This is the Discussion Thread. Have you any complaints, or anything out of character to say, please say it here, or, if it's small enough, simply use the out of character chat formatting in the actual gameplay thread.
I look forward to working with all of you.
Private messages have been sent out to inform the others of their successful applications. 2 hours after I write this message I will be at work. You can expect me to reply to postings anytime before then, but after I leave I do not get back till night time. As a result, I assume most of you will wake up to replies.
Were I able to reply to posts at work, I would. That aside, I am also off and free to post on Mondays and Teusdays.
Another group is running this campaign as well, 5 of them to be exact.
A Young Template Female Aasimar Cleric of Sarenrae
A Female Orc Two-Handed Fighter
A Male Tiefling Inquisitor
A Male Ifrit Holy Gun Paladin
A Female Tiefling Sorcerer (Infernal Bloodline)
How they do will be relayed to you after you complete chapters.
Hey guys, Thanks for the acceptance.
I thoroughly enjoy the fact that this game is going so well. Mind you I would like to see more posting from all of you, but this at the moment is definitely plenty.
My general schedule is:
Wednesday - 4:00 to 11:00
Thursday - 4:00 to 11:00
Friday - 4:00 to 12:00
Saturday - 3:00 to 12:00
Sunday - 3:00 to 12:00
Any times before or after that, I am available and will most likely post consistently.
What time zone?
I'm in JST
I'm in UTC-5:00
I'm Alaska time and thank you for the acceptance! :D
Short of blatant charm spells or mind control, I strongly do everything in my power to not make your characters do anything if they haven't acted. That said, if you take more than a day to reply, I feel as though, for the sake of the campaign, that I am morally sound in assuming your actions. For now, however, we wait on the sylph to continue.
No problem. Hence my post was just ring Teuni's more practical nature. He's not one to hesitate when his curiosity is piqued. :3
Hey guys, sorry for the delay. I've been in Ireland for a friends Wedding since Thursday with little to no Wifi, but I'm now back!
The frustrating thing about this is that I checked my phone just as I was about to take off. I then saw I had a pm, read it, went to reply and then boom, no internet.
Guys.. Sorry. I've been delayed with school ceremoies..
@Sibeesha - It is perfectly fine, as it isn't as though you really slowed anything down. 2 days time waiting for a play by post is the equivalent of 2 minutes in an actual sitting game, so it's of little consequence.
@Charles Iridian Bloodgrave - I'm just glad everyone showed up.
In other news, this is a monday! And I don't work at all today, or tomorrow. So, I'll bne able to hastily reply to anything that any of you post, provided you post consistently. So make the most of it.
Yea. I wasn't sure how to progress as I was a little late to the party, but shall I just fast-forward from my last post to where I am now, or did you want to post an intro and have me officially late in-game?
There's five of us playing now, so sorry if my delay complicated things and made you add another player.
Having no internet was a blessing and a curse. It meant I fell behind on here, but got to spend more time with good people I've not seen in two years.
Just assume he said 20%, and go through the signing process in a prior paragraph or something. We just started, so it's not going to be the most damning thing in the world. Besides, this is a beta test. If you all TPK, we just revive you prior... The same cannot be said if one of you die, however.
Also, ironically enough, the people I listed was missing someone, and I think I rectified that by private messaging all of you, so that was a mistake on my part, and had nothing to do with you, or anyone else's absense.
Ah, excellent. I'll get up a somewhat lengthy post in a mo. Just going to read enough to get my bearings!
Shall I just assume he meant five of you instead of four of you in the contract, or did you want to have part of my plot outside of that contract as a separate entity?
I'm easy either way.
Part of the contract. Consider yourself a part of it. You also have to sign it.
True... but when I did the DM part of games... it frustrated me sometimes when players dropped off the face of the earth at some times. As soon as this week is over (possibly until Wednesday of next) I will be spotty with school stuff... Teachers life.. FML
In hindsight, I believe I've not been entirely clear as to the... exact difficulty level of this campaign, and, in light of the very recent... easily dealt with encounter, I felt it necessary to explain exactly what you're up against.
