Great moments on this fest with Clara! she try the chainmail and discover that this "little armor" is pretty heavyweighted! Nice battles and most of all, very coolish music!!!
Balloon fest!
It was awesome, with weirdiz in the sky and many people who want to climb in this huge gizmoz!!! Great!!!
Little Red hood
Nop, the wolf was not here this night, but men was all around until late morning, for this sexy red hood! This is Elkie, my young sister from Columbia's years!
EVA WIDERMANN
This german cuty girl rocks!!! She an illustrator for all the games we play for many years!!! This is Eva Widermann, great pencilers and painters for D&D and many other games. I suggest you to watch her gallery, HERE.
Dark Heresy, the WH40K rpg...
Overview
Dark Heresy is a lovely book, it evokes the feel of the Imperium all over again and it’s a heavy book, topping out at nearly 400 pages while WFRP tops at at nearly 250 pages. It’s also remarkable in that, for all that extra page count, it somehow manages to accomplish far less than WFRP does. WFRP is a complete RPG, it contains everything you need to get going and playing in a broad variety of scenarios and set ups. Dark Heresy isn’t, and doesn’t. It is extremely tightly focussed on one mode of play - one that should be familiar to players of the half-arsed pseudo-rpg Inquisitor. This is basically Inquisitor with brass-knobs on and a fresh coat of paint, moved away from the miniature figures set up. In Dark Heresy you ARE servants of the Imperium, you ARE human (no abhumans) and you ARE the retinue of a Mary Sue Inquisitor, running around as his dogsbodies. You’re also restricted to a very tight career path, limited in equipment and hemmed in and railroaded on all sides.
Artwork
The layout and artwork is stunning, I can’t fault it on any level but it does lack some of the grand flair we’ve seen other companies being capable of in their presentation. When you compare Dark Heresy to something like Qin or Cadwallon it no longer looks quite so accomplished or polished and, I would say, even lacks some of the brilliance of the old Rogue Trader, alas. That said the actual artwork is all up to modern standard with the Clint Langely pieces being particularly stand-out. There’s still something ‘missing’ a bit though, it’s just not quite as ‘crazy’ or quite as gothically baroque as many of the old Warhammer art pieces were, not that it isn’t good, but there just isn’t quite as much coherence of vision.
Writing
The writing is clear and workmanlike, so no complaints here. It does what it needs to do capably and well and, other than a few hard to read typefaces, the actual physical writing is clear and the book doesn’t succumb to ‘Ostentatious Border Syndrome’ (OBS, which is an affliction I just made up that affects many RPG companies).
Rules
The rules… well, what can you say about the rules really? If you know Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay then you pretty much know what you’re going to get in Dark Heresy so far as combat, skills, abilities and so on are concerned. It works well, the combat is fast enough, deadly and gory and the Psi Powers stand in - pretty much - for magic. All well and good, proven system, perfectly capable and great for a more gritty sort of game. Huzzahs all around and back home for tea and medals then.
Except…
Rather than the wide open nature of WFRP the character creation and career options Dark Heresy has a ‘class’ based system where you’re locked into a career type from the moment you’re out of the gate, all you can do is specialise and select sub-classes, you can’t swap around and you don’t get the same wonderful background progression that you got in WFRP. Look, the comparisons are inevitable and, frankly, Dark Heresy falls down on this one. It actually manages to accomplish LESS in 400 pages than WFRP does in 250. Less options, less understanding of the universe, less character creation options, instead largely replaced by 40 pages of an adventure, 40 pages of background on the Calixis sector - which we don’t need and more specifics on the Inquisition, which are part of the problem of the constriction of the game.
That 100 odd pages would have been of far more use giving a more complete career system, one with a lot more options, some details on playing Abuhumans or expanding the bestiary to include some of the better known Xeno races.
