This is where you figure out who's gonna be who

Hi, glad to be joining you all.  Not sure where to go with my character based on the rolls--fighter, MU, and cleric all seem to be ok options.  Would lean towards MU, but open to other options depending on what the rest of the party rolls up.

I will be an elf so I can help fight and cast limited magic since slots are so low. Looking forward to  playing with you guys, will be fun to just play a simple game again.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:25, Mon 07 Sept 2020.

I could also go elf based on my scores, but the advancement is pretty slow for elves.  I'll hold off on designating my class until we get a few more players, but will either go Fighter (to offset my dex penalty with armor) or MU if there aren't any other spell casters in the party.

Go elf if you still like also, yes they advance slower but being able to fight and wear whatever armor we like and still cast spells is worth the slower advancement.

Looking forward to gaming  with you all.

Willing to take suggestions  on spells.

I took

Sleep
Magic missile

Continual Light

Heya!  I'm Falis, here, and I'm going to be the party's Fighter or at least one of them.  Gonna be hefting a big axe into combat.

Looks like everyone is finishing up. I'll open up an IC thread soon and see if we get any more RTJ.

Hi, Ramirez here.  Decided to go with straight magic-user.  For spells, I have Charm Person, Magic Missile, and Invisibility in my book along with a scroll of Detect Magic.

Glad to meet you all.

Hope we can recruit one or two others and one wants to play a cleric.

Yeah!
Worst comes to worst, I'll recalibrate Falis into a Cleric or a Thief.  I've played... *counts on fingers* nearly a ton of Clerics before, and I'm just the same willing to jam things into locks if no one else is.

<bad mexican accent>Clerics? we don't need no stinking clerics!</bad mexican accent>

Heeey, but I want a free appendectomy!

I've got plenty of goblins that can do that for you...


An offer has been made for me to advertise in a game I play in for recruits so there be enough that people can play what they enjoy.

 :ohhellyeah.jpg:

Hey guys 'Pit Trap' joining you here. :-)  I'm not familiar with LL but it looks like from this thread there is a need for clerics, so I think I'll go ahead with that class.

We did just have a cleric join.

Zorbon - cleric
Valaric - elf (F/MU)
Ramirez - magic user
Falis - fighter
Arrador - cleric
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:03, Thu 10 Sept 2020.

Excellent! Looks like a good group to get started.

Two clerics are better than one.

So would two Ettin clerics be four times as good?

Welcome Arrador
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:02, Thu 10 Sept 2020.

In reply to freavulv (msg # 19):

Howdy, fellers!

Are we from Helmsbreach, or from the east, and coming here for the adventure?

Sure :)

Helmsbreech could be considered the bastion between the civilized (and dull) East, and the wilds of adventure.    You could be from Helmsbreach, or a long term transplant (there is a temple here, so you could be assigned)  or a transient visitor looking for a quick score.

Cool.

Wondering if I should change my character now, since Zorbon is a cleric of Mo, which was what I was rolling up as well.

So maybe for variety I'll switch over a surly dwarf.

Or be a cleric of Curly and you can poke each others eyes out.

(None of the three are "evil")

That would be clerics of Shemp...

Yeah, after consideration I think I'll go with Cleric of Curly. Will be posting in IC thread shortly.

Hey all, Nick here. I'll be your resident, uhm, suave charismatic..."Retrievals Specialist" ;)

Excited to be playing with y'all, I'm a big fan of LL, although I've barely gotten the chance to play it. Also glad to see the party's very well rounded out, we have every almost every class, just need one of those extra short ones! :)

In reply to Nick Grey-Fist (msg # 27):

Howdy!  I was going to play a Dwarf, but then said, "Eh, let's do a Fighter.".  And Labyrinth Lord just plain rules.  I hope we all enjoy ourselves.  Glad to see two Clerics, too!

Do you need anything more from me at the moment, or did you decide to meet the mayor?

I think the mayor will be our next stop.

Agreed, let’s go meet the mayor.

sure

Oh, hell yeah!

Here is a quick list of “party” equipment that I came up with that we could maybe get before heading out. I didn’t include a lantern because Ramirez already has one, and I didn’t include extra arrows or bolts because I wasn’t sure whether anyone already owns bows or crossbows.

10 flasks oil, 1gp
Crowbar, 2 gp
Hammer, 5 sp
Miner's pick, 3 gp
10 foot pole, 2 sp (if no one already has one)
100' rope, 2 gp
12 iron spikes, 1 gp
5 empty large sacks, 1 gp
grappling hook, 1gp

Donkey, 8 gp
2 saddlebags, 2 sp

Total: 19gp, 7sp

Unless there is other discussion, we can move on to the mayor on Sunday afternoon.

