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This message was last updated by the GM at 12:09, Mon 30 Aug 2021.

Kerrick - I believe most of the necessary material has been moved here from PBW. Your current activities with Grisham is where you left off.

Love the Rusty Codpiece.  And I’ll bet the food is better than Bob Evans Restaurant.

Yeah, the Codpiece is a fine establishment. No one has died from their food...  yet.

The other player is in the middle of her solo play as of right now. I'm still chipping away at this and that.

What do you need as far as getting into play?

Under Beginning Play, do our characters get $1000 in addition to the listed equipment, or do we pay for all of the gear (leather armor, etc.)?

You get a basic kit when you make your character including light leather armor, DR:2, a low quality weapon of your choosing, a small backpack with a simple First Aid Kit and a light stick.

You have an additional  $1000 to spend on top of that.

This game is alive?

In reply to Tomas (msg # 7):

Newly resurrected.

I would like to welcome Arlend to the game. Feel free to read up, start designing your character and jump in.

Enjoy!

Awesome,

Are there any restrictions on chargen? Rough ideas for point totals, etc?

Or are we free to follow our muse?

Starting points will be 150. Up to half for disadvantages.

Ah no!!!! Lower than i'd hoped :)

but i guess we can build up to the awesome that he wants to be.

For map making, there's this:

http://hextml.playest.net/

it's very cool! and can make full continent maps or tactical HEX maps.

This is better for full world maps though:

https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/

I've been reading the weapon thread, and you say that say.. longsword has 1d6+4, do you mean Swing+4?

Take whatever is listed with a grain of salt. A lot of times all I want to do is get "placeholders" for things, and then go back and edit stuff here and there as the mood strikes.

I want to have something for players to use that know even less about the system than I do. So yes, ST -> SW -> Whatever the actual table says.

Is magic just the standard system, or is Ritual Path Magic/Realm magic available?

Just seeing what's available before I finish writing the concept.

In reply to Arlend (msg # 16):

I'm flexible. Explain to me what Ritual Path and Realm magic is, or direct me to the reference material, and we'll go from there.

I'm just figuring out the standard system now, so if there are other systems my players want to use, understand that it will take some time for me to learn.

References are in:

GURPS Magic: Thaumatology
GURPS Ritual Path Magic
GURPS: Monster Hunters 1 - Champions.

Realm Magic is also in Thaumatology.

They're basically  syntactic magical styles that allow for more flexibility than 1 skill per spell.

In games I've run I delineate 'types' ofmagic by using different systems.

For example, if you compare to DnD.

Wizard (academic learning of magery) uses the standard magic system
Sorceror (exerting willpower to manipulate reality) uses Realm Magic

Ritual path magic is used by a form of caster that is more akin to something you might see out of ANime/Manga - and is based on use of one's core essence/spirit/or whatever to create effects.


Each have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Interesting. I'm going to say do it up. I'll get ahold of the books and do some reading.

If I could have one of my players go to the Notice thread "GURPS Lite Download" to test the link and report back to me that things are working correctly, I would appreciate it.

As of the timestamp on this post there should be two PDFs, the GURPS Basics, Characters, and Campaigns in a public Google Drive folder.

I will be adding every GURPS book I've purchased so far and I ask everyone, kindly, once, not to be assholes and just use the references in the spirit that I've intended. If we were all sitting around a table, I would have these books sitting around for anyone to thumb through and use.

Keep that in mind.

-GM
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:43, Sun 23 Dec 2018.

Heya GM!

I'm ready to get this game going for Arlend as soon as you are :)

Merry christmas everyone :)

Merry Christmas everyone!

I hope you have a great day and are out spending time with the people you love.

As a "gift" to my players, add 20 CP and $500 to your character sheets, available for use immediately.

Have fun!


Arlend: I'm almost done with the map of the new city I'm setting up for you to start in. In a few days, you should be set to go. In the meantime, the name of the city is Raito. As with my other players, you begin with a small dwelling of your own consisting of a main room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom, all furnished and ready to go.

Start out in your solo thread telling us how you would like that to look.

You can also fill in the gaps with stuff like the names of your "posse" and a little about them.

Normal places exist in Raito as there would be in any other city...  stables, inns, blacksmith shop, gem engineers guild, explorers guild, ship docks, airship docks, trading posts...  etc, etc. Don't let the lack of a map stop you from jumping in and getting stuff done.

Thanks for the gift!

20CPs is so so good :)

New additions have been made to the GURPS Books Google Drive folder.

Am really gonna have to get arlend a gun or two aren't I.

been playing Red Dead Redemption 2 lately... need to pull of some of those 6 shot miracles.

Also favourite games of the last decade

ASsassins creed 4: black flag
Uncharted 4.

I have a custom built guitar with a Skull and Xbone headstock inlay.

GOnna be a pirate :)

I was hoping I would get a gunslinger at some point.

I've read that game is fantastic but I have about 20 games going I haven't beat already...

Well, i'm defintely willing to go full gunslinger - I even have the points required.


I know the feeling, I used to be a pretty hardcore gamer but now I can't bring myself to spend so much time on them. Even red dead redemption which is the best game ive played since Unchartered 4 i'm only about 50% through and basically have fallen off the wagon (haha).

I do have a question about the situation. I appreciate that this might be for Arlend to figure out but it's always worth asking as there may be some implicit knowlege that I, the player, do no tknow.


Assuming that Arlend drops a few people off into jail, what's stopping the slavers from just going to go get him out, beating up the local forces and making him be released?

Some ideas might be that "while they're okay kind working 'around' the authorities, any direct conflict with them might result in some terrible results that would deter it?

Maybe Arlend would have to stop that also.

Why would a slaver risk his life to go spring his competition from jail?

Supply and demand...
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:20, Thu 10 Jan 2019.

BTw, Gem powered firearms, how 'common' are they?

My guess is common enough to give the whole thing a wild west feel? But I could be wrong?

Actually I had conventional powder-charged cartridge firearms in mind, but firearms using gems would be extremely interesting...

Let's say gemguns don't exist yet, but maybe an enterprising individual could convince an extremely talented gem craftsman (which are hard to find because the art is still in it's infancy) and an extremely talented gunsmith to work together to make such a thing...? I'll leave it at that.

Alright, gotta find me some dwarves, I guess!

In the interest of making things in our game a little more compact, and finding things to outfit your characters easier, I will be moving the following threads into the 'General Store' thread:

Vehicles
Mounts
Animal Companions
Weapons
Armor


Since everyone has access (that I know of) to the Google Drive folder containing the books, I'm not going to bother posting stats for every single weapon or piece of armor and the like. If there is equipment you want, look it up in the books and shoot me a quick message so I can see if it fits in the world. Most equipment can be found starting on page 264 of GURPS Characters.

Alright, no problem!

I'll post shortly.

No worries, the game ain't going anywhere. Take your time.

Not true.

Tha game will be takej to new heigjts as arlend becomes the scourge of slavers everywhere. Before his ambition takes him to a much darker place and ve subsequently je becomes a dread pirate.

