We ran out of room. Daumn.

It happens!

We're a social bunch! :D

Wait wait wait, there's a maximum number of posts per thread?  How did I not know this? :P

Well at 1000 it makes it so you can't archive a thread. Just in case, I stop em there.

Strange, it even tells you in the thread.

Once you get into the 900s, it starts moping at you to inform the DM to make a new thread, and then it clamors angrily when you pass 1,000.  :D

Oh, huh, guess I missed that message.  I don't post in OOC a whole lot though, so meh.

In reply to Strange (msg # 7):

Yeah, and game threads take a long time to reach 900+, it's all good.  I'm a dirty OOC junkie, though, so I notice. :D

Huh.. I've been posting in OOC thread a lot but I didn't notice the message either >_<

There it is.

Oooo... Thanks for showing where it is :)

Btw, your colour scheme is so nice! *goes and changes her User Preferences*

Makes the colors pop out more, that's for sure.

Wow, you're considerably less lazy than I am where RPOL is considered.  Kudos to you, that looks nice!

I've honestly forgotten if mine is 'basic' or not, but here's how mine looks

Basic is plain white. I can't use any of the other colour schemes now, having been on the white one for so long... I get lost!

I've been playing on this site for a decade and didn't know you could change color schemes!

Good ol' RPOL, always surprising you where you least expect it to.

Mine's currently light green. Helps set the mood for the character I'm playing, I guess...

Btw, that description of Gren's food makes me long for breakfast! Hmm... glistening bacon fat...

Just give me a heads up when you guys are done inquiring about each other / making introductions and I'll move us along. Don't feel rushed, of course.

Quite happy either way. I'm personally intrigued by the abandoned fortress... wonder if there's any hidden door around that lead to some secret passageways... oooo....

Oh, who says I mean move us along OUT of the fortress? =P

Oh ho ho! Maybe I should try and channel your mind a bit less often one of these days :p

I'd speculate more but I don't wanna be right and ruin the surprise/fun >_>

It's funny, I find that people that try to channel my mind over RPOL are often wrong but those that try in person are often right. I must have a lousy poker face or something. And I mean REALLY lousy. How someone can determine that the pharaoh's mummy stumbling towards them was actually the king under a mind control spell by my facial expressions is beyond me. (This actually happened)

Man.. that sounds like a fun game! Maybe your group knows you so well that they can just guess by a certain glint they see in your eyes whether the enemy is real or if it's some kind of trick!

Also, there were some mind reading a few days back when I had to pick a new class, if I remember correctly >_>

Just for the sake of it, I'd guess that there'd be a passageway somewhere in the abandoned fortress that was quite as abandoned as the fortress itself and quite ran over by a race of monsters of some description. I'd wager that this fortress is dwarven(ish?) in nature and that the passage would be connected straight to Azul Irkul!

I foresee a tunnel collapsing behind us.


I'll post in a few hours, need to hand in an assignment, then get some sleeeeeep. Staying up until 10:45 am writing essays is not fun...

I will neither confirm nor deny suspicions of said tunnel or alleged decrepit Dwarven fortress. Time will tell =P

And yes, the character creation there was some, but not in the game heh.

As for my players IRL, that's probably the case seeing as I've known them all the better part of a decade. But it wasn't even that they guessed that the mummy was a friend, they guessed that it was both the king, and that he was mind controlled the second they saw him. This coming from a group of players who's sole joy in life is to mercilessly slaughter every single enemy I lay before them with brutal efficiency.

In reply to Kassadria (msg # 26):

Tunnel collapsing! That's sooo perfect! No way out now, we must brave the mines of Mori- er, I mean, Azul Irkul... >_>

All the best with your essay! I'm so glad I'm on Uni holidays until end of Feb - more time to spend on RPoL :) What's the essay about, if you don't mind me asking?


In reply to DM Visceri (msg # 27):

Maybe there was a description of the mummy that somehow reminded them of the king? It is pretty cool how they can guess just like that, although I can only imagine how difficult it would be to try and give them unexpected encounters...

That being said, I'm ever so grateful for people that take up the GM mantle coz the amount of time they put into it! Man.

My GM for WFRP IRL only does the session once a month because, apparently, we give her headaches after every session, going off on tangents and just, generally not going where she wants us to go. But, ya know, that's OUR job :p

Admittedly, it can be a pain here and there but the rewards outweigh the pain. My games are my babies since I always make them up from scratch. There is an interesting fact about my games that will come to light soon that one or two of you will get the significance of but I wouldn't spoil the fun yet.

As for players not following the DM's railroading, it's only polite that eventually the group tries to conform to the story at hand, assuming it's not a sandbox game. Think about it, why would you want to miss out on the fun things a DM has prepared for stuff they either didn't care about or have to make up spur of the moment? I try not to railroad TOO much but I like there to be a story that is obviously able to be followed.

I've never actually roleplayed face-to-face, though I've been doing PBP and real-time chat roleplay for about twelve years. I think it's probably easier to surprise and amuse your players with PBP, but I'm sure there are other qualities that you get in face-to-face RP that can't be replicated through other mediums.

As for the essay, I had to choose a relatively contemporary article and relate it to some sociologists we've been studying this semester. I chose an article on the role of social media in the Arab Spring and the London Riots. Quite an interesting topic... it's a shame most of my thought on the subject took place during a semi-delusional state of half-sleep.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:54, Tue 11 Dec 2012.

Well the one benefit of face-to-face RP that I always enjoy, is quick combat heh. Nothing like taking 5 minutes to kill a group of goblins rather than 5 days. The Dance of the Dead game I also run that Gren and Strange are in started as a IRL game with me and two friends and when one went off to the Navy, we moved it to here. In the 2 months we played it IRL, we blasted through 7 levels, 3 dungeons, and a boatload of story. In the year since it's been moved to RPOL, the group has gained 1 level and took 3 months to conquer a dungeon. I have a feeling that it will be the first, and last, dungeon I play in that manner. Again, another thing that RPOL has no real answer for which makes me sad. I oh so love dungeons and traps after all.

Well, currently the game is quite linear but our GM usually gave each character a day in each town we had come across to do whatever we want. However, the choice we often take is something she hasn't prepared or something completely out of the blue for her. I think that's the source of her headache. A player will take 5 minutes going down from his room to grab breakfast coz he'll do whatever it takes to get the breakfast for free, for example. Another player will go to a temple of Mor to pick up random herbs, offending the priests, etc. We'll be there when the actual event happens but before then the group completely splits off most of the times. Also, doesn't help that this is her first time GMing.

Also, I know what you mean re the speed of the game! We had no dungeon crawl yet but our usual combat lasts half an hour or so because we're all quite new and learning. I would very much love to see how traps work in real life games. Do the rogue just naturally sense something's up ever now and then or do the party just continuously check for trap every few meters or so?

Playing online has an advantage of rping, I think. IRL, I tend to be quite shy so I play character that doesn't say much. Also, I don't speak English quite as fluently (or correctly) as I'd like so that doesn't help =/ I think, the storytelling opportunities in online rp can be well worth the wait for events to move along :)

And, Kass, that essay sounds interesting and relevant to the current society. I've never heard of the Arab Spring but I do know bits and pieces about the London Riot (though mostly media fed garbage). All the best with it! :)

The Arab Spring refers to the recent revolutions/protests in Egypt, Lybia and Tunisia. Syria is following along the same theme, it seems... many claim that social media such as Facebook and Twitter were instrumental in these revolutions' success.

Anyway, I've written that essay and handed it in, so I don't wanna think about that too much, haha.

