This is the place to chat when it's not your character speaking.

Welcome!!!

I have given everyone a generic 2nd ed character sheet.

Feel free to use, abuse, rearrange or replace as the whim suits you.

Okay using the rules my character is a pretty tough lady with few weak points but is illiterate, well reading/writing costs 2 nwp slots and well is not a priority for a barbarian. Maybe the mage can teach her to write her name nice though that shouldn't take a proficiency. ;) She is not a dummy she is actually pretty smart and has a decent head on her shoulders though just well is a barbarian and not big on fancy living.

Overall went with a nwp to represent what trade her family did, farming on a homestead and picked up combat favored ones and ones a barbarian that did honest work would have.

Now how much starting gold do we get and any magic items? I suspect not the latter but should have some added stuff just from looting bodies even we were not prosperous.

I am going to be overly trusting, and allow you guys to purchase what you wish, within reason.

Then once you guys are stocked up, we will toss starting cash on top.

You will have the chance to take a wagon with you, once things get going, which I hope will be soon.

Okay a Bastard Sword +5, Chainmail +5, an Artifact or two ...

just kidding - >:)

funny stuff! hehehe... I once had a dungeon master tell me I could have anything I wanted, so I wrote B-52 (which was a famous airplane from years ago, though they still fly) on my character sheet.

He was not amused.

In reply to ADM (msg #7):

Hello all, just making up my Mage character, oh what fun.  Please give me time to complete details but I have to ask, mage spells, do you roll them for us and/or do we get to pick at east one/two?

I have a suggestion here I find works when running a game:

1st Level give the mage one defensive spell, one offensive spell, two miscellaneous spells (not clearly just for combat), one elective anywhere (specialists would add one additional spell).

2nd level two spells (specialists add another one additional spell).

I think at 3rd level that would be fair.

I roll them, and considering the background, you will get a healthy selection of spells in your book.

I will pop over to your character sheet in a little bit and add them.

Guys I've been busy
A friend from out of town, unexpectedly, came to visit. This guy's like a brother to me.

I'll get to my stats tomorrow. I promise

One of the things I am really trying to be serious about with this game is the pace of play.

Not badgering Paladin here mind you, that's cool, but it did put me in mind of this.

In order for the game to not bog down, I am thinking of having a deadline for all character sheets to be complete, I am thinking ten days from now, or March 27th.

The penalty for failure is not expulsion, not right away, anyway, but I am planning on scattering a few magic items around the party, and those who are ready on time will be rewarded.

I am also serious about the posting every three days things. I may stretch it to every four, but if you know you are going to be out for a couple of days, it behooves you to post something in character the day before and the after your absences.

I am very serious about making this happen. I understand this pace is not for everyone, but I do want it to be for everyone who decides to play.

Could everyone who reads this, and still wants to participate please acknowledge this with a short reply?

Thanks.

I just am not sure about gear I would like at least one family magic item like her fathers sword from his days in a major campaign as a young warrior or something. I was thinking of something a Sure Strike weapon its not a 2nd Edition one the weapon would be +1 but the magic lets it determine what it can hit as a +5 weapon in short it could hit anything but just get a +1 magical bonus proper. [Its in fact from the Forgotten Realms 3rd Edition setting but if I get something it would be a weapon she would always use until she passes it on to someone or she dies clutching it.]

Other than that I planned a simple outfit of piece armor using the gladiator list for inspiration and what on her would look good. And some mundane weapons as backups.

But just want an okay on the weapon I plan to name it something since well its kind of customary.

You jumped right over my post, and didn't reply. I am hurt, Stolyn.

Feel free to name a weapon, I will decide what it does later, though the speed at which your sheet is completed will affect the final result!

Okay get done tonight on her basics.

You still haven't commented on my post about frequency of posting, etc. which requested a s response, you chaotic minx you! :C)

In reply to ADM (msg #12):

I am in and can post as often as needed in the evenings.

I am looking at specialty Mages -  invoker/envoker possibly.   More then likely a human though elf is on the list as well as 1/2 elf.  Not multi-classing F/M or F/M/C like I usually do (unless we need that combo in the group) going straight mage.

My main Spell request at low level is Armor, mages need that big time at low levels to survive and of course an offensive spell :)

Name:  Thatch Pathwork

Description/completion of character by Monday/Tuesday night latest.


I will fill in my character details section as I go along getting ready.

Daily on weekdays is fine, the more the better. Seriously. Games that post in days usually die but weekends are usually a good down time.

Greetings and salutations, Stolynn and Thatch ... now, which one of you sinners is going to buy a holy man a drink ?   I'm thirsty.  You're going to get a mention in my prayers ... up to you how that goes.  ;>

Battle priest, equally at home in the thick of the fighting as wrestling for souls.  Somewhat wearied by the war just ended, as there was no clear victory from all that striving and death (blames man, not the gods), but proud that he and his fellows at least fought bravely and with honour.

I'm here just about every day EXCEPT Mondays and Tuesdays, and I've played in ADM's games before and thoroughly enjoyed 'em. :>

I've been working on a thief character, but I've been dragging my feet, trying to decide if I'm the right player for this game, given the heavy focus on posting rates.

I would hate to see you go, but to be honest, if you  don't feel like you can post at least once every three days then perhaps it is for the best. That is why I have been so up front about it.

Let me know...

Soory my character is not done my significant other is Irish, redhead and came in wanting some company if you get my meaning so spent my character time with her. No excuses other than come on who here would pass up being with their lover to game? I thought so.

Oi, I forgot to as if you'll be taking into consideration the Class Ability Minimum Requirements

Of course... to both of you!

I'll give it a shot....

The character is a human thief, goes by the name Shank.  His real name...  That's a closely guarded secret.  :)

Welcome Shank!

... we call them Scouts round here, particularly if you're anywhere near the Paladin and the Priest. <ROFL>

Posting from work.
Just some final things and I'm good to go, and by final things I mean equipment

I like infiltrator a bit better, but I suppose scout works....  :)

This is bothering me any chance we can just get a certain amount of gold and xp value in magic items and we can figure that out this nebulous "pick out stuff and get a magic item later" is bothering me. I like fixed amounts this is not a freeform game the DM should give us clear parameters that is just how I am I like clear numbers.

In reply to Stolynn (msg #30):

I think the DM gives out starting magic item(s) and gold.  Depending on what he thinks would balance the character and game.  Of course he could just let us pick :)


Now who wanted to read and write, Just need a good quiet place and a book or three, some paper and ink.  Might be good to start with drawing in the dirt.  I can get sticks and a nice clean dirt spot to start.

hhmm, Shank, Scout for the Paly and a investigator for the Priest.  Me, I am cool with equal opportunity feller, just not my pouches please :)

Okay Sotlyn, limit yourself to 450 gold, and count your primary weapon as the magic item.

Everyone else, pick whatever regular equipment you want, and magic items will come out soon.

Sorry I just like structure that fits a struggling merc. And the fact she will toss money on her recreation. lol

Not a problem, anything to make my players happy.

Hey guys, new here, looking forward to gaming with you and our illustrious GM!

Haven't figured out my character yet, have to dust off my 2e books.  Hard to believe it's been 20+ years since I bought 'em... :)

From back-reading the posts, it seems the party has a Thief, Barbarian, Paladin, Magic-User, and a Cleric... anything missing?

Fighter with the Barbarian Kit is still basicaly an armored warrior with a big sword.

I think we got the basics covered, so I think it falls back to what do you want to run.  In a gritty campaign, more meat shields... uh, warrior types, is always appreciated by those of us who aren't so combat oriented.