;)
This message was last edited by the player at 17:59, Sat 12 Jan 2019.

Where's nthe nw map?

It's not in the Drive folder??

Oh my bad :)

We got a new dude!

Yes we do and that makes three. I'll probably keep it there for now until I know what I'm doing.

BTw, just gotta say.

"Im baatttamaaaann"

Hahahahahahaha!

Ah eager to see what happne s next!

I know! But I have to ponder...  technically you should fail that and normally wouldn't you use a CP before the roll...?

However, you are right about other circumstances applying to this situation. Since you're in your new getup, wearing a skull mask, and walking out of the fog where they believe they are chasing children...  you know them by name...  you recited your little monologue...

I gotta give it to you.

Give me a while to write all this out.

I don't know if i'm honest. I dont even remember which book it's in.



I tried to play it well. Even a vaguely stupid fighter might think twice about taking on 4 sailors in an unarmed brawl. So, play to his strengths!




No worries, i understand. Occasionally i'm impatient.

But appreciated! I try to play characters in realistic ways, even if dramatic or whatever and not just black and white ways of getting through problems.

It was his first gambit, sow some fear and discord amongst them. Put fear into them about stealin g kids.

Then play to their fears, maybe sabotage some things, cause 'sickness' in their crew until they're caking themselves. Then let all the crew see their captain and mate die and see what they think of that.

Sorry for the delay, unbelievably crazy week culminating in a car crash today! :)

woo

Shit dude...  you ok?!

I don't stress people being away. You guys are all solo for the time being so it doesn't really matter anyway. Do what you gotta do and come back safe!

In reply to Arlend (msg # 49):

Ouch. No one hurt?

Ah yes, it wasn't really bad - just annoying having to deal with insurance and all that bloody stuff.

Been a long week too as work picked up.

But everything is cool! thanks for the concern :)

I'm glad everyone is okay! I've been lucky enough not to be in any accidents yet...  *knuckles head*   knock on wood.

I want everyone to understand that I will never badger anyone about posting in this game. These things have a tendency to fizzle out on their own if they aren't going anywhere. While I hope this game doesn't, I'm okay accepting the reality if it does. If a few months go by, and I don't get posts from a player... well, odds are, I'll wait a few more months, and your character will just be there in limbo. Long-story-short, yeah, I'll wonder where you are, but I won't ever be upset if you stop posting.

Just do me one solid: if the game sucks and that's why you're leaving, let me know. I don't want to prolong anyone else's suffering because I have this grand picture of my game being fucking spectacular, you know what I mean?

---

On a different note... if this game does become something my players all enjoy and we get to telling some awesome stories, do I have provisional permission to make small corrections in everyone's writing?

I was sent into this world with the unfortunate birth-defect of being a god damn grammar nazi...  I really like to write. When things are a bit cocked-up, it honestly drives me up the fucking wall.

I am by no means willing to completely rewrite anyone's work, but if I could tweak things here and there when I see them, it would help my psychosis grow into new and more disturbing heights.

Having said that, anyone that points out a mistake in my writing, will get 3 CP for each instance. That could add up...  or could it..?    >:)

Weigh in. Let me know how you feel about it. Shit, you never know... this may be a book someday. Don't make me proofread every god damned post from every god damned thread...

(Note the note below suckahs!)
This message was last edited by the player at 00:53, Sat 26 Jan 2019.

1) The game is good so far, no problems at all. It's pretty cool and a kind of unique world that incorporates elements of fantasy, wild west and steampunk.

2) Ill let you know.

3) I don't mind you making edits to my posts. The scrutiny probably will make me pay more attention to my posts anyway. If you do it tough, it'd be nice to highlight it somehow - if only for the element of learning.

4) I believe correct grammar is: "... or could it? ... "

:)

Add 3 CP to your character sheet Arlend!

I learn something new every day.

I do get carried away with an ellipsis here and there, from time to time...

XD

Haha, we all love ellipses. :)

*Hrmph!* My writing is a masterpiece that should never be touched. Any changes will disrupt my flow and the natural flow of my chakras!

Jk, I'm fine with whatever. ;)

In reply to Kerrick (msg # 57):

Lol, slow on weekends because I am on my phone, which also has adverse effects on spelling and grammar, so I am fine!

So, actually... I was going to have Arlend cut an 'X' into their chests, above their hearts.... or do something else that would indicate the thing, like Zorro's Z... like cut off their little finger, or thumb or something.

It was gonna go pretty harsh - hence why he sent away the young'ns. But ultimately the only reason it didn't happen is because "charitable" he let the blade go down with the man so he didn't bleed out before getting some treatment from the guards.

It's kinda silly for the ghost of the land to ask one of the children for a knife...


But maybe I should have done it anyway.

:D


Thanks!

Play it how you want. Keep in mind these aren't pampered kids from the suburbs. None of those things would be anything they haven't seen before...  or worse.

This isn't a kids game either. Things will get dark from time to time.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:45, Sun 27 Jan 2019.

Are or aren't?

I assume they're probably quite used to seeing drunken fights and brawls and seeing people get stabbed every now and then. Not to mention I expect that more than a few of them have been on the bad end of the aggro-stick from time to time.

LOL...  aren't! Are not...

Should that count as a typo?

...

...

Ah, well dunno - I was just making sure that I knew what you were saying.

I've started a new thread that I've tagged as a 'Notice' where I will go into the basics of what gems are, where they come from, what they mean and how they work.

From here I will inform each player of the information their character should have about them as they ask around to learn more.

Sound cool?

Are there different kinds of gems?

Can we make lightsabers?

Invest in some engineering skills and find out! Or find a skilled engineer and pay him copious amounts of dough...

I'm not here to limit you, but I ain't gonna easy either...

Heh heh heh...

---

Gems all work the same. They store energy. How this energy is discharged is the variable that can be changed.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:37, Sun 27 Jan 2019.

Well, I'd love to make my engineer, when i get the ship! :D

I love dwarves so much.

Dwarves are indeed the shit.

Just an awesome thing that could be cool for gems:

That is too fucking cool...

What are the odds of that happening?!

That must be a shell, that fossilized and then gems grew inside?

---

We made it to 500 posts! Probably isn't a big deal for the rest of you, but I'm pretty stoked.

Everyone add 5 CP to your sheets.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:59, Mon 28 Jan 2019.

In reply to GM (msg # 70):

Cool! Can we spend it right away?

Yes indeed.

You can spend any character points I hand out any time you want. I think it's kind of dumb making players wait to spend character points... or make them spend them at a given time instead of saving them up.

I'll leave all that to you guys.

Yea, it's exactly that.

The shell gets trapped the crystals grow inside and then the shell mineralises.

Going strong too! Haha, these CPs are coming thick and fast, I should probably start spending them soon. I'm saving up for now - because I kinda like that I have to think laterally to get over some problems. Jumping into a crowd of hardened sailors (something something mum joke) is more of a frightening experience when you're not a weaponmaster with 25 in skill, and wielding a legendary sword of cutting, infused with the spirit of the god of war.

