And as they say, "soon" is now.

And since I was given the chance to open a thread, I will start with a thought that offer us all a chance to deepen our understanding of reality, and how to change it.

"Never underestimate the value of an ally on the inside."

How does that relates to the current situation, class? Discuss.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:01, Thu 12 July 2012.

Sun Fox is a Helghast?

Not quite! ^_^

Sabre Fox is a Helghast?

Isn't that the very point Sun Fox is arguing for? ;)

Sun Snake didn't say she was wrong.

So, you're agreeing? That's interesting!

Sabre Fox, it seems you're on your own... again. ^_^

The name "Fifth Column" and "ally on the inside" sounds like a "V" reference, hehe.
But that's just me being an 80s sci-fi geek like I usually am :)

Other than that, I'm not sure what it could mean...  Although Swift might be good at sneaking into the inside of something, even if she is a somewhat volatile ally ;)  hehe.

It's actually an history reference, which I would guess any other subsequent reference in various works of art calls back to, as it was at the beginning of the last century. Specifically, it's a reference on how Franco took power in Spain - he attacked Madrid with four column of infantry and, when the royal forces moved to fight those, he sent oders for his fifth column, who'd been in hiding inside the city, to revolt, thus making him win.

I know it's been referenced in many works of art - although I wasn't aware it'd been used in V - and I can see why, too; I choose to reference it both to keep up the naming theme I've established, and because it seemed appropriate to the game in general.

Does that helps? ^_^
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:18, Thu 12 July 2012.

Ahh ok :)
I didn't know about that bit of history.

In the series, the Fifth Column was the name taken by a rebel group hiding within an alien fleet invading Earth.  They disagreed with the invasion and tried to help out the human resistance with information gathering and sabotage.
Hence why I thought of that as the "ally on the inside" thing.

I was curious to see what would come after "Fourth Wall" too.  Now just wondering what the Sixth will be... :)

That's pretty much in line with the original one, isn't it? the fifth column is the secret ally on the inside. ^_^

As for what will be sixth... you'll see when we get there; it's still one thousand posts ahead, so hurry up filling this thread if you want to know! ;D

I'm sure I can think of plenty of stuff to post about...

Although at the moment I'm a little distracted by Sabre Fox and Sun Fox being so adorable together in their thread ;)  hehe.

Not sure about Sixth, but I'm guessing the Seventh would be "Seventh Heaven"? :)
(Just a guess).

And that would be an appropriate guess - that's the idea at the moment, although of course it could change.

Doesn't seems like I should ask how you guessed, but I'll do it anyway, for the fun of it: how did you guessed? ^_^

Just the first thing that came into my head that fit with "Seventh" really :)

Thought I'd ask since while I'm trying to add more posts to get to 1000 faster, I'm trying to keep it at least a little bit on-topic ;)  hehe.

By the way, are you the new player in Dragon's Legacy?  *peers curiously at Shadow* :)

I don't need to play in Legacy, I am already a character in it; I'm an all-seeing ghost. ;P

No, I'm not the new player... and while I do know, I shouldn't spoil it, so I won't say antyhing more on the matter. ^_^

My bets on Rain Feather!

Though its possibly someone else, I suppose. . . /shifty eyes.

Not you though, right?

After all, it's not like you associate with possible criminals or anything...

;)

I had a story outline with numbers chapters once. Thoguh for seven, I actually just had 'heaven' as it was to be an interlide, plus it let me have the phrase 'sixes and sevens' in the chapter before.

And really, sixth won't be sixth sense?

To everybody, I do am around - I'm just waiting to see if Rain has anything to comment before pushing you all forward again. I seems to remember you wanted to check the trapped path, was it?

I think so with the trapped path - I get the feeling the others are lukewarm on snagging a Kraan to investigate?

Can't believe I didn't think of that, considering I've been using Sixth Sense almost continuously for my last few posts! (O.o)
*facepalms*
This message was last edited by the player at 18:14, Fri 13 July 2012.

Sixth is not going to be sixth sense - that'd be too obvious. :)

Possibly 666 as a reference to the devils curse? 0,0

The "Number of the Beast" isn't 666, it's 616 - some bloke just thought 666 would be better when he was translating whichever text it was where that number was originally written, a long long time ago.
Source - An episode of QI, though I can't remember which one now :P.

That's an interesting small bit of trivia, I must say. Thanks for the info, Dusk Rat! ^_^

And as for the title of the next OOC thread, you'll see when it's the time... but it'll contain the word "sixth", that much is certain - so it won't be a number. :)

Sixth Day?

Oh, I didn't knew that one. What it's referencing?

Errm, well there's a film called "The Sixth Day". That's about the only thing I can think of, lol.

Oh! I remember that one now that you mention it - since I saw it in my language and not in english, I hadn't made the connection. I hadn't thought of it... but if clonation happen to be a valid theme for the game, I'll keep it in mind. ;)

I think the name of the film is a reference to the sixth day of Genesis, when god created the first human.
It's sort of a recurring theme in the movie, since the antagonists were basically playing at being gods, deciding who lives and who dies...
(Kind of like being a GM really...  *evil grin*  hehe).

:) That's a very interesting point... I hadn't realized that connection when looking at the film, but it does is appropriate, I agree.

As for the GM being like gods... I don't know; do gods mess with the free-willed creatures that lives in their worlds just for the fun of it? If so, then it might be an appropriate comparison. ;)

Was just teasing really, hehe.

Still, the GM does create the players' perceptions of the game world through their descriptions, as well as creating their antagonists and the challenges they face.  So possibly :)

Managers and GMs have many soft skills in common. It's quite scary really.

Managers?

Lol, yes, managers in business :) Trying to let everyone do what they want to do and figure out what they do best, imposing a set of arbirtray restrictions, ensuring everyone's happiness :p

You can only spend 1 WP, Sabre Fox, not multiple - otherwise, an Invisibility expert could just pay 2 WP to get a +12 bonus, and balancing things would become impossible. So no, you can only use the tracking bonus once... but hey, better than nothing, right? ^_^

Nooooooo!

Ill see what the others want to do then, lol

It's a 50% chance of failure each :( I guess 25% if you burn a FP.

So that's either a 75% chance of something bad happening without a FP, or something like 42% chance of failure with a FP being used.

Assuming the NPCs pass or fail with the group. If they also have to roll....umm, then we're most likely going to trigger the trap. :(

Well failure might not neccassarily lead directly to the avalance. That might be if you royally screw up bad, but if we wanna take a risk we can.

As much as Shadow's evilness is well known, I highly doubt that a full party wipe is essentially on the flip of a coin! That would be too evil!

So if we want to try, im game
This message was last edited by the player at 11:09, Mon 16 July 2012.

Alyne has an automatic pass here - you mighr remember her being particularly nimble during your descent, she's skilled at traipsing through mountain paths for her own backstory reasons.

As for Sun Fox, I'm not sure if I ought to roll or not... however, it does seems slightly unfair for me to fail you for a roll of mine when you all succeeded in your own.

Tell you what, you all are allowed an extra, "Sun Fox" roll; you shall name it that in the die roller, and while you're not allowed to modify it, I'll only use the higher one. Does that sound like a good compromise?

Is that Sun Fox roll each? Or one for the full group?

Each of you; you make your own roll, and then a Sun Fox roll. That way, it's you determining how she does rather than it being me, and you also get 3 chances at getting a good enough result. :)

This will translate in character with the one of you who rolls her through the obstacle - assuming any of you does, of course - will get to see their character helping Sun Fox avoiding the traps as they move along. I hope that's a satisfactory comprimise! ^_^

In that case I think we should make an attempt. At least we have a better chance at it!

Can Sun Snake aid the others or is he focused on the tracking?

Sun Snake, you're already helping the others by leading them through the path - without you there, it would be a much more daunting task, remember?

But Sun Snake has to do soooooomething useful to make up for being such a pain in the arse otherwise! :p

So I gather we are making the attempt then? lol

That seems the idea you two are supporting - Rain hasn't said anything yet. :)

Well I dare not roll incase we dont and have it go against us! lol

Lol, it's simple, roll now, and if you roll poorly, find some sneaky means to persuade Rain not to go along with it that Shadow won't notice!

Well in that case I hope I do well! lol.

That sounds like a very good idea, Sun Snake. I approve.

:)
This message was last edited by the player at 17:07, Mon 16 July 2012.

Dont start bringing NPC's into it 0.o that just complicates matters

Wow, a 0 for the first roll Rain :( Nicely re-rolled though *whew*


Now it's all Sabre Fox's fault when we die a horrible, gory death! :p

Hey dont blame me! I did well enough :) Well sort of :/

Something good must be down there, because someone's gone to a lot of trouble to hide it.  I've pointed the way in the thread, so we should have no problem.

