Thread just to talk about 'stuff'.

Anything goes.

Just literally decided to start putting this together today on rpol, and appreciate that i have nibbles already from former players.

All welcome.

This works in my favor since i can have a partial clue in the direction i'll be going and a base start of characters in the party to have a better clue of what needs to be added.

The prologue was originally used in the campaign as a light roleplaying chapter to introduce all the players and characters and will exist for use for players with characters to get their feet wet through the character generation process.

I'm only looking for six to eight players.  In the original campaign i was looking for eight players and it grew to ten cause i have trouble saying 'no'.  So i'll be good to start at six players with the expectation that perhaps growing to eight with a few extra people won't be terrible.


I already have a brave player throwing much of their plot points into a gamble.  That's going to be... interesting.  I have two key concepts that are tentative for those mystery slots, so it'll be interesting to see what the players do with them in the campaign.

I have starts for Aeron and Clotilde, have to deal with dinner so no start for Zander but will get something up shortly.

Character concepts slowly forming, i know what i'm sort of dealing with.  Character stats certain to follow.

For a bit of meta gaming...


Clotilde ~> 2nd Level Fighter / 1st Level Rogue  {Somehow... still looks 16 though...}

Aeron ~> 1st Level Ranger

Zander ~> 1st Level (?) Spellsinger (Bard)(?)

Well its been a pretty groovy day for the campaign.

I have another returning player of old, so that brings us to four players.

All i did was start posting the infra structure and i have four quality players joining already.

It's nice to see that i don't have to look to hard for players, cattle calling the want ads was never something i enjoyed.

Returning players are always nice, theyre familiar with the campaign world, and just need to be updated with the new rules in play.

Zander was actually in the first two renditions of this campaign where were preludes to the twilight campaign.  His bard... and his frevor to play him is the reason spellsingers exist in the campaign.  Though... that means he has a lot to catch up on as far as house rules are concerned.... o.O

Assigning Zander Sol's avatar, because i always thought of Sol as the rock idol of divinties, and gave him the avatar i always pictured for Zander so... yeah... you can have that avatar cause it'll be good for the mood to channel Zander.

Yep.  Good ole' mmc386.jpg  That was his pic back in the day.  Zander would be honored that some god wants to look like him.

Who knows... maybe youre the mortal avatar incarnate of Sol... he is the patron divinity of rockstars, nobles, and corrupt politicians everywhere?


I'm going to limit my in campaign roleplaying updates to one a day.  This is because... i still have things to do like character sheets and concept shake downs for new characters.

I have a very definite direction of where i want the campaign to go, old player characters of note will even show up here and there which is good cause they'll have preset personalities i wont have to think too hard about.

I just realized everyone from the Musketeer campaign rejoined this time around.  I was tempted to reboot that campaign too.  I really liked all the characters from that campaign but decided the scope was too limited and short sighted to maintain.

Just a reminder, the Prologue thread is open and official for campaign roleplaying....  that's where those post should go... not in the private messages to me.

Old methods to share maps are not going to work.

I've given up my webspace, old galleries are gone, and while improved, i'm still not impressed with RPOLs map functions.

We have my battletech campaign to thank for the solution of finding free cloud space to use to share maps.

A folder has been set up for this campaign.

The link is https://mega.nz/folder/AWFCXDgK#9PZ7jF-hc7tI_ifdLMC8fQ

It ... might (?) require you to create a login to see the folder, but then again it might not (i forget to be honest).  It's not terribly hard to do, so i encourage you to.

The Misty Valley is the 'Campaign Map' where most adventures will take place.

'Northshire' is the base of operations where most of you will 'live' when not adventuring.

You all have (1) rank of a profession of your choice for free.  You are limited to how many professions your character can have.  You are allowed to invest skill points in new professions equal to your skill modifiers.

In some cases I will assign a profession for this free skill rank.  If i do not, you are free to select any that you deem appropriate.

I suggest selecting a profession useful for 'gathering' might be a good things... Herbalist, Butcher, Tanner, etc... will have functions to gathering things while on adventure and providing contacts to sell them in town.

When in doubt, you can always ask me how useful a profession will be.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:02, Mon 10 Apr 2023.

Aeron, Victoria is back in the campaign, and like Aeron will have some minor tweaks.

She will actually be the exception and while not an unknown, wont be a close childhood friend to everyone.

Instead she'll be an acquaintance of Aeron, who she has met you all a few times in the past.

She will actually be showing up to 'crash the party'.

Most of you will remember her as the little kid that use to show up once or twice with Aeron in the past.

Aeron will known Victoria for who she is... the crown princess of the Euro Empire.  While he will know this, he won't know what the hell she's doing showing up in the Misty Valley for his reunion.

I think it's nice that under used characters get a second chance at exploring their potential.

^.^
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:21, Mon 10 Apr 2023.

Exciting!

Welcome back Victoria.

Victoria is our second mystery character, and arcane, so we have those checked off on my party list.

I have an open invitation to one player which puts our player count at five, if he accepts.

We have at this time, three slots left.  We currently need a divine caster, but i'm not sweating it.

If we get to the point where we are in danger of not having one, it'll be an excuse for me to roll up an NPC to join.  So that if i take  a break and hand over game mastering to someone else i have an actual character ready to go to play.

Not that i'm complaining but i'm a little surprise everyone was okay to just make human characters with minimal fuss...


Well except for Zander... but he's Zander, that's to be expected.

We are close... to having all the current players together.

I'm inclined to not expand the campaign further at this point and to work with what i have.

It will let me cut the red tape faster since there are less players, and the campaign will move 'faster'.

It won't be anything earth shattering since i'm still piecing character sheets together, but it'll let you stretch your roleplaying muscles and warm to the personalities of the slightly modified characters.

we can call it a day 'early' perhaps and this is the day before the actual reunion, which would explain why people aren't all here and together just yet.


Victoria has already given me the greenlight to start filling out her character sheet to concept, and Zander is familiar with D&D 3.5 and not pathfinder, so i'm just going to go and do most of the heavy lifting and ask them about the fine details when i get to it.

Clotilde has been pretty proactive, and Aeron just got moving which for a second day of unscheduled activity puts use well ahead of the curve.

If we can have everyone settled and full character sheets on the table by this friday i'd be pretty oky with filling out the rest of the party.

The next two players to join can still pretty much play whatever they want, but if we dont get any divine casters, the last two will have to be mandatory casters.  (i would play one as an n/pc, but the other should be a PC and will be put in as a mandatory aspect for joining.)

Thats where we are at the moment.... so... character sheet grinding for me.

I'm just going to hand out equipment and magic items that i deem 'useful' as i go.

It's going to be a really short and abbreviated list... mostly  masterwork items of note, and maybe some magic along the way, we'll see how generous i feel when we get there i guess.

In reply to Aeron Bennett (msg # 12):

Hey Aeron, great to be here.  However, Victoria is vexed at you, so we'll see. ;)

Off to a great start I see...

I personally think we are.

We've gone from... i think i'll start putting infrastructure down for the campaign... and maybe in a week put a want ad out when i feel ready to...

oh... we have half a party so that's grounds for the prologue of a campaign... right?

Who knew?

Worked hard today, and have started character sheets for everyone.

Some player input for things like faith and alignment would be nice.  I'm making presumptions there.

Default 'Favorite' classes have been selected, and default bonus will be an extra hit point.  If this is not what you want you should speak up.

Character hooks have been 'tweaked' a little.

Character Handicaps have been added too.

Characters have spent between 4 and 7 points on character/plot hooks.  That's only a 2 or 3 feats you may never see and a starting trait.


Explanation of some of the things there...

Some characters have 'compulsions'  Hardwired inclinations to do things that might not be in their best interest.  Usually a drawback for something useful to balance the cost.  These compulsions accumulate on the character sheet and go away in one of two ways.  They role play the compulsions and if particularly exceptional and entertaining, the points are reduced or... you accumulate too many of them (over 3) and a compulsion will happen in the campaign that you will be mandatory to follow may occur and you wont have a choice but to follow your nature.

Some characters have 'Manifest Destiny'.  This is the opposite of a compulsion.  You accumulate these over the adventure, sometimes you are rewarded with a point here and there if you do something related that's really impressive.  When you do something related to your Manifest Destiny that you REALLY want to have happen cause its important, you expend these points to make it happen.  Expend enough points and you dont even bother to roll dice, it just happens cause... either it was meant to happen or someone important was listening, heard you, and thought it was a good idea to have it happen too.

A sample of Manifest Destiny in play might be...
If Clotide really needed something to hit, or Zander really wanted to get this really cute groupy as a follower, cause ... well she's really cute.

it might be a 2 point cost, to have Clotide 'True Strike' or Zander 'Charm Person' effects come into play.  No actual spell... no cast time... no notable effects... They just want it to happen really bad and it happens.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:19, Mon 10 Apr 2023.

Something i learned from 4e and thought would be neat to apply is the notion of 'class modifiers' for ability scores.

Not going to go to the depths they do, but i thought it would be nice to apply.

Class modifiers are applied based on your Favored Class.

I will allow characters to add an ability bonus of some sort, based on their class.  (This bonus can not cause the ability to exceed 18)


Aeron   +2 bonus to one physical ability {Guessing Str?}

Clotide +2 bonus to one physical ability {Guessing Dex?}

Victoria +2 bonus to one mental ability {I suggest Int, but if you're not looking to power game i can see Cha too}

Zander  +2 bonus to one mental ability  {Guessing... Charisma?}

Will start looking at racial abilities... Traits... and feats tomorrow.

Everyone is a High Human, so they get to pick two racial perks from being one.  Go read here if you dont know what i'm talking about...

Message #3, Race Quote, High Human
link to a message in this game

Then everyone gets their level 1 feat, a bonus feat for being human and at least one 'trait' (Zander gets two).