I mean.... Obviously being a weapon master with level 25 skill wielding magical artefacts is also very awesome, just in a different way.


But it's nice to have so many options available - and I like seeing how stories pan out to see where the points will go. More IQ? More social stuff, more gun-toting madness?!

I'm glad to hear you're having fun, that is in fact why we play. I am not personally a big fan of being pigeon-holed into specific roles either, which is why I try not to subject my players to that. That and it makes me have to think around problems too.

In reply to Alfonzo Gonza (msg # 71):

Any chance of getting some info on all your characters?

Just out of curiosity more than anything.

I'm fine with it, but before I divulge info on anyone else's characters, I will have to get permission from them.

Kerrick, Alfonso, weigh in!

And needless to say if I give you their info, they will get yours.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:58, Mon 28 Jan 2019.

Phew!

im trying to write the posts to elaborate all of hte considerations and thought processes that Arlend is experiencing without basically writing a chapter each time!

I mean, I don't know how much you want this - as it's all understandable but:

.

s/The/They

I want all of them. Every-fucking-one. They drive me crazy and I don't want you guys to be confused about whats going on.

+3CP

Quick question:

Did anyone find out about the barrels supplying Arthurbury's ship? i.e. a place for me to sprinkle the powder?

I am fine with anyone reading Kerrick's thread and all of his shenanigans! :)

In reply to Arlend (msg # 80):

Not yet, that will require a little investigation at Iggie's.

In reply to Kerrick (msg # 81):

Ok, that's good too, but I think Arlend meant looking at your character sheet?

You'll have to clear that up for me I guess.

I actualyl just meant like

a paragraph of two about him

like, goals, personality, aspirations, etc.

In reply to Arlend (msg # 84):

Is that not what the character descriptions are for?

yours is one word :)

In reply to Arlend (msg # 86):

So it was. Rectified...

Oh yeah... about that. I use 'The Cast' menu as a quick means to everyones character sheet, but it's not select-able in the list unless it has a description. In order to keep from putting words in anyone's mouth, I just wrote what your race was.

right just got back from boarding weekend. Need coffee and food
and then i'll post!

HJope you guys had a great weekend.

Lets find out How smooth Arlend is eh!

Hope you guys had a good weekend too!

Posting has been a little slow the last few days on my part as well. Sorry about that guys.

I downloaded Blender 2.8 and have been noodling out the new layout and features...

:D

I'm ready to get back into it!

In reply to GM (msg # 90):

All good. Weekends are hectic...

Everyone should already be aware of me being a very inexperienced GM by now.

A recent post in one of my players posts has reminded me of how much I am counting on you guys to teach me the mechanics of GURPS.

In each instance that I request information from my players on specifics of their characters attributes, advantages, disadvantages, skills, etc, I feel you guys should be rewarded.

I don't know why this hasn't occurred to me yet, but I do owe you. Discuss it with us here, or with me in private messages, for retroactive CPs that you should already have.

What I would like to be decided here publicly is how many CPs to award per 'Teaching-the-GM'.

2?

4?

Depends?

Give me some feedback...

I've used blender for years :D
it's 'so' fantastic.


So, regarding the reward of CPs. I think the biggest thing we get out of it, is getting everyone excited and interested in the game and mechanics which, in turn, keeps the games alive. Games going dead is a common problem, and sometimes you drop into a story that a GM is running or are bound by some things that mean you can't realise your character to its full potential, whether progression is too slow or it wont fit in the setting. The freedom we have is pretty awesome.

I'm really easy on the points - but i've read most of the books page to page, so can probably rack up a monkey-ton of points in almost every post.

GURPS is as granular or abstract as you want it to be. But it's fun, and this game is fun. So just award em as you see fit.

In reply to Arlend (msg # 93):

As you see fit here, too.

Right, time to rock and roll eh! :)

BTW, snowboarding in Scotland - if you can do it there you can do it anywhere. I only hit 2 rocks dead on and got flipped off my board :D

In reply to Arlend (msg # 95):

Lol, Middle of summer here, so we can sand surf, surf or skate board, but that is about it at the moment!

Aussieland?

There's still a foot of snow here, and it's been in the high 50's today... er... ~14°C. And it seems like summer due to the temperature hovering right around zero for the past few weeks. This is in New York.

I'll keep pondering rewarding CPs for helping me learn the rules.

If you guys are still okay coaching me, then screw it... lol

I do appreciate it though. If someone is like two or three points away from a skill or something else character-wise that you want, let me know, we can figure something out.

Im just figuring out where to take Arlend in terms of character improvements.

I might have missed it somewhere in the detail of the game, but what exactly are 'Jaloo'?

Go to the second page of main threads and look under "Playable Races:

Jaloo- this bipedal race of humanoids stand head and shoulders above humans, most commonly having a burly build. Their overwhelming strength of limb is outdone only by their uncommon wisdom and knack for woodscraft.

Covered in long shaggy fur unless trimmed, these people are comfortable in even the most frigid climates. Adorning their head are swept back antlers made of a semi-flexible cuticle. Tribal pride dictates they mold the antlers into specific shapes.

Strong and agile for their size, they enjoy wrestling above all other sport.

Wookies with horns, got it :)

ah nice - i knew i'd read it somewhere!

Sorry for the delay guys!

Had some other crap going on and had to take a break. Hope no one left.

-GM

Still here boss.

Hope everything is better now

In reply to Arlend (msg # 105):

Likewise...still here.

Will post today, been redecorating house so a little buzzy :)

Not a problem. Have fun!

What is everyone's preferred method of godhood in games?

Ascended beings, a la Malazan Empire? Machine god? Pantheons? The "One True God"?

A crazy hodge-podge mixture of a bunch of crap?

Weigh in and let me know what you think.

Pantheon mostly. Like Greek.

I kind of like ascended beings - I got about half way through the first Malazan book, but couldn't really get into it.

I also like some of the 'everything has spirit and the more powerful ones have the status of deities'.

It's interesting to have a mix of different ones depending on race, etc.

In reply to Arlend (msg # 110):

To have an all powerful God kind of removes the adventuring part somewhat, so pantheon of gods seems to be best for adventure.

Does it bother any of my players that when I'm telling you what's going on I say "You see this and that going on here and there," instead of "[insert character name here] sees this and that going on here and there"?
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 23:03, Tue 12 Feb 2019.

In reply to GM (msg # 112):

Not in the slightest!

Not at all.

Usually I interchange "I" and "Arlend" anyway.

No problemo.

Damn, knew i shoul dhave gotten some magery of entropy... could rust the lock right off.
:)

Too far?

Hell no...

You are burning down a slavers tavern. None of the innocent people got hurt.

Frun didn't say you couldn't burn shit down...   XD

I mean, i was waiting outside the building to shoot arthurbury and iggy as they exited....

not just to watch  the pretty flames

Ah shit.

My mistake.

Let's have a re-do. That was my bad.

It was my fault for not explaining

I try to leave surprises for you too :)

BTW, what exactly were the rules of ownership?

Kill someone and take their stuff?