This campaign is designed, for all intents and purposes, to be just a notch above Rise of the Runelords, Legacy of Fire, and Wrath of the Righteous in difficulty.
So, I bid that you should not, under any circumstances, assume that every encounter can just be "Talked" away such as this. Expect to have quite a bit of difficulty in the future, and prepare for that accordingly. You can, for example, get hit with Phantasmal Killer as early as level 2.
You have been warned.
Just a heads up. I will be leaving Thursday morning for a 4-day retreat at the beach that lasts til Sunday afternoon, then I have a Sunday night concert to attend. I will take my computer with me, but I may not be able to post much til after I get home. Please feel free to bot me if I delay the game at all.
On Monday, my dog goes into surgery and when he returns home on Tuesday, I will be on a full-time home care regimen with him. He needs to be walked with a belly band whenever he needs to relieve himself or get up to get a drink or eat, so it will be a busy time. (He's an almost 100 lb st. bernard puppy, so he can't be carried for these things).
I'll be able to post regularly again starting Monday, but perhaps not as frequently as usual for a while.... Anyway, sorry in advance for any lack of posting on my part. I will do the best I can.
That is all well and fine. Also, I have this thing called "RSS Feed Reader" that notifies me with an incredibly loud noise every time someone posts in this play by post. Hence why I can reply almost immediately, provided I'm actually at home to hear it. Otherwise, it just tells me how many messages I've missed. I have it tracking both the Gameplay and Discussion boards, and, until recently, the Recruitment board.
I highly reccomend it.
still here, link didn't update -.-; So i had no idea until today that someone posted -.-;;;;
Do you guys prefer spoilers with the text or shall I bracket them [ ] to represent speaking a different language?
Just wanting to make sure before it gets confusing haha. Thanks!
People are going to read the spoilers regardless of anything, so I merely request that as long as you do it the way you want, you should at least make very certain that others know that you're speaking in Draconic.
Other than that you can do whatever you want.
Apologies for the delay. I've been quite busy these past few days, so I've got a lot to catch up on here. 20 posts to read in this thread, so I'll get something up within the next day. :)
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Absolutely no problem whatsoever, as everyone is currently experiencing some sort of delay. Play by posts are fortunate in the regard that, as long as everyone posts at least once a week, it never truly dies.
Mind you I sincerely hope that we continue at the pace we're going presently. The stars will align soon, what with everyone's delays finishing up, and I'm sure this game will stabilize.
At the very least, I know for certain that I won't be the source of another stagnated play by post.
Also, with that in mind, how are you all enjoying this game so far? I'm open to suggestions, and upon completion of the chapters you'll all be receiving links to the completed PDF for that chapter to review and enjoy, and perhaps pick apart. Then again, they might not be PDFs, as I work primarily with Libre Office, AKA, the Poor Man's Microsoft Word.
I am happy to be playing a Lizardfolk for once, I tend to grow bored of the core. Tends to happen when you play long enough. But I am only hoping playing the big scaly ranger guy is working out. He's not ignorant but being a swampie means he didn't have much of an education aside from hunting and surviving.
Looking forward to continuing! :D
sorry to be so slow getting back into things... got home really late last night and just starting catching up today... over 20 posts to read in this game alone! I will post something as soon as I catch up on my reading.
Just a heads up, this is my day off, so, I'm very likely able to reply at the drop of a hat. Make use of it while we have the luxury of time, and we can spring forward quite a bit.
I'm just catching up with things now, so sorry for the delay!
No problems lord Charles!
Let me know if there is anything need fromantic Teuni DM Vilger still watching and ready to post whenever.
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Attention! I apologize for my short absense, as my internet was shut off on a Friday, and I wasn't able to pay it in any way over the weekend as my local store was closed. My internet is also linked to my home phone, so I couldn't even call to do it, nor am I near a place with Wi-Fi!
In addition, tomorrow evening I'll be posting the Map of this place, so in the mean time please just re-read what's happened so far! I apologize for the small delay.
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Interwebs are important for online games... bummer that it happened to you.