You can give me the above information here, or send it in PM.  I'll be updating the public character sheets with the information so its pointless to be shy.

Victoria will have both Scribe and Brew Potion, from being a Wizard / and her blessing so she can actually spend her feat as she likes.  No clue what makes for good wizard feats, if nothing else comes to mind toughness might be good to keep her alive...?

Thanks for all the work on characters.  We appreciate it.

Indeed, thank you for everything.  And yes, she would put that stat in Charisma.  Sorcerers do that, because they use Charisma instead of Intelligence.  But in her case, she's a Princess, so of course it is Charisma!

Thanks so much!

Dex it is, yes, thanks!

I'll shoot you a pm this evening with the rest. First day back at work after a week off and I've been a little distracted.

And yes, Strength for Aeron please.

Sorceress...?  Not Wizard?

Will make magic equipment crafting more challenging, but not impossible.

If you're going sorceress, should take your racial bonus as Charisma instead of Int.

Last call, were going sorceress then?
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:08, Mon 10 Apr 2023.

Oh, I was just making a point, not suggesting a change. But crafting is modified by Int.  If she went Sorcerer, then I would leave stats as the are, or maybe bump one out of Wisdom.  Hmmm.  Both her becoming curious and reading to be a wizard or waking up as a sorcerer and then reading to find out why make sense.  Either way, both her Int and Chr drive her nobility.

mmm....


If you were 'just' a sorceress, i would be okay with going all in with Charisma, but i need Victoria 'Smart' to do certain things, so if you want you can split the bonus to get a 16 in Int and Charisma, but i'm inclined to lean into having you read books and study to get spells as opposed to closing your  eyes and channeling the force to manipulate magic.

Agreed.  And that fits some what we were talking about earlier.  So keep her as a bookish wizard.

And why now, of all things, do I have the video of Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes" stuck in my head?

Zander has a way of doing that to you.

Hey peeps i have an acceptance from the person i invited.

A Pally, so a light divine caster.  Which means you'll get some healing if not a lot.

A bit of Irish descent, which is groovy.

Nice. Good to see some servants of the faith represented.

hm... i suspect anothere old player may be signing on.  if so that'll be my half dozen players with very minimal work from me.

I should nick name this campaign field of dreams... if i game master it the players will just come :D

Oh you have no idea.  I read this at a baseball game.  It is true.  Players remember GMs.  They truly do.

And that post to Zander made me laugh out loud!

You have no idea how hard it was to wrap my head around game mastering for Zander the first time around.  Since then i've learned to take him as seriously as the player does which ... is way different from what i'm use to but amusing for the shock value it produces.

He's like Jim Belushi in animal house, or that blond stoner kid in fast time in ridgemond high .  It's not about being competent in life... it's about being amused in life.

Finally understanding that, i've gotton a handle dealing with him, i'm sure you'll all get the knack for it too eventually.

I've learned that as a player.  None of my characters in your games would doing what Victoria is doing.  It is learning to rp as you can, not as you should.  It makes for more interesting storytelling and more entertaining playing.

Sometimes you just look at what's around and go with it.

You really can't predict how Zander will do things.. so i dont try and just let it come to me and deal with it then.

I can see Aeron is going to be playing the straight man for Zander... poor Aeron.

Somebody had to do it!

That would be Senator John (`Brother Bluto`) Blutarsky.

Jeff Spicoli.

Oh, and 'Hi' Everyone!  New kid on the block here; looking forward to RPing with all of you once I get my character sorted out.

My bad, i you're right obviously but i was close enough for you to recognize my mistakes and know who i meant so not a terrible thing.

Was hoping to see Zander post his response but that might not come so i gues i'm off to bed.

Nite all.

Oh, MOrrigan and Auna should feel free to brainstorm with the other players.  They've gone through the process more or less and might have useful input if asked.
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:15, Tue 11 Apr 2023.

It is absolutely my OCD poking through; and was never intended as a slight to you, Fate.  As you say, it was obvious who you were referring to.


Hi Auna!  Good to have another neophyte aboard, though I suspect that you are not nearly as lost as I am.

Good night Fate.

Hello all

Auna will not be where I wind up in this campaign. The witch with a snow hare familiar is from the before times. For now, I am pondering a concept for this campaign.

Medic!  If you're looking for a class, may I suggest cleric?  We're going to need a healer or two.  I just know it.

I am so waiting for someone to tell Zander that she is a Princess.  Hopefully before she falls down...

There is a clue about you being a princess.  It's in his brain, but that's a twisty maze of passages, all alike.  Might take a little while before it finds its way to the part that thinks about things other power chords, rock anthems, and girls skirts.  When it does he'll figure it out on his own.

Well Victoria was never a part of the Northshire Brat Pack, she was more like Aeron's +1.  It has also been a few years, so that baby faced look has maybe softened.  The two together ... as well as Zander's alcoholic state, suggested to me that she would barely (if at all) recognize Victoria.

Mostly worked on Aeron and Clotilde today.  They're waiting for final player input and will actually be done.  [Clotilde all done, except for skill selection]

I'm waiting on player input for Zander...

I'm contemplating how to handle some things with Victoria.

I'm waiting on character RTJ submissions for Saskia (Final point negotiations) and Auna (i have nothing but a statement of interest)

So... yes... well ahead of the curve at the moment to wrap up by fridays... probably... i have a medical check up coming up in a couple of days though and will be out all day doing stuff... nothing will get done that day.

Prologue seems to be moving along fine with little required of me at the moment, i will interject game master narrative now and then when i think it's important but will work on staying ahead of character generation for now.

Ive died on the hill of character generation too many times to not get ahead of the curve and put it away so i can focus on play.

Much concern seems to be had over a player medic... i will still go on record to say that it's not a concern players should really worry about.  If push comes to shove i'll generate one for myself to join the campaign with or roll up an npc to join the party with.  I dont want any players to feel pressured into playing something to meet the needs of the party and maybe end up with a sub interesting character for themselves.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:33, Tue 11 Apr 2023.

Just something worth mentioning... since more than one player seems concerned about healing.

Currently all of you are Human (high)

you get to pick two racial perks.

You can select Cure Light Wound (1)/Day, which makes your character a pocket emergency healer. You can even cast it more than once by expending 2 mana points to do so...

You should have something from me after I get home from work. One of the two concepts that after jostling for position in my mind would help with the concerns alleviating the need for a friendly NPC to help. The other less so.

Either or is fine.   When the dust clears we'll have six of eight slots filled.  So even if we have zero healing, we still have room to fill that void.

Looks like Auna is going with Mirielle, a half elf, which should be interesting...

Adding a Prologue for her, since i don't anticipate any real problems that should interfere with her roleplaying in prologue.

Working out Mirielle and Saskia a little.

Also firmed up in my head that I'll play a Miko, asian wandering exorcist cleric type.

Very much a medic, which should put Zander's mind to rest.

I've been wanting to see one in play since the east/west campaign.  There is no reason why i shouldn't and with the need for a bit more healing all the reasons that i should.

(in and out to grab/answer messages.  i had a croissant for lunch and that was it for solid food all day...

>.<

i'm going to bed to pass out...

I wish you a restful night's sleep and feeling better in the morning.

* throws flag on field *

Mirielle not going to appear in the campaign, going with a different concept.

My cleric is going to be a miko from asian, and Auna will be playing her kunoichi bodyguard.

Going to avoid serious thinking for now, especially anything that requires math.

This should settle six characters, finalizing details for Saskia, they may be involved in clotildes plot line which is fine, she can use a co-conspirator with her plot line.  The why/hows i'm going to wait till after i firm up discussions with Saskia and i don't feel dizzy from hunger.

(having tea... so something is in my tummy when i sleep... )

We seem to have a pretty solid seven, which puts us pretty good in the 6 to 8 target.

I'm not going to put an open want add out.  Quite happy with the seven (counting myself) forming up a party for adventure.

That said if any of you know a decent player looking for a game, and will vouch for them to make the recommendation, i'll make room and take that new player by recommendation.

Okay... some food and an afternoon nap does wonders for my mental facilities...

Unfortunately things have piled up over the last day or two so... i'm giving myself the day off from the campaign, and probably looking to catch another nap or sleeping early to properly square myself away.

I'm actually okay with the way Aeron and Victoria view their time spent with one another, it probably says something about how they view one another.

Clotilde and Saskia will probably be working through the Stop the Apokalypse plots together.

Sa Mei (Miko Exorcist) and Sara (Auna's bad ass Kunoichi/Taimanin) will be roving around Ghost Busting.  They're both competent enough that Victoria might do something about having them both join PRINCESS... maybe... who knows.

The campaign was still not officially to go online till tomorrow, so we are far enough ahead of my original time table, that i dont mind napping a bit till tomorrow.

We are at seven players, and unless someone has a recommendation, i will leave it there to shake out for a chapter or two.  Sort of a proof of concept shake down to make sure everything is working and players all still want to be involved.

Love all you guys, but history has taught me, that no matter how perfect a party looks, on average at least two will have to drop out or wont work out for some reason or another. So rather do the hassle all at once later, than twice when i don't have to.

Check list for short term prologue wrap up

So were all on the same page...

Things to happen to wrap up the Prologue and then start the actual first chapter.

- Introduce Sa Mei and Sara

- Introduce Saskia

- Clotilde ~> Expose an injury she received recently

- Victoria ~> Inform you that she knows of a salve to treat the injury.


Adventure One ~> Classic Gathering Adventure to get your feet wet, kill a few things, gather a few things, make some coin.  Pretty easy shake down adventure.

I can probably summerize the last two check offs on the list, but thought it might be more fun for the players to roleplay through it while i'm working on character sheets and stuff in the background.

