Opening up a new OOC thread for folks' use.  If I get nothing else done tonight with all the lightning and thunder, at least I've posted this.

Reminder to everyone -- sometime tomorrow afternoon or Friday morning, I'll be off-line until we return from the campground; with the July 4th holiday, it is a longer weekend for us, and I've given up on trying to log on through the free wifi there.  I will, however, copy the last post of every thread and spend some time drafting posts off-line, so I can get them up for y'all Sunday afternoon.

As of July 7th, the game is officially completely off hiatus, at which point I'll be more diligent in actually keeping to my promised schedule, and the participation guidelines will be back in effect.

Done for the night.  Will get to Tandro/Charan, Jonathan/Tara and the Morrow's Hold crew tomorrow.  Sorry Charan/Hamble, I think you're the only player to not get at least one post to respond to.

Whooooooo! New OOC thread! I will be in and out the next few days as well. Nerd convention going on.

All the more time to gaze adoringly at Janne.  *sexylookatyou wink/brow/click*

*gives Charan the evil eye*

Well, this should be entertaining.

Sondra.

That's what she said!

In reply to GM (msg # 8):

Just point that out. Lol!

For anyone who's curious, the D&D Basic Rules are out. It's a complete D&D game being released for free. Pretty stikin' awesome.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Art...spx?x=dnd/basicrules

Nice.  Thanks.  I had been receiving the playtest stuff, but I rarely read it.  This should be a fun read.

*looks it over*

I'll admit, it looks like a pretty nice refit of 3.5. I'll have to see the full set of rules to really make a call, but until then my interest is piqued!

Happy 4th of July, you americans out there :)

 Also, have a nice trip home, you Germans out there :)

 (I have the bad feeling I'll live to regret I said that...)

I helped with the playtest when they were doing it. I like the feel of it, it's reminiscent of 1st ed, but without the level caps. I like it personally.

Happy Independence Day..

Happy Independence Day and God bless our veterans.

I'm still here!

Work has screwed me, but I'm still here!  I'm still alive!

Rawr! America day!

Happy Jul4 to ye southerner types :)

Has anyone seen an Incarnum conversion for Pathfinder?

• Sunday, July 6th: by 10:00 pm EDT - Done already
• Monday, July 7th:  by 9:30 pm EDT
• Tuesday, July 8th:  NO PLANNED POSTING  -- if I post anything, it will be a bonus.
• Wednesday, July 9th:  by 9:30 pm EDT
• Thursday, July 10th: by 9:30 pm EDT
• Friday, July 10th: by 9:30 pm EDT.
• Saturday, July 11th:  NO PLANNED POSTING

As always, times stated are U.S. Eastern Daylight (New York/Philadelphia/Washington, D.C./Miami)

As per past practice, those threads that are (a) ready for GM input but (b) don't receive it on any given day are given top priority the next day.

Note -- there are a few PMs that I have to respond to as of 10:00 pm EDT on July 6th.  I haven't forgotten you, I just wanted to get to the IC threads first tonight.

Participation requirements are back in effect starting tomorrow -- in other words, Monday, July 7th will be treated as "last date player X posted in-character" for the two-week countdown for moving to lurker status (or one-week to proceed with character generation, or be removed, for anyone undergoing that process).  (I hope that makes sense -- it's 10:06 pm and I have to get the kids to brush their teeth, so I'm going with it ...)
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:41, Tue 08 July 2014.

Know your role, meatshield!
This message was last edited by the player at 04:08, Mon 07 July 2014.

I may be unable to post for Liss over the next three days. I will post of I can. Latest Friday.

 That does make sense, GM. To me at least... I'm no authority in the making of sense.

Would a snowball with ice in it do lethal or non lethal damage?

Depends how much ice.

Hmm.. A baseball sized snowball with a snow to ice ratio of 60 to 40, packed tight.

So, a chunk of ice about the size of a pretty large jawbreaker.

 I'd say it does non-lethal damage.
 Or cold damage, if it's really cold.

Non-lethal only.  No cold damage.

And fyi, it's not a splash weapon so no circumstance bonus for Throw Anything.

That works, given that my plan is more to distract him. I was just wondering if I was going to make his head explode when I nailed him.

*bangs head*

Why? Why Pathfinder? WHY DO YOU KEEP SHOWING ME EASIER WAYS TO DO WHAT I ALREADY DID?!

??

Ended up spending more time than I thought responding to PMs that were backlogged.  Back again tomorrow.

I can make a vacuum arrow that would destroy anything within a 10 foot radius... or if you'd like with a wizard I can make a railgun that would deal about a whole lot of dice worth of damage.

Or failing all that, I can make a mecha(stone, iron, doesn't matter).

So basicly, it also shows you easy ways to do what you already can't too.

Done for tonight.

Okay, Stryer Jordan is Rooster Cogburn.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:21, Fri 11 July 2014.

School+Work= where does all my time go X.x I will figure out a balance in a week or so I'm sure. Today is going to be clean/cook frantically so Gob has dinner for next week.

LOL. That's cuz he's got "True Grit" :P
This message was last edited by the player at 06:13, Sat 12 July 2014.

This is the 3rd World Cup I've been interested in and that was the best final of all of them.  And I would have said that even if Germany lost, though I would have been sadder typing it in.  That was a great match.

Can't wait to get my next DFB kit with 4 stars on it

Can I kill him NOW Luke? He's practically begging for it!

In reply to Bell Oleander (msg # 41):

I believe this is what Luke said (my own emphasis added): "Do what you must, but I want to avoid any unnecessary blood shed. Besides, the guard might raise an alarm if you don't take him out instantly."

Not that Luke is there to be able to dictate what is necessary and unnecessary...

Things that amuse me:



followed by:



I think it's because Anansi, Liss and Konrad used up all the halfway decent rolls from the dice roller this week.  They didn't even leave a scrap for Garflin to use.

What, are you German now?

In 1745, he his x-great-grandfather was.  Or, as they call it around here, Pennsylvania Dutch.

Nope.  But anyone can buy the uniform when it comes out on adidas.com.

 Wait, you mean they allow foreigners to wear them? What a disgrace.
 I'd like to know how much Nike would be willing to pay to buy them off from Adidas.  They'd never accept, but still.

Relevant Order of the Stick: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0003.html

Greetings!  Looks like I might be joining Donato, Kellendil and Elijah soon.  I'm looking forward to it.  I know you guys have a sort of Gaelic thing going on, so I created this character with a bit of a Scottish highlander flavor.  Are there any posting conventions I should be made aware of?  I'm tempted to use a bit of Scottish brogue flavor in my posts (I've been reading a book recently set in 1700's Scotland) but you guys seem to keep it to normal conversational English (probably the best way to do it, actually).

I'm not part of your group, but if I were, I'd vote for the Scottish brogue. :D

Without a successful check to recognize Janne through the disguise (Tandro will have to remind me of the DC), Josep will not realize that is Janne -- he will only see the faux Janne, and will have to make a separate check to realize that faux Janne (i.e., the bait Lady So mentioned -- so I would give you a circumstance bonus) is not in fact Janne.

