This is the second thread for this topic.

We we're getting close to reaching the posting limit for the old OOC thread. Please start posting here. Thanks!
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:30, Sat 21 Sept 2019.

I'm reminded of Lydia, the tattooed lady.

I keep saying I am going to try out those bucklers, but never do it in the gameplay thread.....

To not clog up our game thread, @Artifex Maralen is there for the interrogation, she's just being quiet and observing - she doesn't want to interrupt and possibly mess things up.

In reply to Alton Chasmyr (msg # 4):

I don't mind OOC in the game thread, in fact that's where I prefer it if it especially pertains to something in the game. The act of you trying them on would involve the rest of the party seeing you do it, so... there you go.

Sorry for my delays, I’ll be back this weekend.

In reply to Tandon Hahpet (msg # 7):

No worries! Real life comes first.

Apologies to my players. I have a very busy weekend, so I'll be way off my usual updating schedule. Thank you for understanding.
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:49, Thu 17 Oct 2019.

No worries, thank you for the heads-up :)

Not a problem

I just wanted to share a post from another thread, and thank everyone for keeping this game room up and running.



Thanks Boddynock, it's been wonderful to have my GM's and players help me keep this game room up and running. The credit goes to everyone here!

Awesome

I've put out a call for more GM's and players; something I try to do every six months to bring in new games and fresh fodder.

I've also updated my "Chronicler’s Game Information" thread. Some of the changes I made are:

1) When speaking, please use a different color for your speech. OOC color is Orange, and I reserve the colors Red, BOLD, and DarkGreen.

2) Please include the effects of spells and special abilities that affect your character at the bottom of your post in OOC so that I can easily find and remember them. Please update this information every time you post.

3) I do use psionics in my game. (I've changed my mind on this one, and will allow psionics.

4) Please roll all skill checks at once. If you think a skill check might come into play, roll it. I'd rather have the skill check rolled in advance than have to wait for it to be rolled. This also applies to rolling attacks and damage. Roll the damage with every attack even if you think it may not hit.

These are all the changes I've made to my game information at this time. If you have any questions, PM me.

Thanks!

This is a FYI for both player's and GM's alike. It seems that every time I give a group of players some downtime I get dead silence in the posting. I feel this comes from lack of knowledge in regards to what can be done during downtime.

If you don't know what you can do during downtime, here are some ideas.

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This comes from Ruslan at http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?513004-My-list-of-downtime-activities. I modified it a bit to fit my game.

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Please subtract your upkeep costs for this downtime period. See the "Variant: Upkeep" sidebar on pg. 130 of the 3.5 DMG.

All income and expenses specified below are on top of that.

Please note that some choices require feedback from me.

1. Take up non-adventuring work.
- You find work as a craftsman, bodyguard, teacher, performer, temple acolyte or whatever non-adventuring work is applicable for your character.
- You earn 10 gp x (your level) during the downtime period.
- You may choose this option twice (burning the candle at both ends!), to earn twice as much

2. Learn a new skill, tool or language.
- Specify which skill/tool/language you want to become proficient in.
- Most skills/tools/languages take more than one downtime period to learn. Be prepared to spend several periods on this.
- It also may cost money to find a tutor.
- You may choose this option twice, to accelerate the learning.

3. Reunion
- Reconnect with people from your background (your partners in crime, your former military buddies, members of your noble house, etc).
- They may have useful advice or information for you.
- You may also choose to have them shelter you for free (no need to spend the 10 gp mentioned above)

4. Spell research (wizard only)
- Choose a Wizard spell of any level you could cast, and add it to your spellbook.
- This research costs 50 gp per spell level, half of that if a spell is from your school of specialization.

5. Find magical or exotic items to purchase
- Describe what kind of items you'd like to find for sale, and how much money you're willing to invest.
- The DM will have something for you, although maybe not exactly what you were looking for.

6. Research
- Go to the library or gather rumors in a local pub.
- You may have a specific question(s) in mind, of just general search for information.
- The DM will have some interesting information for you.

7. Carouse
- For a while, you engage in a hedonistic lifestyle, throwing lavish parties and getting drunk.
- This costs at least 20 gp, although you may choose to spend more.
- Lots of interesting things can happen! And probably will!

8. Make a new contact
- Choose the kind of VIP you'd like to be introduced to (eg. town's mayor, the leader of the thieves' guild, etc).
- Costs at least 10 gp, may cost more, depending on the importance of the person

9. Spread rumors
- You may spread rumors about yourself (to glorify yourself, or even establish a false identity) or about someone/something else.

10. Scribe a scroll (spellcaster only)
- Scribe one of the spells you know onto a scroll.
- A spell may be cast from a scroll once, effectively increasing your number of spell slots.
- A scroll is a one-use item.
- It costs 50 gp per spell level to scribe a scroll, half of that if you’re a Wizard and the spell is from your school of specialization

11. Practice your combat skills, or meditate and pray for good fortune
- You gain Inspiration at the start of the next adventure.

12. Recuperate
- If you suffer from any debilitating illness, long-term effects of poison, etc., you become cured at the end of downtime.

13. Brew potions or poisons (Proficiency with Alchemist Supplies, Herbalism Kit or Poisoner Kit required)
- Describe the effect of the potion or poison, the DM will have the money and time requirements for you.

14. Craft (proficiency with appropriate tools required)
- You may attempt to craft a suit of armor, a carriage, a boat, etc.
- Expensive items may have to be crafted over several downtime periods.
- Some gold for raw materials will have to be expended.

As you can see, there are many things that one can do during this time. The ROLEPLAY here can be a lot of fun, and this event shouldn't just be a list of what a character is going to do, but a roleplay experience that can be just as eventful as any other part of the game. GM's should be prepared to run short adventures with the hooks the characters present in what they want to do during downtime.

It would be a shame to see this part of the game just limited to a list of what a character does during this time, and not fully roleplayed.

That's my two coppers. Nuff said.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:37, Wed 30 Oct 2019.

Simon has lots of plans for his downtime; just need more money and XPs to pull it off.

I seem to have lost the character/player most recently added to the group.  I'm recruiting for the sixth character in "Rise of the Runelords", if anyone is interested.

In reply to Artifex (msg # 19):

I would like to play in this if you're ok with that.

I am ok with that, as long as all in the game are aware that one of the players has DM level access.

I'll check with the rest of the group, regarding DM-level access.

God-Modding shenanigans!

Jokes aside I'm fine with it, I think we're still kinda planning in circles, so if you want to attempt to steer the boat (so to speak) I'm all for it

Yes, Oktar is having trouble hand waving to his partners ....

Thanks! Just let me know.

This situation is a first for me, and an unusual situation. I'm trying to research it, and I would like help figuring this one out.

Two players sandwiched 3 kobolds between them. The party went first, and killed one kobold. On their round, 2 kobolds remain in unthreatened squares.

They both flee past a player which will give the player AoO. Even if they tried to withdraw the player would get the AoO since they still had to pass through a threatened square. Instead of withdrawing, the kobolds chose to attack, and simply move after they missed.

Ok, so we establish that the player gets an attack of opportunity against both of them, but is this even possible since his crossbow is now empty.  He shot and missed, then it was the kobolds turn.

I see it as you can take an AoO on the kobolds as long as the player uses the crossbow like a club, or if he has quickdraw, he'd be allowed a weapon change and then get both AoO's.

But, if he does not have the quickdraw feat, he'd be allowed, as I stated, to swing the crossbow (at the risk of damaging it, though) like a club.

Is my way of thinking, right, and if not, can someone point me to the RAW documentation that explains what to do in this situation?

Thanks!
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:04, Wed 20 Nov 2019.

This is correct, according to my understanding of the rules, although I would apply penalties for using an improvised weapon.  Also, unless the character has a feat that permits more than one AoO per round, that character would get only one attack.

Also, I don't believe that Quick Draw allows drawing a weapon as an immediate action, and the character would also need to drop the crossbow as an immediate action, resulting in two immediate actions that round, which is usually a no-no, but could work cinematically.

This does not make sense. If they started in unthreatened squares, then they could not attack the players until they moved which if they did, then they could not move again after their attack.

Wow.  I missed that.  Good catch.  Still, if all three were sandwiched (possibly flanked?) between party members and only one was killed, what was happening on the other side of the group of kobolds, where there should have still been a character?

In reply to Mergim (msg # 28):

They threw spears. I should have mentioned that. There were no other players behind the character the kobolds moved past. The other players are nowhere in this area, just the two I mentioned. There wasn't a flank because there's a 5' space between these remaining kobolds after the players did their actions, and killed the rear kobold.