Yes, you shouldn't - the jump across the crak in the ground will be a low DC. However, I'd like for the others to decide whether they feel like doing that, as well as offering their own comments, before you push forward; who knows, perhaps they noticed something you didn't, Rain! ^_^

By the way, I hope everybody was ok about the way I handled your character actions as you navigated the path; I tried to keep everybody in character and to keep the part where I moved you around as short as possible, but if any of you want me to make any changes, tell me so, and I'll do them immediately. :)

Rain Feather rolled 4 using 1d10 with rolls of 4. Oh, for the love of... FP burnt!
23:36, Today: Rain Feather rolled 10 using 1d10 with rolls of 10. Jump, jump!
21:53, Yesterday: Rain Feather rolled 7 using 1d10 with rolls of 7. Blast it... using a FP.
21:52, Yesterday: Rain Feather rolled 10 using 1d10 with rolls of 10. Tracking roll.


That dice roller really wants you to burn fate points Rain! :(

I earned two yesterday, so I still have one... but it's not fun to blow a 0 on a non-combat roll...

Especially now that the combat is about to start.

Don't worry, Rain, with your great roleplaying, I'm sure you'll recover your FP in no time! ^_^

Sun Snake, you asked to use non-lethal damage; you're right that you can pay 2 WP for it, but that's not the only option. In fact, as you can read here:

Basically, it's your choice wheter you want to spend WP or reduce the damage you inflict; as such, you're free to decide for yourself wich of the two you're going for - although I'll need to know, since it would influence the damage you'll be inflicting. :)

Also, none of the Acolytes are going to surrender; there's reason for this which you might get out of them if you manage to spare any, but the most important one is that you're a bunch of armed people who appeared out of nowhere and don't look like Acolytes, so they've identified you as enemies - which, given Sun Fox's attitude, is quite reasonable, isn't it? ^_^
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:59, Wed 18 July 2012.

I think since you mentioned using the shield, it sounds improvised enough to not use the WP, right? So will have gone for the -1 to damage rolls. Will have used Mindblast though, so that would be -1WP anyway, right?


And sparing them suddenly seems so boring now...

ooo, Snake getting a bit cold-blooded there, hehe.
Pity Swift isn't there, you might have impressed her ;)

Nice to Sabre swap sides from the doomed Foxes to the winning Snake army!

I must say, effecting a non-lethal takedown to then perofrm a picture-perfect execution has an incredibly shocking effect. And it's really quite surprising.

Going to post in a minute.

Well, if a character can't surprise you from time to time by deciding to do something unexpected to even the player, then he or she is probably (narratively) dead :)


And lol, didn't notice the comment Swift - sure you don't wanna swap sides to the Snakes too? Swift Snake...it just sounds so much better, doesn't it? Including the cold-blooded implication...


Edit: Sorry, I guess we all double posted! My fault for typing and eating! I replied off the back of the Sun Fox post, so missed your posts Rain :(
This message was last edited by the player at 20:14, Wed 18 July 2012.

Nah, Swift is still crazy like a Fox ;)  hehe.

...and this is why you never, ever fall for the shiny flavor text.  I have that feeling of impending doom hanging over my head- that or a three-hour lecture from Sun Snake...  'This is why you should listen to me!  You're not supposed to go around and look in strange pits!  Did they leave that part out when they were training you?  When we get back home, I'm going to... etc."

Ah, but it's so shiny! :D

And I'm sorry it had to be you, Rain, but then again, it's not like anybody could have stopped the monster from attacking on sight - it's what it does.

At least it wasn't free in the battle! None of you would have liked that... it's quite the mighty beast.

Rain, I'm going to use your rolls and make a post so you have something you can react to... unless you want to make one of your own first?

Go ahead, just roll low... please? :)

I don't need to roll - you're the one who did, already. But, be happy! That luck roll was really the more important one, and at least that you nailed. :)

Lol, Sun Snake can lecture Rain Feather's corpse, but he was being all moody murderer and psychically interrogating what the thing was not noticing what you were doing - rather than actually telling anyone what he was doing and telling you all to stay back. And he wonders why people seem to be reckless! 'But I was doing something I didn't tell you about, why did you go do something in the meantime, urgh!'


Still a little bit of a gotcha though - I don't recall the acolytes at the back taking a combat round to get to us because they were making a wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide detour around the grate! And there was the 'is someone going close to the grate so I can describe the creature down there?' Mean, very mean.


I really hope Rain Feather is some form of Vordak that used the body of the wytch, so that we can potentially ressurect her using dark magic. We may as well go all darkside and just massacre the acolytes and seize power. Being any form of good guy just sucks :p

Ooh, if packed rations are long-life and are two meals for one backpack slot, FF would go for that. If they are long-life, can he get one before leaving the shop?

Yes, Frost Ferret, you can - and of course, being this a shop specialized in traveling stuff, the ration have as long an expiration date as it can be managed on Magnamund. :)

And of course, Dusk Rat, you can buy the food too - that was the entire point of me saying it was there, to allow you to retcon buying some! ^_^
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:33, Thu 19 July 2012.

You're definitely gonna get along much better with Swift Fox if they ever meet up again ;)  hehe.

Hey, that's just the player point of view, Sun Snake is still a good guy :p

Woohoo! Rain, you did it! And the great news is, you just barely did it, so we can all feel justified in burning WP, reather than look at a natural 9 and go 'oh...well...I was there! I helped!' :D

Vakeros are empowered humans, much like the Kai - the main difference being that their power comes from a group of wizards named Elder Magi. The Elder Magi also rule a kingdom called Dessi, which is far into the southern areas of Magnamund.
Either way, you're right, you do are here to look into Silver Raven's disappearance, and that of the many teams of Kai that disappeared in the area before he was sent to investigate - your team is basically picking up Raven's mission of discovering why they disappeared, and solve the problem. Other than that, finding him is all that you're supposed to be doing.

However, there's also the matter of the wandering mage with his Vakeros ally who almost killed Ferret and Swift, and who're apparently planning on doing you arm; they might be the ones responsible for the disapparitions, so it makes sense to try and learn more about them. Shark was simply explaining that she's found a new lead about them; that's all.
This message was last edited by the GM at 09:51, Fri 20 July 2012.

When you think of a Vakeros, think of Lord Paido, from The Jungle of Horrors.  That might give you a better idea of what a Vakeros is.

Dusk Rat has not played any book of the series, Rain - that's why she's a bit confused on the meaning of some things.

I think Dusk Rat is new to Magnamundian adventuring, not having played the gamebooks, is that right?

But yeah, the Vakeros are knights with battle magic from the far southeast of the northern continent. Which is why seeing one all the way up in northern Sommerlund at all, let alone allied to a rogue mage, let alone with a father trading in a nearby market is somewhat noteworthy! :)

If I'm remembering correctly, the race the Vakeros come from are dark-skinned and possibly have fair hair. But the hair bit particularly could be wrong or an interpretation from the disputed novels or something. And their weapons are made from blue steel. So generally, up in the far north in Toran, one of these chaps is gonna stick out. :)

Well, I gave this possible Vakeros black hair, as you surely remember, Frost; other than that, I'm not really that sure on their general features, as the books really weren't all that descriptive.

Also, the presence of the father in Toran to sell things is not casual; Sabre could have told you all that, but nobody asked. In fact, he could have told you so many things... :)

In the books their hair was described as "flaxen", which according to Dictionary.com is sort of a pale yellowish colour.  Still, I'd imagine there are different hair colours that depart from the usual.
The books also mention them having "cat-like" eyes.  Though I'm not too sure if that means their eyes look like cat eyes, or if it's just some sort of imagery meaning sharp and alert like the eyes of a cat.  I think only Joe Dever knows for sure, hehe.
But yeah, they were basically the native inhabitants of the land of Dessi who were taught the secrets of Battle Magic by the Elder Magi.  They're usually allies, but apparently this one has gone rogue for some reason...
They're quite powerful too.  Not so good having one as an enemy.


Also, Sun Fox is scary when she's angry! (O.O)

As long as she's pointed in the opposite direction, it's all good!


Edit: Oh, I think the reason for all this going rogue is going to be Valador related, and very much related to the quetsion he asked Swift Fox on the deck of the Skyrider regarding rogue Kai.

Of course, as far as Sun Snake is concerned, it's still people pretending to be our allies, not rogue elements :) Ever the optimist!
This message was last edited by the player at 17:49, Fri 20 July 2012.

About Sun Fox, just keep her pointed in the right direction, and all will be well! :D

About the various rogue things, Valador, and all the rest... you'll have to wait to discover what the truth really is. ^_^

Also:


Nah, you're wearing them, but not in a form that would stop you from pocketing more stuff or wearing pendants. Just remember that you're wearing them, and it'll be alright.

