In reply to Angrboda (msg # 742):

it's all fun and games until a chaos sorceress stabs your computer...

After a day of extensive testing, beer, stress testing, beer, and playing various games while drinking beer, it has been found out.

I'm out of beer.


That, and my PSU is dying. I've already contacted my supplier (Newegg) and have a new PSU on the way... and Shhhhh, given my state I picked up a new gtx 960 for a reasonable price to replace my aged gtx 570.

Don't tell my wife. If it tests fine she may inherit it for her system since she has an old crappy GTS 250

Doing posts from my daughters ipad and phones. Sorry for the longer stretches, and shorter posts. Large fingers and tiny screens do not make for easy posting.

Man, these little engineers are becoming demanding....lol.  That's what I get for doing the right thing.

In reply to Angrboda (msg # 746):

The crystal on the flamegun is growing green? Do I have to wait to refire...do I roll d100 for gun?

Yes, d100 for the gun. I've added the combat skill and bases for everyone's sheet who took one. Since you have not used it in a combat situation, other than that evil looking box, I've omitted how deadly it really is to non-cubic entities.

Fire it a few times and I'll fill in the rest as you get used to it.


Then I'll have it run out of ammo just as you realize how kick arse these things are.

Mwahaha


AS for the green, there is a crystal chamber in the stock that started red and then illuminated green when it was ready. Since they have been primed a few times, by the various party members, I'll let it leak that the "warm up" times vary. Sometimes it takes 10 seconds, other times it takes 30 seconds.

Flame lance! 

Go Kamarg!


Edit- Won't be able to hit the broadside of an oonai with it...but just having one is so cool.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:58, Sun 20 Mar 2016.

You may not be able to hit the broadside of a barn,
But each hit will basically be a crit hahaha.

I posted a pic of the Flame Lance in the Player Aid thread
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:07, Sun 20 Mar 2016.

Is there such a thing as aiming in this game?

Yes there is. For every 5 Dex ranks you aim you gain 10% of your skill (rounding to the nearest whole number)
Lets say for example you have a skill of 15%. Aim for 10 dex ranks, you would gain 20% your skill (1.5 + 1.5 = 3% for a total or 18%)

Lets take another example of 13%. 1.3 + 1.3 = 2.6 Rounds to 3% = 16%

At least that is how I'm going to do it.

Holding your aim for more than 1 turn will only give you the max you can achieve in 1 round based on your dex. So someone with a Dex of 15 will only ever achieve 30% of skill bonues as they can only hold their action for 3 rounds.


Now a bow can only be held for so long thanks to basic "human" strength. It can be held for 1/2 your STR attribute in combat rounds.

At the start of the game I covered with with the archer characters we had. However they are no longer part of the game.

sorry everyone. I woke up a few nights ago with severe abdomen pain, to the point where I could hardly stand.

Work up this morning with the pain to the point where I could finally do something more than the half-step shuffle. Since my comp is in the basement (2 long flights of stairs) I was not able to do much for responses or posts.

Getting to everything now.

Wow - don't worry about the game!   I hope your discomfort is nothing long term, nor serious.


Personally, when a game has endured as long as this one, I don't worry if the GM is off for a week.   Life is hectic, sometimes.  As well as full of little surprises.

Yeah, get better first...

Maybe you got a demonic liver or something??? have you pissed of some insane trans-dimensional deity queen of late?

Gallstones, grumbling appendicitis ... there's a long list of nasty things ... best get thee to an apothecary !

Went to doctor as I'm able to actually move around a bit.
My symptoms read like a checklist for kidney stones (no fever, I've hardly ever shown a fever when I'm sick though) with the exception of one thing, the X-ray shows no stones.

Doc is thinking it is a combination of a pinched Sciatic nerve and a pulled muscle. I'm on huge doses of Ibuprofen and Aleve with a muscle relaxant tossed in. Sadly there is no real way to prove anything so I simply get to live in pain for a while to see if it goes away.

I was thinking about testing my liver here soon with a brewed remedy that also tends to act like a pain killer.

At least I'm mobile now.

In reply to The Grey Lords (msg # 757):

Inject some whiskey into your veins that will help...

Gotta love our medical system....:)

As long as you have the brewed remedy blessed by a priest, you should be fine.

I've cracked ribs a couple of times now, but what you've got sounds worse ... so yes, possibly back and transferred pain (the body does funny things).

