And here is the OOC Discussion Thread for Wren's Carrion Crown Campaign.
Backstory clarifications, potential battle strategies and general wittering can go here! :)
Thanks Cassiel.
If you like, Utho, the two of you could have been there saving Lorrimor on the same day.
Odds are, Utho would've been saving Cassiel's and the professor's bacon that day. Honestly, I'd say it's unlikely Cassiel would know Utho very well--I don't know if Utho stuck around long enough for Cassiel to really get to know him.
Cassiel my view of our past would be that we both would have trained under Petros at the same time for at least a little while.
Cassiel's antics and quips during training would have been an unending source of frustration for Ezebelle, though on rare occasions they would have caused her to break a small grin, even if just for a moment. Something I'm sure Cassiel is aware of. When it came to dealing with the other people around them Ezebelle would have relied slightly on Cassiel's ability to be diplomatic when necessary (though she would never outright admit it).
While Ezebelle doesn't totally agree with Cassiel's antics, if someone asked she would probably list him as one of her very few friends.
Likewise. Cassiel would have seen her smiles; odds are, he's made it his on again, off again mission to make her smile more often.
One question, though: would Cassiel know about how Ezebelle's father died? Or would the topic have come up at all? Because if the topic did come up, Cassiel would likely also have told her about his father as well.
It would have come up, whether through Ezebelle or through discussion with the Professor. Cassiel seems inquisitive enough to ask, especially considering her constant stern nature, and she is not secretive about her reasons behind training with the professor. She would have no reason to hide this information from him.
It occurs to me that this would be a good place for us to air any constructive criticisms regarding metagame issues, in addition to what we are already talking about.
I'm very impressed by all of your RPing abilities. I wish my IRL group was as into character building as you all are.
This is my first time GMing a PBP, so let me know if you think there is anything I should be doing differently. And that's on-going. I think it more likely that issues will come out the further we go and the more encounters we run through, so keep me posted. Think of it as those little one on one side discussions with your DM about how the game is going for you personally. If necessary you can PM me, too.
Recommendation for next combat. Wren(GM) Roll the initiative for everyone as soon as you initiate the encounter. You should have all of our bonuses to it. This way as soon as combat starts if the mobs go first, you can explain their actions, so we can react accordingly in our next post. and conversly if we go first, we can immediately explain our actions once combat begins. Removes a step (and a post) from the process and in a game where you only post 2-3/day... It tends to speed up combat in PbP substantially.
Good idea. I will do that.
It why we have these big fancy class descriptions under our name. Those are specifically for your use, so you don't have to look in our character sheets to grab the numbers. It is normally assumed that in order to facilitate the pbp RP a bit better that you can make some of our rolls for us. Anytime at your table you would ask for us to make a roll we didn't ask to make (Saves for example), you can usually just make it for us. e.g. we are attacked by something that is poisonous. It is acceptable for you to roll our Fort save for us so you don't have to wait on us posting with just a single roll in it before you can make a description.
post 1 (GM):
Thing attacks
*attack roll
*dmg roll
*fort save roll
The poison melts your face.
Post 2 (PC):
I start crying
vs.
post 1 (GM):
Thing attacks
*attack roll
*dmg roll
post 2 (PC):
*fort save roll
post 3 (GM):
The poison melts your face.
post 4 (PC):
I start crying
saves alot of post and keeps the game flowing a bit better.
Just in case you hadn't read it already, Gabboge is going to run an adventure in the same setting as ours. The two parties may interact at some point down the line. Probably not until at least the second part of the adventure.
Thanks for that explanation Ezebelle. Combat should run a little smoother from now on.
Ah, somehow missed that this existed. Usually campaigns have the little tabs up at the top. Anyways, Cassiel, the way I picture it is, you were being attacked. Professor shows up, things keep going south. Utho shows up, at some point he shifts into his lycanthrope-esque form, and then at some point after that, fight is over. Professor thanks him profusely, and offers help later. Maybe Utho and professor had correspondence in between, but that would probably be the only time Utho and Cassiel met
Do you know how to add this thread to a tab at the top of the primary thread? I didn't know you could do such a thing.
@ GM and Ezebelle:
I appreciate anyone doing the vast majority of my rolls for me! I am here to RP, not to roll dice, so feel free to roll anything in the world for me, including reasonable AoO's etc.
GM Trick:
I, when I run PbP, make a note file that contains the party perception rolls, the party initiative rolls, and the various party save rolls. That way, for combat beginning, I can just copy/paste that particular block. In general, I also pick an order that is the same every time, e.g. party then BBEG, or vice versa.
Ex
[ Dice=Cassiel Initiative]1d20+2[ /Dice]
[ Dice=Edwyn Initiative]1d20+6[ /Dice]
[ Dice=Ezebelle Initiative] 1d20+1[ /DIce]
[ Dice=Ezra Initiative]1d20-1[ /Dice]
[ Dice=Ultho Initiative]1d20 +2[/Dice]
[ Dice= BBEG1 Initiative]1d20+0[ /Dice]
[ Dice= BBEG2 Initiative]1d20+0[ /Dice]
[ Dice= BBEG3 Initiative]1d20+0[ /Dice]
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I will be in court for the remainder of the day, unfortunately. As such, I am posting this here in the hopes that one of you sees the information and can translate it over to the active PbP board.
In the event the mob does not close with Ezra:
Ezra will cast Murderous Command on the ring leader, the tall old man, DC 15 Will Save, for her standard action.
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target one living creature
Duration 1 round
Saving Throw Will negates; Spell Resistance yes
You give the target a mental urge to kill its nearest ally, which it obeys to the best of its ability. The target attacks its nearest ally on its next turn with a melee weapon or natural weapon. If necessary, it moves to or charges to the nearest ally in order to make this attack. If it is unable to reach its closest ally on its next turn, the target uses its turn to get as close as possible to the ally.
