Want to see what is in the PathFinder box check this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KPv80QsBfI
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Thursday! Have you ever wondered what it would be really like to be one of those smooth operator guys? I mean the really cool guy that can wink at someone and they just like you? Well if you play Pathfinder you can learn all about that in today's' rogue section.
In a tea shop bearing the marks of the broken heart locket, near the fishmonger in the City State of Keivus sits an elf who is beautiful and serves the most exotic of brews. She is dressed in nobles clothing. Her hair is set just so that you can see the exotic eastern pins she uses to keep it together. A young man sets his sites on a silver spoon or two and as he is about to make his way off his prize, she steps in front of him and offers a knife in a scabbard. "Is this yours my young friend?" She says to him sweetly. Her golden and sliver eyes piercing his. He checks his pockets and chest for other belongings. He smiles and says "Yes I most have lost that when I was sitting at that table over there. Thank you for finding it for me. As a matter of fact I think I have something of yours." The teenager produces the silverware and she smiles at him. "Young sir we are all forgetful, some of us though, would not think of letting you leave so soon without offering you a bit to eat and something to chew on for later." She said as she gleamed in her eyes and faster then any of we waiters could blink she had the knife back in his scabbard. She pointed at me and said "You bring us something to eat, and some of that good bread. My young friend and I will be in egaged in the private room. " she commanded. "Yes mistress". I said. I bustled to bring her what she wanted, and she brought the young man back to a private room usually used for nobles and merchants. My mistress had other ideas today though. It was unusual so this is what I over heard from her that day and I swore myself never to speak of it but that was many years ago and I think there is much to learn from this tale I was quiet even for cat when I heard her talk to the young man:
"Let the warriors fight but you are a lover by heart. Some people want all the glory but really you are here to win. Two guards on the front door no problem we can dress up as one of those guys and slip in and join the service in the temple. Change of cloths later we work in the kitchen and after hiding in the closet for a while you can then make your way to the High Priests treasure trove. No need to wake anyone up, but while we are here why not listen in to what the High Priest will be doing for the next few days from the workers complaining about it.
Making yourself useful as a rogue is all part of the job. How do you know all about those locks and tumblers and traps? You have been trained to deal with those. You don't wear all that noisy armor, and always benefit 'from the generosity of strangers.' While some say being a rogue is all about back stabbing and skull drudgery, It more then that. As a rogue you don't ever want to leave a body behind or kill anyone because that's not being profesional. You want to get in and out with out ever letting them know your have ever been there. You are a ghost. You can benefit from allies but many times they just don't understand you.
And it's tough to understand anyone that would want to be anything else but free. There is a great big world out there and it owes you something, could it be just a good life with good friends? And you really don't want to have a fight with anyone not really. Also why tell the truth when a lie will work. Actually other people have public honor but you find yourself playing by a set of rules in a way that far surpass others. You are you because you know who you are when no one is looking. You don't seek the rewards of high office, you are much too honest for that.
Some would want for the Satyr life but a rogue always has work. Whether for good or evil profit is involved and you mean to collect. Some say that to win a war is to have the best troops or the largest army. They have a place to be sure, but a rogue can and does find work gathering information on the enemy and when it comes down to it no one can negotiate like a man with a kind word and a dagger left in the bed of an enemy. For heavy rests the head of the king, but sometimes reminding him from time to time that no matter what he does, you can still reach out and touch him at any time, at any place, including having one of your operatives be the royal taste tester, says that you are not a man to be trifled with. Sending dozens to accomplish a task when only one is needed to set a shipment on fire, or assure the safety of the same shipment is the right call.
A person that has the right temperament and training can do well in the great city states, if only the nerve is there. It goes without saying a certain body shape is required for this type of profession. So keep in fine shape my freind you will go far."
