Talk amongst yourself as I get the game setup.

Introduce myself,

Every D&D player and DM come from all different backgrounds and places. Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management. He has a beautiful wife and three amazing children two girls and a boy. He works full time as a Site Project Manager.

He has grown up with Dungeons and Dragons, fantasy and sci-fi from the earliest time he can remember. His first books were the Harry Potter's followed by the Dragonlance series accompanied by R.A. Salvator's forgotten realms books. The first video game that sucked him into the fantasy genre was Warcraft Orcs and Humans. Soon after he discovered Baldurs Gate, which sent him into the wide world of RPGs. He was ten when he played in his first AD&D game with his father, who also grew up playing. It was five years later that he discovered D&D 3.5. Since then he has played in well over a dozen different games, and has enjoyed playing D&D 4e, and especially the latest D&D 5e. During this time, he has mostly played as a player. Recently, the last two years has decided to step behind the screen and loves every minute of it.

I am new-ish to RPol and its system, especially as a DM, but I am sure with your help and Patience we can get through it.
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:30, Fri 14 Feb 2020.

Hey guys, do you have a setting preference? Eberron, Grayhawk, Ravnica, Forgotten realms, etc. Or I have my homebrewed world that has slowly been shaped by my groups over the last 2 years at my tables. Ultimately, It doesn't matter to me. But, if no preference, we will be using my world, and I will post necessary lore stuff soon.

Forgotten Realms is the game world that I've spent 75%+ of my D&D gaming in and thus is the world I know best...but am open to the world of your choosing.

I’ve played in all the published ones over the years. I actually find I lean more towards homebrew worlds more so. I think that mostly stems from a interest in the creativity of others. But I’m good for any of it.

Cril: what are you thinking about playing.

Chelonia is a Tortle Cleric :)

I too have spent the majority of my 32 years of roleplaying in the forgotten realms... so my leanings would be towards FR beginning in the Shadowdale region, but am flexible if this does not work for everyone.

My character is a Tabaxi Rogue.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:29, Fri 14 Feb 2020.

So I applied to the game as a halfling Rogue. Though Char 2 had already claimed the role. So depending on the types of Rogue we both play there could be room for both of us in such a role. If there is too much overlap for that then I have a few backup ideas that wont be hard to switch over to. So I'm flexible as far as what I end up playing.

So for my Rogue I wanted to go towards Inquisitive for the build with a heavier focus on ranged attacks. I also wanted to use the Charlatan background to sort of build the character into a master spy type character. So I would have a heavy focus on investigation, perception, and insight. Minor focus would be the more thief like skills. I plan to pick up the sharp shooter feat and the skilled feat to gain a few of the more social skills that I feel will be an asset in this build.


So that's my basic thoughts on how I wanted to build Cril. But as I said if there is too much overlap I can change it up. Char 2 has first crack at the class as far as I'm concerned.

Edit: So one of the other concepts I have is a Halfling Paladin of Conquest.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:50, Fri 14 Feb 2020.

My preference would be for diversity of classes and races.  For any game I play.

The Keep on the Borderlands has limited to next to no use for a spy.  It is a basic Keep and dungeon crawl.  Unless the GM plans to add that aspect into it, a player with a character designed to be a master spy would likely get bored really quick... especially once into the caves of chaos.

Now a Halfling Paladin of Conquest on the other hand would be something fun to play and always find use in just about any setting.

That said, we don't know what direction we will go after B2, so may become more useful later.

Ultimately play whatever character that your going to enjoy.  If there is duplication then we'll figure out how to roll with it. Pun intended.

In reply to Char 2 (msg # 8):

B2 is heavier on combat, though in the past I found ways to bring in more role play opportunities. But I'm really starting to like the idea of a Halfling that can scare the crap out of a dragon (at later levels). So I think I will go that route. And it should help us keep the party alive longer.

Chelonia will be a meat shield with healing power...and will have a few tricks up her sleeve.

Blade (Blade of Grass of the Burning Plains Clan) will be a Sword and Board melee combatant using the Swashbuckler archetype.  He is based on mobility and maneuverability who focuses on picking off one opponent at a time attacking those on the edge of the battlefield as opposed to plowing into the center to attack.

Note: will take 1 level of Fighter at 4rth level to gain shield proficiency.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:45, Fri 14 Feb 2020.

ok so looks like basic set up is

Chelonia- Melee Cleric
Blade- Melee Rogue
Cril-  Scary Paladin
Berdari- who has not weighed in as of yet.

Even as a melee heavy group our skill sets would all play well off each other based on the above.

Would be nice to see an arcane caster to round out the team... or a ranged melee combatant for a magic light team.

I’m still able to switch it up. I’m waiting to see what Berdari has planed before I fully finalize what I’m playing

Keep in mind, as per the GM request, we should have another 2 characters join the party.  The request called for 6 in total.

Open to suggestions for a better avatar for a Tortle lol

FYI, I am about to and will be Lore Dropping, in no way shape or form are am I expecting yall to remember or read any of it. Just making it available.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:43, Sat 15 Feb 2020.

I'm planning a Half-Elf Monk, though probably heading deeper into a bit of defender-style territory with him as time goes on rather than straight striker.

Hi everyone!  :)
Elven sorceress extraordinaire, at your service
</curtsey>

That gives us our caster =)

So we have:

Tabaxi   Rogue      Melee
Tortle   Cleric     Melee/Magic
Halfling Paladin    Melee
Half-Elf Monk       Melee
Elven    Sorceress  Magic

With one slot still to be filled we could use a Ranged combatant or possibly a 3rd caster.

This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 01:45, Sun 16 Feb 2020.

I am glad to see every getting along and meshing together, we are still waiting to see if another will join us. I am not opposed to starting with 5, but we can wait.

I lore dumped on you all and did it all wrong. I decided to create a world awhile ago and I have over 60 pages in a Word Doc of the history of the world. I depend on my players to continue the future of the world. I do nothing with the world beyond my players. I, however, do flesh out and deepen the history of the world. And have been in a reconstruction of it. Anyways, I went about lore dumping on you all totally wrong. So I deleted posts that made no sense.

There is a long and what I consider rich history in my world. The time and moment you all are coming in is your typical high fantasy world. I still included the History of the Gods as it gives a brief history of the world's creation and central conflicts.

The Gods, I have already had people question the Gods in my world. I mimicked an idea from the Midgard setting. There were and are only nine physical Gods. However, by design, they have created their worship in a way that Gender, Race, and name does not matter. The Domain that you pray to and topics worshipped is what matters. For example, as a player you can choose any deity from any setting, one of the nine will stand in for the deity you have chosen. Hopefully, this makes sense.

Lastly, the Region we are playing in, or the outskirts is Sverdkyst. I just added its history and a timeline of the world, and specifically the region of Sverdkyst.

Hope you enjoy and would love your feedback, I am by no means a writer.

Thinking through Berdari's backstory a bit as we start to prepare for the campaign, and I've got a bit of a framework where I can see that I'll have need of relevant meaningful characters.  These may be NPCs (and may never come into play at all, depending where the story goes), but they could also be filled by PCs.

Do any of you think your characters might be good fit for any of the following bonds with Berdari?  I'm open to adjusting/building the relationship together to tweak it if necessary.

• A mentor or patron that took an interest in Berdari as a youth, training or sponsoring him.
• An exile Berdari met who caused him to question his views on the world.
• A friend that depended on Berdari for an important task and was ultimately failed by him.
• A current and close friend.

Angel might fit the role of the exile who caused you to question everything...

PM me if interested and we'll discuss it privately.   :)

In reply to Berdari (msg # 23):

I Would love to have helped you out with this but there are aspects of my background that I don’t want to reveal right now. Sorry!

Chelonia has the archaeologist background (from Tomb of Annihilation).  As part of this background she gets some equipment along with the following item: A wooden case containing a map to a ruin or dungeon.