Player
5' square
Kobold
kobold
5' square
Player

The kobolds threw spears. The kobolds who were in unthreatened squares, then moved past the last player in the order above in which they moved through a square next to that player provoking the AoO by both fleeing kobolds.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:53, Wed 20 Nov 2019.

In reply to Artifex (msg # 27):

I believe you're correct. Only one AoO as you described. Penalties too on using the crossbow improvised sounds right too. Scratch quick draw. I agree about that also.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:51, Wed 20 Nov 2019.

Assuming that they start adjacent.


Quickdraw is a free action. Free actions can only be taken on your turn, so no on switching weapons.

Using the crossbow as an improvised weapon is really a DMs call. If you do allow it it would certainly be at -4 penalty for improvised weapon. It would do 1d4 damage and I would consider the crossbow to be Fragile. There would also be a special consideration if it was loaded.

In reply to Mergim (msg # 32):

Good copy. I agree.

Well it's turkey day, and soon the house will be filled with laughter, the smells of good cooking, the Macy's Day Parade, and the football game. If you're one of us who are celebrating this holiday, Happy Thanksgiving!

If you're not, well, I still hope you have a fantastic day!
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:15, Thu 28 Nov 2019.

& safe and warm

We're recruiting for Rise of the Runelords (Pathfinder) again!  We've lost a player, but the character lives on (or maybe not, if you have a good idea for a different character and a way to work that character into the current plot)!

And it looks like we're full again, in the Rise of the Runelords thread.

It's like playing whack-a-mole!  We're up!  We're down!  We're up again!

Once again, I'm recruiting for a spot in Rise of the Runelords.  This time, we'll be looking for a new 2nd-level Pathfinder character.

PM me and let me know if you're interested.

I have a conference I have to go to this weekend Dec. 6, 2019 - Dec. 9, 2019 in Cincinnati. I am getting ready for the trip the next couple of days, so my posting may be erratic. During the meet, I will try my best to update my games, but it may be hit or miss. Thanks for understanding.
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:53, Wed 04 Dec 2019.

Thanks for the heads-up, have a great time at the conference :)

Not a problem

Just to avoid cluttering the Runelords thread with OOC posts did we level up or are we still first level? Want to make sure my sheets all correct.

Given that I was told to make a level 2 character, I'm guessing you leveled up.

It's looking like I forgot to mark that we leveled up, so looks like a whole lot of double checking to do. Yay.
This message was last updated by the player at 02:44, Wed 18 Dec 2019.

Level 2

We hit level 2 twice!

Yeah, sorry about that.  The fact that I mentioned it twice is yet another indication that finely-detailed note taking is not my forte in this environment, thus the level announcement versus actually keeping track of XP.

I'm not complaining, level 2 is where we're at and I need to make sure I note it properly for next time. On the plus side I'm pretty my sheet's up to date so hooray I didn't forget to level up!

Happy Holidays everyone!!

Happy Holidays y'all!

All the other days too.

Happy Holidays!



Chronicler
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:27, Mon 23 Dec 2019.

Parties, parties, and more parties to attend from now until the New Year. I'm not saying I won't update, but it may be erratic!

I hope you have a great time

In reply to Tandon Hahpet (msg # 54):

Thanks, and you too!

This might be a few months in coming, if I get the interest, but I'm checking now, what is the general interest for either:

A campaign starting in the city of Silver Moon;

or

a campaign set in the Eberron world setting?

Thank you , that is all, and stay safe if you've not already celebrated New Years.

Silvery Moon sounds teriffic :)

Might consider silvery moon

I would be interested in either silvery moon or Eberron

I don't know anything about either setting, so would be up for either

In reply to Breonna (msg # 60): same

Same

In reply to Oktar (msg # 61):



You have a link in your last post, by the sound of it, but clicking on it, takes me no where.

In reply to Applicant 2 (msg # 63):

I don’t think I intended a link. I just wrote “same”.

I know a lot more about Eberron, but either setting would interest me.

@Zaineb, thanks for your reactions to my character.  I apologize in advance if you drop dead of a heart attack.  I did ask before joining what to play.  So you had your chance ;)

No worries, it's just the characters. Let's hope Boddy doesn't run into anything that eats him before Zaineb can intervene... or wants to intervene ;)

I can already see it:

Boddy storms forth to talk to a Mindflayer and ask him about his tentacles.

Renli: "Boddy, no!" tries to catch up with the gnome.

Zaineb: Holds back Renli, "Wait, I want to see how this plays out..."

Mindflayer: *Screams* Holds his head in pain and flees.

right, I think I mentioned this, but I think it was just in PM, but in case I'm wrong....
To all those that answered the  questions:
[Olist][*]Febuary is the planned starting date.
[*]This will be my first attempt at DMing on RPOL, so expect glitches on the DM part, feel free to point them out if found.
[*]The DM is horribly and currently irreparably blind, so... see point two.  Whether I'll be using 3.5, Pathfinder, or the spheres of power supplement hasn't been decided, feel free to chime in, if you have a personal opinion.

I like Pathfinder best, of course, but 3.5 works well for me, too.

Never heard of Spheres of Power. What is it?

It's a variant rule system primarily for magic, but it has a few martial and gish classes as well as some prestige classes. It can be a little unwieldy but it's a massive amount of options. They were primarily designed for Pathinder but it shouldn't be hard to get them to fit 3.5.

And with that wordy ramble out of the way, Liliana and Maralen will be out for a bit while I recover from a fever. Woo!
This message was last edited by the player at 21:16, Tue 14 Jan 2020.

Hi all, I'm Sitha, those in Rise of the Runelords will encounter me soon.

Get better soon Maralen!

Welcome Sitha, looking forward to meeting you in game.

Greetings, and well met Sitha. Welcome to the game!

I looked over Spheres of Power on d20pfsrd.com and another site, then grabbed the PDF from drivethrurpg.com.  It looks intriguing.

Hello Sitha, look forward to meeting

Hey fellow Runelord players - where are we on the map and where are we going?

Post 10 has the map，we are at the red x.  Corlan still thinks it is best to make our way to the bridge.

Something came up, and I'm not going to be able to update today. I have a doctors appointment in another state, and it will take all day. I'll update tomorrow morning. Thanks for understanding.

Not a problem. Take care of yourself

Thanks for the heads up, get well soon :)

I almost forgot to post this note since its such an early hour. I have another doctors appointment in another state, and like the last one, it will take all day. Yes, I'm having some health issues, but it's nothing life threatening. I'll update tomorrow morning 2/12/2020. Thanks for understanding.

Thanks for the heads-up, take the time you need. :)

A selfish wish: Be/Get/Stay well, Chronicler.

Best wishes Chronicler

@Artifex, I got bogged down by a whole bunch of IRL stuff and without bogging down ROTR too much, since I'm not being mauled you can pass Maralen and I'll work out what she does next turn. Don't want to hold the game up.

Gotcha.  Thanks for letting me know.  Jump back in when you're ready.

I'm starting a new Starfinder game here, running the Dead Suns adventure path.  Please message me if you're interested in joining.  I'll be limiting the game to five (5) players, and using the standard character generation method in the Core Rulebook.

OK, it looks like the Starfinder thread filled up fairly quickly, although I'm still waiting for responses from two players who PM'ed me about joining.  If we can't connect in the next week, I'll open the game up for new players again, but for the time being, we're full.

We've got one spot still open in the Starfinder Dead Suns game, if any of you would like to join.

Since I'm now open to different rpg games being played here, I've decided to change the name of this game community to "An Online Roleplaying Game Community", unless someone has a better name idea that I might like.

Thanks!
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:56, Sat 07 Mar 2020.

I thought about it but the races, classes etc are a bit much for me to get a handle on....

I will keep looking though

Is Starfinder the Pathfinder version of Spelljammer?

Sort of. It's closer to PF2E than 1e but it's pretty easy to get the hang of.

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 91):

I like this name, "An Online Roleplaying Game Community" better, so I went with it.

Thanks!
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:16, Sat 07 Mar 2020.

OK, the Starinder Dead Suns game is full-up again.  If anyone here is still interested, please let me know and I'll put you on the waiting list.

Hi!

I'm new to this community, looking for interested players for a D&D 5e game.
It'll be your classic adventure-party-going-on-quests type game for four players.

If you're new to 5e, this might be a great introduction.

