Discuss the game's events, ask questions and otherwise enjoy a break from the game, with some OOC chit-chat. As always, abide by the game's rules and be respectful to everyone else.

Should you, for whatever reason, feel uncomfortable with asking a question in public - Do not hesitate sending it to me privately instead! :)
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:38, Fri 11 Dec 2015.

Greetings! Khajiit is happy to meet her fellow players, even though it seems our acquaintance will be short-lived.

Hello! Argonian here, equally pleased to make acquaintance.

Ah, my Khajiit ally.  May your travels lead to Warm sands my friend!  And Argonian, you should join the Dominon for protection from the Empire!

Altmer here, to rule over you all! :P

Welcome again, to one and to all! :)

Now that we have a full roster, I should have the first thread set up very soon.

In reply to Nasrudin (msg # 4):

Be warned the Altmer are known to lie, Vassaad may have not been born in the Land of Paradise, but the College teaches well, no mortal can remove Masser and Secunda.

Vassaad sees that the beasts out number those born of mer.

Indeed it does seem so....

But, no matter.  The Khajiit are our friends, and we will all be dead soon enough anyhow :P

Probably, Most Likely, Most Defiantly yes...

With the stats that everyone has... Were going to have some awkward social interactions. Lets us all just use flame if it doesn't go well enough.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:07, Wed 18 Mar 2015.

Are we all casters?  And I had put 1 rank in speechcraft... I had to be somewhat diplomatic...

Remember that 0 represents the average, for someone with basic training/education - But most importantly, remember that numbers shan't dictate this game, what makes for a good story will go over any dice rolls, in most cases.

Khajiit knows no spells. This one likes to sneak.

Khajiit have no need for spells or trickery, if anyone sneaks up on you, you can smell them coming...

Or you might not, we will see.

Khajiit also likes to sing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oy3TZ-4-B4

Jean de-Metz, Breton Nightblade at your service.

Artemesia is a caster of sorts, but she's also pretty tricky like a true Argonian should be ;)

Anyway, who knows whats possible at this point! We're all standing on a weird space rock hahaha

So we weren't neccessarily in the same prison right? We were all across Tamriel when we were executed I think

That would be my impression too.

Oh, I went with I saw all of you at the prison... guess I may need to change that..

Yaaa we all died, and have no previous knowledge of each other.

You guys thought you were going to get off that easy, eh?

I'm going to be away for the next 4 days without internet access, so unfortunately I won't be able to post.

You're going to aim a flamethrower into a melee, targeting the person in the middle, and somehow, miraculously, not hit your allies around it? I find that unlikely...

LOL.  Hey, the three of us managed to not hit each other.

The cowardly Argonian nerd continues to be ever so helpful, haha

Man, These Khajiit, are they ALL rebels?  I mean, Elsywar and Summerset are allies, as is Vallenwood. But these Khajiit are all like 'Thalmor is bad!'...


Jeez... no wonder Altmer hate everyone else... they are so disloyal..

Not Thalmor, just you.

In reply to Nasrudin (msg # 25):

I was born in Skyrim.....

I am just trying to wait for some of the otehrs to post before I post again

So, as I said in the post - I've created a wiki for Champions, which can be accessed Here and I'll be putting the link in the Story Information -thread as well. From now on, any and all important lore will be stored and can be found on the Wiki, as opposed to being crammed into the Story thread on the forum here.

Please, no God-modding Vassaad.

In reply to Daro'Misha (msg # 30):

technically its not god modding, you were carrying something, and I literally took it form your hands, you could respond... Or just let it go and give it up to your two hurt team mates.

 


You just grabbed.... You did not put anything in your pocket, you did not stash anything away in a pouch or inventory, you just grabbed. And I grabbed back.

Et'Ada?

Well, technically, that's what makes it God-Modding. Vassaad just grabbed everything from Misha and stuffed them into his pockets, with no regard to what Misha was going to do with the items. Also, even though Misha didn't specify what she did with the stuff, from a purely gameplay standpoint; Misha grabbed everything out of the chest and so they were in her "inventory" and characters cannot access another's inventory, without permission from said other char's player or myself, except when the character might be unconscious or dead (but even then, the "never assume success" -rule applies).

However in this situation, it's not that big of a deal (so do not edit your posts). Misha has the right to refuse giving the items to Vassaad in her next post, but given the circumstances, I don't see any harm in the potions being used to heal Vassaad and Nasrudin, and the book and letter are available for everyone to read anyway - But I'll leave that up to you Misha, essentially Vassaad's post froze in time the moment he tried grabbing the items from you.

In the future though, if Player A finds say, weapons or spells in a container, it is up to Player A to distribute them however they wish. No other player should just assume to grab them from Player A, unless A specified they just left the items lying around. And, to avoid future misunderstandings, whenever someone finds something somewhere, they should clearly state what they do with the item(s); Do they pocket them, hide them or offer them to others, etc..
This message was last edited by the GM at 09:03, Sun 29 Mar 2015.

I'm back now

Welcome back, Jean!

And I'm going away again to NZ for 2 weeks, damn fate. I might be able to post, but free wifi is as elusive as unicorns in the Antipodes, but not with the same regularity.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:15, Tue 31 Mar 2015.

Roger that, post when you can. I'll move you along with everyone in the mean time.

For posterity.

I DID have half a mind to keep my name as "Rainbowmaster 5000".

I am guessing this isn't skyrim where I open the book and Instant know the spell, right?

In reply to Nasrudin (msg # 39):

Maybe just doing the action "Nasrudin skimmed into the spell book" would be good enough. Though the thing is, is it transferable. IE can you learn it, then I learn it, and so on and so forth.

Maybe you should have tried reading it, in-character to find out. ;) Seriously guys, more posting, or we'll never get out of the dungeon! Mush! Don't be afraid of trying some things or actions, I'll confirm whether or not it works in my subsequent post. Just as long as you keep the "never assume success" ("Nasrudin tried X; Vassaad attempted X; Daro'Misha did something, in the hopes of X" etc..)-rule in mind, it's all cool in the hood.

However, unless otherwise specified, all spell tomes have one charge - Though it might be possible to reinvigorate them, so to speak, with a powerful enough soul gem.
This message was last edited by the GM at 08:49, Sat 04 Apr 2015.

Does Daro'Misha now have a full set of armor save for the helm, or can she find Vambraces too to cover the arms?
This message was last edited by the player at 17:06, Sun 05 Apr 2015.

Ah, there were no gauntlets or braces in the dungeon. You can see your armor in your character sheet.

Oh look, we escaped the mandatory intro and now have a single road which the GM wishes us to follow. Fellow players, I now proclaim it our solemn duty NOT TO FOLLOW THAT ROAD! For this is the ELDER SCROLSLSL! We have MAXIMUM FREEEDOM! Screw the main plotline, I need to go put monocles on mudcrabs.

E: Though this is still my favorite. Not a mod per se, but it damn well ought to be.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:50, Sun 05 Apr 2015.

Do you want to put your arrow to my knee?


This message was last edited by the GM at 21:55, Sun 05 Apr 2015.

And don't you worry guys, I'll be sure to make the story all super convoluted and totally unpredictable. Just like the actual games!


But honestly, who DIDN'T see Skyrim's Dark Brotherhood quest's "big twist" coming two games away.

We'll have DARK plot twists? :o


This message was last edited by the GM at 22:31, Sun 05 Apr 2015.

Oh... you see, I was horribly disappointed in Skyrim.  I mean, I played all the games except Morrowind (Don't ask, I just never got into that one..), and, well.... Daggerfall is my favorite...

Cities FELT like cities... loads of buildings, their own instance, walled... Whiterun... a major trading hub...

1 general store, 1 weaponsmith.. one alchimest, 1 Inn... 1 temple.. 1 archer store... 12-15 homes?  Never actually counted them, but their are a few resident places.... OH, and three vendors.

So, for a major capitol of one of the wealthier Holds in Skyrim... their are, 2 dozen people maybe?  I mean, Solitude felt ALITTLE better, but still felt, empty...

Daggerfall, in exchange, had like 30 something shops, 10 Inns, and people EVERYWHERE.  Sure, they were all pretty generic, and I know to get that kind of quality in a 3d fully voiced game would be hard, but I thought the cities in Oblivion were better then tehy are in Skyrim...

Not to mention, no matter what I did, nothing really seemed to change...

Three things I wish Skyrim had:

Better Cities
More political remifications (Being a Thane actually meant something, and could change the game in more ways, or leave access to possibly becoming a Jarl)
Allowed you to work for the Thalmor, OR had a seperate camp where instead of the Dragonborn, you played as a Thalmor agent.

I thought every TES game was an improvement over the previous game (except for THE MMORPG THAT SHALL NEVER BE NAMED). Sure, each has room for improvement, but with the time they got they put down a solid game each time where I happily spent hundreds of hours. The compactness of the cities, meh, I know what you mean, but it never really bothered me. It made things easy to find and the cities were not really my focus of the game. And I'm sure I haven't explored every house yet even now.

