The chat room, so to speak.

I'll be playing a human fighter this time out - I'm still working on the details, but I'm almost done.

I'll be a Half Orc Bard jack of all trades. Gotta get my character sheet put together.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:47, Wed 04 Nov 2020.

Greetings all. Just joined. I'm your man in the shadows.

Hey guys... your friendly half elf druid here (though if meeting her for the first time, may not appear to be a druid)

Greetings to everyone, I will be adding to the entertainment as poor mistreated seafairer saved by the grace of some inhuman entity beneath the sea and beyond the stars. Yep, human warlock of the Great Old Ones.

I'm a pirate. I can't afford a crossbow. I'm short though, so I got that going for me!

I.E. halfling ranger!

Glad to see that everyone has posted here in OOC discussion. Thanks to all for your patience as we get the game set up and underway.

As I've mentioned to some of you in PMs, when we get started you will all have been in Saltmarsh for a couple of days and likely will have at least seen or maybe briefly talked to each other in the various inns of the town. When we begin, you'll all happen to be in the same tavern at the same time.

We will be able to start whenever everybody is done with their character sheets. I'm really looking forward to GMing the game for you all.

Hello everyone. Just a reminder to let me know when your character sheet is complete. Feel free to PM me with any questions. I have set up private messages for individual character discussions. You should all have those now.

Also, I will be providing each of you with some info about who/what you know in Saltmarsh, based on your backstory, how recently you arrived, and your selected background. Some are pretty much new arrivals, but will have been in town a few days, while others may have older ties to the community but have just returned.

I'll be providing some general ideas in my messages, but let me know your thoughts as well after reading the messages.

Thanks!

I should be done with my character sheet this afternoon/evening.

And as for your suggestion about being the bastard child of the prince of the Deep Ones, I love it! That is not dead which can....or something, can't quite remember that dream.

Other than some fine tuning of history with the GM, I am ready.

Just putting my background into place and fine tuning my EQ. Background somewhat set.

sheet is all done and awaiting review by the DM. Otherwise I'm all set to start

Hi all, I'm going to give Krusk a little while longer to do his first IC post, but will move things along soon one way or another.

Hi all. I just want to let you know that I plan on sticking to the pace of at least one post from me each day (I'll be posting a little later today).

Krusk's player has not logged in since Tuesday, so for now I will have him follow along as an NPC. If need be, I think a party of five PCs will be just fine.

We'll see how things turn out, but rest assured the game will continue apace!

Works kept me away the past couple of days. Catching up on what I missed now.

Will be updating the game a little later today. That darn job of mine is causing some minor delay. Thanks.

In reply to The GM (msg # 17):

I feel for you. I've got work tonight, but hopefully will be able to post after.

I'll be posting IC later tonight to greet everyone. Work does really cut into a lot of prime gaming time.  :)

Work decided I didn't need much sleep the past few days. Something I greatly differ in opinion on. Anyways I've got some sleep and am catching up.

Thank you all for your patience. The next post is up. As you'll notice I'm writing Krusk out for the time being as it's been quite some time since he even logged in. Hopefully all is well with the player!

Apologies for the little one-liner - my mother gave us a little medical scare the other night. I'm ready to head out to the haunted house whenever.

I hope she is ok

Thanks. She is back home and resting.

That's good to hear

I am glad to hear your mother is OK, Preston. Times like this with our parents can be very trying indeed.

I can try to fast forward things a bit, but there are a couple of questions. If you go to the house, you can either go soon (the sun has just set) or in the morning. Also, would like to try to get everyone together for this. I'm going to do a quick in-game update now.

Decided to push it forward a bit on that last post so that we can get things going. Feel free to respond IC about the proposal and to discuss next steps the group might take. Thanks!

Hi all. Just want to check on one thing before we move on to the next part: Are you leaving for the house now in game time (an hour or so after sunset) or in the morning? Thanks.

We could leave now, camp outside and scope it out or leave first thing in the morning

I vote first thing in the morning. I'm sure all our character have been up through the day and staying in town makes more sense as we wont need to post a guard and such. May be the last good rest we get for a bit and I'm sure one or two of you have had more than enough to drink to warrant staying.

I second Thaylan's vote.

Leaving in the morning makes sense to me.

Morning is good - more drinking time for Preston!  :^D

Morning it is

OK, I have kicked off the next part. Thanks for your patience as always!

Sorry for misspelling your name, Thaylan!

In reply to Preston Severn (msg # 36):

No worries. I'll keep in front as scout and trap finder and such.

This is my very first combat in 5th Edition, so I'll apologize up front if I screw up any of the mechanics. I usually play AD&D and B/X.