Characters will start at first level.

It's a homebrew setting. The town of Ember's Fell is the starting point, and the forested region surrounding it is filled with all manners of ruins, creatures and dangers to explore. To the north is a vast mountain range complete with a supposed Dragon no one has seen for a long time.

The following books are available for use:
PHB
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

PM me with your interest!

Wow!  Two new games within the last month!  It feels like things are really hopping here.

I've at least been given a warm welcome! 3/4 spots have interest, room for one more

I have a ton of stuff going on with doctors today, and I have to travel to another state to do so. This means I won't have time to update today, 3/11/2020. I will be able to catch up tomorrow morning, 3/12/2020. Thanks for understanding.

Thanks for the heads-up, I'll keep my fingers crossed all will go smoothly. Get well soon! :)

Good luck I hope you are well and get what you need

Not a problem

Thanks for all the well-wishes. I'm going through a bit of troubling times besides the troubling times due to the virus taking over the world. I was seriously injured several years ago, and the spinal damage is now disabling me to where I almost cannot walk.

I'm now in a normal wheelchair, waiting to get my new motorized wheelchair, and today they put a 71' foot ramp in at my home. I'm waiting to hear from the company that will install the electric lift that will carry my motorized wheelchair on my vehicle, and for the chair to be delivered.

I've many more appointments, MRI's, X-rays, and etc. I can't wait to get the motorized one because I live in a rustic, hilly location with a gravel road and driveway which makes it hard for me to get out and about.

I appreciate the patience you show when I need it.

Again, thanks for all the well wishes!
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:47, Thu 12 Mar 2020.

Thank you for GMing us amid despite inconvenience, pain, and uncertainty.

Your dedication and efforts are absolutely appreciated. I hope they do right by your medical needs.

Thanks for all your efforts, good luck with all the appointments.

Hmmm... now I can't help imagining a construction integrating your wheelchair in a quad, that sounds like the appropriate vehicle for a rustic, hilly location :D

And we thank you for your consistancy, keeping this community up and running :)

In reply to Zaineb (msg # 108):

riwl (rolling in wheelchair laughing), lol

I appreciate all your efforts, so am quite willing to be patient whilst you sort out your medical needs - which are obviously your priority.

Have you ever played Judge Dredd RPG ( the original)? In one of the scenarios there is an Eldster magazine called Wheelchair warriors, about souping up there wheelchairs with weapons. Just putting that out there...

In reply to Breonna (msg # 110):

No, I haven't seen that.

I don't know who I feel more sorry for, Boddynock or his new paramour.

Since we're getting people who are wanting to join, but don't see any games they'd like to play in, and GM's wanting to run an RPG game, and want to throw out their idea, I've created a new public notice called "Players Seeking Games and GM's Who Want to Run Games" thread.

If you want someone to run a particular RPG or if you want to run a certain RPG, and see if the ones wanting to find new games might be interested, post there in the new thread.

Thanks!
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:38, Fri 03 Apr 2020.

Hello this is Applicant 3, I'm mostly interested in playing 5e D&D, not use to other systems and editions I'm afraid. ;p

Not going to show our new applicant any love? Poor Form! J/K

Well met, Applicant 3.

Well hello and welcome :)

WELCOME

The gnome walks over.  "A new comer!  Hey everybody we have a fellow adventurer extraordinaire joining us!"  Boddynock starts the applause.

"What's your name?  Applicant?  What a weird name.  That's what that other guy said too.  Well, that just won't do.  We'll get you hooked up later."

"Let me show you around.  Up there are NOTICES.  They are pretty boring.  No excitement there.  Down below are some OOC.  That's where you are by the way.  A cool place to hang out and chat.  Make some friends.  Ask some questions.  But the real treasure are the Game Threads.  Unfortunately they are hidden.  So you can't see most of them.  That's where the bulk of those 26000 posts are hidden.  I would say its like a rare legendary magic item, but we haven't seen any of those."  The gnome taps his foot and looks at The Chronicler.

"Speaking of which, there's Artifax, The Chronicler and The Keeper.  They are like Gods.  That's a Big 'G'.  Even if you are a priest and worship a god.  They control your god.  I KNOW!  Blows the mind doesn't it.  I've met the first two.  Not sure if the third one exists, but I'll take it on faith, because they said so.  If you have any questions, just ask them."

"Then theres…"  The gnome takes a deep breath and rattles off the list without a pause.  "Able Nimblefingers,Alton Chasmyr,Arbella Elann,Arialis Moonrider,me,Breonna,Brock the Bold,Corlan,Felmin Pasdeloup,Garret,Greb,Gritner Tango,Hammerforge Delverdeep,John D'oh,Lan,Liliana,M.A.C.,Maralen,Nikt,Oktar,Renli,Sevens,
Simon Steelwalker,Sitha,Socket,Tandon Hahpet,Varlian,Victor and Zaineb."

"I haven't met most of them, but I'm sure they are great people.  Unless they are dead.  Then they aren't so great anymore.  Although some undead can be pretty tough, so don't say I said that, just in case."

"Anyway, sorry I cut this so short.  Catch me later when I have more time. WELCOME!"  The gnome gives a bow.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:34, Fri 03 Apr 2020.

Yeppers great people...
My gnome in a different game is Beagan WobbleCog (so you can’t meet him here)

"Woah, geez, thanks for welcoming me. And thank you gnome sir for showing me around and giving me some great advice." I say tipping my nonexistent hat.

"No problem.  I'm a wonderful person.  Just ask Zaineb!  She's the one that left me alone with a Mind Flayer.  But I know it's because deep down inside, she really loves me.  Can you teach me that trick with the fake hat?  That was really cool."  The gnome looked excited to learn something new.


(I have been forced to work from home due to the global epidemic.  I might be going a bit crazy, but at least I can channel it into Boddynock.  Please send your donations to the care of Zaineb, who has to deal with this in game.)

This isn't the same Applicant 3 that we had a couple of days ago who had been offering to run a game. That Applicant 3 left the gameroom. I re-use Applicant numbers frequently. Thanks!

Yep, definitely a completely new Applicant 3, definitely not the same person that decided to beg the Chronicler to come back. ;p

Welcome back!  Although, you all look the same to me.

Hello,

I'm new here, looking for 4 players for a pathfinder 1e game.
This game will start local and expand as time goes on. The level scale
of the world is lower, more like 10 rather then 20.

The setting is homebrew. The players are placed in a small mountain valley that
is partially isolated from the rest of the world. Famine along with a looming war between much larger factions puts the players in a difficult position.

Starting at level 1, Core Races, Core Classes, other classes on a case by case basis.

Do you need replies here or via PM?

In reply to Maralen (msg # 125):

You can reply with a PM.

Just a reminder that anyone can play in the The Netherworld Plane Campaign - Game Thread.

I intended it to be used not only for players to get into a game, but also as a place where players can socialize (chat) in-character. Non-adventuring characters can be created to bolster your adventuring characters by having the non-adventuring character craft items, or make money some other way. Here in this world you can run a store, run a guild, and etc.

I see this being like Pathfinder's Kingmaker except this will be more like Chronicler's Townmaker. So, make a character, and let me know what role you'd like to play. If you don't want to do anything but be a gambler in the inn, and take the other players money, go for it. Be a sleazy tramp for all I care, just be there!

I'd really like to see this get off the ground, and I know it can be pretty fun running an ad-lib/ad-hoc area, so as I said, make a character and let me see your creative side.
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:41, Wed 15 Apr 2020.

Is that what this is, okay, guess I'm making a character then.

In reply to Applicant 3 (msg # 128):

YAY!

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 127):

I'm getting a lot of questions in regards to my last post on getting players for the Netherworld Plane. Here is how I answered some of the players...

You can be or start anything you want. The rules are there aren't any as far as I know, lol. I'm developing the idea like the Pathfinder Kingmaker game, and will follow a similar structure. We'll make the rules as we go. Here's what I told a player who already has a character who's on an adventure in the Netherworld Plane game.

The character started in the Netherworld Plane, and hooked up with Victor to adventure in the Artifact game. This character isn't going to change what it's doing.

What you can do, if you want, is create another character that can support the adventuring character in some way, or it can be a character completely on it's own and not associated with the adventuring character at all. This character would be a towns-person, and you'd build it's life around the Wayfarer's Inn, and vicinity. The new character would be rooted to the Netherworld Plane and not be an adventurer. As a support character, it could be an acolyte trying to set up a shrine, or a temple to Pelor, or be a character that is related to the adventuring character that has their own shop, or stall. This character could be a brother or sister, aunt or uncle to the adventuring character or not related at all.

