Good feedback thus far, and I'm hoping we can hear from everyone, since this will affect everyone.
Corneleous, yeah I figured that was how you were rounding it, and I didn't find info either way in the PRD, so rounding up sounds reasonable to me.
The game is awesome and atmospheric--great GM'ing and characters, y'all. However, yes, it is just a wee bit accelerated. Too much botting, and players will start to feel distanced from the game. A round a day or half day sounds good to me. If there is availability for more, cool.
It moves faster than most PbP I've had experience with; normally that is not a bad thing, but I concierge a hotel in Omaha, NE, and June is our busiest month between the Olympic Swim Trials, the High School State Track Meet, and the College World Series, so my hours are nearly doubled and I have less access to a computer as I do more running around- I have a Kindle Fire for posting on the go, but it takes ages to type out a post on a touch pad (especially one with codi in it). I can keep caught up on reading just fine and can pretty easily keep at 1 post per 12 hours or so, but my responses will likely need to make libral use of Flex Time for the next 2 weeks until all dies down in July.
Good, good information, keep it coming people! :)
Also, Tavi, I think we both volunteered to keep track of party funds; since you already have a tab for it in your character's file I'll let you keep doing it. If you ever get tired of it, let me know and we can rotate the job.
Sounds good, get better!
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Good feedback thus far, and I'm hoping we can hear from everyone, since this will affect everyone.
Corneleous, yeah I figured that was how you were rounding it, and I didn't find info either way in the PRD, so rounding up sounds reasonable to me.
Actually, the rules in general terms state to round down unless specified; the conjurer specifies min of 1 round extra, so we're right but for the wrong reason.
Whatever gets us there right? :)
Yowzah. Thirty posts in 6 hours.
I'm actually on my uni break for the next several weeks so I SHOULD be able to keep pace. However, I suspect my time zone is getting in the way of things somewhat, what with me coming from the land down under (i.e. GMT+10)
The majority of posts seem to happen while I'm asleep (which I've been doing remarkably less of, lately). Where else is everyone located? That should give us an idea of when everyone can post.
As for the botting, I think the pace we've been at is amazing, but personally I'd rather keep the botting purely for combat, rolls and other such things, keeping the roleplay to a minimum.
Agreed. I'd like to not be botting at all, really. But felt the healer role was missing in the Lucon situation, since our healer was really sick IRL. But yes I agree with you.
@ Twigs: In Nebraska (GMT -6).
Might have missed this, but how are we handling leveling; were we eschewing experience points and just leveling when appropriate or awarding experience points at the end of chapters? For a standard group of 4-5, it probably wouldn't matter and would come out the same either way, but our group is a bit larger than most.
@Ringtail, You didn't miss any notices on leveling. We are effectively eschewing experience points and you will all level when it's appropriate. I figure that's the best the best way to handle it in a group this size.
I'm glad it was not lost on you :)
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I'll refrain...this time.
Guess I spoke too soon about ancient evil caged up in secret rooms. I don't want to die of heroic stupidity!
I think I'm GMT -7 in Utah.... but I'm not positive.
I thought no one was going to think of closing the door Enko. Nicely done.
Haha, great finish!
It seems you folks are relatively close. I don't think my location should be a problem. It hasn't been in the past. I've gamed with Americans and Australian's alike, and even an ESL Teacher in China, and I've always been able to keep pace (save for when I was in the GMs chair. Lordy was that a headache.)
GMT - 8 out here in the land of surfers and movie stars.
Speaking of which, that was effin' cinematic. And here I was just criticizing movie characters for making dumb decisions! :D
ESL Teacher in China; I had one of those in my PbP RotRL AP that unfortunately seemed to fall apart recently. Can't be too many if those in these boards, probably the same guy. Great role-player.
ESL Teacher in China; I had one of those in my PbP RotRL AP that unfortunately seemed to fall apart recently. Can't be too many if those in these boards, probably the same guy. Great role-player.
Did we establish whether we looted the armour from the hellknights or not? It really depends on what GM Mug accounted for time-wise, so it's his call. (I doubt any of us want to traipse around in Hellknight Garb anyway)
Martinj- that's him! I had an excellent time running for him. Last I heard he was planning on excusing himself from PbP games in favor of a tabletop, but that was a long time ago.
Jaiyana would have no interest in the armor unless it was easily altered (untrained Craft check) to not appear as Helllnight armor.
A monk cares not for such things. ;)
Agreed, we should have taken everything but the armor.
Noted, except Lucon took an armor for himself I believe, and a sword. Right Lucon? Got that loot keepers? :)
The carpenter progresses into a fighter slowly but surely. :)
Hey, I know what's going on in these sewers. Someone is setting up a game of Plants vs. Zombies, right?
Awww, did you read the AP?!? that is seriously not cool...
Martinj- that's him! I had an excellent time running for him. Last I heard he was planning on excusing himself from PbP games in favor of a tabletop, but that was a long time ago.
Pity, that. It's great getting all these connections on the boards, though. Makes me want to put a "dream team" together once I actually have the time on my hands. :P
As for the armour, given that it'd have taken 5 minutes to don properly I figure I would've left it. I wouldn't be wearing it now either way, but let's hope I don't regret that decision in the future but let's set that in stone now.