Chelonia is a cleric and belongs to a 'division' of her church responsible for the location and retrieval of holy items, relics and artifacts of their god/religion bringing them back to the church (ie: the christian faith reveres holy items...the holy grail, the arc of the covenant, the stones the 10 commandments were inscribed upon, the Turin Shroud, and I'm sure there are many others).  To be the one to find and return such an item to the church would have considerable fame and prestige attached to it for some, others would see it as a divine honor to recover something of great value that was once lost to the followers of said deity.

Chelonia's mentor will have left on an expedition into the caves of chaos and Chelonia will have received a note from her mentor 2 weeks prior to game start, delivered by one of his laborers. In it, a sketch of a map is found, it shows a path through the Caves, the path her mentor took. The Laborer said that her mentor had found what he was looking for and needs her help. That was 2 weeks ago, who knows what could have happened since then.

At game start Chelonia will have put together a team to help her find her mentor.  They have not been offered payment for their services, but rather a share of whatever is retrieved from their journey into the caves.

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 26):

Perfectly said, the group will have joined Chelonia at the Small city Kant, a newly founded frontier city of the Republic of Sverdkyst, located in old NorthWestern Corner of the Warlord lands. The city, normally quiet and small has recently become a busy hub of adventures gathering together resupplying and getting ready for their journey north into the Giant Lands, and what is being called the Borderlands.

We are still looking for one more player, but I decided to get an IC thread going, the new player can easily join.

We have our team:

Tortle Twilight Cleric - Chelonia
Tabaxi Rogue Swashbuckler - Blade, of Grass
Elf Warlock Patron Fey - Angel
Half-elf Monk - Berdari
Halfing Paladin of Conquest - Cril Atwal
Human Wizard Necromancer - Anders Greyven
Human (variant) Ranger - Gryphon

For the new players and old alike, we are playing in a homebrewed world I have been creating for nearly 2 years. The history and past of the world are under reconstruction and is my making. The Current and future of the world rest in the player's hands, example my last group helped a revolution and turn a Kingdom into a Republic.

All players will be given a legacy item, let me know what you would like, it can be literally anything, and I will come up with some sweet abilities with your help and ideas.

I want you as invested as you want to be. For example, I have created whole orders, cities, excepted new subclasses and races, if my players are interested in it, I want to make it happen somehow.

Last, I will be away for tomorrow, I am traveling back from a long weekend away. Help each other out as needed.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:40, Mon 17 Feb 2020.

Hi all, I will be your ranged combat expert if you will. A human ranger, working on character sheet should have much more finished by tomorrow. Glad to meet you all and looking forward to the game.

This message was deleted by the player at 16:00, Mon 17 Feb 2020.

Welcome Gryphon and Anders Greyven!  :)

Greetings to all. I am working on my character but rolling on the Xanathar's tables changed things up a bit which should be fun.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:18, Mon 17 Feb 2020.

I am done except for working on my signature item with the DM. otherwise I should be about done will try to get my first IC post up later tonight sometime.

Sorry, I'm still working on my character. Been sick a little and busy at work, but I'm chugging away.

Gryphon...it's possible you misunderstood?

you wrote: "I am sorry about your mentor, I understand the loss mine was killed several years ago now."

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I'm not sure what you are apologizing for, or what condolences you are offering.

Her mentor went on an expedition...found what he was looking for...and sent word to Chelonia to come see what he found and to help him remove it from the caves.

From what you wrote, its as though you believe her mentor is dead?  she has not experienced the loss of her mentor?

Yes, If you address the issue IC I will expand upon it that he is in danger and missing. Left it open so that we could have a chance to dialog and hopefully build a rapport so that I won't just be hired muscle but maybe a companion.

There are many types of loss, mine was permanent while yours is temporary as of now.

Okay.
 Description is up.
 Sheet is done.
 Need to compile my scattered background pieces in to something coherent and get signature item settled.

Off to read the IC thread and maybe post.

um...you pass the test?  :)

Haha Yeah I have never been on the DM side on this site so I was testing how to do NPC's for the future.

I need to tell all of you, your ideas and character creations are amazing. Everyone has put amazing thought into their characters. It is not necessary but makes the game so much fun. My number one thing I pride myself as DM is letting my players build the world around them, and that is exactly what yall have done! Thank you! Your motivations make me excited and inspired.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 44):

I'm looking forward to see what all happens and what the other characters have brought into play. I know I love whats been done as far as my background and such.

Alright... I think my sheet is complete.  Will go over it one more time in the morning... after that I will submit it, then make my intro post and then finish figuring out what I'd like for his Legacy item.

I think my sheet is complete as well, and likewise I'll be looking for a good spot to place my introductory post too.  :)

We will officially begin Saturday Evening.

Couple things;

If 3 or more players are posting and wanting to continue the games forward movement we will move forward, if you didn’t get to chime in, sorry. I don’t like that, but the game needs to continue. Hopefully y’all understand that.

This game will go much better if your characters have motivations and push the plot forward, it get a boring and hard for the DM to do the plot.

Other then that let’s have fun and he playing.

Hey Gang, Blade has undergone a bit of a change for backstory and setting reasons.  Just waiting for the GM to change my characters name to Lago and answer a PM question before posting.

I will be posting the next bit today, sorry for the delay busy weekend.

I can't seem to find it mentioned anywhere in the game thread...what time of day is it currently? as well as the current forecast?
This message was last edited by the player at 01:50, Thu 27 Feb 2020.

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 51):

Great question. It is late afternoon on the fourth day of travel from the small town you left from. It is blue skies with many clouds early fall like September ish.

Will hold off on posting for Chelonia to give others who want to a chance
..then will post to have us head back to the plaza

I just updated everyone's legacy items, PM me what yall think. I am here waiting to see what yall do next.

Sorry for the delay, post up now.

I'll wait until tomorrow to post to give Berdari and/or Lago a bit more time to post...if nothing from them by the time I post, I'll move us along.

FYI

I allow character changes including Stat locations, class, feats, and skills to be changed up until you level to 4. I consider levels 1-3 to be the discovery levels. But, once you take level 4 no more changes.

Still please, always let me know what you are changing before you make it.

I am so ready to get this games rolling! haha

*I sit here like a 2-year-old toddler*

For everyone to know. I will be posting and getting on as often as I can this week. Normally I have plenty of time during work to reply to questions and post. However, I just learned my CEO and VPs are coming to town all week, so I need to be at my best behavior at work. ;)

As many of you will notice or have already notice Angel as left the group.

Today it was brought to my attention that Angel had made a sexual innuendo that one or more players were uncomfortable with. I explained this to her, and asked that she reframe from that conduct. By her own choice she left the game. I do not fault her nor any of you for this.

Along with this. In the spirit of transparency. She stole the coins from Appius that Chelonia had given him. As none of you would have thought her a thief, and she rolled really high, I choose to use your passive perceptions, which none of you saw the slight of hand. Then, she paid the waitress with those coins, which are marked with the seal of Chelonias homeland. This will in turn cause a ripple effects. Chelonia and I have talked and the post she will make is a perfect way to send off Angel while still being “in character.”

I reminded her that choices have consequences. I love player choice and will never stop a chaotic action, but all actions have reactions.

If any of this needs further discussion feel free to comment and ask questions. If any of this is concerning to you PM me.

Thanks and I am sorry this happened early in the game. I don’t think she was a problem player, her character was not going to mesh with the group. And she agreed.

Wow. Well, poop. Anders was going to talk to her about the name she gave to see if was really a noble. Ah well.

It sounds like things were handled more maturely than some departures from games, so that's good.

Edit: Well...somewhat. The player apparently deleted her posts before she left so that makes things a little...odd.
This message was last edited by the player at 05:13, Wed 04 Mar 2020.

Is Chelonia using "Master" as a genderless form of address?

no...she is using it simply as respectful designation.

Sort of like Miss (for an unmarried woman) and Missus (or Mrs.) for a married one.

Master (for an unmarried man) and Mister or (Mr.) for a married one.

Okay. Just thought I'd check since Lago's a female rabbit-person I believe. =)

lol...my bad...will edit to Mistress (long day)

I’ll post a move tomorrow.

But first let’s take a vote.

We can move the game forth and be a quick summary of what you each do until the next morning when you leave.

Or

Continue the RP until the next morning

I would prefer to move the game forward.

