Between a post and a hard place I am.
Ive been fleeing and returning to paizo... its drag, i know...
But i have been paying attention.
Sorry, I hadn't noticed the recent updates. I'm back on track now.
I wanted to start setting up a "home base" somewhere. Any suggestions?
I'm not crazy about any current location for a home base. Perhaps the cells because we can lock ourselves in for safety, keeping the keys inside with us.
Yeah, I was considering the prison as well but it has turned out to be far more populated than I had first thought.
Solution: kill prisoners?
That'd be a waste of the effort we went through dragging Matt around and talking to Dushica. I still have plans for those two.
As an addendum to my previous post: I would like to close the door without being in the room with the wolves. I just want to be clear, because my token on the map looks like I could be pasty the threshold right now.
Happy Halloween everyone!
So hyped for dark souls 3 right now, I'm consimung all the Souls LPs. Might need to step it up to absorbing actual souls soon.
I got to play the demo back at PAX but the gypped me on a t-shirt.
What is the release date at now? I thought I read December 2016 somewhere.
Late march or april as far as I know (depending on region). Still a couple of months for me to take out Kalameet, Manus and Gwyn in my DkS1 playthrough
Let's have a serious discussion.
I'll get straight to the point: I'm noticing a decline in player activity and it's worrying me. The 1 post/day expectation hasn't been met in ages and while I don't enforce it nor require it, this level of (in)activity is uncomfortable.
Now I know that the messageboards have been down irregularly lately, and that could be the source of the problem, but for some reason I can't help but think the real reason is something else. As a GM, I'd want to know what it is.
Please,
If you do not find joy in playing this game, say so. Sometimes people get bored with a game and move on, and I think that's fine. Maybe the game didn't live up to its expectations. As a GM, I'd like to know if there's something I could do to make the experience more enjoyable; and if that's not possible then let's exchange goodbyes and wish-you-wells. At least tell me what's going on.
or
If you struggle to find time to play this game, say so. Real life should always take preference over an imagined one. A PbP game should only take 5-10 minutes of your daily time, but sometimes even that feels like too much. If that's the case, let's talk: we can arrange "vacation" for you so you can take a break from the game and come back with a new outlook.
Just talk it out.
PS. Ushio has been prodded.
We're not in round 2 right? I thought I did my post for round 1.
You did, and there's been a few posts after round 1 ended. It's r2 now.
Oh. I figured since Elyna posted for her delayed Round 1 (I think) we were still processing round 1 events.
Anyways, I dunno. This seems pretty normal to me for PbPs I've been in that lasted this long. My attention has a tendency to wander unless I'm personally vested in something. I also try to hang back most of the time since rapid posters can quickly commandeer a game if allowed to act without restraint.
Ah, a misunderstanding. I took that as Elyna's round 2 action. Your interpretation makes more sense though.
Good to hear there's no problem on your end. You could definitely allow yourself to be a rapid poster and commandeer the game. That might create a cycle where everyone wants to post often.
I kind of tried that back at the prison with Dushica but I got the sense by the end that it had crossed the line from interesting to tedious.
'Sides, there's the matter that not everyone wants to do the same things I want. It'd be kind of unfair to them if I were to drag them around on whatever errand by merit of my frequent posting. A possible solution would be to split the party though most people (not me) aren't comfortable with the idea and feel that it goes against the spirit of the game to some extent or another.
Good points. Though I personally would prefer to see one dictator leading the way for everyone's excitement than five people too modest to do anything in fear of stepping on someone's toes...
As for splitting the party, it would become tedious for prolonged periods of time. Every once in a while separating might be positively refreshing, taking advantage of the possibility in PbP. But for a whole campaign, no way.
I also don't get much excitement out of playing characters below level four or so, but that's hardly relevant. I knew what I was in for when I signed up.
I'm going into finals week soon. Just very hectic for me at the moment.
Oh man, is it an actual darkness spell? Those bastards.
It's not darkness, it's... the burning pools of oil, they produce smoke. While the area has dim light (unlike the majority of the dark Labyrinth) thanks to it, the smoke hampers vision.
Did the archer provoke an AoO from firing his bow at me?
My bad, yes he should have. Retcon:
If I have understood the AoO rules correctly, it's a single melee attack, so no added spellstrikes? Never mind. Sorry!
Well, spellstrike would trigger normally if I hit him since I'm using a melee weapon.
Also my bonus to attack is a +5/+8 depending on if shocking strike lands. I have a +1 rapier right now, but I don't list it specifically in my statblock because it's not permanent.