Hey, I know what's going on in these sewers. Someone is setting up a game of Plants vs. Zombies, right?
Bahaha, gold.
I wanted to give a heads up that I will be out much of the weekend...headed to the beach and Fathers' Day stuff. Bot me as needed...I will...go with the flow...
Happy FREE RPG day everyone!
I'll be out most of the day, as I'm running some Paizo stuff a good portion of the day.
Crap; is that today!? And I'm stuck at work until 3 and then have to wait for my new computer to be delivered...*sigh*
Finally got my new PC all set up; going from a Kindle Fire screen to a 20" is a bit jarring though. No more typing code on a touch pad for me.
That deserves a Wahoo!
Indeed; it would deserve a bigger one if it wasn't going to take me 4 months to pay off this expensive monstrosity, though. Still really, really cool.
Not to overly geek out but you should really post the specs in a spoiler so I can lust after your hardware... and no that's not a euphemism. Probly.
Honestly; it isn't great. It is a solid computer - the best PC I've ever had, but it is new, and with the lifespan of computers, that doesn't mean much. We overpaid and bought it knowing this as a favor to a good friend. Our friend works for a rent-to-own store and was down on sales and needed a commission. He gave us less of a mark-up than what would be normal for the company, but still quite a bit higher than if my roommate, fiance, and I just bought it straight. We have the convenience of having 4 months to pay it off though, so that's good. Still, since most of the computer work I do is posting on forums, purchasing things on Amazon, and working on my google.docs, it it is way better than what I need, but my fiance wants to get into internet gaming.
Unlikely to cause a nerdgasm, I'm afraid:
Pretty standard 500 GB HD and 4GB memory.
But for someone like me who is constantly using $250 notebooks and tablets for price and portability, it is a welcome upgrade.
Ahh, well as a nerd who builds his computers and reads articles on new hardware coming out, the itch is still scratched knowing, someone, somewhere, is getting an upgrade in any degree. :)
Fun stuff. I have PC gearhead and gamer friends as well--some build heavy duting gaming computers, and others...I think they just build them to make them run fast. :D I'm one of those kombucha-sipping music maker types who work on Macs, although I was VMWare Fusion'ing it a bit there for day job purposes.
Very nice, very nice. Macs are quite zen, perfect for kombucha sippers :)
@ Tavi: It seems that if fighting in tight spaces becomes a common occurrence we would benefit from taking the Swap Places feat at some point. Jaiyana is more of a skirmisher anyway; her AC and hp won't quite stay on par with a fighter so when we are fighting stronger foes she will want to be in and out a bit more often (I'll be taking the Vital Strike chain). If you'd be game for that a few levels down the road we could each keep moving in to flank with either Enko or Lucon every turn while being out of danger every other enemy initiative. That would extend the usefulness of that Life Link power that has been active as well. Just a thought.
Lucon and I should get out front. Maybe he could pick up
Improved Overrun? :) My build eventually benefits from being surrounded by enemies and fighting defensively. Happy to flank as well, and at 4th level I can redirect opponents who attack my flank buddy.
Swap Places is not a bad idea. Tavi can acrobatically get somewhere, but an armored ranger has more difficulty. Can't a ranger do that trick with an animal companion? I believe they can...
Tablets rule for many things--I'm doing ok sans laptop at the moment. It was good to have one when I was traveling and uploading video and doing some editing in FCP (7!) whilst traveling.
So, I can see why monks are a mysterious and highly esoteric order, because it's taking me forever to pore through threads and rules in order to determine their bonuses and capabilities. That Flurry of Blows debacle scares me. Speaking of, a few questions for Mug:
I wanted to make sure my plans fit with your conception of FoB, Weapon Finesse, etc. Here's what I have noted:
Weapon Finesse applies to Combat Maneuvers (!).
Tripmaster McNasty
Will you allow this? That means I get a +6 on trip (+2 from Improved Trip), and +4 on disarm and sunder. Dang! I would probably just trip.
Also, it appears I can trip, then attack, as a part of Flurry of Blows.
I steer far away from the FoB threads, but let's just assume I won't use trip twice. I'd rather trip once, then attack. If I succeed, I then get +4 on the attack. (I'll preview the rolls to see if I get it or not and add it/not add it accordingly.)
Let me know if that's all good with you. ...I usually play casters, but I am LOVING this monk (and the game in general). Much obliged!
I just don't like typing on tablets, I enjoy/am used to the keyboard. Just there's always a small usb keyboard if it's all that important.
I am not a fan of typing on tablets, especially if one has to use bbtext..for that, I bluetoothed up a wireless keyboard.
Excellent, thanks for being cool with everything--it is your game, after all. Beware mah trip now, goblins!
Yeah, Improved Overrun might be nice. I'm meaning to take one or two manuever feats (on the original character I'm building from I was a guardsman, so grapple was appropriate. Here I'm not so sure what I'll run with).
I definately want stunning fist at some point though. It's one of my favourite feats.