* flag down *

Reminder, Mirielle's introduction was a error on my part, she is not there.

Just had my first decent nights sleep and cup of coffee in two days.

I feel so much better. okay it's a day to be productive in some many things that needs doing including RPOL.

okay included everyone into the prologue (except myself), who i'm giving a pass for now cause i'm spending my time mostly doing character sheet stuff.

I have a lot of work to do for Sara and Saskia, i know.  First in, First out is the order i'm doing stuff at the moment, so the more complete character sheets are getting a glance at first so i can just finalize them, and forget them... which eventually will give me greater focus to deal with these last two~three characters.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:55, Fri 14 Apr 2023.

Okay,

Aeron, Clotilde, Victoria, and Zander are in final stages of completion for character sheets.  Just a few tweaks left.  Unless there is major player objection, they should be finalized soon.


Will work on Sara, and Saskia with more focus now, and start on Mei as well though she's a late after thought, since i want to get all the players squared away first.

Hope to get first drafts out for Sara and Saskia by tonight, and after getting feedback, finalize them by tomorrow... well that's the theory anyways.

Sara has a working character sheet down, in discussion.  Going to find something to nibble then i'll take a look as Saskia.

Clotilde and Saskia get a prelude thread to bum around in.  Nothing to affect any of the other characters, just a prelude bit of roleplaying to get some information across.

Putting you both together in one group was not an accident, rather it was done because they share common ground, and it made sense to do.

For those of you that remember... i am 'semi' using the rule of wounds in this campaign.  Wont be a super focus, but if you take more than 10 points of damage in one go from an attack you took a 'wound'.  Wounds are special injuries that linger and normally leaves scarring.

A cure spell will get the body up and running, but there will still be lingering signs that the body took a nasty injury.

Taking less that 10 damage means you took bruises... cuts... and the like, that you can shrug off eventually given time.

Clotilde shoulder injury was cause by a bear mauling, claw claw, bear hug sorta thing.  not the sorta thing a person walks away from, so a scar from the wound is a minor issue in regards to being dead.

That said, with wounds, there are means to get rid of wounds.  [which will be brought up eventually, since that's the point of the first adventure]

on schedule last touches are being put on character sheets, then i'll give Mei a little love and we'll be ready to start... we can either at that point wrap up the prologue and start chapter one, or leave it to continue in the background (its just roleplaying), which i'm fine with, but from experience people will tend to forget/ignore it in the shadow of the actual adventure.

Going to give everyone the weekend to enjoy themselves (that includes me) and probably start Chapter One on Monday... by then, i believe about everyone should have complete.. or almost complete characters... you wont be waiting on me hopefully if you're not complete at least... o.O

Heh.  'Your Highness' should suffice... :D

True. :)  I am not sure that Zander knows that one.!

In the end Saskia went with simple, which is not a terrible thing, especially for a first time player to my game master style.

I need to spend a little time with Zander, this is actually his first pathfinder campaign, before this campaign started, it was run on Dungeons and Dragons, so he's adjusting to some of the rules, as well as the volumes of house rules that come with it.

That said, i have Mei's old character sheet that i'm mostly going to update, and make campaign legal to use.  I should be able to get that done fairly quickly when i find some time, so i'm going to start setting up chapter one.  I don't expect a need to shove off on chapter one just yet so we still have a little time to wet our feet and figure out the character dynamics in the party.

Its also been years since i've set up to marshal a chapter, then again its only one party so hopefully i still remember how to set them up.

New players to the campaign will have to get use to how economics work in the campaign.

I'm a capitalist at heart, but i run my campaigns as if i were communist.  Everyone has a function, does what they're suppose to do, and if thing resolve nicely everyone gets an equal~ish party split, modified slightly by character level.

Everyone also has an account set up with the Magic Shoppe.

We are technically in a bookkeeping phase, doing light roleplaying.

So... if you have craft projects to be done, now's the time to do it.

Victoria will get to ink two more pages into her book for spell casting, and brew a potion.  PRINCESS will cover the cost for Victoria's crafting so she won't have to worry about it, just pick out the spells and potion you want to craft.

Everyone else can state a craft project... or not.

---

for new players... time in the misty valley passes at the same time as in the real world.  So the seasons and holidays sort of get roleplaying in the campaign too... or a version of them.

The adventure takes as much time as it takes, and the difference is presumed to be bookkeeping phase that happens in between adventures.  During the bookkeeping phase, youre not on adventure and you're living a normal life... more or less.  If this was a comic book you'd be in your secret identity going about your business.  This is why everyone has a profession skill, this profession is what you do during your down time.

Most of the time, this profession is suppose to cover the cost of your lifestyle tax.

old players should sort of remember what i'm talking about, new ones will get the hang of it quickly.  Doing nothing is an option.  If your secret identity is loafing around and being a  potato, i dont mind less bookkeeping for me.

ummm... yeah... yadda yadda yadda...  were almost ready to start.  Im' considering this is a good omen to my usual starts.  Everyone is on track and i'm not drowned in paper work from the get go.  (its nice to have returning players for that)  Very much good with holding off on the last player to add maybe after the first chapter.... if ever.  Will consider it after were a well oiled roleplaying machine, or if we lose a player or two and feel the creative input loss and need replacements.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:23, Sun 16 Apr 2023.

The moment has come...

I'm still finalizing character sheets, but we should all have a good enough idea of what we intend to do to at least start the first chapter.  We should... have full character sheets for everyone by the time actual combat comes along.  Till then, we can get our feet wet and start moving off from the prologue to Chapter one.

I'm not going to close the Prologue just yet.  So feel free to move it along.

The Prologue can be expected to close officially after i have full character sheets for everyone... which should be some time this week at the pace you lot are going.

Okay i'm off to bed now people, play nice.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:28, Tue 18 Apr 2023.

Zander dreams of one day releasing an album that goes Mithral.

"So I got me an office, mithral records on the wall"
"Just leave a message, maybe I'll call"

Aw, c'mon, Zander.  Life's been good to you so far.

"I've got a party, I march in the back. The fighters up front in case I'm attacked."

"I have a carriage, ride in the back"
"I Arcane Lock the doors in case I'm attacked."

Sorry, I was totally blown out of the water by work and such today.  I will catch up tomorrow to post.

LOL

Aeron slipped one in while I was crafting my post.  Great minds think alike!

"My Magic Carpet does one-eighty-five."
"I lost my license, now I don't drive."

"They say I'm lazy, but it takes all my time..."

Sorry to hear that Victoria, when and as you can is fine.

I had a rough day too, woke to a dizzy spell and as i was falling i bounced my face off the corner of my bed.  I sort laid there for half a hour with an ice pack on my face trying to figure out when i felt like moving.

>.<

Some days are like that, hope yours gets better too.

I dont have a strong opinion of how much Clotilde and Saskia know... or don't know about one another.  There are equal pro's and con's either way, so however you two decide to play this out is up to you.  Campaign will adpat either way.

I guess we'll find out. Hopefully there won't be too many curveballs.

I'm off to bed early tonight.

I had a dizzy spell yesterday and bounced my face literally off the corner of my bed as i fainted.

Yes it hurt as much as it sounds but i count myself lucky because if it was an inch or two the wrong way instead of bruising my cheek, i probably would have lost an eye.

yick.

getting old sucks, i tell you.  (my face still hurts)
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Nope.  With just Saskia and Clotilde, there are only curves ... :D

EDIT:  And I hope that you feel better soon, Fate.  Yeah, growing old is not that much fun.  *goes off to do the assigned physical therapy stretching exercises for their shoulder and hip*
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In the event that i just abruptly stop posting for no reason, for say... over a week with no notice...  i think it would be fair to say that something happened to me to keep me off.

Once this campaign gets oiled it's hard for me to presume to just up and vanish for a week with no notice, and no actual sudden excuse that i'm unable to get on.

Even if my computer melts down i should be able to get on the phone and drop a note that i have a problem and can't get on.

Should we go ahead and post in the gathering flowers thread?

The thread is open for business.
I'm letting players float into it at their pace.

Despite zanders best efforts, it looks like we might get decent rest and wake with no hang overs, since Clotilde departure, along with Saskia will be a handy excuse (for Mei at least) to take a pass on over socializing.

Zander still plans to wake up with a hangover.

That's a personal call and full in your right to do so if that's what Zander wants.

Closed out the Prologue, everyone has most of a working character, if not a completed character sheet, which is good enough for me.  Will continue to fill out stuff as we go along, because i dont expect any immediate combat.

Will spend a day or three trying to get the new players (and old players that might have forgotton) up to speed on how things work in Northshire.

{Regarding Banking, Magic, Adventure....etc}

Victoria, is a liiiitle late on check in, she did mention having issues at work, so i'll give her till today to get something in, and if not i'll put an npc blurb in for her to move us along tonight.

It's come to my attention that the campaign is rated 'M' for mature, that's because 'A' didn't exist when i started the campaign.

Are we okay with me changing the rating to 'A'?  It'll ask the annoying questions like your age and birthday after that.  If theres a strong objection i'll just leave it at 'M', but i dont see a reason why i shouldn't change it to 'A' at this time.

Do you have to re-add everyone if the game's rating changes (or does it just prompt for age verification the next time you access the game)?  I don't mind it (and I am of legal age - so, the rating makes little difference to me), but I guess the question is if it is worth the hassle (if there is any).

Fine by me.

Works for me.

I'm fine with it.

It's been brought to my attention that since everyone is '16' it would be a minors violation to have adult stuff, so ... yeah... lets leave it at mature i guess for now.

Now when Zander seduces a lovely maiden they will sit at least a foot apart, with both feet on the floor, and hold hands under chaperone supervision.

Alternately, you could just make us all 18 and not have to worry about it ever again.

