ALERT: the HUMAN playbook is now TAKEN...! Please, new-arriving players, choose the Ghoul, Ogre, or Automata playbook...!

ALERT: the HUMAN playbook AND the GHOUL playbook are now TAKEN...! Please, new-arriving players, I hope that you will choose the Ogre or Automata playbook...!

Oh no! The Human and Ghoul playbooks, stolen?! Quick, we must find this playbook-thieving vagabond and bring them to justice!

In reply to Renata Medb (msg # 3):

Thieving is such an ugly term. I prefer creative redistribution.

In reply to Telric Televenter (msg # 4):

Oh, no, yes, you're right. We should endeavor to bury such an ugly term. In that case...

Quick, we must find this creative playbook-redistributor and bring them to justice!

In reply to Renata Medb (msg # 5):

Well, to be a bit more precise, I prefer to be the creative redistributor. What you call other people is just fine.

Okay so the weekends are not the best time for posting an ad for new players... Mondays are much better.

So in the meantime, any questions?

Or suggestions?

In reply to The GM (msg # 7):

We should work out a city or vault to operate out of. Telric could have a deal with ether place to bring artifacts from the old world.

As he can bypass negative energy and feral ghouls without issue, he could be making trades for things he needs. Like healing potions with positive energy to keep his condition from getting worse.

Renata could be his contact to those areas that he is not allowed in due to his ghoulish nature.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:18, Sun 14 Nov 2021.

That does sound like a good plan I suppose! Port Thornwood could be a good place to start with in that regard, if only because we start there and due to how ports usually have high trading traffic. There is actually at least one vault not too far away, I believe, though they're more interested in a Tome of Water Purification over any other materials or artifacts at the moment.

Of course, beyond the whole "human" thing, Renata's not going to be the best at dealing with others. She'll do her best though! I suppose we could also just hope that no one ever realizes that Telric is a ghoul. He's just...very interested in his own privacy!

In reply to Renata Medb (msg # 9):

Any stage one ghoul can be ID'd the second you get too close. Anything worse cant be hidden. The reason Telric, or any stage one ghoul wears a mask is because of the loss of the nose.

"Oh no, my good city guard! My friend Telric here isn't a ghoul! That'd be ridiculous! He just lost his nose in a...meat-packing accident? He really liked to sniff stuff before and feels very much embarrassed around the whole experience."

But yeah, I would doubt that would convince anyone up close.

In reply to Renata Medb (msg # 11):

If this was standard fallout all Telric would have to do is find the fake clown nose factory and start putting them on every ghoul he could find. Even the ferals.

As stated at the bottom of the WASTELAND thread:

You start in: Port Thornwood, south of Anchorest.

It's a town, though, not remotely a city.

Renata knows of a vault, but that's a complicated situation right now...





Uhhhhh well it could advance his ghoulism, depending on how strong it is...





Yeah

In reply to The GM (msg # 13):

So, I am curious on both how ghoul healing and sustained of the ghoulish body works in game terms. Am I functionally dead? Can I sense negative energy as it restores me and keeps me from needing to eat or drink? Will fearl ghouls ignore me even if I make noises like talking? Can I safely dress them up in funny clothes and have one sided conversations with them?

Kinda. It feels really good to breathe clean air, but you don't actually have to do it to keep functioning.



Yes.



Not exactly? You still get hungry and thirsty. You just don't die//don't ever starve to death.




No, that'll make them suspicious. Too much like prey.




No.



In other news, I have added the Repair Kit to the list of Gear...
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:05, Sun 14 Nov 2021.

In reply to The GM (msg # 15):

Do ghouls sleep? Are they vulnerable to posons and diseases? Can they simulate human body functions, like crying?
This message was last edited by the player at 16:49, Sun 14 Nov 2021.

Yes, ghouls-- we're pretty sure that even feral ghouls still sleep. (We know this because sometimes when feral ghouls are encountered, some or all of them are lying down.) (Ghouls can also sleep standing up, though. They are totally still, like statues, when doing this. They're slightly more comfy lying down, though, so they usually do.)

These are good questions, though, feel free to keep 'em up.

In reply to The GM (msg # 17):

See my earlier post for other questions.

Is there a benefit for ghouls eating living humans? It seems they need an infusion of positive energy to hold back the progression of thier condition. Fearl ghouls hunt living thing for that reason I gather, although it does not seem to help them directly.

Does the person you feed on need to die?

Are ghouls able to spread thier condition to living humans?

Are there ghoul ogres?

Poisons, yes, but poisons are less effective than they are on alive things.

(Acid, now that works roughly the same.)

Ghouls are fairly resistant to disease... let's say, on average, twice as resistant as normal humans. It depends on the nature of the disease, though. No disease seems to ever actually kill them nor stop them being able to walk nor attack, though (though it may slow them down).



Feral ghouls have never yet been seen to cry.

Non-feral ghouls cry, but they don't actually emit tears unless they've had some water in the last 24 hours.

Sometimes the tears of Stage Four ghouls are dark gray or black.

Just added new Skill: Haggle


--Human, Ghoul, or Ogre only: Haggle: With this skill:
--prices will always be a little lower when you buy expensive things
--prices will always be a little higher when you sell expensive things
--Trades you make will always be a little better than they might have been otherwise.

In reply to The GM (msg # 19):

How does the ranger skill Holy moley work for ghouls? Does it stop negative energy healing and stop the progression of thier condition?

Are ghouls hunted by animals for food?

Can a ghoul keep a source of negative energy on thier person, and as long as they also get a healing potion or Holy water can they use both for healing?
This message was last edited by the player at 17:07, Sun 14 Nov 2021.

Good question.

Yes, it DOES stop negative energy healing while it's working.

On the other hand, yes, it CAN help keep them from moving from the Stage they're on to a later stage, and also from going feral.

So it's a bit of a trade-off.




Predator animals (a giant scorpion, say, or a deathclaw) will attack ghouls just like anything else... but they don't eat them. (They might tear 'em apart, but they won't eat them.)




Problematic. You'd need to get a special blessed container to keep the source of negative energy from affecting them ALL the time...

But once that was set up, let's say that an injured ghoul (already in Stage 5) could take out the negative energy source, and use it to heal... but then they'd have to roll (Insightful) to keep from going feral... if they didn't go feral, they wouldn't need the potion or holy water. If they DID go feral, they wouldn't THINK to use the potion nor holy water...
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:17, Sun 14 Nov 2021.

In reply to The GM (msg # 22):

I know I cant talk to fearl ghouls without them attacking me. Can i put written signs on them?

Also, how do ghouls deal with heat and cold? Also pain.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:14, Sun 14 Nov 2021.

Hmmm. As long as everything else is peaceful, I'm gonna say probably, but it'd take a roll. Probably Agile or Charming.



Pain hurts ghouls normally.

Ghouls don't really care about heat and cold unless it actually burns them or starts causing their ghoulish cells to freeze solid. Either would make them try to get away if possible.