In a tea shop bearing the marks of the broken heart locket, near the fishmonger in the City State of Keivus sits an elf who is beautiful and serves the most exotic of brews. She is dressed in nobles clothing. Her hair is set just so that you can see the exotic eastern pins she uses to keep it together. A young man sets his sites on a silver spoon or two and as he is about to make his way off his prize, she steps in front of him and offers a knife in a scabbard. "Is this yours my young friend?" She says to him sweetly. Her golden and sliver eyes piercing his. He checks his pockets and chest for other belongings. He smiles and says "Yes I most have lost that when I was sitting at that table over there. Thank you for finding it for me. As a matter of fact I think I have something of yours." The teenager produces the silverware and she smiles at him. "Young sir we are all forgetful, some of us though, would not think of letting you leave so soon without offering you a bit to eat and something to chew on for later." She said as she gleamed in her eyes and faster then any of we waiters could blink she had the knife back in his scabbard. She pointed at me and said "You bring us something to eat, and some of that good bread. My young friend and I will be in egaged in the private room. " she commanded. "Yes mistress". I said. I bustled to bring her what she wanted, and she brought the young man back to a private room usually used for nobles and merchants. My mistress had other ideas today though. It was unusual so this is what I over heard from her that day and I swore myself never to speak of it but that was many years ago and I think there is much to learn from this tale I was quiet even for cat when I heard her talk to the young man:
"Let the warriors fight but you are a lover by heart. Some people want all the glory but really you are here to win. Two guards on the front door no problem we can dress up as one of those guys and slip in and join the service in the temple. Change of cloths later we work in the kitchen and after hiding in the closet for a while you can then make your way to the High Priests treasure trove. No need to wake anyone up, but while we are here why not listen in to what the High Priest will be doing for the next few days from the workers complaining about it.
Making yourself useful as a rogue is all part of the job. How do you know all about those locks and tumblers and traps? You have been trained to deal with those. You don't wear all that noisy armor, and always benefit 'from the generosity of strangers.' While some say being a rogue is all about back stabbing and skull drudgery, It more then that. As a rogue you don't ever want to leave a body behind or kill anyone because that's not being profesional. You want to get in and out with out ever letting them know your have ever been there. You are a ghost. You can benefit from allies but many times they just don't understand you.
And it's tough to understand anyone that would want to be anything else but free. There is a great big world out there and it owes you something, could it be just a good life with good friends? And you really don't want to have a fight with anyone not really. Also why tell the truth when a lie will work. Actually other people have public honor but you find yourself playing by a set of rules in a way that far surpass others. You are you because you know who you are when no one is looking. You don't seek the rewards of high office, you are much too honest for that.
Some would want for the Satyr life but a rogue always has work. Whether for good or evil profit is involved and you mean to collect. Some say that to win a war is to have the best troops or the largest army. They have a place to be sure, but a rogue can and does find work gathering information on the enemy and when it comes down to it no one can negotiate like a man with a kind word and a dagger left in the bed of an enemy. For heavy rests the head of the king, but sometimes reminding him from time to time that no matter what he does, you can still reach out and touch him at any time, at any place, including having one of your operatives be the royal taste tester, says that you are not a man to be trifled with. Sending dozens to accomplish a task when only one is needed to set a shipment on fire, or assure the safety of the same shipment is the right call.
A person that has the right temperament and training can do well in the great city states, if only the nerve is there. It goes without saying a certain body shape is required for this type of profession. So keep in fine shape my freind you will go far."
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Got done with game day. "We played a short encounter for Dungeons and Dragons 4.0. I mean really really short. The 10 minute drive over was longer then actual play. The system this week was trying to do RPG, but the tests were too simple. We then played a really cool card game called Dominion. You build your own deck as you play the game from a pool of cards in the middle of the table.
There will be NO encounters next week, because that is the forth.
I was looking at the real possibility of doing a path finder session this Saturday though. I have found that I need to look at the construction of Barbarian hoards. I have to well out the world in my campaign much more then it is. It seems to be an empty bowl. Many of the modules maintain a detachment from a world.
So what if you want to have barbarian hordes? Are they slavers? What makes them so different from civilied peoples? Is the life tougher? Do they come from tougher stalk? What kinds of religions do they have?
What do they use for money? Does gold mean anything to a full on barbarian? What is treasure to them?
There will be NO encounters next week, because that is the forth.
I was looking at the real possibility of doing a path finder session this Saturday though. I have found that I need to look at the construction of Barbarian hoards. I have to well out the world in my campaign much more then it is. It seems to be an empty bowl. Many of the modules maintain a detachment from a world.
So what if you want to have barbarian hordes? Are they slavers? What makes them so different from civilied peoples? Is the life tougher? Do they come from tougher stalk? What kinds of religions do they have?