I have absolutely no issue playing a fighter.  I've got the Complete Fighter's Handbook, and the Complete Book of Humanoids... I'll browse both this afternoon and see what I can think up.  I obviously will avoid "paladin" and "barbarian" type kits. :)

Maybe a Flind? hehehe... I have the best picture, if you want to be a stoner Flind who acts as the party man-servant, and can fight as well. Sort of a POW turned friend?

In reply to ADM (msg #39):

A Meat shield er I mean a fighter of any worth is great to hide behind I mean kill all our adversaries while us support group members helps out our way.  Ranger may be good for rounding out fighter classes but a POW flind could be fun to order around um I mean run :)

Had a busy day, guys, but will spend time on the charrie tomorrow.  Doing some reading tonight on the subject... dusted off my 2E stuff. ;)

Good to know. Hope you had a great time with your friends!

Creeping up on the start date. Anyone have any questions, or need any help?

In reply to ADM (msg #43):

To the best of my knowledge, the only thing pending from my end is the specifics of the magical item.  I just kicked you a PM on the subject.

No busy this last weekend being a sidewalk performer have to take advantage of big local events and a autorace through our downtown counts.

I've got my concept down (Elven Ranger with the Beast Rider kit) and have my character sheet mostly done, save equipment. Will have it done by Tuesday, latest!

Hey, what Gods will we be using?
I mean... it's not like it would matter to a guy like me, right?
This message was last edited by the player at 17:25, Mon 26 Mar 2012.

In reply to Elrrogos Brightblade (msg #47):

Memorizing spells?  Do we have to list what we memorize?

I think I am done and ready to go.

In your travels, you have found many different gods who hold sway where they have followers. Your own deities, however, are of the Norse persuasion.



Yes, mages must list the spells they have chosen.

if you check the House Rules thread, you will find a house rule that allows mages to have a target spell that they can turn any memorized spell of the same level into at will, the way clerics can turn any spell into a cure spell of the same level.

Awesome! Hope yer not a mime though... hehehe, just kidding.

And we have spring break so am working harder the next few weeks, no not a mime a folk musician I was trained by my relations in Appalachia. I will try hard to finish my character by tomorrow I was working hard putting in extra hours.

Zydeco? Or the kinds of things Andy Griffin used to sing, like Hang Down Your Hear Tom Dooley?

Anyway, it looks like all of the characters will be done very soon, so I have a hoped for start date this Thursday!

Looking forward to it!

My initial post will have a lot of back story. If there is anything in particular you would like me to say about your character or history 9or anything you don't want me to say) please PM me prior to the grand opening.

Also please remember, as it is the first post of the game, none of it is carved in stone, and I can amend things if they conflict with your idea sense of character.

I have to withdraw the game looks like it would be fun by RL is likely going to get in the way for the next month and a half I just don't have the time to put into this game. And no use holding you all up.

Want to lurk, and I can introduce you to the party when things loosen up a bit for you in RL? It would be a shame to lose you.

In reply to ADM (msg #56):

Lurk, lurk, you will enjoy it and when you feel your free time in R/L can do for some gaming, jump in.

Now of course Thatch should be happy the Barbarian was going to sit this one out.  Being of magic origin and use, Barbarians kinda get jumpy around him, which can be UNhealthy to a mage. :)

But lurk and come back right when we need you :)

Hope things work out in RL and you can rejoin us!

Running longer then I expected. More to follow. Comment welcome on the already posted portions.

I like the write up, but apparently my character as designed is entirely too young.

If we marched out 25 years ago and we were, we'd all be at least 40 or so now.  Is that the intent?

I thought of the option that perhaps our fathers were the original soldiers and we're their bastard offspring with the camp followers, but then vast chunks of my background will have to be dumped and reworked.

Or maybe we joined the forces much later and therefor our characters aren't all that old after all.

I just want to an idea of which way to jump here.

Guys I'm so very sorry, my modem broke and I had to get a new one, but they wouldn't sell one without some bureaucratic stuff first.

I'm back online though

Welcome back Brightblade, glad you've made it!

Shank has a good point, I was working on the premise that your backgrounds were your life up to the time of the start of the war.

In essence, you have all played in this game since then, but we rushed over a few things.

Is that a problem for anyone?

Nice background !  Very reminiscent of Michael Moorcock's works. :>

Only change I need to make to my char is to bump age up to 40.  Figure 7 might have been a teensy bit young to be marching off to war, but 15 is workable.

That's a really cool background!

To make sure I've got this straight - with apologies for any gaffs...

We've all been fighting together for 25 years.  We marched off to war together and have served that time as auxiliaries.  And now the war's over, and we're headed home?

Or did I miss something?

Given that, we should all know each other very well, right?

I have just added the final chapter, which I hope will clarify things. You've all known each other for most of the intervening time. How well you choose to like each other is up to you guys, from personal experience I can tell you the army breeds an amazing camaraderie, but it is not the same thing as friend ship. If any of you choose to be friends, that is, as I said, up to you.

All I request, in role-playing terms, is that you all share the required devotion to returning home to give the game momentum. It doesn't have to last the entire game, but I am using it as the mechanism that should hold you all together until (hopefully) you all find a bond of your own to each other.

There is clearly room for conflict among you, but comrades find a way to make it work, even if they don't like each other.

The thread is now active, as well, so please feel free to start posting.

As an aside, Shank has shared a concern about the duration of the war. Obviously the elf has little interest in if it is ten twenty or a hundred, but the humans might. This time frame is open to debate if requested, but as the background should make clear, it does have to be quite some time.

I'll work with the time frame as is, but I'll have to figure out how to tweak my background and pick a more fitting picture.

I can trim ten years off of it, if that helps any.

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg #67):

As a human, yea trimming 10 years would be nice, being too old to make it home but older and not full of youth works say unless you had some story line where we did not age quiet so quickly due to a magical slow spell or item or something in some battle or some horrific effect by some power hunger person or event that instead of aging us made us younger or slowed our aging process??  Who knows maybe it goes on now and might be a hint that we know something is up and home may be our best course to reverse this??

It shall be done! Does that work for everyone?

Feel free to post in-game too...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg #69):

OK so I will add 15 years to my age.

I'm easy either way - the idea of having fought for a quarter of a century is an interesting one, and I don't mind playing an older character (I'd never envisaged D'Amboise as anything other than mature).

But 15 years is just as good, and if we go with that his age can stay as is.

As the resident elf, it's irrelevant to me, but I tend to prefer 15 years myself. :)

hehehe... excellent, we appear agreed then...

So, how long has it been since we left our homes?  Or if this is more case in point, how much have we aged since we left our homes?

Fifteen years.

Quick question, how does the party feel in general about puzzles?

As a player I love 'em ... as a character ... ah, average INT but good WIS, so happy to rely on intuition over reasoning - yup, I'm in. :>

I quite like puzzles...  I'm not particularly good at them, but I like them.

What Shank said! :)  I don't mind puzzles, as long as nobody minds me seeming like an idiot when I can't figure them out. ;)

In reply to Draugolei (msg #79):

Had a riddle master Bard once, awesome at puzzles.  Me (player, well just say I'll do my best but just do not be mad at me if I just can not get it.  Thatch, his Int will help plus his Wis maybe on checks.  But I am always game, let er rip.

<grins> Didn't say I was good at 'em, just that I likes them. ;>

Main map is an aerial view of your starting point...

We might be nearing the first culling of the herd. Long breaks in posting from several characters concerns me.

Did anyone check the image I posted in the game map (link top center)

Just been waiting on Shank, since he's got point.

Nice image of the "edge of the world".  :)

As I told the GM, had a bit of a health issue but I'm on the mend and back on board.  I've also asked if he'd rather I resign, given the lapse and the concern on this game with posting rates.  Still waiting on a response.

Sorry to hear it man.  Hope you feel better soon, and hope you stay! ;)

In reply to Draugolei (msg #86):

Stay shank, all online games go fast and slow at times so we will keep up with you :)  I vote stay Shank.