I also like the storytelling aspect of roleplaying online, even though my posts have been rather short and lacking in description lately, I think it's much easier to create a coherent and consistent character in writing than I'd imagine it would be in real time.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:32, Tue 11 Dec 2012.

Hahah of course! But now I might go and do a bit of reading on Arab Spring myself. Sounds like something a friend might be interested in.

You said you've done some real time chat role play before. Wouldn't that be similar, in terms of thinking thinking on your feet and whatnot? The only consistency my char has in that RL game is her determined desire not to speak and slight racist behaviour (wood elves in WFRP are xenophobic...)

Well, yes real-time chat RP is more spur-of-the-moment, but you've got logs to look back on and can see exactly what your character said and did last session, so it's much easier to remember quirks and such, as well as include them in your description without it seeming odd. Often my real-time RPs were based off PBP RPs where I already had an established character, too, so that made things easier.

Well the rogue in my RL parties always seems to get hit by the first trap and then check every single door and room form there on out because he's scared. Ever since I ran this one friend of mine through a Tomb of Horros game (if you're unfamiliar, the unofficial motto of the game is "You will die. A lot. To stupid shit.") he's been super suspicious of anything I do. I like to create a lot of really intricate traps with false triggers, double traps, etc. While they're a little difficult to pull off in PBP, I did manage to kill a rogue because of the cause of one rather simple trap in my other game I play. Gren and Strange can attest to that haha.

As for the whole IRL vs PBP or real-time debate, my 2 cents are that when you're IRL, the game moves faster but the RP suffers and vice versa when you're on PBP. I personally am a huge story junkie so PBP affords me a better opportunity to let some of the details and plot intricacies that might be typically left out to find a place. Plus, I find my characters really come alive when I can take a moment to judge how each would respond, keeping with the theme of consistency.

Hahah this is totally why I'm not playing trap finding rogues. My heart won't last the game!

Btw, just a heads up, I'm working full time today so I can only post later tonight, which may count towards the next day for you guys :)

I'll eventually weigh in with a legitimate response, but in brief... I agree that combat and dungeons are bawlz on RPOL but that it tends to breed vastly superior character representation and development, which IMHO makes it totally worthwhile.

I play 4e IRL with a LAN/MapTool/custom framework setup at my buddy's place and it's pure combat, no RP, because the dullard WotC target market can't handle it, but it's still a ton of fun.  I get my write on via fiction and RP here on RPOL.

Good times.

4e?! *HISS! BOO!* =P

Agreed though, while there have been situations where combat is easy and entertaining (see the scenarios where all players post 1-2 times a day and finish a boss encounter in 3 days) but the all too familiar dredge is the bane of my existence (see the scenarios where 2 people don't post for 3 days, forcing me to NPC them finally, then a different 2 people don't post for 3 days and a fight consisting of 3 measly mobs lasts close to 2 weeks).

I bitch regularly, have no doubt.

I think RPOL combat should be up to the DM to resolve based on pre-submitted basic strategies and such, because it is most certainly NOT fun at RPOL pace.

The problem is, of course, that DND is primarily designed with combat in mind, so we should theoretically be using something else if we plan to emphasize RP, like maybe the oWoD storyteller system. But it's all good.

There's a price for everything, and pace is the price here.  It's totally worth it if you get strong characters and plot.

Agreed. And I try to make combat interesting and dynamic. Wherever possible, I try to stray from the "There are 10 orcs. Fight." Instead, all my old World of Warcraft expertise kicks in and I throw encounters with strategies, phases, and surprises or distractions. I'm sure you'll see what I mean...soon...*evil grin*

I like the way you think, sir.

Well, in a way, and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong those of you who have played through my combats, I kind of give a resolution based on the player's intents and my ideas of what the combat would look like. So it's kind of a hybrid of doing that while still allowing players a hand in it instead of just leaving it up to fate. Cause you never know when a player will pull something totally imaginative and unique out of their hat and make an encounter completely different.

Well, I kind of feel the same, though if the players are capable of resolving rounds of combat relatively quickly (as they have been so far, in this game, as far as I can tell), it's better to leave combat to the player, as the DM could easily misinterpret a character's well... character, and do something that the player may not agree with, and that kind of thing can lead to tears... so, better avoided when possible, in my opinion.

It's true.  I love the scent of a derailed DM.

It smells like....

Victory.

Really? I thought it smelled like a herd of tarrasques.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:42, Wed 12 Dec 2012.

Well, that's one form of victory.

Not, you know, OURS, but it's still victory.

ROFL!! That's exactly the face my cat makes when it's pissed! Doesn't help that he has the same colouring too!

Alright then.  Lakers/Knicks, battle of the mega-media-outlets and hype machines.

I'm guessing that you're talking about.. sport? Basketball?

Correct on both counts!

Ah hah! I knew Lakers sounds familiar...

Sorry, I'm not from the US so, you know, it's probably akin to if I started talking about the Dragons vs Tigers here (football clubs).

Btw, please help me out of the hole I've dug myself in the game... I shouldn't have walked out of that damn room -_-;

S'OK, neither am I.  ;)

You're not? Where are you from?

The moon!  I walk the blessed stones of Luna!

Or, you know, Canada.

Hahah that would've been cool. So, you have internet on the moon too, huh? :p

Naturally.

Dragons and Tigers? Football? They don't sound like any English football teams I know of... are you Irish?

Australian. Football isn't an accurate description of the game. More like handegg.

Unfortunately, Australia follows the US in naming their sport. Soccer instead of football, and football instead of, I dunno, rugby?

American football :P

That makes sense, then. Hehe

American football also makes sense, I guess.

So, I'm guessing you're from UK?

Correct. :) Though my sleeping patterns would suggest I live in Los Angeles, I believe.

Hahah yeah I thought you were from the US. Although, majority of the people here seem to be from the US so it's not necessarily because of your online time >_<;

Sorry for the delayed post, channukah's over.

Oh, happy channukah! Hope you had a good time :)

My son sure did ^^; now I'm broke and he has MORE toys cluttering up the house, hah. Gotta go through his old ones soon and chuck the broken ones/donate the ones he doesn't play with anymore

Hahah Well, at least someone enjoyed his holiday :)

I think I know what you mean about the toys... I'm expecting a lot of Warhammer figurines for Christmas and we don't even have the space for what we currently have. One of the major downside of the holiday season >_>

I'll post in about 12 hours. Apologies for the delay... Holiday's coming, busy busy!

The chance to be able to purchase a whole pile of Lego and Warhammer stuff all over again is the only reason I'd ever consider intentionally having a child, hehe.  Much respect to parents, especially around the holidays; you guys do tough work.

Love to hear that you guys are having fun over the holidays!

I think I'm with Tevlin on that one. I've never been a huge kid person but I sure do love me some good legos. Those things are fun no matter HOW old you are.

And I'll say this just as a heads up: On the 21st, I will be heading out of town to visit family and won't be back until late the 26th. The week after that I will have my best mate who has been away in the Navy for 7 months in town so posting will be sporadic and likely later at night. I should be able to check my computer through the entirety of the time I mentioned with the exception of Christmas itself, of course, so those that can post, I will keep you afloat. Those that cannot, have a very happy and safe holiday!

Ahh thanks for the heads up and have fun with the family & friend :)

I'll be the few lost souls in RPoL during Christmas period, I think. Apart from Christmas day (and maybe even then) I plan on posting everyday ^_^;

Oops, it appears I didn't put anything up... and I hope my declaration that I would hasn't deterred anyone else from writing. Kassadria's kind of on the sidelines right now, so my posts will have very little impact at the moment, I should think.

Although, I imagine things will slow down for a week or two, given the time of year. :P

I'm perfectly comfortable with slowing down for the next little bit; I have some kind of eldritch plague assaulting my lungs at the moment.