EDIT: for the Toran's group, I'm waiting for Shark to answer Frost's questions, in case anyone was wondering. :)
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:29, Fri 20 July 2012.

Ah, I had read the description that Shadow gave me in the PM a while ago, but I think I'd assumed they were creatures who'd been created as bodyguards, rather than people who'd been recruited or whatever. And also I'd thought that from the description they were supposed to be good guys, so got confused when it seems one of them is trying to kill the Kai. But if they're just "normal" people with special jobs then of course that would make them open to becoming corrupted or whatever.
I'm just bumbling along being confused and seeing if I can figure anything out in this big world of canon where I don't know anything about the setting ;). It's like when I played Dark Heresy for the first time and decided to use Psyniscience whilst standing in front of what turned out to be a symbol of Slaanesh :D.

Well we all started out the same way :)

Feel free to ask about anything you're uncertain of.  We're all quite friendly here :)

(Unlike some of our characters...  *sharpens dagger collection and grins evilly*)

:) I've not the faintest idea about what Dark Heresy is, but I guess it was something you wouldn't have done with more knowledge of the system.

And yes, the Vakeros are people with magic powers, basically magic knight - not all that dissimilar from Kai lords, really. And yes, like you said, while they're supposed to be good guys, they're people and, as such, can be corrupted.

Don't worry, Dusk Rat, even if you're new to the world, so far you've done nothing particularly jarring; your character is just coming off as not very sociable, but you've done nothing that would make you look like an idiot, so I'd say you're handling the unknown setting well enough! ^_^

Well in regards to what Sabre knew, despite his chatty attitude, he isn't a gossip. He isn't gonna walk into the room and tell people everything about his day. It's like as Shadow said, "you didn't ask" would be his response! :)

I'm not actually reading the other threads but the vakeros and father thing I've read here is ringing the bells!
This message was last edited by the player at 12:01, Sat 21 July 2012.

Dark Heresy is a Warhammer 40k RPG. In the first game I played, I knew basically sod all about the system and was muddling through asking what stuff was every five minutes. I've sort of got the hang of it now, though. I suppose not knowing canon stuff was less of an issue there as it is here, because here the world is much, much smaller (one country as opposed to a whole chunk of the galaxy) and also this game includes actual canon characters from the series on which the game is based, and so on, so it's sort of necessary to know more in order to get anywhere.
I never play social characters in settings I'm not familiar with - even in the 40k games which I've been playing on and off for about three years now, I always ditch Fellowship as my lowest stat and never bother with any talky skills. I tend to play sneaky Rogue-types (or the equivalent in whichever system I'm playing) who can unlock stuff, sneak up on people, dodge well if under attack, stuff like that. I don't tend to play social characters and I've never been interested in the "Want to kill wiv my big weppun, yay bash dem in da hed or shoot dere bwains out" approach. Being an asocial character means I get to sit in the background and try to figure stuff out OOC without being expected to do stuff like contribute to the conversation or know stuff about the background of the setting :D.

Aww, I thought you just didn't like us ;)  hehe.

No worries though, I understand what it's like playing a game without knowing the system.  First time I ever played a Lone Wolf book ("Dungeons of Torgar", found it in the local library and it was the only one they had at the time!) I had no idea what was going on or who anyone was, all I figured out was there was a big fortress that I had to get to and I was looking for something that I could find in there.
So just ended up going "Wheee, treasure hunt!" and rolling with it :)

Feel free to ask about anything you're not sure of though.
If not in-character then on here.  Hopefully we can help you enjoy it a bit more :)

Yep - if you need help, do ask. Of course, I don't feellike there's all that much canon character involved in the story; it's more a matter of the canon organizations having a major relevance... but, again, even that can be a lot for starters, so again, let me know if you need any help! ^_^

If ever you wanted to run through the gamebooks like Zipp did with Laughing Shark, let me know Dusk Rat!

Oh, I'm sure I'll manage to muddle through eventually, lol - that usually works, anyway :D. As soon as we're away from all the political blah-blah of the mage guild and other people and can get out into the wilderness to do more generic stuff like "Try and find X place without getting lost or being eaten by wild beasties" or something, everything becomes much simpler :).

Ah, then you should try to push your team leader into prioritizing that part of the mission rather than the in-city one, shouldn't you? ;)

Yep, good idea.  You should definitely do that :)
Wait... Who's the team leader again? (O.o)

Aha! I have it! In order to proceed without further angst, our leader must be the dog!

Dusk Rat - I expect this has likely been mentioned before, but the gamebooks are on-line at Project Aon. For the part of the world we're currently in, you'd only have to play the first one - which is short and set in Sommerlund where we are - and you'd probably get a good idea of the place. The most complicated bit of playing them for the first time is the rules, but you already have an idea of those from playing here, and in the gamebooks they are much simpler. All you need is a scrap of paper, a pencil, a d10 and a valiant willingness to cheat if you roll too many 1s or 2s. :)

If you have a bit of time, I'd recommend it - probably only take you an hour or two.

Wait, Brooke is the leader now? I have a lot of OOC to catch up on when I get home. . .

I wouldn't know; your team's decision process is chaotic enough that it's impossible to tell who's leading who, and where. :)

Or if you're fighting certain boss enemies ;)  hehe.


Also maybe we should hire Halen as our leader to show us Kai how to do things right.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:38, Sun 22 July 2012.

That we did, Sun Snake - but I edited my post and put in it an answer to your question. :)

Lol, so I noticed when the board post count went down :D

Just admit you're all following the bold leadership skills of Shark and be done with it!

As Shark lies to and tricks small children. Such noble leadership!

Truly, she's like the reincarnation of Lone Wolf himself; like he said, "when in doubt, steal a horse!" or something like that, right? ;)

As for the inn, Shark, you need to tell me which one you're speaking about; you lot visited several in the last two in-game days.

List:

1 - Blue Sun Inn - the one where you ate all toghether and Rain told you of her past

2 - Swordfish Inn - the one where you would need to look for Beryl

3 - Moonsong Inn - the one where you slept this last night

4 - The Winking Scoundrel - meeting place for mercenaries, named by yourself
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:26, Mon 23 July 2012.

Evil Foxy and Snakey :)

Indeed! You're putting up a quite interesting spectacle. :)

Well I was thinking we could pose as a Helghast or something, and considering its a dying woman and children its all rather fun!

Oh? You enjoy terrorizing dying women and children? ;P

For the purposes of this since there Acolytes then yes :) But either way, the low rollings we used havnt got us killed against the 30strong force we will have to face 0.0

So im glad we have got past this. Plus at least we know what to expect now

:) You seems to be missing a couple of details, Sabre Fox... I wonder if any of the others will point them out? ^_^

Wasn't sure who it was played Sorel :)

Nice job you two are doing on creeping everyone out though, hehe.

Well if its in regards to questioning, again I dont want to try and push my luck! If Snake has Invisibility to use, its probabally better for him to question them since he will get bonus's to his roll, so I dont want Fox to land us in it again. lol

What, are you scared of these three people now? :)

Well no not really, but im concerned that if Fox asks too many questions it could loose our information line. Theres no point screwing it up now when they are giving us free information due to thinking we are Helghast's

THat's a valid point. :)

As far as I see now, we have the following information

1. The base camp is attacked and the Acolytes appear to be loosing
2. The group is probabally 30 strong :/
3. Its likely they could be Drakkarim, but not certain, but at least its an educated guess.
4. We know the way to the camp now from what she said, and I think it should be safe.

So since Foxy hasnt screwed that up and lost us the information im happy with what he got :) Ill leave it up to Snake now to ask further questions!

My lunch has been hijacked by several things I'm afraid, so I'll have to post this evening. Might be a little bit later, we've just got summer back again and I plan to walk a little after work to enjoy it :D

Swordfish Inn -

Please slap me if you think I'm taking too much of the Toren thread. Was trying to ork past the girl bit so we could move on, but I dunno if anyone else has something they want to add?

You're doing well - you're all protagonists here, I've no problem if one or the other takes the scene for a bit and showoff their own personality, that's half the fun of the game! ^_^

Keep talking with the child how long as you want, Shark - I was just making sure that the others didn't wanted to ask anything to her father, or perhaps buy something. :)

Yep, that was me :) And it might come as no surprise that Flit was Naogak in disguise. Though it might come as a surprise that Flit was indeed killed off trying to kill the other Vazhag :(  Such a sad end to Sorel/Naogak/Flit :(

Yeah, don't worry about having your char do one of the things she does best, Shark ;). I'm sure I'll end up posting excessively myself if we end up out of a social situation and into one Dusk Rat is more comfortable with ;).

