In SWADE there's only 12 points for skills. hindrance points may be spent to raise attributes or edges at 2 hindrance points each, skills at 1:1 or to add double your initial money.

Got it, minor tweaks necessary but that's not too bad.

Many thanks!

Oh, the double cost for raising a skill above its attribute thing is still in the system, too! So you get 2 skill increases up to the attribute, or one increase that's already equal to or above the attribute.

Not to peep rolls or anything, but I think it's kind of cool that Telric, the elf who is probably the oldest member of the company by a margin of hundreds or thousands of years, is the only character I'm currently aware of to ace their advances.

I ended up with six total, for transparency's sake.

In reply to Adunaphel (msg # 60):

Six still brings you up to vet, right? Or is that 3 plus the starting 3?
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The rank, and thus access to different edges changes in sets of 4 starting with 0.  Otherwise the advances are all the same as each other.

0-3 Novice
4-7 Seasoned
8-11 Veteran

In reply to Telric Traventor (msg # 61):

3 plus 3, yeah, I didn't ace. High end of seasoned still feels pretty good, and it fits the lifelong fighter with an extended lifespan. I think Wort got the same as Aduna?

Speaking of which, @Wort, if you want a connection with someone, he and Adunaphel might have travelled to Minas Tirith together! She makes the journey back and forth often, and they both come from Eriador (where both the Shire and Arnor are, unless I have my geography wrong).

EDIT: Actually, come to think of it, anyone who came from Eriador and Rohan could have met each other on the North-South road, it runs from the Shire straight through Edoras to Minas Tirith.
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I just rolled 1, so consistent with my idea of a young warrior...

BTW, see that if you check the "reroll max" box on the dice roller, it manages automatically the aces...

The best way to make the rolls is to set the dice, xhck the "reroll max" box and the "record each die" one. This way, the aces are automatically rerolled and the dice are all listed.

When we have to also roll the wild die, the easier wa y is to just set manually as 1dx, 1d6, with the told boxes checked.

Example:

I set it as 1d8, 1d6, checked both rolls and gave as reason to roll "example of a combat roll". Luck was kind enough as even show how aces are managed ;):

18:27, Today: Berthold rolled 7,9 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 7,(6+3)9.  example of a combat roll
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In reply to Berthold (msg # 64):

Yeah, Falin got 1 as well.  He is a youthful dwarf, it seems.

In reply to Falin (msg # 65):

Same with Roclindhir, he's pretty young so it fits (like 21)

Brand scored a roll of 2 for 5 advances total. Not bad for a rider with a bit of experience on the Mark.

In reply to Herubrand (msg # 67):

Nice!

The wierdest thing apart from the fact I need to finalise my character, he's the only specific non combatant in the group, but it's difficult to make that happen on the character sheet and for it to make sense.

In reply to Wort Halffield (msg # 69):

We could use a dedicated healer.

May I ask people who still have not done it, to be kind enough as to add their character description, even if only a line telling their race and where from?

Until we guet more used to the game and characters, it helps to be able to be reminded about who is who by just clicking the name in the post (and not finding that the carácter has not added a description yet)...
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In reply to Berthold (msg # 71):

I'll add it! Sorry about that

In reply to Berthold (msg # 71):

Oh, good call. Mine is posted now too.

Loving the songs! Keep it up, please.

In reply to Incantrix (msg # 74):

Can't take credit for writing it, sadly - straight off one of the wikis- evidently from "Lost Notes", so canon-ish, anyways.

I figure Falin's a little like Sam - not much of a singer, but loves the old songs.

Thanks to both. Knowingwho is who  eases the play...

Wow the grey mountains were huge. No wonder no one found it. The Misty Mountains, the Grey Mountains and Angmar were all part of the original grey mountains. I looked it up. I was curious.

Going to wait until next Monday for stragglers to show up at the gates. Apologies to those kicking their heels there already, but this is about par for an online adventure. Big interest to start with and a quick drop off in attendance. I will select some of the no-shows to run as NPCs if I think we need their skills.

Thanks for sticking with it.

Might be good to run a second phase of advertisement if you want more people before we leave the city.

About paying homage to Theoden:

As the Battle of Pelennor fields went, with the Rohirrim coming from northwest, I assume the spot where Theoden fell is in the northern part of them, so near where the group will go (assuming they will go north, as I understood the first objective wil lbe Fangorn), so this smakk homag eto him will not delay anyone.

Being probably among the best riders, and with a horse instead of a ponny (so probably faster), Berthold offers himself to scout ahead, keeping about 50-100 yds ahead of the rest.

I suggest the ones in ponnies to keep the main body, while other horse riders to scout the flanks or rearguard, with one or tw oof them keeping with the main body.