What do they use for money? Does gold mean anything to a full on barbarian? What is treasure to them?
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Up in the night working on NEW Stuff. Tomorrow is Wensday, I will be working on new press releases for Steve Millers Book, Captain Justo, you pronounce that JEW STO. It's a neat book for the YA set. I will also be waiting to hear from our field agents about Spider Man 3.
It's very exciting to see all the new things coming out for e-pub. I just looked up reports for Amazon.com and there are two price points besides free people should be aware of. $.99 for 25% of sales and 2.99 for 39% of sales. So if you are releasing something soon these may be the prices to consider.
Several people may think that the new spider man movie has a staring role by a Brit, well that would be 1/2 right. Really the guy was born in the USA grew up in England from the time of there three.
Today has been a really really busy day. I officed in my shorts and flash t-shirt today.
Talked to the local libraries to see where a book signing could take place and where to find the elusive writers clubs in Salt Lake City.
Wensday is RPG day or GAME DAY! So I will be running Pathfinder for a small group of players. I am hoping I will be up to the task. Our group has just started with a Socerer with earth elemental taint to it. We also have a wizard that is a bluffing master. He has a viper for a familiar. We also seem to have a Ranger now. They have tapped someones shoulders to be a cleric so what do we do now? My concern is that the party has no rogue. No real rough and tumble fighter, at first level you need that sort of thing. A monk could be good but won't get you by that nasty trap(not much at first level) or sneak down the hall way to peak at the enemy. THEY do have strong offensive abilities though. Also no quite sure how to handle a first level character that can burrow faster then he can walk. A gnome sorcerer is really cool though. Every party is very different. The encounters that I see are set for four characters. A couple figters and a cleric can do just fine. After looking at the rules I can see a half elf always being a sorcerer on hand. A really nasty combo would be a Fey Sorcerer with a rogue.
I don't really get into the six guns and sorcerer thing all that much when playing. It's alright but as a GM I need to be ready for the players to do anything that they want to do, and then let them live out that dream as characters. To me this is a game of knight princess and fairy tails(yes I do know how to spell tales). So if a guy wants to wear a stetson cowboy hat and a rope whip on his side like Indian Jones fine Raiders Of The Lost Tomb away. They are playing a game I am RUNNING a game and the game has to be fun FOR THEM. YEP. So I have this hang up about guns where people are wearing heavy armor, or armor at all because why would you? Well my idea is magical armor starts to be immune from it or actually LOWERS the damage from a hit not make it harder to hit. I like this very old idea. Or you can have guns but it's about how useful they would be. An example after you fire your one shot it takes forty seconds to reload. Now you have a club. Also magic using beings can shoot over and over again with out reloading so maybe you have gun but they just arn't as good as magic. Well off to watch a show KNIGHT>
It's very exciting to see all the new things coming out for e-pub. I just looked up reports for Amazon.com and there are two price points besides free people should be aware of. $.99 for 25% of sales and 2.99 for 39% of sales. So if you are releasing something soon these may be the prices to consider.
Several people may think that the new spider man movie has a staring role by a Brit, well that would be 1/2 right. Really the guy was born in the USA grew up in England from the time of there three.
Today has been a really really busy day. I officed in my shorts and flash t-shirt today.
Talked to the local libraries to see where a book signing could take place and where to find the elusive writers clubs in Salt Lake City.
Wensday is RPG day or GAME DAY! So I will be running Pathfinder for a small group of players. I am hoping I will be up to the task. Our group has just started with a Socerer with earth elemental taint to it. We also have a wizard that is a bluffing master. He has a viper for a familiar. We also seem to have a Ranger now. They have tapped someones shoulders to be a cleric so what do we do now? My concern is that the party has no rogue. No real rough and tumble fighter, at first level you need that sort of thing. A monk could be good but won't get you by that nasty trap(not much at first level) or sneak down the hall way to peak at the enemy. THEY do have strong offensive abilities though. Also no quite sure how to handle a first level character that can burrow faster then he can walk. A gnome sorcerer is really cool though. Every party is very different. The encounters that I see are set for four characters. A couple figters and a cleric can do just fine. After looking at the rules I can see a half elf always being a sorcerer on hand. A really nasty combo would be a Fey Sorcerer with a rogue.
