Hot DM |
Alrighty, a single sense motive is a free action, then actually interacting with him makes it take up time. Spellcraft, I'll need to see the dice for :)
Need to head out for work, but I'm the 'office' person today, so lots of free time to interact.
Scath Lynx |
Did the game expire?
Roy McCallow |
Think kitty and vampy are waiting on each other on accident.
Also, it occurred to me that I haven't asked people's preferred gender pronoun yet.
Pierce, I know your's, but for everyone else, I don't like to assume on the boards. :)
Hot DM |
Call me what you like. I'm not picky :)
And, specifically, people were ignoring the vampire as he asked for them to talk terms, and while he's waiting for the response, it's Scath's move, once more. :) You succeeded at your stealth, and as a direct result... he has no reason to react to you.
Though he may react soon -anyway-.
Scath Lynx |
I was waiting to find out if it succeeded, as that affects my next move.
Agent Pierce Brosnan |
Scath Lynx |
Hot DM |
:p Well... the thing was, Roy and you have to do something to leave. Specifically, you have to either open the gate, or spend two rounds to bypass it with Faobear. It's just a DC12 strength check to get the gate open, but... until you make it, or just take the other way, you'll be adding another round at a time until your arrival.
In short, my goal was to keep you all moving during the same initiative counts, in essence. But... blech.
After a week of it, better just to skip rather than being realistic.
Scath Lynx |
Making a posting in all games I'm running and playing in.
For those who have noticed that the last 3-4 weeks I've been spotty and somewhat irritable, I apologize. There's a lot of work things going on, and also some RL things going on. As of this morning, the surgeons confirmed my wife needs a fairly serious operation, which is now scheduled for the end of the month.
I will continue to be here, but, especially toward the end of May, I'm likely to be very very spotty and cranky. Sorry in advance. Please bear with me.
If things get to the point where I need to place things on hold, I'll let you know, but I don't think it'll get there (assuming nothing bad happens).
Scath Lynx |
I'm agnostic. Wife is hostile agnostic. :)
I don't get upset when people do things they believe in, as long as they don't force others to do it too. :) So whatever you prefer to do. I always take the thought, whether I believe in the steps taken or not.
Although I did find the voodoo doll someone gave me for my migraines mildly odd, I appreciated the thought they put into it.
Lord Foul II |
I've never heard of hostile agnostic.... Hostile ahiesm yes, but this is the first I've ever heard of hostile agnosticism,
Seems weird
Also I never knew that vudo dolls could be used to heal, I thought they were just stab the doll and the person it's supposedly connected to feels it too
Scath Lynx |
Actually, you can blame Hollywood for that. They've mostly perverted the usage in films. 5 second search
As to hostile agnostic, didn't say who (or what) she was hostile towards...
Lord Foul II |
Given how it was written the adjective "hostile" modifies the word "agnostic" here used as a noun, which would generally lead one to assume that it meant she was hostile in her agnosticism
Please tell me if I am wrong
Or tell me to f+~* off if it's tmi
Scath Lynx |
More hostile toward whatever might be out there that she doesn't understand the whims of.
Hot DM |
Ah, so 'Agnostic for a reason' seems apt, but 'hostile' actually sounds less bad than that, ironically.
I'm pretty much in the same boat as Scath religiously. As long as you don't use religion (or anything else, really), to justify terrible things, I have absolutely zero problem with you. :)
As an aside, Roy and Pierce, you each still have a turn (though I've already included bear in this!). I'll push forward tonight if you guys want to save your actions.
Agent Pierce Brosnan |
Just as a note
The reason he's trying to stop the fighting here, is because he want's to make sure scath lives through it,
Scath is looking rather heavily injured, and these things are known to be powerful
Scath Lynx |
Actually, Scath's looking injured but not nearly as bad as the vampire.
Scath's been getting healing from the bot in his pack.
Hot DM |
Also, @Scath: I'm sorry for all the animosity of the NPC towards you. It's definitely story-based, as you're kinda antagonizing him, and you also cornered him, and you also chased a higher CR than you could really handle solo... you get the idea. :P
It's definitely not DM hate, it's just... how things are playing out.
Roy McCallow |
I'm sorry I'm taking so long to respond. I'm really having trouble deciding what to do with Roy right now.
He knows these things are evil and only live by killing people. And he knows that if they let it go, it'll just go to other worlds and kill more people.
