Every game needs a place to talk out of character

Hello folks. I'm Ellys, your friendly neighbourhood hamgwoman and elf wannabe. I hope the dice roll better for you than me. May the odds always be in your favour.

Brother Wendak, coming with good news Ellys!



Mine add up to 0, and yours . . . -2

Well at least mine add up to something above 0 then! Hello everyone, name's Peg

Minus 2

Yes, precisely. So what are you class wise Ellys?

Most Definitely!!! the re-roll rule is very valuable.. and I'm not a hard nose DM who only allows you roll 3d6 and take what you get... I got a game I play in real life where I'm the only character without a 16+ stat... all mine below 12...

Well it's not so bad, my reroll. This I can work with

Heya, I'm Raymond Peregrinus, your party's Cleric.  Looking forward to blessing you, giving valuable advice such as "Never let the warrior shoot the food.", and if we get to it, dramatic tracheotomies!

Mine too.
Human Rogue here but trying to pass as an elf as if pretending could make it so. Are we level 1?

Birahu the Black, wizard!

08:17, Today: Birahu rolled 15 using 4d6, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 4,5,2,6.

08:17, Today: Birahu rolled 12 using 4d6, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 4,3,5,2.

08:17, Today: Birahu rolled 16 using 4d6, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 4,1,6,6.

08:17, Today: Birahu rolled 11 using 4d6, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 3,1,2,6.

08:17, Today: Birahu rolled 16 using 4d6, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 6,4,6,3.

08:17, Today: Birahu rolled 12 using 4d6, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 3,2,4,5.

My rolls were okay! 11, 12, 12, 15, 16, 16.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:44, Sat 25 July 2020.

Yes Level 1

Everyone starts with max HP for their 1st level

Gold is rolled as per page 111 in the phb
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:50, Sat 25 July 2020.

Check my sheet to see if it is okay please! Thanks!

Cook skill 5, I am the cook! Got to take care of those things!

In reply to Birahu (msg # 14):

Any LG goody two-shoes here? I might raise undead. With permission from the DM of course! I want to be a lich some day!

Mr DM is it possible for me to be CG given the profession I mentioned in my rtj?

I see no issue with that alignment

Thank you.

In reply to Birahu (msg # 15):

Ray's Chaotic Good, but he's a pragmatist.  Spent a lot of time around adventurers during his training, and learned a thing or two about what works, what doesn't, and what you really shouldn't fuss over.  If making dead people dance furthers good in the world, well, that's gross, but...!

That being said, he's got a few points in Survival, and a fishing net!  So you can fix us up things like fish or shellfish, and eventually teach him how to cook outside of "well, cook it until it's kind of... oh, boy, yeah, well, that's cooked, alright".
This message was last edited by the player at 19:23, Sat 25 July 2020.

Might take a little issue with the undead raising, but only in the momentary sense. Go for it

I would prefer those I hang remain dead now that I think of it.

In reply to Birahu (msg # 15):

Aforementioned lawful good-y-two-shoes over here, plus priest of Pelor so really not a fan ;-)

I'm doing that "Cleric who isn't devoted to a specific deity" thing.  Picked up Good and Travel for Domains.  Ray's more of a follower of a "philosophy of good" than he is of Fharlanghn.  He's cool with priests of deities, though, unless you're asking him to tip back a tankard with a Cleric of Gruumsh or Hextor.

Sure are a lot of clerics here! Wendak is a cleric of Mouqol, god of commerce and playing both sides

Oops, no trap trippers with you, oh well, I'll raise you when you die priest! ;-) Mwahahahahahahaha! LOLOL So much for that.

I was going to follow the mad god Zagyg, but chose Mok'slyk, the World Serpent of the Elder Brethern. Mok'slyk taught magic to Vecna!
This message was last edited by the player at 13:01, Sun 26 July 2020.

Weights are on my sheet now. Done.

Might have to get a mule.

