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OOC.

Posted by DMFor group 0
Derry the Dwarf
player, 596 posts
DW 1 AC 2
HP 8/8
Fri 1 Apr 2022
at 02:47
  • msg #971

Re: OOC

If you were playing a Keystone Kop, it would be fine role-playing indeed. I would even appreciate the comedy.

We'll need to rearrange the marching order to lessen the chances for such future escapades.
DM
GM, 1062 posts
Fri 1 Apr 2022
at 06:50
  • msg #972

Re: OOC

My role is impartial, however I’ll remind everyone the idea is to have fun playing the game. I sense tension and I’d rather not have the IC game spill over to cause conflict for the players as that not fun. Everyone is welcome to play and I will not turn players away. Play nicely with each other.
Derry the Dwarf
player, 598 posts
DW 1 AC 2
HP 8/8
Fri 1 Apr 2022
at 12:33
  • msg #973

Re: OOC

I share your sentiment to an extent. It is just that one person's idea of fun may run counter to another's. And the injunction to "play nice" only has force for some people so long as the eyes of the lord, so to speak, are upon them.* That is why we have referees and judges because children, teenagers, and adults -- none of them can always be relied upon to play nice.

Alright, I've said my piece.

Regardless of our current conflict, I would recommend posting in the Players Wanted thread after we return from this delve. I know you have the game flagged as wanting players but that alone won't attract them. The game should be regularly advertised as wanting fresh blood.

*I trust that at least one of you has read "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor.
Derry the Dwarf
player, 601 posts
DW 1 AC 2
HP 8/8
Sat 2 Apr 2022
at 11:59
  • msg #974

Re: OOC

DM, Ms. Eadwynn Haute could have attacked in the first round, no? Skeletons won init, moved forward, and attacked Wyndham 2x although they could have attacked her instead. For her action, she took no action. Maybe she's just an adolescent and that cerebral cortex of hers is still developing.
DM
GM, 1065 posts
Sat 2 Apr 2022
at 12:39
  • msg #975

Re: OOC

The skeletons won Initiative, attacked then Devin turned them. There was no opportunity for her anyone else to attack before they were turned and effectively defeated.

She could have struck at the skeletons as they ran but Derry seemed keen so I let him claim the kills. Killing one at the end of round 1 and the other at the beginning of round 2.
Derry the Dwarf
player, 602 posts
DW 1 AC 2
HP 8/8
Sat 2 Apr 2022
at 14:09
  • msg #976

Re: OOC

OK, I think there might have been a mix up in your round summary, then.

From the R#1 summary:
DM:
Everyone can see the two skeletons as the party


If this were the case, then Derry could not have killed one skeleton in R#1 and the other in R#2.

Further, we could have lost initiative in R#2, allowing a surviving skeleton the opportunity to attack. That's why I wasn't keen on the hireling idling in R#1.

Just talking this out.
DM
GM, 1066 posts
Sat 2 Apr 2022
at 15:40
  • msg #977

Re: OOC

My summary was just for the first half of the round. As losing initiative may have changed some people action I waited before concluding that round. The order of the second half of the round was Wyndham and Derry swapping places then Devin turned Undead. Then Derry hit and destroyed one of the skeletons. You'd already rolled early for the second round so I just went along with that for simplicity sake rather than worry about what a hireling was doing.
Derry the Dwarf
player, 603 posts
DW 1 AC 2
HP 8/8
Sat 2 Apr 2022
at 16:05
  • msg #978

Re: OOC

Kk.
DM:
As losing initiative may have changed some people action I waited before concluding that round.

I did not know you had been allowing for this kind of change of course. Why not just roll init before asking for declarations? That's how I'm going to run my OSRIC Tegel Manor game. It's a deviation from the standard combat rules, but I think it's easier to run that way for DM/players.

Anyhow, I think we're following our door opening protocol as previously delineated.
DM
GM, 1067 posts
Sat 2 Apr 2022
at 16:52
  • msg #979

Re: OOC

The declaration is still important for spell casting and retreats. However movement and who you attack is decided after initiative.
Devin Harper
player, 333 posts
Acolyte of Auril
Mon 4 Apr 2022
at 19:42
  • msg #980

Re: OOC

The dwarf looks around for any ropes or mechanism that could have manipulated the rug and chest to the ceiling. Or perhaps it was just a magical effect and he wondered what would have happened if he'd unwittingly stepped on the rug.
Derry the Dwarf
player, 607 posts
DW 1 AC 2
HP 8/8
Mon 4 Apr 2022
at 21:52
  • msg #981

