Luisila |
Hey Haraldir,
You should have seen my IRL reaction when I rolled low in the Centaur's used car lot.
We're all in this together.
Luisila |
GM Neb
I have re-read my 'Healing' post after a day ... and my apologies, it is not clear.
I was thinking, if combat happens to adventurers, it can also happen to forest residences. So Perception - you see nothing, let's move on ... OR someone's hobbling, oh paw horsie got a stone in hoof, heal check, assuming I get it - here, have 5,000 gold.
Sorry half-man/half-horse due to recent increases in the price of golf balls, that will be 10,000 gold.
TL/DNR: Sorry, I'll try to be clearer.
Astyannax |
The flu has been rampaging through my household like the black plague. I have been skimming through the posts, and more importantly, not exactly doing deep thinking.
With the overland travel route, I assumed everyone would at least rent a horse, or obtain one through the Society. It didn't work out that way.
If everybody is walking (except for Badger), could we retro back to my horse having several saddle bags (and a saddle) and we're using it as a pack animal? Astyannax isn't going to ride when everyone else is walking. If not, he'll just have left the horse behind.
I'm back at work, (which is not good), so I'll be posting throughout the day. Though I've got a -6 on cognitive ability today.
Luisila |
Sorry to here about the flu, Astyannax. Hope you're all doing better soon.
Heal: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
My bill's in the mail ;)
Astyannax |
Fortunately, the cavalier gets one free at first level. However, I've found horses don't get much use in RPGing. So, the whole 'mounted knight' type of archetype isn't all that useful.
I remember a very cool product on cavaliers for third edition. Might have been from Green Ronin. Great reading: never used it for anything.
Haraldir |
So let me see if I get this straight - we have Astyannax crossing successfully to the other side, his horse being carried by water downstream, but still able to swim/keep itself afloat, and all of us on the other side, right?
Approximately, how far downstream is the horse when it is our turn to react?
Astyannax |
Hey Neb,
Do you want anything specific in the line below our character's name? A game I was in this summer had us putting current/total HP, AC and something or other (initiative?) there. The DM said he found that more helpful than class and level, which didn't ever change.
Just wondering..
Astyannax |
BTW, great to see the activity (even with my temporary disappearance.
I'm in a Feast of Ravenmoor PbP that has just slowed to a broken-legged crawl in the past three months. The DM is starting up a couple other games and I think our game is dead in all but name only.
Fun to have stuff moving forward!
Haraldir |
Hmmm, I thought of trying something which would rank as cinematic (read: stupid), but there's no rules, and absolutelly no agreement on the forums in regards to rope use as lasso, so no catching horses "cowboy style" :-( Let me try and post something else (read: boring) then.
Nebten |
As for under the name text, it doesn't matter to me. I keep things up today with a Hero Lab copy of all your characters. I actually haven't figured out how to do that yet. =v)
Hmmm, I thought of trying something which would rank as cinematic (read: stupid), but there's no rules, and absolutelly no agreement on the forums in regards to rope use as lasso, so no catching horses "cowboy style" :-( Let me try and post something else (read: boring) then.
It is moot now, but we could have figured something out. Somethings are not covered in the rules, that's what GM's are for, especially when trying to do cool/stupid stuff.
Haraldir |
Ah yes, Happy Thanksgiving to all my American comrades here. Wish you a nice, relaxed holiday, with none of that "family tension" so present in current sitcoms. All the best, girls and boys
Luisila |
My hands were actually shaking a little while I typed that stuff about Rees' cane.
I choose to believe that's because we're good players and has nothing to do with GM Neb's ability to run a great game ...
Omrax the Bold |
To be honest, I must have missed the clues about Rees and the cane...so I apologize if Omrax was not assisting that line of activity. Getting the mule across the river is about he could manage at the moment.
Astyannax |
I have no idea what's going on with the cane and Rees (after re-reading it). Which makes continuing on quite easy. Don't under-estimate the worth of being oblivious.
BTW, saw the trailer today for the Enhanced Baldur's Gate ipad game. WOW! They really recreated it.
I spent countless hours playing the TSR/WotC PC games, from the Pool of Radiance through NWN 2.
RPG games didn't always look as slick as World of Warcraft or Skyrim.
Badger, Boddyknock |
I have no idea what's going on with the cane and Rees (after re-reading it). Which makes continuing on quite easy. Don't under-estimate the worth of being oblivious.
BTW, saw the trailer today for the Enhanced Baldur's Gate ipad game. WOW! They really recreated it.
I spent countless hours playing the TSR/WotC PC games, from the Pool of Radiance through NWN 2.
