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Greetings and well met fellow gamers. My name is Aaron and I will be playing Kveldulf Two-Cuts. I've been catching up on the story so far and you guys have a good thing going. I'm glad to have a chance to be a part of it so thank you.
My character has been loaded into my profile. I'll have a background and physical description up soon. I started with starting gold for 3rd level. I noticed that the new druid seems to be starting at 3rd level but with 1st level starting equipment. Can I get a clarification on this?
Hey there. Great profile looks good (save typo I assume class/level should read Barbarian 2 Ranger 1?). I haven't had a chance to go over it in detail but stat wise looks in order w the extra skills, feat, and so forth.
As per starting gold I neglected to think about this but I don't believe the original party has as much wealth as indicated by the DMG. Necroticbanana had the same question in the Gamer connection thread so I posted:As per starting wealth/gear. Good question. I think 2700 might be a bit much in comparison to the original party. 1400 gp would probably be around the right mark I think. As for magical stuff, let's say max 900 of the starting gp can be made up of scrolls/potions (1-2nd level spells). Mwk gear is OK as is materials such as silver.
Assuredly, you'll come across magical items but I'd prefer them to be found through adventuring/story rather than the local Wiz-Mart. Even the scrolls/potions you possess are rare, wondrous items possibly from southern merchants, raided ships or family tradition.
Sorry if this screws up what you did for equipment. I should've said something but the starting wealth slipped my mind.
Well, I'm also here.
Hey there Davi/Ottar. Excellent had a chance to look over the profile. All seems good just when you have a chance can you add your ranks and ability/feat bonus together for your skills in case I need to roll for you. Also see note re starting wealth.
I'll be heading out shortly so may be out of touch for two days.
Thanks for the clarification. I've changed the typo concerning my class levels and reduced my equipment by 1300gp. I got rid of the mithral chain shirt, studded leather barding, light warhorse, and the masterwork quality on my spiked light wooden shield. All should be well now.
Greetings and well met fellow gamers. My name is Aaron and I will be playing Kveldulf Two-Cuts. I've been catching up on the story so far and you guys have a good thing going. I'm glad to have a chance to be a part of it so thank you.
My character has been loaded into my profile. I'll have a background and physical description up soon. I started with starting gold for 3rd level. I noticed that the new druid seems to be starting at 3rd level but with 1st level starting equipment. Can I get a clarification on this?
Hey there. Great profile looks good (save typo I assume class/level should read Barbarian 2 Ranger 1?). I haven't had a chance to go over it in detail but stat wise looks in order w the extra skills, feat, and so forth.
As per starting gold I neglected to think about this but I don't believe the original party has as much wealth as indicated by the DMG. Necroticbanana had the same question in the Gamer connection thread so I posted:
As per starting wealth/gear. Good question. I think 2700 might be a bit much in comparison to the original party. 1400 gp would probably be around the right mark I think. As for magical stuff, let's say max 900 of the starting gp can be made up of scrolls/potions (1-2nd level spells). Mwk gear is OK as is materials such as silver.
Assuredly, you'll come across magical items but I'd prefer them to be found through adventuring/story rather than the local Wiz-Mart. Even the scrolls/potions you possess are rare, wondrous items possibly from southern merchants, raided ships or family tradition.
Sorry if this screws up what you did for equipment. I should've said something but the starting wealth slipped my mind.
So had a chance to go over character a bit more. Everything is good save that you have six more skill points to use. (Druid 6+int x4=28, 4 points for knowledge, profession or craft + 7skillp lvl 1, 2=46)
Also if you have a chance feel free to flesh out the druidic society that you are a part of. Who, goals, gods etc. I probably wouldn't make them big, powerful but a regional group. Definitely something I might draw upon later. Does the 'king of the wild' refer to leadership in the organization or something else? I'm aware it refers to the prc but what is the status of bear warriors in your society?
Also no animal companion or waiting until 4th level to acquire a black bear?