I mean, I'm game for RP but I'm fine with moving forward if that's the vote.

The whole thing with Angel and the our leader pulling away Lago I think cast...I don't know the word...a pall?...on RP for the moment, so maybe moving on to a fresh scene is best.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:37, Sat 07 Mar 2020.

Fast forward is fine...chelonia is off in search of Appius to repay him the coin she'd given him that Angel then stole.

Supplies ready, he tells you it will be a 3 day walk up the river, then on the morning of the fourth day, you should be at the base of a valley that has a small creek, follow the creek up the valley to the caves.


are we posting in the Wilderness thread starting at the beginning of their journey or at the creek?

The wilderness thread takes up leaving the keep, a few hours on the trail.

knowing our 'marching' order is likely best before continued posting occurs.  Currently we have:

Chelonia with Lago directly behind her (in a bodyguard/protector position)

Gryphon has indicated either taking point or a flanked position to either side of our 'convoy'.

This leaves:

Anders
Berdari
Cril

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Also, is it possible to get a better image of the composition of our team.

Chelonia - Tortle Cleric
Lago -
Gryphon -
Anders -
Berdari -
Cril -

a simple copy/paste add your base specifics and post would be great.

Chelonia - Tortle Cleric
Lago     - Rabbit-Kin Ninja
Gryphon  -
Anders   -
Berdari  -
Cril     -

Chelonia - Tortle Cleric
Lago     - Rabbit-Kin Ninja
Gryphon  - Human Ranger ranged specialty
Anders   -
Berdari  -
Cril     -

Anders would like to be in the middle of whatever formation we end up with. Two abreast when the path allows is not a bad way to go.

Chelonia - Tortle Cleric
Lago     - Rabbit-Kin Ninja
Gryphon  - Human Ranger ranged specialty
Anders   - Human Wizard
Berdari  -
Cril     -

I will also need orientation and routine (if any) each night, who is on watch, (if any) and if you all sleep right next to the river or set up off the banks. Etc.

I will stand watch every night, somewhere in the middle because I dont need  to meditate and pray and such  so can break up my sleep easier.

We set camp away from water so animals and such can get to it. We might be close but not at water itself. Up the banks etc make a good buffer zone and if any creature comes from water it needs to come up at us.

First or last watch for Anders, preferably.

ok...Cril and Berdari have not been on in some time.  I'm just going to post for Chelonia...she will assign positions to them in the marching order as well as for the night watch...if they should return, those positions can be discussed/altered if the player deems it necessary.

also, unless anyone has anything to add, this seems as good a strategy as any:

• We set camp away from water so animals and such can get to it.
• We might be close but not at water itself.
• Up the banks etc make a good buffer zone and if any creature comes from water it needs to come up at us.

I will add:

• With as much tree cover as possible (not only for warmth, but to aid in remaining unseen by any in the area.
• An insistence that any 'latrine' be situated 60'+ down wind of our camp area (and no where near a water supply - ie: the river)

GM: just to save time are you able to share here who in the group has darkvision...it may alter the watch roster if we have enough so that at least one person per watch (except maybe 1st) has it.

Chelonia has darkvision with no range limitation
Lago has darkvision
Berdari (as a half-elf) has darkvision

not sure about Cril?

I'm guessing neither of the 2 humans have it, unless by some other means than race?
This message was last edited by the player at 14:41, Thu 12 Mar 2020.

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 81):

With Darkvision:
Chelonia
Lago
Berdari

Without Darkvision:
Cril
Anders
Gryphon

Anders at first watch, is the least likely to need it (or at least such has been my experience)...with Berdari paired with Cril and Lago paired with Gryphon...there is someone with darkvision in all of the last 3 watches (with Chelonia taking 4th watch alone but having the best darkvision of the bunch given its lack of range limitation).  Seems the best we'll be able to do without a 4th possessing it.

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I am LOVING this old school Module. It is taking me back to the good ol' days. The hardest part I have is back in the day, they gave out soooo much treasure. In 5e a lot of treasure can really hurt a game. The other problem I have is the old school mindset, that the dungeon is out to kill the party because trust me... it is.

How do you all wanna do this? I can keep a lot of the old school, traps, alarms, overwhelming numbers or I can dial it all down. There was defiantly a mindset in the day that if a fight was too much, RUN. The likelihood of death was mostly guaranteed, also the adventures would need henchmen to help out.

What are yall's feelings on this? I can dial it back to a typical 5e or keep most of the old school ways?

The treasure I will keep the same, and see what happens.

If it's high treasure then we deserve high risk lol...

If 5e treasure, I'd think 5e threat the fair trade off lol

Hmmm. With the "legacy" items we each got, I don't think we need to go high-end of treasure. You could probably dial it back some - though in my opinion, sometimes 5E is a bit stingy. I'm good either way though honestly.

Treasure was a main staple of the original D&D, so if that can be maintained, for those of us playing for the nostalgia of that campaign...I'm fine with beefing up encounters if the need arises.

There was an old school rule even that 1gp equaled 1xp. Of course, you can spend it, but kind of a cool concept, and why it was such a dungeon delve make in the day.

That also coincided with the heal 1hp per day rule.

Let’s go fulll on old school carnage... if we can’t hack it we can dial it back... high risk should mean high reward... that’s what D&D was based on

Whats B2 without the old school threat of death. Keep it old school. I should be around a bit more. Just been working lots and havent been able to keep up.

Dungeon Master... Are you going to NPC  Berdari or is he just going to sleep through this encounter?
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 22:37, Sat 14 Mar 2020.

In reply to Lago (msg # 92):

I will NPC him, this encounter is built around having 6 PC.

FYI, any long rest abilities or spells you have access to just remember, if they are used, another long rest will be needed to get them back for future conflicts.

The group has spoken brutal it is. I will move us into combat soon, I have family coming over tonight.

just waiting to hear from GM as to whether Chelonia has any additional intel given her unlimited darkvision.

Do you want us to wait until init order to post or all post randomly? Init order slows down the game dramatically... having the enemy roll their init and placing it in order of the companions then having those before post in any order, then enemy, then remaining companions works too, just a little slower... enemies then companions or companions then enemy is the fastest method for post rate.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:28, Sun 15 Mar 2020.

In reply to Lago (msg # 97):

Agreed, What I did was take your initiatives, if most the group beat the enemy, the group would go before them, which is what happened. And I like I stated in the IC thread, post out of turn there are plenty of creatures to hit and kill. In addition, I think waiting for 24 hrs before I post the creature's attack is sufficient time, or do you all need more time?

I like the fastest route... 24hrs should be plenty... if no action given then assume character is on the defensive unless you receive a PM requesting more time.

Request: Can we create a Slack site for the game and use its die roller? Rpol roller is sh!t... always has... always will... Chelonia and I use it in another game and it is much more fair.

I second that but will defer to the GMs desire :)

Those early editions were great on fodder encounters. The attack could cleave and kill 2 or 3 per hit. Hoping we can do secondary damage if high enough, ex. Knock one so hard into another or bolt goes through striking a second.

If you have better sites for dice go ahead which do you all like?

And , I defiantly steal all kinds of monster stuff from other editions

As stated, Chelonia and I find the die roller in Slack to be fair.
I can create a Slack site for the group if you wish.

as if to demonstrate the terribleness that is the rpol die roller...our entire group has basically shit the bed in this first attack round!!

well except for Gryphon...but that's still like only 1 in 6 attacks (if you include the failed second advantage roll of Gryphon's).

The Raptors did about as good as you all. lol

So, the character sheets I had you all use...suck haha over the next few days I will be modifying the character sheets to something much better and easier on the eyes.

I didn't want to say anything but couldn't agree more...but more from the data entry perspective.

lol



thoughts on the setting up of a slack account for the game to use the roller there?

I'm good just using the rpol dice roller. It's good and bad at times, the dice fall where they may.

I'm good either way tbh.

And the Raptors take their first victim.

Cril... we don't need to do damage rolls.  For this encounter the GM is using 4e minion rules for this encounter... each velociraptor has 1hp... a hit is a kill... unless you have a negative modifier that takes your damage below 1.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:39, Tue 17 Mar 2020.

