I figured a new campaign deserves a new OOC thread, so here you go!
A new game thread will be posted this week!

In reply to DM Hedgeknight (msg # 1):

Thank you!

Excellent!

1st post is up!

Awesome news Gary, my first post is up!

Waterdeep? That's FR! I thought this was Greyhawk! Did you mean sail to Greyhawk?

In reply to Teodor (msg # 6):

LOL, you are so right,  brain fart on my end

So in general the ship shares break would (cargo hauling and officer duties)
1 Ship (For crew payment and repairs)
2 Cos
3 Teodor
4 Malachai
5 Strotdrik

anything adventuring-wise, city and dungeon diving is adventure shares,  and dividing up items to benefit the characters that make the most sense.  But all that is totally flexible, not set in stone.

If there are better ways of doing things always open to it.

Excellent! Still waiting on Strot I guess.

Reasonable enough to me.

https://www.reddit.com/media?u...b61426a1268bacda6f9e

For any that may need,  here's a decent map of greyhawk.  Gradsul is near the bottom left and the city of grayhawk is close to the center of the map.  This will help give an idea of the general route.

that's handy! Thanks Cos

What is the current year in this Greyhawk?

In reply to Teodor (msg # 13):

First post, 579 ;)

In reply to DM Hedgeknight (msg # 14):

Sorry, thanks! Having a senior moment, at least it was an easy one for you! ;-)

Hey fellers - I'll be offline this weekend; back on Monday.

Enjoy it boss

Pickelballing this weekend

Hmmm. This is interesting; hadn't thought of this before with 1st edition, but it makes sense. Thoughts from the group?

I'm good either way, I forgot to roll this time. :(

figured having a crew with some quirks and personalities would make for time on the ship more lively.

Have a nice Thanksgiving Gary? Hope so, I pigged on seafood!

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving!
This message was last edited by the player at 13:42, Sat 25 Nov 2023.

Happy Thanksgiving,

In reply to Cos Pendar (msg # 23):

How's it going Cos? Pig out? Teodor/John here!

I used to, but nowadays I only eat a modest amount and have a lot fewer issues.

would have posted earlier, but was busy working on putting up Christmas lights for the past 4/5 days.  I'll post up a video when I get a chance.

Cos/Kevin

In reply to Cos Pendar (msg # 25):

No kids, haven't done Christmas in decades.

my favorite time of year.

Christmas is the best time of the year

Hey fellers > back in town and back in the saddle. Glad to hear everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. We spent time in VA and TN with family before returning to NC. Didn't overeat, but definitely didn't starve :)

I'll be checking the in-game posts and responding soon.

https://ih1.redbubble.net/imag...d,600x600,f8f8f8.jpg


lol

In reply to Cos Pendar (msg # 30):

SWEET!

In reply to Cos Pendar (msg # 30):

I have a shirt with that saying :)

no shit.  love it

it'll need to see about getting me one

blow the effer up
This message was last edited by the player at 01:20, Wed 29 Nov 2023.

I've done that on MANY occasions! Back blast can be fun!

Hey fellers > haven't forgotten about you; just been bogged down with a lot of shit the past week or so. Also working on a map of Gryrax; taking me longer than expected.

np, on my end,  plenty busy with the holiday season

I'm good, it's Christmas time. no worries on my end.

Have a merry one, folks!
I'll be offline today.

Same to you boss.

sorry for the delay in responses, been on vac and ended up getting sick. may be a day or two more depending on how I'm feeling

I've been sick for a bit over a week, it sucks! Sinus' and chest!

I've been sick for the past three days :(
And I'll be out of town and unplugged for the rest of today (Sunday) and Monday.
Happy New Year! Here's to feeling better in 2024!

feel better and stay safe boss. happy new year

Happy New Year, may it be a better one than 2023.  got the sinus crude for 5 days now

I've had it for 2 weeks. Drying out finally. Mouth tastes like I ate a shyte sandwich, food has no flavor and tongue feels like I was licking razor blades! :-P Yukkk!

is Cos paying us?

