OOC here

Alright, six players have been added to the game. Welcome! Everyone can start going over what they are going to play, I would like to get a running tally so we can see what we are going to have. Remember to go roll your dice, we are using Method VI which may be different from what you are used too. If you have any questions please ask, don't just guess or assume something. If you want to PM me and ask that is fine too. Please use the Text Sheet that I have provided. You may add more entries to it depending on your character, but this will allow me to quickly look over sheets when I need to and know where things are.

Welcome!

I'm playing a dwarven rogue.

Alright folks!, I'm completely setup and ready to get started, now its just up to you to get your characters in order. As you can see, you have a reason to be in Hommlet. Make sure to read over link to a message in this game It gives some details to why you are here. I can't wait to see what interesting ideas you come up with. Remember that Kits are allowed that are not Setting Specific and that can work with the current setup. Some Kits wont be acceptable. You are not required to take a kit either, but a lot of them do give more bonuses than you'd normally get, so you'd be doing yourself a disservice not picking one up. You start with max gold and hitpoints based on your class so you don't have to roll those. Some Kits change your starting gold so make sure you note that, if you do take a kit that does. I will be using reaction adjustments, so keep that in mind. If characters want to know one another before hand, that is fine too. Since I am leaving how you know Elkiar for you to decide, nothing stops you and another player from teaming up and saying that Elkiar met both of you at the same time. I also do not mind if characters want to be siblings, that adds a nice dynamic to characters and roleplaying. So keep all this in mind when you are thinking about your character.

Again if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

You should read the walls of text, But if you haven't yet, but plan too, but want to get things rolling. You should be getting your ability stats in order. We are using Method VI, which means that all of your abilities start at 8 (and can not be lower than 8, which is good!) And you get to roll Eight D6, and put those dice into your abilities. You can put multiple dice into a ability, but the highest you can raise it is 18, Your Racial bonus can make it higher than 18 if that is the case. But the dice have to equal 18 in order to use them, so when you roll your 8 D6 and you get a 5, 6, 3, 4, 2, 5, 3, 2. You can add the 6 & 4 to one of your abilities to bring it to a 18. This means that you will be suffering somewhere else. If you want to put the 2, 2, 3, 3, into a ability you can do that too, But you will sacrifice points elsewhere. Using this method allows for players to adjust their abilities and not get stuck with very low scores like a 3 - 6, You are gonna be heroes one day!, so you should have some competency across the board. But it also gives you the chance to get those hard to reach classes, like Bard, Paladin, and Ranger. I know when I roll up a character and am stuck playing a Fighter or Rogue, when I had envisioned a awesome Ranger, it sucks. So I get it! You should be able to get all the class requirements using Method VI. Some kits might still be out of range but those are rare.
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:14, Fri 10 May 2019.

Greetings all. I'm looking at either a Dwarven Fighter/Thief (Wayfinder) or an Elven Mage/Thief (Spellfincher). Just depends on what we get players wise. I can be talked into a Dwarven Fighter/Cleric.

I am assuming we are going by the PHB when it comes to weapon spec making it single class fighter only, correct?

Hey gang, glad to be coming aboard!  I'm leaning toward Suloise Mage.

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@Dungeon Master, I just want to make sure I'm grokking spell points correctly.

2 pts / level and then also bonus points at 2 pts / level until you have used your bonus pool?

The bonus pool is calculated as follows:

Example:  Mage with 14 Int & 14 Wis.  Add them together, divide by four.  [14 + 14 = 28.  28/4 = 7]
Results in a bonus pool of 7 spell points, but I only get access to the bonus points at a rate of 2 / level?

Level   SP
lvl 1 =  4 [Add 2 + bonus 2]
lvl 2 =  8 [Add 2 + bonus 2]
lvl 3 = 12 [Add 2 + bonus 2]
lvl 4 = 15 [Add 2 + bonus 1] (Only 1 left to allocate.  Started with 7, and allocated the first 6 on levels 1, 2, & 3)
lvl 5 = 17 [Add 2]

(and then add 2 for each level thereafter?)

Yes.



Yes.

Some really nice compiled, easy to read charts with information. I really like the Weapons and Nonweapon Proficiencies Lists, they have compiled a nice selection from a bunch of sources.

Weapons Chart: http://people.wku.edu/charles....amp;d/nonweapon.html
Racial Ability Minimums and Maximums: http://people.wku.edu/charles....;d/races/minmax.html
Age and Aging: http://people.wku.edu/charles....amp;d/races/age.html
Character Races and Classes: http://people.wku.edu/charles....p;d/races/class.html
Thieving Skill Adjustments: http://people.wku.edu/charles....p;d/races/thief.html
Nonweapon Proficiencies: http://people.wku.edu/charles....amp;d/nonweapon.html

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 9):

Forgive me if I missed it in your Rules, but are you using Demi-Human level limits? If so, any adjustment to go beyond level limits?

So, Level Limits for Demi-Humans kinda gets a bad rep. Because it encourages players to play Human so they can have unlimited levels in any class. I think the level limits is a nice addition for Demi-Humans who multiclass, but not for Demi-Humans that focus on a single class. So I'm tempted to allow Unlimited progression in levels if you are not multiclassing, but if you are, then the level limits apply.

Congrats to Althiof Morad, Your character sheet has been approved.

I do believe that I will be a Human, Suliose Fighter.

I'm thinking along the lines of the desert nomads of the Bright Desert, fighting style similar to the poor bastard with a crushed skull in GoT Oberyn Martell, using a long spear as his primary weapon of choice.

That sound like it works boss?  Just need a good Suliose sounding name.

Kossoth Zan has a nice ring to it.

Changed.

So we have a fighter, thief and mage so far? Anyone considering a cleric? debating my options here.

When writing your background, make sure to read the Funeral Thread.. It has background to why you are in Hommlet.

Okay I have decided on Korkas Stonedelver, a Mountain Dwarf Ghetto Fighter (Fighter/Thief). PC sheet should be done other than some background/fluff type stuff.

Congrats to Korkas Stonedelver, Your character sheet has been approved.

Feel free to start in the Funeral Thread if you'd like.

Congrats to Virius Tesh, Your character sheet has been approved.

Feel free to start in the Funeral Thread if you'd like.

Wait is Virius an SCA person, using actual terms to describe your heraldry.

He could just be a Pendragon RPG Player! They know that stuff pretty good too! Wish I could get into SCA, but the nearest Chapter to me, are really toxic.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 23):

Sorry to hear that :( It's so much fun.

Virius I took the image, and got rid of the white boarder and the words at the bottom, and made it a little smaller. Hope that was ok.

^^ None of the above.  :)

I do tinker around with a few cool heraldry sites though.

[http://www.rpg.uplink.fi/heraldry/] This one is pretty neat, and user-friendly.

[https://www.drawshield.net/]  This one requires you to type in the blazon first, and then it shows you the shield (it takes a little trial and error to get the formatting right).

Absolutely.

Cool.

Did the message letting us know of Rusman's death happen to mention how he passed?

Was it old age?  Unexpected?  Suspicious at all?

No it was not mentioned in the letter.

Between NPC dialog and the Notice Board, That is where a lot of the plot seeds are going to be planted. So keep that in mind when reading, If an NPC is talking, unless I specifically say they are whispering, then you can overhear NPCs dialog and assume to have heard it.

So this is what we have so far, for those following along.

Name                  Race               Class            Level     Kit
Althiof Morad         Dwarf (Mountain)   Thief            1         Locksmith
Virius Tesh           Human (Suloise)    Mage             1         Patrician
Kossoth Zan           Human (Suloise)    Fighter          1         Whirling Dervish
Korkas Stonedelver    Dwarf (Mountain)   Fighter/Thief    1         Ghetto Fighter
Harald Dundragon      Human (Oeridian)   Bard             1         Gallant
Name                  .                  .                1         ?

^^ I think there's a lot of mileage to be had in the Gallant/Ghetto-Fighter juxtaposition.

I love how stuff like that randomly comes together.

I'm going to go ahead and setup the Languages here on RPOL, I will try and get most of what the PCs have (at least those stated out so far.)

I think I might need to make a NPC Roster to keep track of all these folks!.

You have a list already in Post 1 in the in-game thread.

Yeah, but that wont stay sticky for long. I keep having to reference the names, having a running thread works much better. Plus lets me add notes to each NPC as you learn stuff, like the Goblins stealing the wizards spellbook.

Question, I have three people sitting in my inbox that want in this game, should we get a seventh, and request a Priest? I can scale the game to where healing wont be absolutely necessary but having someone with it would be nice. Its up to you folks, I am fine with running seven people.

My vote would be for a priest.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 38):

I'd like to have a priest. I would have made one but gambled of the other unknowns o e was going to be a priest.

All you dwarves look alike.  :)

You are not alone, most the NPCs are assuming that as well.

I put an updated map of the area in link to a message in this game showing where the ambush happened.

If you haven't lets try and fill out the Description areas, I will use those areas for reactions from NPCs on how your character looks, what weapons and armor are showing, and what overall demeanor your character has. So these help me run the game smoother in the long run. You can also edit it as you progress, change armor, pick up new weapons, cut your hair, etc!