Not quite sure if i understood right... but looks like somebody's going to get a few slugs dropped into them.


I also think one of the rules for gunslinger is that multi shots get penalties reduced?
This message was last edited by the player at 00:23, Thu 14 Feb 2019.

Here's my take on how I want this to work. I'm sure there will be unforeseen problems at some point... possibly... But I'm going with it.

The laws of the land aren't all steeped in the legal bullshit that we are plagued with in these days. Word-benders and money-fuckers take a backseat to common-sense and reason in my world.

Example Number One:

- You kill an asshole. All of said asshole's belongings have to go somewhere, right? Well, the person that did this public service has first rights to this, with a small caveat of giving a small 'donation' to the local police force. You're bribing the police...

They would take the property and auction it off at some point anyway... like they do now. Only in this scenario, we are cutting out the middle man. The person that puts their life on the line basically gets dibs.


Example Number Two:

- You kill a well-liked and decent member of society. All of said person's belongings have to go somewhere. Well, the person that whacked this decent individual has first rights to the property, with a small caveat that the police are going to know you're full of shit, and the friends/family of this decent person will be gunning for you. Shit will sort itself out.

It's a very black and white way to do things, but I'm not a complicated man. Maybe with the help of my players, we can come up with a more in-depth and 'realistic' way of running this, but for now... an asshole is an asshole, and a decent person is gonna have people coming for you.

As always...

Gimme some feedback!

P.S.  Gunslinger thing? No fuckin' idea. I'll learn as we go...    hahaha!
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:40, Thu 14 Feb 2019.

It seems a perfectly viable wah of executing the law in a near-frontier city.

Makes sense to me.

In reply to Arlend (msg # 124):

Yeah. Generally, the better the person you whack, the higher the bribes you will have to pay to tae the heat off your back for doing so!

Aye,

I'm hoping that they'll be happy enough that i saved their ass already :)

Also, they wont know about the gold chests under the building ;)

AND


just a FYI, GM - I can upload the file if needed.  'Gun-Fu' is a great book, and updates gunslinger and any action-style gunfigting that may appease your need for making things holier than thou.

Yo...  anything named "Gun Fu" is something I want to read!

XD

Toss it right in the reference material folder if you would please.

Surely will
lets see if i can find link

I just uploaded a few GURPS books - i'm looking for divine favour now too.

Sorry guys, been a busy day to work. I'll get some posting done when I get home later.

On the edge of my seat all day!

Thanks for uploading those books Arlend.

Take 5 CP for your trouble.

Sorry for the delay, I'll be posting tonight.

No problem. I can use the extra time to reflect on Arlend's productive life and untimely demise.

Hell hath no fury... or something.

I may be making a supreme tactical error here.

https://youtu.be/rT2Wf8K1Neo

:)

I mean, i'll still probably get to post they justm ight be shorter, andslightly less frequent.

I want to see the jaloos' faces explode... dont leave me hanging.


BTw, i just started reading the Malus Darkblade series of Warhammer novels. And the first chapter made me sad inside. Highly recommend.

Sorry. Will be home tomorrow

Don't be sorry. I can't stress this enough guys:

This game will be going for a long, long time.

At the same time, it is not, nor will ever be my first priority.

This game is here for us to have fun, when we feel like having fun with it.

When someone is absent for more than say...  five years, I'll think about getting ahold of you to discuss possible options for your character...

I don't like stress. You don't like stress. So let's all not stress any of this shit...  at all.

Enjoy yourself and have fun!

I'm not sure if I have mentioned it before, but this game actually started out as my wife and I playing GURPS.

She has been playing for 2+ years as Kerrick, but not on RPOL. I am not sure about the all the RPOL policies, or whatever. And I don't care. It's a very simple google search of 'play by post rpgs', and there will be one near the top that has the initials PBW.

I'm telling you this because I don't want anyone to thing she is getting any special treatment over the rest of my players. She's been playing a long time and still has worse stats than you other two.

You're welcome to search around and decide for yourself. On top of that, there is a thread somewhere that has the backlog inside it from RPOL.

Also, I play Gren. He's Kerrick's sidekick. He has had 50 CP and a runt puppy to his name. Anything my other players gain, he gets 1/10 of the lowest gainer. And I will keep him rigidly within those limits. If he dies, he dies.

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The next order of business is making your solo threads available for everyone to read.

I want to do this for the information in each players solo to be available to the players. I feel this will foster the discussion between my players as to the state of the world and what is going on.

This doesn't fall under Character information, but Player information. This may answer some questions to other players that want to read backlogs before they get too huge that it just gets overwhelming. But I trust to my players they will not meta-game.

So I would like everyone to weight in. Can I move your Solo Thread so everyone else can read it, or not?

Do not get me wrong, if you do not wish you solo thread to be public, just say so, and only the players that want to share threads will be able to do so.

Thank you,

GM

In reply to GM (msg # 141):

Fine by me.

Hey folks.

Ha, doing something like that Is how i got started on RPOL also. Great move!

I'm pretty cool with anyone reading my thread.



And aye, you're right, it's all just about having fun and enjoying the process.

All still alive? :)

In reply to Arlend (msg # 144):

Yep...for now.

I am fine with that. But I am a little miffed my secret identity is now known... (jk, i could care less)

Hahaha

Kerrick the Dwarven Waif

:)

Everyone add 10 CP for my unexplained absence.

Everyone should be able to read each other's stories now. Do me a favor and don't post in anyone else's thread.

If you find yourself with access to anyone else's Codexes, etc, etc, contact me immediately.

I can only see ARlend's Solo and Gren's solo.

Do Kerrick and Alfonzo have one too?

In reply to Arlend (msg # 150):

We do...

Try that...

I ticked the box for everyone to share everyone else's groups, then promptly forgot to hit the "Update Groups" button.

looks like pace is dying out atm

In reply to Arlend (msg # 153):

It happens...

Sorry guys. I'll be back in a few days if anyone still wants to play...

In reply to GM (msg # 155):

Yeah, all good, when you are ready...

Im still around :)

:(

all died away...

In reply to Arlend (msg # 158):

Still here too, but GM MIA...

I won't blame anyone if they've left the game, but I'm just curious if anyone is still wanting to play.

I'm gonna throw up some short posts and try to remember where I left everyone, then if anyone is still willing, keep on playin'.

In reply to GM (msg # 160):

Good to go...

Aye, same.

Come on Niles, ass back in the game, these gals aren't going to impregnate themselves!

Gotta frontier to populate!

In reply to Arlend (msg # 163):

System was down last 2 days...that may have had something to do with him being quiet!

Ah yea, i'd remember staring bleary eyed at my phone, while in a drunken stupor and being slightly confused.

lots of people birthdays of late!

lol...

Don't worry, I'm still here. Couldn't log on for a few days.

In reply to GM (msg # 166):

Yeah, caught a few people...

Have any of us sat down and had a heart-to-heart about firearms yet?

Arlend: I know you have some pistols. What I don't remember is what we discussed about calibers. I am of the opinion that at my level of GMing (over 9000...) having a shit-ton of different calibers will just be added complexity.