Well, none of the other three PCs are themselves from the highlands.  And I vote brogue.

I always vote brogue.

The DC is 31 for the Perception check.  And technically, a character only gets a Perception check if they are suspicious.

So ... I think I'd say Josep can take 10 on the Perception check for faux Janne (or make a roll if you want) to confirm that it is actually not Janne.  But he has no particular reason to think the girl with Tandro might be anything other than a flighty debutante.

Aye, well then, lad, I reckon I'll be doin' mah bonnie best to brogue it up, then.  Assuming, of course, tha' it does nah annoy anyone.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:14, Tue 15 July 2014.

smexy flighty debutante, to him! :p

 That line got me thinking that they both had recognized her (using Sherlock-style deduction-fu)

 As for the decoy -- considering that is what they came for, I assume Josep would get the hint.
 If not : Josep Gavinho rolled 13 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 10. perception decoy

 It will annoy Donato, but that's half the fun, isn't it?

 As GM said, you would be the only one actually from the highland-like region, so your three companions will have fun trying to make out what you're saying.

Hey Hamble? The GM says we're never to be in the same thread together.

What did you do?

I think the "both" there is Tandro and Charan.  It was Charan seeing the serving woman change into Janne, and Tandro seeing Xavar show up, and both noticed Janne see her fellow bard.

In reply to Murtagh Fhaolain (msg # 49):

Welcome. Dude love the Scottish Highland thing. If you can write a brogue, then I'm all for it (so long as I can understand it).

Y'know, I'm always intensely curious to see people's character sheets (though I've not asked for it in this game).

But now I'm really curious. :P

I'm sure I don't know.
*hides confidentiality agreement*

---

Now... there are many possible reasons that come to mind.
I'm sure it has nothing to do with complexities, significant back and forth exchanges, considerations of minutiae...

Probably just that we're both straaaaange people ? :p
oo!  Oo! Probably that Hamble is far too sweet, pure, and innocent to be corrupted by ye! :)

In reply to Luke Harrington (msg # 62):

With the right feats, a human is considered to have every skill as a class skill and be trained in each of them. On top of that, the feats grant a bonus to skills that have 0 skill points in them.

So, given the lack of a Use Rope skill I went for a Profession that'd focus a lot on using rope.



I'm also proficient with Whips, which makes it extra funny.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:18, Wed 16 July 2014.

In reply to Tandro Rynell (msg # 60):

That makes a lot more sense, reading it again.
Even more so as it was in the first part of the post.

Maybe folks have talked about this already (not super active on the OOC) but have folks taken a look at the D&D basic rules or gotten the new Starter kit yet?

Just picked up the starter set, looks promising, but not really that far into it.

Because crafting.

First player who is NOT Kubrik, Luke or Bell to see this, roll 2d100 and record both dies.  Post the result.  This is for Bell.  Post the result here.  I will explain in a private line visible to everyone who is not in that thread.

I can't recall if the spouse has it or not -- Tandro?

20:25, Today: Murtagh Fhaolain rolled 178 using 2d100 with rolls of 95,83.

You should be getting the chance to see soon -- Niall just left to fetch Murtagh; once the conversation is done, we'll move to morning and our friendly brogue-ish barbarian will arrive to make his introductions.

Back again tomorrow -- first up will be the return of Aeroc, who has been patiently waiting for me to reopen his thread.

I picked it up, and I can say that I really really like the rules so far. The starter set contains everything you need to run a low level campaign with some basic magic items, DM rules, and monster stat blocks from CR1 to CR4, with a dragon (CR8) and another monster as well.

I'm already a big fan of the system. PHB is three weeks away. (It gets released to Wizard's Play Network stores on August 8th.)

Does this have anything to do with DnD next?
I took part in the playtest on that one, but I'm not sure where they're at right now.

DnD Next = DnD 5th Edition = DnD Basic. The playtest evolved into the rules that you see now.

DnD Basic is a free version of DnD 5th Edition with a limited subset of the rules. Right now, it has character creation options and basic gameplay info. Once the PHB is released, it will be updated with monster stats and DM rules.

I downloaded the pdf when Luke linked to it the other week.  I started it, and it looks kind of interesting (I just read about most of the classes and not much further yet).  My problem now is that I have a ton of Pathfinder stuff (and I still have all my 3.5 stuff) and I'm not sure how differently the new D&D will play from those.  I'll probably get the main three books again (got 'em for 4th, too but decided the changes weren't for me.) and keep an eye on reviews and other articles to see how it plays.

 Something I really liked from the playtest was the not-so-exponential power progression, and some features that seemed directly resurrected from 1st edition. Also, the simplification of the skills system, and the at-will powers implemented from 4th/PF.

 I'll have to take a look at this... although to be perfectly honest, I'm quite comfortable with 3.5/PF right now.

I liked the slower progression of attacks and saves and such in the DnD Next Playtest as well.  They max out at +6 at 20th-level.  Definitely a significant advantage over the +1 of 1st-level characters, but not so much so that 20th-level characters are totally invulnerable to lower-level ones.

I like the new system, but I'm not sure how it feels just yet.

 I also liked the advantage/disadvantage system, and the option for casting a spell as a ritual.

 Reading through the basic rule set though, I realize it feels very similar to 3.5 ; perhaps too similar to make the switch worth the investment...

It looks interesting enough that I'm going to take a peek at some torrents. What I see determines if I'll buy in.

Looked at the Basic Rules and now the starter set.

Pros:
I like the simplicity of the rules, seemed more streamlined than the 3.5. Maybe that's a function that this is all beginner info
Like the advantage/disadvantage
Like how catrips are dealt with.

Cons:
What you mentioned, I have so many Pathfinder books now, and I enjoy the richness of the world. D&D may eventually get there, but we're still waiting on the Player's Handbook (confession: I've already pre-ordered all three new books).

I guess I'm taking a wait and see approach still. There are things I really like, but not sure its enough to get me to switch over... yet.

After the 4th edition Wizards lost a lot of clout. Now there are much more aggressive fish in the pond. Fantasy Flight and Paizo are just to examples. While they are still the big kid on the block, from what I have seen, its the same thing, just different enough to seperate it from 4th edition.

While the new rules and "stuff" might seem nice, I have Pathfinder for that. And seriously, it ain't anywhere near "fun" enough for me to give up on hoarding 40k RPG's from Fantasy Flight. If I want to play D&D I have AD&D, 3rd and 3.5 editions, plus the Pathfinder. Which pretty much covers what the new edition of D&D brings to the table.

The problem with Wizards is that its the same, pardon my french, shit, all over again. Right after the books are released we'll probably get a Forgotten Realms book release which will be like "Oh look, things happened, now it's not the same anymore" but it will be. And if that brings in some attention they will maybe touch up other settings, come up with a new one like Eberron, or just go bat-shit insane and try to rewrite Planscape.

Wizards have became like the tabletop RPG equivalent of video game AAA industry. Edition after edition they "polish" up and release a new version only for it to end up being the same game, just more "brown-ish".