You do not have to wait for the others to post or catch up. The others will get involved when they are ready. With a group of seven I don't mind having two smaller groups doing different things and then later bring them together, so if your holding back posting because you don't want to get to far. Don't worry about it. The other players just need to read over the first post to understand what is happening. Plus the way I set it up, They may still be upstairs napping.

@Hollen Jeth This give you a good opportunity to come into the scene, if you'd like. Or they can find you later. (hahah I just noticed I used a Discord Command to try and tag you, dang I've been playing over there for too long.)

Player Poll

Would you like to use Critical's and Fumbles in the game?
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:43, Wed 15 May 2019.

As the resident wizard, I won't be attacking much ...  but I would not be opposed to crits/fumbles being added.

Oh cool.  I totally thought Jeremiah was a person.

Having lost a familiar though, makes it way worse.  If Virius wasn't in this guy's corner before ... he certainly is now.

Don't be discouraged, Mages can Critical too. Its just on my end.. When you cast a spell that requires a save, If I roll the save and Critically fumble, then that means you score a critical. If the spell does damage then its doubled as a normal critical. So it works for Mages too.

^^ Cool.

Yeah, he was vague about that due to bringing it up and having to relive it, But the fact that Jeremiah was smashed by a rock, I thought someone would see it!

Can you guess what kinda familiar it was? With that name? ha ha ha,

Never understood a single word he said ...

^^ Speaking of familiars, Tesh will be looking to summon one during his time near the Gnarley Forest (as soon as he can afford it!).

I’d blame your brother. : )
This message was last edited by the player at 02:48, Sun 12 May 2019.

What happened?  Did football season start early and nobody told me?

Cersei & Harald, How are you two doing? we gonna see you soon?

Getting there had to watch Game of Thrones Episode 5 ... WOW!

But am just getting the last bits done at the latest by tomorrow evening but likely earlier.

Awesome! yeah I am actually sitting down to watch it now.

Sounds good! Feel free to jump in when you can.

GOT, Mother's Day, it's been a busy weekend, catching up as soon as able.

Understand, no worries, we are just starting. Just trying to keep a momentum with the game, and posts to keep people interested, I've seen too many games fail in the past that became stagnant. So if you see me posting stuff on the world building side, its just to keep things fresh.

Also, keep in mind that speaking to NPCs is something useful in this game. It will open up different hooks and give you more things to do. Thus how Spugonior told the PCs about his stolen spellbook. Other NPCs will organically let information out, asking them about the area, etc, also there in the Hommlet Notice Board which is located just outside the Inn, where people can post things they need, announcements, etc.

Sick, likely an infection seeing MD early tomorrow will try to finish character asap.

Fixed a lot of the threads, added image titles to the tops, and did a overhaul to the Timeline thread since it was ugly.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 64):

I like it. Hosting your own images somewhere?

I have a ftp server that I've used for years, where I host everything. I can make easy changes and quick uploads using a FTP program, its really nice when I do battlemaps.

And yes, Vesta did refer to Thaenai Sevensong as a him earlier in the night.

Note that the rest of you can go around and explore Hommlet too, If you have a specific place you want to check out let me know and I will make it a location. I know some players don't like getting ahead of others, so being in a different thread/location might help. If you are like me and you have the free time.

I Like Althiof. Open mouth insert foot. :)

Gotten behind a bit, will catch up soonest. Been a busy week!

Advance notice: I will be AFK Monday through Wednesday next week, feel free to "NPC". I will also be out of town May 31- June 3 or 4 depending on business.

I will also be out for a couple weeks this fall, November most likely. Probably 0 access for at least 10 days but I'll let everyone know when that comes around.

Don't forget to fill out your Description areas.

Okay can get back on my computer my smart phone wasn't cutting it, I was in the hospital getting antibiotics pumped into me it was an infection of the kidneys, bladder, urinary tract and colon so - ewwwww.

And hospital fewd ... ewwwww.

So am in bed being pampered, so can get my game on.

Woot! Your better than I am. If I had gone through all that, I'd be taking meds to knock me out!

Thanks for the update, and glad your getting taken care of.

I have pain meds I take them normally for pain so they just game me some extra but am glad to be home.

Added some Leave of Absence instructions. Please use it, so I know that I'm not gonna be ghosted by any of you, thank you in advance.

Can we use the Arms & Equipment Guide?

Yep!

In reply to Cersei Willems (msg # 72):

Yeah doing a PC on a smart phone is a PIA. I've done it a couple times. It takes 10x as long and is 5x as annoying.

And I had two IV's of medicine and pain meds and the staff coming in right when I fall asleep to draw blood. Then they say rest. LOL

And the food - yuk!

In reply to Cersei Willems (msg # 79):

Yeah :( Hopefully you start feeling better soon.

Proficiency in Brewing

Introduction: The character with the Brewing Non-weapon Proficiency is trained in the art of brewing beers and other strong drinks. The character can prepare brewing formulas, select quality ingredients, set up and manage a brewery, control fermentation, and age the finished product.

The Process Of Brewing Brewing is the making of fermented alcoholic beverages, such as beer and ale, from cereal grains. The term brewing is usually applied to all the steps in the process of making beer and ale, but actually the operation has two steps, malting and brewing. Malting is the preparation of the grain for the brewing. The grain, usually wheat or barley, is soaked in water for 48 to 76 hours. The water is drained and replaced with fresh water at least once a day. When the grain is soft, it is piled in heaps. Here the grain starts to sprout small root shoots. This is called germination. When the sprouting starts, the grain is spread out to a depth of about ten inches. When the sprouts are about two-thirds the length of the grain, the germination is halted by placing the grain in an oven called a dry kiln. The grain, or malt as brewers call it at this stage, is then baked dark and crisp in temperatures ranging 155 degrees to 220 degrees Fahrenheit. The lower temperatures are used in making light beer, and the higher temperatures for dark beer. Brewing begins after the dry malt is crushed between rollers and mixed with water to form a mash. The mash is made thinner with hot water and brought to a temperature of 145 degrees Fahrenheit. The mash is stirred constantly at this temperate. During this stage of brewing the beer or ale undergoes chemical changes which make the exact temperature very important. The heat is increased slowly to about 160 degrees Fahrenheit. This liquid, called wort, is then drained from the grain, or grist. Hops made from the dried flowers of the hop vine are then added to the wort and the mixture is boiled for one to six hours. One to twelve pounds of hops are mixed with every hundred gallons of wort. The hops keep the beverage from spoiling and also add flavor to it. The boiled wort is cooled and placed in fermenting vats. About five pounds of yeast are added to each one hundred gallons of wort. Most beer is made with bottom fermentation, using a yeast that becomes active at temperatures from 43 degrees to 46 degrees Fahrenheit and stays at the bottom of the fermentation vat. Top fermentation is used for ale, porter, and stout. A yeast is used which becomes active at temperatures from 60 degrees to 68 degrees Fahrenheit. After fermenting several days, the wort is run into a settling vat. The yeast rises to the surface and is skimmed off. The beer is then drawn off and stored in casks and barrels to age before being bottled.

Non-Weapon Proficiency (Brewing)

A normal skill check is not made because normal skill checks only judge success or failure and not quality. Instead the percentile dice are rolled to decide the quality of the brew (using Table 1). An initial modifier of 6 will guarantee that a brewer will never make a terrible drink. A one time modifier equal to Wisdom is added. Also for each slot given to this skill, a modifier equal to Intelligence is added.

TABLE 1: Quality Of Brew

Die Roll     Quality
01-05        Terrible
06-15        Very Poor
16-35        Poor
36-65        Normal
66-85        Good
86-95        Very Good
96-00        Excellent

Thus, our hero Rath (Intelligence: 15, Wisdom: 8) has three non-weapon skill slots allocated to brewing because he hopes to be a master brewer some day and retire from the life of adventuring. He decides to whip up a batch of malt liquor beer. After completing the brewing process, it is time to sample the quality of Rath Malt Liquor Beer. He rolls a mere 13 on the percentile dice, which would normally produce a poor (13+6=19) quality brew. However, due to Rath's experience, Intelligence (3*15=45), and Wisdom (8); he gains a modifier of 53. Therefore, the quality of Rath's beer is good (72).

Effects of Alcohol

After consuming a serving of alcohol, a character must make a constitution check with the following penalties:

Beer   -1
Ale    -2
Wine   -3
Mead   -4
Liquor -5

The penalties accumulate with each check per state of intoxication. For example, after Rath drinks his third ale he must make his constitution check with a -6 penalty. If Rath moves into a state of slight intoxication (see below) due to a failed constitution check, his ale penalty is reset back to -2. Of course, the penalty will continue to get worse as he drinks in this state and reset to -2 when he goes into a moderate state of intoxication.