I'll make sure i fix my skill points as soon as possible. i'll even start work on the druid details. As for the "king of the wild thing" it was something i just threw in last minute, delussions of grandur for the most part, so yea to ultimatly become the land and to rule it absolute (in a good way) and no he means real bear, 4 legs, claws, eats fish..he seems a bit ecentric. And yea, no real animal companions i feel quite fit the flavor, i'll see what's available in a few levels...(besides me being an animal person if it were to be killed in combat you can raise my CR against your bad guys by like 4 or 5 levels lol, there dead. ;)
Hey there all I'm back. Things took a little longer than expected. Anyways I still have a few things to finish up this afternoon and then I'll get the ball rolling tonight on getting the new players hooked up to the action. Looking forward to having some new blood. (meant possibly both figuratively and literally.. <evil laugh>)
I've updated my physical description and background and I must say hats off to paizo I never knew so much info could be packed into a 1 page profile. :P
I should be ready to go now. I'll just wait for my Queue from the GM.
Kveldulf
ready to roll
Utgaror
Good. Also, I hope this thread will dot soon.
Ottar
thought I'd ask can anyone recommend a means of editing maps for combat? The app on photobucket is horribly time-consuming and rather limited in function. I'd like to do maps but if its this much of a pain I think we'll go back to a more narrative approach (or excel spread sheets)
oh and as I mentioned I'll be away this week again with the outdoor ed class (Tues-Thurs). Do the same thing post your actions and Thord, Bjalfi will be at the bottom of the round.
thought I'd ask can anyone recommend a means of editing maps for combat? The app on photobucket is horribly time-consuming and rather limited in function. I'd like to do maps but if its this much of a pain I think we'll go back to a more narrative approach (or excel spread sheets)
Sorry, I have little knowledge/experience in this area. Have fun with the outdoor ed class -- I'm envious!
Dorvarr... if I'm not mistaken, you live in Calgary, right?
Would you be interested in playing in a d20 Midnight campaign I am presently DMing? Next game will be this Friday, April 10, and would present a perfect opening for a new PC to jump in... I'm off this week, and so could meet with you anytime except Wednesday evening if you wanted to discuss PC generation.
Anyway, let me know...
Cheers!
Dorvarr... if I'm not mistaken, you live in Calgary, right?
Would you be interested in playing in a d20 Midnight campaign I am presently DMing? Next game will be this Friday, April 10, and would present a perfect opening for a new PC to jump in... I'm off this week, and so could meet with you anytime except Wednesday evening if you wanted to discuss PC generation.
Anyway, let me know...
Cheers!
A local gaming group -- I'm envious!
Dorvarr... if I'm not mistaken, you live in Calgary, right?
Would you be interested in playing in a d20 Midnight campaign I am presently DMing? Next game will be this Friday, April 10, and would present a perfect opening for a new PC to jump in... I'm off this week, and so could meet with you anytime except Wednesday evening if you wanted to discuss PC generation.
Anyway, let me know...
Cheers!
Oooo, that is tempting... I'm in the SW, up on Coach Hill. I`m not sure whereabouts you guys are, nor am I terribly familiar with Midnight.
Oooo, that is tempting... I'm in the SW, up on Coach Hill. I`m not sure whereabouts you guys are, nor am I terribly familiar with Midnight.Dorvarr... if I'm not mistaken, you live in Calgary, right?
Would you be interested in playing in a d20 Midnight campaign I am presently DMing? Next game will be this Friday, April 10, and would present a perfect opening for a new PC to jump in... I'm off this week, and so could meet with you anytime except Wednesday evening if you wanted to discuss PC generation.
Anyway, let me know...
Cheers!
I'm also in the Southwest, in Southwood. Two of the players live in Okotoks, one lives in the northwest near COP, and the other lives downtown. We "usually" play at my place... then again, we've only played two sessions thus far (this coming Friday will be session 3). We're all first time Midnight players/DMs, so unfamiliarity with the setting is not an issue... and so far, everyone seems to really be enjoying the game (be warned -- it's a brutal world, low magic world, rife with paranoia and despair).
