...moving on.

You know with our worldwide cast of players that we can't go several posts a day and just skip people - I update every group as fast as I can, but I often have to wait for folks to jump in. For example, Groups 3 and 9 seem to fly, but maybe that's just me.

Sorry, wasn't complaining, I just got no life...

No worries. Sometimes I wish games went faster, too, but right now it's fine. With the new school year being all virtual, I am on call to help my daughter with her classes where I can.

For those of you who saved your original RTJs, I have a question. How long has it taken you to get to the level you now are? I'm trying to find the sweet spot of the game like, "after x years, you should be y level," approximately. I know everyone has taken different paths around the realm, and I know it used to be about a level a year until about fourth or fifth level. Any info you can throw my way would be appreciated.

5th July 2019, I'm only level 2 still after over a year of playing.

Three and a half years (Dec 30, 2016) and 6-ish levels (F2/T3/MU1) and just over 7000 xp
This message was last edited by the player at 01:22, Thu 27 Aug 2020.

Sadly my original RTJ is lost in the annals of history, but I for one like slow games, and always prefer lower level campaigns anyway, so the pace here has been just perfect for me.

March 2019 - 3rd level Fighter.  1.5 years and a little over 4k xp.

In reply to Grung (msg # 7):


August 2013
Approx:  27700 xp

RTJ on April 26, 2011. Character approved May, 4th 2011.

I've got 41,600xp total, split between Fighter(4) and Thief(6). I'd be just shy of 7th level if I were single-class Thief. A little less than a level a year.

Joined December 2010 and just made level 7 last month. That time frame includes a period of hiatus and adventuring for some time with lower level companions. Errol may not be typical. My second character was started in June 2017 and is level 4.

In reply to Errol One-Eye (msg # 10):

Tern is 3rd level.

In all fairness, my character has stats that most people dream of :)

First level
Ranger/cleric
Hoping to make level 2!

In reply to Solomon Silverstream (msg # 13):

You will, hang in there!

I don't think there is any doubt that Errol is atypical!  :D

Brayden just hit 3rd, has the junkiest stats I've had in awhile. But that's okay. His highest stat is a 14...

The higher level the less stats matter... imho

1st level Samurai

In reply to Brayden Vathak (msg # 16):

stats shmats!  Its all about he roleplay.

In reply to Gozo Shioda (msg # 17):

I concur, stats were never something I ever 'dreamed of' anyway. Sometimes lower stat characters are the funnest to play, Slivermoon, for example, plays up her low Charisma and I enjoy that more than I would any 18 charisma.

Likely the reason Grundy licked you was food rather than charisma ...

RTJ lost but joined early 2008 I think.  86,000 odd xp.  It took Nex/Hauraki 10 years to get to be a 7th level fighter before he dual classed to mage.  Currently 4th level on the mage front so probably another 4-5 years before he can be a proper dual classed fighter mage.

Uthecar - March 2014 - 4th level fighter 16,000 odd xp.

Clangedin - Uncertain but probably 2016 -27,000 odd xp.  Now a dual classed dwarven Paladin/cleric due to several wishes. 2nd/5th

I agree with Gozo.  As levels increase magic items even out the stats other than CON.  Always have the highest CON you can have.

Or maybe my ten charisma is fourteen in doggy stats, she does have a good heart. Dogs are good at spotting that.

Or dogs can’t sense people’s  charisma at all.

Is there a stat for how good one smells... ?
Tasty score?

LOL @Imre.

Well, I don't know about stats, but being a rat on the other hand... (see character portrait mcm100 which I'm sure^* was uploaded just for me).

^* I lie.^**
** Like, ALL the time.

Oh yes you should change your portrait Errol.  Get a fresh start.

The 10% XP bonus for high stats should not be overlooked

In reply to Wuhnmoor Boddy (msg # 26):

It will help my cleric side

Chie started April 10, 2017. That's when I had her sheet ready anyway.

In about three and a half years she's reached 4th level, 13,429xp. Considering Kensai have a slow advancement rate, that's actually pretty good, I think.

I requested to make Gwire as a second PC on March 2, 2014.

He's now a 6th level Cleric with 34,900xp.

Impressive. My long play characters are all from pen-n-paper games. There are only three, I tend to GM more than play, but I have a played a character in a long standing GURPS fantasy setting off and on for a little over twelve years (362 points), a 1st ed Warhammer fantasy character for eight years (Protagonist-Footpad-Racketeer-Engineer-Gunner-Hunter-Trapper), Star Frontiers off and on for nine years (Human Military PSA fully specced out).

I have had four campaigns that ran over five years (well off and on, military life can be hard on a campaign) GURPS (2 campaigns, Sci-fi six years, fantasy seven years), DnD 3.5 that lasted eight years, Twilight 2000 (original) starting early in the war that lasted for ten years, and a near six year old school Traveler campaign.

In reply to Zaid Yavvo (msg # 30):

I love Traveller.

It would be nice to play Traveller again.  Ah, the little black books....

In reply to Imre Rillsong (msg # 32):

Classic Traveller, I play that and Mongoose Traveller.

I recall playing a shape changing alien of some sort in traveller, but also having a great time
That would have been 1989ish

I think I hold the record for most characters killed in the course of play. Total count, in a single session, in a single campaign, in a single genre, etc. You name the specifics and I probably have the most characters killed during play. But, it was so damn fun to take the risks even when it didn't work.

In reply to Solomon Silverstream (msg # 34):

There was a shape changing Alien in that old campy sci fi show Space 1999, if you've heard of that.

In reply to Slivermoon (msg # 36):

Maya.

One in Star Trek DS 9 too. I wish that I could shape change.

<---- *poof*

Dang, only 6 Rings of Wishes left.

Actually the wish to “shape change” gives you a solid surface and two copper coins
With instructions on how to stack coins

Star Frontiers, the Dralasite was an alien blob-like creature that could take on physical shapes.

I play a Dralasite in a SF game.  My favorite race.

Starting to think that was a character in star frontiers

We did play traveller and gamma world

To be fair we played almost everything
Teenagers from outer space?  Anyone?

My favorite Gamma World was the 2nd edition. Played it twice as Pure Strain Human that died (of course) gruesomely to a flock of Obbs and as a mutant humanoid plant that had the chameleon ability that was shot with a black ray pistol by an android. I ran it most of the time, but that was cooler to me.

In reply to Zaid Yavvo (msg # 43):

Big bunny with a gun.

I remember GW.  I played a bear that tried to hug a robot.  Bad ending. LOL

I have the 4th edition of Gamma World. Not the one WotC put out with 4th Edition D&D, but the 1992 edition of GW with character classes. I haven't run it that often, but it was always a blast to run.

A couple of years ago a buddy of mine ran a campaign of 4th ed GW. My PC was Linka, a mutant cougar Enforcer who could teleport. Somehow she survived the campaign. One of the highlights was another player's mutant bull ramming a security door over and over to bust it open, and it was (per the module) booby trapped on the other side. When he finally burst through, BOOOOM!

