This will be the OOC thread...

Alright, profile picture chosen! This looks more like an alligator, but the two other closest options were obviously older and either Yuan-Ti or Red. I'll stick with the cartoon alligator for now!

Since Jaffa is a little kid kobold (and a nice one), I have no problem with this profile pic.

So... first I'll see whether our mutual nigh-indestructible friend wants in on the ground floor of this game or not. One I get that question answered, I'll place an ad for this game.

I know what ya mean. If she were a Weird Human kid, this would be a rather strange picture!

And roger roger! Hope this turns out fun!

Hi!

I might change the face again before I settle on one, but this one is good enough for now.

As Dan Fielding once said, "I got no problem with that"


So I guess I'll place an ad for more players soon...

Ad posted...

Hello! Nice to see ya, Dinkar!

Hi, Jaffa! Nice to know that whatever else happens, there'll be someone around my height.

Honestly, you might be a liiiittle taller than I am, depending on ages. Halflings are generally taller than us Kobolds, if I'm remembering correctly? Still, we're not too far apart!

I'm thinking Dinkar is on the younger end of the spectrum, maybe eight or nine.

Jaffa's pretty much exactly in the middle, at 10. Kind of, maybe, possibly trying to start working towards being mature.

So, do we already know each other when the game opens, or do we still need to meet?

Either way, we should probably come up with some reason why Jaffa would tolerate Dinkar. He can be kind of a jerk.

I was thinking y'all would already know and accept one another.

Please feel free to use this space for working out the details about that as needed.

The two getting along would probably be easier if they'd known each other for a while, though we could always go the way of butting heads at first before becoming friends. Maybe Dinkar got hurt at some point? (skinned knee or cut his finger in an attempt to do magic?) Jaffa might've forced her way into his life to help him recover, even if they aren't quite friends yet. Or maybe they lucked out into friendship when some bully called them both names (Dink and Redspot, respectively) and they became allies through that. "That", in this context, definitely doesn't mean getting petty revenge, no sir-ee.

My revenge is never petty. It's grand.

Either idea works, but the first one probably works better. Someone who helps him for no other reason than she can do it would definitely start to break through his barriers.

Ah, my apologies! I didn't mean to lessen the sheer scale that is your grand revenge! :)

There's always the option of doing more than one as well. Different events can come together to shape a friendship. Maybe the healing event to start with, but then they bond through petty/grand revenge. Who knows, maybe Dinkar could steal a Jaffa Cake as thanks, if that's not too far out of character?

It's entirely within character. He's going to have difficulty expressing feelings of gratitude or friendship, but if he can make some sort of gesture without having to say anything, he'll definitely go that route.

If the gesture can be accomplished through theft or violence, even better.

Hello, mean girl half elf reporting in :)

I’m very keen to establish links with fellow PCs.

Dinka seems like the sort of (enforcer) boy that Anthielle would like to have around.

And Jaffa would be welcomed for her abilities or even just the price for getting Dinka on board.   Plus it’s nice to have another girl around (that Anthielle doesn’t see as a threat).

Sarah adds some additional muscle to the group… the more the merrier.

Of course Anthielle needs to bring something to the table.  She has an important father, she’s charming, and she has a taste for adventures… pick one :)

Dinkar. With an R.

Heh, great to be here everyone.

I'll be your resident self-proclaimed "strongest kid around the block", great to be working with you.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:22, Tue 05 Oct 2021.

Greetings "strongest kid around the block" and "mean girl half elf that doesn't see Jaffa as a threat"! Great to meet you. Now with the powers of strength from Sarah, sneakiness courtesy of Dinkar, magic and mean-ness from Anthielle, and heart, nothing can stop us! Not even a sneaky church service that tries to bribe us with juice and cookies! Definitely a trap that we will never, ever fall for.

I suppose that, if Jaffa had to pick one of Anthielle's traits to be brought to the table, she'd be hoping for the charm? Easier to get people on your side that way and it can help in staying out of trouble.

Agree to my terms and I’ll reinstate your R….j/k

Dinkar or Din from now on.

You get to be good cop then, Jaffa :)


Also hello to Sarah… and Raga

Thanks. I would hate to have to stab someone before the game has even started.  :D

Hello.  Quick check in before going to work.

I'm a scruffy, moody, sullen, tiny, quiet little girl who turns into a spitfire of furious tiny fists when provoked/cornered.

Hah, nice to have another ferocious ankle biter in the team.

Though, I'm noticing Din is gonna be the only boy here, that's gotta be strange for the fella.

That ratio would likely be important to Raga.

BTW, I'm nicer than Raga. :)

We could pass Raga off as a boy maybe?  :)

Besides, maybe the WAR has seen kids sent away so that the boy/girl ratio isn't so 'ordinary'.

Okay I'm awake and back--

So let's see...

Alphabetically...

--Anthielle: Half-elf basically 12. I'm talking to her privately about her home situation.

--Dinkar: What is your (human-equivalent) age, and home situation?

--Jaffa Redspot: Kobold, basically 10, no parents, no home, sleeps in abandoned buildings or back allies.

--Raga: Age 8. No parents, no home, sleeps in abandoned buildings or back allies.

--Sarah Farwing: 12. Human. No parents anymore but lives at grandparents' home.


----Next question: You are a gang of kids who already know each other... does your gang have a name, or is it only just a "gang" in that it is "a group of kids who always do stuff together?"



