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Out Of Character Discussion 001.

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Arlend
player, 59 posts
Wed 16 Jan 2019
at 23:10
  • msg #48

Next...

quote:

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


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

quote:
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 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!


quote:
I gotta give it to you.

Give me a while to write all this out.


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.
Arlend
player, 63 posts
Wed 23 Jan 2019
at 18:06
  • msg #49

Next...

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

woo
GM
GM, 357 posts
Wed 23 Jan 2019
at 18:36
  • msg #50

Time Away

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!
Alfonzo Gonza
player, 15 posts
Kuruthai
Mail shirt and Knife
Thu 24 Jan 2019
at 19:16
  • msg #51

Next...

In reply to Arlend (msg # 49):

Ouch. No one hurt?
Arlend
player, 65 posts
Thu 24 Jan 2019
at 19:19
  • msg #52

Next...

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 :)
Gren
NPC, 8 posts
Sat 26 Jan 2019
at 00:51
  • msg #53

chit-chat

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.
Arlend
player, 68 posts
Sat 26 Jan 2019
at 01:09
  • msg #54

chit-chat

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)
quote:
That could add up...  or could it..?    >:)
I believe correct grammar is: "... or could it? ... "

:)
Gren
NPC, 9 posts
Sat 26 Jan 2019
at 01:22
  • msg #55

chit-chat

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
Arlend
player, 69 posts
Sat 26 Jan 2019
at 01:25
  • msg #56

chit-chat

Haha, we all love ellipses. :)
Kerrick
player, 74 posts
Sat 26 Jan 2019
at 10:47
  • msg #57

chit-chat

*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. ;)
Alfonzo Gonza
player, 16 posts
Kuruthai
Mail shirt and Knife
Sat 26 Jan 2019
at 22:51
  • msg #58

chit-chat

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!
Arlend
player, 73 posts
Sun 27 Jan 2019
at 15:47
  • msg #59

chit-chat

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!
GM
GM, 373 posts
Sun 27 Jan 2019
at 16:00
  • msg #60

chit-chat

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.
Arlend
player, 75 posts
Sun 27 Jan 2019
at 16:23
  • msg #61

chit-chat

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.
GM
GM, 374 posts
Sun 27 Jan 2019
at 17:45
  • msg #62

chit-chat

LOL...  aren't! Are not...

Should that count as a typo?

...

...
Arlend
player, 76 posts
Sun 27 Jan 2019
at 17:48
  • msg #63

chit-chat

Ah, well dunno - I was just making sure that I knew what you were saying.
Gren
NPC, 10 posts
Sun 27 Jan 2019
at 18:22
  • msg #64

Gems

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?
Arlend
player, 77 posts
Sun 27 Jan 2019
at 18:25
  • msg #65

Gems

Are there different kinds of gems?

Can we make lightsabers?
GM
GM, 376 posts
Sun 27 Jan 2019
at 19:35
  • msg #66

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.
Arlend
player, 78 posts
Sun 27 Jan 2019
at 19:37
  • msg #67

Lightsabers...

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

I love dwarves so much.
GM
GM, 377 posts
Sun 27 Jan 2019
at 19:53
  • msg #68

Lightsabers...

Dwarves are indeed the shit.
Arlend
player, 80 posts
Sun 27 Jan 2019
at 23:15
  • msg #69

Lightsabers...

Just an awesome thing that could be cool for gems:


GM
GM, 381 posts
Mon 28 Jan 2019
at 11:18
  • msg #70

Spirals

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.
Alfonzo Gonza
player, 18 posts
Kuruthai
Mail shirt and Knife
Mon 28 Jan 2019
at 11:25
  • msg #71

Spirals

In reply to GM (msg # 70):

Cool! Can we spend it right away?
GM
GM, 383 posts
Mon 28 Jan 2019
at 11:43
  • msg #72

CP

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.
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