Anyone have a mule or anything to carry stuff?

Yes. My stuff, mostly. I can lend you the use of my mule in a shared capacity if we're in the same party though. Payment plans can be discussed.

Not likely. I bought a mule, pack saddle bridle and rein. Someplace to put the full sacks and cookpot.
This message was last edited by the player at 14:56, Sun 26 July 2020.

In reply to Birahu (msg # 29):

Mule is 8gp and a pack saddle is 5gp then. Turn a quarter of a pound of gold into a place to keep your stuff

Edit: I see you did that, good stuff
This message was last edited by the player at 14:59, Sun 26 July 2020.

In reply to Wendak (msg # 30):

Bridle and rein is another 2. I have my own place now.

In reply to Birahu (msg # 31):

You are aware you can't ride on a pack saddle . . . right?

In reply to Margaret (msg # 32):

Who's riding?

In reply to Birahu (msg # 33):

Alright, so you're leading your mule by a bridle harness then. Sounds good, you do you.

In reply to Margaret (msg # 34):

You may put extra weight on him to keep from being encumbered.

In reply to Birahu (msg # 35):

Thank you for the offer but considering the size of the character pool I'll wait to make such arrangements until we know if it's one party or two . . .

In reply to Margaret (msg # 36):

Only six, sounds like one party.

the party will be 6

Could you have a look at my sheet please.  I think I'm done.

Boy, there are a lot of Clerics, here!  Since I'm not The Lone Cleric in this group (I cut my teeth playing B/Ex when I decided to experiment with Editions.), I might multi-class into Ranger, later-ish.

I'll chip in for the mule, too.
In parties with a pack mule, I like to buy extra water, food, "other", and ammunition for everyone.  And since Raymond's a good guy Cleric, it's totally a "Raymond" thing to do.

Ammunition: Ray's sling bullets are heavier than all get-out, I don't want Patches to have to carry all that!  ...he'll move over to cross bows, eventually, just give him an adventure.
Food: How's two extra rations per person?
Waterskin: An extra waterskin or two, just in case one of ours breaks?
Other: Torches?

Roy's got about... 11 Gold left.  He'd have more, but, well, he saw a GoFundMe for someone who knits sweaters for baby White Dragons and doesn't understand White Dragon biology, and, well, you know how it is.

Sacks too! Hope to fill lots of sacks with treasure!

In reply to Birahu (msg # 41):

Hell yeah, brother!  I've already got four.  Consider them part of the party's inventory, now.

Roy Bought: Rations (6)
-Torches (10)
-Waterskins (3)

Could he also drop his fishing net on the mule?  I mean, it's not too heavy, but, yanno.  That, and the sacks, will go to the party, pending your approval.
Couldn't really make up my mind on what I wanted to equip Roy with, gear-wise, so I took some hints from those equipment kits in the final pages of Palace of the Silver Princess.

In reply to Raymond Peregrinus (msg # 42):

That's fine, put it on, no weight at all.

I assumed we didn't know each other beforehand so I left this kind of thing for in character.

But I'll gladly pay some gold to a communal fund, though I suspect Raymond and I will also keep everyone stocked on fresh food supplies most normal days

Looks Good




Correct, you are all meeting for the first time at game start...

everyone take a moment to look at your character sheets... I made a small change in the equipment sections... please take a moment and update your gear to fit that format


Thanks bunches

on the note of equipment how would you like it done? a-la-carte or by starting package?

I couldn't be doing with the starting package.  It made me stagger under its weight.

In reply to Korda (msg # 47):

Also then we wouldn't have rolled

No starting package... spend them coins

In reply to DM on Duty (msg # 50):

Happy Birthday Gary Gygax!

Happy Birthday, Gary Gygax!



