And here we are! :)

Congratulation to everybody for the insane level of OOC bantering: keep it up!

Im gonna have to start using a cattle prod to provoke my crew 0.o

hehe.

Then again there are a lot more players on here

Roughly twice as much, in fact. :P

Of course, that means nothing - I joined a game at about one month before the start of this one that had a whopping 9 players, and now, when they kicked me out because I was too troublesome a player to have around, it is still 500 posts under yours, Sabre.

So really, it all depends on the players - we just happen to have very good ones! ^^

Of course, the fact that three people in your game are also in mine is a major factor of why having more players in this game make it go faster... but I still think your game is interesting - especially now that it's building up to a nice, big climatic battle - and it's speed is still very high, in my opinion! :D

You think that the mass brawl will end it all do you? ..................

;)

Well, I for one don't... but then again, I like long stories. ;)

Well despite me thinking I hadnt tried hard enough, so far, they very nearly managed to get Banedon killed and Moon Dancer nearly got killed!

Good old Sabre Fox ran in and cleaned house though :)

Lol, I think the fact one of your players is playing here and trying to run her own game, and the other - Brave hawk - tends to get very busy, maybe hurts your post count a little. It's still very impressive though, and the pace seems good, and the game seems to be carrying on past the December hump, so I wouldn't worry too much!

So that's two heavy battles in two adventures.  One of my characters gets knocked down to 3 Endurance and another down to 6.
I am the master of narrow escapes!  hehe :)

Wishing I'd given up some backpack items for a tent now though...
Anyone trust Swift Fox enough to let her sneak into their tent in the middle of the night?  ;)

Sun Snake was easy on the order, he might suggest not havign the two apparent to him better fighters in the start of the watch. And lol, if Sabre wants to sleep all night, I'm sure he can ask and have everyone gratefully let him :)


If Sun Snake is habnding over to Rain Feather between shifts, he'll want to tak to her privately at the switch!


Edit: Do we not have two tents? Sabre took for my group (sleeps four) so there is space even with Alyne around (Sun Snake would give up his spot to sleep outside assumign she will sleep when he does). Oh, Sun Snake has a blanket he can give up to those less prepared if you want it.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:32, Thu 05 Jan 2012.

Wishing I'd waited for Sun Snake's post there before making my own.  'cos I think some of his words might have provoked a reaction from Swift.

She's sure enough of her own abilities to maybe think she had a chance against the villagers on her own if she hadn't been forced to take them head-on in close combat.  Most of her really damaging moves (including that instant-kill special she used on the Vordak) rely on stealth attacks using Invisibility, so if she could have evaded her attackers and gotten into the forest, she could have tried to pick them off one by one, but at the same time she knows she couldn't have taken on the two Helghasts, since their psychic attacks would have given them an unbeatable edge over her, hence why she probably wouldn't say anything about that anyway, even though it would really chafe at her to admit it, lol.

As for the other thing...  Maybe another time, she is kind of distracted at the moment anyway :)

Well Fox will take a watch now that it wont impact on the healing of him really.

That was really the only reason that I didnt want him to take a watch, considering he has burnt so much END and WP, I think he needs to recover realy.

But since its a non issue according to Shadow, then I wont mind a watch!

If you want to add a reaction, Swift, just edit your own post! You can do that. :)

Sabre Fox makes me laugh. I think Shark is going to smack Snake though.

Also apologize for the slowness Saber, struggling to keep up with one game at the moment >.< Once my schedule smooths out and I get in a groove it'll be easier for me to keep up with all the games, right now is just to crazy!
This message was last edited by the player at 19:22, Thu 05 Jan 2012.

In reply to Shadow (msg #12):

Yeah, but then Sun Snake might have to edit his post if he wanted to reply too.
I don't think it's anything that would necessarily have gotten much of a reaction out of her anyway.  Just something she'll keep in mind if he says anything else that reminds her of it, hehe.

Feel free Swift, and we can assume Sun snake either scowls or looks sad :D


He's too busy pontificating to Alyne and giving away his cool shiny to harbour too much resentment to any rebuff :D

In case it's faster to do this OOC, what's the batting order of sleeping? Alos, assume that Sun Snake would mention the horses, but there never seems to be the right time :p


The plan seems to be either kill the villagers (Sun Snake leaving the area and coming back not speaking of it to anyone) or make them 'comfortable' and trying some half hearted Annimal Kinship/Control trips to get friendly animals to ward pff predators. Perhaps some Camouflage tricks to disguise the scents and pathways to this place too. Obviosuly Sun Snake will go communicate with Blue Snake when he can ditch Alyne, and preferably before any final decision is taken.


Sleep wise, Sun Snake gives up his spot in the tent and his blanket if needed


Watch wise, is Rain Feather's pattern the one we're going with? If some, Sun Snake will hold like a 'meditation circle' during his watch with Alyne and whoever else is up, with one person walking the perimeter every so often


And as mentione,d Sun Snake wants to talk privately to Rain Feather during the change over :)

Edit: Oh, there's probably no horses, which will wildly change our plans going on, but I'm very late now :)
This message was last edited by the player at 08:39, Fri 06 Jan 2012.

I get the feeling it's not going to be a "Hey, good job with that Helghast, maybe you aren't so bad after all!" :)

Anyways, I think we should go with it.  It works.

Well, the watching schedules depend on your whole group decisions - but I have no problem with them being decided OOC, given that the current IC discussion isw geared on something completely different.

So far, we have two suggestions:

[A] Rain Feather's option:

1st watch - Laughing Shark + Sabre Fox

2nd watch - Swift Fox + Sun Snake (+ Alyne)

3rd watch - Rain Feather + Dusk Rat

[B] Sun Snake's option:

1st watch - Laughing Shark + Swift Fox

2nd watch - Dusk Rat + Sun Snake (+ Alyne)

3rd watch - Rain Feather + Sabre Fox

It's up to you all to vote for one of these A and B option, or suggest an option C! ^^

If nobody says anything today, since Snake seems alright with Rain's suggestion, we'll follow that option - so not voting is automatically the same as voting for Rain's idea. Just so you know.

Also, you don't know that there aren't horses... perhaps somebody should ask Dusk Rat, who was scouting the area, and get confirmation from her on that matter?

Regarding the horses, I've made a mention of that just now in the IC, so you can go there and inquire further if you wish ;). As for the watch order, yeah, Rain's suggestion is fine. I think Dusk Rat would prefer to keep watch with the fellow antisocial Rogue than the noble, speech-making Paladin ;). Though note that Dusk Rat herself, IC, doesn't know the watch order suggestions that have been made, since she was still scouting at the time.
This message was last edited by the player at 09:26, Fri 06 Jan 2012.

Hmm, I kind of prefer Rain's option.  Since it means there's two people to help out poor injured Swift Fox if there's trouble in the night :)  hehe.

The more the merrier for Sun Snake's midnight drum circle (clothing optional)

Edit: Oh, the hutning for more food might be a good idea. For some reason, I spaced on the fact we'd need to eat twice a day, not once!
This message was last edited by the player at 12:58, Fri 06 Jan 2012.

A suggestion, then: Send Alyne with one or two of us and Snake has his opportunity to "phone home".  If her village is nearby, there's bound to be food that might go to waste...  and Alyne can guide them in.

Am I wrong in my memory that the stone cannot be used to actually have a chat with someone? Sun Snake's assumption seems to be that he can, and if I recall, we were told that was not a possibility - it was simply a tool that could be used to send a distress signal. I do believe we're on our own with this one, folks, so don't expect Blue Snake to be able to give us advise. Not that I'm opposed to using it to send a distress signal, if you wish that path.

Rain - I like the idea of having Alyne lead them to a village or something if its near. But also keep in mind there are like 30 of them and Shadow did say they wont be waking up (i think IC Snake and Dusk Rat have also gotten this notion)
This message was last edited by the player at 16:22, Fri 06 Jan 2012.

You should ask Alyne about the village, before assuming it's near... just saying.

As for the Seeing Stone, Shark, you send a distress signal, but once you do, Blue Snake will contact you himself - as soon as he's able - by using his own. So, yes, you can have a chat with Blue Snake, so long as he isn't busy.

Of course, it's ME to decide when he's busy and when he isn't... :)

hehee is Alye puzzled 'cause she just cant understand this crazy woman's speech? Or is she really just clueless about a'ouse (a house) nearby. hehe need a translation key don't I?

No, Alyne understood you just right. She just can't see why she should know anything about the area, and why you instead think she should.

Two guesses as for why that is? :)

a) Traumatised
b) Lost
c) Evil GM


Do I get a cookie?


And yeah, I guessed Blue Snake won't give us a solution, something about our GM sticking us with a moral quantray and not haveing an NPC rescue us. Hence why Sun Snake asked for suggestions before going to Blue Snake, rather than the more logical 'call for help then use that info to form a plan' :D A little metagame-y, but also pretty understandable.



I'll suggets it in character later, but am trying to avoid posting every second post :P   I htink given the lack of transport, Sun Snake would stay alone in the place, or hopefully with Rain and Sabre, and basically await the skyrider.

The Toran group carry on to Toran (with Sabre and Rain?) and grab the transport. Sun Snake can use Blue Snake (hopefully) to co-ordinate Toran and the monastery, Maybe. Hopefully the Lone Wolf rescue mission and He;ghast infestation report earn us enough cred to have Banedon free himself to at least communicate tothe monastery and co-ordinate a skyrider drop.

With the skyrider, then unless Alyne is gunna be really clingy  she can be delivered to the monastery, maybe some quick face-to-face reporting of the


That way, horse loss aside, the Toran group lose no time in starting their mission, the Brotherhood is informed of this matter too quickly, and meanwhile hopefully Team Babysitter gets to make up the time with the skyrider. And if anyone is looking for our group leaving Toran to track us, then we have metagame-ly ensured we sneak away and come at the Maakengorge from a new direction.


Plus it would be nice to spend some time with Sabre!



Edit: Oh, and Rain's idea does sound good, but unless Alyne is only lost, I think we might find she would be terrified to go back to the village. Not sure though, we can but see, right? If not, Dusk Rat is right, a 'call of nature' slieght of hand will be just as easy to do.