His metal reinforced skeleton became a decoration in the nearby village where it landed. :D

I liked the Gammaworld concept, but the most fun I had with it was shifting it so that the tech available was modern, and using the local area as the wreck and ruin. It added a nice touch, I felt, when everything became so personal.

I think some of the game concepts were half- baked

Playing a sentient plant in the days BG* and now would be very different

*BG is before Groot

I have a friend who is a Marvel Comics aficionado, he actually played a character based on Groot from the Guardians comics back in the day. His name was actually Ruut A Bagga. He was a mutant rutabaga, of course.

mutant bunnies with guns = foggs (hoppsies)

I've played GW, not sure which version, not sure what my character was. :/ It was a time where we were experimenting with a lot of RPGs, Boot Hill, Gang Busters, one of the super hero ones, Twilight 2000, the one based on James Bond. That last one I only remember that my character had a Chevy Blazer / submarine. My Boot Hill character used the unpredictable cap and ball revolver. And my Gang Busters character was a newspaper reporter named Johnny Penfold. I used "Johnny" because I didn't know at the time that Danger Mouse's sidekick's first name was Ernest.

That's funny, I played a wannabe gangster in Gang Busters by the name of Earnest Danger because of Danger Mouse. Small world, go figure.

Never played Gamma World. The only goofy character I played was in an old Toon game - I played a Giant Atomic Cat with so little Smarts that whatever he tried to do worked because he was too stupid to realize that it was impossible. Very Monty Pythonesque the way we played back then.

"Right, stop that! It's silly!"

Much like Errol's experience, we worked our way through the gamut.  GW for sure, Boot Hill (which I really liked but the rest of the gang not so much), Top Secret, Traveller when a friend returned from a year in England with all the materials.  We also tried Rolemaster and Harn at that time, but in the end we came back to D&D.

Then I moved away and haven't played a tabletop game since.  Twenty-plus years on-line though!

I enjoyed the first edition of middle earth roleplay back in the 80s. As a kid all those charts were just too cool. But they did get rather cumbersome quickly during play. And everything, absolutely everything, had a skill related to it.

I saw the ruleset a bit later, as Rolemaster, and sadly never found enough people to play it with. Great reading though, and I loved so much about the rules, from the magic to the combat.

Tried to play a game of it on here once though, and just making the character sheet was overwhelming.

That was what killed me on it, Silvermoon.  I hated that it took an entire session just to create a character.  When I was used to D&D which took half an hour?  Maybe?  I couldn't take it.  :)

To be honest, I have played DnD for decades off and on right up until 3.5. But it isn't my go to choice for gaming. Depending on the age of the group in question I will got to GURPS 3rd of any genre, Rifts, or maybe on of the Powered by the Apocalypse style games first.

It was fine with me because by that point I had been playing AD&D for several years, and tended to do character generation in advance with the players, one at a time. I just loved the depth and detail. The modules I had purchased were quite interesting as well.

The question came up the other day as to what's the most popular class in the game. Here's the breakdown:

Fighters    - 10
Clerics     -  9
Thief       -  6
Ftr/Thief   -  6
Magic-User  -  5
Paladin     -  4
Ftr/M-U     -  4
Druid       -  3
Illusionist -  2
Ranger      -  2
Monk        -  1
Cl/Ranger   -  1
Ftr/Cleric  -  1
Ftr/Cl/M-U  -  1
Cl/Thief    -  1
Cleric/M-U  -  1
Thief/M-U   -  1
Ftr/M-U/Th  -  1
Kensai      -  1
Samurai     -  1
Bushi       -  1
Shujenka    -  1
Wu-jen      -  1
OA Monk     -  1

Wow!  That is some spread

In reply to Gozo Shioda (msg # 60):

I have one of 10 fighters on the list. It is massive Jeff, hat's off to your ability to keep track of it all.

Wow, as a perennial Cleric player ,I am surprised they are in second, usually no one want to play the cleric. Glad to see the class getting some love.

Going back to my earliest sessions, I usually played the cleric --  in most games I join to this day, the role is usually open.   I have a great love for mythology; it never gets old for me, always different, depending on the sect and god.

I think for some, the attraction is likely decent hit dice, the armor, being able to heal.  Which you can of course do on yourself, as well as others. And fairly quick XP progression, to boot.

Some people like to dump on the thief class, or consider it fit only to pair something else with.   I'm glad to see the complete core four at the top  -  as they are supposed to be the game's major archetypes.

In reply to Nineve (msg # 63):

I always thought of Clerics as the total package, and never understood Fighter/Cleric as a combo. It really didn't seem to me that what you gained made up for the slower advancement.

Part of what I always loved about Clerics is you had a built in motivation, as I always play strong into my deities interests. When no one else has an idea what we should do next, I can usually think of something!

I agree with that --  I too lean heavily on the role play aspect of the class.

I did like the cleric/fighter classing in my early years -- it was the attraction of having a sword (and being able to use the magic swords, later on) and bow, on top of the cleric's spells and turning.   It was also a great fit for certain gods like Uller or Ishtar/Inanna.

But yeah, you're right - the slower progress is a big cost.   (says I, playing a multi class character here)

In reply to Nineve (msg # 65):

It became a common house rule later on for the Cleric to be able to use the weapon of the deity. I never had an issue with my trusty mace though. I liked to mix up the choice too, so the flavor could change a lot from cleric to cleric. But full plate, decent melee AND spells? Yes please...

In reply to Slivermoon (msg # 66):

I dont have a cleric in this game, but do enjoy the class.
Basically a fighter who can heal...what isn't to love?
No swords, what, I cant do the most damage and have to RP my character, get out of here!
Swords arent my weapon of choice because everyone has one! Sometimes characters are built for most damage not RP aspects, which I feel a cleric has more rp opportunities.
in my opinion

The longest I ever played DnD was in a campaign a friend ran off and on in the 90s. My PC, Igotta Nymblfingas was a thief that became a cleric after some godly intervention and a strong desire to stop being a ratbag thief. He was a 8th level thief that change class to Cleric and made to level 5 before he died, along with two other party members, fighting a liche and its minions. Well, he died from being struck a lightning bolt.

I have always said, a party without a cleric is a dead party. LOL  I almost always play a fighter, but in a live game (online) I am playing my first cleric. Just reached 8th level and loving it.  The fact is, he rarely even needs his puny mace.  Guiding Bolt speaks for him.

Didn't have guiding Bolt in my games, 1st ed and even 2nd ed were a very different time. No good combat spells until Spiritual Hammer really.

I did run in to a lot of games where the cleric was an NPC healer type, and joining in to play a cleric was often appreciated.

Sometimes, the last two standing are the fighters, who started with 225 hit points, and the cleric, who hides behind him.

