Ah, yes, you. Indeed, somehow I was thinking you were already in there. go ahead and give me a roll, or I can do it. I'll pop you in once I have a number.
I forgot to mention this. In the roll 20 map, you will most likely not be able to move your character between the lower and upper floor maps. This is due to a line of sight restriction I have to add in order to prevent peeking by moving your token around to rooms with closed doors. :P
If you go upstairs or downstairs, just post it, or let me know another way, and I can move your token between floors. I'll work out a way to let you guys do this in the future if we ever run into this again.
Hey GM. I talked to DSX and he is cool with my moves. As for "carving" a path ...my character's intentions were to only carve a way through people who resisted her trying to make her way to the bar. I had no intention of mercilessly killing innocent civilians that happen to just be in the way. I just wanted to clarify that but if there is no option but violence Kalica will certainly rise to the occasion if anyone in her party is faced with danger.
So, I'm sticking to my post. Just FYI
Er, "that man" being the half-elf, just to clarify.
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I'm planning a point buy, but if we're allowed to opt for that if our rolls suck, lemme try rolling:
Hmm. I gotta run. Will analyze and decide when I get back. First impression: that blows lemmings.
Hello everyone, just a quick heads up. The game posting frequency is lagging quite a bit. Some of that is my fault, and I am willing to own that. However, going forward let's see if we can keep things a tad more lively.
I will begin botting folks who seem a little less active, especially if a glut of you are all posting, I will push the rest forward to keep the momentum. Often these bot posts will more or less take your character out of the action unless the scene just doesn't allow it. We have a much larger group than the typical average for Kingmaker, but trust me, you'll still be feeling the challenge.
If anyone feels like posting here or PMing me with instructions or ideas on what kind of things their character would do if I have to bot you, feel free. I will always try to take your character motivations into account.
On that note, I will be getting a new post up soon and moving anyone who hasn't already posted along so the rest of you can get back into the game. :-)
Hi all, I'm going to be off visiting family for a while, leaving this Friday until Tuesday the 28th. I may be able to squeeze a post in here and there, but don't wait on me, just bot away.
Only equipment left to do, but I should be able to hop in. You guys woke me up!
Squee!
OK, character done, along with appearance and backstory. Let me know if I forgot anything.
Post will come later today. Work has been a tad busy.
Yep, whilst people are being all sneaky-like Ali will stand on the bar kicking dudes.
:P
Stylistic inspiration for you all: The Eye of Argon.
I like the new avatar, very swish
Ya think? Kinda staying with the undead theme but updating the style. Glad you like.
I'll be away at a music festival from sometime tomorrow until early Monday. I probably won't get chance to post, thus feel free to Bot Ali as necessary.
Bad news: my job has started blocking access to Paizo. Sadly this means my posts will become super less frequent. I'm really sorry. :-/
I'm going to see if I can maybe find a way past the filter, but no guarantees.
Meows and Leo have the same problem.
I wonder if they changed the site, to be included in peoples filters? So it counted as a shop/illicit site?
Sounds like they want you guys to get back to work.
Lol, maybe. But I actually work less when I don't post. It's an outlet I need or else I have trouble staying focused.
Needless to say that Llewyn post is the first of a couple to come. Also, I believe I have found a way to circumvent the filter in a non-policy breaking manner. So I should be able to keep things rolling.
I think work filters in general have caught on to Paizo being classed as a game. I'm no longer able to post from work either. But I'll do what I can to keep my posts happening. And how are you circumventing the filter? This is relevant to my interests.
Opening an email and writing my post. Either send it to myself or saving it to a draft in an email account I can access from my phone. Then copy and paste into the website from my iPhone.
A question has come up regarding the visibility or other awareness of someone channeling positive or negative energy (or variant as appropriate). As GM, I am ruling that people would be able to "feel" it. So anyone within the radius of Ali's healing sphere would notice it happened.
