@Nahia: That last one was pretty. Do you remember what category she's under? I may have to use it on a female character sometime.
If you mean the current one, she is pretty early in the list of you limit the avatars to 'female, human, and elf'. I think it is something like Mistress Katheryn or something like that.
If you mean the one I had before this one, I don't really remember. I just looked through the female pages until I saw one that looked like it would fit a member of a plague cult.
Sorry guys.
Got put down to bed with a really bad case of flu, weekend has been a nightmare.
Sorry to hear that. Hope you are starting to feel better.
BTW, that's a lie. I thought I said so this morning, but I guess it was eaten.
Almost wish you hadn't told me. I was actually planning on her being skeptical about the story, even if true. Now, your gonna make me look like a metagamer... :p
Currently at a game night, but will try to post when I get the chance.
@Aku: No worries, we seem to be occupying ourselves here.
@Everyone else, Jeez, I really need to catch up with this side story going on here...
I don't know if it qualifies as a side story. Just civil dinner time conversation between two villains, with at least one really terrible pun. Certainly far less exciting than the constant death threats of the other conversation ;)
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
Mysty Ninja'ed the 2k post count!
Be prepared to feel the DM's wrath!!
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It's an absolute shame that Permanent Telepathic Bond is so ridiculously pricey, though I can certainly see why. But, if it weren't, I could literally have Valence and Harsk argue in their own heads...
As if I'm not crazy enough!
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And while I'm whining, can I just say how absolutely tired I am of people in lines not even bothering to wait until I've put my change in my wallet/pocket before they slide their crap to the cashier? It seems like the smallest, most simple of courtesy just to wait 10 seconds for me to put it away before barging forward, but everywhere I go, from grocery stores to gas stations to even the movie theater, no one, including the people behind the counter, seem to have enough patience to wait long enough for me to put my money away, grab my stuff, and walk away.
It's super annoying, and probably my biggest pet peeve. So please, next time you shop, if the person in front of you in line has to spend a few seconds putting their hard-earned cash away, just wait and don't crowd up next to them. I had a woman today literally rubbing against my side in her haste to buy lottery tickets; I didn't even have the time to scoop the coins from the little dispenser, let alone grab my cans or put my wallet back in my pocket, before she was not-so-subtly shoving me out of her way, as though she's Queen of England. I almost yelled at her in the store.
Or I could just use a debit card... Shush. I'm allowed to spend cash if I want, and I'd still have to put it back in my wallet regardless.
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@GM - So something that kinda came up but has never actually been talked about.
Valence can walk out the same door he came in, to go to court and get his stuff and ready his legit business to run without him while he's gone?
What happens if Cecelia goes with him? What happens if he leaves again after the first night? Valence certainly won't object to staying in the mansion; it's nicer than his apartment. But it's also clearly not in Matharyn; Valence realizes at least some of that, since Cecelia doesn't seem to know he walked there from his own house in the city. IIRC, without going back to one of her earliest spoilers, she thinks it's in the woods somewhere.
I'd like to keep the upcoming expansive post to just one, so before I have him try to do something that won't work, I'd rather know what would happen when he tries.
That link brings 403 forbidden^^
Hmm...I wonder why. It works for me on both my phone and laptop. Try this one?
@Valence:
As per this post, my understanding is that we are just under a day's ride outside of Matharyn. Also, my assumption was that Cecelia knows full well she is not in the cottage in the woods that she initially walked to. She was allowed to leave the building if she wished, and while she chose not visit the city, I did say that she did some jogging around the area. GM can correct me if I am wrong.
Well, the general idea is like this:
You are free to leave, whenever you want.
There'll be some scheduled meetings and as long you attend to those, the cardinal don't really care what you are doing with your free time.
The 'one month time' is the time 'after' you left the city to go to Farhold.
Meaning that: While your peeps take the longer way (one-month traveling time) the cardinal will teach and prepare you and Cecelia them simply ask Tiadora to deliver you to Farhold by teleport.
That’s why he asked you to stay in the manor. Your ‘business’ in the city will be managed by your employees, since you are ‘traveling’ to Farhold on court business.
Hmm...I wonder why. It works for me on both my phone and laptop. Try this one?
Had to swap to a different browser, but that one worked for me. Also, I can really appreciate the reference Cecelia. : )
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The mind's a funny thing.
I've been trying (actively) to think of a theme song for Valence. I listened to music outside of my typical playlist, searched for words I thought might fit, even asked my wife! All to no avail.
As I made our bed this morning, I started whistling a theme from an old cartoon; out of the blue, no reason for it to pop into my head. A few seconds later, I realized it was perfect.
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Well last link worked and i really like that comic :D
I think the links have a timeout though, probably due to the website.
ALso my gameplay post in the afternoon got eaten.
Bizans theme song is probably more likethis.
Nothing for the feint hearted :D
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Bizans theme song is probably more likethis.
Nothing for the feint hearted :D
I feel like I was just hypnotized to summon an evil Oni... xD
Sorry, that could sound mean. I don't speak Japanese, so I have no idea what was going on there. It was a neat sounding song, though! She sings rather quickly.