225? Holy Krunk!! What edition is that?! And what level?   :^)

Sorry, gang, I got bored and am playing with my pic collection. I'm done now.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:50, Wed 02 Sept 2020.

Never apologize for Order Of The Stick, that strip used to be really funny.

It is a 5e Mountain Dwarf.  He is now level 20 and has 251 HP, a +3 sword at +14 to hit and he can't be surprised.  I just wish you could go beyond 20, but he is retired.

Still pretending 5e is not a thing....

Say I was thinking about trying to get a werewolf (the party version) going
In all its incarnations (some people call it mafia)
I have seen nobles versus assassins on an airship
Humans versus aliens(mutants) on a space station
Townsfolk versus werewolves

The mechanics are simple roleplay and votes
And you never know who is going to be what

Better information
https://paizo.com/campaigns/Do...ecruiting&page=1
This message was last edited by the player at 22:12, Wed 02 Sept 2020.

How does one access early Order of the Stick? I can only find the ones when they went to 3.5e.

BTW, monk=dead. I tried a couple of times.

I've had luck with Monks, in fact one of my more recent favorites was a monk, but I got tossed out of that game.

It takes being a member of the right party, I think, and luck a few of the marginalized classes, a DM whose understanding of the class is consistent with the play.

That one is #1 out of over 1200 strips.

https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots.html

Were there more before that?
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:58, Wed 02 Sept 2020.

I was going to ask you to re-post the last one, so you're all good!

Number 12 is great.  Level up or go down a level!  Fighters can't even spell level.

Just in case there is one other individual in this game, who uses a screen-reader, let me inform you, if you don't already know, that if you downloaded a pdf from off drive thru, if that PDF has a page with text and an image behind the text, even if it is a text based pdf, and even though your screen-reader will read the information present, doing a find for that text will not bring up that text.
Right, everyone else, which might be 99% of the rest of you, completely ignore this message.

Welcome to the game, Enoch! And Leofric, and maybe a couple more in the very near future!

I referred a friend to your game. Old school AD&D guy. He might be one of those folks. I haven't talked to him in a couple days.

Welcome to the game, new people! Be aware, that for a limited time only, Gang Green will discount your Mines of Nemrac initiation fees to a mere 100gp, payable in any coin of the realm, or in equal value of alcohol at one of Nemrac's fine drinking establishments. (No cheese doodles, please). Applications to join Gang Green reduce the initiation fee by an extra 20%!

Contact any Gang Green member (myself, Errol, Amalric, Roland, Imre, Huzgat, Shani) for payment (except Shani...we love you, Shani, but......).

:D

Good luck collecting it. LOL

I'm currently playing 2 monk characters

1st 6th level after 4 years
2nd still 1st level after 20 months with 0 xp awarded so far.

Howdy new folk, might see you around the traps.

Wow, harsh DM, or few sessions? How do you go twenty months with no experience points gained?

I'm loving my home DnD sessions right now. I run a game every 2 weeks with a good gang of players and actually get paid to do it. I'm putting all the money to good use by buying foam mats and creating things like dungeon corridors and rooms etc to provide a great experience :)

Rpol is unfortunately one of those places where leveling up can take a silly amount of time. We all dream of being 20th+ level and stomping on things, but the reality is that it could take 20 years of playing to get there at current rates! (or maybe thirty in my case, lol).

Not all of us, though I agree it is probably most. I seldom enjoy the game after the mid-levels. My favorite games are all low level, 1-5.

I think some of the most exciting times are around the 12th - 13th level period. All of a sudden you have a decent score of loot to your name, potentially henchmen and either lots of powerful spells, lots of powerful weapons, or a mixture of both.

We've all gamed together for a long time, and it's more about the role play.  I like 5th to 9th level most I think.  Powerful enough not to be killed immediately but not too powerful.

...because it's easier for us to recoup the 20% directly from your pocket if you're with us.

Regarding older OOTS, the pre-Giant in the Playground online version, weren't they published in a magazine? Maybe Dragon? It's possible that the author doesn't have the rights to republish.

Hush!

Hello, I just joined this campaign! :)

Skullwhomper Ales all around as the now-assembling Group 6 brings the total parties in the game to ten!

Ignore anything Gang Green says.    ;^D

Well, that's just rude. I was about to say how good you look, how smart you are, how generous and fair yo have always been. But now they'll know the truth. Good luck Group 6! We'll see you even if you don't see us.

:D

Sure you were, for a fee.

Never take orders from a one eyed garden gnome

I'd expect this kind of defamation from the jealous likes of Falco, but our DM?  That smarts...  ;)

How would you like to taste my blade, you pointy-eared songster?

Gidday Hootuk.  Welcome aboard!!

Hootuk, don't be alarmed.  This is just friendly banter.  Well, at least mine is. LOL

In reply to Uthecar Hornskin (msg # 104):

Uthcar, I know the Uthcar II from In Search of the Unknown! ;-) Ulrich there.

Gang Green is very friendly. Very friendly indeed...

/sharpens halberd/

:D

In reply to Wehostan, son of Bardolf (msg # 107):

Enough of this talk, lets drink.  I heard someone say a round of ale formal?!?!

Cheers!

Uthecar Hornskin II  !!!!???  Say What?  He clone.  Uthecar must kill or go mad.  75% likely clone go mad so you keep eye on him Tern-Ulrich.

Garden gnome! Be careful of them, that's how I lost my eye! It all started with a game dice for a free meal...

I thought you were an overfed long haired leaping gnome?

Or a rowel over a  trowel...

Careful, that means War. Love them.

Even when they Spill the Wine, I say Why Can't We Be Friends?

In reply to Imre Rillsong (msg # 114):

Eric Burdon and War! Eric has a FANTASTIC voice!
This message was last edited by the player at 12:09, Mon 07 Sept 2020.

Of course! Taking pearls is one of my specialties. The wine spilling is just a distraction, which, unfortunately, is more effective with an expensive red wine. Such a waste for only one pearl. That song was written just before I lost my other eye. It was a dark and stormy night...

Jeff had graciously allowed me to plug a new game.

link to another game - responsive

link to another game - classic

Edit: It does when I click it...

"LL: Blood for Money"

I bounce back and forth between the responsive and classic, depending on if I'm on my phone or laptop.

edit again:
Interesting in responsive both links show up as links, in classic, only the classic...
This message was last edited by the player at 03:19, Wed 09 Sept 2020.

link didn't work for me.

Does this work better?

link to another game

He's on the responsive site - I still play on the original site (I'm a Luddite).

I prefer the responsive site for most things, but the one thing that the original site deals with much better is the cast list. You can see much easier who has been online in the last day or so using the old site than the new one.

I tend to stick to old things too, not a fan of FB pushing a new look on us ,and I use the old site here too...

In reply to Slivermoon (msg # 122):

Too bad the assholes are getting rid of the old, maybe I'll leave them.

I have no choice but to use the old. The "responsive" site won't load.

