This is the Out of Character chat. Here anything can be discussed whether it is on the topic of the game or anything your hearts desire. Enjoy.

ANNOUNCEMENT
So... when I set up the game and started accepting players the 1st of June seemed like a nice deadline to give people lots of time to come up with concepts and get their RTJ's in. I didn't, however, realize just how freaking far away June was at the time!

I've gotten a lot of interest in the game an a lot of good character concepts and I feel there are enough players that the game can get underway a lot sooner. So I'm changing the cut off date from June 1st to May 21st, 2021 or this Friday. I will be letting everyone know whether they have been accepted into the game on Friday by 4pm. Ideally this will give all the players time to build their characters over the weekend and allow us to officially kick off the game on May 24th.

So if you are one of the potential players that hasn't yet gotten me a full RTJ and character concept, please do so before noon on Friday, otherwise you will not be considered. All those who do not get selected on Friday will be offered status as Lurkers, and should a player need to be replaced for any reason, Lurkers will be given first round priority before I go looking elsewhere.

Hi Everyone!

Long time RPGer, though I'm relatively new to Pathfinder.

I'll be playing a Kraken caller druid. She should be pretty good on the front lines once she gains a level or two, and a good healer.

She's going to be a little touchy and prone to anger, but she's got good reason to be loyal to the party. If you want me to tone her attitude down just let me know.

P.S. Anyone figure out where I got the name from?

Hello everybody, nice to meet you all. I'll be playing Malakai, a dragonborn magus. As you might expect, I'll usually be around the front lines cutting away at whatever nasties the GM throws our way.

Malaki'll be a bit on the curt side, and while he's not secretly a huge softy, he is loyal, so no need to fear any scheming from this angle. Of course, I suppose that's what I'd say if I was scheming and trying to get you to lower your guard, so I guess we'll just have to see it all unfold.

Sorry Marsha, if the name's a reference I've missed it.

I am Kavaroth Bonecruncher Thunukala.  As you can see I am a Goliath.  My Rage will keep me on the front lines.  I have defeated many opponent in the fighting pits and helping to protect caravans from raiders and bandits.

My job is to crunch the bones of others in protection of the party.

RAAAAWWWRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!

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My name is Will and I've been playing pathfinder with an in-person group for about 2 years.  I don't know all the ins and outs and recently started a PF2e game here on RPOL so I'm hoping a I don't get everything confused. :) haha

I enjoy rolling dice, but I also enjoy finding creative solutions to our encounters.  I know that some will undoubtedly be combat, but sometimes it's cool and fun to find non-combat ways to resolve encounters. :)
This message was last edited by the player at 16:12, Fri 21 May 2021.

Greetings all, my name is Ardos a Wildborn human looking tiefling, who has a fairly unstable hold on magic. So woohoo!

The RNG gods are not kind today, not evil, but not kind. lol

Hello everyone! I will be playing Marinela Szilagyi, the (only) human Witch Hunter Inquisitor; I do a little of everything with a focus on battling enemy casters.

Marinela herself is a little prickly and jaded but she's working on it, and what she lacks in tavern etiquette she makes up for in combat.

Marsha I think I get your reference but I also think I'm wildly wrong.

What do you think it is? Feel free to PM.

Hey guys! Glad to see everyone settling in. I just wanted to drop in and let you guys know that I will be floating in and out periodically this weekend as it is not only my weekend with my kiddos but we're also celebrating one of my son's Birthdays this weekend as he turns 12 on Tuesday.

So if you guys see that I've been on but aren't responding this is the reason why. I will get to all of your questions as soon as I can, it just probably won't be until late.

Hello all! I'm excited to get crackin' with the game. It looks like the party so far is a bunch of prickly, jaded introverts. Which is great, because Gorlash is a therapist errant.

In reply to Ardos (msg # 7):
Oooof, I'm with ya. I wound up with a nine point character.

I'm still stoked for the game, but I just gotta say. I hate non point-buy stat generation.