What we need is a Table for rolling up your own medical diagnosis, chuck a couple of D100s, read it and weep.  :>

Well there is a critical wound table in the older Stormbringer/Elric rules.
Things like "The arrow impales your eye causing ..."

I really do not want to roll on that table though

The worst game for charts is role(roll)master...lol

Oh god!   I wondered if you were using the crit chart in Elric!.


Before this game, Elric! was the only RPG I had once GMed, but never played. It was my first shot at GMing, while I was a teen.   I house ruled a few things, the major wound and crits, because I'm a softie, who prefers to see characters live, and develop.

I'm fairly sure Elric! disappointed some.   Most players want to be like Elric;  and then the rules are like:  "...you are a nobody from somewhere in the Young Kingdoms, barely scraping by.  Probably, you'll be maimed or dead after the first adventure or two.  Good luck..."

I have a question, how does one manage summoning demons. I am not talking about the mechanics of summoning but the hefty cost of the summoning itself, I think the cheapest demons suggested are around 30-40 magic point cost.

Plus binding cost a fortune, so is this is just something that most sorcerer players see but can't reach or is there a way I am missing to have a demon.

Assuming you are playing a human character and not rule-broken inhuman Melnibonéan :)

In the newer rules demons are a HUGE sacrifice in points but there are a few ways to do it.

The newer books do not go into such grisly detail on ways to increase the MP needed. So I get to take a page from the older ones.

Sacrifice - one of the easiest ways to gain the MP and POW needed. Simply line a bunch of human batteries up after hours of preparation. Cast chain of being, which allows up to 8 individuals to "pool" the MP needed to cast. AS long as you leave 1 MP in each vessel you can drain it all. The bodies are then disposed of in any way you see fit. Sometimes the POW of the bodies are pledged to whatever demon you are summoning if it is powerful enough.

Considering that the most "common" manufacturer of demon/magic items were the Melniboneans, and they commonly just used slave to do it, This route is one reason why so many hate them. It is also one reason why so many people fear being taken by the Pan Tangians as they are now the ones "mass producing" these items.

Battery - Brazier of power allows a sorcerer to create a reserve of power. Once created you can "Store" up to your POW in MP into the item. It essentially doubles your available MP. Downside is that the Brazier is stationary. Sadly you can not combine Chain of Being and Brazier of Power to create a super focus.

Binding are rather easy, especially if you are going with the sacrificial route.
Temp binding is only a test of will (POW vs POW) and a sacrifice of a single point of POW. Eternal binding (Like a magic sword) take 3 POW. SO, a pool of drugged up "sacrifices" can be used to fuel this POW sacrifice.

That being said, if you are summoning a demon for a single immediate task (Break down that door) and not binding, there is no sacrifice of POW instead you just have to satisfied whatever requirement the demon asks. It could be as simple as "Do the truffle shuffle for my amusement" to "Let me eat a perfect Lemon Meringue Pie made by using only your feet"

Rebinding is also fairly "cheep" a single point of POW and a struggle of wills is all you usually need to attune it to you. (I'm not going to bother with the whole re-summmon stuff). The thing is, MOST bound greater demons and magic items WANT to finish their service and contract. Sitting in a trunk in some old dungeon will not do that. Most "smart" ones are willing let you rebind them on the off chance that you can possibly fulfill their service and go home. Lets use the example of Stormbringer/Mournblade, there was no transference of anything when others had to use them for a short bit. That is because they knew that they NEEDED to be wielded by someone to fulfill their role, and they did not care WHO did it.

So in faith with the stories, Rebinding is merely a test of wills for my games in most cases.

I hope this helps.

Thanks,

You sure chain of being is a sacrifice spell?? from what I read it seems more of a cooperative one, with magic cost evenly split and all participants having control over the demon...

Could you link several circles of chain of being? with the casters of the spell linking each other thus creating circles within circles... oh massive sorcerery opportunities :)

I was giving my example based on how many sorcerers work in the world. The spell chain of being can be used voluntarily. Technically it can not be used involuntarily BUT the people giving out the MP can be "tricked" into giving it up the MP usually using drugs..

Sadly you can not link any of the spells. There could be ways around it such as a multipart spell/grand summoning that requires more than one sorcerer but the pools would not be mingled. Sadly the game does not cover such grand magics thanks to the decline of chaos in the overall world.