The character paths etc are a massive leap BACKWARDS for RPG design without even a saving grace of ‘multiclassing’ which even D&D has made just about standard. From the inspiring possibilities of WFRP we’re pared down to a handful of ‘character classes’ all of whom have to play second fiddle to an off-screen Inquisitor and it will take a hell of a lot of work for anyone to salvage the game to be a truly open RPG again. Of course… that’s the hook to sell you their upcoming ‘games’ in the same line, including a Rogue Trader one - but each of these seems to fall victim to the same problem. Each game book details a particular specific instance for a character group, but it doesn’t look like any of them will be open enough to be a truly open RPG.
I’ve nothing against specifics in certain games, SLA Industries has you - in a standard campaign - as being operatives to SLA. But it doesn’t take much tinkering at all in that game to run different campaigns. Dark Heresy is hardwired all the way through to constrict, confine and channel and that’s like being railroaded even before you start playing.
Crab feast!!!
Take some crabs... take many crabs!!! Go with a beautiful but very hungry girl (like... Her, miss Tuong), and you see at the end of the hour what happen!!!
MY FRENCH MAN!!!
This is the DA gallery of my french friend and crazy cook, aka DAVID!!! A huge friend of mine and also an excellent DM on many worlds. He cook, He draw, He write pretty good books, an important guy in my weblife.
Beer & Pretzels 2006
Many gamers, Many dices on desks!!! Good convention for me, less for Loren and Nathanael!!! lol!!! Greenies are absolute weapons!!!
They are the Greenies, my deadly dices for D&D... In fight, only big and nasty monsters resists in front of the Greenies... If I play a small halfling bard... With the Greenies, I'm sure to kill a white dragon!!! lol!!!
My little rpg library... USB keys are more easier for daily uses!!! lol! But books are valuable ressources and I prefer to turn pages and smell old paper...
Stardust trailer
A young man named Tristan tries to win the heart of Victoria, the beautiful but cold object of his desire, by going on a quest to retrieve a fallen star. His journey takes him to a mysterious and forbidden land beyond the walls of his village. On his odyssey, Tristan finds the star, which has transformed into a striking girl named Yvaine. However, Tristan is not the only one seeking the star. A king's four living sons ? not to mention the ghosts of their three dead brothers ? all need the star as they vie for the throne. Tristan must also overcome the evil witch, Lamia, who needs the star to make her young again. As Tristan battles to survive these threats, encountering a pirate named Captain Shakespeare and a shady trader named Ferdy the Fence along the way, his quest changes. He must now win the heart of the star for himself as he discovers the meaning of true love.
100 BULLETS
The plot of 100 Bullets hinges on the question of whether people would take the chance to get away with revenge. Occasionally in a given story arc, the mysterious Agent Graves approaches someone who has been wronged in some way, and gives them the chance to set things right in the form of a nondescript attaché case containing a handgun, 100 bullets, the identity of the person who ruined their life and irrefutable evidence of this. He informs the candidate that the bullets are completely untraceable, and any police agency that recovers these bullets as part of an investigation will, through some unexplained process, immediately drop that investigation and ignore any transgressions related to it.
Though all of the murders enabled by Agent Graves are presented as justifiable, the candidates are neither rewarded nor punished for taking up the offer, and appear to receive nothing other than closure for their actions. Several people have declined the offer.
Agent Graves was the leader of a group known as "The Minutemen", the enforcers and assassins for the shadowy organization known as " The Trust". The Trust was originally formed by the heads of 13 powerful European aristocratic families who offered to the kings of Europe to abandon the "Old World", where they had considerable influence and holdings, in exchange for complete autonomy in the still unclaimed portion of the "New World". When England ignored this proposition and colonized Roanoke Island late in the 16th century, the Minutemen were formed. The original Minutemen, seven vicious killers, eradicated the colony and left behind the message " Croatoa" as a warning. Since that time, the Minutemen's charge has been to protect the 13 Trust families from outside threats as well as from each other. They were betrayed by the Trust and disbanded after Agent Graves refused to re-enact "The Greatest Crime in the History of Mankind". Some of the former Minutemen had their memories wiped for their protection and were living normal, if lackluster, lives at the beginning of the story.