----Another thing I want to emphasize is that you start with nothing but the clothes you're wearing. (Anthielle has more clothes at home. Sarah has more clothes at home, but not as many as Anthielle.)

No weapons, no armor, no money, nothing. You want something, you'll have to go find it, steal it, or take it from another kid (who isn't one of you 5, I mean).


----I will also say that I didn't know if I'd get this many people, but I thought I'd limit the maximum number of players (not counting me) to six. (Why six? Because seven would be too many, BUT people so often drop out on RPol due to Real Life Stuff that I thought it'd be good to have more than 4 and maybe more than 5 if I could get 'em.) So FOR ALL I KNOW another kid could join at any time... though I don't have any further prospectives yet. Just a heads-up.

IC, Raga wouldn't care about whether the group has a name or what it is.

And . . . would it be any fun to have that whole discussion IC?  If we come to the game having been together, someone could kick off the conversation with something like: "Hey, we've been doing stuff together so much, I think we need a name for our gang/group!"

Fine by me...

Hello Raga!

On the gender ratio, I think it might be funny if Din barely even registers that it is the way it is.

On the subject of being nicer than the character, that's good to hear, Raga! I do somewhat wish I could say the same for myself, but that's probably not something the Nice Kid should say.

As for gang name... If we want to have one, I kinda like the sound of The Ragamuffins or something like that (and not just because Jaffa would like a muffin very much). But as Raga says, it could be very fun to do it in-character!

(Okay, I am now realizing that "Ragamuffins" would seem to be named after Raga. I feel a little silly for not figuring that out earlier.)

Actually (and the GM can confirm this) that is exactly where her name came from.

I so confirm

That is very fun! Names taken from appropriate words are the best. Honestly, I'd thought "Raga" was pronounced "Raw-guh". Is it more like "Rag-uh", like in Ragamuffin?

Heh, I'm down with the gang being called Ragamuffins when we come to it IC. Though I think Sarah would prefer something cooler, not something that makes her sound adorable. I think she would call the gang "The Seasonal Undertakers of My Grandpa's Backyard" or something similar.

The Amazing Dinkar and his Fabulous Harem?

--Dinkar: What is your (human-equivalent) age, and home (or non-home) situation?

Let's say ten.

As for his home situation, I envision him as an orphan, but having a place to live. He lives with a senile old woman who has mistaken him for her son. He is remarkably nice to the old crone, doing chores and the like, but will still disappear for days at a time as suits him.

Basically, he's a cat.

I envision it being pronounced like the first two syllables in Ragamuffin.

I don't know how she'd feel having the group called Ragamuffins; I'll/She'll have to think about that if it is seriously considered.

There's a lot of crones in Vierna-- they almost have their own guild-- so this suits me.

I’d prefer a gang name with more flair, but would accept the Ragamuffins if most of the group preferred it.  Yay democracy.

I’m not the best at awesome names but here are a few for consideration;

The Misfitted
The Laneway Guardians
The Urchin Alliance.

I like Dinkar’s cat like accomodation, very amusing :)

The Little Rascals (yeah, it's a rip-off)

The Nudniks

The Ankle Biters

SNORT

It's Dinkar's world; everyone else just happens to live in it

Very accurate.

AFK for a few hours, will check back in later.

Help me, please, someone . . .

A scrapper gets a -1 insightful bonus, which means the scrapper rolls one die when trying to insult someone.  Which further means they can't hurt anyone with insult, because the most they could roll is a 5 and you need to get at least a 7.  So, a scrapper is not likely to cause non physical damage.

BUT the scrapper gets an advantage if they could actually cause non physical damage.

BUT the scrapper is not likely, if ever, going to be able to cause non physical damage.

I have to be missing something . . . what is it?

Hoh, maybe you've found a hidden secret or flaw of the scrappers skill. You have a low chance in actually insulting someone. Unless you invest in insight as you level,  but you'd run the risk of falling behind the others. However who knows, maybe you can earn a magical items that gives extra die for insults.

In reply to Raga (msg # 48):

I believe the rule is wrong, and the GM missed it when he modified the original rules set.

That rule should probably read that you do harm on a 4-5, but are open to retaliation, and on a 6 you do harm without being open to retaliation.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:46, Tue 05 Oct 2021.

Got in an IC update… enough to move the scene along… and will be afk again shortly (work).

While I’m away feel free to nominate our guide and get it done… to see if we get there or have some sort of encounter :). I left some Ooc musings in the IC thread about who might be best to do it.

.

Din gets a 3d6, so it should probably be me.

This is correct.

I have corrected the rule for that move.

---

IN OTHER NEWS, we have an application for a sixth player-- a 10-year-old (equivalent) goblin Wise Kid (druid, in other words).

I'm inclined to accept right away, BUT wanted to make sure it was okay with you guys, because-- again-- I'm inclined to pretend player 6 has been with us on the stoop along.

Any objections?

I do not object.

No objections here!

Fine with me

That's three out of five, not counting me. I'm lettin' 'm in.

On the subject of walking around, Jaffa is a Nice Kid (wow, what a surprise), so she'd just be rolling one d6 unless we used the alleyways, I think. Dinkar seems like our best choice so far!

Hah, agreed, we should let Dinkar be our guide. If he makes a mistake or rolls for an encounter, we can easily blame Dinkar for it.

No objections...

From work.

