Welcome players! Make yourself at home. I added a sheet to your character page, feel free to modify it as needed, and if you have any questions, go for it!

Hello All, happy to be here and looking forward to the game.

Hey y'all, happy to be here as well. So what are we looking at as far as party goes? I'm building out a wizard. Thinking I might focus on the defensive/buff side of things but can respec a little if we need something else.

So far I believe we have a pretty balanced party. There's some muscle, some skill, quite a bit of magic... With the 5th guy we might be done!

I am playing a Redguard Bard, College of Swords eventually. Going to be doing some melee combat mixed with some magic.

So wondering my sheet has several spells know listed, is that a placeholder or from my race, wondering if it is from my race how does that interact with my classes Spellcasting?

It's just a placeholder. Feel free to replace whatever you need.

Okay cool thanks

Morning.

Good Morning!

Good morning/afternoon, whenever y'all may be!

Should be able to wrap up my character sheet today. Some minor tweaks to make as well as some further decisions to make.

And thank you GM! I didn't even have to ask they just noticed something was a certain way and offered me a solution. Vigilant and benevolent.

It's afternoon for me in Germany but should be more or less morning for you guys.

Oh, and as you did tell me a bit about yourselves, but I didn't tell anything: I'm a 39 y.o. dad living in Germany with the family, been playing per & paper for over 20 years, particularly D&D, and I work from home so I have a lot of time on my hands.

I am in Arizona, I'm the one house in the neighborhood without horses because I'm from the city and moved to the country just so I could buy a big truck and never use it. Two kids and a wife who hates how much I'm on my phone playing dnd! :)

33 y.o. in Missouri who's currently working from Home because my son is going to school virtually due to COVID.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:45, Wed 27 Jan 2021.

Okay, the dice roller officially trolled this party...

16:47, Today: Aurbis rolled 13,10,10,14,9,9,9 using 4d6,4d6,4d6,4d6,4d6,4d6,4d6, dropping the lowest dice only.  Is that dice roller trolling us?

Kinda expecting the last guy to roll like three 18s by now...
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:50, Wed 27 Jan 2021.

Only one, I'm afraid.

But then two 17s, a 16, and two 15s.  Um.  I don't...
This message was last edited by the player at 15:57, Wed 27 Jan 2021.

The Dice Roller is a notorious troll. lol

No stat below 15 for Murmer. Very nice!
This message was last edited by the player at 15:59, Wed 27 Jan 2021.

Par for the course... You guys wanna take a point buy instead or are you okay with the results?

I'm happy with my results, I think its just above a point buy spread anyway. Just an average guy compared to Murmer though. We bow to your greatness

I'm fine with my stats, but am flexible either way :)

I'm happier with these rolls than point buy would be. I think I got the lowest other than Aurbis so far.

Fine by me :)

I promise to only use this power for "good".

I never build good characters anyway. I'm just here for the story. That said I think my sheet is done.

I got an 8 and a 9 but its okay, low stats can make for good roleplay if I do this right. I have no charisma though.

Do we have a roguey character?

Hi.

Yes.  That will be me.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:47, Wed 27 Jan 2021.

Question for Aurbis.

Are mounts a possibility within the starting equipment we can purchase with our 200gp?

In reply to Bides-his-Time (msg # 25):

An argonian with charisma would make too much sense.

You do what you want with your 200 gp. If you can afford a mount, then good for you. Regular riding horse is 75 gp, I believe.

Keep in mind we will definitely start in the city...
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:04, Wed 27 Jan 2021.

Can I just keep a bunch of the gold or does it all need to be spent, I have no clue what to do with it all since I'm already pretty encumbered.

My crap weighs 80pounds. Can we all go in on a wagon together???

I’d be up for that, bought an exploration pack and it weighs 59 lbs, light encumbered for me is 60.

Being naught but a frail and possibly daft apprentice at one of the least impressive mages' guilds in the nation, I travel light.  :                  )

Remember, you start with an already paid Modest lifestyle, so you can store whatever isn't needed right away at home. We'll stat the adventure in the city, you probably won't need all your rations, waterskins, torches, tents, ropes, 10-feet-poles, anvils, whatever. Don't worry too much about carrying capacity. Plus, there will be plenty of opportunity to buy a wagon or a few pack mules later on when the need actually arises.

You keep the gold you didn't spend at character creation.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:18, Wed 27 Jan 2021.

Anvils! Lmao.


(I only need one!)

Dm what’s battle master feat do I need to take to be proficient to throw a 35lb anvil at a bad guy?

Okay I think I'm good to go, I'm Bides-his-Time your not so friendly neighborhood ranger.

I love the name.

Bogged down with work atm. Will wrap up character sheet this afternoon/evening.

Can a lady get a big strong man to carry her things? haha

How much does a modest house worth of cheese wheels cost?

You're a redguard aren't you? It would be my honor to carry your things.

...sitting in a tree, k-i-s-...

Sure am! :) It's good to see that Ra'gada Honor is not dead.

Let me know if I can do anything else for you.

Ah humans and your odd customs.

Yeah it’s called courting/dating/flirting. We don’t just lay eggs and spray them.

It’s actually funny couple of weeks ago I just decided to replay Skyrim but thinking now it’s time to replay Oblivion or Morrowind, any suggestions either way? I have played both though haven’t played Oblivion in about five years and Morrowind in two.

What’s funny is how halo 1 and oblivion were so awesome in high school but now I can’t stand the graphics

I have been playing cyberpunk and baldurs gate 3

I so want to play Baldurs Gate 3 but it’s going to be my anniversary gift in July, until then I’ve finished Kingmaker, working on Skyrim now, also when I play console I’m playing Final Fantasy 9, and I’ll get Wrath of the Righteous hopefully in the spring. Either way I never much cared about graphics, I play all kinds still, even still play Dragon Warrior games on occasion.

I haven't played Skyrim in a bit, going to be upgrading my PC here soon and will probably play through again. I also want to pick up Baldur's Gate 3.

Is Kingmaker any good? I saw mixed reviews on Steam.

Definitely wait on bg3. The story only goes to chapter 1 right now. This is my second play through

Yea, I had heard that, and that all the classes and races haven't been released yet. Early access and all that. I miss the days when games would just release.

Yeah I got to agree that just release is my preferred method but it can be problematic, Kingmaker was an example of that. It was really buggy when it was first released, honestly took a good year before it was pretty stable, I got halfway through twice and had to start over. But it was worth it, honestly it’s one of my favorite rpgs now, especially with the release of turn based mode. They have also fixed up a lot of the kingdom building but it still takes time to get the hang of it.

Games just feel more rushed these days, a side effect of greed I'm sure, they have all this technology, years and years and years of game development experience floating around out there, and yet we still have games riddled with bugs when they release.