NOTE: Serving sizes vary depending on type. For example, a typical serving size of liquor is around 2 fluid ounces. Beer, ale, and mead have a serving size around 16 to 20 fluid ounces. While a serving size for wine is around 10 to 14 ounces. The serving size is decided by the GM. If a character fails his/her constitution check, his/her state of intoxication moves up. There are three states: slight, moderate, great. The state an intoxicated person is in will have the following effects:

Intoxication Table:

Effect                  State of Intoxication
on              Slight         Moderate        Great
Morale         +1             +2              +3
Intelligence   -1             -3              -6
Wisdom         -1             -4              -7
Dexterity       0             -2              -5
Charisma        0             -1              -4
Attack Dice     0             -1              -5
Hit Points      0             +1              +3
Spell Failure  25%            50%            100%

NOTES ON INTOXICATION TABLE Morale pertains only to non-player characters. Intelligence, Wisdom, Dexterity, and Charisma indicate the number of points the various characteristics are lowered temporarily due to intoxication. Remember to check the rule book to see the effects of attribute lose. Attack dice refers to adjustments to THAC0 and saves. An opponents saves vs. magical attacks made by an intoxicated character is raised by the same number. Hit points are increased due to the effects of the alcohol on the intoxicate person. He/she can physically withstand more punishment.

Weight Rule

A person that weighs more tends to handle alcohol better than one who weighs less. Since most creatures' weights aren't known, the best indication of weight would be size. Thus, the penalties/bonuses are relative to size. The following penalties/bonuses can be assigned to the constitution check that is made after consuming a serving of alcohol:

Tiny       -4
Small      -2
Man         0
Large      +2
Huge       +4
Gargantuan +6 

Alcohol And Races

People have suggested that certain races like dwarves and elves should have bonuses or penalties when drinking alcohol because they would naturally have more or less of a tolerance. Well, technically this could be and is true. in most RPGs, dwarves receive a bonus to constitution and elves receive a penalty to constitution. Furthermore, demihumans like dwarves have bonuses to poison saves and poison saves play an important role in these rules. Therefore, since alcohol checks are based on constitution and adjustments to constitution are made during character creation and certain races get bonuses to poison saves, there is no need for any additional adjustments.

@DM, minor request.

For the NPC roster (or any list-type thread that will get updated regularly; treasures and such) ... as you update it, could you toss an asterisk — or call attention to — the line you added?

I think it would be easier to spot the changes on a post that gets referenced often.

I think it will avoid moments of: 'Oh cool, a new post ... oh wait, I've read this.  What's different?' [skims to find difference]

Good idea, I will try and do that so it helps.

Do they still have rations I can't find he cost for food rations in the game? Maybe I just can't find it and am dumb.

Page 90, of Player's Handbook Revised (Premium Edition)

Household Provisioning

Rations, standard (1 wk) 3 gp
Rations, iron (1 wk) 5 gp
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:26, Thu 16 May 2019.

'Dry' rations are different than 'iron' or 'standard' rations.

Iron and standard rations are the 'trail' rations you are referring to, one being fresh foods, the other preserved.

Dry rations is uncooked food - rice, wheat, cooking oil, that kind of stuff, the stuff you fill up your larder with, not take on a trip.

So its just the two, Standard & Iron. Standard Rations will last up to a week. Iron Rations will last up to 2 weeks.

2nd Edition uses 1d10 for Initiative. I know it gets confusing at times, between the basic set, and 1st Edition.

Sorry I fell asleep and stayed asleep for hours, and hours and told its a good sign so will try to finish my character today after my MD visits to check me out, I'm lucky mine does house calls in some cases.

I'm feeling better at least.

Good to hear you're starting to feel better, Cersei.

Ah, I see what you're doing.  Brown can be one of those hard-to-see text colors.  I remember on my last monitor, I couldn't tell the difference between black and brown text at all.

I use the brown background, it comes up fine for me. The only color that really gives me trouble seeing is This one, this one sucks, I hate it! Everything else is fine though. Making them bold really helps too.

In reply to Althiof Morad (msg # 91):

Yeah bolding it makes it easy to read and stand out when I speak.


Half-Orc calling me a runt.... :)

Yeah, but then you started complimenting him!  lol

In reply to Althiof Morad (msg # 94):

LOL. What can I say Korkas is just a nice guy.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:11, Fri 17 May 2019.

Yeah, that's me, sorry.

Bolded?

How about Rose?  Bolded Rose?

Both the Roses look great! yeah, even the bolded one strains the eyes.

If the game being image intensive if an issue, please let me know. I will respect players that have craptastic bandwidth.

No it's great. This is a bad idea on Korkas's part but I don't see him backing down to a half-orc.

For those following the Unarmed Fight, I am using the Complete Fighters Guide, for Punching and Wrestling, Korkas scored a 19 for his first attack, which equals a Wild Swing, which does 0 damage extra (It does do STR damage) and has a 1% chance of Knockout. The Half-Orc tried to strike back but missed when he rolled a measly 8 total. Which was not enough to get through the Armor Class of the Dwarf. So he missed. But on the Chart the Punch was an Uppercut.

Should I mention now that Rpol's diceroller generally hates me :)

Fixed last entry and added the Uppercut +1 damage.

Heads up, I am gonna take a break for a little while.

Althiof you are busy lining up quests and favors. Here I am picking a fight with the biggest guy in town...

The nice thing is that we might be able to do both activities at the same time.

Did the Half-Orc miss and it's my turn ? Didn't see the post he missed just my shot landing.

Attacked, Fumbled, Ouch!

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 107):

Thanks, wasn't trying to rush you. Just thought I might have missed something.

I did miss it, thanks for the heads up. I posted and I guess my brain told me it was back to your turn, but I was just responding to what happened.

Korkas you are rolling +1 to your attack, why are you not rolling +2, You are a Dwarf, you get +1 to Hit vs Orcs, Half-Orcs, Goblins, & Hobgoblins. In addition to your 18(35) STR of +1, you should be doing +2 to your attacks.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 110):

Because I forgot about it. Might have meant a win for me too if one of my earlier attacks would have hit or the extra damage.


Your last shot should put me down as I have 10 Hps.

Yeah looking at it, I would have done an extra 5-7 damage. Maybe a bit more if one of my misses was only 1 off. You live and learn

Ah yeah, I see. I was looking at HP and Temp HP wrong. But I see how it got ya. Knocked out, If a character reaches 0 hit points due to punching attacks (or any combination of punching and normal attacks), he immediately falls unconscious.

Honestly I didn't remember about the +1 towards Half-Orcs till a few minutes ago. I'll try and remember things like that next time and let you know, or if I see something not being used I'll ask.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 114):

Korkas was holding back, yeah that's it.

I have removed Harald from the game due to inactivity, For the time being his character will be NPCed. Don't be afraid, I understand Cersei and Kossoth, the two of them have told me what is happening so that is fine. I have added two others to the game to hopefully get some more activity. I know that the pace of this game is quick. I should said that up front. I know some players are not used to games that have 20 posts one night, and wake up the next morning with 100 new posts. It happens. But the nature of this game and the way I have it setup, if someone, for example like Althiof wants to go off and explore the town, he can. I am not going to advance the time until everyone is around and comfortable with it. Because once we get into an adventure, i.e. The Stolen Spellbook, then the game will slow down, because its not "open" anymore and we will need to wait and see what our companions are doing.

Having it set in Hommlet and doing it this way though, allows me to easily have people come and go, until we get a good group that all fits nicely together. I am also not opposed to having two groups doing there own thing. If one group has slower activity than the other.

I just know that when games slow down, they die. I'm sorry in advance if you signed on and don't think that you can continue, just let me know now. No hard feelings, and I totally understand.

Personally, I usually don't post as much as I have been in this game, but since it accidentally turned into a one-man village adventure, I tried to get through it to get back to the party.

Once we're all together as a team, I have no problem pacing myself to be more in line with the majority.

I don't think it's a problem because so far it's really just been side threads and solo threads.  I followed along with the fist fight.  Didn't feel left out one bit.  Even though my PC was present in the scene ... it was really sort of a solo thread for Korkas.

Once we all get sucked into an encounter though, it would definitely be weird if I missed one afternoon and five rounds of combat occurred between lunch and dinner.  I'll be good about keeping up ... but I often have chunks of time in my line of work where internet no worky.

I agree, tempo management is key.  Stagnation is death in PbP land.

Gotta be like a shark ... always keep moving forward.  :)

I don't like to toot my own horn but I feel like I set this game up pretty good and organically brought the characters together other than just tossing them all into the mix and assuming that knew each other. Using the funeral that's something that brought everybody together was a trick that I learned just recently and how to start your role playing game article also I'm using voice to talk on my phone so this might be sort of weird. I feel like the inclusion of the funeral was a good idea to bring the group together instead of all having known each other beforehand and having little money to to your name and having really bad equipment and throwing you all together with no Rhyme or Reason the funeral really helped bring the group together at to solidify them all with a purpose and setting the funeral a week from now makes it that time that you can get in there and talk to the NPCs so you can learn a little bit about the town and feel comfortable with what you're doing and what you're helping I mean your adventures what stops you from going to the next city are going to do this are going to do that I'm glad that y'all really like the game. I've said that this isn't a Temple of Elemental Evil game. And I stick to that. But the players will have the knowledge to make that a priority of they want. I've been dropping clues in dialog since the beginning. I also try and keep the NPC thread up to date which things the characters learn along the way. Funny enough I'm taking aspects of the ToEE video game and using them. Along with three different versions and editions of Hommlet and the region around. 2E, 3E and even 4E stuff that has been written about Hommlet.