Hello all. I’ll be Playing Grog, the 10 year old goblin wise kid. He’s an odd kid, borderline feral after having lived with and learned from nothing but the city’s animals and critters into the gang picked him up. So very animalistic in his behaviour, but at the same time generally very calm and at peace with life. Much like an animal, He doesn’t really think ahead much, just Living in the now. Also not being much of an Alpha, He is generally content with following the lead of the others. Although He does speak very honestly and bluntly about his opinions, and tests limits at times as any proper pack member would.
The Oddest thing about him, though is his at times weirdly wide variety of knowledge and suprisingly large vocabulary, hinting at a past with much education. It only shows at times, though. And he generally doesn’t talk about his past. Mostly he just acts like 50% little brother and 50% stray dog.

Having someone to blame does sound fun, but Jaffa's probably going to forgive that?

And hello, Grog! Good to meet you!

Now the Big question is, should I just make an IC post with Grog arriving, and go with him already being part of the group, or is He perhaps one of the things you find on your trip? Either works for me, since I can see you kinda already have the Ball Rolling in the IC thread. So it’s what you guys prefer.

I lean toward Grog already being part of the group, but will let y'all outvote me if you wish.

I've got no problem with you already being in/with Dinkar's harem, Grog. I don't believe we've said anything yet that would make it impossible for you to be there.  But I honestly don't have a specific preference myself.

Yeah, we don't need a special introduction. Let's just say we know you already.

Aight, the yayes have it. I’ll get an IC post up.

Don't forget you need a portrait, Grog

Got one now. Basically that face but younger. It was either that or standard goblin faces, which look a bit too evil for what I’m going for.

I believe I may have originally submitted that pic, years ago. I love it!

https://i.pinimg.com/originals...51d25226b0b480d1.png

Yep, we’re in the right place :)

Remember that you can use the stats to try anything.

Example:

Django looked up. Sure, the window was open, but how was he going to reach it, if the wall was too smooth to climb?

He looked around...

(Django rolls Insightful: 2, 4, 6, highest result is 6)

Ah ha! Those boxes over there! He could stack them!



Of course, some things the GM just won't allow. A zombie doesn't have the brains to take non-physical damage from you insulting it. (Yelling at it to draw its attention away from a panicky friend whose hiding place it's just about to stumble across, yes. Hurting its feelings, no.)

But you can use the stats to try anything. If you get a 6, it's not going to make the situation any worse, even if the GM doesn't allow what you're trying (though he'll try to help you out in some other way if he can).
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:06, Wed 06 Oct 2021.

Sorry about all that rolling just now. I can't believe I forgot to hit the right options...

Convincing Dinkar to give the cane back ought to be possible... but it will be very difficult.

Sleep time for me, I’ll let the other PCs workout the situation… whether it’s a fight or bargain or whatever :)

Or, come to think of it, if you push her to wanting to poke at or take a swing at one of you...

Well I'm having fun so far, hope y'all are too...

Loads of fun.

Yes, despite what one might think from Raga's posts.

Her time will come. :)

And I haven't even broken out anything but a crone so far!

Imagine when I start throwing monsters and stuff at y'all!!





Okay, good

I'm still trying to figure out how big a jerk I want Dinkar to be. Obviously he can't be too bad, or he won't have any friends. But he's definitely not a Good Guy, either.

In his head, the crone could be an evil witch, so he feels fully justified in taking what might be a magical artifact from her.

Plus, that was Dink's motivation for coming here in the first place.

I think we're all feeling out how we want the image we had of our characters to actually work when playing.  A feeling out process of sorts.

You can say that again! I know I want Jaffa to be nice either to a fault or almost to a fault, but I still don't know exactly how much to go in on that.

That being said, I'm rather enjoying this myself as well!

Nooot having a lot of lick with the dice today…

I am having fun, however. Which is really the most important thing :)

That's the spirit!

Having fun too.

Possible IC post: Fearing the wrath of the all-powerful dice roller, the PCs ran away.

Not a terrible idea, there. I'm already quaking in me boots.

Can’t wait for a city guard or something to walk by and see 6 kids between 8 and 12 basically assault an old lady… and lose.

I was gonna feel a bit bad when the thought hit me, but seeing how we’re doing so far, my money’s on grandma gettin’ biblical on our asses.

Yeah, we need to run away.

She might hit us with her purse.  Which we'll then try to take.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjY4rQxhE88

Yes!  Exactly!

Waiting to see if we get away from the crone… before I post again IC

5/6 of us are retreating, hopefully Grog will too :)

Just to make absolutely sure this is perfectly clear:

This doesn't mean that whatever the final result is, you subtract 1 from it.

It means you roll one fewer dice than you would otherwise.

Roger roger! Understood

And if it would only be one die to begin with, THEN you subtract 1 from the result, right?

I think it's just that any 6s become 5s with only one die, as per usual -1 rules, though I could be wrong.

No, Jaffa (or her player? if you prefer?) is correct. 1 die is one die. -1 MORE die is still 1 die... but you can't get a 6... 6s are treated like 5s in that situation.

Jaffa is perfectly fine!

So to confirm: because he backed away, the bag is no longer at his feet (i.e., a child picking it up would not be in immediate grabbing distance)?

Yes

A thought occurs. I was Reading up on my unique moves, and noticed that no stat is specified under the Hey, help me out please Move. Am I correct in assuming that it uses charming?

Correct. I have updated it.

In a few hours time I’ll be away for most of the day.  GM can autopilot Anthielle if need be and Din can take the lead  )

In in charge! Bwah ha ha!!