As a support character, the new character could give your adventuring character, your party members, and even other players in other games discounts on goods if it were a merchant or alchemist, or it could give them discounts on healing if you built a temple to Pelor with it, and etc.  Of course, the discounts would have to be reasonable; say 5% per every 4 levels of the buyer with a max. discount of 25% at 20th level.

This is my idea on how to start a game similar to Pathfinder's Kingmaker, but it would be Town-building instead. The possibilities on how you'd want to build your town character are many.

I really think this will be a neat thing to try. I hope you think so too.
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This message was last edited by the GM at 11:34, Mon 20 Apr 2020.

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Come one, come all...

The Netherworld Plane Campaign is getting busy!

I'm excited to see the interest in this game idea, and I'm looking forward to more players making a character for this game. Everyone is invited to join, and we'd like to have you do so.
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:45, Tue 21 Apr 2020.

Won't be able to make proper posts for my characters - Liliana, Maralen, Sevens - until late Tuesday, possibly Wednesday. Please bot if necessary.

In cased anyone missed this post in the "Players Seeking Games and GM's Who Want to Run Games" thread.



PM :   GM "The Keeper" if you are interested in this long running game.
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:47, Tue 12 May 2020.

Sorry guys for the silence the last few days, we'd been going through some storms here. Internets out as a result, however I have a shiney new Galaxy Tab S6 that connects me to the net good so I can keep up with things now. :)

5/18/2020 - I'll be in the back woods camping with the family most of the week. Internet can be iffy so if I don't update, then I can't get online. Able Nimblefingers can be NPC'd if need be.

Thanks for the heads-up - enjoy the time with the family :)

Had a bit of an issue to sort out but all my characters (Sevens, Maralen, Liliana) should be able to make posts tomorrow afternoon. If any of them need to be NPC'd for game flow I understand.

Hello all!  New applicant 2 here.

Do any games out there have room for a Psychic Warrior?

I wasn't particularly thinking about adding another character to my 1st edition Pathfinder game, but I dearly love Dreamscarred Press' psionics rules, and we lost our psion.  PM me, if you're interested in the Rise of the Runelords adventure path, and we can talk about how you might join in.

Hey everyone Tandon, Garret, Oktar, and Gritner Tango here I came home this week and it’s take. Me the whole week to get okay. I hope to post this weekend. Right now I’m just too serious to do so.

I hope you all are safe and healthy.

Take your time.  We're doing well at my place, and the games are ready for you when you're ready for them.

In reply to Gritner Tango (msg # 140):

Same as Artifex said. I got the rest of my life... lol

Hi there!!
New on the town and wanted to say hi. :D

Hi

Damn. Life just likes to get in the way. Reading ans posting.

I cant see the "Exploration of Rogahn and Zelligar's Stonghold" thread. Is it up already?

Yeah, it's up. I don't think the GM included you in the group

In reply to Baste Bringer (msg # 146):

I'm on it...

Thanks. =)

Just a FYI for those who participate in GenCon. GenCon 2020 will be online, and you can register for free (FREE BADGE) at https://www.gencon.com/online?...b577a78831-313217765

Gen Con Online is a new virtual convention experience featuring four days of remote gaming, streaming shows, your favorite exhibitors, and more — all from the safety of your devices and the comfort of your favorite quarantine sweatpants!

On July 6, they'll open up access to the Event Catalog so you can browse events and start planning out which ones you'd like to register for!

Chronicler
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:40, Tue 23 June 2020.

Posting has been slow in my games for several days, and with the national holiday here in the USA tomorrow, and that on a weekend, I'll probably not be posting much until Monday.

In reply to Artifex (msg # 151):

That goes for me as well. I tried to update this morning but real life stuff got in the way. I may get you all updated tomorrow, but just in case I don't, please understand I've a lot going on this holiday. Thanks for understanding.

Have fun both of you!! And the same for everybody!!

I have an opening in my Starfinder Dead Suns game, for anyone who might like to take over a ysoki mechanic with a drone.  I'm posting here before a more general announcement/listing about game openings.

I (Chronicler & Able Nimblefingers) will be involved in multiple games during GenCon 2020. My days will include 10 hours of gaming starting Thu, Jul 30, 2020 thru Mon, Aug 3, 2020 except for Thursday which will only be a 7 hour day. I guess you know that I won't be updating my games during these days, lol.

THURSDAY

RPG20185568 - PFS #2-15: Shades of Ice part 1: Written in Blood (levels 1-5) on Thursday, 1:00 PM CDT (5 hrs) Roll20 (1e Levels 1-5)

RPG20185736 - PFS Quest 3: Grehunde's Gorget (levels 1-4) on Thursday, 6:00 PM CDT (2 hrs) Fantasy Grounds (2e levels 1-4)

FRIDAY

RPG20185573 - PFS #2-17: Shades of Ice part 2: Exiles of Winter (levels 1-5) on Friday, 7:00 AM CDT (5 hrs) Roll20 (1e Levels 1-5)

RPG20184889 - PFS #2-01: Citadel of Corruption (levels 1-4) on Friday, 1:00 PM CDT (5 hrs) Fantasy Grounds (2e Levels 1-4)

SATURDAY

RPG20185578 - PFS #2-19: Shades of Ice part 3: Keep of the Huscarl King (levels 1-5) on Saturday, 7:00 AM CDT (5 hrs) Roll20 (1e Levels 1-5)

RPG20184744 - PFS #1-22: Doom of Cassomir (levels 1-4) on Saturday, 1:00 PM CDT (5 hrs) Roll20 (2e Levels 1-4)

SUNDAY

RPG20185721 - PFS Quest 1: The Sandstone Secret (levels 1-4) on Sunday, 8:00 AM CDT (2 hrs) Fantasy Grounds (2e Levels 1-4)

RPG20185854 - PFS Quest 7: A Curious Claim (levels 3-6) on Sunday, 11:00 AM CDT (2 hrs) Roll20 (2e Level 3-6).

If any of you are in any of these games, let me know. It's all online, so come join the fun!
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:32, Tue 14 July 2020.

Have fun!  Remember to get up and move around from time to time!

In reply to Artifex (msg # 156):

You bet. That's good advice!

Ditto!! Have lots and LOTS of fun!!! =)

Sounds like a lot of fun, enjoy!

I'm officially looking for two (2) new players for my Starfinder Dead Suns game.  I still need a player for a ysoki (rat-folk) mechanic who has a combat drone.  I also am looking for a replacement for an elven technomancer.  The technomancer could be replaced with just about anything else at this point, but the ysoki mechanic needs to be run until we can reach a suitable conclusion for his involvement, assuming that you'd rather play something else.

Please let me know if you're interested.

Alright.  We've got a player for our ysoki mechanic and drone.  I still need someone to take over our elven technomancer.

2020 has been such a wild ride that I forgot it's that time of year again- Hurricane season!

If at some point it seems like I'm gone longer than usual, feel free to NPC my three characters (Liliana, Maralen, Sevens) and I'll do my best to catch up. If you're here on the gulf with me, day safe everyone!

Just a reminder that I have a lot going on with GenCon coming up next week. It's the best 4 days in gaming, and I'm knee deep in the mix. I'm in 8 games, and there's a lot of prep going on due to it all going online with VTT's. I'm trying to cram learn how to use VTT's that I've never used before, make characters, and the like; so updates are going to slow down until after the convention. Thanks for understanding.

Hey, Artifex! I'm guessing your Elven Technomancer is in a Starfinder game? If you still need a player for that character, I'd like to give it a shot.

Groovy.  I'm transferring her to you now.  Read through the backstory and prior posts and jump in when you're ready.

Wooo-Hooo it's finally here! GenCon 2020! You know what that means... This nerd will see ya all on Monday. I've got 9 games now to play, and that means 10 hours every single day!

I'm sooo excited. I FINALLY get to play, and not GM. Yippee Ki Yay!

Enjoy your time, Chronicler, you've earned it! :D

In reply to Zaineb (msg # 167):

Thanks!

Have a wonderful time!  I'd love to hear about it when you get back, if you'd like to share.

Bring us candy!!!

In reply to Baste Bringer (msg # 170):

Sure, if I can find some!

I had a wonderful time at GenCon online, and I had 9 great Pathfinder Society games that went off without a hitch. Yes, I added 1 more game to my already crowded 10 hour a day gaming schedule, lol. I sure hope that GenCon continues to do this online.

