On to other matters; @DM Barcas, can Verik and I assume we have our daily spells back since we meditated/communed after the ruckus went down?
On a side note: I'm off to bed - so the camp-tracking crew can totally ride-out and do its thing and hopefully be back in time for me to wake up ;)
So is our plan only to track down where the camp is right now or are we looking to clear it out? I had kind of assumed the latter, but considering that this party isn't really very stealthy to begin with I doubt it would make much of a different really if we attacked in force today or in a few days and it really would be best to have everyone together to do that. Zander is just eager to get these banditos taken care of.
I'd say we just head on out. If we get there and it's a massive fort with a bajillion people, we turn right the heck around. If it's a camp with some tents then we let Verik and I rock the buffs and use surprise to take 'em out.
It sounds like Jemini is pretty set on not going with.
It sounds like Jemini is pretty set on not going with.
Until Oleg gets better. Hopefully that won't be too long and we could theoretically go scout the camp and then come back in a few days and roll out.
On to other matters; @DM Barcas, can Verik and I assume we have our daily spells back since we meditated/communed after the ruckus went down?
Yes, you will. A wizard or sorcerer might be out of luck, but our casters are good to go.
Heya DM Barcas - I imagine you must be hella working on your archetype submission. You have my email address, if you want I can proofread your work.
On to other matters; @DM Barcas, can Verik and I assume we have our daily spells back since we meditated/communed after the ruckus went down?Yes, you will. A wizard or sorcerer might be out of luck, but our casters are good to go.
EGGS-ellent.
I'm on my 5th draft right now, still working furiously on the nitty-gritty details. I cut over 100 words by folding one ability into another, which I think makes it cleaner. The flavor has evolved nicely as I continued, almost organically out of the design. I'm not quite ready to show it yet, though. Not quite.
LK, as for your submission, I thought that it was a little short and plain. I liked the general idea of "angry ghosts interposing themselves" though. Perhaps it could have used a way to activate it X/day: gain the AC bonus and force attackers to make a Will save or become shaken, lasts X rounds.
LK, as for your submission, I thought that it was a little short and plain. I liked the general idea of "angry ghosts interposing themselves" though. Perhaps it could have used a way to activate it X/day: gain the AC bonus and force attackers to make a Will save or become shaken, lasts X rounds.
Thanks for the mention :) - I've read many prior submissions and decided that many of them were just too wordy without substance. I like items having a core concept and functionality without many frills and extra details. Unfortunately I didn't manage to convey this enthusiasm to the judges.
Pity - I've got an epic archetype prepared :)
Spotting the horses he smiles and picking a handful of grass approaches them holding out his offering. "Who is a great smelly beast only thinly veiling its desire to throw me off into nettle and wee on me? Whose a great smelly beast?" He asks in the odd cooing voice he adopts with young children and animals.
bahahahahahahaha
Ahahhahahaaaa! N I C E !
Epic actor hahaha!
...honestly I have a hard time picturing the kind of actress I'd like for Jemini
So you want Owen Wilson for Taisper? I'm seriously tempted to add everyone to the pic - the background of which is the kingmaker pic.
Hahaha, yeah! That'd be great. As much as I like "Luke Wilson with a dye job," Owen Wilson is really more appropriate, I think.
Epic actor hahaha!
...honestly I have a hard time picturing the kind of actress I'd like for Jemini
Right now I'm picturing someone built like Lucy Lawless, but with Cate Blanchett's force of personality.
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Lucy Lawless in one of her more recent roles? Still cannot believe Xena and whats her face from Spartacus Blood and Sand are the same person.
Here's the pic with Taisper added. I'll redo the morningstar when I add someone else as it looks a bit rubbish.
@Barcas; Happy with your archtype? Hows the mood?
HA!
It looks like Verik is wielding two shields though.
How about Liv Tyler?
Well, I hope y'all like it. I had a moment of inspiration last night that changed it pretty drastically, but I think it was for the better. I hope everyone else agrees.
I like making villains, so I hope that I make it to the next round.
To my discredit I have to admit that I had to google those to have a good idea who they are. Most of my viewing time is spend on manga or anime. If she's familiar; the kind of character portrait that I have in mind is Faye Valentine, from Cowboy Bebop
Rooting for ya! btw. when you win, you gotta let us play your adventure proposal ;)
How about Charlize Theron, since she's also from South Africa?
To give you guys a clue, none of you have any levels in the class that I picked to make an archetype for.
How about Liv Tyler?
That is a good visual match you have there; good show. The personality would still be reminiscent of Faye though.
Well, I hope y'all like it. I had a moment of inspiration last night that changed it pretty drastically, but I think it was for the better. I hope everyone else agrees.