Oh, jeez, I can't believe I didn't reply to you,  Ramírez!
I've got a ten-foot pole, two large sacks, flint and steel, eight torches, three oil flasks, and seven days of rations as well as a waterskin.  Grabbed that from Palace of the Silver Princess!
GM, can I break my pole down into collapsible segments?

Sure, you have an axe, roll to hit.



(Then you can have a smith make a connector to it back together for 3gp per joint.)
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:02, Tue 22 Sept 2020.

In reply to freavulv (msg # 37):

I'm so burning gold on that.

16:20, Today: Falis rolled 22 using 1d20+2 ((20))

Retroactive axe attack on 10' Pole.

It didn't even splinter, you now have two 5' poles with an iron end that locks together.

Sounds like we definitely need a beast of burden to help carry that load! I vote that we at the very least use some of the party funds to buy a donkey and some saddlebags, even if we don't need the other equipment just yet.

Two five-foot segments?  Gonna cut those down a little more...

18:05, Today: Falis rolled 22 using 1d20+2 ((20)).


Retroactive axe attack on 10' Pole.
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Falis, sweetie, save your anger for the Goblins and Grues.  That stick is probably AC 100 and could be split by a marshmallow duckling.

Yeah, let's get a donkey!  I LOVE to buy pack mules and stuff.

10 1' sections?

However many you want...  :-)

Let's go with that.  Hey, Tak-Ne Ramírez, want the next one split up, too?

I’m not carrying it, or paying for the fittings, but let’s see how many 20s in a row you can get...

19:23, Today: Falis rolled 17 using 1d20+2 ((15)).
19:26, Today: Falis rolled 5 using 1d20+2 ((3)).


Retroactive axe attack on another 10' Pole.


Buying another from my remaining Silver, annnd that's six Gold to modify two poles!
Now, let's hope she can get more 20s out when it really matters!

Just wanted to say hi, and say thanks for letting me join you guys!

Welcome, Konrad!

In reply to Konrad (msg # 46):

Heya!

Hello there, Konrad!

Welcome, Konrad! Always good to have more comrades amongst us! If you don't mind me asking, what are you planning on playing?

As for the party loot, I'm a fan of buying a donkey and an extra bunch of gear for everyone to access, so we always know what we have and what we can accomplish with it. Assuming everyone gave their 10gp gift to the group loot(which I believe they did, correct me if I'm wrong) we have 60gp to go around, plenty enough to buy all that.

GM, two questions for you. First, would you mind making us a group loot thread for us to note these things on? And second, are we able to purchase things at book prices, or is there to be some volatility in the prices? I'm totally up for either, just wanna know your thoughts. Thanks.

Starting gear is at book prices.

Replacement gear now that we've started can vary.  Mundane things like rope and oil are at book, weapons, armor and the like may be scarce.

In reply to Nick Grey-Fist (msg # 50):

As of now I've setup Konrad to be a human fighter, and Ive been imagining him to look kind of like a viking armed to the teeth. He doesn't have much of a personality just yet, beyond generic viking dude.

Hell those can be the funnest sometimes  just a straight forward fighter. Viking is a good choice for a weapon monkey just a big guy with big things which make some big messes  of the enemy.

thinking of 13 th warrior, I am like the arab  finesse fighter and you are the viking type.

Falis carries a two-handed axe, with hammers and daggers for throwing!

How do I change the color of my text?

Under the window for your post, to the bottom right there's a menu window labeled, "Styled Text." Click the arrow and all the color choices come up. Highlight what you want colored and click the color you want. Like this.

In reply to Zorbon (msg # 56):

Ah, makes sense, thanks.

Yeah, I've always wanted to use a different font face for my in-character speech, but Bell Gothic BT isn't an option... *sigh* A friend of my sister's and mine, that sort of introduced me to TTRPGs, installed that font on our first computer!

Working a double will pay to later tonight

No worries DM, you take care of yourself first and the game second! We’ll be here when you get some time.

Konrod, I'm impressed at how quickly your character grew a beard! :-D

In reply to Arrador (msg # 61):

Hey, for us northern folk, growing a beard is a pastime:)

Nice suggestion, Valaric! Let’s just get all the deeds, abandon adventuring and become landlords! :)

I thought we wanted the watchtower?  What kind of an Elf are you, Valaric, wanting to dwell underground... you're not one of those underground Elves that likes to hang out with spiders and copyright-friendly brain eaters, are you?