But the spinning umbrella in the background, and the screen buzzings, definitely make it seem like hypnotism!
Hey hello.
I’m on last weeks of my university terms and things might be real bad from time to time. I had considered asking for a break in the game until semester ends, but figures I can manage, I think.
Classes ends in about two weeks, but those next two weeks will be hell. I’ll keep at least 1 day posting, and I apologize for any delays.
Maybe you hit preview instead of submit?
It happens a lot to me since I tend to preview my posts a lot before actually posting.
Damn it, the boards ate my post. I didn't even notice until this morning, and I could've sworn I was taken to Gameplay as normal after I made it (unlike they typical redirect to the main Paizo page like normal for an error).
Sorry about that!
I had wondered about that. You seemed raring to go, then suddenly nothing lol...
@Aku, You do what you need to, and good luck!
@Rest, I tend to write my posts outside of the board and confirm that it posted before removing it, for exactly those reasons.
I had something to say, but I forgot. @_@
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Please, take this time to get to know each other and to the older ones, please describe to the newcomers the current state of affairs:
• Your orders
• What was already accomplished
• Complications
• Possibilities for the future.
Also, I further encourage RP between the different characters.
Love or hate each other, you are bound by an infernal contract and must stick together for better or worse to survive.
@Organization.
On my other game (we are almost finishing book two), organization rules didn’t work that well.
Instead of making it less painful to deal with, it ended up bogging down the game and it was simply not working. I’m thinking on alternatives, and I’ll post some drafts how we can deal with that after my classes end. I’ll gladly accept and input or suggestions how to deal with organization rules in the game if you guys have any to offer.
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Could the organization rules be shared somewhere or are those just the normal Paizo ones? I think there´s already several of them right?
I do have a Con and several gamedays i organize coming up next month as well as my own marriage soon, so i´ll be a bit busy, but i think i could find some time to look into it.
The above has the core of organization rules.
There are some few minor things, but it's just to the DM add some interesting things.
@All
The cardinal response to Bizan capture will come tardy, for other background reasons.
I suggest you guys make peace and free her, even if it seems a bit 'metagamish' at this point. Don’t forget you have the night threat and having one more to help, might be reason enough to give Bizan a chance.
@Organization.
On my other game (we are almost finishing book two), organization rules didn’t work that well.
Instead of making it less painful to deal with, it ended up bogging down the game and it was simply not working. I’m thinking on alternatives, and I’ll post some drafts how we can deal with that after my classes end. I’ll gladly accept and input or suggestions how to deal with organization rules in the game if you guys have any to offer.
I suppose I'll throw in my two cents.
In the game I am running, I did use the minion rules for the entirety Book 2. However, I agree that they did become rather monotonous at times. I also mostly forgot to run the events, largely because I found most to be a little uninspired. After book 2, I kind of just stopped using them and no one really seemed to miss them or call me out on it.
Generally, I just let the minions exist in an abstract sense. If they want to round some people up to sail a boat or investigate in town, I let them, as long as it doesn't seem like they are stretching resources too thin. Personally, I found this fostered better RP, since it becomes more about interacting with their followers and cohorts to get things done, and less about filling their action quota.
It is a little different in my game, though, since I basically gave everyone minions for free, which they pooled into one large organization. For this game, since Nahia and Valence spent the feat, their hopes and plans for their followers should probably be the most relevant factor.
My organization was planned as mostly a role-play thing from the beginning. So it isn't going to bother me if you want to change some things around.
I got me some keen Boggards
For now, lets keep things in gameplay as RP-stuff.
You don't need to behave if it was combat.
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Also, a boring matter:
Valence has gone missing. He mentioned in other thread his family purchasing a new house and I’m assuming they probably moved to this new house as well.
His last post was on May, 23.
I've sent him a PM which wasn't answered.
Give him more time? Altho barring from being incapacitated or without internet access (kinda difficult this one with all the smarthphones around), I see no reason why someone couldn't hop in for few minutes just to do the courtesy of letting us know what's happening.
Here is what we think we can do:
-Wait some more time.
-Don’t wait and recruit another player from the last recruitment.
-Don’t wait and don’t recruit. 5-man party is enough.
Wait for a little more time.
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Go on with 5 people, should he come back it´s ok, if not it can be seen in the future.
Moving house is a lot of stress, there´s likely no internet for a period and not everyone has a smartphone^^
As a heads up, im marrying in early august and have to prepare a lot of stuff there. Additionaly, there´s work and 4 Cons/gamedays i organize this month. I want to be posting, but if i shouldn´t regularly, you know what´s up.
I would also vote for keep moving, but leave it open if Valence does show up. He seemed enthusiastic enough about the game, that I'd hate to write him off if something came up. But waiting for him might not be a great idea, since usually when pbp players disappear for this long, the odds of them returning isn't great...
I agree with the others. Move forward but I think it would be fine to leave it open for him to come back in.