PharaohMobius 
Poin Protected
Posts: 30
(4/4/04 2:48 am)
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3077: Linky: Why aren't you suing GROPE yet??
Linky: And where's my mail-order Hellboy???
PM: Patience, my young, feline henchlady. I've set up an appoinment with Mr. Shyster for tomorrow afternoon, but we can't do anything else about it right now.
Linky: Oh, all right, I guess. So, what are you guys doing now?
Buffalo: Th' boss is tryin' tuh teach us tuh roll clay!
PM: No, you simpering hayseed! I told you I'm teaching you how to play a paper and dice roleplaying game.
<Sure enough, PM, Sam, Buffalo, and Nick are sitting around the table, with pieces of paper, cards, and dice in front of them. PM also has a big cardboard screen in front of him, with all sorts of charts and information printed on it.>
Sam: I knew some dudes who were way into this stuff back in Law school. It wasn't my bag, but I figure it can't hurt to try it out. <He grins one of his big old Ben Murphy grins.>
Nick: I used to play D&D all the time. When the boss brought this up, it sounded like it'd be kinda like old times!
Buffalo: Mah mamma told me thayit Dunjins an' Dragins was devil worshipin' stuff.
Nick: It is NOT! That is such a crock! Just because there's a little necromancy doesn't mean it's devil worship!
PM: Okay, guys, relax. We're not playing D&D anyway. We're playing my favorite RPG: GOST.
Buffalo: GHOST?!?!? Ah don't lahk spooks!
PM: No, GOST: the Generic Old School Tabletop-rpg. You want to play, Linky?
Linky: I don't know... don't mostly dorks play roleplaying games?
PM: I thought you liked geek culture?
Linky: Well, sure I do. But "geeks" are "cool in their nerdiness", while "dorks" are just... dorks.
PM: Come on, it'll be fun. You don't hang out with us guys much anyway.
Linky: You think that's an accident?
PM: Play the stupid game, or it's no Hellboy for you.
Linky: Yay! Let's play some GOST! <She sits down at the table.> Okay, how does this work?
PM: You decide what kind of character you want to play, and we'll work up some stats for it. I've got the character generation system on computer, so we can have you going in no time!
Linky: What kind of characters can we play?
PM: GOST is cross-genre, so you can play anything you can imagine. Nick is playing a netrunner from a cyberpunk world, Sam is playing a wizard from a fantasy world, and Buffalo is playing a cowboy from a western setting.
Linky: Then I want to play a thief! A halfling thief, if that's ok.
PM: Sure, why not? And just to give your group a bit of muscle, I'll play a martial arts fighter from the Hong Kong cinema world in addition to running the game. <He types some stuff into the computer, and in seconds a sheet prints out. He hands the sheet to Linky.> There. Ready to begin?
Linky: Sure, why not?
PM: Okay, so you've all been moved from your home dimensions to the Inter-Reality Conflict Resolution Center, per the histories that printed out on your character sheets. You have been recruited to help prevent the Chaos Masters from corrupting the worlds of the multiverse.
Buffalo: Umm... whut duz all *thayit* mean, anyhow?
PM: Don't worry, it's just an excuse to get all of these different kinds of characters together to kick ass.
Buffalo: Oh, all raht.
PM: So anyway, you're being sent to the reality of Tai'Chan, the reality of Asian mythology. You have to--
Nick: Do they have computers in Tai'Chan?
PM: No, it's at the tech level of medieval China.
Nick: What a ripoff! How am I supposed to do what I do best?
PM: That's the fun of cross-genre RPGs. They get you to think outside the box and come up with creative solutions to problems.
Nick: Well, does my submachine gun still work?
PM: Yes, it does. Now, you appear in Tai'Chan in a flash of light, thanks to the techno-magical teleporters that the IRCRC uses. You start walking toward the nearest village--
Buffalo: I wanna rahd mah horse there!
Sam: Yeah, Big Daddy. Shouldn't we get horses?
Nick: I want a motorcycle.
PM: <obviously aggravated> Do you want anything, Linky?
Linky: Hellboy. But other than him, no, I'm content walking. ^_^
PM: Okay. Well, you didn't bring any vehicles or steeds, so you have to walk. You don't like it, tough. Anyway, as you reach the top of the hill on your way toward the nearest village, a group of Oni attack you--
Buffalo: Huh? We cain't have horses, but you have a bunch o' ponies attack us??
PM: *Oni*. Oriental demon-goblins. They--
Linky: Demons. Mmmm.... Hellboy. ._.
PM: <getting quite agitated now> Yes. So, the Oni are attacking. What do you do?
Buffalo: Ah shoot 'em with mah six-shooter!
Nick: I rock-n-roll with automatic weapons fire! Yeehaw!
Linky: I sneak around and try to backstab one!
Sam: I wanna cast a spell at them. Can I cast any of these on my character sheet?
PM: Yeah, you can. Which one do you want to cast?
Sam: I like the looks of this "Summon Iffriit" spell.
PM: Okay, great guys! Sam, since that spell has a quick cast time, you get do do your action first. Roll that die there.
Sam: Okay! <He does so.> Ooh, a 20!
PM: That means you get to roll again!
Sam: Cool! <He rolls again.> A 10!
PM: You get roll agains on 10s and 20s. Keep rolling, Sam!
<Sam rolls again. And again. And AGAIN. By the time he's done...>
Sam: 94!
PM: Which gives you a bonus of... <he checks a chart.> 35 to your skill! You got a critical success on your Summon Iffrii--
<Suddenly, a swirling cloud appears over the table!>
Buffalo: Ack! Mamma was raht! <He runs away.>
Sam: What's happening, Big Daddy?
PM: I don't know! It looks like some kind of portal.
Nick: But what's causing it?
Linky: Umm... are you using those dice I gave you for Christmas?
PM: Yeah, why do you ask?
Linky: 'Cause I stole those. From a wizard.
PM: A *real* wizard?!?
Nick: Bah, impossible! There's no such thing!
Linky: Yeah, he was a real wizard. I'm sure he wasn't too happy that his dice got stolen, either. They're probably cursed, now that I think of it.
PM: Now you tell me. Thanks a whole bunch, Linky.
Sam: Uh, boss? Something's coming through...
<Suddenly, a humanoid figure pops out of the portal! He's red, with filed-down horns and a tail, and wearing a trenchcoat with a BPRD patch on the sleeve. He's pretty big, but looks to be in his late teens.>
Linky: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! <She pounces on the new arrival.>
Teen Hellboy: The hell?!?
TmPM
See? I told you you'd get your Hellboy, Linky! =)
Sarcophagus!

Edited by: PharaohMobius at: 4/4/04 2:53 am
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