Ooh I do not like these stats. One stat over 12? Oh that hurts so much

Yowch.

Yeah I'm not gonna lie my enthusiasm for the game has taken a big hit - I don't know if my class can be made workable

Well, hopefully we can get some party members with some bombin' rolls to carry us. And upstage us.

You can make it work, I got basically the same stats. It's all about the RP side of things. Us average people becoming extrodinary

@Ardos, @Gorlash

I hope so (for both) because I'm doing some number crunching to see what I can pull together but it's gonna take some work to not be dead weight.

On the bright side, at least I didn't have to keep the 5 and the 7, so silver lining!

It'll work, being average just makes it sweeter when you succeed.

The chance of any individual 3d6 roll being 16 or higher is around 5% or 1 in 20.
To get an 18, it's 1 in 6 to the third or 216 to 1 (.0046% I think?).

I actually don't mind playing this way, so long as someone isn't running around with multiple 18's or anything or no bonuses at all (eww). It actually used to be worse.

Back in 2nd ed. I had a str 16 fighter who did 1d8+3 (3/2) with a rapier.
The two axe wielding orc ranger with strength 19, at level 1, did 1d6+14 (5/2).

It's almost like that :/

Complaints aside, it was mostly a kick to the confidence to roll single digits four times during stat gen. As it stands, she'll be functional, if only just.

12, 12, 14, 11, 10, 8

Ouch.

In reply to Malakai (msg # 22):

Trade ya :P

wow I thought I would be low on stats.  Apparently I hit the jackpot.

15 15 14 11 11 10

In reply to Kavaroth Bonecruncher Thunukala (msg # 24):

Yeah yeah, rub it in why don't ya? ;) :P

We're all definitely going to be hiding behind (and buffing) you during combat, I know that much

Sorry for the short delay guys, but the first story post is up!

Hey everyone, I'm sorry for my silence, and for what I must now do.
My work has recently begun letting people go, and it's fallen on the rest of us to pick up the slack. Hours are increasing and when I do get home, I'm too tired to do much of anything but shove some food in my mouth and go to sleep. As it stands, I am currently incapable of giving this game the attention which it deserves, and must step away. I am sorry to cut and run like this, and wish you all the best.

In reply to Malakai Al-Nabih (msg # 27):

Sorry to see you go dude, but believe me, I get it.

I've already contacted one of the lurkers. Assuming he gets me a character before Monday I'll find a way to work him into the group. Otherwise I'll contact one of the other Lurkers and we'll get someone in.

In reply to Malakai Al-Nabih (msg # 27):

Dude I completely understand.  2 years ago my wife was diagnosed with ALS and talk about turning your world upside down.

We will still be here when you get back to being able to play!!!

Good Luck!!!

Sorry to do this guys, but do to recent round of lay off at work, my time constraints are way to tight to keep up in this game.

Best of luck to you all, but for now I'm going to have to pull out.

Greetings!

I'll be playing Neil, one of our replacements.

I'll be building him up and getting a brief summary over to the character creation thread shortly.

Looking forward to playing with all of you.

Hooray another member of the Boring Human club, welcome Neil!

Thanks Marinela.

Submitted my sheet a few days ago, just waiting for the thumbs up before he hops in.

Hi, I've just joined as a new wizard.  Not the best at magic admittedly!

Welcome Neil and Shuv'az'quri! It's nice to have you guys, feel free to hop into the story thread as if you've been with the group the whole time.

I apologize for the delay, weekends are normally hard for me to post because I have my kids on weekends. This weekend however was even worse because I've been under the weather. I will be making a new story post tomorrow as I am starting to feel much more like myself. Thanks for the patience and understanding. See you guys tomorrow.

Fate, no worries.  Weekends are hard for me too.  And when I have a day off.   I usually check RPOL a couple of times throughout the day at work because with 6 kids I don't get much time at night.

So... after I posted calling for initiative I realized that not only is it unnecessary, but also makes a big bottle neck. So, from now on, we'll just skip it. Most of the time it should be pretty obvious which side should get to act first and you guys can just go in post order. When I posted I had in my head I'd average all your initiatives and make it more fair... but I think it'll be fine without all that extra work and waiting.

