I've posted in Gameplay and aside from Mavro, got no responses.
The thing with PBP (I'm not criticizing here, just making an observation from my own experiences) is that if multiple days have dragged on with no responses, the GM may have to nudge the story along-- players may not really understand what they are supposed to be contributing for their action. So sometimes a short recap from the GM and a blatant OOC of [Character X, Character Y, and Character Z, we're waiting for your response to the situation] can help regather people's attention and focus.
In an ideal world everyone's engaged enough to not need that, but in PBP it can sometimes make things go a lot smoother, rather than just expecting/waiting for the players to tag in when they haven't for weeks, etc.
Guys?
In case you're wondering if Mavro killed the ghoul, he didn't. Fight is still going on.
Was waiting for Xander here, plus I have no idea what the effects of Milo's disease are. If it is, for instance, impacting his Dex, that'd affect his attack rolls.
lucky for you the disease has an onset period of 1 day, so it won't impact you until later in the adventure.
I'll DMPC Xander and Tempest if they don't reply in the next 12 hours or so.
Lucky me, indeed. :3 Yeah I figured that might the case with a ghoul but I didn't want to make assumptions/meta game too much. I'll get a tag up for Milo soon.
In case you're wondering if Mavro killed the ghoul, he didn't.
Awww....
But in all seriousness, I kinda fistpumped when I rolled that 20, before remembering that we were all level 5.
Still here. Couldnt get on the site yesterday.
The site was down all day for me yesterday as well.
Ok, let's split some loot. Here's my proposed division, with reasons. Everything is still up for debate, so if you want something, say so. We'll talk it out as a group.
Unidentified ring shining with abjuration
+1 scimitar (Milo, because he's the only one who might actually use it)
Ring of swimming (Tempest. Lowest strenght in the group. She'll really struggle in the water)
Cloak of resistance +1 (Varta, she has the lowest single save of all of us, and she's one of our healers. We want to boost her saves.)
Wand of chill touch , 14 charges (Mavro. Magi like Touch Attacks)
Bracers of armor +1 (Saleable. Looks like no one would use them)
Pnakotic Manuscripts (party item. Xander carrying them)
Milo won't actually use the scimitar, as he is not proficient with it. If nobody else wants it and if the adventure ever gets to a point where we can sell things, then we can sell it as far as I'm concerned.
Hmm. For some reason I thought rogues could use scimitars. My bad.
Anyone want to claim it?
Sounds like it goes into the loot pile. :P
As a heads-up, my laptop's power adapter seems to be missing. I'm hoping it will turn up in short order, but until then I'm on battery power with minimal computer time, so I may be slow to post for a while. I suppose this might be the straw that breaks the camel's back of forcing me to get my PC's screwy connection sorted out again....
Sorry for my lack of posts as of late. Today's my first day of classes, and I've been spending the past week preparing for them. I don't think I prepared myself enough, to be honest. At any rate, I just need to adjust to my new daily schedule and I'll be able to get back into the swing of things.
I was a bit on the fence about it since he doesn't have the cool arcana that supplement them, but I think I'll go ahead and take the wand as Xander suggested. Mavro has a decent Strength score, so it'll work well on him.
Ditto on selling the scimitar - it's easily the most valuable item in the pile, and I think we already splurged our starting gold on our favored weapons.
Starting Thursday, I will be at DragonCon. Posting will therefore be light to non-existent until late Monday/early Tuesday. Please feel free to bot me if needed.
And if anyone is going to be there, I would love to meet up.
Hope you have fun!
I'll be out of town until the weekend as well. Taking my kids to see the dinosaur museum in the Alberta Badlands. If you ever get the chance, it's a great place to visit.
Sooo.....
Milo made an STR check to try and get past the bars back on Monday. Mavro's made a higher one. It's Friday now.
Airon, are you waiting on anything before letting us know if we can get past the bars?
Actually, Mavro made the check. I find it funny that this is the second time this scene has happened.
Since we had two players absent this weekend, I was waiting Monday. However, I also had a metagame conundrum; now your question tipped the scale towards the solution that kinda breaks the suspension of disbelief in favor of a tighter plot.
Here it is:
There is nothing in the adventure in the tunnels beyond the bars except random encounters - the module states that if PCs decide to go there, they find dangers unrelated to the plot.
Now I tried making you understand that in game, but of course I understand you curiosity form the PCs perspective. But since we're already moving slow, I didn't want to waste another week or more on a random encounter that doesn't further in any way the plot.
The tunnels had to be there for a backstory reason, so I could not take the out...
Okay. Well, if I were the GM in this situation, I'd just be like "You explore the tunnels for a few hours but find nothing in particular that is a clue" and then,if necessary, railroad us back to where we need to be, because speaking as a player I'm not sure what we should be pursuing other than the scent of the ghoul that Tempest's wolf picked up on.
If we're supposed to just take the book back to the surface, that is not clear to me currently.
You find no clue as to which tunnel could lead to a relevant discovery: it seems as if the people working here, not to mention the monster they summoned, never set foot in any of them.
Ohhh....
I'll admit that I overlooked this part before; the intent behind it seems kind of obvious now.
I'd be alright with dien's suggestion of just summarizing our venture into the tunnel. The waste of time would give Mavro something more to complain about. :)
I'm fine with a simple "you find nothing in the tunnels" post to get us back on track.