How big a backstory do I need, I've got Gamers Block and she is 1st Level so well besides studying and such there isn't much to work with. I do have her plan to know a good wizard of High Level who could teleport her to the area. Her home city is very far away. I was thinking she was an orphan who the dead man took in then arranged for her education at her temple and grand library years ago and they stayed in touch by letters when she could arrange it. There her backstory I have.

How about "Born as one of twins, the other her handsome brother, to a wealthy house, Cersei was power-mad but then some damn dragon knocked over a keep on her head..."

Wait, that sounds way too familiar, someone's probably used that one before.

Yah, I like the way things came together, nice job! I was posting primarily though, to apologize for yet another delay. Got called into work last night. Was busy! Will try again to get caught up next couple days and AFK Sunday afternoon through at least Tuesday afternoon, perhaps Wednesday.

Good game, don't let me slow it down!

So, you are level 1, so I am not expecting much when it comes to a background. Of course you do have to figure out how you've gotten to the area. Are you still planing on going with a Flan for your Human Subrace? Also where is she from, I could research the area and see who she might be connected to that would have brought her to this region.

Well her parents were traveling merchant who died in a raid some years ago the sale of the wagons and such funding her and her brothers education she at a Great Library where she found the path of knowledge and faith. Her brother an apprentice to a blacksmith likely in the general area not as far away but its a good trade she encourages him to master and she might help him get his own smithy bring the big sister. See got that part.

A group of closely related nomadic merchant families in Ahlissa has wandered much of the old Great Kingdom's lands along the famous Windmarch, a vast annual circuit of mercantile trade fairs; little is known of this colorful group, called the Peregrines.

There is only one line mentioned about the Merchant Group called the Peregrines. You could take that and run with it. Its possible that the Peregrines are no longer around due to the raid a few years ago, Depending on where the Merchant Caravan was at when raided, it could have been close to Greyhawk City, which would be a melting pot for your character to learn all the NWP she has, and for her personal beliefs and philosophy to come out. Greyhawk would have been a good place to be educated. The Great Library of Greyhawk would have rows upon rows of books for her to read, and learn the paths of her knowledge and faith. Greyhawk is also filled with a craftsman district that has many Blacksmiths. Your brother could be associated with the Metalsmiths' Hall. The blacksmiths' guildmaster is Jaskar Smithson [Neutral Human] He could be the Mastersmith to your Brother.

As for the background to connect you to the story at hand. Elkiar Rusman would have traveled this region and the Gnarley Forest a lot, and the Forest spans all the way from here, to Greyhawk City, Greyhawk City has even tried to claim the forest as theirs at one point. Its very possible that Elkiar Rusman helped Cersei in some way, or the two met while in Greyhawk. Or maybe you are being sent to Hommlet as a representative of your Brother, who knew the Ranger or the Ranger had dealings with the Metalsmiths Guild.

All interesting ways to tie into the story.

Wow work was super busy today. I'll try to respond a little before I head out for the night with the wife.

Sylvan Elf Fighter (Archer) Kit is nasty. 5/2 Rounds ROF For using a bow, while moving, and 3/1 Rounds ROF when standing still. That's a scary volley, I wonder if that also stacks with the Combat & Tactics Weapon Mastery w/ Bows that gives you a +1 bonus to hit at any range, an increased rate of fire, and a new range category: point-blank. Point-blank is any shot of 30 feet or less. At point-blank range, the character gains a +2 to damage. In addition, bow specialists can automatically fire first as a very fast action if they have their target covered. This supersedes the specialization rules found in the Player’s Handbook. On top of Fighting Style: Missiles, which allows them to move up to half their normal movement rate and still attack with their full rate of fire, or make a full move and attack at half their rate of fire. And they gain a bonus of –1 to their AC against enemy missile fire while attacking with a ranged weapon.

The Archer Kit gives you a bonus of 2 Weapon Proficencies in the Long or Short bow, so you can use your regular WP slots for Fighter to add specialization, and Weapon Mastery.

It would take getting to level 5 to get the Mastery, but still. Nice. Even without Mastery, you are getting 5 attacks every 2 rounds. With a longbow that does 1d8 damage each arrow. Plus all the Bow Tricks that are in the Complete Book of Elves. Like The Double-Arrow Shot where you can knock an additional arrow once per round, by sacrificing Initiative and a modifier to hit.

Again scary stuff. I can see why the Combat & Tactics book and Dart users are a scary concept now. 4 attacks every round with a dart, even though they are low damage

Ah, man, last time we talked about kits I went right down the rabbit hole and lost all track of time. Bright side: did find one I like. Commando Cyborg kit. I'll pm the DM.

hahahah!

Something I found that might help some folks. I know I was doing the math during the last combat.

I will try and make sure that you know the AC of all the enemies before combat starts to it makes combat quicker, and you can know if you've hit or not.

Yeah that helps move these types of games along.

Are we looking at using combat and tactics?

I am at a total loss why Tesh is acting this way towards Althiof.

Tesh has seen zero signs of skullduggery.  Tesh has seen zero signs of secrets kept from the party.

What's going on?

Yeah, I think it may have been a strange misread, or tone through text. The secretive nature of wanting to talk away from the common room, shouldn't warrant the weirdness, Now maybe Tesh is just viewing the Dwarf with first appearances, from visual cues you have left the main room a few times, and come and gone, and then returned with muddy boots and cloths. Tesh could be thinking that you are out gallivanting around town while the others are here. No one should assume you are a rogue though, nothing has been said yet to make that distinction.


Other convo

So, my initial issues with Skills & Powers, Combat & Tactics, etc, was that I never really liked the points system when it came to building characters. But I do like some of the other stuff that the Player's Options books use. So I'm up in the air on a few things. I think for now we will stick with what we've started with. But I might pull out some things from Combat & Tactics every once in awhile, since those rules are more up to date than the PHB or sometimes the Complete Fighter's Handbook. So it will be a case to case situation.

He disappeared, returned filthy & wounded, asked Tesh to examine something in secret and then when they got there ... changed his mind.

Just having Virius be frustrated at Althiof's 'I know something you don't know' routine.

In reply to Virius Tesh (msg # 134):

Hi guys, Just finishing up my peep, I hope to join real soon :)

Woot!

Gonna be away for about an hour. Be back soon.

I agree the point system only works if the DM is the one that designs the options to match the flavor and such that they want.

I found combat and tactics is likely the best of the books and many of the things it adds as proficiencies or expands on the existing ones is great. High Mastery, Grand Mastery, etc for weapon spec is great as long as the DM actually sees the fighter work for it.

If you do open it up, i'll be looking at the ambidexterity Prof and the expertise prof.

Sweet. Welcome aboard

See I like the proficiencies in Player's Options. They are the best selling point for me.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 140):

Yep they are great. Many are just reprints from the various Complete Books. Some are new, but none seem out of balance to me

We have 18 dwarves and a couple half-orcs drinking. What could go wrong?

I'm certain that there is at least a little skullduggery afoot, would be bored if not!

Congrats on 400 posts!

Some awesome (IE Bad) rolls on possible Local History Rolls to see if I know of the two places he's mentioned

Destination:

20:58, Today: Secret Roll: Korkas Stonedelver rolled 20 using 1d20 with rolls of 20.  Local History .

His home Fighting Pit:

20:58, Today: Secret Roll: Korkas Stonedelver rolled 18 using 1d20 with rolls of 18.  Local History.

Failed both of them, You know that "Sultanate of Arir" is likely somewhere far to the west across the mountains in the Desert, its a Sultanate so it sounds like its one of the Baklunish cities. You don't know what the "Pit of Geburah" is.

"Sultanate", sounds exotic. Just gotta watch those camel spiders.

Languages have been added to the Private Line Options. I think I was able to get everyone's languages.

Alright folks, I'm off for the night!

I had some of the languages messed up, If anyone notices any others that they should have that they don't let me know.

Test

[Language unknown: ev m ll ing ec adto virtra'ncepro urofecti ckekss. ]

Amber Alert

[Language unknown: She Naekul, urtio hat ous ate?]

^^ This is pretty cool.  I haven't been in a game that used this function before.

I like how you can add a regular word here and there.  Like you can only get snatches and glimpses of the sentence.

Here is what Althiof's last post looked like to folks that don't speak that language:

Rutei Korkas, roca aiur erfo anmi?

Yeah, RPOL is awesome, there are a few changes I would make. The Avatars need an entire Overhaul, and if they somehow incorporating a virtual map into each game, woah, game breaking.

My only gripe (and I admit it's a minor one) is that once you hop into a game ... you sort of 'stop being' your screen name.

I guess that level of anonymity is cool ... but on other sites I've gamed on before, it was nice to get a sense of who you were playing with.  You end up seeing a few of the same faces here-and-there and you get to join games with people you know ... that kind of thing.