So, in short, sorry for the delay. I've learned that what I had in mind isn't so effective so I'm changing it. :D

At work we call that "continuous improvement thinking" :)

Well that turned out better than I had hoped, for now...

How does one play Krzzt?

What should I roll for Neil?

Hmmm, up to the GM but I'd assume you make an unarmed strike against him, and he makes an unarmed strike against you, and whoever is on their feet buys the other a drink. Or gets the shit beaten out of him by angry orcs. As the case may be.

Hmmm...but just the one angry Orc... potentially...

Well, since this is a "game" and not a fight we won't use attack rolls since one of the rules is that you keep your hands to your side and allow yourself to be punched. As well, I think despite it being of Orcish concept, the game isn't meant to be lethal. So here is what we'll do:

The half orc will let Neil go first. Roll 1d6 and add your strength modifier like you would to a melee attack. We'll add 10 and this will be the Fortitude save the Half-orc has to make in order to keep his feet. If he fails the save Neil will have won. If he passes he stays on his feet and he'll get his turn, where he'll follow the same rules and set the DC for Neil's Fortitude save.

The question is, what do we do if they both pass their saves? I'd prefer this not to become a back and forth for multiple saves. Anyone got any ideas on how one might judge this sort of contest fairly?

Personally, I don't mind the GM rolling stuff out if it saves time, as long as we are allowed to use any rerolls we possess.

You could just roll it out yourself and figure out who wins.

That's a good idea.

Works for me.

Yeah, maybe have the GM auto-roll until someone fails.

I think that would be best

Sorry guys. Weekend + Father's Day = Zero Posting time. I hope everyone had a good weekend and Father's Day. I'll get the post up within the next little while.

No worries.

I fell asleep on my bed after an exhausting and hot day out at lunch.  My 8 year old girl came in and found me asleep and says to my 7 year old girl "Daddy's asleep we should take his glasses off."  I stayed asleep and helped her to move my head so she could take them off.  So cute.

Then later my 7 year old girl came in and said to my 8 year old girl "Daddy's still wearing his shoes." So she then took of my shoes AND socks.  She was a brave little girl :) LOL

What does "ROOM DC" mean in the GM posts please?

That is the default DC to beat if you guys want to make a roll. That way you don't have to ask "What's the disable device DC for these three locks?" you can just tell me you're rolling Disable Device and make the roll.

Just makes things a bit more streamlined. :)

I like that.  Thanks :)
This message was last edited by the player at 17:08, Wed 23 June 2021.

So sorry guys! I know that I've left you hanging for the last couple of days. I *really* thought that this OT thing would have wrapped up by now but it's only getting busier for me at work. If I had the time that I would want to devote to the game I probably wouldn't have the mental bandwidth. Unfortunately, lacking either, I have to withdraw. The game and the world both seem *great* though so I hope you guys have a blast!

Good Luck Gorlash!!

FYI, I'm waiting to post any replies until others post.  I don't want to be a hog.

I am so sorry for disappearing. It has been the week from hell at work and it doesn't look like it's going to end until after the upcoming long weekend. I will get back to posting I promise, I just wanted to take a minute on my phone during the only break I've had in the last 12 hours to jump on and let you all know what is happening.

Again, I am so sorry and I appreciate your patience with me.

It's all good GM, summer is always a weird slowdown for Rpol, plus the holiday weekend just passed, so a sort of double whammy there.

Still here and still kicking!

Yeah, we are in the dog days of RPoL for sure.

This and Christmas.

Also still around, whenever you get back.

It's all good.  Work and Home have been busy for me too. :)

Still keeping track of this one.

Hope you are doing better, Fate!

Hi all.  I'm sorry to do this, but I have to withdraw from this game.  I've had changes in my work lift and my personal life that are not leaving me any room to visit RPOL and little mental capacity to write good posts.  Good Luck.