I don't really get into the six guns and sorcerer thing all that much when playing. It's alright but as a GM I need to be ready for the players to do anything that they want to do, and then let them live out that dream as characters. To me this is a game of knight princess and fairy tails(yes I do know how to spell tales). So if a guy wants to wear a stetson cowboy hat and a rope whip on his side like Indian Jones fine Raiders Of The Lost Tomb away. They are playing a game I am RUNNING a game and the game has to be fun FOR THEM. YEP. So I have this hang up about guns where people are wearing heavy armor, or armor at all because why would you? Well my idea is magical armor starts to be immune from it or actually LOWERS the damage from a hit not make it harder to hit. I like this very old idea. Or you can have guns but it's about how useful they would be. An example after you fire your one shot it takes forty seconds to reload. Now you have a club. Also magic using beings can shoot over and over again with out reloading so maybe you have gun but they just arn't as good as magic. Well off to watch a show KNIGHT>
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This was lifted from craigs list...please help me verify if something is not right.
1. The next chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, "Thor 2" is now in pre-production and the casting director in Los Angeles is getting ready to audition talent for new co-starring and supporting roles. The bulk of filming will take place in London, England with some additional filming in Los Angeles. There will also be auditions in London for principal acting roles. Extras, photo-doubles, and stand-ins will be hired in London and various areas of the United Kingdom. Filming on "Thor 2" will begin in August, 2012.
Returning for this second "Thor" installment is People's Choice Award and Teen Choice Award nominee Chris Hemsworth as Thor; Academy Award winner Natalie Portman as Jane Foster; BAFTA Award nominee Tom Hiddleston as Loki; Golden Globe winner Idris Elba as Heimdall; British actor Ray Stevenson as Volstagg; Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films nominee Jaimie Alexander as Sif; and Joshua Dallas as Fandral.
Primetime Emmy Award winning filmmaker Alan Taylor will direct "Thor 2" from a screenplay rewritten by Robert Rodat from original drafts by Don Payne, based on the Marvel Comics by Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and Larry Lieber. Alan Taylor is highly respected for his outstanding directorial work on HBO's "Game of Thrones". His other credits include "Sex and the City," "Lost," "The Sopranos," and "Mad Men". Prior to the studio signing Alan Taylor, Patty Jenkins was set to direct "Thor" but left the project in December 2011, citing "creative differences".
2. 'The Hunger Games' sequel 'Catching Fire' to be directed by Francis Lawrence Sony
The next film in The Hunger Games trilogy, "Catching Fire", will begin filming in North Carolina this coming Fall, 2012 with new director Francis Lawrence. Four-time Academy Award nominee Gary Ross announced that he will not be returning to direct Catching Fire, and there is a good chance that a different casting director will also be hired. It is most often the director who chooses the casting director, and three-time Casting Society of America Artios Award winner Debra Zane has cast every film that Gary Ross has directed or produced since 1998 including "Pleasantville", "Seabiscuit", and "The Tale of Despereaux". Zane would likely cast Ross' next project instead of "Catching Fire".
Francis Lawrence is known for directing countless music videos for such artists as Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, and Avril Lavigne. His feature film directing credits are "Constantine" starring Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, and Shia LaBeouf; "I Am Legend" starring Will and Willow Smith; "Water for Elephants" starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson. Lawrence finished directing the ABC pilot "Gotham" in New York on April 15th.
Bennett Miller, who directed the Oscar-nominated Brad Pitt baseball movie "Moneyball" was also in contention for the job, however Lionsgate executives chose Francis Lawrence. One deciding factor was availability. Miller signed on to direct the feature film "Foxcatcher" in December, 2012. Delaying the film - which has already cast Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo - would be extremely difficult.
Lionsgate needs to stick to it's shooting schedule for "Catching Fire", since Jennifer Lawrence is contractually committed to begin shooting "Untitled X-Men Sequel" in January, 2013. The next issue for the studio is getting a final draft of the screenplay ready for shooting. "The Hunger Games" director Gary Ross was to spend a couple of months polishing up a script written by Simon Beaufoy. A decision on who will get the screenplay ready will have to be made in short order.
Auditions and casting information for "Catching Fire", including extras registration are now vaialble.