One other question.  Are elves under 100 considered minors by RPOL?

Zander beat me to it!  I was thinking along the same lines...

Only if as goblins at 16, we'd all be middle aged...

Ha, I was going to ask the same thing.

Trivia tidbit:

Elves were immune to ghoul paralysis in early editions of Dungeons and Dragons because in Chainmail, the tactical precursor to D&D, inexpensive undead units tended to swarm and easily overwhelm expensive and therefore less numerous elven units.  The immunity to paralysis helped balance this out.

They were also immune to Thoul paralysis in the old Basic/Expert rules as well.

Thouls being ghouls, hobgoblins and trolls crossbred together. Go figure.

you're preaching to the wrong choir.

i dont make the rules, i just try not to get banned by them.

No worries Victoria, sorta know how you feel.

A few years ago during a bad season of allergies, the pollen clogged up my tear ducts and since then i've had trouble tearing, keeping my eyes hydrated.  So this year was sorta bad when the season started,kept me from looking at the screen more than a minute or two at a time, and definitely not enough time to keep up with stuff here and type up responses so i just gave up and rested my eyes.

Got drops yesterday and i'm MUCH better.  Went from maybe 40% well to 80% comfortable with my eyes... still not 100% but definitely better.  Sitting to do turns now that lunch is over with.

^.^

The Magic Shoppe is the financial institution of the campaign.

It exists as a point of convenience for players to deposit coins, so they dont have to lug around a few pounds of coins.

This is actually important because i am a bit of an encumbrance nazi.  So... strength challenged characters should take notice and consider depositing excess coins into account to avoid carry it around.  Honestly... outside of town, you shouldn't need more than a few coins for petty cash expenses.

Will post again in a little while, but my eyes are feeling a little tired, and i dont want to push my luck just yet... so.. a nap is sounding really good at the moment...

I will take advantage of that, being one of the strength challenged individuals.

You're not alone with that.  In a campaign with somewhat low starting ability scores, buying a stat down was a popular method of getting points for what you really needed.  Charisma, Con, and strength were popular targets for this.

You can roleplay the deposit, or state it here for such transactions.

Those dog tags, serve as a sort of 'drivers license' 'credit card' 'passport' sorta id.

Also decided this time around to start a 'safe item deposit service'.  Most common folk won't have anything worth saving but nobles and the like might.  So as a service they will keep something safe for you.... up to the number in your VIP for no additional cost.
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The doors of the Information Mages Guild of Granite Rocks are closed.  Its members are all missing, dead, or have disbanded.  Now the powers that be have to find people, things, and answers the old fashioned way.  This is bad news for them, but good news for you.  You have a knack and a growing reputation for finding things, which means you now have employment offers.  You need these offers or more importantly the gold and silver that comes with them to pay the interest on several debts.  Paying this interest helps keep you healthy and alive.  You're pretty sure that's the way you'd like to stay.

It's a solo one-shot D&D 3.5 noir mystery.

I just lost my second player in a row to real life time commitments.  Time to start over from the beginning.  If you've got spare time for another RPoL game, like the film noir style, and want to take up the role of our detective hero, let me know.

First come first serve.

Zander's roleplaying speaks for itself.

I'm just incredibly pressured at the moment an incapable of taking another time commitment so i've taken a pass.

I'm still playing catchup here!

If I played a detective, it would likely be less Humphrey Bogart and more the humorous and overdone detective of Radio's "Adventures of Sam Spade," as sponsored by Wild Root Cream Oil!

But first things first, gotta finish Vicki, then figure out where we are.  Bad player, bad!

No you were sick.

I was down sick from allergies and bouncing my face off my bed... so yeah i can understand not wanting to think about RPOL.

that said, nice to have you back.

I always liked the hard boiled detective genre but never thought i could do it justice.

I think the Three Musketeer campaign was as close as i got, which was fun, but couldn't be sustained.

I'm fine with hamming it up some.  I sent the Calvin and Hobbes detective strip to a player as inspiration.  Leaning into the genre makes the experience more fun.

Let me know if and when you're ready to play.  It's still first come first serve, but it's possible that others will now politely decline.

I think the Sam Spade, Detective reference to the radio show might be lost.  He had the bombshell blonde as his secretary that he constantly came on to, and yet never followed up on.  And it was always the girl coming in who was in trouble and of course he would take care of it and usually get beat up, threatened, then sometimes arrested before turning the bad guy in and sometimes getting the 'doll' to go out with him.  They are so funny and tongue in cheek.  Tell you what, if you're up for that, I'll listen to them again and knock your socks off... after I give Fate my other abilities, my mystic spells and perhaps a heal ability.  And still be a kick ass Princess.

Sorry guys, i got caught outside during the cold snap and i've been down sick and medicated, so i can't effectively game master for the moment, i think the worst is over, and will post tomorrow at the latest.

Hope you feel better soon, Fate!

Same here, hope you feel better soon.

My youngest is dealing with it as well and she’s miserable.

The super-bloom is happening out here in the West US and it is wreaking absolute havoc on my hay fever.  Allergies suck.  And now it is warm and windy after being the wettest winter on record for a long time.  All types of pollen is being blown all over the place.

Step 1 is always take care of the real life.

Step 2 is the engagement of fantasy

yeah, my allergies have been out of control too... then my diet was messed up from all those test where they dont let you eat and stuff... and then we had a cold snap and i was caught out there with dressed for warmer weather... just... a perfect storm of stupid for me at the moment.

>.<

btw, were all grown ups here, if you want to ask if anyone is interested in playing in a game youre in, i have no problems with you trying to recruit one another like zander did.  You dont have to say may i.

You've attracted a nice collection of great players.

Much better than going to Wanted - Players forum.

detest want ads.

cattle calls suck.

eventually i'll put a note in for a new player but wont be till next chapter at the earliest.

Right, were getting to the point where we need a decision where to go.  Normaly i'd look at the party leader, but that's also an issue, in that we haven't decided on one yet.

Does anyone want to 'Be' party leader?  If theres more than one, we'll throw it up for a vote, If not I'm going to appoint one (probably the person that looks to be the most reliable on attendance).

So, if anyone is interested, I have an opening in a Star Wars D20 game, that has just started with their first mission. It's set in the Rebellion Era, after Hoth. I'd prefer someone take over the Twi'lek scoundrel/soldier that was abandoned, but I'm flexible if you're interested.

I can play a scoundrel.

Sounds fun, but as i've mentioned to Zander i have to pass since i'm tight on time for the short term and need to get things done.

Victoria was last noted as under the weather and a little sick, so i'm going to give her the occassional NPC nudge to have her keep up.

Aeron you still okay there?

Sorry to hear about your Covid woes, Victoria.  Get better snd come back to us when you can (we miss you!).

I will catch up tomorrow, I hope.  The Princess must continue, and I will.  Funny how being stupid sick with flu, then Covid, makes one want to be a fantasy character!

I suggest the fantasy character be a 3rd level paladin - Immune to Disease

Ugh, sorry to hear that. Hope you're better soon!

better now.  Even with vaccines, stay safe, my friends.

I've had five shots and still got it last october, but I will say the effects were very reduced, so I was thankful for the vaccines.

sorry to hear vic, hope the worst of it is over and you're on the mend.

having some issues myself at the moment, between some social obligations and this allergy season.

Son is back from college and sister is coming to visit this week for mothers day weekend too, so... yeah i'm distracted myself too at moment, (sorry peeps)

Yeah, I’m hosting a cookout for the Mother’s Day weekend and my oldest just moved this weekend two hours south of us so upcoming Saturday I might be going to help unpack.

Zander moves Aeron's lower jaw like a puppet's.

"Sure, you can put all that crap on my giant pet bird." says Ventrillo Aeron in a strangely Zander-like voice, but Zander's lips do NOT move.  Erie!  "And hey buddy, here's a few gold pieces to buy beer and drugs.  Anything for my best pal Zander.  Go hog wild!"


That's how I imagine things going down.

Aeron seems to be still making it on, but is in radio silence.

I'm going to presume that means he's suffering real life commitments at this point and put Aeron on temporary hiatus for a bit.

Victoria seems to be on the mend and on the way back, so will leave her alone for the moment.


I have family coming in from area for mothers day weekend.  Which means my sister will be using the computer room/guest room, meaning my access will be hit miss.  So if my attendance take a hit, please be of good cheer and understand why.

Yeah!  Happy (upcoming) Mother's Day everyone!  Best wishes to all of the mums out there; we love the work that you do!

Thanks, will calculate herbs picked, or lack of it when i have a chance, i didnt want to hold up a post just to do rolls and bookkeeping for flower picking.

Hello everyone, I am back.  I look forward to finding my way back in!

Unfortunate, but i have a bleeding hole of silence on potential roleplaying with Aeron.

Will adjust the difficulty for the campaign and just do with out him for chapter one.

Griffin-nip?  Not sure I want to see a frisky griffin fledgling (the size of a small bear).

Well Aeron's out to lunch so nothing to be done with that it seems.  He stayed well out of the way of the cart, till it passes by.

Son goes out to college some time this week, and mom is slated to go off to my sister for a visit in a few weeks, i should have a more normal... schedule too to resume my normal pacing.  Apologies for my distraction.

*pours one out for Aeron's script presence*

His adventuring career was cut tragically short far too soon.  He was a good pal.  Probably Zander's closest friend.  No more guy talk with a PC.  Who now will soar above the clouds on a majestic winged stead?  Who now will protect our beloved princess in her most dire moment of need?  Most tragic of all, now Zander will have to carry all his own gear.

well... one hopes he's on hiatus for only a bit, but i can't plan on that.

After this chapter i'll see about recruiting a new soul or two to fill the ranks so that Zander can male bond with some one.

