All OOC stuff here please.

In reply to Bandos (msg # 1):

I will be starting this game in a couple of days once I have copied all the useful stuff from the other game.

Here is a price list for Balazar. You will note that bronze is hugely expensive, iron is 10x that.

We need a mission, a focus. At least initially. It could be a campaign goal and a short term goal, What do you guys suggest?

In reply to Petronax (msg # 4):

Don't set the bar too high. You couldn't get to Dykene before.

In reply to Bandos (msg # 5):

LOL!

Oh, we might not get these done, but it gives us a direction to move towards when we get unsure.

Here's some thoughts on long term goals:

- Deliver a message to someone
- Get intelligence for the Sartar Sun Dome about something.
- Find someone (although that's stepping on Qant's toes. I quite liked Qant), in this case a fugitive might be a good one.
- Render help to someone or some group as part of a mission.

Of course, if we have no idea where these people are or what's happening then we can wander around a bit, doing short term jobs. There might be a whole host of 'it can't happen until this time' reasons for us to entertain ourselves doing short term goals.

I did consider that I was out here to check in on one of the sun dome temples that hadn't been heard from in a while. This place is far enough away that i imagine it would take a while for someone to realise something may be wrong. I'm not sure if the only one is in Dykene though.

In reply to Orestes (msg # 7):

There is only a temple in Dykene. No temple is higher than any other (technically) so the idea of checking up on them isn't something that would happen. But carrying a message for the high priest certainly could be.

Sounds good to me

Jim! G'day! Sam here.

Glad to see you are still knocking about, missed ya!

In reply to Tempmandacaru (msg # 10):

G'day mate, how's tricks?

As you can see I've dusted off the old Petronax and seeing if he gets through an entire scenario.

We're using my variant rules, I think they're a bit better and the combat has a lot more options. I have an entire RQ3 'ancient world' weapons list.

Mike ('Orestes') and I have talked about automating the new rules, you'd just enter the values and how many years in each career you'd do and it'll spit out the character. It's on the very long 'to do' list though

Hey there!

All good here. I did often wonder where you had got to.

By new rules you mean RQG and the whole background business, or *your* new rules on weapons etc for RQ3?

I think he means "Jim's eternal fixing of rules for RQ3" :)

Btw nice to meet you, I'm pretty new to RQ only played a little bit so far with Jim.

In reply to Orestes (msg # 14):

Not pushing the weapons thing too much. I'm happy enough with the RQ3 stuff as is TBH.

I will put your rules in a thread though Jim.

I always thought spears were a bit feak and weeble, considering what an important weapon they are historically. It's almost never worth having one in any game, which I think is a shame.

In reply to Votlung Stands Tall (msg # 16):

You'll find they're the utility weapon everyone wants now.

Thrown, one-handed and two-handed uses the same skill making them useful in may situations.

I saw a video on youtube a few years ago of sword v spear. They had a number of fights in different weapon configurations but the result was if a swordsman didn't have a shield he would die. He couldn't close the distance quick enough to get past the spear. Once he had a shield his odds went up but it was by no means certain that he would win the fight I think it was 50-50 at that point.

In reply to Bandos (msg # 18):

Found it but it wasn't quite as one sided as I thought.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLLv8E2pWdk

How do you propose that you all get to Balazar? Are you caravan guards? What citadel are you going to land in?

I'm fine with being caravan guards, I can be delivering a message to the temple in Dykene hiring my services along the way. Jim and I were talking about coming into Elkoi previously. How does everyone else feel about that?
This message was last edited by the player at 13:04, Sat 21 Jan 2023.

Caravan guard is fine by me as well.

This works well as an RQ3 character sheet template.

Personal Information

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Characteristics

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Selected Attributes

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Skills

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Magic

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Weapons

Weapon Skills  (A% Mod   )   (P% Mod  )

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Hit Locations

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Equipment

ENC:

Money:

Livestock:

I will be making the first post tomorrow. Any characters not ready by then will be left behind. If you don't have a character ready by next Friday I will have to exclude you from the game.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:01, Fri 27 Jan 2023.

I think I only have my dog to sort out.

In reply to Votlung Stands Tall (msg # 25):

That's OK. We can start without the dog's stats

how much do arrows cost in Sartar? (not Balazar). I don't seems to see any ammunition listings in the rulebook.

In reply to Orestes (msg # 27):

Arrows are an utter screw up because Chaosium gave trolls lead coinage and one lead coin = leaden sling bullet (x10 for a staff sling). This means that to be even you'd have to have arrows at the same which is 1/10 of a clack.

