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OOC Chat.

Posted by Wyrm of WyrdFor group 0
Jurz
player, 9 posts
Goblin Druid
Wed 8 Jan 2014
at 10:28
  • msg #44

Re: OOC Chat

Nurzhan:
Good welcome, citizens. I am your token True Neutral party member.


You aren't the only TN character around :) Evil is generally such a boring alignment to play.
Wyrm of Wyrd
GM, 9 posts
Wed 8 Jan 2014
at 13:53
  • msg #45

Re: OOC Chat

In reply to Nurzhan (msg # 42):

What makes you think you will always be battling the 'good' races? You are in a land over-run by orcs, goblins, ogres, giants, etc. The basic premise of the game is that you are trying to stay ahead of the 'good' armies sweeping back into the land. Just because you have a common enemy (the 'good' races), don't assume that the evil humanoid you bump into in the night is going to be your friend.  ;o)
Dregz
player, 7 posts
Goblin Priest
As it is written !
Wed 8 Jan 2014
at 14:03
  • msg #46

Re: OOC Chat

I don't have a problem with evil alignment as such - we play good characters all the time without overt displays of selflessness and generosity - the flip side for evil is that they don't all have to be out for world domination and loosing demonic forces upon the world ... leave all that to the Dark Lords and Evil Necromancers and concentrate on pettier matters.

BUT what the game won't take so well is intra-party conflict, and that's somewhat more likely with evil chars than with good ones if we're sticking strictly to alignments.  Our alter-egos need to find some reason to stay together and minimise the mayhem around the campfire.  Shouldn't be that difficult, though - rationalising it, it means the smaller, weaker races (goblins/kobolds) will be very wary of antagonising the bigger, meaner ones, while they in turn know the value of spell casters, healers etc.

On a more practical level, it comes down to us players (as we control these lovable scamps, after all) - some friction between characters is inevitable, and undoubtedly we'll establish a pecking order ... but from the banter above I'm confident it'll all work out.  Der gods declare it so !! <grins>

Wyrm ... heh, not more dinosaurs ?!!  And we can't just teleport back into Greyhawk City for a shopping expedition in this new Age of Darkness ! <ROFL>
Minmorc
player, 9 posts
I am fastest
I am strongest
Wed 8 Jan 2014
at 14:13
  • msg #47

Re: OOC Chat

Interesting, I'd have thought that neutral would be the most boring alignment alignment to play.  I tend to have a little too much fun when I'm evil, last evil character I played was a necromantic cleric with a knack for making friends.
I plan on tackling the evil inter party politics by making this party my orcs new tribe, this character is aggressive and brutish but he knows that he's not a leader and he knows that he's not yet strong enough to go it alone.
Jurz
player, 10 posts
Goblin Druid
Wed 8 Jan 2014
at 14:33
  • msg #48

Re: OOC Chat

In reply to Minmorc (msg # 47):

TN doesn't mean no guidance.  Just that the character doesn't have strong views on tje good or law axis.  Jurz doesn't care what laws you want to live by.  He also doesn' t mind if you bully the kobold, nor does he mind too mich if you eat the halflings we find.  However, he won't be happy with people abusing his beliefs, or characters doing 'un natural' stuff :)
Dregz
player, 8 posts
Goblin Priest
As it is written !
Wed 8 Jan 2014
at 14:39
  • msg #49

Re: OOC Chat

<grins> My character is a goblin priest of Bargrivyek who espouses cooperation between goblin tribes as the one true path to world domination ... good game, good game.

So he's already rather pragmatically inclined towards negotiation and everyone getting along together.  All in a bad cause.

Logic is rather simple, really - me getting killed is a) very bad for me, obviously and b) not going to help the cause any ... so anything that stops me getting killed has to be an improvement on the alternative. :>

Must re-read Grunts by Mary Gentle soon to get into the proper frame of mind ... "The usual last battle between Good and Evil is about to begin ... the forces of light are outnumbered, full of headstrong heroes devoid of tactics .. .but the Light's still going to win !"
Shadowes
Observer, 5 posts
Wed 8 Jan 2014
at 14:41
  • msg #50

Re: OOC Chat

In reply to Jurz (msg # 48):

Alignments are all screwy.