In reply to Teodor (msg # 46):

Yes, I think so. Not sure if he has established that with you yet ;)

No, he hasn't, I only have 9gp, not sure if I can afford a night with Judy! ;-)

Looks like we lost Strotdrick, hasn't posted since before Christmas.

In reply to Teodor (msg # 49):

I think so too. I sent him a PM a few days ago and have not heard back.

Going to advertise? NPC him until we find a new player? Want one of us to take him over until a new player joins?

I'll NPC him for a little bit and then let him go.
I normally don't advertise for players; the main reason is I am very picky about who I let into a game and to open it up to the universe...well, that can be interesting to say the least. :)

In reply to DM Hedgeknight (msg # 52):

I understand, you don't want flakes joining. Got another recruit in mind, as that leaves two plus you?

I’m back. I’m sorry for being gone. I’m setting an alarm now to make sure I check the game at least every other day. Or has to much happened and I need to let the character go away?
This message was last edited by the player at 17:15, Sat 13 Jan.

Wow, thank goodness! You're still okay, POST!

about dam time

Yep, has some gold coins.  was going hand them out as soon as he meets up with the group

I had to go check a through a few posts to find it.

Made 120 gold for the Cargo haul, 59 Gold for Crew members, leaving 40 gold to be split 5 ways to be 8 GP for each of the officers.  Not a tremendous amount, but it's a start.

Awesome > everyone make sure you put the 8 gold on your sheets.
That includes any items you have or acquire. If it's not on your sheet, you don't have it.

I tore it down the post before Malachai! ;-) Wow, this game has been going a VERY long time!

It had a 10-year run with the initial campaign. I certainly didn't expect it to go that long, but it was a helluva lot of fun!
Great players helped it along ;)

Yeap, it was a fun run for sure, hopping that we can recapture some general flavor of that once more, enjoyed how everyone contributed and how well that Hedgeknight was able to weave things together.

Hey Hedge, how much is the bounty on Cos head, maybe he might turn himself in for the reward.   LOL     NOT

Just an FYI, Cos will hang around for any conversation or questions, but seeing that he is currently a marked man, best to not draw any undue attention.

No amount specified...but it's probably a lot :)

Was a drawing/picture of him on the wanted poster, or was it just a description?

Not even a description; just a name.

Nothing to worry about then Cos!

What the heck happened to Strotdrik?

"shrug"
He posted a week ago...

just told Strotdrik, he needs to be posting at least 2 to 3 times a week.

Currently doing the Marti Gras thing this weekend.  "Let the good times roll"

Not even that, but at least check in every day or every other day to see whether you DO need to post. C'mon man.


Ah, it is that time of year isn't it? Have fun, dude!

My roommate is from New Orleans, he was born in Gretna, on the south side, left bank. Crawfish, crab legs, shrimp, yummy!

Had fun in Nawlins,  Food was good as always.  Caught some beads.    Good times.   though being older, didn't stay out as late.

Oh I miss the days when I was young. Last 2 trips, 1994 went to Toronto, Canada with my wife on our honeymoon, and 1993 took my fiancé and my mother to Memphis to see a museum display, and Graceland. My late mother loved to listen to Elvis! Haven't traveled since. Oops, I went to a convention with a friend to Cancun around 2001, almost forgot that! When I was a kid, and in the Army, I traveled all the time! Really miss that .29 cent a gallon gasoline! Ethyl gas, yeah, those were the days!

Having issues on my end. My roommates computer and phone and everything keeps blinking, my computer guy said kill it all, it is electrical and everything is on the same circuit I think. Have to kill the breaker and everything and get an electrician, might have a fire. NPC if needed.

be safe out there

No worries man. Don't burn your house down ;)

All good, we hope. ;-)

New group post coming on Monday!
Have a good weekend.

Can you see my stats dm?

No, I can't. When I go to "The Cast" tab, your character name is not accessible. I see no sheet or anything.

Strotdirk if you need any help let me know, I'll do what I can to help

I’ll get with cos tomorrow morning and get it sorted

i think i got it updated correctly let me know if i messed up anywhere.

In reply to Strotdrik Sunshield (msg # 85):

I can view your character sheet, but your character does not have a description.

