Beacons of Hope: Wrath of the Righteous!

Game Master GM the Fifth

Chance Encounter
Dragoncat: Alexa Dorne (Aasimar Emberkin Unchained Rogue)
Louxman: Bahram Alhazred (Human Keleshite Inquisitor)
Limnen_euron: Ithilwen of the Myriad Stars (Half-Drow Bard Arcane Duelist)

Child of the Crusades
Raltus: Sario Ulum Taliesin (Aasimar Lawbringer Druid)
Jesse Heinig: Azura Celestine (Aasimar Bard Arcane Healer)

Exposed to Awfulness
Reg Tyrsman: Losvarlinth (Half-Drow Fighter Two-Weapon Fighter)
Mjolbeard89: Iomenna bet-Melkiel (Human Bloodrager Celestial, Steelblooded)

Riftwarden Orphan
inxpitter: Cyril Hastings Alderford (Human Alchemist Beastmorph)
JASON RODARTE: Telerin Quenya (Elf Wizard Abjurer)

Stolen Fury
MattZ: Kelly Littlekettle (Halfling Barbarian Urban Barbarian)
halfdragon62: Baleon The Bloodhound (Human Paladin)
ShadowFighter88: Luciana Moretti (Tiefling Demon-blooded Paladin)
Archpaladin Zousha: Arloric Dziergas-Highbough (Tiefling Druid Nature Fang)
william Nightmoon: Dragz Titanhammer (Half-Orc Barbarian Scarred Rager)
Mark Thomas 66: Darya Flamekissed (Aasimar Paladin)
Grogimus: Ik-Ha-Thruun (Aasimar Angelkin Paladin)

Touched by Divinity
John Mechalas: Aberus Ocellio (Human Taldan Cleric of Sarenrae)
Dorian 'Grey': Merlin Brokencrown (Half-Elf Warsighted Oracle)
servant6: Arthur Mirkwood (Tiefling Kyton-Blooded Archivist Bard)
william Nightmoon: Adriala Nightmoon (Tiefling Devilblooded Witch *Transformation Patron*)
Ouachitonian: Uriel Aurelius (Aasimar Angelkin Paladin Oathsworn vs. Fiends & Vengeance)
Nikolaus de'Shade: Siobhan Sable (Half-Drow Oracle)

Challenge accepted. It's evening here so I don't have too much to do ;) (90% credit goes to Dragoncat whose list I basically just cut&pasted around – and really, I believe correspondence between traits and paths was almost 1:1)

EDIT: linkified!

*click-click*

Challenge accepted.

*BOOM-BOOM*

Stolen Fury
william Nightmoon: Dragz Titanhammer (Half-Orc Barbarian *Scarred Rager*)
Archpaladin Zousha: Arloric Dziergas-Highbough (Tiefling Druid *Nature Fang*)
ShadowFighter88: Luciana Moretti (Tiefling *Demonblooded* Paladin of Lymneris)
Mark Thomas 66: Darya Flamekissed (Aasimar Paladin of Ragathiel)
MattZ: Kelly Littlekettle (Halfling Barbarian *Urban Barbarian*)
halfdragon62: Baleon the Bloodhound (Human Paladin)
Grogimus: Ik-Ha-Thruun (Aasimar *Angelkin* Paladin)

Exposed to Awfulness
Mjolbeard89: Iomenna bet-Melkiel (Human Bloodrager *Celestial, Steelblood*)
Reg Tyrsman: Losvarlinth (Half-Drow Fighter *Two-Weapon Fighter*)

Child of the Crusades
Raltus: Sario Ulum Taliesin (Aasimar *Lawbringer* Druid)
Jesse Heinig: Azura Celestine (Aasimar Bard *Arcane Healer*)

Chance Encounter
Dragoncat: Alexa Dorne (Aasimar *Emberkin* Unchained Rogue)
Louxman: Bahram Alhazred (Human Inquisitor)
Limnen_euron: Ithilwen of the Myriad Stars (Half-Drow Bard *Arcane Duelist*)

Riftwarden Orphan
JASON RODARTE: Telerin Quenya (Elf Abjurer)
inxpitter: Cyril Hastings Alderford (Human Alchemist *Beastmorph*)