Early release feels like, "Here pay me now to test my product so I don't have to pay game testers to do it"

Aye tis an ever-growing issue.

Shut up and take my money!!!

Have you played for the king??? Great game, would be fun to play together.

For the King looks interesting, I actually gave up multiplayer games that need me there all the time due to time constraints and honestly if I had the time I’d probably go back to DDO or Achaea. Instead I stick to single player when it bothers nobody if I have to pause and run out the door for a couple hours. That’s why I’m here pbp, I’ll always have the time to post once a day at least I hope so.

All sheets are done, save for a few details, so I'll get the first thread ready asap.

I call getting to be the stereotypical mysterious guy in the corner!!!

Ah, good morning folks. Afternoon, GM.

I'm liking the Golden Market start, and since it's my birth month I think this may just be Merard's birthday coming which could justify the timing of his arrival here. Finally of age to present to the Mage's Guild.

I'll have an IC post up within the next few hours. Breakfast first.

If you see me following a dog please help, all is not well.

Maybe the dog has a quest to offer?

I hope not I just offered to buy him for breakfast.

Oh crap guys!

It's the dog from Skyrim!!!!

Naaaaaah, we're way too far away from Skyrim, what are the odds? Plus the events of Skyrim won't happen for another 750 years or so.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:51, Thu 28 Jan 2021.

Wow! That's a really old dog!

I don’t think time matters to Barbas.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:39, Thu 28 Jan 2021.

Don't quote me but in the game the dog is servant to a daedric prince, so probably not even a real dog.

Shhhh, spoilers.

I'll let you have your fun around the Market and get to know each other for a while, we'll get started on the main story once everyone has had a chance to introduce themselves and interact.

I'm around all day but I slowed my posting rate to let the others get more in.

I am in and out all day, work has been crushing me, but it'll be good to let others catch up and join in the fun :)

Talking dog everyone!

Worked all night so I just got up, will post tonight give a couple others a chance to post first if they like.

Apologies for the delay. Was driving all day yesterday and will be doing so again today but will try to sneak in some shorter IC posts when I can.

Anyone keen on following the dog, please give me a DC 20 Perception check.

15

1 Shy with a 19

Don’t see him 11

Izada going to be eating breakfast all alone lol

And a 6.  Hi.  Sorry about the delay.  My situation has calmed.  I'll get right on that after a nap. tata

Here’s hoping the dog was never part of the story and that some player just decided to make all that up

It was Murmur.  She's a dog.  Had you fooled so much.

Stuff will happen in this game that isn't necessarily related to the player characters. Or maybe it is, and you don't know it. Or I haven't decided yet. The mystery remains.

Any food and minor trinkets you buy at the market in reasonable amounts are covered by your lifestyle expenses.

If you haven't done so already, please provide a character description.

Murmur, it would be nice if you could make your intro post, as I would like to move the story along and will do so tomorrow.

Yes!  Really sorry about that.  I had to relocate with very little warning not long after I sent the idea in to you originally, and now I've been trying to decide on an approach.  I'm typing now.

Traveling again. IC post should come from me in the next 12 hours.

Hiya.  Just waiting on a small question and I'll post

New name?

I'm offering it because no one asked yet! It's the only one she's given. :D

I'll admit I was a bit confused by that as well. But this makes sense :)

Murmur, 1. very cool. 2. our players can't hear your thoughts, so we still have no idea. :)

DM, how far, in feet, are the bomb throwers????

I didn't describe any thoughts?

Sorry, not thoughts, just we still didn't hear your new name. I'll try to react to your strangeness or something and ask about it later, but maybe someone else wants to notice it now.

Taking the elevation into account, the bomb throwers should be about 120' away from you.

Maybe if Winnk wasn't listening? That is the name she gave. I'm assuming someone asked at some point.

You have been wandering the market for about 20 minutes before all hell broke loose. It's a reasonable assumption that you all exchanged names at some point.

Ok, let's go with it. I noticed Murmur has what I think is a split personality.


DM, I want to shoot at a bomber. Before I post, how do you wanna handle this?

You can give it a try, but it won't be easy. The crenellation give the bombers three-quarters cover, and the smoke and the panicked people bumping into you give you Disadvantage on the roll.

Was there something I needed to phrase more clearly?

Murmur: No, you're probably fine and I'm just bad at reading. Did you introduce yourself to me as Hlam???

DM: Ok, cancel that attack. Like I said, I'm very bad at reading. Crenellation doesn't mean 3/4 cover to me. 3/4 cover means 3/4 cover to me. :)

In the post after the explosion, I did a quick summary of the tour that mentioned!


For the record, Hlurm doesn't sound any less ridiculous in Altmeris.  :D

I will do my best to remember your name and not call you murmur

Likewise you need to refer to me as captain underpants

Well, there was going to be a bit of a game, where she gave a different name every time she introduced herself, but we're at the diviner-alchemist's, and that's one of the few 'straight' people she's open around.

Don’t worry! I’ll play the game!
;)

The conundrum of all roleplaying games: how do I convey rule details without breaking atmosphere... :)

You should let me ignore 3/4 cover because you didn't describe it perfectly. ;)

JK. I feel ya. And I don't have an answer.

Especially in such an open world as the market, you'd have to draw an entire map and yadda yadda...And you didn't know I was gonna try to shoot so there was no point in guessing that you should describe that they have cover...yadda yadda...

So the question is, should I open fire on these guys with their cover and the disadvantage of the surroundings and if so are we jumping into any kind of combat initiative or should I just roll a bunch of times and allow dm to apply that as needed?

  Is Merard an "open fire in the chaos" kind of hobbit?

He's a "follow the orders Winnk just gave him because he doesn't know what else to do in the chaos" sort of fellow. So, in this case, yeh.

I'll tell you the same thing I told Winnk: you can try, but it's difficult. Don't worry about initiative for the moment.

Murmur, please roll a Persuasion check.

15. If I need to rewind the post, I'm happy to.

You look like a wizard, go stand next to this lizard!

Sorry been busy will post tomorrow

All good, I was delayed due to being in the air. Gotta fly again shortly.

Went the magic sleep route instead of blasty blasty. May give us a lull at least. Maybe even give one of y'all time to retrieve a baddy.

Hey, no problem. I'm very statisfied with the posting rhythm so far, I hope we can keep the pace in the long run.

Should I move things along, or do you want to do something?

I was trying to let someone get in. Particularly Bides-his-time! But I can carry on?

Now that Neeta-Wei has stabilized the other guy, you can help her pull him out of the tent, sure. No roll required.

Sorry crazy week I am getting a post up now, I rolled that con save not sure if it was for me.

And she will, yes

Winnk, Izada, are you running upstairs to try and catch the bombers?