In reply to Lago (msg # 112):

Ik. It was my first hit though so I wanted to do the damage roll. Didn’t seem right otherwise for the first hit.

When leveling up:

HP - You roll your HP, you can choose that roll or you can have me roll and take yours or mine.

I believe I just added maps! Stepping up in the world. If someone could check and let me know, there should be two.

With that being said, and to make exploring the dungeons easier. I think I will reveal multiple rooms, numbering them, As long as we can keep it together and not run through rooms that haven't been looked at. If we run into that issue, then I will just reveal less. The squares on the maps are 10ftx10ft.

I like our last combat. I think the theater of the mind style combat will be our go-to. I don't want to get bogged down into grids, that will be confusing and we will lose momentum.

So I would like to set a new rule for determining distance.

Melee range - adjacent to a target
Short-range - within a move action
Intermediate-range - beyond a move action in double move territory
Long-range - beyond a double move action

Thoughts? I hope that this will help keep the momentum of the game and during combat, and keep things interesting, rather than grids a fluid narrative combat scene.

yes, there are currently 2 maps available.  One of the keep and one of the wilderness on the way to the caves.

I'm good with the TotM approach.

Do you want us to roll for HP or just take the average or however you want.

GM message 114 in this thread:

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How many people can produce food easy, considering my spells get two have 1 slot for either Hunters mark or  good-berry. Like good-berry always have food and very minor healing.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:21, Tue 17 Mar 2020.

how's everyone doing? with Covid19 ravaging the world it's definitely understandable that things are slowing down.

I'm checking to see how you, the player, are doing...have you been affected in anyway yet by this virus?

There are currently only 9 presumptive cases and 3 confirmed cases in my province of Nova Scotia...but much is being done to try and slow the spread (mass closure of many businesses as well as advocating for social distancing and self-quarantine).

I hope everyone is well during these difficult times.

In reply to Gryphon (msg # 119):

Chelonia has no way of 'producing food'...she has a +6 to survival so has a good chance of mustering up food...but 'produce' (assuming magically)...not her!

Yeah sorry everyone I got bronchitis and have not been feeling very good.

Feel better. These are terrible sickness times we live in.

just for clarification...did Chelonia, Cril, and Anders get the equivalent of a full nights rest because they succeeded their wisdom saves?

Point of clarification.

Those that failed, at the start of this long rest, will only have 1 of 2 Hit dice available to them. A small penalty for failure.

Everyone gets a full long rest, those that failed, get the above penalty.

I will be opening a new thread titled "Exterior, Caves of Chaos"  We will continue in that thread.

My family is doing well. Haven't caught it or know anyone who has caught it.






That sucks. I feel for you. I've had that way too many times. I finally got a nebulizer and started using Colloidal silver with it. Cleared up the bronchitis after a couple uses. And I dont seem to get it as easily now.

Sorry for delayed post...in these covid19 days I'm working overtime nearly every day...

I hope to be able to post tonight.

I am back and will be active more again. Thanks for the patience and that you all kept posting.

Game Map 1 is uploaded. This is the ravine with its multiple cave entrances and elevations. The caves are lettered.

Are there any questions, or things to help you guys out?

I am currently looking for another player to take Barbari's place, and don't worry I have an awesome hook for the character to join you all.

I have finally fixed everyone's character sheets let me know if yours is still messed up, it looks good on my browser.

Welcome our new player, Fenrick!!!

Welcome Fenwick (that's Fenrick with the accent of Ceasar from the Life of Brian)

https://www.google.com/url?sa=...exFJ6m4A6x9fhh-zQkxG

Welcome!

Hello to all of you.

I'll certainly do my best to make this enjoyable.

I played D&D 3.5 many years ago, so this isn't my 1st rodeo in RPG'ing, but this is only my 2nd 5e game (started the first a couple weeks ago) so I'm sure I'll botch things along the way.

Chelonia's map she showed all of you is now up as Map 0

Our new player Fenrick will be posting IC soon and will give you all somewhat of a direction, and teaser.

FYI, to show more maps, I had to set up groups, currently, everyone is in group 0-9, I only did this to show all the maps. Now, you all should see 3 maps, main, 0, and 1. Let me know how it all looks on your end of things and if something needs adjusting.

Still only seeing the main map, which appears to be a castle of some sort, and map 0.

How about now, stinking system

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 141):

Now I can! *thumbs up*

Fenrick just introduced himself as Fenwick... was that intentional?

If he has a speech impediment, edit your post so that when he speaks all r's are w's. :-)
This message was last edited by the player at 14:30, Fri 27 Mar 2020.

In reply to Lago (msg # 143):

No, I must've had it on the brain.

I fixed it.  Thanks for noticing.  Whoops.

Hopefully we become "friends" soon enough so I can shorten it to Fen.

I am going to start giving Lago a speach impediment due to her long rabbit teeth and that she cannot pronounce the "th" sound and pronounced the sound as a "d".

She cannot pronounce "L" or "R" either an both sound like "W".

Example from last post:

I did not sweep well at all Chewonia, my dweams were vewy unsettling. I am fine dough, tie-ued but fine.

widdout knowing whewe to wook perhaps we shouwd start wid da cwosest cave, and wook fow dose we seek, mawking da entwance when we weave if day are not found widdin.  It may take some time but what udda option do we have at dis point wid no udda diwection given to wocate dem.

Sounds good to me Lago, if it gets confusing anyone voice it.

Here is how I do skill checks like this. I will PM your character. Sometimes based on what others say and observe may shine light on further details that originally did come to your character.

In reply to Lago (msg # 145):

I dunno, you don't look like you have too long of teeth in your photo.. :D

Has to do with the length of the tongue as well. to make a "TH" sound you need to be able to have the tongue rest on the bottom of the top teeth... hers can only reach the back of the top teeth which is how the "D" sound is made

The L sound is the same, needing the tongue to touch the ends of the top teeth... perhaps the "R" sounding like "W" is a cultural accent.

Maybe I will drop the R alteration and leave it just to L and TH altered... easier to read and explained by physical difficulty with top teeth longer and short tongue...
This message was last edited by the player at 13:41, Sat 28 Mar 2020.

I guess the L sound can be made with tongue to back of teeth too... will think more about speech habits...
This message was last edited by the player at 14:15, Sat 28 Mar 2020.

In reply to Lago (msg # 149):

Yah, I'm no speech expert so have no idea really.

Hey guys I wanna make a post to continue the game

Thanks!! Let's move forward.

Ah, yeah, we were waiting on a few more people to post, but that's fine with me for moving forward.

I don't intend on leaving anyone behind. We can wait if waiting is what others need.

I'm starting the next thread, though don't rush out of the other.

I gave the languages a shot, let me know if it worked.

All I saw was random letters and “language unknown”.

Perfect just what you suppose to see. Thanks, it means I did something right, small victories.

Just letting everyone know, there are those on this game that have challenging carriers due to the world situation. We will need to be patient. This game is not dead nor is it dying. It is very much alive and as a DM, I have many cool things panned.

Due to my last post, I would like to make the following addendum.

I will post a move every Mondy, Wednesday, and Friday, in the late afternoon.

I will always be available to PM as needed, and on the OOC as needed.

If all players have posted before the scheduled move, I will post early.

Hopefully, this will keep the game alive and be easier for those players that have a busy Real life.

Yeah, everyone stay healthy and stay safe, most importantly. This is a game, which is great, but real life trumps every time. =)

its likely safe to say that Gryphon beats the enemies init roll with a 24; will hold off until enemy init is determined before posting.

If Gryphon is a Ranger isn't the fighting style (assuming archery) a +2 to attack rolls not damage rolls? I ask because 'style' was listed for damage as well, so just curious.

Thanks I messed up read it all quickly and wrong.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:51, Sat 04 Apr 2020.

Ah. Revised Ranger. I'm not that familiar with it. Cool!

For everyone I have Close quarter fighting style so  I get a plus 1 to hit and damage  and no disadvantage to being in melee with  my ranged attacks plus more  perks which I get already with  my  sharpshooter feat.