Yeah, Have you seen that RPOL has a Discord now? A lot of folks have joined and started talking over there. I've wanted to connected an RPOL to discord for while. but not all people use discord, and some refuse to install it. But instant notifications are nice. I know someone over there was working on another app for android phones/tablets to notify people of new posts. That is my only real issue, is having to refresh to see new stuff pop up. Having something notify me would be cool.

^^ There's an RSS feed, I think?  (But I'm not an internet guy ... so I really have no idea).

I've used Discord in the past, but I'm not ready to sing its praises just yet.  Small crowds make for a better experience IMHO, any channel with too much going on is going to be pure chaos.  8,000 messages, 40 side conversations, etc.

Yeah, I've dabbled in RSS before, it also has the pop out notifier which is set at 15m intervals, which for a fast paced game is too long lol,

Althiof where ya heading?

#23 Potter's Cottage

I enjoy discord and games seem to last longer there.

Korkas just to confirm, you are speaking to Hollen? or one of the NPC Rangers?

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 161):

Hollen

Edited my last post Althiof.

Love it.
This message was lightly edited by the player at 11:57, Mon 20 May 2019.

Virius, who are you talking too,

Sorry in advance for not knowing.

nevermind I see. the table your at, ok

Yeah, I walked back over to rejoin the gang, right before Korkas left (we traded places essentially).

Woot 500 posts!

Can we get a post where we can keep track of our quests, possible quests, or leads in?

Good suggestion. Having them all in place would be a good idea. I will get it up tonight.

Gonna be gone for a few hours, with the wife, Grocery Shopping. Wont be home till later tonight.

So, i found out that Coral comes up Orange on the browser of my phone. That is totally fine for people to use coral, I called someone out earlier for using Orange, when it was really coral. lol, Sorry about that.

Looks like we had another server hiccup. Got scared for a minute.

Korkas came back to the table in the SE corner.  I missed it at first too.

Fixed it

Hope this link to a message in this game helps.

Off for the night, got a busy day ahead of me tomorrow. Night folks.

We should have everyone almost ready to go character wise, and then we can move to the next day.

What npc's are still here?

I think we are only missing one PC now? If I am correct on who is in the Inn now.


Uh just Spungior and the innkeeper and his family I think.

Oh and the Rangers.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:03, Tue 21 May 2019.

Sorry about that Kossoth, I accidentally deleted you when I was arranging players. You should be back now, let me know if it messed anything up.

*chuckles*

Oh no total amnesia!  Where am I?  Who am I?  What am I doing here?

Nah, I think the only thing that got wiped was in the RTJ thread that had the details of Kossoth's history that I can rebuild and add to my scratchpad.

Transparency Post

Because of the speed of the game, we lost the player for Hollen Jeth. So I will be taking control of the character for now, Rhanis Mindogar is also an NPC, I just added him to the game before the other AD&D game he was in died. I may bring him in as an NPC later on. Depending on who all sticks around, and if we get any replacements.

Right now it looks like Althiof, Hollen, Korkas and Virius are for sure doing the Stolen Spellbook. Not sure where Yaotl and Kossoth are going to stand on it. Still waiting on Ali to make his appearance but I told the player that he could show up in the morning. He is finishing up the last bits of his character. But it looks like things are coming together. It was smart of me to have added extra players, I knew that we'd loose some.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:35, Tue 21 May 2019.

And here I just posted towards Hollen about the goblin issue, lol.

Well, at least I can respond.

Oh, I found this btw also.


If you like it, I can use it as the token reference for your portrait. I also decided to send it to RPOL to get them to make it a portrait, since I really liked that character from "The Mummy" and RPOL needs a little more diversity when it comes to portrait selection.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:42, Tue 21 May 2019.

That works perfectly for me.

They do have the actors face at least one other place if not two but it's from his time in the Resident Evil series.

I should've just approached the goblin quest sooner, I thought the background convo's were going to be a little quicker lol sorry guys.

Who knows maybe RPOL will approve it. I don't even know if they are taking submissions right now. But eh. worth a try. I wish I could have access to that gallery for one day... I'd scrap a lot of the old crappy stuff.

@Yaotl, your good! You are the first to ask how the Ranger Lord died, that was a nice step. The conversations are worth it.

I believe they are not taking submissions.  She made a post closing portraits.

link to a message in another game

That was posting in Wed 21 Dec 2016 lol But yeah, I know they turn it off and on every once in awhile.

Ok, this was funny.

https://www.deviantart.com/she...-Ardeth-Bay-46221279

In reply to Althiof Morad (msg # 188):

Yeah they opened them back up again at some point. But then had issues.

Tons of stuff today!  Stuck at work but will be able to catch up in a couple of hours.

We are gearing down for the evening IC, I think I'll move any more conversation to the Common Room, wrap up a few. And when Ali is finished up he can appear in Hommlet in the morning.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 193):

Sounds good

In the Common Room, every single person that was downstairs today can hear us, right?

Unless otherwise specified with whispers, yes anything said in the Inn's downstairs common room could be heard by everyone. (Not that all of them were listening but yes.) Anything that was briefly said in the sideroom would have not been heard. Anything upstairs in the Common Sleeping room, can be heard by anyone awake. Anyone sleeping no.

In reply to Althiof Morad (msg # 195):

I've assumed yes unless trying to whisper. Which Korkas doesn't seem to do well or doesn't care to.

Notice: We have advanced to the next morning.

Reminder.

With the Spell Point system, Mages do not have to memorize individual spells for the day. They still have to have a spellbook to read over their spells, but they can cast whatever spell they know using the spell points. This makes Mages a lot more versatile.

Derp!  Thanks.

Hahaha, I'm just realizing that I could have cast that Detect Magic during the last evening.

C'est la vie.

In reply to Virius Tesh (msg # 201):

And saved a whole argument between you and Althiof though it was a good one. Hopefully just an IC thing though :)

So you lied!! *points finger at the evil-doer*


Is it wrong to post IC in the OOC?

jk

Transparency

I have not used Reaction adjustments yet. Since everyone that you've met so far has been a Townsfolk or someone inside the Inn. There is a certain level of decorum that the NPCs have shown to everyone. Reaction adjustments along the road or while traveling elsewhere will be utilized. I know a few of you have some serious bonuses and negatives to Reaction Adjustments.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 204):

Ive tried to play mine mostly. Though it won't ever be perfect. But i do suspect it will have issues down the road

Oh, is that what it was?

*tries to look innocent*

Korkas has now bathed for you guys :P

In a horsetrough, when a full working bathhouse was less than 10 yards away!

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 208):

Didn't have time for that...

"A good plan violently executed, is better than a perfect plan executed next week."

— General George S. Patton

^^ Shamelessly stole that quote, figured I'd at least cite it.  :)

Once everyone that is going on the Stolen Spellbook adventure posts, I will jump us to the thread for the adventure. I'll need to know who is going to be walking alongside the wagon, who is going to be hiding inside, and where everyone will be. So I can adjust the map accordingly.

Mine is in my post, in the wagoner's seat.

Yep working through that. Been waiting on the others to "arrive" outside in the Homlett Streets so we can discuss everything and set the plan in motion.

But basic plan (in Korkas's head) is if the one Cask is large enough to get into, maybe empty some(all) and climb in myself sitting in wait. The others laying down in the bed of the wagon with the tarp over the top. We have 2 in the front seat and one sitting on the rear of the wagon watching for people coming up from behind. Total 3 visible and 3 hidden.

Sorry I was not descriptive enough, the cask is not large enough for the dwarf to fit in. A Halfling or gnome could easily fit in it, but not a Dwarf, or Human, unless either were a child.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 215):

No worries, that's why he was pondering it.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 204):

Yea, this will be interesting using the reaction adjustments.  It will make character/group development and play fun and interesting :)

In reply to Ali Ansari (msg # 217):

Hey I'm only like -2 before my Kit throws another -3 into play :P

Shotgun!

^^ My two copper pieces ...

Korkas in the back for sure, then maybe Kossoth and Yaotl?  Those two look different enough / exotic enough that we might tip our hand if they were seen.

That leaves Hollen to walk ... but he looks like a local (as he is one), so it shouldn't stand out too bad.  If we're really going for that 'hey, we aren't a threat' vibe ... maybe he leaves his sword in the wagon?

Let's see who makes it outside first: Kossoth or Potential Character 7.

Taking bets now...

@Yaotl, I'm digging the formal way your characters speaks.  Other than looking tough (predatory gaze and what-not) ... what, if any, weapons and armor does she appear to carry?

Went ahead and posted in the spellbook thread to move the game along. Dont worry about the players that have not posted. They will be along shortly. I will adjust the token placement according to your posts just tell me where your going to be. Assume Hollen and the horse and wagon are where they are placed. Everyone else try and let me know where you are, even if that means in the cart.

In reply to Virius Tesh (msg # 222):

Thanks! I saw your other comment of Yaotl too late to thank you then too without it being odd lol.  She just wears robes and has a staff with a sling attached to it. Even when she stashed her gear away last night IC, she just had a few baubles of obsidian, marble, and other precious stones. As well as a few vials of earthy looking liquids.

@Korkas, I would tell you its all clear with Hollen, but I wanted other people to post.