That is Izada's plan.

Yes

How close to the ground is the hooded figured? Izada is thinking of cutting the rope and letting him fall, hoping it will knock him unconscious and give them someone to question.

Hard to tell from above, you'd guess maybe 10-20'.

Sorry, I'll be trying to get a post up soon here. Been busy as all git out trying to complete a weeklong project in about 36 hours...

Should see something from Merard in the next few hours

Don't rush, mate. For the moment there's not much you and Bide can do save for helping with the general mess.

That's what I ended up having him do. Physically he's not weak but he's not overly doing either so while he might lend a hand here or there he's mostly going around casting Prestidigitation with us many various uses.

Hi

Romantic Valentine's getaway.
Will post asap

Hi folks, hope you all had a nice weekend. I'm about to wrap things up at the Market, so if there's anything you want to do or say before the story moves on, please do so asap.

Just back from some unexpected travelling myself. Will pop in to IC and see what needs posting momentarily

Just a heads-up, Winnk and Izada are clearing a few details regarding their shared backstory and will post IC soon so we can move further.

Also, it seems we have lost Bides-his-Time, who hasn't logged in for a while. I will be looking for a replacement asap.

yeah that happens all the time on rpol. Too bad, he was a cool cat. When I say cat I mean it like the 1970s and not that he was a cat. I know that he was a lizard.

  A skooma head is a skooma head

So far I received 4 applications. Only two of them said hello (not a good sign), and only one apparently bothered to read the public threads. This is proving more difficult than expected.

Please welcome Kraelix to the party!

Welcome Kraelix!

Thanks. Looking forward to playing with you, all.

Welcome!

 Sorry been absent few days here. Neck deep in the home buying process on top of tons of work but should be able get something up tomorrow. And then this week I should be back to a more regular posting frequency.

So, er... Where did everyone go? I can take the lead and advance the plot, if people are busy. Or maybe we should just close the scene? The redguards seem to be busy though?

SHRUG. Idk. but I will be on vacation until sunday. I'll probably still check in tho. I'll have internet.

I wanted to give Merard and the Redguards a chance to say something before closing the scene, but if nobody's got anything more to say, I'll move on...

And here comes Gordan, our last addition to the party. Welcome Gordan!

Welcome aboard, Gordan.

Tbh I just wanted to be sure we weren't idling over a misunderstanding. That happens a lot, I find.

Thanks Kraelix!  Hello all!  Imperial Cleric of Stendarr here.   Almost done with character creation and will hopefully be joining you all soon.

Wow, Gordan. Save some jaw for everyone else huh?   :D

Hahaha  You know us Imperials, we like to talk!  =D

He's like an Easter Island statue...

So...how you doing, guys?

Tired but good.  Long day of work and more work here at home.  Finally getting a break.

I worked extra hours earlier this week, so I only had to put in a few today. I'm currently restricted to 40, but it means more time for gaming. Or sleeping, depending.

I've finally gotten a place to live on Monday settled!

Congrats Murmur! And I'm sorry to announce that Merard will be going on hiatus for a while, as he has lots of RL stuff to take care of. The story will have to go on without him for the moment. I'll update later today.

Awesome Murmer!  Hopefully there is a park and shops in walking distance.  I do miss my old townhouse for that, but do like my house in the country.

Hope Merad gets everything settled.

There we go. New guys, I left the details of the how and why you are here pretty much open; if you want to flesh it out in a particular direction, just speak to me.

Yo! Howdy new guys!
I’ll be back to normal posting rate Monday.

this is not my normal posting rate. I'm much faster usually I try to post daily. Let's have some adventure.

I figured as much :).
By the way, you did hit one of the assaillants, but he was already on the boat by then. His companions took him away, so you're fairly confident that there's no body to check.

Kraelix, you might want to modify your reply, given that 1/ you're not talking to Neeta-Wei, but to Marelle Decourcis and 2/ she literally just told you who to speak to.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:55, Wed 03 Mar 2021.

Not sure how I missed the smaller post. I'll delete for now and post again later today.

The sneaky footnote hidden below the wall of text. That's how DMs get you :-)

After re-reading I suppose he got away. Shrug. But now that I'm embarrassed I'm gonna stick with my post:

Winnk is lying. Gonna go solo for awhile.

That is of course, with your permission!
This message was last edited by the player at 17:25, Wed 03 Mar 2021.

No problem. I can manage multiple threads, that's the big advantage of PbP over tabletop...

Everybody headed for the Halls of the Dead? I'm fine with splitting the party, mind you.

Yea, Izada is cool with that.

Is good with me. I was gonna do a solo thingy but let's just stick together.

That's where Murmur is going regardless.

Anyone wants to answer this very good question by Winnk? If you're not sure, a DC 12 Religion check does the trick.
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:52, Mon 08 Mar 2021.

Murmur did!

I'm not sure what class most of the original players are. Do we need to have a chat about marching order?

Izada is a Bard, eventually College of Swords, and is thus a bit more of a frontliner. Third in Marching order is a good place for her.

Whereas I am a cleric in chain shirt and shield, Gordon is built like a brick house.   I rolled very well for my stats and have 16’s in all the physical ones.   He actually looks like a beefy fighter.   I would do fine in front line fighter or as rear guard in case anything attempts to attack us from behind.   You’ll also later on see he casts spells just fine in melee combat.  He also carries and primarily uses a silver mace.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:26, Tue 09 Mar 2021.

Murmur is an apprentice in the Mages' guild and doesn't know a thing about marching.

I don't have good armor yet, my ac is only 14. So I'll go to the back and shoot arrows.

Kraelix is a war cleric, but he prefers to sit back dealing chip damage while he calls out tactics for what he sees, or sends buff spells out to the party, then he closes in for the clean-up.

Honestly! If you'd just wait until they're sleeping, it would be so much easier for you.

The dead never sleep anyway... or do they sleep all the time and are actually sleepwalking? So many questions.

speaking of sleep...I should do that thing

Folks, don't worry about initiative, just act. Whatever's at the end of the room is 30' away from the entrance, still obscured by the columns. Right now it has total cover relative to you, but that's going to change when you move.

Still hiding. Poorly.

Oh, and moving forward if it's total cover. Gotta see the damn thing.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:37, Wed 10 Mar 2021.

Okay! Seems like only the frail scholar is creeping forward to see what's going on.

Gordan, you still want to cast your spell?

Murmur, what are your actions?

You have until tomorrow morning to update before I consider you too disgusted by the creature's appearance to act.

Hi! Sorry. Shouldn't have another day like that for a month. I'm posting.

Well that started well... I'll make the death saving throws myself and you won't know the result until you either stabilize or die. Keeps things interesting :)

Hello all.  Sorry I have been absent.   Baby born, problems, and everything is fine now.