Great, thanks :)

Fight occurs just as I have to duck out and GM a TT game :)

Put me on autopilot, I don't have shadow powers so won't be too much help.

Saturday is my day with lots of free time... who's up for postin'?

I can and will off and on.

Particularly if my wife doesn't make me do stuff around the house.

Same here.

I got some stuff to do today, but yeah, on and off for me as Well.

I've got some free time to post, but I do have to take a trip to the grocery today.

I've got free time to post at weekdays

More rules confusion on my part:

For scrapper, it says:

Also, when you insult or upset an opponent (in other words, when you Hurt them in a non-physical way), you take +1 die in rolls (maximum 3d6) against them until the next time they Hurt you...

But Scrappers are +2 Forceful, which means they have 3d6 . . . so this ability is only useful if for some reason the scrapper is at a penalty, right?

Yeah, it's the same thing as the Wild Kid's venting move:

Venting: When you have Hurt caused by non-physical sources, add +1 to your attack rolls (max of 3d6).

Maybe it's useful in other attacking skills like throwing or insulting.

Ah, yes, it does say "rolls" and is not limited to fighting.

Thank you.

Indeed-- as the rules say elsewhere:


KEEP IN MIND: Usually, there's a maximum of 3d6 that you can roll for any roll. There are sometimes exceptions... but if a move or ability doesn't SAY that it allows you to roll more than 3d6, then you can't.

"So why do I want something that'll give me a boost when my main stat is already +2, giving me 3d6?"

Answer: So you can roll better on things BESIDES what you do with your main stat, buddy! Your main stat is not the perfect solution to all situations!

off to work for a most of the day....

What's the rule for turns here? Is it anyone that's still active to post or each player must all act? And should I do another attack or wait until the enemy makes their move?

It's pretty loosey-goosey. I'm fine if you take a turn, and then I post, and then you post again... But otherwise let's wait for at least one or two other people to post...




Don't wait for the enemy to make their move.

(SEE ALSO ABOVE)

In fact what I think I'm gonna try to do is-- mostly-- just have it to where the enemy ONLY does things when one of you guys makes worse than a 6...

Hmm. I think, before we move on, I want you all to do like Jaffa has done, and put a spot in your bio lines for the two types of Hurt...

I have added... stuff... to make that easier...

...Please update when you read this (if you haven't already, which I think goes for Jaffa)

Done.

Done

Doneso

Done-ski.

https://c.tenor.com/SC14wFp3uU...d-that-reference.gif

I don't.  But it sounds funny :)

And forever more, the dwarf was known as that :)

AFK, out gaming for the night.

:)

I mean hey, if that's his name, that's his name. Jaffa just wants to be accurate.

Enjoy your gaming!

So Mr. Hot is the truant officer, and Mr. Cold is the Schoolmaster?

Wow, what were the odds of that happening?

I don't think Mr. Hot is his real name.

I'm not even sure Mr. Cold is his real name.

I honestly kinda wish it were Mr. Heat Miser and Mr. Snow Miser. Course then we'd be in a musical and I don't think Jaffa would be good at staying on pitch.

Hey all. Sorry to say this, but I’m gonna have to now out of this game. I thought I’d have the energy and time for it, but I just started studying to be a kindergarden teacher about a month ago, and I vastly overestimated the energy I’d have to spare.

So rather than being able to post sporadically with varying engagement, and ending up feeling bad about that, I’d rather just bow out and wise ya’ll a good game.

Grog, you will be missed :(

Please take this half eaten rat as a parting gift  j/k

Seriously, good luck with the studies.

I shall have Grog wander off. He can come back if you ever decide to.

BUT shall I remove you from the game, Grog? Or do you wanna be able to easily spectate now and then?

Aw. That's too bad.

Of course, this means that I get all the girls to myself....

That is, of course, assuming you get any of us, Din!

Sad to see you go, Grog. Have fun teaching all of the kids!

Aw, you love me and you know it. I'm adorable.  ;)

You are certainly the cutest Master Assassin Jaffa's ever seen, but I think she'd prefer a cute baker right now. She likes big buns and she cannot lie. ;)

Thanks all for the nice send off :).

As for keeping me in the game… eh, honestly, I usually dont spectate in games, so I probably won’t do it here either. I’ll leave it up to you, but I doubt I’ll make use of it.

It's sad to see you go dude, but life happens.

Well if you want me to actually remove you from the game, just come tell me.

Opting to hold off an IC post until Dinkar reports back…. Plus I’m afk for work soon.

Dinkar was supposed to report back?

Tee hee!

I was actually waiting for Anthielle to follow or do something else. I thought the GM had required us both to act impatient.

If she thought she didn't have to, I can see that, because I can see one interpretation of what I wrote being "both of you feel you have to do something, but it will dissipate after one of you does something (although only the first to do something will lose a non-physical hurt)."

Hm. I'm gonna go with that interpretation: Anthielle's impatience is ameliorated by watching Dinkar sneak over to eavesdrop.

Dinkar, your friends are watching you, so if you just signal to them silently that it should be only a little longer, that should be enough to burb even Anthielle's impatience...

Oops.  I did read it as one of us acting and thus healing the hurt.

I’ve posted now.  AFK at work for a few hours…

Um Anthielle that happened because Dinkar still had/has the old woman's cane

Oh, is that how those Painters found out how we know the crone. That makes a lot of sense, I kinda forgot about that we still had that cane around.

Battle staff.

