Shinon |
I just got back from Urgent Care, and I have a crippling case of bacterial gastroenteritis. Essentially this means I will not be posting today as I am wracked with massive abdominal pain, nausea and etc, and when that's not going on I am raging about how much pain I am in. So..see you guys tomorrow maybe.
baldwin the merciful |
I just got back from Urgent Care, and I have a crippling case of bacterial gastroenteritis. Essentially this means I will not be posting today as I am wracked with massive abdominal pain, nausea and etc, and when that's not going on I am raging about how much pain I am in. So..see you guys tomorrow maybe.
Looks like Andrea's sewer scene foreshadowed your illness.
Kenji Masada |
Whats with the really long and disturbingly sexual posts Andrea? You just bored or is there actually a point to this?.
@Baldwin should I be doing what Andrea is doing? Righting out a self narrative and taking control of NPCs to tell my own story? I could if you want that from us.
Duncan Redhammer |
The posts don't bother me Andrea. Lengthy posts for downtime I like, since it allows tje.game to read like a novel and chars become people rather than a collection of stats that simply exist to go Combat/take stuff/Buy gear repeat!
Our downtime story posts bring alot in terms of narrative and while your stuff is racy at times it develops the character.
I may elaborate on why Duncan is so Punisher/Wolverine whenit comes to killing for example.
Maybe spoilers though...
baldwin the merciful |
Lengthy narrative posts don't bother me especially in downtime but remember this is a public forum. Andrea certainly is developing the character's background, just tone it down sexual references a bit. As far as drug use, PF provides rules for addiction and I've taken control of that issue through spoilers. When it doubt put it in spoiler for the GM.
I did ask everyone to provide with me three NPCs that you have met in the city. The purpose was to develop each character's background and it serves as a vehicle for the GM to convey information to the players. As an example I've done that through Nathaniel, the morgue worker, Gruum, the smithy and others. I don't have an issue with Andrea using Tracy to convey certain character information but generally, that is my job to control NPCS. When in doubt send me private message or ask me in a spoiler.
I provided Andrea the option of changing deities, to tweek her character, the only thing I would suggest is that there be a prayer to the new deity then I will assume control from there.
I really like the novel format rather than combat, loot, buy stuff collection. I enjoy the roleplaying aspect and developing the story in small stages.
Andrea1 |
Thank you, I will keep what you said in mind when making future posts.
If it wasn't obvioius, Calistria was speaking through Tracy as her 'pitch' to Andrea. Tracy is a riff on the 'Irish/British' type; coarse, but likeable. While she would go on about 'Get yer head on straight!', 'The path curves away and now is the chance to step onto it for a new way' would have her going 'Wut are you talken about?' :)
baldwin the merciful |
Thank you, I will keep what you said in mind when making future posts.
If it wasn't obvioius, Calistria was speaking through Tracy as her 'pitch' to Andrea. Tracy is a riff on the 'Irish/British' type; coarse, but likeable. While she would go on about 'Get yer head on straight!', 'The path curves away and now is the chance to step onto it for a new way' would have her going 'Wut are you talken about?' :)
Alright
baldwin the merciful |
Thanks for the info. So should I retool domains and abilities?
yes, make the adjustments. I need to think about the favorite weapon though and what do about that. Its not as if you wake up knowing how to use a whip while simultaneously forgetting how to use a scythe. Your alignment works since you are true neutral. Urgathoa is NE, Calistra is CN. You have been playing Andrea N, with a good tendencies.
baldwin the merciful |
To the group - if you want to tweak your character's backstory, focus, alignment or what not, this is the time to do so. Send me message in a spoiler with your request and we can see about the changes. Let's try not to have complete redo's; however, everyone should have a character they want to play that fits within the game.
Kenji Masada |
I have been horribly disappointed by Kenji's lack of story and character depth. I really wish I had spent time to further develop him than I did.
I am also sorry if I came off as a jerk to Andrea's posts and character. Her character behavior hits too close to home and it has brought up a lot of painful memories. I will try harder to ignore it.
Andrea1 |
I will keep that in mind and be more respectful of the other players and keep anything mature behind a spoiler.
I do like the conflict between Duncan and Kenji and that is something to build on. The compassion Kenji showed Andrea in the sewer was also a nice touch.