3. Disney casting starring roles for live-action feature film 'Maleficent'
Walt Disney Pictures and Roth Films are in pre-production on the live-action feature film "Maleficent", which explores the origins of the evil fairy godmother and what led her to curse Princess Aurora in Disney's animated classic "Sleeping Beauty". The casting directors in Los Angeles and London are holding auditions for starring, co-starring, and supporting roles. Shooting will take place in Los Angeles and London beginning June 11, 2012 and will continue through November 4, 2012. "Maleficent" is set to hit theaters on March 14, 2014.
The only cast member that has been officially confirmed by the studio is Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie as the evil stepmother Maleficent. Elle Fanning has been mentioned as possibly in talks to play Princess Aurora/Sleeping Beauty, however there has been no confirmation from Disney or her reps. Fanning is in the UK already to begin filming the indie musical film "God Helps The Girl" in June, the same month that Disney starts shooting "Maleficent". If Fanning does end up playing Sleeping Beauty, it would be her fourth UK-set project in a row. Other unconfirmed reports have Jim Sturgess and Gael García Bernal up for the role of Diaval, and Jude Law in talks to play King Stefan. One thing is for sure... casting is now going full steam ahead.
4. Casting for feature film 'Paranoia' starring Liam Hemsworth and Harrison Ford
Liam Hemsworth's last film before shooting commences on "Catching Fire" is now casting for lead roles. The film is titled "Paranoia" and also stars Academy Award nominated actors Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman. It is being described as a corporate espionage thriller that follows a war between rival telecom companies. Auditions are taking place in Los Angeles and New York. The extras, stand-ins, and photo doubles will be hired in the filming locations of Philadelphia and New York.
Australian filmmaker Robert Luketic will direct "Paranoia" from an adapted screenplay written by Barry Levy, with rewrites by Jason Hall. The story is based on the New York Times bestseller novel by Joseph Finder. Luketic studied at the Victorian College of Arts School of Film and Television, one of Australia's most prestigious film schools. Luketic's feature film directing debut was the comedy "Legally Blonde" which grossed close to $100 million domestically and was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards. He also directed "Monster-in-Law" starring Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda, "The Ugly Truth" and "Killers" both starring Katherine Heigl. Stuart Ford's IM Global is fully financing "Paranoia". Christophe Riandee of the French film production company Gaumont will executive produce. Gaumont is the oldest continuously operating film company in the world and is recognized as one of the largest producers and distributors of films in France. Scott Lambert of Management 360 will produce along with Alexandra Milchan.
This was lifted from craigs list...please help me verify if something is not right.
1. The next chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, "Thor 2" is now in pre-production and the casting director in Los Angeles is getting ready to audition talent for new co-starring and supporting roles. The bulk of filming will take place in London, England with some additional filming in Los Angeles. There will also be auditions in London for principal acting roles. Extras, photo-doubles, and stand-ins will be hired in London and various areas of the United Kingdom. Filming on "Thor 2" will begin in August, 2012.
Returning for this second "Thor" installment is People's Choice Award and Teen Choice Award nominee Chris Hemsworth as Thor; Academy Award winner Natalie Portman as Jane Foster; BAFTA Award nominee Tom Hiddleston as Loki; Golden Globe winner Idris Elba as Heimdall; British actor Ray Stevenson as Volstagg; Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films nominee Jaimie Alexander as Sif; and Joshua Dallas as Fandral.
Primetime Emmy Award winning filmmaker Alan Taylor will direct "Thor 2" from a screenplay rewritten by Robert Rodat from original drafts by Don Payne, based on the Marvel Comics by Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and Larry Lieber. Alan Taylor is highly respected for his outstanding directorial work on HBO's "Game of Thrones". His other credits include "Sex and the City," "Lost," "The Sopranos," and "Mad Men". Prior to the studio signing Alan Taylor, Patty Jenkins was set to direct "Thor" but left the project in December 2011, citing "creative differences".
