Hmmm... the day i have work is when people want to hear from me, how am i not surprised.

Yes for the most part Z's house is...how was it put...."a no fun zone." My wife and I are really into this paleo diet and trying to get our selves right (well mostly me, she has some how avoided putting on any weight since we started dating).  We do have a few sodas left, but please bring drinks and what not. Bring what ever other food yall want the more the merrier.

My wife is planning on making a stew, (its not paleo it has noodles) its kinda like a meatball sandwich stew and so freaking tasty that we have never had left overs with it AND home made biscottii.  If someone wants to take pitty on my dishwasher and the clean up after words, disposable bowls would be nice.

As for coming in character........really......Jen promises not to laugh at you.....much. I on the other hand make no such promises.

Yeah i know it was "compiled" in the 50's (after the Japanese Occupation of WW2) from other various Korean and Chinese arts. That said, everyone in their army learns how use it. Non-traditional stuff, is the sport that it has become, when people learn it more for sparing then self defense. Master Choi was a teacher for the Korean special forces and he always used to say "rules, there are no rules in war, its either him or you. Which do you want it to be?"

that said we still did a lot of point sparing. Now that ive seen a lot of different techniques out there, my favorite is Krav. There are about 40 different "techniques" they want you to know, thats it. But the trick is mastering them. When i get the chance i want to get back into it.

Well seeing as how i own a few knives, military body armor (courtesy of the US Army but its in my supply room), guns and a bunch of 5.11 stuff from my time as a police officer my wife is just going to look at yall and wonder what the hell yall are doing.

Everyone good with the map to my place?

Pirate,

Like Ian said were still early in this. I wouldn't worry about the fists to a gun fight.  At some point, i think we are going to be put in a position to use fists and quite frankly, your the man for that (ive got a 2 in it). Guns are only appropriate when there is no one to come and arrest you for them. At some point we are going to be in Miami, in a crowded place, with innocent bystanders where guns will NOT be appropriate. We as a group though are mostly mortal, we kinda are all like glass cannons. We hit hard, but we take a hit like France fights wars, badly. Heck Steve the Coiffed and Bear didn't even really get to any magic. Bear did get almost eaten by alligators though, which was entertaining.

Also there are alot of specialists in our group, so when its your time to shine you will do well, i think you are the only one with fists that high. Then Steve the bald and i purposely designed our charters as jack of all trades masters of looking good in a suit. So we have a lot of skills but most of mine are 1 ors 2. With stunts to augment the ones i deemed important.

Hell look at things from my characters point of view: 5:30 Am on a sunday he has a dead half shark half socialite on his hands, who has sewed HERSELF into that shark skin. Not to mention shes the daughter of the most powerful man in town. His best friend in Miami and the most knowledgeable man I know on the spooky side (steve the coiffed) has no clue what the hell is going on, and hes the Mage. The man who he would love to drag in on charges but none would stick, and who he acknowledges as an equal (steve the bald) added his own spin on it when he showed up the the prints and gun of the brother of the most powerful crime syndicate in Miami. An "associate" of said most powerful man in Miami has sent his driver "tess" to keep tabs on him (i think).  My crime scene photographer (ashley) happens to know the location of one of the few significant clues we have to date (that photo).  The club hes about to go ask question in, is under the sway of merfolk, and he knows it, and apparently this is tied to them somehow.  He knows The Redneck from previous run ins with steve the coiffed, but has yet to meet the pirate or Pele's simpleton.  And this has all happed BEFORE 1600 on Sunday.  

Special Agent Ian Fabian  (Z  Clued in well dressed FBI agent with a family history)

It will be my house. Im in the DFW area again on Saturday and gone all weekend two weekends after. I will email out the map to my place later this week.

Short Barreled shot guns? really. According to the texas penal code its illegal if its at or under 16 inches in total length, no mater what year it was made in. Ive been to the Gun Store (really thats its name). They didn't really have a lot of stuff the last time i visited, and i really wasn't in the mood to buy, just create a "wish" list. The proprietor wan't really all that friendly either. Even when i explained that i wanted to get my wife her concealed hand gun permit (which she has yet to do).


As for weapon and safites, no law that im aware of (might be a federal one, but im only repeating what ive been told), but for instace if you go to GT distributars if you buy a certain weapon, they are supposed  to ask if you are in the military or law enforcement before they sell it to you. Also certain stores such as academy and walmart can sell certain types of weapon either.

My Fav line of the moment: Crazy Pirate guy...probably has a cutlass and a brace of black-powder pistols


BTW an SMG is illegal, any fully automatic weapon is. The only appropriate way to own one is to have a class 3 licences, which is mostly for companies and people working for Tactical Teams, and even then they only have the ability to carry them though the agency they work for. Also keep in mind, the general public (take away gun shows for a minute) are not allowed to own or have access to weapons, those in the police or military can buy. For instance my M&P 40, has no safety. I could only buy it because 1) at the time i worked for APD and 2) I was in the National Guard (only have to meet one of the criteria)

Bear, I think the rule makes sense, but I see resources as a defining factor in all of it. Take this for example, the best shot in the last company i commanded was a PVT, i dont think hes going to go out and be able to buy a Car 15 without saving up a few months.  

The only reason i say this is a bit more of a game mechanics type thing. A character with a resources of 4 or 5 obviously meant that to be the focal point of his character. Being able to step in with something way out of your league monetary wise seems a little out of touch with the game, unless you have a stunt to go along with it (hey im a gun nut, thats WHY i have a resource of 1 and live in a van down by the river, but i have enough weapons for the FBI AND ATF to have me on their watch lists).  

Also Ren is the deciding factor on it, but we gotta keep him free to design our adventures.

A Tarus, Really? Coundn't you have gone with a Glock 22 gen 2 or 3?  Something else to keep in mind, if she has it for personal protection, there a world of good pocket pistols out there, which would have the concealable aspect.

Shiner Bock is nectar of the gods, but ive sworn off beer for 3 more weeks. Then im going to celebrate with one or 2 and go right back to this paleo diet.