Most GMs throw their hands up and make it just a running cost because the amounts are so minute.

Yeah I was just concerned cause balazar is stupidly expensive for metal so I would have felt I would stick up before heading there.

I'm happy to take 40 odd on my horse so a couple of full quivers and then play out recovering tips and making new ones if possible.

funny I once ran a Chaosium rune quest game and used rune class metals as coins at different values for different cultures.  Sort of like Yen, Pounds, Dinar, Pesos, Dong etc

Arrow heads are fairly cheap 10 for 1L. Finding decent shafts is another thing. Petronax can probably make arrows given the raw materials. If he wants to charge you then that's another thing.

Anyone with a bow can start with 20 arrows.

In reply to Bandos (msg # 31):

Petronax demands his comrades listen to his tedious war stories as payment

I thought that just happens if you are within 20m of him.

It's an Area Effect Attack

If you're making a resistance roll with a characteristic this is how it's done.

Subtract the resisted thing from the characteristic and multiply the result by 5 and add to 50 this is the target.

So a CON roll for Orestes against 6 would be (15-6)x5=45, add to 50 so 95 or less. If it was the other way round (6-15)x5=-45, add to 50 so 5 or less. Whatever the numbers needed rolls above 95 always fail and rolls below 5 always succeed.

I'm afraid work has gone crazy busy since before last weekend. I keep meaning to log on properly and catch up but this is another day where that has not been possible. I'm sorry, hopefully later today or tomorrow... :-/

Not around much before the weekend.

In reply to Votlung Stands Tall (msg # 37):

OK, we may move on without you if necessary.

Yah, I don't really have anything particular for my character to do in this scene.

I'm going to be going away this week so I will NPC myself out of the active scenes.

Still looking for a CON v 6 roll from Sabrina and Sarkalor

In reply to Bandos (msg # 41):
is this not it?
or do I roll a D20?

In reply to Sabrina (msg # 42):

No just the D100 thanks. Weirdly the private message hasn't reached me.

That's what Bandos sent me regarding that roll.

I'm away on a holiday at the moment so may not reply too quickly, Bandos feel free push it along if anything waits for me.

Let me know when you're all done for the evening and then I can move on to things outside Elkoi.

How many of us are there?

In reply to Petronax (msg # 47):

3 definites. Unsure about Sabrina and Votlung

I have my daughter with me this week and in three weeks will be moving to the UK, so I'm a bit stretched. I'm afraid I haven't been able to get "in" to the you all meet at an inn thing, especially with a character who doesn't really like cities, inns etc. Can we just assume that Votlung decides to go with off screen?

I mean, I made a character for this game, I'm a bit unsure why there is some option other than going with everyone else at this stage?
This message was last edited by the player at 13:33, Sun 19 Feb 2023.

In reply to Votlung Stands Tall (msg # 49):

Many players 'ghost' and simply stop posting. If a player does this an active player can get stuck waiting for them to answer and this can stall everything. If people aren't posting you'll see posts enquiring who's playing often. It's part of PbP.

As an aside this is why it's etiquette to always answer a poster even if you post 'I ignore him/her'. It's so they're not stuck waiting for a response.

OK, judging by the lack of response I'm assuming Sabrina is gone. Votlung can walk back on stage when he's moved and settled.

For now that leaves Orestes, Petronax, and Sarkalor. I have another player waiting to join and I will be extending an invite to him today so we will be up to 4 very soon and back to 5 eventually.

Well yeah, if you read back I'm the one who addressed the group and was roundly ignored, never got a response, then got talked about in the third person. The only one who addressed me ignored my response and has now gone awol. Bit hard to group up with people under those circumstances.
This message was last edited by the player at 12:00, Mon 20 Feb 2023.

Hello - new start to the game. Im playing Nikomeus a lunar Tarshite whos a little disgruntled with the Activities of Lunar command and looking for a quiet backwater.

I know Jim
And from the looks of things I might know Votlung Stands tall as it looks suspiciously like Sam ( hi Sam) from another game.

Apologies on any wierdness - im finding my feet as i go.
Im assuming Elkoi citadel is the base - and the inn there is the staring point for new characters?

In reply to Nicomeus Vitus Magisterius (msg # 53):

Everyone is starting in the inn. Not sure if Elkoi is a permanent base of operations it may move s the game moves along but it does for now even if the beer has the potential to make you throw up.

Cool post Jim, nice and Gloranthan.

Back from my holiday now

Just realised I've no idea what you've or clan Votlung is from. Is this something likely to come up? Best left vague for now or decided?

I was in a Balazar game years ago that had tribes and clans but I can't remember if any of it was official.