Honestly, I'd rather have a few dozen buildings I can enter, instead of hundreds that I can't interact with in any way. Besides, it isn't as big of an issue, considering all the other content available (especially so, if you mod the game) - I mean, I have over 200 hours in Skyrim and I haven't finished the main quest even once. I've become archmage, assassinated an emperor, robbed nobles blind and fought on both sides of a civil war, and still have hundreds of hours worth of things to do.

Though I must say, who would ever want to be a Thalmor agent? They're all pompous supremacist butts and actually worse than the Stormcloaks. Not to mention if playing a Thalmor agent was mutually exclusive to being the Dragonborn, you couldn't ever complete the game - Considering only the Dragonborn can defeat Alduin.

Although I agree with the ramifications, not just politically. I love how in Oblivion, after you save Kvatch, people actually react to you all like, "Holy crap! You're the hero of Kvatch!". In Skyrim though? "Whatborn now? Who? Alduin? Nah, never heard of him. What civil war? Shut up and go mop my floor."
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:11, Mon 06 Apr 2015.

But that was just it. In daggerfall, you COULD enter every building that was there.  And sure, I logged hundreds of hours in Skyrim as well on several different characters.  Doesn't mean that I wish it was a bit different.

You know, I loved fast travel in Daggerfall.  Asked how you wanted to travel, told you how long it would take you to get where your going, had a brief chance of encounters, and asked if you wanted to camp outside, or if you wanted to stay in Inn's.

Since I have my game on the PS3, I do not get to do mods.  Also, while I like mods, and think they are great, I don't use those to judge games.  As for who wants to be a Thalmor Agent, I like elves (First TES character I ever ran was a High Elf from Summerset in arena, aside from my 10 minutes playing an Orc in Morrowind when I saw it at my friends house.), and really, they have a good point about Talos, (even the Imperial in The Talos Mistake admits it), and hell, they sort of have a right to be.

Most locations in Arena/Daggerfall were also procedurally generated from a pool of set pieces, and very much lacking in detail or variation. With the evolution of graphics and assets, they've also become not only more demanding on hardware, but manpower as well. I'd rather have limited, but beautifully crafted, detailed and intricate locations, instead of disappointing and repetitive copies of square bricks.. Or, you know, New Vegas from Fallout, where the developers clearly overshot and landed flat on their butts, thanks to hardware limitations (it didn't help they were also developing it for consoles).


You forget to make the distinction between Altmer and Thalmor; The people do not always represent the ideas of their government. I have nothing against the Altmer and have played plenty of elves myself, however the Thalmor are racists and supremacists, who believe themselves the rightful rulers of Tamriel and go around imprisoning/murdering Humans, whether or not they worship Talos. Their self-proclaimed "right" to rule Tamriel, is no more special than the "right" of Humans to hold the Imperial throne.

Also, The Talos Mistake is propaganda, written by the Imperial ambassador to the Dominion, so of course it encourages the ban on Talos worship and claims it to be just. The fact of the matter is, however, that Tiber Septim did ascend to godhood and so those who wish to do so, have every right to worship him.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:39, Mon 06 Apr 2015.

But how does one KNOW that he actually ascended?  I mean, people keep saying it sure... but the only possibly proof that I have seen, is the Quest in Oblivion where you need an artifact of Aedra blood.  But, I can't think of any other reference in game, other then him being labled as such.

As for the Thalmor/Altmer.  I agree.  While I agree with the Dominion (Unified Mer kind), the Thalmor are... Racist.  As for believing they have a right to Tamriel... they sort of do.  I mean, this land was almost exclusively elves, till the Humans showed up in the first Era. So to say they have as much right to it as the humans have to the throne, is true.  It was a Human that created an Empire, it would be a human that has the right to the Imperial throne.  As for the MMO, it is interesting to see the Dominion more for how I see it, then as just a bunch of bigots.  Also, their are various factions within the Dominion, the Thalmor just happen to be the ones in power.

As for the Graphic design yes.  I understand that, most shops looked very similar.  But, 3d dungeon maps, non-linar dungeons, and the Random Dungeon Generator?  Come on... those were awesome.

Plus... I wish they had kept some of the skills... like climbing.  And time had more of a factor (Time sensitive quests).  Their is no sense of urgency in the newer games.... A dragon attacked the Watchtower!  Eh... I am going to go fishing, then go to Markarth, and kill some forsworn, and then skip through the lilly's while I join the Dawnguard!  What?  It's been almost 2 years, and the dragon is still at the watchtower?

Time should matter.. things should move along... and hell, quests should be be able to be failed.  Some can, granted, but most can't.

Also, factions... I know their are some mods that add to this, but I wish that their were factions.  But I guess that's me thinking beyond the scope of the game, and thinking it more like an Open RPG and less like an RPG Adventure... And the guilds... are kinda empty.  Not in like, their aren't any people in them, though.. that is something, but also they sorta just.. are their to fill out roles.

Brotherhood is sorta shoehorned in almost.  But, really, it plays allot like the Oblivion questline, and more or less ends the same (you become listener).  But instead of just getting money from your hommies who are doing the killing, you gotta do it yourself.

Companions has the Werewolf thing, which was kinda cool.  But seeing as that is the only way one can become a were in the game, and the few extra totem quests, once your done with their line... its just a place to go sleep and possibly get a follower.  Also, legendary mead hall, and their are....8 people?

College is SO over the top.  And Becoming Archmage really doesn't do anything except give you another set of sleeping quarters.  Though, with the removal of magic item creation being an exclusive mage guild thing, and spell crafting all together, what else could they have?  I did like the staff maker in the Dragonborn DLC... that was nifty.

Then you have the Civil War questline.  Regardless of who you pick, the game plays out mostly the same, and your rank means nothing.  You can never recruit Imperial/Stormcloak Soldiers to be your followers.  You can't wipe out the camps dotting the landscape, can't kill the enemy Jarls, and even after you START the questline, you can still walk into enemy towns like nothings happening.



Guess I am just overthinking things.. or just want more.

I'm sorry, what MMO? There hasn't been an Elder Scrolls MMO.

Well that's part of the issue, NO ONE presently living in the 4th Era knows for sure. Not the Thalmor, not the Empire, no one. But we could argue about Talos until the third coming of Alduin, without making much headway, until Elder Scrolls VI rolls around and possibly sheds some light on the situation. Although even if Tiber Septim didn't ascend to godhood, the people still have a right to revere and worship him, if they choose to do so.

However I agree as far as the lack of features goes. Everyone wants more, which is why you separate Lore from Game. However with more and more advanced hardware nowadays, game developers will be able to do so much more. Bethesda has already hinted at the possibility of pre-loaded instances (as in, no loading screens when transitioning from outside to interior) being in their next title (Fallout 4, I hope), thanks to "next" gen technology.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:48, Mon 06 Apr 2015.

Ya, I will believe it when I see it.  Sony used to brag back in the day that 'load screens were a thing of the past thanks to the increased capacity and hardware of their playstation!'

PS has some of the longest load times, because the tech was new.  But even so, the thing about it is, the more they put in, or the more they try pushing the graphics envelope, the less or longer content/load times are gonna be.  Like, I WISH, that they would do an updated version of Daggerfall.  a bit smoother graphics, some glitches removed if possible, and (much as I would love to see it function), finishing or removing the language skills.

But, it will never happen.  Best I got is the updated version to play on newer rigs thanks to my Anthologys.  I might get around to doing what I had only done once before (playing the same type of character, in order, from Arena to Oblivion.).  I mean, I never played Battlespire, or Redguard, but Arena/Daggerfall seem like actual sequals.  Also, out of the core games, Daggerfall is the only one where you don't start as a prisoner.

Well, consoles are consoles. I was mostly talking about PC gaming.

Ya, even PC gaming has it's share of load times.. just sometimes, they are hidden under something else.  Some Command and Conquer games had their load times hidden under the FMV, others not so hidden during the mission briefing.  Games got clever so that they seemed part of the action sometimes.

Welcome to Rihad everybody.

Don't take it personal, but were on a mission from God, I don't think many would belive that, let alone like the Gods, Daedra, or Aedra, interfering in the moral plan.

As for my first piece of evidence, I have the audience look to the Oblivion Crisis.

Umm, yea, the oblivion crisis, at the end of which the entire imperial city could watch Mehrunes Dagon and Akatosh duke it out.

LOL, that WAS almost 300 years ago... that stuff has fallen into legend, exept for us long live races...

In reply to Nasrudin (msg # 62):

300 years or no, still the best reference to the Gods stepping into the Mortal realm. I figured thanks to those legends people would not really want to see the Gods again ripping up the farm land.

Well, I decided not to really tell anyone about it.. except perhaps important people.

And the Ears of the Dominion and traders of gold, are not the right ears to speak anything of the Divine.

That is a tenet, and if broken, it invokes the wraith of Sithis.

I think Vassaad is about to find out whether Sithis' or Daro'Misha's wrath is the worst.

lol.... Sithis...

It would be loads of fun to go kill some fool :P

LOL no love for the Thalmor.. or elves it seems :P  Gonna make a great team :P

Hell i figured after the royal treatment you got from the Thalmor you wouldn't be to kind to them either.

