Come in here, put your feet up, and chat about what's on your mind!

So I built the bones of this game as a 5e solo game but then player flaked out immediately. I realized that the previous OOC thread had a bunch of junk from that previous game so I got rid of it. In case you browsed it and were really confused, no worries, its just an artifact of an aborted solo game.

Thank you for the ADD!

So everyone knows I would like Tosk to be a half-orc Zen Archer Monk who will transition into an Arsenal Chaplain Warpriest.  I was looking at going after the roll of High Priest.

What are you all wanting to do?

Hello everyone!

I will be playing the white knight/paladin Radgonda Lebeda. I was looking at going after the Ruler role once/if our kingdom is ever made real....the dream becomes true.

Glad to have you join.

Is white knight just a title for you?

I'm Basil, your friendly neighborhood... Merchant. Former tavernkeeper from Oppara, would make a decent treasurer or councilor... or spymaster.

In reply to Basil Ambrolian (msg # 6):

Awesome. So Basil, what does your character look like? Can we get a description or a headshot to go with the name? :p

2 or 3 more players and we'll likely have a party ready to go, depending upon how many players/party size the GM wants. :)

In reply to Tosk (msg # 5):

No, just another way of saying a Paladin. If anything they would call her a Swan Knight, due to her family name.

Hi everyone! I'm a wizard, and I'm here to "help".

Character description is up.

Treasurer, Magister, or Diplomat will all work for me.

Looking forward to working with everyone!

The portrait's a stretch. Basil is a paunchy, middle-aged man with shaggy black hair, a large nose, and a rough goatee. He wears a set of worn finery under a long, dark coat filled with pockets, and a pair of smoked-lens glasses cover his eyes.

In reply to Basil Ambrolian (msg # 10):

You should post that in your character description on the cast page, because trust me: otherwise everyone will assume you look exactly like your portrait in less than a week. :D

I know. Not my first time with portrait struggles. ;)

I occasionally don't even bother with the character portrait, as for certain types of characters it can be a real struggle to find anything even close.

If find it helpful to not create a character description first but instead flip through portraits and build one directly off of it. Makes it easier for me to be happy with it.

The real problem comes when I have to pick a portrait from a canon character...

In the long term, I get around this problem by making my own portraits and submitting them :)

In my experience, that is usually the really long term recently, so I've avoided it. Things seem to be leveling out on that end, though, so it's a possibility for the future for sure.

In reply to Basil Ambrolian (msg # 15):

It's been a year or two since I've had to upload anything. Did something happen? A staff change, or the like?

There was a server change or somesuch, and a whole slew of new volunteers that needed to be taught how to properly upload things, so until pretty recently the submissions were suspended entirely while they tried to catch up on their months-long backlog. Now they seem to have things worked out, though.

Hello!

Very excited to be on board.

Mechanically Ursion is a Fighter with the Arminger Archetype, something of a non-standard choice as it involves association with a Hellknight Order.

Just wanted to throw out first and foremost that Ursion is by no means evil, I am hoping that his affiliations and philosophy will enhance the story, not detract from it, and I am committed to working with you all and the GM to help that happen.

I really don't want to be "that guy".

On the same note I am hoping to bring a much more nuanced character to the project that a lockstep automaton. He has his own history, hopes, fears, feelings, dreams and quirks just like any other person. He was not cobbled together in some armory after all!

This looks like a great cast of characters, and I'll look forward to seeing everybody come together.

Thanks for having me.

Welcome, welcome!

I'm almost a little disappointed that he's not evil, now :D

I mean there is proper evil like Oil Business Tycoon or Cop who enjoys beating down criminals versus edgelord teenaged "hur hur I burn down the orphanage".

Evil is fine but it just has to be smart evil, not stupid evil.

The kind of evil that waits until the very end of the campaign before stabbing everyone in the back.

The very compassionate and considerate, that just wants everyone to have fun, sort of evil.

Alright...I managed to get Ursion' sheet submitted.

As far as Kingdom positions go, he could serve in anything strength based, such as General, Enforcer or Warden.

I see we also have a Ranger in the group!

Welcome fellow new guy.

Welcome all. Here's to a great game. :)

Also, my character sheet is ready for review.

I can't wait to start. :)

Welcome everyone.  My sheet is primarily done and I will submit it today to the DM.

I'll likely be done today as well.

My sheet is also mostly done, just checking in with the GM on a few last little bits. Also, since we don't currently have a dedicated healer, I've decided to make Renee a sort of universal support/healing person. At level 1 and 2 she'll mostly just be a normal wizard with the heal skill, but at level three I'm going to take the Healer's Hands feat, and from there she'll be able to do some pretty serious healing! Especially when combined with her craft(alchemy) skill!

Also, she's a Spell Sage, which means that after level 2 she'll be able to cast literally any spell from any spell list, given time and enough spell slots. This won't be especially helpful in combat, but this will be huge for out-of-combat situations. Basically, she's a wizard that can cast raise dead or cast reincarnation!

On top of all that, I also want her wizard bonus feats to be dedicated to item crafting. Her first level feat is "Harvest Parts", which she'll use for now to collect skins from monsters to make vellum so her scroll scribing will be cheaper. I imagine this will also be very helpful (and very thematic!) for making other kinds of magic items later, especially with the altered rules!

Basically: someone who can properly harvest those dragon scales and help make them into the armor/shield you've always wanted!

...

So what is everyone else doing? It sounds like Ursion is going to be something of a tank. We've got at least one archer/striker in Tosk. Radgonda is a paladin, so super useful (I play in a Wrath of the Righteous campaign, and we've got two paladins in that game. I love them both!). Basil is our rogue, and it also sounds like he'll be a big help in out-of-combat finances? Especially on the kingdom-building side of things?

That leaves Falco. Welcome, by the way! What kind of Ranger is he going to be?

What sorts of twists and themes is everyone going for, or do some of you want to keep your characters classic?

Tosk will be transitioning into warpriest at level 4 so he will have more healing then as well. He is going for the high priest position.

Falco is a halfling ranger. He will be taking a wolf as an animal companion, and riding into battle. Will work on sheet later today, as it's very late here at this point.

Basil has the Phantom Thief archetype, which means he loses some of his combat-effectiveness, but gains a bunch in the way of skills and social abilities. I figure with a party containing a monk, ranger, and paladin, we can safely assume the martial side of things is covered.

Oh, and uh, it's worth mentioning to you good-hearted healy types - don't use cure spells on Basil. He's... allergic.

Hmmm do you ha e a way to heal yourself?

In reply to Basil Ambrolian (msg # 30):

*Scientific interest is peaked*

Not yet, but picking up a couple Inflict Light Wounds potions are high on the to-do list.

The heal skill works on pretty much anyone, including undead, if that's what you are.