How do you have a feat at 2nd level? I am rather new to 5e but I didn't think we would get one until 4rth level.

I am  a variant Human I get a feat at first level but give up some stuff as well

Is the torch extinguished or is it still burning enough to let those without DV to see the goblins?
This message was last edited by the player at 21:45, Sun 05 Apr 2020.

Unless he put it out it is still burning

Just curious, are we supposed to wait for those ahead of us to act before responding, or do we all respond with our actions and they happen in the initiative order?

Good question. Everyone responds, then the turns will go in order of initiative, if there is conflicting I will pm you for change in action.

I have already acted this round, but have some questions to get clarification on.

A large mass is now blocking the light, Is  this mass alive and moving towards us which is what I am thinking from the post earlier.

If it is  that big blocking just about the whole  passage then it should almost be impossible to miss if I  use sharpshooter to take a -5 to hit.

In reply to Gryphon (msg # 173):

From what I read, it's alive, but not moving towards us, just looking at us right now.

As for how big it is, it's big enough to block the light form the secret door, but whether it can barely move down the tunnel due to its size or something else, I'll leave the DM to answer.

Thats what I am wanting to see if I want to use my sharpshooter feat to attack it. If it is that huge should almost be impossible to hit or at least lose ant dex bonus as no  room to move to avoid. Just things I need to consider before attacking it.

By the way good hit  on that goblin  now 11 more and huge foul mass to worry about.

In reply to Gryphon (msg # 175):

Thanks, but nowhere near as impressive as popping two hobgoblins like that.

Keep that up and the group will leave me behind as they won't need me. ha ha

I got lucky and my attacks are going to max out real quick while yours will continue to increase. Fighter with ungodly amounts of attacks and a action surge to double it one time.  My attacks will cap at a max of 3 while you might cap at what four  or so plus the surge for 3 or four more.

Great questions all of you.

The large mass is an Ogre. I like to give descriptions of the monsters and let my player's brains run wild for a turn, then give the monster name, it's fun that way.

It can "technically" move down the passage. The passage is a 10 height and 10 widths, I say none D&D dimensions to give variety in a grid-based world. But, "technically" an ogre can fit in this passage. Because of this, he will not get negatives on move or attack but visually will look smushed. (if any of you have problems with my thought process let me know and I can go back to ridged 5-foot increments.

This is how I interpret AC and HP.

AC - your ability to dodge, block, or armor/thick skin deflection/absorption chance.

HP - the amount of beating a character takes, not necessarily the amount of blood lost. I would consider 50% HP you have taken sufficient hits that you are bleeding possibility broken bone and armor is damage (RP Visually, not that you would need to repair it), 20% ish HP you have taken a mortal wound, 0 HP you have taken a severe mortal wound rendering you incapacitated.

SOO because I view the AC this way the AC 11 Ogre has already taken into account his large frame, naked body, and thick flesh.

More examples a Monk unarmored would use his WIS and DEX, so he is dodging and blocking every attack. While a Fighter with heavy armor is not dodging instead, letting the blows glance off his thick armor.

Hopfully this answers your question(s) and makes sense.

It does and is very helpful, I have nP with  the way it is going If I do ever I  will just deop an OOC is ideas and PM if more direct for  you only. Game is great.

I  now have my turn 2 action ready in mi9nd at least with the new Info you just clarified and thank you.

One thing I plan on doing that I never do at my table is put the AC and running HP by the creatures. I do this so you automatically know if you hit and can make your descriptions accurate. If I don't give you AC or HP for a creature, be scared, be very scared. lol

Thanks I am waiting for turn 2 now should be a fun fight.

Posting soon

Not sure if anyone else would find this useful, but can we get a map or something that shows the general layout of where everyone is, relatively speaking?

I'm having trouble picturing where the 3 goblins that weren't part of the original 12 came from in relation to us.

Well... haha yeah this is kind of funny, the DM mad a mistake... he had the ogre coming from the wrong direction, and the secret door at the wrong spot.

My bad.

The Ogre is coming from the West just past your cell, he is directly in front of you, behind the 6 goblins that are attacking you an Gryphon.

Does that help? I messed up huge and had him coming the wrong way. My Bad again.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 184):

Yah, I think so.  I was mainly looking for if ti was on my side or the other side.

And dang, Gryphon gets 2 attacks, Lago gets 3.  I'm pretty much worthless here with my 1 ha ha.

Cost her a Ki point

She fights 2 handed.  The first attack is normal.  The second a bonus action gained by having a weapon in each hand.  Spending  a ki point gave her a 3rd attack.

In reply to Lago (msg # 187):

Cool, Monk is one I'm not overly familiar with; at least I'm assuming you're a monk by the Ki points.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:06, Tue 07 Apr 2020.

Lago is a Ninja, not a monk... kind of melds a monk and a rogue together.

https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-LWozrWeKmQ6sD9W2CFB

In reply to Lago (msg # 189):

Ah, my apologies.

Nice class sounds damn fun to play I might try it sometime.

Fenrick, don't worry my friend your class will step up hard, and the others will feel left behind. Fighters are the best at fighting that's what they do.

I mean, I never get more than one attack a round, and have to work hard to cast more than one spell a round.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 192):

Oh, I'm fine.  Just surprised I guess.  I'm used to a more, for lack of a better word traditional, party so these new races and classes are, well, new.

I'm sure I'll still be the damage absorbing fighter that everyone knows and loves regardless of how many heads I lop off. :D

In the future, let's follow Gryphon's example, when I state, roll initiative, roll initiative and your attacks for that round, just to speed things up for the first round.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 195):

Will do. *thumbs up*

Wow!! we leveled up to 2nd and I never updated my character sheet!! I'll do that in the morning!!  silly me lol

So...2nd level brings Chelonia the following (I think you guys will like it!!):

Channel Divinity: Twilight Sanctuary - 2nd-level Twilight Domain feature

You can use your Channel Divinity to refresh your allies with soothing twilight.

As an action, you present your holy symbol, and a sphere of twilight emanates from you. The sphere is centered on you, has a 30-foot radius, and is filled with dim light. The sphere moves with you, and it lasts for 1 minute or until you are incapacitated or die. Whenever a creature (including you) ends its turn in the sphere, you can grant that creature one of these benefits:

* Give it 1d8 temporary hit points.
* End one effect causing it to be charmed or frightened.
   -  Rule Tip: Temporary Hit Points Don’t Stack

If you have temporary hit points and receive more of them, you don’t add them together, unless a rule says you can. Instead, you decide which temporary hit points to keep. For more information on temporary hit points, see chapter 9 of the Player’s Handbook.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:31, Wed 08 Apr 2020.

so make sure you stay within 30' of Chelonia for the influx of temporary hit points when activated...just remember though, that you will be in an area of dim light if you do (for those sneaky/hidey types if we have any).

very nice I am waiting for  the level 3. I have a hard choice to make which way to go I have 2 to choose from.

If you want advice PM me, only advice though...take it or leave it  :)

In reply to Gryphon (msg # 200):

Yah, same here.

In reply to Fenrick (Fen) Uther (msg # 202):

My comment in msg 201 applies to you as well if you'd like some advice (with a take it or leave it policy) :)

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 203):

Thanks for the offer.  I'll certainly consider it.  :)

Refining Combat, let me know if there is reaction that you want to use what it is, and the rolls needed for it, also the conditions under which you want to use the reaction.

Examples; Wizard Sheild, Attack of Opportunity, Snatching missiles, parry/riposte, rebukes, etc.

And sorry round took so long, I wanted to give Cril enough time to post.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 205):

Do you want us to actually roll them, or just that we'd use them, like I mentioned with my Attack of Opportunity?

I rolled  with advantage my attacks on ogre, I may not have it if  fighting with Fenrick on ogre together etc. I might be thinking ahead of myself in this build. If no advantage I only hit 1x.

In reply to Gryphon (msg # 207):

Not to sound jealous, but how the heck do you roll 1d6 + 18 at level 2?