Aww yeah :(  I was hoping he'd return in some other form, maybe to take revenge on Raz't for knocking him off the bridge (even though technically it was self-defence, but that doesn't count among us evil types ;)  hehe).

Actually, reading over it again recently, I was curious about what would have happened if we'd hung around that weird talking tree long enough.  It kind of hinted at something under the ground...
I like to know stuff like that :)


@Shark
No worries.  Swift was actually trying to find out the name of the person who'd brought the Vakeros to Toran in the first place, hoping it would be Valador (possibly more evidence against him) or someone else, which would give them another lead to focus on.
Unfortunately he didn't know though, and she's still got no gold for buying those cool potions...  Missing a lot of stuff due to not having gold here.  At this rate I'm definitely thinking about picking some pockets if I don't find another source of gold soon! ;)
This message was last edited by the player at 20:11, Mon 23 July 2012.

Just steal the potions directly!


And yeah, no more return of Naogak... if the game had continued, I would have been playing your friendly neighbourhood Ogryn mercenary Temor.

Ahh ok :)  I noticed him in the cast list.  Wondered who that was...

It might still restart again someday.  I'm hoping it does :)
My character in that one was really growing on me, hehe.  Trying to figure out a way to sneak her into my own story somewhere ;)

That was me. Your brawny and dumb tank! :)

You playing a brawny dumb tank, eh? Talk about diverse characters!

I fancied a change :)

'tis fun to go outside your comfort zone, eh? Vel was not my typical character type, but was a blast! Sometimes it pays to try new things, eh?

I'd like to give a draconian barbarian concept I wrote a while back a try sometime (then I went and wrote the whole background last night *sigh*), but playing them "HULK SMASH" types has never been appealing to me. . .

Whad'ya think of it?

So far I've played a Drakkar who likes killing people, a Kai who likes killing people and is currently considering stealing from them too, and a Kai who is a bit too shy and nice to like killing people or stealing from them but will still kick some butt when her friends are in trouble :)
My next intended character is not shy, can be nice, and despite being very good at killing people, she prefers not to unless absolutely necessary :)

Working on other characters as well.  All with varying degrees of skill at killing people :)

There seems to be a theme with you and "killing people" I should be concerned? hah! And figures the one game where you're playing a character who isn't all about the killings, I am! Gotta have that one, eh?

I think Serenity is my only character who *likes* killing (well, a thief in another game of mine *might* enjoy it. . . maybe).

The majority here have no idea how relevant that is right now over on Legacy 0.0

Well real life heaps a lot of frustration upon me, so it's handy to be able to take it out on someone ;)  hehe.

Technically, Swift doesn't really like killing, but she's become desensitised to it and even considers it as something she's developed an unfortunate talent for.  Not to mention she finds it useful sometimes ;)

I like Serenity.  I'm really curious about her backstory.  What exactly happened to turn her into that little fiery red ball of death :)  hehe.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:31, Mon 23 July 2012.

That's less her lust for killing and more her enjoyment of tormenting and torturing people she isn't terrible fond of. I know it may seem like the same thing, but there is a difference! But bah, that last post was a disappointment, here I thought Serenity was going to have a new toy :(

Aww, I wanna see what's happening now :)

I have tried to play near silent characters twice recently, but both times having them run on their own at first means they can't be too quiet :)


The dumb hulk is fun, as you can have great fun filtering all the complexity around in to a simple reaction. And also it's a great humour source for having somone always off kilter.

As for a hulking type being boring, there's lots of fun ways to get depth. Any emotional reaction tends to get highlighted more, and its fun to have things we take for granted filtered and commented on by a simpler character. Plus a dumber person isn't completely lacking a sense of self awareness, just tools to deal with it. So you can have them frustrated at trying to accomplish personal goals, etc.

My ogryn was moving towards the engineering side if he had levellled up, but had the combat stuff to start with. Fun to have his brain want to break things - people, items - with love so he could figure out how to put it back together and understand how it worked :)

I can't play the silent types, I just don't think I have it in me. I like to interact too much, its what I enjoy most about these games, I think. Hah, probably means that's what I lack most in my real life, eh? I could see it. . . The closest I've come is my snarky thief gal. She doesn't talk much, compared to Shark at least.

Speaking of breaking people to see how they are put together. . . I think Serenity is my most simple minded character of all time. Complex thoughts are not something she has, it's kinda fun. So I can totally see that appeal.

Maybe someday you'll get your silent type adventure in a group where you don't have to talk. Just sit in the back and hide in your cloak, counting how many grammatical errors your team mates come up with, or trying to catch them picking their noses or arses. Then maybe laugh at random times, pick a word or phrase, and just go crazy when every someone says it.


Anyways I should sleep. Tomorrow is the last FULL day of towing! yeay! Then its a half day of hauls and cleaning. . .yeay. . . almost done. . . I ate pacific grenadier today. For being such an ugly fish, it actually wasn't that terrible tasting. But yeah, look up grenadiers, aka rat tails, then tell me that's not the ugliest animal you ever saw.

Hope you all have a good'un!

I like playing silent type characters :)
Although my third character will definitely be a departure from that.  Though part of me is worried that she'll look too much like a Sun Fox clone now...  :(

I had a couple of character ideas for Forests of Ruel.  One was the assassin type (similar to Swift Fox, except with a bit more bloodlust!)
And another was a slight variation on the "Feathered Mystic" class there.
She was sort of a Seer/Soothsayer type of character who'd gone a bit insane and would occasionally reel off bizarrely-worded descriptions of spooky dreams and visions and occasionally mutter strange curses and made-up incantations while staring unblinkingly at a randomly-chosen character, making them wonder if they'd make it through the next day in one piece, hehe.
Would probably be fun to play since she'd either creep everyone else out or gradually drive them completely nuts.

Really hope Forests of Ruel continues someday though.  It was fun being evil! ;)


Actually I've seen uglier things down there than the rat tails.
Forgot what the name for them is, but I think seeing one get served up in the local fish and chip shop would freak some people out, lol ;)

In the PBP format, with the time to think you usually get, it's too tempting to play characters who can instantly respond with intelligence, eloquence and/or wit in a way that in real life I'd usually only dream up - if at all - half an hour after the conversation was over! :)

And, of course, it's fun to be cutting and mean in both comment and action when in real life you have to be nice and polite and so on. Stalan in Valanthe's game is the most pure fun character I've had, not caring if he offends people, as long as he's not going to lose out because of it, and being morally somewhat free-wheeling. Reckon he was a deliberate change after Skyldig, who was pretty much just trying to do the right thing, albeit in the crazy-brilliant pressure cooker of Beowuuf's doom-sodden scenario. If Vel was a different character type for you to be playing in that, Sharky, she was a genius one. The more I read later - because we didn't coincide too much in the game - the more fascinating she became.

Three out of four of Team Toran being quiet types is proving a bit of a struggle occasionally. I think we're all quiet in different ways though! But thank goodness for Shark, saying enough for the rest of us, even if in a rather common dialect. *looks sniffily down nose* ;D

I agree on the fun of being mean and cutting as well as more intelligent than you are - that's why I had so fun playing Shadow Turtle. :)

And I agree with your assessment of the brilliance of Velena's character, Frost - it was so sad to see her killed. Although I must say that your own role as undead-slayer was pretty awesome too; of this whole group, perhaps Sun Snake is the one closer to Skyldig's brave attitude, although of course there are differences.

As for your group being very silent, I'm sure that you'll eventually will open up with each other; either you all start to share information and make plans to succeed, or you will start to blame each other when the not-talking will produce disastrous result. Thus, you don't need to worry; I'm sure everybody will start to talk more, eventually! ^_^
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:25, Tue 24 July 2012.

Well, a chance to settle down and just have a generic "get to know your fellow travellers" chat hasn't really come up yet, so basically we know sod all about each other so far. I suppose it's 'cause we've been sleeping in separate rooms so far 'cause we've spent every night in Toran in an inn, and before that we spent that night in the forest, where we all sort of sorted ourselves out individually. And in between that we've been wandering around, talking to people, exploring, or trying not to get ourselves killed by numerous means ;).

Well, if you now break up in two groups of two people, which seems to be the direction the game is moving towards, you'll have only a single companion to talk with; that should make starting a talk a lot easier, isn't it? What with having a single other player there to speak with... :)

Well you never know, maybe Swift actually just wants someone else to talk to, and the only reason for her usual attitude problem is that she thinks no-one else really cares to get to know her so she's acting like she doesn't care right back at everyone :)
(Or she could just have an attitude problem with an even bigger attitude problem hiding behind it.  Who knows?  hehe).