My proposal is that when you find "ammo", it can be used with any "firearm". There's just one universal ammo...

If everyone is okay with that, the next thing we have to decide is what the damage of these firearms are going to be.

If you direct your attention to page 278 in the Characters book, there are forty-ish different calibers and configurations for firearms.

So...  damage? Weight in.

I am willing (for now) to drop firearms into three broad categories:

- pistols
- rifles
- shotguns

(gem guns we will get into later)

Here's my suggestion:

pistols: (Revolver) 2d-1 pi
rifles: (Lever-Action Carbine) 5d pi
shotguns: (Pump Shotgun) 1d+1 pi

If you feel these numbers will affect your gameplay, or even if it doesn't, please weigh in so I can get this tacked down and get everyone on the same page.

Danke-danke!

I think just pull the stats out of high tech for the cowboy-era stuff. I'd say that modifiers might exist for different races/tech.

like heavy pistol +1/+2 damage for Dwarven made ones because they use some other kind of thing.

Or wahtever.

The high ech stuff should just fit pretty nicely.

I thought I had a list of mounts somewhere of different creatures people could obtain...


Anyone seen it lately?


Who the fuck invited this GM anyway...?


Edit:  never mind, I found it...  jc...
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:35, Fri 17 May 2019.

hahaha :)

Am going to get myself a few Gryphons too, i reckon.

Build an Empire, populate some frontier, become king... all in a day's work, eh?

In your dreams buddy. Gonna make you work from here on out...

always good to have long term goals though.


Also, are geodes and other gem stuff in any way aligned to specific things? Like do some have similar but distinct properties? For example, a Gem powering some kind of fire-based engine/process might have a stronger affinity for that type of thing, whereas a geode that helps cool things down could be better.

I.e. do they get bonuses for particular things?

I figure that this might also be a way they couple with magic (since leylines are also mentioned).

The gems do not have any particular affinities. They are simply a small, compact source of energy. How they are applied determines the effect they will have on the environment.

A gem engine is simply an electric engine that runs off a gem by harvesting the movement of electrons created by an artificial sink in a circuit.

As of right now, electrical energy has been the only way of harvesting energy from a gem by non-magical means. To create heat from a gem, one must only harvest the current and run it through resistors.

so presumably there are electronic components too?

Yes, basic electrical theory is present.

Maps... Does anyone know of any mapping software that doesn't take a doctorate to use? At first I was quite enamored with Campaign Cartographer, but it's clunky... and unforgiving... and complex.

I don't have the time or dedication it takes to make maps from scratch with regular sketching programs.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Maptools


It's great - but I think it lends itself mostly to tactical maps.

Also, i used this for my continent in my last game.

https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/





https://ui2.worldspinner.com/ also looks okay.

Just checking in with you folk about how you see your characters developing as your own thread/story develops.

Figured it might spark up a bit of convo and deliberation and maybe trying to figure out some of the plot of the thing!

Kerrick doesnt really have much for goals, just wants to become a better necromancer/alchemist who has use of magic through leylines. I have a small plot that I would like to pursue with regards to a certain group of people he met. He might try and save them but I think that is a big undertaking.

In reply to Kerrick (msg # 181):

Alfonzo is just looking for great toys in the ocean, and has done pretty well so far!

will get a post in today! On both threads.

No rush.

Sorry guys... couldn't let someone else have the glory.

Thank you for 1000 posts!

Everyone add 10 CPs to your character sheet. This will be the last handout for a while, so use them wisely!!!!

What is the general public's opinion on magic and its uses? Is it fairly common or are those with magical talents shunned? Or are they looked upon in a more positive light? And on that note, how is necromancy specifically seen?

P.s. I'm going to use Bird for all my OOC questions and comments from now on.

Somebody here plays overwatch :)

I'm a one man apocalypse baby.

In reply to Arlend (msg # 187):

Sounds like somebody is itching to get eaten by a T-Rex!

Technology, if sufficiently advanced, is indistinguishable from magic. So I guess we should ask how progressive are folk? Folk that like to develop will love magic. Folk that are paralyzed with religion will consider it demonic. How do you see this world?

All for advancement. The really interesting things come when you combine magic and technology.

Can't wait for me to get some sweet TL10 starship or other tech, and use that to take over the world.

I haven't forgotten about you Alfonzo...  I've been busy at work today and am reading up a little to get you some good options for WidowMaker and how we'll attribute it to GURPS mechanics.

In reply to GM (msg # 191):

All good. I am busy myself, so I can usually only rely on one post per day atm. My own game is keeping me busy as well.

Hey guys, I need your opinion.

I have another potential player that wants in, but before I did, I wanted to know if you guys would be ok with it.

By now you're all pretty familiar with what's going on, and how crappy of a GM I am, but this poor guy...  he don't know what he's in for...

But, that's not actually my concern. Do you guys feel you are getting enough attention lately, and can I afford to bring in another character and keep you all happy?

As always, weigh in and tell me your thoughts.


Thanks guys.

- da GMski

Personally I know Kerrick is nice and secure with his beginning storyline, and this new guy would have a LOT of catching up to you. Maybe you could speed him through a little, but he wouldnt have as much detail in his background story. If I were a player wanting to jump in at this point, I would maybe have my background story line up close to where we are? But then he wouldnt get the feel of the game...

If you feel up to having another player, that is your decision. But don't forget the game had stalled for a decent month.

As long as the posting rate can keep up i'm totally cool

Alright, on a scale of 1 to 10:

1 = I fucking quit
10 = Guess I'll stick around for this shit-show.

Where do you rate our game right now?

It's the only game im playing atm.

The rest basically fizzled out.

I guess that puts it pretty damn high.


I like that the solo thing allows us to really explore things we want to do, i like the generous giving of CPs (that allows us to evolve into what we want to be) (2 years for a campaign that gives 10cps is a pain in the ass).

The rate isn't 'super' fast, but it's not really slow either. A faster rate would put the game rank higher, but i'm not complaining.

Welp, I am married to you, so I'm also married to the game.

But in all honesty, I think the game is going at a good pace and I'm going to stick around for this "shit-show". I do regret not making Kerrick a Chouette, since I came up with that race and totally forgot about them.

In reply to Bird (msg # 198):

Eh...  thems the breaks...

XD

In reply to Bird (msg # 198):

It is uite interesting for me...different from the normal. My own rate can be variable, as you will soon find out. (Possible out of internet from 7th July to 1 August), so I can't say anything! 10 for me...

Have either one of you guys (Alfonzo, Arlend) tried the Dungeon Fantasy box set?

I have it ordered to start running an RL group soon, hopefully.

I've got most of the DF books, but not the new kind of 'box set' they brought out recently.

I think there's just more value in buying the DF series of books rather than the box set proper, as they changed some things to make it a little more 'easy entry'.


However, I dont know precsiely what they did change, and from all accounts it seems pretty awesome. (I just like having complexity to play about with)


Are you all yanks btw?