Of the 9 games I played in GenCon, we succeeded in 8 of them. The last game, entitled PFS #4-02: In Wrath's Shadow, we didn't have the right party composition to take down the ghast, but we didn't die. For once, the party was smart enough to retreat to live and fight another day.

Thank you so much for being patient as I got my game on playing for a change. I sure do love being on the other side of the screen once in a while rolling them bones!

Apologies folks in my games. We are now camping and I, like a nitwit, thought it would be easy not to bring my laptop, and update using my tablet. Well, that's hard to do when a tablet doesn't have my game modules and files on it. Duh! The good news is we have a delivery tomorrow, and I planned to go get it. I'll grab my laptop and update tomorrow.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:38, Tue 04 Aug 2020.

Enjoy the great outdoors. May you have space to breathe easy.

Folks, it's with a sad heart that I have to inform the gameroom that we've had a death in our family. My wife lost her father in the Philippines last night. I'm not going to stop updating, but please know that I've a lot going on at the moment, and I'll do my best to keep everyone going. I believe I was going to finish my last update with the Exploration of Rogahn and Zelligar's Stronghold folks but I haven't had time. If you don't mind, I'll get you updated tomorrow if I can. It's been a bit hectic here today. Thanks for understanding.

Thanks for keeping us informed.

My condolences to your family from ours.

All my condolances. Take all the time you need.

Sorry for your families loss

Sorry for your loss.  Absolutely no rush to update, take your time.

Thank you for your condolences. They are very appreciated.

Sorry for your loss.
We are in no hurry.

Rough.  I'm sorry that you're having to go through this.  My condolences.

This is just a game.  Take the time that you need and get back to it when you can.

Sorry to hear your bad news

Sorry to hear about your loss, take all the time you need.

I wish you and your family a peacful time for connecting and remembering.

I will be sketchy in my posting starting Oct 1, 2020 thru Oct. 9, 2020 due to having to prepare for the first of two spinal surgeries. The first surgery is the replacement of 3 of my cervical disks. I'll stay overnight the 6th of Oct. and return home for recovery the 7th. I don't expect I'll be up to snuff for a few days thereafter.

I will undergo a lower back infusion of 3 lumbar disks about 4 to 6 months after this surgery, so this is a heads up on that as well.

Thanks for understanding,

Chronicler
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 12:48, Wed 30 Sept 2020.

That sounds complicated and painful, will cross my fingers everything goes without issues and pray for a speedy recovery :)

Just a reminder that my surgery is in the morning. If all goes well, I'll update my games in a few days.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:58, Mon 05 Oct 2020.

Hopes are with and for you.

Finger crossed! Luck be with you!

Good luck.  Hoping for a quick recovery.

Hopefully a skilled surgeon and quick recovery

Hope everything went ok and you are recoverigg well

Please take as much time as you need to recover, your health is more important than this game. My thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery are with you.

I want to thank everyone for your patience during my surgery. The surgery went well they say, and I'm now at home recovering. I seem to be doing fine mentally, though I still have swelling in my feet, and some numbness in my right arm with tingling in the fingertips. I will be calling the doc this morning to see if this is a complication or if it's normal.

I'm going to take a couple more days off as I'm just not fully up to snuff yet. Sitting at my desk isn't comfortable on my neck, and typing with my numb fingers isn't fun either. I'll keep you updated, and hopefully, I'll get back to updating my games in a couple more days. Thanks for understanding.
This message was last edited by the GM at 09:15, Mon 12 Oct 2020.

No prob, just feel better before rejoining the craziness.

No worries we will still be lurking about

Yep, no prob. Glad it went well.

They told me all my symptoms are normal. Due to the way they pinned my arms back and taped down my shoulders, especially the right one, that it was expected to have numbness and tingling in it for up to 3 weeks. If it goes further than that, then they'll worry.

Thanks again to everyone for your well wishes, and for your patience during all of this.

I'm now ready to

                                                       GAME ON! 

Yay! - Welcome back!!!!

Glad to hear your on the mend

Glad to hear it went well.  Definitely keep an eye on that shoulder though.

Sorry folks, but I've been feeling poorly. Not surgery related, mind you, but maybe flu. I'm hoping to update more tomorrow or next. Thanks for understanding.

Don't worry, we all feel like that sometimes. Get well soon :)

Not a problem, get some rest.

thanks for telling us- take your time

Feeling great again, and I believe I got everyone updated yesterday. Thanks for the well-wishes.

Hey Chronicler,
Tandon, Garret, Gritner Tango, Oktar here - I'm glad to see you are doing well after your surgery and illness. That sounds like a very difficult procedure I hope you get the best outcomes.

I will attempt to return now to all the games I was in if possible.

Glad you’re back

In reply to Garret (msg # 209):

Glad to see you're back!
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 12:21, Mon 23 Nov 2020.

Good to see you again, Gritner/Oktar.

Thank you.

I'm going to enjoy Christmas Eve & Christmas with my loved ones, and will update my games after the holiday.

I hope everyone has a safe and fun filled holiday!

Happy Holidays!




The Chronicler

Right back at you :)

I hope you all have a wonderful season :)

Happy Holidays everyone

Merry Christmas!!
Y’all

God rest you merry gentlefolk.
Let nothing you provoke.
And may you rest content
Where'ere your steps are bent.

yay!  Happy Christmas.

Merry Christmas everyone.  :o)

Merry Christmas all!

Merry Christmas, y'all! Hope you have a wonderful time!

Been without internet since the Nashville incident. I live in Kentucky which is just a couple hours from Nashville. I have everyone to update, so please be patient, and I'm sure I can get it all done today.

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.

UPDATE : Everyone has been updated! YAY!  :)
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:18, Mon 28 Dec 2020.

Awesome- thank you and have a great week

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 223):

Glad to know you're okay.

Didn't know you lived so closed. Glad you are ok, though.

Happy New Year! Looking forward to a better year :D

Happy New Year everyone. :o)

Happy new year

Happy New Year :)

Happy New Year everybody! I'm taking the day off to recuperate, lol, I'll update everyone tomorrow morning.
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:27, Fri 01 Jan 2021.

Apologies folks, but I've been swamped with some RL stuff. I'm hoping to be able to update tomorrow. If not, I'll update this apology, lol, ;)

Thanks for understanding!

Of course cool cat :)

Folks I haven't forgot about you. I need till Saturday February 6th, 2021 or possibly the following Monday. Home construction project started quicker than we thought. I'm overloaded with things I have to do. The contractor who is doing the work on our home put us on hold for over a month. Covid of course. Suddenly, they are ready to go, and we have to get stuff covered, and moved out of rooms. We have furniture arriving, and etc.

To make a long story short, it might not be till Saturday before I can update games or maybe longer. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for understanding.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:17, Thu 04 Feb 2021.

Of course! Hope everything goes well. I'm sure it will :)

Hope it all goes well for you :)

If I need to bump your character, I'll do so.  Thanks for letting us know.

Thanks!

<grins> sounds like you're going to be rather busy !  Good luck with the construction !  :>

I'm back, but with everything going on, I'll probably be posting every other day for at least a week or two. Thanks for your patience, and for playing here in our game room.

30k

Wow!  That’s incredible!  Someone should buy us a round at the tavern.

If only we were still there....

Sorry about the delay yesterday, guys.  I was at work both earlier and later than normal, by quite a bit.  I've got updates posted now, though.

Something has suddenly come up and I must go AFK until Monday. I will update all games today, Mar 04, 2021, if I can, and I will return to updating my games on Monday Mar 08, 2021. Thanks for understanding.

All good buddy; we all know how it do. Be safe :)

In reply to Croak (msg # 246):

There is a possibility of me being able to update at some point, but just in case, I was giving everyone the heads up just in case I couldn't.

I'm back, folks, and we can get back on track again.

This is an early heads up regarding my family vacation which will be after my child's school gets out. We will be going on vacation May 22, 2021 to April 12, 2021. During this time, I will be updating games sporadically, which means every 4 or 5 days.

Also, we have gone over 30,000 posts in the gameroom. I think this is the 8th year, maybe 9th, I'm not sure. I didn't know I shouldn't delete games, and posts when I first started the gameroom so the posting numbers are actually lower than what it should be. Also by deleting the first games and posts, I lost what year the gameroom was started too. I wish there was a way to know when it was first started. Well, anyway. Here's to many more years of gaming!