The ball is in e GM's court, but keep in mind that he was very forthright with his posting requirements.  Knowing them, I signed up anyway, so if he wants me to step down, I've no hard feelings about it.

No, it's not a problem, don't worry about it...

I've always wondered what would happen if I played as tough as I talk. No way to know... :C)

I don't think another player is supposed to indulge in TPK ! <grins>

In reply to D'Amboise (msg #90):

Is Elrrogos still with us????

I fear not.

Wow, that was a nice write. Hope it reads as cool as it felt.

Hope no one minds the quick bump forward in the storyline. Felt like a good time for a little re-boot, hopefully get things moving a bit.

I am happy with four, if you guys are. If someone has a friend who wishes to join, that is fine, but I don't think I will advertise for anyone else right now.

Is that acceptable?

Need to catch up, but it works for me!

And me ... I feared we'd lost E anyway.  Am holding off posting for the moment as I think Thatch deserves first crack at it. :>

I'm holding off posting because the thread is locked, and I can't. ;)

ack, sorry D., I will fix that right now.

Hey, considering I just moved, and I have had the flu for three days straight, I think I am posting pretty good! woo hoo, three cheers for the GM!

Your posts certainly belied your RL travails - moving house and a touch of the flu-plague are bad enough alone, never mind together !  Huzzah for the GM ! ;>

Dude, you're doing great and your game(s) are a lot of fun! ;)

Ah, couldn't wait any longer - had to get my post in before I go offline. ;>

In reply to D'Amboise (msg #101):great job with the game, sorry long weekend, read posts but could not reply.

Good to go with what we have but I always say, you can never have an extra player on board.

I will respectfully disagree Patchwork, but I like the way you think!

here is the real punchline to Brightblade's joke, as I checked out his character sheet, there was no deity. Hehehe...

Shame to lose a player, really.  But it's kind of inevitable with RPOL or online games in general.

Call be cold blooded I guess, but as a character he hadn't really added anything to the game yet. If he wasn't happy here, I would rather find out now anyway.

If the player wishes to return, I certainly would allow it, but with a new character of course.

I need to have a rule, no posting allowed until your character sheet is finished. hehehe...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg #105):

er um, mine is finished right???

yup, been in enough campaigns where I was the last one playing, kinda sad when that happens :(

tally ho, time to play on....

In reply to Thatch Pathwork (msg #106):

OK, gods then, which book or books are you using?   I have faiths & Avatars and Powers & Pantheons.

Other than a god I see no magical items, did we get anything to start?

Never heard of either of them. The most recent 'dominant' pantheon was that of the Norse, which rode the crest of war across the face of the world. Their powers are ebbing however, and the more local deities are beginning to poke their heads out again.

During the war years you all saw the darkest side of religion, the fervor that leads men (and women) to actions beyond sane.

D'Amobise, as a cleric of Wotan, the all father, has been a guiding light to many, and the faith a clear steady one that matched the day to day necessities of a life at war. A pragmatic god for some, a comfort for others, a convenient lie for others still. Certainly the closer one comes to death, the more many individuals find comfort in faith.

Curve historically worshiped more mild gods, the lords of the Celtic faith being dominant, with deities of strength, agriculture, and fertility getting much respect.

But you have traveled far, and just about any god could have caught your eye... tell me which, if any, interests you, and I will let you know if it will fit in here...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg #108):

OK, I'll look through the "books" and see what Thatch fancies.  Might be a magical based god or a god of many things/resources or ..... lol something that matches his alignment and ideas/traits.

best way to make a god work for a character I suspect... while story chronology would suggest the god or goddess of choice helped make Thatch who he is today, you need to reverse engineer it, because all we have to work with is the current Thatch.

Although it is totally up to you how much, if any influence the deity of choice had, of course...

I figure Draugolei would worship Corellian Lorethon or some appropriate elven diety... :)

Merka worships Lon Chaney Jr., but he can't talk, so nobody knows.  Or cares. ;)

In reply to Draugolei (msg #111):

OK, I will work in what I know about thatch's past.  Please give me a little time as my real life got busy again, lol so much fun.

No rush for any of you ('cept the cleric, who darn well better have a deity! hehehe...) not a requirement, just a thought.

Wotan rules !  Not sure I should be associating with any of these Heathens though ... <grins>

In reply to D'Amboise (msg #114):

Who is Wotan - which 2nd ed deities book is Wotan out of?

My apologies, Wotan is simply another, older name for Odin, the all-father, dominant deity of the Norse mythology.

Thor's dad.

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg #116):

Got it, can look into the Norse mythos then :)

The locals break out odd musical instruments, and begin to sing and dance to their sensuous primal tribal mountain beat...

http://youtu.be/Lk5dOY_ARe8

the next day, the village breaks into spontaneous song...

http://youtu.be/gRdfX7ut8gw

Waiting to see if anyone has anything else to say after the declaration of D'Amboise, then down the mountain you trek...

I will advance things tonight, if no one else has anything to say.

I feel like trying an old school mechanism, if you guys are willing.

In essence, I would like someone to be responsible for telling me when to move on.

For example right now, should I wait? The conversation seems to be going well, but what if it is over? I can't tell. If I move ahead, and someone had two cents to pitch in, then I feel bad stepping on their time...

So how about this.

At the end of each post, give me a Y or an N.

If you are ready to move on, a 'Y' will denote this, if an 'N' it means you hope to continue the discourse.

If I get four 'Y' in a row, (or three days without a post from anyone) I will move on!

Does anyone think that might work?

I'm not opposed to the idea, but whenever one of the games in which I participate has a non-standard practice, I often lose track as to which game has what non-standard practice(s) is in effect.  In other words, I'm good but don't beat me up too badly if I don't remember to Y/N at the end of my posts.

Yeah, hard call.  In most cases I'd be more than happy to move on OR continue with what I'm doing.

Could we have a system Y = want to move on, N = want to continue, neither Y nor N = happy either way ?  :>

The only problem is "neither Y nor N" will quickly become a question mark as to if one specifically is good either way or if it was just an oversight.

Me, I'm almost always going to be a neither Y nor N sort of guy, as long as a lack of participation for 2-3 days equates to the GM moving the plot along.

In reply to Shank (msg #124):

Yea, more then likely it is a long period of non posts that means go ahead and move on.  I will try to put in a OK, we move on unless there is more to say statement when I feel I am done.

Ok, ready to move on, next day please :)

Is that three votes for "we're all happy playing with what we're given; GM to move on at his discretion" ?? :>

With regrets, guys, I'm going to have to drop.  Real Life (tm) is just hammering me and I cannot possibly keep up with the game.  Thanks for the fun times and best wishes!

Good luck Draugolei...

GM, time for a new thread?  And then there were three...

I guess so... sigh... so far three of those who started on a quest of ten thousand leagues didn't even make it seven leagues!!! Maybe I can market myself as a killer GM?

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg #129):

Oh, that would get you lots of players.  Sweeten the deal with triple the experience points and a magic item every league :)

I guess if/when you deem it necessary to call out for another player or two go ahead though I am fine with our three (for now).


Good Gaming Draugolie, look us up if things get better, we may have gone a few more leagues by then :)

We get to keep the wolf, though ?   Merka for second watch ? :P

Goodbye and good luck, Draugolei - hope things improve for you ... and as Thatch says, don't forget about us if/when things get sorted. :>

So, those of us who are left, are we serious about continuing with the game?

I am, you're not?

I plan on sticking around, but loosing three players so quickly tends to have an impact, just wanted to get a read on those of us left and make sure we're planning on sticking around for a while.