Nope. Basil eats, drinks, sleeps, sweats, farts, the whole bit. Could probably even reproduce if he weren't careful. Just had something "reverse the polarity", as it were. Might be a family curse, but he's a little short on family members to ask. ...Unless you count his ex-wife.  He sure doesn't.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 15:05, Fri 27 Mar 2020.

Ah, then you wouldn't mind if Renee takes a few blood samples? This requires researching.

We'll see. Basil's the private type, and would like to shed as little blood as possible on this little venture. Hell, that's the prime reason he's on this expedition.

It sounds like we have a very well balanced party! I'm sure this was not coincidental.

Not only are we well rounded mechanically, but thematically we have so many elements to explore.

With Radgonda we have the Byzantine world of politics and nobility, vying in some ways it sounds with her generous nature and her belief in the wholesome community values of Erastil. I will be very interested in seeing her blend the two, and as I don't think I have ever seen a Paladin of Erastil in play, I'm looking forward to it. A great concept.

In Basil we have not only the murky realities of mercantilism and espionage coming to the fore, but it sounds like the man himself is something of an ethical conundrum. I really liked his description by the way,you should get that posted some time.

Tosk, taking the lead on matters of theological importance, while also on his own path of self perfection. It will be greag I think to see him blend his faith with politics and public opinion going forward. A war priest leading the faithful of burgeoning settlement? Could be really cool.

Renee, it seems her interests are boundless, and her item creation penchant could lead to entire chapters in themselves! What will she do with such vast accumulated knowledge and incredible versatility?

Falco, practically a poster boy it sounds like for the sturdy, salt of the earth settler. I imagine he will fit very well with Randondas philosophy. Plus every group should have an animal mascot. What breed were you thinking of modeling him on?

As for Ursion himself, he will be more of a tank mechanically, yes. Although I am also exploring some fear based debuffing to help with crowd control and give him some limited social options. Guys probably going to be pretty scary.

From a story perspective I have a few arcs I would love to explore, Ursion discovering culture outside of Cheliax, to his duty versus personal desires versus heritage, to the "scaling" of Hellknight philosophy in the Stolen Lands.

I went with the Order of the Scourge specifically because they are depicted as being unafraid to go after powerful nobles and those who use the law to shield them from scrutiny and punishment. So he could end up tilting at some pretty big windmills!

I'm also just looking forward to seeing how everyone gets along together. It should be a lot of fun.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:21, Fri 27 Mar 2020.

My laziness knows no bounds, sir. That said, I'll get it up today, probably around the time I submit my finished character.

I hope to do sheet audits tonight but unfortunately due to being quarantined with a litter of small children my free time is very sporadic. Sometimes I have all the time in the world, other days I can barely tread water.

We do have a great group to start with. It will be interesting to see what happens when we get the ball rolling and how things mix and flow.

I am on hour 29 of my "day", so I'mma put off finalizing my sheet until tomorrow.

I'm impressed you managed a post at all man.

I lose that sort of motivation about hour twenty or so.

Just got to figure out equipment. No animal companion to start with, and no affordable animals for my gold.

I think there is definitely a lot of room for role play between all of us which should be good for the story.  Philosophies will be fun to discuss.

There is a real lack of portraits for halflings that are not Bilbo or Frodo. Even less ones that don't seem to fall into the rogue stereotype.

Are there any specific traits that you're looking for in a portrait for Falco?

Mainly that he looks like a halfling, but not a rogue/scoundrel. I don't usually go in before I find a portrait with specific ideas of what they look like.

I guess I should rephrase the question XD

What does a halfing look like, ideally? The sort of classic Tolkien Welshman with curly black hair? I wouldn't mind helping you look!

Honestly I just pick any human portrait that looks young. There really aren't a lot of distinguishing features of halflings. It's not like the elven ears or the dwarven beards or the gnome noses.

So something like this:


or this:


or this:



or this:



or this:



or this:



or this:



or this:



or this:

While I'm waiting for things to get started, and while I'm self-isolating, I thought it would be fun to do a toony sketch of Renee!

She's not exactly a lover... and she's not exactly a fighter...

Wow! That's really good!

Just a hobby? Or are you employed in an artistic field?
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 22:53, Sat 28 Mar 2020.

Thanks!

I'm a VFX artist. I don't illustrate for work (though I do make textures and occasionally little magic animations in Photoshop), but I do have an art degree.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:53, Sat 28 Mar 2020.

Well you have talent.

Thanks for sharing that with us.

In reply to Renee Esca (msg # 51):

That is really good!....If you have time, a party portrait is alway cool. ;)

Radgonda is 5'8....just in case you want to give it a go....and have time. :)

In reply to Radgonda Lebeda (msg # 55):

No guarantees! My sister asked me to draw her a tattoo, and 15 years later, I still haven't finished it.

That said, if people want their characters drawn, your descriptions will have to be a lot more descriptive. Either that, or find a good full-body picture like Tosk did... keeping in mind that we're still level 1.

UPDATE: By the by, if people need help finding portraits, I've got a link to an Imagur album that has tons and tons of portraits other people have collected: https://imgur.com/a/UW1dhXN
This message was last edited by the player at 03:00, Sun 29 Mar 2020.

That would be very kind, but don't feel obligated at all.

I suppose now is as good a time as any to flesh out more of Ursion's description, or to find fitting character art.

Finally got my description, including portrait, up for Basil.

Very cool I like it.

In reply to Basil Ambrolian (msg # 58):

Awesome! Looking... good? XD

I'm liking the diversity of characters so far!

Hey guys. Sorry to keep you in the dark but I am hoping to get the game started soon. I need a good chunk of time to get everything ready and give you guys detailed backgrounds but because I am watching some small kiddos at home and dealing with various COVID stuff at work my time is very scattershot. Sometimes I have hours and hours, sometimes days go by with me barely able to keep up with PMs.

Please bear with me even through a slow start. I promise it will be worth your while. My other Kingmaker game has been going on almost 2 years solid and steady so while this game might not progress that quickly through the adventure path (mainly because I jammed so much extra content into it) BUT there is a lot of depth to it. Lots of choices, lots of side quests, lots of political considerations that were all missing from the AP as written.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 61):

Hype!

Sounds great!

Thanks for the update.

I really look forward to it all.  I have been around here for a long time myself so not going anywhere.

Great character art Basil. I am looking forward to seeing him in action.

It took me about an hour of searching, but I finally found one that i am really happy with for Ursion. His is updated, but I'm holding off on adding equipment to the description until the sheets are finalized.

As a point of trivia, the Human Racial Trait "Bred for War" requires the character to be at least six feet tall. I think that's the only one I've run into that mandates a certain character appearance.

FYI love the sketch. Mega props for the adorable goblins :D

I should have time for detailed audits tonight so expect the game start very soon. We don’t need finalized sheets for a meet & greet prologue.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 66):

Thank you!

