Dungeon World PBP play (Inactive)

Game Master Elsine

Errr...how do I start a new campaign?

You go here and click new thread at the top.

I reeeeeally wanna play, but I'm starting a new job so I have no idea how it will affect my posting habits.

What have I done?!?

Sorry guys, might be another day or two... kinda getting slammed by life ATM

All good. Take your time.

Take all the time you need. Provided Blake responds in a timely manner, are you ok with us moving forward in KoB? I can autopilot Holly until you’re ready to pop back in.

yeah. Knowing Yorick, you won't have to for too long

I learned about Blades in the Dark yesterday and now I’m obsessed so I made a campaign for it. I may have a PbP addiction...

A guy I have gamed with has been making a tutorial series on BitD. You might find it useful.

Now, having already been warned that the cuffs are super dangerous, I should be more worried about what they're going to do once they're put on, but I also figure that whatever does happen will be interesting.

My first thought was to just cuff Sarah, but then I started trying to figure out how that would happen, like, with Sarah pressed up against a wall, and Roshan being built like a brick wall, it would be hard to cuff both hands.

Then Conwall had to go and plant it in my head that there's more than one way this could go, so now the question is:

Does Cassandra cuff Sarah to Roshan, or herself? Is this a good time for a Loyalty roll?

I'd say so. Roshan is acting SUPER erratically so it really could go either way.

. . . I missed you. The other was wrong.

I think you mean "The other was wRong"

So wRong.

Oh man, I read that as there were two voices in the spear and one was like "we missed you" and the other was like "Uh, I mean *I* missed you, that other guy who just talked misspoke." and I was like "You guys are comically bad at this..."

Oh man, I read that as there were two voices in the spear and one was like "we missed you" and the other was like "Uh, I mean *I* missed you, that other guy who just talked misspoke." and I was like "You guys are comically bad at this..."

I intentionally made it vague and weird. Weird is good.

Also, I hope my internal monologue with weapon doesn't step on your toes with your heirloom move. Mine doesn't ever give me anything useful.

Conwall wrote:

Also, I hope my internal monologue with weapon doesn't step on your toes with your heirloom move. Mine doesn't ever give me anything useful.

Neither does mine...

Roshan drops onto the floor, her armor and weapons crashing together against the floor. "[b]The town is plagued, the nobles have been manipulated into amassing materials to burn down the effected areas, and perhaps the whole city. Demons, elder things, elves... everyone seems to want a part in ending the first truly human-ruled settlement.

Is it? I thought most settlements that we've visited have been human-ruled. Am I wrong on that?

As opposed to ruled by humans who are ruled by gods.

Oh, right.

do the templars not consider themselves ruled ny Hebron, at least posthumously?

The templars teach that Hebron abdicated his rule and left the humans to their own devices. Some take that to mean they should find a new ruling God, some believe humans should each choose a personal God, and some believe the age of Gods is ending. All of them hunt transgressors(demons), because this isn't their plane to rule.

It's not clear whether the Gods reside in a subplane like the spirit or shadow planes, or a separate plane, like wherever the transgressors came from. The templars are not currently planeswalkers, nor do they have access to that kind of information, but someone who can make portals might know better what the difference is. Hell is said to be a different kind of plane altogether, but it's not really laid out in details how it is different other than being a good place to trap the transgressors after the war. It's implied that it's not meant to be so easy to get out of.

As a heads up, my posting schedule may be erratic for a while. Got a new baby to take care of! If it becomes problematic, let me know and I'll bow out.

Congrats! Playing by post is a great way to pass the time when the baby falls asleep on you and you're too scared to move.

Congrats! Playing by post is a great way to pass the time when the baby falls asleep on you and you're too scared to move.

Awesome!

Congratulations. I think a slowed rate will be fine, we're kinda in a down-time-ish arc at the moment anyway.

Have I ever mentioned how it occasionally strikes me just how big the age gulf here is. Most (maybe all) of you have kids, and I can't legally drink for another 9 days, and it's really cool that we get to game here, because there are really low odds that we would have met or gamed in meatspace, and I'm glad I got the opportunity to.

EOS!

Alignment: Outwit a formidable opponent ... I think I outwitted that cult leader when escaping? +1

New and Important: All the stuff with the mountain cult and the aboleth's, plus Sarah etc. +1

Notable enemy: Sarah/wRong/cult leader +1

Notable loot: Cultist's spellbook maybe? We never really discussed what it meant that it has a bunch of new-to-Ron spells in it. Did the rest of you loot anything memorable?

Bonds: I don't think so. I wasn't really with the group this session.

+3 or +4 maybe. Not enough to level.

Napping, and changing my prepared spells to:

Shadow Walk

After napping I'd like to acquire a shield. Either buying it or taking it off a guard with the duchess' permission.

Alignment: Bring peace to the tormented.
Don't know if I could call out a specific instance of this one.

Lore: Conwall is related to demons.