Kidding aside, the mine could also come in handy.

Like I said it is a start until something better comes along. We could make a great armory and storage of it once we get the watchtower. In caves etc food and other such goods spoil much slower due to its being naturally cooler being underground etc.

Is there anything we need to do before we leave town?

I've got nothing. Unless one of y'all needs some equipment, I think we're good to go.

If you leave now, you'll arrive about noon.

I need marching order and spell selections.

Well, seeing as Konrad is the newcomer in this group of strangers, I think he would naturally gravitate towards the back, one so he can observe and get to know his new companions, and two so he can keep an eye out for anything trying to sneak up on the group.

Somewhere towards the front and since I only get 1 spell it will be  sleep the most effective one at 1st level.

In the middle, with a Cure Light Wounds.

Nick is in the back.

Falis is in front.  Consider her to always have her battle axe at the ready.

So...

Falis
Valaric (Sleep)
Zorbon (CLW)
Arrador (  ?  )
Ramirez (  ?  )
Konrad
Nick & the donkey?

Fine by me.

Arrador, Rameriz, I will need spell selection.

I'll go with Charm Person for the next day.
Edit: marching order looks good to me also.
This message was last edited by the player at 03:57, Wed 30 Sept 2020.

If anyone has questions for Nick/anyone else I’m all for just quickly taking them here and keeping the story going.

DM, let us know how much Falis' poles cost and I'll edit the party loot sheet accordingly.

I figured the effort to make a metal joint to lock and unlock and be strong enough would be about the same as a dagger

27 gp each for 10 segments (9 joints)
 2 sp for the pole

So 54 GP, 4 SP

It's a very unique thing to have made, so I'd say that's a good price for it! Thanks DM, party wealth has been updated.

Sorry for being behind on posts, been a busy work week.



The suggested placement for Arrador is fine with me.


Sorry about that. Will go with Cure Light Wounds as well.

I will give Nick another day or so and then NPC him

Grey Fisttttttt!

Bad timing all, got sick, and had a hectic weekend at work. Totally still in it, loving the game, sorry for the delay! Please forgive me, my friends!

I could hold a torch as well as my mace, since I have a hand free.

I need both hands for my axe, so I'm a no-go.   :(

The lantern is fine and can stay with Ramirez, as he mentioned. The bigger question is the donkey, he can come into the dungeon with us (that’s the appeal of donkeys, after all) but he would kill our attempts to be quiet. Leaving him outside puts him at risk of being stolen.

I vote for being him with and keeping him in the back, but since it’s our first time I wanted to hear everyone’s thoughts on it.

In reply to Nick Grey-Fist (msg # 88):

Sounds like a good idea to me!  'Sides, if he gets out of this alive, he'll be the famousest donkey in, uhh... <CAMPAIGN SETTING PLANETOID NAME>!

I have torches that I can carry or I can take the lantern, either way, I'll have some light.  Also, can I just say, that I love the idea of having a dungeoneering donkey.

Ramirez is likely our best lantern bearer, he doesn’t need two hands and he’s supposed to stay hidden and away from fighting.

What’s your loadout, Konrad? As a fighter I feel like you should be definitely utilizing both hands at all times.

Yeah, but if Ramirez has a lantern then he can easily been seen and spotted when he is supposed to be staying hidden and away. :-)

I'm fine having my character carry the lantern. Will make him a bit easier to hit since he wouldn't be able to use a shield as well.

We're all more likely to be seen with a lantern lit, we're in a fairly tight formation, it's not as though they'll only see Ramirez.

We have a light source and a donkey, I don't think we'll be too effective on the sneaking front, regardless. Arrador would likely be more useful with his shield, as he's one of front line warriors.

If I accidentally overstep my bounds, Mr. DM, sir, feel free to pummel Zorbon about the head and shoulders.

Nick would like to attack, will there be a penalty to ranged attacks from the rear?

The LL rules don't address it directly. It does give options for adjusting AC for cover, from -1 to -4, however.

1e says you can but targets are randomly assigned.

There are 6 PCs between you and 3 small goblins, 4 of the PCs are engaged in melee, you are on unstable footing and leading a donkey.

I'd says that's a -4 and a miss hits an ally.

After a sudden change of heart, Nick will withhold his attack and instead feed a carrot to the donkey.

Sorry, I think i'm a bit confused; I'm new to PbP, and was hoping I'd be able to follow along, but it seems like I've missed something. How does the combat round work? Do I go ahead make my attack and damage rolls first? And post my action based on that? And how do I know if I do hit the goblins with my roll, without GM input?