Oh, growing up in the world, you get used to it.  Besides, I need to get my revenge for my family, and need to be in the Dominion for that, since I was executed by the empire :P

Khajiit loves Thalmor! Thalmor ended the Void Nights!

In reply to Daro'Misha (msg # 71):

And Jarl Korir blamed the College for the Great Blizzard. But things are not as always as they seem.

For the people that could not beat the Daedra Sheogorath, I doubt they could take the moons.

No one knows who took the Moons, all that is known is that the Thalmor claim they used dawn magics to bring them back. And the Khajiit of Elsweyr believe them. Since I am such a Khajiit, I believe the same.

In reply to Daro'Misha (msg # 73):

Well this Khajitt was raised by Nords...

Haha, raised By Nords.  I'm sorry my furry friend...

Poke.. anyone out there?

Only Khajiit.

Still here! RPol was down all day yesterday for me, so I couldn't access it. Ought to have posts up tonight or tomorrow morning though!

Ya, down for everyone far as I could tell.

No problem, just been waiting :P  Gonna be a tad busy this weekend, so my post may be slightly delayed.

poke poke

poke poke.  How is everyone doing?

In reply to Nasrudin (msg # 81):

Artemesia seems gone (not logged in for a week). Our GM hasn't been on since sunday. :/

Well, I hope the GM makes a post.  I am starting to enjoy this game..

Sorry for no posts yesterday or today. I've been dealing with some sudden and intense back pain (on the "jebus flipping bryce someone's stabbed me!" levels of pain), which has made me barely capable of moving, much less even think of roleplaying. Since it's been getting much better today, I should hopefully be able to write up something tomorrow!

If not, then no later than Monday, I hope.

Hope it goes away! I fell of a horse yesterday, so I'm not crumple-free myself. :)

How is everyone doing?  What is life been like?  How are you guys enjoying your portion of the RP so far?

In reply to Nasrudin (msg # 86):

Ohhh its been good, but im finishing my last part of schooling so im tied up in a lot of ways. But fun so far.

Sorry for this delay, guys. I'm not really sure what happened - I guess in between starting another game and already being bad at sticking to schedules, I lost track of time and it took me a bit longer to post, than intended. I hope all of you haven't cleared out yet!

Seen as Artemesia hasn't been on since the 14th of April and hasn't gotten back to me, I'll be taking over her character as a NPC, for now. If she ever returns and feels up for it, she'll be free to reclaim her character.

Taking a weekend, got things to do. No posts tonight and probably not tomorrow either, depending on when I get home. See you on Monday! Tuesday!
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:35, Mon 11 May 2015.

It's all good.  Got things to do this weekend too!  Happy Mothers Day to any mothers out there!

I do apologize for my abysmal presence as of late and I have no excuse - Things just snowballed out of control and the time flew by.

I'd like very much to continue with this roleplay, though I can't really expect any of you to still hold an interest. I would appreciate knowing who's still in and who's out.

I will be here till you give up on it.  Or I die.. one or the other...

Life happens, I know this.  I am not worried about it.  As long as you let us know that things are going down, and you will/won't be around, that is all I ask.

Still here

Well I been having computer issues the past couple of days.... But things should be fixed for now to say the least. Im still in.

Still here!

It's Daro'Misha by the way, not Daro, or Misha. A Khajiit or someone aware of the language and social structure of Khajiit can say 'The Daro' but that's about it. Once a honorific it is earned it becomes part of the name. :)
This message was last edited by the player at 18:32, Tue 19 May 2015.

What up people?  How is everyone doing?

Still alive and kicking.

Alright, making another jab :P  Don't want this game to die like my other ES game did...

GM hasn't logged in for 10 days...

I don't want it to die either! Believe it or not...

I have been dealing with some things over the past couple of days (and I'll admit, I may have gotten a little lazy too and preoccupied with E3 and everything), although it looks like there hasn't been much to log in for, anyhow!

Chop chop, the first one to post gets a special cursed item for free!

First!

In reply to Daro'Misha (msg # 101):

So, on Saturday I'm going to the middle of Australia and walking 220km over 15 days, then almost immediately after I'm going to Japan for about a month and so posting will probably be impossible till late August. I'm keen to continue, please turn me into an NPC or something till then.

That sounds like a blast Jean.  Have fun!

In reply to Jean de-Metz (msg # 102):

Roger, roger! Have yourself a good time in the outback and otherwise (you lucky plum, I wish I could visit Japan for a month!), I'll throw some dice and send you a summary of what happens with Jean's shuper-shecret stuff a little later.

Y'all found 250 gold in the dungeon, but never distributed it. So, you have 250 gold to spend.

Well, as we did not split anything really found in terms of coinage, I think it should read like this... from the posts of who found what..

Misha-100 from the chest with the Orc.

Vassaad- 50 from the dresser in the room with the redguard women.


There is a 100 gold mentioned that I can not account for.  I can't find a post where it would be found.  As I am apart from the party, and I don't know if it was infact me who found it or not (since while the gold and some extra gear seemed to be in a 'group' stash, our personal items were mentioned in the same post on page 5 of Champions.)

Misha first found 100 gold in the chest in post 59.

Vassaad found a further 100 gold in one of the rooms, in post 68,

And finally, Vassaad found another 50 gold in the final room, in post 84!

So, assuming it was finders keepers, Misha would have a 100 gold and Vassaad a 150, to trash on booze and hookers spend sensibly!

The summary of items found in the dungeon, simply listed all items of interest, including what you had already claimed, just for the sake of keeping record. Since Nasrudin took the scimitar, but no one claimed the armor, the leather set was left behind.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:57, Sun 28 June 2015.

Sounds good.  missed Vassad's 100 gold from that room 68.  But otherwise that is all.

And at the moment, I was assuming it was finders keepers, since we hadn't ever discussed party separation, and the like.  We are just a bunch of people that happen to have the same goal and travel together.  Hopefully, this Dragonborn soldier attack unites us a bit more.. once we meet up again.

We're going to try and kill you when we meet up again, you know that right?

Forgot about the money! Consider it a ruse of Daro'Misha to get someone else to pay for her! :D

Breaks be damned! I'm keeping this going even if I have to kill a horse and beat it's corpse with a stick. I'll do it too! Just watch me!



Disclaimer: No non-sentients were actually harmed, in the writing of this post.

Well, at least it will be a spectacular end then :P  Cause I got no love for your Khajit traitors to the Dominion :P

And I will keep on this site as long as it continues.  I don't want yet ANOTHER ES game I have been in to die.

*Cough*

*CouaaAHAHAGSGahhagahhhggghhhhhggg* Sorry it seems I had something in my throat.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:33, Mon 20 July 2015.

Hairball?

AFK Notice: I'll be out Friday-Monday on a weekend trip with the family.

I will be at Gencon this weekend, and so will not be sure how much time I will have for computer and posting.

Roger-roger, looks like it'll be a quiet weekend. I should get my posts done tomorrow.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:40, Thu 30 July 2015.

So.... whats going on people?  Beena  whole nother week :P

In the summers, the days just seem to all blur together!

*cough Cough* DM... you need to change your post a bit... the sun had pretty much already set by the time I had arrived at the shrine.... it would be gone by the time I made it to Ashtown...

I've lost everything. I reset my PC to factory settings before updating to Windows 10 (Don't judge me I want to try it out) and, well, the backup I made for all of my projects (over ten years worth of writing and graphics and other stuff), has become corrupted. That file, of course included ALL of my roleplaying resources, everything; Every single word I've ever written, pertaining to RPGs, gone. Forever, and we're talking literally hundreds of roleplays, I've played in, created and/or ran over the last ten or so years, most of it self-made content.

At this moment, it appears as though the file is completely FUBAR, but I'm going to keep looking for solutions on how to salvage even some of the files.

This may or may not affect my GMing performance somewhat, hopefully not too much (thankfully I have a pretty good memory). Oh and, if you hear any news about a horribly violent rampage in Finland, that's just me, venting some steam.


Also, you're right Nasrudin, but if that little detail stopped you from posting a response anyway, then you're a big old butt.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:45, Sun 09 Aug 2015.

Just wanted to make sure that things didn't change because it was night time when I got there and not dusk.

Also sorry to hear about your PC.  I have lost much of my RP stuff as I changed computers due to Viruses and other crap.  Luckliy a book I had been writting for a long time was saved, so I didn't lose years of work.

Ouch, that's terrible to hear. That's why I use both an external HD ánd cloud storage for my important stuff these days. I had that happen to me once too often.

Posts coming tomorrow, folks!

Saw your new game.  Thinking about joining up :)

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If you're a strategy and/or sci-fi fan, please do! If you've got any questions, feel free to PM me, either here or on the StarSovs' forum!

So, whats going on everyone?

I've been caught up with getting Star Sovereigns up and running, as well as working towards replacing what I lost in the "great file corruption of August". I honestly have but a small recollection of what I'd planned for Champions, but I think the new ideas you'll like, once I flesh them out enough to put into action.

I can reveal that there's a plan to bring in fresh blood (or two, since it appears Jean may have gone MIA too), I just haven't figured out exactly when or how, though I know with certainty what kind of character they're going to be. I know it may not look like it, but I'm working my darnest to rejuvenate not only this game, but my interest in running it - The desire is still there and I'll keep it going even if only one of you remain, but losing all my files really took a dump on my productivity.