Touched by Divinity
Jason Mechalas: Aberius Ocellio (Human Cleric of Sarenrae)
william Nightmoon: Adriala Nightmoon (Tiefling *Devilblooded* Witch *Transformation Patron*)
Nikolaus de'Shade: Siobhan Sable (Half-Drow Oracle of the Heavens)
Dorian 'Grey': Merlin Brokencrown (Half-Elf Warsighted Oracle)
Ouachitonian: Uriel Aurelius (Aasimar *Angelkin* Paladin *Oathsworn vs. Fiends & Vengeance)
servant6: Arthur Mirkwood (Tiefling *Kyton-Blooded* Archivist Bard)

Did I miss anyone?

EDIT: Well, I did miss that I got ninja'ed. :p

Four eyes see better than just two... At least since we independently got the same list it's likely to be correct ;)

LOL!

Challenge accepted. It's evening here so I don't have too much to do ;) (90% credit goes to Dragoncat whose list I basically just cut&pasted around – and really, I believe correspondence between traits and paths was almost 1:1)

But... I made the original list, how come DragonCat gets all the credit? *cries*

(But seriously, nice to see that both lists are independently the same, so we hopefully didn't miss anything!)

Too funny! Thx guys.

If everyone would stop being so friendly and useful that would be great. If some of you could turn out to be sociopaths it would really help the rest of us!... :p But seriously, good luck everyone, it's going to be a hell of a game!

Ithilwen of the Myriad Stars wrote:

Challenge accepted. It's evening here so I don't have too much to do ;) (90% credit goes to Dragoncat whose list I basically just cut&pasted around – and really, I believe correspondence between traits and paths was almost 1:1)

But... I made the original list, how come DragonCat gets all the credit? *cries*

(But seriously, nice to see that both lists are independently the same, so we hopefully didn't miss anything!)

Sorry! I absent-mindedly copy-pasted Dragoncat's list without even checking – this truly has been a cooperative effort.

So let's say 65% Jesse Heinig, 30% Dragoncat, 5% me? :)

(I deducted myself a 5% due to my heedlessness!).

*click-click*

Touched by Divinity
Jason Mechalas: Aberius Ocellio (Human Cleric of Sarenrae)

I'm a John, not a Jason, but I'll let it slide....this time. ;)

Jason is a nice evening name

Thank you....and, John, it's not such a bad name.....lol.

Azura says, "Johns are good for the evening too!"

What is an evening name?"

That is what I get for typing on my phone

Azura says, "Johns are good for the evening too!"

Take it from the expert ;P

I'm still here. The thread ran off without me over the busy weekend. I've never been in a heavy RP thread with over 20 people before, I confess I couldn't keep up at all! :P

Azura Celestine wrote:

Azura says, "Johns are good for the evening too!"

Take it from the expert ;P

Well I am a professional.

Thoughts and ideas about that list?

Your swing point is probably arcane casting, since you only have two full arcane casters submitting and a few bards. I don't know how the adventure goes but if you wind up fighting lots of demons the cleric might be super-handy if he takes the feats to channel vs. outsiders. The only rogue on the list is Alexa, so if the group has to deal with magical traps at all, then she's basically a must-pick unless someone multiclasses or takes an appropriate trait or suchlike.

LOTS of great stories. If you decide to keep the rebuilding of Kenabres as part of the story that could be an interesting use of the kingdom-building rules in a more downtime-intensive-soft-RP fashion.

If some of you could turn out to be sociopaths it would really help the rest of us!...

I did mention I was changing my build to Cleric of Groetus, right?

Azura says, "Johns are good for the evening too!"

My work here is finished. ;)

Thank you....and, John, it's not such a bad name.....lol.

Well, sure, but where am I going to find argonauts at this hour?

Thoughts and ideas about that list?

As far as RP went, its interesting that most RP groups formed because of the shared background traits, but usually you want a diverse group choosing among the traits instead of focused on one. My best suggestion is to run multiple tables or find someone to help. Other than that, choices need to be made I guess.

Well that's one thing about this format of recruitment is there really is only that commonality. The other thing is that it probably wasn't that helpful for anyone who'd planned on making a quiet, introspective, loner, grim or shy character.