Worry not faithful Shank - D'Amboise is here for the long haul. :>

In reply to D'Amboise (msg #135):

Thatch is here past the bitter end.  Game on, I have faith in us to continue.

HE he, snic on that note, I have a trip planned next week, going to my kids Destination Imagination (DI) World Tournament but I should be able to post as I normally  can as I hijack my wife or kids Ipad so do not worry if I go quiet for a day or two.  I am still playing.

what, pray tell, is that thing your destined for??? Sounds rather cool.

Okay, I posted the start of a goblin ambush, and I can't find it anymore...

anyone else know where it went?

I could check my socks ? :>

Okay, I spent about eight seconds trying to do a map, and gave up, so this is the situation.

For descriptive purposes, you were traveling west (not by the compass, but seat-of-the-pants reckoning) down a path which had become the bottom of a fairly deep ravine.

You came to widening of the path, with a path to the north and south, both leading fairly steeply back up in altitude, though not as sharply as the cliff side of the ravine itself.

The entire area is rough brush, high grasses, and rocks, and travel has not been particularly easy.

Straight ahead, as you came down the ravine, was an overhang, with a bit of a view, and another jagged rocky piece of terrain ahead, and slightly below you, though too far to consider jumping, by any stretch.

As the rest of you looked with distaste at the two upward paths, Shank spotted the rope bridge a distance below you, down a series of shelves of stone outcroppings. Not an easy journey, but not too dangerous.

At this point, from the north, the goblins have come around the corner of the upper path, and spotted you.

Where they are, the path is perhaps fifteen feet across. As they get lower, it broadens out to the spot where you guys are, which is about fifty feet wide.

If anyone needs a diagram, let me know and I will try to put something together tomorrow.

Guess I will give things until Sunday evening then proceed with two characters inactive... not sure what else to do.

interesting, perhaps?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tec...Roman-centurion.html

Giving Shank till tomorrow sometime, then I will simply assume he fires arrows. Not a lot of cogitation required right now anyway...

As each of you is far to polite to make a decision without conferring with the others, I am in need of a caller, a person whose job it is to be decisive.

I would like a volunteer, but rather then this turning into a big convoluted debate, I will also accept whomever is left after I get two not-mes, should that be the case.

Hard, as a game master, to move things on briskly without a decider, you know!

I vote for Shank !  No offence, Thatch, but we've previously trusted our fate to our designated scout and relied on his best judgment in character, so to me that fits nicely.

I'd happily volunteer D'Amboise, but given I'm on less frequently than the pair of ye, I'm probably not the ideal choice to keep the game moving, though if I'm the last one with a hat in the ring, I'll cowboy up. ;>

You are the first TOO the ring, but you didn't toss out a not me, per se, so you're still in the running!

I'm not up to actually counting posts, but I suspect you're not the least frequent visitor here, however...

I don't know if"caller" equates to " leader" or not.  If the two are the same, then common wisdom argues against the thief leading, but if you guys want me to be the caller, I've got no particular problem with it.

it is a subtle distinction, but the caller doesn't have to be the leader., The leader refers to a character, while caller refers to the player. All I really want is someone who ends posts with an action for me to take, so I can move forward without seeming to be super bossy.

In reply to Shank (msg #147):

Ha, I am happy to follow Shanks calls.  I assume he is more a decision maker in which way we go, what we choose as a group to do next.  Not a leader ordering us as to what to do.  I.E. Thatch, you must cast Magic missile on this guy, and run down that hallway and give me all your gold.  More like lets open this door to the right, we cross the bridge or we turn right at the fork in the road.   Of course role playing will make things interesting :)

I am thinking of the position as someone who tells me when a consensus has been reached. For example right now, where you are deciding which was to go, D'Amboise has posted a suggestion, I would expect him to wait until you have said something, but he would be the one to say 'we go now', in essence.

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg #150):

hhmm, OK, I posted the bridge too.  Let;s see where Shank wants to go :)

I think D'Amboise fits the leader role but since he will rely totally on his "scout for his decisions, then Shank makes an excellent caller ... there's no point waiting for D'Amboise to "officially" say "we go left" after Shank has suggested that left is the way to go. :>

Though when I say "leader" it's in the sense of realising someone must fill the niche - D'Amboise would expect Thatch to choose/use his spells as he himself saw fit, without any ill-informed guidance from D'Amboise.  He'd be a hands-off leader, responsible for overall policy, but not the detail.

In the current instance, Shank has suggested that the goblin's lair does not lie back up the trail, which informs D'Amboise that the way forward is the bridge.  Thatch has concurred, and GM post pointed out we still have daylight left to attempt the descent/crossing.  Alternative of camping out and risking ambush not so enticing.  So once Shank as caller posts agreement then the bridge is is ! :>
This message was last edited by the player at 04:48, Sun 10 June 2012.

The bridge it is, though Shank will want to spy it out before we cross.

ack, let em fix the post...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg #154):

Sorry to say, well maybe but I will be away on vacation from Wednesday to Wednesday.   I'll do my best to log in with someones phone but that was not too successful last time but I will try to keep up.  You can NPC Thatch if you need to keep things going.

will do, thanks for the heads up.

I'm here, going to give D'Amboise a chance to pipe in though...

And done ! :>

I have no doubt at all that Shank is right and it'll all end badly ... <grins>

Happy Fathers Day...

One more day for comments, then we move ahead...

Sorry gang, I've had a bit of a real life issue that has had me messed up emotionally for a while.  I hope to start working my way back into the swing of things in the next couple of days.

In reply to Shank (msg # 162):

Understand life first, I mean real life first then us.  With summer, we all may be in and out a bit more then usual.   Take your time getting things rightened and then come back to Jamaica man :)

Sorry to hear of your trials and tribulations, Shank ... worry not about us - you take care of yourself. :>

Thanks for the understanding ...

I'm starting to get at a place, emotionally and professionally, where I can start getting my mind wrapped around RPOL again.  :)

In reply to Shank (msg # 165):

Grab it with both hands and do not let go, RPOL bucks and kicks and bites and oh opps wrong game :)  Take your time and jump back on when ready we are here.

Waiting one more day, then moving things along...

In reply to Piestar (msg # 167):

Um, not sure then what Thatch saw since he was looking at where shank was looking so I could make my next action.  Please what did Thatch see as Shank is getting his bow out.

Night time fallen, and the goblins marching towards D'Amboise, mostly. quarter moon tipping the horizon, and a bunch of stars to boot.

One more day, then moving things along...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 170):

??? Posted Thatches action so just awaiting results.  Then will post my next action.  Most likely if I mess up, magic missle the leader.

In reply to Thatch Pathwork (msg # 171):

Note: I will be away Sunday to Sunday and will have NO access to the internet. I have no smart phone nor laptop to access the internet while away :( I will catch up when I get back next Sunday.

Thatch will follow whatever needs to be done for the group to get out and home.

In reply to Thatch Pathwork (msg # 172):

Um, er, not sure how hurt Thatch is, DM?  Thatch current HPs?   Sorry, I should keep better record.

Will be away from Mon to Fri, so try not to let the goblins win in my absence ! ;>

In reply to D'Amboise (msg # 174):

We will invite them in for a 3 course diner and desert afterwards then once you are back we will restart the war :)

I'm baaaack !  Let the war commence ! ;>

huzzah....

Or ... run away ! ;>

In reply to D'Amboise (msg # 178):

holy cow, max missile damage - that aught to show em....

I love it when a plan comes together ! ;>

In reply to D'Amboise (msg # 180):


Side note, may lose electric with this Frankenstien storm, near landing zone but i will keep posting as I can so if I go quiet I will be back.  Luck and be safe to all affected.

Saw something of that on the news - looks to be a bad one, so yes, good luck and stay safe !

sorry, been under the weather. Will catch up soon, promise! Thanks for your patience.