(I'm from UK, if it wasn't obvious)

Yeah, that's perfect. The group of players I'll be getting together probably haven't played any type of tabletop, let alone GURPS.

Having 'Easy Mode', maps and minis will catch their attention better than:

"You have 150/75/3/3. Make me a character and let's do this...

---

Can't speak for Alfonzo, but my wife and I are. About as yank as you can get... we live in New York.

I want to say Alfonzo is Australian maybe?

Correct. Move around a lot, but mainly live in Melbourne and work in Sydney...

Haha, you're both in places I want to visit, at least.


You're right, Easymode, is easy and good.
It's a great counter for other thigns like DnD to gently fuck people with GURPS before getting them fully with the full might of the rulset.

In the next few weeks if everyone would be so kind as to pass along a juicy tidbit of information about your character's backstory to me in a Private Message, I would appreciate it. If I can manage it, I would like to start weaving together some interesting things in your story that will have impact on who they are and where they come from, etc.

I know a few of you have backstories you're thinking about, but maybe some haven't considered it... I don't know.

So think about it for a while and send me something interesting. Doesn't have to be profound. Doesn't have to only be one thing either. Just something to start fleshing out your characters a little.

Thank you!

- GMster
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:02, Wed 12 June 2019.

Exactly! I have first hand knowledge on how... in-depth GURPS can get, thanks to you guys I'm actually learning.

But I think for these guys, it would probably be better just to get together, have a few beers and do some murder-hobo-ing at first.

I think killing homeless people is frowned upon?

murderhobo (plural murderhobos or murderhoboes)

    (role-playing games, derogatory slang) A player character who wanders the gameworld, unattached to any community, indiscriminately killing and looting.

I know! I was joking! :)

Lol, I didn't know. I wasn't sure if 'murder-hobo' was something you guys used.

I feel a little non-serious dice-tossing is the best way to start off some new players though. I guess there's a little module to start with and pregen characters in the box set, all that happy horseshit.

Edit:

Since this will take some thought and at its core, it will closely relate to character development, you will be awarded 10 CP when I get your info.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 22:02, Wed 12 June 2019.

Hey guys,

sorry i was AWOL - I went to Download festival this weekend andbasically got destroyed by metal.

In reply to Arlend (msg # 213):

You're fired.


lol...



Glad you had fun!


On a separate note, I'm closing the game back up to new players...   and it's staying that way. JC...

Aye, it was great.

Anyway, I made the reaction roll so am ready and raring to continue!

Check one check two!

Yeah, I haven't gone anywhere. Our shitty fucking internet has taken it to the next level of shittiness lately.

dont leave me hanging!

bad internet is always bad

Sorry guys...


I'll be posting today.

It's alright :) Just keep life going well!

I can vouch for our horrible internet. It was working for a total of 30 minutes after 5pm last night

In new york city too...

poor effort new york!
:)

In reply to Arlend (msg # 222):

Move to eastern Europe...they probably have better internet there!

Eastern europe is pretty cool actually :)

Just checking in

In reply to Arlend (msg # 225):

Still here.

Sorry Gents, I'm back for real this time.

Fucking internet, I swear to god...

We have better internet on the way, so this bullshit is coming to an end very soon.

In reply to GM (msg # 227):

Lol, will be heading to sea for the rest of the month next week...so it might be my turn to disappear...

No problem!

You know by now how we roll.

What's a Goshi btw?

go-SHI:


Racial Background-

The tiwatu are a strange race of beings that travel the world without bounds or care for other races. The times of tiwatu births are synchronized with litters of goshi. The tiwatu young and goshi kits are raised together culminating in a very deep bond where one or the other picks a rider or mount. It's not clear which.

Goshi are not available as mounts to any other race than tiwatu. If by chance a goshi is found on its own, it should not be approached for any reason by any race that is not tiwatu. This means death for you or it.

Description-

Goshi are long, bipedal, flightless birds with short, wide feathers allowing them to move in the weird area between terrestrial and aerial movement. Every feature, from their long thin skulls to their razor sharp talons exude movement capability.

Rumor has it both races were designed by the Sky People as a perfect union between mind and body. This has yet to be substantiated.

What a trysn is to a goshi, an elephant is to a sparrow.

Don't try.

https://youtu.be/PUJfjcE2lPs

Still alive?

In reply to Arlend (msg # 232):

Me, yes. But about to go absent for a bit...maybe.

Hahahahaha!

That's funny.

Sorry dudes, 4th of July hoo-ha going on over here in America...

We're back and I'll try to get everyone going again today.

Hey, this is mostly for Arlend and Alfonzo:

How would one go about making a magical steampunk dinosaur skeleton robot?

Asking for a friend...

Well,

I'd just make it as a monster,

Get  a dinosaur template, apply the 'machine' template (from one of the books).
I'd just build it based on a dragon or dinosaur or something, give it DR and injury tolerance applicable to metal.

It would be pretty similar, apart from harder since steam would probalby mean it 'does' have vitals, like water pumps and valves etc.

I think the main difference it'd have is probably just some form of 'terror' effect and damage reduction.


The alternative is to build it as a vehicle, which I think a lot of people do for things like Gundam  mechs, etc.

Alright. I didn't go too far astray then...


Have yourself 2 CP.

There are probably some 'meta traits' that could apply to a robot too that might not be in effect for normal animals.

Like 'indomitable' because it doesnt feel fear or anything.



Thanks for CPs.

In reply to Arlend (msg # 238):

Machine Template, you are thinking of? Like the robot template?

There are a couple of examples in the book "machine meta-trait" and such. Can't remember precisely where they are - maybe the basic set?

First, thank you for the info on the magical robot skeleton, I appreciate it. When she decides what to name it, I'll make a character sheet and post it somewhere so everyone can see.

Then, maybe another one for WindRunner and WidowMaker? Would that make things easier for us, or do you want to add a section in your character sheets?

---

The actual 'Interest Check':

Anyone want another set of threads to write your story down?

I'll start one for Gren later to give everyone a better idea of what I'm talking about.

I know you, Arlend, have a Journal... and if this is what you were thinking to use that for or if that is just a place to write down ideas and work on character development, I'll leave it alone. Well, I'll leave it alone either way, but if you want another one for this kind of thing, I'll make you one.

It would be cool if this story turned into something cool and we could peddle it somehow to make some side cash? Dunno...  just a thought.

I'll be honest with you right now, I wasn't expecting as many cool things to happen in this game as already have. You never know...  I don't know how much you guys read but the self-published drivel that is hitting the Amazon market right now is borderline vomit-inducing.

Once in a while you find some gems, don't get me wrong, but it's mostly crap.

Let me know.

I got the journal, that's there to just explore ideas - Once i have a kind of 'progression' of Arlend's character , i'll be filling that in a little bit more, and being able to write those reflective posts in it - or relate it back to the main story.




I wouldn't or won't do anything like this - it's  your baby, you should cash out from it it if anyone. I 'think' in places like Roll20 there are games that require a 'subscription' of sorts to play, but usually i think that's just to just justify the minimum standard and effort that GM has to go into. Not sure though as i've never joined any o fthose games.

