For any conversation not used IC.

So far so good, I expect to open for recruitment tomorrow or Monday. Still missing an application from Milly, but the two of you are here and can proceed with updating.

Heya all o/

Let me know if Milly is being tardy still, will kick her awake.

All sheets opened and now at four players.
Please make time to upload, and establish sheets as soon as possible this week.
Once done, advise with me.
I reckon we could get rolling as soon as possible.

Greetings fellow travels, I'll be here to repair your weapons and armour, for a fee of course, maybe even discounted if your lucky.

Welcome Etain, I'm taking it your character is from outside the empire seeing the mentions of different culture? Should be interesting, looking forward to asking questions IC.

Indeed, she is from far away Albion.

That's cool. Summing up what an average empire citizen would know of albion... In this timeline the gw event campaign for albion happened as normal, the top 2 campaign winners were high elves and dark elves, and the empire came in 3rd place.

One of the final story blurbs went something like this: "Progress has been slow and strenous, having to fight against both foreign powers and the blighted land itself but despite all adversity the children of Sigmar managed to found a permanent colony and news  and exotic goods continue to make their way back to the homeland."

So tldr, us empire normies might have heard of albion but wouldn't be able to recognize what a native from there looks like, or might even just be ignorant that the island was inhabited to begin with.

I think from my pcs perspective he will assume you're a lustrian amazon (he would definitely have heard about those) until he gets corrected.

She would be way too pale to be lustrian.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:17, Wed 27 Nov 2019.

Question, how will you be handling trade skills and the cost of materials/crafting items?

@ Etain
True but my pc wouldn't know that! So seems like something to be clarified IC.

Noticed we have a thread opened, does this mean the game has started and we should make an intro post or we still in the assembling stage? In which case I request the character sheet section be opened so can paste stats and everything.

Hello everyone. Got Milly more or less online now.

Found a sweetass interactable map of the warhammer world, figured I'd share:

gitzmansgallery.com/shdmotwow.html

Etain is about done except for purchases and some pre-game forging and fabrication.

Sorry for the delay in response!
Hello all!

Firstly, the IC thread is open, basically allowing for opening the world and setting the initial stage.

Secondly, crafting is..well..tricky.
It can be made silly easy(roll a check, have mats, if you make it, you have it) or you can have something like this: http://sherohman.org/~dave/rpg...whprclst.txt...which is almost too immersive to be enjoyable.
Personally I am somewhat fond of the middleground for ease:
http://www.liberfanatica.net/wfrp_advanced_skills.pdf using the rules under TRADE, and adhering to this.

And how much would material be for tests, I.e. I wanted to make a hand weapon how much would the steel and other materials be.

Again, fair question.
Assuming the size of Altdorf you could likely pending size and stature of the blacksmith have a stable provider of materials, from  a larger trading company or similar.
That means prices for materials could fluxtuate between 30% of listed price upto 50% of the finished products price(average price as per rulebook).

I would argue that for ease and given the size of the smith, you could look at roughly 25% of the total cost, per test.

On the roughly higher end of what I've seen, sounds good, I'll try to RP getting materials in game for some flair.

Also, Gerhart our quiet friend what maychance are you playing.

You can, all of you, go ahead and post in the thread(introduce yourself!), when you feel ready for it.

Allright got the ball rolling with a basic post.

Just realized that the game info doesn't mention anything about past antics or the war against chaos, which might have confused Etain a bit when I bought it up previously.
But basically for disclosure sake's, me and milly and gerhart were in another game with the same dm before this, it had been ongoing for many years (remarkable for an rpol game tbh) and we 3 joined up at the very end of it and played together for a brief few months. Due to us having 0 connection to the plot threads that had pushing the game forwards, it was decided we might aswell just start a new game entirely.

So unless dm says otherwise, am treating this game as a continuation of the old one. Which means that we are still living in the storms of chaos setting: aka the one where archaon got his arse kicked outside altdorf by grimgor ironhide. This is a timeline where the warhammer world didn't get nuked so is best timeline :) But it's also why my pc might bring up hochland and hergig being devastated and why he sends money back home to help rebuild it. Of course Etain being from Albion might not know (or care) about any of this.

It also means that my pc will of course recognize milly and gerhart, I'll consider the old business in the previous game got concluded in that we ended up arresting the dude and preventing their plot from happening. Any more then that is beyond my concerns as a humble merc, will assume the witch hunters ended up taking over.

You raise a viable point Jareik.
In the transfer, I did not include so, but I should.

I have opened and added sheets for both you Jareik and Gerhardt.
Milly and Etain look great so we should be set.

Hi all, another new player here! I’m just working up my sheet and should be ready to join you all by tonight.

Now ready with a fresh surname and picture! Just adding trappings etc. to my sheet.

Welcome aboard dorf o/

Etains native tongue reminds me an awful bit of my native language(I am from Denmark), so quite the chuckle, understanding it for what it is.

That was khazalid, since we dont have language groups I picked Norwegian for khazalid, I'll use Irish Gaelic for Albion

Hold on a second, are we supposed to have met previously or something? or is it something that was arranged between you two? (Gerhart & Jareik)

Didn't arrange anything per say, but did state previously would be treating this game as a sequel to the one we were in. So our previous teamup is cannon and us 3 already know each other.

If this isn't ok with everyone, happy to edit post and do the intro over.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:10, Mon 09 Dec 2019.

We don't! Argh, no, I forgot. Let me do this today, as I normally use it, and update you all on this.

Updated and gone through sheets to reflect which groups you belong to. Should work now!
This message was last edited by the GM at 08:36, Tue 10 Dec 2019.

Allright because me and milly talk outside this game..

TLDR milly is treating this game as a fresh start due to various concerns and thus will act like my pc doesn't know hers. Gerhart if likewise you want to treat this as a fresh start let me know and I'll edit as needed.

Given that we spent most of the brief time as a trio in the previous game threatening one another while Jareik tried to keep order, I think a fresh start is worthwhile. That way Gerhart and Milly can find something else to argue about.

Allrighties then, after discussing it a bit in pms, summing up for the sake of transparency:
fresh start but jareik and gerhart know each other, time spent previously arresting a dude in the other game is canon and is how we met.

Edited post in accordance, all the kinks should be ironed out now.

I am happy to see the conversation flow. If you feel prepared to "advance" do advise and I will start to "push" things in motion.

I'm happy to start things rolling along, if everyone else is.

Happy to advance things, as far as I'm concerned the ice has been broken.

Happy either way.

1. I'm good to advance but wont be able to post for another 8ish hours
2. Not tattoos but woad, she washes it off every few days and repaints

Gotcha for 2), edited post.

Just thought of something else, were I to try and forge a GQ or BQ item, would I still pay the base % of cost I.E. Forging a sword @say 40% would that be 4g or 40g?

I actually like the notion that in order to make BQ you need this:


So basically your skill level sets your peak. That levels things a bit.
That said a perfect check(All successes, on all dices), will raise the quality a level from standard.
So no, the materials are the same generally, for all items, but the skill level is the difference maker.