Cheers!
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:25, Mon 08 Mar 2021.

Welcome back, glad to see you're back on track :D

Perhaps you could check the oldest player's rtj date if you are looking for a start date?

In reply to Zaineb (msg # 249):

Not sure how to do that. If you mean by rMail, then that won't work either since I delete rMail's that I have no use for. The only one who could tell me would probably be one of the site admins like bigbadron. I just didn't want to bother them over something so trivial, lol.

I was thinking of the " Access to A Dungeons & Dragons Gaming Community" PM that's created when people rtj. But I can imagine that the first players have retired and you did not keep their rtj thread. The admins of rpol are typically very friendly, and with your game going on for so long, they probably won't mind looking for the creation date.

The character sheet in the game wiki was last touched on February 21, 2015, if that helps at all.

The earliest post I can find is Mon 17 Mar 2014 in the General Game Information thread.

Yeah, that's definitely 7 years Wyn.

I'll reach out when I get time, and see if I can come up with the actual date, and number of posts if the admin is able to do that. I think it would be neat to know, and document it.

Hey cool cats, I'll be slower on posts, and they may not be as...weighty until at least Sunday. Coursework calls :)

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 248):

Also, never gave my congratulations. CONGRATULATIONS!

I remember when I met you here on Rpol about eightish years ago, and you were an awesome DM then. Thanks for having me here :)

In reply to Croak (msg # 256):

Thanks for playing. It's players like you who make the magic happen. I just nudge it along.

I'll be out camping this coming Friday, the 14th, through Monday, the 17th.  I might be able to update Friday morning.

I thought of a way to do some more digging about how old this game is.

Your game is number 59301 (gi=59301)

The closest game number still in existence that is older than that is gi=59283 Shadows of Sharn. The oldest publicly visible post (Character Sheet Format) is dated 16 Mar 2014 and that was the GM's 5th post in that game.

The closest game number still in existence that is newer than that is gi=59304 A Legacy Etched. The oldest publicly visible post (RTJ) is dated Thu 18 Dec 2014, so that's not helpful.

Then comes gi=39341 Take me out to the black..... The oldest publicly visible post (RTJ) is dated 19 Mar 2014 and that was the GM's 1st post in that game.

Wyn noted that the earliest post he can find is Mon 17 Mar 2014 in the General Game Information thread, so that fits with that timeframe.

The Wanted - Players forum appears to have had your original game advert on 19 Mar 2014, but you closed that advert down and deleted the text on 25 Mar 2014. I'm glad to see this game must have had a more successful launch a little while after that and has soared to great heights since then. :o)

In reply to Gedd Roth (msg # 259):

Wow! Thanks. That definitely gets to the heart of the question. It was a good guess on my part, lol. Thanks again for doing all that leg work for me.

*grin*  Now you know why the youngest brother gets all the 'icing on the cake' ideas!

You are welcome. I find that sort of task strangely rewarding, actually. Weird the way my mind works, sometimes. ;o)

Hello fellow adventurers :)

There is an opening in our game, Chronicler's "Revenge Game", and we are looking to fill that gap. We're currently 4 players and would welcome another in our ranks. :)

Just a reminder that in a week I'm going off the grid for a week to spend some time with friends and family. The vacation extends into a second week, but I should be able to update my games during that time.

Have a nice Sunday everyone! :D
This message was last edited by the player at 09:53, Sun 23 May 2021.

I hope all has been well with you while I've been walkabout. I was off the grid a lot longer than anticipated as my health went south after a genuinely fantastic holiday. After all this time, I will need a bit more time to catch up to get things running smoothly again.

My health is better but I now have a couple of surgeries coming up. The procedures shouldn't impact my posting but for a day or so, so again, please bear with me.

I thank you for your patience, and understanding.

I’m glad your felling better and hope you are well. I hope the surgeries are uneventful and they get that last bullet and shrapnel out. Camping in the alps and relaxing in Geneva must have been really nice - and we are all glad you were able to deter all those Russian agents ahead of the summit.

In reply to Tandon Hahpet (msg # 267):

Thanks, Tandon!

Lol I second Tandon.

We're glad you're safe, buddy :)

In reply to Croak (msg # 269):

Thanks, my friend.

I am glad you are recovering. I hope the best for you in your future surgeries.

Also, hello! New guy here.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:38, Wed 16 June 2021.

"Is this a dagger I see before me?"

Let's hope surgeries are without complication and you'll have a speedy recovery, I'll pray for that.

However, you take as much time to recover as you need, we'll be here :)

As a quick note, I have openings in both my Patfhinder game (Rise of the Runelords) and my Starfinder game (Dead Suns).  Message me if you're interested in either.

A quick note to all my players in regards to me updating your game threads.

If 2 days go by and I haven't updated your game thread, please gently remind me of this fact. Unless something serious has happened to me, or I state I'm going to take a break for vacation or some other reason in this thread or the Requests for Vacation and Time Off From Game thread, I always update within 2 days.

Apologies to those I've missed updating in a timely manner. My main desktop computer went down again and I just got a sweet gaming laptop to use while its being repaired. The use of the laptop has me a bit off kilter as the keys on the laptop are arranged differently. I think I hit enter, but fail to do so. I'm going slow, and double checking to make sure the update goes through now, but please, if I miss your update, let me know.

Thanks!

I've gotten a couple of new players, but still have one slot each open in my Pathfinder (Rise of the Runelords, soon to be third level), and Starfinder (Dead Suns, soon to be second level) games.

Please message me if you're interested in either of them.

It's that time of the year! Yup! GenCon is coming to a computer near you. Unless, unlike me, you're going in person to Indy.

What That Means : Like always at this time of the year, I'm not going to be updating my games. I'm finally going to get to play!

Dates : September 15, 2021 - September 21, 2021

Thursday -      I'm playing Darktide's Night 5E

Friday -        I'm playing Dumplings & Dragons 5E

Saturday -      I'm playing The City That Was 5EI'm playing
                and Aredian Manuscripts 5E

Sunday -        I'm playing The Frozen Curse 5E

Yeah, I know. Last year I had to learn to play Pathfinder Society because there weren't any 3.5 D&D games, or non-5E Pathfinder games of which I refused to play 5E. Well, I didn't care too much for Society after that experience so I was stuck with either not playing at all, or breaking my stubbornness to play 5E. I've chose to delve head-first into this world... So, wish me luck, and maybe this old brain won't explode with all the new info I'm about to learn!

Thanks for understanding!
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:08, Wed 15 Sept 2021.

Have fun  :)

Hope you have a great time! - Enjoy yourself :D

That's awesome, have a great time!

Not sure what Gen con is, but sounds fun so enjoy it

https://www.gencon.com/

Thanks everyone! It's my one time a year I get to play.

Have fun, Chronicler! Happy for you, and I love to go one day.

For my revenge crew, I updated my edited post.

Aug 29, 2021

With a heavy heart, I'm resigning all my character(s). I'm fighting cancer (good odds). If it's convenient, I'd like to keep this game on my list. It may be that I'll have the energy to check in, hopefully apply for something, in mid-December. Feel free to have my character(s) taken over. For those who wish me well, thank you. I'll not be checking in on this game. Thank you to all who have interacted with me for so long.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:28, Sun 05 Sept 2021.

Aug 30, 2021

I will keep you in my thoughts and hope that all turns out well with your situation.

Aug 29, 2021

Wow!
Look me up when you get back and we can get going on some new adventures!!!

Aug 29, 2021

Sending prayer and positivity your way. Here's to your safe return.

Sep 04, 2021

We'll miss you!

Sep 05, 2021

We shall wait for the good news of your return then.

Ok folks the time is here. I'm getting set up today to begin my GenCon adventure. So, this means that I will not be updating my games until Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Take a break. Get out of that chair and get outside!

Have a great time! :D

Have fun

In reply to The Chronicler (msg # 291):

Heave a good time, mate!

Enjoy!

Thanks! I plan on it!

Had a wonderful time playing at GenCon 2021 and look forward to doing it again next year. I'll get back and looking forward to updating your games. I may not get to everyone's game today, but I should get caught up by tomorrow.

On another note, I'm starting a live session 5e Greyhawk Campaign that starts in Saltmarsh. I'm new to 5e, but I liked playing it a lot at GernCon and decided the best way to learn it is to DM it. I will be running it every Sunday at 7:00 AM CST using the Roll20 VTT and my discord channel for voice. No video. The game will last 4-5 hours. Characters will start at 2nd level. Characters must be made using D&D Beyond, and require the D&D Beyond to Roll20 browser extension. If anyone is interested, let me know.