But enough excuses!

I pose to the three (or four, if Jean turns up) of you a question; What would you like to see in Champions, after Chapter 1? Are there any places you'd like the story to visit (Don't suggest Black Marsh, because you may or may not already be going there, eventually), or any tasks you'd want to see your characters accomplish? Your profiles have already given me some ideas and, as some of you have seen, something has been put into motion - But my desire from the very beginning, has been to give each of the Player Characters, story arcs of their own, however short or long, that could be built and played out and (hopefully) brought to a satisfactory conclusion.

Chapter 1- if things go as I've planned -will leave you with a destination, however some options about reaching it. It will also take a while to reach said destination, so as you travel, detours will probably be unavoidable, branching the story for 'side-quests' and the like. The goal is and has always been, to drag you all across Tamriel and maybe even beyond, as you.. well, anything specific would be a bit of a spoiler. Needless to say, this world isn't the only one that hangs in the balance, as the story progresses.

Anyway, shoot away with your ideas/suggestions! Hopefully some OOC discussion on this, will bring everyone to the same page and breathe a little more life into the game as well.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:08, Thu 10 Sept 2015.

Well it comes to this point, do we want to delve into Empire territory by going south of Hammerfall into Cyrodiil. Or since were going to Black Marsh, and are holy appointed asses hunted by Dragon Blades. We can problly escape them in Skyrim.

But since none of us our Nord, or Human, and we got an Dominion Altmer with us, really both areas don't look good.

Third option is head north to Daggerfall, and take a boat maybe...

Just to clarify, you're not going to Black Marsh right away, but will end up there eventually. Maybe in Chapter 3.

Currently, my character has his own goals he wants to figure out.  One of them being where his father might be, since I doubt he stayed in Summerset.

That said, a journey there could be alot of fun.  Also, while not a focal point, I do think some politics should come into play at some point.  For me it sorta already has, but if we head into Daggerfall, and the surronding city-states, their could be lots of politics to go around.  Going south into the Empire, would have the element of surprise, though, depending how hard these knights want us dead, could be suicide..

As for a summery

Summerset Isle would be the one place I would want to head, and no race currently in the group is banned from the Dominion as far as I know (Elswyer is still part of the Dominion, not sure on Black Marsh).

My character is turning out a bit darker then I had envisioned.... I mean, I already up an murdered several people.... one of which I really didn't want to.  Some aftermath of my rampage in Ashtown could be fun to witness...

you know the story plots I have.  A few more will crop up (Such as discovering wtf I am carrying in a glass jar).  Also, I might, if possible, send some people to liberate the Arch-Mage... if for no other reason then information...

Similarly, Daro'Misha also wants to do her own thing, but has more or less been railroaded along the party so far. But seeing as Secrets, Dirty Little Secrets® and Nasty Elfsess® are breaking up the party, it won't be long before our little thieving Khajiit sets off on her own either for some personal development too. As to where that happens.. well, most of my affinity is with what was in the prior 3 games (Morrowind-Skyrim), but I'd be open to heading for Elsweyr if given reason. It doesn't really matter, as long as the reason is good. On that point, finding our quarry is #1 on my mind right now so we can get an idea what Alkosh wants of us.

Well it seems I am on my way back to the group, so we can find this guy together.  Hell, I have some information already, at least possible info.

EDIT: Also, WHAT?  I want to know, why your character would assume it was an Altmer, much less me, that betrayed you?  Those are IMPERIAL Dragon Knights... they aren't even associated with the Dominion...

Not going for an argument, just curious if your character had a reason to suspect such things, or it just doesn't like me, so it will blame all it's woes on me.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:19, Tue 15 Sept 2015.

Well, for one you murdered someone in cold blood before her eyes, so her opinions were low to begin with. Then, after you got sent to the palace suddenly those knights show up. As far as she knows the Altmeri and Imperials are one and the same (The knights didn't exactly state they were not with the Altmeri and wasted very little time before they went stabby-stabby-face). Daro'Misha assumes you ratted the party out because no one else knew about us and you went to the authorities, and she's had an eye on the others all the time, so it couldn't have been them.

Summerset could certainly be an interesting place to visit, especially given Nasrudin's connections to it and, to be honest, I've had a scenario planned for your reunion with your family since early on. Also, politics, definitely something that could be fun - As an avid lover of feudal politics and intrigue, I'd love to flesh that out in the world of Elder Scrolls.

Speaking of Black Marsh, I never did ask what you all thought about the Argonian Report? (If you haven't read it, it can be found here) I had intended to write more little books and things like that, but the file loss kinda put a hamper on that too - But would y'all like to see more of them? My plan was to introduce and flesh out game-world concepts (like the isolationism of the Argonians) through them, as in-game knowledge, instead of having out-of-character information dumps.

As for Misha going it alone for some time, I'm certainly not opposed to the idea - However it shouldn't be an abrupt or unnecessary thing. I mean, Nasrudin was only separated because he announced his identity to the Altmer soldiers, who all knew him to be dead and, because of the infamous status of Nasrudin's supposed "failure" and "treachery", they took it super seriously. That, and Erundil backed up his story. But again, I'm not opposed to the idea - I just don't want to end up running a separate thread for everyone. Perhaps if your path ever takes you to Elsweyr, Misha could pursue an avenue of some alone-time, by hooking up with her old pals.

What about you Vassaad? Any thoughts on personal character development? If you don't want to share with the class, you can just PM me instead. I have some ideas for you as well, and for Story Reasons™ I definitely want to visit the winter wonderland of Skyrim at some point, which could give the perfect opportunity to visit the old College again.. As well as checking up on the not-so-Iron Curtain of King Junnes.

The Argonian Report doesn't really tell all that much to be honest. The only tome I really read into concerning Argonians was the informative tome "The Argonian Maid." Very helpful people! ;)

That said, I did read a lot of the books in TES, but not all, but my interest rarely went to the Argonians. I was more interested in the Khajiit, Deadric Princes and the Dwemer.

I had read many books in various TES games, from Arena and Daggerfall to Oblivion and Skyrim (ES3 was not a favorite, and while I might go back to it now that I own it myself, I was never a huge fan.)

So, I actually enjoyed the couple books we have found thus far.  I was looking forward to reading and finding more (stupid guard stopped me at the Archmage quarters).

As for the story, I think at some point all of us are going to go it alone at least for a bit.  Right now, the only reason I am headed back to the group is this Redguard, because their is no real trust in the party ATM.  To Daro, I am a cold, calculating Altmer murderer (while the orc was not murder, I have since murdered people, so she isn't wrong), Daro also seems to distrust Vassad, and then their is Jean, who just ran off with a figment of his imagination.

I am not sure what can change these viewpoints atm... other then, god picked us.  I am hoping that their is some inter party development once we all get back together, and while not over night, I hope we start to trust one another.  But, perhaps we won't, but realize trust or not, we suffer together... and maybe it will just be allies of convince.

In reply to Daro'Misha (msg # 137):

Oh man, I was a Dwemer nut, especially in Skyrim. I've honestly read only a few books in TES (usually reading about the lore afterwards on the wiki and UESP) - But when it came to the Dwemer, every book and note about them I had to have, and at one point, I had to force myself to avoid their ruins, knowing that I'd end up with a backpack full of plates and cogs and all sorts! Everything about them is just so darn fascinating and interesting.

As for the Argonian Report, my idea behind it was the biased and censored recounting of Argonia, from the eyes of an Imperial (and unwanted) visitor. Sort of inspired by how people visiting North Korea, have described their trips. The guided tours, fake smiles, bells and whistles. "Look, we're not an evil dictatorship! Honest! Just don't go there or we'll kill you. Ha-ha. Hamburger?" Mayhaps there should be a Vol. 2 to it.

With other lore, I kind of want to focus on the topics that are less covered in the games and especially the topics, that are specific to Champions (after all, there's 50 years of history to fill). Plus, I don't feel that I could write something as interesting or good, as the heavily featured topics in the games (like the Dwemer for instance) - And it would be a little redundant, given the wealth of pre-existing (and official) information out there.

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In reply to Nasrudin (msg # 138):

I'm glad to hear that! I guess I should start chipping away at writing a few more.

And, Akatosh never did command you all to be the best of friends - Though I'd imagine a rapport to form eventually/inevitably, especially once you find Vontus Aebondeius and finally get an idea of the stakes. That's why I started corralling you towards Ashtown and back to the group, to get all of you to Checkpoint #1, before we got too wild with the splitting up and internal quarreling.

Why I am not being more suspicious of this redguard.. alittle OOC knowledge to help keep the game on track :P

Had this been like.. TES, with destructable enviornments and such (Something the games lack, sadly), I would probably be finishing the 'set fire to everything' and ensure that Ashtown turns into it's namesake... Nasrudin is a bit on the pissed off side, and killing humans isn't murder, it is the will of the gods, because the gods made the dominion :P

They also made Altmer necks very soft and delicate. Praise the divines.

Ya, and the divines also sent that nice plague to purge your kind :P  Only got the cat folk to really worry about, and the lizards..