But I'm not sure if Roy would kill it after it surrendered. He mostly just wants to get by.
<Confliction>
Hecate, Quiet Techslinger |
Do you feel that he leans more good or more neutral? A good character would probably want to eliminate a mass-murdering monster on general principles, simply out of a desire to protect the innocent. A neutral figure might be more willing to accept a surrender, figuring that what's happening at the moment is more important than hypothetical situations.
(This is just one interpretation of alignment as a guide to behavior - other arguments could also be made. XD)
Hot DM |
I'd just suggest you do -something-. You either kill him or don't. I'll continue pushing it forward, and in the meantime you're either siding with Scath in 'killing the obviously evil undead abomination', with Pierce in 'betray the person who surrendered', or with Skylar. No way is -wrong-, and each way has its own rewards. Just remember, being the good guy -should- be hard. That's the point of being good. If you can get everything you want and sacrifice nothing... you haven't really defined yourself as good beyond who you pray to at night (or what have you). :)
Or you're siding with RJ in staring at it. :p
Hot DM |
Also: @Hecate: A good character would consider killing a person who surrendered at your request to be evil... and might not make assumptions that people are innately evil because of the circumstances of their birth. But maybe that's just me :P
Hecate, Quiet Techslinger |
On the other hand, the man is apparently closely connected with the female we killed earlier - and she murdered a significant number of people. At the very least, one could argue that he was an accessory to that crime, and possibly that it was committed on his behalf. Given strong evidence of the willingness to murder for personal gain, a good person might choose to act in defense of society. Regardless of the circumstances of his birth, his actions can certainly be judged, and I believe they were done prior to significant harm being done to either of them. ^^ Hecate would rather protect innocents, even if she has to lie to do it - and note that she did agree to do something Skylar's way instead of pressing for killing the captive...
RJ the Wolf |
also I am still here, :P i'm RL friends with the taru, so I keep up and talk about stuff, but I haven't really seen a need to post as i'm not there, but I am here, and I am paying attention. xD
Scath Lynx |
Scath is an undead hunter. His entire world was taken over by undead. He would die before letting one infect another world.
Also note, Pierce and Hecate had no authority over him, so he isn't betraying a surrendered foe, he never offered nor accepted a surrender.
Roy McCallow |
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I figure that if I'm this conflicted about this, that could be Roy's feelings as well. I think it says a lot about his decisions and how they relate to his personality. He isn't used to making big decisions like this. He has never had to before.
Everyone else here is a trained soldier or undead slayer or whatever, but Roy really just wants to be safe and help other people be the same. The closest thing to what's going on right now he's had to do was drive a pack of wolves away from the village he lives near. And that didn't even involve killing them.
Agent Pierce Brosnan |
Pierce doesn't like his head being messed with,
In his world Russia is lead by a tyrant who will blow up entire mountains or towns on a whim, but because she brainwashes the populous, they are all fanatically loyal
A good friend of Pierce's was a sleeper agent, meant to kill him and his boss, she ended up killing herself because she couldn't handle it.
Pierce's first priority is to make sure he isn't a threat to his allies, that's why he dropped his weapons, (also because he wasn't told not to, he was given free reign up until the point of someone attacking the vamp) if he had a tranquilizer he would have used it on himself.
Though as to the betrayal bit, I suppose you have a point, he won't shout the order to betray, he will be thinking that it is in the best interests of all to do so though
Hot DM |
Conflict makes games better... with the caveat that it is very important that everyone can be adult about that conflict. It's a team game, in that everyone plays it to have fun, but that doesn't mean we have to either be subservient, be leader, or play patty cake, you know? :)
Scath Lynx |
LOL
Does Scath know that the thing will die shortly as it can't get back to it's coffin?
If not, he'll start tearing the tree apart to expose it to sunlight.
Hecate, Quiet Techslinger |
My contribution to the team is "murder the things that need to be murdered". =D
...I may be failing in that at the moment. >.> Will need to work extra hard in our next fight to make up for it.
Hot DM |
He'd still be alive and kicking if not for me letting you do bleed damage to him :P -very- kicking.
Also, Scath. You shouldn't tear at the tree. You should run from Pierce. :P
I'm not sure Scath would know that no-coffin means he's got nowhere to go. :)
Scath Lynx |
That's ok, Pierce will attack Scath, Scath will rip him apart. Easy solution. :P