I have sharpshooter it gives me a -5 to hit in exchange for +10 damage. I am also very thankful that the Ogre knocked me back so that you are engaged with it so that I am targeting an engaged target for the advantage to hit.  Damn that Ogre hit hard hope he likes my return volley on him. Now  will just need you to drop him.
A very good chance i might go down this round.

Someone just being engaged with it gives you advantage? What are you, a Kobold? Lol!

I know Rogues can get sneak attack from having an ally engaged though for sure.

Damn, I hate Sharpshooter feat, lol.

Okay, so you get a sneak attack because Fenrick is within 5ft of the enemy. However, you do not have an advantage. Unless you can visualize something I am not seeing, you are avoiding, just slightly, a disadvantage because you are pushed back.

In reply to Fenrick (Fen) Uther (msg # 208):

Here is a Feat that is an equivalent to Sharpshooter for melee.

Great Weapon Master

You’ve learned to put the weight of a weapon to your advantage, letting its momentum empower your strikes. You gain the following benefits:

• On your turn, when you score a critical hit with a melee weapon or reduce a creature to 0 hit points with one, you can make one melee weapon attack as a bonus action.

• Before you make a melee attack with a heavy weapon that you are proficient with, you can choose to take a - 5 penalty to the attack roll. If the attack hits, you add +10 to the attack’s damage.

I understand I am seeing my future build which is why I started having the doubt so I asked.

So Ogre takes 24 damage in total and not the 48 damn.

I am a close quarter shooter no disadvantage for being in melee combat and shooting.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:57, Wed 08 Apr 2020.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 212):

Man, I don't remember these feats in 3.5 ha ha.

Yup something very scary a fighter with polearm mastery and Great weapon fighting with all of his attacks.

Man, that roller isn't doing us any favors for my damage today.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 212):

You’ve now made me reconsider everything...

Wait....is Chelonia wearing someone else's shell AND using it as a holy symbol??

as discussed with the GM...Tortle's within the clerical order, pass down (at the time of their death) their shell's to be given (bestowed upon) future members of the holy order.  There is a ceremony that involves the magical removal of their own shells and the replacing of that shell with the shell of a former cleric.  This process includes making this new shell the Tortle's holy symbol as well as its signature item.

So the shell that Chelonia has formerly belonged to a member of the order, which then previously belonged to a member of the order, which then previously belonged to a member of the order.  This shell has potentially belonged to a dozen Tortle's over several hundred years.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:49, Thu 09 Apr 2020.

I'm not saying you can't do that, I was just surprised and it's...a little creepy (though Anders would think it was very cool).

so, just for clarification...anyone currently standing within the 30' radius around Chelonia that is filled with a dim green glow at the end of each of their turns, can roll a 1d8 at the end of every turn until the glow dissipates.

Roll results don't stack, but a higher roll replaces a previous lesser amount.

round 1: roll an 8 (8 temporary hp)
round 2: roll a  4 (still have 8 temporary hp)
round 3: take 4 damage and then roll a 2 (has 4 temp hp)
round 4: roll a 6 (now has 6 temp hp)

hope that makes sense to all :)

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 221):

So should those of us who already posted edit our post and add this roll to it, or add another new post with the roll?

I just added it to my bio

initiative Order:
Gryphon
Lago
Fenrick
Chelonia
Goblins 1-12
Anders
Cril

You only apply it at the end of your turn that you've been in it...Gryphon, Lago, and Fenrick wouldn't get it until the end of their next turn, assuming they are within 30' of Chelonia.

Anders and Cril still need to post this turn, and would apply it at the end of their turns respectively.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:01, Thu 09 Apr 2020.

Have no idea how far Lago is from anyone.  She started behind Chelonia then went forward to block the goblins path to her.  I assume Lago is still withing the 30'radius.  Will keep to that assumption unless told otherwise.

Will keep the roll and wait until next turn ends to add it
This message was last edited by the player at 14:05, Thu 09 Apr 2020.

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 224):

You’re right, my mistake.

And Anders has posted, so we’re waiting on Cril I believe.

Could people please put AC and HP in their bio lines...would help those of us with abilities to help the party through magic and abilities and what not.

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 227):

I'll update my HP's for you, but I need the DM to let me know if moving to the goblins will take me out of your dome.

And unfortunately the bio lines only update when you make a post, it doesn't edit the old ones.

No, it will not make you leave the dome.

Total hp is fine...doesn't need to be tracked that way

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 229):

Thanks. *thumbs up*

I'm a bit confused.  Wasn't the javelin that Anders took from last turn, so even increasing his AC this turn wouldn't help with that one?

There was no allowance for reactions to be made before characters started acting in the next round.  I am sure that reaction was meant to be part of the previous round.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:08, Fri 10 Apr 2020.

Sorry.  It was a reaction action in the previous round...I was working and wasn't able to post it in a timely manner.

GM was aware of my intention to use it.

In reply to Fenrick (Fen) Uther (msg # 232):

It is a reaction, due to the nature of play by post there must be some ability and leniency to do reactions or other actions pre-dating posts, I know it can cause confusion, but it's sometimes the only way things can work.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 235):

No, that's fine.  Just trying to make sure I understand what's going on.

My apologies to all.

In reply to Fenrick (Fen) Uther (msg # 236):

No worries...we are living in confusing times.  It has become the norm.

Current round post for Chelonia will be posted soon.

Gryphon, I assume your damage would be greater than 7 regardless of the roll?

Chelonia - I will point out that the javelin does no damage due to the temporary hit points he's getting every round, unless I misread how that ability of yours works. Up to you if you want to use that ability.

Yup my damage is d6+8

In reply to Gryphon (msg # 240):

Dang.

Real life has taken Cril from us. He sent me a nice private message and wishes all of you well and he is sorry.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 242):

That's too bad.  Hope he's ok.

Sorry to hear...take care Cril.

---

I think everyone is waiting on me? Sorry for the delay...I'll post in the morning (am not working tomorrow and have no plans to do anything besides self-isolation in my living room with my son and cat...and they both ignore me most of the time...so should have plenty of time and opportunity).

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 244):

I believe you, Lago and Anders still need to post actions, plus Cril (which I assume will be handled by the DM for now)

They are also waiting me, but I wanted to make sure you saw this, Chelonia, in case that ability is limited in uses or anything.

It is limited...but I'll let it stand...I (the player) know you didn't take damage, but Chelonia can't be sure...so to avoid metagaming :)

Sucks about Cril, but we've probably all been there one time or another when RL has gotten in the way of gaming.

I will have a post up within the hour.

Ok hope someone is weel informed on Warlocks

I thought i saw before  either a pact or invocation which gave a warlock 2 extra arms. Anyone know anything about it playing around with an idea on  a character.

Never heard of it, but sounds immensely useful.

Might get some weird looks in town though.

something warlocks never run into anyway right.

I want to find if I was right because if I am have a fun idea to try out could be real fun.

Sorry buddy never heard of that. I even did a google search and nothing turned up. That would be interesting though.

Why was Lago's first damage roll only 1d6+5 instead of 2d6+5 since it was a crit?

I see and agree it should of been 2d6 but her damage with 1d6 killed it so the extra die wouldnt of done anything in this case

I am on hour 17 of 2 back to back 24 hours shifts typing on my phone in the dark... I didn't even realize it was a crit.  Good thing she killed it without the crit.

The 2nd attack was a sneak attack but now that I think of it the first goblin was dead so sneak attack would not have been attained.  Will edit post.

In reply to Lago (msg # 255):

Wow, I wouldn't remember my name at that point, never mind be able to do this.

I guess Chelonia's cat and son didn't ignore her today ha ha.

Feel free to point out my errors in this thread...so as not to clutter the other thread with my mistakes...lol...I'll edit...thanks.

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 258):

Sorry. I deleted my post.

I was only teasing...no need to be sorry...though this is likely the better place to point out necessary corrections like that.  Please point things out in the future, editing a post is easy enough :)

Sure blame the quick shooting ranger for killing the enemey real quick and ruining some devious plot of the DM's.

Just wait until I level up some more then it will get real deadly.

I feel like we need some slight structure to post in IC.

I will post every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday between 1 pm - 5 pm PST. This is what we will call a "move" meaning the story will move forward. I will still be on frequently to reply as necessary.

