Take what you can. Give nothing back. (Inactive)

Game Master Aku Warashi

My posting is gonna be spotty over the next week or so. RL stuff and all that. Will try to get something up tonight. Got too much happening at this point.

If you have to move forward then feel free to do so. But will get a response to Victoriana. I'm hoping tonight.

I've been sick for the past couple of days, didn't go anywhere near a computer. I should have a post up later today.

Sorry, been feeling a little under the weather here too, and haven't had the brainpower for a big roleplay heavy post. I'll get one up for Nthanda tomorrow for sure.

Take your time.

I'll wait until you all tell me to move foward.

Oh, yeah, so not sure who the original members of the Man's Promise are who've still stuck around, but they're the ones Victoriana would want to use diplomacy on.

Look at the crewmember list.

Anyone that is not marked as Cannot be influenced you can try to influence it.

In this particular case, you can use:

Diplomacy to be truly friendly.
Bluff to pretend to be friendly.
Intimidate to bully into cooperation.

Oh, yeah, so not sure who the original members of the Man's Promise are who've still stuck around, but they're the ones Victoriana would want to use diplomacy on.

IIRC, all of the other sailors from the Man's Promise got taken away on the Wormwood. Don't quote me on that though.

Also, I should probably act out my influence attempts more. Boldwin is apparently turning into quite the ladies' man. :P

@Boldwin, you have five more attempts :D

[dice=Diplomacy (to gather information on the situation)]1d20+8

And this seems to be enough for Victoriana to determine that Boldwin and Dhugal are trying to round up support against Plugg, so she'll help where she can. Still trying to play dumb, she'll approach the sailors she thinks she can speak to in Polyglot or Gnomish, which has the added benefit of being languages the pirate officers likely don't know.

Not sure how many I can influence, but it looks like Boldwin gets 8?

[dice=Diplomacy (Influence Conchobar)]1d20+8 Guessing that makes him unfriendly?
[dice=Diplomacy (Influence Conchobar)]1d20+8 (To indifferent?)
[dice=Diplomacy (Influence Conchobar)]1d20+8 (To friendly?)
[dice=Diplomacy (Influence Conchobar)]1d20+8 Probably helpful now

[dice=Diplomacy (Influence Giffer)]1d20+8 (To helpful?) EDIT: oops, guess this one's wasted

[dice=Diplomacy (Influence Shivikah)]1d20+8 (To indifferent?)
[dice=Diplomacy (Influence Shivikah)]1d20+8 (To helpful?)

And finally, of the remaining crew descriptions, Tilly seems the most willing to be amused by Victoriana's antics, so...
[dice=Diplomacy (Influence Tilly)]1d20+8 Successful?

You get two actions per day.

Meaning that, you described 5 days worth of actions

Some times, I must admit. There are those who are lucky, and there are those who are lucky.

@Victoriana;
Diplomacy (Influence Conchobar): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28 Guessing that makes him unfriendly?

Believe or not, the DC to influence him was exacly 28! only with that said 20 you would be able to influence him.

Cool! I thought for some reason that everyone else was taking that same number of actions. And if my last post didn't really mean anything, that's four days.

Guess everyone noticed by now, that Conchobhar Turlach Shortstone is a bard! It's a nice acquisition for your allies, really!

Huzzah, a bard!

Yeah, but a bard who appears to have a crush on me. Next time I get a chance to write out a proper post, I'll have to think about what to do about this.

Nah, not really on you.

On any pretty woman. You were just the first one to interact with him and win a diplo check.

Okay.

I know some ppl don't like those kind of situations.

I see then as a RP potential.

For you all, I assure you that I'm not evil enough to use those kinds of things to screw up with your char. Well, at least not on occasion as such. Turlach Shortstone is not an enemy. Consider it just a prank. xD

No worries! I'm someone who has written and run quite a lot of roleplaying games, and I know some people are very interested in the "meet a stranger to marry" plots. I'm also not used to playing female characters, that was just how I pictured this one.

Well... I suppose some of that evening will be left to the imagination. I guess the real question now is how much useful information Victoriana gets out of the whole encounter.

Well.

Information: 0 That was the catch. Pass and he would tell Plugg's plans, fail and he would postpone the conversation.

Evening: The gnome will sing and count histories and such for the night.

The next day, you'll be really tired for spending the night talking and singing.

Really, I told you, nothing will happen unless you actively search for it. :)

Well... at least he might be on our side now.

Vic will wake up convinced that Conchobar doesn't have any information worth knowing, and will ignore him a bit and talk to some others on the boat instead (new diplomacy checks if necessary).

@As I'm understanding it, I can make five more checks? Please ignore any checks I make in excess of what's allowed. Also, if/when you get a chance, can the spreadsheet of who's friendly/not be updated a bit more?

Campaign tab, under crew has the updated information.

I'll wait a bit giving Sh'torek and Ambrose some more chance to interact with the pirates.

Anyway, tomorrow night I'll be moving things forward.

What has the evil Plugg prepared for you all?
Where is he going?
What is he planning?

Thanks for the updated! Looks like we've made good progress, only 3 remain who can be influenced who still don't like us.

Yep! Well, Vic talked to everyone she wanted to.

Sorry for my absence. I had some problems, but I think it's okay now.

@Vic, I always forget it. >.<

Heck, I'm also fine with GMs who just give general descriptions and details of the things. Just figure it's worth checking if I know anything about, say, resistance to fire.

Oh! But Victoriana's armor was confiscated (I should've updated her AC—it's currently 15—I just assumed she'd get it back before any fighting). I'll post my action tomorrow, but for now she's a bit damaged.

I'm an evil DM.

Mwuaha haha haha

Eh, I just like to see my characters get properly injured. :p

@Wannabe Pirates!

Acrobatics:
When doing a acrobatic check for anything other than ‘Move through a threatened area’ or ‘Move through an enemy's space’, you gain half of your level (rounded down, minimum 1) as ‘pirate’ bonus.

don't forget about this house rule!

Thanks! I'll likely keep forgetting that one a few more times, but at least I'm no longer sticking her armor check penalty on it too, lol.

Okay folks!

Sorry for my absence. I’ve had some hospital issues and was unable to access the forums for a time, and thus, unable to give you any warning about it.
I apologize.

No worries, I hope everything is ok Aku.

It looks like I'm not the only one with posting issues lately.

Unfortunately, I feel the time has come for me to throw in the towel. I've tried to keep everything balanced, but I've been failing miserably for some time now, and I need to acknowledge that. Real life has beaten me again, and I must withdraw.

Sorry to see you go, Ambrose. I know how bad real life can get sometimes, so I understand.

Really hate to see you go as well, Dread. That stinks. Good character and solid poster. Be good, bud.

Hey folks, hear me out.

I’ve given a lot of thoughts about this game, and I’m calling it to a halt.
I’ve never really got into the right mindset for it, and I get the feeling that it reflects for you and in the end you are not having fun. I must admit for one that I’m not.

I ask apologizes for you all specially for Vic, since the game just began for her. I’m sorry I could not deliver what I promised.

Aku.

Hmm. That's a shame—it seemed like we were all having fun. Best wishes.

Thanks for your service Aku - I enjoyed gaming with you. I appreciate you stepping in and taking over like you did.

Yeah, thanks for giving it a go, Aku. Sorry it didn't work out. Especially for dien and thunderbeard who just joined. Those were some good characters.

Having said that, I liked all the characters and all of you folks are some really good posters. Maybe I'll catch up with some of you in another thread someday.

Be good!

Javell