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 183):

You got it.  Gives us time to, well, to, oh ... get better soon it is the holidays and all :)

Dreamer?  Are you ok?

In reply to Brudher (msg # 185):

yea, dreamer every one else we all still good????

All good, boys, all good.  Wotan grant we swiftly dispatch these orcs to whatever cold corner of hell will take them !  ;>

Sorry, dealing with a few things. Update tonight.

Well I am a little pissed. I wrote a nice long post last night, now it's gone. Dangit...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 189):

Sigh, that happens a lot with me, even emails get booted with one wrong key stroke.

I do something here I don't see in my other games and I was curious if anyone noticed and if so, if you like it.

I use the notification to keep the current threads at or near the top.

Thoughts?

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 191):

Tis fine, I check for activity when ever I can :)

I'm fairly ambivolent to the use of the notification setting.

I guess I said it wrong, what I meant was that I keep the current threads at the top of the list.

Funnily enough, I look past the Notice prefix for threads lower down first ... but I'm checking for unread so I soon lift my gaze back up again.

Current discussion in RPoL Development around splitting thread types into subforms, so that would automatically put the current active thread to the top of it's group anyway. :>

As GMs, we just got groups F through U with the latest update.

Ha!  I just re-read that sentence.  It means something very different when you say it out loud.  I wonder if jase meant that as a funny?

Brudher's getting a little paranoid around all these humans.

In reply to Brudher (msg # 197):

If I were you I would too, that is why Thatch is trying to protect you without being to obvious.  he see Brugher not as a Goblin but as a group member now and one to help at least learn and be able to survive in the new world we have pulled him into.

So, just a quick check-up. Is everyone happy with things? The pace seems slow, but it also seems to match  up with everyone's schedule. I'd like to go faster, but I know it isn't likely.

How about the content? Keeping people interested?

Feedback always requested/accepted!

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 199):

Everything is going good, players on there own pick up and slow down the pace so no worries there.  Campaign is going good and - oh boy Fred what has Lucy and Ethel got going on now :)  Shank and D'Amboise :)

Having Brudher the goblin as a group member keeps it interesting and makes us all play the game to the hilt.

When the game started, we were a band of veterens trying to find the way home.  We lost what, half of the group or more very quickly and it really crippled the game, at least in my stimation.  I think we've done alright, but the game lost something that we're unlikely to get back, that "tired soldiers just wanting to go home" vibe.

All that being said, there's no need to try and push the game back in that direction.  I do feel we're hampered by the small number of players, but More players would pull us further away from the origins of the game.

I'm cool with the pacing p.

In reply to Shank (msg # 201):

Yes, the attrition was a big impact early on but I think we all, Dm and players worked through it and so far we have been hanging in there.

Game on :)

Pacing works well for me ... I could go a tad faster, but am more than happy with slow and steady.

I think Shank hit the nail on the head - when we started off, we were all war-weary ... now we're coping with the change in circumstances but in different ways.  Characters who on paper wouldn't get on are doing so, bonded by shared experiences (hey, our new best friend is a goblin !) - I'm certainly finding D'Amboise evolving in a direction I didn't expect - he was supposed to be the strong one, the glue, but I think he's actually very dependent indeed on the rest of you.

So thanks to our GM and my fellow players here - I'm very much enjoying the game. :>

I know what you mean Shank about the attrition early on, and like you don't want to lose the dynamic ... but then we did integrate Brudher rather well ... if our GM wanted to get more players involved then I think the best way would be to similarly pick up strays - others who are outcasts for one reason or another.

I see Brudher more as the 'really irritating kid brother' that was always in those kinda irritating 50's and 60's shows... the one who can actually be helpful and useful - in the right situations.

Of course, I wasn't around for the first several phases of the game.

If we want the shell-shocked veteran thing to take over more, I can work with that.  Brudher also comes from a background that is probably a lot more basically violent with fast death and short life expectancy than what the other three are used to and his attitude would be the "eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die"... but his natural ebullience would keep him from getting too maudlin.

In reply to Brudher (msg # 204):

Na, you are doing good with him now, kinda growing up kid brother with the group.

Yes, Goblins are a violent race and death is quick to one not always keeping an eye on everyone else.

Just to reiterate, the vibe of the game, the weary soldiers looking to get home" is pretty much lost to the game in my experience, but I'm not sayig we need to angle back that way and it would especially inappropriate for Brudher as he's leaving his home and doesn't have the same world-weary background.  Of course, Brudher could have his own world-weary sort of history, but I think Brudher works pretty good as you've been playing him.

Seems to me the burden of world weary soldiers rests on the players. I can't make the world all that weary, at least not the places you have been so far.

That said, I have seen D'Amboise make regular references to his world weary soldier status.

That said, as much as that was the intent I don't intend to impose it on the players, unless you want I should inflict you all with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and night terrors? Easily done...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 207):

ah, wait ,woe halt that last thought, we are playing that role as we try to continue to go home but alas we keep running into side tracks and angles that we negotiate around to get closer to home.   brudher was a oh OK he is OK kinda of Goblin, maybe we can help him get his own home but well he likes following us so he stays as our group member.  Weary yes but always ready to learn, help and keep the party together is thatch plus ever the resourceful one always with something handy :)

I certainly agree that it's heavily in the players arena to keep e world weary soldier thing going if we so wish,

I'm apparently not articulating my thoughts well and I don't know how better to express myself, so I'm just going to let it drop.

I'm not taking it as an indictment of me, if that is your concern, heck, I asked the question, and I am glad for the input. All of it.

I think my perspective is a bit different then yours because, because I didn't feel like the war-weary aspect of the game ever really took off. Though I would have been happier if more players had stuck around, it is the way of the RoPL, (phonetically what, ropple?) we persevere.

As to carrying this aspect forward, I do not believe it is as bleak as that, there is no reason that additional players, if we ever add any, couldn't have been from your home, your unit even, lost along the way. Perhaps enslaved, by chains or the bottle, perhaps acting as a mercenary, or trying to repair the damage of the war thru humanitarian means.

If you wish, I will try to add more of that flavor into the game moving forward. The bottom line is to play your characters as you see fit. I enjoy D'Amboise's style, as well as Brudher, and though I have less of a feel of just who Thatch and Shank are they are clearly integral into the chemistry that makes this the successful game it is, at least in my opinion.

As to the game at the moment, we are at a time where it is all you guys, don't wait on me. Once a course is suggested, and a player or players moves to advance that plan, I will be right there...

To be fair to Thatch and Shank, D'Amboise was reimagined from an earlier incarnation of the same character, so he's been familiar to both our illustrious GM and myself for a whole lot longer. :>

I also think D'Amboise and Brudher are somewhat easier to articulate as they both have some particular traits that easily define them.  D'Amboise sees both Thatch and Shank as his brothers-in-arms, both much smarter than him ... and while he felt (and still feels) a duty/compunction to protect them, the truth is that he is now more dependent on them than they on he.   Thatch seems less intense than D'Amboise, more able to garner enjoyment from this change in circumstances, whereas Shank seems darker, still very much haunted.  Just the way I read it, unnerstan'. ;>

Brudher he also feels responsible for, but envies the goblin's outlook which is almost diametrically opposed to his own.

I'm kinda liking the distractions and sidetreks and such ... in fact, I think our character's goal to 'go home' was more a reaction to the end of the wars, a wish to get away from the horrors and return to the known ... but in truth, probably none of us actually remember our homes that well, or have anyone we're desperate to get back to - D'Amboise's background certainly makes no mention of family.   I think of us as looking for something and that something will change and evolve as we venture on.

I think the "war weariness" should be treated as the plot hook that set us on our current path, something to inform our characters (we describe their reactions in terms of their past experiences), but hopefully we evolve beyond that.

