min = 4
Wultram, do you need me to learn the Deathwine formula? My formulas usually can't be used on others, but this is used on a potion that is then used on others. otherwise i will probably take Barkskin for myself.
Nalverren is leveled up to 4. Hp as above, favored class point went into skills. Extract to be decided after Wultram's input, no new feats, Ability Point went into Dex.
Finally got my class ability so i can have 4 good rounds of actually having a chance of hitting per enemy.
Ah, no wonder it sounded familiar! Barkskin it is.
Vaard is now fully leveled up. He learned Outer Sphere Stance and Warning Roar, and increased strength.
This week at work will be unusually busy for me. I will probably still be able to post every day, but I might miss a day without additional warning. After this coming week things will clear up considerably, fortunately.
Sorry for the sudden silence ... my little family got the crud all at once, and I've been the last line of defense.
I'll see if I can get caught up and re-involved some time tomorrow.
Good points. There are incidental risks and consequences to the thought bubbles. I think this group of players is pretty mature and can handle it well. The greater risk for us may be "deliberately not acting on things that maybe they should", because we don't want to metagame on OOC knowledge.
I like the thought bubbles when employed to illuminate or enhance a character's reactions and emotions. I certainly wouldn't want secret game knowledge floating in there. For instance, I thought DW's 'Mercenaries' post which started the discussion was awesome. It showed a 'light dawns' moment for Otto, without any in-game repercussions.
Perhaps I flirt too much with informational posts. Rehil was conceived as a quiet character. He doesn't talk much compared to many of mine. So I drop thought bubbles, usually related to his training or some other memory. I try to keep them harmless, but there may be an effect that I am just not seeing.
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The mercenaries thought bubble was the one that made me comment. I wouldn't necessarily see that as having no consequences. Thing is, these games go on for years, and memory will blur as to what was revealed between characters talking and what was "revealed" through a thought bubble. Right now it might not have consequences, but it might later on.
If Otto had in fact blurted, "Mercenaries!" it would have led to a potential discussion among the PCs - and actually that might have been quite an interesting bit of RP. But everyone "knows" that is what he thinks, even though no one actually knows. As time goes on, that distinction may not be so clear.
And by internalizing everything, people can't respond. There will be no discussion on how mercenary the other characters are (some may be more than other, and actually that may not be so clear to the other PCs either) because the other PCs don't know about it.
I also don't really consider PbP to be as close to being novelistic as all that. It is nice if it is well-written so you can go back and enjoy it afterwards (and I have no concerns in that regard). But in the end this is a game where the primary readers are also the players, acting on information given out by the DM and also the other players. So there is a feedback loop between the players, and I'm quite keen to make sure that this doesn't get confused. I'm also quite keen on "show, don't tell". I generally try to ensure that what I post is what the players would actually perceive. And I deliberately withhold information, of course, as DM.
In the end, we are probably all experienced enough to cope with this. And it's a fine line - when describing a character actions and saying "He looks concerned" (for example) you are basically expressing what that character is thinking, albeit in a way that characters can react to more, and it would be a boring character who seemed to have no thoughts or feelings on anything. But I just wanted to make the point that there may be consequences which weren't immediately apparent.
Nooooo! Don't go!!!!!
Mmmmmmm ... steeewwww....
Soup is obviously better than stew!
So, back from vacation, back AT work, AND not feeling well? That's the hat trick of craptitude.
Feel better, man. :)
Thanks for the heads up, Aubrey.
Hope you're feeling better soon.
Get well soon!
I didn't realize until now that we had fought two Poisondusk shamans. I thought that Oula'd just got himself a new ride when he showed up with the croc.
Oula is just middle management. This guy's got to be CEO. (Chief evil officer)
Dang. I missed that, too. I'm going to have to go back and read through those to see who actually said or did what. Sigh.
READING COMPREHENSION!
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Don't worry, it is a mistake that is quite natural. Looking back, I suspect I hadn't decided at the time that Oula wasn't the poisondusk back at the prospectors camp. But as the game developed it didn't make sense for that poisondusk to be the one at Pooma's village and the one who you ended up fighting with, since his power level, scaling against yours, wouldn't really be appropriate for also being capable of calling up some massive legendary beast from its slumbers. So don't worry about it, you won't learn much from looking back. That's the joy of a developing storyline, continuity problems and all.
And I thought it was clever plotting.
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I am wishing that Rehil was more loquacious. On the other hand, most of what he'd say would just get us into trouble.
Remind me to come back in some levels and proceede to start genocide on the finnbacks. Aubrey you certainly have a knack for making chars that are easy to hate.
quite right
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This is awesome! Aubrey seems to be driving our WBL by the inverse of the suggested amount. Next level I'm taking improved unarmed strike! Or better yet, a level of monk. =)
The Chief is just a tool. My hate is reserved for the Poisondusk shamans. I wish I hadn't shot Ssendaar with an iron arrow now. Then I'd have one for each of them.
We seem to be doing pretty well without many items.
Some of Vaard's maneuvers are gear-dependent (iron tortoise maneuvers require being able to shield-bash, but scarlet throne requires either a buckler or no shield. Buckler Bash is the main way to use both together.) Thrashing Dragon requires a weapon in each hand, but that's covered by a lizardfolk's natural weapons.
I'd hazard a guess that Cole would be the most gear-dependent in our group, but he has a slam attack too.
Of course at higher levels gear is a bigger deal out of combat for those without out-of-combat class features, but we're a long way off from that point given how slow pbps are.
April, August, what're a few months between friends?
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Prescient post, Ben. Right now Rehil's got his sap and the captured club cum morning star. Would Vaard be more effective with the morning star?
If Vaard doesn't want it, does anyone else feel they could put morning star to better use than Rehil?
... go ahead ... give it a nibble.
I love this game.
It does have a certain flair to it, doesn't it?
I'm gonna need a weapon if i am to be of any use. my only available weapons are two doses of flesh-eating acid, the damage of which was never determined.
I think it's 16d6.
I think it's 16d6.
Sounds about right to me. I used ingredients from this jungle, and this jungle is very deadly.
16d6...best save those for an emergency:)
Vaard's fine without a manufactured weapon.
Wultram's blindness spell is looking like a real winner. He may get my vote for MVP.