... and definitely looking forward to starting the RP!

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 66):

Awesome! :)

Monday nights are fairly intensive for me, and I'd like a good introduction for my character, so will post tomorrow.

I'm usually easily able to post Tuesday-Saturday, Australian time. Usually afternoons when I get back from work - which as I'm currently working from home, might be about 3pm.

There is no rush, no worries.

Just as an FYI I have decided to open up the game a bit larger by adding another 2-3 PCs. Never fear for I have a system that keeps party sizes manageable until we get to the point where players have dropped and we boil down to a core group of 4-6.

If you think you can juggle that many people, I won't say 'no' to more players to interact with :)

As Renee said, it's a lot, but you seem pretty experienced at this sort of thing.

I forgot that I did it because it worked beautifully the first time I ran it. I started with 9 players and lost 1/3rd of them within the first month (as is fairly typical in rPoL) but that left me with a core group of players that lasted for nearly a year before IRL stuff started to ping them off one by one.

Just as an FYI I'm pacing a little slower than normal so I can bring the second wave of players on board. You're at a party, there is a ton of people you don't know and everyone is busy stuffing their faces. Jamondi is going to give an announcement and do formal introductions so try not to jump ahead by marching up to her and asking a bunch of questions.

For now its fine if the PCs want to end up sitting on the same end of the table and chat among themselves. Perfectly natural. There will be a chance to engage the other guests, Aldori and the Mayor etc. just not right now.

For now...

Hi everyone, a newby here.  Still working on stats and details, but ready to post an intro if that's ok...

*hugs*

Welcome!

Welcome!

I believe our GM said it was alright to post without a finished sheet, so long as your concept have been approved.

Glad to have you with us!

Outstanding; I had to run to work to get some supplies to allow me to continue to work from home, but when I get back I will post.  Sorry if its a bit long, I get carried away sometimes...

On the contrary, I look forward to it.

Seems like you'll be in good company.

In reply to Erlin Bjorksdottir (msg # 79):

You weren't joking about that being a long post!

One recommendation, if you don't mind? If you color your dialogue text, it makes it a lot more accessible/easier to read for people like me. My brain sometimes has a hard time distinguishing between speakers when reading monochrome text, and colored dialogue really helps me stay on track with who is talking.

Now that's what I call an inaugural post!

Well done Erlin.

Thanks - and I will go back and color the texts...

Thank you!

Also: It was well written, and I liked it :D
This message was last edited by the player at 22:23, Wed 01 Apr 2020.

I appreciate it!  Not every post will be like that, but for the intro I wanted to work a bunch of things in.  Looks like a fun game, I look forward to writing with you all.

Erlin, what sort of kingdom position were you thinking of taking?

Well she is sort of an odd duck, but perhaps Warden?

Hi all

Just getting my intro post sorted out and character finished up. Looking forward to joining you all.

Hello

Welcome and can't wait to see what ya have :)

Welcome!

I would have guessed Scales was a Kobold with a name like that. :)

In reply to Ursion Korvonan (msg # 91):

I was also thinking Scales was a kobold name. lol.

Welcome to the party Erlin and Scales! :)
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 06:19, Thu 02 Apr 2020.

Well there is dragon blood there :)

And to be fair it is just a nickname or assumed title, not a given name.

Erlin what class are you doing?  Skald?

Yep!

Looks like a remarkably well rounded party

I'm sure that was no accident.

I don't think I've ever seen a Skald played before. I'm kind of interested in seeing Erlin in action.

No great shakes early on but they get better

I saw what was effectively a skald back in 3.5, but they had to do it by multiclassing bard and barbarian.

The hybrid classes are really cool honestly.

DM: A few of the NPCs have their classes named in their introductions, but others are not. Can Renee/other PCs get an idea of who is generally geared toward what? I'm particularly interested in any other arcane users, specifically wizards (sorry Scales! She'll want to talk to you too of course, at some point! She's really more of a book-person at heart though, you understand.).

Renee will want to speak with Tartucchio, once we have to go-ahead to interact with NPCs. Any other wizards around? Soshi, maybe?

Sorry Erlin, did not realize that she had come over.

Ran out of time to edit but Ursion is not ignoring her.

Sorry but yes you can interact with anyone you want. Feast and socialize on!

The descriptions are vague on purpose. People don't go around with a billboard that says "I am a fighter" or "I am a wizard". Magic users are not very common and it seems that most of the adventuring party is going to be martial focused characters. Anyone I have dubbed a "warrior" probably has scars, weathered hands, short cropped hair appropriate for wearing a helm and when they first arrived probably were wearing leathers or metal armor and had a weapon.

If you want to ask me what they were wearing when they arrived that is something to consider.

As for Soshi...you don't know. You have never seen a Tien wizard so it is hard to tell if her dress is befitting a warrior, a thief or a wizard.

Uhhhh...who?

Radgonda said she was wearing a green peasant dress, and her picture shows dark hair, so...

Posting later today. Been feeling really tired lately.

Please let me know if I took too much liberty with the narration DM. I can reign it in going forward if you would prefer.

I think this game has kicked off to a very good start.

Hello all.  Just joining up with you all.  Looks cool so far.

Welcome, welcome!

Welcome

Sorry guys Scales was thinking of his belly, he will be coming over to join the gang once he has finished chatting with our cook.

Welcome Dajana!

We have quite the cast! And it looks like the wanted players option has been turned off.

Nine players, it's a lot, but as our DM said, we may see some attrition, and if not we should have a large array of personalities to interact with.

We have to complete her companion quest first! ;)

We should each have a companion quest, after which we unlock goodies.

Urloin passed on Otekha's companion quest...

Close call!

All I can think is that you'd be walking into a Klingon mating ritual.

Welcome Dajana!

This is a great game with a great cast of characters. ;)

Yes, welcome to the game Dajana!!

Welcome!

Thanks.  Weirdly, the last thing I saw before I looked at rpol today was a Facebook post speculating that the way some people have different kinks, some Klingons might be into weird stuff like cuddling or being romantic.

That tells you at least one of my friends is cracking up in quarantine

"Let's do it...gently"

"Ohhh man, you a freak!"

FYI if any of you feel it is hard to keep up, I understand completely. This part is designed to throw a lot of stuff at you because hey, it's a party! There are tons of new faces and tons of conversations and tons of distractions. That is by design.

This is also the first and last time something like this will happen this game. Once you're on the road, no more parties, no more scenes with 30+ characters all jibber jabbering. The party is going to be split into two groups, either a 6/3 or 5/4 split that will continue for quite some time.

Now that being said don't worry, the two groups will merge back into one convienantly around the the time that a few players have dropped so we end up with a core group of 5-6 active AND dedicated players.