And after the adventure concludes, we can open up a restaurant chain!  Peg and Ray's Mover's Meals!  Ray's stuff will all be seafood, and probably fried.  Maybe with optional spices.  Dunno about Margaret's dishes.
Margaret will manage it very well, but Ray will get bored of it after a while and sign his side of things off to the nephew of the clerk he'll end up marrying, who will defer to a "business manager", who's really just some two-bit thief.

Birahu, could I put my hempen rope on your mule, too?  I'll make sure to roll another check or two while I'm out rolling Survival to make sure that your critter gets good meals!
This message was last edited by the player at 04:40, Tue 28 July 2020.

In reply to Raymond Peregrinus (msg # 52):

Survival but no Profession (cook) for me sadly. in Core, the Barbarian and Fighter are both Profession-less while every other class gets it. That being said I think I might rearrange some points to do that if only because assisting with cooking at the very least would be smart, and two points to get to use a trained only skill is kinda nice.

Had you considered Craft (cookery), Margaret?

In reply to Ellys (msg # 54):

I took Profession cook. I like to take that or Brew or vintner to give some color.

. . . to make pots and pans?

Edit: to clarify, the skill for cooking in D&D 3.5 is Profession (cook). As there's no basis for a Craft skill being used in the books but there is for a Profession skill on certain npcs and hireling tables. Do I, an amateur cook, agree with this? Hell no. Cooking is both an int and wis based skill, and had I the points to do so I'd gladly pump both a custom craft skill and the profession skill to represent it. But much like the Perform skill centrally focused on in BoEF, it's easy to make an argument for ANY ability score applying to almost any skill, so the cut and dry decision needs to be made.

But that's not necessarily this character, and as I play characters well versed in cooking normally it seemed like I should maybe ease up a touch.

Further rant about the Profession skill: So barbarians, fighters and a few classes after (knight, warlock, etc) don't get it. Meaning that those classes are worse than a commoner at cooking, siege engineering, sailing, etc. Despite sailing and being a siege engineer being roles mostly given to reaving pirate barbarians and mercenary captain fighters. It's annoying
This message was last edited by the player at 13:04, Tue 28 July 2020.

Ya learn something new every day.  I'm gonna start taking that, now.  A while back, I used to just put "Basketweaver" under Profession and never take it.


In reply to Margaret (msg #56):

I also agree that that's terrible.  I can see Barbarians (as in, the warriors of those cultures) not getting professions...
This message was last edited by the player at 13:33, Tue 28 July 2020.

The skills for fighters is bullshit. Profession: Soldier!

Birahu: Precisely! A profession skill covers a lot of niche small knowledge and stuff. Precisely the sort of thing the write-up in the PHB suggests, and Profession (soldier) is absolutely apt.



Yet they have no charisma skills besides Intimidate, no criminal skills . . . a few later things "fixed" this, the Zhentarim fighter in Forgotten Realms has Diplomacy, the Thug in Core 3.5 (not PHB only, but d20srd) has Bluff, Gather Information, Knowledge (local), Sleight of Hand. Urban Skills for Cityscape allows trading Handle Animal out for Gather Information and Ride for Tumble

Raymond: I mean, I see your logic but I disagree with it for the following reason. Profession covers herbalism, midwifery, brewing (as mentioned above), gardening, and a host of other skills which certainly showed up in "barbaric" cultures. Now you could say that the focused warriors of a tribe wouldn't get these but here we're making an argument for restricting based on culture, and I'd propose that not taking ranks in the skill represents a lack of training in that skill, not that there should be a restriction to begin with. Also this doesn't explain "urban barbarians" like myself (from a rural farm but bear with me) who are normal people otherwise. My character isn't particularly skilled or cultured, but growing up on a farm and not being able TO farm well (Profession skill!) kinda informs her character backstory
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 14:10, Tue 28 July 2020.

In reply to Margaret (msg # 59):

That is very true!

I took Profession Executioner but also craft, leatherwork.

Ok everyone, all character sheets are complete and checked ...

I will be launching the game in just a moment...