Aaaand I totally mixed up characters and forgot that you forewarned me. I'm so sorry about that. And wishing your wife, you and the new little human all the best!

Nothing gives you that warm, humbled feeling quite like getting one-shot by a crit in the first round of combat.

Grats on the new addition, Gordan!
This message was last edited by the player at 06:50, Mon 15 Mar 2021.

Fun fact, the same thing happened to me with the very first D&D character I ever played, which was, incidentally, a cleric.

But yeah, crits at low level are particularly nasty. Thankfully Gordan has your back.

Folks, don't sell yourselves short, those zombies have a whopping AC of 8...

It happened again, Aurbis.

Yeah, which is exactly why I wrote that :)

Or did you mean the crit in your game? Yup, that stung. Baaaaadly.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:56, Mon 15 Mar 2021.

I was like: Good thing you take half dama-oh.

Only against bludgeoning, piercing and slashing, I'm afraid... and I'm not even raging atm, so not even that. Eh. Not dead yet.

Just let me get Elven Accuracy in time, gonna be a lot of really ugly crits. And all psychic!

Just died laughing in RL.

Turtle turtle lol

What's my AC? I'm happy to stay a turtle until we hit level 3. YAAAAAWN. 1 and 2 are for noooooobs.

Meh, dunno, probably 6-ish?

Cool.

Dragon Turtle status.

Yeah, you're 50% Dragon Turtle. Well, more like 30%, given that it's a tortoise, not a turtle, but still.

that's actually for the best. A turtle would dry out way too quickly if not put in water often.

Hi! What are we all investigating? And does a 24 help?



Wait, +15?? How?
This message was last edited by the player at 03:52, Fri 19 Mar 2021.

Probably a mistake...

I’m useless but not for long the future is coming on

As long as you got sunshine in a bag...

Kraelix will be unavailable for the next few days, so I'll NPC him for as long as necessary.

Time to move on with the story. Do you have any unfinished business at the crypt? What's your next step? You have been pointed towards the following POI so far:
- Fighter's Guild
- East Imperial Trading Company warehouse
- Arvenius estate
Of course, there are many other locations you could check in the city. Taverns, Watch barracks, Blackwood Company barracks, castle, various shops...

Well, Murmur has her own priorities, and digging up gossip on the Family Arvenius is next on the agenda.

Lots of way to do that. Where would you like to start?

By following Izada's lead!  She's so clever and authoritative, and Murmur's just a book-head.  She wouldn't have the first idea where to go looking for dirty secrets and contraband narcotics.  I can't even explain feeling the need to mention that.  It's so obviously not the case.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:15, Wed 24 Mar 2021.

As the worst private investigator ever, I have no helpful input. I'm along for the ride.

Winnk has ptsd from seeing undead. He didn't believe in that stuff 5 minutes ago. Gonna need therapy until I'm helpful again.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:47, Wed 24 Mar 2021.

Gordan will be leaving the game dure to RL incompatibilities. I'll have him stay at the church and will keep the character around as an NPC in case he comes back.

I’m gonna go through the whole game so far and take notes and try to figure out the story so far. I’ve been playing low intelligence as a character but as a player I do have more to offer the team. Maybe.

Izada is a gambler, a swordswoman, and charismatic, but she's not your typical sweet talking get you to open up about family secrets type of bard. That's why she asked Zoya.

Murmur is that kind of charmer, but has never really bumped elbows with the landed gentry.

Well, how about giving it a try then?

Scene seemed to have closed. Do you want me to set the next stage? Also, was waiting to see if Zoya would answer.
This message was last edited by the player at 12:23, Fri 26 Mar 2021.

Just tell me where you're going and I'll open the new thread.

Well, of Murmur's suggestions, the second is an unknown. She'd volunteer to go digging through the archives, but not over objections.

I have put together all my player notes and shared with dm for guidance, once he corrects me I’ll share here

Not sure how I’ll share it in character.

I think some things can just be narrated into the future's convenient past.

I certainly won't correct your notes. They reflect how you think of the plot so far as a player and a character. Much more fun to let you in the dark about whatever details you might have missed *evil grin*.

Merard left for good, so it's just the four of you for now.

Okay look.  I'm just not responding to that scene anymore.  Y'all answer if you want, or make your own plan, but we've needed to move on for a week.

Did this sound rude?  I think this sounded rude.  I apologize.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:49, Sun 28 Mar 2021.

This message was deleted by the player at 07:15, Sun 28 Mar 2021.

Murmur, which archives do you mean? There's no such thing as a public library in Leyawiin. The Mage's Guild, East Imperial Trading Company, Castle, Temple and Fighter's Guild all keep extensive private libraries, as do most noble houses. If you're interested in the history, the Castle or Figter's Guild should be your goal. Trade and travel records can rather be found at the EITC.

Sounds like the castle, in that case.



I'm ded
This message was last edited by the player at 17:45, Sun 28 Mar 2021.

I Imagine him reading off his notes to everyone and everyone tuning him out

Oh tut.  Murmur's paying attention.  She's got an attention surplus.

Kraelix, both the character and the player, is new here, so he's going to be following everyone else's lead until he's got a better grasp of all the goings on. Thanks for the summary, Winnk.

I'm going to hold off on a post until after Izada responds to Winnk, since that's what I'd actually do in that situation.

So Murmur's going to the castle library, what about the others? Tell me where you want to go, and if you go to Mudbank, what you're looking for there.

yes follow murmur.

To Murmur we go.

Careful. She'll get a big head.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:12, Wed 31 Mar 2021.

well splitting the party wouldn't be wise, as all i am is comedic relief.

Oh god, that April's Fools color scheme... my eyes burn!

Yeah, I hate it.

ahhhhhhh

yawn.

makes a football out of paper.

Greetings folks, hope you had a nice Easter weekend. Everyone back on track? I would really appreciate if we could go back to the original posting schedule of 5-10 posts a week. It makes interactions livelier, and going any slower makes any kind of combat encounter drag on for ages.

Izada's been MIA for a while now, I'll start looking for a replacement if the player doesn't show up again.
I noticed a serious drop in posting rates. Are you guys no longer interested in the game? Would you like me to change a few things?
This message was last edited by the GM at 08:41, Tue 13 Apr 2021.

Kraelix, you might get an idea of who's worth talking to with an INT check, and please roll CHA with advantage to impress the guards with your demeanor.

Three weeks in a row of terrible dice rolls here. It's a conspiracy, I tell you.

17:11, Today: Kraelix rolled 12 using 2d20, dropping the lowest dice only.  Cha check.

17:10, Today: Kraelix rolled 9 using 1d20.  Int check.