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Yes indeed, and to boot, I needed that same "Interwebs" to download Pyromancer's Dungeon Painter Studio. My primary concern is that suddenly disappearing for a few days might lead some of you to think I'd abandoned yet another play by post.
That said, this thing doesn't die until either we finish it, or I die, or all of you lose interest collectively.
Hopefully only one of those happens.
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Note.. around the 6th of June. I'll be super busy with my kickstarte launch and won't be on here much.
Oooooh what's your kickstarter about Sibeesha?!
Here is a link to it. You can check it out. Only one video up so far, need to work on another 2. Kickstarter
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Oh neat! I'm watching haha.
On another note entirely, now that the map has been posted, I want to show you something else. Seeing as you're all playing this, I figure I should at the very least show you the minimal road map for the campaign, albeit with very exaggeratedly small spoilers that summarize the point of each chapter.
Book 1: The Rightful Masters
Chapter 1: Vile Keep
The players must take back what is theirs
Chapter 2: The Understudy
The players delve deeper into the keep
Chapter 3: A Reason to Party
The Mercy Men dog the party as they seek an Audience with the Baron
Chapter 4: Tracing the Puppet Strings
The party hunts down Cojack Leatherleaf, the Baron of Mortem
Book 2: The Men of Mercy
Chapter 5: Forceful Euthanasia
The Mercy Men attack Vile Keep
Chapter 6: Payback
The party pays them back for that.
Chapter 7: Bitter Allies
The party learns of a disturbing alliance.
Chapter 8: A Madman's Resurgence
An individual recovers from Amnesia with blistering rage.
Book 3: The Cult of Extinction
Chapter 9: The Storms
Mortem is assailed by supernatural storms
Chapter 10: The Legredo Theory
The party learns of a Daemon Lord who's hard to remember.
Chapter 11: The Mountain of Enlightenment
The party tries to remember an exchange.
Chapter 12: The Lord of Extinction
The party entertains a Daemon Lord.
Book 4: The Drow of House Krieg
Chapter 13: Like Thieves in the Night
Vile keep is attacked. Again. But better this time.
Chapter 14: The Embassy
The party has questions about said attack.
Chapter 15: Krieg's Castle
The party discovers the Underdark of El'Da'Vaughn
Chapter 16: Seeking Knowledge
The Drow try to breach the walls of the Grand Archives.
Book 5: The Master's Archives
Chapter 17: The Archways of Trial
The party enters the Archives.
Chapter 18: The Questions
The party has their rulership taken into question.
Chapter 19: The Answers
The party learns of their ancestors.
Chapter 20: The Heart of Thought
The party learns more than they should.
Nice roadmap. How much of this can we change via our actions?
Also, I'm becoming very happy with choosing a weak-as-a-noodle investigator as of now. This place is scary. Sure, I'm useless in combat until lvl3-4, but this place seems like it is going to require a ton of skill checks.
For me, I plan to take infusion discovery at lvl3 (so I can give my extracts to party members. Allows for things like tiny goblins and large lizardfolk). Dex to damage at lvl3, and studied strike at lvl4.
So for chapters 1-2, please bear with me guys as I am dead weight in combat. It'll get better...most likely.
no problems from me, I love investigators, but you are right, at low level they are weak in combat situations... but they kick ass with skills!
I am good with investigation stuff and fighting.
Chapter 3 is where you're going to want to be a killing machine.
Apologies for the delay. My laptop has died and I haven't had the chance to catch up on my phone. I'll get a big post done this weekend as I think the story has likely advanced quite a bit since. Sorry for the poor posting frequency. It's pretty much a first for me.
Np! Good luck posting, my laptop (7 year old one) cratered on me a few months ago so I know the feeling brother! Do what you can! XD
*Poke* traxda del consutaka?
Poke...
poke
To be fairly honest I've just been waiting very patiently for everyone's initiative rolls, unless someone slipped one past me, of course. I'll get this show on the road. Apologies, again.
Specifically Lord Charles.
No problem. I was just making sure you know we were here haha. Let the poking party begin. XD