Now a group vote on the other aspect. Should the action be "visible," make a sound, or having some other effect making it known what Ali has done? As this could have actual gameplay and roleplaying effects, I want a consensus since I have been unable to locate anything on the Paizo forms or other sources which addresses what senses could or would become aware of a channel?
Possible thoughts are:
- A burst of whitish (or darkish) light literally erupts out of the divine caster
- All those affected by the channeling have divine "steam" coming off of them for a second or two
- Some kind of sound occurs, maybe a whoosh or a crackle
- Illusory or ephemeral imagery indicative of the cleric's deity or domain comes into view.
What do you guys think? Looking for a vote on if it should have a noticeable effect whether it be visible or auditory, and if so, what kind.
I think there definitely should be some tell - a visual and audible one should be alright. Maybe a soft healing glow centred in the area, or just a feeling of peace and calm in the area (though this does clash with the calm emotions spell)
They should look like this.
I think (and agree) the developers left it up to you to decide how magic is sensed in game. If high fantasy is what you are going for then I see no problem with lights and wisps of energy circling the caster. Or everyone in the area can become overwhelmed with a feeling of comfort as their wounds are healed. Like I said it comes down to how you as gm want to describe it.
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Treppa took my idea for when Brokk goes in to Bloodrage. I guess I will have to use my other idea. Kratos was a bloodrager in the God of War games right?
I was thinking what Stavo said, just a kind of feeling of goodness?
I dunno. What do I know.
But going super saiyan is preeeeety tight.
Hey all. My posting workaround is working, but I have been having a little trouble getting the map I want to use to load up in Roll20. Also, I went and visited my mom this last weekend, so I didn't have a chance to mess with it. We will be trying to get this really rolling here this week.
Sorry for the delays!
Think I have the map issues handled, and I'm almost ready to get that revealed. Also, the server where I plan to house the music and sound effects should be a green light by this weekend. That should really help the mood. :-D
Hey everyone. So I think everyone's done roleplaying out things in the storeroom?
Assuming that's true I'm about to move things along. Since no one is actually leaving the storeroom, but everyone keeps talking about it, I will assume that this is the plan.
If anyone is not going to move with the main group outside, or has any further RP to do with of the players, Arielle, or the NPCs, do it now. Silence will be assumed to be accepting what I have said here and we will be moving into the next stage of the combat scene.
Get ready! >:-D
I know I suck as GM sometimes....sorry. I have sworn a pact in blood with Mickey the Rat himself that I will get the next scene posted by tonight!
So again, sorry for the epic delay. Hopefully you guys will find the next part equally as epic.I feel the storeroom RP deserves some, so everyone can have an extra RC.
Regarding RCs, you guys are probably wondering about why I'm so free with those. One, I think you guys deserve some benefits for being awesome. Two, there's a lot of ways I can kill you. I mean it's astounding how easy it should be as a GM in 3.P to kill players. So quite frankly, I want to be able to use all the neat toys I have which can wreck you, but not to the point where it is completely unfair as you will probably not have seen what the enemies can do. I feel RCs will allow you a lot of pulling it out by the skin of your teeth moments like we always see in books, shows, and movies.
Realize this, I pretty much have no concept of exactly how CR should work, and I will be reskinning a lot of the encounters for Kingmaker to be creatively interesting and less "mechanically" interesting.
- mechanically interesting = this often creates ridiculous encounters which should never have any way of happening leading to lengthy explanations by the authors of the printed modules to try and justify why this exact combination of strangely synergistic monsters are cohabiting the exact same dungeon room and have perfectly flawless teamwork when even within the "reality" of the game setting, those same monsters should fight or eat each other or not even be able to function in that environment, etc.
Before anyone gets terrified when I say I don't understand CR, I ask you to hold judgement. Mostly because even veterans are confused by what constitutes a real true match of danger to player experience. I have read several reviews of adventures lambasting this encounter or another as being overly difficult even though on paper the CR should match the characters' level or lower. And then counter lambasts of people criticizing why those same people found it difficult. This has pretty much lead me to think that CR is really inaccurate indicator, and that going with your gut is the best move.
