Eldbale's The Dragon's Demand

Game Master Brominate

Sorry it's taken me so long to post (though I love reading the conversations y'all come up with!). A few temporary situations at work will have me away from my main computer nearly all day this week and next week. I'll post at least once a day, though.

Seems to me we're doing fine timing-wise. This is moving along at least as quickly as I would have expected. Thanks for the time you're putting in and keeping us moving along!

Catching all the steps people have made can be tricky, but it's one of the things that we navigate with collaborative story telling. I imagine it's not the last time we'll think that a party member is in (at least) two spots at the same time.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

So I'm not posting this in the main thread because I want to check here and see what people think first. Seeing Stone make his preparations (not unreasonable at all ooc,) and based on their last exchange, this is what I think Yantri would be likely to do. On the other hand, from a game perspective I'm not looking to cause trouble for the group and the group dynamic. Is this something that people would object to?

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Seeing Stone's very deliberate preparations, Yantri walks over to him and speaks in a gentle, friendly tone. "In the country a fine conversation is rare. The social connection, one of the vital parts of a person's center must be more easily be found in the city with all the people and crossings of paths that occur. My uncle used to come and engage me in conversations when we had the chance, his words would draw me out and truly engage with me as he sought to learn from me while I learned from him in a way only two people with a respect for each could do. I remember the feeling. Only those blessed enough to have companions around them who were interested in establishing a connection would have it in this form for a casual interaction. It was outstanding.

"Sadly, what I'm doing now isn't having a conversation. I'm telling you something unsolicited and not seeking your participation at all. But sometimes that's how people talk to one another. I see you're being sure to prepare yourself thoroughly while we wait. That's a good idea. You should finish up, sure in the knowledge that you're helping the success of this expedition. I'm sure that I don't need to remind you to take a look at Sheridan's scrapes. We'll be sure to wait till you're sure we've got the best chances of success we can manage in these trying circumstances."

Yantri gives her sweetest smile to the acolyte, marred somewhat by her terrible scars, and the goes back to maintaining her Musket, waiting for everyone to finish their current tasks.

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I don't know what Stone would be doing mid or long term in terms of character, so I don't know how useful this is for him to interact to.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

Sorry, I just saw this - I'll edit my post. Regarding your post's content, I'd be interested in this as well.

Stone - are you being deliberately antagonistic toward Yantri and I, as a character choice? Completely fine if so - its your character, and that's how stories are written.

Stone isn’t dragging things out. He is just getting ready for preassault. Think Rambo putting on all his stuff or a police officer throwing on a rifle and extra gear before running into a bank robbery call. Yantri wrote she was looking around to see what people were doing, so I was writing that in. It was also for the DM to know I had a crossbow loaded and a spell prepared. I was also giving Sheridan a chance to post since we had posted so much, which is awesome! I have other games that it has gotten to just dice rolls.

If Yantri would say that there isn’t any problem with it.

Also, the thing about the grappling hook? I was totally scouring the net for some reference to a rope or length and I couldn't find any. My "who sells a grappling hook with no rope" was a comment on the SRD and my own reading comprehension.

I always have such a hard time managing carrying capacity...

Also, the thing about the grappling hook? I was totally scouring the net for some reference to a rope or length and I couldn't find any. My "who sells a grappling hook with no rope" was a comment on the SRD and my own reading comprehension.

I always have such a hard time managing carrying capacity...

Which, of course, is why you have Ngai :)

Having slept on it myself, I think that Yantri and Stone have finished an exchange a bit too recently for her to want to say that yet. She's going to save it for sometime after we've had some downtime, and she would have had a chance to think up that wording, which would be fairly deliberate. It'll probably come in the future, but I need to separate time passing for me and time passing for her.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

I am so thankful that result came out well. I was fully expecting another natural 1 so that Kane just looks up and goes "AN EVEN BIGGER MYSTERY! What are these two catfish doing so far from any body of water!?"

It would strain credulity of Kane Callahan the Academic.

I posted that Ngai is opening the trap door, but if anybody wants to stop her to take actions first, I'm fine with it. Its just that I'll be unavailable the rest of the day.