Well, despite what Zander thinks, Aaron was Victoria's closest friend.  But she is a strong girl (she has to be around Zander!) and so she'll soldier on!

The meaning changes a lot without the comma.

Not in her head. :)

Rather than roleplay it through, I'll just list the possible effects of smoking weed.

Effects for the user appear after d6 rounds of use.        (Actively smoking)
Effects for second hand appear after d6 minutes of affect. (Collateral Effect)

Notes on Phil's 'weed'...

Spell Caster Effects

Con - The relaxative effects of the weed will reduce the known spells  equal to their spell modifier.  Lost spells are randomly selected.

Pro - The relaxation effects of the weed allows the character (once per day) to recover 'castable' spells equal to their spell modifier.


Combat effects

Has a detrimental effect on reflexes, reducing Dexterity by two (-1 Armor and Intiative) and Attack Rolls by one.


Save effects

Penalty
Sleep  save penalty of -2
Eating save penalty of -2

Wake   save penalty of -4

Pro - Benefit from 'Restful Sleep'
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic...lls/r/restful-sleep/

---

Eating Mushrooms

Duration - Varies with consumption

For duration

Penalty
Suffer ('occassional') Random Hallucinations
Save vs Will to 'disbelieve'

Pro
See the possibilities and spontaneously cast any spell available to your class.
{Normal spell cost}

Have an epithany and spontaneously cast any spell
{Add one level to spell cost, ie lose a 2nd level spell to cast a first level spell.}
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Sorry wrapping up some domestic lose ends, not the least is preparing to ship my mom off to Florida for a few days to visit my sister.  Much prep to do for this, but it'll just be me and the Hubbie in the house for a few days after that, i can't remember the last time the house was this empty...

Any who, old players walked in and will be joining us which will help make up for the loss of Aeron, or...be the eighth... regardless, we had the room so it should be fine.

They're thinking of playing a spellsinger/bard and... they're (i think) a red head.  I know both those things get put on Zander's radar pretty fast.

Good day all and yes very much a red head!

Thank you very much Fate for the add to the game.

Zander pinches himself.

Dael just released a video with ideas stolen (adapted?) from video games.
https://youtu.be/C9JM7MrtL3U

Two of them I really like.

1) Phased Boss Battles

She also touches on various ways to make dragon battles more interesting in this video:
https://youtu.be/B3VV47A5-ks

2) Character Bonds


Many of us run games too, so I'm not posting this only for Fate to possibly incorporate into our game.

Hope you feel better soon, Fate.

Oh, and I am back!  Still a touch jet-lagged, but back.

Hope you feel better soon. I’ll be back from vacation Wednesday.

Wednesday is just about when I leave on vacation.

Take care, Fate.  I am around, and leaving a present for Zander, 'ere he goes away. :)

Just got home the other day.

Long story short, i'm not as young as i use to be and should probably cut down on some things.

Good news for you is that i'm not cutting RPOL out.

Bad news, is that i probably need a day or two more to close out some of my other activities.  I'm either quitting, or taking a long hiatus from my renders at this time and i just need to wrap up and close my pixiv gallery in a timely fashion.

Give me a day or two more and i should be back online... in the meantime i'll read up on what i've missed to try and catch up.

I know how you feel.  It turns out I'm not as young as I used to be, either.

I'm glad you're still doing RPOL.  :)

I am actually out of the house, visiting a friend, but she's letting me use her computer so i can actually post.  Being out of the house also means i'm free of the normal chores and domestic distractions, though it means i dont have photoshop and wont be able to make maps.

I gave it some thought and decided to do a simple swap between Aeron and Kristi.

I'm not sure what happen to Aeron, he just fell off the map one day way back in May.  It is what it is, just means the math still works, that no matter how great the group feels, that there will be attrition.

I'm just going to presume that Kristi has been here 'all the time'.

She has only the vaguest of character work done, but she (i think) is playing a previous character which should make her easier to fit in.  She's one of the Orphans that Caroline takes care, and has been brought up living under her sweatshop like conditions, though she's getting old enough that she's going to be thrown out soon as a full fledged young adult.

Mea culpa!  I forgot to welcome, Kristi!  Looking forward to RPing with you!  It'll be good to have another redhead around.

Makes two of us!  I'm so busy worrying about what to post I forgot to see someone new!  Welcome, Kristi!  Unfortunately, Victoria will still miss Aaron, but what can one do?  Princesses don't marry for love anyway! ;)

Quietly posting effects of Phil's stuff.

Hello all and thank you for the welcome.

Yes definitely leaning towards Kristi from the orphans.

Since Kristi is taking Aeron's place that clearly means Zander is now sharing a room with an orphan, right?

lol  I'm sure it's not going to work out that way (yet).  Welcome to the game, Kristi, whatever room you end up in.

Umm... errr...

Maybe... Kris might throw Zander out and tell him to sleep in the common room?

Though to be fair she's use to sleeping in a bed with four or five other bodies shoe horned in.  While it was snug the close quarters did help to keep people warm since she skimped on blankets as much as beds.

tempted to skip the plot forward but leery of doing so since i'm not home.  So will postphone that for a few more days.

So i'm going to be looking to tie off loose ends in the inn and get you off to the rest of the adventure.

You skip one combat encounter this adventure since you took the 'long' 'safe' route, which led to an amiable encounter with Phil.

So i only have one... maybe two combats to work out to put a pin in this prelude~ish adventure.

Anyways, thats the state of affairs at the moment, and where i'm at.

Sounds like a plan. A good plan. A wise plan.

In reply to Sara (msg # 172):

*gives you a cookie*

Not terrible.  Better would have been to keep the game on the rails and not drop the ball.

>.<

I am making the best of it, and just trying to put it behind me and move on though.

God help me, if i can get things where i want it, we'll be looking at something close to a combat map in a week or two... maybe.

I aspire to get home tonight, which means i will be able to post at earliest tomorrow since i'll be decompressing tonight.

Get any last minute roleplaying done that you want done, and if you have out of roleplaying objectives to accomplish or establish with other players you can state it out of character, and i will take them into account tomorrow when i post a skip forward out of the Inn and get you on your path to the graveyard (finally).

Aeron leaving, or having never existed, and taking his Gryphon with him, puts Zander back at medium encumbrance, which also keeps him from participating in the title activity of the adventure.

So given the strange choice of doing the adventure or wearing armor, I'd pick the adventure.  Should I roleplay giving my armor to Aeron to take back to North Shire, or does he not exist?  If he doesn't exist, should I leave it with Larry?  Maybe the armor is covered in the same retcon that replaced Aeron with Kristi.

The party can spend some coin for a pack animal?

I saw my first concert since the pandemic, Saturday.  There were quite a few Zander-like moments.

I saw mine last October and damn if I didn’t get covid at it, although mine was very mild. I guess with a crowd of 15k it was to be expected.

Went to see my second and third last month and seeing another in four weeks. Crowds have been at capacity so I guess we’re back for music st least.

I've only ever been to one live concert... a Pink Floyd one back when i was in college...

I can't count how many I've been too, probably close to 200. I try to go to 10 or so live shows a year. I'm a musician myself, and was in a rock band, and just love live music.

I used to love going to concerts but after my spouses brain surgery they can not take going to a concert any more so in a way I just let them go out of my head.

Edit -

Also I apologize if I have not been interacting much.  Right now observing what is going on and learning how you all interact and how I want Kristi to fit in.  That and I have to work on the Kristi with GM when time permits.

:)
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I went to see Matchbox 20 a month ago.  23000 people.  It was postponed twice because of Covid.  We got to see it and it was amazing.  First concert in 5 years.  I loved it.

They say that first step is the hardest, so now that i've made it, hopefully i can stay on track and update reliably.

Being the leader, I need to think.  So I will post tomorrow.  Continue and she will keep your ideas in mind.

On Fate's suggestion I open to the group.

I am currently on fence and want to see if any of the group has a preference between a spell singer or oracle.

I am not saying this will be my final decision but I would always accept feedback as right now I am borderline on the fence and if there is something the group would rather see then I would go forward with it to see if it is possible in my mind.

Character classes dont explain much about a character concept, perhaps if you go into more detail on the concept it might be helpful?

[will hold off a day to give victoria some time]

Fair enough.

Both concepts are similar as personalities will be the same but

Kristi 1 - This one will be very much the Kris from the other campaign



Kristi 2 - This one while having the original out look will change somewhat



I am leaning towards the first but open to suggestions and if you have questions will happily answer them.

Thank you Fate.  I was all ready to make decisions, then Zander knocked on my door.  What's a girl to do?

I will look at things seriously tomorrow and make some decisions.

Letting the Victoria/Zander conversation play out for now, but when i get an update on party march order and what not, would prefer for it to be moved to the light roleplaying thread.

Think of that thread as a sandbox to roleplay between players that dont need a game master to referee.

A quick question, and this comes from probably needing to do some research.  Is there a reason that some of what we seek would only be available at night, or is the prime time for many of these flowers/herbs more based on whether they are at their best in the morning, midday or early evening?  If that is the case, then if would make sense to only split the group in terms of who is picking and who is on watch at various times, which everyone still present together.  If there is one or two of the items at night, then that could indicate that we perhaps retire early and have someone/someones on watch at night while someone picks.

And if I need to ask this IC, I will.

OK, how's this?

Kingpin got me workin' a pill factory
Tomb of Horrors got me stealin' a phylactery

Ghost Mushrooms are near invisible during the day, but have a slight florescent 'tell' that gives away their existence at night when it's dark.

Okay people roll for the activity they want.  I was going to hold off on post for Sa Mei, to  let the party have a wider variety of choices, but decided to post to give you a example of what i'm looking for.

I will roll randomly to see if you have a day or night encounter, and will present the starting point and map when everyone checks in.

