The pace of this game is pretty impressive. Got back from my 3 day Christmas trip and found 25 new posts.
Catching up now.
It's allright, it could be slightly faster, but it's nice to post only once or twice a day in order to be able to really put some effort into each post. I'm in another game that's going much faster, and it's kindof different. With that character I feel less like a writer and more like someone who's just playing a game. There's still character development, but for PbP to go really fast you do have to lose some of it's natural advantages which let people develop story and character more.
Still a few hours away from enough time for me to post, but I'm assuming three are underwater and 2 are waiting up top.
That was a... complicated post.
Hmm... I think I have to back up and redo my last post. I forgot about the dancing lights, which changes things significantly.
Man, but it was so interesting when it was dark!
lol, I'll get something worked up. Not sure what the protocol is but I may just rewind and let you guys post new actions.
Things happen. I had to undo an entire surprise round and first round of combat because I forgot about an ability before.
It's also nice to know that it's a small <guessing creature identity> and not, say, a large one.
How can the rules possibly make a morningstar a better underwater weapon than a greatsword?
We're just waiting for Kael here, I think. I didn't reference your attack since you described the miss already. Should have a second go :P
I'm on vacation until the third. Posting time will be limited. Please bot me as needed.
I'm going to assume Cerise is not going in that water, which makes this a pretty good time for you to be on vacation. Someone needs to go in that water for sure.
I'll just assume Cerise leaves them a Dancing Lights underwater but otherwise hangs out in dry territory.
Sounds good to me. I don't have any spells that are useful underwater anyway.
Choose left or right. I'll post later tonight assuming all three go back down. I'll choose for you if you don't want to. It doesn't matter too much either way.
Pythia's right!
Happy New Years, everyone!
Should old adventures be forgot
These specters of our minds?
Will all our stories be for naught
Our journeys lost to time?
I raise a toast to all my friends
In person and online
I'll treasure all our memories made
For auld lang syne.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Also, I posted a question for you guys in the offtopic channel on Discord. You don't have to, but I'd love some feedback if you guys didn't mind.
For some reason I felt weird asking here.
I knew a fellow once who said merry new year. I'm not sure if he was being facetious, it was kindof funny.
Happy New Year everybody, good luck.
Is this game really that fast? It seems consistently about one or two posts a day, which is about what we're supposed to expect, right?
Pythia rolled a spellcraft check, and I rolled an aid spell craft for Cerise, since he mentioned I could earlier in the discussion thread.
Just FYI.
Works for me!
Is this game really that fast? It seems consistently about one or two posts a day, which is about what we're supposed to expect, right?
Since 8am Saturday morning, you, Kael, Pythia, and GM_LCF have made 29 posts. Just a little bit faster than I've been able to follow and post before it gets superseded.
I was trying to push the underwater section since it was kind of cutting off two of the characters. I can pace it back a little now that the group is back together.
No problem. I felt like I should post something to keep up, but it just flew by. Thanks for thinking of us landlubbers. :)
Also, I was pretty bored for New Years and was just constantly checking stuff.
Checking in. I've had even less time than I expected to during this trip. I haven't been able to check gameplay, but from the gist I've picked up in this thread it seems like the group has things well in hand.
Yeah, you got all the loot. Found the red lantern. Now just to head upstairs and either mess with the lanterns now that you have the set, or resume turning the sarcophagus and eventually make your way back to the brown mold.
Did we still have any oil left after the swarm? Otherwise, we probably can't light all the lamps at the same time.
You used the two you had in the group iirc. I don't know if anyone has any candles, but you might be able to get creative with magical light.
I still have one flask of oil and five candles.
I've got ten candles, a stick of charcoal, and, inexplicably, a pound of sealing wax. Not sure why, but wax burns, right?
Candles aren't very bright though. Maybe multiple candles could work.
What about one candle with multiple wicks?
I feel like we might need to consult the realism police on that one.
My guess is the fuel supply is the same for one wick as it is for more so it wouldn't change much. But I could be wrong.
I'm so glad you asked!
Instead of using dumb torches, which smoke a lot and set things on fire, and also run out and are hard to replace, people used oil lamps with lots of wicks. Example.
I don't know what happens when you put multiple wicks on a candle, but it's probably brighter.
I guess if you put the wicks in a big circle, it could space them out enough to use the same fuel source efficiently. It would burn out much faster though.
Just how wide are these candles you have?
I'd rather mess with the sarcophagus further, and keep exploring each turn before lighting the lanterns anyway.
One (or two) sarcophagus turn coming up shortly. Hopefully I find time in an hour or so. Otherwise in 7 hours I'll be home.
I'm back!
aaaand I have 45 posts to read through. Give me a bit to read through them and I'll have a post up.
All the lanterns are just fine. You could light them if you wanted. The necromancer will have plenty of time to shine and sooner than you might expect. :P
I have a feeling it's going to be a game to see if Kael can smash them before Cerise can do things with them.
Let's see how many places Kael can be at the same time, shall we?
:P
You can smash all the ones that make their saves against my control.
I can smash things...I'm basically a barbarian, after all...
Very sick today. I'll do my best to post later.
lol, Pythia those rolls...
Allustan is somewhat prolific with languages, you can perhaps try for his help later. :)
lol
This next part is really fun for me. I can't wait! :D
Probably my favorite part of the first book. :)
Pythia is at least as excited as you are.
The excitement hasn't even begun yet :D
Very likely, I won't have time to post again until 7pm or 8pm CST.
Why wouldn't we carry out a sphere? It seems like a good idea to me, maybe we could even sell it.
Just an FYI, I'm going to be traveling for the next two weeks. (Taking care of a family member after surgery.) So my posting schedule is going to be off. I'm expecting to have network most of the time, but if I miss a day please feel free to bot me.