As a Khajiit raised by Nords Elsweyr is soo backwords. Reliant on the moons soo much, yet I was born with out a sign, and the moons stood above Skyrim forever as I can tell. But nooo the moons disappear for a time then reappear and praise the Altmer for it.

Though it seems that all fairskins hate each other. Be it the Altmer and the Imperials, Bretons and the Orcs to the Nords fighting everyone that isn't Nord, just as much as the Altmer fight anything that is not of their blood.

Though this just proves, that before my death I was right. For if the Nine Divines did make this world, it be a better place. Akatosh my guide us on his path, for his goal and agenda, whatever they maybe, we have been given a second chance. But let us remember that even Alatosh isn't the only to speak to mortals, least be the cult of the Mythic Dawn be so easily forgotten.

So heres a plot point, Vassaad doesn't trust Akatosh any more then he would trust Mehrunes Dagon... I mean if one god is acting, im sure theres a couple more doing the same. That and I wrote a book denouncing both Akatosh, and saying that the holy Divines are no better then the Dedera that started the Oblivion Crisis.

Well, as far as the guidance of the divines go, Akatosh seems to have guided our scaly friend onto a greatsword... :/

I don't know why I need to keep repeating this. My character's name is Daro'Misha. Not Misha.

One Vassaad is not use to custom of the Kahjit, he is not called Jo'Vassaad for being a Mage, he is called Vassaad for his name is just that.

Also isn't Daro the Khajiit term for thief? Wouldn't that be a bad thing, me calling you Daro out in the public within Guard's hearing reach?

In reply to Daro'Misha (msg # 145):



Your words from a PM sent to Vassaad, on the 22nd of March. That's why I've been calling you "Misha" in my posts, anyhow.

Yaaa I remember that, because I was referring to her as Daro...

Hmm, guess I forgot that. Then again, since Daro'Misha is the most respectable member of the group (now our scaly friend is revealed to be a necromancer), I believe some proper address is in order! :p

Im sorry, im the only noble in this group.... your a thief, Vassad is a brotherhood assassin :P posing as a mage, you got a necromancer... The only thing im responasble for it killing animals.  And hunting isn't evil, just the way of nature ;)

No your mistaken im Mage turned Brother. Magic is my true calling just when the Stormclocks took over no one would really take me, exept for a vary funny old man and his "mother."

In reply to Nasrudin (msg # 150):

Murderer! Killed the poor defenseless jailor!

Defensless my arse.. that Axe was as big as you are.  Just cause I happened to be more intelligent, and didn't go after him as it stood, doesn't mean anything :P

Also, on a more game ruled question:  Do we ever get more stats or XP to improve things?

Think I killed the game...

In reply to Nasrudin (msg # 154):

Murderer!

Before you dust off the guillotine, know that Nasrudin is quite innocent, as the guilt falls solely upon me. I won't bore you with the details as they ultimately don't matter (to you anyway), but, needless to say "something came up", and I made the mistake of not informing the lot of you, like a responsible GM should have. For that, I apologize, it's a problem I've had for as long as I've roleplayed online. But I digress.

Here's the deal: I want and fully intend to keep Champions going, though I can't promise daily posts, I'll make more of an effort to at least post twice a week and on weekends. That is, if you're all willing to put up with my shenanigans a little further. I know I haven't been the best nor most committed GM as of late, but having developed some strange obsession fondness for Champions, not to mention our trio of adventurers, I'm hellbent on not killing this game off just yet. So, I want and plan to keep it going, but would very much like to do so with the three of you on board and, possibly two others to replace our lost comrades. Of course I understand if any of you are done with my BS and can't blame you, if you want to move on.

However, there is one slight issue, which is Rihad. I don't feel satisfied with the direction that storyline has gone, since the dynamic duo assaulted Natalo's and things haven't exactly followed my original plans. When Nasrudin ended up splitting off from the group, I adjusted the story accordingly, but- I feel -did so in the wrong direction. Long story short, I'd very much like to move on from Rihad; After all, there's the entirety of Tamriel (and perhaps beyond) to offer possible locations for exploration and adventure - Not forgetting the machinations of Akatosh and his first task to you.

So, I see two possible options; First, we could just have a short time-skip. I'll wrap up what would have happened next and we bring Chapter 1 to its conclusion. You'll be rewarded some skill points (which was my intent originally, to answer Nasrudin's question; give you points once you left Rihad) and we get on with Chapter 2 on the shores of Cyrodiil, with you receiving some supplies and equipment from your newfound ashashin allies. This, in my opinion, would be the preferred option as no progress would be lost and we could more or less pick up from where we left off.

Alternatively, I have dotted down some possibilities for restarting Champions entirely, starting again from the moment of the Champions' resurrection. However, I would really only consider this option, if only one or none of you, were interested in continuing. While I think it might be interesting to start anew with a slightly altered story, there's the aforementioned loss of progress; Everyone would have to get acquainted again, find basic equipment, etc. But, I figured I'd mention it anyway, just to put it out there.

Finally, assuming all of you are Americans, I suppose you'll be busy celebrating that silly Halloween of yours over the weekend, so I expect whatever I/we decide to do here, would start on Monday (or Sunday, I really don't know the common traditions related to Halloween, aside from all the candy and decor and whatnot). In the mean time though, I look forward to reading your thoughts tomorrow. For now, I bid you all a good night.

I am always around :P

I have no problem keeping going.  Things happen, Life Happens, and I don't mind the game slowing down to 1/week or so.  Means it will take longer, but if your commited, so am I.  I am quite enjoying the game, even if my character has evolved into something I wasn't wholy expecting.

That being said, with your options.  A time jump could work.  I mean, me and mr. Stabby over here just finished our battle.  So it works for us.  The group in the catacombs is still in battle, but as GM, you can easily wrap that up.

Was their a direction you had intended?

Well you know my opinion....

If were off to Cyrodiil, hopes its a major town, with a few guilds that offering up some magical equipment. Need to learn some better spells or become a better spell caster. >.>

In reply to Nasrudin (msg # 157):
Well the plan was to let you all spend a quiet night and day in Rihad, getting stocked on supplies, exploring the city and with one or two of you, heading off to meet the satāshishiyun and only then have team double dragon attack. I hastened the plan, because I felt the main thread was grinding to a halt and thought having all the excitement sooner, rather than later, might have been a more interesting direction. I mean ultimately, the Rihad-"arc" would have concluded in more or less the same place you are now, but with Artemesia being killed off and Jean never returning from his vacation, I personally feel it's better to move on and get you on the path to finding Aebondeius.


In reply to Vassaad (msg # 158):
Definitely. The Arcane Ministry has facilities in all the large cities and towns of the Empire, equipped to offer mages, both aspiring and experienced alike, with the tools to fulfill their magickal and intellectual needs! With absolutely no strings attached. None at all. No strings.

Long live the Empire.

Why do I feel that the Black Hand offers better deals then this new Ministries...

I'm not much a fan of fast forwards to be honest, but in the itnerest of getting back on the rails I will suffer one. However, re-integrating Nasrudin will have to be worked out in rp first. Daro'Misha still suspects he's responsible for most of this mess, wrongly or not.

....wnless we stab him to death and Vassaad animates his corpse. That's fine with Daro'Misha too. ;)

If you insist, I suppose that's fair enough. I'll fast forward us to the planned rendezvous and then we'll just proceed from there. I'll have the post up soon™, at the latest tomorrow, I'm also writing out some other things in preparation at the moment!

In reply to Et'Ada (msg # 162):

Nice closure. :)

About these skill points, can they also be used on attributes (or is that separate)?
And how does it work exactly, can I give two skills +3 and one +1? Or is there an increasing cost? (second rank costs 2 points, third rank costs 3 points)

Thank you! I hope you'll like the Chapter 2 intro as well. :)

As for your question, I hope this clears it up:


(Just in case it didn't though; Yes, points can be spent both on Attributes and Skills; However you can only assign a maximum of three to each attribute!)

Oh, here I thought it was just 3 to Attributes... like, total, so 1/1/1 or 1/2 or 3... something like that.

I thought about doing it like that, but in the end decided against it, since seven points isn't that much in the long run anyhow.

Both of you can kill me latter when were out of port...

Oh man, some of that radiation from the Boston atomic bombing must've seeped across the space-time continuum and into Tamriel!

I deny nothing.

I for one have spent the past couple of days, in the wasteland wonderland of Fallout 4 and loving every minute of it. Steam tells me I now have 35 hours put into it... oops! I guess I'm more addicted to Fallout, than old Mama Murphy is to chems.

That's alright.  I binged LOTV, and in 7 days I am going to be lost in Battlefront.... so no hard feelings.

I wasn't apologizing, ya' big dingus. After all, I've been waiting on you guys for a change!!! As for Battlefront, I hope you have fun with it! Personally I think it's going to blow, but then again, I have nothing but spite for EA.

EA is the publisher, the developer is this DICE that I don't really know anything about.  The fact their is no Single player made my happily optimistic self when I heard about it originally and saw some of the footage, to... cautiously optimistic.