Note that if Alyne does not want to sleep at all, or not to start with, then Sun Snake will either swap shifts or stay awake as long as she does. Though I hate to see the penalties for that - at the very least, no CS restoration nor sleep healing!
This message was last edited by the player at 18:22, Fri 06 Jan 2012.

Surely Sun Snake doesn't need to make any kind of excuse to...er, excuse himself? He's ab uber Kai on a mission and has his own Kai business to deal with, which "normal" people Alyne won't understand. For all she knows he's going off to do some kind of weird little meditationy thing that requires privacy, or something. I don't see that any of us would need to explain ourselves extensively to people who aren't anything to do with the Kai - Alyne already seems to trust Sun Snake, so if he just says "Excuse me, I have something I need to do - I'll be back in a few minutes" and buggers off into the trees, why should she want to follow him or suspect he's dong anything that might bring her to harm, or whatever?

Meanwhile, Dusk Rat herself is still in the "Oh ffs, stop arsing about and bloody do something!" camp, but as a player I'm not too sure what we should do myself. Stupid bloody pile of 40-odd unconscious villagers :P. Unless, as Wuffy suggests, the Toran group head on to Toran and leave the other group behind to keep an eye on things (hey, 40+ people gonna probably die of thirst in a day or two if no-one chucks some water down their throat, right? ;)) while they arrange for the skyship thingy to come pick 'em up or whatever.

I agree, there's no reason why Alyne wouldn't wait if she's told to - and you most surely don't need to justify yourself to her! ^^

Of course, she might be curious, but if you said her something along the line of "sensitive information I can't speak of", she'd likely understand. :)

Alright, so I think I'll have to ask Sun Snake: are you going to try and use the Seeing Stone now, so that you can report to the others what you've been told before the watches start, or should I go ahead and open the threads for the couples taking watch?

Sun Snake will the seeing stone, but Sabre IRL sounds like he's snowed under tonight, so he might appreciate leaving things until tomorrow morning to weigh in again?

Oh, I hadn't read that yet in Sabre's game!

Yes, I think we can postpone the watches to tomorrow - this way, in the meantime, you all will be able to actually bring the main thread to the point where you're camping. And you might be able to ask Blue Snake for advice while we're at it! ^^

Sounds like a plan!

Reflected in post somewhat I'd go for Sabre to watch last. It does make more sense to keep the fighters on separate watches and Fox still being the strongest could do with plenty of rest :))

Plus, it gives the chance for Sabre to swoon Rain in thier watch ;)

So, you're voting for Sun Snake's watch option?

I though everybody was going for Rain Feather's idea, given that nobody has said anything about it... I'm sorry to say that, if nobody agree with you, you'll have to go with what the others decided for, meaning first watch.

But at least, it'll be fun to see Laughing Shark kicking you awake! ^^

Well I don't mind going with the group either. The whole footsoldier mentality and all!

Well if Swift asks to be first watch so she can sleep through afterwards (and she is beaten up), Sun can wake up Dusk Rat at midnight, her being uninjured :) So looks like Swift'a choice will swing it.

Obviously, Sun is happy to go with his own proposal, especially if Sabre and Swift don't want to swap over to Rain's

Aww, but I was hoping to have two people helping Swift out if she got attacked during the night.
I was happy to go with Rain's option, but now you've made me all indecisive! :(
*pouts and throws things at Sun Snake!*

Ok, I'll go with Sun's option then.
Might be fun to spend the night trying to decipher Shark's accent after all ;)  hehe.

That still makes it three votes, you know? Laughing Shark might decide to go for Rain Feather's option, making it a draw.

Actually, I'd forgot you'd stated a preference Swift! Don't feel pressured to change!

Of course, now it's a popularity contest - who does Laughing Shark want to inflict her accent on more, Sabre of Swift? D:



Oh, and didn't Laughing Shark want to have a private word with Sun Snake too? Just as Sun is hoping to have one with Rain? It seems liek the swapping of the shifts is the best place for that. How do you want to handle that. Shadow?

And will Sun/Rain/Alyne let it happen?

Given that Alyne just fell asleep, it would not do for her to be awoken suddenly, so she (and you as a result) will need to have either the second or third turn (thid would be better).

For the same reason, I wouldn't want to have Dusk Rat take the first... and now Sabre absolutely wants the last one.

If Shark wants to talk with you, how about you and her taking the same watch? That would work better on several levels, isn't it?

Rain will have the turn before or after yours, so you can talk when either of you awake the others.

If we went that way, then the two Foxes would end up being togheter on the first watch... which would annoy Sabre to no end, I'm sure, and that's a plus! ;D

Only problem is that Sabre seems really determined to take his turn with Rain, while both Rain and Dusk Rate have clearly stated that they want their watch togheter (likely so as to be able not to speak at all! ;D) so I'd feel a bit bad not giving it to them.

If Dusk Rat wasn't sleeping, I'd have suggested that she and Rain take the first watch, so that Sabre could get the last as he proclaimed; but as it is, if I were to force either him or her to take the first watch, one of the two would feel slighted, and I don't want that.

Ideas, anybody?
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:39, Sat 07 Jan 2012.

Hmm, might be interesting...
Would he be annoyed by someone who didn't treat him like a celebrity, or someone who spent the night mostly in silence, giving only one or two word answers to everything she was asked? :)  hehe.
I suppose he could always pick a fight with her though ;)

That depends upon the nature of the talk. The previous watch will need to wake up the next watch, so surely Laughing Shark can speak to him between first and second when she wakes him. Sun Snake has no idea nor wish to talk to LS, so he wouldn't swap to first shift.


Laughing Shark on first watch wakes Sun Snake on second watch, and can speak to him privately and briefly before waking whoever is joinign Sun Snake. Assumign  short talk is in order.

Sun Snake wanted the three fighters taking different watches, and the original spread of the two foxes and snake on different shifts was also the idea of the senority being spread.




As to Dusk/Rain, surely its up to their group leaders to have the final evil say on who gets to take what watch, if they feel it best for the group. :P


While mechanically it doens't matter who sleeps where, Rain and Sabre took enough of a beating to justify them getting to sleep first and sleep longest, Sun Snake is taking the 'bad' watch, and logically thinks Dusk Rat took the leats beating so could sleep last.


Anyway, if Sabre wants last shift, then Rain and Sabre works. And Laughign Shark has neve objected to first shift. And Sun Snake will definitely take the dead shift.

So I think it is Swift's call as leader of the other group to say whether she takes second watch or first, which determines whether Dusk rat takes second or gets kicked awake again for first, right?
This message was last edited by the player at 15:14, Sat 07 Jan 2012.

I think I understand what you're saying. :)

That said, given that it doesn't sound like you have anything to discuss with Sabre or Swift, woudln't it work better if you had the time to have a longer discussion with Shark, since she asked for it, and then spoke briefly with Rain when you wake her up?

I mean, if you have to speak with two people, it only makes sense to have one of the two be on watch with you, right?

Beside, how sure can you be that what Shark has to say to you will be brief, and not long? Since there's no reason for you not to take your watch with her, why shouldn't we organize things that way?
And after all, you did asked my opinion, Sun Snake; I'm just offering it, you're not compunded to accept it! ^^

Also, you're forgetting that player preferences should be taken into account, too; Rain said she wanted her watch with Dusk Rat, and Dusk Rat agreed, so that makes two people ok with that grouping, and Sabre Fox wanting to have his turn with Rain isn't a wish Rain voted for, so I'd prefer for it to go that way.

In fact, I think the best watch setup would have Rain and Dusk Rat taking the first turn, with Sabre and Swift Fox taking the last.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:22, Sat 07 Jan 2012.

Wow this is turning into one hell of a complicated discussion for who stays up with whom on the first night, lol. Note, incidentally, that at no point yet have I stated that Dusk Rat is asleep, just that she settled herself down with her blanket in a cosy nook between some tree roots, away from everyone else - she got bored with waiting for everyone to stop muddling around and make a firm decision, so she's acting on her own initiative and buggering off to make herself comfortable. She might be asleep, but then again she might just be sat there waiting for you lot to tell her when she's keeping watch ;).

Since she took no damage during the day but did use a bit of WP, I was just gonna do that meditation thingy rather than proper sleep anyway...I recall it as one of the options listed several posts above this one (possibly in the previous thread) - there was a choice of sleep to recover hp, med to recover WP, or...er, something else I can't remember...

How long an uninterrupted rest do characters need at minimum, anyway? Six hours? Four? Eight?

If you'd rather have us take second, that works, too.  I'm flexible like that.

So you're awake in the game, Dusk Rat? That makes everything easier! :D

Than, I think that, if Dusk Rat and Rain Feather take the first turn, and Sabre takes the last with Swift Fox, thing should work out.

Unless there's some more objection to this setup, I'll be putting up the three "watch" thread for you soon - first turn being Rain Feather and Dusk Rat, second turn being Sun Snake and Laughing Shark, and third turn being Sabre and Swift Fox.

I think it's batter if you two takes first instead than second, Rain... seems the most workable option to me. That way, Sabre can take the last one with Swfit without any problem.

As for Healing, Dusk Rat, you can recover both WP and END with the same sleep; only, if you recover WP, you can't reroll your CS. In your case, given you didn't fought at all and rolled such a good number, I'd strongly suggest you to recover WP instead of rerolling CS! ^^

There are others modifies to the healing sleep that come into play if you have Curing/Psy-Screen/certain other improvement, but those aren't really relevant for any of you all right now.

The time necessary for qualifying as "complete sleep" varies depending on the circumstances and what I think is appropriate; 4 hour might be enough in a certain situation, while they might not be in a different one. All depend on what's going on in the game at the time - in this case, as I said, you'll be able to recover safely, even if you don't sleep 8 hours and even if you interrupt your sleep halfway - like Sun Snake will. When that isn't the case, I'll tell you beforehand.

For the sake of ease, I'll go with whatever. Since the three threads are running in parallel and we will be gettign sleep, then metagame wise I know we won't be punished for clustering fighters, etc.


Laughing Shark has only ever OOC said she wanted to talk to Sun, and I was only asking how between watch discussions would be handled. Sun Snake is going to concentrate on Alyne if Alyne gets up, and therefore Laughing Shark will have to wait.

