Reign of the Firebird: Phoenix Force & the Minion Wars
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Reign of the Firebird: Phoenix Force & the Minion Wars
(Authors Note; a sufficiently ominous intro will be done at a future date... the muse is being very fickle lately)
Note: previous instalment is located "HERE" -> http://palladium-megaverse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=134917
“People are strange, when you’re a stranger…” Nov. 17th – 21st P.A. 109
~The group had been "POLITELY asked to leave" by the P.T.B. until such time as someone manages to find out who was responsible for the "incident" at the Robodome.
~A trip on a train.
~Goodies from NG offloaded just outside Kingsdale and then a slow plod to just above Texas using the new NG-Scorpion Battler & Behemoth MK2. The trip south & West (avoiding the CS outposts & cities) is uneventful.
~Only 4 hours sleep in 36 for our heroes by the time the 20th comes around. They are about to set up camp for the night when suddenly... Gunslingers. In black. Made of worms.
~The prairie woodlands made for a hard time trying to track the dark-riders. Almost a full 2 minutes with potshots at the group doing minimal damage but fraying nerves.
~Sergeant Altobelli became overcome by some form of psychological fugue state as he realized he actually WAS in an alternate reality, based on an RPG that was somewhat popular back in his home ‘verse.
~Shadow Grimlion re-appeared after an accident (?) during his studies caused his entire apartment to rift to Terra.
~A question of why the Worm Wraiths would attack a heavily armoured and armed camp (and exhibiting abilities hither-to unknown) was pondered as the broken lumber from the battle was harvested for later.
~Another 4 hours full-stride for the two mecha to the south, through Texas until the coast showed in the pre-dawn light. A rest was definitely required.
~A deep fog hangs to the East of the camp along the shale & sand area the group has stopped on. It is now 7am, 21st of November, P.A. 109.
Note: previous instalment is located "HERE" -> http://palladium-megaverse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=134917
“People are strange, when you’re a stranger…” Nov. 17th – 21st P.A. 109
~The group had been "POLITELY asked to leave" by the P.T.B. until such time as someone manages to find out who was responsible for the "incident" at the Robodome.
~A trip on a train.
~Goodies from NG offloaded just outside Kingsdale and then a slow plod to just above Texas using the new NG-Scorpion Battler & Behemoth MK2. The trip south & West (avoiding the CS outposts & cities) is uneventful.
~Only 4 hours sleep in 36 for our heroes by the time the 20th comes around. They are about to set up camp for the night when suddenly... Gunslingers. In black. Made of worms.
~The prairie woodlands made for a hard time trying to track the dark-riders. Almost a full 2 minutes with potshots at the group doing minimal damage but fraying nerves.
~Sergeant Altobelli became overcome by some form of psychological fugue state as he realized he actually WAS in an alternate reality, based on an RPG that was somewhat popular back in his home ‘verse.
~Shadow Grimlion re-appeared after an accident (?) during his studies caused his entire apartment to rift to Terra.
~A question of why the Worm Wraiths would attack a heavily armoured and armed camp (and exhibiting abilities hither-to unknown) was pondered as the broken lumber from the battle was harvested for later.
~Another 4 hours full-stride for the two mecha to the south, through Texas until the coast showed in the pre-dawn light. A rest was definitely required.
~A deep fog hangs to the East of the camp along the shale & sand area the group has stopped on. It is now 7am, 21st of November, P.A. 109.
Bind the body to the opened mind
Bind the body to the opened mind
I dream of towers in a world consumed
A void in the sentient sky
I dream of fissures across the moon
Leaves of the lotus rise
~Dream Again By Miracle of Sound
Bind the body to the opened mind
I dream of towers in a world consumed
A void in the sentient sky
I dream of fissures across the moon
Leaves of the lotus rise
~Dream Again By Miracle of Sound
- taalismn
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Re: Reign of the Firebird: Phoenix Force & the Minion Wars
...and a new chapter begins. What terrors await our intrepid adventurers? ("Look, teeth!...")
What pleasures await them? (*CENSORED*)
What pleasures will turn into terror("Honey, now for the honeymoonAIIIIEEEEE!!!")