She is merely insinuating a potential co-incidence.  Mean girl splitting hairs.

Also is the Crone's cane particularly unique and/or identifiable?  If so, we may need to make it less identifiable :)



Jack's a very good guesser... the cane could have come from an old man.

Maybe that gang had their eye on the cane too . . . :)

Maybe it's a key to untold riches. They were probably gonna take it when they beat us all up, but we should them and then some.

Got it.




Nah, not so much




Probably figured a bunch of kids couldn't take it from an old man... Jack is a sexist pig.



I'll be back to post tomorrow. If I don't post in... 14 or 15 hours, nudge me

Second plot of the game…. Detected.  J/k

Actually I think a Sarah sword quest would be ideal.  Any other ideas people?

We have to survive the housewarming. :)

Sure would suck if this "housewarming" involved the house getting much too warm *cough cough*arson*cough cough*

But clearly, the cane is secretly a magical staff that will allow us to summon pancakes by swishing it around and saying the magic word.

If the cane is beating a pancake maker at the same time... then sure :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3O-g2DaSv0

Nudge...

https://i.imgur.com/ThGHapM.gif

Wow, Anthielle pulled it off with just two dice.

Bedtime for me though. I expect I'll be back tomorrow...

Ugh, bad headache today never got much better. Back tomorrow...

Rest up, come back later GM :)

Busier day than expected today. I plan to be back tomorrow, but if not tomorrow then definitely Sat

...Sarah has offered Durgali the tiny-house... but has anyone actually shown her the locket yet...?

I don't even remember who has it.

Yeah I was hoping I wouldn't have to look that up

(goes and looks it up)

You've got it, Dinkar.

Oh. Okay. I thought someone had grabbed it from me.

I think that was just the tiny-house

I normally have 3 dice for Charming, so hopefully that could be enough? (Course, anyone that can take advantage of the 4 dice would be best. Would be nice to burn the -1, but there are other opportunities.)

Nevermind. Great job, Sarah!

x2!

My bad, I needed a way to use this + 1. It's pretty redundant in combat since my force is maxed. Hehe

OK . . .

I want to do something for which I would normally be at -1.

But I have a -1 for the next time I do anything.

So is it 1 die if I get a 5 or a 6 it becomes a four?

To be more specific: Raga doesn't trust people, and wants to decide if the dwarf has convinced  her of the need to touch the house.  I assume this is Insightful, which would normally be -1 for me.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:21, Sun 24 Oct 2021.

Your insightful is -1, and you have a -1 penalty, so...

If you roll a 6 it'll count as a 5.
If you roll a 5 it'll count as a 4.
If you roll a 4 it'll count as a 3.

So... in such a situation... one would sure hope you roll a 6 or at least a 5.

Last stop Jaffa...

Truthfully, I forgot about Dinkar's preferred and hated shortened forms of his name.

But what's said is said. :)

That's fine. It's bound to come up from time to time.

Speaking of time.  Is it late enough that those PCs with homes should be returning there?

GM:  Would you like an rough indication of what the gang wants to do the next day... or play it by ear?

Despite Anthielle's bossy nature, I do want the rest of the group to have fun... and a chance to dictate objectives :)

Raga's objective is finding food.

Easily.



Playing it by ear is fine with me.

OOC, if someone has a new objective, just let me know here, or via PM...

I propose that everyone get some rest.

If anyone wants to try a simple roll to steal some food first-- or to charm some food away from someone-- that'll be fine too, just let me know.


I will also point out the Level Up move:

--Level Up:

The THE CAST link keeps track of how many times you post.

When you have made 100 posts (OOC counts too!), you may Level Up after the next time your character Rests.

(It's only 100 points the first time. (Dinkar is currently closest with 87) Every time after that, it's 200. So it's 100, 300, 500, 700, 900...)

When you Level Up:

--add a point to a stat modifier (that is not already +3)

AND ALSO

--You can take one more point of Hurt in each category. So after the first time you Level Up, you won't Lose It until you hit 4 Hurt in a category, instead of 3.

ALSO... The GM might also give you some sort of special bonus, like a new magical ability, or a magic item.

Jaffa would be planning on possibly heading to the Shop Quarter and trying to look around for any disposed of garbage or food near any places that sold food during the day. Alternatively, she could try a charming roll (with that -1 from before kicking in, of course. I mean, if there was a roll to scrounge food out of garbage, that would also have the -1, but whatever. Technically speaking, if she tried to move elsewhere for food, then the -1 would kick in then too. Whatever, I'm overthinking this).

Raga also needs to find food -- only because kids need to eat.  :)

But I don't feel like it needs to be roleplayed extensively if you don't want, because it would just bog things down for everyone else.

Thanks for the reminder, GM :)

If its ok, I wouldn't mind a small bit of RP with Emmeria and Otto.  A few posts back and forth in this thread would be sufficient... while the other players get the same treatment :)

I am NOT going to charge you a roll for movement for this "getting ready to end the day" stuff.

Scrounging before bed, yes, moving, no.

Sure... just go home

Dinkar, as a halfling, eats more than his size would suggest. He'll need to go and find some food before hitting the sack, too.

Just updated that last message to make the reasoning behind my role consistent with the food-obtaining process

So, are you guys waiting on me to post or just waiting for DM resonse. Cause theirs nothing really RP heavy on just simply meeting going home where my grandparents live. Or is their!!

I was waiting for DM response . . . even a response that just moves us to a point in time.

