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OK, so the idea is that people can ask for, or put in bids as a way of asking for found items. Ruul will keep up with who gets what and will let us know of things get too much in one person's favor. Does that sound reasonable?
If so, please speak up for what you might like from what we have found so far. If I recall correctly, here is what people have asked for:
Elen - +1 Dagger
Numiar -Potion of fly
Azaraunt -+1 Ring
Calendir - Potion of Protection from Evil
Macavity - Hat of Disguise
Other can also request these items as they are not claimed yet, only bid on, if you will. If no one "bids" on the item it should likely go into the for sale pile.
Does everyone have a cloak of Resistance? If yes, can these cloaks re-size to allow tiny creatures (familiars) to wear them?
And who should carry that potion of Cure Serious Wounds? Someone likely to be wounded but without the ability to cure themselves I would think. That would be Macavity or Calendir, right?
Elen doesn't have a cloak of resistance because it won't stack with her resonance power from her wayfinder and ioun stone. Will have to do something about that when +2 cloaks are available. Anyway.
Ally will take the violin. She can probably use it like a cello if she attaches a post to the bottom.
Tanglefoot bag would be a good thing for Lavinia to have. It's a touch attack so it doesn't need a high roll to hit, and would be useful if something nasty comes after her. Five-foot step back, retrieve the tanglefoot bag, throw it. In fact, might be worth making a few of them. Elen's got craft(alchemy). Or buying if they're available.
Macavity has a set of MW thief tools already, so as a backup, Elen would take the new set, just in case he's unavailable to open something for some reason. She's only got a +4, but a +6 is more likely to open something than a +4.
Most of the other stuff seems to be the kind of thing that could be sold off and divided among the team. Especially the small stuff -- it's too small for the PCs and too large for Ally or Imbrukar.
OK. I can't keep up with all these posts, bouncing back and forth in time, etc. I guess I'm not used to a PbP that has more activity than 1-3 posts per person per day. Not to mention most of the activity seems to happen at times when I'm never online.
Although I'd hate to do it, since I like the adventure so far and love the character, I might need to drop out, since I can't really contribute enough to be meaningful.
From here on, I'm going to assume all 'shoulds' and 'coulds' are 'wills'.
Macavity did you still want the hat?
Still want unless no one else bids.
Kalli, please stay
I agree with Numair, part of what helped to make my decision to invite you was your really cool character concept. I'll be honest, when I started this, I thought that there would only be a couple of posts per day back and forth. I did not think that I would have the kind of time to do my part in knocking out ~1900 posts between this thread and the gameplay one in just under a month. Compared to nearly all of the other PbP campaign threads on here, it's phenomenal. At this rate, we'll probably hit the 10k mark on the game thread by next summer.
I do hope that you reconsider. It's clear that we can help bring you up to speed as needed. But if you decide to drop, please let me know via PM. That's all I ask.
I live in the Eastern Standard Time Zone. My availability for posting is generally early in the morning for about a half-hour or so, depending on if I go to the gym. During a typical weekday, I generally can post relatively often, provided I'm not innundated by meetings or need to catch up on some tasks, but I need to spread that time across my other (albeit much slower) games. I am nearly always unavailable weeknights and most of the weekend as I'm generally hanging out with my spouse or (on Mondays) playing in a tabletop game.
The most prevalent posting times for this game seems to be my weeknights, meaning when I check the boards in the morning, I'm looking at upwards of 50-100 posts. The world seems to effectively pass me by overnight and I find it a bit of a daunting task to go through them all in the limited time I have available.
I'll try to stick around, but I expect I won't be posting all too often, since much of the things Kalli might react to have long past. I prefer not to ret-conn since that's one of the things that makes it confusing for me, and it can have implications on actions further ahead in time.
Kalli can become a quiet one off to the side and throw out some biting comments every now and again (when timing of the conversations and my availability happen to coincide). And who knows, maybe next time she won't be asleep for most of the combat :P
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Kalli, I am having trouble keeping up too. I was caught up this morning, but came home after a long day of meetings where I could not check mail all day long and was 40 posts behind. On one hand it frustrating, but on the other there is a lot of good creative role playing going on and I am enjoying reading it, even if it makes me feel both behind and somewhat a slackard for not posting more.
I say don't go. If you do I'll even feel more behind and Imbukar will have no one to convert to his alignment. He is already behind on his soul harvensting and Asmodius is not a patient patron... :)
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I agree with the others Kalli - give it another chance/try - to be honest, most of it is probably roleplay in which Kallistiel might not even participate.
Retcon can be complicated, but you can throw some around when you find it needed. Also, in combat, perhaps we can slow the pace a tad to accomodate everyone.
In any case, it is up to you of course ;)
LM
Please watch your alias on the IC thread. Your use of different NPC alias is really great but confusing when you miss one.