I'm not sure she's going to wake unless someone wakes her <.<

But if you're that keen on avoiding a chat, then Shark will probably not harass you. Much, at least.

Depends what you're going to say and how to try to say it! :P

:) I'm looking forward to that conversation!

And I'm also very curious to see if the two Foxes will find something to speak about among themselves... either way, it's going to be interesting see how you all interact with each other! ^^

Well, if someone wants to go over to Dusk Rat and ask/tell her to take the first watch (with whomever it is she's watching with...Rain, I think?), then she can move her arse and get into a sort of watch-position somewhere ;).

I think Sun Snake will be doing that as soon as he's done discussing with Blue... it shouldn't take long, given that he's already solved the villagers problem. They're now discussing Alyne, then he'll be back to deliver the order to everybody, which is likely when they'll awake you.

And after that, I'll open up the watches thread... I can't wait! ^^

If I were to make a prediction, I think we'd have the thread done with by tomorrow evening at the latest - about three-four more post each is what we'll need, I think.

Of course, if somebody wants me to open the watches thread right now, I could... I just thought that you might prefer to have Sun Snake's report before starting them - so you could discuss it if there was the need.
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:40, Sun 08 Jan 2012.

Well it's Rain's watch too, she can always go over and ask Dusk Rat to accompany her. Or Swift Fox can, since she's the leader of that group.

And lol, I think the GM just solved our villager problem, I was very much expecting to get thrown a brick wall there.

Perhaps I'm generous? :)

Or... maybe the way the situation will be solved is intended to give you clues on what going on elsewhere? What do you think?
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:11, Sun 08 Jan 2012.

Are we on private threads now? Or just a quick lull?

We'll be on private thread as soon as Sun Snake is done with contacting Blue Snake and can refer the orders to the others - as I said, this way, once I actually open the private threads, you can discuss the solutions proposed. :)

I suppose that, for eveybody else, it is actually a lull... but don't worry, I'm expecting that I, Sun Snake and Shark will be done shortly, perhaps tonight or tomorrow at the latest; we're a couple of posts away from closing that thread, and then I'll open personal one for each of the watches' turns.

Sounds good?

Nah, it's fine and all. I was just wondering why I can't see new posts! Lol

I think the invisible new posts are Frost Ferret doing exciting looking things in faraway places :)

No, the increasing post count is Sun Snake's Seeing Stone thread.

In fact, Frost Ferret hasn't logged in once in the last three days... does any of you knows if he's alright? I'm worried.

Hmm, I'm tempted to try going stealthy and sneaking up on him, just to see if he'll spot me ;)  hehe.
(Plus Swift is probably still a bit suspicious of Blue Snake anyway...)

I don't know what's happened with Ferret.  Not sure who he is.  Maybe he's just busy with stuff.  The start of the year can be a bit chaotic sometimes.

I know, that's why I'm waiting to hear from him. I think Sun Snake knows him better, having been his GM at one point in time... beside, I can wait.

As for sneaking on Sun Snake, he has Laughing Shark as his bodyguard, so you might have an hard time of it! :)

Then again, you're much more skilled at stealth than almost anybody else in the group is at spotting... but Sun Snake do is perceptive.

Anyway, if you - or any of the others that are waiting - is bored, you can always start a discussion in the main thread, you know? You're all setting up camp - there's no reason why you shouldn't! ^^

On the matter of camp, by the way, I have only Dusk Rat sleeping outside the tent... I need two more.

Any volounteers? ;D

Yeah, the weekends were sometimes bad for Ferret,so he should be fine. Give him until Tuesday, as he also has a gaming group on Mondays sometimes if I recall correctly.


And lol, remember Sun Snake was able to co-ordinate himself and Sabre Fox with your position pretty easily for the Vordak battle, or else things might have gone a little differently then :)


Remember Sun Snake will sleep outside if needed, as is Dusk Rat, so doens't that make it all right without more volunteers?

First watch: Alyne, Swift, Sabre, Laughing - Snake outside, Rain and Dusk on watch
Second Watch: (Alyne?), Swift, Sabre, Rain, Dusk outside, Shark and Snake on watch
Third watch: Alyne, Rain, Shark, (Snake/Dusk?), Dusk (or Snake) outside, Swift and Sabre on watch

Shark would sleep outside, no probs.

So I have Laughing Shark, Sun Snake and Dusk Rat who'll sleep outside, so that Swift Fox, Sabre Fox and Rain Feather will sleep in the tent and, as such, benefit from the Tent's recover (that was my main problem).

That's good enough for me! ^^

Everybody, you can now heal yourself according to your preference; those who are taking the WP recharge, be sure to tell me, since you won't get any CS reroll for the next day! If you don't tell me, I'll assume you to be rerolling.

So if you use the tent + blanket to restore WP you don't get the CS reroll?

No, those from the Tent and the Blanket you get either way.

If you use the Mindshield sleeping effect (which would make you recover an additional 2 WP), only then you cannot reroll CS.

Hopefully that's clearer? ^^

What does the blanket do again?

Ah ok, didn't notice that one :)
Nah, I'll just take the CS reroll in the hope of getting a 9 this time.  Does the CS reroll happen before or after the night watch though?


@Shark
Sleeping with a blanket and/or tent heals extra Endurance and WP :)
This message was last edited by the player at 20:53, Sun 08 Jan 2012.

After one awake when the sleep ends, so for most of the group after the watch, but for those who take the last one, before it. :)

Can I gain WP back with the sleeping bag and reroll my CS?

Tthat you definitely can. The biggest bonus of having a blanket/tent along is that extra WP recover, if you ask me. :)

And after my CS reroll, I have one less than before...  Story of my life :(  *cries*  lol

So what is the basic sleep recovery? I seem to have lost that information, though it was in the rules.

Blanket/tent add +2EP and +1WP each, and our basic healing gives us +5EP, but what's the base EP and WP for a night's sleep?

That's the basic. You get 5 END from Healing when you sleep; that's it.

You can also choose between recovering 2 WP (as per Mindshield rules) or rerolling CS after the one night of sleep.

Then Tent/Blanket eventual recover are added on top.

Basically, without a Blanket/Tent, you'd recover 5 END, and 2 WP if you decided not to reroll CS.

With a Tent, a Blanket, and no CS reroll, you recover 9 END and 4 WP. Quite the jump, isn't it?

And if Sun Snake is all compassionate, then he'll be consigned to low receover I guess :(


Anyway, will forego the CS reroll for 2WP (he will be meditating), so I guess that's 5EP and 2WP restored after the third watch, right? And he will stay on CS 16 and go back to full CS?

Whisper Whisper question.

Your CS stays at the current value - it doesn't go back up to 16, it stays as it is.

Also, aren't you using your Blanket, Sun Snake? Or did you gave that to Alyne too?

Oh, misunderstood. Ok, hmm, I guess it still makes sense to the narrative - Sun Snake takes the worst watch with broken sleep but will meditate. And so will end up not recovering properly. So lower CS but recover some WP. Will go with that.


Sun Snake gave the blanket to Alyne to encourage her to get some sleep. However we should have six blankets, right? If anyone n watch will give up their blanket, then at least Sun Snake will get that benefit. Also, it seems if Dusk Rat doens't take the tent, Sun Snake should get the last part of the watch in the tent, but I  will assume that is not enough for that benefit, right?

That's right, yes.

Lol, well still being exhausted the next day will certainly be the narrative kick to make Sun Snake take better care of himself. Let's just see if the next day lets him recover from the mistake of overextending himself without any punishment for it! :)

I think that will depend exclusively on your decisions... and isn't that a fun way to do it? :D

Wait...those deciison got me in to this mess in the first place...

Don't worry - you'll only get penalized if you make the wrong choices! ^^

Isn't it wonderful that I can make you worry just by saying things like that? :D

Well yes, as Sabre and myself and Shark can attest I am sure, it's wonderful phrases like that work when you are a GM. When you are a player? Not so much... :p

Forgot to add the +5 Endurance for sleep.
Now I'm only "half dead", as opposed to "mostly dead" :)

Ready and waiting to annoy Sabre on watch :)  hehe

Okay, so I've updated myself to return my WP to maximum. Dusk Rat will stay outside the tent, at the edge of the clearing probably, in that nook between the roots when sleeping (well, meditating, in this case). When keeping watch, erm...well, I'm not sure. She'll plonk herself somewhere, I expect. It depends what Rain Feather wants to do.

Did someone actually decide what's being done with the villagers, in the end? I've either missed or forgotten it if so ;).

Sun Snake just finished discussing it with Blue Snake; he's now gone to bed, but I expect that tomorrow he'll be updating in the main thread to tell you what's been decided.

Then I'll open up the threads or the watches. :)

By the way, Dusk Rat, you're not sleeping in the tent but outside, with your blanket; according to my calculation, that's 3 WP in total that you regain (2 from the Mindshield "meditation before sleep", 1 from the blanket). Are you sure that put you back to your maximum?

I guess I'll end up taking the reroll and effects from the blanket/tent.  Can't do much worse than a 0, you know?  If I'd have rolled any worse against that Helghast, well... yeah, reroll time.

You can most certainly do that. :)

I inform everybody that the seeing stone's thread is now officially closed; Sun Snake and Laughing Shark are coming back to the main thread to inform you of the decision that have been taken, and then we can see to break you all into couples and let you free to plot against each other at your heart's content! ^^

What, worse than a zero?  Is there something you're not telling me- "oh, because you were so hurt yesterday, you're at a -5 to your CS score because of the trauma?"  :P

I still think about that Helghast fight.  One number lower and we'd be looking at a party of five, I believe.

You rolled 1, not 0... and as far as battle rolls go, there's nothing lower! ^^

Or where you talking about your CS? Yes, you rolled 0 for that... and there Sun Snake was crying for having rolled a 3. You'll hopefully have more luck with this next roll... but then again, who knows! :)

And yes, if one of your battle rolls had been worst, you might have died there.

Swift Fox, too.

And Sun Snake as well, if his battle went on another round and he had to take actual damage from all five of his opponents - you won't believe how quickly it piles up.

That's kinda the purpose of battles though, you know? Make you all risk your lives.

You all used sound enough strategy and your powers to the best effect, thus winning; you just have to keep that up, and you'll survive... maybe. ;D
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:47, Mon 09 Jan 2012.