Been there, done that, don't want any. I'll be over here blasting heretics for the Emperah! for the foreseeable future.

Not that I would have any knowledge, but it would seem to make more sense if that was "Yammering Wid" thread.

But not being the unnamed person, how could I know.  Yes, indeedie..

FYI...I will be on vacation next week and will not be ale to post most likely until 7/28.

Have fun without us!

The posting schedule has been posted in the Game Announcement notice thread.  I didn't get to as many in-character threads as I had hoped, as I ended up spending more time than anticipated trying to clean out my multitudinous PMs.

Back again tomorrow.

Charan, Josep and Tandro -- apologies, but I've spent too much time watching Major Crimes tonight.  (They better not kill of Julio.  But Fritz is da man).  You guys will get a post tomorrow morning, moving you to your next assignment from the Lady.

And no, she won't be asking.

If anyone's curious on how the classes are shaping up for 5E, you can check out this magical alpha draft of the Player's Handbook. Obviously things are going to be changed from here, but it does align pretty nicely with the Basic rules.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent....Alpha%20Draft%29.pdf

In reply to Luke Harrington (msg # 89):

Thanks for that.

HAH! They finally made Drow a baseline race after.. 26 years or so?

Well, technically, Drow were "baseline" in 4e too... so were all races though.  There were no level-adjusted ones.

I mean 'right there in the PHBI' baseline. Rather than 'stuck off somewhere in a supplement'.

 When I first started ADD, I was told drows (or rather "elfes noirs") were a legend, and I think they should have stayed that way. Filthy magic-resistant spider fetishists...

 5E looks good... I'm not sure I'll be eager to switch though. I've grown quite satisfied with PF.

 Also, I don't like Tiefling and Dragonborn, and I'm only mildly content about Warlock as a base class.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 12:42, Tue 22 July 2014.

 Very nice of you! Although I must say I'm not sure what more to ask... Would you and Elijah like to brainstorm on it?

 Perhaps something we should know about his strength or allies? The kind of opponents we should prepare to face? The terrain we are likely to run into?
 Or ask her to tell us a story about the Red King?
 I'm not sure... And I clearly don't want to trade an insignificant information for Greater Scrying and Simulacrum.

On a metagame level, please keep in mind that the NPC is not all-knowing. Depending on the level of specificity of your question, she may not be able to give the information you request.  The answer might be "I don't know."  But in her mind, that doesn't mean you get to ask another question -- you got your answer either way, whether it is useful to you or not.



Heh.  She didn't name particular spells, just that she been taught something new from particular schools that only a wizard of 12th or higher level can cast.

Congratulations Luke. You are our designated good cop. Kubrik is our bad cop. And I'm apparently our psycho axe murderer cop.

Kubrik is the lawful neutral cop.

Can anyone think of any possible reason for me to keep the old OOC threads?  The game now has three pages of threads, with all the "CLOSED" things (and a few GM-only threads where I store info), and I'd like to trim it back to two.  Simply deleting the old OOC threads is easiest way to get me back to two pages (though that will be useful only for a little while).

It will drop the overall message count for the game, re-opening the possibility for someone to reclaim Message No. 15000.

 I kind of like keeping the old OOC somewhere... although I can't say it contains any genuinely important information that anyone will need to refer to some day.

Anyone wanna roll for Archpater Salvatore in Amira's/Tristan's/Euron's thread:

• Will he make his fortitude check against the hags' horrific appearance? -- Roll d20+7 at DC 14 (and put in reason for roll field that this is for the horrific appearance) and let me know.  If he fails, also roll 1d6 to tell me how much STR damage he takes.
• Roll d20+4, d20+4, and d20+4 to tell me whether the hags make a will save against a spell the Archpater is trying to cast.

Have to catch a train, so will post for all the NPCs in that combat scene when I get home.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:28, Wed 23 July 2014.

15:56, Today: Hamble Setzhammer rolled 1 using 1d20 with rolls of 1. FS14 horrific appearance (not his)(hope he fails).
*NAT1*

15:58, Today: Hamble Setzhammer rolled 5 using 1d6 with rolls of 5. str dmg.
*Hamble's detest for him is strong.


15:56, Today: Hamble Setzhammer rolled 12,19,14 using D20+4,D20+4,D20+4 with rolls of 8,15,10. WS1,2,3 v. spankie's spell.

Geez Hamble D:


(Oh god, are they immune to fear? I'm going to be eaten alive lol)

Nope.

Well I've used the D/L command to copy everything off-line and saved them as .pdfs.  If anyone has a burning need for copies, I can upload to something like DropBox or Google Drive; if no one does, in a month or so I'll likely delete the .pdfs just to get rid of them.

Because of deletion of old OOC threads, total message count for the game is now below 13,000.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:23, Thu 24 July 2014.

Message count continues to drop, as I archive old PC threads, save to .pdf and post to Dropbox per message in the RTJ and Game Announcement thread here.

I can almost hear the game screaming, "I'm melting. Melting."

Meeeeeeeeelting

Hee.

I've focused on archiving threads that had the fewest crossovers -- where possible, copying material from a short thread into an an appropriate place in a longer thread by editing a GM post, then (a) simply deleting the shorter thread and (b) archiving the combined thread into a .pdf on Dropbox.  There are a few more where this should be relatively simple (combining the prior versions of Jonathan into Mobley's first thread, and Kellendil's standalone thread back into Donato's.

But after that (which should get us back below 10,000), things get more complicated.

Getting error on map when I hit RETURN

Invalid LEFT value at X_2

Map is not updating after that. Help! :-P

 The game has been rushed to the ICU... it has lost a lot of posts, but it is stable now...

The bleeding has not stopped.  ("The bleeding will continue until morale improves ...")

 Someone please roll a heal check! Also I need 12cc of O2 stat. And BP is dropping or something like that. I think its auto-immune.

All I know is it's never Lupus.

 It's either Guillon-Barré or Kawasaki. Or both.

Hmm.... *dry handwashes* so does this mean we can keep yo-yoing under/over 10K posts for the magnificent reward for that that 10K post?  I heard from a friend of a neighbour's cousin's girlfriend that it was like new level or artifac...

*eyes Hamble's grief with the Eye*

...

How bout them local sport team?

Me thinks thou hast gone too far.. :)

Done for tonight.  Posting schedule has been updated in the GM Announcement thread.

See y'all again tomorrow.

Och, well, I'm sorry laddie, bu' I'm givin' 'er all she's gawt.  She cannae take much more.

Seriously, though... try lowering the pitch an octave or two.  That might help.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:46, Mon 28 July 2014.

I need a like button for this.

Rejoice! Thaur is a site 'at automatically translates sassenach intae Scottish! Which is much better than th' usual plan ay skitin' a lot.

http://www.whoohoo.co.uk/scottish-translator.asp
This message was last edited by the player at 16:44, Mon 28 July 2014.

Och mah god.   Ah dunnae kinn hoo Ah hae lived withit thes fur sae lang.

Tae whit in th' warld is thes warld comin'? destruction ay th' moral fabric!