Sounds good to me.
good, make fun of your non-native English speaker GM... :p
It's done in love! I BEG FORGIVENESS, GOD-VOICE IN THE SKY! :P
What is you first tongue?
I am Italian, born and living a bit north of Milan.
Replied yesterday, noticed today the post was eaten. Got angry, very. Will reply later today. Argh!
Hate it when that happens.
Group order in here? Our group has such a non-standard makeup that it's hard to decide who to put on point. Pretty much anything that puts me and Tempest in the middle would work.
A few possibilities-
A
Milo and Varta
Tempest
Xander and Mavro
B
Mavro and Varta
Tempest and Xander
Milo
C
Mavro
Milo
Xander
Tempest
Varta
D
Milo
Varta
Xander
Tempest
Mavro
There is also Stormcloud to consider.
Mavro is just fine on the frontline, as is Varta I imagine. Edit: As far as ability, not preference. :P
Right. I always think Tempest rides Stormcloud for some reason.
How about we go with -
Mavro and Varta
Tempest and Stormcloud
Milo and Xander
With the option of sending Milo and I out in front to scout if necessary.
If the halls are only 5 feet wide, order becomes
Mavro
Varta
Tempest
Stormcloud
Xander
Milo
I'm good with whatever makes everyone else happy. Being on the front line suits me personally.
I like that last order posted.
What, Xander, were you doubting the willingness to be daring of the Ustalavian Errol Flynn?
I WILL FLIP ALL THE FLIPS AND JUMP ALL THE JUMPS, AND CHALLENGE YOU AT DAWN, SIRRAH, FOR DARING TO SUGGEST I MIGHT BE LESS THAN BOLD-- *and then Milo gags from the fumes and falls into a middenstone vat*
Nah, I'm happy to have him try it, but it will be easier for me at least if I know where the zombs are when I go. Unless GM prefers I just post Milo's go now, rather than waiting for the others.
I'll move the zombies tomorrow, wait for them.
sorry guys, prepare for a slow week. Today I worked 10 hours and I foresee a similar workload all week.
I thought of advancing combat, but I'll wait for Tempest. Varta and Mavro managed to kill their zombie.
Not a problem, Airon. Long days are rough.
If anybody wants to kill some time.... *coff-unsubtle-pimping-coff* ...I'm rather chuffed with myself for taking second place in the Pathfinder Chronicler Fiction Contest for the year, so pardon a bit of squeeful bragging from this corner. If anyone's bored, my stories (Zero Hour and The Dragon's Attention) are available online, as well as all the other entries!
(Sorry to anyone who's in multiple games with me, you're about to get spammed across the board by my excitement!)
I'll wait another day for Xander and Tempest, then since they're grappled I'll just roll for them.
dien, read your stories. Although Zero Hour had a nice ending and great pacing, I find myself taken out of the reading when I read DnD terms like half-elf, or Golarion specific names.
that's why I think the Dragon's Attention is better: you clearly get the Golarion reference but it can be enjoyed by someone who has no knowledge of the setting and even by someone who has only a smidge of fantasy knowledge.
Sorry, I'm super busy with prep work for a haunted house right now. I didn't realize the game was waiting on me.
Just in case I needlessly confused things, Mavro's behind the whole prison idea. He's just being his usual grumpy self about it.
"Hmph. I prefer the bait idea, but if we're set on the other course, lets be about it and move on to the next of these creeps. There is no telling how pressed we are for time..."
Tempest, you posted in the wrong thread, please paste it into the Gameplay thread.
Guys, this is going to be another slow week (today I worked from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm), but when I do come back for good this weekend I'd like the group to have reached a consensus on the course of action.
D'oh
Let's talk it out here, it's faster.
Xander's reasoning for wanting to drop him at the jail is to make sure that he doesn't attempt an escape the moment things go wrong at our next stop.
Also, meta-game wise, if we have the choice between babysitting an NPC during what is likely to be a fight, and not, I know which I'd prefer.
If time is a factor, we could always pass our drunk necromancer pal off to the guard outside. Xander has a horse. We could strap Drunky down across the saddle and have the guard take him to jail.
Other thoughts?
Mavro cares little for Myre's well-being. He thinks that the creature's destruction should be their priority, and sees the capture of its summoners as a means to that end. Since he does not know who will be attacked next, he figures that moving them closer together would beckon it out of hiding.
That all being said, he's willing to submit to the others' judgment.
Varta thinks that the soonest we confront the wicked creatures the soonest it will all be over. Myre chose his fate, he isn't an innocent, so Varta really doesn't care much for him. Stowing him in jail satisfies her promise to him 9in her own mind.
IC-ly, I've already said Milo's fine with taking him to the jail.
I'm worried that if the beast DOES go for Myre while we are chasing down the others, then it's possible the beast will be 'stronger' and whatever, but this worry is not enough to me to justify the admitted hassle of taking along an NPC prisoner. End of the day, my vote is we take him to jail, get on with our business of hunting the others.
Tempest has stated her opinion. Bait sounds good, but Tempest would rather be about whatever we are going to do than debate it. If agreeing to take him to jail gets them moving, then that is what she will do.
The prison it is, it sounds like.
Oh, and an early/belated Happy Holidays to you all!