Souls for a Devil
Game Master Tordek Rumnaheim

Ilias has not summoned Oog, so, at the moment, there's nothing to "read" with the Knowledge check.

That's what I suspected. Thanks for clarifying.

Figured out why the PbP Thread wasn't showing up for me. Somehow I'd accidently hidden it. :/

That happens to me all the time. The "hide thread" button can be a bit wonky, especially if you are hiding threads while in the Focus view. I frequently find that when I click the hide button, it applies to some other thread than the one I intended.

I hide threads from the bottom up. If you hide top down, you still see a shadow of the one hidden, but the next hide button down doesn't count the shadow thread, i.e., it is for the thread TWO down, not the actual next thread. This is a known problem and not fixed yet. Hiding bottom-up works, though.

I do "Unfocus" and "Show hidden" then hide. That way they don't disappear as I go.

Oho, I didn't know that worked. Thanks, CH.

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Negative reaction doesn't do what I thought it did. Swapped it out for another spell.

Would throwing the Thunderstone count as an attack, even if you're not targeting a person?

Would throwing the Thunderstone count as an attack, even if you're not targeting a person?

Good question. In my home game, it's usually only considered an attack if it's thrown at a person, or if it's a trick shot of some kind. In this case, Owen's just wanting it to go in a general "over there, but not close enough to affect me" direction.

What do you think, Tordek?

flash_cxxi wrote:

Would throwing the Thunderstone count as an attack, even if you're not targeting a person?

Good question. In my home game, it's usually only considered an attack if it's thrown at a person, or if it's a trick shot of some kind. In this case, Owen's just wanting it to go in a general "over there, but not close enough to affect me" direction.

What do you think, Tordek?

Yeah, it's one of those tricky corner case situations when it could easily go either way. I'm not entirely sure how I'd rule it, although like you I'd probably end up erring on the side of the PCs.

Given the proximity that Owen through it, in the area right next to the lookout, and since it does have an effect on him, I do consider it an attack, therefore, Owen is now visible. Had Owen thrown it at the opposite end of the alley as a means of drawing the lookout away from his current position, I wouldn't call it an attack.

Given the proximity that Owen through it, in the area right next to the lookout, and since it does have an effect on him, I do consider it an attack, therefore, Owen is now visible. Had Owen thrown it at the opposite end of the alley as a means of drawing the lookout away from his current position, I wouldn't call it an attack.

Well that completely bones my entire plan. I should have asked about this first. Oh well.

Hmm. Do we think obscuring mist at the back end of the alley would provide cover to our activities or attract unwanted attention?

I'm trying something new with the map. Images

Positive
Personalizes the map by showing the character images instead of generic letters.

Negative
I had to enlarge my squares to make it easier to see the images since Google docs doesn't zoom. With this large map, it means more scrolling and less seeing the big picture.

What are your thoughts? Do like the new images, or prefer the old way?

It looks good to me, and scrolling around wasn't a problem.

The images are nice, but you are right about the scale - it takes more scrolling. I vote for whichever is least work for you, because they are both quite readable.

I do like the personalised images, but I'm with Treppa in that both are fine, so whichever is easiest for you.

Huh. Even if it attracts attention, it will cover what we're doing.

Hmm. Do we think obscuring mist at the back end of the alley would provide cover to our activities or attract unwanted attention?

That's a good question... Owen probably wouldn't care either way, since he can always find backup plans B through G, but I don't know about everyone else.

It will certainly attract attention, although whether that attention is good bad or neutral for us is hard to determine...

You can retry checks made to open locks.

Looks like we're not completely screwed, possibly.

PRD wrote:

You can retry checks made to open locks.

Looks like we're not completely screwed, possibly.

Yes you can retry. Also, I'll let one person use aid another to assist on the lock picking.

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That's weird. My post appeared in the Gameplay Thread when I wrote it in the Discussion Thread???

EDIT: Never mind, she finally got it. :)

...and this is the major problem with the D20 system's skill mechanic. No matter how high a character's skills, there's always that element of failure present. Sure, it models reality, but it turns into a b+&*# and a half when the story depends on a successful skill check. At the best, it grinds the game to a halt while everyone tries to make the check, and at worst, it can completely derail the campaign (such as the apocryphal tale of the failed Track roll).

I'm going to be at a two-week-long seminar in California starting this coming Sunday, so there's a chance my posting will be somewhat spotty for a little while. Please GMPC as you see fit.

Will do Shiny. Hope the seminar goes well for you.

Shiny, could you make your first action today before you leave? Also, I need flash and tail to post actions as well.

Tail? :D

Stupid auto fill. Taig

This tail finally posted. :P

Whaaaa? Who is that masked badger?

Hee hee. I'm taking a little break after turning in a major project.

I think by tomorrow I'll have written over 30,000 words for various assignments over the course of 8 days.

I will be back more often, though. :)