'at will come in reit handy.

Oy vay.

First player who is NOT Valan to see this -- roll 3d20s and record each die.

Why? Explanation in a private line below.

Yay! Dice! And I think my dice mojo needs recharged.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:21, Mon 28 July 2014.

Ugh, the dice function succeeded, then not the post. Sorry about that. Posting currently

No problem.  I'm done for tonight, but your thread will be up first tomorrow.

 I might have a need for the reverse translator...
 I just noticed there's a Cockney Rhyming Slang translator next to it; that's what my next character will be speaking.

What horror have I unleashed?

Ah ken, reit? it's loch a train wreck: ye dornt want tae swatch, but ye cannae help but swatch. it's fascinatin' an' horrifyin' aw at ance.

QUESTION:

If one were crazy enough to want to try to read all of the in-character threads to catch up on what has already happened in the game, what is the recommended reading order?

ANSWER:

You're insane.  But if you want to do that, use the list below.  It has been put together to account for PC cross-overs and to try to show how events in one thread led to developments in others.  Because of the number of cross-overs and intertwining of NPCs/events, there is a lot of back-and-forth.

1.  Tara's and Jochim's (PC retired by his last player) thread through Message No. 532.

2.  Veiled Tangles (player withdrawn) Part I through Message No. 360.

3.  Mobley's first thread through Message No. 288.

4.  the thread that compiles the posts for Richard (withdrawn) and Aladar (PC retired)

5.  Then Iminye's first thread through Message No. 174.

6.  Tara's and Jochim's thread, Message Nos. 537-604.

7.  Mobley's first thread, Message Nos. 289 - 322.

8.  Tara's and Jochim's thread, Message Nos. 605 - 745.

9.  Iminye's first thread, Message Nos. 175 - 272.

10.  Mobley's first thread, Message Nos. 323 - 375.

11.  Tara's and Jochim's (and for much of it, Mobley's and Jonathan's) thread, Message Nos. 746-983.

12.  Mobley's first thread, Message Nos. 380 - 461.

13.  Then Iminye's first thread, Message Nos. 273-310.

14. Morgana's (player withdrawn) thread, Message Nos. 1 - 78.

15.  Veiled, Part I, Message Nos. 361 - 871.

16.  Iminye's first thread Message Nos. 311 - 335.

17.  Mobley's first thread, Message Nos. 462 - 524.

18.  Iminye's first thread, Message Nos. 336 - 422.

19.  Mobley's first thread, Message Nos. 525 - 617

20.  Tara's solo thread, Message Nos. 1 - 370.

21.  Mobley's first thread, Message Nos. 618 - 690

22.  Tara's solo thread, Message Nos. 372 - 434.

23.  Iminye's first thread Message Nos. 425 - 471

24.  Jonathan's solo thread, Message Nos. 1 - 235

25.  Iminye's first thread Message Nos. 472 - 537

26.  Jonathan's solo thread, Message Nos. 236 - 315

27.  Donato's thread, Message Nos. 1 - 356.

28.  Konrad's and Garflin's thread, Message Nos. 1 - 30.

29.  Amira's thread, Message Nos. 100 - 557.

30.  Iminye's thread, Message Nos. 538 - 675.

31.  Mobley's, Hamble's, Dagobert's, Maren's and Petra's, thread, Message Nos. 1 - 670.

32.  Tandro's thread, Message Nos. 1 - 423.

33.  Morgana's thread, Message Nos. 79-251.

34.  Jonathan and Tara, Message Nos. 316 - 506.

35.  Donato's and Kellendil's thread, Message Nos. 360 - 774.

36.  Iminye's thread, Message Nos. 676 - 973.

37. Valan's thread, Message Nos. 1 - 118 (with the first appearance of Gabhran.

38. Morgana's thread, Message Nos. 252 - end (includes the first appearances of Kheldar and Elliot).

39.  Amira's thread, Message Nos. 558 - 590.

40.  Mobley's, et al.'s, first thread, Message Nos. 671 - 967.

41.  Mobley's, et al.'s, second thread Message Nos. 1 - 98.

42.  Jonathan and Tara, Message Nos. 507 - 726.

43.  Iminye's second thread, Message Nos. 1 - 272.

44.  Jonathan's thread, Message Nos. 727 - 816.

45.  Tandro, Aeroc, Josep and Charan,  Message Nos. 424 - 698.

46.  Charan, Josep and Aeroc after the scene in the restaurant, Message Nos. 1 - 89 (note this compiles content from three separate threads into one).

47.   Iminye's second thread, Message Nos. 274 - 388.

48.  Konrad's, Liss's, Anansi's and Garflin's thread, Message Nos. 32 - 281.

49.  Tandro's, et al.'s, thread,  Message Nos. 699 - 761.

50.  Amira's, Tristan's, and Euron's thread, Message Nos. 591 - 671.

51.  Donato's thread, Message Nos. 775 - 969.

52.  Jonathan's and Tara's thread,  Message Nos. 817 - 972 and their second thread, Message Nos. 1-37.

53.  Veiled, Part I through Message #871 to end and Part II, Message No. 1 to end.

54.  Mobley's, et al.'s, thread Message Nos. 99 - 242.

55.  Luke's, Bell's and Kubrik's thread Message Nos. 1 - 233.




And to become current:

Stories set in the West (Sutton/Wyndham/Darilei/A'nari Keep area):

1.  Tandro's, Charan's and Josep's thread,  Message Nos. 762 - end

2.  Aeroc's thread, Message Nos. 135 - end

3.  Kheldar's thread, Message Nos. 1 - end

3.  Donato's, Kellendil's, Elijah's and Murtagh's thread, Message Nos. 1 - end

4.  Konrad's, Garflin's, Liss's and Anansi's thread, Message Nos. 282 - end

5.  Elliot's thread, Message Nos. 1 - end

6.  Jonathan and Tara, Message Nos. 38 - end


Stories set in the east (Chade, East Redding, Sa'iph or off the map to the southeast Neridi isles):

1.  Valan's thread, Message Nos. 118 - end

2.  Amira's, Tristan's and Euron's thread, Message Nos. 672 - end

3.  Mobley's, Hamble's, Petra's, Dagobert's and Maren's thread Message Nos. 242 - end

4.  Luke's, Bell's and Kubrik's thread Message Nos. 234 - end

5.  Iminye's second thread, Message Nos. 389 - end

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<i>Edited to update links to archived messages on Dropbox.
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ach!

 Lady, you are the insane one... I'm dumbstruck by the effort you put into this. What is the next step? Hardback edition?

Oh good lord, no.

In cleaning up extraneous threads (where PC A splits off briefly from PC B and C, and then B and C go their own way for a bit), I copied the text from those shorter, separate threads over to the "main thread" (or, for the Charan/Josep/Aeroc post-restaurant bit, turned one [Charan's] into a main thread to compile all three) and then deleted the shorter ones.  As part of the process of figuring out where things fit, I had to take note of things like, "time-wise, this happened first, and then that happened later, so the insertion point has to be somewhere in here."  Which led to a lot of note-taking, and eventually ballooned into the master list.