For the most part if you didn't plan on being relatively social you were kinda screwed.

Ik-Ha-Thruun and Ithilwen being the standout exceptions of finding a way to pull off a very socially awkward character in a social setting and making it endearing rather than clunky.

Well that's one thing about this format of recruitment is there really is only that commonality. The other thing is that it probably wasn't that helpful for anyone who'd planned on making a quiet, introspective, loner, grim or shy character.

For the most part if you didn't plan on being relatively social you were kinda screwed.

Ik-Ha-Thruun and Ithilwen being the standout exceptions of finding a way to pull off a very socially awkward character in a social setting and making it endearing rather than clunky.

Shhh your making me blush, >.> <.< :)

I do not envy you having to make these decisions.

For the most part if you didn't plan on being relatively social you were kinda screwed.

There's always descriptive introspection. This form of RP is a mixture of storytelling and action, and the former can include what you are thinking, seeing, and feeling.

Some people really dislike portraying what their characters think, though - they want to show only what they are doing, and you have to figure out their intentions from their actions. I did try to wrangle a few more people into conversation, since I was playing a social butterfly! Sorry I couldn't get to more (especially the half-drow).

Some people really dislike portraying what their characters think, though - they want to show only what they are doing, and you have to figure out their intentions from their actions.

Fair enough. There's no right or wrong answer, just options and preferences.

All that being said, I was appreciative of the people like yourself that engaged multiple groups and people. It can be quite challenging to do.

Thoughts and ideas about that list?

All I would say is, appoint some reserves. People drop out of PBP with a depressing regularity.

That and pick what you like, slight mechanical weakness can generally be made up for with good playing in my experience.

Other than that... Good Luck!

As a DM this is quite a good group to pick from. All bases are covered and everyone did a great job of rping. I would be agonizing on which characters to choose. Running two tables wouldnt be a bad option depending on your availability. Anyone that wanted could do the town-rebuilding rping and would be reserves as people do drop from PbP more often than one would expect.
Thank you for the IC thread. It was really fun.

Wise words, Merlin.

Thanks Arthur. Unfortunately the two PbP games that i am currently in are both suffering from inactivity: one DM has been m.i.a. and the other a couple of players...sad face...

Mechanically, I really have nothing to add to Azura's analysis. Even then, I've seen many PbPs wither and fade on these forums, and rarely (if ever) due to mechanical imbalance within the group or even a TPK; mostly, it was either RL or characters not really clicking together. I believe this thread has shown this latter eventuality can be easily written off :)

That said, I quite like Merlin's suggestion to use the 'rebuilding Kenabres' instance as a PC reservoir, though. It would really make introducing future characters that much smoother and 'organic', so to say, since we really more or less already know each other.

@Azura, Darya: yeah, I too regret not having had the chance to mingle with you 'cool girls', though with so many people around, it proved very hard to pull off (even though we at least managed to acknowledge each other). I suspect time zones were also a factor.

To elaborate on Darya's point (aaaw, thanks, btw ;) ), one of the coolest things is that even non-naturally charismatic characters such as Cyril and Arloric found a way to shine which didn't necessarily amount to playing social butterflies. PbPs can sometimes be a harsh medium when it comes to cracking an introvert loner-type PC's shell, but here, we didn't even need that.

Dang pesky time zones!

If everyone would stop being so friendly and useful that would be great. If some of you could turn out to be sociopaths it would really help the rest of us!... :p But seriously, good luck everyone, it's going to be a hell of a game!

who said we aren't sociopaths? who knows, we could all actually be one person, ant we've fooled you all!

Hush Dragz! Don't tell them! Or I'll start taking the medicine again, and you all disappear!

What time zone is everyone in>?

Atlantic Standard Time for me.

Central Standard Time [USA]

PST.

mountain time (usa)

Eastern (MI)

US
+340308-1181434
America/Los_Angeles
Pacific Time

For you IANA geeks out there.

Merlin glances at Aberus with a confused expression on his face...

Central Standard Time

Good old fashioned GMT!

We're doing A/S/L now?!?

Merlin looks at Azura with an oringinal--but equally--confused expression...

Good old fashioned GMT!

Yay, I'm not the only one! :)