Does that work for everyone? Any additional feedback?

***

Unrelated to the above, but clarification for IC.

I don't count arrows, unless special, so it can be assumed that if a ranged weapon is found that ammunitions are found with it.
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:29, Fri 17 Apr 2020.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 262):

Will you post more if things are progressing, or only during those times?

I will post more if progressing and or if needed, such as players asking for descriptions and doing checks. The "move" post will be story forward progression. Combat will still be 24-hour rounds.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 264):

Ok.

Chelonia, how long do those temporary HP last?

The ability doesn't state any duration...my guess is that they remain until you take damage enough to remove them?

Channel Divinity: Twilight Sanctuary
2nd-level Twilight Domain feature

You can use your Channel Divinity to refresh your allies with soothing twilight.

As an action, you present your holy symbol, and a sphere of twilight emanates from you. The sphere is centered on you, has a 30-foot radius, and is filled with dim light. The sphere moves with you, and it lasts for 1 minute or until you are incapacitated or die. Whenever a creature (including you) ends its turn in the sphere, you can grant that creature one of these benefits:

Give it 1d8 temporary hit points.
End one effect causing it to be charmed or frightened.

oops :) my bad...its been a rough few days.

Though, I thought it was the sphere that had a duration of 1 minute...not the temporary HP acquired from it.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:46, Fri 17 Apr 2020.

I dont mean how long does the spell last but the hit points gained by it.

In reply to Lago (msg # 270):

I guess the hp are tied to the spell so once the spell ends so do the hp’s?

well, a guess is just that...a guess...and I guessed that they would remain until depleted through combat.

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 272):

I know, i was basing it off the DM’s comment.

Here’s what the SRD has to say: “Unless a feature that grants you temporary hit points has a duration, they last until they're depleted or you finish a long rest.”

So i guess it depends on how you read the divinity text and whether the duration of the aura is tied to the hp, or only the ability to provide them?

I read it as the ability to provide them

I read it the same for the removing of conditions... it is not temporary to the duration of the spell
This message was last edited by the player at 14:58, Fri 17 Apr 2020.

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 272):

Also sorry you’re having a rough day.

Hmmm.....I don't know. You only GET the temp hit points while the sphere is up, so I can see what the GM was saying.

um...with any acquisition of temporary HP there is a point in time that they are gained/received...and they still remain after that 'point of receiving' has expired, so I'm not sure I follow the logic.

Ultimately it is a GM decision...but that doesn't mean discussion regarding it can't happen for and against one interpretation over another.

The sphere itself lasts for 1 minute.

The ruling on temp HP is this little line, which has been stated;

Unless a feature that grants you temporary hit points has a duration, they last until they're depleted or you finish a long rest.

The Temp HP has no duration, the spell that caused the effect that gave them to you does. Therefore the above rule applies. Or at least this is how I will be ruling it.

Fair?

That makes sense... the only part that doesn't is the fact that they are earned at the end of your round... so, in round 10 you complete your actions then gain temp hp... at the start of your next round they dissapear... if your enemy acted first, they were only there for a a brief second and not even able to be utilized.  Would make more sense if they came on line at the start of your turn or they do not dissipate until a round after the spell ends...

That was my thought exactly...Lago, you beat me too it.

Okay, example.

Right now many of you have temp HP, and will keep the temp hp until they are depleted of finish a long rest. I hear what you are saying Lago. But, I don’t think it would make much of a difference, because they don’t disappear.

Anyone else confused now?

Um... ya...

Lol

I’m confused how you all are confused. Stupid texting so hard to explain things effectively.

The spell that gives temp HP ends after 1 min. However, the temp HP does no end. The temp HP will stay until used or after a long rest. Because of this it really doesn’t matter when you get it.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 284):

Ok, now I get it.  I guess I was reading what you were saying as the other way around, that the spell ended after a minute and so did the temp HP.

Ok cool

That's how I explained understanding it myself in the first place then it seemed you were saying that's not how it was, that they disappeared when the spell ended then seemed like you were saying the exact  opposite... I am on the same page as you now.

the emanation effect stays in affect for 10 rounds (only ending after 1 minute or until you are incapacitated or die).

here are my round 3-10 rolls:


14:05, Today: Chelonia rolled 27 using 8d8 with rolls of 3,1,1,3,4,7,1,7.  rounds 3-10 of Twilight Sanctuary.

Until depleted or a long rest, Chelonia has 7 temporary hit points.

Lago will have 8 Temp HP until next short or long rest or takes 8+ points of damage.

14:14, Today: Lago rolled 39 using 8d8.  Temporary HP bestowed by Chelonia ability.

Perfect, you guys rock. Glad we got that sorted out.

That’s a freaking awesome channel divinity.

There are longbows in the loot but no arrows?? Was that an over site?  You would think 2 quivers, even if empty would be found with two bows.  If there are arrows, I will edit my next post.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:16, Fri 17 Apr 2020.

This is an earlier comment that will answer your question Lago.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 291):

I was going back to find that very comment.  You beat me to it.  But you are all knowing so you should ;)

I see Lago wanted the longsword, so I guess I didn't give the shortsword back to Gryphon as I would still need it.

I thought that line ment there was 2 of everything

In reply to Lago (msg # 294):

Oh, that would make sense.  I just read it as x2 chain mail.
My bad?

If that is not the case I will edit to just grab a bow and arrows.

In reply to Lago (msg # 296):

Just curious, did you put the "w" in Fenrick on purpose or by accident?

Accident... edited, thanks

Which way do you wish to go? and or do now? You can of course leave, go the way you all were originally headed or turn around and head the way the hobgoblins came from.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 299):

Fenrick would likely suggest at least checking out where the ogre came from, but as he really has no idea where to go at this point, he'd likely defer to the group being the "newcomer".

Map 3 is current updated map with labels.

@Fenrick

not that it matters too much...but it's 'Tortle' :)

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 302):

Oh, sorry. I swear I saw it spelled the way I did.  My bad.

its possible...I have no doubt autocorrect would do something like that lol

I was thinking the same thing when I read that like twice or however many times it was posted but didn't want to say anything since it's your character. =)

I looked back through the threads (because I'm bored)...it was spelled incorrectly 3 times.  The one you just corrected, message 54 in this chapter (I think that's it, or 57?)...and it is spelled that way in Chapter 1, Scene 2 in 1 spot.

All three instances were from Fenrick posts...so you are remembering it...but it is from your own posts that you are remembering it :)

lol

correct me if I'm wrong...but isn't the direction the Ogre came from the same as the direction we were going?

Is it? If it is, my apologies. I've been working a long week from home and am a bit tired. I thought it came out of like a secret door or something.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:27, Sat 18 Apr 2020.

In reply to Anders Greyven (msg # 308):

Yah, I thought the DM had said it was a secret door as the light was blocked as he stepped into the doorway.

it's also quite possible I have misunderstood ?

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 310):

I was going off this post: (bolding is mine)

Re: (IC) Fenricks Trail into the Caves

As the last word of the Hobgoblin left his throat a bolt shot into and out the other side of his throat with a gargling noise the Hob fell to his knees and a heap of flesh and leather, a second bolt, just as fast slammed into the other hob between his eyes the bolt knocking the hob off his feet from the force its 6'4" frame clasping on Bardari behind him. Startled the Goblins sit back on their heels, but still, fire is in their eyes, not laughing gleefully at a fight, angry that the intruders have killed their own.

A large mass appears from a secret door that the other three goblins had opened. The large Mass blocks all the light from the entrance and can barely move down the tunnel, its ugly face turns toward you all, a foul odder feel your nostrils.

OOC:

Order:
Gryphon
Lago
Fenrick
Chelonia
Goblins 1-12
Anders
Cril

Goblins 1-12 - AC 15 HP 7
Hobgoblins 1-2 - AC 18- HP 12 (Both dead) I rounded one HP for dramatic scene effect, that was just to cool to not play up.

Chelonia's is game if you want to hunt down ogres

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 312):

We can go towards the hobgoblins if your character would go that way since they were the ones who had Berdari.

Haha
You guys crack me up.