At some poin in the near future, the older threads (the ones on the second page, marked "CLOSED" with their last posts in 2013) will be archived completely to .pdf and saved to Dropbox before deletion here.  Going forward, I think I'll probably wait 4-6 months after a thread closes to archive it off -- as I can see it most useful for reference for the players until the new thread in their storyline has moved on quite a bit from those last events.

chalk up another court of appeal visit on the exp.  Hope all goes well.

In reply to Hamble Setzhammer (msg # 136):

Court of appeal?

Yes indeedy, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which hears appears from the federal trial courts in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.  My case involves a dispute regarding prohibited party-in-interest transactions involving an ERISA pension plan.  Exciting stuff, let me tell you.

I'm skeptical about the prospects of settlement, but the court mediator wants to try.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ4yd2W50No

Hee.

Well, that didn't take long.

Good news?

In reply to Murtagh Fhaolain (msg # 141):

I think she's talking about the Yoda reference.

Actually, I was talking about the mediation.  Things go quickly when the other side says "We offer nothing.  And will never offer anything."  So, we get our briefing schedule and I start working on a brief that discuss the legislative history of the Moving Ahead for Progress Act for the 21st Century.

I think I'm going to need more than one or two vodka-and-tonics in the coming weeks.

Sigh, never fails.  Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.  Made me 'homesick' for the days of Chris Claremont's X-Men.

Well, just run it through the translator and then selectively dial it back some.  I actually quite enjoy it, but I can see it becoming a bit much.

No problem, I'll see what I can do.

Done for tonight, all.  Definitely up tomorrow:

Konrad, et al.
Iminye
Jonathan/Tara

Giving Luke a chance to post in his thread before responding to Bell.

I'll confess, part of me wants to start a new game with a comic focus (though sustained comedy/farce is HARD) in which everyone uses one of those translators.

Maybe I'll use one of them for any orcs in this game.  <G>

It would only make sense for Murtagh to slowly adapt his speech so that his traveling buddies get at least part of what he's saying ;)
Apparently that's what I do every time I'm with family.

On an other topic, will Aeroc be turning to the dark side? I can't watch...

In reply to GM (msg # 132):

Wow.

I mean...wow.

I'm getting flashbacks to how my own Eastern Kentucky accent was forcefully beaten down when I went to college, just so my classmates and professors could understand me.



Many years ago my spouse told me that he knew when my father was on the other end of a phone call just by hearing how my accent crept back in while talking to him.



Well, I'm trying.  But it's entirely up to him how he wants to go with this -- maybe he'll just pretend to enjoy murdering a bunch of children, having his arms and legs chopped off and blowing up planets, only to redeem himself at the last minute by saving his whiny son.

Oh most definitely.  I can tell when my wife is thinking of her mother or grandmother by the change in accent.  Funniest look when I call it.

  It is your destiny! Join me, and together, we can rule the galaxy as weird woman from a fallen house and half-shal from an other fallen house!

Well, Tandro is a higher level PC than you.  And Charan's player (who is also Hamble's player) delights in figuring out how to work the rules to make even a low-level PC AMAZING in something -- for him, it's this funky thing called Versatile Performance, which is a standard Pathfinder thing for bards (so he didn't exactly have to look far and wide for this one).  It has an ... ummm ... interesting effect in making a bard, typically second best at everything, pretty damned good at some things at very low levels.

Part of me wants to make him actually perform to take advantage of it, because I love the idea of Charan having to sing something while he's sensing motive on someone -- and having Ellinden So magically seal his mouth when she wants to lie to him.  (Not that she would ever lie to you guys, or fail to tell you something important ...)

So how does a GM counter a PC with such a high sense motive?  NPCs don't lie.  Or they say things they believe.  Or they are told lies by someone else off-screen that they don't know are untrue.  Or they are themselves maxed out on their bluff, or have magical defenses or use spells to cloud his mind, or they don't bother trying to do anything other than beat Charan into a bloody pulp because https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi-RaaG-yx4 -- "Enough talk!".

All similar to how a GM addresses a PC with a ridiculously high AC, or ridiculously high attack bonus/damage.

As for PC v PC use of the social skills ... well, that's a hot topic for debate.  (Most recent episodes of Happy Jack's RPG podcast, in fact!)  Everyone should feel free to contribute their thoughts on that, and we'll see how long it takes things to dissolve into bitter recrimination and tears.


Here, Tandro offered himself up for a Sense Motive roll because the sight of Raisa's handwriting was a huge surprise for his PC and he rolled his own bluff just to see whether his PC would be able to hold it together.  Damned dice roller gave him a 3.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:38, Thu 31 July 2014.

Now I feel like I have to up my game to compete.

To the books!

This is why I said I would never let you and Hamble run characters in the same thread.  Charan's player is Hamble's player as well.

Yup!

And now I must surpass him!

Usuall, when I'm running NPCs, I put them into two categories: Flunkys and Bosses. Flunkys lie half the time, but believe it to be true and Bosses know the difference. Isn't there a spell called Undetectable Lie in 3.5? If not then you could just say they have a reversed Discern Lie with an item or spell. Finally, fudge. If you don't want the information to come out at this time, then don't let it. The NPC in question could always avoid to answer, just watch any political show to see this in action.

Edit: The spell is glibness and it has a Pathfinder update.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:14, Thu 31 July 2014.

Funny thing is, I'm sure Charan/Hamble could build me a few MAD boss NPCs.

How're we defining 'mad'?

Multiple attribute dependency?

In reply to Tara Fabbri (msg # 161):

That was my first thought too, but in context it seems to indicate 'frightening beyond belief'.

Hopefully that's better...

The latter.

For me.  Mwahahahaha!

Or Tara will grapple the hell of 'em!

I meant the toned-down accent.  :P

Oh.  Yes.  I knew that.  Ahem.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

 If Josep ever feel like others PCs are sensing his motive too hard, he'll just drop a couple of fireballs on the table. Mutually assured destruction and all.
 "Don't look at me funny or I'll kill us both!"

Hee hee.
Wow, is my ego stroked today!  Thank you all, thank you all :)
I have no end of respect for the DM's delightful antogonists wiser to so frame than saying 'antagonistic DM... characters' *inno*.

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Charan was drafted up just to be a good little toady to Tandro's story, and to be able to assist in his game style, but without simply being "Tandro at -4(5?6?) levels" and thus combining the worst of being useless against the Lvl 12 encounters and being an inferior copy character.  You're not going to match a PC that far ahead of you, and you don't want to be the lodestone, with stealth on intrusion, or breaking character on subterfuge, and worst roll riding the day... it's a tough situation.

Chuckle.  I actually did RP that with Charan finding the social rhythms/patterns from his musical assessments of patterns and crowds – that’s the way I read Versatile Performance’s RP-reasons for the mechanical benefits.

Versatile Performance's really more of a skillpoint-saving feature, but there's a few ways to make it shine, and achieve what you want in flavour to be different from the Master Spy that is Tandro.  I have to say, it was a nice option, and once I read it, really streamlined how I saw things potentially unfolding for both build and development of Charan.