But your Alertness skill would tell you that they are out investigating, and you can hear them talking about the goblins and the trail.

Remember this is a good time to use skills, and Proficiency's, to gain more information about things.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 226):

Yep that was my I'm moving to Move Silently though I didn't make any rolls. I can roll if you want. None of my profs, aside from Alertness may apply.

And not sure if there would be enough cover to get a hide in shadows.

I updated my last post.

For Combat do you want us to describe what we are going to be doing when we roll Init (I didn't in my post. I just described why my Init was so high).

Also as a note if need be feel free to roll for me to keep things moving along if I'm not around.

Congrats on getting that Light spell off. Nice buff/debuff vs the Worg.

Huzzah!

Showing as new messages but nothing I can see :(

That's weird I didn't post anything new. We are waiting on Althiof, and since its combat I don't mind waiting around to see his actions. Combat is where some concepts really shine so I will give everyone time to post up what they are doing.

^^ Do you check RPOL between different devices often?  Phone, then computer then phone again?

I think if you don't log off every session — and then check the site from a different device — the new device won't have the same 'count' of threads reviewed, and you'll see a lot of lightning bolts for stuff you have already reviewed on the other device.

In reply to Virius Tesh (msg # 234):

I do some days but haven't been checking on my phone today.

Had to fix last post, Forgot the +4 to attack the Worg.

I hate this dice roller :P It doesn't like me.

Base Movement Rates

Race       Rate
Human      12
Dwarf      6
Elf        12
Half-elf   12
Gnome      6
Halfling   6

Movement happens in 10' Increments, meaning that a Dwarf can move 60' during his turn. A Human can move 120'. You can Move half of your movement and still attack.

I'm good with rolling init each round.

I've found that waiting to post in init order, though, can slow things down.  Maybe we can post the init roll, announce intentions and then add the required rolls all in one post?

Then, after your players have all posted — regardless of the order in which they posted — you get to sort it all out and summarize the round.  There will be plenty of cases where some DM common sense and/or handwavium will have to get applied (player wanted to attack Goblin #1, but Goblin #1 had fallen by that point of the round, etc), but it will certainly cut down on the waiting on others.

I don't feel super strongly about the above, but at the very least, guys should announce intentions during the init roll, particularly casters (throwing myself under the bus here).  Otherwise ... I'll never lose a spell because I'll never choose to cast if my init sucks.

@DM, can we parry?  (PHB, pg 100)

If Virius can parry he will draw his dagger and do so this round.

Yes,

Parrying (Optional Rule)

During a one-minute combat round, each character is assumed to block many attempted attacks and see many of his own attacks blocked. In normal combat, characters parry all the time--there's no need to single out each parry.

When a character deliberately chooses not to parry (a wizard casting a spell, for instance), his chance of being hit increases. Thus, choosing to parry, in and of itself, is not a separate option under the AD&D game rules.

At the same time, the assumption is that characters in combat are constantly exposing themselves to some risk--trying to get a clear view of a target or looking for the opening to make an attack. There are times, however, when this is not the case. Sometimes, the only thing a character wants to do is avoid being hit.

In order to make himself harder to hit, a character can parry--forfeit all actions for the round--he can't attack, move, or cast spells. This frees the character to concentrate solely on defense. At this point, all characters but warriors gain an AC bonus equal to half their level. A 6th-level wizard would have a +3 bonus to his AC (lowering his AC by 3). A warrior gets a bonus equal to half his level plus one. A 6th-level fighter would gain a +4 AC bonus.
Note that the benefit is not a perfect all-around defense, and it's not effective against rear or missile attacks. It applies only to those characters attacking the defender with frontal melee attacks. This optional defense has no effect against magical attacks, so it wouldn't do anything to protect a character from the force of a lightning bolt or fireball, for example.

In reply to Virius Tesh (msg # 239):

Yes I Believe this will be fastest.

As an example I would state. I'm attacking the Goblin in F10 with my daggers. And if my first attack kills it I will hit the gobo in F11 before moving forward at half my moment towards the next target (the Warg).


15:12, Today: Korkas Stonedelver rolled 19,5 using d20+1,d4+4 with rolls of 18,1.  Attack Off Hand.

15:12, Today: Korkas Stonedelver rolled 6,7 using d20+3,d4+4 with rolls of 3,3.  Attack Prime Hand.

15:08, Today: Korkas Stonedelver rolled 3 using 1d10+2 with rolls of 1.  Init Round 2.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:04, Fri 24 May 2019.

Goblin or Goblin #4 Korkos? Cuz you just killed it!

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 243):

F10 Gobo, trying to get to the Warg
This message was last edited by the player at 23:34, Fri 24 May 2019.

Critical On Hollen, hurt like heck!, Poor guy.

Hi guys I am e new cleric
Sigh I miss the fun

In reply to Stormrider Truesight (msg # 246):

Welcome.

A cleric!!!!

W00t!

My first attempt at cleric after thirty years on BECMI dnd. Second ed I usually play paladin so may not bethe best cleric lol

Well.. Hollen doesn't look like he will survive unless someone can get to him and heal him or bind his wounds in the next six rounds.

Let's hope dm allows me to hop over to help.

Unless we do some time shananagans, meaning you maybe woke up a few minutes after they left. You might be able to get to the cave, You would be able to travel faster than them in the wagon. So you could have caught up. Just know that the two threads are not in current time. So I may just let you make it to the cave.

Yeah lets do that, If you plan on following them. You can arrive at the start of Round 3.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 252):

Nice some healing could be useful

That's awesome
Thanks dm

So Casting time for Cure light Wounds is 5, so your Initiative Roll is 1d10+5, I am just going to add 5 to your roll of 1. Making your Initiative on 6.

I agree. Intentions at the start, with an Initiative Roll, and a statement of what you are doing, and then I will arrange as per the Initiative Order. I like that idea seems like it would be smoother.

Can I draw my blade move to H8 and attack? Do we roll initiative every round?
Thanks
Or shall I hold back to cure people?

Oh, you took care of all the current combatants, Now its just movement further into the cavern. I don't believe anyone else took damage and the 7 you healed Hollen for was good, since his max is 10HP.

Oops okthen I guess I move in behind the warriors

Just a heads up, the combat is not over, we are still in combat rounds, but you can go ahead and Roleplay interactions, etc. You can clearly hear more goblins and things happening further into the cavern.

Also, I will not be around for most of the day, we have a graduation bbq that the entire family is attending. I should be around later this evening, if I'm not sunburned or sleeping.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 260):

Have fun, Memorial day weekend is work work work with my 6 other Dwarf brothers  :)

Uh how many rounds have passed? I had assumed one round. While the movement and actions of some of the others make it seem like 3-4. Given when moving silently we only move 1/3 or usual rate.

Even 1/3 for someone with movement 6, which is 60' they can move 20' (4 squares) a round.

So its likely been two rounds since Althiof moved the furthest. So Korkas you can move up further then I only moved you one rounds worth of movement.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 263):

He also moved around to collect ears.

mm, did i find anythin searching the goblins?

Sorry about yesterday, Ended up going out an hanging out with a friend from my wife's college classes, who invited everyone out to his house for Memorial day for Hamburgers, grilled hot dogs and apparently to watch possible Tornado's touch down. He lives out on a farm in the middle of rural Ohio and a bad storm blew in yesterday right in the middle of the party. We had to all rush into the house and barn for cover. Not I! I walked out in the middle of the field and looked toward the oncoming storm and watched, was beat with fifty mile per hour winds and rain. No Tornado decided to show its ugly head I think I passed my Intimidate check against it!

So it was a long day yesterday. I'll try and get everything on track today. Movement may be a little janky, but everyone can assume to have gotten down to the next palisade Timbers. Even searched the goblins, cutting ears, avoiding the creek etc.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 266):

DM, wow you may not have made your wisoe check standing in the open field like that but the gods shined on you that moment or mother nature was busy elsewhere  lol

I didn't even see that little door on the south wall until Althiöf stood next to it!

Do we hear sounds from just one of the directions, or both?  (south and west)

hopefully that update made it better. The sounds are coming from behind the south timbers right next to where Althiöf is standing now. Althiöf can also see through the open area, and further into the cavern.

^^ Yes, thank you.  I'm picking up what you are putting down now.  :)

Going to give Kossoth and Yaotl till 12:00 EST, before I move things forward.

Post 800. Woot!

So you are aware, Humans can move 12' (Which translates into 120 feet) Each square on the map is 5' In 2nd Edition you can move up to half your movement and still attack. So you can move up to 60' and still attack. If you'd like to stay at T10 that is fine, but if you want to move and attack the Goblin below that is also fine. Its only 40' to the Goblin from where you were. So you could make it. Lemme know.

Oh thanks DDm

No problem, Its been years since some of us have played 2E, so things can fall through the cracks of our memories.

I'm back to the world of humans after 3 days of camping, thank you all for your patience on my slow responses through our magnificent GM.

The dice do like to roll low for me... For some things this is good.

Althiof it takes 1d10 rounds to pick a lock. And you may not have your full defense during that time. You may want to reconsider your action with a gobo still standing there.