LN do what rules say, hard-donkey police that reports stuff that gets him in trouble because it's the rules.

GN Karma, do unto others as you would.

TN watchout for yourself, do what you think is best for your survival.

EN Do what you think is best for your survival even if it means selling out your mother, or if someone offers you a candy bar you like more then her.

CN Anarchy sympathizer, do what you want, ignore the po-po if something is against the rules it's rad.

CE Survival of the fittest and you don't even care who grandmother is, life is what you make of it, nothing is beyond you.

LE You like to work the system to justify your evil.

IMO.
Jurz
player, 11 posts
Goblin Druid
Wed 8 Jan 2014
at 15:44
  • msg #51

Re: OOC Chat

In reply to Shadowes (msg # 50):

Or a highly under-rated RP tool.  :)
Shadowes
Observer, 6 posts
Wed 8 Jan 2014
at 18:58
  • msg #52

Re: OOC Chat

In reply to Jurz (msg # 51):

Off hand does anyone need a familiar?
Or character thinks they are owed a familiar.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:59, Wed 08 Jan 2014.
Xander Xalus
player, 10 posts
Kobold
Necromancer
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 01:01
  • msg #53

Re: OOC Chat

Thinking bout using the necromancer varient from Uneathed Arcana but kinda like my raven familiar.

Yet I get a undead goon....
Shadowes
Observer, 7 posts
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 02:32
  • msg #54

Re: OOC Chat

In reply to Xander Xalus (msg # 53):

You don't have to have a familiar just think you do :), maybe our book keeper.
Minmorc
player, 10 posts
I am fastest
I am strongest
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 05:06
  • msg #55

Re: OOC Chat

Woah, don't let minmorc catch onto that idea, he'd end up adopting a goblin and forcing it to sit on his shoulder for the toughness and alertness bonuses, you know, the goblin might see stuff and will occasionally catch an arrow or a stab that was meant for you.
Shadowes
Observer, 8 posts
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 05:11
  • msg #56

Re: OOC Chat

In reply to Minmorc (msg # 55):

If Minmorc wants me he better come up with a name for his 'familiar'.
Nurzhan
player, 4 posts
True Neutral
Male Orc Archer
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 06:13
  • msg #57

Re: OOC Chat

So far, we have:

1. A goblin cleric of an evil god, so he'll be able to take control of the walking dead, at least, those that have been left uncontrolled when their necromancer/cleric/blackguard got ganked.

2. A goblin druid who can summon animals and fight alongside his animal companion.

3. An orc archer with a nice bow and the strength and dexterity to use it.

4. An orc warrior, one possibly possessing some divine magical ability.

5. And a kobold necromancer, whose crowd control (I hope you took Sleep as one of your 1st-level spells) and access to minions and powerful disabling spells (Ray of Enfeeblement, Ray of Exhaustion, Enervation, etc.) act as force multipliers in battle.

From both an IC and an OOC perspective, Nurzhan will suggest to the party to leave the primary damage dealing role to himself. He can attack all day long, provided enough arrows at hand, while the rest of the party's magical abilities are too precious to be wasted on damage dealing unless absolutely necessary. Summoning, battlefield control, and debuffing are far more efficient than straight damage dealing spells.

As for goals...

My character plans on establishing his race as a major power in the region. While he can't possibly turn the orc clans towards civilized and peaceful pursuits within his short orcish lifespan, he can probably nudge them towards fighting a greater evil than themselves in exchange for a truce with the civilized races. Evil army of doom plans to enslave everything, orcs like to kill anything, so orcs can fight the big bad evil guy alongside the common races so they can do good while still getting to kill things and take their stuff. It's a win-win situation.

To get that far, he will need allies that he can trust. That's where the party comes in. Now, we each have our own goals, so we could help each other accomplish our goals. So, what are each of our characters' goals?
Xander Xalus
player, 11 posts
Kobold
Necromancer
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 06:33
  • msg #58

Re: OOC Chat

Nope. Not saying what I can do. THat is a secret.

Who's the necro/cleric/blackguard?

And we got someone who can do what I can? Great....

Necromancer can be a variety of things.

Unfortunatly, I though I was the only one.