I think I was in the middle of a response and then I got interrupted and never finished it. (And I never will. I'll have to start it over.)

Then... since all of y'all were waiting on me (until recently)... the game didn't "light up" for me again, so I didn't realize it was (still) my turn.

NOT to rush anyone, but do we think we're maybe about ready for a new day of adventures...?

I think so.

I know-- tell you what-- I'll start a new thread. So moving on cam happen and anyone who needs a little more time to finish up can happen.

Good idea!

I have decided that there are different subspecies of kobolds (arctic, jungle, desert, etc) and that the urban type is the "muffin kobold"

I hope that doesn't mean Jaffa is guilty of cannibalism in eating a muffin then. I have a feeling she wouldn't enjoy that!

Nope. Not any more than a fruit bat is a cannibal for eating fruit.

Well in that case, I'll be the best muffin kobold there is!

...Are we stuck?

Or are we just not big weekend players?

If the latter, NO PROBLEM.

If the former, just let me know and I'll give a nudge to the narrative in some way...

Little stuck, yeah.

This.  I work both days & sometimes cram in RPG stuff too.

I believe we going to go chasing weapons today... or similar :)

A little of both for me.

I do sometimes struggle with weekends a little bit? Mostly just forgetting to check things in the first half of the day.

I'm pretty much free all day, everyday. However, I've observed this group in particular doesn't post at weekends so I assumed that's normal

Anyways, let's focus on the weapons

Grats to Din... who's hit 100 posts now.  And two others are right behind him :)

Indeed.

Dinkar, raise one of your stats by one point... and I'll message you about what sort of "extra" you might get

Woot!

Gah, and here I am so behind on making that hundred mark. What to do? What to do?

You could always post one word at a time!

Hah, brilliant, but I'll think I'll need to be fair and make my post all-natural.

Far be it from me to try to help you avoid trouble, but Sarah, if you're just leading the group through the streets, shouldn't you get one more die? (Read the rules near the bottom of the Travel Elsewhere move)

Eh, I have a -1 insight. I don't think having a 0 changes anything.

...I... am saying that you should get to roll a second die... unless you don't want to.

Ah, so it meant an extra die, thought it meant stats. My bad.

I rolled a another but it's a 3

I forgot Dinkar healed overnight, and didn't drop his 1 physical hurt. Now I guess I'll just leave it.

Okay

Am I correct in understanding that as a scrapper I ignore the damage from the goblin?

Yikes! Yes, you are correct-- I'm the one who forgot. Yes, you'll take Hurt normally from now on during this fight-- but NOT THIS time.

I'd also forgotten about healing overnight, to be honest! I've fixed that and I'll make a post shortly!

Ditto

Hah, Sarah Farwing has nothing to worry about that. For she has never been suffered any damage.

For Raga-- or anyone else-- to try to remember if they've heard about any of those names/places before, that's an Insightful roll.

But the first person to post such an Insightful roll? That's all you get. Only one of you may try it.

After that, you'll have to ask around...

Dinkar: So, tell me... Dinkar attacks with Agile, giving him a 3d6. That's the maximum roll. In that case, what actual good does a weapon do him? What does the staff/cane do?


Me: Nothing. It's just there for flavor. (You could hook things with it, for one possible flavor example...)

The game wasn't really designed for these children to have weapons. Honestly, it'll just draw that much more attention from adults who'll want to confiscate them if they spot 'em. But it's in-character for the kids to WANT weapons, so far be it from me to stand in the way.

Heck yeah, if I want a sword, I'll just have to cause a lot of havoc to get one. And mostly cause so I can stop describing slippers as weapons in every combat scenario.

We'll be constantly told to be careful or we'll put someone's eye out.

No stinkin' adult can tell Sarah Farwing what to do. Except my Grandma, good thing we have a makeshift armory.

Weapons increase out might… and prestige :)

Speaking of the latter, we really need a gang name… and with our penchant for adventures, something in that vein would be fitting.  Din’s Daredevils, the Five Squires, the Heroes of Red Alley, etc

We have to stick to a singular word format, since all the gangs around this city are doing it. We can't call ourselves The Squires since that's my goal. Heroes, eh, some of us are in a bit of the grey area their. Daredevils, probably, but that doesn't roll off the tongue does it. Maybe we're the Deeders, we find deeds across the land whether they be good or bad.

You’re right about the one word convention, Sarah :)

Some more suggestions…

The Scrappers, the Rebels, or the Scamps?  Additional adjectives can be applied to those three.

I like "Scamps" the best of any of the suggestions so far.

Yeah, Scamps seems to fit us perfectly as a group right now. Let's go with Scamps.

I’m ok with Scamps, let’s see what Din and Jaffa think.

Scamps is okay by me, but Dinkar would hate it. He'd want something more like the Terrors.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:03, Wed 24 Nov 2021.

Scamps is fine by me as well, but Jaffa would certainly prefer something food-related like the Crumbs or something.

The Bakery Scamps
The Scamps of Tavern Alley
The Hungry Scamps

Anthielle probably has a completely different group name that she reserves for Parkside quarter use :)

How about we have ourselves different group names for every quarter we head to. But it has to be something our group is known for in each quarter, otherwise we're just called The Scamps instead of the Daring and Rambunctious Scamps of Tavern Quarter.

How about Scraps?

I’m amenable to Scraps too

Scraps is fine.   Likely to be teased for it, which can be good too. :)

Scraps could certainly work for Jaffa (she'd probably consider it as short for "Scraps of Food", but she'd like it!)