I'm just waiting for you guys to make a decision on whether you're staying put, moving to another room, or casting magic missile at the blizzard. Then I'll have the first DM update in what seems like forever.

Hope that eldritch plague resolves itself. That doesn't sound the least bit fun.

It's decided to include my musculoskeletal system in the fun, throwing my collarbone out of alignment by my sternum and mucking up my shoulder.

Fun times.

Nothing insane, just sucky.  Soup and physio, awww yeah.

I'm ready for an update in-game.  It looks like we're pretty much all in agreement that we should look for a more secure room.  I imagine you all will want the rogue to go first so he can check for traps? :P

Yes. Yes, please :)

Also, sorry for the delay. I will post up something tonight.

And hope you'll be better soon, Tevlin =/

Many thanks.

This thing is brutal.  I feel like a sissy, because I know it's totally just the command cold, but MAN is it knocking me on my behind.

You ever see that NyQuil commercial?  I'm totally having a Man Cold.  It's hilarious; I dealt with a sprained back, a partial patella dislocation (different events), dislocating all five of my toes on one foot at once, various wounds while working security, handled all of it with more poise and dignity than this irritating little bug.  It has reduced me to a sniveling wretch.

Never seen that commercial but I'm married. Therefore, I have witnessed first hand what a man cold is like! I think we call it man flu here.

Someone should cook you some chicken soup. Something nice and warm always helps :)

Yeah, I'm mainlining soup, tea and warm milk like a champion.  Had some physio today, too, and discovered that Benadryl is mostly nonsense.

Hmm.. maybe what you're missing is someone to sing you soft kitty >_>

Yeah, there's definitely no one around to do that.

aww feel better to be sure Tev

By the by, have we already given out loot (I assumed Kass already had the rapier, but wasn't sure about the potions)?

If so, who got what? I wanted the rapier and two potions; Shield of Faith and Sanctuary. If there's a spare Cure Light Wounds potion going I'd happily claim that, too. :P

Also, regarding the 10 longswords, can we retcon that we sold those back in town or donated them to the town guard or something? I don't think any of us are really prepared to carry around a bunch of swords...

There was some discussion about it earlier but no consensus. As for the swords, assume that the town guard happily took them off your hands.

On another note, my stupid desktop computers are keeping me distracted today. Apparently the new one didn't like that I was putting a new hard drive in it and decided to give me a chassis intrusion fatal error and be a whiny baby so I'll probably be trying to deal with that today. Assuming I can get it worked out, expect a post sometime today.

I require more computer hardware, this is quickly becoming clear.

Hsssssss!!! It needs more RAM and a larger monitor...  hssssssss!

Claims:  The magic gloves and both scrolls.

I Believe Lorelei Claimed: Potion of Dex Boost (forgetting specific name) and a potion of CLW on top of her share of the gold.

*Weak groaning* Tomorrow. Update tomorrow... x_x

Seems like you're kinda busy right now, boss. Maybe better that you just set a date some time after Christmas to update this. :) We can wait.

Seeing as I'm currently on the road to my vacation, that may be appropriate. I may get some spare time to do the update I want but if not, I'll try to aim for the 27th. Have a good holiday guys, I'll see you all then!

Hahah don't worry about us and enjoy your holiday! Kass is right, we can wait :D

Just checking in to say hey and see how your vacations are going! Currently where I am, I'm gettin plenty of material for Whitecap Pass. 4 feet of snow EVERYWHERE.

Looks lovely! It's just the wet kind of weather, here. Very muddy, very cold. But it's nice and warm inside :)

In reply to DM Visceri (msg # 95):

54F and partly cloudy here in Colorado, USA.  I hear we'll have a white Xmas though.

Ooh so awesome! Australia is hot, hot and hotter! No such thing as white Christmas here =/

I should move there and brave all of your sundry killer creatures in exchange for better weather and horrible internet laws...

Better weather? My husband would like to differ - he sweats at the possibility that sunlight might touch his skin! Also, hole on the ozone layer = higher possibility of skin cancer. A lot of christmas carols also suddenly doesnt have the right impact anymore. Don't move here. It's just bloody depressing.

I personally would like to move to UK one day... Love your comedians!

You know what's depressing?

Working on an oil rig near the tree line where it snows before it has any business doing so, then gets so cold it can't snow anymore.

I'd be delighted to go somewhere with that much sun...

Well, I guess this is a case of grass being greener on the other side... We should swap, if just for the holiday season!

Agreed, agreed.

So, how was Christmas everyone? :) I like that it's an excuse to meet up with relatives that you haven't seen for ages. Also the food. Actually, it's mostly the food. :P

My head hurts from Las Vegas but I've come trough relatively unscathed. I'll be making my way home in a couple hours and I'll get an update for you all soon to follow! Hope everyone had an exciting holiday season and I hope you're not tired of all the references to snow (except for our resident Australian of course ;P) because it's about to get even colder. *evil laugh*

Hahah Christmas Day here was exceedingly cold with storms! Figured, right? Every other day, you're off to the beach, all hot and sweaty. But Christmas? Christmas you stay inside, turn the heater on and huddle in front of it. Australian weather is ridiculous, I swear!

Having headache from Vegas sounds like the after effect of having a good time! Very much looking forward to more blizzard! :p

I'm looking forward to it, here our horrible lows were around 40 T_T

Look at those posts! Exactly 10 minutes apart, according to my time. I guess this means we're all excited that the game has started again :D
This message was last edited by the player at 11:02, Sat 29 Dec 2012.

That, and I am up ridiculously early because of shenanigans.

I'm confused. Are we in a different room now, with a door to the outside that's being scraped on, or are we still on the relative outside, with the door being scraped on from the inside?

I'm thinking we're still inside the same room. We've extinguished the fire and was about to leave when the sound happened. I'd always imagined the room with an opening but I guess it was supposed to have a closed door instead.

Yay, passing 1,900 posts!

Yeah you guys are inside the same room with an actual door closed to keep out the cold. I'm fairly sure I mentioned there being one when you arrived but in case I didn't, voila, a door appears =P

Also, waking up to find 11 posts is quite exciting haha

It sucks for me because I tend to go to sleep after the massive rush of posts and wake up before them, so I'm just sitting here for hours, refreshing every now and then, waiting for someone to wake up.

I hate the holidays. :D

Same here, Kass! Except I'm the other way around. I wake up just as everyone is going to sleep and the posts already posted -_-

Makes for an exciting morning though! :)

Hehee, and then when you have a flurry of posts, you know the game cannot advance until YOU put your imprint on it.

Hella important stuff!

Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, on the inside. It's the only reason any of us do this, right, guys?



...



Right?

Heh yeah that's true. And I hold all the power to move you or keep you in te same room...FOREVER! But in all seriousness, lets get out of here. It'll be a post off of my phone but it will be a post.

Speaking of phones, I immediately regret joining the Cult of Apple.

Should have stuck with my Blackberry, the transition was not the correct move.  Bloody touchscreen piece of crap.  The App Store is amazing, but I'm waffling as to whether or not it was a worthwhile decision.

By the by, if the creature is appropriately sized, Kassadria has a bear trap in her backpack, which we can set up (hopefully before whatever it is returns).

If by "bear trap," you happen to mean "blast it in the face with fire," then Tevlin is right on-board with that plan.

I literally mean a bear trap. :D I imagined it as a tool to help her find food, while she wandered about in the wilderness, since some people wouldn't let her buy any food from them for fear of being cursed, or some other such nonsense.

Of course, once the beast is snared you can blast it with fire all you like. Then maybe we could eat it, too!
This message was last edited by the player at 19:10, Sun 30 Dec 2012.