Many of those who are offered the chance for vengeance by Graves are actually former Minutemen, or people who have been wronged by the Trust or its agents. Trusting to luck and the importance of his "experiment", Agent Graves goes on to reactivate several former Minutemen and recruit potential new members during the course of the series, with the tentative help of the Trust's warlord, the shady and double-dealing Mr. Shepherd...
Though all of the murders enabled by Agent Graves are presented as justifiable, the candidates are neither rewarded nor punished for taking up the offer, and appear to receive nothing other than closure for their actions. Several people have declined the offer.
Agent Graves was the leader of a group known as "The Minutemen", the enforcers and assassins for the shadowy organization known as " The Trust". The Trust was originally formed by the heads of 13 powerful European aristocratic families who offered to the kings of Europe to abandon the "Old World", where they had considerable influence and holdings, in exchange for complete autonomy in the still unclaimed portion of the "New World". When England ignored this proposition and colonized Roanoke Island late in the 16th century, the Minutemen were formed. The original Minutemen, seven vicious killers, eradicated the colony and left behind the message " Croatoa" as a warning. Since that time, the Minutemen's charge has been to protect the 13 Trust families from outside threats as well as from each other. They were betrayed by the Trust and disbanded after Agent Graves refused to re-enact "The Greatest Crime in the History of Mankind". Some of the former Minutemen had their memories wiped for their protection and were living normal, if lackluster, lives at the beginning of the story.
Many of those who are offered the chance for vengeance by Graves are actually former Minutemen, or people who have been wronged by the Trust or its agents. Trusting to luck and the importance of his "experiment", Agent Graves goes on to reactivate several former Minutemen and recruit potential new members during the course of the series, with the tentative help of the Trust's warlord, the shady and double-dealing Mr. Shepherd...
International Climate Summit, New York
As cities all over the world consider how to address climate change, a global summit of leaders including former President Clinton and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will convene this week to trade ideas.
Mayors and governors of more than 30 localities from Colombia to South Korea, along with CEOs from a number of international companies, will join Clinton and Bloomberg for the conference that begins Monday evening and ends Thursday.
The gathering is known as the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit and will be the second of its kind; the first was held in 2005, when representatives from 18 cities met in London.
The theory behind it is that cities must play a major role in reversing climate change -- they cover less than 1 percent of the Earth's surface but are disproportionately responsible for polluting it, contributing 80 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.
"Cities must take responsibility for our contribution to global climate change," said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who is one of the participants. A spokeswoman said he will announce his own city's carbon-reduction plan on Tuesday in California before traveling to attend the conference.
Greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, methane and other gases, essentially trap energy from the sun. In a city like New York, the operation of buildings, which consume electricity, natural gas, fuel oil and steam, contribute an overwhelming majority of emissions.
At the conference, delegates "will share best practices, identify collaborative projects and chart future actions relative to reversing dangerous climate change and realizing economic development benefits," organizers said.
Clinton is also expected to make a major announcement involving a cross-section of attendees. After the 2005 meeting, the group of cities formed a partnership with Clinton's climate initiative, which is a project of his presidential foundation.
This week's conference will feature discussions on building greener cities, using renewable energy sources, transforming waste into energy and how to engage the private sector along the way. It comes shortly after Bloomberg unveiled his 23-year plan to make the city of 8.2 million people sustainable over the long term; by 2030, there will be another million people living here.
"This is a particularly fitting time for us to welcome leaders from the world's largest cities here to discuss climate change, share ideas and learn from one another," said Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff.
There will likely be talk of Bloomberg's most controversial program, which proposes charging motorists extra money for driving into the most congested parts of Manhattan as a way to reduce traffic and pollution.
The plan has generated considerable debate in New York City, and the mayor often points to a similar program in London as an example of its potential success.