Savages, wizards and Dwarfs. I feel sorry for the company Jareik is about to keep...

Me, a savage, I'll wear your skin as a cloak for this insult!

We're 4/5 of a party now!

We'll just get the dwarf some stilts.

Merry Christmas!

Padoru padoru padoruuu!

In reply to Kargun Halfhand (msg # 42):

I think of those 3, dwarfs are fine in Jareik's book. Empire's relations with the dwarven kingdoms were usually positive and consdering we just got out of a war that had both races team up closely, I'd say the bias is extremely positive.

Am more tense towards Milly since she is a mage but only a little. So most of my misgivings is directed at Etain because my pc simply can't figure her out and people hate/fear what they don't understand.

Not sure if we all want to call time on the bar scene and move along. I don't know if there is value in skipping Muller and going to the coach or even perhaps the village?

I suppose we can just skip Muller and just make a note in our bios that he is our paymaster (at least I know I will!) since doesn't seem like anyone wants to do anything fancy like negotiating a better deal.

The coach could be a good opportunty for rping but if people want to get into the meat of things quicker we can skip that aswell.

Also happy new year everyone!

Coach would be good, PC's can talk a bit, we'll see if Jareik will get a black eye...

That'll depend on whether Etain lets slip that she is also a smith :P

Because seriously a savage woman with elf tattoos acting like she knows the first thing about making a good blade...


This message was last edited by the player at 17:17, Thu 02 Jan 2020.

Oh them imperial sellswords thinking themselves traveled. :P

Wood Elves were my first army. Nothing more fun than sending a bunch of cheerleaders with mohawks to murder the enemy's elite shock troops.

Ooof you must have been disappointed with Total warhammer then, mohawk type wardancers did not make it into the wood elf roster :S
Least you still got them for the bloodbowl games!

Boss man?

Just returned from a lenghty vacation without WIfi. Expect an update within the hour!

To be fair Jareik isn't even being a dousche here, it isn't unreasonable to assume a fur wearing savage might not be familiar with the convulted mess that is bureaucracy.

But I guess this isn't going to be improving relations xP
This message was last edited by the player at 21:17, Mon 06 Jan 2020.

On the first note, I love the RP opportunity for their interactions, on the second, no...it will not... While she has been in the Empire for about 6 years or so she is stuck pretty much in her peoples mindset of what people can and can't do.

Gerhart, any comments?

I am happy to proceed when you are :)

I was hoping to allow Gerhart a chance to post before advancing but if he has nothing to add or takes another day I'm happy to advance.

On a side not would you says artistic applies to more then just trade (artist)? I feel as written its more of an arts tax and should be applied to other trade skills, making a fine weapon or armour is/can be as much an art as a painting.

We better find some bandits to fight or we'll end up killing each other!

What a horrible thought Mr.Dwarf, won't get there. But even if you are right, which I doubt, I'll turn them into toads before that happens.

Etain won't start anything but she'll definitely try to finish it.

Oof, got so burnt by that tirade that my computer got a disc read error. Hoping to get it fixed asap if not will make a short post tomorrow that can probably just be summed up by this face  :O

Bonjour everyone!

Some new blood here.

Looking forward to playing with you all!

Hi Marie and welcome!

Yay Marie, Jareik is going to get so much more confused.

Welcome!

And yeah, a lady knight is definitely going to keep challenging Jareik's stereotypes, likely leading to no shortage of opportunities to put one's foot in their mouth xD
What's next for this party? A male lustrian amazon? A skinny halfling?
This message was last edited by the player at 23:27, Thu 16 Jan 2020.

Hey, you aren't the only one. Marie basically hangs out in the Empire because she is a scandalous pariah back in Bretonnia.

So your reaction should be fun.

My backup character ideas!

Now to see Marie again, happy Etain or angry Etain...

Hopefully happy...?

Hello! This band gets weirder by the second!

Depends on how we parted last

Well, this is a world where the highest form of intelligent life happens to be giant psychic toad priests, who are only outranked by their mummified big brothers and a handful of elven demigods.

So, I'm running a high XP game of WFRP 2e, and one of the players brought up that despite being into third or even fourth Careers, no one is a healer/magic type. Which is true. Just testing the waters to see if anyone might be interested in playing something like that and would be interested in joining up? We just started the game proper, so you wouldn't have missed anything...

link to another game
This message was last edited by the player at 12:35, Sun 19 Jan 2020.

I would but I just keep thinking how much fun it'd be to play an itinerant Black Orc shaman who really just wants to hone his medical skills and is fairly sure that amputation and cauterisation can cure everything from gangrene to hiccoughs, as well as the prevalent derangement of not wanting medical treatment from the nearest competent chirurgeon.

In reply to Marie Arceneaux (msg # 77):

I'll throw out an RTJ later today.

Seems you got your healer!
I would have wanted to check over the rules and careers for healer types to determine my interest so is probably for the best, takes me ages to brew up characters.

Tbh I was hoping for angry Etain. Because now I fear a Etain-Marie coalition of unorthodoxy.

Fear us!

I'll post when I get home in about 3 hrs

Edited posts a bit so things happen in order.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:04, Tue 21 Jan 2020.

Ok let's see what's new...Eh nothing much, just Etain and Marie making out.
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Wait a minute .
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


This message was last edited by the player at 20:36, Tue 21 Jan 2020.

If milly decides to join too, this will be Jareik's reaction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik3bS_bD-Gk&t=35s

I did say Jareik will be getting more confused.

You succeeded, with flying colors!

And I admit when I said I feared an Etain/Marie coalition, I didn't expect such an..."intimate" alliance.

The last game was...interesting. ;)

Although last time around, Marie burned all her FP in the first fight, and spent the entire game so injured that a light sneeze would have killed her.

Let's hope things go better for her this time around.

I am curious, just for kicks, what did you fight? And and what XP level?(sorry for being mechanical) - I have seen similar cases in fights with overwhelming numbers OR one big strong well armored guy or similar. Again, magicusers are also a pain possibly, but that said, I personally like combat to be challenging, fair but tough, and fitted to who fights it.
This will also be reflected in this game should it come to it. That said, I believe strongly that a fight can be approach in many ways, even without swords - coin, words and strange alliances also factor in.

Would you believe a handful of common thugs almost killed me? The dice rolls went completely against me consistently. Like, shockingly bad.

And while I don't remember exactly what xp I was at when the first fight happened, we gained 1,600 xp over the course of the game. Of course, I was stuck at 700 xp spent, because I couldn't get out of my Career. Couldn't get the trappings. I was underleveled compared to everyone else in the end.

Btw minor note:
"You will have to tell me the details on the way, mon cher." should be
"You will have to tell me the details on the way, ma cherie or ma chere."

Unless Etain has even more hidden surprises down there...xP
This message was last edited by the player at 15:39, Wed 22 Jan 2020.

?

I'm surrounded by Canadians, and that is how they address each other...

Well I never been to Canada but am half French irl.