How about I blast it with fire to knock it INTO the bear trap?

It is hard for me to play dumb characters.  Of course playing a character smarter than you are is probably harder.  If one or more of you are playing smarter characters here are some ideas about our current situation:

There is something out there that has appeared at a distance several times watching us.  Now it is scratching at the door then disappearing.  It has had several times to just charge in and attack, but hasn't.  Either it is trying to get us to split up so it can attack us one at a time, or it is trying to warn/ward us off.  Either way it suggests cunning and it is likely not just some ordinary animal.

Of course, my character is too dumb to think of any of this himself so...he's just going to sit there picking ham fat out of his beard and worrying about Yeti.  If it is a bear, Gren is all for trapping and eating it.  He will be against burnign it.  A nice warm bear skin would do marvels in this weather.

I suspect it's more likely that it's trying to lure us all to our doom, yes.

Well, Kass has 18 INT but I'm dumb as a short plank (or however the saying goes) so, though I had considered that I'm not sure how exactly to approach the situation. At the moment, she's just kind of following the group's lead at the moment, though she may speak up if there's any indecision about going out into the snow.

I would've thought, though, that being able to 'read' a creature's actions like this would come from a high wisdom score (sense motive)?

It depends what course of acton you're trying to pursue. If you're trying to sense motive or track it like you're trying, wisdom is the key. if you're actually trying to discern something about the monster (generally have to know what it is or see it), that's where your int comes into play. Of course, just general ideas and stuff can be loosely based on intellect and hey, even a blind squirrel gets a nut every now and then so just because your character is "dumb," doesn't mean they can't have a good idea from time to time.

duh...I like blind squirrels

I'm confused again. Man, I'm denser than usual today :P

I'll take another look in the morning, maybe I'll have some idea what's going on, then.

Here's a quick diagram to help. Hopefully it clear things up for you.



Solid brown is a door, open brown is a broken door, open grey is an archway.
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:13, Mon 31 Dec 2012.

Ooooooh. Oh. So, the thing, whatever it is, might be IN the castle with us? I'm like, a thousand times more scared now x.x Thanks for the diagram, that does help a ton.

I vote up the stairs because then we can fling the beastie off the castle tower, when we inevitably get cornered by it and can't defeat it. Alternatively, we could go either way and set my trap up at the entrance.

EDIT: Even given a diagram I apparently can't understand what's going on. Nevermind... Still, I vote trapping whichever entrance we leave behind us.


On another note, why is the monster on a sled? Or are they wheels? Or is it like, a giant slug/snake/worm thing with claws and.. two bodies?

Whatever monster you've come up with, it has me fascinated and excited. :)
This message was last edited by the player at 00:20, Mon 31 Dec 2012.

Lol yes, it seems to be inside with you now. The stairs, however, lead down into the mountain fortress. The stairs that lead to the ramparts are in a different part of the fortress.

And I never said it was on a sled or anything. Just that it looked like that. It could also look like someone's feet dragging if that helps you to visualize it.

Glad you're excited about being potentially killed and eaten :)

IT'S FREAKIN' SANTA CLAWS!

HAHAHAHAHA wow I seriously just sprayed water all over my computer I laughed so hard at that.

Wow. If it is, I give up.


Hahaha

Santa Claws! Like the evil Santa from Futurama! It certainly fits with the holiday theme :D

So, where should we go? Further into the fortress or up? I don't suggest going out into the blizzard. That would be a death sentence... Judging from the creature's ability to just disappear without leaving any track or indication where they might have been, I'm guessing they can do more than just become invisible. Although, the creature seemed to leave tracks in front of the room. Why is that? Gren mentioned that it's trying to either warn/ward us away or its trying to split us up and kill us one at a time.

A question arise from that deduction. Why now? Tevlin and Lyria had been camping in that place for 3 days and, presumably, never seen a thing or been attacked. Attacking when there were only two people (or one, when the other was gathering food) would've been much easier than having to do these diverting tactic, surely? Alternatively, if its goal was to warn/ward us away, why not do it sooner?

What I think might also be interesting to note is that the room that the group occupied, until just recently, contained a fire and was considerably warm. Could it be that it can only perform its disappearing act in the snow/cold weather? If so, I'd go deeper into the fortress where there won't be any snow/blizzard. I'm thinking that going up will lead to the ramparts where we will be equally buffeted by the blizzard than if we were to just go outside.

What do you guys think?

Well, it not attacking you guys while you were already there suggests that whatever it is is stalking our group. Why it's chosen now to strike and why it's doing this sort of scare tactic, I'm not sure. I think away from the blizzard is a good call, though. So is staying together. We all know how the horror movies go when people split up...

Lyria first saw it before she found you guys though. If it was following you guys, shouldn't it be found after? I'm doing an IC post now agreeing with Strange that we should go further into the fortress.

I laughed, oh god

Hmmmm.

Working on some stuff for the thread. Will probably be done sometime tonight.

Ugh, 15-hr shift...

Sorry for the delay... Work just started up again with crazy new hours due to my new study timetable (I study full time and work, pretty much, full time -_-)

Well, fudgestickles...

Well I'm sure Gren is happy for the company. When I started making the map, it was him all by his lonesome in that room with the thing. Then I saw you posted and moved you in with your new friend :)

Sure hope we can survive long enough through this with both of us being spell casters and whatnot >_>

So, if I want to, say, daze the creature before running away, how will I know whether the spell hit or was resisted?

Well, you won't when you post it but you can say something along the lines of "If the spell seems to work, Lyria runs past screaming her head off, if not, she cries quietly for her mother in the corner." =P

Uh huh... Well, there would be less screaming/crying in my post, I hope >_>

Hmm the map is not showing anymore for me so I can't check but I think the creature is too far away for Lyria to cast daze yet. Can this be confirmed first before I make my post? I believe daze works within 25ft?

Oh dear...

Are those squares 5-foot squares?

I'm going with the assumption that they are since the creature moved from the doorway to where it is now in what I think is one standard move?

Unless it has a greater-than-standard move distance, which many do.

Can you see the map by any chance? If they can move even greater distance than each square would be more than 5' by that logic. I guess better assumption could be made based on Strange's movement.

Eh?  If they can move a greater distance, you don't know the distance so you can't make any assumptions on the basis of the amount they moved in the first round.  Maybe they only WANTED to make a partial move, for example.

I can indeed see the map.  Also, Strange is a gargoyle; they walk 40' and fly 60', so it really depends on what he's doing.

Well, we have to wait for the DM to answer the question then :)

Indubitably.

The DM and I worked out a PC-varient gargoyle race so a lot of the bonuses I'd normally get are cut down.  Base land speed is one of those, and I don't get to fly until my wing gets fixed which he apparently has a plan for happening eventually. :P

At this point those of us in the other room don't really know what's going on with Gren and Lyria, but once we find them we can assist.  I think given that Gren called out for us it wouldn't be too difficult for us to find them. :P

5' squares, not sure why you can't see the map, I wouldn't read too much into how much I moved the baddie; it was mostly for flavor.

Was just checking for my own reference, that's all.

It worked again when I checked on my iPad. I blame my laptop...

eesh, turn around and huge post spree :) scary pic, i'll prolly post tomorrow though. exhausted and i kinda have the dumb, sowwy!

I'll be posting in a few hours. Just got home from holiday so got some stuff to doooo.

Tevlin, you out there? Waiting on a post from you and we'll start the next round of combat.

On a side note (and I apologize those that are in my other game for the repetition), does anybody read The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson? The final book came out today and I'm pretty much giddy like a school girl to have it in my hands.