In reply to Beelo Bigfoot (msg # 124):

I used the link to a new game and the RPOL sit looked way different.  I guess I am on the old format, too.  I like the old one, simply because I know how it operates, and where everything is.

The new FB system makes it impossible for the blind to post new posts. You can reply to people's posts, although it is harder, but you can't post anything new. The problem is, the reporting issues system requires you to supply screen-shots, another impossibility for blind users, and the fact that all the issues are not something posting screen-shots will pick up. Thus, there is not really any affective way to inform FB about it. I told as many people of the problem before hand, and one blind friend of mine has left his FB account active just so others will see this fact, but like Twitter and Discord, the blind aren't a priority.

Vent over..

In reply to Enoch Strongborn (msg # 126):

Enoch, GREAT name! I play Enoch Lyghte in another game! ;-) A Traveller character.

Yes. thanks. I know nothing abut the LL rules.

FB cares about control, not people.

In reply to Enoch Strongborn (msg # 126):

Really? Doesn't surprise me that FB is unresponsive, it does surprise me that they are moving backwards tech wise. Luckily so far I can still click back to the old look.

Forgive ignorance, but what is FB?

Good old Facebook  I think

Fascist Beholder; it cares about control, not people.  And eyes, of course.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:20, Thu 10 Sept 2020.

Fashionista Bodkin.

They can't when armors clash :D

Fashionista Bodkin should be a magic item!

Grants a highly variable charisma bonus or penalty, and can only stay in tune with three major changes in trends, after which burns out & becomes useless.  Usually after like a month or two.

In reply to Nineve (msg # 135):

FB = Face Book, it has changed for the worse yet again.

They keep on forcing me to change to 'new' facebook, and I've reverting back to 'classic' facebook twice now in the past two days.

Eventually it'll be permanent and I'll just use my phone to look at it from now on.

I like a more 'condensed' look on FB, as well as here on RPOL.. The 'bigger' wider buttons, screens, all that.. I just don't care for it.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:03, Thu 10 Sept 2020.

I got a facebook account set up in 2008 at the x-wife's request. I think I have been on it eleven times. the last time I was logged in was in 2010. I don't even  know if it is still active.

just too much on there. when I was a kid I always thought it would be cool if I new what someone was thinking, after Facebook, hell who cares about most of that stuff. Too much info, too much BS, too much fake drama, too much useless descriptions about stuff that doesn't matter.

you can have Facebook. I'll do without it.

If it weren't for the fact that it is the only way to keep up with my kids, I wouldn't have FB.  And FB led me to RPoL.

In reply to Falco (msg # 139):

I am in a few "groups" on FB.  they help and have useful information,example:  I had a few of my fruit trees have growths and fungus on them.  Put up pictures, and the group diagnosed and told me what to do to help the tree's.
so it has its place, unfortunately a lot of people do use it for negative, or political, or creating drama.

In reply to Cugel Winterbreath (msg # 140):

I bounce around, and join and drop groups pretty frequently. I love groups with old photographs, and currently follow one about Old Time Radio shows. of course a couple groups where people chat about D&D or board games. Plus I follow Dawn Wells personal page, loved Gilligan's Island.

Get the 'Picture This' app Cugel.  Take a photo of the plant with your phone and it'll not only tell you about the plant but you'll get a diagnosis of any issues immediately.

I've found the 'iNaturalist' app to be helpful. I've used it to identify the species of honeybees that we have in the area. My experience is that it's very focused and professional yet open and friendly to amateur users.

check out that funny british guy on youtube. i bet he could grow tropical fruit in the arctic circle.

32,000+ posts! Impressive!

In reply to Hauraki (msg # 142):

Thanks, I will have to try that one!

This has been a house rule for a while - Magic-users and illusionists can cast cantrips, at will, equal to their Intelligence score per day. Cantrips do not replace 1st-level spells in this game. Some of you were here before I added this house rule, so I'm repeating it for all.

Awesome! Good to know. How do I know which cantrips I have available to me? I know they are in the UA, do I roll?

You learned them all during your apprenticeship at some point. A reminder, they all have a 10' range, so many of them aren't useful in an adventuring setting, but there are a few that are.

That’s an awesome house rule.   Thank you for it.

Most excellent.

In reply to DMJSC (msg # 149):

Does that mean I know all of them?

Yes, but you're limited to 16 per day, Slivermoon. Like spells, you can cast different ones each day.

Do I need to pick them in advance, like spells, or can I simply pick from the list as needed? I've read them over just now...

"At will," means pick them as you need them - the phrase came from later editions, sorry.

Do we have a list of cantrips? I couldn't see any in osric rules.

I can send them to  you.

Wow, I am jealous, so many more, and so much more useful!

Cool rule.  Two thumbs up.

In reply to Lionel Lizardbane (msg # 156):

First edition unearthed arcana and their are two lists one for magic users and one for illusionists

Also four cantrips took up a first level spell slot
DM may have to rule if that is or is not the case

I can spoiler post if necessary, though likely to be a link somewhere
This message was last edited by the player at 13:39, Sun 13 Sept 2020.

Thanks for the info. Now have to dig out the list of 'em.

Cantrips don't take up a spell slot in this game. They're more a role-play aid if anything.

I like that about the original cantrips, the 5E ones seem overly powerful to me.

In reply to Slivermoon (msg # 163):

Like these

Wizard's Hand

Level: 0
Range: 40'
Duration: 1 turn/level
Effect: Object no more than 5 lbs. in weight

This effect gives the caster the ability to move small objects with the
power of his will. Nothing heavier than five pounds can be moved, nor
anything larger than 2'x2'x2'. The wizard can keep INT total number of
objects under his command, but can only keep [INT bonus + 1] objects in
motion as long as he's paying attention to them. If the wizard ceases to
pay attention to an object in motion, it remains in where it is left until
the wizard resumes paying attention to it. If the duration expires any
objects held in midair are released and will fall. This spell was created to
help a wizard handle dangerous research with volatile reagents at a safe
distance in their laboratory. But it has found many other clever uses by
enterprising wizards with larcenous intent.

Spark

Level: 0
Range: Personal
Duration: Instant
Effect: Creates a small momentary flame

This spell creates a small flame at the wizard's fingertip. It is enough to
light  kindling, a candle, a lamp or torch, or prepared oil. It is very
practical for wizards with pipe weed who feel like having a smoke, and for
starting cooking fires. The spark of fire is very small, only lasts for a
second, and is not enough to seriously injure a person, although the heat
may be painful.

Flash

Level: 0
Range: 30'
Duration: Instant
Effect: Small arcane energy bolt does damage

This is a very small blasting spell created to get rid of small critters
(spiders, roaches, worms, termites, etc.). When used on tiny creatures no
more than a few inches in size, the spell always hits. When used against
anything larger than insect size, the wizard needs to hit the target's armor
class. It does 1D2 points of damage.