And no, I'd rather D'Amboise didn't wake screaming from nightmares every night, thank ye kindly ! ;>

Shank is a darker character than most I've played and I'm finding a challenge.  His background is heavily mired in ignoble pursuits and he only joined the army because it was his ticket out of the dungeons.  He has long nursed resentments and unresolved issues to address whenever they get home (not that it will necessarily ever happen).

I can't wait until the families see who you've brought home for dinner....

<ROFL>

Well, obviously we'll have to strangle Brudher if we ever do get home.  Just a quaint local custom ...

Such a thing to say to your new brother in law!

Started the new thread, be sure to check the last few posts of Morning has broken, if you didn't catch it all.

What?  No rise out of Thatch at 'horny things crashing through bushes'  ?

:p

In reply to Brudher (msg # 217):

Oh i got it but hey i was trying to stay clean sheeted on the pad man.  tempting but......no harpy's right

Apologies ... couldn't get on from then till now - got a couple of weeks off, so thought I'd be in and out all the time, but seems all the work I had planned to do around the property started happening from day 1 !  Next Tues/Wed should be horrible too, but other than that, hoping things have settled down ! <fingers crossed>

Once more into the fray ! ;>

I suspect even the goat moves faster than me !

In reply to D'Amboise (msg # 220):

Sigh probably but the goat and thatch are only trying to catch up to you so we can coordinate.  Armored vs unarmored and 4 legs does help.

I will be attending a wedding on the east coast this weekend.

AFK 6/19 - 6/25.

The GREAT Goblin.

Perfect timing, he probably wouldn't want to be here to see what's about to happen to him anyway.

Hehehe...

Save me a piece of the cake!


FYI - Update tonight.

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 223):

Fun the Goblin shall have but a Goblin should never have to much fun.   Enjoy your wedding parting.

Note: I will be away next week on vac with very very limited internet access so please bear with my absence till I get back or can post.

Ack, we are being abandoned! I shall be out of town Fri thru Sun, but I'll see if I can get on.

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 225):

oh no never abandoned, just a pause in Thatch's world till his human player returns.

No worries I'll try to log in this week coming up and if needed you can NPC him a bit to keep the game going.  The down side of a 2G phone with no camera or internet.  Heck I still have an antenna :)

I'm here ! ;>

Huzzah!!!

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 228):

Last peaks till next Sunday :)

Posting Thurs (t'morrow)

Unless someone is a stickler for second-by-second play, I'd like to move on to the next apparently inevitable point of conflict.

Thoughts....

Fine by me !  Never wanted to live forever ... :>

Brudher's ready to throw down... or at least take cover!

Well I had hoped for more feedback, but no luck, so I will simply jump forward...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 234):

Sorry, I missed posting here.  I am fine with some fast forward stuff.  Heck I like to think outside the box with Thatch's use of spells and allies actions.

Carry on
my
way
ward
Shank
Brudher
D'Amboise
Yes

I'm always good with moving the action forward.  While I'm quite fond of the play by web world of Role Playing, going round by round does tend to drag a game down in my opinion.  If a short, intense fight takes three weeks to get through, my interest tends to wane.

This has not been the case so much here and lately though, no that I blame on work intruding far too heavily into what's supposed to be my RPOL time.

In reply to Shank (msg # 236):

I like some play by play in fights as long as those playing post it through.  Sometimes it is a you attack they attack a couple of times an your done.

Movement can be quick if the DM story lines it so but heck, I take what ever is dished out just so i am gaming :)

Quick, long, involved or simple... doesn't matter much to me if the writing and the action are interesting.

I tried to use the language module thingy for the Orcs. Wondering who can and cannot read it?

I'm not seeing anything ... but then D'Amboise doesn't speak a word of Orcish ! :>

If you did Private to group Orcish: <text>, then I shouldn't see anything ... if you did Language Orcish: <text> then I should have been able to see gibberish.

I think I did private Orcish, must be my problem. I will try to fix it now.

No way to know if that worked. I would sure like to be able to see my posts from a players point of view.

I can see it all too clearly now ... there's a syntax error - you've got [Language: Orcish: <text>] - need to get rid of that : after Language - should read [Language unknown: <ill>].

I'm old school like you - I type out most the tags by hand ... but the Language one in particular I never get right (apart from anything else, I can never remember if I set up the private group as "Orc" or "Orcish"), so I've resorted to using the drop down menu for it. :>
This message was last edited by the player at 13:47, Thu 18 July 2013.

Sorry about my delays.  Real life is kicking my tail right now and will be until the end of August or so... feel free to NPC Brudher as needed.  I'll post as I can, but  it's going to be spotty.

In reply to D'Amboise (msg # 243):

Is that better or worse D'Amboise?

I can easily knock Brudher unconscious until you return, if you wish!

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 245):

If Brudher can post PM wise every now and then to you and you either have him tied up or NPC'd that will be good since most of us gamers will find was to post :)

if we slow down some to keep everyone at the table, that is fine.

Thatch could always learn Giant speak and all considering how he got to learn Orcish :) some point he had to mingle with the Orcs to speak and read Orcish - he is Thatch Patchwork and working with a giant could be educational if not profitable :)

Not quite ... it was the colon after Language that had to go, not the one after Orcish, and doesn't require putting the actual text in angled brackets - that was just my subtle way of not posting the hidden text for posterity (standard variable notation in my line of work), but I figure everyone's seen it now anyway. <grins>

Currently you have -

[Language: Orcish <Here comes the ship too, right on time. We can sell these off as slaves, and not even have to feed them.>]

Needs to be (and this should only be visible to GM or those who speak Orcish) -

[Language unknown: "Ilhi conameany st il te, eileet in li. Ie all nalo anyoerwit moek we eauiouame, ioudi anyis naoer fo i ck al."]

Edit - note that "the" will translate out ie won't be mangled ... that's because you have an NPC called "The Race Card", according to the cast list.  The engine is smart enough to realise that players will recognise their own names when spoken in any language (a name is a name, no matter what language it's in) ... but a side-effect of that is that the engine therefore renders "the" as a name if any character in the game has a "the" in their name string.   It's intentional - it'd work or "Attila the Hun" or "Kermit the Frog" ! ;>
This message was last edited by the player at 14:23, Fri 19 July 2013.

Ahh, thank you. Yeah, the race card is part of my attempt to ease the creation of character sheets, all of the racial abilities that have been in play are kept there for cut and paste purposes.

Fun to know you can play with how understandable a language is by putting key words into an NPC.

Now THAT's a good idea ... I usually end up hunting around my old character sheets to find a matching race/class combo.  I think I'll set up an offline document and rather than hunt 'em out now, just add to it as I need stuff.  Ta ! :>

Languages functionality is quite clever.  The two variations of it allow for different styles:

Language Orcish: <text> shows the message to those who speak Orcish and gibberish to those who don't.  Simulates different languages without needing anyone to actually speak Orcish or the like.

Private to group Orcish: <text> only shows the message to those who speak Orcish - those who don't see nothing.  This is great for those of us who get our kicks from pidgin translations - f'rinstance you can write "Elen sila lumenn omentilmo" in character, and add the private translation "A star shall shine on the hour of our meeting". :>

Splain! Don't understand your final example...

It's a way of providing a translation yourself to a specific group - completely manual, of course - you don't get the auto-gibberish of the Language command, but you get all the flavour of what is ostensibly the actual words heard.  Example below with the spoken Elvish visible to all and the translation which will only show to any who have private group Elvish, if it exists:

"Lle n'vanima ar' lle atara lanneina," Aurion Moonbeak said casually to the Orc, smiling and nodding at the beast's incomprehension.

