No rush.  I hope your thing works out.

Thanks.  Not sure I mentioned, my job schedule can get funky.

Okay, virtue/flaws look good.

Only thing at question is Area Lore.  Some of the skills (abilities.  I wish they would just call them skills like every other RPG and be done with it) need definition.  Area Lore is like the prime example.

As listed in the rules, the broader the area you know the lore of, the more general your knowledge becomes.  So is the "area" Tristan's home village?  His county?  The woods his village borders?  Southern England?

Along those lines, let's talk about his home village and the starting point for the game.  You mentioned Tristan's parents were farmers.  They can be:

-Sheep herders not far from Bristol
-"Regular" farmers who are serfs for a lord near Cambridge
-A village not far from Lincoln.  Your father and probably at least one older brother would be away from home, working on the reconstruction of the church there.

Where we start will impact the game.

I'm going to give you a heads up:  Tristan will not get a choice as to who is master/what house he is being brought into.  That's not how it works.  You the player will get a say.  But some of your choices will affect what options you have to pick from.

For example, in the three starting locales I have listed, one of them has a Hermetic Covenant active in the area.  So that may give you only a few houses to chose from.  It also   means Tristan may have to deal with and be affected by what's going on at said covenant.

I'm not going to give you details, and ask that you not pick up a copy of Heirs to Merlin, the England/Stonehenge Tribunal sourcebook.  We may not stay in England long, so my advice is not to invest the money unless you just want to build your personal library up.

Let me know if there are questions.  Thanks.

My first pick would be the village setting, assuming there would be plenty of animals around.

No questions, at the moment.

In reply to Tristan (msg # 41):

So you are not far from Lincoln then.  Thanks.

I need to jigger some stuff.  I will post a new thread tomorrow and we can start your game.

Thanks.

In reply to The Founder's Ghost (msg # 42):

And there will be animals by the by.

Couple of things when we do start the game:

Please color your dialouge.  This helps me when I scan posts.  Any color except Orange and Yellow.

Color any OOC comments in orange please.  This includes posting any roll results.

I will be writing posts in third person tense.  You can write yours in first or third as you please.

Thanks.

Will do.  (This is all fairly standard for Rpol, anyhow.)

Nice thing is, I can use just about any ol’ color I want, since I’m the only player.
This message was last edited by the player at 09:25, Mon 16 May 2022.

In reply to Tristan (msg # 44):

That is true.

In reply to The Founder's Ghost (msg # 45):

After some thought and a couple of drafts, I will be switching to second person tense in my posts Tristan.  It's easier when there's just one player.

Hey All.  Have to catch a plane.  Should be back online by Thursday.

Thanks.

I recently watched the Twilight Zone episode ‘Nightmare at 20,000 Feet’ again.  Nothing of the sort happened on your flight, I trust?

In reply to Tristan (msg # 48):

Not this time.  Though I have sat next to William Shatner's character before.
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:18, Sun 05 June 2022.

Hi All.

Sorry.  The Father's Day/Juneteenth weekend got away from me.  I will try to catch up with posts, though it may be tomorrow before I am back completely.

Thanks.

I'm not sure I have any skills that apply to this situation.  Any suggestions?

In reply to Tristan (msg # 51):

You can still try to use some abilities, even if you have no ranks in it. Some you can't.  You can usually use common sense to figure out which is which.  Anyone can Brawl assuming they know how to make a fist.  You can't read ancient Greek unless you've had training.

If you try to use an ability you have no ranks in, you treat it as having a score of 0.  So you'd still make the roll.  If you botch, you roll three botch die instead of 1.

I tend to be a little lenient on that rule myself.  In your current situation, you could just try to listen as you outline.  If you didn't have any ranks in Awareness, and you botch, I wouldn't make you roll the three botch die.  Just one.

If you tried to charm her without any ranks, I probably would make you roll 3 botch die.

Clear as mud?

To answer your in game post, yes: Sharp Ears would definitely apply here.  That's a +3 to the roll I think.

So go ahead and make a Perc/Awareness/+3 roll to listen for the song.

Sorry for the long answer.  Thanks.

To the contrary: thank you for that useful long answer.

Okay, since my per is -4 and I have one point of Awareness, that should be a straight roll... assuming my calculations are correct.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:20, Sat 02 July 2022.

Hey All.

I was in an accident a couple of weeks ago.  Nothing serious.  But the meds they have me on have kind of been making me loopier than usual.

Taking today off as I am trying to flush them out of my system.  Will reply to posts tomorrow.

Thanks.

Take your time.  Be well.

In reply to Tristan (msg # 55):

Hey All.

Will be back in the saddle tomorrow.  Sorry for the delay and any weird posts/PMs I may have put up over the last week.

Thanks for your patience.  Greatly appreciated.

I thought the whole idea of this game was making weird posts.

Hello All.

I am working on answering posts, but wanted to give all my games a heads up.

I will be traveling the 31st through about the 7th.  Will post if I can, but it is looking like my internet access may be sporadic.

Will try to post each day until then.  And should be back online by the 8th.

Thanks.

In reply to The Founder's Ghost (msg # 58):

Hate to say this after I just got back from vacay, but I have to appear at a trial next week.  I will probably be offline again the 13th through at least the 15th.

My apologies for the numerous abscences so far this summer.  It's not the norm for me.  But when it rains, it seems to pour.

I appreciate your understanding and patience.  Should be able to get back to regular gaming schedule after the 15th.  God willing.

Oh boy.  There’s no fun quite like that involving the legal system.  I hope you don’t experience too much unpleasantness.

In reply to Tristan (msg # 60):

Sorry folks.  Have to hit the road earlier than I thought.  Will be back later this week.

Having people in this week.  So my posting may be spotty until Tuesday the 8th.  Please bear with me.  Will update as often as I can.

Thanks.

No prob.  Take your time.