Maybe it's something particular about Canadian French but can assure you in French French everything is gendered and mon cher is masculine.

Possibly.

I'll change it to be more French French, and ask my step grandmother what is up. She is pure French Canadian.

I'm curious too now, I know there is some differences with Canadian French so this could well be one of them. Let me know what she says!

You had me doubting but a quick google fu seems to reinforce my belief, especially this link which also explains well the difference between cher/chere and cheri/cherie depending on your intention:
https://moeby.tumblr.com/post/26014462397

I learned French in Scotland and France and now live in Canada. I find the French here is only about 75% intelligible to me with the accents and different use.

Well, she hasn't got back to me yet. But now that I am curious, having never even thought of it before, I've begun basic Googling to educate myself. And apparently there are some major differences.

https://unitedlanguagegroup.co...portant-differences/

In fact, just looking at the brief article, they may actually be saying "ma," but being ignorant of the language I might be assuming "mon," because of the different way they pronounce vowels.

Interesting. You learn something new every day!
This message was last edited by the player at 16:19, Wed 22 Jan 2020.

Not that I did well in french in school (barely passed) but I have heard french canadian is very different then proper french, due to increased English and the isolation

https://youtu.be/A9rh3lqdtT0
Was watching this but Marie's link is better, sums up succintly the differences. But this vid might still be useful for hearing said differences.

I'm coming to the conclusion Canadian French is really weird, or maybe it's just the Metropolitan French that is weird.
Makes me really want to go to Canada to see how many misunderstandings I would get into:

Bonjour monsieur! Vos gosses sont tres polis!!
What I want to say: Good day mister! Your kids are very polite!
What they will understand: Good day mister! Your testicles are very polished!
And that's the amazing story of how I will keep getting beat up in Canada and have no clue why.

Yes it's very possible the accent is affecting things too and could totally see "ma" being misheard as "mon". To be honest Canadian French to my ears sounds like ducks speaking French. But then to them my French would likely sound very arrogant and snotty, which adds to the irony that Canadian French is closer to how French nobility spoke at court.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:53, Wed 22 Jan 2020.

I'm actually going to introduce a civilised and polite dark elf, a skinny, clean shaven dwarf, and an imperial Black orc who's a member of the Reiksguard.

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Dm are you SURE the forces of chaos were defeated in this timeline?
At this point it's clear the chaos gods are just trolling Jareik and Etain is actually their dark champion, a perfidious sorceress of great evil and next to no virtue.

I may go to a few parties hosted by Slaanesh...

So I wanted to open this question to the group. Obviously I am writing Kargun's speech in a Scottish dialect. I recognise that could be hard to read or understand, particularly if your first language is not English (or even if it is!). If anyone would prefer I write in plain English please let me know and I don't mind changing.

I understand it just fine on my side. *thumbs up*

Yeah, it's all good.

Good enough this far, English isn't my mother's tongue but I have read Rob Roy (in english) and somehow managed, so I think it should be fine in the future too.

For clarity's sake, are we all seated together or did we divide between those who sat down with Etain and those who sat down with the coachman (aka me)? Ain't 100% clear there.

Am happy isolating myself from the main group (Jareik only really gets along with Gerhart so far after all+was on watch duty so didn't socialize in the coach) for a bit of drama/tension, but just wanted to make sure we are all on the same page.

Be as it may to be honest, don't get a sense that the place is so big or packed and noisy that things wouldn't be heard from one to the other.

Oh it isn't, there's only the roadwardens (a few of which leave anyways) and the barkeep besides us so we can definitely hear each other if we wanted.

But Etain's post semi answered my question I guess. Since Jareik isn't exactly on best of terms with Etain he wouldn't choose to sit next to her if there were other options available, so he didn't. And in doing so became the only one not to ruin her little tete a tete, you bunch of third wheels!

Since there were two booths at the back, and roadwardens were seated near the hearth I'm interpreting this as coachman claimed the first booth and Etain claimed the other, so we are in separate booths and Jareik is indeed being the edgy loner of the group, preferring to hang out with the coachman then the rest of you.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:42, Sun 26 Jan 2020.

People can choose to sit wherever their character would choose to sit, would Jareik choose to sit with the people he's to be on a mission with and try to talk shop or get to know them or just begrudging;y sit in a corner, having a drink.

Etain was kinda right on the money earlier when she said Jareik wasn't being a team player+didnt' travel a lot. In his head he imagines things going like this: arrive at village, team up with Gerhart and find the missing person, be done in a day or 2 tops, then get money and hopefully never see Etain and the rest again.

So from his perspective he has no desire to get to know the group besides maybe the dwarf. Even though he is cordial with the mage, he still has a healthy fear of her due to being superstitious.

By contrast, he spent the entire day on guard beside the coachman, even though they likely didn't say much during the journey, so he would be more interested in getting to know the coachman.

So yeah, sitting in a corner bregrudgingly it is :P
This message was last edited by the player at 20:44, Sun 26 Jan 2020.

Beware of Mages, I heard that they can explode, make you go bald or give you warts... Probably.

I mean you don't need to be magic to give people warts ;)

Sshhh! They don't know!

Editted my last post a little.

Just a reminder that was chatting up to the coachman a bit and did ask "Know much about Fatldorf by any chance?". Otherwise will assume he had nothing much to say, a man of few words indeed.

Access have be corrected to map!

Just a quick question: how do you want us to post in combat? Should we give our intended actions and rolls as part of our post? That might be a good way to do it with all of us posting once and then GM giving an outcome post for the end of round.

Anyway, this is our first fight so just wanted to get aligned on GM's expectations.

07:59, Today: Kargun Halfhand rolled 41 using 1d10+38.  Initiative.
Edit: I forgot the -10% agi for armour. So my initiative is 31.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:01, Wed 29 Jan 2020.

07:10, Today: Marie Arceneaux rolled 40 using 1d10+30.  Initiative.

12:12, Today: Jareik Schneider rolled 52 using 1d10+44.  initiative.
This message was last edited by the player at 12:20, Wed 29 Jan 2020.

Damn armor. Slowing me down.

That is what I normally do.
State your actions, along with potential damage etc, and I will select and detail what is relevant. Much easier and flows better.

Ok, I have taken a stab at a combat post. Please let me know what you think and if it's clear what I'm trying to do.

Oh we can post? Awesomeness, will follow you up then.

And yeah seems clear to me. *thumbs up*

Edit: goddamnit Ranald! *shakes fist* Fudged my attack by 1%.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:42, Wed 29 Jan 2020.

I updated my post to reflect a map position with my move of 3.

Milly and Gerhart, please post your action when possible please! Otherwise we shall proceed later today assuming you are present and roll initiatives on your behalf.

As far as Jareik is concerned, Marie and Etain are pulling a Leeroy Jenkins xP

But makes sense, I'm guessing Marie as a brettonian knight is all about them glorious charges and avoiding disohonorable tactics so the way she got taught to fight has nothing to do with how Jareik got taught: forming lines and using combined arms. End result is a total doctrine clash.
http://www.dreadcentral.com/wp...-bretonnia.jpg-1.jpg
vs
https://images.beastsofwar.com...pire-Halberdiers.jpg

Also he isn't factoring in Marie's horse, for whom's safety she might be fearing.

