Here beith the discussion thread!
Background on Khorl:
population: 4000 legitimate citizens (used to be more), and also goblins, other humanoids, monsters
Description: Warm, mediterranean style climate, several areas of the city are in ruins, and now inhabited by monsters. Old human city, most of the population are human, with some sibbecai and giants. A dangerous port, used by pirates with a veneer of legitimacy (sometimes).
Politics - the giant Steward is somewhat distant and leaves the day to day running of the city to a council headed by the First Speaker, Marldon Trask, a charismatic human male.
I'm really enjoying being 'lost' in this game. In D&D I tend to get bogged down in the mechanics because I know them well, and because the adventure paths I've been involved with tend to reward/require max-min thinking.
While part of me is screaming for a cleric and a thief the better part of me is happy to let it go....
While part of me is screaming for a cleric and a thief the better part of me is happy to let it go....
Shekebbet will be able to heal, in extremis, but won't be any good at it until 3rd level. (The 1st level AE healing spell transfers wounds to the caster, so the party will need to be in pretty dire straits before the wizard feels the need to give hit points to someone!)
Keiva has Heal skill maxed out at the moment, and is likely to continue doing so, as her low Con and hit points makes her unlikely to cast Transfer Wounds. I'm definitely planning on buying a healer's kit once we get some swag to help out, though!
Although you never know which of Keiva's gods might just lend a hand some time... ;)
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Hey Rob, I was checking out some of your other characters ('cause I'm a creepy stalker that way) and was wondering about Imbolc, the 'Storm Druid.' It's sounds mega-cool, and I was wondering where that class variant came from? (The fire elf rogue, riddle of autumn something, was also very cool, but I guessed that one came from Unearthed Arcana. You have awesome backgrounds / personalities on a bunch of your characters!)
I finally got around to reading Bexilarius' full write up, which I'd been avoiding during gameplay because I didn't want to risk meta-gaming. Man, I miss playing Mordecai...
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Hey Rob, I was checking out some of your other characters ('cause I'm a creepy stalker that way) and was wondering about Imbolc, the 'Storm Druid.' It's sounds mega-cool, and I was wondering where that class variant came from? (The fire elf rogue, riddle of autumn something, was also very cool, but I guessed that one came from Unearthed Arcana. You have awesome backgrounds / personalities on a bunch of your characters!)
I finally got around to reading Bexilarius' full write up, which I'd been avoiding during gameplay because I didn't want to risk meta-gaming. Man, I miss playing Mordecai...
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That was my first pbp character on the boards - and of course, the game didn't last long. :( The storm druid is from Dragon #328.
Mordecai was cool - I quite liked him. I miss Bex too - he's one of my favorite pbp characters!
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Angvar and Mordecai were rapidly heading for one of the more twisted relationships I'd seen in either a pbp or any game. That was entertaining. Not that Angvar was ever going to last to level 3 with his tendency to die at least once a day. He was clearly destined to be a 4e epic character, but just never had the stats or equipment.
Angvar and Mordecai were rapidly heading for one of the more twisted relationships I'd seen in either a pbp or any game. That was entertaining. Not that Angvar was ever going to last to level 3 with his tendency to die at least once a day.
Heh, I had Mordecai recruit / chat up that NPC (Marzielle?) just to muddle things up, as the Mordecai / Angvar relationship was borderline creepy (and adding a third variable might spin it into a different dynamic). Ah, the fun of playing unapologetically evil characters!
Angvar really was the 'danger-prone Daphne' of the group, wasn't he? "I go for a walk." "A fish jumps out of the water and critically bites you for 20 pts!"
Angvar really was the 'danger-prone Daphne' of the group, wasn't he? "I go for a walk." "A fish jumps out of the water and critically bites you for 20 pts!"
Rapidly followed by an innocent trip to pick mushrooms that ended in unconsciousness due to snake bite. Angvar the damage sponge.
Mordecai would probably have brought that snake-thing home for the fighting pits, but he already had to carry Angvar home. We needed to buy a mule for that boy, he got carried home slung over someone's back more than a first-year freshman who has just discovered alcohol...
I'm going to wrap up Fine Print and start the next adventure with everyone fully rested and healed, as waiting for Tzu and Shekebbet to heal up won't be much fun in PbP. How is everyone for continuing? We need to get Shekebbet back, of course, but I think you need a healer of some kind. Perhaps we need to recruit iin the Gamer Connection area?
I'm going to wrap up Fine Print and start the next adventure with everyone fully rested and healed, as waiting for Tzu and Shekebbet to heal up won't be much fun in PbP. How is everyone for continuing? We need to get Shekebbet back, of course, but I think you need a healer of some kind. Perhaps we need to recruit iin the Gamer Connection area?
I'm still peeking in from time to time, to see if Shekkebet is awake yet. I must admit, as much as I like the classes and character interaction (which everyone did great at!), the extended downtime sort of ripped the enthusiasm right out of me (which is no one's fault).
Some bad luck of the dice, combined with the old 1st edition magic-users dilemna. "I cast a spell, now I'm done for the day. I get hit by a thrown pillow, now I'm unconscious again..." While I like the concept I had for Shekkebet, mechanically, he's a big back of suck.