Wait, you can't say I was one bad roll from death (and hey, remember I got many very good rolls) then say I was wrong to complain about a 3 :p

Rain Fetaher is supposed to be in the back row doing psychic stuff anyway, wasn't me that shut a trap around her and pushed her in to a battle with a leader Helghast! And pushed the tanks away. That was an evil GM!

Actually, the bit with the leader Helghast could be blamed mostly on Rain getting in over her head (as much as she really doesn't want to hear about it) and assuming that her powers could have kept him occupied until someone else was free to help her out.

But now that she has her new spear Snakesticker- er, I mean, Nightstinger :), well... hopefully that will make a difference if she's ever forced into melee again.

Lol, well the GM didn't need to have forty villagers artificially controlled and ready to be launched and swamp your tank defence when you made with the big reveal. I still put the blame there. :p

Umm, remind me to keep Snake about a snakesticker distance from Rain at all times then!

:) Sun Snake, I can say you were wrong to complain because you rolled a 3 where Rain rolled a 0... and you have an higher CS bonus! ^^

I ran the numbers, and if you had to use your 4 against the 5 kids, you would have been down to 1 END... luckily, you had Swift helping there. Still, you see? You were better off than Rain!

Also, I claim that it's not my fault you unmasked the Helghast trick; it's just a result of you lot being too perceptive for your own good! How can the fact you saw through a deception my fault? :)

The only reason that Helghast got unmasked so early... well, Rain doesn't have Divination.  So she fell back on Sixth Sense... and I rolled a 9 on the check. She finds something hinky, accuses the villager... and now more than likely has a nice scar across her chest to show for it.

I wish I could use the meditative sleep to restore more WP, but I have to get rid of that 0 on my combat modifier.  Besides, once I get a decent roll, I'll keep it and keep using meditative sleep until I can't any more.

Yes, I did only spend 3WP during the day (was keeping a count of it, updating my character sheet!), so this rest will be enough to restore all of it :).

Oh, good then. You're the only character who is still at full power then, Dusk Rat. :)

Alright, even if I expect there will be a little more banter between Sun Snake and Rain Feather in the main thread over establishing the watches, we already know what the final result will be, which makes that discussion a purely roleplaying matter that can be handled by them in the main thread without forcing the rest of the group to wait some more.

So, I'll go ahead and open the watches threads; the intial post might be tweaked slightly later on accordin to how exactly we'll handle the "waking up the following group", but it shouldn't be nothing major.

Also for everybody who hasn't already done so, you can apply your healing sleep effects to yourself. :)

Yep, that 9 roll was pretty cool. I think Sun was distracted with Alyne, and could only give you the nod about the guys being suspicious due to Alyne's reaction to them.

I forget if I rolled well with Divination, or if it naturally told me how screwed we were once Sun Snake focused his attention on them with Rain's insight.



Anywya, in an MRM, so might not be able to get everything done over my brief lunch.

Divination told you automatically - but, you had to focus on them.

In fact, you got more information otu of the scan that Rain did - but if she hadn't tried to use Sixth Sense on them, I don't know if you would have thought of checking them, Sun Snake... you'll have to tell me. :)

Still, yes, that 9 was an awesome roll - it allowed me to unleash such a big battle on you all! ^^

Probably, but again the focus was on Alyne right then, which was why Sun Snake did the eye flick, of course :)

I think he did. Maybe I only meant to do it? So confused!

Am I the only one who thinks that Sun and Alyne would make a cute couple? ;)  hehe

Shark said as much in the seeing stone thread, actually! Tee hee!

Oh also, I'll be doing a WP regain tonight. The sleeping bag + WP deal gives me +2 END and +3 WP, aye? That's back to full for Shark as well, and my CS is already pretty bad arse so . . . happy times.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:11, Mon 09 Jan 2012.

Also why are we not letting Alyne sleep if she's been through such a tramatic day?

She wanted to be up for the watch; she felt that it was her duty toward her fallen comrades to stand watch over them.

I also think she wants to speak with Sun Snake about him dissing her out as a student.

Also, for Sabre Fox: there was an update in your watch thread that affect you. Check it out! :D

Tee hee!!!

I was waiting to see if there were going to be any changes in the watch thread.  That's why I haven't posted in it yet.
I'll see if I can put something together now :)
This message was last edited by the player at 16:48, Mon 09 Jan 2012.

Lol, don't give the GM any more ideas! I'm not looking to replace Sabre as swauve leading man, yet Sun Snake's alreayd stumbled in to one romantic complication.

<.<


Anyway, here's to a peaceful night for all of us, with nothing going wrong at all!

Well, perhaps I think you guys deserve a break.

Or perhaps the next Helghast will be hiding amond the envoy from Toran, and the peaceful night is a mean to get you all to lower your guard.

Who knows? :)

Yeah, that's a point, if I'm going to recover 2WP, I need to find a way to burn through it pretty quickly. Time to Divnation the Brotherhood mages the second they appear! :)

tee hee, I'm liking our thread. . . does our GM have any rules on getting drunk? I mean, good upstanding Kai never drink on missions! /whistles

No rules, you can roleplay it if you want; I think you can use your Kai Healing to avoid getting smashed if need be, and avoid penalty. With certain Curing improvement, you'd likely even be able to willingly manipulate your body from hung-over to sober by pure willpower, but none of you has Curing so it doesn't matter.

Basically, you can keep your drunkedness under control... however, that's a skill most Kai don't train into; and certain people are really bad ad it, and get drunk easily. But you, Shark, given your character's history, would most definitely know how to handle your alcool. So no, I'm not going to penalize you for drunkedness, unless your character want to feel that drunk willingly - which I suppose she might want, at some time.

As for the others, I'll decide on a case by case basis. :)

As long as you don't go overdoing the Bor Brew and stealing people's boots ;)  hehe

hah! Is that actually in the books or was that another addition? Because that was awesome.

Yeah, it's in the books.  There's either a random number pick or it's based on Endurance, I can't remember, but you either manage to resist it and gain the respect of the crew or you keel over into a drunken stupor and wake up the next morning with the ultimate hangover, lol.
The boot thing was an addition though ;)
This message was last edited by the player at 21:18, Mon 09 Jan 2012.

Don't forget the barge trip where if you fail your roll you end up hallucinating. That's one wacky illustration.


And hey! Stop trying to Sun Snake drunk! I have no idea where he'll wake up! Plus I don't think I want to lose more CS/EP/WP from a hangover!

If I see this:
http://www.projectaon.org/en/xhtml/lw/08tjoh/ill16.htm

I'm blaming Laughing Shark entirely!

I don't remember that one, maybe I passed that test or missed it entirely. Or my memory fails me.

Besides, you didn't accept the most recent offer for a drink *sniffle* did the flavor offend you? Urine fermented in dirty laundry not good enough for Snake? Fine. . . be like that. . .
This message was last edited by the player at 01:07, Tue 10 Jan 2012.

It was on the barge Shark that you had this encounter. I dont think you and Paido went that way? You stayed on dry land?

Yeah, I know exactly the passage.  It really only would have happened if you chose to take the barge to Tharro instead of riding.  According to the book, there was a nice bottle of Larnuma spirits with enough for two drinks of 3EP each in your cabin, and many chances to win a lot of money in a small riddle game in the hold.

The scene the picture is referring to is that when you get to the taproom (think restaurant), Paido offers to buy you an ale.  You have three choices- Ferina Nog (the cheap stuff- essentially that 'urine fermented in dirty laundry' you were talking about), Chai-cheer (think Budweiser or Miller or any national brand) or Bor Brew (top shelf, but kicks like a mule).

To get that scene, you have to fail your 'constitution check' and you end up freaking out in a taproom full of farmers and travellers who proceed to bust a gut at your antics.

Oh man that sounds like such fun! I wish I had gone with that :(

You would have met Trost a different way, too- Paido tries the cheap stuff and ends up sitting it accidentally into Trost's helmet.  He gets irritated about that, and proceeds to dump the ale out of his helmet and all over Paido's boots.  I imagine it would have escalated into a massive bar fight or something, but in the book, you buy the guy a mug of Chai-cheer and call it even.

I kind of wanted the bar fight, myself. :P

All of these people always looking for fights... should I endeavour to give you more? ;)

Also, I think the first meeting with Bor Brew on book 5 was awesome; I never took the barge on book 8 though, so I don't know about what was there. Was it still only the Bor Brew that could knock Lone Wolf out, or could he get drunk on every one of those liquors?

I didn't notice the flask being offered again, and beside Laughing Shark dodged any specifics in the question being asked, so we're even, right :p


The other two ales were fine, as you only drink one before Paido spits his out

I suspected as much. :)

As for Shark and her actions in her thread, I think that's just because Sun Snake is used to people who are more reserved, both in speaking patterns as well as in body language and attitude, so what might have seemed an offering to Shark could have been interpreted as a different gesture by Snake.

In fact, you all should consider the possibility to play on that - the fact that your characters have such a different background and lifestyle that they've problem in understanding each other at times.

The Bor-brew is the only one that'll do that- you skip right to the scene with Paido and Trost if you pick to have Chai-cheer or Ferina Nog.

Now that I think about it, I can't but imagine what we'd do if we ended up stuck in Toran for a day while the skyship was undergoing final preparation and decided a last meal or drink together would be worth it in case some of us never came back?

That'd be fun, but it'd slow down the game way too much... of course, half the party do stay in Toran, so again, perhaps some of you will have the chance to try it.

I'll see what I can come up with if the chance arise... :)

Hey Rain, hope you struck around, I just replied!


And lol, yeah, bar fight for sure. It's not a case of if it would start, just who would start it.

1:2 Laughing Shark starts a fight with someone who hits on her
2:1 Sabre Fox starts a fight with someone who he hits on
3:1 Sun Snake gets in a fight with another Kai
20:1 Dusk Rat, Swift Fox and Rain Feather get so drunk they start singing offensive Vassgonian songs at full volume

I don't know about 3 - Swift and Rat do not strike me like the types to get in a brawl - but I think I can supply you with 4 - Rain Feathers picks a fight with somebody she doesn't like, just because of her suspicions. :)
This message was last edited by the GM at 08:31, Tue 10 Jan 2012.