Well we also lack a wall of pikes or shields... I think only Kargun and Marie have a shield.

I will post again in a few hours - stuck in work right now.

Atrocious shooting all around I'm afraid, eugh.
Sorry for that, Marie and Etain will have to fend for themselves for the next 1-2 rounds since there's 3 enemies blocking our path. The silver lining is those 3 won't be flanking you if they are going for us.

Also Milly's position needs to be updated on the map, she should be at O8.

What the hell, we were just having a pint. Trust me to turn my back right when things get crazy.

I will update tomorrow morning -> hectic day!

Eugh seems I jinxed it for that flank. On the bright side Marie and Etain are going to come out of this looking like badasses if they survive.

Also for style reasons, describing multiple great sword attacks as a single hefty strike to make it feel more weighty and because pc isn't a swordmaster of hoeth to be twirling around a two hander as if it was nothing.

Please, we are already badasses. ;)

Out of curiosity, how do you already have three attacks?

If i recall (this pc was made many months ago prior to the start of this game so been a while) i mega lucked out with rng traits you roll for at character creation so started with 2 attacks, got 3rd through advances.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:00, Tue 11 Feb 2020.

Hm. Odd.

As far as I know, there are no Talents that increase your Attacks. Starting or otherwise.

Not trying to bust your balls, just curious.

Thankfully the old game didn't get deleted so was able to check things over as am autistic enough to write down my character creation process step by step.

Ok so turns out isn't a talent or trait (I was actually thinking of how I got nightvision, that one I got through rng), but chose +1 attack with a "free advance". Does that sound more correct?

And no worries, it isn't unheard off for me to make mistakes or misinterpret (both positively and negatively) rules at times, you would be quite right to bust me if you reckoned something is awry!
This message was last edited by the player at 16:53, Tue 11 Feb 2020.

I think that's a misinterpretation of free advance, the advance is free in cost but must come from your advance scheme. I.e. if you can only choose an advance on the scheme and once taken you cannot take it again.

Gerhart also has 3 attacks, though he started with 1 and advanced once for each Career. As I recall, every basic career has - or +1 for Attacks advancement except the Troll Slayer.

Still, were I to go back I think I'd have opted for another boost to WS over an extra attack, better to have two more accurate attacks than three less accurate ones.

Sounds exactly like something I'd do tbh. Gerhart's explanation makes sense too so guess there is only 1 way to solve this mystery: will have to browse through book and check career path, see if got +2 attacks from advances or if was a rule misinterpretation.

In meantime better to assume it's 2 attacks until we confirm it.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:19, Tue 11 Feb 2020.

The Attack Characteristic is like all the other characteristics. They don't stack.

So, if your starting Career has a +1 Attack, and your next Career has a +1 Attack, you still only get 1 Attack. Just the same as if your first Career had +5% WS, and so did your next one.

You start with 1 Attack, so the only way you'd have 3 attacks is if your Career had +2 Attacks.

As I understand it, the only way to get to three attacks is to be in a career with +2 A on the advance scheme and to have taken both advances. Speaking for Kargun as a Veteran, he cannot get a third attack until entering the Champion career. I think that only the 2nd advanced career can give +2 A and that 1800 xp is not enough for any of us to be there yet. I think it's 1100 xp just to complete the first career.

Edit: Marie beat me to it.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:29, Tue 11 Feb 2020.

Jareik and Kargun are following the same career path then, and makes 0 sense in that case that he would get +1 A over Kargun.

So yeah I think your original theory was correct, I likely went with a very liberal interpretation of "free advance", the Silver lining being this means I probably messed up xp calculations aswell so will need to double check that.

In conclusion, nerfing Jareik.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:06, Tue 11 Feb 2020.

ST, a question from the combat. Did Kargun's delayed attack go off and hit the mutant who has charged him? Just want to clarify before I post.

Ah, yeah, I see where I went wrong. I think it was because I made up Gerhart later than Milly and Jareik, instead of levelling up from scratch. On the upside, it means that I can change things to the way I wanted it. No point getting more attacks if they have little chance of landing.

Huh, turns out that Gerhart does get +2 attacks in his advancement scheme, it's just that it's from his second career.

Could someone who knows the game a bit better tell me if it'd be better to WS 39 and 3 Attacks or WS 44 and 2 attacks?

Well when it comes to knowing the game a bit better clearly I'm not one to talk.

BUT in terms of odds, I know I'd rather gamble on 3 39% chance of success rolls then I would 2 rolls at 44%. That said there might be external factors at play I'm not keeping in mind so hopefully someone else can provide a second opinion.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:51, Fri 14 Feb 2020.

In reply to Gerhart Athelbrand (msg # 146):

What is your Career, out of curiosity?

And I am conservative when it comes to these gambles. I think greater percentage to hit is more important that number of attacks.

Like, I'd rather have only one attack at 45% WS, than three at 25% WS, for instance.

It's a very small trade-off - 5% to hit versus an extra attack. For damage output, the math favours more attacks. However, WS also drives parries which may influence your decision.

Gerhart's a Bounty Hunter turned Assassin. I've had to make investments in other areas so he can do all the other cloak-and-dagger stuff, and rolled a fairly low BS that I had to make up for as well.

He's also the very first character I've made, so there may very well be some missteps in the run of things but at least I can shore up his WS with the next few advancements.

Honest, he's really, really good in a fight so long as the other person doesn't notice he's there.

I'm starting to feel like the mechanics sheriff. I swear I'm not trying to be that guy!

lol

Anyway, I think you may indeed have made a misstep Gerhart.

The fastest way to go from Bounty Hunter to Assassin is to go Bounty Hunter->Targeteer->Assassin. That would require, at minimum, 4,000 xp. We are only at 1,800 xp at the moment. Which would only put you into Targeteer, assuming that is the route you went.

Yep, I hadn't a clue what I was doing, unfortunately, and the GM had a lot going on. I might have to remake the character from scratch.

I was originally aiming for him to be a Witch Hunter, so I might opt for him as a Bounty Hunter turned Vampire Hunter, since it'd fit in well with him being from Ostermark.

Well I'm glad, makes it look less awkward if I'm not the only one who fudged things on their sheet xD

And I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for that meddling mechanics sheriff! *shakes fist at Marie*

If you refer to me, then I have to bow and apoligize for the oversight. That said, the easiest thing would be to go 0 XP base character and advance from there. That would allow you to get sorted properly. But that assumes going back to the starting output and working from there if doable?

Aye, I still have my original rolls. It's no big hassle and really, I should have checked better. Just got tangled up there somewhere along the way.

Well, now he's a vampire hunter. Just need to sort out the gear.

And hopefully no one will notice that Peter Cushing has dropped in to help out. Can't see why anyone would mind.

Miss that guy... You better live to expectations now!