A lot of it is shit tbh, agreed. But actually if you were going to write something up, and drop it in amazon markets I think it could make some cash, maybe not make you a billionaire like Rowling, from a 'hobby' - but with time and directed development maybe that's something you're into? Small wins are still wins.



As for interest check

Post on my damn thread!
:)

Sorry dude, I was waiting on you.

Ah, silly me, i missed it.

I'd read the last popsts from my phone, so missed that one.

Sorry! :)

Oh, there are more than 6!!!
3 groups of enemies!!!

Now, im worried about what's happened to my crew.

Oh yes...

You've had it easy so far, baddies crumpling left and right...

Time to see what Arlend is made of.

>:)

That gunslinger thing, is really great for tipping the balance.

Just wait until i up my magic to a level where he can use it!

https://roll20.net/


really, check out that place. RPOL is much better for message baord stuff. But I've done 'live' stuff over voice on roll20, very nice.

I've been on their site, and I want to say I'm already a member. It would be awesome to get everyone together for a "live" session sometime...  but give the wife and I a while to get internet that doesn't spend all its time eating shit.

Trying to run a game with our internet would be a nightmare...

Haha, how can you have bad internet in NY!

my god.

Dont you all shout at each other there, and are all go getters or something?

At least that's what every american TV show/movie and sitcom has shown me.

Ping!

:)

You're thinking NYC. We live out in the sticks. To anyone that doesn't live in the US, or even in NY, think of NYC as a different state...

We live on a dirt road with about 10 other houses and haven't met most of our neighbors yet and we've been there a year...


XD

Ah, that sounds better than NYC..

I'm a country lad myself.

Well,

I mean, If you do want to run a live Roll20 session, give us a shout i'd be down and make some time for it.

I know you might have shitty internet, or whatever, I think audio might well be manageable?  Or Get a 4/5G phone and run it off that? :D Though maybe that connectivity i salso a bit flakey.

We would be running our internet from a mobile hotspot already if it wasn't for the fact that we don't have any cell service either...

A live session does sound fun... but I got thinking the other day... I have a while to think about what I'm going to say to my players when we play-by-post. In a live session, I have no idea how well I'd do having to come up with answers right on the spot.

But fuck it... if we can swing it, we'll try it sometime. I'm not going to get any better unless I practice, right?
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:48, Thu 18 July 2019.

Yea, and we all know the deal/situation. I think if everyone is just kinda being sociable and friendly then it's not such a problem if we need to look stuff up or just figure shit out.

Worthwhile just for the chat - i'll probably have a nice bottle of whisky too.

Gotta get those social points up somehow, eh?

y'all still alive ?:)

In reply to Arlend (msg # 257):

I am...

Yeah sorry, I'm with ya.

Stable releases of 2.8 and all... Actual release yesterday (Woo!)

I'll be posting today.

2.8?

I missed something!

Blender 2.8?


It's fantastic. Has been for a while but they have this version nailed down.

New real-time rendering engine. New features for the grease pencil that makes it more like a painting program. Sculpting is better.

The interface is fuckin CLEAN.

Layers actually make sense.

They did a really nice job.

Oh and... LEFT CLICK!!!

Oh wow,

i've not opened blender or used it for a while yet.

ah nice..
i've probalby not fucked with blender for 4-5years
I used to make games though and it was my primary 3d app.

They're getting big enough now game studios are starting to pay attention.

Epic games gave them $1 million.

Ubisoft donated.

And it shows. Maya and 3d Max best up their game.

Yea,

considering blender is free it's >90% as functional and useful as Max and Maya

WIll post this weekend

:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyxWDHy4ppY

Guys...  again, I'm sorry for not posting. The last few months I've felt really shitty and finally went to get checked out. They think I have Lyme Disease. All sorts of fun going on.


Give me a few weeks and I'll be back on to get this abortion of a game going again.


I'm sorry for the wait.

-Niles

Like disease is no joke.

Sort that out and we will be here when you get back

In reply to Arlend (msg # 268):

All good...

Well...  thank fuck that's over.

I'm gonna take the next few days, read all the dumb crap I've made you poor chumps do and get this crazy train back on the tracks.


Thanks for waiting...  providing anyone is still playing.

Either way, feels good to be back!

:D

In reply to GM (msg # 270):

Yeah, still here!

welcome back

Oi,
where's mine?1?!?!?!

Least priority, eh? >:|

Just going in order man...

XD


Besides, yours is always three times as complex as everyone elses...

How?!?!

Sorry...  Again. Still having fun with this Lyme Disease.

For anyone interested in seeing another trainwreck authored by yours truly, rMail me an email address so I can invite you to the roll20 version of Freeland's Tenant (anyone else think that name is shitty as hell?)

Maybe someday I can get that working so we have more options.

Count me in.

Also, anything we can help with, let us know :)

Thank you, I appreciate that...

Holy fuck:


ST: 35
DX: 25
HT: 30!!

and IQ:13??

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

HT 30 is like.. legendary.

as is DX 25!

and how are they mounts if their average IQ is in the realm of 'very very smart' human?!?

how don't they have their own society?!?!

omfg.


HT 30 is what I aspire to. A warrior with HT30, could probably fight in a single battle for over a week, constantly fighting and barely break a sweat!


Vivalia is my new best friend :D
This message was last edited by the player at 11:53, Tue 03 Sept 2019.

They're no joke.

Like, they really aren't


REgarding realworld animals. I think the ST value of a lot of the animals is 'way way off'.

For example

a Gorilla's strength is said to be 14. Absolutely not true IRL - but it's hard to really govern when you just up and down every single animal.

In reality a gorilla is probably strong and tough enough that a human has 0 chance of fighting it. Even the strongest men on the planet have basically 0 chance.

However, I think it's mostly worth while putting the numbes down as a 'guide' and then kind of hand-wave stuff that isn't directly afflicting to the character (i.e. damage) that an animal can do?

Gym time and then ill drop another post !


I need arlend to become something vaguely DBZ-esque!

Anyone ever watched or read the following:

Stormlight archives
Sword of Truth Series
Bleach
DBZ
NAruto

All of them.

Used to watch a ton of anime when I was a kid, still get into it from time to time. I like Bleach a lot.

haha, I really love that genre and 'whole' going from zero to hero thing.


Zaraki is my 2nd favourite.


But my favourite is:

Banshou issai kaiijin to nase! Ryuujin Jakka!

I like what they all represent.

Hidden Power.

Something Extra.

The Need to Protect.

I always tell my wife, if I wasn't such a fuck-up and coward as a young man, I would have been in the military.

I get off hearing about the real-life examples too. A 90 lb woman lifting a car off her grand-daughter. People from different countries suddenly speaking the same language when trapped on a mountainside during a life-threatening storm. Strange things that happen to the most mundane of individuals in times of extreme stress. It's fascinating.

I fully believe there are vast landscapes of untapped potential in the human that we only get to see tiny glimpses of.

But that's just my $0.02.