In reply to The GM (msg # 24):

Can ghouls see in the dark? Do the ghouls that constantly emit negative energy a problem for intelligent ghouls? How long can an intelligent ghoul be exposed to a source of negative energy before going fearl?

Ghouls have good low-light vision, but not THAT much better than humans, even feral ghouls, which we know because it's still easier to sneak past them when it's dark than in bright conditions.




Yes, because staying near them (let alone fighting them) can cause intelligent ghouls to get pushed ever-closer to Stage 5 and beyond.

However, even glowing ghoul bodies that have been destroyed stop emitting (mostly. Sometimes one part, like the heart, keeps emitting).



Presuming you mean the ghoul in question is already late-stage, then it depends on how strong the source is. If the source is weak, maybe hours. If the source is strong, then maybe only a minute... Or less, if the "source" = "being attacked by a strongly-glowing ghoul."

Are there any notable distinctions (physically speaking, I guess) between Vault hyoomans and non-Vault hyoomans? I suppose there might also be a distinction between Vault-raised and pre-Vault peeps that got into a Vault.

Vault humans are a little bigger and taller.

Pre-war people would say that "Vault humans are normal-sized," but that born-and-raised Wastelanders are "just a little more likely to be on the smaller and scrawnier side." Just like 2-and-a-half inches shorter on average...



Mm, a lot less, really.

Sorry, busy time for me work-wise right now. I hope to place an ad for more players tomorrow morning...

Okay, ad placed...

Beep Bop Boop  - Reporting for duty

In reply to Xan (msg # 31):

Welcome!

You go up front, I will try to hide behind your child sized robot frame.

:P
This message was last edited by the player at 16:28, Tue 16 Nov 2021.

Beep Bop Boop - Salutes and moves up front.

OKAY TEAM SO FIRST OF ALL

We now have enough people willing to be each of the 4 playbooks.

ON THE OTHER HAND we in fact have two people willing to be Ogres (since that's the last one).

SO I WAS THINKING of having whoever wanted it more be an Ogre, and then having a 5th person (just because player attrittion due to Real Life Problems is SO common in RPol).

I was thinking of having a second human? A raised-in-the-Wasteland human, since we already have a Vault Dweller?

Do any of you three players already here have a problem with this?

Beep Bop Boop - "No Problemo."

Well that's one vote... I definitely wanna hear from Renata, too, though, since she's my Vault-Dweller...

In reply to The GM (msg # 34):

A second non vaulter human sounds good. That way Renata can still have her thing.

Another hyooman would be alright with me! I've got no complaints here. It'll probably be nice to have someone who's both knowledgeable about the Wasteland and able to be perceived as (mostly) normal.

Also, hello Xan! It seems like it'll take a bit before my autocorrect stops thinking your name is a misspelling of "can", but I'm sure it'll all work out.

Beep Bop Boop - "Well, some people think because I am Automata calling me a Can is accurate."

Well that sure doesn't seem terribly nice! We'll have to get people to stop with that.

Beep Bop Boop - Salutes, "Thanks, Renata."

Okay, who our ogre will be is decided... And we may have a raised-in-the-Wasteland human soon...

I will be your Ogre, with a twist, for this story.  While not generally subtle Big Eye tends to be at least interested in the fates of smaller creatures, sometimes even goes out of his way to help them.  For some reason one or more of you have caught his attention as someone who both needs help and might be interesting to watch.

Hey there, Big Eye! Nice to meet you. Thank you for recognizing our respective plights and offering your assistance in the days to come!

Okay, we have our 5th and final member (whose name will NOT actually be what it looks like it is), a human who was already an adult when the curses fell, who joined the Brotherhood of Steel early on (in the Scribe chapter of things), but who got tired of the BoS's rigid politics so he left the BoS a few years ago to "freelance."

SO my new question for you all is:

Do you wanna play starting like:

1. Your characters all know each other already,

or

2. You are all about to meet each other for the first time?

In reply to The GM (msg # 45):

My character can work both ways. He can have met any PCs out in the wilderness during his normal scavenging, and hired on as a scout. Or he could have met the PCs in the settlement selling his wares.  Or another NPC could have recommended him.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:31, Wed 17 Nov 2021.

So that's one vote for "I don't care, y'all decide..."

Other votes, please...?

(If no one cares, or if there's a tie, I'll decide... and I guess I'll lean toward "you're all about to meet for the first time." But I don't wanna railroad you all into it, so...

I want to know each other

In reply to Big Eye (msg # 43):

Welcome Big Eye and our new BoS member!

Looks up, up, up, at Big Eye.

Beep Bop Boop - "You are big !"

In reply to Xan (msg # 50):

No offense Xan, but I am gonna be hiding behind him. It's just easier.

:P

Okay, so that's one vote for starting already knowing each other... more votes, please...

Big Eye will need to be familiar with at least one other character to start, otherwise it would take far to long for him to figure out what needs to happen for the action of the story to work well.

That's 2 votes for "know each other already," and a logical reason, too...

More votes, please...

I was honestly kinda hoping for us starting with meeting each other. Mostly because Renata's still very much at the start of her quest and it not being very long since she's left her Vault.

And welcome, fellow human!

Beep Bop Boop - "That makes sense !"

Hello all! I'm looking forward to jumping on this crazy train we're about to ride on!

As far as my vote is concerned for "knowing" or "not knowing" each other, could there be a middle ground maybe? Maybe my character has run across Big Eye and/or Xan, and we all know each other,  and maybe Telric and Renata bumped into each other shortly after Renata left her vault, or something? Just an idea to help muddy the waters. But then there'd just be two groups of us that have to then get together.

Just an idea (we could work the groups out differently to, this was just one thought). If that's too weird or whatever, then let's just say we all know each other!

That middle ground idea sounds good to me!

As for the crazy train, I'm just hoping we have enough rails to keep from crashing. :)

So:
1 "whatever you guys want"
2 "let's know each other already"
1 "let's not know each other already"
1 "Let's have SOME of us know each other already"

SO... how do y'all feel about that last one? What if TWO of you know each other already and THREE of you know each other already, and now the 2 and the 3 meet for the first time to become 5?

Is that... okay? Any objections?

(If so, who knows whom?

Or do you want my suggestions?)

Beep Bop Boop - "No objections, that is fine with me."

I don't really have any particular preferences as to which people I might already know. I would like to hear your suggestions, GM! In addition to that, I don't have any objections to the group distribution as drawn up by Torbald.

I don't think having the two oddballs paired would help enough to be worth the comedy, so I should either be paired with someone other than Xan, or in the group of three.

Beep Bop Boop - "Oddball !?!"

What about, perhaps, the Ogre and the Ghoul already knowing each other...?

If that's not comfortable for some reason, then perhaps add Torbald ("Tor" to his friends) to those two, making them the trio...?

