Seymore and Adalieh have been quiet for a while, I hope they didn't jump ship. I think I'll wait a couple of days, maybe send them a pm, and start looking for replacements next week.
I'm here. I've been waiting for somebody else to post.
Yay! Glad to hear that!
Let's gogo then :D
Just for transparency's sake:
Corso has a listed Climb mod of +4, adding the armor check penalty from his breastplate +1 (-3) and his effective current strength mod of -2 (Str 6) it boils down to Climb -5.
I know that 3 PCs vs. 2 shadows in terrain that favors the undead is too hard, that's why I didn't let them use their AoO. They probably moved out of threat range because of the light cone anyway.
I have sent PMs to Lirana and Seymor to see whether they intend to return. I will give them 24 hours to respond before I start looking for replacements. But let's hope it doesn't come to that.
But don't let that slow you down, rest assured that I will make this work for three PCs in the meantime. It might be a little more challenging for you, but should be manageable if you go in prepared.
Good to know that you are planning to keep this one up - I for one would like to continue, and will try to imprint more dynamic into it ;)
So Seymor has replied to my PM and told me that he's sorry for the inconvenienc but he will drop out. Now if Lirana does return I would be willing to keep going with four but in case she doesn't, I will start looking for 1-2 replacements.
Is that fine by everyone?
I would agree - I think 4 should be manageable if we balance the group, but 3 is quite a challenge :D
I have pm'ed one of the players I turned down during recruitment and hopefully he'll be interested. He had applied with a sorcerer, though, so I asked him to come up with a martial character of some sort to better balance out the party.
Still waiting for Lirana to respond.
Sorry for my late response here - annoyingly, I do not see updates done to the OOC thread and so I don't always check it.
I agree with Corso and Medraut. I think bringing in a fourth and maybe fifth character would be a good idea.
Quick update:
One of the rejected candidates has declined because he has already enough on his plate and so far Lirana hasn't responded. As soon as I get back home (I'm away for the weekend) I'll put some time and effort in a new recruitment thread to find 1-2 new people.
Again, don't let the lack of players slow you down, in a pinch we can still keep going with three.
Another quick update:
I have posted an ad in the recruitment thread, hopefully we'll be back to full strength soon.
There is an Oracle of Life and a cleric applying and it would be a coin toss for me to make a decision there, so please head over here and have a look at them yourself.
Any preference?
We don't strictly need a healer or buffer at this point, we need somebody who can dish out damage, in my opinion. Both the cleric and oracle have the ability to heal regardless of the way they're built - unless the oracle chooses the Inflict-series of spells - and ultimately I don't mind either one of them, class-wise, so long as they don't enter the same niche as Adalieh (who is, apart from her ability to buff, debuff and heal, useless - her damage-dealing capabilities are atrocious).
To cover damage dealing I meant to pick up a warrior of some sort and I am leaning to the half-orc fighter that has applied.
What would you think of an oracle of flame then?
Apologies for not participating more, but work has been swamping me thoroughly these past few days...
would you be interested in a little kitsune bard to sooth those wounds?
Two replacements will (hopefully) introduce themselves here soon, I picked a fighter and a luck domain cleric. I think they will complement the group well.
As soon as they have made themselves known I'll introduce them IC, I already have a plan how to do that.
Hey everyone, I'm your new fighter, Lorzub. Looking forward to playing with you guys! I may be a little in and out this weekend, but I'll definitely be ready to go by Monday. In general I'll be able to post plenty on M-F and the weekends will be hit or miss, but depending on what's happening in the storyline I'll make sure to be on as much as I can to keep the story going. Thanks for having me!
Good to have you around Lorzub - I am Mordred, your friendly neighborhood arcane caster :D
With the new additions, I am sure we will build some serious momentum ;)
Hello! Glad to be joining your party! I read a bit of your gameplay thread, and this seems like an awesome group! This will be my first play-by-post experience, so PLEASE if I make any mistakes or you have any helpful tips, let me know ASAP so I don't make too much of a fool of myself.
Luke is a cleric, but he's also a man who trusts his luck, so he'll spend a lot of time on the front line. If anyone needs to "borrow" some luck, he has his Bit of Luck ability 6 times per day, so don't be shy about asking for some extra fortune before making those important skill checks.
Looking forward to getting to know all you and your characters, cheers!
Welcome aboard Luke - don't worry about it being the first PbP, just go with the flow and you'll be fine ;)
By the way, a question directed at all - how would you like to split the costs of postions and such - like the ones Medraut is about to purchase?
Just a small caveat: Please do not use as single "pot" of money, because if we lose another player (which I of course hope won't happen) and have to bring in replacements with ample starting money it will inflate the party's wealth.
So split costs however you like, but please track your money separately.
Hello, and welcome.
I am here, I'm just not sure what to say or do IC at the moment.
If you're done with Nadia, please pay for the potions and we can move the story back to the mansion and introduce our new companions.
To echo Lucky Luke, I'm also a little new to pbp, as well as a little new to Pathfinder, but not completely green. I will not take any offense to suggestions about my character or corrections of my actions. I've had a blast with what little chance I've had to play Pathfinder thus far and am really looking forward to this to expand my experience.
Also, Corso, I don't know if you were suggesting that I pick up a magic weapon, but I'm not really as familiar with using those in the game. I looked up what I can afford in the core magic section and I can get an adamantine battleaxe, however that is non-magical with a +1 enhancement on attack (why it's in that section?) but I don't know if that would help. Assuming I can still pick something up before I'm introduced IC and there is anything you can think of, please let me know!
Ah, no worries, it was I that misunderstood. Thanks for the clarification.
It seems to be a universal rule in roleplaying, that when a new PC shows up he/she is always off to a bad start with at least one in the group :-)
Haha! Not everyone likes the new-comers :)
I'll probably wait until Lucky Luke get's a chance to enter the fray before I say anything else, see how he handles things!
We're off and running! That story is great, Lorzub, let's roll with it.
Not sure if Luke smoothed things over much, but it's good to get some low rolls out of the way, early, eh? :p
Glad to hear you like it! I'm sure this will blow over once we get going.
Is there any way to get email updates whenever there's a post in either the gameplay or discussion threads?
I tried setting up an RSS feed, but that's still another website I have to check, it would be great if new posts just got send straight to my inbox.
Depending on the browser you use you can download a plug-in and that will update you, though sometimes it can lag for a few minutes. I use Google Chrome and my RSS feeds update in the upper-right hand corner of the browser. I'm sure Firefox has something similar too. I don't use internet explorer.
Awesome, thanks.
GM Null, were Luke and Lorzub recruited yesterday or today? If I knew that Corso had been strength drained, I might have prepared a couple of Lesser Restoration spells.
You were recruited today, the 'incident' that caused Corso's condition happened today.
You were recruited today, the 'incident' that caused Corso's condition happened today.
Ok nvm then. I was under the impression he'd had a full night of bed rest by now.
Things seem to slow down. Do you need a pointer of some kind? I had the impression it was going along nicely without my intervention.
I was just waiting for someone to take me to dinner. I had plans for more questions there.