Let's see... I see three scenarios-

1) Rain ends up having a wee bit too much, leaning on Sabre's shoulder as she falls asleep.  He takes it the wrong way and thinks he likes her, providing material for traveling.

2) Rain and Snake get into a fight after one too many, leading to one heck of a fight that pretty much become the stuff of legends in Toran.

3) Rain and Shark end up singing those songs as a duet- and end up making plans to do it again if they both come back.

:) I can see that happening... though that doesn't mean I'll let it happen.

Although, who knows... that'd make a nice ending, wouldn't it? ;P

It might- I mean, heck- it might loosen Rain up a little.

Well, I guess we'll have to see. :)

Also, Rain, you just made the 2000th post, you know that? ^^

I did?  Didn't realize it- pretty much watching another game I joined a few months ago pretty much wither away.  The players are willing to play, but we're lucky to get a post out of the GM a week.  It's been really, incredibly frustrating- especially since he let me make a secret listen check to hear some secret information the others were discussing, and then pretty much let the cat out of the bag in flavor text.

I'll give it another week- if nothing by then, I'll quit.  What's wrong with some people?

Mah, it's just that some take to GM a game without really understanding what it means or the time committment required.

Also, at times, it might be the players who create problems - in another game I was playing, I pratically had to leave because another player was being willingly confrontational; she decided she hated me (because I was playing a character she didn't liked and who didn't just obey to her, apparently) and forced such an high level of infighting that the GM wasn't having fun anymore and considered quitting the game because of that... so I left to havoid headaches to the GM.

In a couple others, the GM suddenly stopped posting altogheter, without a word of warning... that kills games too.

It's basically a matter of having people who are both mature enough to understand that it's just a game, yet involved enough to understand that it's something more than a "when I can" pastime... a certain balance is required, and most people don't really understand that.

Don't worry, you'll hopefully have more luck next time! ^^

And well, in the meantime, this game is still going strong, isn't it? ;D

Well, I hope if you disappear, you'll at least let us send a group of Kai out hunting you.  :D

But yeah, I'm happy this one's going strong.

Of course it is, with players willing to post late at night like I have! :D

Then again, the GM does it too, so it all balances out in its weird way. :)

In the end, I think the game's still going on because we're all Lone Wolf fun, not just roleplaying fun - it's what make us so committed, in my opinon.

By the way, what hour is there where you are, Rain? ;P

Swift doesn't know Vassagonian :)  hehe.
Not too sure of her alcohol tolerance.  She does drink the occasional one (since she knows Laughing Shark, she's probably been pushed into it a few times), but she refuses to drink more than one or two, and likely wouldn't touch Bor Brew either.  She doesn't really like the idea of getting drunk.

Though, I suppose if anyone started drinking to forget stuff it would be her...


I've been in a lot of message-board RPs that just ground to a halt one day for no obvious reason.  It's like everyone else just suddenly decided they didn't want to play anymore and then forgot to tell me.
Was on another site, RPG Forums Online.  It happens all the time on there.  I don't think I've ever seen an RP get completed on there at all.
I'm still a member of that forum, but I never join any RPs on there now, just feels like wasting my time starting them and designing detailed characters for them if they're never going to finish.

Hoping this one keeps going though.  I'll keep posting as long as it keeps running :)
(Or until something kills poor Swift off, lol)
This message was last edited by the player at 12:02, Tue 10 Jan 2012.

That's interesting; I'll keep it in mind. ;D

I was under the impression you and Shar were only passing acquaintances, and hadn't really met each other all that much, though... am I forgetting something? With all those character creation threads, it might happen! ^^

Just turned seven a.m. and I'm getting ready to grab a few hours of sleep before classes at two.  Busy finishing up some stuff for a student organization I'm with, and that gives me an excuse to keep an eye on Rebirth.

Yeah, we know each other and have probably talked a bit from time to time, although Swift isn't really the sociable type and would probably have made it a mostly one-sided conversation.
I'm guessing she'd have been pressed into trying a drink or two though.  Maybe she'd have been tempted at least.

Yeah, that sounds like a distinct possibility. :)

Also, Rain, knowing that you likes the game enough to post even at those improbable hours makes me happy - it means I'm not the only one doing it. ^^

Good sleep, and I wish you the best of luck for this endeavour of yours! :D

Yeah, it's a hard push to keep a PbP game going, because it is so easy to let it lapse from a player or GM perspective. And because they go over such a long timescale that it is too easy for someone's circumstance to change, or interest to shift.

Sadly had a D&D game from a TotS GM lapse later last year. Partially a slowdown from players, then the GM, just let it tail off :(

Even Maerin from TotS, who ran a successful multiple year campain has had to call off the sequel just now, because of his own commitments.


Pacing is a tricky thing to manage. I think the no more/no less than an expectation of a GM update a day (maybe not suring weekends) with allowances for people missing a day is a good benchmark to tweak around.

I like the idea of Rain and Shark singing brawdy songs together, it amuses me. . .

This talk of dead games make me sad, and feel terrible . . . sometimes its just a matter of situations changing and no longer having stints of 2+ hours to devote to sitting there writing things up. Playing a game is significantly less work than running one; a player post takes me about 10 minutes to write, maybe 15 if I put a lot of thought into it, and I can walk away and finish it later.

I find with writing GM posts it takes anywhere from 1 to 3 hours, depending on how many players you are responding to and what is going on. last term I counted the words that went into a post, it was nearly 1000, and that was one of the three posts I made that night! Not to mention all the checking NPC relations, plot development as a result, etc. . . but I guess I'm just being overly sensitive to lame GMs cause I am one right now :( Ah, guilt guilt guilt. . .

I do hope Shadow doesn't run into something like that, as hypocritical as that sounds ^_^; He's doing a magnificant job right now, which rocks. I have admiration for anyone who can keep it up for a long period of time without the wrecking ball that is life hitting them in the face, it takes something. . .
This message was last edited by the player at 17:18, Tue 10 Jan 2012.

Definitely agreed on that one Shark...
(I mean about Shadow doing a good job, not that you're a lame GM, 'cos I think you're doing just fine, speaking from the point of an otherwise impartial observer/lurker type) :)

I was toying with the idea of turning the New Order story series I was working on into an RP on here, perhaps just to test it out with players who weren't familiar with the story.
But I'm prevented from doing so by the knowledge that I'd make a really lousy GM, lol.
Respect to anyone who can handle that sort of thing, 'cos I know I can't :)

http://images.cheezburger.com/...8897400424126375.jpg
This message was last edited by the player at 17:20, Tue 10 Jan 2012.

Well, once we're done with this game, Swift, if you feel like it, you can always run the idea by me, I'll GM the game for you, and you can play yourself? ;)

I agree with Shark, GMing takes a lot more work and effort than playing - and I'm the kind of player that can make long posts that takes half an hour to write, too. While typing fast.

That said, having players as good as you all make it all worthwile! ^^

I must admit I found the mental inertia the biggest drawback. there is a lot to manage with running a game, but especially coming back from work to thenneed to update, it can be hard to slide in to that mindset.

Ironically, the solution I found was to run two :) Creativity breeds creativity, and 'less' free time actually ensured I just sat down and got in to the creative mindset faster, rather than fussing around with the hundreds of small thigns that 'need' done in an evening and posting later with a single game.

Dusk Rat and Laughing Shark can tell you if runnign two games at the same time was noticeable to either of them. I think my slowdown on Dusk Rat's game was around the Christmas/New Year period right before I ran a second game, instead of once I ran a second game.


Maybe I'm wrong!



And Shark, sicne you do have somethign very thinking-intensive and time instensive as your studies, it's very understandable to want to disconnect your brain a little instead of force it to do hours more writing and thinking :)

Plus being responsible for people having fun is always one of those background worries that can be a little draining without you ever noticing it. So yeah, you GM when you have mental and physical time! I don't think people are going anywhere :)

heh! If i had time maybe I'd give that theory a shot! Then again, it sort of works for playing multiple games, I find its easier to get excited for an old character when you write a new one, or come up with new scenarios. . . this is of course assuming you have the time.

Yeah, time is always the most precious of resources, I find.

No wonder people pay for having others spend theirs working for them. :)

Speaking of which, is time for me to go to sleep... no more posts from me for the next six hours at least, more likely eight.

But you're all free to continue talking amongst yourself if you want to; these watches thread really don't require much input from me, and that's because you all are really great roleplayers! ^^

Me too.  I usually head off to sleep about an hour before this time, but I was waiting to see if anything else would happen in the watch thread.

Oh well, plenty of time tomorrow :)

Sleep? Wazat?

It's that thing that happens to you when you don't get enough caffeine :)

Considering our thread I wonder if anyone is going to be able to sleep though Laughing Shark's/Sun Snake's watch.

<.<

>.>

Lol, what happens in the second watch stays in the second watch. :p

Don't worry, you're both not screaming, so it's unlikely that you'll wake anybody! ^^

Of course, I'm not going to be responsible if any of the others wakes up having dreamt the crazy laugh of an evil witch... ;P

Hmm, now I'm curious to know what you two are getting up to there ;)  hehe.

As incredible as that might seem, they're just talking. 0_°

We're not just talking, we're PUTTING THE WORLD TO RIGHTS! *hic*

We're just having a nice chat over the peculiar mating habits of Icelandic sea otters in May. Over tea.


It's quiet lovely, it is.

Yeah, we're wondering if their waterproof hides are a help or hinderance during mating.


And yes, we're drinking some sort of flavoured water. Must be tea, there';s things floating in it that in the darkness are probably leaves :D

Things are going quite well in the third watch...  Err, sort of...
If anyone hears a loud scream, like the sound of someone being violently murdered, directly outside the tent, just go back to sleep.  It's nothing to worry about ;)

Lol, I do not believe our dashing leading man could come to harm!

Nah, she's talking of killing meddling kids.

In jest, of course.

Right, Swift? °_°'

In reply to Shadow (msg #164):

OOC: "Yes, of course.  I'm just kidding" :)

IC: "....."

Difficult to tell really :)  hehe

-.-

*is watching you* *hic*

I wish I could read your thread :)  It looks like fun.

Will the invisible ones be made readable later on?

It's up to those involved in each thread to decide.