That being said I will be shooting for 3-5 posts minimum per week, depending on your postings and of course real life...

let us begin

ATTENTION.... Wendak has asked to be removed from the game, so I will be trying to hurry someone through the character gen process to fill the party back out... so if it takes a couple days for the game to progress, be patient... I am hoping it wont

I added a couple new players, they should have their character sheets done asap...

In reply to DM on Duty (msg # 64):

No worrys DM

Hello all!
*Captain Joses nods*

I will be your resident crazy(er) dwarf warrior here. I rolled a mighty +2 for one stat only, so I will be an interesting character for sure. Looking forward to playing with everyone, but now is the time for bed!

Hello new people. Welcome to ummm do you know, I travelled so quickly I didn't check where I was, but welcome to it anyway.

Well I suppose I'm glad I'm not the only warrior here. The temptation in such a game as this is to go cleric, druid, wizard etc after all

hello dearies, you can all call me Aunty Reen. I'll be accompanying you on your adventures while I fatten you up help you on your journey

My goodness Auntie Reen.  Do you know you look a lot like an old client of mine? But you can't be.

I think we're a bunch of fighters here. That is going to cut short a lot of conversations.

I'm not a fighter.  I'm a hangwoman.

Cleric, here.  Also, heya, new(er) new people!

Question from a newbie in the forum: How do you add the details about age, height, HP,AC,etc. below the name when posting?
Thanks!

Under "Biography".  I just do that because I'm a dingbat and forget things all the time!

Ok, thanks! Let's see if I did it right!

Yarp!  The very first time I tried that when I first registered, I thought you were supposed to enter your character bigoraphy under all that.  I went, "What!".  ...then it turns out there were, yanno, other fields for that.

Do I? These poor old eyes don't see like they used to, thats why I have my beloved Phineas, my great big black riding dog to guide me. (Think Cane Corso but more furry)

once the last 2 players get their sheets done they will be added to the in-game thread

Working on it boss :)

I have 2 more people who have applied to join... so I've decided that instead of having a large group of 10, I will do 2 groups of 5...

3 of you already here will be pulled back to join the 2nd group

those will be

Rorik
Noreen
Captain

just a reminder you will still be playing but you may start a day or 2 later... I will move your posts to your new thread


Thanks everyone for understanding

No problem! Same adventure but different thread, right?

Looking forward to start!

Though I obviously don't know everyone's abilities should we perhaps load balance the characters?

In reply to Margaret (msg # 84):

I'm a wizard.

I went with who was ready first... the 3 that are moved were not supposed to be in the main group to begin with, they were asked to fill a hole

I am a barbarian and take it we have two clerics, two rogues, a druid and a fighter besides

yup cleric here

Cleric.  Going to take levels in Ranger, later on.  As in, "After fourth level.".
This message was last edited by the player at 17:12, Fri 31 July 2020.

Hi hi, vanilla fighter here. I smash things and get between the bad guys and the rest of you :)

I'm a rogue.  Unfortunately, I have one important flaw when compared with other rogues.  I do not have any skill in disabling devices.

Then you're a skill monkey, not a rogue! ;-)

In reply to Ellys (msg # 91):

That's part of the reason Dungeonscape expanded that role to Rangers and Barbarians. No rogue player should be required to have ranks in Disable Device if their concept doesn't fit

I told you.  I'm an executioner.  In rogue terms, I'm a face, a confidence trickster perhaps.

*waves*

So two wizards as well. The tenth guy's a druid? ;)

Working on Rorik, sorry about that, busy weekend with inventory in my store coming up. Rorik was concepted to be a disabling fighter, disarming, tripping, etc... I am still going to try that, but it might take some time.

That's okay, Birahu wants to live forever as a lich wizard! ;-)

Ellys is thinking of possibly taking levels in Bard later on, not sure when but my earlier thought of making her a cleric of Corellon Larethian seems more than a little redundant and Bardic Knowledge helps with the higher level concept I have in mind.