RPG games didn't always look as slick as World of Warcraft or Skyrim.
Maybe because after a week (max) you beat everything in skyrim and was god. Skyirm really disappointed me. I played oblivion before skyrim and i have seen the others played (daggerfall, areana, morrowyn etc.) and they all seemed pretty cool. But i know that skyrim was so much shorter and boring than skyrim and morrowyn (i has seen a lot of morrowyn). I stopped playing after i saw "64x" at the top left of my screen.... 64 times damage and level 25. Thats pathetic. The quests were too short and magic/stealth was way overpowered.
TL;DR: Elder Scrolls 1-4 > Skyrim
GM Iliad |
I played a LOT of Morrowind, but PC limitations at the time kept me from moving on to Oblivion.
But graphically, Skyrim looks pretty cool. As Age of Conan does.
If you clicked on the link, Dungeon Master (and TSR/SSI's Eye of the Beholder), with a radical first person view, was revolutionary. Makes me chuckle, now.
Intellivision broke new ground with a Dungeons and Dragons licensed game that pales next to an ipad RPG.
Badger, Boddyknock |
I played a LOT of Morrowind, but PC limitations at the time kept me from moving on to Oblivion.
But graphically, Skyrim looks pretty cool. As Age of Conan does.
If you clicked on the link, Dungeon Master (and TSR/SSI's Eye of the Beholder), with a radical first person view, was revolutionary. Makes me chuckle, now.
Intellivision broke new ground with a Dungeons and Dragons licensed game that pales next to an ipad RPG.
I didn't find skyrim's graphics all that great. I mean you can get mods that make it amazing but some screw ups ruined it for me. Like i saw part of a castle wall hovering over the ground where the two frames didn't connect. I felt like they were in a hurry to make it. Also (at least for me):
Gameplay > Graphics.
That's why i love minecraft and older games because idc about the graphics as long as i can tell whats going on. I just care if the game is fun :P. also why i still like Age of Empires 2 as opposed to 3. Because 2 is better gameplay wise than 3 however 3 has better graphics and also some other movements like ships losing wooden planks as you fire at it. But still Age of Empires 2 was just awesome :P
FYI i am 16 so there is hope for my generation js lol.
Luisila |
To be honest, I must have missed the clues about Rees and the cane...so I apologize if Omrax was not assisting that line of activity. Getting the mule across the river is about he could manage at the moment.
Hey Omrax. It’s totally cool, man. You might get the next one or think up the next idea.
I think that’s what great about RPGs – we can riff off each other and the GM and besides ... I seriously doubt I would have thought of using the horse to help pull the mule across the river.
I think my hunch about Rees would be better handled IC ... someone takes him for a comfort break ... the rest of us have a hurried, whispered council of war maybe?
Badger, Boddyknock |
You should play oblivion thought if not for just shivering isles. Shivering isles is a mod that takes place in Sheogoraths realm. Its like Silent Hill meets Alice in Wonderland. An AMAMAZING quest line that you will play at least twice because of the many different options of the storyline that makes things quite different. :)
Luisila |
Wrong holiday I know, but has anyone seen the movie Independence Day: ID4 with Will Smith?
Check out the GM Neb’s post at the bottom of page 3.
There is a scene in the movie where alien fighters are shooting green lazer bursts at Will Smith’s fighter.
Anyway, I saw GM Neb’s post and thought the same as Will ...
"No! (I hope) You did not just shoot that green stuff at me!"
Haraldir |
Sorry for a small delay in posting girls and boys, we had our RL game session last night and it was a blast. We started a new campaign using Dungeon Crawl Classic...I have to admit, I expected more dead PC's :-)
Out of our 16 PC's at the start, only 5 died, and 2 were...let's say deserted, but it was an interesting return to the old times. Will get back home tonight and resume posting. Cheers
Haraldir |
Maybe a stupid question, but here goes - I was under the impression that I can not stand up and fire a bow, since I'd need to pick it up (after all, I was sleeping), thus spending my 2 move-equivalent and standard actions. Or can I (wake, get up, get my bow and shoot it at the cat, all in one round)?
Haraldir |
Wow I hate being in another part of the world - during my "day" there are almost no posts, than I go to sleep, have a very long early meeting and almost 30 posts are there :-( Off to read them all, and reply...
Astyannax |
Astyannax is +3 Fort.
I'll stick with two fires. Or one plus the stove (Was it Boddyknock who objected to the stove?).
Lowest con/Fort sleep by the stove. Others by the fire.
Did stove stay in the wagon? If so, some could sleep in the wagon.
Removes them from the wind if we don't find a cave or somesuch.
