OK, ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard.
Please take this time to create your character profiles (if you haven't done so already) and make sure everything is accurate.
The next step is some ground rules.
1) I'd like to keep this campaign moving. I expect each of you to check the campaign at least once per day (as needed, excepting weekends). If you cannot post for more than 48 hours, please let me know in this thread so I can NPC your character or hold the story as necessary. On a related note, keep your sheets up to date at all times...especially immediately following a combat update. If I need to DMPC you for any reason, I want to make sure I have all available info.
2) Please stay in character. I know we have a variety of alignments in the mix. You don't have to play lawful stupid, but I do expect some confrontations. That's okay, but remember that your survival and success depends on each other and perhaps some compromise (however distasteful) may be in order.
4) Please Do not read spoilers directed at other people. They contain in-game knowledge that is specific to that person. If they choose to share that, it is up to them, but I'd rather not have to fire around 40 PMs every time someone notices something that the others have missed. I'll just let you RP out the info as you choose. Occasionally I may indeed PM you info that I do not want others to know unless your character specifically chooses to tell them.
5) I'll roll all initiatives and passive checks for you guys to keep things moving. We'll do combat as: group before monsters, monsters, group after monsters. After the first round, the after and before groups will post as one chunk. I'll merge everything together for combat update purposes. If you need to wait on another character's actions before you post, please say so in this thread so no one is waiting for you and wondering what's going on.
My ultimate rules:
1) Thou shalt not engage in PVP: The goal is for everyone to have a good time, and PvP only sours everyone’s experience.
2) Thou shalt not bully other players: Again, everyone is supoosed to be having a good time. Just because you CAN bully others in game doesn’t mean you SHOULD. Extreme forms of character harassment will not be tolerated. By their nature, Pathfinders take in characters with various backgrounds and alignments. You still have to cooperate with each other, regardless.
3) Thou shalt keep thy character sheet updated: All the time. Period. HP, conditions, AC, modifiers, gold, XP. If I need to DMPC your character for a fight because you haven’t posted and we need to move on, i need to know what your capabilities are. If your sheet says you have 3 hp left and you get nailed by a crossbow bolt, don’t come crying to me the next day that you really got healed to full before the combat. Keep it on your sheet. I'll keep loot on a Google doc so no one else has to keep track of what you've found.
4) Thou shalt post regularly: Taken from above, you should be posting (or at least checking to see if you need to post) at least once per day, minimum. I give leeway on weekends, since that is my family time, but still I don’t think that is too unreasonable. Short delays lead to longer delays which lead to dead threads. If you need to be gone for more than a day, let me know in advance so I can DMPC your character.
5) Thou shalt have fun: Isn’t that the point?
I think that is everything from my end right now. I'll get the IC thread up in a bit.
everyone should already be pathfinders, and new ones at that. The initial event is one for ... expendable... pathfinders.
Please feel free to ask any questions.
Once we get everything settled, we can get started, hopefully today or tomorrow.
If you notice Adyn at all, you might mistake her for a young serving girl, darting noiselessly between the veterans and the raw recruits. Her large blue eyes seem to scan for every detail, as if she's looking for something, maybe just the next Pathfinder in need of an ale. After a brief glance you will probably forget her. There are many more notable people to engage with.
I believe Pakak is fully fleshed out already. :)
Zerazin checking in.
I won't have time to actually put any info into this alias until tonight, but you've seen it already and the only part that needs updating is the equipment.
Crunch is tweaked and ready to go. I'm going to plump up the background a bit more to explain Ninja training and use of Wakizashi.
Which reminds me... Will you consider the Wakizashi and Short sword to be interchangeable for proficiency purposes?
If not, will Tian weapons be something we come across from time to time? (or should I switch to short sword. I'd prefer to keep the Tian flavor, but if it's going to be too impractical...)
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Ninjas are proficient with all simple weapons, plus the kama, katana (treat as a bastard sword), nunchaku, sai, short sword, shortbow, shuriken, siangham, and wakizashi (treat as a short sword). They are proficient with light armor but not with shields.
Does this address your concern? Or was it something else you had an issue with?
I'll get Crugold tidied up later tonight. Thanks for the selection, and I look forward to a fun group.
YAY.
Thanks for choosing Eowithe, Bigrin.
Totally forgot about checking your recruitment thread today... and lo and behold... I'm in :) I appreciate it, there was a lot of great submissions, must have been difficult.
Let me know if I need to modify my profile any.
Actually anybody can answer this.
I've looked in the rule books for this but can never really find where it details how many 0 level spells can be cast in one day.
All right, I've got my profile set up.
I'm looking forward to playing with y'all -- this is a very intriguing looking group.
Actually anybody can answer this.
I've looked in the rule books for this but can never really find where it details how many 0 level spells can be cast in one day.
As a spontaneous caster, you can cast any of the 0-level spells you know as many times a day as you want.
With a prepared caster, you have to pick the 0-level spells you want to cast ahead of time, but you don't lose them when you cast them, so you get to cast them as many times a day as you want, too.
0 level spells, or cantrips are unlimited usage. So whatever you pick for the day, you can use as often as you like.
Profile is tidied up and ready to go. I made some minor adjustments to feats and skills.
...and wakizashi (treat as a short sword). They are proficient with light armor but not with shields.Does this address your concern? Or was it something else you had an issue with?
This is my answer, thanks. I just wanted to make sure we were on the same page with it.
