In reply to Leroy du Lac (msg # 240):

Group should be up this week;Leroy, Anita, Wiley, Rosewood the pixie, and a brute mercenary who may know Leroy. I would have preferred an archer, but you get what you get.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 241):

Relying on my crossbow skills? Hope the enemy does not have rapid fire then!

In reply to Anita Drake (msg # 242):
i'm also an armbruster!...soon as i can afford one! armor is expensive, but well worth it.

In reply to Leroy du Lac (msg # 243):

Armbruster? I had to look that one up...not sure I see the connection, but thanks for the warning!

Armbruster - Urban Dictionary
https://www.urbandictionary.co....php?term=Armbruster

A faggot who thinks that everyone but himself is a tool.

In reply to Anita Drake (msg # 244)
it was the proper occupational term for a crossbowman, particularly mercenaries.
we have some gay players and people who are are activists for gay rights, so that's probably offensive... just a heads up.

In reply to Leroy du Lac (msg # 245):

I actually did not make that up. If you do a google search on the name, you will, I expect, find the same, though I did find it amusing. I believe the term you were looking for was arbalist, also spelled arbelist.

In reply to Anita Drake (msg # 246):
yeah, i saw it. but the term i gave is correct, so much so, it's actually a surname, in the manner that smith, fletcher, miller, was. surnames by occupation. https://www.houseofnames.com/armbruster-family-crest
This message was last edited by the player at 12:46, Sun 30 June 2019.

In reply to Leroy du Lac (msg # 247):

Really? I could not find it in any of the online dictionaries. Though I did find it as a surname. Is it a french spelling perhaps?

In reply to Anita Drake (msg # 248):
swiss-german, in fact.

In reply to Leroy du Lac (msg # 249):

Ah, that would explain not finding it in an English dictionary...

I assume given that there are gay players/ gay rights activists on here, that the term is being used strictly as a synonym for crossbowperson.

In reply to Ales Konstantin (msg # 251):
absolutely. i didn't even know it was any other thing than it's proper usage, honestly... leave it to urban dictionary to corrupt words, though. lol... i even saw the term in DF henchmen itself!
This message was last edited by the player at 13:06, Sun 30 June 2019.

First link that came up for me on google:
https://www.ancestry.com/name-...n?surname=armbruster

... but then I've trained my google well.

well, when i do get a crossbow, i plan to get a grappling hook that i can fire with the crossbow, to aid me in climbing. i'm also stealthy too, but my mail gives me a small penalty. not too bad, though...
This message was last edited by the player at 15:12, Sun 30 June 2019.

In reply to Leroy du Lac (msg # 254):

I will have to look at what kind of special order that would be. It would have to be a collapsible grapnel in order to be fired any distance, and even then would be a minimum of -2 to aim, as much as -4... They probably have stats for it somewhere...



And yes, I am one of those sctivists. Far too many family members not to be.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 255):

Crossbow Grapnel....................................................................................................$300...........................................9 lbs
*thats from the 4th edition reference handbook, with all the great stuff.*
it's probably meant to be fired from a heavier crossbow, for sure. like fowling and military, or composite, and steel crossbows.
Oh, and we're getting a brute merc, that wants to know me, for his intro?
This message was last edited by the player at 16:36, Sun 30 June 2019.

In reply to Leroy du Lac (msg # 256):

He is a merc, will be traveling with you so to tie things up, you worked the same gig?

Damn it!I was onboarding someone, and they updated their character sheet while I was typing. Forty minutes wasted, allthe work lost. There is a format I need to see to make sense of a sheet. If you do GCA, I need to see it my way.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:17, Sun 30 June 2019.

Very bad Pixie. :(

Goes and sit in corner and leave character sheet alone.

In reply to Rosewood (msg # 259):

I did not communicate that I was working on it still, I had saved while I was reading up on flight speed and basic lift for 5 ST.

I just had a very traumatic experience dealing with a former player who kept rearranging his sheets, and GCA breaks up the templates into an unmanageable (for me) form.

Ok

I understand.  I post and talk to you before I do anything with my character sheet.
Now and in future.  That way I not make same mistake again.

I just looked though the picture.  No pixie picks at all.
I have to make do with close up of face I think.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 257):
yeah, i suppose i could know him from the guild.

Rosewood, you can also format and upload a picture of your own.  Takes a week or two to get approved, but then you can switch to it.  That's what I had to do; couldn't find anything vaguely close.

In reply to Chou-Zhen Mou (msg # 263):

There are about four female pixies. Bummer. Two angels in male, and one that had a detailed archway behind that could be mistake for insect wings...
Rosewood is nearly done, the archer will be dine tomorrow and I will get back to posting

BTW how much for a flyswatter? :P