Well DICE has proven themselves with the Battlefield-franchise (although to me, all shooters are basically the exact same game, save for a few exceptions), but EA is notorious for sucking the love and joy out of franchises, just so they can turn a profit. No doubt EA's corporate greed has been seeping all over DICE's necks, telling them to dumb the base-game down, so they can milk the Star Wars -license. I played the Beta and while even I, someone who rarely plays online shooters (as I'm horrible at them), found it fun. However I don't reckon the full game will be much different from the Beta.

My guess is, they'll chop up all the fun parts and sell them to people as over"full"-priced DLC, alongside what I'm sure will be so many map- and vanity-packs, even Paradox will be jealous! All that being said, I would be happily surprised if this wasn't what'll happen with Battlefront.. but alas, EA has proven time and time again (SimCity, the Sims, Mass Effect, SWTOR, Dragon Age to name a few bigguns) they only care about maximizing their profits. It's not the developers' fault, after all they're stuck working under the iron fist of corporate commander and face the boot, should they disobey.

Well, I was supposed to pick up my copy (And system) tomorrow, but alas, the money isn't there, so I have to wait till Friday.  I will see how it goes...


as for EA, eh.  I  can't say anything too bad that hasn't been said, but.. I still love some of the things they have.  Command and Conquor is/was amazing (last one I really played was RA3, which I thought was very well done).

That being said, the Sims isn't that bad ither.  As for 'DLC' that is the consumers fault more then the company, and techs fault.  Once those DLC packs would have been called expansions.  But because so many people go digital, online has changed, and the fact that people BUY said DLC packs, that has become the corporate norm.  Most big name publishers do it, some worse then others.  But the things you listed, I don't have problems with (save maybe SWTOR, but that is a different issue all together).

The things I have been hearing bad about Battlefront, is that it really doesn't define itself as anyhintg.  It is just... Battlefield, with a Star Wars skin... haven't played Battlefield, except the REALLY old one... way back when.. and even then, that was only a few times at a friends house, so I will reserve my own judgement....


I am hoping it lives like it's predecessors, but with the exclusion of a real single player, the fact one can't play vs AI (Like in the old galactic conquests, except this 'survivor mode' thing where two commandos try surviving waves of dudes), and the lack of real space battles (so far.. Pretty sure it will be DLC shortly upon release, since they have the dogfight mode in atmo), along small things, like on the rails AT-ATs.. although I understand why in the ATAT assault mode why it is...

Small things can add up... and most of the time, I stop playing online shooters because of the people, way more then the game...

See im split about EA i hate Origen... But I can not deby my love for everything star wars. At the same time I still shake a fist of rage for what they did to the Ultima series. I was going to get Battlefront but i might wait till I finish FO4 a couple of times first.

Even back when they were expansion packs and you had to get a physical disc to play them, they were overpriced. However back then, the content usually justified the price-tag. Nowadays, expansions/DLCs especially for EA games, are (more often than not) lackluster and simply contain features, that should've been in the base game, but were cut out because EA wanted to make money. Not to mention what they've done to some of the other big franchises they own; In Mass Effect 3 they sunk their teeth into the narrative and tacked on whored mode multiplayer. Dragon Age 2 was a total fiasco and while Inquisition was better than 2, it was barely equal to Origins. SimCity 2013 was a horrible mess of dumbed down features and DRM, which was true for Sims 4 as well, the base game of which actually has less in it than Sims 3 (but comes with the exact same full-priced "expansions"). None of that is the fault of the developer (although some suck off EA harder than others *coughmaximcough*), when it's EA pulling the strings, trying to squeeze out as much money as they can, all the while sacrificing the fun.

It'll be no different for Battlefront. Honestly, I half expect them to take a new low and start up pay-to-win microtransactions, with better equipment and weapons. Hell, they already did that with the Deluxe edition (or w/e) they were selling, that included Han Solo's blaster and whatever. Yeah, you can (supposedly) unlock that stuff by playing, but the fact of the matter is, someone will still have a significant advantage over you early on, simply because they paid more.

And while you're right, that partially it's the consumers buying into these overpriced DLCpansion packs, that perpetuates the problem - Should you really complain, if you fully intend to buy Battlefront and thus support EA and their shitty practices? Making you a "part of the problem"? Personally, I couldn't give two frakks about Battlefront, but will enjoy watching it crash and burn like Titanfall or Destiny did. Although, as I said, I'd also equally enjoy watching the opposite happen, however I have no reason to put faith into EA turning their ship around. What we saw in the beta, is what we'll get in the "full" game. Everything else will be sold for 40 bucks a pop.

But make no mistake, EA will be responsible for Battlefront's failure, not DICE. The developers are only working for a paycheck, which unfortunately comes from such jerks as EA.

Well Titanfall just kind of went into the whisper of the winds, as for Destiny. Well its kicking and screaming on its way out by the looks of things.

Ya, I hear nothing about Titanfall.... however, Destiny is a Love/Hate thing.  People love the game, or they hate it.  So, that game will live, albit smaller then probably intended, but with talk of Destiny 2, and the release of their 'expansion' I doubt it is going anywhere for a bit.

As for supporting EA.. that depends.  See, I bought SWBFDE, so I will see if those 'advantages' are real or not.  As for the rest... Sure, buying the game 'supports' the company, and everyone involved (Including DICE).  But see, I have bought games before, and not touched any DLC on them.  (Such as the Dynasty Warriors Series... which I love).  The real DLC purchases I have bought, were for Skyrim, and that is because I am a big ES fan... but also because I thought they did truly add to the game (less then I thought, but more then enough to justify the price).  I also get DLC off steam when I buy a game in a bundle.

IF I really enjoy Battlefront, and I feel the game itself is complete, and the DLC is just Map packs and the like... maybe I will buy them.  But more likly then not, I will buy the main game, and never make another purchase.

Microtransactions only work if people buy them, and well.. people buy them.  SWTOR originally, was a pretty good game, when it was a pay to play.  A tad simple, but I thought it had well done Voice Acting, a somewhat engaging story, and solid (if albit reused), gameplay.  I couldn't play anymore, so I left my account inactive, and it went FTP.  I played it for a grand total of an hour after it went FTP, and then uninstalled it.  I lost access to half my weapons, part of my crew, and my founder title.  This happens with most MMO's sadly.  WoW I think hasn't fallen into this pit yet... but most FTP MMO's are pay to win, with paywalls and the like.  ONly game it really didn't bother me in (at first), was DDO, because I started that game when it was FTP, and other then some quests and the like being cut off, and a few race/class options, the game was still solid and loads of fun to play.  It wasn't till I got to about level 12, and I was running out of quests to do for exp, that it started to drag...

I am now ranting, so sorry.  We will see how it goes... unless someone already has it, since I won't get mine till Friday.  Hopefully, it will be a fun time for a few months, before Pro's and hackers start ruining the fun.  I still wish MAG servers were still up...

I preordered Battlefront after the beta, I was very enamored with it. Of course, I had not realized how frigging, absurdly good Fallout 4 would be. Damn, that game is almost every dream come true for me! 84 hours played so far (I took the week of its release off). I had 532 hours played on Skyrim so I shouldn't be surprised, really. Bethesda just makes my kind of game. :)

I agree, Fallout 4 has been everything I wanted and more! As a rule I tend not to pre-order games, even if I'm excited for them, but given that thus far Bethesda has never disappointed me, as soon as FO4's pre-orders opened, I got mine in. Snagged a nice 23% discount on GMG too, which was nice. I'm 60 hours in and have loved every minute of it, and as I approach the conclusion of the main story, I'm already excited for my second playthrough and all the things I can do differently, from the first time around!

Also probably going to pre-order the season pass, come next month. Can't wait for the DLC to start dropping! I'm sure it'll add hundreds of hours to the game, added on top of the hours all the mods will bring.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:27, Wed 18 Nov 2015.

Only a month until Christmas! Oh how time flies, eh?

Christmas, the time when I can play Fallout 4 for three weeks uninterrupted apart from 2 mandatory family visits.

*Stocks up on cheetos*

Good thing Vassaad has a high social skill, eh?... eh?... eh?

Also what a strange name, 'cheetos'. Over here we call them "juustonaksut", which (more or less) literally means "cheese snacks".

Well a name is a brand here in America and Brands are a major thing... Cheetos is like Google a word a company made up so it stucks in the customers head

The 'brand' for snacks here would be the company which makes them, Taffel. However they make everything from chips (with all hundred of the bloody flavors) and 'cheetos', to salted nuts, pretzels, popcorn and a few others; So you couldn't really say you were going to "get some Taffel", since that could mean any one of their products. There are of course other brands, but Taffel is the most popular and I think everyone here knows who they are, expecially since they're a home brand. Foreign equivalents are around too, but somewhat less popular, except for Pringles.

I have had Lay's chips once though, and they were ridiculous. Small, thin and over half of the bag was filled with air! Taste wasn't anything to write home about either, but then they were just some plain chips.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:52, Thu 26 Nov 2015.

Well yaaa thats a thing a bag of air as "cusioning" but Cheetos is like Pringles. And lays chips theres two kinds reguler and rigged, that and well the bland kind isnt but the BBQ one well thats a cheap guilty pleasure.