As a player, I'd have to agree with Dusk Rat's thoughts here.
Swift Fox's main style of working is that she knows who her enemy is and has a general idea of where they are and then finds her own way to them in her own time and takes them down quickly before anyone even notices she's there.
Being forced to look out for and lead a whole team, while wandering around not knowing who their real enemy is or where to go next is really frustrating her, hence why she's getting closer and closer to snapping point with every dead-end they hit ;)

Still, maybe taking her out of her comfort zone like that is a good thing.  Without it, she'll never evolve and grow as a character :)

As a player, I have a bad feeling that splitting up might be the end of us here.  Still, maybe not, maybe it'll speed things up one way or another :)


@Shark
Forgot to ask in my last post.  Who's the snarky thief gal you're playing?  Is that in another game? :)

link to another game=

Snarky little thief. Dunno why 90% of fantasy art ladies are half naked, and I don't imagine that to be how she dresses, but I liked the artwork. Something about it was right.


PS. Shark is suggesting she goes at this alone.


Sides, it's probably better if Shark and Dusk don't travel together :P

Oh, that's because most fantasy authors are male, of course. As are about half the readers. Fanfictions are written mostly by women, and there the majority of relationships are yaoi; same principle. :)

As for you lot separating and chance of survival... eh, I can't really say anything about it! Well, outside of the clear fact that Haxadrom is about on par, in terms of power, with Sun Fox or Starfire; he's most definitely dangerous, but if it's not one on one, a chance of survival might still be there.

Or, well, if it's Shark or Sabre going one on one, I suppose they might make it, with a lot of luck - they do are full fledged fighters after all. The odds wouldn't be good, but they would have more of a chance than any of the others.

But obviously, you don't necessarily have to fight, is it? Sneaking around seems to be one of your team's best skills, after all! ;P

Yaoi? What is that? I've never read any fanfic. Not a one, actually. Ah, I'm such a lamer.

Yaoi is the japanese term for homosexual relationship - specifically, the male variant (the female one being yuri). Since many of the girl who write fanfiction tends to like the male characters, and they think it would be cute and/or sweet to have their two favorites hook up, when any of these girls write stories about them, they do.

Almost everythig that is artistic has at least a small hint of wish fulfillment behind; a person who like complexities will fill their story with plots (hi!), and most male author will depict women in the attire they would like to see them wear in real life. It's just the way things go. :)

As far as fanfiction goes, I think it's the common opinion that wise people don't read them; I'm not very wise though, as I'd read several in my life and enjoy them a lot - some of the authors are capable of following plotlines the original author never would have, and at times even develop them in a much more compelling way.

I even wrote a couple; it was many years ago, when I was 18, and re-reading them now fills me with shame - I realy didn't knew the first thing about writing for real back then - but still, it's a kind of taste, which some have. And I plead guilty. ^_^

Hehe, I only thought of that Dusk-Rat-can-go-to-the-forest-with-Rasha idea right before I posted it. I thought "Oh, hey, wait a minute, duhh...Dusk Rat doesn't like being stuck in the city. She also wants to do something, instead of standing around discussing what they should do. So why doesn't she go to the forest herself, being how she'd be more comfortable out there anyway? She can ask the local critters if they know anything. But maybe she shouldn't go alone...but Rasha and Brook travel in the wilds, don't they? Oh shit, yeah and they've been to that spot before 'cause they went with Frost Ferret when they got attacked or something, and Dusk Rat would be fine going with them 'cause they seem to share interests and have actually had a conversation. Woot, that's a cool idea...", and then I posted it :D.

Unfortunately Dusk Rat isn't hugely fantastic at saying things tactfully, and clearly Laughing Shark isn't great at interpreting stuff said by people who lack in social skills...so now Dusk Rat is pissed off and probably feeling somewhat humiliated so is taking the "Sod you" approach and going ahead with her own plan anyway, and bollocks to everyone else who'd rather go "Oh, but, erm...we shouldn't split up because, erm...there's bad stuff...erm...I mean, I dunno exactly where it is, but...somewhere there's bad stuff...so we must all stay together because if we split up for five seconds the bad stuff will find us and we'll all get killed...so let's stand around and discuss what we could do...such as this...or this...or maybe that...but maybe there's...oh look, it's night time, let's go to bed and discuss this in the morning while we walk through the crowded streets looking at stuff we can't afford and talking to people who may or may not be of any actual use...".

Or at least, that's how she sees it ;).

Shark is exploding.

Out until this evening but bear with me since I have lots of info with those Hawk eyes of Foxys!

Don't worry, Sun Snake might waffle later this evening about feelings and about not being reckless, but I'm sure Sun Fox will wait for the real info from the real leading man :D


And lol, Thank goodness for Explosive Shark. Hopefully Sun Snake iwll live long enough to hear about her yelling at everyone :D

Thing!

Sun Fox will wait until all three of you will have delivered to her what information you do know - she would want to hear the opinion of each one of you before making a decision.

I think Shark just wants rid of us all ;)  hehe.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:30, Wed 25 July 2012.

Oh, you could always foil that plan by following her along, couldn't you? ;)

Shhh, don't spoil my cunning sneaky plan ;)  hehe.

Oh, ok then, I won't! ;D

@Dusk Rat:
Yep, Swift does have a knack for being all sneaky-sneaky.
And all she knows about your character is that you can talk to animals.

I think both of us have a trick or two in reserve that we don't know about each other though ;)
While not knowing the full extent of each other's abilities can make strategy a bit tricky, it's kind of fun being all mysterious :)  hehe.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:33, Wed 25 July 2012.

Man, there is one HUGE ability that's been hinted at that you guys really, really aren't taking advantage of! Poor Dusk Rat, left out to the side until she snaps, and then beaten down. :(


*hehe, will finish the job of tearing Team Toran up that Blue Snake started*

Our ability to get on each other's nerves?
Nope, we're using that one just fine thanks :)

:) Of course all seven of you have several secret tricks you've yet to reveal the others! Where would the fun be otherwise?

In fact, I'm looking forward to when you all start to showoff the limits of what you can do! ^_^

It's your combined snakr directed at the enemies that makes you the strongest! Just like the Avengers! :D
This message was last edited by the player at 21:32, Wed 25 July 2012.

The next time we get a discipline, remind me to take Curing.  Sheesh, it's not enough that I provide the psychic support... :P

But yeah, we really need it.  Keeping them all patched up is not fun at times...

Indeed, I expected Curing to be one of the disciplines more picked... and yet, there's still not one player with it! It's going to be fun to see how long you'll be able to march forward before Healing can't carry the day anymore, don't you think? :)

Team Toran seems to be more interesting when it's falling apart, hehe...

I don't know if any of us have Curing either, so it's possible we are all trooping off into the forest to die :(

Swift's next discipline choice would likely be Psi-Screen, since she's gotten a bit more paranoid about protecting her mind lately.

Psy Screen is a very important discipline to have, too, expecially for people who have secrets to hide.

What, Swift Fox, do you have any secret to hide? :)

What makes you think that? :)
*tries to look all sweet and innocent...*

Why, of course none of you all would have anything to hide! What was I thinking? ;)

By the way, for the Toran team, I'm waiting for Frost Ferret to express his opinion before officialy breaking you apart in two threads; I just want to be sure eveyrbody is ok with the group separating, that's all!
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:03, Wed 25 July 2012.

No hurry.  I'm just heading off to bed to try and catch up on a little bit of the massive amount of sleep I've been missing out on all month now :)

I think poor Frost might be outvoted here though.  Or at least he might have to deal with an angry Shark if he tries to go against her ;)

Ah, but perhaps he's been seduce by Shark's roguh charm and would want to accompany her; you can never tell! ^_^

But I want answers nooowwwwwwwwww~~~~~

Just kidding. I'll be traveling soon! The boat is docked and things be nearly cleaned! *dance* Homehomehomehomehomehomehomehomehomehome

but I'm really going to miss it at sea :( I fed whales again today. . . tee hee!


And as per the game, Shark would be rather firmly against someone following her. Like she said, she knows folks and having a tag a long would make her plans more difficult and more likely to fail - then get two folks killed, rather than just one!

In reply to Laughing Shark (msg # 170):
Welcome home :)
Sounds like a fun trip.  You going on any more like that?
(And if so, can I come with you?  Too boring here at home!  hehe).


Don't worry, Swift won't follow you...

Or will she?  Never can tell where she's lurking in the shadows ;)  *evil chuckle*
This message was last edited by the player at 12:57, Thu 26 July 2012.

Well done all you shouters in Team Toran. You've finally kicked us into action, even if that action is just disliking each other more! :)

Apologies for FF's slow response - trains keep messing up, been getting home around midnight feeling disinclined towards creativity.


Except, of course, for Tower of the Sun's West Watch, continuing the saga of Magnamund into the 52nd century! Well....it did, once upon a time. Not so much now. But there's been some good stuff on there over the years.