Hey gang, I travel a lot for work and June is shaping up to be a super busy month.  There will be days where free time and/or getting to a computer may not be an option.

@DM, if ever the game is waiting on me, feel free to NPC/skip/bench Virius as you see fit.

I know this one can move at a pretty good clip ... I don't want to be part of what slows it down.  I promise, I haven't flaked!

Thanks for the heads up Virius, I reposted it over in the leave of absence thread so I know where to look for the instructions. Thanks for that!

In reply to Korkas Stonedelver (msg # 278):

I should add I also had intention of moving there to avoid my back to the water

Serves me right for trying to post from my phone!. I see it now, sorry about that.

Sorry guys my posting will probably be at different timings from most of you. It's 550am for me now lpl

If it becomes an issue, we will figure it out. But it shouldn't

Grumble Grumble... Fracking Sleep Spell!

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 285):

If it wasn't for the fact i Play a wizard in almost every dnd game I play, I would likely have played one here with the spell points system making wizards so much more versatile at low levels.

Yeah, but without them, it really makes Spellcasters rough to plan out things, and get stuck with a spell for the day that totally just doesn't work.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 287):

Yeah the wizard for the first 3 levels or so does almost nothing. As that's all they can do.

So, Now that we have combat which is coming to an end soon. (Last set of the Encounter) I wanted to ask you all. How do you like how Combat has been done so far? And should we change it. I am using the Weapon Speed and Initiative (Optional Rule) & Individual Initiative.

Should we look at other options?

We are using Individual Initiative: http://purpleworm.org/rules/PHB/DD01692.htm

There is Group Initiative: http://purpleworm.org/rules/PHB/DD01691.htm

There is also Base Initiative: http://purpleworm.org/rules/PHB/DD01686.htm

I like that casting, and bulkier weapons make Initiative change, but it does really slow down combat and actions. Any suggestions?

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 289):

I do like weapon speed and casting speed taken into effect.

To speed things up I might suggest a single roll at the beginning of combat. This way the only thing that is changing each round is if the PC's change their actions. It's not as true to how combat would be but speeds things up slightly.


On the whole this combat went pretty fast for RPOL standards. It's low level though so that's sorta expected.

I think rolling initiative and declaring action in a post greatly sped that up. You may want people to fully describe their actions in the same post in narrative format so as to not have to wait for them when they get up to post it.

I was also having to run two of the PCs as NPCs. Because of their absence. But yeah it did go pretty fast.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 291):

True, having the PC state there action that round then roll the init and any dice needed to support the action - d20 attack and damage dice, spell damage or saves rolled ect and post it or edit post action post to capture it in one PC action post.

Post A.  I pull my sword out and charge the Goblin attacking it with an upper cut to the shoulder.

Rolls D10 init, D20 attack, and D8 damage with adjusted modifies and copies the results into the Post A.


Post B.  I move silently up to the door, do a quick check for traps along the floor and frame of the door then listen if I find no traps else I try to disarm the trap(s) first.

Rolls, D100 move silently, Rolls D100 check for traps, rolls D100 for either remove traps or hear noise.  Rolls another d100 in case it is needed then copies the rolls into post B.


Inits have been for me D10, adjust for Dex (usually a minus 1 or 2) then adjust/add for weapon speed or spell casting time then subtract any magic weapon bonus and any other modifiers  called for.

Ex: init with a Dex 16 = -1 for +1 LS, -1 for Dex, +5 (weapon speed) = D10 +3.  with lower faster/better.

OK I went into details here sorry.

Details are good!, Please contribute whatever you want. I like the idea of people detailing their posts, even giving contingencies if something changes. So its an idea. Maybe we will have a smaller combat after this one. (There are two Giant Spiders somewhere nearby, that need killed.) And we can test it out.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 293):

Sounds like a plan and Um, sure pointing to the Ranger and any other meat shield I mean fighter type, you guys go first  :)

Hey Mr. Game Master, since I don't have any sort of magical healing at hand how would I go about stabilizing the bleeding man? I'm aware that Healing is a proficiency but as it is unavailable to me, I was curious if Anatomy or Herbalism might be of assistance.

For future situations of course.
This message was last edited by the player at 06:05, Wed 29 May 2019.

So, Herbalism would normally require foraging for herbs and such during downtime, or while traveling. But logically you should have a few of them already since your journey to this part of the world. Same for others than have herbalism. So, the Herbalism Proficiency doesn't go into much detail about what you can do, other than saying you can make non-magical potions, salves, powders, etc using herbs. I few other books have some examples one of them in particular is bloodstaunch. Its a Common herb, found in dry gullies in semi-arid temperate zones, it thickens blood very quickly upon direct contact, and so can be applied to open wounds to slow or stop bleeding.

You are not the only one with Herbalism so I will get an extra post up for it soon. Likely tomorrow. But you can assume to have a few pouches of bloodstaunch on you, if you want too.

That would be lovely, would there be examples on mundane things I could create on Purpleworm?

Purplewyrm, no. But this site would give you some info

http://www.republicofnewhome.o...5illo1.html#contents

It has the rules for foraging in different environments. Chances to find certain herbs, etc. Plus a whole list of herbs and what they can be used for.

It looks like reaction adjustment will also be used for initiative? Just verifying.

So, for those that don't know.

Your Initiative is 1d10-(Your Reaction Adjustment from Dex)+(Speed Factor of Weapon you are using if any)or(Casting Time for Spell.)

So if you have a 17 Dexterity and have a +2 Reaction Adjustment, your Initiative is 1d10-2. If you are attacking with a Dagger which has a Speed Factor of 2, then your Initiative is gonna be 1d10+0. Because the 2 Speed Factor is going to offset the -2 from Reaction Adjustment.

It just takes an action.  No roll or skill required.  They don't wake up or anything, but they will stop losing hit points.

Yeah, it's like an off switch for some encounters, but I will be sparing with it.  :)

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 300):

Thank you. It's been a few years since I've played 2nd Ed, and I didn't see anything in the book on it so wanted to verify.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 300):

Oh reaction adjustment applies to all initiative rolls and not just to surprised? Then stommuasna -2 modifier

So the Hobgoblin has an AC of 3, which makes those with a 20 THAC0 need to roll a 17 or higher. So its gonna be hard to hit him. Attacking from the rear will net you a +2 to your attack roll which will be nice. Hopefully he doesn't force himself against the wall on his turn!. hint hint. This is why I like the changing Initiative and the weapon speeds. Spells are also a thing. If you'd like to get inventive with the environment, do dirty tactics, kick dust up in the face of enemies, stuff like that. You can, some proficiencies make it easier, but it also can be done with Ability rolls.

This is the BBEG of the Encounter, so feel free to use what ya got!

Sorry for the short hiccup.

Two sets of parents in the same town who all want your attention and help is not a good plan for any time at all to yourself.  Ever.  I love 'em but...I'm glad I'm down to only one pair being very local and the other pair a number of hours away.

...

Reading up on what I missed and where I step in.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:35, Wed 29 May 2019.

Welcome Back Kossoth!, I've been just jabbing away with your Spear. You just took 4 damage from the Hobgoblin. Right now we are posting our actions for Round 5. I already put that you are attacking the Hobgoblin again this round. Since I've been NPCing you, I sumarrize your attacks and damage in my summary. But you could go ahead and roll your attack and damage if any. against the Hobgoblin and post it if you'd like.

Cool.

I will read up on the last round or two and do that.  Thankee :)

It was that you found them, and collected your items.

Totally forgot about that, Awesome!

Also. Post 900! Woot.

Sorry about that Virius, The Goblins were easy enough to stab and kill with your dagger, since its an autohit and auto critical, double damage, doing 8 to a sleeping goblin is enough to kill it. But doing 8 to the worg... Didn't kill it, so it woke up, kinda upset!

Knowing that Orange was the one color not allowed, I tried to pick something ugly so itll be different. Now that I actually compared the Coral and Orange in the same message, I'll be changing to Lavender, for a more stark contrast. Unless someone is already Lavender, in which case I'll change immediately again.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:15, Wed 29 May 2019.

In reply to Yaotl Chimalma (msg # 312):

Try bolding the colors to see which you like. Sometimes that helps. It's the only way to make my speech color stand out. (Brown) vs (Brown)


Lavender Bolded Lavender Regular

Coral Bolded Coral Regular

Or you can be Chaotic Evil and do this.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 314):

NO, NO NO NO :P

Well, it could be worse, and you could use the Serif tag, along with a bold color.

Goldenrod is still my Favorite Color. But I use the Brown Background.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 316):

I use goldenrod in a couple of my other games.

Well, at least it's the 'Chaotic' in black, and not the 'Evil.'

I think I kill it...

Two hits, one critical.  One almost max damage, crit was max damage.    O.o

In reply to Kossoth Zan (msg # 319):

Diceroller must like you. I'm happy when I roll above 10 :P

Well I got back and my first attack last round was close to a fumble so I think it was just averaging things out for me...
This message was last edited by the player at 23:48, Wed 29 May 2019.