Ahhh... so you flavor the gibberish to sort-of sound like the language, a lot of L's for elvish, guttural for Orc, polished and debonair for goblin.... hehehe...

OR if you're lazy like me you just Google it ! <grins>

http://www.grey-company.org/Circle/language/phrase.htm

Clever, of course all it takes for that to go wrong is a player who cuts and pastes your text into google!

True ... but then it does also allow players to share those phrases/dictionaries which gives a bit of versimiltude to the conversations, and even lets other players pick up a couple of words in character - they might learn the Elvish for "hello" and never another word, but they'll recognise it and be able to use it themselves in a consistent manner. :>

I like that, adds a nice realistic learning curve to things.

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 256):

It does add to the game but can be hard to keep up at times.  I had a whole book on Elf chat online reference but over time it died out in a game i was in - heck where is that link?  sigh.  But I am game to try stuff if you guys roll it here.  though my Orcish and Elvish is rough and heck my spelling and grammar with the English language has never been good forget Dwarf or Goblin though, sorry Brudherbut I'll try to learn :)

I like the nickname... from now on yer Brudherbutt, you little goblin you!

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 258):

Oh man, what a typo that was, lol, sorry Brudher but I left out the space so you are now Brudherbut, sigh dumb thumb misstype :)

It won't last for long.... not once Brudher figures out what it means.

And I've been mentally pronouncing it 'BREW-der,' not 'BRUH-der.'

Funny you should mention that. Many years ago, when I lived in Orange County Ca. (home of Disneyland!) I played an on-line game on the primitive bulletin boards of the day, and I found out one of the players lived in San Diego. We hung-out for a day, and it was a trip to hear how different we pronounced so many things from the game.

As to your name, obviously it is your name, so you are correct, but I had semi-rhythmed it with brother, brud'er.

I figure that none of us actually speak goblin.... and perhaps all human PCs are Americans so they chronically mispronounce names even after being corrected!  :-)


... yes, I'm a US citizen...

On an unrelated note, I just noticed that the previous adventures have been pruned away... have they been moved to a different group or are they gone?

Why for you ask?

hehehe...

They be hidden, though.

I've been pronoucning it 'BRU-ce' !  Yes, I'm an Aussie (and a Monty Python fan). ;>

I was going to make a quick summary in character, but with the pruning, I couldn't consult the memoirs...  so I faked it.

Even better! It's always fun a GM to see how players remember things.

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 267):

Yes it is fun to watch us players struggle to remember things, me and D'Amboiuse have to go way back.   Gesh, try 4 years and counting on one one line campaign as an original sigh that takes time to remember the details.

Possibly I'll get Thatches version of his tale told soon but been busy for long posts but he will make a story tale of the groups adventures and a hint at help with slavery, maybe even a bit of joining the crew or something to make an offer worth more then slavery.

Oh, Gm, did Thatch cast all of his spells or is any still in his memory?

Cast them all in the off screen battle, D'Amboise as well.

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 269):

Sigh, I thought so but had to check.   Oh well.

Always good to be sure!

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 271):

i know this is a cop out but if you need/want to move the game along, Thatch will tell a tale as only he could given his backgroud I have played him so far but not really making known he is a mage unless it would put them in a better position with the captain/sailors or when it comes to slave time.

not knowing what the cost is overall  but unless d'Amboise, Shank and Brudher object, maybe a bit of negotiation as in serve aboard his ship instead of slavery.  There would be mutual agreement with more freedom as trust is shown and hey, it might work out for all party's considering we did rescue Brudher when most groups would not have done that :)

I'll try to post out some this weekend but take this as a primer to that idea conversation as i just got home from a double shift and have another tomorrow from 6 am - midnight so time is tight till Sat. (sorry)

Oh, I must confess D'Amboise post on the battles was 99% cut and pasted from DoWs intro. :>

To be honest, I really don't think I could do justice to the atmosphere established/evoked in a few short lines.  Is my NWP Praise GM Outrageously showing ? <grins>

Just a bit, but I am glad you found it memorable enough to consider even cut and pasting!

heck, I'm glad you even read it!

... since Thatch is teaching Brudher nautical terminology...

y'all might live to regret that.

I must consider changing the rating to adult!!!

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 276):

Now worries on my part, I will keep it clean and not actually use the sailor terms, it was just a way to play out the setting in our continual education of Brudher :)  I am not a fan of trolling that deep into the ugly side of things and keeping it enjoyable and not get all messy.

Yer both welcome to make up your own naughty language!

Consarn'it!

If Brudher swears in Sneaktongue (Goblin), who's going to know?

Wotan will know. ;>

and Bargrivyek won't care   ;p

In reply to Brudher (msg # 281):

Magic is all we need cause magic will fix it all or atleast make it all smell pretty
This message was last edited by the player at 23:04, Tue 06 Aug 2013.

Gee, you already know my world so well!!!

Add a free 1st level 'perfume' spell to your books!

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 283):

Ah smell that fragrance, is it lilac, or cinnamon you like best :)

Back.  Reading and will post soon.

One more day for Brudher, then we move forward...

Called into work today and tomorrow.  NPC my goblin as needed.

Gonna give Thatch one more day, then move things ahead...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 288):

opps did i miss something???

One more day for Shank, then  onward ho...

One more day for Brudher, then onward...

D'Amboise, I believe yer on deck for the being the last one to post... hehehehe...

post up.  that chain is held in by super-dooper-pooper magic.

In reply to Brudher (msg # 292):

I will be potentially away form wifi access till Monday so you may not hear from me till then.   If I can get access before Monday I'll post up.

One more day for Thatch then we will move on...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 294):

oh bother sorry forgto to check in will do ;)

In reply to Thatch Pathwork (msg # 295):

OOC - so, the captain and D'Amboise are ocked in a death chain match, Brudher is being kicked around by a sailor and Shank is trying to chop Thatchs chains out.

Is it just two enemy about now?  Besides the chains holding Thatch.

Hmmm... I smell roasted humans.  Tasty.  TPK pending!

Surely not !  Our wills are strong, our spirits undaunted ... oh damn, we're coming back as undead, aren't we ?!!  ;>

well you do have an unquenchable urge to return home...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 299):

hhm, I all of a sudden feel very thirsty - I wonder why and there is no place like home....

Click your heels!

In reply to Brudher (msg # 301):

LOL awesome !!!!!   I want a pair

Just curious, why are all of the in-character threads I can see closed?

Sumbich... Fixed now. User error. I forgot that pinning a thread to the top auto-locks it as well.

D'oh.

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 304):

Ow those pins are sharp and hurt :)

In reply to Thatch Pathwork (msg # 305):

Happy ThanksGiving!!!!!!

Let us give thanks, yes indeed, for our four intrepid adventurers, as well as all the good stuff in RL.

Hehehe...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 307):

amen, I look each day to see what is happening with the four characters anticipating some twist or turn that we must role play our way out of - lol or into :)

Any Eric Burdun fans here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...awb-i9In&index=5

Post is up. Forgive the lack of even a cursory edit, tired as can be.

Let me know if there is anything to fix please?

Didn't spot a single thing to fix ... which is pretty impressive - I can manage any number of mistakes myself, even at the best of times !

And I'd like to say I really enjoyed that shipboard battle ... really had the feel of staying alive one moment to the next (round to round in game parlance, I suppose) - no time for planning or anything in the way of tactics, just reacting and reacting as our fortunes waxed and waned.  Fantastic ! :>

Sweet! Thanks for that, always good to find out things are working the way they should.

