Agreed. Advice is nice: we're new players. But I value keeping the threads separate, so maybe commentary in the ooc and a little note in the campaign that says to look.
Answers regarding XP and level advancement.
Are we using Fast, Medium, or Slow progression?
Medium.
Are you keeping a running tally of XP, or are you simply going to periodically award numbers and we keep the running tally?
Ideally I will keep a running tally of XP, but if things bet too busy, as it already has, I will update later.
Are you instituting any (house) rules on advancement? Some of my prior campaigns used, for example, a "24 hour" or even "1 week" rest rule--you can gain XP, but cna't level up without a rest/reflection time in a safe environment (so, no levelling up in the middle of a dungeon--you'd have to leave, take a day off, and THEn you'd level up. What is your view/ruling on actually gaining the numerical advantages of levelling?
I am fine with leveling up after eight hours of sleep. However, if you are interested in leveling up in another class, please let me know way ahead of time and we will weave it into the role-play. There are times when time will be of the essence and we may not have much time to role play training.
Are you requiring specific training for feats and/or skills, or are we going under the assumption that your previous level included off-hours (or even on-hours!) training for new feats/skills?
Role playing study or training is helpful before leveling up and adding skills. For example, if you want to learn a new language or knowledge next level, seek out a teacher or a book. If you want to improve your perception skill, practice using perception, etc. Creating personal goals as a spoiler on your character sheet would actually be very helpful.
HP: I believe PCB gives the option of rolling for HP or choosing the avearge roll (which is X/2+1 where X is the die size). What's your rule going to be?
I have no problem if you prefer to choose average roll. However, if you choose to actually roll for hitpoints I will allow you to reroll a one.
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How did you guys all get the system to give you so many critical hits?!!
Answers regarding XP and level advancement.
Question 5 wrote:
HP: I believe PCB gives the option of rolling for HP or choosing the avearge roll (which is X/2+1 where X is the die size). What's your rule going to be?I have no problem if you prefer to choose average roll. However, if you choose to actually roll for hitpoints I will allow you to reroll a one.
How does this work exactly? You will give us points for good deeds and when we get enough we get a picture of a dog? What is all the rolling for HP and averaging?
P.S.
How did you guys all get the system to give you so many critical hits?!!
Well, I, for one, payed for mine with a Hippogriff bite!
Asking Socrates for guidance..?
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On critical hits:
heh. Ya got me. Maybe it's the board repaying me for two consecutive 1's for my first rolls. Getting a critical hit onyour first attack of the campaign (and only 1 shy of max damage to boot) was ffffaarrrry nice.
Thordak--
On HP: In Pathfinder Society play, you get the average result of your Hit Dice roll (which is one more than half--for example, a fighter would get 6 hp at each level up). I *thought* there was a rule in the "regular" pathfinder that you can choose between taking that average roll, or actually rolling the die, when you level up. I didn't know whether DMHW allowed that option of playing it safe and taking the average.
On Pooftas---
"Socrates himself was permanently piiiiiiissed . . ."
Bofus, sorry for missing the post about the betting.
Actually I saw it but forgot about it.
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Sorry for the spotty posting over the last couple days:
My internet connection went down last night and I've been conducting training at work so not much free time. :-\
No worries, Cebrë. I have been pretty busy at work as well. Take your time.
Congratulations Everyone!! We passed the 500th poster marker! How are you all feeling? Thoughts, suggestions, other?
I feel like.. I need intimidate as a class skill.
First gambling and now intimidation. You are an unusual paladin!
Congrats!
Folks, this weekend may be light for posting. I am leaving for my mother in laws for an early easter on Saturday. I am not sure if I will be able to post or not, but if you do not hear from me, I will be back on Monday night. Feel free to keep posting as you are able.
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Well, have fun thinking of us! ;-)
I'm very eager to see this situation play out. If it goes the way I'm hoping, we might be able to trap Rotskill as I was hoping to do so "last night" in the Stone Wyvern. But if *all* the Lions are in Trask's pocket, and if they know of Rotskill, well taht's the situation where "it could go very very badly."