Dm, personally I’m not interested in solving mysteries or being level 1, but my posting rate is on the other players not posting much, not based on the content or world building.

My slower post rate is mostly based on my unfamiliarity with the setting and the fact that my character is new to the scene anyway. If I knew more about the world, I'd probably know who/how I should be addressing people in the Fighter's Guild, for example. Since Kraelix was only here for the most recent fight, so far, I figured I'd let one of the other two take the lead on most things until he's more personally involved in the goings on.

Alright, there definitely is more action coming up, but I like it when the action is linked to a story, so bear with me for a bit longer :)

Kraelix, I know the feeling, and I'm glad to answer any questions you might have about the setting. That goes for all of you. Feel free to speak up here or in PM if there are things you feel your character could or should know.

And honestly, there's like one other person out of the first five left, and it jerked my expected level of leadership way up and I didn't make the jump fast enough.  Sorry about that.  So I saw the recruitment, and while that irons out, I think we have time to clear up: what sort of game is everybody expecting?  This just seems like a good point to get everybody on the same page.

I guess I'm fine with running around gathering clues but I built a stupid character-it literally says "would rather punch than think" in my stars description- so if we stick with having to solve mysteries can I rebuild a mage with high int? I did feel pretty smart as a turtle.

I've been trying to keep notes and track everything that we've done so far, but I think I missed the part where my character cares about what's happening.

Out of character question: Is this stolen amulet a threat to the world?

The advert mentions its a fairly character-driven game, so we can do just about whatever we want. I enjoy almost all aspects of D&D, so different types of gameplay are all fine by me. This character is built a bit more towards combat and actively doing things, with very little in the way of social skills or patience for such. Plus he's clearly out of his racial element here.

Kraelix is out looking for his brother, but he's completely run out of funds and his leads have dried up, so he's here for work and looking for clues, with coin being the higher priority at the moment since he couldn't afford to act on any intelligence he could get.

So it's hard to define what I expect to get out of the game, specifically, beyond...gameplay. I'm up for whatever.

THe idea behind this plot is to get everyone better involved in the setting, by getting to know people and factions, and understand what's at stake for each of them. It's impossible to make a character-driven game in an empty vacuum. Plus we didn't know each other before the game, so I can only work with what you gave me so far. Getting the characters involved in the game is as much your job as it is mine, and if your character isn't personally interested in the events out there, maybe at least the promise of decent pay and good status would be enough? There will be more than enough occasions to be heroes.



The amulet per se? No. But it is important, in its special way.

yeah its all good. I'm still figuring out how i wanna play Winnk, I'll try to be a bit smarter with him. 0 intelligence doesn't mean i have to act like an idiot. :)

What is your vision for Winnk?

I wanted to be ryan gosling from The Good Guys. :)

A bad ass private investigator but not really that bad ass, he just thinks he is.

Ahhhh and here I am going full Brick.  No wonder we've been dropping cues.

Glad to see we seem to have reached an agreement. So we all good and ready to move on? If that's the case, I'd like Murmur's IC input before moving forward.

BTW, I've got a couple really interesting applications waiting for a reply.
This message was last edited by the GM at 09:45, Fri 16 Apr 2021.

Have we?
Okay.

As soon as I get home.

What did we agree to? Do I need to change my character?

Yeah, I've seen like, the first 25% of the process so far.

What kind of game are we trying to play?

If it is gonna be mysteries and clues I wanna rebuild to a wizard or artificer.

While, yes I could just play Winnk as a smart fighter, he was meant to be the punch first, ask questions later kinda guy. That doesn't mean murder hobo.

Well, I think Aurbis is saying it won't be all investigations.  But is it a pacing thing?

I don't know that I'm trying to play anything in particular other than the ever-vague "the game". I most enjoy games with combat, RP, and exploration. In PbP format I don't care for horror or politics games, or ones with lots of narratively-key social interactions, primarily because you can't read/write tones or emphasis very easily which is a requirement for good communication in English.

As far as preferences between sandbox vs railroad and everything in between, I'm perfectly fine in any setting as long as there's adequate information from the DM to keep things flowing.

Mechanically, Kraelix is built as a War Cleric with an emphasis on defense and buffing the party. From my application, "He likes giving and receiving orders, but he doesn't like making the decisions. Unless there's too much talk about planning and strategy, in which case he's happy to decide to go punch something in the face to get the ball rolling. He's a warrior priest with spells themed around his giving/receiving orders."

Well, having the "punch first, ask questions later" guy in any investigation usually makes for some great RP moments.

My investigation isn't mean to be linear, or bottlenecked at some point. There are many places you COULD see and many people you COULD talk to in order to find out what's going on. Other characters in the world have motives and an agenda of their own, and won't wait for you to make a move. I'm trying to generate a living environment so you can grab whatever your character wants to hold on to and have things evolve from here. I have lots of plot hooks, and there's always another threat to stop, another treasure to dig up, another dungeon to delve into.

By the way folks, say hello to Sabah!

Hello, hello, friends! Honored to be the one chosen for you latest - and hopefully last - vacancy.

I'll endeavor to have my sheet done Soon^(TM) and be in the action with you shortly.

Ah, sorry, you're not the last! Last spot has been filled by Assynia. Welcome newbies!

Haha, legally not the newest now! Huzzah!

Hello folks! I'll be joining with Assynia, a khajit woman who has some...interesting relationships with mathematics. Looking forward to playing with you!

Howdy guys!

I'm the team leader. So just let me know what you need and I'll tell Kraelix to punch the NPCs until they give us what we want. :)

Unless there's undead, then he'll turn around and run, and we'll have to figure things out on our own.

Hey man that was my first time.

Not to mention I still don’t trust that priest that can make turtles.

Tortoise. The land-dwelling kind. Turtles live in water.

Also, all hail the tortoise priest.
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:40, Sun 18 Apr 2021.

Running? Oh, that's fine - more skulls for me to crack, haha!

Your resident orcish wall of mega-muscle, here~! The dice roller was very kind to me.

 But it is point buy.

I read this. I did this. The DM has approved me.
Point buy I am not.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:03, Sun 18 Apr 2021.

You passed the perception and intelligence checks. Good job!

I’m promoting you to team leader.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:08, Sun 18 Apr 2021.

Hope ya'll like combat, then!

>:3

As long as it doesn't last two weeks. PBP combat tends to YAWN.

Hey, no trolling the newbies, that's MY job!

If you one shot everything, Winnk, combat scoots along.

Or, hell, just take the route I did - get gud, challenge the biggest MFer in the group to a duel, beat him down, ROFL your way to the back.

So, in an unexpected turn of events, Murmur up and left the game. Assynia, if that's OK by you, I'll have you assume her position as the Mage's Guild liaison. We can work details out in private.