Could ask the DM REALLY nicely about the cloistered cleric, best of both worlds
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 13:33, Sat 01 Aug 2020.

I thought this game was straight PHB? Am I wrong?

the players are all straight PHB... I have not decided yet if I will open other books later on yet or not

as DM, I will have access to all the books so that I can add flavor where I think it needs it

the 10th and final player is a cleric, just needed to wait for a name to add her


as far as the cloistered cleric... not right now

So we're fairly load balanced anyways with our three clerics, druid, two rogues, fighter, barbarian, and two wizards

I wouldnt count everyone... you are 2 separate groups...

*eats a apple*

In reply to DM on Duty (msg # 104):

Yes hence "load-balanced"

Hello, everyone!  Cleric of Fharlanghn here, and happy to join you?

Group 1 Birahu, Ellys, Korda, Margaret and Raymond

which is: Wizard, Rogue, Cleric, Barbarian and another Cleric

Group 2, Captain Joses, Noreen, Zann and presumably Rorik and Sister Aliana

so that's: Two fighters, two clerics and a diviner?

Looks right.

Worst enemy for group 2: a lock.

In reply to Captain Joses la Sonrisa (msg # 110):

A large hammer?

In reply to Birahu (msg # 111):

That will work. Stealthy group ftw.

A Goliath or Dwarf with a maul!

I can do locks as it happens, just not traps.  I have the tools, just not the expertise.

In reply to Ellys (msg # 114):

Ouch!

In reply to Birahu (msg # 115):

It's enough to make one want to pick up lock picking as a cross skill, eh?

Or trap finding!

Find Traps spell might patch that, since we are swimming in clerics

How many you got? Enough for every door and chest and on the floor too?

Or you can let the tank walk through the trap to deactivate it. It would be better a barbarian, but a fighter will do...

As long as it isn't my skinny fragile little ass!

Not to worry children, what we lack, nature will provide :)

Maybe, given this is a trip over land, perhaps we won't face any traps, only monsters and bandits.

I'm fine if the problems are at the there side of my sword.
*Captain Joses nods*

Dont worry... I wont be party killing groups with traps....

my tabletop group was once foiled by a glorified hole in the floor for 2 hours of a session... and they had 2 rogues :)

only waiting on 1 player to finish their character

everyone else has been added to their storylines

Great!! Looking forward to start!!

So we got 2 dogs in the group? Cool.

yep, Phineas is my animal companion

Sorry about the delay, working on getting Rorik up, but I am prepping for inventory this entire weekend, so progress is slow. I should be done by tomorrow.

Apologies was having medical issues. Should be good to postpone soon

In reply to Noreen Nutter (msg # 132):

Whoa, hope everything is alright!

@Game Master: I wanna say that Raymond is in the back-middle of the group.  If there's a line of five people, consider him to be number four, on account of him being a good shot with a sling.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:43, Thu 06 Aug 2020.

In reply to Raymond Peregrinus (msg # 133):

If no one objects I'll take back. Otherwise front.

Front but not walking in a column.  She's walking almost separate sometimes further ahead, sometimes level with whoever's next.  Scouting like.  If that's okay for everyone?

In reply to Ellys (msg # 135):

Sure, standard rogue stuff, sounds promising. Typical old school marching order was like rogue ahead, fighter front, wizard middle, cleric back or something but I'd think Korda's likely our heavier armour dude?

due to finances I'm currently only wearing scale mail with a wooden shield, but yeah I'm likely to be pretty tanky as the game goes on. I could do with a warrior up front with me since my damage output is likely to be negligible

In reply to Korda (msg # 137):

Yeah that's pretty much 1st level maximum tank status there

Sorry about the scattered posts-got hit hard in CT.

Archiving this thread so that players can read it if they need to. Further OOC  will be done in each groups respective thread.