2. 'The Hunger Games' sequel 'Catching Fire' to be directed by Francis Lawrence Sony
The next film in The Hunger Games trilogy, "Catching Fire", will begin filming in North Carolina this coming Fall, 2012 with new director Francis Lawrence. Four-time Academy Award nominee Gary Ross announced that he will not be returning to direct Catching Fire, and there is a good chance that a different casting director will also be hired. It is most often the director who chooses the casting director, and three-time Casting Society of America Artios Award winner Debra Zane has cast every film that Gary Ross has directed or produced since 1998 including "Pleasantville", "Seabiscuit", and "The Tale of Despereaux". Zane would likely cast Ross' next project instead of "Catching Fire".
Francis Lawrence is known for directing countless music videos for such artists as Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, and Avril Lavigne. His feature film directing credits are "Constantine" starring Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, and Shia LaBeouf; "I Am Legend" starring Will and Willow Smith; "Water for Elephants" starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson. Lawrence finished directing the ABC pilot "Gotham" in New York on April 15th.
Bennett Miller, who directed the Oscar-nominated Brad Pitt baseball movie "Moneyball" was also in contention for the job, however Lionsgate executives chose Francis Lawrence. One deciding factor was availability. Miller signed on to direct the feature film "Foxcatcher" in December, 2012. Delaying the film - which has already cast Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo - would be extremely difficult.
Lionsgate needs to stick to it's shooting schedule for "Catching Fire", since Jennifer Lawrence is contractually committed to begin shooting "Untitled X-Men Sequel" in January, 2013. The next issue for the studio is getting a final draft of the screenplay ready for shooting. "The Hunger Games" director Gary Ross was to spend a couple of months polishing up a script written by Simon Beaufoy. A decision on who will get the screenplay ready will have to be made in short order.
Auditions and casting information for "Catching Fire", including extras registration are now vaialble.
3. Disney casting starring roles for live-action feature film 'Maleficent'
Walt Disney Pictures and Roth Films are in pre-production on the live-action feature film "Maleficent", which explores the origins of the evil fairy godmother and what led her to curse Princess Aurora in Disney's animated classic "Sleeping Beauty". The casting directors in Los Angeles and London are holding auditions for starring, co-starring, and supporting roles. Shooting will take place in Los Angeles and London beginning June 11, 2012 and will continue through November 4, 2012. "Maleficent" is set to hit theaters on March 14, 2014.
The only cast member that has been officially confirmed by the studio is Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie as the evil stepmother Maleficent. Elle Fanning has been mentioned as possibly in talks to play Princess Aurora/Sleeping Beauty, however there has been no confirmation from Disney or her reps. Fanning is in the UK already to begin filming the indie musical film "God Helps The Girl" in June, the same month that Disney starts shooting "Maleficent". If Fanning does end up playing Sleeping Beauty, it would be her fourth UK-set project in a row. Other unconfirmed reports have Jim Sturgess and Gael García Bernal up for the role of Diaval, and Jude Law in talks to play King Stefan. One thing is for sure... casting is now going full steam ahead.
4. Casting for feature film 'Paranoia' starring Liam Hemsworth and Harrison Ford
Liam Hemsworth's last film before shooting commences on "Catching Fire" is now casting for lead roles. The film is titled "Paranoia" and also stars Academy Award nominated actors Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman. It is being described as a corporate espionage thriller that follows a war between rival telecom companies. Auditions are taking place in Los Angeles and New York. The extras, stand-ins, and photo doubles will be hired in the filming locations of Philadelphia and New York.
Australian filmmaker Robert Luketic will direct "Paranoia" from an adapted screenplay written by Barry Levy, with rewrites by Jason Hall. The story is based on the New York Times bestseller novel by Joseph Finder. Luketic studied at the Victorian College of Arts School of Film and Television, one of Australia's most prestigious film schools. Luketic's feature film directing debut was the comedy "Legally Blonde" which grossed close to $100 million domestically and was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards. He also directed "Monster-in-Law" starring Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda, "The Ugly Truth" and "Killers" both starring Katherine Heigl. Stuart Ford's IM Global is fully financing "Paranoia". Christophe Riandee of the French film production company Gaumont will executive produce. Gaumont is the oldest continuously operating film company in the world and is recognized as one of the largest producers and distributors of films in France. Scott Lambert of Management 360 will produce along with Alexandra Milchan.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Well went to WEST FEST. It was fun. It was free to get in and well, I had two year olds with me so they(all the women present) held a gun to my wallet and we were short 20 bucks in two minutes. The girls(all four of them) road the merry-go-round.