Eldbale - Glad you picked up on the mild-mannered thing. Playing her a bit like Bruce Banner in the movies - always angry, but keeping a tight lid because if she lets it go she really lets it go.

It's definitely a nice change of pace from a lot of bloodragers that are essentially HULK SMASH all the time.

Someone else should probably light a torch, perhaps someone that only needs one hand free. I'm going to be tossing mine about, since i use a 2 handed weapon.

Stone has a light spell cast on his holy symbol. I imagine he might pull it out if needed (though his hands are currently being used on the crossbow.)

Oh yeah, that's right.

Sheridan got healed, may want to update your stat line :)

Gah, thanks. Swear I had. Must have gotten eaten in this fabulous mobile update we're suffering through.

I will ask that when you are injured, to update it in the Stat slide as well. I'll do my best, but I'm bound to overlook something or forget entirely from time to time.

If i wasn't raging, I'd use my move action to pinch Sheridan's butt.

So Kane hasn't posted.I am wondering if he missed he is up?

does he A) try to hit it with a battle axe +3 to hit 1d8+2 or
does he b) try to ray of frost it?
or c) something totally different?

I’ll never use someone’s limited ability when botting unless they ask me to. We'll go ahead and roll melee for him.

Are we in a new round or is combat over?

Based on how GM Eldbale posted in the game thread I bet you could make a move. If you kill it before attacks of opportunity that's easy enough to write as a fine story. For myself, I don't get an AOO as I don't have the feats that I'd need for that with a Musket. For now I'm happy to let some others get some hits in, so I'm not posting in thread immediately.

After the attacks of opportunity, it will be a new round. You don't have to make an attack if you don't want to.

Once all AoO's are resolved, anyone (except me ^_^) can take their turn in any order you want. So if you want to scheme here or something, that's fine.

That goes for really any battle or puzzle, btw. If y'all want to think of creative solutions to a battle or something, feel free to put it in spoilers so I don't necessarily know what's going on until you try it.

Sorry! My birthday was this weekend, so... got pulled away! I'm back and ready to exterminate some pests!

Glad your back! Happy belated birthday! I had you swing your ax towards the red creature as a "field test".

Kane is currently covered in exploded insect guts and carapace fragments, by the way. ;)

heh

Happy birthday! Here's your bug guts!

Thank you! Also, gonna fix up my post, got it in a few minutes late.

Also, no problem! That's what Prestidigtation is for!

I forgot to ask Eldbale - the rubble on the right side of the room - is that completely filling that hole, and is it negotiable to the other side? We would have seen in when we first came down the ladder.

Good question. It completely fills the room, cannot be navigated, negotiated or reasoned with, bribed, threatened, or seduced. A lot of the rubble you see is added flare (most of it not by me, but the creator of the map.) HOWEVER, there is some rubble in this room that can be "negotiated", but not for leaving this chamber.

Which reminds me!

(Whenever we finish a "dungeon" or "location", I'll probably add a slide that shows the original artwork for the module, because it's not fair for such hard work, and beautifully done, to be seen by only the GM.)

Happy Birthday Kane's avatar!

Indeed! Happy Birthday Kane!

Many thanks! Had myself a good one! Finally got my hands on a Final Fantasy game (FF4 for the DS) and... boy. I can see why folks like it. But boy does it kick you in the pants sometimes!

“As the door sounded their entry to anyone nearby, Sheridan's glow sputtered and died, his hair separating into coal-black locks.”

@Sheridan, I love your descriptions of your Ifrit. He is like a live coal.

@everyone, it was actually Sheridan’s mention of calling Stone a “Battle Cleric” and the opening exchanges that has kind of morphed my character into this kinda “Sarge” persona.

Please don’t think if you guys dismiss his suggestions I as a player am going to nerd rage or anything. It’s just writing for the character.

Also he isn’t being sarcastic at all right now, more like us vet soldier trying to help a small group of post apocalyptic survivors. Just sharing his thoughts on one way to skin a cat. Not being condescending, and not trying to come off as making orders, he is speaking clipped and direct like you would in a battlefield situation though.

Your characters would see he is actually actively covering you with his bow or drawing his sword and stepping up to cover your exposed sides, etc.

