Yep, no worries. We understand.
I can say I'm nervous. Urik is a big place to be alone as a level 1 character :)
It's all good. Amusingly I haven't spoken a single word yet.
Just got on, sorry, again. Fri night (late) I will be up all night, I will have something up then at the LATEST.
Morthak, I think your AC and CMD should both be 1 higher. Also, could you put your Saves, FF and Touch AC's into your profile?
Morthak, I think your AC and CMD should both be 1 higher. Also, could you put your Saves, FF and Touch AC's into your profile?
Yeah, I meant to refine the sheet a while back and forgot... I'll get that done soonly.
I also forgot to list prepared spells, which I'll get in there too.
Nice going guys, get me arrested while I'm unconscious. Yeesh. :P
(Just proving I'm still around).
Sorry if it was railroad to get you to this point. I normally start all my DS campaigns with the PC's as slaves already. I just wanted a sort of prologue, and companionship worked in so that you were more of a team once inside the caravan.
I hope this doesn't bother anyone?
I kind of do I wanted to hit Spider some more. Freaking dice roller could of at least let me hit him again.
It's all good, I was literally just reminding people I was alive and hadn't abandoned the thread.
Wonder if Anton will get the same Overseer that cast him out? Too sickly to be worth feeding, ay? :)
Ah, a bit of railroad, got it. Thanks for clarifying, carry on.
Ok, as long as K'z'k and I didn't really stand a chance of escape I don't feel as overwhelmed. As an aside, I believe we finished off the Templar walking K'z'k, or did we leave him alive? That's not normally a mistake I make in Dark Sun.
Xanyon, your last hit put him at -7, that left him with 6 rounds to stabilize. The guards had forced a fruit of healing in him but being freshly healed they just carried him to catch up faster. I'm sorry if the description of events I wrote made it sound like he had died for good. I will keep that in mind in the future, and ensure that I mention if they are bleeding out or not.
No worries, I'll make sure to stick them an extra time next time. :D
Morthak's profile updated, including a few things I missed earlier... favored class bonus, prepared spells, combat stats. Let me know if there's anything else in error.
Now that I have you all together, go ahead and discuss however you like. If you have nothing, go ahead and give me some note that at least tells me you have read and are actively NOT doing anything. Once I hear from all, I can try to move forward (I'm OCD in that I want to know everyone has had a chance to act before I continue).
Question: What do we have left -- I know they disarmed us when we were arrested -- so I'm assuming backpack, weapons, armour are all gone now -- but what about other stuff (say, for example, our divine focii)?
You are left with a loincloth, and in Sin's case a bikini-esque top. With how prevalent slaves are on Athas, most slavers are well prepared in knowing how to deal with them. They would leave you with as little as possible and try to keep you in as managable state as they can.
There will be an event that is an obvious opportunity to get away, but it's a short railway trip to get there. I am just enjoying the IC interaction and the interaction with the setting. Xanyon's little display was great, and I think you guys are doing outstanding. If you all just want to fast forward to the plot point I do have I'm fine with that as the getting there is not really part of the story.
Ah, did Sin's psycrystal sprout tendrils and run away at some point? Or it locked away with the rest of our gear?
You are left with a loincloth, and in Sin's case a bikini-esque top. With how prevalent slaves are on Athas, most slavers are well prepared in knowing how to deal with them. They would leave you with as little as possible and try to keep you in as managable state as they can.
I figured that was the case... Although I just noticed I don't need a focus to cast CLW, so there we go. ;)
Ah, did Sin's psycrystal sprout tendrils and run away at some point? Or it locked away with the rest of our gear?
Good question, I hadn't thought of that and had to wait until I got home to look up the Psicrystal. I will present the answer in game.
@Balodek, thank you for the heads up.
Ah, I read the IC thread first, no need to respond there regarding the crystal.
I'll be awake and conscious in two hours game time, unless specified otherwise I'll assume that happens in the morning (my time CST) and begin posting IC again.
I had an unanticipated lack of connectivity for a few days, but I'm back up and don't expect any delays until around the Labor Day weekend--when I might be just out and about instead.
So I am on the east coast if you do not hear from me in a few days I will be back just wait.
Your movement would only let you get to the square you made it to that was near K'z'k, as all other closer squares were occupied.
The only person that was visible, near stairs, from the location you were standing was the one at the top of the stairs that Xanyon was fighting (guard 5) as guard 6 was around a few corners, and if you will notice there is a wall behind K'z'k.
When using ranged touch, you suffer all the same penalties as ranged attacks. You had a soft cover penalty from Xanyon being in the way, and the penalty for firing into melee. Both are -4, for a total of -8 to your attack. Since they do not have a 9 or lower Dex, it missed.
I hope this covers all the factors I took into account for your action. I realize I forgot to reapply the grid overlay on the map at that time, but if possible, if you include the grid square you move to, and the number on the target, I am better able to track exactly what you intended. If I describe your action, or put you in a square, other than what you had planned, please let me know as soon as possible so I can correct my mistakes.
Stairs: I initially had thought it was the case per RAW that they were dificult terrain. Since the text says that steep stairs are difficult terrain, these steps are steep. For the future, the house rule will be that unless otherwise noted all stairs will be difficult terrain. The impetus behind this is that being in shape, having served 12 years in the military, and working somewhere I take stairs often each day, I have never seen anyone that takes on stairs at the same rate of speed in which they move across mostly even ground.
Ah I had thought we were on a balcony, and guard #6 on the stairs below and in clear line-of-sight (i.e. not in melee).
No problem on house-ruling all stairs as difficult terrain.
Pretty sure I mentioned this way back -- but since it's now coming soon, I thought I'd best repeat it --- I'm going to need to have Anton flipped into NPC mode from Saturday the 22 to the 30th. Family vacation (finally!).
Just giving plenty of warning (and not wanting to be dropped from the group or have them waiting on me...).
I will be getting married on Saturday, and as such my posting rate will drop slightly until Sunday evening. Feel free to DMPC me along if necessary.
Congratulations, I wish you all the best.
I'll be away (IRL) starting this Saturday (January 21) until the following Tuesday (Feb 1)on a winter holiday --- since Internet on resorts is painful expensive, I'll need to be DM controlled during that time.
I regret that due to real life concerns I will need to withdraw from this PbP and several others to get my time back under control. My sincere apologies to those involved, but I felt it would be better posted now than just stop altogether.
This probably comes as no surprise, but I am going to have to stop running this campaign. I am running a Table-top game converting Carrion Crown to 4E, as well as running two other campaigns here (another of which I will also have to drop). I just don't have the time to commit to running a free-form campaign, as DMing takes so much even in PbP.
I apologize, my eyes were bigger than my mouth, and I had neither a Table-top nor college classes when I started. I hate letting players down, and contributing to one more PbP that didn't survive.
That's all right, I had fun while it lasted. Thanks!
I do admit that I did kind of see it coming -- but thanks for giving it a whirl, Aardvark. :)
Was fun, thank you DAardvaRK SUN DM.
Indeed, appreciated it while it lasted... Best of luck in school and with your tabletop group!