In reply to Corros Graelor (msg # 321):

Sounds like fun to me!

It's technically not cannibalism if it's not your own species...

In reply to Nicolai Romanelli (msg # 324):

Oh sure, there you go with that logic thing again.

At least it’s not a character with pointy ears that’s being logical…

Are you insulting those of us with pointy ears?

That's racism that is! <G>

Speciesism, technically.

The half-breed is aware of such things...

Lol

Rrraaaeee?

I'm still here. It's been a crazy-busy week. I'll try to get something up tomorrow or Sunday.

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Just checkin'.

I can't remember if we ever settled on a convention for this, but I'm using italics in the same color as dialogue for Nic's internal monologue and gray italics for telepathic communication across Corros' link.  I've occasionally flailed with bold instead of italics for the telepathy but that feels too unsubtle when I see it on screen...
This message was last edited by the player at 02:11, Mon 06 Mar 2017.

This is an interesting article on setting expectations for character capability in class/level systems - specifically, D&D 3e:

http://thealexandrian.net/word...-your-expectations-2
This message was last edited by the player at 13:57, Sun 12 Mar 2017.

In reply to Nicolai Romanelli (msg # 334):

That turns the way I understand D&D on its head.  And I like it for that.  It makes sooooo much more sense now.

I've been digesting it all day.  I think we tend to take PC exceptionalism for granted because gameplay demands the opposition scale to match our capabilities, but that's not an accurate reflection of the overall population of most settings.

I know it's a little dated.  The article still feels right.  I like that a sixth level character is exceptional, that most people are reasonably competent at one thing, and not every bartender is a 12th level fighter who retired to sling ale.  I think that's one thing that's always felt off to me about D&D.  It also addresses that moment when I was watching the last Hobbit movie (Three? Why in the name of all that is holy would you- never mind.  Another time) and Smaug erupts out of the mountain and lays waste to Rivertown where I just kept thinking: "Dungeons and Dragons is bullshit.  Nothing is killing that."  Well, an 18th level demigod has a chance.  A tenth level brewer maybe not.

As a side note:  I'm happy, Corros is snarky.

I feel like we should all be so thankful Corros didn't develop in this direction:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/c..._playing_in_that_is/

Hi there.  Sorry I haven't posted - I'm currently on holiday in the Netherlands and I thought that the free WiFi would be better than it is.  I'm back in the UK late Friday so should be posting properly from Saturday.  I'll try to post in the meantime but please NPC my character if necessary.

Apologies for this.

Andy

I'm good with moving forward to a meeting with the powers that be, should we need to.  Corros doesn't really have a whole lot more to add.

In reply to Corros Graelor (msg # 340):

Sounds like a plan to me...

Likewise.

Turn is up.

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So in my Monday night game on Roll20, the party's fighter just lost a hand and is multiclassing into warlock to get Mage Hand as a replacement.  He seems to be going down the infernal patron path.

My immediate horrifying thought is that his Mage Hand is actually the hand of his infernal patron manifesting in our world.

Fixed my IC to reflect Ogar correctly.

Not much of a turn post, but I wanted to offer y'all a chance to take a long rest (and I didn't want to execute it without your input).

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Jenna's virtually out of spells so a rest would be useful. If everyone else would prefer to push on I don't mind going with the flow but she'd be down to melee only by the end of the first fight.