(Will have Victoria assign people after a day or two if i dont hear from you.  If she doesnt make post, will just randomly place people and start a few days after that.)

Sounds good to me and I am up for whatever I get put.  I am just trying to solidify Kris in my mind before I go full bore.  I am down to the two choices at least.

:)

Just waiting on thoughts from last PM and no rush as I know you are busy.  Me I am suffering Monday morning.

Clotilde is probably best suited to guard the others.

She doesn't have any knowledge or profession skills geared towards identifying/collecting plants, etc (she's a thief and a fighter, what can I say) but she does have ranks in things that are good for watching and guarding.

Take a  campwatch, either day or night is my suggestion.

Oh, oh.... Guard me, guard me!  I need to be watched very closely!  Very, very closely!

Anyhoo, Saskia has some facility with herbs (even if her player's luck with the RPoL dice roller sucks).  So, she'll likely be searching for stuff.  She's willing to do night or day (either would be interesting to her), though I suspect that night is supposed to be the more lucrative; so, perhaps she should target that - unless, of course, you metagame and take into account her player's (lack of) dice luck and want to keep her away from the high value stuff.

In any case, I will try to get an IC post up this evening, if possible (i.e. the Fates willing).

Yes, a campwatch I suppose.

As for Saskia, I have my eye on you...

Go roll some dice.  Failure to roll, is fine, but presumes failure.

aspire to post a map tomorrow, upon which time i will just drop people on the map in a haphazard best guess sort of effort.

I will try to get a post up tomorrow but am heading to the city first thing.

For now I just finished up work and after another disastrously long week am happy that here at least we have a long weekend.

I will post tomorrow. Recovering today after running a 12 hour tabletop game yesterday, also taking care of all the chores I ignored yesterday to do that.

Okay currently we are in 'pre combat'.

Any player that is awake that makes their perception roll, may have a full round to act.  Move... cast prep spell... take cover... wake people up... whatever.

Dialogue up to three words is a free action.

Move action or standard action will allow for dialogue up to a sentence (seven words + Int Modifier)

If you're willing to throw a full action into dialogue you can get 2 sentences or so (plus a short comment of 3 words) out.


Using a skill or casting a spell is a standard action.

Drawing a weapon is a move action (unless you have +1 BAB attack, where upon it's a free action)

First combat of the campaign, so... i'm taking this slow, particularly since we have players at Gen Con and what not.  So while I'd like to resolve this in a timely manner, i'm not going to super stress you with a deadline for turns at this time.

Oh...

Those map links SHOULD have the password to access the maps included in the link, but... if you can't see the folder, let me know and i'll investigate.

Will give Clotilde (the last PC with really a decent roll to do something) a little more time to post something (hopefully) and then get something up tomorrow.

Sara is at Gen Con, and Victoria is down sick.

So if you're going to wake anyone up, i suggest it be Kris.

I didn't know Clotilde was so alluring that she could distract Saskia.

just the way the dice went.

Officially entering combat.

Aspire for timely turns, but given that i myself have issues with timely turns, i feel it's unfair of me to ask for them.  I'll settle for getting them as soon as you can, and i'll process turns as quickly as i can once theyre all in... or just process partial turns in a few days if most of the turns are in.

@Saskia if it helps the dice roller is not liking me this week either.

Not liking you?  The dice roller is letting you sleep in.  Sleeping in is a wonderful, wonderful thing.

Aspire to update today/tomorrow.  mostly waiting on Clotilde at the moment, the other party members have doctor notes in for one reason or another and are out of touch.

I should be back now after the Con and the Con-crud that resulted.

Have a good time?

I will post later. I did the bad thing and got Baldurs Gate 3 and it’s very pretty and shiny and a total time hog. It’s like time goes by even faster when playing it.

Absolutely, I avoided the Lorcana craze, but looked into a number of cool boardgames and played in a similar number of Magic events.

Does anyone else use Boardgamearena.com?

I have to wait for Baldur's Gate on PS5.

Time is crushed for me as if, picking up a computer game would be a death notice on my RPOL activities (and it wouldn't be a lone casualties).  So i've stayed clear of them for now.

Tinnittus acting up tonight.

So i'm up, but too sleepy to process turns and if i can't get sleep i'll be a zombie tomorrow which means i might miss turn processing.  (Sorry)

Hope you feel better soon, Fate,  Tinnitus sucks (and I can fully attest to that),  Try to get some rest and come back to us when you are able.

Do feel better today, thank you.

Making cookies with my son, they're in the oven as i type this.  Should be having fresh cookies and a movie in a bit which makes for a pretty good day.

Yum!

don't forget save throw and perception check.

I will be back shortly.  Kinda crashed mentally, pretty bad.  But I'm back.  Sorry I left you all..

Been there done that, do what you have to do Victoria.

I'm helping my soon move some stuff back to school now that the next semester is over, so i definitely wont be around tomorrow.

No worries.  Let me wake up and jump in.

waiting for party to post turns... so far only zander and kris have posted.

victoria, and i think clotilde seem to need a little more time, so will wait a day or two more..

still waiting on sara and saskia ?

Cold upgraded to pneumonia, so I will be out a little longer while the drugs kick in.

Oh dear.

Be safe.

Thanks everyone. I am getting better. Should be back to posting regularly at the beginning of the week, once I figure out how bad work is going to be.

Finally better, all cleared up.

(was looking for new post, but i didn't see any new ones so i'm leaving an update off for a little bit cause i'm still a little fuzzy headed to back track and figure where i'm suppose to pick up for at the moment)

Okay, while i was lying there delirious a couple of days ago i decided i wanted to try something i call "Roleplaying Bucket List"

It's a list of things that WE as game master and players will want to explore and roleplay in the campaign together.

It is not poured in concrete, and is more of a guide, statement of intent, and/or forum to brainstorm the future of the characters adventures.


This has been tacked on to the end of character sheets, so Kris doesn't have one of these yet, since i still have to finish her character sheet... sorta... everyone should have one.

Post were done with characters accounts so you can actually EDIT these, to add change, correct things.

Post a nudge to me here to look at any updates, otherwise i won't know things have been changed.  As stuff happens in the adventures i'll be updating it too.  Feeling better will be looking at the actual campaign to update soon.  Just a little lightheaded at moment, so i'm off to lie down a bit.

Welcome back to health, Chlotilde and Fate!

i do feel light headed still, but i no longer feel somewhere between this world and the next.

Sorry for flaking out... i had not a light/easy case of covid.  I only saw a doctor last week and he threw a bunch of antibiotic subscriptions at me that are suppose to make me feel better... which i do... sort of...  I'm suppose to go in for another look bout of treatments soon...

I think i should have some time tonight to sit down and move us along, i just wanted to get a note down stating such.  Thanks for your patience... those of you still here, and if you're not i don't blame you and will deal with whatever when it comes.  *waves*

That is ok life here has almost finished calming down.  I should finally be able to settle down after this long weekend and be back back.

The house is fully ours and none of the person who is no longer living with us stuff is here save for one desk which we could not fit in a storage unit.

As a heads up end of this month heading to Cabo san Lucas for a much needed actual vacation.

Love you, you waited for me.  I'm here.  Glad you're back, and I have the t-shirt for that thing too!

@Fate and @Kristi, hope that things get better for both of you sooner rather than later.  I don't have any problem with the lull; RL obviously takes precedence and the past few months have been crazy in general.  Take the time that you need to make things right for you and yours; I can only speak for myself (but hopefully others feel similarly, as well), that I'll still be here when you get back.

Which adventure is this?  The one with the sentient wombats?  I can't wait for my 4th level Hydrophant to get back to his denuralizing.

J/K   Zander will be ready to rock whenever real life eases up on the powers that be.  I wish you all good health and stability.

oh... look at that...

Clerics dont turn undead anymore in pathfinder....  I suppose Channeling is sorta like turning undead?

*hugz*

Geez i love you peeps.

I have to admit i have no idea how people put up with covid, i was pretty miserable with all the vacinations, i'd probably wouldn't be here without them.

>.<

Ah well.. i'm here that's all that matters.

For those I know who still say Covid is a myth - it sucks massively.  It is like the flu, but faster and nastier.  I have had it three times and hated it each time, even if the last was shortest.  It knocks you on your ass.  I wish for no one to have it.

THREE TIMES!

I've only had it once >.<

The bad news is that there are more strain variants starting out in china it seems.

My personal pet theory is that it originated out there for whatever reason.

Either a weaponized bio agent or just because the environment is so foul from pollution that it found a nice home to grow in.  yick.

Aren't you suppose to build an immunity or something with it each time you get it to make it easier?

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btw...

I was contemplating a new rule variant and wanted to run it by the players for thoughts on usefulness and game balance.

It has to do with magic metafeats and magic familiars...

two rules that are in my opinion under utilized cause... they suck.  Meta feats are over priced cause the benefits you get from them aren't worth increasing the casting cost by a whole level or more.... and while getting one bonded spell from a familiar is sorta okay, the modest skill bonus to give them 'flavor' feels a little lame.

So it occurred to me that maybe we can mix these two bad rules together and get a good useful one.

I'm thinking... maybe each familiar would come with a metafeat that the character can borrow to enhance their spells.  I'm thinking the level cost can be offset or at least partially paid by the familiar, which would in effect give you a free use of the meta feat.


So let's say you have a black cat, familiar.  You're not a fan of metafeats, but you won't turn down a free improvement, so you pick an 'easy' one to use.  One with a use cost of 'one level', like 'Elemental' which will allow you to pick an elemental type for your spells for 'one level'.

So with the help of your familiar you can take your magic missile, and make them fire missiles against say treants... who have no great love of fire.

The metafeat cost would be paid by your familiar.