Is it now...

Yeah, it is.

I think that says it best!

Can't let you people know all the terrible wonderful things we're saying about you behind your backs!

Exactly. Nothing happening there at all. Just plain tea and friendly discussions regarding Phoca vitulina reproduction habits and some light assassination planning.

So pretty much Sun Snake's planning to take out Rain before she can do the same to him?  He should change his Kai name to Sneaky Snake...

Actually Dusk Rat. But we can frame Rain for it if you like :)

If you're gunna be around much longer Snake, I was just about to make my IC post. . . shocked to see you on at this hour!

Wolrk u early (6am) and i have a laptop by my bed with mp3s to listen to :) Might fall asleep again and get woken by my alarm!

Well, if you fall alseep before reading then you'll have something to look forward to tomorrow!
This message was last edited by the player at 06:40, Fri 13 Jan 2012.

Yup, fell asleep again and woken by alarm. So groggy!

Sorry if I'm short and sweet in dialogue. On my phone today

Understood. If Swift Fox is violently murdering you to wear your skin as a Helghast, just use something short and sweet like 'the' or 'and' or 'a'. We'll know what you mean.

:)

Seeing you lot trying to guess at what's going on in each other's thread is fun! ^^

Nope.  Though maybe Swift will make herself a nice little Helghast suit.
Turnaround is fair play after all :)  hehe.

What we're all up to, eh? Well right now Shark is just taking care of a biological function often over looked in RGPs and other story telling mechanics.

I'm dead serious too.


:)

Did you roll dice for it? :)  hehe

I did, and I got a 2 - what does that mean?
This message was last edited by the player at 18:20, Fri 13 Jan 2012.

You didn't make it and now need a change of clothing ;)  hehe

I'd believe it. Peeing in the woods can be hard for a girl!

Remember to use your hunting skills to identify the poison ivy patches.

If Shadow or Laughing Shark seem dazed, it might be because I hit them with a wall of text. There might be 2d10 spelling damage hidden in there, I've started to get very tired after my early wake up this morning!

It's awesome, that's why I'm speechless.

But I'll still manage to have a response up tonight, so you can have something to read tomorrow morning when you get up! ^^

I'm afraid to check the thread now :S

You shouldn't be, it's getting more wonderful with every new post you two make. :)

I should also point out - less the other be displeased by my continous praise of it - that it's also the only one where no plot advancement whatsoever is being obtained... only character development. That's what make it so fun for me to read! ^^

Wait we're supposed to be advancing a plot?

hehehe

No, you aren't; you're just there to look pretty and kill things, much like Sabre.

Advancing the plots is what I put Swift Fox and Rain Feahter in the respective teams for! ^^

As for Dusk Rat and Sun Snake... I think they'll have their uses down the line, eventually. You'll see. ;P

I'm supposed to be advancing a plot?!  (O.o)'

I am looking out for opportunities to develop Swift's character, depending on how other characters act towards her.
At the moment, she's still a bit of a loose cannon who thinks her main purpose in life is to deal with whatever the Order tells her to deal with, and usually prefers to work alone.
She definitely doesn't think of herself as any sort of leader, and doesn't particularly want to be one.
Only time will tell if her view of the situation changes in a good or bad way as the mission progresses...
(Unless she gets killed before then of course!)


And yep, there is a bit of an "anti-hero with a troubled past" cliche in there.
Been spending too much time on TVtropes I think :)

I just have to share. . . so my adviser is getting into a rather amusing scientific 'debate' with some other folks and it managed to make national news, so I figured I'd share: http://www.livescience.com/178...rog-angler-fish.html

The fish should win!

But I'm not biased :)
This message was last edited by the player at 02:12, Sat 14 Jan 2012.

Plot..plot... oh, is that the thing that happens in between Sun Snake's speeches?


And woohoo! Science fight! *gets popcorn, heats it up using SCIENCE!*

Yep, Sun Snake, that's right. :)

Guess he's gotta breathe sometimes!

Well it's different leadership styles.

One group leader likes to give inspiring speeches.

The other likes to charge in and stab everything :)

Lol, one says 'let me lead you!' the other says, what, weren't you following?' :)

Rofl...meanwhile everyone else is already off doing their own thing - chatting up everything that moves, looking for shiny things, or sitting around being bored at being stuck with all these people who don't seem to know what they're doing ;).

Ah, but isn't this clash of personalities the best thing about RPGs? :)

Yeah yeah Dusk Rat, you say it's all sitting around waiting for us to move, what you are actually doing is stealing all the shinies. You've already sold the horses and pretended they ran off!

Well, it seems to me that you guys haven't been very talkative in this new thread recently! ^^

The Foxes' thread is closed and Rain Feather/Dusk Rat's one is winding down as well, I think, but Shark and Snake will likely still have a bit to go, so that might mean not going back to the main thread for a couple days yet at the least.

So, I thought: should I do something to keep my players entertained OOC if their characters are temporarily unable to post? And since that seems wise, I thought to go with the obvious option: ask you guys how you're liking the game so far! ^^

Thus, everybdoy, I'm curious to hear your answer to question like "how boring the plot actually is?", "how do you expect things to develop from now on?", "how entertaining/interesting have been the other player's characters until now, and why?" and "how much of a walking cliché does all the NPCs are?"

I'm starved for answers, so let me know your opinions! ^^

Nothing wrong with walking clichés.  I mean Swift herself is probably a walking cliché too :)

Definitely liking the game so far.  Just waiting for Shark and Snake to pass out from alcohol poisoning so we can continue :)  hehe.
I don't mind waiting though, got a busy week ahead in RL Land...

By the way, are we allowed to bring in a new character if our current one dies?
Adding the finishing touches to the third character on the list from my own story now, so I'll probably have one on standby :)

I think we'll cross that bridge if (when) we come to it. I'm not opposed to the idea at all, but it needs to make sense within the context of the story! ^^

I'll admit I have several plans on the "how" a new character might be introduced into the plot, but I won't reveal them, because it would spoiler you way too much things that are supposed to be secret...

So, nothing wrong with walking cliché, uh? Should I then ask which NPC you found less original overall, Swift? I'm curious! :D

Swift Fox isn't allowed to die! Then who will Shark make comments with regarding Peacock's name and anatomy?

I'm only bummed we're all splitting 'cause I think everyone so far seems to have really interesting characters, and then I feel I'll be missing half the story! But it's good so far.

Uh... you might always discuss Peacock's "qualities" with Dusk Rat? ;P

About the "splitting the party" thing, I can say right now that I'll keep both of the two main threads after the split as public threads that everybody can read; I trust your ability to not mix knowledge of what's going on in the other thread to metagame. And those who don't trust themselves will simply be free not to read the other team's thread, if that's their wish. :)
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:26, Sun 15 Jan 2012.

Just be careful not to get Swift drunk.  She's dangerous enough as it is ;)

I'd say everything is cliché now, I mean eventually you reach a point where there just aren't any new ideas left.  Everything has already been done.
But I wasn't focusing on any characters in this game when I said that, was just reacting to you mentioning it :)  I like the characters here so far, quite a varied crowd :)

I'm happy to hear that! ^^

I think Snake may still have Shark's liquor anyways. . . I'm going to need to get that back from him before this night is over.

Lol, nah, you can assume it got handed back. I think he took one last pull but it was implicit she would get it back :)

good! Shark needs more drinking time!

Well, hopefully she's the happy kind of drunk, right? Makes things more lively and all that. :)

As long as she's not the overly affectionate type of drunk.  Snuggling up to Sun Snake and telling him loudly that she loves him :)  hehe.

Well, remember, there's also Alyne there with them! That might put an hamper on things! ;)

Yeah, Alyne really does take the possition of being the second watch's Buzz Killington.

Might have to go find another character avatar for Rain after this thread- or before this thread's over. :P

Now, now, Shark, she just lost her whole village; perhaps she's due some slack, even if she cut into your personal time with Sun Snake? There's no need to be gealous! ;P

And I'm curious to see how your portrait will change, Rain... at the very least, it'll be one less hooded person in the team! ;)

Well, on this happy note, I think I'm going to bed... just like Terminator, I'll be back - in eight or so hours, as things go. I hope you'll post more interesting things for me to read in the meantime! ^^

I am very curious about your thread now... is this portrait change because of a hood removal or because Dusk Rat re-arranged your face? If the latter, I think Shark will be worried.

Never irritate Dusk Rat, hehe. She's got a mean right hook.

Yeah, the tremendous punching prowess of Dusk Rat is going to let you all speechless! ^o^

Shark, I have a funny feeling it's the drink that's robbing you of time? And the rum!


And I want to say in advance, I have no access to Rain Feather's and Dusk Rat's thread. Yet I am about to write, probably word for word, exactly how it goes. Don't be alarmed by my freakish perception.


Dusk Rat: You know with that spear and your hood up makes you look like a Helghast, right?
Rain Feather: I'm not losing the spear.
DR: You could put the hood down.
RF: I'm not putting my hood down. I don't look like a Helghast.
DR: I'm just sayin'
RF: I do NOT look like a Helghast.
DR: Just sayin'
RF: I don't!
DR: Just sayin'
RF: I DON'T!
DR: Just sayin'
...
...
DR: Just sayin'
RF: FINE! I'll put my hood down.
DR *hehe* *gets to be the lone hooded mysterious Kai*
...
...
RF: This feels weird, I'm going to put my hood up again.
DR: SNEAK ATTACK! *punches Rain Feather in the face*
RF: What the hell?
DR: Oh, sorry Rain, I thought you were a Helghast.
RF: Fine, I'll put my hood down.
DR: *hehe*
...
...
RF: Wait, where's my spear? I dropped it when you punched me.
DR: Dunno. Maybe a Helghast took it.
...
...
DR: *hehe*
...
...

I was thinking of giving Swift a black hooded cloak too...  Probably a good thing I didn't ;)

Well, it would at least have made for some interesting comments from the folks you'd met! ^^

Or could have made you be mistaked for members of organization XIII, using mysterious hoods for no reason at all, other than look cool. One or the other. :)

Godo thing you didn't Swift, do you really want to be punched in the face by Dusk Rat?

Might still happen without the cloak.  Early days yet :)  hehe.

The hoods DO sort of make you guys look like helghasts. . .