Just to move this question here for Rain and for us in general, is a 10 not good for her psychic disabling? I mean it is a combat type move and thats usually good?

For that, a 0 is really, really bad.  Outside of combat, a 0 is always usually bad.  I think I might be screwed here, because she's gonna see me and there's gonna be fireworks- and oh joy, I'm out of FP again.  Going to have to scream her and the leader, so I just have to stay alive for three rounds.

Well depends how Shadow sees it, as I always thought the generallly accepted rule was usually combat related abilitys 10 = good but outside is crap. lol

Sabre, I already told Rain how her ability works and she knows that 0 is bad because it's come up in the past. I'm sad for her, but perhaps here the dice roller knew better than any of you - things might not be as dire as they seems.

Must say, when I'm sleeping you lot post a lot.

Anyway, I'm not really 100% sure over what exactly you've decided; so far, it seems like you're still going with Sun Fox's previous plan - Snake and Sabre sneaking on the prisoners, Rain trying to disable the female drakkar. Is that correct, or am I missing something?

Im not privy to all these private conversations you lot keep having behind Foxy's back :(

Anyway, it seems to be the original plan yes as far as I know. To be honest it looks the best option in assisting the Acolytes to rally against the Drakkars at this point

For the Toran team, it seems like the decision has been reached; Shark is staying in the city on her own, Swift is leading the rest into the woods to check Frost Ferret's lead.

If you want to change things from that setup, spoke now; otherwise, in one hour or so, I'll be opening a new thread for Shark to be in on her own and you lot will be free to leave the city.

If you want to pass equipment between each other, you can do that here in the OOC thread - since Shark is staying in the city, and the rest of you is leaving, this is the last chance you have to share anything in your backpack with her, and for her to share anything with any of you.

Everybody, I wish you good luck! ^_^

I loved that line, hehe :)

Was going to offer Shark a couple of supplies, but I think I missed my chance due to falling asleep *sniffle* :(

Nah, as I said, you can do that here in the OOC - you just lost the chance to discuss it in charater, that's all.

Also, for the Maakengorge team, I'm going with the plan you seems to be following, and I'll update now; if I made any mistake, tell me.

If you kill us all that will be a mistake? 0.0

Well I think at this point, she'd show that she had the Pure Shrueberry Potion and the Oede Leaf, and offer them to Shark if needed, since she'd be most likely to need them, going off alone.
(Though not sure if Dusk or Frost could make better use of the Shrueberry...)

If asked about them, she likely wouldn't say where she got them, just muttering something that sounded vaguely like "Don't ask!" ;) hehe.

If I kill you all, Sabre Fox, then likely it will be YOU to have made a mistake. :P

As for that, Swift Fox, if you're confident on doing it... will you be offering them in secret, or publicly? That would mean, shall Frost Ferret and Dusk Rat be informed, or not?
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:21, Fri 27 July 2012.

I'll say publically.  She was thinking of passing on the Shrueberry to Dusk or Frost anyway.  Just not sure which of them is the heaviest WP user.
One of the drawbacks of not knowing your team's capabilities ;)

Probably Frost actually, since she'd have seen him use magic in the river.

She still won't say where she got them though ;)  hehe
This message was last edited by the player at 12:29, Fri 27 July 2012.

So, Sabre Fox, you're not fealing cheated for not having the chance to fight with these soldiers?

Not really considering we are at a disadvantage!

Ah, that's good to know! ^_^

I think Shark will be just fine as is. Well, to a degree. One is too crazy for her to take from you, the other is WP. Shark's used one of those so far, I think :P

Good luck ya'lls!

If you mean the Oede Leaf, it's only one leaf.  Gives +50 END recovery, Max CS recovery, and cures disease :)
Sure you don't want it?
*dangles leaf in front of you enticingly* ;)

Im itching to engage the Colnel in conversation! He seems the type of person that Fox would enjoy talking to :)

:) Does he? I'm happy to hear that!

And just hink, he's got over twenty years of battle experience... and you were planning on going head-to-head in a fight about him. That would have been so awesome to watch... ^_^
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:39, Sat 28 July 2012.

Well war verteran's and such are of course great interest to Fox. He pretty much likes to chat away to anyone with a decent amount of combat experience.

:) Understandable.

Im blaming Snake for curbing my curiosity 0.o
This message was last edited by the player at 11:31, Sat 28 July 2012.

Isn't that what leaders are for, to get things blamed on themn? ;)

I may have to stab him for his insolence while he isnt looking!

Ah, but he has Divination and Invisibility - for all you know, he might fool you into stabbing yourself! ;D

That would be simply quite a rude and nasty thing to do :(

Don't give me ideas, today is Batman Trilogy day!


Also posting day, need to soak legs first, will post in an hour

Soak legs??!! 0.0

With all the walking I've done yesterday and today, I thought I'd grab a full bath rather than soak my feet :D

0.o Fair enough then. Although as I keep saying, the doctor said the walk would do you good :)

They've been cool walks, just long :) Having eight glass bottles of J20 in my bag can't have helped the last 2 - 3 miles though :)

Well drinking them cant have helped your bladder control either? 0.o

Nah, they were the limited edition Apple and Bluberry ones the pubs had around jubilee time, so I snagged a couple of four packs when I passed one of the further out supermarkets. None have yet been drunk, though I cannot guarantee their safety for long :D

Well grab about 30 or so more and have Snake offer them to the Colonel and his men to keep them sweet, lol

Sounds like a party plan :)

I dunno what J20 is but sounds good :D Tasty beverages, eh?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J2O  :)
Haven't actually tried it.  I'm more of a Pepsi addict myself.

Everyone seems to be getting along nicely in Team Snake's thread :)
*sits back and waits for the backstabbings to begin...*

I too am very curious to see what'll happen in the Maakengorge thread; things have just gotten interesting, I think!

Of course, I'm also curious about what'll happen in your own thread, Swift... I think the situation you're into, while less openly dangerous, is just as interesting. But then, what do I know, right? ;P

Bwahaha! Scary thigns. . .

I wouldn't expecte you to be scared, Shark! Aren't you the braver one? ;D

I think Swift is just hanging back and waiting to see what'll happen here.  Now that things have started moving, she's not really looking to get dragged into more conversations.
(I'm sure Dusk Rat feels the same, hehe).

Unless something happens to draw her attention, she probably won't intervene in the argument.

(As a player, I realise I'm probably missing something important though...)
This message was last edited by the player at 18:40, Sat 28 July 2012.

:) I feel a very high propensity towards inaction in the Toran team... you do realize that such a thing is eventually going to be a problem for your characters, don't you? ^_^
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:45, Sat 28 July 2012.

Probably, yeah...
But my IC-sense is telling me that Swift really isn't in a talkative mood right now.

She's in more of a "stab things" mood, but knows that stabbing random guards in Toran probably isn't really a smart move either :)

You just need to do drunk dodging like Shark.

I'm usually a Cherry Coke person, but I acquired a taste for J20 as a thirst quencher too, so I have both :)


And yeah, you can bet Snake had the same reaction as Rain, just in a different direction (obviously aside from Shadow, it wont get seen as a reaction until the game thread is fully opened :)  )


Like how the failure wasn't strickly a failure. I like that sometimes low rolls are allowed to be 'GM gets their way storywise' instead of 'doom and gloom'


Also really liked Rain's gambit...IC, Snake would disagree, but luckily we aren't exactly our characters. :)

By the way, if Rain hadn't failed the hiding check, I do would have allowed you to attack the Drakkarim. I doubt you would have won - they're thirty, the leader is on the same level as Sabre in terms of strenght, and the woman has already proven how though she is - but I wasn't going to stop you from doing that if the dice went your way.

Also, I liked Rain's gamble as well; it was nicely played. ^_^

Of course, what I really hoped for was for you lot to follow Snake's suggestion and sneak around the camp and into the tunnels before the Drakkarim had the chance to notice you... but you all choosed the confrontation, so you get it. It will be fun to see how you'll handle these guys on the long run! :D

I was thinking that myself.
Reading the posts going: "Don't attack!  Don't attack!  Don't atta... NOOOO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!!!" :)

Hah! Oh! Now I can finally catch up on that thread :D *starts reading*

Sun Snake takes the 'Sun Fox is leader, and you always back up your fellow Kai' very seriously.

Even if he is silently cursing them. :D


And hey, if we've not done what the GM wants us to do, we are DEFINITELY on the right track! :p

hah! I think the Toren team needs a decisive NPC :P

Hey, Swift Fox can be decisive...
She recently made a decision to stab the next person who annoys her.  And she'll be sure to stand by that decision! :)  hehe.