See now, I would have definitely been using flash a lot more than I have been :) (ie nil so far)

Mine will require some thought to make useful, but that is the challenge and fun of the illusionist, when it works.

I have an idea for the next round, wish me luck. It will only be a distraction at best, but maybe that will help.

Uhhh...where do those come from?  They do not look like UA cantrips to me.

They aren't, they come from another game I'm in.

All those zero level spells can be found in the Wizard's Spell Compendium  volume 4, as well as various issues of dragon magazine.
For second edition, seek you pages from the Mages for the same spells.

*rambles on about sightless seeing, the smell of ink, and other odd things related to books, until players toss dice at him*

Yeah, they're not 1st Edition, as UA cantrips all have a range of 10 feet.

Grumble grumble... what about clerics?  No free at will goodness?

*grin*  You can swing your mace and wear your armor at will, too. It's only an RP tool, for the most part - UA cantrips are mostly useless in an adventure.

Very much like cleric spell then. :o) Yeah I went there, surely I wasn't the only one thinking it though.

um.. bonus spells for high wisdom?

Yeah, please swap my cantrips for bonus spells for high intelligence :)

Clerics get zero level prayers as well, two per slot, according  to the original rules in dragon, and in  several other places.  I'd post exact references, but I'm doing shelter duties,  and left my portible hard drive at home.

I think they were called Orisons.  I don't think Jeff wants to start considering Dragon Magazine as "canon", though.  That's a road that will only lead to crazy-ville.

that is like driving on highway with twenty lanes all going the same direction and then suddenly stopping with no destination

The only Dragon stuff I use are certain monsters I've liked over the years. I remember Orisons, but I never used them.

Didn’t expect anyone to listen to my grumbling

But the yawn cantrip is useful
If you spam it until it sticks (fails save) the target will then auto fail against a sleep spell

Not to be too much of a stickler, but last I checked there is no save for sleep.

In reply to Slivermoon (msg # 181):

Nope, x number of hit dice fall asleep starting with those with the fewest HD I believe.

Yeah, I don't know which later edition gave Sleep a save, but as mentioned, there isn't one in 1st Edition, anyway.

My main rationale for allowing the cantrips is that many times when a party meets an NPC mage, they use cantrips for various reasons - chilling drinks, tidying up, shaving, starting fires, etc. I figured if they can cast cantrips at will then PCs should be able to as well.

In reply to DMJSC (msg # 183):

I applaud you, mending and prestidigitation are awesome! ;-) Spark is great too, though I don't know where that comes from, it might be fan made.

The original UA fire-starter cantrip is called Firefinger:

Firefinger (Alteration)
Area of Effect: 1/2' line
The firefinger cantrip enables the caster to cause a jet of flame up to
one-half foot in length to shoot forth from his or her finger. The flame is
very hot and will ignite combustible materials such as parchment,
twigs, kindling, and the like without difficulty, providing the materials
are relatively dry. The flame persists for up to 1 segment. To bring
about the magic of this cantrip, the caster speaks a word of power
over elemental fire (such as ron-son, zip-Po, or the much revered
word, dun-hill), extends the forefinger, and makes a sideways motion
with the thumb.

In reply to DMJSC (msg # 185):

Heheheheheheehheheheeeh

The yawn cantrip

Yawn (Evocation)
Area of Effect: One creature
Casting Time: ’/6 segment
Giggle (Charm)
Area of Effect: One person
Casting Time: 7/3 segment
Ayawn cantrip makesthe subject creature feel a brief wave of drowsi-
ness which in turn evokes a yawn reaction. If a saving throw versus spell succeeds, the subject creature is totally unaffected by the dweomer of the cantrip. Failure, however, not only forces a yawn to immediately occur, but the subject is then more susceptible to a sleep spell. During the balance of the round in which the yawn cantrip was cast, and during the whole of the following round, the subject will au- tomatically fall into comatose slumber from a sleep spell cast upon it, so 1 additional creature will be vulnerable to the spell if more than 1 creature of 4 or fewer hit dice are subjected to the spell. Further, if creatures of 4 + 1 to 4 + 4 hit dice are involved, there is then a chance that two such creatures will actually be affected by sleep. Even a crea- ture of up to 5 + 2 hit dice can be affected by sleep if previously victim- ized by ayawn cantrip, but the effect of the sleep spell is rolled for as if the creature had 4 + 1 to 4 + 4 hit dice; Le., there is a 50% chance that it will not be affected. The caster hums a lullaby for the verbal compo- nent while making a rocking motion with cupped hands.

Originally, all cantrips only had a range of 10 feet - later, they extended Yawn's range to 30 feet. Much easier to get a foe when he's not in your face already.  ;^)

I always liked the flavor cantrips gave, but I feel our illustrious DM's system is superior to the original, in that it doesn't take away from actual spells, making using them more natural. It opens things up for role-play opportunities.

In the early days of Slivermoon's career here, she would often use her illusions to entertain children and such, something I felt was worth doing, even though it wasn't perhaps as effective or useful as some might prefer. I hope to be able to use cantrips in a similar fashion.

If I roll a second character here though, if that is allowed, I think I will go with a mage because I like the cantrips that aid in cooking!

I must have missed that range change. When did that happen?

Oh and hello!

In reply to Slivermoon (msg # 189):

Second characters are allowed. I'm one!

And welcome to Adhmad! Wehostan asks me to tell you to check the posts about Gang Green's discounted initiation fees above!

Sometime after UA - I don't know when. The modern D&D wiki says it now has a 30' range.

Hm. A second Errol. Errol Two-Eye? Errol One-Eye Plus One?

Errol No-Eyes

"I'm Errol, this is my brother Derrol, and this is my other brother Darrol."

Hehe Funny you mention that.  I have 3 Dwarf porters over in the campaign Dungeon Callers named Larry Darrel and Daryl.

Everyone uses that line from that show.  I stole a different line from Newhart.

I suffer from OPD.  Obnoxious Personality Disorder.

OCOPD here, Obsessively compulsive personality disorder, it's like being Darth Vader in that big, clunky helmet but as an obnoxious 10th grade band geek.

I picture the 3 brothers every time someone talks about straws...

So... What I'm hearing is that I can make two more characters named Derrol...

EAD for me, Excessive Ass hole Disorder! ;-)

In reply to DMJSC (msg # 183):


I don't recall one for it in Second, but there is one in third, but all spells have a save in third.

Hope everyone in the path of Hurricane Sally stays safe! We'll be here when you're ready to play again!

*grunts*

Enough said.  INT and WIS your dump stats then.

Charisma actually!

You don't have to worry about a dump stat if your stats are so bad they're all dump stats.

I have a cleric like that in an OD&D game here. Minuses across the board except Wisdom.

#grunt#, #grunt#grunt#grunt#. #grunt#grunt# #grunt#.