Edit: And also, I've expanded the Background a bit, to explain the Tian flavor and maybe give some more "hooks."
I'm eager to get started. This is not a standard group at all.
Thanks Crugold :)
Bah! The server glitched the "new messages" alert or we would have started last night. Ah well. The IC post is up, and I think you guys are good to go. Introduce yourselves, describe yourselves, stare at the walls blankly, whatever. From here on out, it's your show...with maybe a little prodding from me as needed.
FYI - I'll probably be quiet this weekend. My RL group is pulling another noon-to-midnight session on Saturday.
Here is the loot list and XP tracker I will use for the game. Please do not "unhide" and columns as they may have DM-only info.
Loot on first page, includes a spot for the Kitty. Usually my players tend to like a "if you can use it, take it. everything else gets sold" approach, with all proceeds being split in an N+1 fashion, where N is the number of player and the +1 is the kitty share, which goes towards healing wands, bags of holding, etc. How you guys want to split loot is, of course, entirely up to you.
Sounds like a good plan.
You'll have to make that doc public Bigrin, I can't access it.
Hmm...I thought I had. Should be fixed now.
That did the trick :)
Just a note, cuz i realize my last post could be read a few ways.
I'm cool with a half-orc character pushing ahead with the action. Seems pretty in character.
And Adyn is just making an in-character decision in response. Instead of being a high-charisma, socially active skill monkey (as ninjas are designed to do--infiltrate, bluff, negotiate, disguise, intimidate, misdirect) he's going to focus on hanging back and observing and being stealthy (as ninjas are also designed to do).
So now he'll put more effort into being socially unnoticed. As in "Really, there were five of you? I can only remember four..."
He won't speak again unless addressed directly. But he will be there to help out in combat. This could change again, depending on future interactions.
Just wanted to avoid possible misconceptions. Its just an in character thang.
No problem on my part of things. Glad I didn't offend you.
Right now, you guys are doing a great job of RPing (I really like that, BTW). As you get to the docks (or beforehand) I'll need some specific plans, checks, something to move forward with.
To be fair to all of you, I think I'm going to have to bow out. :(
My computers on the fritz and itll be 2 or 3 weeks before I can get the new one. Whenever I borrow someone else's computer, I have to give priority to the game I'm GMing.
Very sorry. Thanks for the opportunity. I hope all of you have great fun.
Sorry to hear that you are having computer problems. Hardware issues suck when you can't just wave your hand (or mouse) and make new hardware appear. Good luck to you, and let me know if you get more free time on a computer.
Sadly, I'm going to have to withdraw from this game. My work situation has changed in the last two weeks such that I've lost most of my opportunities to read or post. I thought this was going to be temporary and/or I'd be able to work around it, but now I don't think that will be the case.
I'm really bummed cause this was an interesting character and an interesting adventure. Good luck with everything, and please feel free to use Zerazin (or not) however you like.
Sorry to hear that. If it's any comfort, in the last week, I've lost my job, I had my car stolen yesterday, and I have no idea how I'm going to fully deal with all of this. Hopefully life will improve for all of us sooner rather than later.
Yikes.....hope things look up for both of you
Sorry to hear that...from both of you. I hope things improve in your situation, Crugold. Zerazin, I hope your work situation is for the better, not the worse.
@everyone left - Okay, I need to know if you guys want to hire replacements and continue on, or call it a bad deal and break it off.
I'm still around; I've been fighting the job situation for a good year now in some degree or other, so if I haven't been knocked of the boards yet, the chances of it happening now are not high.
I would say check the recruitment thread and see if any of the characters not picked are still around and looking for a game. This is too interesting of a group to let go of that easily.
I'm all for soldiering on. I'm sure you had to cut few good chars when u finalized your teams virgin....virgin??...darn spellchecker....bigrin ! let's give them a chance ;)
Two to soldier on, so who am I to spoil their fun? Hit the recruiting thread if you think it best :)
I have replacements lined up. I will try and get them into the mix before we go any further. Given that Adyn and Zerazin haven't majorly affected the gameplay so far, I'm going to do something I have never done before and don't really like doing...do a direct swap of characters, and retconning from there.
So, as soon as they get their characters ready, we will move forward with a direct character replacement. Use the discussion thread to resolve any continuity errors.
Sounds fine to me. Keep it simple. :)
Under the circumstances, it works well enough. It's a method that works if it happens early enough in the campaign.
Seems like the best method for now, though I can see why the DM isn't crazy about it.
Yeah, unfortunately it is either that, sidetrack your current investigations to "draw in" new members and release old ones, or reveal far more of the story than I am prepared to do at this time in order to juggle rosters. Neither of the latter two have any appeal for me. Lesser evil, and all that...
Still waiting to hear back from our Skill person. If he doesn't contact me by tomorrow, I'll DMPC Adyn until we can find a replacement
Welcome Tynan :)
Yes, welcome aboard
I think I am the Skill person. Hello all.
Hey there Alanthian, welcome.
Skill is here, arcane is here. We are ready to continue. New folks, read up on the Gameplay thread and be ready to go. Alanthian, you are replacing Adyn directly, so everyone meet your new skill monkey. Tynan is replacing Zerazin, so wiggle your fingers. Also, new folks please add your stats in your header like the others have, and make sure they stay up to date as we move along.
Here we go!
Good luck!
I am convinced the digital dice hate this party