I must confess that I'm not an avid reader of anything. I prefer to write fiction than read it. :)

In reply to DM Visceri (msg # 164):

I trailed off around book 6, i like a good long series but i dislike 'never ending series'. It's also why i don't read Drizz't D'urden books :)

I'm here. Long hours on the ambulance, will post tomorrow.

I've read WoT. Mixed feelings. Don't like many of he characters, especially the women. Too many characters, at that. But he first few books were phenomenal.

Baw, your responses sadden me. It's my favorite book series and the reason I started DMing. I agree there are a metric ton of characters but that's what I love about it. The world is so utterly fleshed out that it could really exist like a real world. That level of depth is incredible to me as a reader and world-builder.

And Tevlin, sounds good man.

Sorry, but I'm with Lorelei on this one. Maybe once the series ends, I'll pick it up. I plan to do the same with George Martin's series although it's another one that many doubt will ever end... I don't mind long series (Harry Potter, Deverry) but I just need to know there's an absolute conclusion at the end of the journey.

I like stories that don't end, because no story ever truly ends, does it?

Well, not really, I guess. But I like that satisfied, although somewhat melancholic, feeling at the end of a good book/series.

Hm... totally unrelated but I'd just like to moan about something that's happening in another game here... sorry if anyone is offended by this short rant.

Our party decided to split up into two groups, one to go do some sneaky stuff in a swamp (that was provided by the GM but wasn't an appropriate task for 8 people, especially when 2 of them are mounted), and another to do something else out of the swamp (not a task provided by the GM but approved by him).

Rather than making something interesting happen with the group not going into the swamp, the GM has decided that our ploy, for no discernible reason, is a spectacular failure. At least so far. And then, to top it off, he's making us do things that we haven't even said we wanted to do yet, like, it's suggested as an idea and then he just says 'Well, now that you've done that this is the situation'. That kind of annoys me.

Grr. I know GMing is an art and not an easy one to master, but sometimes it feels like people make so little effort. I suppose I should be grateful that he has some interest in keeping the game moving, at least.

/rant.

Your rant has been heard and approved wholeheartedly. I know what it's like to have a GM block your char coz it's not doing what s/he wants it to do. It's happening to me in another game - solo campaign too, just to make it worse!

It is a million o'clock and I am still on the ambulance. I think we are done, at last, but still have an hour of driving to do even bough no more calls. Waugh-face!!

Also, GMs who are custy can take the fun out of a game, for sure. I'm glad our GM is all bubbly and such! [/blatant pander]

Pandering noted and filed into the gear distribution center.

I have to agree that DMing really is as much about telling a story as it is about social and managerial skills. 90% of the game is keeping the people you're bringing along for the ride happy. If your players aren't happy, they will make sure you aren't happy. While I like it when my players follow my ;cough; subtle ;cough; nudges down the path of the main story line, there are times when a random whim sends them in a completely different direction and a lot of times, those little asides end up being some of my favorite parts of the game. For instance, earlier in this campaign, when Strange decided to stay at the Temple of Iomedae instead of going with the rest of the group, I was initially a tad annoyed but it led to some of the funniest exchanges I've had on RPOL between him and Gilford, the slow guard. Basically, as long as it isn't going to completely destroy your world or do something that is just absurd, I tend to entertain player ideas (don't let it get to your heads. I have a tarrasque laying around here somewhere afterall =P)

Oh and Lyria, the book that just came out is the last in the series. It is fin.

Ooh, I can pander too!

I wouldn't have even felt comfortable ranting in a game where the GM wasn't perfect and fantastic in every way. :D


...


Loot please? :D

Hahaha oh man, you guys are too much. As a present, I'll give you all double of what you have right now.

Oooo.... Then I might go and pick it up! The series have gotten a lot of good reviews from quite a few people I know now. I used to participate in a forum that's partly there to discuss LotR and WoT series :)

Maybe you should DM my other game as well >_> I'm playing the character I originally submitted for this game there but I feel like the GM has something against her from day one. I had problem trying to do even the smallest thing like burning paper!

Edit: *ahem* unlike the others, all my pandering is done in private. But, can I still get the extra loot? >_>
This message was last edited by the player at 04:54, Wed 09 Jan 2013.

I think that's one things that a lot of DMs don't do right. If you have reservations or outright conflict with a character concept but like the player, just ask them if they wouldn't mind playing something else. Most of them will but even if they don't want to, it's better to pass on them for a different person whose character will fit into your world than trying to jam one that won't in. It's like trying to fit a puzzle piece into the wrong hole. It might be able to stick but nothing else will fit with it.

And who says it's loot? >:)

Well, this is particularly weird because it's a solo campaign and the GM approved me based on the character and built the world around her. *shrugs* Who knows...?

*curses* We're gonna get another one of that monster, aren't we?

In reply to DM Visceri (msg # 168):

I'm going to reconsider the book series, but right now I'm heading for the Shanarra series :) so maybe in the long run i'll pick it up. From what i did read, it WAS an amazing series. It just drug on and on for me, wasn't willing to keep going till it ended either.

Lorelei: Well 14 book series aren't for everyone, that's for sure.

Lyria: Noooooooo :)

14 books? Uh.. I might bow out as well. The most I've done is 11 and, even then, it's broken down into 2 trilogies and one 5-books part. The sense of conclusion goes a long way to making the story enjoyable for me.

Also, suuuuuuure it's not more of that thing :p

Nobody can say I'm not generous =P

And yes, 14 books is a lot, especially since each book has an innumerable page count.



That includes the prequel but still, a stupid amount.

EDIT: On a side note, this game's post-rate has sped up that it's dangerously close to overtaking my other game. Odd that the current batch of adventurers there took over at ~700 posts and are now at 2246 and this game started from scratch around the time they took over and is at 1993. Just a fun observation.
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:47, Wed 09 Jan 2013.

Oh, no, one could say that you are simply too generous :p

I suppose when read a book at a time, it might not be too bad. I believe 100,000 words is average for a normal novel but fantasy books tend to go far above that. Ahh my poor, poor bookcase will not be able to withstand the sheer volume of the written word! If I was to start reading, which would should I start with? The prologue or book 1, finish the series, then the prologue?

Originally I picked up WoT BECAUSE of the length. I got -so- sick of running out of story by page 400. Eeesh. I prefer 700-900 pages. A good Trilogy to Quintet I find is best. I don't mind 'sequels' but yea, I do adore the wrap ups at the end of some books. But WoT sure seemed to never properly wrap up books from what I remember. There wasn't a satisfied feeling at each books end from what I recall, and by the fourth or fifth cliff-hanger....
It gets tedious, y'know?

Personally, I haven't read the prologue yet though I find that many prologues fit best after you finish the main story. And I know what you mean about the bookshelf. The series was straining mine too much so I actually had to move them into drawers! And no, I'm not kidding XD

Oh wow... You have them in those old school cover too! And, yeah, I found trilogy to be just enough story to whet my appetite. 5 books series is a good length. I actually don't mind the 7 books in HP because each book has its own ending. Three seems the easiest to work for though, in terms of pacing.

Oh wait. I lied. I've read 15 books series before. Those trilogies were actually 4 books series. And the last is 7 books series. Oops... Well, that makes the WoT looks somewhat more manageable :)

Oh yeah, I got the ones from when I was younger from a friend of mine who bought them as they came out and have bought the rest in those covers as well. I admit, I do like the alternative artwork a lot but there's something about that whole line of art that screams old school fantasy and I love it!

My advice, start reading and stop when it seems like it's too much. then come back to it in a month or two and read another. If you're like me, you'll be surprised how much you miss reading it after you come back to it.