This is qquite exciting!!
First gambling and now intimidation. You are an unusual paladin!
If things pan out, you'll find that my intentions are valid.
Hey,
since the campaign I was in as a player imploded, I wanted to ask, if you see any chance to squeeze me into yours? I was thinking about a bard from Galt-maybe female, since the party is already quite full of males^^
I already made a char-just in case :-)
I like your background, but we will need to tweek a few things. I talked to James Jacobs and he recommended I put his campaign in Isger. So Brindol is right where the small village of Saringallow is located.
So Isger is certainly feeling the pressure from Cheliax.
While I have it here in my library I never had the time to go further than looking at the cover^^
I chose a bard, since I thought that spot was still quite open. I had followed your game on and off and I really enjoyed reading it.
A quick summary would help me though. I see that the caharcters all came to the tournament (by invitation, coorect?) and there participated in several events. There was some tension with this Rotskill guy and the some thugs.
She can surely tackle that. Maybe I just stumble upon them and offer my help in that regard?!
Hey everyone, DMH just told me I'm allowed to take part in your great campaign. As long as no one has any objections I'll stay until the very end :-)
Welcome!
Welcome!!
I am still thinking about your background and the Cheliax piece of the puzzle. I am also trying to decide if I should have you compete in an event. To be honest, I don't think we need that for a hook. I will think about it for another day or two.
Thx, it was pretty easy, since the guys are all really chatty :-) and nice.
I'm also thinking a contest isn't necessary. I think Florence will sooner or later begin to "inspect" how the idea of democracy is inbedded in the life of the Andorans.
@ Thordak:
Ich habe gerade eben gehört, dass du das letzte Jahr in Deutschland verbracht hast, wo warst du denn da?
Oh sry, my fault. I'll redo it accordingly. Btw. do I also receive a third trait?
BTW: If you need more summary to catch you up, there is the journal listed on my DM page.
Yes, you do get a third trait. I am thinking of either World Traveler or something to support your interest in History and Politics. I am open to your suggestions.
If one narrows the description of World Traveller to the actual character and not his family I think that it would fit very well.
Haha! Yes! Awesome! I was so worried he might just dodge out of the way of that 15...Whew!
@Florence: Ich schätze unsere Harfzauberer hat es Ihnen erzählt? Ja, in der Tat. Ich war in Sachsen Anhalt, in einem Dorf neben Salzwedel. Und wo kommen Sie denn her?
Huzzah! This just keeps getting more fun!
Yay for another player (and female character!)
the more females the better :-) (that's rather something a male would say, eh?^^)
I was also thinking "15...this is going to be close"
@ Thordak:
Ich komme vom Niederrhein bzw. aus dem Ruhrgebeit, gerade so die Grenze zwischen beiden.
Ja, der Mann mit der Harfe hat es mir erzählt :-)
Was hast du (ich duze dich jetzt einfach mal) denn in der Gegend da gemacht?
@ Florence: Ha, ja, ich weiß immer noch nicht genau wann es passt, jemandem zu duzen und wann sie zu Siezen! Also..wegen der Gegend? Es gibt zwar nicht ganz viel was man da machen kann, aber ich habe das Beste draus gemacht! Ich bin in der Schule gegangen und ich spielte auch im Bigband und sang im Chor, und so schon ziemlich alles was man da hätte machen können. Ich reiste aber auch nach Dänemark, Österreich, Frankreich, Spanien, und in Deutschland rum. Es war sehr schön da in Salzwedel aber es war auch gut ab und zu auszureisen!
Ja, Salzwedel ist jetzt auch nicht dafür bekannt eine Art Hotspot zu sein :-)
Du bist aber dann in unseren Nachbarländern ganz schön rumgekommen. Wie kommt es denn überhaupt, dass du nach Deutschland gekommen bist, war das ein Austauschprogramm?