Do I just go ahead and roll a d20+5 to try to hit a weasel?

if your hit bonus is +5 , then yes, 1d20+5

Thanks. Updated my post.

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Regarding combat, I include the initiative order in the post but you can obviously post in any order.

Preston, can't recall what other editions you have played previously, but one thing to keep in mind is that if you are adjacent to an enemy, Thaylan will be able to apply Sneak Attack damage to that target if he hits. (Note that it doesn't give him advantage (or a bonus on his attack as in previous editions) but it ups his potential damage significantly.

I should note that I'm not using the optional rules on flanking from the DMG. Rogues get Sneak Attack damage when  they attack with advantage or an ally is adjacent to the target. But having an ally adjacent doesn't give the rogue advantage, just the damage bonus. Regardless, it's generally very good to be adjacent to an enemy that your rogue buddy is attacking.

See my OOC in the game thread. Attacks on 3/4 weasels have advantage. Thaylan, you can roll sneak attack damage.

Also for everyone's use for this combat, the weasels have AC 13, so you can roll/post accordingly if you hit or miss.

In reply to The GM (msg # 44):

Updated my post. Rolled the advantage in hopes of a crit but no luck. Sneak attack damage added a fair bit though.

Sorry for ghosting the last few days, I was called out of town for a family emergency and didn't have my laptop posted like I thought. I will get caught up today.

Thanks for checking in Kerrek. Hope everything is OK.

Still afk. We've had a death in the family and don't know how long we'll be gone. Sorry for the sloppy post. I suck at posting from my phone. Please npc me.

In reply to Preston Severn (msg # 48):

Sorry to hear. Hope your able to take the time you need.

Sorry to hear the sad news Preston. Be well.

Take all the time you need preston

Hey all, I will be updating the game tomorrow, with the presumption that you are heading upstairs per Thaylan's last post. Thanks for your patience!

happy to go upstairs.

No problem with upstairs

Thank you for the kind words.

My wife's father passed suddenly while we were visiting him for the holidays. Since her mother and brother have already passed, my wife is now the executrix of her father's will. We had to break the news to everyone, take care of the service, see the lawyer, etc. It's been a busy time. We are finally back at home for a couple of days, so I am finally able to update you all on a computer with a keyboard. I'd like to be able to give you a firm date for my return, but I'm headed back to his house in a couple of days to take care of things there (no computer there - just a phone), and I have no clue how soon I'll be back at home again. If that's too long an absence, I'll understand, but I really want to rejoin the game as soon as things settle down. On the plus side, everyone here's doing okay.

I think given the circumstances, the GM won't mind NPCing your character until your return.

...that is defiantly extenuating cirmstances

Preston, absolutely not an issue. Please take care of your family business first and come back to the game whenever you are ready. Please be well and take care of yourself and your family.

Take care Preston and don't rush things.


Sorry for my delay in being on. I'll get a post up after work today.

Hey all. We will get back on track shortly--a bit later today. Thanks for your patience.

I'm back and ready to jump back into things.  :)

Welcome back preston

Thanks!

OK, I have been tied up a bit lately but ready to get things going again with more regular posts.

All right it looks like Thaylan is not logging into the game anymore. I'm going to continue things and perhaps look at bringing in another character.

Sorry I've been lurking lately without posting, but Preston's more of a sword-and-board fighter - interrogating strangers tied up in haunted houses isn't his forte.  :^)

So what do you guys think? Preston doesn't want the guy to head out on his own, and is willing to lend him a handaxe if he'll take it.

IF you want to volunteer your EQ, Sylvy has no qualms. She probably even encourages the good behavior, but won't partake. HAha.

How's things everyone?

Hi all. I am still here and ready to keep things moving. It appears that Kerrek has gone among the missing as well. For now, I can keep things moving with them as NPCs. Soon, I will look at recruiting some new players. It looks like we have Preston, Sereyna, and Sylvy as actual PCs at this point.

I’m still here, so all good to move on when you are

I'm down, sir. A couple newbies might not be bad. But I think us three can handle a haunted house!!! Well, as long as it isn't too haunted.

All right then. We will keep plugging away for the moment. Please go ahead and respond to Ned's request and we'll get moving again. Thanks all!

OK, a new post is FINALLY up. If you all want to give me a general sense of how you'd like to explore the upstairs, I may be able to move things along a little quicker. Take a look at the image in post #58 in The Old Mansion if you need a reminder of where the halls and doors are.

Room by room with our lovely rogue scouting the door before opening, myself backing her up

And Preston guarding the rear, and watching our new addition Ned when possible.