After casting, Ezra will move back to where she had set her spear, getting ready to pull it from the ground.
In the Event the mob does close with Ezra, she will take a five foot step away from the angry town''s folk, and then cast, foregoing the option to retreat.
Whoops, did not realize that this existed.
Wren at this point because the OOC was made by Cassiel you may have to follow the process for inheriting a game.
If you are the GM for a play-by-post campaign but didn't start the thread, please email webmaster@paizo.com.
We need:
A link to your profile page (click on your name at the top where it says "Welcome, your name!"
A link to the gameplay and discussion threads for the campaigns you have inherited.
Just copy and paste these links from the address bar in your browser, please.
See what they can do to get the two threads (three actually... can attach the recruitment thread as well) attached to one another. they should at least give you an idea if it's possible at this point.
Thanks. I'll try but now that we all know about it, it might not be necessary. Sorry to those of you who did not realize it existed.
I just posted a battle map. I'll try to update that thing as fast as I can and before each battle starts, so it's clear where everyone stands, etc. I've been at home today so I could throw a map together fairly quickly, but it might be considerably more difficult when I'm at work, because I have to switch computers all day. I'm learning a lot, even in these past two days, so bare with me and we should have a pretty good thing going here. You're all being very helpful.
Also, let me know if you can see that map I posted. It's a google drive image.
Changed it to link access. Should be good now.
Yep, I can see the map just fine.
I can also see that the three squishy members of the party were up at the front. It works out fine in Edwyn's case, but this might be problematic for Cassiel & Ezra.
However, odds are Ezebelle & Utho will be able to deal with the two thugs still standing, so maybe I'm worrying too much.
Evidently, I was worrying too much.
Color spray ain't just some thang. I always underestimate that spell early on.
I'll award experience at appropriate rest points.
Okay. Sounds good.
Ezra would Ezebelle know your name by this point? Within the gameplay I've seen you pass your card to Kendra, and now to the newest group. Would you have passed your introduction card to the rest of the group at some point during the introductions/funeral?
Yes, I believed I had shown it to the party as we assembled prior to the funeral. Unfortunately, our backgrounds do not align, and Ezra hasn't had time to 'talk' to anyone yet.
Just an FYI, my posting is going to be a little sparse tomorrow through Monday. I can definitely do one a day, but tomorrow I have to go work on my truck to sell it on Monday, then I have a last minute trip out of town for a written and physical agility test on Saturday morning... 150 miles away... so we are leaving when I am done with the truck. Then I will have to drive home Saturday afternoon, so I can get ready for my WotR campaign I am running locally on Monday. Sunday I have church, then I need to finish anything left with the truck, then go to a local RoW campaign I am in. Monday I have a meeting at work, then I gotta drive 60 miles and back to sell my truck, then run said WotR campaign... Then I am free all day Tuesday, and then I have a local PFS game to go to on Tuesday evening. And I have a 6 week old baby!!!
That's fine, Utho. Just post when you can. I won't be posting much over the weekend, either.
Super busy at work. Ezebelle's Eulogy will come in an hour or so.
No problem. Let's see how posting over the weekend goes.
Well, it looks like so far that Saturdays are off-days.
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Definitely. Saturdays are my busiest days at work. Although, today I was off, but I had a lot going on today regardless. Also, Edwyn, I just realized your profile says "life necromancer..." what is that? What book does it come from? I know you worship Pharasma, but I would like to point out that she views undead as one of the worst of all abominations...
It's the Life subschool of Necromancy from the APG, which pretty much ditches all of the "evil" abilities of the school. Likewise, he won't be using any of the necromancy spells that have the evil subtype, which pretty much covers all of the undead creation ones.
The stigma of necromancy in general being evil is what Edwyn fights against.
It appears that weekends in general are going to be the group's off-days.
That won't be a problem for me.
Yeah. That seems to be alright with the majority. Weekends will be for any catching up and that. I'll reserve the right to post things, in anticipation of Monday or otherwise, but nobody is required to post anything on weekends.
Sounds good Wren.
Yeah, works fine by me.
If there's any posts I can respond to roleplaying-wise, I'll usually have the time to work on that.
I had a slow start this morning. Sorry about that.
So I just had my schedule changed at work due to some staffing issues. I wont be coming in until around noon on Monday and Tuesday, so my first post on those days will likely be around then. I'll try to post late the night before if I can, so early risers have something to which to respond. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday I should be putting up my first post in the morning. This doesn't change anything, I just wanted to put my schedule up specifically because it's a little weird and might make my posting a bit irregular.
Alright. Thanks for letting us know.
Happy American Thanksgiving, folks!
Canadian Thanksgiving was over a month ago.
Thanks Cassiel. I took it for granted that everyone was from the states and wouldn't be available much yesterday. Sorry for that.
Oh, no problem.
Ezra, quick question:
Were you reading over Cassiel's shoulder or something when he looked through the leather-bound journal?
Quick question Wren. Is it possible to get this discussion thread tied into the gameplay thread? so that the tabs at the top can be used to navigate between the two?
Possibly Ezra read your lips. Cassiel could have been mouthing along to the entries?
...come to think of it, mouthing along to the entries does sound like something Cassiel would do.
I requested to the webmaster to have control of this thread changed over to me so that I could do it, but he/she hasn't responded. Additionally, I don't know how. Do you know how?
Not totally sure no, never GM'd on this boards.
oh and Utho I was checking out your character sheet it it says
Male Skinwalker (Witchwolf) Paladin (Undead Scourge) 1
CG Medium Humanoid (human, shapechanger)
I don't believe paladin are allowed to be CG. Figure its just a typo as your other alignment shows Lawful good.