I anyone has any suggestions, I'd welcome them. Otherwise I might make him be from the Brown Boar as that was our clan way back when.

In reply to Votlung Stands Tall (msg # 57):

There are 3 tribes those being Elkoi, Trilus and Dykene. The are no official clans or hearths that I am aware of so happy for you to go with your own clans.

While to outsiders the clothing of all Balazarings looks the same there are variations that each tribe can recognise immediately to identify the wearer.

Hello folks, hope to join you all IC soon, but just wanted to pop my head above the wall as it were. Regarding clans, from the old RQ2 Griffin Mountain there is:

1 Sable (Trilus) Enemy - Great Bison Clan (5)
2 Great Bison (Dykene) Enemy - Sable Clan (3),
Ally - Thunder Lizard Clan
3 Red Sable (Trilus) Enemy - Black Lion Clan (3)
4 Impala (Citadel Clan of Trilus)
5 Great Sable (Elkoi) Enemy - Crocodile Clan (4)
6 Barking Deer (Trilus) Enemy - Griffin Clan (3),
Allies - Grey Wolf, Brown Boar and Cave Bear
Clans, Citadel of Trilus
7 Thunder Lizard* (Trilus) Allies - Great Bison Clan,
Citadel of Trilus
8 Tiger (Elkoi) Ally - River Snake Clan
9 Silver Hawk (Trilus) Enemy - Black Dog Clan (3),
Ally - Citadel of Trilus
10 Grey Wolf (Elkoi) Allies - Barking Deer Clan,
Citadel of Elkoi
11 Griffin (Dykene) Enemies - Cave Bear (6), Barking
Deer (3), all Citadel Dwellers (3)
12 Crocodile (Trilus) Enemy - Great Sable (4), Ally -
Citadel of Trilus
13 Black Dog (Citadel Clan of Elkoi) Enemy - Silver
Hawk Clan (3)
14 White Goat (Dykene) Ally - Citadel of Dykene
15 Blue Bear (Elkoi) Enemy - This clan is known as the
Eubuck hunters and is shunned (Hatred intensity 2)
by all other clans.
16 River Snake (Elkoi) Ally - Tiger Clan
17 Tree Ghost (Citadel Clan of Dykene)
18 Black Lion (Dykene) Enemy - Red Sable Clan (3)
19 Brown Boar (Trilus) Enemy - Hatred intensity
1 toward all Citadel Clans, Ally - Barking Deer
Clan
20 Cave Bear (Elkoi) Enemy - Griffin Clan (5), Allies -
Barking Deer Clan, Citadel of Elkoi

*The Thunder Lizard is also known as a Brontosaurus

I see we are walking in one of the posts, do we have horses or mules etc carrying our gear?

In reply to Orestes (msg # 60):

Most are mounted. Petronax, though, is on foot with a pack mule carrying his Fabri gear.

Scan roll from Sarkalor please.

I am going to start doing a posting schedule from now on. Unless everyone has posted and ready to go in which case I can step outside of the schedule and post early.

So I will be posting in UK time.

Saturday at approx. 10am
Monday at approx. 5pm
Thursday at approx. 5pm

Anyone who hasn't posted will be assumed to be quiet, if you don't post for a week without prior notification you'll be NPC'd. If you don't post for 2 weeks your character will depart the party.

I notice we had a request for skill checks.
If this is in response to the gm - im ok it being rolled for me - rather than incite a request/response time lag - and slowing things down.

Can you give me some rough positional info?

- How high is the peak?
- Is the guy right on top?
- Does this mountain rear out of the plains or is it among some hills?

To be honest I thought we were heading to Dykene :)

In reply to Petronax (msg # 65):

It is not a mountain, it is a tall hill, maybe 1800m.
The guy is right on the top, sitting on one of the boulders there.
It is within the Dog Hills that you are currently travelling through.

I may have got it wrong. I thought you were looking for Elkoi's crypt to find his magic ring. The hill you are heading for is the first line from the poem Jepper gave you in the inn.

Nope, it was just me getting something wrong and doggedly following that misguided thought :)

I should add that if you have been asked a question by another player and not answered it by the time I am due to post I will answer for you as best I can.

Sorry for going AWOL there. I'm moving to the UK for a year next Sunday and there really are too many little things to sort out before going. Also, a visitor from the US to complicate things.

Anyway, heads up that this coming week may be a bit slow if things get away from me again.

Can I have a list of who is taking which stag through the night?

In reply to Bandos (msg # 70):

Civilian translation: he wants to know which watches we're taking :)

Can we just assume we draw lots for the watches - it cuts short an irritating conversation that slows things down .

