I am not familiar with the different voices used to post in these games. I did not mean to make Esme's story an internal thought process or out of game, and included it in quotes. Esme told the story out loud.
I put it in italics to set it apart from the rest of the post. If it seemed to be an internal monologue, I apologise.
No problem! Generally bold text is used for normal speech. Smaller bold text is used for whispers. Bigger is used for yelling. Pure italics is used for thoughts and italic bold words are used for verbal emphasis. It doesn't always workout like that but that's the rule of thumb.
I hate accounting. That is all.
Dude, accounting is not that into you, either. Sorry.
She turns to wait on the other side of the gate, her middle finger reflexively crooked behind her index... Those with a rural background... recognize the sign... disapproval from the clergy and are rarely seen amongst educated city-folk. In the rural backwaters however...
WHAT THE...?!?!? Did Esme just flip me the bird?
(Just kidding, of course!) =P
Some of you have played with me already but for those that haven't here's some info.
Combat notes for my games.
1) I roll init for everyone just to save time.
2) Unless you specifically request it cause your build centers around it or something similar, all companions/familiars/mounts/slaves/whatevers act on your own Init. Too confusing to roll them separately unless it's absolutely necessary.
3) Actions are run in Init clumps. These are handled on a first to post, first to act basis for PC's so make sure you're paying attention to what has been posted before you as unless it specifically says it was a Readied or Delayed action, it will happen before your action. Example: I roll init and Crag, Cass and Jonakar are all in a single clump. If Cass were to post first, then his action is considered to have gone first that round among the 3, regardless of his actual init score amongst the 3 of them. If his action is to "Attack the monster that Crag ignores", then I can take that into account and his action will of course happen after Crag's at that point.
4) Related to point 3. If your clump happens to be last in the order but you know what you want to do, feel free to post it anyways. All I ask is that if you do, you leave enough wiggle room or options for me to play with in case the actions that preceed yours would end up nullifying it.
5) At the end of each round, I post an overall summation of the actions that round along with a summary of all the statuses/HP/etc of the various combatants. This is kind of an easy way to also keep track of how many rounds have gone by, etc. While I'm fine with people posting advance actions in a specific round if their init is low, please don't jump ahead into full new rounds of actions. Note: 1 exception to this is if you know you'll be away from the boards for a while during combat, you can give me generic actions/goals for the next few rounds so as to not slow things up and I'll post for you.
6) I use a method stolen from another game on these boards where I keep a link to the latest relevant map at the top of the screen. This way it's always easy to find and reference the map during combat. When appropriate, I will simply note that the map link has been updated in my post to let everyone know when this happens so you can check it out.
That's all I have for now, if you have any questions please feel free to ask and I'll address them.
I should probably take the opportunity to spell out who everyone is in my menagerie.
Samantha is a standard riding dog serving as Esme's pet and carrying her stuff. She will be left with the horses whenever possible and will do whatever is required to avoid combat, despite being combat trained. If the horses are attacked, Samantha will defend them but is trained to flee if hurt. Her harness is for gear and is not suitable for riding.
Ariadne paces Esme in the treetops when outdoors. She never allows Esme to move more than 60 feet from her and I will direct her actions with Esme's every turn.
On a side note, while I'm loathe to give myself any more of a fight in the competition I would recommend any of you that aren't planning on it to submit an entry for this year's RPG Superstar. It's an amazing opportunity that you'd be crazy to pass up. And even though I haven't made it into the brackets in the past myself, I do know that just the attempts have made me a better DM for it. So just my two cents but the worst that can happen is you came up with an item all your own.
Grrrrr....!!! Surprise corporate inspection in the middle of a Saturday night dinner rush!
I shall now take my frustration out on these poor, unfortunate, unknowing undead.
(I actually got a really good score. But, still... I'm annoyed.)
Evening guys!
Just want to give you a heads up that my posting will be limited from this wednesday to the next wednesday. My wife and I are going to be in Hawaii for our anniversary. I'll try to post, but don't hesitate to DMPC me if I can't respond. I will be following along, but whatever I do post will be succinct. Thanks!
-Jonakar
Santa?... Is that you?
As a heads up, obviously with all the holidays coming up things might get a little wonky around here with posting. This is ok and to be expected. If you're able to give us notice that'd be great but I'm not going to assume anyone has dropped the game during this time if their posting is a bit lax. I just ask that everyone be patient with everyone else and we'll work through it.
This being the case, starting the middle of next week (12/20) I'm on vacation from work until the end of the year. I'm not actually going anywhere, being nice and lazy with the wife at home. But as I may have mentioned already, I do the bulk of my regular posting at work so there's the chance that my posting frequency will be a little off for a while. That was already why I was a little slow in updating at the beginning of this week, I was off Mon and Tues. Updates will still happen, they just might not be every hour or so like they are when I'm working lol.
Happy holidays!
I apologize for the double post. I was not very clear on when my initiative was when I posted the first time. I'm still not entirely sure, but I think I go after Crag.
So, the first time I posted in case everyone was waiting on me. I think I said I'm a med student and I had finals this week. I missed a posting day and so posted in a hurry.
Then I thought I was after Crag so I posted what I would do, being aware of the situation.
This is my first PbP game and I'm trying to get a feel for it. Some of the others have been really nice about helping me and so I hope to do better in the future.
Oh no worries, things happen and confusion pops up. No judgements! :-) As I said in the recruitment, we can teach mechanics and pbp tricks no problem.
At this point, just let me know what you want your Round 2 action to be and we'll go from there.
If the bad guys move before I get to go, I will do the evil eye. If they stay stationary, I will throw the web.
Are we on hiatus? Has anyone heard from DM Jonasty? Seen him in other games?
I will continue checking once a day and assume it's holiday shenanigans.
Yeah, I think it's just the holidays.
Hi guys! Back from vacation, and finally have access to a computer so i'll be posting shortly.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from the Caribbean!
We had a huge feast yesterday with our neighbors and their family and today we went to the beach with the dogs.
Our neighbors have been complaining of how cold it is here. I think it made it all the way down to 75 today!
Esme. I hate you.
Sincerely, James in Iowa
Hey all. Just a heads up, I'm back at work but am fighting off the last sludge of a head cold I got on Christmas. Specifically the coughing, which is making my life miserable and killing my sleep. So a little while longer on the break unfortunately. I apologize and I hope you'll all be patient with me. This game is ain't over yet.
Hey all!
I was supposed to have internet for this leg of my trip to the States but it has not materialized. I will not have internet until the 14th. My apologies. I will be back and can post then.
I am still here but don't see any activity. I will continue to check in.
Same.
::gasp::gasp::
Ugh finally able to come up for air. Work has been kicking my ass, dealing with year end reviews for my team amongst many other instances of BS. That plus overall physical fatigue has been screwing up my board presence.
So I'm back now, checking in to see if I still have any of you left. Consider this post a roll call of sorts, see if I still have any of you on board after this long a hiatus. Once I have an idea of who all is still around we'll go from there one way or the other.
I apologize again for the massive delay and lack of info, I've just been so drained this past month or so.
I'm here DMJ and ready to go.
No problem, I'm here.
Still hanging around.
I am here