Whoa, how cool would the Blade movies have been if Peter Cushing had played Whistler?

I missed my chance to act while waiting for an answer to this question. I'll just move on with this round.

Yes, delayed apply on charge. Please in this round, add this as an additional attack against the one you are facing. Do note that this one does not get any bonuses from outnumbering.

Marie, how are you putting out so much damage while using a shield? I don't want to be the police, but I'm curious to know if should be doing more myself.

I am curious too; as it is a birth sword I checked knights of the grail p.66 but it details nothing about having impact, which is what I noticed seeing 2d10 rolled.
Perhaps a misunderstanding - can you clarify Marie?

I prayed to invoke a Gift of the Lady, and chose Might of Purity. I was able to skip the 12 rounds of prayer time because I took the Virtue of Purity.

Correct, Marie can choose but if the lady decides that it knows better it might overwrite what she asked for - here she asked for more damage, and the Lady agrees, but if the monster was purely made of poison that would kill Marie quickly, then it COULD ignore this and give her protection from poison instead, despite what she asked.
Curious thing..and part of the kit.

Despite owning them all (A Humble Bundle) there are plenty of these 2e books that I have never read one page of. That explains it! I rolled Kargun using the core book only and it's the only one I have really looked at outside of Realms of Sorcery.

Either way Marie is a tanking monster, brushing off multiple 10+damage attacks, feel safe to say that Jareik definitely would be dead by now in the same situation, even with sword and board.

Speaking of mitigating damage, since this is first time that my pc was hurt... Does our received damage take into account our armor?

Damage is then minus your toughness bonus and minus your armor on the hit location.

So that 5 damage is nullified? (4 toughness bonus+3 armor everywhere for a grand total of 7 damage reduction)

Allright cheers.

5 armor in all locations, dodge blow as a free action, shield used as a defensive weapon, hence free parry, and toughness means you can stay in the thick of it.
Granted, poison, magic etc, can target toughness or WP alone which means even the strongest foe can be downed, or drugged out of combat -> So yes, in ideal conditions she is very hard to take down, but enough enemies or similar tricks can cause her wounds also.

As for Jareik - yes. You have 7 DR, but take 5 damage, hence no damage taken.

Take it as a mental note not to get on Marie or Etain's bad side. ;)

Gerhart and Milly - please provide an update even a short one so that the round can proceed.

In reply to Marie Arceneaux (msg # 170):

No promises, I enjoy a bit of IC drama/tension if it feels natural ;P Plus this way gives characters more room to grow then if everyone super loved each other right from the start.

Sorry, I caught some overtime this week, and, also, Gerhart has had a whole character sheet change that I have yet to finish.

Storyteller, every map has thus far failed to update where Gerhart is.

I have moved you Gerhart, my bad!

Also, what a round, rolled two Ulrics..and confirmed them...thats the part of WFRP that makes combat ever uneasy.

I take it the mutie I’m with is still standing?

New fella yes, missed, but untouched.

Is it possible to choose which attack you parry after the fact?

No - always in order.
Attacks come swing by swing, and that would be too much of a meta-mechanical jump logic wise that even a trained fighter in the thick of it, can judge which attack should and is the hardest or worst - everything is hectic and split second, so personally I have always opted for the realistic approach where dices decide when luck strikes and thus also that while a player may know how much hits, realistically he has to prepare to parry as the blow comes, not after he or she knows it will hit.

Sorry, to long - but no. I do not believe nor determine you can.

Fair enough.

You know what, I think Gerhart was entirely fine and dandy miles back from the brawl.

Also turns out I'm a dummy (as if previous mishaps hasn't made that clear!). Had the sharpshooter trait, gives me +20% when aiming instead of +10% so I would actually have landed my shots in the first few rounds. D'oh!!!!!

I was hopeful that I would have some spell to snuff or manipulate flames, but turns out pyromaniac tier magicians make poor firefighters. : (

What better way to put a fire out than to consume all available fuel in an INFERNO?

@Gerhart, given the weather, and soils density, I would allow a +0% check.

Should I go ahead and advance a day?

Was waiting on Gerhart's roll in case we were going to do a midnight hunt but he hasn't logged since saturday so guess will make a summary post in a bit then we can move to the next day.

Yeah, sorry, I've had a hell of a week. I'm actually fine but it seems like everyone around me is having one sort of disaster or another.

Gerhart will head to a physician, definitely, then have a drink and a deep sleep.

I'm good either way - seems like a few of the characters are settling in for the night.

In reply to Gerhart Athelbrand (msg # 187):

No worries man, besides chasing after things in the dark would probably have been a bad idea especially as some of us are wounded. Sorry to hear people around you are going through rough times!

Post inc in a bit.

In reply to Jareik Schneider (msg # 189):

The worst thing is that if it turns out that I have some sort of powers to cause misfortune to those around me, I'd be morally obligated to start hanging out with politicians.

Ach! Anything but that, then misfortune would had finally visited you.

I'm not dead, despite all appearances. Invocation of Nehek roused me, mildly.

Very long story. I'll post hopefully tomorrow.

Just to align, the inn and the stables are intact enough to function.
You can get breakfast and the inn is running as expected, and two wardens remain for now.
The sun has just set and hence you can plan next steps from here if you so desire.

Wait, wasn't this morning?

Again, you all set the pace, I am more than happy to continue, and yes Milly it is morning, even if I wrote something differently! *shrugs*

Everyone's posted I believe, so we are ready to continue.

Oh also goes without saying I hope everyone is managing with nurgle's latest plague released upon the realm of mortals.

So...how are things?

Good over here but guess that wasn't directed at me ;P

Dm when you're back think we are ready to move on.

Edit: though just saw dwarf ain't logged in a while and gerhart was asking him something so that might be a problem.
This message was last edited by the player at 10:16, Sun 12 Apr 2020.

It's fine, we'll just say that Gerhart has an imaginary Dwarven friend. It's like Harvey, but with a short, extremely hirsute, firearms enthusiast instead of a rabbit. Just as much booze, hopefully.

The GM hasn't logged on for a while...

Been on semi forced vacation, and trying to get back into it. I begin work within the next few days, so pardon my absence. Hectic times for all I imagine.

Should we advance?

Probably. We seem to be stuck.

Post incoming in a bit.

Yeah dm think it's best you move things forward.

Etain, Marie and I have said our pieces and Milly tried to invite the bounty hunter over to chat but might be mia along with our dwarf so best to treat them as npcs for now until hopefully their players return.

Fine, I will assume it is next day then, and move forward.

Giving people a chance to react then posting tomorrow.

Hi all.

I will off on vacation from tomorrow and until and including the 15th of July where I will be back in full force.
I will check and answer but will be mainly on mobile and partly of the grid, so I can not promise lengthy posts.
Looking forward to see you all then!

Regards
Dulldreams

Enjoy your vacation.

Enjoy!

Enjoy the vacation Boss!

This scene requires a bit more feedback, but if you wish, we can proceed instead.

Welcome back!