This message was deleted by the player at 15:07, Thu 29 Feb.

Believe it’s fixed now

good news.

Yes it is > thanks!

Oh, and for initiative, you simply roll 1d6 with no modifiers, per 1E rules.

Learned something new, had always thought that high Dex provide an extra bit on initiative.

1d6 it is, with no mod going forward.

In other editions, high DEX can give you an initiative bonus.
I just haven't said anything about it. Figured, we'd start fresh :)

all good on my end.    totally fine with the fresh start  d6 it is
This message was last edited by the player at 21:41, Sat 02 Mar.

Malachai   you need to roll a d20 to hit.   d4 to hit, ROFL

I pointed that out in IC.

Apologies for being offline for a few days.
Group post coming later tonight/tomorrow morning.

And now that I've read the combat thread, it doesn't appear I need to be in a hurry :)

Does hold person work on giants since they’re humanoid?

I think it does, but it will be Gary's call!
This message was last edited by the player at 17:29, Mon 18 Mar.

Interesting...never had that question before...but no, it will not affect creatures larger than an ogre (according to the PHB).
Good question.

I can't believe the damage 34 out of a possible 36! I'm going to be rolling 1's forever from here on out in revenge of the die roller!

The Die Roller has not been kind to me as a DM in quite awhile.
I'm expecting to do some deadly damage here soon...heh.

Wow, in all of my years of playing, I think that is by far the best multiple dice roll I've witnessed.  Teodor the Giant Slayer

Holding off on posting for a bit, wanted to give Malachai an opportunity to post.

He's probably off looting bodies.   LOL
This message was last edited by the player at 20:06, Fri 22 Mar.

No just repairing PCs at the hospital :)

Got a good laugh out of this

love it!!

That Dwarf is my kind of adventurer! :-D

Happy Easter to All

Happy Late Easter, April Fools Day too! ;-)

Howdy fellers!
By my tally, you have racked up 12,000 posts in this here game thingy! 12,000!!
DM Hedge told me to tell ya, everyone receives 1,200 experience points...whatever the hell that means.
Now, where's me pipe?

I had planned on running over to the man to heal him after the fight but is that moment long past now? Or I wouldn’t have been able to reach him in time?

It's past; you were in melee with the giant and wouldn't have known about it until it was too late.

Greetings one and all, new/old (or is it old/new?) player here! For anyone with a long memory I was an original player in this game as Revendyl, an elf who is no longer with us.

Glad to be bringing more pointy-eared-ness to this game!

Revendyl,    wow that was a while ago.      Good to know that you're still around.    Welcome back.

Wow, this game is at least 12 years old! What level are you? Hell in that time, you should be gods by now! ;-)

Not as high as I could have been ("I coulda been a contender...")! Didn't last any further than Scant on the first expedition due to lack of attention, but have been on RPol all this time - this and one other game (Nemrac) are the only ones I played to have lasted the test of time. How I wish I'd stayed the course.

Good to see you still swinging, Cos! Whatever happened to Ned, saw he was still here up until two years ago?

And I'm in another game with another Roak the Quick. Teodor and I share more than a few games!

Think Ned's player is having health issues.  He was fun to game with.

Still play in Nemrac, but took a break from that one for a bit.

Ned/Mike is a good guy and has had some rather serious health issues; reluctantly bowed out of this chapter before it got started. :(

Roak the Quick...I can't remember who created that character originally, but they left the game and I kept the character on as an NPC. The Mines of Nemrac sounds familiar...hell, I might have been in that one too at one time.

I have 3 characters playing in 3 'games' in Nemrac with Jeff. That one has been going a very long time too. Looks like 17 years, 2007.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:14, Fri 05 Apr.

Is Teodor grabbing the light stone from the dead giant?

BTW...I started a new thread, but don't post there yet. I'm going to "clean up" the main Gryrax thread and move posts from it into the Draw thread. Should have started a new thread when you entered the Draw, but forgot. DM maintenance folks! The struggle is real. :)

In reply to DM Hedgeknight (msg # 121):

Yes, or I can't see. Got to mostly conceal it.