I trust your knowledge of magus more than mine, but the way I see it is that spellstrike works "whenever you cast a spell with a range of touch, you can deliver the spell as part of a melee attack." Since you can't use your AoO to cast a spell (?), you wouldn't get a chance to deliver it using Spellstrike.
Also my bonus to attack is a +5/+8 depending on if shocking strike lands. I have a +1 rapier right now, but I don't list it specifically in my statblock because it's not permanent.
Acknowledged. Missed anyway, unfortunately.
It's part of the FAQ for holding charges and delivering spells with multiple touches. Even if I were to miss with the free melee attack from casting the spell, I can still hold the charge and deliver it later through a normal melee weapon attack (1 charge per melee attack).
Once you cast a touch spell, you hold the charge until you touch (intentionally or unintentionally) something to discharge it on. So he's not actually casting a spell as part of the AoO, it is simply discharging on a possible target.
But, either way with that roll it's not going to hit, so on with the game!
It's part of the FAQ for holding charges and delivering spells with multiple touches. Even if I were to miss with the free melee attack from casting the spell, I can still hold the charge and deliver it later through a normal melee weapon attack (1 charge per melee attack).
Once you cast a touch spell, you hold the charge until you touch (intentionally or unintentionally) something to discharge it on. So he's not actually casting a spell as part of the AoO, it is simply discharging on a possible target.
Oh, I see! Thanks for clarifying that. Makes sense now. Carry on.
Spellstrike and holding charges can lead to some real nonsense.
Add a +2 to Ulrichs attack rolls for flanking.
Hey guys, sorry, the last three days my attention had been grabbed by fallout 4, I'll make sure to post before i spend the rest of my day building post-apocalyptic settlements.
I keep trying to look up things on the wiki and then remembering that the game's been out for like two days. Took me longer than I'd like to admit to figure out how to wire things and how to assign people to resources.
I find it funny that Metacritic's user score for the game is 4.9 (out of 10). Some people...
They changed things and people are upset. Same thing happened when Fallout 3 came out. Even the clickbait sites are full of nonsense.
It's to be expected whenever a highly anticipated game drops. As an aside this is why I don't participate in social media.
This doesn't count as social media, right?
social media
noun
websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.
Weeeeell...
In that light I suppose it'd be appropriate to clarify: I personally feel that the most trafficked social media sites (facebook, twitter, tumblr, deviantart) have created a poor medium for conversation and are often misused in that regard.
I just need to find a good pair of spectacles and a nice sweater vest so I can run around the wasteland listening to the NPR classical music station like post-apocalyptic Boston's #1 Dad.
While Fallout is taking the attention of you guys, I'm reopening the recruitment to find us two new players, if that's all cool.
As the party makes their way outside Elyna's eyes wander up the tree trunks and towards the starry sky "Are... are we... outside? Holy sh- can... can we camp here next time?" she asks excitedly.
If only you knew the things about the forest and the building, you would not be saying that...
Also a funny trivia that Kekkle can't smell.
So Bloodborne DLC is out. You guys excited, or does Fallout take preference?
Me, I'm stuck at work. It hurts.
Don't have a PS4 so as with the core game i will probably only experience that through Let's Plays.
I may get the Old Hunters after thanksgiving- not going to have time to play until Saturday most likely. I couldn't get through Yahar'ghul after the blood moon rises, so I think my main character is the appropriate level for the DLC. I do want to finish Fallout at least once before someone spoils the story for me, so it's a tough call.
Personally I'm pretty freaking salty that Bloodborn isn't on either Xbox or PC, so I haven't been able to play it.
I play on PC as well; can't afford to drop $400 to play Bloodborne and Demon Souls
Due to his extended absence, Nehowshgen Min (Ushio) is longer a player in this game.
On a happier note, two more players should be joining tomorrow. Get excited!
Let's see how long I can last?!
Hello all! Tannan and I are the new characters that I see GM MG mentioned about two weeks ago. I'm super excited to join up with this game and explore this labyrinth with all of you. Hopefully things go well.
...Who am I kidding, of course they won't. That's the point.
Don't worry everybody, I'm sure we can get through this with some...
Indeed! Our fate appear to be intertwined... Why not help one another on this lonely journey?
Let's just hope it ends better than going insane and killing each other, eh?
EDIT: Question for the GM: Has Araden gotten any idea of what his Ring of Madness does yet, or is that a mystery that will be solved later?