Re: OOC

Correct. I'm curious which of those it might have been. I don't think Harry would have stored anything we might have wanted in the chest.
Derry the Dwarf
player, 613 posts
DW 1 AC 2
HP 8/8
Mon 11 Apr 2022
at 15:24
  • msg #982

Re: OOC

Question unrelated to current goings on: How much time do you think it takes to set up a camp before people can go to sleep?
DM
GM, 1078 posts
Mon 11 Apr 2022
at 18:05
  • msg #983

Re: OOC

I look at it this way. The number of miles a character can travel in a day including the time for the travelling during the day, the setting up of camp in the evening, sleeping and breaking down the camp in the morning. I wouldn’t see the need to breakdown the individual times for each activity unless there was a reason to.
Derry the Dwarf
player, 614 posts
DW 1 AC 2
HP 8/8
Mon 11 Apr 2022
at 18:51
  • msg #984

Re: OOC

My question presupposes a reason for the time spent setting up a camp.

Let's say character X is paralyzed for an unspecified number of turns and camp in interrupted after an hour of sleeping. The time spent setting up camp must be taken into account as well.
DM
GM, 1080 posts
Tue 12 Apr 2022
at 06:22
  • msg #985

Re: OOC

I don’t think there’s a definitive answer. To set up camp is too vague an action. Did they bring tents? Is the area a suitable camp site? Do the characters need to build a fire, cook and eat a meal before sleeping? How big does the camp need to be? What’s the weather like? The want of a lone camper is also going to be different than for a band of ten adventurers.
Derry the Dwarf
player, 630 posts
DW 1 AC 2
HP 8/8
Fri 22 Apr 2022
at 20:26
  • msg #986

Re: OOC

Kara, we now have two spell books. Do you want both? Is there a market for them?
Kara
player, 280 posts
Fri 22 Apr 2022
at 20:46
  • msg #987

Re: OOC

DM:
A good price indeed was offered for the other books that they had found in the library ... she offered three gold pieces for all of them.


We received 300 gold for the last set of three books, so 3 gold does not seem a good price- is that a mistake, or what she is actually offering?
Kara
player, 281 posts
Fri 22 Apr 2022
at 20:55
  • msg #988

Re: OOC

Derry the Dwarf:
Kara, we now have two spell books. Do you want both? Is there a market for them?


There is absolutely a market for them- Kara had been offered 800gp for the first one, so this would likely be similar- it has one more spell in it (two more first level, one less second level).

However, they each have spells she does not know yet- she just needs a mere 13000 gold or so to learn them. Likely she would have attained that total long ago if Derry had not been so opposed to silver scraping.
Derry the Dwarf
player, 631 posts
DW 1 AC 2
HP 8/8
Fri 22 Apr 2022
at 20:58
  • msg #989

Re: OOC

How about selling one with the expectation of obtaining a better one down the line with spells even further out of reach? We could use the exp now. Well, Derry doesn't care much but maybe Devin's close to 2nd. At 2nd level, he could form his own adventuring troupe with all of his experience -- best not to risk another delve with us amateurs :).
This message was last edited by the player at 21:00, Fri 22 Apr 2022.
DM
GM, 1097 posts
Fri 22 Apr 2022
at 21:04
  • msg #990

Re: OOC

Kara:
DM:
A good price indeed was offered for the other books that they had found in the library ... she offered three gold pieces for all of them.


We received 300 gold for the last set of three books, so 3 gold does not seem a good price- is that a mistake, or what she is actually offering?


My error. I've updated the post.
Kara
player, 283 posts
Fri 22 Apr 2022
at 21:09
  • msg #991

Re: OOC

Correct me if I am wrong, but my impression was that we will not get any additional xp for selling the spellbooks.
DM
GM, 1098 posts
Fri 22 Apr 2022
at 21:18
  • msg #992

Re: OOC

Correct. Selling the spellbooks will not generate XP.
Derry the Dwarf
player, 632 posts
DW 1 AC 2
HP 8/8
Fri 22 Apr 2022
at 21:46
  • msg #993

Re: OOC

Do the non-magical books qualify as "other items of value?" I forget.
DM
GM, 1099 posts
Sat 23 Apr 2022
at 02:41
  • msg #994

Re: OOC

Yes the non magical books are items of value.
Derry the Dwarf
player, 635 posts
DW 1 AC 2
HP 8/8
Sun 24 Apr 2022
at 17:09
  • msg #995

Re: OOC

I updated our map and will upload it tomorrow.

I think we should just head straight west upon our return to Modnar's cellar.
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