In reply to Kossoth Zan (msg # 321):

In this combat alone I'ved rolled 3 or 4 1's on my attack rolls. Fortunately only once on my primary attack.

Been there before, so you have my empathy on that.

Plus side...it should be toast after this so we can get the warg and whatever else is still alive.

Wow, Nice Crit kill on that Hobgoblin, he was a worth foe with an AC of 3. Good Job Everyone!

We managed to get through an entire combat, That is pretty impressive on Play by Post. Sorry if I didn't manage to NPC those that were away for while properly. I did the best I could with wrangling everything.

Now someone help poor Hollen & Virius before they die!

This made me laugh out loud.

Two Companions bleeding out. Eh, Goblin Ears!

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 324):

Do you require a healing check to stop bleeding? If so yeah I'm not going to even attempt it.

With the Apothecary and the Priest, naw its fine.

XP has been awarded over in the link to a message in this game thread. The area in Yellow & Red is your running total, thus far.

I kept missing as a Priest. Maybe I should sit down and just heal people. Hae we fiound the spell book? I can Heal somone if we have found the book andare heading back to towm

In reply to Stormrider Truesight (msg # 329):

You got Virius Tesh who has like 1 hp of his 4. Hollen who has like 1 hp of 10-12. Both the dwarves are down some. So yeah healing us needed.

Especially if you are Ambushed right outside the cave by a pair of Giant Spiders!



Ya never know.

Same here.  Took a nasty gash from the Hobgoblin.  Not quite 50% but close.

Sounds like there are others who could use the healing first, if there is any left.

Stormrider has used 3 of his Spell Points for Cure Light Wounds, out of the 4 Spell Points he has at level 1.

The Healing Salve that Ali has on him will only help wounds heal overnight, 1d4 Points per day of rest and 1d4+2 points per complete bedrest. So that likely wont help here.

Both Ali & Yaotl have Herbalism they could try and do a foraging check inside the Cavern or Outside in the Deklo Forest to see about finding a herb that may help.

Yaotl has a few Jungle Herbs she brought from her homeland, at the most she could use it to heal 1d4 Hit Points.

So you are looking at a few options. None of which heal everyone, not at this point. Ali also doesn't have access to his Lab at the moment. So his concoctions would take time.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 334):

I would prioritize Hollen, Tesh, than the remainder of us. With healing

Blah, Don't waste resources on Hollen, since he is an NPC. He is a Gnarley Forest Ranger, he should have a potion on him for occasions like this.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 336):

Sorry guys I am slow to respond.  Access to internet is not as much as you all but I will post best I can to keep up but thanks DM for keeping Ali going.  He would do his best with what he has left to heal or stop bleeding on anyone in the group.

Once outside he can try to forage for herbs too.

In reply to Korkas Stonedelver (msg # 313):

Thanks for the tip! Was the class that easy to guess?
This message was last edited by the player at 03:41, Thu 30 May 2019.

In reply to Yaotl Chimalma (msg # 338):

I just made a witch in another game last week. And you started with figurines if wondrous power..

Storm rider has healing skills as well。. Shall we rest overnight in the cave?

Another Game, that actually allowed the Witch, Where!

I'm still trying to find a game that will allow the Myrmidon Fighter Kit, that gets free Weapon Specialization.

Hi DM could you put headers for the various xp awarded so we can have an idea of where our xp comes from? The ton of treasure should allow us to level up? Haha

Storm hoping for level 2 so he can heal more sick people

2E doesn't use the Gold to XP rule, that was 1E. But Yes I will try and work the future XP awards into the chart after this point. To go back and try and add the different entries would be hard. Basically the entries are from Individual XP awards, combined with Story awards, Post Count awards. etc. But I will try and do it better from this point on.

Oic.. Sorry DM. Haha i mean I am just wondering what dd I get xp for. hahaha

Experience chart updated, made it into a Google Sheet for better and easier record keeping.

So treasure split, specifically magical items how do we want to do this?

1. Add Value of All treasure up, including magical items and split equally between everyone. That means we would have to keep track if someone overspent their portion of the treasure on the loan magical item
   
2. Add treasure up, split among everyone. Magical Items have their value added up and a divided equally among everyone. The person(s) who gain the magical items count the actual value gained versus what was owed and have to wait to pay back until a later date (more loot comes in)
   
3. Add treasure up, split equally among everyone. Magical Items are given/chosen based upon those who can best use them.
   
4. Other options?

Do we also want to keep a general "party" fund for things like pearls for Identify or other items that would be good for the party on the whole and not an individual?


We can discuss this IC but figured it might be better OOC.

I'm okay with handling this OOC, I've seen groups devolve when doing it IC.
I vote for option 1. The magical armor counts as a portion (if not all) of the receiver's income.  But I hold no strong opinions about it, the Mage isn't as gold dependent as some classes.

Normally, I play with #3, with making sure magic gets evenly distributed.  I know pbp is very different from live games.  In live games, normally my group waits the end of an adventure before choosing magic items.

I'm happy with whatever we like in this game.

I am fine with any options but I believe magic items should be at least used by people. No point having a magical weapon in a bag when bounced by spiders.
Just wondering if magic items are expensive here.

By the way I just want to confirm I have 4sp? 2 from level one and 2 from bonuses?
+2 sp per level?
This message was last edited by the player at 23:06, Thu 30 May 2019.

In reply to Yaotl Chimalma (msg # 347):

Yeah I've seen this not go well IC. SO figured better to talk it out over OOC.

I am okay with any of the options above. A google Spreadsheet will handle keeping track of things fine if we want to go with option 1 or 2. I have normally played with Option 3 or a variation there of. Option 1 is the most fair, and option 2 is a good mix between the two.

In reply to Korkas Stonedelver (msg # 350):

Number 3 seams the easiest to work with tracking values and my groups usually do that plus we make sure the magic is evenly distributed.  Of course you could do #3 with a roll off for who picks first then once picked haas to wait until everyone has gotten a magic item to be in the roll off gain.  Bad in a character could pick a magic item they can't use though a trade can work too.  like a draft system in a way.

So 3 for me right now.

Ali though will need coin to help make a lot of his concoctions so he is kinda in need of funds more then the regular character :)

As this is my first priest character, I have no idea what I need. Hahaha
Peraps in the long run, a gantlet of ogre power so I can help in fighting instead of just being a healer. hahaha

Scribing spells can get expensive.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:50, Thu 30 May 2019.

3 works for me.

Even treasure and making sure magic is used by the right people is always important.

I guess at the end of the day we do hoe for even distribution of treasure especily magic.

Btw, does 2ed allow priests to keep treasure found? Would be nonsensical if I donate every cent to church

@Stormrider, Unless you have a Kit or a Deity that asks for donations. Its normally in the fluff, I can look for you, it would depend on the Deity and the church.

Good idea to get the Treasure discussion out of the way now. I personally like Option 3, but that requires everyone to be on the same page. Plus finding a DEX bonus item will make the Thief and Fighter/Thief both jump for it. Or a INT bonus item to the Wizards. So having something else in place too might be a good idea.

Post 1000

Congrats Everyone!

I follow a philio rather than a deity. Haha... Well, i guess if given the option, I want to save money for my stronghold at level 10. Hahaha.

Nice! Do we get bonus xp for hitting 1k posts? On a more serious note, can we go on another short adventure? I notice there are 3 quests?

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 356):

Yeah this seemed the best time to discuss treasure.

In reply to Stormrider Truesight (msg # 358):

We got a few quests lined up. Need to heal up though

Can we fast forward the game? We can either cast healing, rest, cast healing and move on. Or we can use the temple to heal us.

If I am not wrong, we only have two magic items to split right?

Oh No!!! I levelled up!!!! i think we ALL levlled up

DO we get max hp? So i have 8SP now. I can just heal everyone and we sleep for the night and move off on another quest tmr.

Yes, New XP Log reflects this. I just bumped it. Plus I fixed it to where Korkas' XP is shown split since he is Multiclassing.

I don't mind moving the game ahead, I've been doing it for weeks. Although NPC dialog and talking is what brings up other "adventures/missions/jobs" As for the split, There is only one magical item, +1 Banded Mail. It could easily go to a Fighter type that wants to wear it. The only one that I see that could wear the armor would be Kossoth, and if he does, it would hurt his AC. Since he is a Nimble Fighter. So it might be good to just sell the Armor to the blacksmith or someone that wants to buy it. But that does require talking to NPCs.

Yes, some of you just leveled to level 2. Not all of you. Yes give yourself the max allowance of Hit points decided by your class and CON bonus. As for Spell Points I will have to look at your's individually to double check that.

Thanks for the update DM! Do we restore to max HP when levelling up?

Oh i thought i read a +1 longsord in the treasure thread and i realise its 1 longsword on reading it again. hahahahahaha
This message was last edited by the player at 02:55, Fri 31 May 2019.

For those following along at home.

https://docs.google.com/spread...Msw/edit?usp=sharing

No, you stay at where you are HP wise. You do not auto restore, "what do ya think this is a video game?" hehehe, Just kidding, No, HPs are precious. I mean the Cleric just offered to heal you all for a tithe to the church, or you can regain some by sleeping it off.