Cele's Jade Regent
Game Master Celestine8

Do the switch, Irnk! Sorry I keep messing up guys, I've been posting at the end of long days and should take more care to make sure that I'm posting correctly. I most certainly will try harder.

I think you are doing fine. Every new gaming group is an adjustment. We are only in our second combat & I suspect we are also all new to play-by-post.

Edit: Made the changes to Irnk, Of course the irony of this is that the Goblin is now the most charismatic member of the party. We also have our first Relationship higher than Association mechanically. Irnks is officially competitive with Shalelu, like the little bastard wasn't already...

Second Edit: Okay, the Goblin isn't the most charismatic, he is neck & neck with the Half Orc! What is wrong with you/us people!

Yup, I'm new to play-by-post, but I think we're doing fine. A little confusion is normal, it happens all the time in tabletop gaming too, the only difference is that here it takes a little longer to sort things out because of the dynamics of pbp. But it's all good. ;)

Just letting you all kknow I am still here and actively reading the thread a few times a day - just nothing to post since Hijiro is blind and wounded and hiding. Nothing to contribute sadly. I am hoping at least the blindness will go away soon so maybe he can sneak back in and do something. I just didn't want you all thinking I'd abandoned the game. :)

I'm glad your back! I'm also sorry for the blinding and the wounding and the hiding.

It's okay, sh*t happens... the dicebot hasn't been liking me a lot lately... in any game, sigh. I am good with it all... after all it's all random.

Thanks for understanding, guys. I'm obviously new to play-by-post and accustomed to my players being able to correct me on a dime when I mess up.

Second Edit: Okay, the Goblin isn't the most charismatic, he is neck & neck with the Half Orc! What is wrong with you/us people!

I'm a reclusive angry druid who doesn't interact with people. How much charisma do you expect me to have silly? :)

Speaking of the half-orc, does anyone else play with Kravo/Unspunnen? Does he normally take off for so long or should we assume he's quit?

No idea where he's gone. Checking his account he hasn't been on for 2 weeks or something, or at least he hasn't posted for that long. So probably safe to assume that he's gone, which is a pity, I liked Kravo.

I liked him too! It is sad. Think we should recruit a fifth or four's plenty?

I enjoyed reading Kravo's posts. Never got to interact with him unfortunately, but I can see definite arguments for either. Right now I would say let's see how we do through the rest of Brinestump. If we do at least as well as we have been, or better yet, better, than another PC would be unnecessary for other than RP reasons. If we wind up doing worse, well, we'll probably be dead...
Hrm, maybe another PC would be a good idea after all.

I think we could wait and see how we do without him. My main concern is immersion and narrative flow, actually. It usually bugs me when new characters pop in and old characters disappear...(don't worry, Irnk, I'm happy with how you joined the group). But that's just my two cents, I'll be ok with whatever decision the majority takes.

By the way, I also liked Kravo, it's a pity to see him go.

Four should be alright I think, though we definitely need a rest after this looong combat. All four of us seem to post quite frequently when we aren't on holiday. :)

I think four can do it. That's the number of PCs in an average party, but I thought I'd ask. And if Kravo comes back, that'd be great. I hate when characters drop in and out, too. But it can't be helped here, unfortunately.

Correct me if I'm wrong here. We should have a total of 1020xp right? 800 (goblins) + 100 (extra) + 120 (walthus)? Am I missing anything else?

Yes, Soggy River Monster, with 150. Total is 1170

In case Kravo has a CLW to spare, I'm still around waiting for Balthazar to wake up. ;)

I'm going to continue to use the current mapping thing on Google Docs, but I've supported a kickstarter campaign that is making a form of mapping and gaming software for google hangout. It looks cool and when it comes out, we'll see if it's easier/better than the way we're currently doing things. I don't think we all need to have the software to use it.

Before we go much farther with this conversation, I want to say that Irnk is getting argumentative & combative. I am enjoying things & I hope you guys are as well. Which is why I am asking you to let me know if I start going too far.

Also, Celes, would it be alright to have Sandru's caravan be the one Lief died protecting? It wouldn't make much difference mechanically, it would give me a bit more frame of reference later. It also means when/if somebody asks me who I'm talking about when I refer to Lief I can say "Ask him." & point at Sandru.

Wow. What I am about to say is in no way intended to seriously compare myself to MLK or others like him, but I begin to see what people like him have had to go through.

When otherwise genuinely good people refuse to see you & yours as deserving of the same baseline courtesies, and you know that no matter how much you want to just 'punch them in the throat' as a friend of mine likes to say, you can't because it will just prove that they are right.

Celes, thank you. I only hope the others are having even half as much fun as I am right now, because this game is AWESOME!