I think you want the humans in separate groups.  Then put the most vault styled 'others' with the vault human and the more wilderness styled 'others' with that human.  Some of that will depend on what kind of vault it is, and what each character is like, but I doubt Big Eye is from anywhere near an open vault.

In reply to The GM (msg # 64):

I am assuming even Ogres have problems with the curse, correct? So even beings as physically powerful as they are still 'living things' when it comes to negative energy zones?

As opposed to me, who risks going feral if I spend too long in such places. However, I have the advantage of being able to sense things and areas high in negative energy.

In that case, I could insure Big Eye gets access to quality food and not stumble into high curse areas. At the same time, he could make sure intelligent beings don't decide to kill me out of hand just because I am ghoulish. Animals tend to avoid me because I am not good eating.

Plus, he can carry a lot of goodies! Making when we load up and head back to the settlement for trading we can make a serious profit.

70-30 even spilt, Big Eye. Did I say 70-30? I meant 60-40! Yes, that's what I meant...

:P

hehehe

I am fine with whoever.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:41, Wed 17 Nov 2021.

Probably best to just tell him it is a 50/50 split and play games with the math, it isn't as if he can count high enough to tell the difference anyways.

Actually, they're okay with it except in certain extra-extreme circumstances. They probably shouldn't just stand around in a ground zero spot where a curse-cask broke open, but there are all KINDS of OTHER reasons that THAT's true...


Okay so what are we doing?

Big Eye and Telric and Tor

and then

Renata Medb and Xan ?

Or something else?

I am ok with that or even being found in the ruins somewhere.

That pairing though is fine by me and makes sense.

In reply to The GM (msg # 68):

Well, we could do Big Eye and Telric coming from the wasteland with some cargo into a settlement.

At the same time, we have Tor(or Renanta) coming into the same settlement after searching some ruins and accidentally activating Xan, who now follows him(or her) around due to lack of primary user.

Renanta(or Tor), fresh from her vault(Or his BoS camp), bumps into the two groups even as she(or he) was given a map of where the closest settlement was.

In effect, we have some of the group knowing each other even as we do a 1st meeting of the whole party at the same time.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:09, Wed 17 Nov 2021.

The pairings make sense to me! I feel like it might make more sense for Renata to happen upon Xan while still disoriented post Vault and post respawn as opposed to meeting and joining up with Big and Telric. Renata would probably not have the sense of mind to handle more than one person.

So uh, I'm confused. What will the final set-up be as far as who already knows whom the second the game starts? Explain it to me like I'm just little dazed, please...

In reply to The GM (msg # 72):

Big Eye and me coming in from wasteland to whatever starting settlement you want us at.

Roughly at the same time, Renata on her quest for a water purification device, stumbles across an invactive Xan and wakes her up. Xan's programming links her to the first human she comes across, so she follows Renata. Renata heads to same settlement the other players are going to.

Tor leaves the BoS camp on his own and heads for the same settlement. I am not sure of his backstory, but I am assume he is on a BoS mission.

All three groups(BE & TT, R & X, and solo T) get the settlement at roughly the same time, each group meeting the other for the 1st time.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:32, Wed 17 Nov 2021.

That probably works best, it gives the two pairs an equal footing and no reason to presume party leadership by default from being the 'original' group of 3 that is then joined by others either solo or as a smaller group.

Which one character is solo isn't particularly important but having it be Big Eye seems like a bad idea, as surprising big dumb things tends to go badly.

And there we go! I think I've pretty much started off on the wrong foot with everyone now. I hope you all don't mind if my character is a little cold and kind of an @$$. I mean, there's more to him than that, but that's about how I wanted to start off with him at least. ;P

No worries here, Tor! It can be nice sometimes to have a jerk in the group. It'll bring everyone else together!

On a more platitude-heavy note, the best part about starting out on the wrong foot is that the next step will be the right foot. Not entirely sure what that should mean, but it sounds nice.

Beep Bop Boop - "I will be honest, I was expecting everyone to treat Xan like Tor. I am glad though that Renata treats her as a person. That makes my gemstone heart warm."

Important note people!

If anyone does NOT like ghouls, and then treats Telric like a normal person despite that fear and loathing, Telric gets a +1 foward! He can store up to 3 of these a day!

Which is awesome!

So, dont worry about being ghoul phobes!

To be specific-- if anyone does not like ghouls to the point that they also don't trust non-feral ghouls. It's sensible to not like FERAL ghouls.

I honestly don't think Renata has any experience whatsoever with non-human beings and just kinda has to default to either fear or treating them like humans. And since fear seems like the other guy's response, she wants to do the opposite.

In Xan's case, it's somewhat easy to just see and treat her like a cute little kid.

In Telric's case, I don't actually know! If Renata herself counts for ghoulphobia, it probably won't be for very long. There is probably some level of fear for now though.

In reply to The GM (msg # 79):

I can get the +1 for Tor, who is doubtlessly that dismissive of any annoying merchant, and another for Renata?

To be fair Big Eye probably doesn't trust Feral humans either.

Uh, the spirit of the rule was that they would treat you with respect like a (well-adjusted) person might a normal person.

Treating you with the same disrespect as they would treat a normal person is pretty much super not within the spirit of the rule.

I would be happy to reword the rule if that's confusing to you...

10:14, Today: Torbald Vorath rolled 3 using 2d6-1.  Torbald charming roll for extra information. .

---

Wasn't sure if I should put this here, create a new post for it in the "in game" thread, or just edit my last post and put it in, but here it is, and much as I suspected, it wasn't great! Which fits for my character, he's not very charming.

I would have been okay with either, but here was fine

I would point out the Paladin, working for an organization known for wiping out ghouls, just treated me like any other mercenary...

Known for wiping out feral ghouls.

Knight Taylor, who invited you here, clearly does not have extreme trust issues with non-feral ghouls.

...Are we stuck?

Should I have Knight Taylor say "So good luck, guys," hand them the crystal fast-travel-unlocking key, and then just send them on out into the Wasteland...?

'Cause me and Knight Taylor would be fine with that...

In reply to The GM (msg # 88):

I thought we had all agreed with Knight Taylor. I had stated as much, and in his own way so did Big Eye.

I don't know about stuck in general but I imagine some folks are waiting for a bit of a starting point.  Some indication of what these gates should be like, or how they are hidden, or even some form of contact information for local archeology groups?

Yeah, I was expecting someone to ask about that stuff, too.

And yet here we are, those questions unasked-as-yet in-game...

Works for Telric and the BOS...so, 'everybody'.

hehehe

:P

Incidentally, a reminder: Cursefall was only 20 years ago (like in Fallout 76).

If you were already aware of that, my apologies. I don't maintain that your use of "archeology" in this context is incorrect-- just that it made it sound like you were perhaps not aware of how long it's been.

In reply to The GM (msg # 93):

I thought it happened 38 years ago?

No.

If you were an adult when it happened, then that means you were at least 18, and so you are at least 38 now. That's all.

In reply to The GM (msg # 95):

Ghouls don't age normally though, right?