At the Inn: Ruul, Lavinia, Elen
At the castle: Numair, Calendir, Azeraunt, Macavity
Kalli could probably be in either group and naturally quiet. She is after all a snob noble who can choose to let her hirelings speak for her.
cheers
I'll stick around. I think I was just voicing my frustrations, I guess. I was initially starting a post to mention that Kalli would have liked that prot ring too, since her AC is abysmal (well not that bad, but every little bit helps for a front-liner), but then wasn't sure about if she'd get use out of it if I miss the combats.
I'm fine with DMPCing for combat when neccessary, but I think there should be sufficient time for the majority of the players to chime in before doing so. There is a large amount of posting going on, but there are more than just me that seems to stay out of the flurry.
Thanks, Macavity. I wasn't sure where Kalli fit in, so wasn't sure what to do. Kalli can be with the folks at the castle.
If I read things correctly, that group is going to report to the magistrate about our being accosted by the Harbringer crew? Is that right?
LM
Please watch your alias on the IC thread. Your use of different NPC alias is really great but confusing when you miss one.
At the Inn: Ruul, Lavinia, Elen
At the castle: Numair, Calendir, Azeraunt, Macavity
Kalli could probably be in either group and naturally quiet. She is after all a snob noble who can choose to let her hirelings speak for her.
cheers
Yea I noticed it after I got home from work last night. Sorry about that. I'll try to catch it before the hour limit if it happens again.
I'll stick around. I think I was just voicing my frustrations, I guess. I was initially starting a post to mention that Kalli would have liked that prot ring too, since her AC is abysmal (well not that bad, but every little bit helps for a front-liner), but then wasn't sure about if she'd get use out of it if I miss the combats.
I'm fine with DMPCing for combat when neccessary, but I think there should be sufficient time for the majority of the players to chime in before doing so. There is a large amount of posting going on, but there are more than just me that seems to stay out of the flurry.
Thanks, Macavity. I wasn't sure where Kalli fit in, so wasn't sure what to do. Kalli can be with the folks at the castle.
If I read things correctly, that group is going to report to the magistrate about our being accosted by the Harbringer crew? Is that right?
I'm glad that you decided to stick around. Going forward, I'll definitely slow down the combats so that everyone gets a say so. I'll admit that I was surprised at how fast the posts were flying during that ambush and I'll need to add a tighter control on it. You are also correct that part of the group (as Macavity mentioned) is heading to the castle to deal with the brigands. There is an ongoing issue about Numair helping Digory to redeem himself that is playing out on the side.
I wanted to let everyone know that my schedule is looking very tight between now and Tuesday. I have a board meeting in the morning and our annual meeting for year end planning with several groups on Monday night. So between now and then, I won't be able to post very much, at least during the day. I can go online in the evenings and over the weekend to cover posts, but I wanted to give everyone a heads up. This might also give everyone a bit of a breather from the flurry of posts that I have worked on. Thank you all for being patient as we find a sweet spot for this campaign.
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Hey Kalli,
How about we strike a deal. Let me take the ring for now, and I'll start casting Mage Armor on you with one of my pearls of power. That will be 4 points of AC instead of 1. Ruul (our other unarmored guy) is getting this from Elen (with his own pearl IIRC) and I can start doing this for you. At some point kick me 500 Gold and I 'll craft you your own pearl of power so we can use your pearl for the spell. Thoughts?
For the combats, it might be a good idea for each round to post a summary of who did what and for each of us to post numbers of rounds in our actions.
Kalli kind of liked Digory. A seemingly refined gentleman. And now that it turns out he's a bad boy, well... Anyhow, she's interested in his 'redemption'.
Hey Kalli,
How about we strike a deal. Let me take the ring for now, and I'll start casting Mage Armor on you with one of my pearls of power. That will be 4 points of AC instead of 1. Ruul (our other unarmored guy) is getting this from Elen (with his own pearl IIRC) and I can start doing this for you. At some point kick me 500 Gold and I 'll craft you your own pearl of power so we can use your pearl for the spell. Thoughts?
Works for me as long as you don't think you'll need the extra spell for yourself or in case of emergency. Either way, you can keep the ring.
For the combats, it might be a good idea for each round to post a summary of who did what and for each of us to post numbers of rounds in our actions.
Good idea, I've seen as much in other groups. Quite helpful.
Kall's AC isn't anywhere near abysmal...
No not abysmal. But it starts at 17, which is only beat by Lavinia with everyone else sporting the Mage Armor. It only hits 21 or 23 after she attacks (Fighting Defensively and Combat Expertise). The saving grace is the Crane Style/Deflect Arrows to cancel an attack, and the occasional Sense Motive roll in place of AC.
That's cool. I have another character going towards it slowly (sans monk dip) and I haven't seen it in play anywhere else yet, so this game may be the first time I'll get to see it in action.
