Welcome would-be retrievers of the Everflame. Before we get started, there's some house-keeping to take care of:
1. Create an alias for your character. You may use whatever format you have handy and it isn't working, I'll work with you until it is.
2. Introduce yourself in the discussion thread. Part of what we will be doing before really getting started is working out a shared background. Nothing too major - just enough for there to be some in-game familiarity between characters.
3. Train yourself on ditzie:
A quick ditize tutorial
1. Click this ditzie link.
2. Move Kyra next to the rat.
3. Hit "Enter" to save the map.
4. Copy and paste the new URL created into your next post.
This is how we will handle movement in the game. You should always use the last ditzie map posted when making your moves. I need to know everyone has a handle on using the map before we get started. It's not hard, I promise.
4. Put the following information in your Class/Level field:
HP | AC T FF | CMD | F R W | Init | Perc | SM
Depending on your class, it might also be helpful to create spoilers with your spells, daily powers, and expendable inventory and put those in the Class/Level field as well.
Excited to get started with you!
Thanks for having me aboard!
Good news, works on my old desktop that my kids use, bad news doesn't work on my tablet or laptop, but it does work on my work desktop. So ... yea!
Will be creating an alias for Bern my human fighter soon.
Thanks for running this.
Glad to have everyone! Good to see the map is working for you. So far, so good.
@Ghost1776 - What browser do you use on your laptop? Chrome has worked on every computer I've tried and have had players try so far. ditzie, to my knowledge, does not work on tablets.
I have an old version of IE on my laptop, I also have Chrome but I don't use it often because I don't like it. I'll have to give it a try in Chrome and see what happens.
I'll try to get Vene updated to your build specifications ASAP, probably tomorrow morning.
Edit: mostly done. Had to do it on my phone, so I might have missed a thing or two.
@Venedictos - No worries. We have plenty of time to get it straight.
Just wanted to give the heads-up: I'm travelling for the Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow and have decided not to bring my computer. Quality time with the family and all that. So, I'm hoping to use this time to get your shared backgrounds and character sheets all squared away with eyes toward starting in earnest Tuesday, December 3.
To my fellow Americans - Happy Turkey Day!
Running in Chrome solved my problem with the map!
@Bern - Good to hear it. ditzie is a great tool and I really enjoy using it.
Wondering where our ranger friend is. May need to replace him before we even begin.
So, how do your characters know one another? Ideally we'll have one sentence describing each, such as "Bern has heard of Venedictos's travels and is surprised he has returned to participate in the ceremony."
Venedictos and Nadab grew up in the same orphanage, though Nadab would have been around five when Venedictos left to apprentice himself to the wood carver. Even at that early age Nadab was already in trouble constantly for bullying the other orphans.
At the age of eight it was arranged for Nadab to be apprenticed to the local smith as the Matron could no longer handle the boy.
More on the way, I've got to go to work :)
Knew I was forgetting to check a thread somewhere! X) Good to see I got onboard, let's go get some magic fire!
@Ford - Good to finally have you here. Please take some time to look at the other players and decide how Ford knows them and what he thinks of them.
Venedictos certainly would have known Nadab if they were both at the orphanage together (likely a very small orphanage in a town like Kessen, probably more likely the home of a local benevolent priest). Whether he'll recognize the grown-up half-orc when he returns is another matter. I put Venedictos at around 30 years of age, so likely he would have known many of the other characters as very young kids.
@Venedictos: The home of a benevolent priest sounds good.
Living with Jake Greene, the towns smith was good for Nadab in that his many chores kept him busy and there we're no other children about regularly to bully.
However whenever he was given some fee time or was sent on an errand through Kassen he always found some trouble. Landing himself an overnight stay in the towns small jail on more than one occasion.
Yet this past year or so Nadab has kept his head down. Staying mostly in the smithy and attending to town errands quickly and quietly and he no longer frequents the tavern on his nights off.
In truth Nadab has been going through a trying time. His body has been going through some strange changes that have frightened the Half orc into some semblance of maturity.
@Bern: How about Nadab and Bern have met on occasion when you've needed your arms or armour repaired?
@Ford: Seems like Ford has been through what Nadab has gone through recently. Nadab is a little younger than Ford, perhaps Nadab noticed your abilities or perhaps you noticed Nadab's. Ford could be a little bit of a mentor to Nadab. what do you think?
Sounds good. Sorry got to go or I would write something longer.
@Nadab: Ford might have caught on to Nadab's abilities since they're pretty similar to Ford's and that is the sort of thing he would be on the lookout for.
Mentoring under Ford... would be a bad idea, truthfully XD Then again, Ford would take any opportunity to show off his own skill, so perhaps Ford agrees to aid him in learning how to use his powers in exchange for 'studying' Nadab.
Sorry for the lack of activity - I've been away for the Thanksgiving holiday and posting from my iPad is less than ideal. The development that has been happening here looks good and I encourage you to continue it.