I can speak his language. he was saying 'hello, it is nice to make you acquaintance and I am so glad to be playing with such eloquent and intelligent players. I look forward to our gaming experience'.

So, I told his 'thanks, game good'.

right, due to circumstances somewhat beyond my control I took up the issue of co-dming a pathfinder game... yes, I know, totally different version than this game, just hole on a second... anyhow the DM had to step away for a bit and now I'm basically running things. One of the characters has a negative strength score. Now, his backpack is essentially like mine in this game, a third strap, lots of small pouches, and bags inside the pack itself. This means that weight is more evenly distributed, but the question becomes, how much more?

I'm fishing for general imput here, because I'm doing research through various pdfs on how to handle this myself, but still more heads, more answers.

This will come into play since they are on a tropical island, this character at least, and so between the negative strength score, and the environment weight is important.

Distribution wouldn't enter into it if the pure strength isn't there, but I don't know about Pathfinder. If a backpack weighs forty pounds full, and I can't lift it, that's that. We've had players here RP their 5 or even 4 Strength and hire porters for their spellbooks, which were too heavy for them without encumbering them.

Its not so much that, as it is, speaking from carrying a military backpack even as a kid, when I wasn't that strong, that middle strap was the difference between not doing the hunchback all of the time.
It started as, "would the middle strap and stuff help some?"

He could still carry a full load he's got regardless, but its another factor to take into consideration of how far he can move in a given area in a given amount of time kind of thing, and we are possibly... probably... both overthinking it.   I mean I could just say because I'm the DM that the answers are this and this and so forth, and the player would go with it, but on the other hand, its one of those things where the rules in the player's handbook don't provide a really satisfactory answer.

I read an article where modern hikers frown on hiking with forty pounds if they can get away with lighter, but game-wise (my main viewpoint) a forty-pound pack is a full load, without modern lighter materials. Add armor and you're already at half movement in AD&D (my only reference point, sorry). That's about 20 miles a day over normal terrain, less if it's rugged, etc. In the end I think you just pick a reasonable figure and go with it.

Wikipedia, Loaded March:

According to Vegetius, during the four-month initial training of a Roman legionary, loaded marches were taught before recruits ever handled a weapon; since any formation would be split up by stragglers at the back or soldiers trundling along at differing speeds.[1] Standards varied over time, but normally recruits were first required to complete 20 Roman miles (29.62 km or 18.405 modern miles) with 20.5 kg in five summer hours,[2] which was known as "the regular step" or "military pace". (The Romans divided daylight time into twelve equal hours. Depending on the exact day of the year and the latitude, the length of a "summer hour" would vary. Five summer hours is therefore not exact, but could indicate a time of approximately six modern hours.) They then progressed to the "faster step" or "full pace"[3] and were required to complete 24 Roman miles (35.544 km or 22.086 modern miles) in five summer hours loaded with 20.5 kilograms (45 lb). Training also included some forced marches of 20–30 miles, often followed by the construction of basic defences for an overnight position.

In some cases, each member of a Roman unit marched with a sudis, to aid the construction of defences.

The PHB is only a guide anyway and sometimes it seems like we place too much stock in the fact that 'they are the rules.'

If you make the decision that you think is fair based on your own experience and research what could be better?  It sounds like the player will be okay and probably respect you for a clear decision.  I know I always have when given a ruling by a DM.

And after doing a little math work, and loading up two different backpacks with the same amount of weight and going for a five mile walk, I've decided on how I'll handle it. Thank you all for your comments.

ALL of the books are merely guidelines, the rules are set by the DM!

Wait...you're going to carry his backpack for him?  ;)

DMJSC, do you offer a similar service?

Heck, no. That sounds like work!

In reply to Imre Rillsong (msg # 219):



Yes, they are called hirelings, you could hire one just to carry your backpack. You could possibly hire another just to carry and guard your spellbook.

If you have a spellbook.

You could also buy a Wardog to guard your spellbook as well... again, if you have a spellbook.

;)

Its a universal truth, whenever there is a natural disaster, someone will get drunk and then randomly shoot at things.  Sudden and unexpected interruptions for laughter and urination can also be expected.

This has been my useless fact of the day.

Carry on.

I’d drop dead if I tried to do that.  Romans were tough!

Does the valley have major bodies of water anywhere?
yes, the loves fish eyes as tags under a certain  somebodies character name has me curious now, but even as Blalak it was a question I meant to ask at one point.

And you all now know who I once was on here.

There are rivers, streams, and ponds throughout Nemrac with larger lakes to the south in the wilderness.

I served 3 years in the US Army's 10th Mountain Division as a light infantryman. My typical field load was 120 pounds, and I had roughly a 14 STR. A summer overnight 20+ mile move with that weight was doable, but killer on the knees and ankles when on rough terrain. Stopping was worse then continuing, so it was better to be a part of the river crossing team then the security team when such pauses were required. My pack had quick release to drop the heaviest weight and go quickly into a fight. The adrenaline rush removed the fatigue in the short term, but it came back with a vengeance once the adrenaline was no longer coursing. After a long march, during the downtime of clean up, the joints would stiffen and bottoms of the feet would be pins and needles. It would take a few hours before we didn't move around like grandpa. So that's the best example I can give of first hand, Real Life™ experience.

It is my opinion that the encumbrance and movement rules in PF / D&D 3.5 do a decent job of simulating the affects on a game mechanic level. It sounds to me that what you're looking for is flavor. Do you best to describe the fatigue and soreness after a long move (5-10+ miles) and that should be fine.

32,000 posts! What an awesome milestone!

Not again! Seriously, I just deleted 1900 OOC posts from players who aren't here anymore, so we'll hit it again soon.  :^)

What was that, you say? 1xp point per post is being awarded to all players?

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If that was all it takes, I will take a point. LOL

Hello everyone! I'm new, both here and to DnD in general. Nice to meet you all :)

Welcome! Care for a cheeze doodle?

*the friendly dwarf appears to have a pair of the strange confections sticking out of his nose however he's offering you an open bag*

In reply to Alabaster Zemael (msg # 231):


Welcome!

It is tradition that when you start D&D to equip your character, then donate the rest of your gold to the first person to ask of it.    (Im surprised no one else requested it, yet.)

Holding out his hand.

"Go on put the rest of your gold, here."  Pointing to his palm.

Gang Green would never stoop to such brazen chicanery! We would gussy it up in some flimsy justification like initiation fees...

And I was just in a live D&D game, so missed my chance to post it first. Well done, Stone!

And Alabaster, welcome to the game!!!

"Technically, no one asked for it yet, but I will. May I please have your surplus gold?" ...and looks up as sweetly as a grime stained halfling from the streets can muster.

In reply to Wehostan, son of Bardolf (msg # 234):

Dont fall for false gold requesters, I am the original, and first to be looking out for you!