Probably for the best, if people wanted to add something, they've had a few weeks to do so.

Jareik can't read lip and would feel forced to make my pc do anything else then patiently wait for the game to resume before getting some sleep for the next day.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:33, Wed 29 July 2020.

Fair enough, I was curious in terms of who is around and such, but I will keep this in mind and update the thread to reflect this.

Should I perhaps make a more active/pushy post to get us going?
I fear Marie might be MIA, but we can always make her a temporary npc following Etain until (hopefully) marie's player returns.

How do you run watch during the evening?

Heh that's a good question, brb asking this IC.

So far we got 2 people on guard duty, milly taking 1st shift and Jareik wants whichever shift is middle of night.

Jareik wants to divide the night into 2 or ideally 3 shifts , Milly feels we can divide it into more, but whether that's even possible depends on etain and marie.

Also in a fit of overthinking was pondering how it would even be possible for our characters to tell the passage of time at night with decent accuracy but assuming we don't have an hourglass on hand then I guess we are using the stars as our guide, presumably most of our pcs have spent enough time in the wilderness and travelling on the road to be familiar with important stars as reference points.

Ill take third i wont have comp access for a few hrs.

Allright let's make it three then.

Which means that the one on duty at midnight will be...milly if I'm not mistaken, in the last stretch of her watch.

I assume she will then either react to the voice or not. But please Milly, do advise what you do.

I have a question since wasn't answered IC and things are quite ambiguous right now. Do the other characters exist or were they magicked out of existence?

For now, assume they are along. Them vanishing by magic(eyes Milly), seems out of place right now. They will be usable as NPC's for the time being. I am pondering next steps here, if I should attempt to find a replacement(s) or not.

16:42, Today: Milly Minhelm rolled 17 -- 3 degrees of success using the Warhammer Test system with a target number of 48.  CK Empire.

Since It may vary Milly's reaction, posting it here first.

The mother she speaks of is likely:
Rhya is the Earth Mother, the goddess of all that grows and lives.
It is Rhya to whom the people of the Old World pray to for fair winds, moderate rains, healthy plants and animals, yet she is also the Huntress. Wife of Taal, the lord of Beasts and Rivers, Rhya is seen as the more merciful and gentle of the pair, and is often asked to intercede with her husband to calm his rages.
She normally appears as a tall, beautiful woman.[7a] She is the mother of Manann.

if that pans out, she may be a servant or even one of the fabled druidic priests whom are rumored to traverse the lands and heal the wounded earth.

10:37, Today: Jareik Schneider rolled 71 -- 2 degrees of failure using the Warhammer Test system with a target number of 49.  ck empire.

Failure but cmon, just woke up abruptly so ain't in the best shape for a pop quizz.

Sorry for the late post, I swear I posted this on the weekend.

Would anyone believe that I'm still alive?

YAY!!!

Welcome back!

Oh, I'm not gonna attack him Jareik, just trying to show him my...displeasure.

Let's just say if you do decide to do something rash, I might be inclined to look the other way as the man is clearly a vampire trying to suck us dry for all we are worth.

Had to check back to see how much we were paid to begin, thankfully we were given a very generous sum of 40 gold before we left but damnit if everything in the village costs us an arm and a leg like this we will be returning to altdorf in just our briefs and knickers.
This message was last edited by the player at 10:47, Sat 03 Oct 2020.

Thats why you plan ahead and buy a tent :P

I don't have my books at the moment, and maybe I've been playing too much D&D 5e lately, but is there a skill like...Insight, to see how on the level this innkeeper is?

I have dealmaker to haggle

Jareik, Marie and I went to the priests house, not just outside...

My bad, misinterpreted this line "Jareik notices a few familiar faces outside, and saw them shunned in equal measures." Editing for logical consistency.

Allright so whilst Etain and Marie are doing their thing, me and milly are taking a tour of the village to identify places of interest as well as houses suspiciously more ostentatious then others that might be a clue that however lives there is important.

I'm assuming Sleeping Beauty in warhammer is more or less the same except brettonian so replace the prince with a knight errant.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:40, Wed 09 Dec 2020.

I'll be totally honest, I'm a little lost as what to do/where to go from here.

Here's what I feel are our current options:

1) Ask around at shops. Yes that didn't go well at the inn but we have a name now, Juno. That's bound to get a reaction good or bad.

2) Check out shrine. Our missing man was an archaelogist interested in history and this is the only sort of place in the immediate vicinity that fits his area of interest.

3) Wait on man to wake up/shake him awake so he can give us more then a name.

If I were to help, yes, these places are likely your best bets, and I would advise at least attempting them...

My pc believes 20% of priests story at best so Ic would be tempted to keep asking around but then that would split the party and potentially be annoying so let's play it safe:

Going with 3) it seems, waiting on priest to wake up and make sure no one kills him when our back is turned. Hope one of our pcs has a card game or some way to pass the time!

We can then try 1) or 2)

Happy King's Sleep peasants!

(Happy Holidays everyone! ;) )

Joyeux Noel a tous! Hopefully you got some nice presents!

Happy Yuel to all, remember to drink deep this day.

Going to argue for another round, since the dude is distracted with my annoyed pc it's the perfect time to snoop around or check out the altar or w/e for those are inclined to do so. If not, seems we have a new arrival for those who noticed him.

I will let you align for now, before moving forward.

Yeah would be surprised if no one disagrees with Jareik here, will make for a quick campaign though.
So you discover an evil cult performing an arcane ritual to summon an unspeakable horror who would threaten all that is good and true, what do you do brave adventurers?
Go get the proper authorities and let them deal with this!

Nice Social realistic approach to the game.
Actually it is fine, a good game should account for all that happens and adapt, as that will happen here aswell.

Get me a follow up for the letter thing when you can.

I'll be able to post tomorrow.

Long story.

No hurries!

Let me know if we need to push things.

I think we can push on

Yeah.

Also, I am moving to a different city, so posting will probably be spotty until after the 3rd, when I get internet.

I made a big mistake here - I meant to write that I was going on holidays, but never got around to it.
So yeah, now I am back and will advise and update asap.

Just give me a short hint at what it is you wish to do next, as it is not quite clear to me right now.

I believe we were heading back to town, to have that little talk with the Sherif, after seeing off our friends.

I will forward the game then, on that assumption. but I would love much more feedback from you all, as I feel like I am guessing here. I might be wrong.
You know the Sheriff is at the inn or close by. Shall I assume you head into town directly and seek him out on his offer?

I just moved to a new city. Posting will be spotty until they fix my new internet (three different service visits over the course of the week to get it working).

We could talk to the sheriff if people are keen on that, see how it goes.
IC wise I will keep reminding that we have an appointment with random women in the woods but that's the next day.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:18, Thu 08 Apr 2021.

Hmm..I asked 8 days ago, and still nothing in game. I am a tad concerned if this game needs...something. A breath of fresh air or a reshape.
The adventure as planned is very player driven in choices so the stagnation is problematic. I am open for ideas and suggestions, but without input from you as the players I am struggling to see what to do.