Charan has to do so much with magic than Tandro can accomplish effortlessly with a simple skill check, any time, and with better and longer-lasting effect.  For short periods, however, Charan can step up and help Tandro in his story, and that was exactly the goal.

I must also admit it was fun trying to make a weaponless bard be a good bodyguard (succeeded in protecting Tandro in social situation, failed horribly in protecting self tho - tsk), and the challenge of different PCs can be a riot.  Really, those type of "ooo, hmm" queries really make you take second looks at classes, or trying different feat combinations.

The little puzzles, trying to be creative in keeping 1) in spirit, and 2) in mechanical, while achieving 3) need... Rubix Cube flashbacks.  Nooooooo!

Hamble's had some time of difficulty trying to assist Mobley's party (feel I've let that down, but man - 3K cap!  Oi vey!  Still trying, lads and lasses!)  Cursed DM concerned with petty issues like “potential game balance” :p


Overall, I think the GM's simply being overly nice - but I love that too :)

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Exactly.  I would be hard-pressed to think of many times when I've used skills during PC:PC interaction without a consensual story-telling angle.

Hee hee.  No!  Not the comfy chair!  Anything but that!
Sadly Charan lacks his mutual annihilation defence… give me time.  Lots, and lots of time.
*handwashes evilly*

I suppose he could sing some Achy Breaky Heart if you’re really mean to him, maybe?

So what would qualify for a mad boss? Something built under PC rules, or would the monster manual be fair game?

Depends how dirty you want to be.
Under PC rules makes it even worse... moo.ha.ha.

So what kind of monsters would you like, oh mighty GM? >:D

And then Maren realized that villagers take fiery orbs of death seriously and not in an amusing way like she does >_>

Okay, I got to a grand total of one in-character thread tonight.  I'm sure you're all happy to know I am caught up (I think!) on PMs, and have finished cleaning out old threads.  (If anyone wants me to identify where the archived material for your character's old threads can be located just let me know.)

I'm off work tomorrow, so should be able to catch up for everyone.  Please see the Posting Schedule for this week -- I'll be on the road traveling to/from Tennessee for several days in the coming week, for a "take the kids to see the grandparents" trip so posting will be spotty.

 5482 posts !

 Wow, are you trying to make the campaign fit in his old swimsuit from high school?

In reply to Josep Gavinho (msg # 176):

Well it is the last month to hit the beach.

Well I guess that depends on where the beach is located...

Is he double Intimidated now?

Actually, he's panicked.  But, being tied up, he's not able to run.

    A bear there was
    a bear, a bear
    all black and brown
    and covered with hair

    Oh come they said
    oh come to the fair
    the fair? said he
    but I'm a bear
    all black and brown
    and covered in hair!

    And down the road
    from here to there
    from here, to there
    three boys, a goat
    and a dancing bear
    they danced and spun
    all the way to the fair!

    Oh, sweet she was
    and pure and fair
    the maid with honey
    in her hair, her hair
    the maid with honey
    in her hair

    The bear smelled the scent
    on the summer air
    the bear, the bear
    all black and brown
    and covered with hair
    he smelled the scent
    on the summer air
    he sniffed and roared
    and smelled it there
    honey on the summer air

    Oh I'm a maid
    and I'm pure and fair
    I'll never dance
    with a hairy bear
    a bear, a bear
    I'll never dance
    with a hairy bear

    The bear, the bear
    lifted her high
    into the air
    the bear, the bear

    I called for a knight
    but you're a bear
    a bear, a bear
    all black and brown
    and covered in hair

    She kicked and wailed
    the maid so fair
    but he licked the honey
    from her hair
    her hair, her hair
    he licked the honey
    from her hair

    Then she sighed and squealed
    and kicked the air
    she sang: my bear so fair
    and off they went
    the bear, the bear
    and the maiden fair

Makes me wonder where the honey was. ;)

In her hair... though that doesn't necessarily limit it to her head... she might have hairy arms.  >.>

In reply to Murtagh Fhaolain (msg # 183):

It was the last stanza that made me question where the honey was.

Well, obviously...

    Then she sighed and squealed
    and kicked the air


EDIT - I felt this merited adding:  Have you never seen girl (young or old) getting licked on the face by a puppy?  Sighing and squealing and kicking the air are all possibilities.  Licking the hair on her head might well spill over onto her face.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:42, Thu 07 Aug 2014.

 Donato/Dagobert/Josep are off to Japan. Well they're not, but I am.

 Don't expect to hear anything from me for the next 23 days.

 I'll be back September 1st, have fun until then and please don't kill my people ;)

Sayōnara! Tanoshinde kite ne!

In reply to Donato de Casa-Branca (msg # 186):

We expect pictures

And snowglobes.

Or at least Pochi.

Checking in from Tennessee.  My laptop is about to die -- battery is at 2% and the warning of battery low is on.  Power cord is frayed and won't charge, so I've been nursing it along until I can find an Apple store in Knoxville to replace it.  Hope y'all are doing well.

"welcome to Tennessee, the patron state of shooting stuff"

Tennesseeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

Cool.  I plan to make a day-trip to TN in a couple of weeks myself to meet up with a friend.

I have never been to TN. I have visions of hill people with bad teeth, oversized shoes and big overalls.

I know...I know. But that's what's in my head. I hope the reality is much more appealing.

Every time I think of the south, I'm haunted by the sound of banjos and scenes from Deliverance & Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

The closest I have ever come is Missoouri...and it was EXACTLY like that...minus the banjos.

Well I grew up in Eastern Kentucky in coal - mining country.  My father worked in the mines and had his back broken in them. (Cue Loretta Lynn...)  Oak Ridge, Tennessee is a different world from that.

We're about to load the kids and dog up shortly for the drive back to Pennsylvania.  I will be back online tomorrow and will respond to all threads then.  Thanks again for everyone's patience.

NNNOOOO! I must have resolution!!

jk have a safe trip.

Nice Map

A quick review of the Dice Roller logger shows that the Dice Roller was feeling generous on July 30th (when it gave a flurry of good rolls on d20, including a 20 for Charan, a 19 for Valan (rolled by the GM), 16 for Tandro, and various rolls of 10 and up for Tristan).  For a brief moment on August 2nd, it was in a passably good mood (an 11 for Euron, a 12 for Valan, and a 16 for Amira).  But the rolls around that bubble on August 2nd have been:

1, 2, 8, 6, 5, 9, 5, 7, 1, 4, 2, 5, 4, 3, 9, 3, and 3.

It appears unhappy about something.  'Fess up, who pissed it off?

**pointing at Tara Fabbri**  :)

In reply to GM (msg # 200):

Someone needs to sacrifice a chicken to satiate its hunger!
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Here are my last eight d20 rolls from another PF game I'm in:  6,6,4,8,1,9,7,2

I confess. I called her a biotch. I will take the customary 40 lashes.

Sometimes... the diceroller makes me wish we lived in 40k universe. You could just burn some incense, chant some lyrics for hours, and than smack the thing over the head, and voila, it works.