Yep it was two minutes, but they had lots of fun. Screaming and laughing. And the two year old twins were too. So what does this have to do with being a geek. Being a geek means getting random joy from just about anything. It means not carring how much something costs because IT MUST BE MINE. I have found really really cool art at Wes Fest and now I have to learn how to display it on the blog. Oh yes there will be art and cool stuff here soon. Till then I hope everyone has a good time. See you then.
Mike
Yep it was two minutes, but they had lots of fun. Screaming and laughing. And the two year old twins were too. So what does this have to do with being a geek. Being a geek means getting random joy from just about anything. It means not carring how much something costs because IT MUST BE MINE. I have found really really cool art at Wes Fest and now I have to learn how to display it on the blog. Oh yes there will be art and cool stuff here soon. Till then I hope everyone has a good time. See you then.
Mike
It's FRIDAY! Yep you got things to do! Maybe you don't write or anything on Fridays but let me tell you, it's a good day to look at the MOVIES! I myself go to the drive in here locally for standard shows, but word on th street is that you MUST SEE PROMETHEUS IN 3D! Why you say, because it was made for it in certain parts. I disagree, but me it's because 3d only jacks up my bill and gives me a headache. Also in my CAR, I can jack up the sound ALL I WANT. I have better food available to me, because A: In a standard theater you have to pay almost five bucks a drink that isn't that fantastic. In a drive in you can bring your Starbucks with you for that. In my local drive in theater the food prices are low enough so I can get a good size hot dog and a drink and fries for less then five bucks because they know hey have to compete. In a standard theater the screens are getting much smaller. When I was a kid I went to a Cinidome Theater and Darth Vaders' head was like eighty feat tall! "You are a rebel traitor and a spy!" meant lot more then then it does now.
Batman is out and IT LOOKS COOL. Spider man is also coming to town again. Lots of good stuff to see and it's going spider man is going to be great. You can see a trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atCfTRMyjGU here. Sorry about the link but I don't have down all the cool quick buttons for blogger yet.
Batman is out and IT LOOKS COOL. Spider man is also coming to town again. Lots of good stuff to see and it's going spider man is going to be great. You can see a trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atCfTRMyjGU here. Sorry about the link but I don't have down all the cool quick buttons for blogger yet.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
The great CHALLENGE. So you play Dungeons and Dragons, well let's say you do anyway. If you do you play one of eight versions. Latly it seems from wizards of the coast for ever after as wotc that Dungeons and Dragons 4.0 is all about combat. Look at the system it's about powers and not skills. It's set up to fight and not role play. Now Pathfinder on the other hand well if you have played dnd since the early eighties like me, you can role play in it just fine. If you have a PLAY a game you play a board game that lasts for hours. Role playing isn't like that. You socialize for hours. You act out your characters part. YOU are never going to WIN not completely, and when you RPG you don't want to. "Alexander reached India and wept for there were no more lands to conquer." Your characters and if you RUN the game your players want to be challenged but TPK(Total party kill) kills the game just as much or more as when everyone comes to do a set piece battle that takes three hours to do. IF the game is all about fighting there is no cunning in the game, and there is only one way to solve problems. We fight win or die. So to do that you have to have fights. Because you can never slip by the enemy. You can't negotiate and you will never charm them out of it. Your character has motives beyond his/her alignment. But if you are always fighting it doesn't matter what your alignment is your character will never find out. So what's good about 4.0....well it never lets' your character run out of things he can do. Your powers are always on. You have certain things you can don only once a day and somethings you can do only in encounters. Some things are at will. You get ALOT more hit points to balence out all the power effects that characters get. Your characters can heal themselves OFTEN because they have to. It's like character inflation. Your character is all puffed up at first level like what he use to be at 5th level. This is a situation though of "Man of steel Woman of Kleenex". You are now tougher BUT everything else is on steroids now to make up for it. It does do a slow motion fix like you are playing final fantasy...with fantasy not so much. Where is catching the Pegasus to fly to the moon aspect? How do we get there from here?
If you want to look close to find out if you are different when you play Pathfider Vs other games...well in pathfinder there is a list of vocabulary words you should know right in the book! Take that one to a high school English teacher(which we need harsher penalties for) and have them grade what level it's on.