Sarkalor volunteers to take the first watch.

In reply to Sarkalor (msg # 73):

Yes he can. I have rolled and come up with this order, except I've now swapped Petronax and Sarkalor.

1 - Sarkalor
2 - Orestes
3 - Nicomeus
4 - Petronax
5 - Votlung
6 - Takazar

I assume watches are 1 1/2 to 2 hours each.

 Bandos, on behalf of Nicomeus Vitus Magisterius, rolled 55 using 1d100 (5%)
 Bandos, on behalf of Nicomeus Vitus Magisterius, rolled 84 using 1d100 (13%)
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:25, Sat 11 Mar 2023.

I'm assuming we are not in armour having just been woken?

In reply to Orestes (msg # 76):

I'd say not. Sleeping in armour costs FAT.

I believe soft leathers is the exception, and that is all the armour Takazar has!

Who was on guard (hopefully me as i see there was perception rolls happening) and did they have their armour on?


As a completely separate procedural point i'd been mulling over. When starting watch (from now on) id like to make attempts to Damage enhance (sorcery) my Kopis. I'll start with Intensity+3, Duration+7 and each failed attempt ill take one off the intensity till ts down to 1 and then the Duration till its cast. Each attempt ill take 3 minutes to max the extra boost from ceremony (long casting for 105 rounds - increases by 6d6% up to 18% (ceremony limit)).

The idea is to have at least some preprepared enhancement on the blade that lasts most of the next day. And by the time we start adventuring some mp will be back.

Whispers "That Meldek sorcerer has brought chaos upon us!"

Nicomeus was the one on guard. I will allow people to put their armour on for guard duty. He can cast damage enhance at the start of his watch.

Can I have a listen roll from everyone please?

09:46, Today: Takazar rolled 16 using 1d100.  Listen (46).

Can everyone provide me with a token? I have a battlemap I wish to place you all on and then I will publish it here.

https://imgur.com/Z8qVRaq
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:10, Sun 12 Mar 2023.

LISTEN -
11:44, Today: Nicomeus Vitus Magisterius rolled 88 using 1d100.  listen roll.


Start of watch damage enhancements
11:49, Today: Nicomeus Vitus Magisterius rolled 25 using 1d100.  damage enhance intensity+2 duration+7 (36) 10mp.

11:49, Today: Nicomeus Vitus Magisterius rolled 21 using 6d6.  2nd ceremony 3m .

11:48, Today: Nicomeus Vitus Magisterius rolled 78 using 1d100.  damage enhance intensity+3 duration+7 (36) 11mp.

11:48, Today: Nicomeus Vitus Magisterius rolled 18 using 6d6.  3m Ceremony 6d6.
succeded on 2nd attempt - 21hour +3 dam

Bandos, can you use the char image associated with Takazar?

Nicomeus, I didn't play much version 3 before, but don't you have to roll against your ceremony skill to see if you were successful in the ceremonial enhancement and can therefore add the bonus resulting from it?

In reply to Takazar (msg # 87):

No you dont roll against ceremony. Page53 of the ritual magic section describes ceremony use when enhancing non ritual spells. The ceremony skill determines the upper bonus that can be derived by spending time on a non ritual spell. You cross reference the number of rounds taken agaisnt eh bonus table on page53. the result is the number of d6's used to add to the normal spell (in this case sorcery) The bonus cannot exceed the value of the ceremony skill.

So in my case - with a skill of 18 - if i spend 3 minutes (18 rounds) I roll 6d6(for over 13 rounds) and get 21 - with a ceremony skill of 18 - then i add 18 to the chance for my sorcery.

When casting Damage boost(28) and enhancing Intensity(18) and duration(18) we use the skill with the lowest value (Intensity and duration are tied at 18) so the 18+18 = 36%  chance on that attempt.

Cool, good to know, thanks.

You can use my portrait as emblem.

17:49, Today: Sarkalor rolled 37 using 1d100.  Listen roll (27%).

We haven't worked out if our dogs get on. :)

looks like theres 2 tokens for me - one you made from the rpol icon and one i made. Just keep the rpol head token its more consistent.

What's the light situation? Are we gonna get penalties due to the darkness etc. I'm assuming my time in the Phalanx would allow me to judge conditions for combat in some way.

In reply to Orestes (msg # 93):

There is sufficient light from the fire to illuminate the are within the 4 boulders. Outside of that it is too dark to see much for fighting. Obviously spells like light and lightwall will have an effect on that.

just hashing out something with bandos related to what I will post, I be posting shortly about what I hear.