Sorry I'll try to post IC tonight, this last 2 weeks has been hell, I work in a pharmacy and one of our area managers got axed, the person who does floater RX schedules got axed, we JUST received Covid shots and had to learn a new appointment program (that works like shite) while have 2 new staff as well...

Stagnation is always the curse of RPOL. We will be changing locals soon, so maybe that will help.

Or maybe add some new players to replace those now gone, get some fresh blood in the game?

Agreed with Marie, perhaps 1 or 2 new people, some empire people for this melody of witches and foreigners. I mean you could delete Gerhart and Kargun since they haven't been active in about a year.

I have pondered it, but had to identify the main issue at hand first, for yes, new players solve a bit, assuming there is a core that is active and can drive the game.

Sometimes things are just not ideal and so be it. Life is not always easy etc.

I will axe those who are not present and evaluate next steps. But yes new blood will be needed, albeit the current place in the game is a tad iffy on that, But I will see what I can do.

I have opened up for more players to join, and have one or more ways for them to join in.

Greetings new peoples!

Hello! Still got a lot to thros together and in the midst of my work day but Dwarven Student of the Engineers' guild. Dice gods per.itting I won't end up too much of a dullard lol.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:09, Wed 21 Apr 2021.

Welcome to the madness!

Hi everyone,  I’m going to run off to battle with the rng and hopefully come out the other side with a character,

Welcome everyone o/

I can't remember if we had exact details on Walter's house but I'm assuming 1 bedroom.

It is a simple farmhouse. Two stories, two rooms up stairs, one common room with a table, hearth for cooking and water supply outside. Nothing fancy.

Im ready to plot advance.

Same here.

Ready too, so we established 2 watches in the end, let's see if any of those were needed or if we will just be a tad cranky from half a nights sleep come the morning.

All set.

@Edgar;

Not going to lie, it's kind of hilarious that it's a halfling and a dwarf making a ruckus at this point.

Yup...  I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Here's hoping as ain't in a hurry to draft up something new lol.

Let me know(Group at house) what your next steps are or indicate movement towards town when ready.

Gearing up and putting on armor over here, it should take me and marie 10 mins more or less to complete that process (longer if no one helps marie since she wears full plate with all the bells and whistles). The question is what those villagers will be up to during that time.

So either the villagers make it to the house before we are done or if they are actually preoccupied with something else we finish suiting up, in which case... Yeah i reckon we will be investigating what is going on unless someone else believes strongly that discretion is the better part of valor and thus give the angry mob a wide berth.

Sorry! There are some downsides to being a tank!

Im helping Marie into her armour this time, ill help her out of it later.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 283):

So yeah seems everyone is down to go investigate, I'd say we can advance.

Solid. I will forward then.

Ready to proceed on my side, so seems we approach the mob openly, taking the most direct route.

As an aside, would be an awkard time to discover that out of all the knightly virtues to dedicate onself to, Marie is all about the virtue of honesty.

I mean if they can't appreciate the honesty of her word, then they'll certainly appreciate the honest of her steel. :D

Yeah...Marie can't lie. Chivalric code and all that.

But she can't lie if she keeps her mouth shut, am I right?

I'll make a more substantial post in a few hours.

Have you spoken to them yet pretend you dont speak Reikspiel ill be your interpreter.

Yes, I have spoken to them already.

Last chance for anyone to say its a stupid plan before i tell the sheriff we are joining their midnight orgy or w/e it is heathens do in the forest at night.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:17, Fri 14 May 2021.

Shall I proceed with the assumption that you follow?

Yes.

As well as handing over our weapons... >_<
For which I note my pc will be keeping a dagger hidden, he has 0 respect for the ritual going on (which could be benign for all we know) and 0 trust in the sheriff.

Aw, why not? He is such a kind and friendly host isn't he? *smirk*

Just a heads up, if we proceed, I assume that:
A) You hand over any visible weapon to the sheriff.
B) You follow behind the group heading to the clearing.
C) You will go all the way to the clearing and not be able to act until then.

Acceptable?

Acceptable for me, but with a lot of grumbling.

I don't want to hold up the proceedings, so hopefully we can just work it out here: Since Birth Swords have a deep cultural significance, would the sheriff be satisfied if Marie gave up everything else, but peace bonded that weapon instead of giving it up?

And is the terrain suitable for a steed?

While I follow your questions, the issue remains - they are not civilized in the manner you as a knight anticipate. They live rurally, with basics needs and traditions. To them a sword, regardless of history and culture is a weapon of war. Even with a peace bond, you can draw it when you see fit. Hence they will likely not go for it. As for bringing a steed, yes it is fairly flat and open most of the way.

Sigh, lets just move on, and let Marie keep it as the game is slowing to a halt otherwise.

Sorry, I didn't respond because I was busy, not because I was set on keeping the sword. I'll just leave it like everyone else left their stuff.

Edit: Strike that, just read the thread. I'll be keeping that!
This message was last edited by the player at 22:21, Thu 27 May 2021.

Sorry I typically read the posts as they come in at work, think about my response, later when I can post I think I have posted and am waiting for a reply...so something I forgot to post...

Two quick questions:

1. If Etain is going to run away, I assume it will be easy to catch up to her because I am on a horse. But, what would I roll to catch her? Like a grapple or something?

2. How long will it take these people to burn to death?

1) Catching up, easy. Catching her. Yes grapple, weapon with that effect or strength(opposite checks). Remember she will run until visibly away and unable to see the scene for at least a round. So if you catch up to her, and can get close, I would say grapple check Str vs str.

2) As for burning, I am not an expert, but 10-15 minutes. They are likely dead but the hay and dryness of the material would mean they are a lost cause already and well, their remains would hang there to be eaten by animals.

I assume the Sheriff and co will let Etain run away?

They will watch you for now yes. It seems obvious to you, or at least those not in panic, that they will not engage violently nor disrupt the ceremony unless provoked, as they do not see their actions as wrong.

Hey Marie look what I re-found!

Posting in a bit, was distracted by rl.

Took the liberty of assuming Cecla handed over the writ to let Jareik read it but if that isn't the case no worries, that's what the edit post function is for ;)

Up for returning to walters and advancing to the morning, just adding that will be accompanying milly to pick up our weapons.

Will try and get a post out tomorrow, week has just been... Difficult with work and haven't had the creative energy to get a post out.

Sorry All, on holiday so posting is Limited until the 25th.

It happens. Have fun!

We should probably skip ahead to the next morning, after a night's sleep, and retrieving our arms and armor.

Seems the best way to be about it, less there's anything that's going to interrupt that. <.<

I am back, so I will follow up asap to get this show on the road!

Welcome back!

Sorry for not posting recently, will get something up in a bit and try and move things along, just need to shake off the rp rust after summer.

So yeah I think we ready to move on to check out the grove Cecla mentioned.

I sensed so, right now I am checking in but not alot to reply on, and I would hate to railroad ahead without stop if needed. So wanted to ensure all of you were ready first. That said, I have no issue progressing tomorrow for instance.