But please, DON'T PANIC. I've done this before, I know how it is going to go :D

Now I'm super curious what the groups are going to be :D

By the way: I want to thank everyone for being patient with this unusual character. I'm trying something different (usually I play very happy and outgoing characters), and I'm still homing-in on Renee's 'voice'. If she gets too obnoxious, please let me know XD

Everyone else is doing a great job, by the way!

I'm not overwhelmed by the amount of posts, but as I can only do IC posts at night, and I'm Australian time zones are an issue. Popping on briefly during lunch as work from home ATM, but can't really put the thought towards an IC post.

Another Aussie!
East coast?

In reply to Renee Esca (msg # 123):

Agreed, I'm curious myself about the teams. I'm hoping for a 5/4 split, but I guess we'll see. ;)

Yeah, east coast. Sydney specifically.

I think I'm to the point in my gaming "career" that I can appreciate the more original concepts.

Any "classic" concept can be done well with a talented writer of course, but I think a great original concept can really add a lot to a campaign.

In reply to Falco Corras (msg # 128):

Me too

DM are you going to pick the groups or can we form them?  I know one thing is for sure, we are pretty light on the healing...
This message was last edited by the player at 09:29, Wed 08 Apr 2020.

If you would not mind Falco, Dajana, including some kind of description?

I know it helps me interact with, and put a more solid image in my mind of a character. For example, I know Falco just approached the group, but aside from being a Halfling I don't have much to associate with him yet.

@Tosk:

Questions, questions so many questions. Does it matter? I think there might be more important matters at hand shortly...

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 133):

Hype!

Dun dun dunnnn

Good point.  She's been kind of coming together, but I think I have her fixed in my mind now.  I'll add some details when we all meet for breakfast.


I'm about two hours behind Sydney in China.  Everyone should get on Australian time!

Map is loaded to Group 1. Mark your movements and attacks like "I'm attacking so-and-so and moving to Y24" or whatnot.

Hmmm... well this is a bit of a pickle. Sent a PM to the DM to ask a few questions, but even if I decide to cast a spell defensively, there is a good chance that the concentration roll will fail, not to mention the extra-good chance that I won't actually be able to kill this person in one attempt.

Ursion. Feel free to rescue me! I may or may not be a damsel, and I may or may not be in distress XD

Yeah for some people the initial steps will be focusing on survival until reinforcements can come.

Did you want us to act in initiative order?  Just checking as this is our first combat.

The DM said in the post (the orange section): "Do not feel like you have to wait for your turn order to post your action."

Thanks missed that. :)

He's coming!

She's skinny, full defense! Hard target! ;)

Also if you look at the important info thread and search for "combat posts" I detail how combat works and what I'm ideally looking for in a combat post.

Oh dice roller. You so crazy.

Also, who at Paizo decided that concentration checks should be 15 plus double spell level? *sigh* So I lose the spell and have no special defense... against an attack that can kill me in one hit... and if I go down, he's got at least one full round to coup de grace before anyone can get to me.

An auspicious start! XD
This message was last edited by the player at 10:38, Fri 10 Apr 2020.

So a 3.5 character has more modifiers as it's a skill check rather than purely caster level, but have a lower DC to reach?

That's kinda weird. My 3.5 cleric maxes out concentration and so has something like +12 even without taking casting defensively feat into effect.

In PF, it's caster level + ability modifier vs. DC 15 + 2 x spell level. It's really harsh, especially at first level.

I was hoping Renee could pull it off, because she has a special 1x day thing where she raises her caster level by four for one spell... but alas, it didn't work.

Run RAW a lot of the early Paizo modules are actually pretty challenging in my experience.

Lower levels are always a little notorious for lethality (and for being hard on arcane classes)

Plus there are a lot of elements here. Scattered party, darkness penalties, ambush during sleep (so generally no armor, etc). I find it those kind of things fun, but I did roll a fighter, so I may be a little biased in this case.

Stand by for me getting frustrated with the roller if we ever make it to the "Gotcha" spells of level 12 or so.

Seems my description will be delayed

I made it doubly hard on myself, because Renee was intentionally built with more of the downtime and non-combat elements in mind.

So if she dies here, it's really my own fault.

In my experience, they are rather fond of swarms at low levels, as well as high-crit weapons. Makes me not like playing/running, especially at low-levels, for RAW.

As an FYI I run challenging encounters, but not always. Some fights are going to be easy street. Some fights are going to be challenging. There are a lot of factors that come into play so that this is both more difficult than it might first appear and also has many opportunities for players to work together and save one another.

In general I try not to waste the time of my players. If there is going to be a fight, it should be a real fight given how long combat takes in PbP time. I tend to run fewer encounters of more challenging and varied circumstances.

Also remember that this is a roleplaying game, not a video game. You are allowed to interact with your environment, to try crazy and wild things. Who knows, it might even work out :D

Ummm, I believe Erlin is naked, so...that's fun.

Erlin, Tosk will be over soon then lol

I imagine that we are all going to know each other very well in short order.

I guess we will see if taking that round to get a light source will prove fateful.

Knowing my luck Ursion would critical and blow the concealment chance.

I'm just trying to decide if Renee should YEET out the window XD

DM: Given Ursion's post, and the fact that he acts before her in initiative, will he get to her this round? I feel like, unless she sees that rescue is imminent, she's very likely to do whatever she can to save her own life!

Assuming there are no mysteriously hooded bumps in the way yes he could reach you.

That's not a very helpful answer, lol XD

The way I interpret combat is that it is most people acting simultaneously. Everyone isn't just standing around waiting for the next person to go so you are all acting on the same set of initial information just that some people are a little faster on the draw.

This is a character defining moment for you and potentially a critical decision and I don't want to cheapen it with metagame information. Given a life or death situation where her colleagues are potentially being murdered in their sleep and who knows what kind of mayhem is going on, does she stay and fight or does she take the exit?

I hate the dice roller... never works when you need it to.  Though it does make for some good RP!

I mean, if you put it that way, it sounds like the only right choice is to stay.

I'm trying to think of things from her perspective: she doesn't know if help is coming, she's already badly injured, and the one offensive spell she had is now gone (aside from cantrips). Getting away from the current situation, then rushing to get the guards, seems pretty prudent.

If people want to call her a coward later, she'll be happy to have that debate.

@ Renee

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dFJqMURaDHM
This message was last updated by the GM at 17:32, Sat 11 Apr 2020.

Ewwwww... the DM posting as me XD

I would feel violated.

But it does fit the spirit of yeet. ;)

In reply to Ursion Korvonan (msg # 155):

I would say so. :)

Don't worry Renee, someone will save you...I hope. :)

Congrats on the first kill of the game Radgonda!

Some good rolls there.

In reply to Ursion Korvonan (msg # 167):

Thank you, indeed they where.