He was scheduled to travel to Albany on Monday to present the plan to state lawmakers. The Legislature must approve the congestion-pricing scheme, and many say it is a near-impossible hurdle because so many lawmakers from the city's outer neighborhoods of commuters will not support it.
The Bloomberg administration has recently set a goal to reduce New York's emissions by 30 percent by 2030.
The mayor on Friday challenged other cities to follow.
"That means a willingness to face up to our responsibilities, and hold ourselves accountable for making incremental progress," he said. "By doing that, I believe we can meet the three major challenges that we face in energy: Producing more power, more cleanly, using it more efficiently and creating new, sustainable sources."
Judgement
Sin
Shall be the sharp tooth
To reveal Truth’s light.
As the tooth flenses
Away meat, the fleshy dross
To reveal the bone,
My sword brings Judgement
It is the holy flame of
Initiation
I am the Angel
The Messenger sent by God
To pass His judgement
The bright, cleaving blade
Is Themis, birthed within the living
Word of God,
That puts an end to
All signs.
DINANTA... A wonderful french artist
A friend of some of my friends! DINANTA! She's a girl from Bordeaux, France, an artist with many skills and who hope to live of her art... Very difficult, but not impossible for a young woman who create pictures like that! I hope you realize all your projects, Aurelie! The Dinanta's blog... HERENATHANAEL... My rogue modrone
Nathanael, it's my modrone, but also a very good guy from Brooklyn, and my DM for many years! Always here when mood is bad. Always here for a freezy beer! A student in Middle age history, half french and not a so good cooker! The Crowded world is HEREKESSENVAL... My girl
This is my girl, LOREN, a wonderful artist, and a nicy soul, with always a gentle word for her friends. She's a beauty, but this handsome face is truly the less important of her qualities. Enjoy a dance with her, around a beautiful world full of good and interesting peoples... Loren is HEREBatman Begins, trailer...
In tone with the early "Batman: Year One" style comics. As a boy a young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes, a trauma which led him to become obsessed with revenge but his chance is cruelly taken away from him by fate. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with the dangerous but honorable ninja cult leader known as Ra's Al-Ghul, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system whilst the company he inherited is slowly being pulled out from under him. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armored suit leads him to take on a new persona, one which will strike fear into the hearts of men who do wrong - he becomes, Batman. In the new guise, and with the help of rising cop Jim Gordon, Batman sets out to take down the various nefarious schemes in motion by individuals such as mafia don Falcone, the twisted doctor/drug dealer Jonathan 'The Scarecrow' Crane, and a mysterious third party that is quite familiar with Wayne and waiting to strike when the time is right.
Constantine, opening...
John Constantine has been to hell and back. Born with a gift he didn’t want, the ability to clearly recognize the half-breed angels and demons that walk the earth in human skin, Constantine (KEANU REEVES) was driven to take his own life to escape the tormenting clarity of his vision. But he failed. Resuscitated against his will, he found himself cast back into the land of the living. Now, marked as an attempted suicide with a temporary lease on life, he patrols the earthly border between heaven and hell, hoping in vain to earn his way to salvation by sending the devil’s foot soldiers back to the depths. But Constantine is no saint. Disillusioned by the world around him and at odds with the one beyond, he’s a hard-drinking, hard-living bitter hero who scorns the very idea of heroism. Constantine will fight to save your soul but he doesn’t want your admiration or your thanks – and certainly not your sympathy. All he wants is a reprieve. When a desperate but skeptical police detective (RACHEL WEISZ as Angela Dodson) enlists his help in solving the mysterious death of her beloved twin sister (also played by Weisz), their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists just beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles. Caught in a catastrophic series of otherworldly events, the two become inextricably involved and seek to find their own peace at whatever cost.
BLACK KNIGHT HOME
This is my home, a hell for many "good" minded people, the world for the free souls on eath. Discover my passions, judge them if you want, but here, it's my home. The Black Knight home.
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