My notes/thoughts on Concentrating on a Weave.
The rules in the book are that Concentrating on a Weave is a Full Round Action. That being said, you're almost completely limited in what you can do if you're maintaining a weave. I've been generous with this with some of you as using Flame Sword would basically not work as written. There is errata out there for this specific instance but it still doesn't address the overall problem in my opinion.
Here's my new ruling on Concentrating. It counts as a Move action to concentrate on a weave. You still must follow all of the multiweave rules for maintaining multiple weaves but it now means that if you're holding a Shield on someone for example, you're not then frozen in place while you hold it. You could even get into melee with a held weave, aka Flame Blade and still be able to attack. If you have a high BAB that grants multiple attacks as a Full Round action, then you would need to tie off the flame blade to get them all though.
Part of the reason this is being brought up is that in the upcoming encounter, one of the sister's is maintaining Serviana's Shield and that will have to be their Surprise Round action.
And that is why I chose not to play a caster! Way too complicated for my tastes! Haha!
Actually, I think the WoT rules aren't too bad for the most part, but they could definitely use a good rewrite with Pathfinder in mind. Problem is, it would take me ages to do so, and I'm not sure I'd do a good job of it anyway.
And I'm back... I've been following along, but I've been pretty sick, so I haven't really found the energy to make a post. I'll try and have something later today or tomorrow.
So I’m back in action. Work is crazy but slightly less so and more importantly, the head cold is finally on its way out the door. As far as my latest IC post, based on saves only some of the remaining Whitecloaks will even get an attack. After that (aka Round 3) I figure they will all be subdued one way or another and the combat is done so I’m hopping off initiative. I didn’t want to drag this out for those not involved and this was a pretty one sided fight from the beginning thus my glossing.
Still here. Sorry about not posting but I've been extremely busy and Jed would prefer to leave most of the talking to Jasmine anyway. If he opened his mouth, I'm sure things would not go so well!
Anyway, I've been reading but since I haven't had much reason to post, I've used that time to catch up on some work.
No worries. There isn't an expectation that everyone has to post a response to everything, there are plenty of times where your characters would be kind of the silent type. That's why I prod the boards for a "view check". As long as people are keeping up with the game and are available when I need them, like for combat or when conversations are specifically geared towards them, that's fine.
I'm working on a somewhat large update. I hope to have it posted in the next few days. Gonna be glossing over some stuff, including a good chunk of the travel to help move things along. As we've seen in the novels with the travel times before they learn Traveling, there are certain times where you kind of just want people to get to where they're going and I don't want to hit that with this game either.
So I don't know exactly when I'll have it up but it should hopefully be soon-ish.
Alathea's post brings up a good point. Just to check, is there anyone who doesn't want to go to Salidar? (This isn't to say that you're done with the game!) I'm not opposed to splitting things up if that's where the story takes us, obviously the novels do much the same thing. There is of course inherrent risk in slicing up the game that things break down for one or both of the new "groups" but obviously there are different paths for each person and if you want to branch off, I'm not opposed to that.
This really applies to Pace and Jasper at this particular point as the rest of you either are directly tied to the Aes Sedai, or you're affiliation-free for the most part and don't have to worry either way. But as Alathea's post correctly indicates, the Asha'man do indeed have a choice to make.
i know. i didnt want to run the risk of splitting the party and having a side adventure that sputters out, plus i didnt want to walk into the lion's den without some form of protection. A male channeler walking into a aes sedai stronghold, he will be lucky to walk out alive but unable to channel.
If this throws a wrench in your game, i can recant the statement and do something less insane.
If you could recant Jasper that might be best overall. Also something to keep in mind, unless anyone decides to tell them, the Aes Sedai (or anyone else for that matter) won't know you're a channeler just by looking at you. In this particular instance it would be safer to hide than think a shield of titles and declarations would save you. Accidents do happen. ;-)
Also I sent you a Private Message, whenever you get the chance please check it out and get back to me.
As a reminder, Pace, Fiallain, and Ryland are all in the inn as well. You guys may do what you'd like. Don't want people to feel like they can't contribute. If you don't want to or have anything to add, that's fine no pressure. I just don't want people to feel like they have to wait till this is over.
I have updates a plenty in my mind but I'm gonna give a little more time for other people to respond to whatever they'd like.
I'm glad everyone is enjoying this. As mentioned in my recruiting, Wheel of Time is one of my true passions and I'm glad I've got a group that is enjoying that. It was the big reason why I was more concerned about knowledge of the novels rather than RPG experience when I was looking for people. I would want people to be able to read this game thread and think that it was something Jordan could have conceived.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is, thanks so much for enjoying the game and I as a DM am having just as much fun running it for everyone.
Just fyi, I'm finally meeting up with my RL game group tonight after a long hiatus so I've been busy prepping for that. I should have the next update ready by tomorrow afternoon, if not earlier. I do like and approve all of the self-directed posting I'm seeing now though, so keep up the good work.
Also Pace, I haven't seen you on the boards in what appears to be a few weeks. Could you please chime in here or post something IC so I know you're still around?
Should Pace not respond or say he's dropping out, just a heads up that at this point I won't actively seek a replacement player. We've got a good sized group already so we're not hurting for balance or completeness. If someone happens to see the board and requests to join I won't immediately turn them away either.
So work is a bit crazy for me this week. Should have updates somewhat regularly but just a heads up if you're getting impatient.
As you are all aware, a lot of this game is based around what you guys want to do, trying to have you be living characters in the world rather than have you do dungeon crawls or fetch quests. Of course I also want you to really be a part of the story from the novels, as seen in the Salidar section, which I'm really excited worked out the way it did.
All that being said, I've ironed out the next few points of the game and just FYI, I can't stop grinning ear to ear. :-D I'll have the update posted soon-ish and sorry for the tease. I just had some things lock into place in my mind for the game and I had to vent my excitement.
could i take 20? its a nonstressful event
If not, then here are my dice rolls.
Weaves id like to learn
(the long shots)
detonate, found in the netbook age of illusions, p 69.
wall of flames found in under the dragons banner, p 80
or
immolate
Master Ward
i figure id offer a couple more and see what you think.