Fees or indoctrination, either way my good friend Alabaster, if you want to fit in, follow tradition please hand over your gold; oh and any magical items you might posses.   At your level magical items are frowned upon.  I will hold them until you are at a level to wield such power.  You are new to D&D, so I will hold them at no charge, which is really generous on my behalf!


Welcome to the game, and I hope you have fun and enjoy the people.  Even those who might accuse you or someone who you are best friends with and respect deeply of "brazen chicanary"  whatever that means.

It is a good group of people, mostly, and a giant undertaking on our DM who puts in hours and hours of work to make the game run smoothly and fun for all of us.

In reply to Stone Pegason (msg # 236):

Welcome to the game.
I too gave surplus gold to Stone, and he did look out for me.  We became the best of friends, almost like we are one person!  I also gave him all my magical items.  I simply wasn't ready to harness such power!  We have created such a good bond that when I, Cugel has a child I am going to name it after Stone Pegason!

Hey ho Alabaster welcome to the game.  These others have obviously forgotten what it's like to be 1st level.  Surplus gold and magic items "pfft" they make me splutter and almost choke.

On the whole you'll find they behave better in game than out, unless they're gang green of course.

In reply to Hauraki (msg # 238):

Pond scum = Gang Green! ;-)

Hm. I was just checking the guild books and it looks like Tern is behind in his dues. What a shame. Looks like we'll have to turn dee ghoul loose to collect.

Welcome Alabaster!

WWarning: The following is an indication that some  portion of my brain is not functioning properly and I should probably be destroyed. In a lengthy meeting involving lots of discussion of money, because we need to squeeze as much as we can out of each and every dollar... volunteer organization, it kind of goes with the territory... but as some of you might recall I was at one point thinking about LBE for D&D. If you don't remember that's OK, let me just tell you that I was and I thought of taking it one step further. What if you made an iron frame, that combined with straps would help take some weight off the shoulders and place it more fully on the back and thighs. Sounds like a good idea, right? More balanced, less tiring.
Hold that thought for a moment.

I was searching for something in Aurora’s Guide  for second edition, namely the weight and capacity of iron boxes, which are listed there and came across....

EQUIPMENT FRAME: A well hung pack can make the difference between stamina
and fatigue. Our equipment frame (10 gp) is a light (5 lb) steel harness that centers weight upon the hips rather than the shoulders. Bristling with one-way hooks, the frame can be loaded with
rucksack, waterskins, weaponry, map
scrolls, and all manner of equipment in easy reach. For an added 3 sp, we supply a canvas fly that drapes over the frame, protecting equipment and body alike from even torrential rains.
shifts encumbrance level down one category (e.g. from severe to heavy) when used.

I am playing in another game using a similar rule set

Right now it is all about traveling into the wilderness and killing kobolds

The game is
Bone hilted sword

link to another game

We have room for more PC’s

Boy, it's not easy being green!  Gang Green that is....

Welcome aboard Alabaster!  I think you may have already realized that we're a fun-loving bunch who enjoy D&D, gaming with friends, and sniping at each other's characters whenever the opportunity arises.  I hope you enjoy your time here, and feel free to reach out to any of us with questions you may have.  :)

And since Stone has already fleeced you helped you out, I'm sure we can work out a discount layaway plan that ensures your ongoing protection under the Gang Green umbrella of corporations!

Thank you all for the warm welcomes! I don't recall if I mentioned it already, but this is not only my first time on this site, but also my first time playing any kind of Dungeons and Dragons. I'm excited to get into it all, and I look forward to getting closer to the lot of you; both here and potentially in-game, too!
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In reply to Alabaster Zemael (msg # 244):

Well you'll only get to know me here, you aren't in my 'game' here. Have a good time! I've been playing for 40 years!

Welcome! When I first joined (way back when we rode dinosaurs to the Internet), I found the experience of the other players to be immensely helpful. My only D&D experience had been in video games, so I had plenty to learn. You are in a good place to have fun while expanding your game knowledge!

Or in the early days before internet
When we had stone tablets

If Ben Franklin hadn't discovered electricity, we would be using the internet by candlelight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YozC8yFrZKI

:-D

https://youtu.be/TLqzd4-bG3I?t=25

kind of unique how the the guys who created D&D actually used the internet in the very early days of its creation.

In reply to Zaid Yavvo (msg # 251):

Back in the days of the BBS. The wild frontier! Fun times.

Some time ago, the Dungeon Bastard took down all his videos in retirement. As he put it, with 5e came a new crowd that didn't get the joke, didn't see that he was doing satire, and didn't know that he wasn't actually edition warring. I was sad to see all those videos go away. But fortunately, he left us with this as a goodbye.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

In reply to DMJSC (msg # 253):

Good video Jeff!

In reply to DMJSC (msg # 253):

Well played, sir.

He really was a bastard wasn't he.

He was asterdly

Noooooo!!!! Dungeon Bastard,

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I'll never give you up! I'll never let you down! Never gonna run around and desert you!

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Sadly, "not getting the joke" seems like a wide spread malady, these days.   I think sense of humor is going out of style; ceding to the new trend of being easily offended, and flaming everyone online who happens to look at things a different way.

I believe it is a mind virus of some sort...

PC should be outlawed, I like humor! Mel Brooks would never have made a film if coming out today!

In reply to Tern D'Guul (msg # 261):

Even watching older movies some of the stuff they say they could never get away with today!
I used to think tv and movies were so "open" today, until I watch movies from even the 80's.  no way that would fly.

Being the spooky season, I was watching scary movies this last weekend on a cable channel that doesn't cut, bleep or blur anything. Whoa. I *thought* I had seen some of these movies back in the day (The Exorcist, The Shining and Halloween). Clearly even then things were left out. It was interesting to watch in the perceived 'new-ness' and also served as a reminder that even then things were left out.

I saw The Exorcist at the movie theatre.

I recall that new footage was released on one of the later anniversaries (30 years? Maybe later? Not too long ago.), scenes that allegedly didn't make the initial release. As if the original film wasn't frightening enough; yikes!

It had to be something to see in the theater at that time. I wasn't quite old enough to go but I was old enough to be aware of it.

Certainly the music was a large part of the atmosphere. I haven't seen the movie, but my grandmother played Tubular Bells and it gave me nightmares anyway!

That's true for about every horror movie!

Perhaps, but I really think Tubular Bells was a cut above the average.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... Now I have the Jaws theme running in my head.

In reply to Slivermoon (msg # 268):

In general it is a fantastic instrument!

I know -- it is especially unfortunate that some believe Blazing Saddles is a racist movie, when in fact it has a strongly anti-racist theme.

The problem with 'cancel culture' and a lot of other PC supporters is, they are more interested in 'making a difference' than exploring where there difference really needs to be made.

We are delving into political here so please let's not do so.

I'll be heading out tomorrow to attend a wedding, and will update all when I get back. Have a great weekend, all!

But I was enjoying the nostalgia of old movies...
I believe we can have a plethora of blazing saddles without politics

Also as seen here
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ROhP_3-Qk
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That means we only have a few days to trash redecorate the guild hall...