Darn. I should have made a bet that she would quit.

Should have. You're why.

lol "unexpected" okay. Like I hadn't been talking to you about it.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:47, Mon 19 Apr 2021.

c'est la vie

i wish you the best! May the dice rolls be ever in your favor.

I'm leaving because Winnk has been disrupting the game, delivering a terrible attitude to the GM and other players, and throwing ooc tantrums about having to adapt to anyone else, since the game began. I said as much to the GM, and her response was to look for ways to give him more of what he wants, not to demonstrate that she cares about it by expecting better of him. I'm leaving because one rude person has been allowed to run the show and has run me out.

Aurbis, if you want to squelch my complaints to keep the peace, you had to remove me before misleading people about them. This is insulting.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:04, Mon 19 Apr 2021.

You're wrong. I haven't done any of that.

If anything I have talked openly about how to adapt, and everyone has said, "Play it how you want."

You may not have intentionally done any of that, but that is how it comes across to me as well.

Just to clarify a few things in the light of recent events...

We're adults. Adults talk to each other when they have a problem. Brooding in your corner then flipping the table and yelling "Fuck it, I'm leaving!" is NOT adult behavior. Even less so if you feel the need to point fingers to justify your decisions and excuse your lack of communication.
I'm here for fun, same as all of you, and I'm neither a cop nor a therapist. I want you all to enjoy yourselves as much as possible, and I'm glad to assist and moderate if you want to have a discussion with another player. I won't fight your battles for you, however. Tidbit of personal life experience, how you feel about a situation tells more about you than about the situation. So... step back, deep breath, chill, and then look again.

I'm trying to let you have as much freedom as you want in order to play the character you want to play. I'm not one for railroading, clear-cut plots with a single possible outcome, or navel-gazing power trips. My understanding of "player-centric" is that I will give you the possibility and opportunity to play whatever you want to play, and will bounce whatever you give to me in the best possible manner. Heck, if you want to change something about your char because playing class XYZ no longer works for you, we can make it happen. Enjoy that freedom, respect it, and remember that others have the same right to it than you do.

We good?
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:07, Tue 20 Apr 2021.

Cheers to that, boss. Well said.

That bein' said, if I ever come across as unbearable, do let me know! Though, if it happens IC, talk to me IC. OOC, same.

You got it Arby’s!

Although navel gazing sounds interesting. ;)

I had no clue I was being offensive-so I’m not sure what to change, so I’ll just keep being normal and if anyone doesn’t like something please just let me know.

Just in case it wasn't clear, the door isn't only locked, but barricaded. Breaking through will take some feat of strength.

I've had to go into the office for the last 2 days, so post rate is slow. I'll get a post out in a few hours when I get back home.

No problem, thanks for the heads-up!

Maaaaaan, I'm so excited to get involved in this plooooooot~!

If I get blown up I’m making a wizard

I’m gonna throw a match into the room unless anyone has any objections.

Discussing it here and not in character bc as a player I don’t wanna be a dick and kill these guys if any of you object.

In character I wouldn’t bother discussing it.
I’m aware I’ll probably blow myself up as well.

I'll leave that up to Sabah :)

EDIT: in case that wasn't clear, Sabah is currently on the bandit side of the door. Her pushing has slammed it close again. STR contest if Winnk attempts to open it again :)
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:47, Fri 23 Apr 2021.

Yeah that was clear as mud.

I rolled super low so I’m gonna make a huge mistake. Sorry.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:40, Fri 23 Apr 2021.

Science is one of the setting-specific new skills. It is INT-based and is a class skill for wizards and clerics. See the House rules.

Also Assynia decided not to join us after all, so I'll see if I can get that other applicant back.

EDIT: Kraelix, you can smell the oil as well. Roll if you want, and nobody's stopping you from warning Winnk...
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:46, Sat 24 Apr 2021.

I still hope we can reason with them. ;)

Sabah, feel free to resist... or not :)

Sabah do you have any snacks???

Sorry for the slow - mandatory overtime killed me.
I am back, semi-alive, and posting!

EDIT: Forgive me - my post needs a roll, and I need a clarification. To keep the door barred, is it raw STR? Athletics?
This message was last edited by the player at 00:23, Tue 27 Apr 2021.

Athletics will do. And no complaints on my side, work yesterday's been tough as well...

hello all, I will be joining you! working on character creation today :D

Glad to be here!

Sweet!

I'm playing an idiot so perhaps make a character that can tolerate that. Or make a character that is willing to argue with me.

In reply to Winnk Slornga (msg # 303):

hah, well given that I rolled less than standard array/point buy I'm playing mister slightly above average so we'll be fine :D

Kraelix I have an idea. If neither of us post in game, it will force the DM to have to have the npc bad guys talk.

We just gotta wait them out.

Nah, that's how you get DMs to shut their games down because nobody's engaged.

DM - what is the floor of this basement made out of? What about this door that we're struggling with and its hinges, and are said hinges on my side or inside?

Sorry folks, work's being a bit crazy atm.

The basement floor is made of compacted earth, the earth is sturdy wood with metal reinforcements, and the hinges are on the other side.

Oh, poopy. I was gonna try to make friends with her, at least.

nat 20. i'll also cast haste. i also forgot to roll a wisdom save to talk instead of fight, so everything we've done in the last 2 weeks has been completely against the rules. smh

Hi all... working on bringing my character together so I can join you!

Hi Peristyr!

Also, don't worry Winnk. Being against the rules is kinda your thing.

Sabah, I'll move the action along tomorrow. You can still act until then.

More forced OT, so very sorry. Gonna set myself some darned 'post in the game, idiot' alarms!

Orc mad. Orc attack. Orc _hopefully kill.

kill kill kill!

Orc did a serious bit of damage, at the very least.

Haste is the best. Hopefully Sabah can haste his OT. :)

I’ll shut and lock the door with them inside and me outside. Eot.

Jk

Working at the office today, so I'll post this evening when I get home.

The eitc told us there was no way out from that basement so if this assassin gets away I will kill some eitc for lying

All right, how do we get Sabah on our side?

No. I will not join her side. She had her chance. Could have talked. Didn’t.

I might recommend talking? I was trying to forge a bond with ya'll while we 'fought' over the door but plot happened. My B.

We can fight. We can die. We can be a pain in the ass for the nice DM.

It’s all good. Before you joined i yelled at the npcs several times to talk to me.

I’ll parley

Sabah still wants to sock you in the jaw for that surprise hatchet attempt, tho. :P

Ah, come on, it was a heat-of-the-moment thing. Plus you can't be sure he wasn't in fact trying to hit the Khajit, and just miserably failed.

EDIT: Kraelix, the cat used a Disengage action, you don't get an AO, unfortunately.