Order sounds fine. Sylvy is not a rogue. She can find traps and lcoks but cannot deal with them. Haha. Sylvy is a ranger despite how she acts and looks.

Damn....never guessed that. She has more in common with Sereyna than I thought (her being a druid)

When the tracks reach the window, do they just stop, or is it too far from Preston for him to tell?

The trail appears to go to the window and then back to the door, all the while sticking to the  same, apparently safer side of the floor.

So many reasons they get along! Well, Sylvy isn't the "nature loving" type of ranger as much as a specialist in a type of terrain and ranged combatant. Her terrain is oceans and shores after all. She's a smuggler.

Shes a water based druid...

Well, golly gee! Haha. The coincidences continue to stack up.

OK, do we actually let the party split into PC and NPC for the sake of ease? OR do we stay in character and not elt people we might consider friends wander off with someone we don't trust?

I bow to the will of the group here

I will leave it to you all to decide. Pushing things a little, yes, but I can certainly accomodate whatever way you want to do it.

So...it seems things are grinding to a halt here. We could perhaps pack it in and step away from the virtual table or maybe reboot a fresh start for the three who stuck around or something else.

And please feel free to RP out not accepting Ned's idea of splitting up while searching through a haunted house. Because, you know that nothing bad ever comes of splitting up, particularly to search through a haunted house.

If folks aren't into the game, that's fine. Just drop me a line here or in a PM to let me know what you'd like to do.

Thanks!

I am more than willing to stick around, wether starting over or keeping on

I'm in whatever we chose!

I'm still here, and I apologize for disappearing without notice the last few days - I suffer from chronic migraines and had a four day stretch between Saturday and Tuesday that put me down for the count.

I think that either adding a few players now or a reboot with a few more players would be fine. If it's just the three of us, that's cool, too - I'll tell Ned to take the others and, "go that way."  :^D

I am happy to keep going as three.

Reboot or recruit as you see fit though, GM.

I think at the very least advertise for a few more players (2-3), and get them in on the fun. If a reboot is easier for you GM I am all for it,  but if you can find some players quick, maybe we can find them hostages, etc.

If a reboot...Sylvy and Preston,  you happy staying with your characters or will you change them up a bit?

I want to play Sylvy.

Here's what I propose as I think it could actually play out interestingly in game. Let the group split up and proceed. In the meantime, I will look for a couple more players. If I post in the general Players Wanted I'll get inundated (as I did last time). I am going to ask folks in a game I play in if they are interested and see how that goes. They are generally good players. If that doesn't work out, I may put up the ad.

I think I have some (hopefully) interesting ideas on how to play out the split and the introduction of new people.

I'm fine with whatever, though I would like to keep playing Preston.

Same....I am happy to keep going

Hi everyone. We have a new player who will be joining us soon - Chief Pieros. Chief, feel free to jump in here anytime.

Greetings, everyone!

I'll be playing "Chief" Pieros. The portrait doesn't do him justice. He's a handsome devil. Figuratively, anyway. Not an actual devil. In D&D there's room for misunderstanding ;)

Anyway, see you all soon in-character.

Welcome chief....great to have you aboard

Salutations!

Hi everyone. So two players are using D&D Beyond for their character sheets, and I am a player on that site as well as RPOL, so I decided to make a campaign for this game over there. If you haven't used it, you can make character sheets for free, and it's very quick and easy to do so. No need to put a sheet over there if you don't want to, but if you do, here's the link:

https://www.dndbeyond.com/campaigns/1820734

Hidey-ho! Weekend has me in it grips though. Might not post until tomorrow.

I will be away for Spring Break with no Internet from tomorrow until Easter. Put me in the lead as needed.

Back and ready to play. Thanks for NPCing me as needed.

Apologies for not being on here for a bit. We'll kick things back into gear.

hey all. Sorry for my absence. Been on easter vacation and (unexpectantly) the campsite had no cell phone or internet access....a virtual technological black hole. I'm very tired so gonna get a good night sleep, then wake and catch up

Again....sorry for the absence

Everyone still here?

I am.  :)

Ayup

Ahoy

Are we waiting for input from the DM? Things are quiet.

Waiting on the dm. If he hasn’t answered soon, then will unfortunately call it

Ok....the GM hasn't logged on since April 9th.  I've sent him Private messages and nothing.

I'm giving him until the end of the week and then I'm calling it. It's very unfortunate as it was going well and was having fun

It was. I'll miss the growing interactions between Sylvy and Sereyna. I am in agreement with your statements and timeline though.

It was fun playing with you folks, even though we didn't get as far as I'd hoped.

Ok...nothing from our GM....i'm gonna call it!

Unfortunate as it is

If any of you run any games and need a player, let me know.