I know, right? Wanna slit some throats while they are all asleep, just to be sure?

Not Sabre Fox, of course. Far too dashing and leading of a man to be a Helghast. *bets he is Roark's son*

So are all the groups pretty much done now?

Not yet - Dusk Rat and Rain Feather should still have some more things they'd want to posts; it shouldn't take them long, but I'm not going to rush anybody. :)

Lies!!!!!!

Daughter?

:) You know, that kind of negations is the one that makes people believe it more! ;D

However, I'll here raise a shield in defense of Sabre Fox, and say that he's not the son of Roark.

Come on, do you really think I would make one of the player characters the son of a Cener Druid? ^^

Sabre Fox has all of his own skin for a start, which is something the Druids dont usually have after all thier experiments!

Hnm, I don't know... do you think the experiments are hereditary? That seems a bit farfetched to me.

What if someone became a Cener Druids after giving birth? I mean, while Kai Lords/Ladies are born with the power, it seems to me that becoming a Cener is a choice, isn't it? If so, there's really no reason why one couldn't decide to become a Cener later on in life - perhaps in the hopes of extending said life, who knows. Or maybe even to protect their own children... plenty of possibilities there, if you ask me.

:)

Well Swift's past is mostly unknown apart from vague rumours...

Wonder what sort of past would make someone so lethal and slightly angsty like that...  *grins evilly*  ;)

You murdered puppies in a past life, didn't you?!

I'm sure everyone's past will eventually be reveled to a certain degree, what fun would it be if they weren't?

Indeedy! We will all see who was Roark's cousin once removed, and who is secretly a human/helghast hybrid (or Triple H for short, they tend to hide in wrestling communities.)

"Different Degree" being the keyword here.

Everyone of you (even those who don't think so) has at least some relevant connections in their backstory that will be revealed as the story goes on.

However, there's a different in quality. I think that only half the group has very significant backstories that will heavily influence the plot; the other half has minor information and interesting, but overall not-plot-determinant, connections. You all should know which group you're part of... but you can freely wonder over who has these very relevant backstories, and who doesn't! ^^

Considering most of my back story surrounds boats. . . yeah.

:) I did say "you might not realize it", didn't I? Perhaps some connections are going to be more important than you think they should be, or my citing a random meeting with a character (or you being part of a particular event) during character creation might in fact be a plot hook I secretly put there... you'll have to wait and see! ^^

Again, if you happened to meet Gnaag when you were younger, you might be a Helghast/human Hybrid (HHH)

I think we all know Snake is just trying to throw us off his trail. Sun Snake. . . sounds an awful lot like Darklord reincarnate to me. . .

Maybe Swift is the reincarnation of Serenity from Dragon's Legacy...  Sneaky-sneaky, stabby-stabby ;)  hehe.

You might be closer to the truth than you think!

*laughs while players try to decide if the GM was answering Swift's, Shark's, or Snake's post*
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:44, Tue 17 Jan 2012.

Pfft, Swift is too nice to be Serenity. Then again, I guess you did murder some villagers already. . . maybe its true! Ah! Doomed. We're doomed.

Ah damn and you're our leader too. Going to have us all bring you candy and dead animals, aren't you?

Candy would be nice.  Swift prefers to collect her own dead animals though ;)

Lol, did I miss a meeting where some villagers are dead?


Wait, isn't it cats that bring dead animals to their masters? And dogs like Swift... hmm, I think it's all one big trap so Swift can kill you all for being cat-like!


And obviously its Snake who is the HHH. Seriously, how many real Kai actually go on about teamwork and being good, seriously? He's trying way too hard, and is also distracting you all from the hood :D

Its all a ploy to bend us to your will, at which point you can make subtle orders for us to start sabotaging our own! I'm onto you, you sunny serpent you!

Either I'm really good, or you lot got that saboutaging each other thing down already :) I was just lookign to get free pizzas and lifts to the airport.... that's evil, right? If I just steal slices and don't offer to pay for petrol?

With the price of food and petrol in some places, that very well might be evil!

Awww, are we on black-out for SOPA? The new forum makes it hard to spot if new people are posting

We as in "the game", or we as in "the site"?

I don't think the site is, since it's been active the whole day. As for the game, I don't think we blocking our own game to ourselves would really do much for making us aware of this law proposal, does it?

If anybody isn't aware, I can easily suggest to go in the Community Chat forum, on the 18 Jan thread, where all necessary information to understand what's goin on can easily be found.

As for why nobody is posting on the game, well, Frost Ferret is, for one. :)

We currently have Dusk Rat and Raining Feather's private thread still going on, so that's why we haven't restarted the main thread yet; however, it is winding down, so I'll specifically ask them if they're ok with restarting the game even if they've yet to finish their thread - I think that what was needed for them to better define the relationship of their character with each other has been done, anyway.

I find it funny that every watch had one member from each group - so we're building relationships with folks we may never see again! How sad :(

Don't worry Snake, Shark may shed a tear if you die.

If you survive through the "separated" part of the game, the two group will eventually rejoin each other. Establishing relationship right is important to that goal.

Awww, three pairs who'll never talk again, destined to die separated!


Snake will spill some dirty dishwater on the ground in your honour and fall over backwards, don't worry! *fistbump to Team Awesome*

Even though she will probably shrug and move on, you can be assured that somewhere deep within the darkest depths of her mind, Swift will be saddened by your loss :)

It only works if you drink the dishwater!

now Shark and Snake have to *fist bump* in character. . .somehow, it will happen. . .

oh and, yeawh! Team Awesome :D
This message was last edited by the player at 21:52, Wed 18 Jan 2012.

:) You lot are fun players. I'm happy for that.

And on this note, Swift, I think you can restart the main thread whenever you wants to; Dusk Rat and Rain Feather are done or nearly so with their thread, and even if they have something left, it shouldn't be going to majorly influence their actions in this new situation.

So, post away! ^^

Oki doki, give me a minute or two...  :)

All the time you need, we're in no rush.

Shark is asking where you got the dagger lol

Ah ok.  Sorry.
Way past my bedtime here, got no caffeine, so my brain keeps going "Blue Screen of Death", hehe.

Edited my post :)

Shark and Rain really need to go drinking together :)

Bless her, Rain might actually try to drink Shark under the table. She'd be eager to do it, and end up trying to match her drink for drink- she'd assume that she's a Kirlundin, sailing and drinking must be in her veins.

She might be able to put up a good fight, but she'd be saying all sorts of crazy things- and then she'd come back and act like that until she went to sleep.

It'd be a lot of fun to write a half-pickled Rain, I think. :)

'eres opin ye get the chance, mate!

*raise a glass*

Wat's Kirlundin?

It refers to the Kirlundin Isles, a chain of islands not that far from Sommerlund.

http://www.projectaon.org/en/x.../01fftd/maplarge.htm

They're the chain of islands right outside the Holmgulf.

Oh yes! Thems! I was always curious about those islands. My player knowledge is greatly lacking on those islands, but I am sure considering Shark's history she'd know about'em. Are you saying that is where Rain is from?

Yeah, that's right where she's from- family of fisherfolk and everything.

Will update tonight. Very busy today

My character in Culling was from the Kirludin Islands, too. That's a random coincidence, isn't it? :)

Anyway, Kirludin were the last part of the Sommerlund kingdom to be conquered, and they're mostly a strategic military base for Sommerlund's navy in the war against pirates and to keep out the Ice Barbarian from Kalte; control over the islands assures Sommerlund a control over the goods imported from Ljuk, as well.

Of course, the islands also offers a chance at hiding to many a pirate ship, too... given that the inhabitants only become part of Sommerlund 200 years ago, instead of the much longer time that the kingdom is been around, they're also not particularly friendly with the mainland inhabitants.

As far as living there go, fishing is the main activities, but they've also some nice plants that they grow there and sell back to the mainlands - mostly things that need the colder climate or the closeness of the sea to grow properly.

Or, this is how I'm interpreting the Kirludin Islands in this game, at the very least! The books neve stops there and never say anything about them or the people living there, so this is mostly supposition and guesswork I'm doing... but since they're only background for our adventure, too, I think it should suffice. ^^

EDIT: Don't worry, Sabre Fox, we know you're around, we'll wait for your ost if needed! :D
This message was last edited by the GM at 09:30, Thu 19 Jan 2012.

Sorry too, meeting happening in my office over my lunch, will have to wait until evening for me to post again!

I'm always curious about all those little places on the map that are never visited in the stories.
Even though that gives me the freedom to make them appear how I want them to, I'm always thinking that maybe one of the New Order books I haven't read yet will take place on one of them and they'll be nothing at all like my vision of them :(  It's a bit of a dilemma, lol.

:) I wouldn't worry about it, Swift - in fact, I don't.

The way I see it, when you're doing a fan work over something, you're free to improve and change it as much as you think it necessary, so long as you stay faithful to the source.

Of course, you're free not to agree with me, too... it would depend on the way the details are handled, but in my opinion, the canon isn't a straightjacket that one needs to feel constrained by - it should be used as a springboard to build upon! ^^

Snow storm hit my city this week, so I'm on my second snow day in a row (yeay Seattle and their lack of snow equipment!) 6inches and te city shuts down, it's kind of amusing.

So I'll be able to post when ya'll are busy again :)

I don't know if I should be happy or sad about the snow...

Look at it as a chance to develop Kai Weaponmastery with Snowball, for attaining easy victory in sudden unexpected snowball fights :)

Yeah- what kinds of upgrades could you get with that, anyways?

:) I don't know. I guess it's up to Shark to tell us about what she think of that!

Hmm, I think Shadow might have edited my last post. The actual reaction to Rain fetaher went as follows:

"Anyway, I will leave you for now to let you speak to yo- HOLY RAIN ITS CRAP FEATHER I MEAN FEATHERY HOLES ITS RAIN! CRAP! I mean...you have hair."

*runs*

I got some "piss cats off" upgrades when I took them out for a walk and some photo ops.

The storm also inspired me to write another mini-story with Shark and Wasp, maybe if I finish it I'll let you guys read it :D

I loved Snake's reaction to Rain Feather, by the way :)
This message was last edited by the player at 19:16, Thu 19 Jan 2012.