I'll start up a campaign journal on this site.
If interested, send me your e-mail (or email me at xcattarinich (at) hotmail (dot) com), and I'll send you the campaign background info and other relevant links (including one to an illustrated blog).
Even if you can't make it this Friday, there might be other opportunities to slot you in in the near future.
Just to check in. I know that my absences kind of wrecked the initial flow but just wanted to check in and see if there is any reason for the gaps in posting. I often find that I post something but can't really add any further until some of type of action is taken. So wanted to see if there was any reason? Are people uncertain as to the descriptions, events. Not too keen on the current situation? Too much RP?, too little viking hacking mayhem? In short is there anything I can do for you as the players to speed/facilitate play?
I'm mostly fine with the flow so far and to second what Ottar posted, I was very close to a "Stands behind Vladimir looking menacing" post but haven't really gotten around to it. Kveldulf is not personally involved with this situation. He is amused and somewhat impressed by Vladamir so he's basically waiting to see what happens next. I'm happiest with a post a day schedule but I understand that busy lives sometimes get in the way. And... I'm more than fine with heavy rp. I got hack n' slash out of my system about circa 1994.
I'm having fun... I worry a bit about forgetting people and events (when making a post I generally keep about 5 tabs open- one on the current post, one on my character stats, one on previous pages of posts, one on Invisible Castle, and the last on the actual new post), but I'm loving the feel of the game.
I do worry a bit, though, that I'm overshadowing everyone else. If that happens, just beat me down a little, hey? If I start monologuing on, just have action interrupt me.
Just to check in. I know that my absences kind of wrecked the initial flow but just wanted to check in and see if there is any reason for the gaps in posting. I often find that I post something but can't really add any further until some of type of action is taken. So wanted to see if there was any reason? Are people uncertain as to the descriptions, events. Not too keen on the current situation? Too much RP?, too little viking hacking mayhem? In short is there anything I can do for you as the players to speed/facilitate play?
I'm happy with everything -- I was especially impressed with some of your recent descriptive posts. I'm more likely to get bored if there's too much combat and not enough RPing, so the current pace is fine (long combats can become a real drag, especially in PbP). I'm very much intrigued with what is happening to the earl and hersir.. Keep up the good work!
If I'm slow sometimes, it's just because life/work are really busy.
I'm having fun... I worry a bit about forgetting people and events (when making a post I generally keep about 5 tabs open- one on the current post, one on my character stats, one on previous pages of posts, one on Invisible Castle, and the last on the actual new post), but I'm loving the feel of the game.
I do worry a bit, though, that I'm overshadowing everyone else. If that happens, just beat me down a little, hey? If I start monologuing on, just have action interrupt me.
Nah, I wouldn't worry about it, you're playing your character as he should be played, and I don't think you're overshadowing at all... Right now, you're driving the action, and I think that's fine (and we wouldn't want Ragnarr to be out front parleying, now would we).
I'm totally okay with the pace. I was out of town this past week, so maybe I'm just not sure what gap you were talking about? I post whenever it seems like enough time has passed in game that I get more spotlight time. I feel like I've done at least as much as Vlad (at least in my opinion), but Vlad's the face-man. I guess we can put more mords in his mouth if need be, but it just isn't the same coming from the stout stranger, the beast-man, the one-eyed newcomer, etc., as it is from the young noble.
I guess I can steal the show more often if it makes everyone feel better...*wink*
Just to confirm, these shadows are incorporeal, yes? As in, nonmagical weapons... kaput?
Yep. The critters are incorporeal. Egil is not. Though to mitigate DM being a bastard I had thought that the 50% miss chance applied to all atks without ghosttouch. Then realized that its an auto miss with regular weapons and the miss chance with magical. In hindsight when I constructed this encounter and variant critter I should've assigned it an auto miss in complete darkness, a 50% in dim and 20% in regular conditions. See how it goes I suppose.