Also, wow, 4 damage on a 3d8, you don't see that happening every day. Lucky for poor Sabah, I guess.
This message was last edited by the GM at 09:43, Wed 05 May 2021.

That's fine. Better to roll and not need it than the other way around.

And yeah, that 4 damage can bite me.

The servant was in on it. I'll explain next round.


It's a good thing you guys have Tamriel's best private investigator on the job or you would have no clue what's going on.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:07, Wed 05 May 2021.

You just left the orc standing there?

No.

From my point of view i have the high ground. There's no map, so to me it makes sense that i backed out of the room while still keeping an arrow on it. Winnk is only level 1 and has never encountered things like magical darkness, zombies, etc.

Hope it helps. Too late for me,‘I’m #9 on the list

https://youtu.be/weSLUkqwl4E

I laughed really hard at the top comment. But seriously, this ranking only makes sense from a mechanical, Skyrim-only point of view.

Yeah I really like my flaw that I can’t be diplomatic unless I get a wis 20 and I have an 8 wisdom.

It’s impossible
This message was last edited by the player at 15:03, Thu 06 May 2021.

Yeah, thought about that, 20 seems a bit harsh. Changed the DC to 12 + half level, see Character creation.

Neat. Danke~

EDIT: Holy... this dice roller loves Sabah.
This message was last edited by the player at 06:42, Fri 07 May 2021.

01:23, Today: Kraelix rolled 14 using 3d8.  Spirit Guardians, Wis DC 14 for 1/2.

If each target has damage rolled for them individually.  Some DMs use one roll for the full spell, others do it per triggering event.

Maybe it wasn't clear, but the darkness persists. Neither Kraelix nor Sabah can see anything at all. You might try and hit each other if you want, but it will take a Perception roll to sense the location of your opponent, and even then, all attack rolls are made at a disadvantage.

In addition, a DC 10 WIS check will let you realize that 1/ the Orsimer never actually attacked you and 2/ it's really hard to get information from the dead.

That’s why I forced an npc to help diplomacy

I took that to mean the darkness went away since the previous post had made the darkness appear, but Sabah said she had dodged, so I rolled my attacks with disadvantage anyway.

Kraelix doesn't have any reason not to try to defeat Sabah. A moment ago she was threatening to blow the place up, so he's either going to knock her out to question later, or kill her so she's not a threat anymore and try to catch the cat. Her buddy trying to shank her doesn't tell me she's decided not to blow the place up, she's still a threat.

13:03, Today: Kraelix rolled 17 using 1d20+6.  Wis Save DC 12 for diplomacy.
I can try diplomacy instead of killing her and going after the cat, if I have a reason to. I get the feeling the cat knows more than the orc does, though, so his info is more valuable than hers.

What are my odds of catching up with the kajit? Having her lead me to him is the only real incentive I have not to take her out so I can focus on kitty.

I could tell you to go after the cat and I’ll handle the orc???? But logically I think winnk would think the cat is too powerful and would kill us all

Oh important question, can I see the spiritual guardians?

If so then I would think kraelix is very powerful

Oh, I see, I meant "the darkness falls" in the same way as "the night falls", sorry for the confusion.

And I agree with not being necessarily best friends with anyone you see, especially not a bandit. On the other hand:
- you are investigators acting on someone's business, not vigilantes. I mean, you are free to act like vigilantes if that's what you want to be, but there are going to be repercussions.
- there's a difference between arresting someone and killing them.
- on a slightly metagame-ish note, this is a player character, someone you're supposed to adventure with. So... good feeling, divvine inspiration, etc.... is an option.

Winnk, you can see some of the spirits, but on the other hand, it is common knowledge that Dunmer can call upon their ancestors to protect them.

Leyawind is for the Nords!

Is Npc clerk kent gonna talk or am I shoving my hand up his ass to move his mouth up and down while I say words?
This message was last edited by the player at 04:52, Sat 08 May 2021.

Yeah you can see them protecting me from everyone but you. It's a racial though, not a class ability.



The Spirit Guardians are going to proc as soon as its her turn, I can't do anything about that. I can take my roll for diplomacy as a sign that we should try talking to her, but all interactions with her up to this point tell me I should knock her out first, tie her up, and then heal her to bring her back when she's no longer a threat. If Sabah were to indicate she may surrender that would lower the threat level. We know she would rather blow herself up than get arrested as of about 30 seconds ago, but maybe she's had a change of heart now that the situation has evolved a bit?
This message was last edited by the player at 05:41, Sat 08 May 2021.

I feel like we've hit a wall since... well, y'know, I was about to be assassinated. Really cut down on the 'tease the party a bit, realize they're not so bad, defect to them' plan that the DM and I we're banking on. A little on us for not RPing as much, a little on the DM for sic'ing their favorite attack-cat on us.

A solution I'm willing to propose, though it do make me a tiny bit sad in the heart, is that ya'll are free to consider Sabah a baddie and do her in - meanwhile, I simply just take these numbers I rolled for stats and make a character that isn't on the wrong side of your well-intentioned murder-boner. I knew 'being a bad guy who goes good' had risks in the RP, and I'm wholly willing to take the L here myself and keep the game a-rollin'!

Handwave it shall be, then.

I told you to talk 7 times and you never did.

I say let’s handwave and just start on the next day, long rest, we are already friends.
Oh and level 2 Dammit.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:23, Sat 08 May 2021.

We can have the Spirit Guardians do nonlethal damage when it suits the story, so she's effectively removed from combat but still conscious and able to talk. Hitting hard and fast and then healing one so they could talk was our plan from the start.

Did I know there were only 2 thieves and forget? I expected more, which is part of why I cast it in the first place (aoe slow being the second). We could push rewind and have me not cast it, or the kajit could cheap shot me on his way out the door and I lose concentration on it before I could turn it back around onto Sabah.

But again, a sign from Sabah that she's deescalating can put us in talking mode. Lower the weapon, tell us the gig's up and you're willing to talk, something we can react to.

despite everything in character, I'm willing to do whatever to get us to form a party: including killing the clerk.
Someone just decide.

You saw the corpses of at least three other people upon entering the room, all with their throats neatly slit. The cat didn't leave you much time to think about it, though.

WHile I agree that subduing Sabah first might make sense from an investigation point of view (though it would drag on things a bit, but that's kinda my fault), I have the feeling Kraelix has so far not mentioned or signalled that this was his intention. There was a lot of lethal action and very few words. How is Sabah supposed to react?

I suggest the following: After a lot of blindly stumbling about in the darkness hitting at shadows, the spell ends, and all protagonists find themselves in a Mexican stand-off ready to exhange words before anything definitive happens. If that works for you, I'll move on.