Here's to hoping our luck does not run out anytime soon. :)
This message was last edited by the player at 07:14, Sat 11 Apr 2020.

We probably want to share the good rolls around. Or whichever one of the groups you're not in is never going to make it to the rendezvous...

Thanks Radgonda :)

... and yeah, I wouldn't mind a good roll or two!

Maybe we are all having a bad dream where we are attacked and can't roll well?

And now I am listening to OTEP for the rest of the afternoon...

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 172):

Not a bad choice :D

Yeah, we might have to start rolling double digits here quick, or it's going to be a short campaign!

I mean you could say that about any game. At least here you're dying by assassin's and not anemic goblins spitting you to death.

True enough!

I nearly had committed Ursion to donning his armor, hastily, round one. But at this rate half the party would have been dead within the one minute that would have taken him!

Kudos to Renee for getting him moving. Even if it might be the end of him if our luck does not turn.

In reply to Ursion Korvonan (msg # 176):

It's appreciated in spirit! Just don't get coup de grace'd and you'll be fine!

Always fun getting your first somewhat decent roll with a new character.

I was trying to decide what Dajana's thoughts would be if she found herself unexpectedly fighting an unknown number of unknown enemies for unknown reasons at an unknown hour and the first ally who appeared was singing songs of rage and swinging an ax, possibly while naked.  I've decided her main thought is "fantastic!"

Note to self, in my next PF game totally having my guy/gal sleep naked and refuse to be ashamed about it.

Its fun to be Chaotic Neutral!

Pfft. My lawful neutral undergarments shall yield to none but the most just and steel-hearted!

Lawful Neutral you say?

And this is a game I play a halfling. I have had so many characters who would be revelling in all this nekidity.

In reply to Ursion Korvonan (msg # 183):

Don't you have a Measure and Chain to recite, Armiger?


In reply to Falco Corras (msg # 184):

It's not the size that matters, it's what you do with it.
The hairy feet and childlike-appearance though: big turn-offs.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:41, Mon 13 Apr 2020.

*Goes back to scourging himself*

In reply to Ursion Korvonan (msg # 186):

Better. All things as they should be.

Never been a big fan of smaller races/bigger races romances.

In reply to Falco Corras (msg # 188):

Isn't that what enlarge pe rson is for?

Hey-ooohh

Depends on what parts you are enlarging...

Unless you're enlarging your sense of duty and obedience to the state and to science, I'm not interested.

I just love memes!!!

Hmmm, I thought I was over by Dajana...

Let's hope Ursion picks up his game here. No luck so far outside of some impressive arm wrestling.

In reply to Ursion Korvonan (msg # 196):

Who are you attacking? Isn't the guy in front of you dead?

Huh, so he is.

Good eye Renee.

How do you want to handle this DM?

Up to you if you want to move around Radgonda to get into melee range or take a break to pick up a shield or something.

Your posts aren't set in stone. If a situation changes you're allowed to change what you're going to do, just that the dice rolls stick, so you'd transfer your miss against your first target to a miss against your second.

I hope so.  It is awful being on this end of a crit

Sounds fair, thanks.

Edited that post to clarify.

The party is getting bloody. This is a birth by fire for the group and I love every mintue of it. I hope the rest of you are having as much fun as I am.  :)

Onward to glory! ;)
This message was last edited by the player at 06:21, Tue 14 Apr 2020.

Back to missing it seems.

We could power a sailboat with all the whooshing going on XD
This message was last edited by the player at 13:16, Tue 14 Apr 2020.

I know... it sucks.

Used to play with a Czech guy.  We both played barbarians, and he loved to shout random things in German, as everything sounded like a war cry.  One was something like "Someday this will be an amusing story."  Came up a lot when we were rolling poorly.  Not sure what brought that to mind.

I'll get back to bleeding on the floor

Eines Tages wird dies eine amüsante Geschichte sein.


According to google translate. Not a bad warcry that.

Rejoice! The assassins have caught the bad dice roll bug!

I am a little confused on the numbering of the assassins.  Your list in your post doesn't mesh with the map.  I am trying to edit which assassin I shot at..

I show 7, 10 and 12 still alive on both the map and the tracker. There could be a mistake though so if you see something let me know what you're seeing and I can sort it out.

I know what might cause some confusion, is that the maps feature on RPOL sometimes doesn't like to refresh or update for everyone unless you force it to.

That happened to me a couple of days ago. I had to wait several hours and turn-off chrome in order to get them to refresh.

In reply to Renee Esca (msg # 212):

There's a map?...I seemed to have missed that. Lol.

On the top bar, next to the "The Cast" button, there's a "Game Map" button.

In the drop down on that page, select "View Map/Image for group 1"

This is what I see.

In reply to Renee Esca (msg # 214):

Oh...I guess I just double move then towards the closest bandit. ;)

In reply to Tosk (msg # 215):

That's definitely not the current map, Tosk. You've got some refresh issue of some kind.

Yea I figured... how do I get it done?

I opened edge and it looks like what it should be.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:01, Thu 16 Apr 2020.

Yeah that map bug can be a little annoying at times.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:57, Thu 16 Apr 2020.

I don't usually use the game map for combat maps, it's really iffy to update well enough for the tactical movement often required in 3.5/PF battles. I often dedicate a thread to maps.

I just put them in the combat posts themselves with all the combat data. Makes things a lot clearer.

I use Roll20 free edition....

If you force refresh (typically CTRL + F5) it clears your cache and updates the map properly.

What happens is that the file is stored on rPoL under the same name (basically Map - Group 0, Map - Group 1) etc. so if your browser caches the pic it won't update it for awhile unless you force the refresh.

See, that wasn't so bad! :D

Hell of an intro :)

Thanks, I like it a bit better than "you are all sitting in a tavern..."

A lot of heedless charging into fights, and we didn't die.  The obvious lesson is that heedless charging works

Only some of us charged.  Others just missed most the time.  Makes me wonder how many we might have saved if we would have been more accurate lol

Maybe we didn't charge enough? I'd say Radgonda charged and she did exceptionally well.

When tbe sorcerer has to resort to bare hands to rip people apart... thats a tough first day at work.

I charged out a window... does that count?
This message was last edited by the player at 14:37, Fri 17 Apr 2020.

In reply to Renee Esca (msg # 231):

It's charging.

You could argue it was charging the wrong way, but it was definitely charging!

A person who charges out the window will probably achieve the greatest velocity, and thus excels at charging

In reply to Falco Corras (msg # 229):

Indeed, she charged out because lives where at risk and she had a good bit of luck (and the Great Stag) on her side. Radgonda just as easily could have been cut down.

Ursion? Did you see my post?  No one else answered me either.

Tosk: To be quite honest, I'm not sure really what the results of Renee's actions so far have been, and I didn't want to answer him until I had a better idea of what was going on.