I will handle the combat rounds.  The first round the party was surprised, the goblins were not do only they got to act.

This is the beginning of round 2.  Falis rolled her attack, as did Zorbon.  I'm waiting on  Arrador & Valaric to declare an action.

Ramirez cast a spell and Nick is feeding the donkey.

Konrad has the ability to do something, but not attack.  He is to far up the stairs to reach the goblins.



You will declare your action, rolling to hit and damage when appropriate.  Leave it open ended, just posting your intent, not the effects.

Once everybody has posted something, (even if it's just "I watch nervously"). I will roll initiative and resolve the round.  Then everybody posts actions again.

Make sense?

Ok, thanks, that makes sense.

Need someone to smash open that grate for you, Nick?  Because Falis has a hammer and seems to be excellent at hitting inanimate objects!
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 04:27, Tue 13 Oct 2020.

Faris, "Force Doors" is a 1d6 roll.  Normally a 1-2 succeeds. Your Str bonus means you succeed on a 1-2-3-4

In reply to freavulv (msg # 102):

So, since I've got a +1 to Str, that would mean I would need a 2-3 to succeed, am I understanding that correctly?

yes, a 1 2 or 3

Ope!  Gotcha.

so...

a matter of housekeeping. As a general rule, do you want me to move you guys into the next room automatically or wait for someone to do something?

Are you finished in the entry hall?

I was waiting to form up the marching order and move on, but as long as it's assumed we're back in order, I'm cool with whatever.

I would be fine with that if everyone else is.

I think if there is a lag then a gentle push ahead to the next room is going to be fine.



We can probably presume that we always get back into marching order unless it is said otherwise, like if somebody is particularly wounded.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:45, Thu 15 Oct 2020.

I had my mace ready. Does it take a full round to switch weapons (to my sling) in LL?

Also curious... a lot of GMs I've played with in the past were pretty fast-and-loose about this, but you're not those GMs, GM.

I'd cross the span, but I don't trust that gonzo construction in combat... and being so heavy.

Hey, I can be fast and loose...

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of course, the rules aren't specific to every circumstance.

In LL a round is only 10 seconds.
combat order is MOVE, MISSILE, SPELLS, MELEE
almost all MISSILE weapons are two handed

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I tried to come up with something complicated about dropping weapons vs sheathing them, etc and it was succeeding.

so this will be my house rule:  Its a slight bump for fighters, but hey, they are trained in combat to the exclusion of other academic skills.

Fighters: can change weapons in same round
Other classes: changing weapons take a round, can attack in next round.

I have added charts for bonus spells to the House rules, please update as applicable.

Greetings all.

I will be Wist, your new-found elf!

Welcome!

Hello, Wist!

Heya!

EDIT: So, Game Master, so I bought those hammers with the intention of being able to throw them, but in all my years of playing Labyrinth Lord seem to have overlooked the fact that they don't have a range listed for throwing!  What's your ruling on this?  I'd like to gobsmack this Goblin from afar, I don't trust that bridge one bit!
This message was last edited by the player at 10:00, Wed 21 Oct 2020.

The bridge is perfectly safe.



Trying to stay BTB, I will let you swap the hammers for handaxes (currently the goblins are about 30', long range for axes)

ANOTHER elf?!

J/k! Welcome Wist!

Then, IIIII... will remove the difference from my sabaton money!  That's like sock money, but with a hint of iron.

Falis, sweetie, you're not cut out for baseball, I'll tell you that much right now...
This message was last edited by the player at 18:36, Wed 21 Oct 2020.

What does everyone else want to do? I'm perfectly happy crossing the completely safe bridge and continuing onward, ignoring the creepy skull (who totaly didn't fall off this bridge).
This message was last edited by the player at 01:46, Thu 29 Oct 2020.

Seems the game is faltering, or at least that half the party has stopped posting.

I'm happy to NPC them as needed, but don't want to be a driving force.

You can continue exploring, and come back to the cleft, or venture down into the cleft now. Just need to know which way you want to go.

I think right now we venture down into the cleft, since Zorbon has indicated an interest in doing so and we can go from there.

Do we need to roll to bring him up or should we just announce that we're doing it?

When I need a roll, I'll ask.  Otherwise assume you can do what you want to do.

Psst, sorry Freavulv. Bad timing, but I should've been posting more in recent weeks and will try to keep my posting up or at least to let you guys know if it's gonna slow down.

it happens, just give me a heads up when you can.