Although, doing the same thing to turn on the lights everytime you came home might wear a little thin.

And than there is the possibility of it or you getting possessed by something...

On second thought, does anyone know the number of some good IT guy that can hack and fix the damn thing?

Forgot to comment on this ...



You're mad, mad I tell you!!!

So ... how do you manage running for 12 players?  More specifically, for 12 kids aged 7-11???  Is every combat just a mad brawl?  I picture them being like those tiny tikes teams that come out between periods at the Flyers hockeys game, all circled around the puck and moving back and forth across the ice as a single consolidated mass.

Yes, welcome to the political intrigue plot-line.

The image is so strong.

*cough*31*cough*

Yabbut that's 31 characters, asynchronously through play-by-post.  He's talking about twelve players, at the same tabletop.  All under the age of 12.

He's insane!

Oh I missed the tabletop aspect.
Hitting over six is brutal enough!

Mad, mad, mad I say!!!

Any player who is NOT in Mobley's group, please roll a d100.

60 or less -- the Eye of Hamal sleeps on, and the crowd gathered in Obber's Mill doesn't get to see a show involving fiery death.

61 - 75 -- the Eye will rumble a little bit, but nothing terrible will happen.

76 - 90 -- the Eye expresses some downright grumpiness ...

91 - 100 -- holy shit, where did those Sa'iph Shal come from?

16:34, Today: Iminye Shal Tamasi rolled 97 using 1d100 with rolls of 97.

What would you expect from a Noble Shal....

Bwahahahaha!!!  <wiping tears of laughter off my face>

Now is when the dice roller decides to roll high.

I'm sorry -Mobley/Hamble/Dagobert/Petra/Maren.

Now I GOT to start reading your thread to see the outcome of all this.

Apparently, the Dice Roller still hates me.

I must admit, I laughed at the end result. Then I laughed harder when I saw what was actually rolled/who rolled it.

Yeah, as Iminye's own post indicates, it's all the more amusing because she is the one who came up with that 97.

Well we all know that everyone will be watching their post to see the end results...

Hmm, I think I'm starting to give the impression that Murtagh is a drunkard... He's really not (well, maybe occasionally)... just remember:  you've only got a small sample group by which to judge him so far!

Well, we'll have to see whether Elijah is stone cold sober or tipsy when you go out hunting.

Any player who is not Jonathan or Tara -- please roll a d100.  The reasons will explained in a private line below.

In reply to GM (msg # 223):

Okie dokie lokie.


Damn ya'll are lucky.
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*praying intensely*

If Iminye had rolled it, I'm sure it would have been 99.

I tried my hardest to push the evil juju into it! ;_;

*shakes fist at Pathfinder*


*works out how to do something specific, using complicated methods devised over the course of weeks*
Pathfinder: "Oh, heres a spell for that. Level 1, too!"
Me: "... Goddamnit."

Does this world have cardboard?

Because for 6000 gp I can make a cardboard box that allows you to make stealth rolls without concealment. And you'd be able to walk around at half speed too!

Anyone who is NOT a player in Mobley's thread, please roll a d100.  The party is in possession of a powerful artifact, the Eye of Hamal, that is trying to control an NPC and use him as a way to wreak its vengeance upon any Shal from Sa'iph.  It has been nursing this grudge for CENTURIES.  They are traveling through a geographic area that could lead them to encounter a number of such Shal, as those Shal are trying to hunt down former PC Veiled Tangles.  The roll is to determine whether that encounter occurs (thus motivating the artifact to get really insistent about using its meat-puppet to interfere with the Shal), or whether they get to their destination without any trouble.

Explanation of the roll results is given in the private line below, visible only to those players who are NOT in the thread.  Depending on the result of this first roll, I may ask for some additional random encounter rolls.

So hey.. Could my party borrow that Eye?

In reply to Bell Oleander (msg # 231):

I think Luke is the only one of you with any hope of being able to use it -- by becoming another meat-puppet.

I need another random roll from anyone who is NOT Jonathan or Tara.  They are trying to track down info about a target.  Either he'll show up where Tara is, he'll show up where Jonathan is, or he won't be at either location right at this moment.

1d6.  For this one, if the players are reading the OOC thread, I'll make the "random encounter" chart public:

1-2:  Tara
3-4:  Jonathan
5-6:  Neither

10:45, Thu 21 Aug 2014: Bell Oleander rolled 5 using 1d6 ((5)).

Dang. Do we at least have cardboard?

No.

Seriously. Wynnder's not allowed to use a bow anymore. I don't think she hit once >.o

Argh!  Stupid RPOL gremlins ate my last post.  Why couldn't they have eaten my bad rolls in the dice roller while they were at it...

In reply to Murtagh Fhaolain (msg # 236):

Murtagh, it was probably me. . .

;)

I've been rolling her rolls in "secret".  Really, they've been pathetic.

At least in this instance, it's clear that the NPCs had nothing to do with your overcoming the encounter.

Anyone not in Mobley's party:  Roll a d100.

Thank's to Bell's prior roll, Mobley's party has not run directly into a group of Shal whose presence might have led to the artifact Mobley is carrying, the Eye of Hamal, causing a crap-load of trouble.  This roll will determine whether they make it to Tivaris without any further troubles.

In reply to GM (msg # 239):

Why do I only roll well for other people? Literally, that is the best possible roll. Even better than 'nothing happens'.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:21, Mon 25 Aug 2014.

Thanks, Bell.

I'm done for tonight, folks.  Iminye, Garflin et al., Tandra/Charan, and Mobley, et al. -- you will get posts tomorrow, definitely.  Murtagh and Bell -- will wait to give your fellow PCs a chance to post.

If Kubrik vanishes, does that mean I can start establishing my undead army?

Oh, sure.  You can start with Kubrik.

New computer is here and ready.  I will be installing the GPU when it arrives later this week.

Apologies all, but no posting tonight -- busy evening sorting out school supplies and preparing backpack for first day of school tomorrow, on top of the second session of a Pathfinder campaign with the kids.  (The ten-year-old is the meat-shield fighter who uses a war-axe and roleplayed his first session Saturday night as a down-on-his-luck fellow who had to pawn his shirt and shoes ... because the boy was sitting at the table shirtless and shoeless.  The almost-twelve-year-old is an elven wizard who can't decide if she likes being called "squishy.")
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:18, Tue 26 Aug 2014.

In reply to GM (msg # 245):

If she's worried about being squished, you can help her roll up a Synthesist Summoner. Properly done, they're unstoppable murder machines. Plus, you get to look really cool while you're burninating the countryside.

She's 12. She's not really worried about being squished, she's worried about being called squishy by her brother, who happens to be playing the big strong, greataxe wielding fighter.  He, in turn, is unsure about whether he likes being called "big, dumb, fighter" or "meat-shield".  So it works both ways.  I hope to use this as a table etiquette teaching moment.

You know I rarely check the OOC: and I'm glad I did tonight...sibling rivalry is just awesome. :)

Absolutely priceless.