Did anybody end up making this roll?

I did not . . . I thought perhaps someone with a better chance at success than I have should give it a go.

Well someone's gotta do it, cause Sarahs not. With this -1 here, I can't really chance it on luck.

I have a +1. Should I do it?

I've also got a +1...but Jaffa's already said (or thought, I don't recall at the moment) that she doesn't know any of the things mentioned, so I'd rather she not do it for flavor reasons.

Having two dice is better than nothing, go ahead dude.

Dinkar rolled 2,5. What does a 5 get me...?

--Captain Smash: The captain of a ship, The Salty Dog, that's most often parked at Dock 1 when it's visiting the city.
--What kids say about him: He's probably a pirate. Pirates are cool!

--Old Vincent: A grown-up who lives in the Bad Quarter.
--What kids say about him: He's nice to kids, and he doesn't like the constables. Just like kids! Well, the kids in the Poor Quarter, anyway.

--Dock 15: The dock on the far south end of the docks.
--What kids say about it: That if you go there? And it's not daytime? And you're a kid? That sometimes? There's something there that'll grant wishes. Don't look at me like that, that's what I heard!

The other two are new to you... you'll have to ask around to get info about them.

Lmao!  That so like kids.

Also I will post again for Anthielle in the IC soon, errands to run first.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:32, Thu 25 Nov 2021.

Anthielle now has her shadow powers back again... But with the feeling that she'd better think up some different mischief next time...

Anyway, when y'all are ready to try to go somewhere else again, someone make a new roll for it...

Well, we ought to be near/at the blacksmith, right? Sarah's roll was a 3 (it was, wasn't it?), which means we get noticed, not lost. So, we shouldn't need another roll just yet.

Actually, that means we're only halfway their according to the rule on travel. I'll roll again to see if we made it.

Sure you do



Sarah is correct. It's Xeno's Arrow. You can roll go to somewhere 15 times and only make it halfway each time. Or someone can spot you after the first 100 feet. The dice don't care where you think you are nor how far you've gotten nor think you've gotten. All the dice know is oops here's someone else to mess with you

How does schooling work in Vierna, GM?

All kids are sent to walk to the schoolhouse. It's vaguely on the edge of the Nice Quarter, not far from the Rich Quarter.

These days, there's always room for students because so few students ever actually show up, since most adults are so distracted by worrying about the war.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:16, Sat 27 Nov 2021.

My thought was . . . my Forceful is now a +3 because I leveled.  I hope I did that right.

But . . . I screwed up and misinterpreted what the -1 was.  So, how would you like to handle it?  I suppose options are (1) I reroll or (2) you treat the last die as the one that should not have been rolled or (3) roll a d4 to see what roll doesn't count or (4) something else entirely.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:26, Sun 28 Nov 2021.

Uhhhh... Actually yes, but there's a 3-dice maximum on rolls unless something says otherwise.




I lean toward #1, re-roll. You will be rolling 3 dice (because your Forceful score will overpower the penalty I mentioned).

And if this seems a little confusing, I guess I'll just say that yeah, I had to think about it, too.

Darn it; I missed that part about a 3 die max.

Oh well -- I'm not seeking to retcon that decision.

I will reroll.

He's holding me in his hand, correct?

(I'm thinking of biting him to make him let me go.)

Correct.

Um, do you understand he's a big tree-person, made of wood?

https://icon2.cleanpng.com/201...1815316324747053.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals...bc7ad82f46190737.png

Vaguely like this?

Yeah . . . but Raga's not the sort to go away peacefully, even if struggling/fighting is futile.  I thought about just trying to kick him but thought that given his size there's nothing in kicking range.

So I'll make my action conditional.

In reply to The GM (msg # 267):

He's actually a treant? I thought you were just misspelling "truant".

It's Mr. Hot, the (treant) truant officer.

He is both.

Me: waits to see if Dinkar or Anthielle have anything to say about this situation...


In the meantime, Mr. Hot is still chasing y'all around... but so far, you're too fast for him...

Me: waits to see if Dinkar has anything to say about this situation...


In the meantime, Mr. Hot is still chasing y'all around... but so far, you're too fast for him...

Sorry. I'll try to post something soon. If I take too long, though, you can feel free to skip me.

You all believe you have the opportunity to run away now... and you are correct.

But one of you will have to roll for the group in order to get away clean.

That would be the Travel Elsewhere move...

Dinkar takes the lead, heading back to the rooftops to (hopefully) avoid the walking tree. He heads for where he expects to find the blacksmith....

Dinkar rolled 11 using 3d6 ((3,6,2)).

Moved that for ya

Whoops! Thanks.

Raga, roll Insightful please.

I am considering changing the rules of rolling. See what you think of this:

When you want to do something, roll for it:

 0 in a stat means you roll 1d6.
+1 in a stat means you roll 2d6 and take the best result.
+2 in a stat means you roll 3d6 and take the best result.
+3 in a stat means you roll 3d6 but add 1 point to your best result.
-1 in a stat means you roll 1d6 but if your result was a 4, count it as a 3.

1-3 = fail

4-5 = partial success

6 = success

7 = Wow, super lucky, better than you could have reasonably expected


What do you think?

Might fix the "but what GOOD is +3?!?!?!?!?!?!?" problem?

Query: If that is the rule . . .

Suppose you have an ability that is triggered if you roll a 6.  And you have +3, and you roll 2, 3, and 5.