I'm glad! I am, too. I'm trying to make sure that Shalelu isn't seen as some horrible murderer, but to stay true to the fact that she hates goblins. I don't want such a cool character to be disliked.

I'm running into a new concern here. No matter how things go in the trial, I am beginning to feel that Irnk wouldn't leave Sandpoint voluntarily. If things go as he hopes, he would feel he needs to stay & be the go-between, if for no other reason than because there are no Goblins he knows of who can & would do the job. If things go more as he fears, he will feel responsible & believe he needs to stay to try & correct the problem.

Mostly I am bringing this up because I really want to keep playing, but I am again not seeing a good solution that doesn't seem forced to me.

Suggestions? Opinions? Am I getting way ahead of myself here?

A good concern to have, but I don't necessarily share it. Wait and see how things play out. I'm fairly confident that we can get Irnk on the road. The goblins will probably have to distance themselves from Sandpoint and there aren't many other groups close to the city and those rarely make trouble for themselves, as they sort of know Shalelu and the townsfolk's reputation for trouncing them hard whenever they mess around. For the Licktoads' peace to work and to not have Irnk need to sit and babysit, you just need a canny enough goblin, which I've arranged. You and the rest of the party will likely become much further acquainted with Ameiko and such, also. There seem to be two commonly reported problems/hang-ups with Jade Regent and these are the fact that basically you all have to be willing to cross the world to help one girl with her destiny and she seems utterly incapable of doing anything besides getting kidnapped. I'm working away to fix these issues. Some of you guys have built-in reasons to hit the road, but you don't, Irnk, and that's fine.

Completely irrelevant to anything going on, whether Vow of Silence applies to notes is a GM call, as several Sign Languages were actually developed by Monks under the Vow of Silence.

This was in the real world.

I had no idea. That's cool. Oh well, I can say that my ignorance is shared by Koya and allow it in game. Balthazar knows better! Yes... riiight.

Hey guys, sorry about mistaking Erastil for Sarenrae ;)

What Irnk said about goblins and being musical instantly triggered this thought: Happy Feet with goblins. That is all.

Sorry, Balthazar. Please let me know if I am getting too abrasive.
@Celes: Such a thing would have to include the Talking Heads classic 'Burning Down the House!'

No problem. Goblins will be goblins, after all ;)

Guys, I have been following the gameplay, I've just been holding off on posting since it seemed to me that Irnk has been kind of dominating events for a while & I didn't want that; also the rest of the characters scene is happening before Irnk's.

Anyone spoken with Balthazar? It looks as if he hasn't posted for almost a week.

I've been busy planning my vacations lately, a lot of things to sort out before leaving work. I'´ll be traveling from July 28th to August 23rd and probably won't be checking the boards at all during this time, but I'll try to post a little bit this last week. Celestine, feel free to bot Balthazar, but if you want to set him aside I'll understand.

oooh, almost a whole month of vacation... hope it's a good one!

I will bot him to the best of my ability, if you don't mind me puppeting him around and wow, I'm jealous.

Chiming in on the Jealousy bit. My Dad could field an entire month of vacation, but that would be all his vacation time for the year & he winds up using it for lots of other things as well. So he only runs about one or two week-long blocks.

so where are we going from here? Cele, you have a relapse? hope all is ok on your end...

No relapse, just lots of stuff going on yesterday and the day before, I'll move things forward.

Did anyone else have difficulties accessing Paizo's website yesterday? I was able to get on briefly during the middle of the day, but then lost it for the rest of the day...

Nope

Site was down most of yesterday ... glad it's back up!

Hey guys, sorry if the goblin trial is causing you guys to lose interest. I'm trying to make it move along, but we can press on with it going on in the background, if you'd like. I don't want to lose my players and I do want to move forward with this campaign.

Likewise. I really didn't mean to hijack the campaign, thanks for putting up with it so far.

Sorry for not replying I'm currently abroad back home in HK for a week or so more. I do have internet and I'll try to keep up and post where I can. I'm not losing interest, just has been hard to post. :)

That's good to hear, Sienna. I was sort of worried, there. I understand that real life happens.

Just dropping by to say hello, I like what's going on here. Sorry to drag the goblin affair, just wanted to chime in; I've spoilered it so it does't get in the way of the main game. You go ahead with the other stuff now. Cheers to all, vacations are going great! ;)

Wow, been busy here, I will catch up!

Just read the whole thread, I think I'll be back just in time for some undead bashing. :) On thursday I'll be back to regular posting schedule.

Yay!

Back! Celestine, is Balthazar at full HP?

Gutwad had two potions of CLW, right? I was wondering if Balthazar could keep one, being a frontliner... also, I´m completely lost as to how much gp each of us has right now :P

Yes, he's all healed up. I'll get gold total by the end of tonight!