Yup, I too; It's surely amusing. :)

I think Rain and Shark need to talk about the islands sometime :-)

Another Shark discussion? Should I prepare myself for more drunkedness? ;)

Hmm, now I'm curious... :)

First person to hit the ground loses :)


And yeah, the short story would be cool to read.

So is Sabre Fox missing?

Uh, In Character he should be there. Let's give him half more of a day, I'm sure he's going to post eventually; and if in, say, ten hours from now, he hasn't posted yet, we'll push forward while assuming that, in game, he's sulking.

Is that alright for everybody?

If he was busy yesterday, he'd also have his game to update too aswell as quite a few posts here to catch up on. So I'm happy to wait for him to weigh in, since we're just gearing up anyway!

I don't mind hanging around in the clearing a little longer, just to annoy Hulmon even more with Swift's continuing presence ;)  hehe.

Aw... why would you want to annoy Hulmon? He's so nice a guy!

See, he's even friend with Sun Snake! ^^

That's not helping your case any

Oh? Why not? ;P

I keep wondering if he can fire magical lasers from that crystal eye he's wearing :)

Hah! I wondered the same thing! He just winks close his 'good' eye and the other shoots purple beams or rainbows!

Well, you'll have to wait and see, isn't it? ;P

So, ten hours have gone by, Sabre Fox didn't posted. Sun Snake is right in that he said that he was busy, but still, I ask you lot, should I push you forward and let you leave the clearing, or do we all wait?

So far it seems like Swift and Snake wants to stay and wait for Sabre to post himself, but I would like to be sure about their opinion, as well as hear that of everybody else.

Well I don't mind waiting for him.  But if everyone else wants to move on, I don't think Swift has much else to say to the wizards.

Lol, in character Sun Snake can tell you a very good reason not to antagonise Hulman, but we shall see if he gets the chance.

Thats an invitation too antagonize him right there. . .

also I suppose I'm fine with what ever, move along or wait around that is.

Alright, then I sign up 1 vote as "wathever", and 1 as "waiting for Sabre to post, but not wanting to stop the others". I get the imnpression that the latter will be a popular vote. :)

Anyway, even if Sabre is not posting, that's not reason for any of you not to post if you want to talk with anybody, you know?

You can just assume that you spotted Sabre talking with the forth magician, who is a woman, since he's around anyway - if later on that doesn't suit him, I'll retcon that away. Ok?

In fact, the next person who post, feel free to "spot" Sabre Fox, talking to the fourth Brotherhood member with a disgruntled expression. I can always edit that out if needed be.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:22, Fri 20 Jan 2012.

Ahh, so that's why he hasn't come back.  Too busy chatting up the female wizard? ;)  hehe

Aww, still no Sabre? :( I'm happy gto move on if we've said all we need to? Sun Snake's not ignoring Alyne, more you can assume he's being quietly atentive, ad we can all talk on the road

Alright then, I'll make a post to put you on the road and give you all a chance to talk with each other on the way to Toran. This way, those who still want to speak with each other will have the chance to, and we'll be giving Sabre some more time to show up before I bring you all to Toran.

So, going to post.

2500 get by Dusk Rat!

Edit: Hang on a minute...what are the names of the ratties?
This message was last edited by the player at 16:44, Sat 21 Jan 2012.

You'll have to ask the owner! ^^

I am, though I wanna bet Comet and Nimbus!

Kaise ^_^

I hope Sabre pops up again soon, I miss his celebratory personality :(
This message was last edited by the player at 18:02, Sat 21 Jan 2012.

Can't have a hollywood-style epic without a leading man! Though we have an abundance of leading ladies to jump in should the need arise!

Ah yeah, I remember him :)  hehe.

Now all we need is a Firesphere ;)

Lol, to translate for a non-LW person (ie Dusk Rat)

Kaise = non-canon rattie that Zipp created when Shark went throguh the gamebooks.

And the Firesphere is a cool canon device from what is basically the arctic of the Lone Wolf world (Kalte), used by the eskimo stand ins (Ice Barbarians). It's a hand-sized sphere with fire inside. Maybe we'll get lucky and get one, one of these days :)

Poor Swift, sounds like she had a trauma or loss in or aroudn Toran :( And lol, glad she had such a great start with Hulmon, I do think he'll be someone she won't be able to shake!

Yeah.  I don't think calling him "Deadeye" would have put him in a good mood ;)  hehe.
Still, she really doesn't like being mind-charmed, it's almost a phobia of sorts for her, so the whole group put her in a bad mood to begin with :)

Alyne's distracted Sun Snake from replying I reckon, but Sun Snake can tell you exactly where he got the dead eye from if he gets reminded about that one!

And then he can ride off on his invisible high horse to Toran, weeeeeee



Yeah, I reckon Shadow's not going to let you get away with a character flaw without poking it pretty mercilessly at regular intervals. Anyone notice Sun Snake's getting a student? Yeah, he's so wonderfully happy about that!

Does this mean we have to start calling him "Master Sun Snake" now? ;)  hehe

We're Kai Master Superiors, EVERYONE, especially all those snotty little Kai Lords back at the monastery, should be calling us master. And if they don't, TO THE SWORD! KILL THEM WITH FIRE!


I mean... isn't the countryside pretty...
This message was last edited by the player at 19:27, Sat 21 Jan 2012.

Technically, you're all Magnakai MASTER Superios, by rank.

Eveybody calling you Master is just showing the proper respect due to your position...

EDIT: it seems I and Sun Snake double posted! ^^ But, indeed, most lower rank Kai would call you master. At least, in most circumstances. (look sideways to Shark and Sabre).

Also, what is this about me poking at character flaws, again? I didn't do that for anybody, did I? ;D
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:31, Sat 21 Jan 2012.

hah! if anyone ever called Shark "Master Shark" she'd probably laugh at them

Laugh at them, then try to get them drunk too. Not the way for a master to behave! :p


Hey, I found something on my computer just now. It might mean Sun Snake will be able to provide a Sabre-like trail story. We'll see :D

And that Summer/Shark fiction would seem to be a good counterpoint to that!

Indeed it would! ^^

*hands Laughing Shark a drink and stands well back*

hah! Between my proposal and another lil story I'm working on (you guys don't get to see this one yet, sorry!) it may be Snake's turn. Then again Shark does a mini story regarding Rain's homeland that isn't so long. . .

And I'll averlook everything from high on, smiling broadly... :D

Err, can I query "2500 get by Dusk Rat!"? I have no clue wtf that means, lol. Though judging by the comment that followed it, I'm guessing it has something to do with the fuzzles...?

Just that you made the 2500th post. You know, noting down milestones and all that. :)

Exactly. Usually don't make a note of it, but it is a quarter of the way to 10,000 posts already.

Must not laugh...  Must not laugh...  Must...*falls out of seat laughing*  hehe.

I liked the poetry.  Nice touch :)

I thought I remembered seeing a picture of the Xargath in one of the New Order books, but can't seem to find it.

It's book 12, section 60.

http://www.projectaon.org/en/xhtml/lw/12tmod/ill4.htm

Not something you usually think you can beat on your own, but you can one-shot it if you know where to shoot.

It'#s not ego if you're really that important and right all the time, is it? :p


And yeah, I was goign to dig up that picture for Shark, it's a pretty good scare in the book. That and the 100EP. Not that 100EP must phase the Dragon game guys anymore!

Ah, so it wasn't in the New Order books.  That explains why I couldn't find it :)

And yep, the 100EP monster in Dragon's Legacy has me more worried (O.o)'
Hoping the dice roller is nice to me...
This message was last edited by the player at 11:48, Sun 22 Jan 2012.

So you think that a 100 END enemy would be undefeatable by a single Kai?

...interesting.

:)

Depends on how hard it could hit back.  And if there were other enemies waiting for you after it.
As far as I can tell, the LW style of combat involves beating down the enemy as quickly as possible to try to minimise damage taken by the player character during the fight.  100 Endurance would take quite a while to wear down (unless its CS was so low you were lucky enough to get an instant kill), so I think a single character would take a lot of damage during that fight.

Ahh you were talking post count...okay now it makes sense, lol.

I know I've not posted much IC the past couple of days, but for the moment there really isn't anything much Dusk Rat will be doing unless something happens that might attract her attention. She's just following along behind with her fuzzles on her shoulders, keeping alert for anything as she goes.

Dusk - Just join Shark and Rain in the merry telling of tales and singing of songs! Or when Sabre gets back maybe you can cozy up to him since I've stolen away his girl already. . .

The tale of Fishy Dan :)  hehe, love it! :)

Yeah, Shark has a sort of rowdy charm to her, doesn't she?

Now, if only what she said was easier to understand... ;D

Maybe I'll write up a translation key. 'is or is often means his, e is used for he, er for her, a lot of the words just have the first "h" or "a" dropped from it. Also, "an" is usually and, "at" can be confusing as it can either mean at or that. I try to use lil apostrophe to suggest that the words sort of run together "gaints'er" would be "against her". Sometimes I also just put typos in an miss them do to the massive amounts of red squiggles already present beneath all my sentences in Shark speak.

Taken from fishy dan: "turnd out'e also married some ol'fish wife while'e was there, an'e decided ta stay" translated into a more proper English "It turned out he married some old fish wife while he was there and he decided to stay"

I'm no skilled in typing in pirate, the subtleties of accents and such :( If it gets too annoying I could drop it, but I kinda like typing like an uneducated sailor :D
This message was last edited by the player at 18:02, Sun 22 Jan 2012.

I was joking; I at least, understand it just fine. It was simply fun to poke at it and see what the reaction would be... :)

Aww, don't drop it.  I like it! :)

She's gonna rock the next "Talk Like a Pirate" Day :)

haha! Shadow I love the icon change :) Which GM are you impersonating? hm?

I have no idea what you're talking about. ;P

Lol, how did Shark spot that?


Anyway, just abotu to read the story, but I have no problems with Shark's speech so far, tis fun! You may as well say she should stop drinking! NOT ON MY WATCH!


Edit: Very fun story. Good old fishy Dan, ridin' a shark and marryin' a fish-wife! :)
This message was last edited by the player at 19:12, Sun 22 Jan 2012.

Invisible posting is skyrocketing! I'm worried :X Plotting is going on!