I like making villains, so I hope that I make it to the next round.
I'm looking forward to it. As of this year the archetype round is bound to be my favorite: imminently relevant for players; and more meat than a wondrous item.
...though now we have to wait 4ish days
How about Charlize Theron, since she's also from South Africa?
To give you guys a clue, none of you have any levels in the class that I picked to make an archetype for.
I'm guessing rogue!
To give you guys a clue, none of you have any levels in the class that I picked to make an archetype for.
Hah! I would've made a monk archetype too! ;D
As for Zander's pic. and Tandlaras.
I'm playing it rather close to the chest for the time being. I could probably be a little more free with it, but I'm just not ready!
I'm just hoping that I didn't have a twitch that accidentally added a bunch of spaces someplace that I wasn't looking, as I only had 5 words until the word limit.
My friend (Jerall) is similarly torn - though he did submit yesterday already.
As for Zander... give him a few levels
Okay - I need to go to bed. Work is having a special year-strategy meeting that I need to attend tomorrow morning and its already 2am here.
lol. clicking the link I get; Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here...
I can't believe I didn't hand out your experience! This is for the first day and night (posts #1-216).
Berrin: 457
Jemini: 517
Taisper: 607
Tandlara: 492
Verik: 592
Zander: 587
The combat portion was worth 257 experience: 67 each for the bandit leader, 23 each per bandit, and 100 from putting out the fire.
The RP portion was worth between 200 and 350, which shows the value of and emphasis on roleplaying. You guys are doing a great job and I like to reward it! (Especially keeping the game's momentum going while I'm super busy.)
I'll tally up 217 to present sooner or later. I may keep it as a discrete "session" for when I actually hand it out though.
Yeah Zander's current mask doesn't really work very well for character portraits, but I am planning to have him probably switch over to something that just covers the left side of his face in a more Phantom of the Operaish style before too long here. Keep the worst of his scars covered while still being functional and probably cooler looking. To be honest I hadn't realized how non-functional the full face mask was, but I suppose neither would Zander have realized this having spent most of his time alone with his blind mentor.
Also I said it before but I'll say it again, Berrin rules. The way he dropped the bomb on Zander right there made me crack up in the middle of my cubicle here.
wohoo! XP!
Too bad for me I don't work on a computer though...
Lucy Lawless in one of her more recent roles? Still cannot believe Xena and whats her face from Spartacus Blood and Sand are the same person.
Here's the pic with Taisper added. I'll redo the morningstar when I add someone else as it looks a bit rubbish.
Hahahahaaaa! OMG so full of win.
OOC survival discussion; We need to move at half speed to follow the traks or take a -5 penalty. We need to move at half speed to forage. If Zander forages and I track we should maintain the same speed we are at without expendig rations. (I'm assuming we're moving at half-speed).
Foraging is dc 10. every +2 on the roll means another person fed = ration saved.
Or we could hurry after the tracks, taking the +5 on the DC and have Berrin and Zander co-track them.
With 1 aid Berrin can track a DC 15 trail by taking 10. That allows us to move at half speed by taking 10 and asumed that they never tried to hide their traks. But the DC goes up by +1 for every 24 hrs (asuming the weather holds) and their at least 2 days old (meaning DC 16) meaning that either Berrin or Zander would need 2 aids to manage it. So 4 people aiding gives +8 for a roll of 21 max on taking 10.
On a side note. You'r wisdom score, Verik, means youre better at this than either Berrin or Zander. You have a base +4 but we have a base of +3.
Keep in mind that the DC goes up by +2 every day, since the tracks themselves weren't all made at the same time, but descend further back in time as well as we travel along. By that I estimate that currently we need to hit a DC 19 to keep it up today - tomorrow we need to make 21.
This does not account for us traveling at half-speed for tracking purposes, in which case the DC goes up by +3 per day; meaning we're already in DC21 territory, and will hit DC24 tomorrow. :)
Thats fine by me. Berrin is quite comfortable having a purpose in the group, even if he isn't very good at it.
If we loose the trail, he'll consider turning back. Untill then he'll want to carry on.
Well my survival is +6 remember. I don't think we need to start foraging until we get low on rations, better to track at full speed with everyone working on it. With Zander taking a 10 as the main tracker and Berrin and Verik assisting, we'd be at a 20. Technically there's no reason everyone couldn't assist though, which unless we have any negative wisdom modifiers in the group would put us at 26.
I do belive we can take 20 on survival for traking wich means we can follof up to DC 28 with Zander traking and Berrin aiding.
Well taking a 20 normally takes 20 times as long as making the normal roll so I don't think that would really work for Survival. You can't retry a failed Survival check for tracking for an hour after failing.