Tell them Vassaad, Tell them about your brotherhood friends and bload-soaked past! :D

Dibella is watching you!
This message was last edited by the player at 15:26, Fri 27 Nov 2015.

Vassaad, the head priestess didn't attack you.

This message was deleted by the player at 01:08, Sat 05 Dec 2015.

Edited

I've added some numbers to each of your sheets. They have to do with the updated health/damage mechanic, that I've decided to add to the game, to make combat a little more interesting and defined. I'd like to give it a go and if it's horrible, fix/remove it as needed. For more information, I added a bit on it in the Game Guide, at the end of the Combat Rules section.
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:40, Sat 12 Dec 2015.

I might not be able to post over the holiday week, I'm sure all y'all can understand. I'll try to get replies up tomorrow, though, since it's a slower day - But don't expect it with any kind of certainty!

Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays to everyone!

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

Wait that's not right..

I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays and had a happy New Year's! About time to get back into the swing of it.

Welcome back! :D

"Right with you boss!" Wedge

Is that addressed to me boss?

Not really, I just thought it was funny. :)

As this was not a pm to me, i had assumed (perhaps I am wrong) we ALL have such a pendent...

"Without a chance to respond, Akatosh evaporates into a thick mist which surrounds you completely and fills your lungs, nearly suffocating you. Suddenly, the air around you is filled with an indescribably horrifying stench of rot and decay. As the  mist clears, you find yourself lying atop a small pile of corpses, flies buzzing all around and maggots squirming against your skin. You're inside a large stone room, presumably a "dumping ground", where the bodies of the unwanted are tossed before burning. All you have on you, is a set of filthy rags and around your neck, a strange metal pendant you've never seen before. It is oval, black and completely smooth, with a small red gem in its center."


I mean, if it is only me, cool.  But I don't believe that was the intention... and I want to make sure before making my post.  Vassaad probably wasn't paying attention, but everyone should have seen the amulet at least once, since I took it out after killing poor Borog, back in the begining of our adventure.


EDIT: Just looked it up... and I know Vassaad has one of the pieces.  Message 81 of our original thread:

As soon as Vassaad lays his hands on the Redguard woman, a stream of wispy light bursts out of her eyes, nose, ears and mouth. It hovers as a cloud above the body for a second, before shooting into Vassaad's and Nasrudin's amulets, dissipating.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:15, Wed 20 Jan 2016.

I thought Vassaad was lying to the archmage.

If that is the case, then I can let it go.. just making sure that is the case and not of 'forgotten' details lost to time... (like one of the things I wanted to do, but forgot to back in Rihad)

Yaaa im just blind.

The students aren't with you anymore, FYI.

Ya, I know.  I didn't see them as I was leaving ither... but they DID hear at least what I called myself.... so they might repeat the name...

Well Im playing the age card... But then again, Khajiits only live less then 100 years, and Im half way though it...

Though for you Elves, isn't less then 200 to be considered adolescence among the Altmer.... I mean I read a book from Morrowind that said a Dunmer Queen lived for a 1000 years. That and Divayth Fyr >.>
This message was last edited by the player at 07:45, Mon 25 Jan 2016.

Barenzi or something, ya.... Think the average age is about 800 or so... but we have had people live longer.  But ya, Dunmer Queen lived from the Formation of the Empire, all the way to the Oblivion Crisis I do believe.. The book sorta stops at the Arena with Jager Tharn, but ya know.

Just realized... Misha might be nearby... depending when they arrived at the Ministry to when we leave....

Vassaad, you wouldn't really know about Ancano and especially not about the Gray Cowl. Even Misha wouldn't know about it.

Then I will wait on an edit.

Right a educated mage doesn't know shit about arcane artifacts, and I can't mention someone that I already mentioned.

Fine edited, but don't bother Nasrudin, just get us to the Garden.

Just going by what is being said... probably know OF Ancano..

this is why it would have been good to know what the DB had, and had not accomplished, so rumors and other things would make sense, considering the fact, I was in Skyrim at the time of the Dragonborn, and your from Skyrim shortly after those events.

But, it seemed like little importance, so I never really pushed the issue.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:34, Tue 26 Jan 2016.

No me and Et'Ada had a civil discussion, and I do not know the name of the Thalmor that killed Savos Aren.

Which just ruined the joke, and now I just want to get on with the next quest, since our banter was interrupted.

Edit:



Well I orphaned at the College one or two years after the Dragonborn's visit anyways. I lived in the College till the Nords kicked us non-nords out. And im still a Stormclock. But appreently Ancano became Voldemort
This message was last edited by the player at 17:39, Tue 26 Jan 2016.

Well, if the Eye of Magnus thing happened, and the Psyjik order took it, they would probably WANT that to be not discussed.  But again, what do I know. I wanted to know if Blackreach had been opened, and I was told no, so the Dwemer capitol is still hidden away.  Wouldn't mind going on that Atherium quest :P  But I doubt that happened... (though, talk about some serious Dwemer knowledge), and that Runed Lexicon quest would have been something my character would have done given the chance.  Again, doubt it happened though.

As I told Vassaad, I have my reasons.

And for you Nasrudin, to put it bluntly, your character had nothing to do with any quest-line that appears in Skyrim, exceptions can be made if appropriate, but mostly you were up north doing your own thing, which doesn't mean you didn't have your own share of adventures. Just don't think you were a big, famous/influential hero in Skyrim, or something.

Aside from not canonizing the Dragonborn's identity, the reason I left their activities to obscurity, is because most of the things the DB did, wouldn't really have had an impact outside of Skyrim. Even the Dragon Crisis, at least in Champions, was a pretty Skyrim-specific situation and didn't really spread outside Skyrim, until after Alduin was killed and the surviving dragons scattered across Tamriel. The last 'posting guideline' kind of applies here as well, you really shouldn't assume to have been involved in or have intimate knowledge of, any specific quest that happened in Skyrim or before, without confirming with me first (like Nasrudin has been doing). If something comes to your mind at some point, shoot me a private line or PM, so as to avoid future confusion.

Of course not.  But for rumors or other such things, might come up (Such as a powerful artifact being found in some forgotten ruin, or people riding dragons in Solesteim, if that happened at all.)  The war was canonized, and it seems the DB didn't play a role at all in it.

Most side quests though, i wouldn't consider major.  So they might have gone unoticed by the DB.  However, other then some of the Dwemer specific sidequests, and the major Dawnguard one involving the temple.(which you never said happened or didn't), I just assume In was exploring, reading in a library, and more or less trying not to get lynched by Stormcloaks.

Pardon the quiet few days, got a bit swamped. Posts will follow tomorrow and over the weekend! :)

Sweet.  Sounds good :)  Figured I threw in some things that took days for you to figure out what to do with :P

FYI, it's probably somewhere between nine and half past nine in the morning, with Misha being some ten minutes ahead of the main thread.

I do apologize for the silence again, my head simply wasn't anywhere near a 'fantasy' setting and while usually I can just crank up my fantasy-playlist on spotify, this week that just wasn't possible and not for a lack of trying.

Nasrudin; 'Ring', as in it sounds similar to Ta'agra, which is the Khajiit language. I should have made that clearer, sorry.

Ah, like rings a bell, as opposed to he rang the bell or something.... got it.  Made an edit.  Thanks for the celrification :)

Funnily enough, as I was proofreading that post, I thought "ring of Ta'agra" sounded confusing, but decided against changing it in the end, and usually I obsess over making my posts as clear as possible too!

Hey, could have been a cool artifact that lets me control Khajiiet.. I don't know:P

Now the white one travels with the Murderer :P How the tables have turned.... Misha really is just going to abandon us :P

The time in the main thread, is coming up to ten in the morning, perhaps a little past it.

And Nasrudin, in-character actions in in-character posts please, choose what you want to do and edit it into your post. :)

I wanted to let you all know, I will not be on for the next week or so.  My grandfather just passed, and I am going to be flying to his funeral in NY.  Will be spending time with friends and family while there, so Internet stuff isn't going to be high on priorities.

Take care, and see you again soon.

Well that's a real bummer, I've lost both of my grandfathers years ago, so I certainly know how you must be feeling right now. Very sorry for your loss Nasrudin, and take all the time you need. :)

In slightly happier news, I just realized Champions is over a year old now! The first post I ever made here was on the 10th of March 2015 and the first story post was on the 18th! I consider this quite the achievement since, as you've all seen, I'm absolutely not the best GM on the planet (the "great file loss" of last year certainly didn't help) and while I have my personal reasons, I feel I've fed you guys enough excuses. My point is that I'd just like to thank all three of you for sticking around, despite everything!
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 19:49, Sat 16 Apr 2016.

Hows everything going?  Whats new people?  Did we Lose Misha?

Would have gotten around to posting yesterday, but we had a little family get together in honor of May Day and I was beat afterward.

And fortunately no, we haven't lost Misha! She just needs a little hiatus due to personal reasons, but she's told me she'll be back soon as she feels up to it. :)

Glad to hear it.  And just checking keeping the game a pulse.  Life happens

SO, how is everyone?  Been almost a month, so just checking to see if it's got a pulse.

