* puts foot in mouth *
Actually, 3e D&D has the same rule? Or are you referring to a different edition, 5e perhaps? Just curious. I haven't played 5e yet, but have heard good things.
Um actually you can charge in a surprise round, but only to your normal movement instead of double.
Yes, that's true. It is in fact a special exception to the general rule of charge = full round action.
Naughty Ali hindering her friends...
Me thinks this deserves a spanking!
Uh oh. And you know what that leads to...
Well, spanking is tiring work. Naught probably would be very hungry afterwards :3
Actually, 3e D&D has the same rule?
True! I guess I was using Breath of Fire III/IV rules.
Zelda, you only have a standard action, then :S
Cellawyn, you may have to do some bookkeeping to match Aliseya's healing and what you got from sleep.
I have lost track of who has how many hp :/
I am 95% certain Cell started the day with 9 hp rather than 8. She was healed up to 8 I recall the previous day, but didn't add another 1 from sleeping overnight.
Buuut let's see if we can fix her up now...
And Cell is back up to full hp. :)
So... I finally picked up a copy of Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulu. Who else has read it?
Waaaay back in high school, my personal favourite of his is The Outsider.
Thanks Naught, will have to check that one out next...
...and holy excrement, I miss one night and 21 new posts! Reading them now...
Aid another bonuses for diplomacy should not stack, otherwise you will be able to do way more than your level allows. But good RP adds a +2 too :)
Also, we should all agree that, for good or bad, Zelda's roll will be the main one, and everyone else's will be aid another, so that I can "process" multiple Diplomacy checks.
Aid another bonuses for diplomacy should not stack, otherwise you will be able to do way more than your level allows. But good RP adds a +2 too :)
If the diplomacy DC's are too high for our level then what are they doing in the first part of the first book XD
That's all fine & legal, Ulrik. :)
Naught, remind me to add ranks in Diplomacy when we level... I'll shoot up to a +8 or +9. :)
Okies :3
They are not in the book, but the probability of the group getting a +10 bonus with stacking (given that for this group the RP +2 is a certainty) is not small. To put things into perspective, let me just state that bumping up the attitude of an Ancient Red Dragon from hostile to unfriendly is DC 30.
(I just found out that you cannot use Diplomacy during combat, though. I guess it's for the best that they left it in D&D!)
I agree about the aid checks. Technically though, Diplomacy is "generally ineffective" in combat. To me, this wording allows for the attempt and the very rare possibility of succeeding (e.g. to get intelligent enemies to back down in combat by using irrefutable logic to show it is in their interest to back down). Not to persuade you to do otherwise (your game, your rules), but that's just what I do when I GM for your consideration.
Well, in situations where it makes sense to dissuade enemies during combat, it's fine... You guys are playing very well, so I don't need to worry about any quarter-moon+punch in this game :) If you actually try to pull a Diplomacy during combat I will let it roll!
Congratulations! You've just got a new NPC! This is solely the fruit of this group's great roleplay.
Let me know if I can move the game, and where you wish to go next. I am having lotsafun! Also, you may want to prepare your arguments to convince Fr. Grimburrow, because you will need to pull some serious diplomacy on him to get those items (just as you have been pulling some serious diplomacy today).
Haha, me too. :)
I'm ready. I would suggest the temple next? Let's have a talk with Fr. Grimburrow.
You know, I'm thinking maybe we should go to the sheriff as well. The bloody V at the memorial and the blood-written hate story at the prison were probably from the same person(s). Get the law after his/her/their arse(s). And let it be known we're not crazy, improving trust with the authorities. Of course, it could backfire and they may suspect us all the more of being involved... they might start blaming the "witch" and her "demon pet," lol. Hmmm.
You can all read Mirelinza's spoiler too; in my next post I will mention that she shares it with you. I hope Birch33 comes back soon :/
Thanks Ulrik. Btw, did you want to respond to the planchette checks I made in this post?
Sorry, I forgot to give those details! At the time I read it, I could not give any information about the magic item, but I realized I could still give you the info on its mundane counterpart.
No prob, and that's the kind of info I was expecting to be revealed. ;)
Aliseya does share with everyone what she knows about the spirit planchette. Be back later to post...