What new discoveries will be made?("Guys? Make sure the soda bottle is EMPTY before filling it with napalm for the molotov ciocktails....")
What effects will they have on the megaverse at large? ("Okay, let's hope that was an UNIMPORTANT universe we just ended....")
Stay tuned.
What pleasures await them? (*CENSORED*)
What pleasures will turn into terror("Honey, now for the honeymoonAIIIIEEEEE!!!")
What new discoveries will be made?("Guys? Make sure the soda bottle is EMPTY before filling it with napalm for the molotov ciocktails....")
What effects will they have on the megaverse at large? ("Okay, let's hope that was an UNIMPORTANT universe we just ended....")
Stay tuned.
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
--------Rudyard Kipling
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
--------Rudyard Kipling
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Re: Reign of the Firebird: Phoenix Force & the Minion Wars
The following is taken from the play-by-post thread in the Roll20 campaign room. Minimal editing has been done.
Spoiler:
Bind the body to the opened mind
Bind the body to the opened mind
I dream of towers in a world consumed
A void in the sentient sky
I dream of fissures across the moon
Leaves of the lotus rise
~Dream Again By Miracle of Sound
Bind the body to the opened mind
I dream of towers in a world consumed
A void in the sentient sky
I dream of fissures across the moon
Leaves of the lotus rise
~Dream Again By Miracle of Sound
Re: Reign of the Firebird: Phoenix Force & the Minion Wars
http://youtu.be/uJM1JHtEiWc
I think THIS will be the new theme-song once the Minion-Wars start up.
I think THIS will be the new theme-song once the Minion-Wars start up.
Bind the body to the opened mind
Bind the body to the opened mind
I dream of towers in a world consumed
A void in the sentient sky
I dream of fissures across the moon
Leaves of the lotus rise
~Dream Again By Miracle of Sound
Bind the body to the opened mind
I dream of towers in a world consumed
A void in the sentient sky
I dream of fissures across the moon
Leaves of the lotus rise
~Dream Again By Miracle of Sound
Re: Reign of the Firebird: Phoenix Force & the Minion Wars
It is now the 23rd of November, P.A. 109
And then:
They inherited a badly wounded cyberknight.
They ran away when a 16 inch naval gun-battle occoured off-shore.
They fought some vampires.
Almost stepped on a village.
Talked to a snake priestess.
24th. November P.A. 109 Travel-logue.
…and then they headed off for the West-coast.
25th to 30th. November P.A. 109 Travel-logue.
~They had Gwenivere show up inside Enrique’s room through his mirror (she’s a nightbane married to THE General).
~SAMAS from Lonestar buzzed the group but were chased off by a crazy cyberknight on a flying robo-demon-horse.
~Something of epic proportions happened in the sky which magically & psionically sensitve beings could feel was epic. This temporaraily drove Shadow Grimlion insane, to the cautious ammusement of the rest of the team.
~The Behemoth wandered into a random rift.
~The team found a town of haciendas in the middle of A desert, but the town its self was covered in green space. All the houses but two were empty. The non-empty houses were filled with merc & villager corpses: most were killed via Blunt or shearing force trauma and the bits were mumified from desert heat.
~Looks like vampires.
~The team readied themselves for a fight and / or vengence on the undead killers of the town (Tyrsin Namiloki had done an exorcisim to send the troubled souls of the slain onto their rest).
~…and waited.
~…and waited
~Still waiting.
~At the end of 3 days wasted time, they concluded no vamps were coming back. Rika, feeling that enough time had been wasted, sent a messege bounce (which was Not blocked; whatever had been causing the upper atmosphere to block high altitude flight and radio had lifted) to call in Team Beta or Delta to their position “just to make sure no vampires are in the aera”, and to return any team members back to Lazlo if they so wished. Rika’s thinking was that they needed to know where they were and that the mission was becoming more and more untenable. SOMETHING was casuing major delays and what seemed to be insanity in some of her team.
And then:
They inherited a badly wounded cyberknight.
They ran away when a 16 inch naval gun-battle occoured off-shore.
They fought some vampires.
Almost stepped on a village.
Talked to a snake priestess.
24th. November P.A. 109 Travel-logue.
…and then they headed off for the West-coast.