That said, I fear you all might lose interest if we delay any longer, so I'm going to post the initial game thread. Much of the start is development any way, so feel free to continue it in-character if you like.
Before posting, please read the new entry on the Campaign Info thread. It will provide you with the common background of the ceremony and quest in general that each of your characters would know having grown up in Kassen.
@Ford We're just waiting on you to get this thing officially started. Your companions have all accepted the mayor's quest on the game thread!
I'm still really keen to get going on this game :)
@Ford Sorry, but I've sought out a replacement. I can totally understand real-life getting in the way of PbP, especially around this time of year. This will not be the last time I run CotE, so if things become more stable for you, I'd love to have you for a different game of it.
Still looking for a replacement. I blame it on the holidays!
You all still hanging with it?
Still here!
I've had a bit of a busy week, living away from home running RPGs for boarding school kids :)
Yes, nothing exciting to mention here.
Still here!
Zane, a human ranger, has replied and will be joining your party. Be nice to him.
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Hello everyone, as promised last night to GM Everflame, here's Zane, reporting to duty.
Here's my ditzie test
I will now go to read on your histories, fix my status lines and all the other minor stuff needed prior to posting. Cheers.
Minor EDIT after reading a bit - it seems that currently party is consisting of Venedictos the Cleric, Bern the Fighter and Nadab the Sorceror. Since it seems that we are lacking a bit in the department of rogue-ish skills, what do you think if I quickly remake Zane as Urban ranger variant, in order to get Disable device at least? (if allowed by the GM, of course)
Having someone with the skill makes good sense, but in keeping with the spirit of Core-only I'd rather not mess with archetypes. How about this for a solution:
Each player may consider one skill of their choice a class skill for your character. You should give a decent story reason why your character has this skill. Before we get going, you may make any changes necessary to your character sheet.
So everyone gets a trait of sorts thanks to Zane!
I made Perform a class skill, just because, even though it's going to become a class skill next level when he multiclasses to bard.
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I think Zane is ready (crunch and a bit of backstory) as per the recruitment rules. A very silly question - (last item) SM which should go in the Class/Level field; what does it stand for?
According to his backstory, Zane is more or less a typical youth of Kassen and as such, would be more than logical to know most other characters (locals) in advance.
Am I to start posting in the Game thread or do I wait for "official check" and Go-ahead from the GM?
@Zane Not a silly question in the least. SM is Sense Motive. Your crunch looks good, except you spent 21 points instead of 20. I suggest either dropping your Wisdom to 11 or dropping your Charisma to 8. Before posting in the game thread, check out the format of the other players' posts - write a little vignette about Zane saying his goodbyes or whatever else he chooses to do before the ceremony.
Looks like we've got our four - full steam ahead!
Welcome aboard Zane!
Whew what a week. I Gm'd Numenera for 14 year old kids on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (at my school teacher friends school in my old town.) and then for my old group on the wednesday night. So much fun but it wore me out.
@Zane That's awful. I'm really sorry that happened to you all. I'll run Zane on autopilot until you come back. Hope you didn't lose anything too important.
That sucks!
Holy C**p these orcs are brutal! Is that Zane down as well now?
It's that ferocity. They don't go down until they are dead, as in minus their Constitution score dead. The two hits on Bern were just unfortunate rolls of the Damage die.
Yeah the dice are not being our friends :(
Ahh, help us Zane!
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Finally back. Sorry for being offline for so long girls&boyz, I had some serious issues related to identity theft attempt and such, as a result of burglary. Anyway, I am on my way to Africa (where I work), I'm writing this from Frankfurt airport. I will be reading all your posts and start posting regularly from tomorrow.
Glad to have you back. I hope I have portrayed Zane appropriately.
Timing on play-by-post is always wonky. The first DC 5 Perception check "took place" when your group first got settled at the campsite. The second DC 19 Perception check "took place" while you were eating and talking. You can still go forward with your watch rotation as planned.
You can take ten on the Acrobatics check, so you can all make it just fine if you choose to doff your armor. Otherwise, you could tie a rope to a tree or use a climber's kit for a circumstantial bonus.
Venedictos' plan is tie the rope to a tree, someone descend, tie the other end to a tree, everybody descends, last person down untied the rope and descends. Repeat as necessary.
That sounds like a solid plan to me.
I'll go last and bring the rope down.
O.K.
Two things:
1. While the loot you've found is not tremendously valuable, please post what of it you have claimed and update your character sheets accordingly. From here on forward, if its not on your sheet, then you've left it behind.
2. It is very important that you either post a link to an updated ditzie map, or you describe where you move using the map as reference (i.e. Zane moves one square to the right of the first left column). That way we jump right into combat or events without using a day for the "place your pawns" call.
Did anyone note down the 87 GP we found on the man near the lake?
Zane did you take his masterwork shortsword?
There were ten blunted arrows outside, and I saw that Zane picked up the 20 that we found on the bodies inside.
Assuming I don't die... I'll pick up the two smoke sticks...