Hey guys, due to a lot of stress, work, and just all around bad s++& happening my buddy is having to put off his CC game on here. The thing is he doesn't want to abandon the last original player (something bad happened to the other one and the rest of us are from the DM's other game and we jumped when he asked if we'd help but it's gotten to be too much for him atm).
Would it be okay if I invited her? The character is a changeling Paladin of Shelyn.
Sounds good to me.
Sounds good to me too, but I would like to exchange some messages :) I would like the rest of the group's consent too.
Okies, just waiting to hear back from her if she's even interested (she probably will be but ya'know).
Huzzah! Jules is onboard!
Yeah, that's totally fine by me. Welcome aboard. :)
While we're at it, I wouldn't mind Jules coming onboard as well... with her 3 rogue levels and all, lol.
I saw Ysmerelda, Dawn's Rose way back in the day when I, too, was trying to get myself recruited.
We has consensus! Just waiting to hear back from her now.
I saw Ysmerelda, Dawn's Rose way back in the day when I, too, was trying to get myself recruited.
*le gasp*
GET OUTTA MAH HEAD!
While we're at it, I wouldn't mind Jules coming onboard as well... with her 3 rogue levels and all, lol.
"Stonecutter & Lamplighter, providing your safest luxury locks and goring your guts with sneak attack since 4710"
Congratulations!!! May God bless your niece's family! :D
Ok pick on me.
I was actually very surprised with how effective Zelda was against the spiders.
I saw Ysmerelda, Dawn's Rose way back in the day when I, too, was trying to get myself recruited.*le gasp*
GET OUTTA MAH HEAD!
I could not resist the curiosity to see who it was, and I wanted to even welcome the player, but at the same he/she might feel pressure... I'll let you do the honor, though!
SHE FINALLY PMED ME BACK!!!!! Hopefully she posts in here in a few :3
Ahem,
Yes. With such an...
exuberant invitation, how could I refuse.
:)
So, my dear fellows, we have now six characters in the group, and, with Ysmeralda, Mirelinza's place is not taken, but her mechanical role is at least fulfilled, so I do not see why bot her anymore. I say we leave Mirelinza aside while birch33 is not back -- and I hope he is doing well in his life right now, but she should come back in if he comes back.
Now, we have also to resolve two things.
1) Ysmeralda's player has to be put up to date about what is happening, and for that we need a digest or he/she needs to read the whole thread (maybe he/she wants to). Ysmeralda, Zelda has actually a very good summary in her character's page about many of the things that have happened. I think that is almost up to date.
2) We have to decide how to incorporate Ysmeralda and how to fade Mirelinza out. I am not very in favor of leaving Mirelinza on the farm, because it does not make sense that, in Cellawyn's word, "a Paladin of Sarenrae should farm in the face of impending evil". I also think it is kind of cheesy to have Ysmeralda arrive late for the funeral -- although I can retcon and make a mysterious Ysmeralda be mentioned in the will as well: everyone wonders "Who might this Ysmeralda be?" or we can simply assume she has been part of the group all along. The first option will lead to interesting things when she visits Harrowstone and the player more-or-less needs to read the thread (in fact, maybe he/she shouldn't even read the Harrowstone parts just yet if it's new to him/her :D) The second option may or may not remove the novelty of the prison, since what you've seen is pretty much all that was there to be seen . . .
*scratches head*
I'unno, though the arriving late would be the easiest to explain.
Also, welcome Ysmerelda! I hope you have fun here ^w^
Well now...
Zelda's journal puts a new light on things...
As the history I have developed for Ysmerelda specifically states that both her teacher as a paladin & professor Lorrimor realized what she was, Aand made her aware of her lineage, generally at least, finding out that there is a coven of green hags with designs of breeding more in the area is going to get her back right up.
I have a question, given Naught's partial varguillisation, can Ysmerelda even recognize that she started out as a Changeling as well?
Hmm, I'd say not right off since her eyes are now both black and gold instead of two differant colors, but she still has the nail claws and I guess if you know about Changelings and observe her for awhile you could connect the dots.