I see :)

Dajana I also asked if you or Renee needed more healing.  Renee is trying to figure out if she was healed beforehand I think?

I just don't want to proceed based on assumptions.

That is why I said you are waiting to know.

Missed that.  Healing would be appreciated

OK just wanted to say wow... Never expected Jamandi to be dead.

TWIST!

There was an opportunity to save her but other paths were explored instead.

Please decide how you will want to split up:

Tartucchio is party #1

Radgonda is party #2


There are three NPCS (Simon, Cassia, and Salonia) that will fill out the parties as needed.

Once groups are figured out I'll unlock the main thread. I don't want to have things derailed with a bunch of IC conversations and discussions when the Mayor is expecting quick and decisive action.

Scales preference would be Radgonda, he trusts a Paladin and Tartucchio was just rude.

I'm sure everybody would prefer to go with Rangonda, so the question probably is which of the four players are willing to have their characters with Tarttuchio for a time.

Looking at time zones and posting frequency, I would request that Ursion stay in the same group as Renee so we can at least banter now and then. Failing that, or as a combination, Erlin is probably the next prolific, followed by Radgonda.

It might even be simpler if we just roll for it.Kind of like drawing straws. I don't really seeing any of our characters jumping at the chance to go with the little tyrant.

Despite his attempts to brow-beat her and be rude, Renee wouldn't object to going with Tarttuchio. She's very good at not letting other people 'get' to her.

I also think pairing her with Ursion would work out well. But it's definitely not a requirement.

Erlin will go where needed

I could see myself anywhere as well, though I think with Erlin would be best cause of his initial attraction to her.

Although, I do like the idea of just rolling that way it is what it is...
This message was last edited by the player at 18:10, Mon 20 Apr 2020.

Also need to look at party roles. We don't have a shortage of warriors or arcane casters; but we have a severe shortage of healing.

As this is a temporary measure, I don't think grouping via posting frequency is ideal, though building on already existing IC relationships is excellent. The difference being that grouping via frequency you might lose players you may not otherwise, as not all slow posters will stay slow, but they will if you group them all together, but bilding on IC relationships will encourage further posting.

Definitely do not dice/draw straws, as that might end up with all the healing in one grouip, or all the magic-users in one group. Probably won't end up with all the warriors in one group though.

Sample party composition.

Party #1:
Tartucchio - (ranged)
Cassia - (ranged)
Renee - (ranged)
Ursion - (melee)
Erlin - (melee)
Falco - (melee)

Party #2:
Radgonda - (melee)
Dajana - (melee)
Scales - (ranged)
Tosk - (ranged)
Simon - (melee)
Salonia - (melee)


Now this isn't set in stone by any means but just putting something on paper for you to consider and tweak.

That works well for me.

1 Vote for the sample list our DM put forth.

I'm okay with it.

Hrm.

Does anyone in party 1 have healing?

Also, from a personal perspective, every character Falco has interacted in is in the other party.

Not saying it's not a decent start, but would prefer to take a bit more time to get the composition right. I'll hold off on a potential counter-proposal till I hear if party 1 currently has healing.

Cassia is a cleric and can heal. Tartuccio is an alchemist and might have Cure formulas but may or may not have the feat to share his mixtures with others

edit: You can freely move the NPCs around so if you want Falco could swap with Simon or Salonia.
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:12, Tue 21 Apr 2020.

A bit concerned about relying on an NPC for healing, but okay.

Would want either Falco to move, or Dajana or Tosk to move - we have enough arcane in group 1, but would prefer someone in Falco's group that he's already started talking to.

From a focusing on already existing IC banter/friendships, Falco being in the same group with either Scales, Dajana or Tosk would be preferable.Falco or Tosk swapping would disturb other plans less - Dajanna and Falco both fill melee roles, and the other melee roles in party 1 would disrupt Ursion's preferred option of being with Renee and Erlin.

So in summry, my suggestion would be either Tosk swap with Cassia, or Falco swap with either Simon or Salonia. From memory, Dajana and Scales both have a similar timezone to me as well, but I'm not usually able to post much during the day. (I'm on annual leave this week).

Other than that, I'm happy with it.

Simon and Ursion might conflict from the law enforcer perspective, but we could take Salonia?

She is also melee and it would avoid double female nobility in Group #2

I would suggest this... ;)

Party #1:
Tartucchio - (ranged)
Cassia - (ranged)
Renee - (ranged)
Ursion - (melee)
Erlin - (melee)
Salonia - (melee)


Party #2:
Radgonda - (melee)
Dajana - (melee)
Scales - (ranged)
Tosk - (ranged)
Simon – (melee)
Falco - (melee)

That works.

Sounds good to me.

Excellent, I think we have a deal. :)

Except Erlin is definitely more ranged than melee - she can melee if she has to, but she is built as a a ranged attacker, with some spells.

I would think that's probably fine. Scales is a Sorceror, and I would imagine Simon is a rogue, not full on front liners normally.

And of course her song of rage boosts the melee folks from behind while she fires her bow and/or spells.  That was the idea, originally, but naturally she will do what must be done, and she won't shrink from a challenge.  She also has some thievey/sneaky/scouty skills too, fyi...

Group works for me

Main thread is unlocked so you can make your party choices.

Again don't think of this as a permanent goodbye. As long as you stick around you'll get to rejoin the others eventually.

You would unlock it right before my usual sleep-time.

Okaaaaaayyyy. I'lll pooooost before I gooooo. Gosh.

I like this grouping as well.  It puts Falco, Scales, Simon, and I in the same group as we were in the same barracks room.

Erlin, who are you trading out in group 2 to come with Radgonda? Dajana? I would love to have you but it wasn't in the last ooc that a lot of us agreed upon.
This message was last edited by the player at 12:32, Tue 21 Apr 2020.

Hah, poor Falco.

*Looks to Radgonda's side of the room, the gentle strum of harp strings sounds through the air, Rangonda is hand feeding a chipmunk, Tosk and Scales are high-fiving and laughing*

*Looks to Tartucchio's side, a chamber choir is chanting something ominous in Latin, the gnome is ringing his hands and chuckling darkly to himself, the Hellknight Armiger is cracking his knuckles, and the blood spattered three eyed Sylph has her hands folded and is staring into nothingness.*
This message was last edited by the player at 12:22, Tue 21 Apr 2020.

I need to know that as well. Just holding off on a post with that.

Oh it doesn't matter to me, personally, I am just writing what Erlin would think and say and do.  Someone's going to have to reject her.  Heh.  Isn't interaction fun?

There are a few too many finesse-style melee in one group - Simon and Erlin are neither traditional melee, whilst it seems Dajana, Ursion and Salonia are.

