GM Poisonbladed Hollow's Last Hope (Inactive)
Game Master Ross Hearne aka poisonbladed

A wonderful, wonderful game. This link seems like a good beginner's guide, though I'd skip downloading it and just telnet to nethack.alt.org (that way you're playing "in public", and people can watch you play and see how you're doing, offer you tips, etc).

Hm i will take a look

Holy mother of god this game is confusing... (nethack not pathfinder)

I recommend not looking up spoilers, and just playing it and figuring things out as you go.

This is the first gnome I've ever played and I'm try to work in some quirkiness that you might expect to see in a gnome as well as some strange mood shifts based upon certain topics that make sense for him.

With that said, I'd like to make sure everyone else is having fun with this character as well. If he starts to get obnoxious or too over the top please let me know. I don't want to detract from anyone's experience based on how I play this character.

I say just play your character. If anything gets annoying or gets in our way thats just part of the game and adds to the challenge :P

I think there is a fine line between playing an entertainingly fun character and playing an obnoxious character that makes everyone else stop enjoying the game.

I just want to make sure I don't cross that line because challenge and role playing can be fun but party disruption is not.

Ultimately, let me know if I start to annoy anyone with his antics.

Zero complaints here, Zat.

Your not annoying me so far :P

I appreciate it. If that changes just let me know.

I don't mind at this point, but if it starts to slow the game down, it might get annoying. Just sayin'...:-P

Fair enough. Just let me know if it comes across that way.

I think as the party sees more of his similar habits I will probably just gloss over them instead of hitting as much detail.

Is there any way to set it so that this avatar is always the default for this campaign but not elsewhere?

You could just change it when you want to

I wish I knew a way to do that... I just accidentally posted in my second game with this avatar, I changed it but it still shows this one in the other game but it isn't. Was funny, I tried for weeks to get into my "first" game and now am in two at the same time.

I just started trying to get into some games like a week or two ago and im already in three, and im trying not to be in more lol. You were just unlucky :P

Will post some more tomorrow night. Right now I am tired.

Will post some more tomorrow night. Right now I am tired.

Well goodnight then poisonblade :P

I think mainly at first I did not know exactly what I was doing and people were just not interested in giving a new person a shot (I was trying at mythweavers and a few other sites). I finally got things figured out (I think) and am glad I got into the two games here. I love the pathfinder system and like the two characters I have put together a lot. This one has a lot more fluff than bite and in my opinion is the more interesting!

And by new, I mean new to PbP, not gaming, I have been tabletop gaming for more than 20 years :)

Yeah im new to pbp as well. Never played before this and the other games

I'm glad I'm not the only one who posts with the wrong alias.

I do from time to time but i just change it right quick :P

I have made the quick change of alias as well. I'm new to play by post as well. This is my first one.

I'd like to recommend this thread for you all's perusal; a friend of mine is in it, and it has some very good examples of "good habits" for PbP. Plus, it's pretty fun to read.

I see everyone is on today as well lol

Indeed

That was more sarcasm. When I posted that no one had posted today :p I was worried that no one was going to.

I've been watching to react throughout the day.

Think we're waiting for Zat or the GM to post, no? (Zat for the results of your Perception check, GM for Laural.)

Just realize I posted that with the wrong alias.... *facepalm*

I assumed the GM would post the results of the perception since the GM knows what it is, no?

I decided not to give you a hard time about the wrong alias since I gave you a hard time about your 43101 perception check yesterday. :)

that was quite the amazing role!

I still have no ides how that happened :p

Normally for stuff about your own character, you work out the Perception DC and give the results. Not saying it has to be that way, of course, that's just what I've observed in general.

Normally for stuff about your own character, you work out the Perception DC and give the results. Not saying it has to be that way, of course, that's just what I've observed in general.

That's the way I handle it. I only interrupt when a DC seems unrealistic.

Most of you heard the squeeking. When you use speak with animal, as far as I know, you are speaking in there language. So speaking with a wolf is in wolf or a...what ever is in the hat...is speaking that animals tongue. Might be based in house rule, but it makes sense.

Either way works. I assumed I was speaking normally but the animals magically understood and I magically understood their responses. I'll respond to the perception for both for both of the previous checks.

When you get time. A major NPC just walked in, you may want to talk with her instead.

I'd rather figure out if I squeak and howl or speak gnomish. ;)

Nice catch on the "green skins" remark... I was trying to decide whether to comment on it or not. ;)

I debated different ways saying something about it and I thought that would be a good way.

+1 hero point to Zat. I put that in there just to confuse things. You solved it brillantly, good job. You are now at 2 hero points, and can cheat death if you need.

We were talking that whole time. I just imagine the laural chick to be like frozen in time. Like when characters in shows will sometimes step to the side and talk to the camera and everyone freezes and like becomes grey, thats how i see that whole conversation taking place lol

Otherwise it wouldnt make sense. We kind of took off with our own thing in the middle of her big character introduction that is important to the story. Sorry GM. However... It was fun/funny. Zat is defiantly a fun comic relief lol

Its ok, its your game too. I play it accordingly to your actions. I gotta give others a chance to respond to her. But I did notice you two, and she wasn't frozen. One camera was simply focused on the Gnome and Elf, while other cameras were watching other things that are going on at the same time.

Don't appologize for having fun. Just expect the story to react to what you do IC.

Ok :)

Out of the games i am playing, i am enjoying this one the most. And we havent even left the room we started in :P

Jeez... Where is the rest of our group :P. im enjoying this character. I hope everyone gets to post tomorrow so maybe we can gets some action going here along with the fun dialogue.

Completely unrelated to anything we're doing, but I'd suggest everyone read this. It's got some posting guidelines, mostly for ease of reading. It is sometimes nice for everyone to post similar things similarly...

This game is more active then my other one, and I am really enjoy, well both my characters. They are very different personalities.

I am also trying my hand at running a PbP on a private forum with some real life friends, sadly to play together we need to as we are spread across four states. I am also running a bi-weekly in person group. Both of those games are The Rise of the Runelords AP.

Ahh, RotRL. Where are you guys in it, Quaylon?

actually, both have just started, the PbP is still in the first encounter and tabletop one is most likely going to the glass factory on Saturday.