Explanation on merging and deleting posts:
As much as I want to be...I am not very well organized...especially when I game online. So, I have posts spread out all over the damn place. It was difficult going back and forth during the first campaign arc and I promised myself I wouldn't do that with this second arc. But, I didn't create a separate thread for the Draw and realized it was all under the single Gryrax thread. So...I've been doing some maintenance today; it's not perfect, but at least all of the posts for The Draw battles are in one thread.
Is that clear or did I just muddy the water? :)

Muddy Waters was one hell of a blues man! ;-)

I assume we're now posting again?

You must have missed my promotion to level 10 as well... tsk tsk.

So I need more languages... how many? I suck at creation lol

Damn, posted in the wrong thread!

Base languages for an Elf character: Elf, Common, Halfling, Gnome, Orc, Goblin, Hobgoblin, Gnoll.

+1 language for each point of INT over 15.

Yeah, completely overlooked that. You'll get there, eventually...maybe :)

Get to be under the path of the eclipse today.   Fun times

I'm old, couldn't care less about an eclipse.

Lots of apocalyptic conspiracies about it from nut jobs galore! I'll be in the garage, drinking beer and getting my albums ready for my pop up show tomorrow night at a local brewery. Good times!

Got a good view of the last one back in 1999 here in the UK and the world didn't end then, can't imagine it'll end now either.

In reply to DM Hedgeknight (msg # 133):

What kind of show you put on Gary?

I'm part of a vinyl record club here in town and we meet one Tuesday night a month at a local brewery. They let us take over the music for the evening and we just sit around, drink beer, and shoot the shit for about three hours. It's a great evening.
And our club leader organizes a record show twice a year at the same brewery with 20 vendors, food trucks, DJ's etc. It's a fun day.
So, tomorrow night, I'm bringing a few boxes of albums to sell and I'm hoping for a few folks to show up :)

I used to have a huge vinyl collection back in the day. Sold it all cheap to friend who was a vinyl connoisseur, who has since passed.

That is so cool! My brother and I got into music before we even hit our teens, but he then went on to be a journalist who also covered the local music scene (and all of Scotland) so he amassed a huge collection of vinyl and then CDs. Still has most of it. I concentrated on gaming instead! But we both like a beer, and local breweries are great.

I have Tera Bytes of music in digital on my computer. A HUGE collection. Thousands of albums covering everything pretty much 1920's to 1990's. Doo Wop, Heavy Metal, Classic Rock, Classic Country, Classical, Folk, R&B, Motown, Classic Blues, Jazz, Big Band & Swing, a lot of it quite rare!

wow, we need to compare, would love to add some more swing, got several tb as well.


FYI: Cos is not a big fan of being captured. Hope you have a few more spells at your disposal.

Would you say there’s enough bodies around to animate dead and let me raise six undead to fight with us? His alignment is neutral good. Considering the situation we’re in and all the dead bodies with the battle that happened would be more concerned about his companions surviving and would do what would be necessary to help.  If I can, I can raise up to six

Are you allowed? You probably can't cast evil spells, or is that just 3.x edition?

As per the 1E PHB: -

"The act of animating dead is not basically a good one, and it must be used with careful consideration and good reason by clerics of good alignment."

So it's probably a last resort, which you could (IMO) argue plausibly in this case.

no doubt, i wasn't sure

I would say this is the last resort. Because there are 20+ goblins that we have to either fight or get away from. Unless there’s another fireball, which I believe you’re out of spells, we’ll be pretty screwed. So this is more or less the last resort because being captured by goblins is not good and if it doesn’t happen, we’ll most likely lose. There’s a bunch of dead bodies, still lying around from the big battle. So it’s not digging up the dead and raising them. It’s a matter of necessity spell. That would be my justification for using it, and my alignment is neutral good
This message was last edited by the player at 13:48, Thu 11 Apr.

Hmmm, where's Gary? Hope he had a nice weekend.

I'm here > apologies for not getting a post in today; the trip was a good one and I've been scrambling all day to catch up with various things around the house.