Erlin and Simon shouldn't be in the same group as non-traditional melee styles, unless I've vastly misunderstood Simon's skill set.

To keep the requisite number of PCs in each group being 3, it should stay as the one agreed on.

In reply to Falco Corras (msg # 273):

I think this is what the groups are now. I'm good with it.

That said, I won't mind taking on Simon, for Dajana (if Dajana's player has no objection). Just my two coppers on the matter.

Anyway, let's get to some adventuring. There are songs to be sung and tales that need told! ;)


Party #1:
Tartucchio - (ranged)
Cassia - (ranged)
Renee - (ranged)
Ursion - (melee)
Simon – (melee)
Salonia - (melee)

Party #2:
Radgonda - (melee)
Dajana - (melee)
Scales - (ranged)
Tosk - (ranged)
Falco – (melee)
Erlin - (melee)
This message was last edited by the player at 06:56, Wed 22 Apr 2020.

I think Falco's got a point. This looks wonky to me.

Could we not have one group of all PC's and the other primarily composed of NPC's?

A 6/2 split seems a little much.

I'm willing to roll with it if need be, but is there nobody else that is willing to play with the mean ole' NPC for a chapter or two?
This message was last edited by the player at 09:18, Wed 22 Apr 2020.

That is why I suggested Dajana go to group 1

I don't really like that half of the 4 melees of group 2 are seemingly not typical melee - Erlin, who sees herself as ranged, and Simon, who is a rogue we think. That is why I did not really want the swap for Dajana for Erlin. Falco is also likely not as strong as Radgonda, Ursion or Dajana - halfling has penalty to strength, and he's going to specialise in mounted combat in the long run.

Also, the reason the thread was locked was to figure out the groups - I am not liking figuring out again after we'd all said yes to the original groups.

In reply to Falco Corras (msg # 277):

I also agree with this.

Are you talking about the GMs suggestion in msg 251 or the other msg 258?
This message was last edited by the player at 11:27, Wed 22 Apr 2020.

258 is my preference, though 251 rather than the current one.

I'mwilling to  be in either group. Dajan has only talked to a few people, and they are all in group 2.  But if asked or told to, she'd switch.

Seems like some DM fiat might be needed at this point. Otherwise we are likely to get bogged down without decisive action.

Would anyone be opposed to that?

Agreed.

I'm okay with it, but would like to reiterate decisions made in OOC need to be carried through to the IC. So if we get something like this again, then a character needs to make a call to back-up the decisions made in the OOC. It doesn't need to be Erlin here - they did state that someone would have to reject them. I did try it with Falco, but had problems coming up with very strong reasoning from an IC perspective.

And do think it's important that every character has at least one character they've already interacted with in their group - people may not get their ideal grouping, but should at least have someone they can start with - thus why I strongly support Ursion and Renee being in the same group.

In reply to Falco Corras (msg # 280):


The reason 258 didn't work is because IC, Erlin wanted to join team-B and Radgonda wants Erlin in team-B, IC.

Radgonda is also going to specialize in mounted combat in the long run.

Here's one more suggestion, it's a more even split of players, but after which if we still can't agree or come to a final agreement, it's time for some major DM fiat.

This game is too much fun to get bogged down in such debate. :)


Party #1:
Tartucchio - (ranged)
Renee - (ranged)
Ursion - (melee)
Salonia - (melee)
Falco – (melee)
Dajana - (melee)


Party #2:
Radgonda - (melee)
Scales - (ranged)
Tosk - (ranged)
Erlin - (melee)
Cassia – (ranged)
Simon – (melee)

Next series of updates are en route.

Done and done.

Thanks DM.

For what it's worth Falco, I'm glad you're with us.

We have the classic Fighter/Cleric/Wizard/Thief combo. Tack on a Ranger that will be deeply appreciated in such an untamed wilderness and I think we are looking really good.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:40, Wed 22 Apr 2020.

Do we race to see who can catch the Staglord first?

Can we have ooc for each group?

Don't worry about it. This is not going to be a PvP game and the occasional OOC comment isn't worth a new thread. If you want to discusus tactics privately I recommend doing so via PM.

I've had a fever and a roaring headache for the last two days. I'll try to get a post up tomorrow!

Is there an NPC driving the wagon?

I assumed Salonia, she's in our group...I think.

Feel better Renee.

In reply to Ursion Korvonan (msg # 294):

Thanks :)

Also, a short post is better than no post.

Hot tea, lots of water, and sleep.

Yeah I am trying to keep up with things. I should get updates out today but quarantine is hard.

It's been very quiet lately.

Well those sneaking edited their post for how they were moving and sneaking.  Perhaps the DM didn't see an edit and was waiting for a post?
This message was last edited by the player at 08:13, Sat 02 May 2020.

Quiet over here, too.

Yeah, just sort of checking in now and then.

I did not see any edits. I would advise against doing that in the future and just making new posts either here, there, or via PM.

Sorry, didn't want to double post...

No worries. I just wanted you to know that I don't often comb back through older posts.

Doing well so far Erlin and Dajana!  We are all waiting for your word.

Salonia Bulgori is with us right? Just want to be sure. :)

Yes....uhhh...she was the rear guard :P

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 307):

Well...someone needs to guard the horses. ;)

It's good that you all are hitting.  With you all in melee, I can't really hit.  I will try my luck at the archers I think.

Sorry, will post tomorrow. This week has been exhausting.

Dajana are you moving?  By the sound of your post you are.  Need to state where if you are?

Good morning everyone! ;)

Booze , sex, and fighting, the key to any good breakfast!

Do the archers have cover from the inside of the fort?  I would think normally not.

Depends on the angle. I'm keeping directions of attack in mind though. Sometimes cover will apply, sometimes it won't.

How is everyone doing? It's fun to look at the dice roller and speculate :D

I'm hoping that Dagger landed this round...

Although I'm morbidly curious about an "alternate history" KingMaker where Tartucchio gets straight up eaten by a Mimic three days in.

In reply to Renee Esca (msg # 316):

I think we are doing well. We killed a giant bandit and Radgonda broke a rip or two in the battle...her horse almost died. We live to fight another day. :)

So far so good.

Haha I have to edit my last two posts now thought Erlin and Scales brought in the last bandit based on that one post lol

Ursion: I was going through the cleric spell list, and I just found this:

https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic.../infernal-challenger

Given that Renee is a Spell Sage, that means she can help with his Hellknight initiation when the time comes :)

How cool!

That would be a really neat character tie-in I think.

Now he actually needs to be able to kill the damn thing one on one...

Hey gang. I know the game slowed down a bit but I'm hoping to get back into the grove of things after the holidays. My work schedule is easing up again so we can get back to more frequent updates.

Huzzah!

Nice.

Awesome

I'll drink to that!

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 323):

Yayyy!!!!! :)

Group A: Poking for Falco to post.