Back to the drawing board...

You have 5 things listed. There's 8 of us not including Shadow.
This message was last edited by the player at 06:35, Thu 09 Jan 2014.
Jurz
player, 12 posts
Goblin Druid
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 08:40
  • msg #59

Re: OOC Chat

In reply to Nurzhan (msg # 57):

All very nice -  But all very meta-gamey and with an awful lot of assumptions. I never did go very much on that 4e type analysis/planning either.  *shrug*  I am sure Nurzhan will do what ever he thinks is appropriate to achieve whatever personal goals he has. As will Jurz.

For me, personal goals are RP aids for the the player - things that guide me in the way I decide how the character acts, not a publicly stated aim.  Part of the fun of RP is trying to work out another characters personal goals and aims, and then, as a player, working out how your own character will react to them.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:49, Thu 09 Jan 2014.
Minmorc
player, 11 posts
I am fastest
I am strongest
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 14:08
  • msg #60

Re: OOC Chat

Minmorc has an intelligence of 6... He's hungry and he plans to eat soon... That is all.
Minmorc
player, 12 posts
I am fastest
I am strongest
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 14:14
  • msg #61

Re: OOC Chat

In reply to shadows (msg #56)
I can't decide wether to go with squishy, I shall call you squishy and squishy shall be mine, ZAP, bad squishy! Or kitty - who's a pretty kitty (deep assassin voice) YOU'RE A PRETTY KITTY! Or I shall pet him and feed him and call him George. Hmmm, I think I watch too much tv...
Dregz
player, 9 posts
Goblin Priest
As it is written !
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 14:39
  • msg #62

Re: OOC Chat

Some classes lend themselves to assumptions, though - looking at what's in our little group: clerics generally follow their god's aims (if they know what's good for them), and druids tend to be fond of the natural world ... so what they are defines them moreso than your fighter/rogue/wizard types.

I agree with Jurz that character aims and any resultant give and should best come out in game, in character ... but by the same token, with the all too real possibility of party disunity, I'm happy to come to general accommodations OOC to explore why we would be working together ... though that might be somewhat flavoured by our starting situation.  Running away and staying alive sound like good aims for the moment.
Xander Xalus
player, 12 posts
Kobold
Necromancer
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 14:53
  • msg #63

Re: OOC Chat

8 People? That's no 'little group'.

Sorry but I will not reveal what my char can and cannot do.

If I have to work with a group, cool. I can use them and make then undead later if they die. If I die, that's all good too.

If I have to do it alone, that's good too.

Its a game.

*shrugs*

I guess I agree mostly with Dregz and Jurz....
Jurz
player, 13 posts
Goblin Druid
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 14:56
  • msg #64

Re: OOC Chat

Dregz:
Running away and staying alive sound like good aims for the moment.


And, as Rincewind so neatly points out, it is the AWAY  bit that is important :)
Wyrm of Wyrd
GM, 10 posts
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 15:17
  • msg #65

Re: OOC Chat

The other three player characters not listed in Nurzhan's summary above are a goblin sorcerer, a bugbear and maybe a minotaur? Those characters are still in development.

Xander Xalus is the only necromancer in this group. The mention of a necro/cleric/blackguard in item 1 on Nurzhan's list was not talking about anyone in this group, just whichever baddy created any undead that the evil clerics in the party would be able to rebuke/command.

Now, the really important question ... who can run fastest? Or perhaps that should really be, who is the slowest?  ;o)
Xander Xalus
player, 13 posts
Kobold
Necromancer
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 15:22
  • msg #66

Re: OOC Chat

Ahh...

Well I don't need to control undead. I can make my own. No problemo :)
Shadowes
Observer, 9 posts
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 15:59
  • msg #67

Re: OOC Chat

In reply to Xander Xalus (msg # 66):

:(

LF Caretaker/Owner. Tiny sized, feeds self, vicious when excessively handled.
 Can ride on Med sized creature's shoulders.
 Can breath burning stuff.
 Help before GM gives me to the retarded goblin.
Rog
NPC, 1 post
Thu 9 Jan 2014
at 16:01
  • msg #68

Re: OOC Chat

*Looks at the Kitty, hungrily*
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