I had two thoughts on this, either a flat one level discount, in this particular case allowing you to use this feat as many times as you want and more expensive ones at a flat discount or... give the familiar 'magic points' like player character you borrow these magic points to offset the metafeat cost.  As the familiar goes up in level it gets more magic points, and can offset the cost more times... or be able to offest more impressive metafeats...  So say this black cat had three magic points, it could trigger the elemental magic feat one for you or say an Echoing meta feat once, cause it's a three spell level cost.

Thoughts ?

I have to look at this when I am more conscious, but I see where this could work.  Of course, I'm watching an episode of the Medium, and maybe that is screwing with me, but I've alway thought of meta magic as being based on something and not just 'happening.'  so the familiar idea (which I always thought was downplayed in both D&D and Pathfinder) is underutilized.  Why would a creature attach itself to a person?  And why would it just be a conduit for magic?  Why not a source?  Lots of ideas.

Things look a little quiet, so i wrote up the proposed rule for peeps to look at and comment on.

Don't be afraid to tell me if you think it's a bad idea, i've had them now and then and i'm okay with fair constructive criticism.

I'm also contemplating... That once i feel better and can log in reliably to start 'side' adventures for the characters.

Either prequel stuff or stuff running on the side.  Everyone has strong unique characters that are proper protagonist of their own stories.  That said, I'm not going to burden players with something like this if they're just here for light party play.  Let me know if you're interested in this, and if so we'll quietly talk and see what we can work out.

Not that Sara has done anything wrong (I'll accept what she's done) but...

I think that the rules look pretty cool.  They definitely will accomplish your goal of making familiars more useful (and more powerful, I believe).

I think that there is a typo in your verbiage though:

I am not sure what Magic Points are (unless you mean Mana Points), but they appear to be equal to the number of Meta Magic Feats known plus their Master's Class Level and not Spell Level.  Unless I am misreading/misinterpreting the table in msg#9 incorrectly (or you meant Spell-Casting level or some such); e.g. a sixth-level wizard should only be able to cast spells of level three, I believe (which would only give six MP and not nine MP).

Honestly, I can't really comment on whether they might be over-powered, as I am still trying to wrap my head around the other house rules in the game and haven't seen a full combat in the game yet (and don't know what Magic Points are ... so, don't really know what 9 more of them at level 6 would give you - if they are Mana Points - which would allow at least, four more level 1 spells - or three (?) more level 2 or two (?) more level 3 spells, then I would say that is pretty darned powerful coupled with three more feats).  Still, given that the number of levels expected to be gained during the campaign is fairly limited (i.e. we won't be getting higher than level 6), it would seem like familiars would now bring a fair amount to the table (up to three extra feats, which any arcane caster would welcome as they are all fairly feat-starved, especially sorcerer's).  You'd almost be crazy not to get one if you have the opportunity.  They seem better than a Ring of Wizardry (any level/type, really) given that they also grant additional feats.

But, given that Saskia isn't an arcane caster, I am not sure that those rules would really affect her directly.  So, again my input would be limited to being completely hypothetical, at this point.  If the rules affected animal companions (which likely don't need tweaking), that might be different.  Or if familiars are allowed for divine casters, that might be a different story ... :D


I am all for personal/private vignettes/RP (though I don't profess to be one of the more frequent posters, but that doesn't sound like too much of a problem for such individually-focused and -paced side-stories).  I think that they can be a great way to help flesh out a character's voice without hindering too much of the main plot/storyline.

@Fate, just make sure that you don't get too burnt out by trying to juggle too many threads while trying to recover physically and get back into the swing of things.

Yes, and no.

There is a typo.  It's Spell Class Levels, there was a missing word in there.  Being a non spell cast class wont help improve your familiars levels.

also for 'semi' spell cast classes like ranger and paladin, you're counted a spell cast level when you can cast spells so the first few levels for these classes won't count.  Mana and Magic Points are a little interchangeable at this point.  Early on i wasn't sure what to use and in my head they're a little interchangable.

A sixth level wizard can cast up a third level spells which = 3 + 6 spell casting levels = 9

If it was a Sixth level paladin it would be first level spells + 1 Spell casting level = 2

All characters have Magic / Mana Points (House Rule Message 4).

They're most useful for spell casters, since they will let you recast spells (ie.  2 Mana points will let you recast a 1st level spell).

For those that don't cast spells it still has a use.  If the character has spell like abilities, using mana points will let you cast them extra times beyond what you normally can.

For those that use imbued weapons which usually activate once a day, mana points can be used to jump start and recharge (out of combat) to get extra uses from the imbued item.

Clotilde is down sick.   Some one want to post an action for her?

Not sure why I even point these things out.

I think... we should leave this one alone Zander.

Because...


If Mei wasn't blessing she'd be doing what Saskia was doing, with similar results.  So either way her action would be somewhat wasted.  I blame the long lag and covid for my screw ups but i don't think (in this case) that they inflicted harm on the party so we should leave it for now.

Actually as a point of fairness, i'll give Zander a 'held action'.  He can take a standard action from where he is for turn three.  Either change weapons or casting a spell would be my suggestion.

State this clearly in your turn (whatever you do), then take a normal round of action for turn four.

Thank you.

More than fair.

I should be back by the end of the weekend. My gift from having Covid last year is that I apparently now attract respiratory illnesses with ease and they are all severe.

yup same here.  the chronic asthma that i had treated and went away came back.

feel for you.  Good luck with that.

Life is finally normalizing here.  Only took 2 months after the event.  I aim to work on building Kristi this weekend but have vacation in under 2 weeks so will also be packing and getting ready for that too.

Still I can see the light.

Sorry folks midterm week has delayed me a bit. I should be able get a post out once fall break officially hits.

You can make it up as we go and add it on to the character sheet when we're finalized Kris.

No worries Sara, i can give it another day if it helps, but hope to process a turn soon... preferably with more than two players turns to process.

That'll give everyone not named Morrigan or Val Banjur some time to post too.

I think I'm back. I'll need to catch up on what's happened, I plan on hopefully reading through it tonight.

I think enough time has passed that i aspire to post an update in the next day or so.

I just noticed that my post did not post. Recreating now.

I think I am caught up. Do I need to post an action, or wait until the next round?

Save us, Clotilde!  (Translated: You should post)

Well, so much for that. Natural 1 to attack.

Gah!  Saskia's player's poor RPoL dice roller luck is rubbing off on the rest of the group!

You're infectioous Saskia...

I aspire to post tonight, having some family time at them moment which should end in four hours or so upon which i will try and get a post of turns out.

Nah, my RL tabletop dice rolling has infected my online dice rolling.

My rl group is currently in the 5th Book of the Ironfang Invasion, and the last few big, important encounters, we have rolled so many natural 1's when we needed to not do that, it's been rough. We have come close twice to a TPK because of horrible dice rolls. Some of us have purchased new dice.

I miss table top.

Main game updated.

Question do you people prefer to use the High Res Map, or Lo Res Map, or do you not care and can use either?

If i don't have to make two maps it might be nice to cut down on upload clutter.  If you peeps use both i'll keep posting both.

high res

Zander has Precise Shot.

Does he?  My bad, neither point blank nor precise is on your character sheet.  I'll add it today and that should solve the issue in the future.  Results minimally affected, one of your shot would have hit, inflicting a wound, convincing him to leave the fight that much sooner.  Intend to edit update for that today too.
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Hey guys, Fate, all of you.  I have been super down with Covid for the last 2+ weeks.  Got it, got over it, then got it again.  I feel awful to leave you hanging, everyone really.  Now I'm actually out of bed and the computer doesn't make my headache worse.

They said on Facebook that COVID was over...

pfft...

COVID is not over, there is a new strain brewing in asia.

Glad you're feeling better ami.

This was the new one.  Sucked more than the early ones.  I didn't want to leave bed.  Read. Watch TV.  Just wanted to be left alone.  Sounds like a princess story.

Back at home now, just have to get everything done for while I was gone.

I get jabbed with latest vaccine this week likely as well as flu vaccine.  Apparently I am of the age they recommend that now.

Its funny, I left the house today and got my #5 vaccine for Covid.  Need a flu vaccine.  I don't need all this.  But I'm glad to be back.

I got the current Covid shot and flu shot last week too. One of the side effects of my covid experience is now I am apparently going to experience every respiratory ailment out there, so I definitely made sure I got jabbed.

Gah!  Here's to hoping that everyone recovers quickly (and fully... no, Long Covid, please).  I would hope that everyone gets fully vaccinated/boosted (which I am, along with flu-shot-ted - as I have enough risk factors and paranoia that I felt compelled to do what I can to not get Covid), but recognize that it is a personal choice about such things (though for general/overall public health and safety reasons, I would also recommend getting your shots).

Just stay safe, everybody and be careful out there.

My chronic Asthma came back because of COVID.

Didn't think twice about it, and went back to the solution that got rid of it in the first place, which seems to be working.  If you have a lingering issue, i suggest you ask your doctor about Advair, and see if it might be useful for you too.

My issue was a weakening of the lungs or some such, and i believe this is a inhaled steroid of some sort, which i had misgivings about initially but kept me free of asthma for several years tilli contracted COVID giving it life again.  So i've gone back to taking ADVAIR for a bit to see if it works again, and so far it's promising results.

I seems to be doing okay, i've been handed a book to somewhat edit, and i'm on the last two chapters... which are the longest and most complicated and a pain to edit, but i'm almost done... then i have two more books after to do... ugh...

I honestly doubt i can get anything up tonight, but that doesnt mean it's impossible.  Tomorrow is much more likely, though to be fair, Zander is the only one that's given me an update?