I just noticed a rule issue.
Some characters roll knowledge rolls without having a skill rank in it. Maybe they do not know about the concept of trained/untrained usage?
I'd recommend everyone just puts the skills in his profile he can really use (either because they allow untrained use or he has a skillrank).
In my experience it's good to tell new players all applying rules from the beginning, then tell them that exceptions are fine when they make sense. That makes it easier fro them to realize the rules consistency.
But I didn't want to be a rules lawyer or something-far from that :-)
I really have to compliment you on the campaign this far. After reading through the campaign thread I have to say that you really did a very good job bringing the chars together and blending them in a natural way into the story and the background-bravo.
Especially the idea of a tournament is one of the best possibilities to bring a party together and still give every single character a feeling of uniqueness and importance from the beginning on.
I am also blessed to have a great group of players. In HOEV I know every one of them personally and Bofus actually ran a player in a two year campaign of mine when we were seniors at the University of New Hampshire. Cebrë is actually my neighbor across the street who just moved in around January. We totally hit it off and I decided to start this campaign. The three others are former students of mine that coerced me into playing a single game of D&D with them for one night. We had an amazing time and they were hooked ever since.
In regards to the rules. In the short time I have worked with you on the boards, you are far from a rules lawyer! I think it is safe to say that you and I are of a similar philosophy in terms of gaming. For me, the rules are simply there to help facilitate the telling of a good story. However, I will make a point to clarify untrained knowledge with them. I will probably simply send them an email. Before this campaign got off the ground I was emailing all of the players answers to a multitude of questions. However some stuff is bound to slip by.
The one piece that I am trying to decide about is the awarding of experience points. In the one month this campaign has run, we actually haven't had a single combat with the entire group. The encounters are usually resolved in other ways. For example, Cebrë intimidated Rotskill and his thugs and they fled. Thordak used his animal skills to charm the hippogriff. I think Thordak shooting the assassin was probably the closest thing this to combat these guys have seen. I am trying to decide how much ad hoc experience to give for all of the role-playing encounters. Some are group successes and some are individual, however, most of them are simply moving a story along. What are your thoughts in terms of ad hoc experience points? What amount seems reasonable at this point for a medium progression rate?
Thanks again for joining us, you have certainly added an exciting element to the campaign!
Sincerely, DMHW
I have to agree, you as DM and all players are very very comitted, which is just awesome, I'm having a blast :-)
Since there are sooo many rules it's just normal that some things aren't adressed in the beginning.
In a story heavy campaign like HOEV it's pretty tough to award xp in a fitting manner. Another point one has to think about is that by now only two days have elapsed, so being already level three or something would be very strange. Yet, we already have like 600 posts.
Normally that's why I include fights quite regularly, even at low levels. I just looked it up and in HOL we had the first fights after about 250 or so posts.
Gah!
Sorry if I'm dragging things - Real life is nuts right now.
Next week looks great though :)
DMHW - yes, I'm being sorta dense...I know.
I just noticed that Cebre either forgot to add a point to her perform skill, or that she doesn't get the +3 bonus for class skill, since she didn't write that she has a rank in it. Since she has fared correctly with all other skills, I assume she forgot to add the point for her skill rank.
Btw are we allowed to look at other people's char sheets? If not, forget everything I wrote :-)
Cebrë, do not worry one bit about your rate of posting. You are not slowing us down a bit. As you can see, we have a lot going on outside the arcane challenge as well. However, with your permission, I will give the others a chance to throw in their two cents worth.
Folks, if you see any solution to the arcane challenge as you are looking through the arch, feel free to discuss it with each in character. Cebrë will ultimately decide what action she chooses. :-)
I am assuming that you are all welcome to check out each others character sheets.
Did Oi hit that assassin the second time? When do Oi get to shoot Stainback?
@Thordak. Yes, you hit the assassin a second time, immediately after Mantooth's blow. You are not clear who actually killed the assassin. Both weapons wounded her badly.