Enemy: Sarah

Loot: Cursed Cuffs?

Bonds:
Tom has shown me the complexity of faith. I can confide in him things I would not tell the others. Resolving and replacing with: "With all that has happened, I must petition Hebron for answers. It will take more than simple prayer to do so."

Are all elves Godless jocular nihilists nominally distinct from demons, or it that just Conwall? I think to understand him, I would have to understand his culture. replacing with "Conwall and I have more in common than I thought. We should talk..."

Ron is dabbling in more than casual heresy. I haven't really addressed this one.

I need to make things right with Belym. Definitely haven't touched this one.

Looks like 5xp, putting Roshan at 9/12

Are all elves Godless jocular nihilists nominally distinct from demons

Can I mention how happy I was when this bond was written

Alignment: Defend someone weaker than I.
I must have done that since March, right?

Lore: Elves are demon-spawn.

Enemy: Sarah

Loot: Those ghost-handcuffs were cool.

Bonds:
I find Tom's' faith puzzling, how can he speak to a god whose tree he has never visited? Resolving and replacing with: "I have to find a way to reveal our demon connections without destroying elven society"

Ron's faith in Norwhich seems misplaced, I must expand his viewpoint. Didn't touch this one...

Belym seeks more of her kind. I'll help her find them I didn't REALLY help her find them...but she did find them and I helped keep her alive until they showed up so...yes? Replacing this with The threat that challenges the dwarves may be related to the Asmodeans, I should learn more.

Roshan seems to be competent, but closed minded. I can help her be more tolerant. I haven't touched that one and it's going to be...interesting now that we have some common ground.

Looks like 6xp, putting Conwall at 20/12, so I'll be leveling up.

Taking Superior Warrior: When you hack and slash on a 12+ you deal your damage, avoid their attack, and impress, dismay, or frighten your enemy.

Raising my Con to 16.

Leaving me with 8/13 XP.

Lore: Doppelgangers are a thing, elves are demons, plague is aboleth-created, and there's a captive golem somewhere.

Loot: Ghost cuffs. (Did Sarah/Sephrahime have anything?)

Enemy: wRong, Sarah

Alignment: Use your Conduit to help someone at cost to your body - pretty sure I've triggered that with a 7-9 at some point.

Bonds: I'll have to mull on this a little bit, think my bond with Ron might need an update.

4 XP brings me to 12/14.

I completely forgot about the captive golem!

If it turns out Eloen is in on the occult dealings, Roshan will burn the city down herself.

If it's just that it would be hard to explain why Lady Jodithas would offer the information, or where the information came from otherwise, I'm sure we can figure something out.

Look at the last entry on the list.

Deeply regretting my prepared spell choices right about now.

I think I may have lost the thread here. Is there more we need to do in town before we confront this cult? The cultist leader seemed to want my help to open a door to the aboleth lair, but was convinced he would be able to do it a bit slower without my help.

So, I owe you guys a pretty big apology. I think I accidentally hit the x next to the "_ new posts " notification for this game, and instead of checking it manually, just wondered why no one was posting even though it was very clearly the players initiative.

Anyway, I'm really sorry, but as I'm actually in the process of moving, I won't be able to update until tomorrow (day after tomorrow for anyone on Pacific time or later. Turns out getting internet in a freaking hill town is a problem

I've done it before too Volsung.

Ron would like to purchase:

4 throwing knives
3 healing potions
2 bandages
and a shield that looks really badass

Cost: 179 gold. I've deducted it from my party gold list.

Could the shield be of the same type that the duchess personal guard uses? Same crest etc. I just want these cultists to know that the Duchess sends her regards.

3 healing potions, 150 gold.

3 healing potions, 150 gold.

Updated.

One bag of books "scavenged" from a nearby, abandoned property, but otherwise valued at 10 gold.

Roshan and I on the main guy, Belym and Conwall on the cultists?

I can focus on defending and helping Roshan to avoid those hits.

The defend move kind of gets crazy at higher levels.

Definitely an underrated move.

Yeah. It's not *too* crazy compared to a melee class rolling H&S for 1d10+1d6+1d4+4 or something, but it beats the snot out of a caster trying to melee for 1d4 :p though I definitely also just handed the DM a golden opportunity, basically explicitly ignoring defense in order to counterattack. Without Elemental Defense I'd be expecting to lose a massive chunk of HP at best.

Loving Roshan's You-Shall-Not-Pass moment.

I wouldn't be too upset if it only modified or delayed the next doom roll. She's just trying to buy the team time because at this rate the Abolethi are going to poach the party's brains in another couple rounds.

Because of my spell choices, I'm feeling fairly underprepared for Uxfaris' final form.

It kind of seems like there are no cultists left in the room. Once that is confirmed, I suppose I'll charge right at Uxfaris.

The alias dropdown isn't working for me...

Weird. It's working for me on Chrome for MacOS

Had a page I'm developing in debug limbo in the background. XP