Generally down to proceed at this point with some snooping. Just haven't had a chance to post.

I will update in a short while where I assume you move forward.
That said, you still lack your weapons, so I am unsure if this means you go ahead without them?

Fairly certain that Jareik and Milly had set out to get them while everyone returned to the safe house?

*Nod*

I will include this in my update then. Just to wrap everything up properly and move on.

In reply to Storyteller (msg # 328):

Can confirm, we sorted that out on the way back.

Apologies, running a bit behind due to life at the moment. Will be trying to have a post out this evening.

Guess who has three family members with COVID?

This vaccinated person. I've been busy. Try to post soon.

God damn. Stay safe Marie. Also..fire, lots of cleansing fire. The lady would approve.

We are here when you get back.

Would our characters even know what a Zoat is?

According to his, not necessarily.
https://warhammerfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Zoats

They are creatures of legend, so they might be unknown to you unless you have insight into elven societies, druid circles or similar grounds for insight.

Yeah, I was thinking our first reaction would be that it is a Beastman or Lizardman.

Which would...not be good.

Interesting, most certainly.

Yeah pondering how to react IC aswell.

There is no way Jareik would know what a zoat is, heck I barely know what one is and I've only been into warhammer since the 90s. Leaning towards lizardmen as he would know of them but never have seen one.

If the total warhammer dlc is to be believed, zoats are aligned with wood elves now so Marie has a snowball's chance in hell of hearing some stories but even then that's a long shot.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:39, Mon 11 Oct 2021.

Would it be too much GM intervention to allow a roll or to have the beast or a hint present itself to allow you insight? I sense you do not wish to be hostile but also can not unseen anything but a lizardman which would naturally spark a conflict for you?
I dont want the game to stall, an yes Zoaks are creatures of myths...for some. Hence I could perhaps allow Marie via the Lady of the Lake faith to see a vision or similar?

Just reaching out as I sense this is troubling your next move.

I myself don't think Milly would be capable of seeing this thing as anything else than a mutant. Being a mage opens a few windows but she doesn't work at some imperial zoo either.

Hey, I'm always happy for visions from the Lady. :)

But I could make some kind of Knowledge roll too, I suppose.

Sounds like a vision might be the best insight here. I will try and ponder something up, as right now, due to lack of knowledge you are forced(in correctly at it) into combat or aggression against the creature which you have no insight off. Let me offer what I can.

Sorry for the silence lately I'll get a post up lately.

I'm getting the vibe we ain't exactly impressing the zoat atm.

We roll crap, it can't be helped.

Ick. The Dice Roller is angry.

This is fine. It's alllllll fine lol.

Gonna follow Marie's example and burn an FP since keep forgetting that's a thing I should probably be using.

Edit: Success!
This message was last edited by the player at 01:36, Sat 16 Oct 2021.

I'm slightly confused. Who is the Zoat talking to? Who has to heal the child? Or do we all need to try to cure her one by one?

Less the poor thing is a broken weapon or armour... The kind of fixing that Cecla is good at is rather fatal. Anything lore wise or the like I might be able to roll to get an idea?
This message was last edited by the player at 03:46, Fri 29 Oct 2021.

I’m going with the assumption it’s a group effort.

If nobody has a better idea, I am going to sear her so much there won't be an inch in her left to be scarred.

Its a test of ingenuity - of the ability to use what is present to aid the child. To notice what could be a solution, and in doing so, if succeeding be rewarded by the zoat and the woods.
Whatever you decide there is an accounted(at least I hope I have thought of it), result and outcome.

What do my lying eyes tell me?

16:54, Today: Milly Minhelm rolled 12 -- 5 degrees of success using the Warhammer Test system with a target number of 63.  Magical sense.

Previous post gave the impression I don't need to make an attack roll but just double checking before I get my next one out.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:20, Sun 21 Nov 2021.

Marie is never going to use another weapon other than the sword she has, so, she respectfully bows out of magic sword candidates.

Not opting out IC but if someone else is keen on it, ain't opposed OOC as Jareik already has enough weapons to use as it is so he is just being greedy.

I could try for it but Etains only a decent fighter

You him and Marie are our better close combat fighters that I know in the party, unless our house dawi is good at it too.

This message was deleted by the player at 22:35, Sat 04 Dec 2021.

If cecla wants to try ill let her if not Etain will try.

I mean, Cecla isn't a slouch when it comes to a fight but she likes her axe... And there is that pointing of distrusting a magic sword the Zoat is point us towards lol.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:18, Mon 06 Dec 2021.

Allright then let the dice choose among those interested.

23:44, Today: Jareik Schneider rolled 16 -- 3 degrees of success using the Warhammer Test system with a target number of 46.  wp check.

Huzzah!
This message was last edited by the player at 23:44, Tue 07 Dec 2021.

Ill make a post tomorrow, just finished a 13 hr shift and needs sleep.

Let me know what you plan. You are in the grove at the moment. The key is what you do next. Do you remain, or move out?

Kinda on the fence about that as stand and fight against whatever hunting party is coming seems kind of what the Zoat wants and why we have a sword.

Well the villagers are a bunch of jerks and weird religious loons, something definitely smells foul here but is not like we are on a cleave on sight basis with them, yet.

In absence of a better idea currently in hold ground mode, perhaps just getting a sword of power and awesomness does much to embolden one in the face of adversity.

So yeah unless someone pulls the group into doing otherwise guess we will be standing there patiently.

Yeah, I was under the impression we were waiting to greet this hunting party.

I was just waiting to here if you remain calm or move out. Seems it is the first. Hence I will assume that and move the time along.

Hi all.

I am going on Christmas Vacation from end of today until and including the 26th of December.
I wish you all the best during the holidays, and look forward to seeing you upon my return.

/Dulldreams.

Sounds good, merry christmas everyone!

Happy Holidays everyone!

Likewise, everyone!

Happy Holidays all, sorry for my MIAness but I've but in over 100hrs in the last 2 weeks.

Same statement. Anyone want to do anything or should I assume you wait out whatever is on the horizon?

I think we all said we were going to wait.

Not much to do but wait or run and if they have hounds, running won't do much. Just in retail so post holiday season is still an exhausting hell scape.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:47, Wed 05 Jan 2022.

Yeah, stay and see.

Admittedly was somewhat waiting on Milly to pipe up if as to what she can do but at this point  seems only option is to charge through the gap.

Was kinda waiting on Etain but guess we are steaming through. We are not officially in combat rounds but will give it another post for a second try since the roller decided to give me the middle finger.

Yup we are dashing through in a disorganized manner but I guess it fits the situation.

Just a heads up Milly. Shield of Aqshy only works against Attacks - forest fire is environmental.
That said I have always thought the books were kinda one sided and abilities should be allowed to be "cool" and "theatrical" and in this case shielding you gives the scene a sense of grandeur I applaud.

Go ahead and assume it protects you for the duration.

I will also assume you walk through the "tunnel" to the end, and will present insight here.