PS. how much money did my drunken friend have? :D

Hmm, is Vyctar there trash-talking the Nyvozians?
If only Akona was around to hear that...  *evil grin*

I do think he is, yes. These people take pride in their pride, you know? ;D

As for the money, Shark, there was a full rainbow of them. :)

Nearing post 9000, who shall get it? :D

Well you have given the worse possible thing for Fox to be around. A war veteran 0.0 He will be bending his ear for hours!

Shark and I share something in common . . .

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/...771_1175230487_n.jpg
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/...961_1789705014_n.jpg

I miss it so :(


Sabre: Does that mean you'll be chatting his ear off or bothering him for all war stories ever? hah! I love it :)

Nooooooooo! Seagulls!!!!! Horse riding seagulls!!!!!!!! :(

Probabally both too with the good Colonel, lol

Awww, internet and dry land versus cool views and seaguls :(

As much as I love a view, it does look rather cold there :/

They be fulmars!

And yeah, it was pretty chilly, but awesome :)

Oh and ninja post 9000 cause I can

Contraband and cheating!

You ninja'd it at exactly 9.00 too :)

That would depend on the timestamp you have, Sun Snake! ^_^

Also, I'll give a FP to the one who makes the 10'000th post. For fun. :)

Dont go giving out free prizes! Ill double post all the way there now ;)

It's official.  Our posting level is now OVER 9000!!

(Sorry, couldn't resist, hehe) ;)

Well considering both Rebirth and Legacy are the only active LW games on the board we arnt doing too bad :)

We still both are being trounced thoroughly be the former speed of Culling though, lol

I don't know about that... Cullin laster about what, one year and a half? And if got to 15'000. That's about 5000 posts for every six months of play; and right now, Rebirth is at 9000, and still missing three full months before it's first birthday... I think we'll manage 1000 posts in 3 months. :)

As for Legacy, it started later and has less players, isn't it? So, it's not really overly surprising for it to be a bit behind - I'm pretty sure when they've reached their ends, respectively, they'll both be about the same lenght, and both longer than Culling.

Of course, Culling was only, what, a third of the way through, when it ended? On that metric, yep, we're much more slower... ^_^!
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:38, Sun 29 July 2012.

Culling was three less players too, and between me and you Shadow, we pretty much run the board with Shadow and Rune's conversations! lol

Im not too concerned about the post count on Legacy. Initially remember it was meant to pretty much have ended after the Alema Battle! But after I got a good handle on this GM'ing thing it was extended, so im happy :)

Realistically I think Legacy will last longer than Rebirth. Im into the massive epic campaigns in a game, so im trying to reflect that :)

Fixed that for you ;)

I really wish Culling had continued to the end though.  Was quite looking forward to the cool entrance I had planned for my character.
I like the way it's affecting Legacy now though.  Nice touch there :)

As ive always maintained, Legacy was designed to be the successor to Culling. Even if it was only half as good as Culling was, then id be pleased since its my first GM attempt.

Also, loose 20END and 10CS PERMANENTLY on Legacy for that comment Swift! 0.o

I think that too; I think that's a result of the different structure, though - Legacy is just one plot, whereas Rebirth is the result of about six-seven plots being run contemporarely by different players, and as such, there'll be a lot of clashing as the various enemy factions fight each other, and not just the players. :)

And I do agree that you and I are talkative players... but I do think there's a fair share of talkative players in this game too, you know? Both you and Shark can easily held a thread afloat by yourselves if you want to, and I'd say Sun Snake's lectures are pretty filling too, aren't they? ^_^

Also, I can grant you, when they're not faced with throubled plot that seems to have no other aim but to confuse the hell out of them, every member of the Toran team can actually play in quite the energic manner... I'm very eager to see what'll happen once they manage to escape from Toran. Not that I'm going to make it easy, of course! ;D
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:00, Sun 29 July 2012.

*cries* :'(


This one does seem really complex, just from reading the Maakengorge Team's thread with all its competing factions, not to mention the infighting among the Kai Order itself and all the various political shenanigans going on in Toran.

In a PM conversation with Shadow, I likened it to making a jigsaw puzzle with pieces that don't seem to fit with the ones you've already put together, and no picture on the box to help.
Now it's seeming more like one of those 3D jigsaws of some really massive physics-defying Escher Maze-esque structure :)

Well I pridge Legacy on having very big plot cliffhangers and unexpected encounters. The first major on in a sign of things to come was clearly Rune Star charging in. Everything now you should all expect to expect the unexpected ;)

In that also I like to play it very mysterious :)

Starting chapter 3 also the plot is going to be very interactive, and i hope the players are up to it  so its gonna be a fun ride

A Fox and Shark thread would probabally involve booze and a local brothel 0.0 ............ Snakes a library :)

You really think Shark's can't find brothels and booze without your help, Sabre Fox? ;D

Oh I didnt say that! Just that it would be a lot more fun with two involved, haha

Librarians hide the good booze in the big tomes :)

I think we posted together this morning Shadow, as you haven't answered my IC nor OOC comments in you next posts!
This message was last edited by the player at 16:10, Sun 29 July 2012.

!

You're completely right, Sun Snake - I totally missed your post!

I apologize; going to edit my own post so your questions are answered.

FP's all round for the mistake? :)

Naw - only to Sun Snake; it's him I ignored, so he's the only one who's due an apology. :P

You might want to read what I edited into Vyctar post, Sabre Fox; I think you'll find it interesting. Sun Snake, you should find all the answers to your questions there, too; check it over and tell me if it's ok, alright?

Thats not fair :(

:) Isn't it?
By the way, Sabre, what do you think of Vyctar philosophy?

I like Vyctar. That dude is bad ass.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:40, Sun 29 July 2012.

Thanks! That's the impression I was going for; it's nice to know I managed to nail it. :)
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:50, Sun 29 July 2012.

I like Zahira's picture :)
Creepy eyes...  (O.O)

Yep, that was the goal, too. I'm on a roll today, aren't I? :P

Ok, enough self-appraising, and thanks for your compliments, everybody! I'm really, really glad that I'm managing to get my meaning across; it's a great part of where the satisfaction in GMing comes from! ^_^

Quick!  Buy a lottery ticket! :)
This message was last edited by the player at 20:18, Sun 29 July 2012.

I can't anymore... it's the 22:25 where I am right now, all shops are closed already. :(

Damn, so much for that!

Poor Swift Fox, stuck leading. . . how horrible! =P

Sun Snake would still insist that Blue Snake meant for Swift Fox to be pushed from her comfort zone to become a stronger person and discover talents she did not know she had.

As a player, I just point and laugh :p

Well there are a few possible character evolution paths for her in my mind that'll be influenced by various factors, like the others in the group and events that happen and so on.
Maybe it's possible to heal her deeply scarred mind :)

Or maybe she'll get pushed so far out of her comfort zone that she'll snap and do something drastic, hehe ;)
(That's assuming she doesn't already have something drastic planned though...  *tries to look innocent*)

The plot thickens? It's like a stew. mmmm, stew. . .

Maybe it's a good thing Shark split, sounds like Swift may start murdering her pals soon :P

busy busy busy! Will do a post either this evening or tomorrow. Apologies :(

If it gets any thicker, it'll be like the really overdone stew you have to scrape off the inside of the pot, hehe :)

Also she's not quite at the murdering people stage yet.  Maybe just one or two stabs in non-vital areas.  But that's just her way of telling people to calm down without the need for too much talking :)

I look forward to Swift's snapping point. I just hope Sun Snake is around for it.

To watch, that is. Not be on the stabbing end.

/whistles

If Sun Snake is around, he most liekly would be on the stabbing end.

Or maybe he'll snap too, and will aid in the stabbing. He's beheaded a helpless acolyte after all. And he has comparable sneakiness to Swift Fox, I think :)

Bonnie Fox and Clyde Snake!

Oh thanks now I have a Lonely Island song stuck in my head! But that would make an awesome spin-off game! Bonnie and Clyde Kai run around robbing the world of magnamund while stabbing peasants with butcher knifes!

:) I'm pretty sure we could have that in this very same game if we wanted to, so long as only one of the two is a Kai.

;P

Why only one?

Cool idea though :)  hehe.

Because this is actually Highlander, and there can be only one...


Good thing I didn't give away all my weapons!


Edit: Am I the only one worried about the private conversation Rain is having with the Drakkar mage? 0.o
This message was last edited by the player at 18:47, Wed 01 Aug 2012.

No, you are not.

Also, the Drakkar mage is now interested in you, Sun Snake! That's what you get for speaking of spooky things better left to nightmares. :)

As for why only one - because I can't see any two of you doing that, but just one of you with any of a number of NPC? That sounds very likely... ^_^

That Hax feller, he be everywhere!

