place of fire-and-brimstone sin and punishment, but rather a place where the creators of the universe were imprisoned after having lost their version of Zeus' rebellion against the Titans. Exalted's 'demons' aren't necessarily evil, they're alien. Scavenger Sons This gives a good bird's eye view of the various places in the setting with plot hooks and notes on shit like the cultural habits and economic activity of the various peoples inhabiting the setting. Other than all that, I got a couple movie gift cards, an iTunes gift card, and a Steam gift card that'll probably go to picking up Trails in the Sky, The Ghostbusters game, Crypt of the NecroDancer, and I haven't quite decided what else. __________________ A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - Robert Heinlein

12-24-2016, 09:27 PM	#2
MuMu Rocky Wrench Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rio Posts: 1,197	Happy holidays to everyone. The only thing I'm getting are Steam games but I stupidly locked myself out of my internet banking account and will only be able to buy anything on monday.

12-25-2016, 02:08 PM	#5
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	Merry Christmas everyone. I got nothin'.

12-25-2016, 02:37 PM	#6
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081

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