NOTE: I'VE SINCE ADDRESSED THIS IC AND IN A MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION POST.
Astyannax |
Since we can be hit and miss on timing, I'll throw this out there now for when it is appropriate:
If we go forward more or less on Ast's proposed plan, when we get to that point, he will try to start two fires (he would have looked for wood earlier): one each side of the wagon, a safe distance away to avoid catching it on fire.
While the fires are for warmth as the guards make their rounds, they're also both intended to provide some light for the guards. If anybody brought a lantern, one of the guards should be carrying it on watch.
Luisila |
Hey Ben
I don't think anyone mentioned this - Eagle Crunch -> "Crunch" the Eagle - pretty funny.
Omrax the Bold |
I definitely had a chuckle over the crunch and also the Omrax tastes like chicken...not sure if double meaning was intended but was funny.
Astyannax |
When the sun starts to creep onto the horizon, the cold begins to let up. Most of the group suffered some effects of weather. The last of the wood is used up when the sun finally rises. As the group awakes and gets ready for the day, Badger does not seem to stir.
You know what Terry Pratchett says:
Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Where's Astyannax's flint and tinder....
Nebten |
OK, that post took around an hour to do. Blargh!
Are you talking about the yoga position or is there something else that I'm missing about Eagle Crunch? I admit I had to google it.
Here is the Evoking Day boon. Download it to print it out and it should have all the proper fields filled in. It is my understanding that you can only have one per Player, but that player can put it on any character. If you want to use it for the PC in this game, that's fine. If you want to use any of the boons on it in this game, that's fine too.
Enjoy!
Luisila |
Got to be quick.
Dang this time delay/lack of body language internet thingy.
I had no double meaning with the eagle … I just thought it amusing Badger thoughtfully (go Badge!) supplied you with the statistics for the eagle (the ‘crunch’ on the paizo boards, as opposed to the ‘fluff’ – description type text) ...
and I thought you turned the line Eagle Statistics (Crunch) into an eagle named ‘Statistics’ (Crunch) as a joke. :)
Thanks for the boon!
More later on Gameplay
Luisila |
Ben, I have a n00b question about ability score damage. I have pasted this verbatim from the PRD.
Ability Score Damage, Penalty, and Drain
Diseases, poisons, spells, and other abilities can all deal damage directly to your ability scores. This damage does not actually reduce an ability, but it does apply a penalty to the skills and statistics that are based on that ability.
For every 2 points of damage you take to a single ability, apply a –1 penalty to skills and statistics listed with the relevant ability.
If I am reading this correctly, 1 point of damage from say a disease would not actually drop my say Wis by -1. So say I have 14 Wis, I get a disease for 1 pt of Wis damage, my Wis based skills are not affected (and I don't actually have a Wis=13) until I take a second point of Wis damage.
Is this interpretation correct? Seems a little counter-intuitive to me.
Nebten |
Excellent question Luisila. Thank you for bringing it to the attention of everybody. After all this is an intro scenario which has a lot of little learning points.
That interpretation is correct and it done so to make it easier for the player to keep track of during the flow of the game. You will also notice that only certian rolls are affect off of said ability.
So for Wisdom, you take penalties on Wisdom based skills and Will Saving throws. This penalty also applies to any spell DCs based on Wisdom. Yes it doesn't affect level of spells you can cast or bonus spells. Does this make sense?
Ability Drain actually reduces the relevant ability score, therefore all skills and statistics related to the ability are modified immediatly.
D&D 3.5 used the method it which you feel is correct. This made ability damage a bit of a hassle its it was as fluid as hit points. While I didn't have much problem with it, I have heard of stories that ability damage was a huge pain in the butt because of the "paperwork".
Here is a rider to this discussion though. Ability damage cannot be healed naturally until the contition (disease) that is causing it is cleared.
Omrax the Bold |
Omrax had so little wisdom to start he is especially foolish now. So watch out!
:-)
Luisila |
So sorry to hear that, Haraldir.
My condolences to you and yours.
Astyannax |
BTW, the paizo dice roller absolutely HATES me. If you figure there's a 5% chance to roll any number on a 20 sided die, you, my teammates, will find that I roll below a 10 a disproportionate number of times.
If PF used the old "Fumble a weapon on a 1 roll", I'd be a monk with his hands constantly falling off.
Nebten |
I do agree. The other game I'm running, when the party reached the big baddy, the party could roll above a 10 for at least 2 rounds. Each PC's roll, below 10. TPK was on everybody's minds
Then the tides changed where for 2 rounds I couldn't roll above a 5. People stopped thinking what their alt PCs would be at that time.