Hello everyone, hope you have good weekends. And stay safe.

I will update everyone tonight.

Sorry for my delay, been slammed with work this week but I have a chance to breathe today, so a post goes up now!

Hello fellow adventurers. I haven't played in a game for a while. Looking forward to some exciting adventures.

Well met and welcome!

I'm your very squishy fighter

Welcome to the game.

Anyone else having DNS issues with their ISP? Mine seems to be getting hacked every week now.

Thankfully I'm okay.

In reply to Zorbon (msg # 136):

All is well on my end, too.

Mine seems to be ok too.

In reply to Vera (msg # 135):

No problems for me...that I know of! Of course, I am in Canada so probably a whole different ball of wax.

Great then that means I have to check DNS ;logs and hope I don't find anything. I run on Linux and have some options to attain higher speed, but I will probably call my ISP... but they're not answering calls yet.

I'm gonna be honest Freavulv, I was not going to be surprised if the spider chuckled that I tried to smash it with a boot and then bit the crap out of me.

Luckily for you it didn't roll well enough... there is always next time...

Well, I guess next time I'll just need a bigger boot.

Hello everyone!

I have just joined and am looking forward to meeting everyone. I have a human magic-user.

Now, if only I knew how to change the USER name... ^_^;

Warmly,
dee

In reply to killedbygreenslime (msg # 144):

Howdy!  I'm the group's Fighter, who can critically hit 10' poles, but not enemies.

Only freavulv (the DM) can rename your character for you. Welcome!

Thank you both for the information. It is some time since I have been on RPoL, so was not certain if there was something I needed to do.

And I am very glad to have someone who can critically hit 10' poles in the group. They have enormous reach, so should be the first opponent done away with.

In reply to killedbygreenslime (msg # 144):

Well hi there! I'm our other fighter.  Now I can't critically hit 10' poles but I can murder spiders with my patented Spider Killin' Boot.

I'm another Fighter. John can critically hit Wererats!

Nice to meet you all! I do not particularly care for rats or spiders, so this does seem like an ideal group. Especially if the fresh bread is shared...

New player checking in! Heya everyone!

Hey there!

Welcome to the game

Hello to you! I hope you brought spider killing boots!

You got spiders?  All we got was rats.

In reply to Archonia (msg # 154):

Better than that. I brought a mace. ;)

Thank you, all of you, for the warm welcome.

No spiders for me- I believe Konrad stomped them all.
If only he had left his boots with us!

Oh well, a mace shall have to do.

Running into a busy week. I'll try move everybody along before the weekend.

Perfectly acceptable- these things do come up! ^_^

Oh, jeez, I forgot to welcome Garett!  Welcome, Garett!

Boy, am I glad we took care of those archers... whenever I see an enemy archer, I go, "We're not gonna have a good time, are we?".

I'll take rats over spiders any day.  Some spiders will sting you, some will weave obnoxious webs... sure, rats spread plagues, but all they otherwise do is pee and poop everywhere and make things greasy.  And 2nd Edition didn't make "phase rats" or "sword rats" like they did spiders...

Anyhoo, great job maintaining pace and interest, Game Master!  I'm always eager to check on this game when I see a new message has been posted.

Reading that post from May, I feel a stronger need to apologize.  I am sorry, I have just not had the emotional energy to continue with this game.  I'm sure it won't come as a huge surprise, given the faltering pace.

I thank all of you for your efforts in the game, and your patience.

I hope that was not a game-ending post! ^_^;

But if so, it is understandable. Emotional burnout is a very real thing.
Thank you for running the game as long as you have, and the immersion and fun provided.

And best wishes to the other players- it was enjoyable interacting with you all!

In reply to freavulv (msg # 161):

Well, if that's the end of the game; thanks for running it freavulv. It was fun to play a simple basic game again.

I had a marvellous time with you, Game Master!  And yeah, take care of yourself.  Adventures abound, and adventurers aplenty here!  Looking forward to stumbling upon youse-all in other adventures.

I, too, had lots of fun here.

Freavulv has graciously allowed me to put out feelers for players for my own AD&D game. It's a homebrewed sandbox with plenty of compact adventures to take on.

link to another game

Hope to see some of you there! But if not, Happy Gaming to you!

Game will be deleted soon, if there is something you want to grab, now is the time.

Thank You all.

Thank you for the notification! That is very considerate  to let us know.

However, I need nothing but to thank you and the others once more for a wonderful game and a wonderful time.
So thank you to all, happy Advent, and merry Christmas! ^_^