This is the thread for out of character banter as well as player strategizing amongst each other to clarify in-game decisions.

Welcome!

Check out the Salador thread here: History & Culture

Pick a region of the Saladorian Empire (or beyond!) you hail from for CharGen.  You can be anyone from anywhere, but only human PCs.

*game note* the setting and history are designed to support the adventures I am going to be running- primarily the published adventures in “The Book Of Quests,” with some others peppered in here and there.  So, the game is more of a classic fantasy campaign.

I hope you enjoy the game

Feel free to introduce yourselves
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:42, Wed 05 May 2021.

Currently the Party has an Agent & a Shaman

We could probably use a big strong person (they can be other things too!  Sensitive and nice is fine, so long as they do lots of damage).

There are 4 players now and potentially another. Once the fifth joins, I will close the game (for the moment).

The other two characters besides the Fighter could be anything

I’ve added character sheets for everyone.

The weapons section descriptions are placeholders. They will change to whatever your character uses eventually

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day and I am on double duty so I may not be around until later on, Pacific Standard Time.

Speaking of which, what time zones are people in?

good morning, I'm GMT, southern England.

Good morning. I was on GMT, but it's been BST since the clocks went forward an hour ;)

I'm in GMT / BST too

In reply to Kabel Norstrom (msg # 5):

shows how much attention i pay :)

Hello everyone! I'll be playing a Saladorian Noble of some sort, with capabilities that are TBD.

I post at time in US Central Time.

In reply to Drexyl Valdren (msg # 8):

hi Drexyl, Clem is a Kaladorian who is traveling as a merchant's assistant, as he was chased out of Kalador

Hi Drexyl, Clem and Kabel,

Grey is a tall buff yokel fresh out the hills with a big sword and a bigger thirst

In reply to Grey Ledge (msg # 10):

Hi Grey, that's a great description.

Hello all!  You should have access to your character sheets now

In reply to Unseen Eye (msg # 12):

i'll fill mine in this evening after work

Hey Everyone

Before you add your career points, make sure you check in with me.

 Have some specifics I have to fill you in on beforehand that will give you more options on what to spend during career phase.

More options aren’t always good, but, you get them

Hope everyone likes their characters so far.

In reply to Unseen Eye (msg # 14):

I'm enjoying building my character and so far he seems likeable :)

Hello All

I got some amazing business news yesterday which led to me & the missus celebrating last night, which led to a bit of a hangover today.

I owe some of you guys some cult outlines & skill round ups.

Give me until later tonight/tomorrow to get them out.

Congratulations on the business news!

No need to make time for char gen right now! Enjoy the moment

that's great news.

Ok.

How is everyone on their character builds at the moment?

I’ve gotten cults out to almost everyone, and we are tightening up/wrapping up all of the traits, etc.

I just want to make sure no one is waiting on me for a key element to push their process forward. You can PM me, you don’t have to respond here, but o wanted to address everyone, since this post is essentially me trying to find out if there is something I don’t know I don’t know. :)

After these characters are wrapped up (probably this coming week, I think) I will start putting people on short solo scenarios that will lead to the introduction to the game itself.

I’m looking forward to it!

Just got fill in the rest of my character sheet, I think.
can't wait to start exploring a new world.

Hi, all.  My name hasn't been changed for this game yet, but I'll be Fessil Asher from Farallor, likely a hunter/scout character.  (Still at early stages of character creation.)

I'm in Western Australia (AWST, GMT+8).



Congratulations!  Good news!

Got it added!

Looking forward to this.

Characters look great.

Some great serendipity already.

Can’t wait to see how you guys tackle these scenarios

welcome, a hunter will be helpful, it'll stop us starving in the wilds :)

And so there are five, welcome Fessil

I’m not sure if I have said it expressly, but everyone will get folk magic skill at base level. You can invest in it cultural, and free points (not Career).

Generally, the skills aren’t crazy powerful & are more everyday useful.

How many folk spells you start with will be decided by the skill level- 1 spell per 20%. So a 0%-20% skill range yields one spell, 60-80% skill range yield 4 starting folk spells.

Hey All!

So, I want to try this method of notation in the skills section of the character sheet, since folks are getting close to completing characters.

The notation would look like this:



Or, more realistically:



That ok with everyone?

After we are done, we will delete the buys and just keep the values.

I’ll then lock the sheets, opening them when we do experience checks.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:03, Wed 19 May 2021.

I think I've sorted mine out now. It took a couple of goes checking what I had copied over wrong and adding up the numbers

In reply to Grey Ledge (msg # 28):

you're not the only one, I'd managed to make a few errors while adding mine up as well. :)

Hey all!

I owe some of you some finished spirits, and we have some final skill buys to finish up, but I think by the end of this week some of you should be into prologue mode as we move towards beginning the game, proper.

If you have any questions for me, let me know (you can post here, or DM me), and I’ll be happy to help.

Excited to get underway!

Hey everyone, got slammed with work.

I should be at it this evening though and make some headway on all fronts.

Hope everyone is well.

In reply to Unseen Eye (msg # 31):

i know what you mean, last week of the month seems to be the busiest.
i'm good, how's things with you, other than busy at work.

I'm off to Devon on Sunday for 5 nights camping with the family. Any posting will be by mobile phone, so limited posts from me, but still available.

Hello all!  My apologies for being MIA

With the world opening up I have been slammed

But not today.

Today I shall tend to all things game wise.

I’ll have pms going out left and right. Spirits, threads for backstory/preludes, character buy questions and proofs

They are all on today’s menu as I have a fun gaming day instead of zoom calls from 10am to 8pm followed by a bunch of emails and maybe a drink lol

May still have the drink. We’ll see.

You shall all hear from me today.

To be clear, I don’t expect everyone to respond. I’ve been MIA, I don’t expect everyone to “hop to” now that I’m responding.

I hope everyone is healthy and happy.

Now, to the writing!
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:34, Fri 04 June 2021.

Apologies all.

My new job has slammed me.

I’m hoping to get my bearings soon and be able to balance out my gaming, but please bear with me while I gain my bearings.

I’m trying to be patient and persistent, as hopefully I can gain more inertia as I move forward.

I should be able to do some more work on the weekend.
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:32, Sat 12 June 2021.

no worries, new jobs are always a bit hectic to start with.

Still here, don't worry.

No worries, Unseen Eye.  Your work is more important.  I'm still here too  :)

Do 'ee know I be by 'ere

Hello All.

I’ve had a personal emergency in real life.

I’m going to have to step away for a moment.

I will post again when I’m available and ready to continue.

Unexpected.

My apologies to everyone. I’ll reach out as soon as I am back.

Hope you're okay, Unseen Eye  :(
Don't worry about us.

hope everything turns out ok.

No apologies needed; RL comes first - and I hope that all turns out well.