Nicholas, do you happen to carry a holy symbol of Dou-Bral? Otherwise, I'll assume the alchemist or the inquisitor has it.
I probably should have one, all things considered.
Hey gang, where are we at? I was figuring folks who haven't yet would give longer intros at this point. Or post that you're keeping your mouth shut for now if that's the case.
leinathan, are you going to going to keep playing the Procurer for now?
I'm patiently watching and waiting for a time that I need to interject, but I haven't seen any such times.
I will happily have the Procurer tag along and do things, but I'm hesitant to role-play him until I get final word from Drallidur about affirmatively quitting.
Is there anything that you guys need from me? I've just been waiting for you guys to share your plans and decide to team up. Well, actually I've been waiting for someone to revive Simon, or for everyone to unsatisfactorily bed down and for Unafe to try to have a vision again.
Sorry to be so quiet. I'm VERY excited to keep this moving, but I'm slammed at work (including a bunch or writing and editing projects, which really eats into my mental ability to post) + house guests at home (which means I'm rarely free to post at night).
I expect to be more active again within a few days.
OK, thanks yall for your patience. Finally wrote the post I wanted to write. Still in a very busy stretch at work with lots of writing to get done, but hoping not to fall so far behind again.
In the mean time, I suspect some of you are much more versed in playing casters than I am...and Shamans with the wandering Lore spirit are extra complex.
Here's my tentative list for the day:
. . 3rd—haste, haste, stinking cloud (DC 18); locate object[S] or neutralize poison[S]
. . 2nd—barkskin, mirror image, shield other, stone call; lesser restoration[S] or tongues[S]
. . 1st—ant haul, ears of the city, liberating command[UC], obscuring mist, protection from evil; detect undead[S] or identify[S]
. . 0 (at will)—create water, detect magic, guidance, read magic
Note that haste and mirror image are spells I borrow from the Wizard list. I can borrow one more spell as well if I'd like. The rest of the spells come from the shaman list...to which I've added the following spells via my FCB:
. . 2nd—grace, shield other
. . 1st—ant haul, liberating command
Any suggestions appreciated!
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Also note, I can cast Ears of the City (which is *so* thematic for Unafe) before we go. That lets me Gather Info on questions of our choice up to 6 times (as though I'd spent 6d4 hours investigating) and lets me use my +19 Perception for the roll.
Quick thoughts are to listen for:
- Recent arrivals to Conquerer's Bay
- News of the Umbral Guard looking for someone of Jo's description
- Conversation about the cult of Dou-Bral
Whaddaya say?
What are you expecting to need to be able to do?
Hey gang, thanks for patience with my absence. It's been a crazy stretch at work, plus a series of house guests. It'll stay crazy on and off for a few weeks yet. That said, I remain excited about this game and hopeful that we can get some momentum here. I'll do my best to get us moving.
I'd love to hear from others too: are you excited or have you lost interest? what's kept you from posting? (busy life? waiting for something you didn't think you could contribute? not sure what to do/say? something else?)
My proposal: I think this game could use regular posts from all for a bit, ideally in Gameplay but if not then in Disc to say "I'm confused, or don't see anything I can contribute, or I'm waiting for more info about X before I can move on"...or whatever.
I hope that if folks take that on we'll find our stride.
What do you think?
I am going to confess, I have had little drive to post here lately. I really enjoy my character, but the one person I was paired with initially went MIA (not placing fault, there was no way to predict that), and aside from Unafe, most everyone else is playing their characters super secretive, which is okay given the nature of Nidal. But in a pbp campaign, I feel that foregoing at least some of that in favor of forming the group and that initial trust is somewhat necessary. Which is why I was so up front about Cai'nan's assignment here.
The life of a pbp game, I have found, relies on the ability of the players to interact with one another. It keeps the thread moving, and interest alive. If the rest of the group can get unified and begin some interaction, I would still be interested in playing.
From a GM perspective, I've noticed a trend in PBP games, and this one is no exception.
People are somewhat uneasy with having their character actually do something, often for fear of not leaving people behind, or without consulting them first.
This means that I have very little to respond to, which means that I end up not posting much. From my perspective, a healthy PBP is created from a frequent and strong interaction between the characters and things that the GM controls and those that the PCs control.
That said, I would like to see a little bit more conversation, but I think that deciding on things to do and then doing them would really help to move the game forward. I promise that I have places for you to go, things for you to go, and a some plot hook/spotlight for all of you. I know that Nicholas and Unafe are driving the plot right now.
Sorry about the whole secrecy thing and lack of posting frequency. My original plan was for Ciervo to do the Book Club handshake and then go with full disclosure. At first I thought that the Procurer's disappearance messed that up a bit... forgetting that Cai'nan is also Book Club. Um, oops. Anyway, I hope things will go better once it becomes more obvious that we're all on the same mission, basically.
I'll try to get a post up once I get home. Again, sorry for the lack of activity on my part.
I'll be honest, I didn't post anything for a while because I lost track of this and forgot that I definitely needed to do something. Hopefully things will get moving again, because I'm liking the set-up here quite a bit.
No worries, you guys. I'm not in a hurry or anything, I just need to know if you guys need anything from me in order to move the game along, and how you guys feel about things when your feelings change.