Almost like he's going to be one of the major protagonists we have to convert or defeat! :D

Almost. . .

Was that a deliberate typo there? ;)  hehe.

I have a funny feeling Rain Feather gave Zihara a name there :)

:) Can't say about that, but that's most definitely not a typo; Zahira did indeed said "Sour Snake". ^_^

It's not like the name wasn't well deserved . . . I mean, comeon!

Well, it was surely fun to have the Drakkar use it. :D

But I think having the Vakeros names "Hax" is much more appropriated... ;)

Must say I did enjoy that name. The whole name, too. I do wish to meet him someday. . .

Careful what you wish for :)

Indeed!
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:09, Wed 01 Aug 2012.

Don't mind me, just sending a PM...
Possibly plotting someone's downfall again ;)

:) And that's absolutely an NPC and not one of her fellow players, you all can trust on that!

^_^

*checks over her shoulder* Can't be me, can it?

/hides

Unless Swift is planning on loop back sneakily to the city, or has a skyrider, then it has to be Dusk Rat or Frost Ferret, and so the rest of us can sit back and point and laugh and feel naseated when the blood and guts get too much :)

So wheres the effects Snake??!!! 0.0

:) Read that post again.

Half a job Snake as usual not doing it the first time ;)

Sabre doesn't care about the father! He only wanted the shiny bonuses! :(  And it's only one effect, when worn.

Edit: Did I direct the private line to the GM not you?
This message was last edited by the player at 06:37, Thu 02 Aug 2012.

Damn Saber is getting all the toys. When Shark comes back as a mutant zombie slave of evil, he's going to be her greatest threat!

Well the effect just literally puts Fox on another plane now ;) I may go on a murdering spree :)

You may have put it to GM, didnt see it at first!

Yep, that's what happened; not a problem, it's an easy thing to fix. :)

And Shark, don't worry - the item is once a day only in use, and the effect isn't even all that strong... it wouldn't be enough for Sabre to best you! ^_^
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:54, Thu 02 Aug 2012.

hah! I'm not worried. /arrogance.

I'm only semi-awake at the moment so my IC post shall have to wait till tomorrow morning. Till then!

oops, sorry Frost.  I think Swift is pretty much on her own now against whatever nasty stuff is waiting up ahead...
Unless Dusk Rat is still lurking somewhere nearby :)

Yeah, I too wonder what Dusk Rat is doing...

Maybe Dusk Rat is sneaking up behind Shark ;)  hehe.

She'll have a wicked time of that one, all things considered

Oh? Why do you say so, Shark? ;)

Oh just guessing at my location, I suppose.

Now I'm wishing I'd sneaked after you just to see where you are :)

Toren. :-)

I think Swift is happier to be outside of Toran actually :)
Something about the city seems to bring out homicidal thoughts in her...


I like the way Zahira tested if the water was poisonous by drinking some and announcing quite cheerfully that it was ok.  :)  hehe
I suppose that's one way to be sure.

:) I hope she's coming across as creepy as her portrait suggest her to be! ^_^

And Vyctar did said she was reckless, didn't he? ;P

Everyone needs a little crazy in their life every now and then.

It made me smile.

We all need to smile! A lot! ^_^

Maakengorge team, I thought you might like to know that the cave is structured as follow:


______| E |_________________X______________
              L                           |
              L                           |
              L                           |
              L                           |
              L                           |
               L                          |
              C L                        L|
                LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL |
                                          |
\                                         |
 \                                        /
  \                                      /
   \____________________     ____________|
                        | T |


That above is a vague map of the cave; you're come from the tunnel T, and E is the exit Sabre Fox idetified, wereas C is the place to build a campsite. L is the border of the lake, and X is the placde where Sabre saw something glinting.

This mean that the only way to reach X is to cross the lake and then climb, like Sabre Fox explained.

Does that help? :)

Thanks! I tweaked my post a little...

I'm always happy to be helpful.

Hah! Sabre Fox and his arsenal. I'm glad Shark didn't let him look at her fancy sword, she would have never gotten it back.

Well id really like Fox to get some rest if he is your chief tank ;) But if he has to he will stay up. Chances are Snake will want to stay up if he can contact Sun Fox or Alyne possibly?

I'd really like to be up with Rain; I'm very close to mind controlling her into killing you all with my innate cuteness and creepyness! ;D

Yep, I think I really like Zahira :)


Curious about what's in that cave across the lake...  Monsters, or treasure?  Or monsters AND treasure. :)

Hah! I think Zahira has a shot at that.

And for the record, Snake, Shark would have lent you a sword. It may have either been a rust pick or a cursed blade that wishes to eat your soul - but a weapon none the less.

I like how Fox has been dismissed as a tight sod for not lending him a weapon when as far as Fox is aware, he didnt see any of Snake's ninja stuff when he got rid of half his equipment! :/

All he did was ask a question he wanted to know an answer to :(

Shark can't post right now, but she wante you all to know that I'm a cruel cruel turtle.

Also, I think that I deserve to get a FP all for myself. :)

@Shark: I know you have my back! Sabre's all 'but I've only got five weapons, where are yours' :( Right in front of the Colonel too :(


Lol, I know, it was a legitimate question Sabre, just teasing. It's not like it was the most rational decision by Snake, but part of it came from his shock at Rain's info dump, partially at his attitude to the Seeing Stone and his own weapon, and partially because he's the one with a mis-match of weapons that would go against Rain's 'we haven't found our all our comrades yet'.

at least it wasn't completely foolish, as the Colonel seems to be able to tag everyone's strength pretty quickly.



And no FPs for the GM! No rerolls just when we get a lucky break in a fight! :( *sniff*


Anyway, Snake will wait to clarify what Rain's paranoia regarding the lake is all about. And if the newly struck camp has a fire, then Shadow knows what Snake will do before he moves around. Sun Snake will grab the Drakkar most freaked out by his ability to move in and out of the shadows, and then move off to do a little bit of scouting between the camp and the exit, paying attention to the lake and the glinting along the way - not that he'll see much, of course, but therew are other ways :)

Foxy will get some sleep then :)

No five minute work days! You need to watch out in case Snake gets stabbed, eaten, or mated with by a large Agarashi! Or in case something comes up to us from the tunnel behind. There's only one of us with night vision!

This is why you should have just answered Fox's question then. He would have lent you one of his 'five weapons' even thought im not sure where that number came from 0.o

Lol, cause I thought we all had about five weapons on our persons right now? :) Snake had his own sword, then a warhammer, dagger, short sword and two shields!

Also, answering Sabre's question 'I hid all the weapons so Rain Feather wasn't shown to be a liar, and it's therefore obvious our mission is actually now something else that probably will contradict your own Mr colonel and we'll have to betray you' might not have gone down too well :p

Or maybe it would have, he seems a happy sort! He probably assumes we've lied to him anyway :)

Well your wrong since Fox only has his own two personal weapons on him! He gives most of his nifty toys away to you lot for no grattitude :(

If the Colonel doesnt think we are keeping things back from him then he must be deeply stupid afterall. I mean, why would a Colonel be here of all places? He is clearly hiding things and it would be safe to say he knows we are. Whether he knows there are others with us or not is one thing though!

Rain has a few weapons that Snake can use- the bone sword and a few daggers she's never had time to use.

You two are more armed than Fox! Then again his massive CS makes up for it ;)

Lol, it's almost like someone isn't doing his fair share of the carrying 0.o


And yup, you do give away cool wepaopns 'Woohoo, I can dual wield now!' *chucks shield over his shoulder* 'oh, hey Snake, no littering, pick that up will you?' *plays with his two swords*


Wow, it's fdun to tease Sabre... I better stop before I get in to a fight and need some high CS help! :D

Well it made sense to pass the shield along since it would no longer benefit him. Plus I really dont see you minding if Fox is doing all the fighting ;)

Anyway, get watching you lot! I require some sleep! :)

This is the schedule I had in mind:

Rain or Snake take first, with one or two Drakkar to help, Sabre gets middle watch, along with more Drakkar, and then, whoever didn't stand watch the first shift stands third watch.  I need a refreshed combat score like nobody's business, and the WP won't hurt, either. I just want to make sure I get the eight hours that I need to get full benefits, but at the same time, I don't think it wise to leave a watch where we've got nothing but Drakkar watching, just in case old habits die hard.

I can agree with that. Fox's CS is quite high to begin with, but has been whittled down by constant combat, so a refresh CS would be very preferable along with WP. The END has pretty much been sorted out thanks to Rain, so id take those two over anything else.

Indipendently by which watch you take, you all will get all the benfits or a full rest - END recover and either CS reroll or WP recharge, as usual. So, taking middle watch won't be a detriment to anybody. I'm not that evil! ^_^