Since Andrea is about a day ahead of the others (Went to bathhouse and slept through the night) I will use the time to retool and others to flex their writing muscles.
baldwin the merciful |
Kenji if you want to add a little color to your backstory go ahead and do so. The fear of horses, getting lost in the city and Janiven are fun to playout.
You could add some names and descriptions to the dockworkers/laborers and the tavern owner Kenji has met. Remember, I have mentioned caravan and shipping interests with several noble families in the game thread. Knowing a dockworker, warehouse worker, a merchant/brewer would work into the overall story.
Shinon |
** spoiler omitted **
DM Only:
Not at all. Roy is in a completely different house, one that Shinon has no real interaction with. He meets Roy when Roy is in the city, or when he goes to the estate and tells them he's Roy's archery tutor (his family knows and has approved, they just don't like to actually talk to Shinon face-to-face).
Kenji Masada |
Thanks Andrea. Spoilers will be a fine compromise. I appreciate your understanding.
You guys may have took off with out me. I was really hoping to play a role when the bandit awoke but I guess you guys weren't willing to wait on me.
As far as Kenji's backstory goes, Hold on to your hooves! I am about to be brilliant! It'd be a first but I have quite the backstory concept I'm going to try and toss together. I will try and keep up with the posting, as I had mentioned, I have fallen behind an area I wish I had more of a role in and am not sure how to interject now. But Kenji will now have closer connection to this bandit than before.
I will work on the backstory adjustments and try to keep up. They are some pretty significant adjustments and my changes how I continue to play. Plus I hope there will be something the GM can work with there too.
Shinon |
Thanks Andrea. Spoilers will be a fine compromise. I appreciate your understanding.
You guys may have took off with out me. I was really hoping to play a role when the bandit awoke but I guess you guys weren't willing to wait on me.
As far as Kenji's backstory goes, Hold on to your hooves! I am about to be brilliant! It'd be a first but I have quite the backstory concept I'm going to try and toss together. I will try and keep up with the posting, as I had mentioned, I have fallen behind an area I wish I had more of a role in and am not sure how to interject now. But Kenji will now have closer connection to this bandit than before.
I will work on the backstory adjustments and try to keep up. They are some pretty significant adjustments and my changes how I continue to play. Plus I hope there will be something the GM can work with there too.
Excellent! I hope that with your expanded backstory you can get more enjoyment out of the roleplaying aspect of this game like the rest of us are.
Shinon |
I had such plans for how John was going to get the informstion from the bandit, and then Shinon went and ruined it.
My apologies. Hopefully the information will still be salvageable.
Kenji Masada |
I had my hopes that maybe at this point he would merely be unfriendly. Maybe I should have intimidated him. DC to gain results is a lot lower.
Sigh, I was kind of hoping to make this guy another disciple in the Kenji school of reformation but short sighted character development might not allow it.
Shinon |
It's strange. You rolled a 21. The DC for reducing someone from Hostile to Unfriendly is only 20+Cha. This guy doesn't seem particularly charming either, I'd peg him as having 13 Cha at most, so you should have succeeded...well, maybe you did, but even then you'd only move him to unfriendly...
Ah well. You can't save them all, Kenji. At least now we know what you're doing, so don't worry, Shinon will give you room to try and reform from now on. I'm sure you'll get a large response as the game goes on. :)
Shinon |
The DC to reduce someone from Hostile to Unfriendly is 25+Cha.
So it is. I think I must have scrolled down the page and cut off the top part of the chart by accident when I looked it up on the PRD before.
Duncan Redhammer |
Hope my post wasn't too real for anyone. Not sure of any torture rules the game has, so I'm drawing from my own experience (did a course.playing enemy for army interrogators-really is amazing how co-operative being super tired an hungry makes you.
As for alignment issues anyone may have- read up on Ragathiel. He was born to an Archdevil and Elemental lord of fire. He is good but not nice.
Both Punisher and Wolverine are good. So is Duncan.
They all WANT a nice happy world, love thier friends and family and would never harm an innocent (well, MAYBE punisher would) but Wolverine and Duncan wouldn't.
Just sometimes good people do bad things.
Also keep the game world in context. Life is pretty cheap in a place like Westcrown and with stuff like REAL live devils in the streets. Common Slavery. Gladiatorial pits. Nex, Geb etc
Life is pretty hard in a world like that. A REAL torturer would do FAR worse than what duncan suggests