No glitterbombs this time - it took weeks to get the glitter out of the tapestries....  ;^D

CHEEZ DOODLES FOR ALL!

I refuse to watch the bleeping PC version. It isn't funny. Cleavon Little was hilarious!

Up your nose?

Only the cheese doodle dust

Chop your breakfast on a mirror!
Taste me you will see
More is all you need...


;)

In reply to Glaucon (msg # 282):

Cheeze-doodle high!

Enjoy the wedding!

Had a very nice weekend, and the wedding was simple yet elegant. Game on!

In reply to DMJSC (msg # 285):

Sweet, glad you had a good time. Your kid get married? Or nephew/niece?

Long-time friend of my wife's (second wedding). We're basically family after all these years.  :^)

In reply to DMJSC (msg # 287):

Awwwww. I'm my wife's 3^rd husband, but she's my first wife. Been married 26 years

I'm 'Enery the eighth I am...

In reply to Slivermoon (msg # 289):

Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits

Yes we have no bananas

In reply to Solomon Silverstream (msg # 291):

Spike Jones!

When I'm Cleaning Windows

Got me there...

A delightful tune full of double entendres!

https://youtu.be/dG1W1h5W17Y

Try the original, Billy Jones!

https://youtu.be/PDd8shcLvHI

In reply to Slivermoon (msg # 296):

Sweet! I love old music!

Side topic here - anybody still playing face-to-face? (Not over the Web.)

My game groups are on hiatus for now but I have two monthly AD&D groups and a monthly Star Frontiers group.

How about you guys and girls?

No, I tried, but apparently I don't play well with others any more. Between games I quit out of, and games I was tossed out of, I kind of gave up for now.

In reply to DMJSC (msg # 298):

Due to Covid-19 no, we are using Discord Voice right now to play a game that would normally be played in person.

Haven't FTF since the late 90s

I have a fortnightly session that I run on Sundays

I have recently joined via Roll20 a group of old friends who, although forced to physically distance for now, still play face-to-face in normal times.  They are all in the same city, whereas I am a few hours away, so even at the end of Covid I will have to remotely join in.

Other than that I'm like Samitha.  I've been PbP only for 20+ years.

I am.
I've got my own kids plus some of their friends from church in one group and my neighbors in another.

I run a Classic D&D West Marches campaign, but due to covid we're on Hangouts/Roll20 right now. I have a group that plays regularly via Hangouts/Roll20 (a variety of games), so this allows people in other cities and countries to get in on my West Marches game more often (I had run a few sessions online before covid struck).

A guy I know in my city is trying to put together a face to face game right now, and another guy I don't know is offering a "tutorial" type game for new players face to face, but even with the low numbers of infections where I live, I'm not taking unnecessary chances.

Had a couple of short lived Skype games a decade or more ago, otherwise no FTF since the late 80s.

I have been sporadically DMing for my daughter and her friends but things are breaking down.  My daughter has become totally focused on the marks she needs for medical school as this years results count for university entrance so DND has been swept aside for now.

I admire her focus and sense of priorities. D&D did my grades no favors.

Yeah same.  She takes after her mother in that respect.

Not since 2003-2004 in the backdrop of Iraq

I just wanted to tell you that I am still around and will try to catch up on posting either Friday night or Saturday. Life is been getting the best of me the last week or two and I'm trying to keep up and stay in the game

In reply to Adelia (msg # 311):

Keep plugging away, we need you! ;-)

Over the hurricane while I had no power, I played a new campaign of AD&D First. We were talking about continuing to play face to face every Monday now. Other than that, my 3.5e group finally finished our last campaign this year. Not many talks of another yet though.

I am doing live Shadowrun 5e on Sunday afternoon in the US where most of the folks are live and 2 of us are on Zoom.
On Tuesdays, we play D&D 5E from 5 different locations using Google Hangouts.  We have been playing for a few years and loving it, but we are losing a player and need another to step up.

Welcome back to civilization, Syoku.

Thank you, it is good to be back

sorry, work has been a bear, i'll be a few days in catching up.

I'm up at odd hours again. Where are the Aussies at?  :^D

No Aussie's just Kiwi's here.

Bite your tongue.  I live in Oz.

Cool. Good evening, I think! It's 4:15 a.m. here.

Almost 8pm here.

Almost 9 am

I was hoping to get a real-time conversation going with some folks while I was bored at 4 a.m., but it didn't happen.  :^)

Now I know Solomon's an hour ahead of me!  :^D

10:30pm in Busan right now.

In reply to DMJSC (msg # 324):

I was asleep at 4:15am, sorry about that, I'm a lazy old goat.

I'm in Perth and about to head to bed at 9:40pm :)

In reply to Lionel Lizardbane (msg # 327):

I have a friend that is at the university there, Gerhardt Meurer, he's an Astronomer.
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I've said it before - I love that people all over the world still play AD&D.

Yup, I have met some fun people to game with, from a lot of places. Though I must admit, Australia seems to pretty full of D&D players! Quite a few. I have a Steam buddy from Poland, and another from Germany.

I live in Australia, but still an American.  What's her name, my wife, is Australia. She lived in the US for 14 years, when I retired, I took her home.

Yep.


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Yep.


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Yep.


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In reply to Falco (msg # 335):

Not if we stop now! ;-)

Yep.


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I have to ask that the conversation about politics stops now, or I could get in troble with the mods - politics is verboten here on RPOL. I need to edit you guys, Hank Hill-style.

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Sounds nice! You never know, but probably I will follow your example... :)

Sorry.

Barkeep...A round for everyone here!
Cugel raises his glass, May you find good health and gold on your adventures.

Thank you, DMJSC, for keeping our community politics free. I appreciate the effort.

Yes but 5 am is way too early to catch me
My earliest is probably 8ish am

In reply to Solomon Silverstream (msg # 343):

I get on at 7:30amish Eastern Time

Time? Heck, I don't even know what day it is!

In reply to Errol One-Eye (msg # 345):

October 22, 2020 Thursday.
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Oh heck! Garbage Day! Be right back. ;)

In reply to Errol One-Eye (msg # 347):

Mine too, they went at 6:30 this morning while it was still dark outside! Thank God I don't have to work for a living any more.

Only in your reality it's Friday 23rd October really. :o)

Indeed.  Friday, 5:35 am.

I have a moribund Politics game. Put it on hold for what I think are good reasons. I might revive it and confine it to issue discussions/solving and what governments/citizens should accept as axioms. Aim: consensus or at least. Of course, the moderators might think that's a bad idea.

Before the pandemic, I participated in two bridge clubs. In both, the rule rule was: No raising of political issues, not a hint, no clothes or emblems or etc.

Politics as a game? That might be fun, if it didn't drift to close to real life issues I guess. Let me know if you open it up again, if I have the time I would love to jump in.