I worked with the army (technically in the army) when i was younger and realised that my "romantic wish to be a military trained individual" was all just bullshit tbh.

It's nice to be able to say it, it's nice to say "I've been tested and tempered in fire" should you have seen combat but ultimately. I really really cannot stand being told what to do.

PLus, we're all cowards, some just hide it better, I think.


Your other points are all great, at heart i'm a technical person (I work in cybersecurity) and have been hard into science for a long time too. I love that stuff too, but i also like knowing how it can happen and manifest.

Just a personal example. I used to live in Croatia - and prior to living there (and dating my gal) I'd never experienced the language before (except for the fact that there are some commonalities between Croatian/Slacic and Russian, which i do speak pretty badly). While my gal and her parents/friends were talking, I could follow most of the conversation just by picking up on a few words here and there. I knew some verbs, and some nouns and a couple of conjugations and from that I could at least 'follow' what was being said to some degree - even if i didn't have the nuance.

It made me realise that the idea that "alot of the conversation" is through non-dialogue stuff, gestures, context, etc.

I could believe the mountainside thing.

I've considered your words, Arlend, and I agree that 13 is a little high for IQ on a trysn.

I guess the reason they don't have a society of there own is...

a secret...


>:)

Does anyone have access to Group K, or is that just mine?

I cant see it.

In reply to Arlend (msg # 290):

Likewise, don't see it.

For anyone curious, I have finally starting derping around with the Racial Templates thread, filling out the ones like dwarf and elf with stats directly from Dungeon Fantasy...  so those should be more or less correct. If someone sees anything suspect, let me know and I will double-check it.

As for the races like kuruthai, jaloo, and mixed-races, I'll take any advice offered, as per usual.

Thanks guys.

Aye, we could go off descriptions of them and write some up.

I don't expect you guys to write anything up, just double check me on what I make to be sure things make sense.

I mean if you like making templates...  feel free. But I'm not asking for that. Just some oversight.

Okay godammit...


How in the sweet fuck do I get an image on a thread?

And don't be cute...  you're talking to your GM here...


Pretend he's 3 years old... like when you guys explain other stuff to him.


I tried uploading images to a Google Drive folder, copying the link there. Doing the [<img src] = "shitty artwork here"[>] thing...


I've done it before! But I don't remember...


I have tried and just get the disappointing little broken image icon.

In reply to GM (msg # 295):

I use the maps...don't do it much!

like this:

<!--  -->

Edit: so it looks like I can't write it without actually putting it here, so i'll paste it somewhere...

<XXXimg src="URL here">

remove the XXX - but upload the image to Imgur, or just directly link to the URL that has .jpg/.png at the end of it.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:12, Mon 16 Sept 2019.

Posted
This message was last edited by the player at 21:45, Mon 16 Sept 2019.

Welcome to the party! Seeungher

Cone on gm! Post

I'm workin' on it...

In reply to GM (msg # 301):

Just a heads up. I expect I will have somewhat reduced activity between the 25 Sep and 08 Oct, and then much reduced activity, probably none at all, from the 10th Oct until the 9th Dec.Sorry for any inconvenience that may cause. Please feel free to NPC my characters in that time if they hold up any threads (But please don't kill them!)

Shouldn't be a problem!

Thanks for letting us know!

More than that asshole GM does...

Damned gms always being cowboys.

Will post soon

In reply to GM (msg # 303):

We just take it as it comes!

probably not up to Churchill or MLK's standard, but he's still learning!

So,

one of the problems I always had as a GM was 'how to make the journey interesting without just 'throwing fights at people'.

Like, walking through nature, and seeing mountains anfd valleys and forests, or sailing ships on the sea reeally does evoke feelings that seem to rarely even be done justice in RPGS. I love the idea of ARlend having his own ship, and own crew, and just doing those 'smaller things' to make life great and fun and interesting. It doesn't always have to be fighting and smashing and Powering up, etc.

But it's a struggle for me (when i've GM'd) to capture that. How do you guys manage, or do it?

You're asking me?

Im just putting it out there!

The start of the voyage kinda triggered the memory for me - I mean i guess i'll find out!
:)

Well, to be honest, I haven't done any journeys with you guys yet, but just so happens...

Two of you are starting on one, and probably the third will be soon.

So thanks for the extra pressure, buddy...

XD



I guess I'm just going to give it a go, then we can discuss it as it's going on, at the end and see what worked and what didn't for you guys.

I have a few ideas, and I've done some research.

As a visual person, I would really prefer a nice map (hurry the fuck up mr. mapmaker...) to track where you're at and where you want to go.

Until I have some workable maps...  we'll wing it.

Aye I think.maps are a good solution to it.

I even think little rolls for things here and there. Maybe a line breaks and can cut to that a bit ( may be works better in real time )


No pressure though

Yes, maps are becoming a must. You guys are getting to a point where you are/are going to be, traveling quite a bit and sooner or later I'll have forgotten where you are and what I've told you the surrounding geography is like.
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:21, Sat 28 Sept 2019.

I feel my players need an Avenue of Ingress as to my mental state when I post things...


I hereby declare that:

ENT SONG


is my safe-word(s).



If you feel I should review your post, or you see the above words shortly after one of my posts...


Give me a few...   time units to rectify whatever I just fucked up.


Eh...

God I love beer.

Where's mined!?!?!?! :D

I'm workin' on it...

:)

ah, just giving you a bit of a hard time :)

Did the Quartermaster get hold of a guitar for Arlend btw?

Nah...  he only found a kazoo...  he thought that fit Arlends personality better...


XP


Kidding...  yeah, there's a guitar around here somewhere...


*thrash*

*shuffle*

*toss*


Ah yes, here it is...  one guitar. Go nuts.

Quoting from monkey island?

Not intentionally...

O.o

?

everyone still alive? :)

Yeah. Sorry, I'm still here.

Had a few long days at work and now we getting ready for deer season.

Going to try and get to your post tonight Arlend.

Will post soon. Just on holiday atm

No rush brah.

Looks like everyone is taking a little break.

lets pick this up again! :)

Nial! :)

Hi everyone, hope you've been well.

I'll be jumping on and getting this shit going again in the next few days.

Alfonzo up I believe, so I'll be starting with him.

Rightio!

WElcome back

Whasssssaaaap!

Alright, I have a new map up on the Google Drive Folder. Please let me know if you can see it, and when you download it, can you zoom in on the left-hand size of it and read the three or four town names I added?

Ill look for it, might be worth dropping me the link again please!

Got it! looks good!

https://youtu.be/ktczJ9cFGnU

Still alive?

In reply to Arlend (msg # 333):

Yeah, but all at sea, so poor internet, usually none!

Our Illustrious GM has fallen, it seems

One lost at sea!

Looks like this has tapered off

In reply to Arlend (msg # 336):

Still around!

I’m still here.  Waiting for the GM to look over my sheet.

In no hurry.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:11, Sun 17 Nov 2019.

I think GM is AWOL :)

Sorry for the delay folks.

We are now back to your irregularly scheduled programming...

Welcome back to the fold :)