So, I have initiative rolls of 6 for both Cos and Teodor.
Neither Malachai or Strotdrik have rolled yet.
I have Cos trying to do several things, Teodor casting a spell, Malachai holding his position, and Strotdrik casting a spell.
Anything else?

nope, think that is about the sum of it

Teodor would you happen to have a sleep spell?

In reply to Cos Pendar (msg # 150):

Not memorized ;)

Why wouldn’t I have casted that raise the dead spell as soon as the fight started? And we didn’t even get to roll initiative before the fight began. I I checked on Monday to see if you responded to the OOC for my question “ was there enough bodies around to raise the dead for 6 bodies” But you hadn’t so I figured I’d check tomorrow night.(tonight now) Then when I checked, all hell was breaking loose before my question was answered which is why I hadn’t put up an action or rule initiative.21:54, Today: Strotdrik Sunshield rolled 1 using 1d6. –Also, how would we have not seen a group of 20+ goblins in the forest or heard them? Three of us have infrared vision so I would think at least one of us would spot them, especially with the scouts on in front specifically looking for ambush. Also 21:56, Today: Strotdrik Sunshield rolled 13 using 1d20.  Spell save. I get a +4 for 18 wisdom so it’s a 17
This message was last edited by the player at 04:18, Wed 17 Apr.

In reply to Strotdrik Sunshield (msg # 152):

Here is what I posted in the Draw thread LAST Thursday, April 11:



No reply from you.

Before any action, especially when you are facing foes, you have to roll initiative. I asked for that roll twice; heard nothing from you or Malachai. You said you were going to cast animate dead. That's what I had planned for you to do. Here is my message from Monday, April 15:



Again, no response from you. So, I rolled Initiative for the Goblins and Hobgoblins. My rule in these situations is if you do not roll Initiative for your character, then you automatically act at the end of the round. I'm not going to roll Initiative for players; especially not when I have NPC's to roll for.

You asked:

Good question. Thanks to Teodor's light stone, you didn't see them because it fucked up your infravision.
As for Cos and Mal, Mal heard them and came back to report to you. Goblins and Hobgoblins have infravision too. In fact, they probably see in the dark better than you guys. So they hid themselves as best they could and I rolled to see whether any of you spotted them. And you didn't. So, you were ambushed.

Even with all of this, your character is a tank. He never got hit by the barrage of arrows and bolts. So, I had him beginning his spell at the end of the round:

But then the leader, who's initiative was 4, tossed a thunderstone near Strot and Teodor, thus, effectively ending the round for them.

Appreciate the response and explanation. I was very confused about the order. That cleared up a lot. I asked earlier on the 10th of April about
I was waiting for a response from you if there were enough bodies around to where this spell would be effective. This would be my first move if I could raise 6 otherwise it would be hold person. Just miscommunication. I should’ve put my intentions in the earlier statement, had a follow up, and should’ve rolled initiative regardless. And did a 17 not save To where I can still cast a spell this round?
This message was last edited by the player at 16:27, Wed 17 Apr.

Apologies for not answering your question. The answer would depend on where you are. If at the edge of the battlefield (or on it) there are plenty of bodies. Where you are right now, probably not.

As to whether you were able to get a spell off, the answer is no, since you were interrupted in your spell-casting by the blast of the thunderstone...
But...now that I think about that; the thunderstone was thrown on segment #4 and you didn't really start casting your spell until the end of the round, segment #6.
So, yes, go ahead and cast your spell. I'll wait on your actions at the end of round 1 before posting round 2.

Btw, and this goes for everyone, go ahead and roll for initiative and state your actions for round 2.
Malachai is bleeding and unconscious :)

What about the card/creature?

Card creature,  look menacing and take a few swipes at the gob and hob gobs.

dammit lol

Hey fellers - I haven't forgotten you. The last couple of days have been batshit crazy and today is my wife's birthday, so I won't be able to post before Sunday/Monday. Have a good one!

What?!!!! Come on Gary, excuses, excuses, excuses! ;-) Have a good one bud!