They may look like heck depending on how much negative energy they've soaked up, but ghouls don't die of old age, it's true. A Stage One ghoul who was 18 at the time of Cursefall may-- if they're very careful-- still look like an 18-year-old today... with terrible skin and no nose. But otherwise...



...So it sounds like we're starting in Anchorest...?

Sounds good to me.

All I know is that Renata is meant to be roughly the same age as the Cursefall, or at least young enough to have believably never been outside her Vault in her life, which would make her anywhere between 20 and 22, if you don't count the first two years of someone's life as being actually part of their life (since she wouldn't have memories of that time).

As for our destination being Anchorest, no issues here!

As I have been around for 20 years, have I ever run into the Friendly ghoul caravan?

It's possible, but I don't see you as an official member. I think you're too independent.

Am I wrong?

In reply to The GM (msg # 101):

I could understand not being a member, but I might have worked with them in over 20 years. After all, intelligent ghouls are a minority, and most likely I would have saught them out just be be around people who did not try and kill me right off the bat. I figure a lot of intelligent ghouls died or went feral in the frist few years...
This message was last edited by the player at 14:40, Thu 25 Nov 2021.

What you're saying makes sense to me, but don't be surprised if, when you get there, there's no one you already know.

Or maybe there will be. Depends on how I feel at the time. Just don't count on having a special "in" there as such, is all I'm saying.

WAR.

WAR IS REALLY THE FRIENDS YOU MAKE ALONG THE WAY.

WAR NEVER CHANGES.

Feels like we've run out of questions and preliminaries.

Shall I move y'all to getting on the road, then...?

Beep Bop Boop - "Sounds good to me."

Yeah, I'm ready to rock'n'roll!

In reply to The GM (msg # 105):

Sounds good.

Same here!

Okay so I was just about to do that... when I realized that I don't think I ever actually posted about how to level up.

You level up when you get enough experience. But how do you get experience?

What I used to do was give 1 xp any time you just totally failed a roll, and when you'd accumulated enough xp points, you could level up. (Dungeon World pretty much uses this system.)


But what I've been preferring lately? Honestly? Has been the idea that the The Cast link records your posts-- Telric has 45, Renata 36 so far-- and that when you get to a certain number, you level up. (I usually like 100 for the first level, and then every 200 posts after that.) (And so yes, OOC posts would count, too.)

But... since I somehow insanely didn't make this rule written in stone yet... I thought I'd see which y'all might prefer...?

Thoughts...?

I suppose I would somewhat selfishly prefer the level-up-by-post system (partly because I tend to write a lot, even though that doesn't always translate to posting a lot and partly because I am afraid of failure, but whatever), but either one is good by me. If it comes to some sort of vote, then I'd be going with by-post-count, I guess?

I think I might like going with posts too, as in another (Dungeon World type 2d6 game I am in with you, I am so pushing to gain a level and have been for a long time but haven't rolled failures in a while.) So, my vote is for posts.

In reply to The GM (msg # 110):

Use both systems.

Which reminds me, should we just make rolls, or wait until you ask for a roll?

I thought of that, but decided that I didn't want to use both.

So that's two votes for "by post rate," and one vote for something I've vetoed.

Any other votes? (Telric, you may vote again if you want.)




More the first one, I think, and if I need to I'll ask for it.

In reply to The GM (msg # 114):

I will vote for rolling I guess.

Plus you of course just have the option of awarding xp once we reach the end of a chapter or soemthing.

If we need 5 xp to get a level, how many posts would that be?
This message was last edited by the player at 17:40, Sat 04 Dec 2021.

...If we go by posts, you just level up when you get 100 posts, and again at 300 posts, and again at 500 posts. (100 for the first and 200 for each one after that)

In reply to The GM (msg # 116):

So are we keeping evey 5 levels we get a stat increase, or would that be every level via xp by post?

That sounds fine to me. I like the post level gain thing.

Who said that every 5 levels you get a stat increase?


Whichever way we do it, I'm offering a stat increase every time you go up a level.

I was thinking (whichever way we do it) that one would get to choose a Perk or Skill from the list each time, too.

(After all, that's the most like Fallout.)

I like all the weird (Were they called perks ?) that you could get in Fallout.

They're called Perks in 76... and I think in 4. Before that, I don't remember for sure if they were still called Perks back in the day... very possibly not.

I believe there were perks and traits in 1 and New Vegas, but only perks in 3? (Can't say anything about 2, I dunno).

If I remember correctly, the perks were mostly positive buffs that ranged from "you do this thing better" to "everything you kill with these weapons explode and blow up everyone around them in a mess of radioactive artistry".

And then the traits usually provided either some sort of neutral modification to the game, like "every death animation will be the most violent" or a buff that came alongside a debuff, like "you gain more perception when wearing glasses, but lose all that and more when not wearing them" or "you and your enemies both get critical failures more often."

Both systems as defined are terrible for the play by post environment.  OOC post count simply can't be separated from any kind of IC progression, which even then has little to do with post count.

The rolls don't happen evenly between characters, and the results surely don't.  Play by post tends to bias very strongly against even making rolls let alone doing so with enough frequency that the slower pace of most games allows for the characters to progress in an interesting way, let alone in a way similar to each other.

The best way to change levels in a play by post game (particularly considering player and character turnover rates) is to just do it.  The campaign started at some level, plays in that level until the campaign changes to the next level.  All characters are always the level of the campaign regardless of when they joined it.

If you absolutly must have a method in place for determining when that change of campaign level happens (and this can help even if just to remind the GM to do it) set some counter based on the accumulated total of events of some kind for all characters.

If you want to do post count do it per 500 total posts of the game, if you want to do it by dice roll failures like dungeon world accumulate all the failures from all the characters into one counter, and don't make it any bigger unless we somehow end up going to fast.

I have decided to go with the by post method of which I spoke earlier.

Anyone want to drop out now? Or shall we all continue?

Is that the method where new players may as well not join the game?  Or the one where we progress all the characters together along with the total posts for the whole campaign so we can have a somewhat coherent story even though we know there will be a fairly consistent turnover rate?

Sounds like it's the one where you see it that way, at least, yes.





The first thing you said.

That is why I am taking this moment to offer each of you the opportunity to drop out now.

The problem with the systems that focus only one one player is that RPOL doesn't sustain that for long enough to hold a whole game together.

You will quickly end up with characters two or even three levels apart trying to interact with  a system that isn't even intended to manage characters being one level apart for very long, you end up with 'the main character' and a supporting cast that often isn't even very supportive.

In an environment like RPOL where real world events and changes dictate activity levels and even ability to stay with any one game for as long as the games slower pace requires it is almost always a bad idea to punish new characters and or players.

I think that's an interesting point. It does seem to me that new players should be allowed to come on board at the level of the lowest PC in the party... not that it matters just yet, since everyone's still currently at level 1.

So: do I need one or more new players at this time?