Yeah, good luck with that one.

Did I mention the seal?  I think I forgot to mention that the meat-shield has a seal that accompanies him.  Why?  Because the Boy has a life-size harp seal toy.  (This was a tough "yes, and ..." for the GM [Tandro] to accept).  He wanted it to be a magical seal that could talk to everyone, but we told him that Boris the Axe is the only one who can understand the seal.  The Girl, of course, promptly chimed in, "... and the rest of us think you're just crazy."

You said it.  Hee hee.

Woot!  Good job, Elijah!  Keep the pressure up... we got him reeling now... we can dew eet!

Wow, so excited about seven measly points of damage. I guess that from the blood loss due to the bear's claws.

I don't think I've lost that much blood... I just want you to feel like you're doing well... besides, that's 7 more points than I did on my last turn.  If I can't break free then it's all on you.

Maybe you'll do more damage to the second dire bear when it shows up.

Does a malicious dice roller boost the CR of an encounter?

In reply to Bell Oleander (msg # 256):

No.

A malicious GM, however ...

Done for tonight.  Will catch up tomorrow.  Getting back into the schedule for the kids in school is taking me a bit.

If you have a malicious GM you might as well hang it up.  I mean, forget the fact that they have every monster, deity, and trap in every book to throw at you (and anything homebrew they want to throw on top of that)... they can just make you roll Fort saves vs. heart attack until you fail...

I forgot to add last night --

There are a number of you waiting for responses to PMs.  I haven't forgotten you, I just haven't gotten around to them yet.

In reply to GM (msg # 255):

Um, the bees are in the what now?

Okay, I think I've hit all the PM threads at least -- if I've over-looked someone, please post another message to the PM thread in question so that it will be bumped to the top of my list.

Done for tonight.  Aeroc, you're up first tomorrow, and then Garflin's group definitely.

I need more hands!

Next level, I get a tentacle!

In reply to GM (msg # 263):

bats her eyes... .

Anyone not in Garflin's group:  roll a d100.  1-50 and an opponent who is approaching Garflin's group will run rather than come around that corner of a hallway to confront them.  51 - 100 and he has no common sense and will come out charging out like an idiot (or at least try, since Liss is sorta blocking the way).

08:49, Fri 29 Aug 2014: Bell Oleander rolled 59 using 1d100 ((59)).

Yay! I think the bad mojo is finally starting to spread!

To the NPCs at least -- maybe this one was dropped on his head as a baby one too many times.

See I'm not the only one roll like that to make it interesting to read the outcome. :)

Done.

By the way, can I request from our beloved GM for non-female combat opponents... it makes it hard to brag or feel happy after you...y'know...defeated them...with unarmed attacks...

*sigh*

If anyone needs me I'll be at the corner of depression...

There are monk weapons if you feel guilty about unleashing your Ecchidō on helpless women.

Vacation for the next few days.  Liss' posting may become erratic or missing entirely if connectivity is lacking.

 I'm back ! (and incidentally, Donato, Dagobert and Josep as well)

 Japan was amazing, I am seriously considering a longer journey there.

 I'll take some time to catch up on the threads and will try and post by tomorrow.

We're back from our long holiday weekend and I am working my way through PMs before turning to IC threads.

Finished for tonight.  Will hit the other threads tomorrow.

Thank you so much for the posting today.  I hope you and the family had a great Labor Day holiday.

Oh, this is getting interesting.

And I am so sad that "Victory or Valhalla" is off the table for warcries. It's all in the alliteration!

OH yes it is getting VERY INTERESTING.  I guess I might get a chance to meet you finally.

"Victory or Visaiyain!" just doesn't have the same oomph.
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Victory

Over in Jonathan's and Tara's thread, they're trying to put together a scheme to draw out a believed-to-be-BBEG.  Tara has made a successful roll (with expenditure of a Hero Point) to establish that she has a contact within some Middle Redding horse clans.

I need a random roll by someone who is NOT either Jonathan or Tara to determine whether that contact is actually nearby (as s/he could be somewhere else), and some other stuff.  Results of roll to be explained in private line below.

13:55, Today: Bell Oleander rolled 41 using 1d100 with rolls of 41.

I need to start letting other people roll these dice. Can I spend a hero point to try again? I really wanted that single digit one.

In reply to Iminye Shal Tamasi (msg # 281):

It does have a "I will accept no alternatives" tone to it, doesn't it?

The only acceptable battle cry is the sound the first victim makes as he is vanquished.

In reply to Bell Oleander (msg # 283):

Nasty .. just nasty if you did get in that single digit.

I hope I did the map moving right.

Yep.  All is good.  We'll count that as Iminye going quadruple speed or some such, turning on the jet pack.

Up to the other PCs whether they want to try to hit you while you fly by.  (By which, I mean Bell, as Luke is otherwise occupied and I don't think Kubrik, in his grand monkliness, has a range weapon.

In reply to Iminye Shal Tamasi (msg # 287):

Psst, Tara -- this means the roll result was a good one for you and Jonathan.

In reply to GM (msg # 289):

***blushing***

I feel so honored to be always on your mind even when you are talking to someone else. :)

Ain't dead yet!  Somehow!

You better not.. I have plans with you.

We've got nobles to kill.

I like the part where you said Nobles.... how true.  I have a few I need your assistance with.

I can pay.. :)

In services for the greater good.

Once you choose to start killing, child, we'll drag you further down the path until you look just like us.

Really?  Cause you look like a wide-eyed, wee, bonnie lass to me...

We don't look that harmful.  That's our trick.

Mine too!

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So, uh, welcome back Luke? Thanks, Dice Roller, I missed you too.

OOC:
21:12, Today: Luke Harrington rolled 41 using 4d6+26 with rolls of 6,3,1,5. Crit Damage.
21:12, Today: Luke Harrington rolled 33 using 1d20+13 with rolls of 20. Confirm crit.
21:11, Today: Luke Harrington rolled 32 using 1d20+13 with rolls of 19. Power Attack against Ampelio.

If Ampelio's still alive, Luke gets an attack of opportunity if he tries to stand.

There's nothing he can't cut!

I just noticed something on the Map.

I was thinking that I was at q22, didn't see that there was a Q22.  Had to move the map some to see that part.

Should I edit my post, seeing that I must of had a Huge Burst of Speed to get that far across the field.

How high up is Imy by the way?

Nah, just leave it.  Fly as if it is a run, and say something to Ettore -- it's all good as long as you don't have to ascend/descend much in order to be able to talk to Ettore without having to shout (as you said you wanted only him and Nario to hear you).

So Bell, I would say that's ... 30 feet up.

Shal nobles, right?  Not johnny-come-lately human "technically" part of the nobility?
Course not them.  Psh.

Oooh can we start another quote hole? 3:D

I've always called them quote pyramids.

I'm sorry, but in this game, they are quote ziggurats.

Quote Ziggurat indeed! We've beat one already.

Immie! The Internet ate your character's picture. What do you look like? Standard robe wearing pointy eared freak? ;)

I don't know what you're talking about -- she has a picture!