25th to 30th. November P.A. 109 Travel-logue.
~They had Gwenivere show up inside Enrique’s room through his mirror (she’s a nightbane married to THE General).
~SAMAS from Lonestar buzzed the group but were chased off by a crazy cyberknight on a flying robo-demon-horse.
~Something of epic proportions happened in the sky which magically & psionically sensitve beings could feel was epic. This temporaraily drove Shadow Grimlion insane, to the cautious ammusement of the rest of the team.
~The Behemoth wandered into a random rift.
~The team found a town of haciendas in the middle of A desert, but the town its self was covered in green space. All the houses but two were empty. The non-empty houses were filled with merc & villager corpses: most were killed via Blunt or shearing force trauma and the bits were mumified from desert heat.
~Looks like vampires.
~The team readied themselves for a fight and / or vengence on the undead killers of the town (Tyrsin Namiloki had done an exorcisim to send the troubled souls of the slain onto their rest).
~…and waited.
~…and waited
~Still waiting.
~At the end of 3 days wasted time, they concluded no vamps were coming back. Rika, feeling that enough time had been wasted, sent a messege bounce (which was Not blocked; whatever had been causing the upper atmosphere to block high altitude flight and radio had lifted) to call in Team Beta or Delta to their position “just to make sure no vampires are in the aera”, and to return any team members back to Lazlo if they so wished. Rika’s thinking was that they needed to know where they were and that the mission was becoming more and more untenable. SOMETHING was casuing major delays and what seemed to be insanity in some of her team.
Bind the body to the opened mind
Bind the body to the opened mind
I dream of towers in a world consumed
A void in the sentient sky
I dream of fissures across the moon
Leaves of the lotus rise
~Dream Again By Miracle of Sound
Bind the body to the opened mind
I dream of towers in a world consumed
A void in the sentient sky
I dream of fissures across the moon
Leaves of the lotus rise
~Dream Again By Miracle of Sound
Re: Reign of the Firebird: Phoenix Force & the Minion Wars
Campiagn on hiatus until new players can be recruited. Half my crew have had IRL issues jump up and bite them in the face.
Bind the body to the opened mind
Bind the body to the opened mind
I dream of towers in a world consumed
A void in the sentient sky
I dream of fissures across the moon
Leaves of the lotus rise
~Dream Again By Miracle of Sound
Bind the body to the opened mind
I dream of towers in a world consumed
A void in the sentient sky
I dream of fissures across the moon
Leaves of the lotus rise
~Dream Again By Miracle of Sound
- taalismn
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Re: Reign of the Firebird: Phoenix Force & the Minion Wars
DhAkael wrote:Campiagn on hiatus until new players can be recruited. Half my crew have had IRL issues jump up and bite them in the face.
Yep, sounds like RL. First it bites you in the face, then it bursts out of your chest.
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"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
--------Rudyard Kipling
------------
"Trouble rather the Tiger in his Lair,
Than the Sage among his Books,
For all the Empires and Kingdoms,
The Armies and Works that you hold Dear,
Are to him but the Playthings of the Moment,
To be turned over with the Flick of a Finger,
And the Turning of a Page"
--------Rudyard Kipling
------------
Re: Reign of the Firebird: Phoenix Force & the Minion Wars
I've transplanted my game over to the Roll20 http://roll20.net/ on-line table-top service (it's free so no worries), but I started my on-line GM'ing on these here PBooks forums chat room first.
Uhhh, I think I've been going for nearly 7 years online but the meta-plot for the rifts campaign has been ongoing since the publication of the 1st edition 1st print of Rifts.
If you're interested in taking a gander at what the last 4-5 years (real-time) have been like;
https://www.dropbox.com/s/91eyms8y9bh1e20/Online%20campaign%20for%205%20years%20plus.zip?dl=0
I also posted the recaps (with user & spectator commentary) in the Rifts dimension books sub-section of the forums, with each "volume" named the same as the files.
Presently down to only 3 regular players but always on the lookout for decent role-players to join the ranks.
Oh; and games are hosted from 8pm till roughly midnight Eastern Time every Sunday (players & situations permitting). If interested give a -ping- on the private message.