I generally favor larger games, even in person, with 5-8 players so I may be a bit outside the statistical trend but I find RPOL games tend to suffer more inactivity problems the fewer players they have, and even then benefit from having a fairly regular influx of new characters at least up to 6 or 7 and can easily run in the 9 or 10 range without getting to busy.

Usually I find that groups larger than 5 or 6 are hard to manage in person, particularly when not everyone wants roughly the same thing from a game. (I personally enjoy running with 3 players in person. A lot more riffing happens and people rarely get left out.)

But this is play-by-post! Larger groups are usually good for frequency, though you can certainly run into a situation where no one knows if they should be the one to post next or for someone to get left behind when lots of posts happen very quickly. (As someone who can get a tad long-winded in a given post, that's even happened to me while preparing a post! Kinda funny, but also makes me somewhat somber.) I've seen plenty of games peter off into obscurity no matter how many people are involved. A smaller group often has a better balance between its players I've found, but that's just in my experience (and also depends on other factors as well.)

In any case, I'm happy to keep playing this one!

As an aside, one thing we should keep in mind is that this is game is fueled by all of our creativity and is not wholly beholden to any given rule beyond what we all agree to in a moment. If someone is lagging behind in terms of post count, and thereby game level, to the point where the game is not as fun or they don't feel as important, we could just arbitrarily raise their level or give them some sort of other boost. Or perhaps their level-ups, when they do happen, could be given more weight? I dunno. Giving out such exceptions might weaken our leveling system in theory, but I feel that's a small price to pay to keep everyone happy if and when that problem crops up. Not sure though.

Thrusts an arm into the air and jumps.

Beep Bop Boop - "Renata's right, we have a whole world to explore !"
Smiles.

The vibe I'm getting is "let's all continue."

I will pause a little for any objections to be made or people to choose to drop out, but if neither of those things happen, then I shall move us along...

Gang,

Torvald has decided to leave, citing

1. having trouble wrapping his mind around "Fallout, but not Fallout because it's a fantasy setting" and

2. being spread too thinly as far as other games he's participating in and I HEARD THAT! BRO, I KNOW THAT FEEL

So I have found a replacement in the fellow who was the 6th to apply... who will be playing Nipper (that's just a nickname), a young born-in-the-Wasteland survivor.

Please welcome Nipper...

Beep Bop Boop - "Welcome Nipper !"

Greetings, Nipper! It's nice to meet you! How's the Wasteland been?

Hello all.

The wasteland never changes.

Welcome new player!

:)

I have a question about counterattacks. Does everybody get one against all incoming attacks?

Counter attacks are the melee version of running out of ammo.

In reply to Big Eye (msg # 139):

So the bot just blasted me as a action in it's part and not due to my attack on it?

Hard to say for sure, but it could just spray water around harmlessly for fun.

Big Eye was correct (the first time). The aquamind attacked you because you attacked it.

If your attack roll had been 10 or better, it wouldn't even have gotten the opportunity to counterattack.

The water blast attack is like a fire hose (when successful)-- the point, normally, is to attempt to knock you down and/or maybe scrape you up in the process, depending on what's under you and/or behind you.

However, its damage roll was very weak, so it didn't do nearly enough damage to hurt you (especially since you're wearing leather armor), and it didn't even manage to knock you down.

In reply to The GM (msg # 142):

Ok, so just like in melee, any foe you shoot at in ranged get a counterattack unless you roll a 10+ or it does not have a ranged weapon? Is that also true for PCs?

Well not necessarily. Ranged has its own set of problems, as listed.




...I... don't understand the question.

In reply to The GM (msg # 144):

Lets say a bunch of archers attack Telric. He has a sling, and they all shoot at him 1st. Does he get a counterattack on each? Assuming none of them get a 10+?

Ah. It doesn't work that way.

How it works is:

--When you do anything, if you don't roll 10 or higher, something problematic will happen.

IN COMBAT, that something is MOST often gonna be that the NPC gets a counterattack.

UNLIKE Dungeon World, it's not AUTOMATIC damage against you-- I roll to see if the NPC is successful first.


SO. Let's say Telric somehow gets separated from the group, and runs into, say, a bunch of archers.

IF they've started attacking him first, it'd probably because he already failed-- for example-- a stealth roll.

But even then, they all shoot at him first... He's not gonna have to turn into a pincushion because of 10 archers. I'd figure out how much damage he'd take, and narrate.

Let's say I decide he's about to take 3 damage.

I would narrate that either they all missed except for the guy who did 3 damage, or that three of them hit him glancing blows that added up to 3 damage.

Now it's Telric's turn (hypothetically). If he decides to start shooting back, feel free to aim and shoot. If you roll lower than 10, THEN they shoot back again.

If you roll 10 or higher, whatever happens, they don't hit you again (yet).
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:53, Wed 08 Dec 2021.

In reply to The GM (msg # 146):

So my attack on the bot was a 9. I thought that meant I had to use up an ammo(among other possibilites). But the NPC then also shoots at me?

Yep. And indeed, you chose losing ammo.




Nope. It was just a 9. So some small problem had to happen... and it did-- you lost ammo again.





So, as we can see, if you'd rolled 6 or lower, the guy probably would have rushed you. But you paid your consequence, so I was satisfied for you not to get a counterattack.

Now, if you'd chosen "You have to move to get the shot, placing you in danger as described by the GM," that might've turned into a counterattack... maybe.

In reply to The GM (msg # 148):

But the bot shot me. Granted he did Zero damage, but I lost ammo and he shot me.

Huh. Well what'd'ya know. Yeah, it makes sense I shouldn't've rolled for that.

Good thing it had zero effect, save for narrative flavor.

Looking back, I think I kind of had a little zone of time there between your first attack and your second where I started getting back into the flow of how this sort of combat works and remembering "oh yeah, wait, okay, this is starting to feel familiar again... THIS happens like THIS when THAT happens..."

Sorry for the (completely harmless) inconsistency! I think I'm getting my footing better with every round...

In reply to The GM (msg # 150):

I dont mean to nitpick. Just want to make sure I am getting things right rules wise.

:)

I think there is intended to be some grey area on the narrative control as well.  If something that makes sense like counting off ammo, breaking weapons, or obvious consequences from some situation or setting element is included by the player then that generally happens.

But in some cases there is a need for unknown elements to be factored in and the GM can change the results by claiming precedence on the narrative control with a little bit of explanation or reveal of those mysteries.

In that case the players consequences would usually be negated, or heavily minimized in mechanical effect, to allow for the plot element to be involved without doubling up on a single roll.

Aren't counter attacks generated only by rolls of 9 or less after the bonus is added?

We probably want to at least call attacks made by enemies other than that something other than counter attacks.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:11, Wed 08 Dec 2021.

If I'm correctly understanding what you're saying, then what you're saying seems logical...

...What would you like me to call them?