I'm putting a group together to seek a magic tome in the Underdark. Could use a Healer to assist our collection of Fighter, Rogue, and Wizard.

In reply to John D'oh (msg # 298):

In this game or another on rpol?

In this game/community.

Ah, ok. Is that DnD or Pathfinder?

DnD 3.5. Wayfarer's Inn thread.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:57, Mon 27 Sept 2021.

I can offer Evangeline, cloistered cleric of Azuth, the High One.

Awesome. What level?
John is Fighter-2, Warblade-3.

Keeper Garret is level 4 as is I assume Felmin, should we remain so or level up if we begin?

Evangeline is level 5 cleric.

In reply to Garret (msg # 305):

Also at 4th level, if it is relevant

Just a reminder that anyone can play in the The Netherworld Plane Campaign - Game Thread.

I intended it to be used not only for players to get into a game, but also as a place where players can socialize (chat) in-character. Non-adventuring characters can be created to bolster your adventuring characters by having the non-adventuring character craft items, or make money some other way. Here in this world you can run a store, run a guild, and etc.

I see this being like Pathfinder's Kingmaker except this will be more like Chronicler's Townmaker. So, make a character, and let me know what role you'd like to play. If you don't want to do anything but be a gambler in the inn, and take the other players money, go for it. Be a sleazy tramp for all I care, just be there!

I'd really like to see this get off the ground, and I know it can be pretty fun running an ad-lib/ad-hoc area, so as I said, make a character and let me see your creative side.

What you can also do, if you want, is create another character that can support the adventuring character in some way, or it can be a character completely on it's own and not associated with the adventuring character at all. This character would be a towns-person, and you'd build it's life around the Wayfarer's Inn, and vicinity. The new character would be rooted to the Netherworld Plane and not be an adventurer. As a support character, it could be an acolyte trying to set up a shrine, or a temple to Pelor, or be a character that is related to the adventuring character that has their own shop, or stall. This character could be a brother or sister, aunt or uncle to the adventuring character or not related at all.

As a support character, the new character could give your adventuring character, your party members, and even other players in other games discounts on goods if it were a merchant or alchemist, or it could give them discounts on healing if you built a temple to Pelor with it, and etc.  Of course, the discounts would have to be reasonable; say 5% per every 4 levels of the buyer with a max. discount of 25% at 20th level.

This is my idea that would be similar to Pathfinder's Kingmaker, but it would be Town-building instead. The possibilities on how you'd want to build your town character are many.

I really think this will be a neat thing to try, and I'm hoping you'll think so too.

In reply to Garret (msg # 305):

That is how the Netherworld Plane works. Different levels are ok when forming groups; everyone doesn't have to be the same. I have 1st level players playing with 4th level in one game. So no, you won't get to level up. You will remain the level you've achieved so far.

Are we talking NPC classes, or PC classes for these Townsfolk?  What level?  What starting gold?

I enjoy player run NPCs  :)

In reply to Wyn Roth (msg # 310):

I'm trying to look over the material you suggested. I'll correspond in the rMail. I am trying to develop this and it's a work in progress. If you've done most of the work for me, *Giggles Maniacally*,I'm going to have to take a few extra minutes to reply because I'll being doing cartwheels too. (At my age, I wish.)

Might be tempted to get a new PC up and running….

I've got an old character that I've always wanted to play again.  She was a ridiculously-high-level (14th level, which I don't think I've ever managed to get a character past) artificer in the Eberron Campaign setting.  Would I need to rebuild her as a lower level character?  I don't envision her adventuring directly, and there are some character twists that came into play near the end of her run that contribute to this.

I can give you some more details, if you'd like, but it might be fun to just have her around again, running a magic shop and item crafting emporium.

Careful, I might just bring Gagak in, he is about that level ...

In reply to Artifex (msg # 313):

Certainly! That would be awesome.

*grin*  we just need to make sure that the 'PC Traders' are dealing in a range of items and services. :)

Chronicler: should I re-make the character at 1st level, rebuild her at 14th with mainstream sources (we used some odd material in that game), or something else?

I decided to reply here, as others might like to read the response, just in case they have similar ideas or characters.
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:15, Thu 30 Sept 2021.

In reply to Wyn Roth (msg # 316):

"Good sir, I can provide arcane scrolls, potions and items of wondrous nature. Also, you can find alchemical items and materials in my shop. If you are looking for rings, wands or staves you will have to find another vendor."

:D
This message was last edited by the player at 19:47, Wed 06 Oct 2021.

In reply to Artifex (msg # 317):

I believe your question can be answered in the Neverworld Introduction Thread. If anyone else is interested please refer to the aforementioned thread. Thanks.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:56, Wed 06 Oct 2021.

Wanted! Crafters - Shopkeepers - Artisans of all kinds.

For more information see:

link to a message in this game
http://wiki.rpol.net/?id=59301/Netherworld

Got an idea you want us to consider? Post your ideas here:

link to a message in this game

All of the GM's are working together to create this area of the planes, and we want to invite everyone to participate.

Check it out!

I have an opening in my game ( link to another game ) for someone to take over an NPC for an encounter with some Lizard folk  (You will get the opportunity to personalize the character a bit) - but only for this one encounter. If you want to stay playing in the game, after this encounter, you can roll up a new character.

The party needs a bit of 'Ooomph', as none of the character seem to be prepared to make decisions -   there are quite a few suggestions, but little real planning and limited decision-making.

The character in question is a Female 1/2 Orc bard (L3) to whom you can add another level, to help customize her to your tastes.  The opponents are a group of barbarous Lizardfolk - inside  their compound.

The party have just met the 'King'  and been shouted at in Draconic ....

If you are interested, please PM The Librarian.

We're heading off to the Smokey Mountains to see the fall colors this coming weekend. I'll not be updating my games from Oct 23 - 26. Thanks!

Had a great trip and saw some awesome color in them there hills. Maggie Valley was absolutely stunning as well as some of the mountain areas outside of Knoxville. Of course, the indian corn look of the Smokies was nothing less than breathtaking.

Great to hear you had such a wonderful time, it is always good to reconnect with nature :D

I was only ever in Tennessee and Virginia once, many moons ago, but the Smokies were absolutely one of the most beautiful places I've ever been.  I have to imagine (aided by tons of photos that people have taken over the years) just how beautiful they are in fall.

Those who wanted to participate in the Mysterious Box thread that I posted were sent PM's, but I've had only a couple of you answer. Please, answer the PM. If you choose to not continue then simply state that in the PM I sent you. This event will end Oct 31, 2021 for those who do not continue to update the PM. Thanks!
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:41, Sat 30 Oct 2021.

I corrected my last post from saying I sent rMail's to say I sent PM's to the players who wanted to do the Mysterious Box.

A recent post got me thinking about how gaming has changed since I started in the early 80's back then it was all fairly black and white, you had evil races (Orcs, Goblins, Drow Elves etc) and good races (Humans, Elves Dwarves etc) there was some cross over but for the evil races at least it was a rarity.  Now it seems that even saying a race is evil isn't acceptable but we are talking about creatures who eat other sentient creatures, steal, torture etc
What are peoples thoughts on the subject?  Should monstrous races be seen as irredeemable?  Is it acceptable to fireball first ask questions later?

As someone who plays a monstrous race, I say judge by actions, not by the color of my scales.

First of all... are we sure that the people that don't want races to be inherent or almost always evil are more than just casual roleplayers?

I have been called nazi before in this site because when I see an "usually evil" or "always evil" race member I usually try to kill it, no matter age, sex, social position or if it is actively trying to hurt me. I really don't want them to have the opportunity to hurt me.

For me, there are D&D law and physics and don't apply to reality and viceversa. And even then, there is little scientific approach.

Take for example, kobolds... they are a different Race than humans in D&D. In real life, homo sapiens sapiens species is the only member of the Human race. Worst, the genetic differences between the skin colors and facial shapes are not enough to even catalogue the negroid, caucasian, mongoloid and the others that I don't remember as subspecies.

The problematic of RL don't apply to a fantasy world where a black female lesbian paladin human can save the world and noone would be surprised for that.

D&D is terra incognita for our RL scientific knowldge and religious believes that support that all sentient beings (in other words, humans) are equals.

And because of that I have no problems in defending the flower of my racial and cultural heritage against the monsters that want to destroy it and corrupt it with their presence by raising a group of like minded decent people and lynch the goblins.