Group B: Let me know when a decision is reached. If you want to rest a day then say so.

Will post in a few hours. On lunch right now.

I would love a longbow and a longsword!

I would just like a quiver of arrows.

Radgonda, feel free to tell Dajana if there's anything you want her to do.  If not, she's heading back up the wall to keep an eye out for bandits or other troublemakers

In reply to Dajana Yelka (msg # 333):

Will do. ;)

I have a 4 perception, I say we have the best on the wall while the other 2 are with the prisoners.

My perception is +4, not too bad at first level.

Mine is +5 for Perception, Looks like I get the wall until it gets dark at least, then maybe Tosk should go up.  Unless we have two on the wall.

Yeah, folks who can see in lowlight or the dark should get night watch; I am a daylight only gal...

No worries, I am here. Crazy busy weekend and all. I'll get posts up today.

No problem.  Makes me feel better about the days I get frazzled and don't post

I'm just finishing up making a geography quiz about volcanos and earthquakes.  It's multiple-choice, which means I need wrong answers.  For one, the correct answer is Richter scale, so one of the wrong answers is Tosk Scale and one is RTadgonda Scale.

I guess that doesn't really count as famous, but you may help ruin some kid's day

Erlin will kill time until the next day practicing with her new longbow; she will also be nice around the prisoners, bringing them food and water and saying comforting things to them.  First thing the next day, when she gets her spells back, she'll try to charm the other guy and pump him for info.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:35, Thu 04 June 2020.

Apparently, the dice-roller really likes it when I stand still and lob acid bolts at big creatures.

Who'd have thought?

Oooooh, I wanna learn Acid Bolt!

1d3 Damage for the win!

None of my small group of spells cause any actual damage...
This message was last edited by the player at 18:52, Thu 04 June 2020.

Woohoo twice for me!

That's awesome. If you really want to mess with kids you do choices that sound similar:

Richter Scale
Richard Scale
Richer Scale

See how much they've been paying attention.

Tosk will use all healing he can before he sleeps so as not to waste spells if people are still injured.

Hmmm... did we lose Ursion? I hope not :(

Before the second night is over, Tosk can heal you again, Radgonda.

In reply to Tosk (msg # 351):

Sounds good. Radgonda could use some healing for sure. :)

In reply to Renee Esca (msg # 350):

I do hope Ursion comes back soon. :)

I'm back, sent a PM to the DM back on the first but it did not trickle down. It was a planned absence, but I'm home and looking forward to getting back in the mix.

In reply to Ursion Korvonan (msg # 354):

Yay!

I am tormenting my bad moovie friends with this stinky little gem this week, and I just HAD to share!
;=8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cpSYje53H0&t=14s

What just happened.... :o

In reply to Erlin Bjorksdottir (msg # 356):

.....what?...lol...


Ursion, it's good to have you back. :)

To be fair, that might still be better than the DnD movie.

For those interested, here is our bad movie website...

https://indiefilmcafe.reviews/

Wow this is interesting. So my buddies and I used to have regular bad movie viewings where we would alternatively try and delight one another or punish one another depending on our mood.

All time best bad movie: Gymkata
All time worst bad movie: Ughhh...probably Axe 'Em just because the production was so bad you couldn't understand what was going on at all.

Most accurate "worst movie of all time": Birdemic
Most overrated bad movie: Sharknado

Most consistently bad movies: Anything by Neil Breen

Movie I hated the most: The Love Guru.
The Movie Everyone else hated the most: Nothing But Trouble

The movie most painful to sit through: Knightriders at nearly 2:30 hours long
The movie we used to punish people who missed a movie: Chairman of the Board
The movie that started it all: Pocket Ninjas
The movie with the best bad sex scene: Karate-Robo Zaborgar

Surprisingly SFW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qgY7QBTJug

Our conclusion was that bad horror and action movies that tried to take themselves way way too serious were the best (looking at you Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn)

Movies that had really low production values where you couldn't understand a thing that was happening (i.e. Rollergator, Axe 'Em) were just awful. You can't even have fun because you just spend the whole time going "huh?" "what?"

Finally the absolute worst were "comedies" that were just unfunny. Those were just awful because you can't even laugh at them because they're trying way to hard to be funny and it is just...just awful.

Looking through your scoreboard I recommend Gymkata. It's an action wanna be Jean-Claude Bruce Lee film.

If you want painful horror movies there is Cthulhu Mansion.

Finally if you want truly bizarre featuring oscar winners/nominated actors by the scores you can't go wrong with Tip Toes.

Anyone seen Frogs.... now that is a bad horror movie

I've seen all those moovies, apart from Tip Toes, but will search it out!  We're doing Hanuman and the 5 Masked Riders next!

https://youtu.be/Dm6ss4ygY64

Knightriders is something else, that's for sure. Can't wait for you guys to review that one.

My buddy never could get over the ending when he smacks into the truck pretending he's on a horse.

I've got a bit of a fever and find hard to concentrate. I'll try to get a post up either later tomorrow or the day after that, depending on how I feel.

We can go now.

Indeed, I think the road is calling us. I'll post when I get home from work today. :)

Hopefully we are heading towards something like a reunion soon.

In reply to Ursion Korvonan (msg # 369):

That would be nice. How has your group faired so far?

We're still alive!

Language groups have been added. I always forget about them when launching the game but they should all be set up now. Feel free to check to make sure you have the right languages listed.

How do you use them?

[Language unknown: "Ith os k thulli hi utre ad erresa o amemanver."]

Here is the code for the above:
[Language Elven: <seagreen>"This is an example of how to speak in elven."</seagreen>]

This is what it looks like if you likely have no idea what they are saying:
[Language unknown: "Alul al be endint e mi it ecsiic u Atiarewer."]

The languages you can use are listed under "language groups" in the "insert private line" box when editing a message.

Take care not to use the "private to group" function. You want the "language group" ones.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:42, Tue 23 June 2020.

Public text
[Language unknown: Nt no al.  Ad, Il, Arei, sa dial ri.]

It won't let me do it without 'public text' as well...

Just checking mine

[Language unknown: N ultic p pr ofnoti Eauingmen]

[Language unknown: pldin Hindelsa ch Strevehis som encavepro reoul.]

I guess I should check too!

[Language unknown: Foast wilhatati anwhe our linte neicll trerchos! ]

Did you mean day 4 GM?

Nope.

DM: How will you be handling level advancement? I assume it's by milestone? Are we close to hitting level 2 at this point?

I am tracking XP. If you look at the adventure log thread that is where I will be maintaining XP totals.

For now because the parties are split the information is kind of bare but once the parties are merged again you can use that to track XP, notable NPCs and their dispositions towards the party, as well as major and side quests the party has.

Sorry, being slammed at work. Will aim to get a post up tomorrow.