Have you rolled a 6 for purposes of that ability?

I like it.

Well that works for me!

Looks good + I’m happy to side with the majority.

Btw, 100+ posts, woot.

Hm, good question.

Seems to me like the answer would be yes.

Yeah, I'm fine with that as well. The rules are a-okay in my book.

Is Sarah really gone, or is there a mechanism for her to realize that nobody else is going with her and change her mind?

Ah, abandon by my friends so quickly. Sarah's feeling sad right now :~(

Technically, you abandoned us.

Aww, and here I thought everyone would be interested in helping Omar. This genie may not have wishes, but think of the treasures he might have in that lamp if we brought information on the girl to him.

I doubt it...

Guess I'll be taking the reward all by myself then ;D

I would like to learn the secrets of the Roamers and their intrepid leader, Mickle the Pickle, but I do also agree that talking to Mr. Hot so soon doesn't sound too hot.

You may have a point their, but I'm fine with meeting Mr. Hot. Who knows, I might succeed or go back to school. Not as bad as it sounds though, long as I have an escape plan already made up I'll be fine, this will be Sarah Farwing's Solo Quest of Risk and Daring-do.

Sorry, busy lately.

That's fair enough! If you do wind up in school, here's hoping it'll be a fun quest of adventure and learning!

As with Mr. Cold, I'm gonna let The Crone bug Mr. Hot for a good 5 or 10 minutes...

In the meantime, we'll see what the rest of the kids decide to do next...

Pretty flat out today, won’t be able to post IC

Aww man, just as soon as I leave the group, a guy that's all about a punching appears. What a bummer, I really wanna fight this guy.

If you decide to try to catch up to your friends, let me know, and I'll tell you when you can enter the scene...

Nope, I've already invested myself to gain information. So I'll just stick around and observe the treant and crone.

Hmmmmm, I have a plan, then... roll Insightful, please, Sarah...

Oh, Well alright, not sure what for but here goes.

06:05, Today: Sarah Farwing rolled 3 using 1d6 with rolls of 3.  Insightful

Ah, a fail, oh boy.

So it sounds like you guys are ready to go back to the alley where Big Julie's gang said to meet him. Yes?

I'll set that up for you without making you roll for the travel itself... let me know-- I just want to make sure you're ready...

Don't need to roll for it?

Ah.

Well.

This is awkward.

09:15, Today: Jaffa Redspot rolled 15 using 3d6 with rolls of 5,5,5.  Traveling Elsewhere with the Talons via the Alley! Insightful + 1 Niceness.

(That's a yes in my book, anyways. Sorry for the hasty roll.)

I'm ready.

Yup!

Indeed-diddley-so, GM!

All 4 of you staying to watch, I presume...?

Mega busy day tomorrow... sleep, work, and then errands after that.  I won't be able to post for at least 15 hours, so GM can NPC me if req.

Ah, that rest did me good. Should be able to post more today...

Gonna roll some dice in a little bit! Sorry for the holdup. Just got some shots yesterday and did some bloodwork. I'm feeling very tired, so I might be a bit slow to post for a few days, sorry.

Um Sarah I gave you a +1 bonus to your next Insightful roll but your Insightful is normally -1 so shouldn't you have just rolled 1 die...?

Hmm, I'm a bit confused, you said add +1 die. Like that other time you said add another die even though I got a -1.

Like this, unless your stating it was a temporary +1 to a stat, I think 'die' is a bit misleading here. It sounded like you wanted me to add an extra die like the travel elsewhere rule
This message was last edited by the player at 02:00, Thu 16 Dec 2021.

I did... but you have -1.





So in this situation you should have rolled 1 die but treated it like you had 0 in the stat

I respectfully suggest that you reroll 1d6

11:25, Today: Sarah Farwing rolled 3 using 1d6 with rolls of 3.  Insight.

"Ah, Jaffa, d-d-don't say it like that. You should only kiss on the cheek, save your first kiss on the lips for your special someone or prince/princess charming." Sarah says in a flustered motion if she were here.

Hahaha, I crack myself up.

giggle.

And speaking of things going slowly: So yeah, BEFORE now, I've just been tired from (gestures at all of 2021). But in the next few weeks I'm gonna be doing family stuff which will mess with my time even more, because Christmas. So... keep that in mind. I won't be gone, but I will very likely be absent//in-and-out.

Anyway, someone reply to this to make the game "light up" for me again...

Understood :)

Bamtastical Wombat!!

That means understood too

Well, since Sarah can't figure a way out, she has to make one. So she thought breaking down the toilet would make up a hole. Seeing as Waste disappear all the time then Sarah's thought process believes that this toilet might lead to somewhere, maybe the sewers, maybe a pit filled with waste, or maybe it leads to the outside. Course most of Sarah's options are gross and the second one is a deadend really.

But then again, if it's just a container filled with waste or the second option, well Sarah will just have to run.

Decided I didn't like Mr. Cold's portrait enough; changed it.

I did want glasses, but at now he has more of the sharpness I wanted...

Nice, he definitely has the look of a teacher that'll scare kids in a hundred mile radius.

Which dock are we near?

I was picturing The Old Fisherman at or near Dock 7

Merry Xmas all.

Its a bit chaotic for us retail ppl, so pardon me if I'm afkish for the next 2 days :)

Merry Chroskmince! Hope y'all are doing well

And a merry, messy Kweeznuz to all!