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 312):

I second that shipboard stuff, man one minute I thought I was er I mean Thatch was a goner then d'Amboise then Brudher then Shank at various times.  Nice way to bring some interesting story/plot lines into play for each or us.

now to continue our saga :)

One more day for Thatch and Brudher, then we move on...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 314):

I know, i just have been busy enough not to be able to post, just read.  Honey do list with honey watching over me - tomorrow I'll post :)

In reply to Thatch Pathwork (msg # 315):

OK I could not resist and posted tonight :)

One more day for Thatch then we move on...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 317):

Just wanted to wish every one a merry Christmas/holiday - woo hoo!!!

Happy Festivus everyone! Time for the airing of the grievances!!!

One more day for posts regarding the intro to the meal then we move ahead.

Just to confirm, "Returning to your rooms" means we're back on the ship ?  :>

Never left the ship, except for Shank, who returned hours ago.

Time to pack up and disembark!

Ah, the ship's sailing past all of this !  Sorry, didn't quite grasp that, but got it now.  Ta ! :>

My bad...

Not at all ... you never said we got off the ship, I just managed to leap to the conclusion that we were on a guided walkabout ! <grins>

<ROFL>  I've NEVER had so tense and forboding a time just grabbing standard equipment.  Got a REALLY bad feeling about this city, and the likelihood of us getting into serious trouble without even knowing how or why !! ;>

I'll be posting more erratically than usual from today (16th) through the 24th.  Going to visit my brand new nieces (<1 mo old twin girls).  Better my sister than me!

WG

In reply to Brudher (msg # 327):

Have fun and enjoy them, they all grow up too fast and yup sometimes better them then you :)

OK, our character's fates are obviously far less fraught than Brudher's sister's ! That puts things in perspective. ;>

My daughters at 10 and 12 are enough.  Twins?  The idea makes my flesh creep.... and that's a LOT of creeping flesh.

I'm unclear as to what this means.  We have 400 labor hours worth of script.  Am I correct in the assumption that the passage and food all the way to the coast is the offered trade for 400 labor hours?  Seems pretty steep to me, but then I have no idea how long sailing to the coast is expected to take.

Depending, maybe we could get the to sweeten the pot a bit.  We need some weapons, clothes, etc.  Shank has skills working with leather, so if they would just toss in some good quality leather (we don't have the right stuff for tanning leather, so not skins), Shank could at least fashion some clothes, boots, backpacks, pouches and the like.  Armor, with it's needs for extra curing and the like is probably a bit outside what we have available to us.

Shank also has skills with both the lasso and general rope use, so if we could get some rope off the trade, that has some utility as for Shank as well.

In reply to Shank (msg # 331): Shank is quite corect n assumng this purser is trying to take advantage. You could simply dicker with him or try to find out what a fair price is...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 332):

Well Thatch is good at Swimming, Reading/writing, Rope Use, Spell craft, Direction Sense, Weather Sense so he has some other skills plus he can read, write and speak in Common, Elvish, Dwarvish and Orcish.   that does seen high for passage - the start into negotiations begins but also protecting our credits and papers from those whom might like to acquire them by certain type of folks - right Shank so we need to be careful how much and what we say.

Now that we have some cash in our pouches, how do we want to handle spending some of it?

Shank will want to get a new set or two of clothes, silken rope, rations...  I think he has the rest of his initial equipment courtesy of the our rescuers, minus the tools and rations.  Beyond that, maybe pad out his weapon options somewhat (short bow, quiver, arrows).

In reply to Shank (msg # 334):

Yes or intent to re outfit everyone with there missing items and more stuff as needed.  No sense in have lot's of coin jingling around but we spend it wisely.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:58, Fri 28 Feb 2014.

Feel free to shop then, players handbook prices plus ten percent.

Everyone has gotten quiet... did I do something wrong???

Sorry, work's been a bitch and RPOL has had to take a back seat.  I should be back up to speed in a couple of days.

In reply to Shank (msg # 338):

Still here, I work Friday nights and had a busy Saturday -

Ditto, ditto ! :>

Beuller... Beuller... Beuller...

Shank or Thatch have anything to add, or back to the inn?

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 341):

opps forgot to post - kinda waiting on Shank too but will shoot out something today :)

In reply to Thatch Pathwork (msg # 342):

OK, kinda late getting to this so I will post tomorrow - sorry.

No biggy...

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 344):

Sorry, late in form work, I wil be on travel tomorrow so will post when I can.  also travel Monday.

Back Thurs ! ;>

I apologize for my long absence - I'm in the middle of an unexpected and rather abrupt job search.  Things are going to be unsettled in the Wine Guy household for the time being.

In reply to Brudher (msg # 347):

Yikes, good luck. I hope your search is a successful one.

Ack, bummer... good luck! Things are falling apart all over it seems...

Yeah, good luck ! Hope something better comes along ...

3 leads.  Now there's a lot of travel and talking and such for the next two weeks.

My apologies, been dealing with some personal health issues. I should get things rolling again tomorrow or the next day.

Thanks for your patience!

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 352):

Take your time no problem waiting around just glad you are about - personal stuff comes first we will be here when you are ready.  It will be the longest round and record breaking lasting of a magic missile spell :)

Atmosphere !  The director always lingers to build suspense before showing the outcome ! :>

Hope things are looking up healthwise, oh illustrious GM.

In reply to D'Amboise (msg # 354):

I'll be away also Thursday till the 30th so please play Thatch accordingly.

http://io9.com/fantasy-creatur...in-our-mu-1592927219

some funny rp related youtube videos...

well crap.

1st:  brudher can't fight worth beans with his new blades.
2nd:  the result of the argentina/netherlands game.  NOT what I wanted to see.

I heard people saying FIFA wouldn't allow an all European final, and the way Holland played seems to confirm it.

Bah.  Holland played like crap.  Argentina played like crap.  Neither should've advanced.

2000 posts!!

anyone else wish we could 'like' a good post? I sure do... you guys rock!

How's this?

In reply to Brudher (msg # 362):

Awesome :)

One more day for Shank, then we move ahead...

Going to be without computer access for the next few weeks.  In the interim assume D'Amboise continues to attack the bandits ... and hopefully does a lot better with our GM on the Dice Roller than he's been doing thus far !  ;>

Do we want to set up some gambling to play out, or simply use dice?

Sounds like Brudher's not so much interested in gambling, let's just focus on the eating part then, and for Shank possibly some interaction with one of the previously mentioned women loose morals.

Have you a type?

Available...  :)

Young enough to be pretty, but experienced enough to show a man a good time.  Dark and mysterious type if he has his choice.  Good value for the coin.  If it's going to dip too much into his pouch, he'll give it a skip this time 'round.

Feel free to write up the encounter yourself!

Huzzah! The prodigal son has returned, welcome back D'Amboise!!!

Everyone has been doing very well, 1,000 exp for everyone! (Add your 10%'s yourself, those who qualify)

Trudellan may be about to become a PC, yay! We may also have a second new addition, with any luck.

Huzzah!

In reply to The Dreamer of Worlds (msg # 372):

Awesome, potential 2 new additions.  plus 1000 k exp +10%

Fantastic!  I won't be the newbie after 20 months in the game!

In reply to Brudher (msg # 374):

no, I think that's DEFINATELY me now..

O' it micht be me M'lady. "wink"
This message was last edited by the player at 03:14, Tue 09 Sept 2014.

nope.. I'm new to the site and to roleplaying in general, so please forgive any stupid mistakes I make :)

Let me be know'n those that nay be forgivers n' their 'eads will be meet'n me axe. Er... M'lady.

A goblin and a dwarf in the same group...

Fun!

In reply to Brudher (msg # 379):

Oh joy this is going to be a fun group, welcome Ova and of course Trudellan with a wink - the group is rounding out a bit and naturally the group characteristics and characters are a very nice wide range of "talent" lol.

fear not your level of experience gaming, come one come all no matter the talent to play the game is to have character and fun to boot.


Now all we need is an Elf a Kobold and a bugbear join our gang :)