If you've read either of the long-ass anthologies by David Eddings then the Wheel of Time books are comparable.  Sure they drag at times but if you power through there's absolutely some good story and character development there.

I have heard of Eddings but never read him, unfortunately. The series I was referring to is the Deverry cycle by Katharine Kerr. I'll try out a book first and see how that goes. If the writer's voice enjoyable, I'll buy the next one, etc.

Btw, I read your goal for 2013 and hoping, desperately, that the tarrasque is reserved for the other game >_>

Well if you remember what I told you about both campaigns, then you'll know that there's no way to be sure :P

ALSO! 2000 posts! Live through this encounter and enjoy the spoils of 200 xp! Feels like just recently I gave out the 150 xp reward. I think you lot are spamming OOC to get free xp! I'm on to you O_O
This message was last edited by the GM at 08:05, Wed 09 Jan 2013.

Nonsense, why would we be doing that? *Whistle*
This message was last edited by the player at 12:40, Wed 09 Jan 2013.

Yay, posting!

Cursed Summon Monster lasting only 1 rd/level!  Would have done that instead.  *grump grump grump*

In reply to DM Visceri (msg # 192):

... You're the instigator here, you keep our conv going!

We all need spark plugs, no?

Umm... holy crap.

And what's this "20 disappeared claw thingies" business?

20 is the initiative haha. Disappearing Clawed Thingies is what I'm calling them for now since you don't know what they are.

Wonderful.

I'm going to have to burn the living shit out of these things, aren't I?  Lorelei is below 0, so she's unconscious, isn't she?

Also, I don't see myself on the new map!
This message was last edited by the player at 05:33, Thu 10 Jan 2013.

Nope, she still has 6 hp left. She's just taken 14 points of damage.
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:37, Thu 10 Jan 2013.

Oh, I see.  Scared the CRAP out of me for a second when you did that, you realize, yes?  I was like "ACK!!! They're both down!  It's a trap!!!"

Also, Tevlin's token should be in M-15, directly across from the advancing evil-cold-thingum.
This message was last edited by the player at 05:58, Thu 10 Jan 2013.

Check your post =P I'll edit it this time.

Sorry, my OOC post is in error, it should be M-15.  My issue was that he was not on the map at all, not with the specific square.  I see him now, though.
This message was last edited by the player at 05:58, Thu 10 Jan 2013.

Switching it back lol

Hahaha I like the free action Strange. Somehow I don't think Crocodile Dundee would enjoy the local you find yourselves in right now :P

Heh, thanks.

Second monster! I totally called it!

Well it's not like I hinted at it or anything :P

So there might have been a little clue here and there... >_>

So while you guys are having fun with random snow monsters, I snapped a picture of what Dale and James are currently up to. It's not much to write home about really. Nothing out of the ordinary for them.

It looks like Reboot!

Hey, I didn't die straight away!

Yay, now I get to miss some attacks! :D

Hmmm... how likely do you guys think it is that these things have dark vision?

I may be wrong, but I believe most of our party has it. I do, Strange does (I think?) I think Tevlin does, and I would not be surprised if Gren does. Should I cast my 1/day darkness spell? And if I do, where do you want me to cast it?

I do have darkvision, indeed.

Judging by how so far these things have decimated us it might be wise to consider retreating.

Unfortunately, due to the split we currently have it'll be hard to get Lyria and Gren back with the group...

Well, let's see how well they handle fire and take it from there.

In reply to Kassadria (msg # 215):

What is the ground beneath us made out of, stone?

Well, my character is retreating, alright.

Unfortunately, I don't think the kitchen leads anywhere else. So, in a bid to not be trapped inside the previous room, Lyria managed to be trapped inside an even smaller room. Can't help but note the irony...

Also, how good is the light in the room Gren is in?

Pretty sure my dancing light is still in effect there. If not, my character will need to re-cast it since she's only human and has no dark vision...

The rooms with the snow in them offer illumination from the sky outside since the ceilings are gone or partially gone so you can assume those without darkvision can see fine. The rooms with no snow, however, are dim light and are subject to the 20% miss chance for those who don't have it.

The ground is made of old stone.

Dancing lights should still be active.

Hmm, I think I had a back-up character in mind should Gren bite the big one.  If only I could remember what it was...

You mentioned it in one of our PMs a while back didn't you? It's probably still there. Not saying anyone's going to definitely bite the dust here but it's always good to have a backup.

Yeah, I looked...couldn't find it.  I think it was a Half-Orc Scarred Witch Doctor, which would have been built along the same lines as Gren here (a tough arcane caster who isn't afraid of the front line.)   An apparently fun but short lived concept :)

Ugh, my heart bled when I read Gren's post... Don't worry, I'll start healing next round! If only that damn hex had worked. Problem is, I think the healing won't outdo the incoming damage...

Some builds take time to mature, certainly more than level one.

Still among us Tevlin? Waitin on your post.

What?  Didn't I post?

EDIT: Oh hell, we've moved a whole round ahead!

Sorry, this has been an evil week of 16-hour shifts and I also work weekends, so I've been a bit behind, it seems!  Too much attention paid to the OOC, my bad guys.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:07, Sun 13 Jan 2013.

This is the round where we all die... so maybe the delay was a good thing. It means we get to live just a little bit longer...

I'm so not a fan of electronic dice...

In reply to Tevlin (msg # 228):

Doubt i'll die. Slowly bleed to death more likely

We need to start knocking these things around or we're going to be in a lot of trouble.  Tevlin really is too low-level to be spec'd for dealing a lot of damage.  I can do Elemental Ray like 9 times per day, so I'm not apt to run out of d4+1 damage-dealers, and I can cast Magic Missile a few times, but low-level casters mostly suck in combat :(

In reply to Tevlin (msg # 232):

Still can't believe i rolled a 4 on my elemental fist, siigh :D here's hoping they have absolutely horrible AC

If it makes you feel less horrid, I also rolled a 4 on my ranged touch attack to hit with my elemental ray.

In reply to Tevlin (msg # 234):

Nope, mines only 2x a Day. And thats only because i hit level 2. =/ Still sucky!

Elemental Bloodline and stupid-high Charisma for the win!

Yeah, I can spam elemental ray, but I have to actually hit with it in order for it to do anything and it doesn't do a TON of damage.  It's kind of like having Eldritch Blast as a Sorcerer, though; it keeps me able to do something, and from a safe distance, pretty much throughout combat.

Busy day, wrap up post tomorrow afternoon.

We survived the round! So, I'm thinking healing hex on Gren this turn. So many people to patch up!

I suppose we will now find out if my rapier's enchantment is useful for this situation...

Although, not knowing what level of magic it is, I don't know what modifiers to apply to the attack roll. I'll just assume it's +1, and you can add/change anything that I haven't...

In reply to Kassadria (msg # 239):

That will work fine :)

Also, I hit something! *Celebrate*

W00T!!

You saved our lives. We are eternally grateful :D

If any of us make it out of this place alive, you can owe me one. :O

Sneak attack doesn't multiply on crits, Strange. :(

Exception: Precision damage (such as from a rogue's sneak attack class feature) and additional damage dice from special weapon qualities (such as flaming) are not multiplied when you score a critical hit.

I didn't confirm the crit (rolled a 13.)  I made two separate attacks that both hit, though, unless the 19 on that second attack misses.

How did you make two attacks?! :O What sorcery is this...

Full round attack with natural weapons, of which he currently has 2, assuming he isn't counting his bite.

Yeah, DM and I discussed the attacks during character creation.  I can make multiple attacks as a full round action, but each consecutive one takes a -5.  The rulebook says I should be able to make all 3 attacks (claw x 2 + bite) at full BAB but that was one of the things we decided was too OP for me to have at level 1. :P
This message was last edited by the player at 12:03, Tue 15 Jan 2013.