Edit Post-Script
Um; NOT a play by post (I do try and have my games "real-time")... but *shrug* If yer still insterested, the above still applies... and yes I know this isn't the 'Gamers looking for gamers' thread. That's the point; I want interested individuals for THIS in specific.
Uhhh, I think I've been going for nearly 7 years online but the meta-plot for the rifts campaign has been ongoing since the publication of the 1st edition 1st print of Rifts.
If you're interested in taking a gander at what the last 4-5 years (real-time) have been like;
https://www.dropbox.com/s/91eyms8y9bh1e20/Online%20campaign%20for%205%20years%20plus.zip?dl=0
I also posted the recaps (with user & spectator commentary) in the Rifts dimension books sub-section of the forums, with each "volume" named the same as the files.
Presently down to only 3 regular players but always on the lookout for decent role-players to join the ranks.
Oh; and games are hosted from 8pm till roughly midnight Eastern Time every Sunday (players & situations permitting). If interested give a -ping- on the private message.
Edit Post-Script
Um; NOT a play by post (I do try and have my games "real-time")... but *shrug* If yer still insterested, the above still applies... and yes I know this isn't the 'Gamers looking for gamers' thread. That's the point; I want interested individuals for THIS in specific.
Bind the body to the opened mind
Bind the body to the opened mind
I dream of towers in a world consumed
A void in the sentient sky
I dream of fissures across the moon
Leaves of the lotus rise
~Dream Again By Miracle of Sound
Bind the body to the opened mind
I dream of towers in a world consumed
A void in the sentient sky
I dream of fissures across the moon
Leaves of the lotus rise
~Dream Again By Miracle of Sound
Re: Reign of the Firebird: Phoenix Force & the Minion Wars
Been at this awhile now. (Going on two years real time I think) and it's the best game I've been involved with in a LONG time. Not one for un-experienced role players however.DhAkael wrote:I've transplanted my game over to the Roll20 http://roll20.net/ on-line table-top service (it's free so no worries), but I started my on-line GM'ing on these here PBooks forums chat room first.
Uhhh, I think I've been going for nearly 7 years online but the meta-plot for the rifts campaign has been ongoing since the publication of the 1st edition 1st print of Rifts.
If you're interested in taking a gander at what the last 4-5 years (real-time) have been like;
https://www.dropbox.com/s/91eyms8y9bh1e20/Online%20campaign%20for%205%20years%20plus.zip?dl=0
I also posted the recaps (with user & spectator commentary) in the Rifts dimension books sub-section of the forums, with each "volume" named the same as the files.
Presently down to only 3 regular players but always on the lookout for decent role-players to join the ranks.
Oh; and games are hosted from 8pm till roughly midnight Eastern Time every Sunday (players & situations permitting). If interested give a -ping- on the private message.
Edit Post-Script
Um; NOT a play by post (I do try and have my games "real-time")... but *shrug* If yer still insterested, the above still applies... and yes I know this isn't the 'Gamers looking for gamers' thread. That's the point; I want interested individuals for THIS in specific.
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Re: Reign of the Firebird: Phoenix Force & the Minion Wars
Cool. It is good to see that this has continued over these past few months. It is always fun to read the game play. Please keep it coming!
"Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled or dead?"
"My Lady," the protector of Grayson told his Champion, "I do not wish him to leave this chamber alive."
"As you will it, your Grace."
HH....FIE
"My Lady," the protector of Grayson told his Champion, "I do not wish him to leave this chamber alive."
"As you will it, your Grace."
HH....FIE
Re: Reign of the Firebird: Phoenix Force & the Minion Wars
Aramanthus wrote:Cool. It is good to see that this has continued over these past few months. It is always fun to read the game play. Please keep it coming!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/o7da8br1yza9r55/04Reign%20of%20the%20Firebird.doc?dl=0
Up to date as of two sessions ago.
Bind the body to the opened mind
Bind the body to the opened mind
I dream of towers in a world consumed
A void in the sentient sky
I dream of fissures across the moon
Leaves of the lotus rise
~Dream Again By Miracle of Sound
Bind the body to the opened mind
I dream of towers in a world consumed
A void in the sentient sky
I dream of fissures across the moon
Leaves of the lotus rise
~Dream Again By Miracle of Sound