Crypt of the Everflame 5e conversion (Inactive)

Game Master Koldoon

I am here and willing.

Likewise. :)

I love this game!! Your doing a great job so I am sticking around (and I like Venssa too)

I will check the game in the morning on Saturday, but I have a birthday party for my nephew, so, depending on how many posts I find before I have to leave, I may not post until evening.

Ummm, we may have lost Rankev. I just did a quick posting history search for his main and a couple of his aliases, and he hasn't posted anything, anywhere, so far as I can tell, since the end of November. So, like 16-17 days... Might need to bot him, in the hopes that he comes back, shoot him a PM to ascertain the severity of his absence, or, if he's gone for good, open up recruitment again? Just wanted to let you know GM Koldoon. Thanks for keeping things moving! :)

Aldelenna: That was my conclusion too. I sent a PM a few days ago, and I'm hoping to hear from him. I'm going to give it a few more days.

Okay folks -- my plan is to give Rankev a couple days to respond, but I have to say, it's not looking good. This guy posted profusely in multiple play by posts... several games, several times a day... and on Nov 30, he just stopped on all of them, all at once.

He never, as far as I can tell, signed any of his posts with a real name, and his main profile doesn't help much.

What are the players' preferences here? Should I recruit now for a new player? Continue giving him some time? Put Rankev on an autopilot of sorts and run him as an NPC?

Obviously the structure of the adventure makes a new player difficult, especially given that they would need to fulfill particular roles. But there are possibilities:

• Rankev's youngest servant could come to power. Maybe he's secretly a young bastard Vargidan child, or maybe he bargains for power as a warlock.
• Roldare is frightened and jumping at everything, and also half-mad. This makes him prime prey for a warlock pact.
• The characters missed an encounter en route with the town wizard. Maybe he's worried and sent an apprentice to follow the characters.
• Perhaps Roldare miscounted and there is one more townsfolk villager hiding from the undead.

Which is to say, if we can find a recruit, we can probably slip them into the game. The question is DO we recruit, or do we wait for Rankev.

And if we wait, how do you want to handle his character? Fade him into the background, run by group, or run as an NPC?

I prefer what the GM wants. If you can keep DMPCing him, I'm for that, as long as you can.

I've seen players have RL and technical problems that wipe them off the boards in an instant, only to have them return later.

cheers

Yeah...I would keep DMPCing him for somd time. Easier that way all the way around.

If you are okay running him as an NPC, Koldoon, then I'd agree that for now that seems like the best fit. Entirely up to your preference though. If you'd rather not take on that extra task, I totally understand that too.

The consensus is clearly to keep playing him as an NPC to give Atlas2112 time to return. Given that he was a prolific poster, I think that's fair. We'll give him the benefit of the doubt and hope he resurfaces.

As above...once out we could always recruit a new member

Merry Christmas and happy holidays. I wish you and your family all the best health and happiness.

Thanks Fin! I hope everyone had a happy holiday.

Yikes! skeletons everywhere!

The Roll20 map has been updated. Cole, I know you'll need the google map updated, but I'm going to wait until after the skeletons go, since that will be your turn. I'll note in my post when the skeletons take their turn that the google map has updated also.

Hope everyone had a good holiday.

Just as a note: I'm not anticipating any problems, BUT I am in the path of the horrendous weather on the east coast of the US. It's anticipated to hit us hard tomorrow, and the winds could mean power outages. I'm hoping it won't be a problem. Even if we lose power I may be able to update via my phone.

Could we remember if we learned a trick to fight skeletons? Bludgeoning, slashing or piercing?

thanks

PS Good luck with the storm

You mean you don't want to look through 500 posts?

Bludgeoning weapons and spells seemed to have the most effect. Venssa was cleaning house with her staff.

Is the staff a d8 in 5e?

When used two handed. Fin uses a shield too.

cheers

Venssa is also benefiting from a spell that changes her attack bonus attribute and damage die, which can confuse things.

Saturday morning I leave for a week on business with only phone access to this account. So bot me if necessary.

cheers

thanks for letting us know Fin!

Do we have the official "nod" to level up to 2? :D

yes. You can level to 2nd. If you roll hit points, please roll in the discussion thread here... if you decide to roll rather than taking the official "median" by level value, you can reroll ones.

HP: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 eh...average..lol

I'll just take the median. Also, WOOOOOOOOOOOTTTT!!!

@GM koldoon: I totally forget what build of Ranger you agreed upon for Cole...was it UA or the published Xanather's Guide to Everything...I believe it was the UA, but you tell me, if you can remember without either of us havong to dig back into the thread...ugh...