Before i post, can irequest to know if Strange killed it? ^^

I see... usually secondary natural weapons (you cannot have more than one primary natural weapon, afaik) are used at a penalty. I'm not complaining now, just interested how you worked it out :P After all, Strange is on our side, I don't really mind if he's a little OP...
This message was last edited by the player at 13:27, Tue 15 Jan 2013.

At the rate Tevlin is going, we NEED Strange to be a bit OP, because the sorcerer has been useless...

Copied straight from the Core rule book.:


Based on those rules I should be able to make three attacks (two claws and a bite, all denoted primary) but at level one and even level 2 now that's way OP.  Instead I get multiple attacks but every attack after the first gets a -5, so when I actually get to a BAB of +5 secondary attacks are handled normally.  There's other bonuses I won't be getting until later levels too: higher DR, higher natural AC bonus, and of course the flying thing.  It's all part of the cost of lowering the ECL of crazy monster races. :P

It is better than being forced to take race levels ala Savage Species, which is mechanically the best overall solution.

Ah yes, the thing I was remembering was the strength modifier difference. My bad. :)

The thing is a natural attack user drops off later, right?

However, if you have your -5 BAB thing for consecutive attacks, it basically just means you're acting as though you have two attacks already. Right?

I'm intrigued to see how your character develops to be a 'better' Gargoyle... will we find a stonemason to fix you up? :P
This message was last edited by the player at 14:51, Tue 15 Jan 2013.

Yeah as he levels, he'll be basically using the rogue attack matrix and when he unlocks his second attack per round, it will give him the no penalty second natural attack. It's not perfect but it works. As for how he'll progress through the levels to be more powerful...let's just say I already have something thought up :P

And Lorelei, it dead.

W00T!! One down, one more to go!

Also, maybe someone in Azul Irkul knows how to fix a Gargoyle?

That's certainly what I was hoping but I think the plan was to wait to a later level before letting me get my fly on.  We'll see what Mr. DM has in the works! :P

Since Lorelei moved to E13, I'll stay at F13.

So, Lorelei's in the way now, I think, so I can't charge. :S Unless I can charge to B4? What do you think, boss?

In reply to Kassadria (msg # 259):

dunno what DM says but i think you should be able to :)

Either way, I'm gonna delay my action to after Lyria's, in case she moves up to provide a flanking bonus for us. :D

Tevlin's preparing to try something clever that'll let him miss another elemental ray this turn, pending DM response.

Hmm... Pretty sure I can't move anywhere since Gren blocks the doorway.

You can move through a square occupied by a friend, you just can't stop in the same square.

Ahh ok. Thanks for that tidbit of rule :)

Calling all Tevlins!  Where you at, mang? :P

Gah,  told DM what I was doing so he could pass me if into busy a work! :p

We probably have the same time zone.

Sorry, day away from the computer, I'll have post up for you guys tomorrow.

W00T!!

So glad you guys killed that thing before it manages to off my character :D

Good to see everyone pull through, for sure.  Sorry Tev wasn't more useful.

The dice roller has not been kind, is all.

I'm currently at work but I will do a post later tonight.

Don't worry, Tevlin, you were the moral support for that battle! :P

*waves his pom-poms*

Can a NG sorcerer learn evil spells?

In reply to Gren Boarshead (msg # 274):

What kind of evil spell?

I'm not sure if there's anything that stops you from learning them other than perhaps an internal morale compass but that's about it. The only classes I believe have something that dictates what spells they can and can't learn based on their alignment are the ones that use holy magic.

That's what I thought.  The spell I am considering is Infernal Healing (the only healing spell on the sorcerer/wizard list that I have found).

Gren's mother is a full-blooded Ogre Chieftess with the ancestral blood of eldritch Giant's running through her veins.  As far as Gren and his mother know his father was also a full-blooded Ogre.  So how is it Gren is a Half-Ogre?  Turns out his father was a sorcerer who got his rocks off by using transmutation magic to alter his appearance and then went around mating with different species.
Considering Gren's heritage, I'm sure that some potential for evil exists in there some where.

He could always be something equivalent to a malconvoker, using nasty stuff for good aims...

This definitely supports the theory that my friends and I came up with.  The reason you don't see half-dwarf/half-gnome or half-elf/half-halfling racial mixes is that none of the races are attracted to each other in that way save for one.

Human males will bed anything.

In reply to Strange (msg # 279):

They are a strange race, are they not?

Strange... yes... :P

In reply to Strange (msg # 281):

Hehehe.

Sorry, the last update by the DM said it was like a hallway of great columns that passed through the mountain and I was assuming that the the part where we were staying was under that part, like part of the hallway had collapsed into the fortress underneath?  So we have the option to keep exploring the fortress or to mosey on down the hallway and down the other side of the pass.

Not sure I completely understand what you mean by "part of the hallway had collapsed into the fortress underneath" but basically here's the layout.

The fortress that you've all come to know and love is basically the watchtower and entryway that leads up to the giant hallway, aka Whitecap Pass.

Well you said that through the ruined ceiling we could see the columns of the giant hallway.  I wasn't sure exactly how to interpret that but it makes sense now.

With our oh-so-benevolent DM's permission I wanted to post a link to my game here and see if anyone was interested in joining.

The Scale of the Dragon What Bit Ye:
link to another game

- Pathfinder rules, just like this game.
- Open world game (complete with map!)
- Some neat House Rules.
- Guns and airships, sort of an early steampunk level of technology in some places.
- Plenty of plot hooks for you to find something interesting to do.  There is a main quest line but I dislike railroading so I'm not going to force it.
- Lots of other fun stuff.

If you've got any questions feel free to PM me here or send in my game linked above.  The last thing I want to do is steal games away from the DM here so if you're considering it but you're worried about overloading yourself then just stick with what you've got already.  The last thing I want is for someone to burn themselves out playing in too many games!

Oh, NOW you use Pathfinder!

But yeah, basically what he said, don't want anyone burning out here but check it out if you're looking for a new game. I was in it until the rest of the group up and disappeared and it was fun, Strange is a good DM, he'll treat you right and only try to kill you half as often as I do!

Oh, well that's a big improvement over my tabletop gaming group.  I tried to kill them about 5/8ths as often... :P

Me me me! I don't have enough games at the moment. :P

Also, I'm writing a response to this one momentarily...

I'm in quite a few games but a few of them seem to be dying off... I don't want to join yet, in case they start getting busy again.

Haha, no worries Lyria!

So I'm still a little confused.  In order to get through the pass do we have to go through the ruined fortress or is that just tangentially connected to the great hallway carved through the mountain?  Can we just go through the hall and come out on the other side of the pass to begin our descent or do we need to explore the ruins to find the way to the other side?

In reply to Strange (msg # 286):

I very well might join, might make a bit of a more speakable char though. I do love Lorelei's 'broken throat' aspect though :)

Kass and Tevlin have already joined up but I can let you know if a spot opens up in the future.  If you want I can even add you as a lurker so you can check out the in-game threads and such.

In reply to Strange (msg # 294):

Just lemme know when a spot opens please :)

Well, you can see that the giant hallway is above and behind the fortress. How you want to try and get to it is your call. You can try leaving the fortress and climbing the mountain, seeing if going deeper into the fortress brings you to it, or whatever other ideas you come up with. Depending on what you try, I will have something waiting for you to act out!

In reply to DM Visceri (msg # 296):

So Climb a frozen mountain or explore a warm dungeon.

Or at the very least, a non-frozen dungeon...