Sarkalor and vortlung which tokens are yours?

In reply to Orestes (msg # 96):

Votlung is the top left (with a dog) and Sarkalor is top right.

Just checking something...

Edited my last post cause I'm an idiot

That is how I've always done it.

Character tokens so you all know who is who.


This message was lightly edited by the GM at 14:07, Mon 13 Mar 2023.

I've put arrows on your tokens so you know which way you are facing. Before I do any further posts let me know if you're looking inn the right direction. Red arrows show where the noise has been identified as coming from.


This message was last edited by the GM at 15:57, Mon 13 Mar 2023.

Looks okay to me for Takazar

Good with me - Petronax
This message was last edited by the player at 17:42, Mon 13 Mar 2023.

I think Orestes is still asleep :D

I did not realise I could parry with shield, how does that work? Does it not protect the body if you use it to parry?
This message was last edited by the player at 09:12, Tue 14 Mar 2023.

You hold it out in front of you and it stops weapons providing you with protection.

Seriously - its just like a weapon parry. You roll your shield skill if it works it stops an amount of dam equal to the shields hit points. Anything extra passes through.

Ahh ok I thought having a shield up automatically provided extra protection to a body area.

Just to check - we are talking about the physical object - like a heater or target shield and not the runespell called Shield?

The runespell does just add 2 armour points and 2 countermagic to your whole body. But its a one and done forever unless you are a runepriest/runelord.

yeah physical item, just when I read everything in parry it refers to "weapon" though I guess shield is a weapon in this regard.

In reply to Orestes (msg # 110):

There is a slight change if you are using a 2 handed polearm with a large shield (usually in a phalanx so something Yelmies do). The shield then covers part of the body but cannot be moved to protect other parts but presents a whole row of shields to an enemy.

So if you parry with a shield does it also provide protection? Like if you parry with a weapon you can't use the weapon that round.

Are you using Jim's rules for stuff, I remember seeing a shield offers 1/2 it's AP as protection with a hoplite covering 3 zones.

Jim gave me a call and explained some of the tweaks. So I should be good now.

I'm going to have to have a serious chat with Takazar after this, it's pretty obvious that Petronax has offended his ancestors somehow and will undoubtedly have to make some sort of sacrifice or redemption.

Hi folks! Last I checked in watches were being established. Then everything exploded while I was moving continent. I'm established here in london and playing catch up. Thanks for making the token etc Adrian, sorry I wasn't around. I should be able to keep a normal rhythm now I'm finally here.

Should i finally roll my dog up?
This message was last edited by the player at 07:20, Wed 15 Mar 2023.

Were in Merry Old Blighty are you?

Do you really want puppy biting broo?

More like where in London are you? (I'm from London myself)

Yes go ahead and roll him up.

Should have asked earlier but can I get intentions and dice rolls for round 3 from those who haven't done them yet please?

In reply to Bandos (msg # 119):

Anyone who has struck a downed broo can pick a hit location rather than roll for it.

Are they armoured?

In reply to Petronax (msg # 121):

Apart from thick skin they are unarmoured.

Apologies for the lack of post. Been doing repairs on a recalcitrant PC all day

"Almost as one they turn and flee back into the darkness."

have those two Broo already disappeared? Text implies they are gone but map image still shows them there.

think its a moot point anyway as they would have plenty of SR to run into the darkness.

Bad news, Bandos' computer has shuffled off this mortal coil. There'll be a brief pause while he buys a new one.

In reply to Petronax (msg # 126):

Hi all

New computer on its way depending on delivery time it could be Tuesday before I'm properly back online. I'm not sure how well I can run a game from my phone.

I am going to start a Campfire thread. PCs can chew the fat while sitting around the campfire on journeys. It has no specific location and the conversations are not affected by action in other threads.

Hello I'm back. New computer restored and everything working correctly.

I've put a new map up as there is still one broo left. Anyone who wants to repost their action can do so before tomorrow.

Can you let me know if you're continuing the camp routine as before the broo attack or changing it somehow?

Sarkalor is for continuing the routine.

Id be in favor of doubling the watches the rest of the night.

I fear this game is dying (or already dead). If you wish to remain in it please reply here by this time tomorrow or your character will be skipped.

Present, though a lot on at the moment RL with redundancies.

I'm here

I'm here, and willing to continue.

In reply to Sarkalor (msg # 135):

Happy to carry on.

I'm going to wait and see how the campfire conversation finishes before I post rather than railroad you.

I'm really enjoying this.

Takazar knows that Petronax is a follower of Daka Fal so he's probably uncomfortable with all this.

Everyone else chime in, it's not just us two.