If Kraelix's attack still goes off this round - the spirit thing? - it does 14 dmg... which KOs me hard either way. So it might be up to the darkness lingering / death saves at this point?

How was this exchange intended to go down? Did she have incentive to join us rather than fight us, besides the kajit killing the rest of them?

SG is only 5 ft smaller than Darkness, and I'd have to miss getting in contact with her for 58 more rounds. That particular scenario is almost impossible.

If we want to not have the timing slowed, then I suggest the woman down here wasn't Sabah at all, she's either a shapechanger or someone using illusion magic to look and sound like her so that they could pin it on her if they got caught. I KO this imposter, we drag her out of the darkness and see the illusion magic fade and look up just in time to see our new backup from the guild arriving, the real Sabah along with a guild rep who can vouch for her being the real one. [Edit] She can still have access to all of the info she otherwise would have had, the only difference is she turned the job down instead of taking it, and that's why they tried to pin it on her.

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[added]
We lost our social members before we had this exchange, leaving us with 2 act-first-talk-later characters, one of whom has a death wish who was willing to blow himself up to reroll his character, and the other who took a feature that makes him prefer physical solutions over diplomatic ones. Without Sabah doing RP to indicate that she wanted to join us, this scenario was doomed to fail from the start because of the circumstances and the parties involved.

Which makes me question the purpose of choices like The Warrior. The fact that such a choice exists make me think that it's supposed to be a guiding feature of the setting for how I play the character. That's why I've played him the way that I have so far; that I can't chose Diplomacy until I can pass that check. One mistake on my part with that was that I read it on my sheet and had a moment of dyslexia because I thought the DC was 21+, not 12+, so definitely my bad there. Are the traits like this intended to guide your character's RP, or are they more for you to spring on us as extra challenges sometimes? *finger-wiggle* "No, no, no. No trying to be diplomatic in this situation unless you can pass that Wis save."

This isn't a "but that is (not) what my character would do" situation so much as a, "I'm trying to be true to the setting because these things exist here" situation.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:20, Sun 09 May 2021.

Rule Zero of DND: The DM is always right.

Rule 1 of DND: The players will never follow the plan.

lol. I won't add any further suggestions, just to keep what's already on the table in the spotlight, but I'm fine with whatever we decide. I'll also start being less "kick names and take ass" and a bit more contemplative. When we began we had 6 "Smart" players, so I didn't want to be #7. But now we're kinda in need of Winnk to stop being a dumbass, so I'll have a come to Jesus moment.

Starting with not killing the clerk.

Yes, I had incentive to join you instead of fight. Literally the plan was 'you lot talk and don't look like as big of assholes as my team so I 'accidentally' let you in and merc my team.

Either way, it is how it is. Honestly, I shoulda really read the RP backlog and made a character that was more... smart-slash-social to balance this group out instead of firmly smash the round peg in the square hole. ...I'm just a girl who likes big, buff orcs, sue me.

Seriously, since I'm the newb here, I'll offer a last time just to reroll - I just want us all to play and have fun here...

Are we out of initiative?

I'd say we're out of combat all together unless you're wanting to keep up the fight, we just zipped through 98 rounds of combat to be able to move past it.

All fine by me.

I asked the clerk a question.

Sorry for the delay, it has been a busy time even without having to think of a way to fix the situation.

I must admit I underestimated the Warrior's effect. I don't intend to prevent you from playing things the way you want to play them, and I certainly didn't mean it to be a "no diplomacy" hammer. I'll think of an alternative drawback that doesn't prevent you from making RP choices.

Also Winnk, I missed what you asked the clerk exactly.

I’m mad at them for not explaining there is a way out. We could have put guards at the other end but they essentially lied and said this is the only exit.

So I view him as a threat and he has one chance to say the right thing before I arrest him

Slightly delusional??? I’m the only one I can trust. You’d do the same thing if you were as smart as I am.

Don’t worry. Clark and I are gonna be best friends.

Hi folks, everything alright for you? I'll move on with the story if Sabah doesn't want to post. But given that this is a 3-players game (newest new guy is a no-show and doesn't answer messages), I'd appreciate a bit more reactivity.

we good.

tryna walk the line between being an idiot and not ruinin the campaign. :)

DM and I are talking about changing Winnk up. A character that actually does what they're supposed to.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:28, Wed 26 May 2021.

What shall I roll to see what I know about these things that player-me has no idea what he just talked about?

Galerion the Mystic was an Altmer wizard and a historical figure of the Three-Banner-War, which ended about 250 years ago (the events of Elder Scrolls Online). He founded the Mage's Guild with the idea of providing an orderly learning place for all practitioners of magic, not just the Altmer, and strictly regulating the practice of necromancy and Daedra-summoning.

The area between Pelletine and Black Marsh is more or less today's Leyawiin duchy. Pelletine is the northern half of the Khajit lands, Black Marsh is the Argonian homeland.

What else do you want to know?
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:43, Thu 27 May 2021.

Just whatever may be relevant to the current discussion.

Well, as a cleric and a Dunmer you know that Daedra summoning isn't as easy as folk tales picture it to be. Not only is there often some sort of bargain involved, which can end up badly for the summoner if one's not careful, but the ritual itself is difficult and very specific. It almost always requires specific conditions (such as nighttime, a specific weather, a certain time of the year, a certain state of mind etc.), offerings of rare materials, sacrifices, and/or elaborate procedures.

Also, you all may roll a DC 13 INT check.

17:32, Today: Kraelix rolled 13 using 1d20.  Int check.

On the money

And I will happily share all of the information that I have, if that saves us the time of you posting and me re-posting it.

TADAAAAAAA
I’m a wizard Harry!

You and Merard might not be able to recognize the symbol, but that altar depicted in the book was really unique. Perhaps somebody else can locate it?
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:09, Fri 04 June 2021.

To the fighter's guild then?

That's the idea, but Sabah hasn't logged in for a week.

Yeah, will try and get a few more people from Winnk's game in here. Oh and BTW, you're now level 2. Congratulations.

12:04, Today: Kraelix rolled 4 using 2d8, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 3,4.  HP for level 2.

Finds a baseball bat and offers it to Kraelix, then holds up a baseball.

"Eh???"

Now we're talking.

An emergency work project is kicking my butt right now. I should be back to normal post rate this weekend.
This message was last edited by the player at 06:06, Thu 03 June 2021.

OK, good to know!

What did this reveal?

redoing character sheet gave me 15 int so i get a bonus language. not sure if daedric is available but ill try my luck

Your INT check revealed this tidbit of information:



Also, yes, Daedric is available as a bonus language.

Sorry i haven’t posted I’ve....oh wrong game. My bad.

Are we planning to bring in more, or just keep on rocking with the 2 of us? Just curious.