@Stone I Understand, and appreciate the explanation.

Just wondering though - are we sure its wise to split the party? I mean, we're pretty buff 1st level characters, but we are still 1st level. But I'll go along with whatever the group thinks is best.

Not to mention you and Kane have the only light sources at the moment, so I'd be scouting blind. My first purchase when we get some money is going to be an ioun torch :)

if it is a whole complex then we wouldn’t split the party. Think like moving down a high school hallway. We open a door that leads into a science room, maybe even with a small separate office. Two sweep the room, three are holding the hallway. If a fight happens in the room additional people enter. One person stays near the door to hold the hallway and watch the escape route.

If you open a hallway door and it opens into the gym-cafeteria kitchen, and locker room complex you would have to move into that as a group.

I dunno if I agree considering how those bugs popped up, but we can give it a go.

Btw everyone, if you're using mobile a lot aren't able to move your token, feel free to ask someone to move it to your desired location.

Throwing it out there. Don't want anyone to feel like they can't post until they get home to their computer or something.

I think I failed a Spot check

If so, we have successfully maintained formation, and have therefore won the day.

I think I failed a Spot check

Technically, yes. But I'll go ahead and tell you now there won't be any combat in this room. You failed to spot something else. So feel free to keep looking around.

No worries - just saw an opportunity to use my favorite OOTS joke.

I nearly died laughing. I immediately shared it with my IRL group on our google hangout.

I'm too lazy to look it up, but are we talking goblin ninjas in the comic? That's an early one.

I can't wait till we go up a level. Or down one? It's so confusing.

Hey players! I've made a few changes! I believe this originally came from Sheridan (if I'm wrong...well, let's say I'm not. I'm the GM and 100% infallible! ....), so if you don't like it, you know who to blame.

You'll notice a new link at the top of the page labeled Player Handouts & Current Quests. I've moved everything from the Maps & Info slides that wasn't a Map or the Stat page, and put it there. Then I renamed Maps & Info to Maps & Stats.

Maps & Stats has player editing.
This is essentially not changing, except it'll be less cluttered.

Handouts and Quests is view only.
I'll include people you meet, quests you get, original artwork and
whatever else I want in this file.

I hope the fact I have so many links won't be bothersome for you.
Again, honest feedback is always appreciated.

I am guilty of having not seen the map earlier. I am posting from my phone almost always.

The new organization looks just fine to me. Everything is easy enough to locate and I'd rather have too many things to look through than too few (I don't think we're at either.)

This has absolutely nothing to do with what is going on in the gameplay, but I just took a browse through the background generator and... I may have accidentally made Kane REALLY high up on the nobility chain!

To quote:

Duke: You are the child of a duke or duchess, the most powerful noble in the realm apart from the royal family. Your parents attend directly to the monarch and have the highest place at court. Your lands, titles, and estates are significant, and many lords and knights serve under your parents' command.

So, uh... when I said he was the son of a Duke, I didn't know he was a mere couple steps from the crown of Taldor itself! It also makes his disinterest in his parent's court all the more telling... unless the GM would like me to lower his rank, I'm totally gonna keep that and play off it!

This is like that rich kid who hangs out with his middle class friends not realizing what a big deal with family's name actually is.

This has absolutely nothing to do with what is going on in the gameplay, but I just took a browse through the background generator and... I may have accidentally made Kane REALLY high up on the nobility chain!

To quote:

Quote:

Duke: You are the child of a duke or duchess, the most powerful noble in the realm apart from the royal family. Your parents attend directly to the monarch and have the highest place at court. Your lands, titles, and estates are significant, and many lords and knights serve under your parents' command.

So, uh... when I said he was the son of a Duke, I didn't know he was a mere couple steps from the crown of Taldor itself! It also makes his disinterest in his parent's court all the more telling... unless the GM would like me to lower his rank, I'm totally gonna keep that and play off it!

This is like that rich kid who hangs out with his middle class friends not realizing what a big deal with family's name actually is.

You're like Sinatra, and we're the rest of the Rat pack :)

Your birth order is also real important. If you are third born you don’t have a title, but your parents are still rich and important.