In reply to Petronax (msg # 138):

I was holding off - theres nothing worse than people distracting with random commentary from an ongoing conversation.

Welcome Ayken.

Heya. I’m Gyles, Brit but in the Netherlands since 2000.

@Bandos  Can I have an idea of where the bear is relative to me and the party please?

Like if the party are on my 12:00, where’s Paddington and how far?

Welcome

Welcome Ayken!

Nice entrance Ayken, gotta love the dice roller lol

My apologies ayken, didn't know that was a thing

Firing into a melee - it gets pretty random who gets hit. Its best avoided.

Sadly Orestes player has decided this is not for him and is dropping out.

I do have another player lined up but he wants to play something exotic/non-human. He has asked that I poll you all to see what would be acceptable. Please let me know what you would be comfortable with.

I'm open as long as the backstory fits. One exception I would say is dwarves, played like a proper Glorantha and not LoTR, dwarves just don't fit except in certain scenarios and generally in a mostali only party.

Aldryami could do so at a pinch, but again why would one be in a group of humans, needs a backstory to take them away from their forest? Similar for Uz, but more likely I'd say as they are closer in mentality / drive to humans.

Beastmen are always easier for this reason, similar ways of thinking to humans IMHO.

I would recommend a value trollkin. A dwarf or elf would be insane by their own cultural standards, a dragonewt out of the incarnation cycle just insane, most beastmen would make the entire game rotate around them (yeah, let's have a centaur or minotaur in the party, lol).

But a smart trollkin escaping slavery and getting eaten by living amongst humans is easier to play genuinely. And if anyone gets trolls we just say it's our slave, lol.

Or a duck.

Ayken hitting herself with a spear is why? As on 32% she fumbles on 98% with the spear, ignoring the +20% for Bladesharp. And her Ride is 41% fumbling on 98%. So she just fails to control an untrained horse in combat, I think.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:41, Sat 08 Apr 2023.

Assuming the strike to the leg is a misunderstanding, Ayken is at -2 in her R Arm and has 5HP left, the horse has got 2 HP left in its forequarters, and she has failed he Ride roll to control the injured animal.

If the spear in the leg stands, her right leg is useless on 0HP and she's unconscious being on 1HP.

Please clarify and I will update the narrative.

Sorry, poor maths on my part :(

In reply to Ayken (msg # 150):

The horse will buck her off in that case. The ride roll was just to remain in the saddle.

Sometimes unfortunate outcomes make for good roleplaying.

In my live game last week a player when attacked by a pack of raptors rolled three '99's in a row. It was heart-stopping.

In reply to Bandos (msg # 153):

Fair do. Can you let me know if I take any damage from that please and what the bear is doing?

Im concerned about anyone who feels the need to play a nonhuman character. Ive had a lot of bad experiences in RQG with players playing dragonnets,  telmori, agimori and minotaurs, trolls etc. IMHO anyone who feels a need to play them is often looking for the stat advantages they offer. As a ref i asked what their justification is and what limitation they are willing to accept to play the character. If they are not willing to accept limitations then they are just munchkin  and arent interested in the RP possibilities.

Specifically ive had issues in the past as a player and ref  with Mintotaur and Agimori shamans. Ive always asked players wanting to play these if they are willing to accept the geas - Avoid RUST (dont wear metal armor) as a balance - ad if they argue a lot or complain then i say no. As its an indicator to player behavior. Similarly ive asked them if they are really interested and its for roleplay - would they play a young troll or a young agimori with human stats - similarly most people have declined making it obvious its the stats they are after.
This message was last edited by the player at 09:41, Sun 09 Apr 2023.

I have to admit I agree with the above

Are you going to NPC Orestes for a while?

If he just disappears Ayken is going to be well impressed at the power of the avenging daughter...

"See! The idiot who shot at me, he just DISAPPEARED!! Surely this is proof of the might of Babeester GoR!!"

Ayken, it's about midday that we ran into you.

GM; in Petronax's mind does he think that bear will die, recover or recover maimed?
The answer sort of defines his next comment.

In reply to Nicomeus Vitus Magisterius (msg # 156):

Yes to much of this. It's not many steps until you get to D&D 5th which is basically just humans in cosplay for stats.

A duck is a nice "you wanna be special, fine, be special" and is canon.

A value trollkin is no great gain in stats, gets dark sense, but daylight is a bitch, and will be often treated with great suspicion.

A crested dragonnewt, or for a more experienced party, beaked, that is out of the loop has no dragon magic and could start with a poor selection of spirit magic. Actually good potential for a Humakti or Babeester warrior - as they are doomed to die such a cult would be appealing. But suspicion and fear is their lot.