Happy birthday to the wife

Been on the road all this week won’t make it home till late Sunday night

Safe travels. We've had a great day; spent a couple of hours at the beach, late lunch at the tiki bar, some shopping, setting out flowers, birthday cake, and now sitting here listening to a book on CD while it storms outside. Our 23 yr-old son is napping in the chair. Yep, great day.

Besides, I needed to get my thoughts about how to kill off the rest of you...erm...I mean, how my gobbos are gonna respond to your latest actions. :)

Besides, I need to create a decent battle map...

12,000 posts!

Again!
After I moved and deleted a few we are back at 12,000. Very cool.

Happy birthday to your wife!

yup happy bday to the boss' wife.

Happy birthday to the wife! We were just at a 50th yesterday for a close friend, had a great time and only mildly hungover today, which was nice.

And please don't kill everyone before I get in the game! :)
This message was last edited by the player at 22:13, Sun 21 Apr.

He's doing his best to do that! It does not look good. I just hope the meteor works and blows the leader up and their morale fails!

I'm just a lowly DM who's trying to get his players to rescue the captives before they are eaten. :)
Somehow, the Goblins and Hobgoblins are not cooperating!!

And many thanks for the birthday wishes > my little wifey had a great day.

I turn 63 next Wednesday. ;-)

Nice!
I'll be 62 in December.

My body pain makes me feel 80 or 90!

43 here.

Bahh...  Doc told me I had the knees of a 60 year old when I was 40.  I'll be kicking through that 60 door this coming January.

57 in September!

25 in August

OMG! A baby!

nope, a young buck at this point.   Proudly serving in the military.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:11, Wed 24 Apr.

Most excellent, though I served 8 years myself, I would not do it today. Politically correct, woke is BS! The military is for killing the enemy and breaking his stuff! Not to wear dresses and make-up!

Yea there is some BS you gotta deal with occasionally like that but in the CSO community, (Goose from top gun) there’s not much political correct stuff you gotta deal with. Pretty happy with my job.

I'm glad, when a certain person gets replaced in Jan. it will get better.

In reply to Teodor (msg # 180):
In reply to Teodor (msg # 182):

Just a note > this game has ran for over a decade without political or religious comments. Let's not start now.


My brother-in-law's nephew is a CSO and is currently stationed in Italy...I think. He's doing reconnaissance missions at 30,000 feet looking for sub activity. Appreciate your service, young man!

;-) yup, agreed. Just sad to see what happened to my Army.

One of my friends used to do the high-level reconnaissance stuff for the RAF, but higher in the sky. He's not retired yet (from active duty, yes), same age as me! Another friend served 22 years in the military police, but you can't win 'em all.

Thanks to all that serve, both retired and active.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:16, Fri 26 Apr.

Hear! Hear!

Will give Teodor another night to post; group post coming Monday morning.

Sorry, wasn't aware you were waiting on me, my bad, apologies!

In reply to Teodor (msg # 188):

No worries man, it's all good.

update for Strodirk, he is having to do some training over the next few weeks so his access and ability will be limited.  We can put him in auto pilot mode.

have him attack this round to help deal with the remaining goblins and hobgoblins.

I can roll for him if needed just let me know
This message was last edited by the player at 14:57, Wed 01 May.

I’ll can post at night till next Tuesday, then I’ll be gone for a week and a half. Going into scenarios a field exercises on 8th and won’t be back till May 18th

In reply to Cos Pendar (msg # 190):

Sounds like a good idea. If you will NPC him, that would help me.



No worries man, we'll take care of Strot for you :)

Trap tripper and bait? ;-)

Shhh...he'll never know :)

"Did I die a hero's death?"

"Uhhh....suuure...."

Working on the group post this morning fellers; apologies for the delay.
Hope everyone has a great weekend.

You're fine buddy, we're all good.

Spells picked.

Strot will take as much healing as he can, figuring the group will need it. He will also gladly take point, seeing as he has a solid AC.

Thanks man. Beautiful day in the neighborhood here in Wilmington. Cool after last nights brutal thunderstorm. Must have hailed somewhere close by. Hoping to see the northern lights tonight! Can't believe that is even possible this far south.

Carolina? Or Delaware? I assume Carolina.

Yes, North Carolina. Near the beach.

Nice!