Do you guys want to just 'let them go', if so that would certain end the encounter, at which point you'll need to decide if you want to linger around, move, or what not.
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If we could catch one to question that would be great for satisfying curiosity, but it wouldn't bother Zander if they all got away.  A few Scooby Doo villains aren't the sort of threat an actual ghoul would be.

* throws flag down on  field *

Right.

Due to several cases of COVID, upon which myself not the least victim, and several sporadic attendances among the party the shake down adventure was MUCH longer than anticipated.

So i'm going to throw a flag down and wrap it up.

Everyone will get some modest xp, a little bit of loot, and some modest downtime.

For newer players, downtime, is the life and stuff that happens between adventures.  'Realtime', is equated to downtime, so in this case, something like half a year of quiet book keeping will happen.

It's assumed that your 'day job' will take care of day to day expenses, and you have some free time to do 'stuff'.  I'm going to be moving stuff along a bit, as well a brief synopsis on what characters might be doing, feel free to expand on it somewhat.  It should be a brief prologue style thing instead of a detailed thing.  If there is something you want to explore, i usually open a downtime roleplaying thread to let players sandbox stuff.  Since no actually combat happens, it should be fine to let players do their thing there.

Being the new-to-this person I will ask.  Is this 'something like a half year' the last half of 2023, or does it mean it's going to be April 2024 before our next adventure?

Also any attempt at quiet bookkeeping will likely have to contend with colossally loud, but sweetly bitchin', righteous rock-and-roll played by a certain 6 string virtuoso.  Yes the ad-hoc concert ended with two city guards begrudgingly escorting him out of town, but he was back the next day and the day after.




Zander, too, often (and too often) slept in the moonlight under a canopy of stars, but he did it due to passing out on his way home instead of by choice.

Chapter One started April 2023, and it's now November 2023.  So chapter two will start in 'November', as in Hallow's Eve just passed and the Autumn Festival and the Season of the Long Nights (Thanks Giving/X mas) is just around the corner.

Old adventures USE TO be wrapped up in a month or two, so it made more sense at that time.

In this current timeline, i'm inclined to have Zander on reserve status with Fort McAlistar's Shadows.  So he knows the guards he can slip some coin into to look the other way and who will throw him in lockup so he manages to stay out of trouble.  Hallow's Eve was particularly great for Zander.  Nothing like comely lasses dressed up for the holidays.

Alphabetical

1 Clotide
2 Kristi
3 Sara
4 Sasikia
5 Victoria
6 Zander

03:00, Today: Fate rolled 4 using 1d6.  Adventure Focus.

So Chapter Two will focus somewhat more on Saskia's story threads.

Give me a day or two to determine what direction that would take.  Obviously it'll be to move along on the Ragnarok storylines
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Fun!  Both the not having to wait 6 months, and the random character focus adventures.  Props to Fate for putting a new spin on campaigns.

Honestly, everyone has strong background histories that can drive an adventure, so i just rolled a die to decide who's to focus on.  Next time I'll roll a d12, with a reduced chance of Saskia coming up again.

Something like

1-2   Clotide
3-4   Kristi
5-6   Sara
7     Sasikia
8-9   Victoria
10-11 Zander
12    Mei

The real time spin was in the campaign for a while now, but that was back when we had really quick turn overs for adventures.  I aspire to get back to that to hopefully allow more character development to happen with quick short (ish) adventures.

Victoria, will have time to brew potions before chapter 2 starts, i we can figure that out before hand i suppose.  She's free to brew whatever she wants, though knowing her, she's okay with hearing request also.  I will presume that they will be ready for Hallow's Eve treats, which she will be allowed to dole out to players at the start of Chapter 2 when the characters meet.  After i get through Saskia's prelude, i plan to have the character meet at the Northshire Inn for their weekly get together, where upon she should request from the party to help with something.

Since Chapter Two will start around Hallow's eve, (the day after or so), it's okay for players to describe what they do for Hallow's eve, which is three days before your weekly gathering, though many of you are in Northshire for the holiday, except for Saskia who went home for the holidays.

Ok, been out of town unexpectedly, had to miss a few days of work. Will try to start catching up.

no worries.

i'm still sifting stuff around and ... all things following well i expected to start in two or three days, though i'm wondering if i should push it off till after thanksgiving and take the pressure off everyone to check in to just enjoy what ever passes for family gathering these days.

I am still here, just looking for an opening. :)

I will post in downtime thread once I get one more thing cleared up.

Up to you if you want to wait until after thanksgiving for US.

Well the downtime thread is available for who ever wants to use it.  If you dont use it that's fine too, it just means your six month of non adventuring is glossed over and subject to my interpretation.

Victoria does have extra homework in the form of Potion brewing.  The default of potions are rather boring, but rather useful, Healing or Mana Potions.


As for my personal timeline of things, i'm going to hold off on starting chapter two, till after thanksgiving so people dont have to feel the urge to check RPOL during a turkey coma.  I'm thinking somewhere between the 25th and 27th.  So... not too far off.
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I'll be traveling today, and be back Friday evening.

Til Chapter two starts in earnest, participation is optional.  Once it starts i do hope players will participate since i will use it as a form of attendance, and those that do not make it will probably be marginized and 'sit out' the chapter.

A necessary evil since i do intend to keep Chapter two on the rails, and presuming Saskia cooperates (has to, the chapter is their focus) things should move briskly and resolve... hopefully... quickly in four to six weeks...

well... it's a fine theory, we'll see how execution works out i suppose.

Toying with how Kristi looks on an AI generator

I like the first one.  It's cuter.

I wonder what the average Charisma of the PCs in this group is.  It's probably the highest of any D&D party I've even played in.  Who's more likeable than us?  No one, that's who.

The first looks young... like really young, the second one maybe better if you got rid of the facial tatoos, which i can do for you if that's the one you go with.

Yeah, I think Sara is 'average' and then it goes up from there.

The average is probably around a 14 i think?

To be fair...

We have a Pally... a Bard... Oracle ... and a Cleric in the party which all make use of Charisma.
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Did a bunch more putting up my four fav's


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I was concerned on the age so did a bunch more, like 60 but chose my top 4 favourites.

Chapter two is somewhat open for light roleplaying if you want to get in on the prologue that's fine.  Saskia definitely has a goal, it's sorta cool to roleplay the other characters helping her on the how to achieve this goal.

I actually quite like the facial tattoos.  But, maybe that is only me.

I am indeed average in terms of Charisma. By comparison to all of you, I am little more than background, which as a rogue may actually work to my favor.

Thank you Saskia I actually did too but wanted to have some options.

I will look at prologue tomorrow perhaps while working but then again some country has Thanksgiving tomorrow so it will be potentially busy.

Sorry to be obtuse here... but what is the difference between the first and third image?  Is there something wrong with my browser (or my eyes)?  Or are we playing a game of what is the difference?

The difference is a miss paste

was supposed to be

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I’ll be able to post Friday evening probably. I’ll be home from visiting family then. I definitely have some things to role play.

For those that celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving all...

@Saskia @Fate @anyone else that wants to interject

These three are my fav's any opinions on them.




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Only thing I don't like with last two is chest size which I tried to decrease in the AI but really does not listen

Personally I am leaning towards 1 and 3 but open to thoughts.

First off, Happy Thanksgiving, everyone (well, in the US and then aboard for those that are celebrating it).  I am thankful for all of you in giving me this healthy outlet for my RP urges!  Best wishes from my family to yours!  For those not celebrating Thanksgiving today, Happy Thursday ... and you still get my well wishes!

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@Kristi, my vote between (the new) #1 and #3, is still #1 (facial tattoos for the win.. :D).  But I will admit that I quite like the mis-paste replacement in msg#310 above as well.  Something about the expression and cup are quite appealing to me; a touch mischievous, a touch inscrutable, not sure if she is offering or just drinking.  Guess it mostly depends on the vibe you are going for.

Sadly I was going to go originally Geisha Bard instead of Oracle and that picture would fit so perfectly.

I might use multiples either way but one as primary.

Also happy Thanksgiving to the peeps down south.

I might take advantage of tonight to avoid how busy it will be up here tomorrow but will decide when we get closer to the time.

You barely started so if you want to change stuff now is the time to do it.

You make a very valid point.

I have an idea and will PM it in our thread.

As I think it will still work.

Out of house to do stuff today, so won't be about to do anything.

Just a FYI

So where should I post?

Well, Chapter 2 is open, though I don't know if Fate is expecting anything before the end of the weekend.  You can post in the Downtime thread as well, but I think that is optional, unless you want something specific (in addition what is summarized there) to happen in the intervening time between the incident at the graveyard and the start of Chapter 2.  Anyways, I am sure that Fate will correct me, if I've misspoken.  In any case, game on!

Right Chapter Two officially started.

I have a vague clue on the things that will happen here.  I'm not going to put a timeline on when i expect chapter two to end... probably it should last easily past the end of this year... which is not that long if you look at the calendar.

Aside from moving Saskia's personal story along, other characters will have their histories touched on too.  I plan to at least aspire to include a bit of lore to put Zander on his track for the Staff of Sol, and if this works out, an even will finale the chapter to put Heska's memories to resurface (unless it happens before hand, which is fine too).

This is what i have planned, so far, but that doesnt mean more won't happen, particularly if players motivate and inspire me, or request stuff that happens that fall into the natural time line of events for the adventure.

I was waiting on Saskia to post but likely will post tomorrow.

Ask and ye shall receive.  Not much new information (yet), but she's in the common room ... watching and waiting...

If you had not guessed treating it as if Kris had not met them yet.

I'm a touch confused (OOC/player-wise).  Are we ret-conning the Kristi wasn't at the flower-picking session?  Or is this a different Kristi?  Or is Saskia's player just confused (and Kristi wasn't at the flower-picking prologue and Saskia's player is just mis-remembering?