Calling them attacks might be sufficient, or on turn attacks, on turn actions, if you need something more specific. Just so we can have some possibility of telling them apart from the fairly large number of counter attacks that are going to happen.

I'll do my best...

I saw a mistake in the rules about moves where I used the wrong word ("stress" instead of "damage," a holdover from me adapting the rules from a different game), and while I was fixing that I realized I wanted to change how the REST move works.

Here is what I have now:

--REST:
When you rest for a few hours (at least 4), you may roll 2d6 plus your Forceful modifier.
--10 or better: You get 2d4+1 HP back.
--7-9: You get 1d4+1 HP back.
--6 or lower: you get 1 HP back.

ALSO:
The average Healing Potion, if and when you find one, heals 2d3+1 hp at the end of your next post.

Repair Kits work in the same way for Automata.

Re: that post I just made (quoted above):

Also available will be:
--Medical Kit: contains bandages and medicinal herbs that you can use to make a poultice (don't smoke them). Using a medical kit before resting adds an extra 1d3 to the results of your REST roll.

And just to confirm, the medical kit's 1d3 bonus to the rest's healing is in addition to whatever healing the medical kit does on its own?

If I'm understanding you right, yes.

Say that you're using a medical kit, and then use the REST move, and roll a result of 8? You'll get 1d4+1 PLUS 1d3 HP back.

I think that 1d3 is what the medical kit does on its own, but it adds to the actual healing, not to the 2d6+forceful roll, so it is considerably more reliable and important for low force characters.

That all makes a lot of sense! I'll admit though, that I'd misread the text. I'd thought the healing potion and the medical kit were one and the same, which they are not. My apologies for the confusion!

I suspect the healing potion leans a lot more into the 'magic' of the fantasy side of the setting, while the med kit is clearly an oversimplification but still very much technology and fallout based.

True enough. But clearly, our best option for healing is to mix a healing potion and a medicinal poultice together and then take some sleeping pills! Absolutely nothing could go wrong there and we'd be getting so much healing done!

Chances are the best option for healing is whatever resources we can find/afford and to try to avoid needing to use them more frequently than is safe.

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

I'm feeling a bit woozy after my shots yesterday (and probably also the bloodwork), so I might be rather slow with posts in the next couple days, sorry.

...should probably say this in all the games I'm playing.

Two elderly ghouls appear on top of a nearby tree, and watch the combat.

Ghoul 1: "Well, that was different.
Ghoul 2: "Yep. Lousy..."
Both: "...but different!"

:P

hehehe
This message was last edited by the player at 17:18, Mon 13 Dec 2021.

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Sure, if you have any left to lose.

You started with 3 ammo...

...How many times have you chosen to lose ammo...?

In reply to The GM (msg # 170):

Two times, and I reloaded after last fight. You said I could do so in a non combat situation. And I could also search for ammo during a combat situation if I was willing to take a -1 to damage.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:43, Mon 13 Dec 2021.

--I think I'm fine with you picking up another rock to use in a hurry in this environment as long as you have a -1 to hit each time.

--However, you started with 3/3 ammo. I feel that to "refill" that after it turns to 0/3 ammo, so as to avoid the -1 penalty, would require an Insightful roll to search (outside of combat).

--So to put it another way: as long as you are at 0/3 ammo, you can keep firing anyway with the -1 to hit penalty, but if you then need to choose a Volley penalty, you can no longer choose "lose ammo."


So... would I be correct in guessing that you now need to choose a new penalty besides "lose ammo?"

In reply to The GM (msg # 172):

I did not know I needed the insightful roll to find rocks outside of combat.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:58, Tue 14 Dec 2021.

It didn't come up. I didn't realize that I hadn't made that clear until today-- but I hadn't.

So to be clear:

--You DON'T need to roll to find fire-able rocks outside of combat, just as you don't need a roll to find rocks during combat.

--You DO need an Insightful roll to refill your Ammo counter with rocks that don't require a penalty.

Is that clear?

In reply to The GM (msg # 174):

Ok. Given how this is new information, maybe I can have a max ammo of more than 3?

In the future, if you're willing to carry another bag of ammo. But not now.

So anyway: On your last roll (that I saw-- I haven't looked at the in-game thread again yet)... do you need to choose a new penalty?

The point being that any fist sized heavy object can be used by a sling, but to find smooth round river rocks of the right size to do the best job you really do have to search for them.

In reply to The GM (msg # 176):

Oh, never mind, I see-- it was a 6 or lower. Guess the result is pretty much up to me.

Hmmmmm. Do we need an AID move?

Or should I just have them each do a separate Insightful roll?

Maybe a +1 for each person beyond the first that is helping look. Since that are all looking for the same thing.

Possibly limit it to a +3 since to many people would just be drinking over each other.

Is there any reason any of us couldn't use a sling of our own, other than we don't happen to want to?

Anyone who can use a sling should be able to roll to collect ammo for one independently.

Sounds like we might want an Aid move.

This is the Aid move I would use:

AID:

--When you attempt to help another character, say how, and roll ONE d6. The character you're attempting to help can use this roll in lieu of one of their own roll's dice. (If more than one player helps them, they can only keep the best 1 die from amongst all Aid dice rolled). By using Aid, you will be exposed to any risks, consequences, or costs of their move, even if they didn’t use your die.

--If you roll a 1, the GM will probably put you at risk, make trouble for you, or make things worse in general, even if the GM can't think of any way for you to share the same exact problems as the character you tried to help.





Yes, that's why I said we might just let each person roll on independently.


So, now that we've seen what the Aid move WOULD look like... what shall we do? Have an Aid move? Or just do things independently?

The double layer of penalty seems a bit much, even for this system that is very difficult to get full success that seems like it would do more work to stop people from using the mechanic that already costs them their entire turn.

Otherwise it looks like a reasonable thing.

Mm. What I don't like about it is that it slows things down.

Without an Aid move, if someone fails a roll, everyone else just says "welp sucks to be them, but I'll try to do something myself to make up for it." It doesn't really make things go any slower.

WITH an Aid move, any failed roll is suddenly up for improvement by a willing teammate.

But... Yeah. So. Anyway.

Do we want an Aid move, or no Aid move?

---

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.

In reply to The GM (msg # 185):

14:10, Today: Telric Televenter rolled 7 using 2d6 with rolls of 5,2.  Aid Renata via insightful .

The order of rolling for any kind of assisting function in PbP is very problematic.  If you really need to add an assist move, and I don't think you do, then it should just be a choice to expend their turn on the part of the assisting character.

Then the character being given the assistance rolls all the dice and keeps the ones they like.

Renata Medb rolled 4 using 1d6 with rolls of 4.  Aiding Telric in finding some nice rocks. I think this is how this works?

So that's a 5 and 4 for you now, I suppose!

It is quickly looking like we are NOT going to have a specific Aid move. And I'm okay with that (because I was fine either way-- I just want to decide now). It just means everyone will roll to help separately which we already seem to have started doing, from what I can tell from this thread.