Now that I think of it, it would be a great campaign... instead of the usual "evil race is trying to conquer and killing us" we will try to make a peaceful and good-loving material plane by eradicating all the monsters inside of it.

We would be making more good than any other paladin.

With hexblades and dread necromancers.

That really is quite offensive, although I am sure that you didn't mean it in that way  :)




And that is quite a good definition of an evil character.  :)

Now, I understand that alignment isn't really something that players enjoy roleplaying any more - but in my 40-odd years of roleplaying, I have seen some excellent role play based on alignment -  and a lot of very sloppy Roleplay based on ignoring it.

Ironically, it has always seemed to me, that there are many lazy and casual role players who don't like to deal with alignment - and who often have a very limited understanding of the concept.  Not all, of course, but quite a few.

If you pick us, do we not bleed?

In reply to Alton Chasmyr (msg # 333):

Do you not bleed enough?

The worlds of DND have natural enemies who are sentient- of course the players play an often renegade member of an enemy faction but they get really cool strengths from that and they should suffer the negatives of prejudice and misunderstanding. I am trying to play a slow change in my character tolerating his natural enemy but I wonder if I’m the only one doing that and it seems I’m just the one prejudiced guy in a group of high minded liberals but don’t worry Alton- they still don’t trust you.

It should be worse than elves vs dwarves in Tolkien worse than the Russian agent joining Americans. These are creatures with a totally different concept of right and wrong from birth. Their social organizations are totally at odds.

In another game on here I have a hobgoblin slaver turned Druid and I’m a little disappointed that more people don’t distrust or hate him even a little so that there it room for character development.

In reply to Garret (msg # 334):

You don’t know what you’re talking about you self absorbed half goblin pupae.


Yep still me.

I don't see how is that offensive...


Yeah, I have learned the bad way that if you want to make a positive impact and make a better world, you have to play evil.


Or worse, want to put real life moral and philosophical questions to a game that has a different moral and philosophical problematics.
And that is quite dangerous for the PCs


*Looks at the male drow*
I sincerely hope so. I also hope that if I pick you enough times, you will bleed to death. And then I can repeat the process with all your Corellon-damned kin, spider lover murderous and freakish monster.


My thoughts exactly.
This message was last edited by the player at 06:49, Sat 06 Nov 2021.

Sorry, I'm not letting anyone tell me how to portray my character. Evangeline comes from another rpol game where she (as an aasimar) fell in love with a tiefling (PC). It was character development that got her there, not a simple entry in her background. So, at this point she is willing to give somebody else, of an evil race, the trust her companion once earned, it's a choice to be different.

Again, don't anyone tell me how to portray my character or how they feel I should feel about an evil race. The PCs are supposed to be better versions of the average person, you can see that in every fantasy movie where good and evil start out as enemies and have to work together to stop a greater evil. Many times they end up developing respect or friendship and if players feel the need to speed up or skip that process since play-by-post is very slow (we just finished a 13 year long campaign) then that should be their choice.

Personally, I won't tell anyone else how to feel about an evil race or how to portray their character. Everyone can do that any way they wish - but actions/words may have consequences. So, if your character doesn't want to trust a PC of an evil race, that's cool - just don't expect everyone to share your point of view.

However, the GMs I've met should play the NPCs more prejudiced, since they (the NPCs) are usually the ordinary, more prejudiced citizens of a fantasy world.

Hey i got miss quoted in that post.  I had only said the one thing about pick...which technically is a typo it should be prick, except in a game you actually pick...so it works...second thing is not me.....

Well, I think the issue is not about our characters, but the world and what interaction can we expect. The pressure is not on the players, but to the game developers and to some extent, the GMs.



I understood this:




Either way, it works.

@Dagger -  your earlier comment is somewhat offensive because, basically, is says  'If they don't agree with my view, are they even serious players'.


As for RL Philosophies?  That is quite amusing.  The original rules had alignment written into them right from the start.  And it has had aligned races built into it from the start.  It is a very modern philosophy, both in game and RL terms, that races aren't inherently evil.

I am glad that you agree that killing  supposedly evil races, on sight, is evil.  So, technically, if we were using the game rules on alignment properly -  the less evil characters would be more than justified, after a while, in hanging (or otherwise) executing the Evil Character.  Once they have recognized the inherent evil with in it.

The game designers, and often DMs, do recognise that. It is often built into a world and the laws of the world - however, they are generally ignored.

This is generally a group game, in which all the players and DMs have an investment - and there is a perception that it somehow isn't fair to wreck any other players' enjoyment of the game by killing their character or by subjecting them to severe racism - so that often doesn't happen.

The original game made it clear that there was a Law Vs Chaos role playing element.  The later versions added a Good Vs Evil  alignment axes to try and give slightly more sophistication - to that Role Playing element.

In the early game,  there were a limited number of races and classes, and it was fairly easy to define a culture for each of the races.  Humans tended to worship a single pantheon (and followed those reasonably bland cultural rules), dwarves, Gnomes, Elves and Halflings had their own (slightly different) cultures - while the half-humans were all outsiders of some type.


That changed with Oriental Adventures, when a new culture was added for the first time - although those concepts of racial cultures were maintained. It was even the same with Darksun and Al Quadim.

However, the core D&D world became very bland, with no distinct Culture -  except that anything goes.  That, of course, was down to the game companies, who were more interested in making money from supplements (and new rule sets) than they were about providing a cultural setting.  I stopped  playing in those worlds years ago.

Pathfinder, when I started playing it, was a fairly self-contained set of rules and was built around cultural certainties.  APs were set in distinct areas, with cultural settings, and those cultures changed from area to area. It was an interesting world to play in.  Then many new feats and deities were designed for different APs and settings - and added to their cultural richness.  However, once that new material escaped into the wild, they just diluted the playing cultures in every other part of the game world.

It is a shame really - characters from every single race have become little human clones, going off and doing their own thing with little differentiation.  We can finish up with a lot of fairly one dimensional characters following their own little storyline and philosophy.  BUT, I suppose that is very indicative of the modern world.

Yep, I am a grumpy old man.  But a grumpy old man who has been playing, DMing and world building for a long time.

In the end, I've been quite glad that there are lots of different types of players, characters, DM/GMs, and worlds in which to play.  I've played and run lots of games with completely different approaches to culture and the concepts of higher powers, moral forces, and good versus evil.

I've enjoyed most of them, often for completely different reasons.

Generally, though, and given the way that typically/inherently evil races are portrayed, it does seem like the average NPC should react more strongly toward them, even if the PCs don't.  Referees (to use an older term than DM or GM) should also shape the world, to some degree, so that it's one that the individual players in any particular game want to play in.  If the struggle of good versus evil is a major component of the game, then that should be at the forefront of the action more often than not.  If this is more of a Conan-style swords-and-sorcery setting (which pre-dates the modern RPG by several decades), where moral ambiguity is the word of the day (at least when good-versus-evil is considered at all), then adventure and the quest for riches can make for some extremely strange bedfellows.

I am with you there :)  The same thing, all the time, gets boring quickly.

Currently I play a Goblin in a non-human party who were involved in a war against the Pinkskins -  although they are now planning how to double-cross a dragon. A 'Hero', in a heavily Celtic game, trying to liberate the world after the good gods were weakened/imprisoned by the Evil Gods. And a character working on the destruction of an Orc tribe.  Not to mention a Starfinder game.

However, the characters I play with are all culturally suitable for the core settings.

Today is Veteran's Day here in the USA, and since I'm a vet, it's a very busy day for me. I've updated what I could this morning, but just don't have the time to do the rest. Apologies. I will update again in the morning. Thanks!
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 23:17, Thu 11 Nov 2021.

I am a Vet as well but plan to just work…
Been doing my own work from home so much better

My father-in-law died this morning.  My posts may be sporadic to non-existent for a few days.

Damn. My condolences.

Sorry to hear that. Take all the time you need

I hope your family is able to come together

I'm sorry to hear that.

I feel sad....

RL always comes first.  I hope things go as well as they can.

My condolences, my prayers are with you and your family.

Sending you my deepest condolences for your loss.

My condolences for you and your wife.

I have but a moment to let you know we are ok. We live just a few miles from Mayfield Ky and everything isnt working in our area. We have no idea how long it will be. I drove a long way to get internet and I don't know when I'll get back online. We are dealing with something thats hard to believe. Thanks for understanding.

Ouch.  Hope things work out for you.