LM, shall we keep all conversation in the game thread, or would you rather private conversations be carried out over PM to cut down on traffic?
If I get a vote, PM
cheers
LM, shall we keep all conversation in the game thread, or would you rather private conversations be carried out over PM to cut down on traffic?
I am okay with PM's. As long as there are no plots to take over this campaign o_O we'll be just fine. :)
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Ruul, I'm not trying to launch any kind of dissention here but... Although so far Calendir is not involved in much of the private goings-on of the group, and also even though I am not as frequent poster as Ruul, Lavinia or Elen, I enjoy the fact that we are telling a story with multiple dimensions - and it is a story I enjoy reading about - THAT dynamic makes this PbP unique.
So... bottom line, I would rather that the withdrawn to PM is not excessive, or that feeling will be lost in my opinion. I HONESTLY felt slightly taken aback, as if the game had kinda stopped, when I checked my gameplay updates during the day, and the posts were down to like 1/10 of the usual.
Regardless of my participation level, or actually Calendir's participation level, I would like the dynamics to stay the same as it was since the start, unless you would rather PM - in that case it is none of my business.
Just my two cents.
"others" = me right? :D (For me this is ALL part of the game, and if someone wants to peek in, please DO!)
Ruul, I'm not trying to launch any kind of dissention here but... Although so far Calendir is not involved in much of the private goings-on of the group, and also even though I am not as frequent poster as Ruul, Lavinia or Elen, I enjoy the fact that we are telling a story with multiple dimensions - and it is a story I enjoy reading about - THAT dynamic makes this PbP unique.
So... bottom line, I would rather that the withdrawn to PM is not excessive, or that feeling will be lost in my opinion. I HONESTLY felt slightly taken aback, as if the game had kinda stopped, when I checked my gameplay updates during the day, and the posts were down to like 1/10 of the usual.
Regardless of my participation level, or actually Calendir's participation level, I would like the dynamics to stay the same as it was since the start, unless you would rather PM - in that case it is none of my business.
Just my two cents.
"others" = me right? :D (For me this is ALL part of the game, and if someone wants to peek in, please DO!)
Part of the slow down is due to me, as I am preparing for my company's annual meeting for this coming Monday night. I haven't been able to post very much the last couple of days and my weekend isn't looking too promising either, although I should be able to post a bit more. Once my meeting is done, things should be going back to normal, more or less.
LM
I've not been feeling very well the past couple days so hope to be able to post more soon.
Apparently there was some confusion about this so let me repeat Lavinia's question.
LM, would you prefer we keep 1v1 conversations with each other to PMs in order to minimizes posts appearing in the gameplay thread?
I am fine with those conversations staying in PM, but if rolls need to be made, then they need to be in the open, as per the campaign rules.
I've tasted some very sweet beets. I think a beet pie could be very tasty!
Okay, there's still some concern that we're not understanding each other.
Do you want us (all of us) to keep private purely RP-related conversations to PMs. This would be done in the interest of keeping post counts in the gameplay count down (so that Kall and possibly others in his position don't feel overwhelmed by the things that are going on).
I want to make sure we all perfectly understand your feelings on this issue.
In a word, yes.
I've tasted some very sweet beets. I think a beet pie could be very tasty!
Ewwwwwwwwwwww!! :P
I don't want to be the cause of a reduction in posting.
I figure if the 1v1 is within range of other characters (or even NPCs) who could reasonably overhear it by taking 10 (Kalli for example has a +12 perception) then it should be posted to the main thread under spoilers. I would add that it could also be included (again via spoilers) if it has a bearing to the main storyline. Of course, if it's just continuing some kind of near or actual... urm, let's call it "private" RP, then yeah, keep it to PMs. :P
I do find that the headings atop the posts when we're split are helpful in finding the appropriate thread I need to follow, so whatever happens, let's keep that up.
I don't want to be the cause of a reduction in posting.
I figure if the 1v1 is within range of other characters (or even NPCs) who could reasonably overhear it by taking 10 (Kalli for example has a +12 perception) then it should be posted to the main thread under spoilers. I would add that it could also be included (again via spoilers) if it has a bearing to the main storyline. Of course, if it's just continuing some kind of near or actual... urm, let's call it "private" RP, then yeah, keep it to PMs. :P
I do find that the headings atop the posts when we're split are helpful in finding the appropriate thread I need to follow, so whatever happens, let's keep that up.
I concur with Kalli.
If two characters are by themselves discussing privately without needing to make any rolls, then PM is the way to go.
If two characters are discussing between themselves within earshot of the group, then spoilers would be appropriate. Then, if another character present wants to eavesdrop and interject, then they can.
cheers
blech. I never understood how people can eat that stuff. Every SCA event we have in our area, at least one person will bring out a beet pie. I always make the the mistake of thinking it's cherry. :P
Ruul, I can't find your document with the party inventory. Could you post a link?