I will throw things at you I think are fun, and you will either sink or swim. But not because I didn't give you every opportunity to have advantage. The RC system, the Fatigue systems, etc. And I do expect you all to be smart about things. There may be times when running or delaying a fight may be the best option or even the response the encounter was designed to have.
Now all that said...Mwahahaha!
Yes, I'm going to really test you with this next part. Mainly because I want to get a feeling for how all the different abilities will work and see what you guys can do as a group. I'm expecting a lot of questions, and I may have to look some things up. Please be patient with me, but I do promise to try and keep this moving along and interesting. I expect there to be a lot of roleplay moments during the battle, and I won't penalize you guys for this, so don't be shy about descriptions which may be a tad more than what's allowed in a single round. As long as it's more flavor than anything and not like extra actions or movement, I'll probably be okay with it.
Any questions? If so, post them here in the discussion thread if it's lengthy. OOC is fine in gameplay for quick clarifications, but if it's something which requires a complete ruling or a challenge to something I've written, please bring it here. :-)
Hey guys,
Sorry for a week lapse in my posting. I'm currently in England and just got back from my Best-friend's wedding and now just got a chance to post. I'm still going to be over here for a couple of more weeks but now just visiting with friends and family so things have calmed down. I have plenty of access to Internet and my iPad so I'll be checking regulary on the game and will be sure to post. Looking forward to seeing more game Pinvendor so count me in! Let the adventure continue!!!
I have Roll20 again! Yippee!
Kindral: thanks for posting the pictures of DSX in a tie. ;)
Well, I don't know what to do. I caused this mess, I guess. I can withdraw my action or hold it until later in the round.
We talked in chat about negating/ignoring my action and giving pin a chance to post NPC responses, then letting me re-act.
Based on discussion in chat, I'm moving forward on the assumption we will be redacting Roswitha's post for now. She may do the exact same thing after the NPCs have their chance to react to everything in what we will now decide is "pre-combat." I will try and get that up as soon as I can.
Sorry.
I SAY THOSE NERDS ARE GREASED!
I say grease them, everyone has been jumping to the the conclusion these guys were the bad guys. It's reasonable to believe her lack of trust in Corvin would cause this to happen.
Your take on it is also my own, Brokk. However, since I, as GM, know and understand the true consequences of the action Roswitha has made, feel culpable since I may have allowed actions to be posted before providing information such as how the NPCs responded to the situation. This information may or may not have changed Roswitha's choice of actions which is why I became uncertain if I should leave things as they lay or offer a "do over."
Sounds good to me. The way I see it Jellink and Cerwin both vouched for Corvin. While they might have been somewhat reluctant to, their word should have been enough to treat Corvin and his gang friendly. Then you have their participation in the bar fight, the enemy of my enemy is my friend sort of thing. My point is, the signs are there that this shouldn't have happened. Let's face it, we all knew we weren't walking in to a peaceful resolution to this ordeal but treating Corvin as hostile is really the players fault. This coming from the guy playing the guy wanting to give up the kid and be done with this mess, so take that for what it's worth.
Welp, let that be a lesson to ya folks. Make sure your actions ACTUALLY do something in the game, otherwise it all falls apart and posting grinds to a halt.
Um. Are we still beating that dead horse? Everybody that needs to post has done so already, no? I'm waiting on big bad to blow us up before I take my turn.
It's my fault. The next post is going to be kind of big. I will have it up a little later.
(let it be known I was referencing MY song action, not anyone elses.)
Sorry time got away from me. But since I took tomorrow off, I will definitely have the post ready to go. Hopefully in the morning.
It's pretty swell all of you are protecting Brokk like that. He can get a little sensitive, so showing him you care is awfully nice. :P
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