Well I'm up for either option.  We should make a decision and get moving again! :P

Indeed, on the road again sounds good to me. I've been itching to get some writing done so since I'm getting the general consensus that the group wants to go through the fortress to try to find a way up to the mountain, I'll start hedging my bets on that. Let me know where you're going to go about exploring. PM me as well Kass, if you're going to start without them.

Considering no one seems to be stating that they're tagging along, I'll do that. :P

It sounds like the at least a few of us aren't far behind Kass.

Cept for me.. Sorry! You guys should go ahead and I'll catch up >_<

If the majority is following Kass then that's where I'm going too.  Yay for democracy! :P

Yeah, I totally forgot that I need to prepare spells for the day =/

Also, I'm not sure whether you want to RP out the patron, DM, or if it's ok if I make something up next time?

Stuck on phone at work and I don't want to make a lazy post, but Tevlin will follow along, so don't let me hold things up.

Alrighty then, so who's going with Kass and who's staying with Lyria? Soon as I know that, I'll make a double post.

Tevlin will stay with Lyria.

Gren goes with Kass

Strange goes with Kass.

Lorelei will wait for Lyria, a bit worried about them getting ambushed if left behind.

Sounds good. Post coming up later today!

In reply to DM Visceri (msg # 312):

Yay!

Sorry for the hold up, guys =/

Presuming we get to a place where we're good to move on, I'll get up a post tonight if at all possible. If not, we'll see how the weekend fares for the game.

I hate dry weather; face-bleeding is no fun. :(

Post will be up tomorrow.

Did my roll of 26 to Disable Device not work for the rusted lock or is it too rusted to be picked?

Ah, I interpreted that as a roll in case it was trapped. If that was indeed a roll to picklock the door, then you should be able to open it fine. If you want to make a post detailing Strange picking the lock, that would work well and I'll pick it up from there.

Actually it was, but I was hoping since there were no traps that I could apply it to the lockpicking instead.  Sorry, I should've been more clear about that one.

Ha, nevermind, I'll take the nat 20 over the 18 any day. :P

was drawing blanks so something basic to show im still about :)

Anyone else want to chime in here or should I move us along?

Spaceward, Ho!

Points to anyone who remembers that game...

I totally forgot to do my checks... Have edited the post with my rolls :)

Hey everyone! Just thought I'd let you guys know what's up on my end really quickly. So today was a midterm and a presentation, tomorrow is an essay due, saturday is having to judge a debate tournament for 11 hours, sunday is my little sister's birthday, monday is the day i'll be writing two 7 page papers due on tuesday as well as an online workshop assignment...So needless to say that I may not find the time to get an update, especially this next one since it is likely to be rather long, until tuesday afternoon once everything is all turned in. Thanks for your patience everyone!

Done a bit early so I should be able to be back up to snuff from here to the foreseeable future. Sorry about the delays. Let's get back into gear!

At least this Arudal seems like a kind fellow, not like that last Arudal we met; such a jackwagon...

Keeping my mouth shut for now ;)

You all still around?

Oh indeed, I was waiting to see if someone else had anything to say about the strange marking and it's reaction to the heat.  Strange doesn't have any Knowledge skills to recognize anything like it.  He was, after all, a statue for several decades... :P

Can't get rid of me!

Sorry, busy few days. I'll be putting up a post today.

I'm here too! Sorry, my char doesn't know anything about the marking and my schedule is ridiculous now that Uni starts again -_-

In reply to DM Visceri (msg # 330):

guess its been a busy week for all

Post coming up tomorrow. Been rather sick and been sleeping it off while not at school.

Ack sorry, thought i had posted last 'round'. Still tired though so will try to snap a post up tomorrow.

Gonna wait for Tevlin before I respond.

It occurs to me that this place looks suspiciously like a Forge. Are these creatures smiths? Can they make epik weponz for us? :D

Possibly. I've heard that tieflind-hide bucklers and tiefling-tail whips are pretty valuable :P

._.

Eek.

In an effort to keep us from repeating another round of the same actions albeit moving up on the girl, I'm going to assume that both Lyria and Kass take their next move cautiously through the smoke towards her. I'll have the post up soon.

Giggity.

PHEW! I clicked preview instead of post and almost didn't notice. Luckily I was able to go back far enough to post it without losing the whole thing. That would have been quite annoying!

Would the smokey room be considered 'dim light'?

It would. Also partial concealment so 20% chance to miss your attack if you're vulnerable to that sort of thing.

Just waiting on Tevlin and Lyria to post so we can move on.

Apologies for the delay -_-

Indeed; soon.

So, uh, what's the plan? Are we fighting, or running away?
I kinda feel like the odds are stacked against us for this one.

I like the group we have.  The players all seem to realize it is more enjoyable to role play than to optimize tactics and combat rules.  We are one reckless group, and it makes for a more believable story-telling experience.  It makes the characters more enjoyable.  They are more than just optimized stats and stereotypes that have min/maxed their attributes.

I feel like we're backing off; Tevlin for one will be as useful as tits on a bull in this fight, which is to say "not at all."

Really, I thought Tevlin would be most helpful.  I had assumed you might have some fire resistance.

I can stand there and take fire damage, but Im a fire elementalist, I wont be able to do much offensively.

Do you not carry a sword man?
Can you not give others fire resistance?
Can you not channel more magic into the glowing Dwarven statue marked with a demonic rune, bringing it to life, and commanding it to destroy our enemies?
Come on man think of something!
This message was last edited by the player at 17:49, Thu 21 Mar 2013.

I do not have melee ability, and while I guess I could spam magic missile but yeah, dAmage to those who resist fire is not my forte.

You're a fire resistant boy right?
Chug your water skin, piss on a fire elemental girl.

A+ Taunt, D- Damage.

*snickers*

Decided to try out coloring the new dice roller for fun. This was the result.

23:00, Tue 26 Mar 2013: DM Visceri rolled 20 using 1d20 ((20)).

Suffice it to say, I should probably not use colors when rolling against you all. On that note, I'm going to move us forward tomorrow and NPC Tevlin unless he posts by then. Been a hectic few days as I set up my new workstation so that's why I've been a bit behind on the game. For those of you interested, here's the new setup!


This message was last edited by the GM at 06:03, Wed 27 Mar 2013.

Looks similar to what my setup will be like when I have a room larger than 4 metres squared... :D

I'm in the middle if moving but worst-case scenario I'll post from my phone. :P

Not dead!

In fact, i have a day off today, so i'll post later.

Sounds good! I eagerly await your post.

Don't you need a line of sight to cast a ranged touch spell? :S

Ugh, can i not see that target? Reading the map on my phone sucks. Substitute visible target.

Nah, there's a wall in your way. The only targets available to you where you're standing are the two flame mephits. There's also whatever's going on with the statue behind you.

Hmmm..  Alright, perhaps I'll edit.

Can I move straight up to B3 from where I am?  I'm not clear on what is obstructing my path in that area.

You're currently standing in a doorway. B3 is inside a wall, I believe.

Mmm, maybe I'm just not used to reading these maps.  If I move to D5, will I have LOS on the things attacking everyone out front?  e.g. not the mephits?

No, there's still a wall between you. Just below Lorelei is a wall - Lyria is standing in the doorway between those two rooms. I don't know if you could move and attack the non-mephit baddies in the same turn... At least, not without standing right next to the mephits (if you just went directly right you might get LOS to the enemy further north)

Bah, stupid walls.  Cursed line-of-sight.  I should just utter words of abyssal terror and kill them all...

HUMBUG!

:)

OK, updated.  D5 and attacking a mephit it is!

Hey, you have me in E5, not D5

:)