So, i believe in the OOC or in IC somewhere I confessed to putting the ogre in the wrong side of the fight. Then, put I’m on the correct side. I apologize for the confusion. But, the map labels on map 3 is the correct locations of the enemies.

I may be the god like DM, but this god makes many mistakes. Lol

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 314):

No worries, I think you're doing a fine job.

Though I don't remember you ever talking about the "trash location" ;)

So have we decided to head towards where the ogre came from, or are we still trying to hash that out?

Lago goes where Chelonia goes... she rarely will weigh in on such matters as deciding what direction to travel unless she has knowledge that others don't.

Is our original direction the same as the direction the ogre came from because when I posted for Chelonia heading out I'd interpreted them as being the same

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 317):

Not sure, but I would say you're the deFacto leader of this rag tag group of adventurers, at least for now, so whatever direction you pick everyone else is likely to go along with.

GM: assume Chelonia intends to investigate the direction from which the ogre came from, regardless of whether I was correct in Chelonia's last post

:)

Today is date day with the GF.  No posting today.  Off all day tomorrow, no kids, and she has tons of work so will be busy... tomorrow will be a prime posting day for me.

Sorry everyone I have been surprisingly busy hopefully i will get a post out today

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 321):

No worries.

I will try to sign on at least a couple times to check tomorrow.  I turn the big 4-0 tomorrow so I'll probably be doing stuff with the family most of the day (or maybe not, who knows anymore).

Gotta beat me at everything, don't ya Gryphon. :D

I just got to be me, I promise I will let you beat me being a meat shield. You need to hurry and catch up though that ogre didnt like me very well.

I am waiting for level 3, after that level 5 is my next good level.

In reply to Gryphon (msg # 324):

Sorry, I'll do better next time.  He must've liked you more. ha ha

Map 4 is current. Loot updated.

I'm thinking you meant:

vials (small bottles with corks)

vs

veils (fabric intended to cover the head or face)

:)

My apologies for slow/delayed and likely uninspired posts these last few days.  On top of the stress from being a frontline healthcare provider during a pandemic, I got into a bit of conflict with my employer over my opting to self-isolate for 2 weeks after returning from working in a facility with confirmed cases of Covid19 (which they are opposed to...go figure)...and to top it off, yesterday, in my county, a man posing as a police officer (he had a uniform and car he'd customized to look like a police car) pulled people over and then upon approaching their vehicles, shot and killed them (at least 18 confirmed dead so far).  2 of his victims were coworkers of mine.

Its been a challenging week or two.  I'll continue to post (as I'm self-isolating for the next 2 weeks), but can't guarantee the quality of those posts.

Wow, words can’t describe. Your health is more important. We are here.

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 328):

Yah, no worries at all.  My wife is also a medical professional, and while not on the front line (I don't think) it's still very stressful.

Hopefully this will help, if even just a little, make things a little better.

Yo Fenrick questions IC.

The sword as is is defiantly still worth something. It is masterwork craftsmanship. And ancient, so to an antiquities collector this would be worth even more.

A master smith could repair it.

This is as much as you know from you dealings with swords and martial equipment.

I’ll add more to the description.

The blade is ancient, but no rusty or tarnish is on it. In the hilt where the blade meets the metal work is intricate, polishing the metal there are gemstones melted into the metal. The end of the hilt, dusty and filled with dirt, once the dirt is removed a black gemstone is revealed.

And one more thing. It is not a hilt of a long sword, but instead a hand in a half sword.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 333):

Thanks for the info.

So are we assumed to be keeping/carrying everything we’ve found and listed in the loot thread, or do we need to specify what we take and what we leave behind?

I assume the barrels are too big to carry but the rest we should be able to lug around.

In reply to Fenrick (Fen) Uther (msg # 334):

I would say you are correct. For the most part I don’t count encumbrance, unless you all start packing around every mail coat, shield, and sword.

Just to comment on Anders' post, I've always hated spells with a material component.  I get why they need them, but they're always such a pain, especially when it's something weird and unique that gets consumed by the casting.

As far as I'm aware, the pearl doesn't get consumed in the casting.  So once we are able to invest in one, and Anders acquires the spell...identification of items would become an option.

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 337):

Oh, ok.  In 3.5 the spell acted a little different then.

@Fenrick

just waiting for a GM PM response before answering your question to Lago.

My understanding is that the spell will state if a material component is consumed.

Example: Find Familiar

Find Familiar
1 conjuration
Casting Time: 1 hour
Range: 10 feet
Components: V S M (10 gp worth of charcoal, incense, and herbs that must be consumed by fire in a brass brazier)
Duration: Instantaneous
Classes: Wizard
This message was last edited by the player at 13:10, Tue 21 Apr 2020.

In reply to Chelonia (msg # 340):

Ok, that's good to know.

I just know in 3.5, the Identify spell required you to consume the components, so I just assumed it was the same.

My mistake.

@ Lago, no worries.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:12, Tue 21 Apr 2020.

So now Lago talks like Yoda? Ha ha

The main reason Anders doesn't have Identify yet is he didn't have the pearl. But I will be taking it next time I can pick a spell (unless we find one along the way in a scroll or spellbook).

Who is the Halfling Fenrick is referring too?  If it was Lago, she is a Hairfolk...  which is not half of anything and would not have understood the reference.

In reply to Lago (msg # 344):

I though Cril was a halfling.  I assumed the DM was keeping him around as an NPC for now.

I didnt realize he was with us.

In reply to Lago (msg # 346):

I know he was still part of the battle with the ogre et all, and hadn’t seen it mentioned he left so i just assumed.
I could be wrong,

You are probably right... I have a memory like a sieve.

In reply to Lago (msg # 348):

Me too.  I’ve had to look back thru the posts many times to figure out who is who and what race, etc... since Fenrick IC doesn’t know any of your names except Chelonia.

Well he currently has a rabbitfolk girl pissed off at him for being a chauvinist pig... He'll learn her name soon enough.

In reply to Lago (msg # 350):

Well, in my defense, he saw the halfling finish  off the ogre by slicing him open.  He never really saw your skills in action yet.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:12, Tue 21 Apr 2020.

He must have had his focus elsewhere, understandably, when she killed 4 goblins and injured 2... cutting one goblin in half from his head down to his waist.  He may not have seen her prowess but regardless she still feels snubbed by his plan.

No worries though... they will sort it all out IC... a little inter party tension is a good thing... a good foundation for an even more solid friendship.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:17, Tue 21 Apr 2020.

In reply to Lago (msg # 352):

Oh I OOC know what you did... :)

And yah no worries.

If they do see her and send her on the run they'll have a hard time keeping up with her.  With a 40' movement and a dash action and a dash bonus action from rogue's cunning action Ninja's Step of the Wind ability... she can run 120' per round.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:46, Tue 21 Apr 2020.

lol

This is hilarious.

Also, Lago is a VERY rare race. Tortles are heard of as traders and seamen, but rabbit folk are mysterious.

And I am NPCing Cril until there is a time that we can remove him and still narratively make sense. He will do whatever the group wants.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:14, Tue 21 Apr 2020.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 355):

I feel bad actually.  My intent was based on the two people I thought would be the best meat shields as it were...

Had nothing to do with being man vs woman.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:58, Tue 21 Apr 2020.

Not an issue of intent...but rather perception...assumptions are made by some about the actions of others...some times the assumptions are proven right, other times they are proven wrong.

All good roleplay.  I think I can speak for Lago that neither Chelonia's nor Lago's player took offense to the actions/strategy...but as women they have to make their own assumptions as to why one plan of action is suggested and not another.

Ya, Fenrick... you are taking IC interactions personally.  Relax dude, unless you are talking about Fenrick the IC character is feeling bad, stop fretting about it.

I am seeing great RP, but don't see a definite direction. I will hold off to post a "move" when I see a decision.

Before we leave... are you granting xp for  avoiding encounters or just for death toll? The reason many old school players become murder hobos is that killing is often the only way some gms grant xp.

Great question.

I will reward XP for RP. That includes, but not limited to avoiding encounters. How and when I reward the XP will vary depending on the situation.