HP: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

I think I got Aldelenna all updated. Realized a couple of things as I was doing the updating. I had her number of spell slots wrong. She's got three 1st level slots, even though she knows (now) 5 spells. I also traded out the illusion cantrip for vicious mockery. I think Hero Lab is giving the Jack of All Trades bonus to Initiative!? Is that right? Let me know if anything is screwy GM Koldoon. I put two links at the bottom of her profile page, one for abilities and one for spells, because I found that the statblock output for 5e characters from Hero Lab was woefully lacking.

@GM koldoon: I totally forget what build of Ranger you agreed upon for Cole...was it UA or the published Xanather's Guide to Everything...I believe it was the UA, but you tell me, if you can remember without either of us havong to dig back into the thread...ugh...

It was UA

Aldelenna:

I will check for things being screwy this weekend. I need to do a provisional leveling of Rankev also.

Hi team

I'm home. Besides reading all of these posts, I've got a ton of RL things to handle today. Please continue to bot me if necessary.

I'll level too. What's the rule on HP? Roll or half+1?

thanks

Cole also gains the Dueling Fighting Style (+2 Damage) and 2 1st level spell slots. Hunters Mark and Cure Wounds.

Hi team

I'm home. Besides reading all of these posts, I've got a ton of RL things to handle today. Please continue to bot me if necessary.

I'll level too. What's the rule on HP? Roll or half+1?

thanks

You can choose. if you decide to roll, you must roll in the discussion thread, and may reroll any roll of 1 (even if you roll 2 consecutive 1s)

I hate rolling HP, so for d10 is half +1 = 6, right?

Finlogan is updated and ready to go.

Took another level of fighter, so no other choices to make.

Fin: yes, hp for fighter are 6 + con mod

It's my husband's 50th birthday today. I will be incommunicado today and possibly also tomorrow trying to make the weekend special. A return to the ravages of the undead will ensue when I return.

Thanks for the heads up, happy birthday to your husband! :)

Aldelenna:

It does seem to be adding the jack of all trades bonus to initiative. Let me investigate. I'm not sure I'd qualify initiative as a "skill" check, but I need to look into exact wording and make a ruling. For now, 1 point on initiative isn't going to hurt anything, especially with the group down one active player.

Just as a heads up:

Wednesday is, of course, Valentine's Day. Between work, trying to make a fabulous dinner, and trying to make the evening special, it is unlikely that I will manage to post tomorrow.

The perils of relationships are unforgiving.

I've responded to Cole's questions and put in a description of the next room in the gameplay forum. I'll post again on Thursday!

(unless everything goes all pear shaped, but then you probably won't want me posting)

Happy Valentine's Day, all!

Yes! Blessings of Saint Valentine rest upon you all. =D

Cheers!

@Cole: LOL...see we are in a game together...:-)

Oh...there was no doubt...likely others, too.

Just waiting on Venssa's response to the latest post before I continue. Her experience and Fin's are tied together, so I don't want to ruin anything by posting before they both respond.

I've another week-long business trip starting tonight with spotty posting availability. Please bot me if necessary. Be back Friday evening.

cheers

As folks might guess, you are entering the final stretch for the adventure. While we will certainly do some wrap up, I'm just checking on what people want to do. I started this as a one-shot with the possibility that we could continue. The adventure IS the beginning of a three adventure arc, so there are two other adventures, and I do have both of them.

What are people's feelings? I admit, the loss of Rankev really hurt... as a prolific poster and someone who liked the RP aspect, he helped keep things moving and made my part of the job more fun. At the same time, he left during the dungeon crawl, and there's only so much RP you can do when you're faced with zombies and giant spiders all the time.

I am a bit torn. The next adventure in this arc is a bit heavy handed on the RP aspect. What are folks thoughts as Crypt of the Everflame winds down?

I for one would love to continue. I'm a bit familiar with the next adventure in the arc, and I do believe that is an adventure that would suit Aldelenna Dusksong much more than ranging around in dark tombs. :) I also think you're doing a bang-up job as GM Koldoon, so thanks for that! If you'd be willing to continue, I'd love to, and we could always recruit a couple more people. If I remember correctly we'd be travelling to a different town anyway, and it would make it easy to "write in" meeting new players.

Just my 2cp. :)

I agree with Aldelenna. You are doing a great job and I would love to carry on with the next adventure in this series. We might need to bring on a new player, but that would be ok.

I'm super happy with the game and want to continue where ever it goes. Recruiting more players would be worthwhile to improve pace. I'd like the opportunity to RP more, beyond dungeon crawl.

cheers