So... no Aid move. Right? Any objections?

Fewer house rules is generally better, that is even more so with rules light games

Wait I misread this, actually Renata used the new Aid move.

Look, I don't care what we do, but whatever we do, we're gonna do it from now on. So I guess it's time for another vote.

Sounds like so far we have:
--Big Eye: no Aid move
--Renata: yes Aid move.

So... more votes please

In reply to The GM (msg # 191):

Yes, although  I did the aid roll wrong and should have let Renata and her impressive +2 insight make the roll.

Sounds like so far we have:
--Big Eye: no Aid move
--Renata: yes Aid move
--Telric, yes Aid move (Correct?)

So... more votes please

Hmmm I can see people helping each other so yes on aid.

Sounds like so far we have:
--Big Eye: no Aid move
--Renata: yes Aid move
--Telric, yes Aid move (Correct?)
--Xan, yes Aid move

So... feels like unless I misinterpreted Telric's response, we've got the votes: Aid move is go.

Well Nipper votes no on the aid move. Just because he's a grumpy wastelander and it doesn't matter at this point anyway. ;)

Hopefully this will pick up in the new year. I know everybody gets busy around the holidays.

:)

Hope everyone had a great Christmas !

Starting a new game going into the holiday season is always a bit tricky.  It might help to shift forward to the next part of the travel montage so we can all be on the same page with the new year.

Yeah. Sorry for my delay. Between the holidays and a sinus infection I've been a bit out of it.

Okay so might be back and ready to post again in as little as two days.

So, reply to this to "light the game up" for me again...

Reply now, in two days, or both?

In reply to The GM (msg # 201):

"Light the game up."

Beep Bop Boop - "Replying as per request."

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But they may not be dead. Because what happened at 11:33 am was a voice that sounded like one part Monty Hall, one part Don Pardo, and one part Carnival Barker. It spoke a language, but not like any language on earth. Yet somehow, everybody could understand it.

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Sure enough, the portal opened in the ground, nearby you. With a winding stairwell leading into darkness below...

This is an mature game, please give date of birth and age, and weather its legal in your country to partake in such things. This is based on pathfinder 2e rules and the Dungeon Crawler Carl series of books, with changes to both.

link to another game

Is that your own game or just one you are helping advertise?  And in either case it doesn't seem to indicate a starting level, one of the most important aspects of any D20 game.

In reply to Big Eye (msg # 206):

My game, second level starting.

Rest-rolling all done?

Time for morning...?

As it turns out failing all the rolls as badly as possible still results in the 1 point of recovery needed.

True... but you do still have to roll it.

So... go ahead and do that please

Why roll it when all 1s is the same result as all 6s?

Because unlucky things happen when you roll 6 or lower.

So we need to find out if that's something that might happen.

I see, I thought the listed 'unlucky things' were all we had to worry about.  In this case only recovering 1 HP, if there is other bad stuff don't you think we should know about it somehow?

In any case I rolled a 12, so it shouldn't be an issue this time.

Agree

So, having said that:



Rest-rolling all done?

Time for morning...?

I don't need to rest roll on my end and I'm ready to move on to morning whenever. Josiah's not exactly capable of just running off and completing his mission on his own, so there's not much more of importance that he can do tonight.

Well I'm enjoying the role-playing... Someone just drop me a note here when you're ready to go...

I'm trying to figure out if we need to tie up Renata and get her to a cleric ASAP.

Just for the sake of clarity, I've got no plans for Josiah or Renata to jump back up and make a mess of things tonight.

Also, I do apologize for creating a tense situation for y'all. It just seemed like a good opportunity to that to happen.

Did you bring enough rope to tie her up?  I don't think I did.

In reply to Big Eye (msg # 221):

It's part of your adventer's pack.

Are we stuck?

Anything I can do...?

In reply to The GM (msg # 223):

I think we are trying to figure out if Renata is free of her possessing demon. If not we need to get her to a cleric ASAP. Would I know any local villages in the last 20 years that can help?

Your best bet as far as that goes would be to forge ahead to Anchorest... A barbarian tribe might also be particularly useful, but they're all ahead (as opposed to sideways or backwards), so...

Hmm, Telric? You gonna attack too...?

...Er, yes, Telric, but-- just for narrative relevance, you understand-- WHICH of the bloody toads? The one in front, or the one behind?

In reply to The GM (msg # 227):

Whichever one seems more wounded at the time. Are both equally injured?

Just to double check, am I correct in thinking that Armor acts as a flat reduction to any damage taken? (i.e., you take 5 damage, but you have 3 armor, so you only take 2 damage?) I just don't want to misrepresent my health, is all.

That is indeed how it works.

Should we be making extra attacks against the NPCs that roll less than a 10 on their turn, or is that just a player problem?

No, logical question, but that's just a player problem.

Anyone may feel free to make an Insightful roll to try to think of relevant information. One roll only, first come, last served.

We ready to move on...?

(If not, no rush!)

Feels like we're ready to move on.

ONE person give me a "yeah" or "no wait" please

Beep Bop Boop "Yeah !"

Can we have a reminder...what is it like to the south?

...It's where you all just came from.

In reply to The GM (msg # 238):

Anything particular about that? What is the political situation there? Is there stability or just warring factions?

The point is that they are unaware that Port Thornwood is safely under the protection of the Brotherhood of Steel.

There are bandits and froggies that way too.

Well, there were...

Xan doesn't know if there are more :D

Nope, nope, makes sense   :)

I'm gonna (for a bit, anyway) on Nipper...

--I'm gonna be busy until maybe Saturday, maybe longer. Back when I can.

Just a reminder when a human gives an order to Xan she gets a minor bonus to her actions.
This is to all automata I believe.

Technically the bonus is to the next roll after the action you are ordered to do, but you could in theory maintain a significant chain of them by only succeeding, and only following direct orders.

Struggling to come back and catch up. Maybe tomorrow, maybe Thursday, certainly/surely Friday or Sat.

Slow again on my part. RL is not cooperating at all.

Annnnd, I was wrong. Maybe sometime this week... maybe not until next weekend...

So... we're... moving forward...?

In reply to The GM (msg # 252):

Is there a cleric outpost nearby? We have two wounded party members. Did the brotherhood give us healing potions?

Hmmmm, I tell you what, Telric: roll Insightful

In reply to The GM (msg # 254):

18:48, Today: Telric Televenter rolled 9 using 2d6 with rolls of 4,5.  Insightful.

Do I get a +1 forward for helping the travelers escape?
This message was last edited by the player at 22:52, Sun 03 Apr 2022.

...I don't... think so...? Why would you get a +1 for that...? (What am I missing?)

In reply to The GM (msg # 256):

Because they had humans amongst them while think ghouls are not monsters. And maybe some of the humans who still dislike ghouls despite that. And Telric have proven that they are wrong.

On this occasion, at least, I'm going to say no.

I have a little more time than usual (for lately) today...

...are we stuck?