Other beastmen for me would be a hard no. Not even a centaur - as so much of the game would essentially be them tending the horses whilst the party were indoors.

Agrimori is an option, even as an adult. Big minuses in bad weather. Lots of potential of the local toughs looking to prove a point with the big bugger.

Dwarves, a hard no.

A exiled elf, yeah, maybe. Lots of suspicion, not so much fear as elves need to be quite experienced to be a threat by themselves. Side note, elves on their own ground with runners massed attacks, pixie scouts, and magic support from dryads including use of other forest creatures - are deadly.

A bachelor newtling would not be unbalancing. And if the party get hungry, a tasty snack... as IMG the tails regrow and some people keep populations of bachelor newtlings as slaves for regular tail harvesting...

Morokanth is just about doable I suppose.

Telmori would be amusing in Balazar. One day a week the party would just have a rather wolf dog that happened to be immune to most weapons, LOL.

The bear wa injured by a few arrows but the wounds don't seem to be life threatening from what you could see at that range.

Heal is not limited on the number of times it can be used on a wound. A 6 point injury can have 3 heal2s cast on it to heal all the damage.

What is everyone's view on a Chalana Arroy shaman in the party?

Probably useful.

In reply to Bandos (msg # 165):

Would never say no to a healer. Is that doubling down on shamans?

In reply to Bandos (msg # 165):

Don't see the point of CA + Shaman. The former? Great, but why'd they want to be with us?

I think Ayken would say:

"I will guard you with my life, but know my axe shows no mercy to those who despoil the earth, oath-breakers, kin-slayers and any who harm those in the mother's protection, even after they lie injured or begging for a mercy other than a clean death, my mouth is foul, I don't like vegetables, and my trophy belt is something you will have to accept. The attraction of accompanying one such as I to bind wounds and heal is not something I can fathom but welcome."

CA shaman seeks a strange mix, the latter a rather primitive belief style and the former not so. Limiting in terms of the spirits and spells that they deal with, but okay with me.

Really..

Looks like there's concerns about my  character choice. I suspect this will be a reflection of your reaction to my ic activity.
This message was last edited by the player at 12:33, Thu 13 Apr 2023.

For anyone without tradetalk everyone has it starting at half INT times 5

In reply to Bandos (msg # 171):

Thats higher than speak own language that has a base of 30 for RQ3???

In reply to Nicomeus Vitus Magisterius (msg # 172):

I was getting systems mixed up. That's CoC I was thinking of. Ok, half of your speak own language should do it. Round up in case of halfs.

That cracked me up

Your choice whether to go on or camp for the night but it is now about 9pm after running from the Allosaurus

Is there any broken ground or similar protective terrain nearby?

In reply to Petronax (msg # 176):

here are occassional gullys with streams or rivers running through. Nothing with real shelter from the elements but probably good enough to lie low and not be seen by possible attackers.

Sorry folks, covid swept through the family, I was hit pretty bad, couldn't face turning on a PC, let alone concentrating on anything. Going to read through and catch up now.

Sorry guys but I have either influenza or COVID, I'll be quiet for a bit.
Could you NPC me for a bit Adrian?

In reply to Petronax (msg # 179):

Will do. Get well soon mate.

I am going into hospital for a day procedure this morning. Should be home by this evening and able to continue posting but I do have previous experience of things not going quite right. If I'm away for a bit apologies but I'll be back as soon as I can.

He's actually going out on the beers.

Good luck for the procedure, and I hope for the best.

Hope all goes/went well.

Bandos is back and recovering, he said he'll post after regains his strength a bit

Petronax is always trying to pad out his retirement income :D

Myphista, what do you mean by a 'caller'?

In reply to Petronax (msg # 186):

Team spokesperson.

No, no one does that. To be honest I haven't heard of that in decades, not that this means it's a bad thing. For PbP it's not really be seen as important because you can review what everyone said.

It's etiquette that if you talk in a post you must be answered so your PC should always be answered so if your PC asks someone anything you should get an answer. I think Bandos uses the rule that if you don't get answered by the next turn he'll NPC the person who supposed to.

So far if a PC takes an initiative everyone's agreed or spoken up and it's been discussed.

As a GM I'm not keen on party spokesperson. It places too much reliance on one player. It's OK if you're all sat round a table together but online games where posters can be unreliable it can lead to long delays which can end up with the GM railroading stuff.

Myphista is no longer playing, her posts and the posts interacting with her have been removed. Please have a quick reread of the thread from the image of Qant in the black leather down.

