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Thread: The All Guardsmen Party
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2016-05-02, 01:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The All Guardsmen Party
One thing I'm left wondering is, just what could that great Hulking man-golem thing that was apparently serving the Magos and also leading one side of the fight in the Evidence Warehouse could have been.
Some kind of extra spiffy heavy combat servitor that was being remote operated by the Magos in an unusual display of awareness of morale and leadership by a cogboy?
Some kind of Space Marine sized cousin of the Cherubim?
Some kind of gene-enhanced individual that's not related to the Space Marine form of gene-enhancement?
Greg Sargent is an Interrogator, not an Inquisitor, which means that he basically has a limited, trainee Rosette, like all of the other Inquisitors-in-training that they had been farmed out to up until Sarge's promotion.
I, too, greatly enjoyed the Sock Puppets, as well as the twist about the Diplomat. Helped explain why he was so eager to get Sarge back into his How to Talk to People without putting your foot in your mouth lessons, too.
I figured either the entire group was laughing or really confused about where the GM was trying to go with that one.
Ooo, that'll be fun.
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2016-05-02, 03:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2014
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- Arizona
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Re: The All Guardsmen Party
Sarge is an Interrogator, which pretty much means he's Inquisitor Oak's personal minion and can act with Oak's authority on certain matters. He gets a little junior-Inquisition member rosette (I imagine this as a brightly colored plastic version, possibly with training wheels).
The man we just encountered (let's call him Scissy) is a full Inquisitor, though a very junior one (his sort of final exam as an Interrogator was the whole psyker business with the party). So basically as an Inquisitor Scissy outranks Sarge, but since Sarge is Oak's personal minion, the Inquisitor can't really boss him around too much without starting a pissing match. Of course this whole delicate relationship immediately gets thrown out the windows because Oak just cut Sarge and the party orders to go with Scissy and do whatever the bossy little Inquisitors tells him to do.
In case I decide not to fully explain it in the next chapter for pacing reasons, the Magos likes to grow and flesh-craft humanoid monstrosities. Sometimes their design is based on xenos patterns, sometimes they're based on his own theories, but they're universally made from human-descended genetic material and lack sentience. The Magos refers to them as his "Meat Puppets".
The Magos is nuts.
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2016-05-09, 03:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2008
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- Xin-Shalast
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Re: The All Guardsmen Party
Well, that's one way to deal with the biomass left by people who are too far gone to be lobotomized into servitors or too inedible to be recycled as food, I suppose.
All magos are crazy, but I'd say that's an interesting spin on it. I suppose that would be one way to get around the restrictions on things like war robots, too.
But then I've always been fond of minionmancy, so my perspective is probably pretty whacked to begin with.
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2016-10-06, 04:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The All Guardsmen Party
Really love this AAR and looking forward to the next chapter being published.
Feel like a greedy child whenever I go to the webpage to check if it is ready yet
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2016-10-06, 04:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2016
Re: The All Guardsmen Party
XD
So...I haven't read this yet or looked at the link but wanted to post a thought.
Would an all guardsmen party be like a medieval version of Cops ( or Cop show )? XD
It would theoretically have some interesting campaign value if the DM was creative or writer...
What do you think?
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2016-10-06, 07:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2015
Re: The All Guardsmen Party
That's not where this goes at all. Although that is what I thought it was going to be at first as well before I read it. I was wrong.
It would be an interesting campaign concept. A chance to look at a different part of an adventures world. Actually now I see the party making fun all the adventurers that wonder through town.
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2016-10-31, 09:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2014
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- Chicago
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He's such a tease.
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2016-10-31, 11:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2008
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Doesn't really have much interaction with adventurers, but Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett is probably of interest to you, along with several of the subsequent novels covering the Ankh-Morpork City Watch.
Also, you should totally read through the archives if you haven't already by now.
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2016-10-31, 04:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2007
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I've seriously considered converting the prologue to fantasy. "Everyone build a hundred zero-level commoners. OK, now you're all drafted into the King's Army, off to the Orc-front with you!"