Sorry for the bad roll and also for how long it took to roll it!

We ready to move forward?

If not, let me know when we are... no rush

In reply to The GM (msg # 261):

It depends on Big Eye I guess. If he's too badly wounded we cant move him. Somebody will have to go for help.

Big Eye is not badly wounded, and was accompanying the wagon just fine without getting into it.  There is some question about how much of the stuff in the wagon we can drag with us, but beyond that it shouldn't matter.

Ugh. I've picked ffs259  for Andela, but I'm not happy with it. Anyone got a suggestion for a female cleric that looks less nun-like?

Also:
--human
--NOT someone who looks like she belongs on the cover of a romance novel
--Holding a mace or shield or both would be fine, but I'd prefer not a full set of plate mail

ffd131 could work! She looks like she's wearing a tunic thing and wielding a staff of sorts.

ffs360 is a bit generic, but she looks kinda holy-esque without looking nun-ish in me humble opinion.

Sorry I couldn't find much more. There's a lot of armor in them there portrait icons!

I changed to ffd131 for now. She looks young for a human, but the shy, uncertain way I'm writing the character fits with being on the young side.

...Are we stuck?

It looks like people rolled for an NPC reaction, but I don't see anything from the NPCs after that.

Big Eye isn't super useful in a battle of wits, so I tend to pay less attention to those details like he should.

Yeah, the NPC did in fact respond.

Soooooo maybe we're ready to rest here tonight and get back on the road tomorrow morning?

Which could come pretty darn quick?

So... roll to heal with or without bandages, people, unless there's something else you wanna do before your restnaps.

In reply to The GM (msg # 269):

What is the healing rules again?

How many bandages can I use on other people, as I am not injuried?

I rolled mine already, it is already accounted for and should be good to go.

I believe the healing rules are as follows:



Assuming that's correct and that the med kit I used (or rather, asked Xan to use on me!) earlier counts here (or alternatively, bandages!), then...

Renata Medb rolled 10 using 2d6+1d3+1 with rolls of 5,3,1.  Resting time! Forceful + Med Kit from earlier.

--10 or better: You get 2d4+1 HP back.

Renata Medb rolled 7 using 2d4+1 with rolls of 2,4.  Healing time!

I wasn't injured, so I am pretty good to go whenever we like.

Yeah, there's enough bandages for each person to have one.

Each one gives you an extra 1d3 points on your Healing roll.

Let's have one more person tell me "ready to go"
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:01, Sat 28 May 2022.

And here you are!

...

ready to go

Ready to go.

Is it my turn? Or is it y'all's turn?

I thought it was y'all's turn, but everything's stopped, so...

Three players where the last to post, so I think we are waiting on you...

Beep Boop Bop Agreed

Completely missed that Telric post somehow. Last thing I remember was Renata going to look for Xan. "Okay, next up Xan will reply, and they'll talk a minute probably, then I can move things along," I think I remember thinking

1. Good role-playing happening, I approve.

2. Tell me here when you're ready to proceed. No rush.

3. If I ever disappear like that again for more than 7 days (and you think it's my turn)? Nudge me here please.

Me no feel good. Weather and allergies make for bad head. Sorry for delay. May be ongoing, or may shake out of it soon.

Can't help a bad-feeling head! Here's hoping you start to feel even a little better soon.

In reply to The GM (msg # 282):

Real life comes 1st. You feel better.

:)

Okay I'm back for the moment. We'll see how much time I have tomorrow-- my big day is usually the day after.

But so-- is it my turn-- time to move on down the road-- or are we waiting for the ladies to check in on the boys?

In reply to The GM (msg # 285):

After setting up my own herbal needs, I was going to check up on Big Eye and Renata's wounds.

Still not my turn, right?

Still role-playing time, right?

In reply to The GM (msg # 287):

Will another nights rest heal people up to full? I think Renata and BG are only down 1 pt each.

I'm personally ready to move on whenever (or to keep doing roleplay! Whichever!)

But yeah, just one away from full for me. Which is probably okay to travel with? If y'all want to spend another night though, I'm good with that.

Fairly sure we don't need to waste more time on 1 point.  That will heal naturally without any special setting advantages so we can do it on the move.

So... we're getting on the road now? Confirm please

I'm good to go if everyone else is.

I am good with it.

Once more, I'm good to go!

Um, it's... y'all's turn, right?

Sorry! Was gonna make a post, but then I second-guessed myself and forgot about it... I'll throw one together now!

Hellooooooooo........

I know I've been busy lately...

To help make up for it, I offer this little game I recently wrote entitled RPol: The Game:

link to another game

If it's a game, then it might be fun to play sometime.

If it is, instead, a work of literary satire, I think it's an amusing and insightful look into the nature of being a GM on RPol.

Please enjoy reading it.

Hello! That's certainly a fun idea for a game (with some great sample characters, to boot!).

One question: it states that the Player Frustration upper limit decreases with the fewer players that you have, but not by how much! I would assume by 1 (5 at 4 players, 4 at 3 players, 3 at 2, 2 at 1), but it never hurts to be explicit with the rules!

Yep, by 1 per. I'll correct/specify...

...Done.

TIME CRUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT/APOLOGY:

Yeah so there's the usual busy-ness, and then I felt rotten this weekend, which was a time I'd planned to try to catch up. Not feeling 100% even now, but just announcing I haven't forgotten about you. I'll continue to do my best--

Heal up and take care of yourself.

Real life comes 1st. Feel better soon.

Bit unnecessary of me to say so, but yes! Take all the time you need. :) You and yer health matter!

I think this is the first time I've heard of this murderer specifically.

My question is: does the Overseer know about this guy?

Or is that up to me?

(Also, how long ago did our boi die, again...?)

That's good! For the name, I went with Caleb for the sake of its connection to religion and its tie to faithfulness and loyalty. And then Parlan because it's close to the word Parlance, for the sake of speech (after all, Josiah speaks a little oddly sometimes and Caleb is/was the group's Speaker, so it felt appropriate). It looks like Parlan is also an existing surname, but I was having trouble discerning what exactly it was supposed to mean or be in reference to.

The Overseer has been out of the Vault before, so she might know about them? This group wasn't terribly large though, even before Cursefall, so it's up to you!

(JoJo the Reanimated Boyo died about a week before Renata left the Vault, I wanna say?)

I think I'm gonna say that the Overseer does NOT already know about this Caleb guy... But-- has she ever heard of our boi? No? Leaning toward the right answer being no?

I'd imagine probably not? He was just one of the healers in this group; not even the most prominent one, probably.

Not to make it weird, but I TRIED to make it clear that y'all could see and hear what was going on in the Overseer's office a long time ago when I said:



I guess I didn't make that clear enough?

Oh then big difference.

Sorry yes I thought we were pretty much divided and almost in separate threads.

Yeah



Yeah, I tried to undo that...

Ack! Honestly, I'd assumed we were relatively more separate as well. But ah well!