Well shit. It really has almost been a month! I for one still have a pulse but, well all I'm willing to say is that for the past few weeks I've been crippled creatively, to the point of just avoiding this website altogether, although not entirely by intent - The days just kind of blur together when you're unemployed! Which, ironically is also its only silver lining; Having all the time in the world. More or less. Otherwise, I've been fairly well - Turned 22 on the 14th, so there was that!

But back on the game; If there's will, I'm all for keeping her going. After all, we've somehow survived over a year, why quit now eh? I'll have to look through my notes and catch my bearings before posting, though it might fall on tomorrow since it's already past 11 pm here. But in the mean time, feel free to give me your thoughts or let me know if you're sick and tired of my shenanigans, that'd certainly be understandable too. :)
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:23, Thu 26 May 2016.

Nah, I am enjoying the game, and am willing to continue.  There are times where I get that bug too... and some of my games are suffering it currently.  I keep poking things, and sometimes they go well, other times, I declare them dead, bury them and move on.

I am in one game, that has been active/inactive for several YEARS..... gone through three different GM's, and 2 Reboots.  I think (not 100% sure, but close), that I am the oldest member on the board.  It is currently again in an inactive state.... so I poked it, and two people started posting again :P

I am all for continuing, even if it turns into me vs the worlds.  Not sure who else is still around, but hoping we can continue.  I am enjoying the hell out of this :)

P.S.  Congratz on the Birthday :)  Just keep us (me) informed about what is going on.  Hiatuses are common... I just hate when GM's vanish without a trace.  If you plan on closing up shop, just let us know.  If not, thats cool :)  Just let us know what is happening.

Thanks!

Champions definitely isn't my first rodeo and while overall it's not been my longest game, it is the longest in a while. Before coming to this site, I had one game that ran a couple of years and in the end was more or less just me and one other player - There's also a roleplay that's been around for 6-7 years, mostly dead for most of it, but I still check back every so often.

Anyhow, sorry about the short (and delayed) post, just trying to get the ball rolling again and catch you and Vassad up with each other.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:48, Sat 28 May 2016.

Are you all waiting on me?  I can make a post of the witch coming to get me up to tell me my peoples have arrived... since atm I am sleeping... or you could meet me upstairs, so we can talk.

In reply to Nasrudin (msg # 241):

Okay I know I been in and out because of work... But when the Mod posted, it seemed as if me and my guest were eating and waiting on you. Or I could have misinterpreted all of it.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:24, Thu 30 June 2016.

I meant to leave it open for either of you to reply.

Sorry.  Computer died, and the times i have been on with laptop, i thought it was on someone else.  Can we revive this?  The gm still out there with you?

I had meant to close the casket a while ago, since no one was even visiting the forum anymore, but I forgot as other things came up. I did at one point scrawl down some notes and ideas for a reboot of Champions, potentially set further into the future however didn't get far with it, as other worlds I've been working on got in the way. I don't know if a direct continuation of where we left off is possible at this point.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:52, Fri 26 Aug 2016.

Solo game!  Well i would like to continue, but understand if you lost interest.

I wouldn't be opposed to a solo game per se, after all the best game I've ever ran ended up being a solo game for close to a year after all the other players went up in smoke. However I feel like Champions won't work as a 'singleplayer' game (even the name is plural), but I'm not against restarting it either - I did really like the ideas I had for the current and future Chapters, with some ... exotic places, I wanted to visit! I am currently actively developing a sci-fi/space/sandbox-ish game (with three other semi-active projects on the back burner), though that has hit more than a few writer's blocks as of late.

The idea I was entertaining before as a Champions reboot, was to set the game maybe a 100 or 150 years into the future, near the end of the Fourth Era instead of only fifty years after Skyrim. My basic premise was to really muck things up for Tamriel, setting the game in a time where the Empire is no more or teeters on the verge of total collapse. I was also looking at options for a better system, with my sights set on D6 or Mini Six since I've recently become interested in it and prefer lightweight rules, but didn't get far when ideas of cosmic proportions grasped my attention. The storyline would probably follow our current mold, although lately I've really been in a sandbox 'do-what-you-want' mood...

But as I said, since there was no breath here my other projects kind of took over and I never made it far in developing the potential reboot. Just thought to throw my ideas here and see what thoughts it might rattle out of you two (I see you Vassaad). :)

Never done mini six, but I am sure it wouldn't be terrible... I had done the old WEG d6 Starwars.

Well, I would need to work around the character alittle, but I always liked this character.  Are you thinking of having the Proviences independant again?

Sorry I dropped off folks. Just noticed this pop back up. Good luck with the reboot!

Well you came out of nowhere... And I think Mini6 is just a free or public version of D6 iirc...
This message was last edited by the player at 23:21, Sun 04 Sept 2016.

Hi Misha we missed ya'! You're welcome to stick around if a reboot happens, I'm not sure myself though!

And Vassaad is right, Mini Six is a stripped down version of D6 including the basic rules (website). It's simple, lightweight and could easily fit into the Elder Scrolls (or any) universe, which is why I've grown so attached to it; I prefer to keep things fluid and on occasion cinematic, instead of having to roll for stepping on a bug or going around every corner.

To Nasrudin's question, that thought had crossed my mind. In the preliminary write-up I had it set so that after Tidus Mede II's assassination, a Potentate was chosen but he failed to keep the Empire together, with Skyrim's independence setting the snowball rolling, eventually seeing to the break up of the Empire and the birth of many factions that would vie for the Imperial throne - All the while the Dominion jumped on the opportunity and invaded Hammerfell in full force. Alternatively I thought that an angle where the Empire hadn't collapsed yet could be fun too and we could play around with the politics around it some in-game, since the Champions would eventually need friends in high places to reach their ultimate goal(s) and obtaining those friends would inevitably require doing favors, scratching backs and rubbing shoulders with the aristocracy.

Well, Nasrudin IS.. or at least WAS, part of the Aristocracy..  but I would need to make changes, or change the character, dependent on a few things... one of them being, WHEN this takes place.  After all, my character's backstory does involve a bunch of things related to the games...

That was one of the plots I was waiting to try and resolve.. figuring out what happened to dear ol' dad.  Something tells me I wasn't going to like it... like he went insane, and I was going to be forced to kill him or something... but I don't know.  Part of me was thinking we needed to go around, activating all the towers of old... to reset Nirn.

Part of me would LOVE to see places I haven't seen, like Akavir.  But, with so little about it, while that means a GM could do whatever he wants with it, it also means allot of stuff would have to be made up based on the bits of info given.

So, how goes everything people?

Things are going alright here in the frozen north. Though I didn't expect to see a post here when I logged in yesterday! Figured everyone had moved onto other, better games by now!

I was enjoying it, and was having a good time.  It wasn't deleted, and stayed on my sticky, so I decided to go ahead and say hi

I do that from time to time.  Had a few games revive because of it.. some not so lucky.

Yeah I never deleted Champions because I was considering a revival/reboot of the game, but tell you the truth I haven't even thought about RPGs since October! Only logged in a couple of days ago to show the website to a friend.

Well, your altmer dude is still here. Ready to restart or continue as you wish.

I have been feeling the roleplay itch again lately, so I'll certainly have to consider it. I make no promises though! :)

Understood.  I just really like this character... at least the story of him.  I want to see him go somewhere.

Poke... Any life out there?

Another poke

Are you secretly Mannimarco? ^^

No... But i think my dad might be....

Sadness...

I live! I'm surprised (and delighted) to see there is life here as well. Had some trouble logging in as of late and even requesting a new password wasn't working. I was about to e-mail the admin, but turns out my adblocker was apparently blocking cookies on the site - or something. It's been a long time since I've visited rpol - Started at a vocational college last fall, so it has kept me exceedingly busy. I haven't done any roleplaying for a very long time.

How are you all fairing? Whoever might be out there still.

Still here.  Lifes been hectic but making it through

Seems like all three are still alive and well, which is great to see! I hope you've had many more successful gaming experiences on the site (or off it) than in Champions. ^^"
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:59, Thu 05 July 2018.

Any chance of starting this one up again?  I dont mind being Solo for a while

I'll certainly consider it! Though I had a lot of fun with this one, so wouldn't mind it. I'm just not sure how I would continue it, especially if it was a singleplayer game for a while. Unless I roped in new people. It'd take some doing at least.

Well.. Im already on my own... Would be a matter of starting over or changing direction

Well it be a good way to get back into things, if ever.

Ya, Would be fun.

Stayin alive!!!!

New Year, new Post..

Boop

What up people...

Posting to stay alive

Still posting

Helix, did you delete the other posts?

In reply to Nasrudin (msg # 280):

No, I simply archived them a.k.a hid them from view. :)

Ah, I see.  Any plans on getting this back started?  I still enjoy reading my old RP's from time to time, hence how I noticed :P

I still want to do the D&D 5e reboot, though work on it has been a slow burn. It's actually why I logged onto rpol again, to sort of dust off this forum and do a little spring cleaning.

Welp, I am still around if you would like some help.  I haven't really played 5e that much, but am always willing to give it a shot.

Still here.  Sad to see all the posts gone still... Was really enjoying myself

Still here

Wish the posts still were.