I agree with what has been said, I do worry about posting an action without a group agreement.
Added to which I did make Salla extremely secretive and uncommunicative. How many days did she spend with Cievo without a word between them?
I'm enjoying the game, and find Salla's almost complete lack of talking works oddly well with how much more talkative the other PC's are. At least for me.
I really should put in OOC that you can make decisions without her input, I'm fine with that, Salla is nowhere near a leader. Tell her to do something and she'll go and do it, silently and creepily.
Having problems getting to the Campaigns page, still here though.
I've been told that some people aren't getting the new posts showing, I can't get the page at all and have to sneak in through my account id, very tedious.
Yes, it just now started working again for me. I was thinking all my games were oddly quiet...
Whoops! I'd started my gameplay post, rolled a nat 20 (modified 28) for K.Nature, started thinking about what to do, got busy with work, eventually made it back to gameplay...and totally spaced that I didn't have my roll there anymore.
Sorry about that!
Sorry for my recent absence, I had an unexpectedly hellacious stretch at work and today is the first time I've had to even hop on the boards. Getting caught up now.
Hey, I'm having some weird posting issue with the gameplay thread. Every time I try to post, it sends me to the preview page without actually posting, but only in that one particular thread. If I don't post for a bit, that's why.
I've had that before. Usually it shows a post, and then the previewed post underneath that, and I can make it to the post being finished simply by hitting cancel on the preview, but it could be that your situation is different.
Don't worry about technical issues, but remember to check again before too long has gone by.
I've run into that glitch before too actually. This seems different though. Hitting the submit button sends it to the preview screen, but the post doesn't show up posted and canceling just undoes everything. It's like the submit button is glitched to function as the preview button instead. And it's only in the gameplay thread for this campaign too. I'll put up a thread in website feedback if it's still screwed up later tonight.
Hmmmm. Maybe try a different browser? Or try incognito mode (or the equiv) in your browser?
Nope, not helping either.
Finally works again!
Back. Still pretty busy at work but marginally less so (or at least less of it is writing work, which particularly interferes with my posting).
Leinathan, can we put the hunted man onto the map now before we place ourselves?
I can't see my icon to place on the battle map?
Sure, I'll place the man.
Salla, when you open the map, scroll up a bit. All of the PCs' tokens are above the map.
How did I miss that? I use Google doc my PBP games and should know better!
I'm on now, it was setting me under the map though? Solved it by copying my icon and using the new one.
Google Docs puts items in front of each other when a new one is added to the document. You can also right click and press 'bring to front' to fix it.
I'll place my character once everyone's in position so I can get a good idea of where to throw up an illusion to lure him in.
Please note that I may move your tokens if I judge that you are unable to reach the desired location in the time alotted. I'll do my best to place you guys in a fair location, though.
Cai'nan will try to use buildings, rubble, anything that could serve as cover to move to the side of one of the buildings. His main goal is to get to a position out of sight but near an area that would allow a lot of movement in combat. Can't move my own token, as usual.
I have to admit, I'm surprised that shapeshifting is a move action for this guy.
It is a feat :P
Note to self: Buy a wand of glitterdust
Today is my last day off before a stretch at work. If I am slowing things down during that time, feel free to DMPC my actions.
Ugh. I feel bad that I'm dominating the conversation, but it feels like no one else is the type to have a friendly chat and try to charm info out of people.
I am capable, but also having a hard time finding a good way to work a word in since Cai'nan would likely be busy keeping an eye on the folk around given the rough and rowdy vibe.
Hey Nicholas, you know about Conceal Spell, don't you?
No, but I'm glad you pointed it out to me.
I have a player in my F2F game who's a mesmerist that constantly uses it to secretly dominate people, so I figured it's something you might want to use.
Oh yes. Secretly being able to use charm person right now would be a god send. I won't be able to get it until level 9 though.
I have no problems with you doing the conversation Nicholas. To be honest in most games I play I end up doing the talking and making the decisions. It's an interesting change to play someone socially challenged and happy to stay mute.
It always makes me slightly nauseous when I type something out and it fails to go through and I have to write it again.
That being said, I've added a 'plot points' section to the campaign info tab.
While new to Pbp I'm running two games. I really do hate it when you lose a long post. You feel like saying 'Stuff it!' But your faithful and not at all impatient players are depending on you.
I hope you aren't too pressured by being the face of the party, Nicholas. Though honestly, with Ciervo's 17 Charisma, I could stand to contribute a bit more. I have a bad habit of rolling broody edgelords.
Nah, I'm good. I just feel a little bad when I end up doing all of the talking because I don't want people to feel like they have nothing to do.
No complaints here. I've had a long busy stretch. I expect to be back to posting a bit more by sometime Sunday or Monday. In the meantime, thanks for helping keep things in motion!
I begin a work stretch tomorrow lasting until Wednesday. If my posting slows, that is why. If I am slowing things down, DMPC me as necessary.
Wife is being induced into labor in the morning. Will post as best I can in the coming firestorm of activity, but if I am slowing things down DMPC me.
Baby Cai'nan born 8:27 AM, 8 lbs 11 ounces, 22 inches long!