Big apologies for having to retcon like this but there was a bunfight approaching.

In reply to Bandos (msg # 191):

Im suprised. If the player wasnt happy about something - its hard to tell from such minimal posting. If theres an issue it needs to be discussed - which to be fair is harder in PBP games - since its easy to misinterpret the emotional content behind a players posts.

Are we in our gear? or is this much later on evening, next day etc? Are we by our own camping spot? Just trying to gauge our state and how near our gear is.

In reply to Nicomeus Vitus Magisterius (msg # 193):

We're at our camping spot just before you were going to the big fire so I assume armour om helmets off, but I'm not the GM

Myphista seemed to take the hump at everyone's answer to their question and then concluded that silence would be the best option. I don't really need a player to openly state they won't be talking, it kind of goes against being in a PbP game.

In reply to Petronax (msg # 194):

Helmets are off but I imagine close enough to hand that they will be on before combat begins.

Intentions and dice rolls please. Takazar has already cast befuddle.

Now, I know how to fight these but does Petronax know? I wouldn't think he's ever seen one before.
INT roll, Human Lore or just 'learn from experience' (ie: no knowledge)?

In reply to Petronax (msg # 198):

World lore would fit best, initiates of specifically anti-chaos cult could get a bonus but there are none here.

We are off camping early tomorrow. I will only have my mobile and no electricity to charge it unless I spend a while near a power socket, so quite possibly no posting for a week. Please NPC as required.

In reply to Takazar (msg # 200):

Will do

Can I have everyone's intentions for the next round please?

I'm not a huge fan of the dice roller on here so I have set up a discord server for the game. You can join it here

https://discord.gg/U8tBT7AP

Use the dice-roller channel. On the 1st line in with the skill being used and current % and on the 2nd line the roll itself, 3rd and 4th lines for damage and location.

/help will show you how to make the roller work


This message was last edited by the GM at 09:43, Mon 29 May 2023.

Hi guys, I thought I'd take the unusual step of asking everyone what they want out of the game.

Bandos is starting to worry that it's just a parade of monsters as it seems that's all that will make people post. While not criticising the game, what do players want to add to the experience that would make them feel more like posting?

I try to post as much as I can. The game is fine as is for me.

I can understand the issue.

Im finding the format a little restrictive and its sort of killed the flow a bit.
For PBP im more used to lengthy POV narrative. then other people doing their pov narrative - with the internal monologue adding most of the color for the game.

The restriction on no thinking about other people sort of kills it and restricts it to -
A- speaks to b posts.

which isnt pushing interaction as people are not picking up and responding.

So the games become very reactive - people responding when theres something that happens - which is mostly the encounters.

Open to suggestions.

I did the original form of that.
It's more to stop players sniping at each other, thinking about each other is fine as long as it's not passive-aggressive stuff. I should modify the original on my drive

It never wanted it to inhibit play so I'll drop that.

I understand why you have it there.
I havent had a lot of experiences where people have misused stuff.
I tend to subscribe to the black card policy where people let you know if you overstep.

Sorry RL got in the way today, wife has crashed her car. Will post tomorrow.

I hope she's okay

"You know what this camp needs? An aqueduct." - Petronax
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:03, Tue 06 June 2023.

sorry quite ill this week.

Are you okay mate?
There's been an evil 'flu this year. I was crook for about a month in late April

So I can't find any actual rules for shaman discorporation in RQ3, I assume a ritual skill role?

In reply to Takazar (msg # 215):

Yes a ceremony will do it

Why is Takazar casting Ignite? It wouldn't harm a spirit. I would suggest spirit screen to be a better spell. It will make him virtually impregnable to the walktapus spirit.

I think you are looking at a roll from back on 6 Jun, the roll yesterday was a ceremony roll to see if he fumbled the discorporation. Was holding off casting anything else until he could see it

Forget the visibility part, the rules are quite a bit different to other versions, in RQ3 it is a self only spell, so he's all alone...

In reply to Petronax (msg # 214):

been laid out totally for a week , still not over it.
First cold since lockdown, its just a mild flu - but ive always had issues with chest infections.

In reply to Nicomeus Vitus Magisterius (msg # 220):

Well, I hear that whiskey is a sovereign cure. You'd best play it safe and have double doses.

Get well soon bud.

A visit to the local CA temple is in order! Hope your recovery continues with haste.

Can confirm.

If you want to pretend its healthy you can have it as a hot toddy

So is taking Hea2 to Heal 4 admissible?

In reply to Petronax (msg # 224):

Yes, that would be fine

Sorry this game seems to have died. I'm putting it out of its misery and closing it.