The Ring Wars Podcast Episode #3: Defining the Project

Marcus Valentine and I sat down and discussed his vision of the first season of Ring Wars: the Rumble in LA. Poker players are to be the focus of season 1, with poker players taking part in the two poker centers of Los Angeles and Las Vegas. In addition to discussing the plan of season 1, Marcus and I discuss boxing versus MMA, Mayweather v. Canelo, and the problems in determining the winner in a boxing match.

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Canelo Over Mayweather

Marcus Valentine, our resident boxing expert, surprised Preston with his pick to win in the upcoming Mayweather v. Carnelo fight.

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The Ring Wars Podcast Episode 1: Introducing Marcus Valentine

I sat down with Marcus Valentine to review his unique history as well as a new competitive reality TV project we have both become involved with, “The Ring Wars.”

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New Gangrel Deck Racks Up a Win

The new formulation of the deck seems to be working well and I’m pleased with it.

04:30 5/13 [ShaneS_C tier] START OF UNTAP PHASE.
04:32 5/13 jonathan_sicari’s pool was 30, now is 28.
04:32 5/13 Added 2 blood to inactive region #2, now 2.
04:32 5/13 jonathan_sicari’s pool was 28, now is 27.
04:32 5/13 Added 1 blood to inactive region #3, now 1.
04:32 5/13 jonathan_sicari’s pool was 27, now is 0.
04:34 5/13 ShaneS_C tier untaps.
04:34 5/13 [ShaneS_C tier] worst draw ever
04:35 5/13 ShaneS_C tier’s pool was 30, now is 29.
04:35 5/13 Added 1 blood to inactive region #1, now 1.
04:35 5/13 [jonathan_sicari] me too, got the worst of my princes in my crypt.
04:45 5/13 [bleakprophet] START OF UNTAP PHASE.
04:45 5/13 jonathan_sicari’s pool was 0, now is 27.
04:46 5/13 preston’s pool was 30, now is 28.
04:46 5/13 Added 2 blood to inactive region #4, now 2.
04:54 5/13 [jonathan_sicari] bleak did say he’d only be able to stay until about 7 mins from now so he may have left?
04:54 5/13 [jonathan_sicari] and he’s not logged in.
04:55 5/13 [ShaneS_C tier] fark me
04:55 5/13 bleakprophet’s pool was 30, now is 26.
04:55 5/13 Added 4 blood to inactive region #3, now 4.
04:55 5/13 [ShaneS_C tier] kill it and get another going ?
04:56 5/13 [bleakprophet] i’m at work, so i can only log in and out briefly
04:56 5/13 [ShaneS_C tier] START OF UNTAP PHASE.
04:58 5/13 [ShaneS_C tier] START OF INFLUENCE PHASE.
04:58 5/13 ShaneS_C tier’s pool was 29, now is 28.
04:58 5/13 ShaneS_C tier draws from crypt
04:58 5/13 [preston] START OF UNTAP PHASE.
04:58 5/13 [ShaneS_C tier] yay
04:59 5/13 preston’s pool was 28, now is 24.
04:59 5/13 Added 4 blood to inactive region #4, now 6.
04:59 5/13 [jonathan_sicari] START OF UNTAP PHASE.
04:59 5/13 [jonathan_sicari] START OF INFLUENCE PHASE.
04:59 5/13 jonathan_sicari’s pool was 27, now is 23.
04:59 5/13 Added 4 blood to inactive region #2, now 6.
04:59 5/13 Move Badger to jonathan_sicari’s ready region
04:59 5/13 Capacity of Badger now 6
04:59 5/13 [bleakprophet] START OF UNTAP PHASE.
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New Version of Barbed-Wire Gangrel Deck

Crypt: (12)
2x Angus the Unruled(G1)
1x Bear Paw(G1)
2x Gitane St. Claire(G1)
1x Katarina (G2)
2x Quinton McDonnell(G1)
1x Anastasia Grey(G1)
1x Camille Devereux, The Raven(G1)
1x Ricki Van Demsi(G1)
1x Zack North(G1)

 

Library: (60)
Master: (10)
2x Blood Doll
Minion Tap
2x Fortitude
2x Haven Uncovered
1x Fame
1x Zoo Hunting Ground
Guardian Angel

Action: (4)
3x Restoration
1x Will of the Council

Retainers: (4)
2x Wolf Companion
2x Raven Spy

Action Modifier/Combat: (1)
1x Ritual of the Bitter Rose

Combat: (22)
4x Claws of the Dead
3x Drawing Out the Beast
3x Unflinching Persistence
3x Wolf Claws
2x Amaranth
3x Indomitability
1x Form of the Ghost
1x Gleam of Red Eyes
2x Skin of Rock

Equipment: (2)
1x Agate Talisman
1x Sport Bike

Event: (1)
1x Urban Jungle

Political Action: (6)
2x Conservative Agitation
2x Kine Resources Contested
2x Archon

Reaction (10):
2x Second Tradition
4x Rat’s Warning / Guard Dogs
4x Cat’s Guidance

 

Hellknight Cavalier Order for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game


As a Game Master who’s been involved in games in the Golarion setting for at least four years, I have always found the concept of Hellknights fascinating. Oppressive knights of order who meet out justice according to the letter of the law. The rules for playing a Hellknight were published in Pathfinder Adventure Path #27 “What Lies in Dust” and present the Hellknights as a prestige class.

Prestige Classes, however, are clearly against the design philosophy of the Pathfinder Roleplaying System. Instead Pathfinder presents two ways to vary core classes within the rules to better customize them to your character concept: those two customizable options are customizable options inherent in the character class itself (orders for Cavaliers, bloodlines for Sorcerers, etc) and Archetypes. Between these two rule features, one should be able to customize one of the core classes to be whatever one wants to represent- in this case, the Hellknight.

Unfortunately, none of the orders really strike me as appropriate to Hellknights. So I came up with this “Order of the Hellknight” for my own game. I am presenting it here for feedback and general consumption. I took one liberty with this and actually changed one of the features of the base class- that of the Banner. This would technically make this an Archetype. But you can simply disregard this switch and use the Order of the Hellknight as you would any other order and it still works fine.

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