Eh, that's fine... not having any way of hurting them is why incorporeal critters are so damn nasty. I think one of my favourite Conan stories has Conan tossing his broadsword aside in order to hit a demon with a silver candelabra, reasoning that "silver and fire can harm it where steel fails". I'm having fun (just not paying enough attention!).
Eh, that's fine... not having any way of hurting them is why incorporeal critters are so damn nasty. I think one of my favourite Conan stories has Conan tossing his broadsword aside in order to hit a demon with a silver candelabra, reasoning that "silver and fire can harm it where steel fails". I'm having fun (just not paying enough attention!).
I had to grin when I read about the shadows entering the fray. I'm thinking hey, this guy is a bastard, like I'm a bastard. Including incorporeal foes before giving the party a magic weapon is a pretty dirty trick for a DM, but if you leave the characters and out you can scare the crap out of them and teach them that not all battles can be won. I found Dovarr's use of Spirtual Weapon particularly clever. There are other tools that could be used to tackle the situation at hand as well.
I also find my character's stats particularly humorous at the moment. I took 6 Str Damage of a total of -3 to attack and damage, but I was raging giving my 4 Str for +2 attack and damage and Ottar is singing for another +1 to attack and damage. So the end result? My combat ability has washed the effect of that nasty nasty 6 you rolled. I personally can't wait to pound the stuffing outta Egil on my turn while he's still prone and before I get whalloped again and really do become ineffective.
I hope I'm not going to get in trouble for killing Egil... but would we have been able to save him?
I'm feeling bad now, but I have a feeling if he survived, he'd be a) horribly scarred, b) bitter about a), c) not our friend any more, and d) possibly still possessed.
Any of these could cause us problems, but I'm still worried.
Damn LG alignment! I guess call it survivor's guilt.
I hope I'm not going to get in trouble for killing Egil... but would we have been able to save him?
I'm feeling bad now, but I have a feeling if he survived, he'd be a) horribly scarred, b) bitter about a), c) not our friend any more, and d) possibly still possessed.
Any of these could cause us problems, but I'm still worried.
Damn LG alignment! I guess call it survivor's guilt.
Alignment wise I'd say the action is justified. Release from possession, insanity, giving him a good death. It might not be modern day PC LG but Viking era LG? Sure. As for other consequences well only time will tell...
Hey, I'm not complaining. The more the merrier... indeed, I'd look pretty silly pontificating away on my own. Vlad's a big team player... he just likes being the face of the team. When it comes down to it, Kveldulf and Ragnarr are much better warriors... we all have our own strengths, and I'm having a lot of fun, just let me know if I'm overshadowing you a little. I have no problems backing off.
no your fine, face away lol. its the typical inadaqacies of being low level lol. hopefully i'll be able to shine if/when we end up in the wilderness.
Well I imagine there certainly will be some more wilderness action upcoming and as a DM I have to do some thinking ahead to tailor stuff a bit more to the party's various talents. Thanks for hanging in there.
Necroticbanana
Oh, you mean this campaign isn't written just for me to showcase the awesome powers of the cleric? Ah man, and here I thought it was going to be all incorporeal all the time from now on...
Hey, where are you going with my spotlight? It's cold in the dark parts of the stage...
Just razzing you. Yeah, it was kind of a rough encounter for some of the new party members, but I'm sure it will even out soon enough. Looking forward to the extra material. Plus, if Vlad's the face, the rest of us don't need to have manners...
Thought I'd ask you guys this. I've had a query approved for an 1800 word article in Kobold Quarterly and was wondering if any of you might be interested in giving it a read and critiquing it? Here in the Junction don't realy have too many gamers to fly it by. I believe I have most of your emails so if you're interested let me know and I'll send it on to you. I should submit the article in a week. Thanks in advance.