Well freinds...it is my first post on this subject in years, there is PATHFINDER>...Yep go to anyone of the gaming stores around and many people just arn't playing 4.0 they play 3.0 3.5 OR PATHFINDER. There are worlds of things to do and if you think about it when you choose a system often you are choosing the world. Anyone that has played Runequest in the red book knows that the world is the fun to move around and discover. Pathfinder has all that because you can buy the first book for 50 bucks...*GRUNT I KNOW* but play forever with out the other books.
Now back to our program, it would seem there seems to be a fascination with power gaming. Yep everyone wants to be powerful, but there are boarders that even the most avid munchkin shouldn't cross. If you want to prove this have all your characters start out with 18's in all ability scores and then show them that it's not the ability scores, it's playing that people love. If you make skills important then players will pick things like swimming and bluff checks and try them. Combat should be once a session and only if necessarily and if your game system is really all about combat then you will see characters trying to use combat more. You can in pathfinder make all your characters with ability stats point system, but if you want a bit more flavor stick with 4d6 throw out the lowest die and make everyone do them in order. This will change the types of characters that will be played and ad more challenges to the game.
If you want to look close to find out if you are different when you play Pathfider Vs other games...well in pathfinder there is a list of vocabulary words you should know right in the book! Take that one to a high school English teacher(which we need harsher penalties for) and have them grade what level it's on.
Well freinds...it is my first post on this subject in years, there is PATHFINDER>...Yep go to anyone of the gaming stores around and many people just arn't playing 4.0 they play 3.0 3.5 OR PATHFINDER. There are worlds of things to do and if you think about it when you choose a system often you are choosing the world. Anyone that has played Runequest in the red book knows that the world is the fun to move around and discover. Pathfinder has all that because you can buy the first book for 50 bucks...*GRUNT I KNOW* but play forever with out the other books.
The Bestery is like the old AD&D monster manuals and they have lots of those types of books. The Game masters book isn't like the first Dungeons Master Guide that I started out with. You know you might have an addiction or affinity with a book when you can feel the pages and turn to the page without looking. My first Big Demon Dungeon Masters Guide use to Scar the shit out of my Mormon Teachers. Yep...GOOD TIMES. Combined with my Deities and Demi Gods book with Storm Bringer in it...oh yes...I had that. I was starting my own cult of devoted players.
Now people would tell people that I was doing wrong. I often thought they would rather I was doing drugs or something like drinking they could understand. Well anyway we are talking about Pathfinder, Pathfinder you can play quickly just by grabbing pre-gened characters in the back of the Game Masters Guide. Clever way of saying dungeon master guide. you know you have it when you see the BIG BLUE DRAGON on it and a FRICKEN LICH. Yep nothing scares me more then a 20+ wizard/cleric that has had a few hundred years to perfect it's craft and is totally evil.Now back to our program, it would seem there seems to be a fascination with power gaming. Yep everyone wants to be powerful, but there are boarders that even the most avid munchkin shouldn't cross. If you want to prove this have all your characters start out with 18's in all ability scores and then show them that it's not the ability scores, it's playing that people love. If you make skills important then players will pick things like swimming and bluff checks and try them. Combat should be once a session and only if necessarily and if your game system is really all about combat then you will see characters trying to use combat more. You can in pathfinder make all your characters with ability stats point system, but if you want a bit more flavor stick with 4d6 throw out the lowest die and make everyone do them in order. This will change the types of characters that will be played and ad more challenges to the game.
This blog is about stuff I like. I can make something that you would like too, but that defeats the purpose of this blog. I am a writer, a radio talk show host, I do public relations, but a lot of that stuff is really about what Other people want me to do. I like you am a very busy person. If you are like me you go to a store at least once a week to look at comic books, or RPG or find out about new games. Which I do find out about alot of games. I do reviews on those games not to industry standard or even about the rules that are right in the box, but what rules people play with. It's like when you play Monopoly. No one really plays with the same rules, but often time we play with similar rules. When I do a movie review, I record it on audio, but audio takes longer then reading. Audio really is music to me, it is the sound of laughter and companionship that takes place between you and me. If you want to add comment in written audio or even video go ahead. Just make sure that you are adding something that is important if just even to you.
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