New episode just came out by the way, or ten percent of one anyway. Dunno what the team's mission is yet, but it sounds like they will be back to their roots for a while!
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2016-11-02, 02:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The All Guardsmen Party
If there is a new post up, I haven't been able to access it. The site hasn't been updated since May, as far as I can tell
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2016-11-02, 04:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2008
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- Xin-Shalast
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2016-11-02, 01:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2008
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Re: The All Guardsmen Party
http://boards.4chan.org/tg/thread/50033219
There you are guys. It's pretty partial, hopefully more to come soon.
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2016-11-03, 03:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Yay, thanks! These are always a fun read.
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2016-11-10, 12:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2013
Re: The All Guardsmen Party
Just read the partial post on the official site. I really gotta say, the players involved must have the patience of saints considering what has been thrown at them. Almost as if it were a job in fact.
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2016-11-14, 02:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2016
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Re: The All Guardsmen Party
So, after several days (and one or two very long nights) of reading this campaign journal with almost every scrap of free time I could pull together, all I have to say is that... I'm floored. This journal is extremely well written and I've enjoyed all of the time I've spent on it thus far. I just wanted to drop a message of encouragement for the author. Keep up the good work, dude. This is phenominal
(as a sidenote, I'm hyped beyond belief for the 18th)
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2016-12-05, 06:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2014
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- Arizona
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Re: The All Guardsmen Party
Well, sorry about the long wait, and especially about all the fake-outs and delays, but here's the next part of the Conspiracy Arc:
The All Guardsmen Party: The "Stealth" Mission
http://www.theallguardsmenparty.com/secret.html
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2016-12-05, 06:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2015
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And here I am looking back and forth between that link and my todo list...
Well thank-you for continuing the journal. I actually was inspired by this to make a campaign log of one of my group's campaigns. ... Let's just say that my respect for your work, which was already pretty high, has reached new heights.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go get some things done before my willpower runs out.
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2016-12-05, 10:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Apr 2013
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2016-12-06, 12:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2014
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- Vancouver, Canada
Re: The All Guardsmen Party
This is legitimately one of my favourite things right now. Thanks, Shoggy.
Also, am I correct in thinking that the next chapter will be the last one?Last edited by YossarianLives; 2016-12-06 at 02:08 AM.
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2016-12-06, 09:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Apr 2014
Re: The All Guardsmen Party
Sarg's list is gold, absolute gold.
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2016-12-06, 11:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2014
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- Arizona
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2017-03-06, 05:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2015
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- Victoria, Oz
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Condolences..
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2017-03-06, 11:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2012
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That's rough. I understand how you feel. Please, take how ever long you need.
I'M NOT CRAZY!!
I just find sanity a rather dull affair
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2017-03-07, 08:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2015
Re: The All Guardsmen Party
For those that are confused, as I was, check The All Guardsmen Party website.
Take the time you need, I will be patently waiting for the day you are up to making a return.
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2017-07-28, 04:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2014
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- Tulips Cheese & Rock&Roll
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It's today, it's today!
O boy o boy o boy o boy!The Hindsight Awards, results: See the best movies of 1999!
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2017-07-28, 10:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2017
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2017-07-28, 11:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Tulips Cheese & Rock&Roll
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The Hindsight Awards, results: See the best movies of 1999!
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2017-07-28, 07:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2015
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I am suddenly very glad that I have little to do this evening and tomorrow morning. Not that I expect it to take that long but still.
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2017-07-30, 09:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The All Guardsmen Party
Next part is finally up on the archive, sorry about the long wait, hopefully the next (much shorter) one will be a bit quicker.
http://www.theallguardsmenparty.com/secret2.html
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2017-07-31, 03:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2004
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- Belfast, NI
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Re: The All Guardsmen Party
Hah, wonderful. I managed to see the twist about the Demonhost coming from your writing, and I'm curious as to what point the party were able to work it out. Was it the moment that you've written? Or was it earlier?