Right now it is a bit of a interactive prologue, so you can get a feel for how the Town and the people of Falcon's Hollow have changed over the 7 years.
The Next day is when things start rolling.
@AZ,
WC inviting Noya to join her in the woman's bath is my way of letting you decide whether WC moves on or not.
• Noya joins her = continue the conversation
• WC is alone in the bath = my next post has her dressed and exploring the town
• WC is not alone in the bath = she tries talking to a woman there, preferably her own age... which could lead to a friendship or proof that the succubus touch makes WC somewhat of an outcast
Forgot to Add Rumours in game after the prologue post.
I'll try to get them up after I get them all down and checked.
Kinshara Medaan has dropped out of the game.
So do we stick as is, or get a new player?
I would vote for getting a new player. It would bolster the game's posting rate, and it's always nice giving someone new a chance to play.
If there's an interested player, I'm fine with having someone new join the party.
Let’s add a player especially if we are adventuring I’m sure they would come in handy
Alright put up a recruitment post notice.
some Rumours that I forgot to post up
1. 7 years ago Kabran Bloodeye fled the hollow after his barge was raided.
2. 7 years ago Kabran Bloodeye was Killed off by Mr Kreed to shut him up before he was caught and cold reveal Mr Kreed's involvement with the Slave ring.
3. 7 years ago the Redrock guild was controlled indirectly by Mr Kreed through a beautiful woman.
4. The Red Rock guild still lives on they just are rebuilding themselves slowly.
5. 7 years ago during the Fall Festival that Mr Kreed help fund for the first time had a criminal running through town via the roof tops or disguised at ground level only to be caught outside of town by some bounty hunters.
6. Over 7 years ago A demoness hid itself in town and cursed the town as it ran from town, which in turn caused the day everyone forgot and the high number of tiefling births the following year.
7. Mr Kreed spiked the Wine he gave everyone on the day everyone forgot so he could do something to control the people, and not what was said later in that a bottle of a rare wine that had a aphrodisiac effect accidently got mixed into the batch of wine served.
8. The Bathhouse and the Busty Minotaur pay a bit of cash to Mr Kreed under the table so that Mr Kreed's men don't do anything to two places.
9. The Bathhouse has and had been reserved by some assassins wanting to do business in private and in comfort while making their deals and arrangements and they are never work while in or within 500ft of the Bathhouse as if it were a rule.
10. Hu runs a very small private invite only underground casino under the Bathhouse. The cash made is used to pay for illegal additives to the bathwater.
1. Unknown
2. False
3. Half-truth
4. False
5. forth-truth
6. Truth (but also missing some truth)
7. False
8. False
9. True
10. False
Now I was planning this before Kinshara's departure was confirmed,
I was Planning on running another Game (a short one) in parallel with this one, using this Exact Game's World just a bit into the future, with players playing as one of their children, (In Wu Chen's case as either a Older Wu Chen or another one of Kojima-San's children.)
This could also be a chance to snag other possible new players for this game, hence why I bring it up.
So would any of you be up for the Idea?
For me, it's easier to focus my character on one timeline at a time. I don't actually want to play as the half-sibs.
To put it another way, WC just aged from 12 to 19, so the current timeline already has a lot of new and interesting developments to deal with. I want to focus on the current age.
(Not sure if players with kids feel differently.)
The Side adventure is planned as either 20 years into the future, or a different view point of the current module.
I don't think I could satisfactorily keep up with another game, so I would have to decline.
I’m fine either way but I really want to start using more than 1st level spells to see what else my characters could do. I would prefer playing a spellcaster but otherwise I’m okay either way.
I'll drop that planned side adventure them.
Though thinking of running one of my experimental ideas.
Well met everyone and thank you DM Azure_Zero for the invite, even though (surprisingly) no one else applied. I will be taking a seat as Thorion Trepador, a quiet, expressionless priest of Pharasma. Although the character’s demeanor is somewhat reclusive, this shouldn’t take away from his ability to role-play. He regularly exhibits a lack of judgment in his interactions with others which sometimes results in commentary that can be a bit out of touch. That being said, he genuinely doesn’t mean to be offensive. Simply put, he has no filter and states what he thinks.
I read in one of the post on the recruitment thread that characters should be level 2? If this is correct let me know and I will level Thorion up tonight. I look forward to an interesting and fun game.
Yep everyone is Level 2
I'll need some time to figure out where and how to put you in...
Not a problem, just let me know the particulars and I will roll with it.
Ok, Thorion should now be up to date at level 2.
Welcome!
I'm playing a Tien child-nun-turned-semi-succubus. That happened (in-game) seven years ago. I'm still getting a feel for how the character deals with the changes. I imagine she comes off as a very attractive young lady, and that there are misconceptions about her because of what she is. (Semi-is.)
I won't clear up these misconceptions here though. You can meet her in-game. She is also respectful (or intends to be) and honest (to a fault).
It'd be quarter, not semi, as semi means Half.
Welcome!
I'm playing a Tien child-nun-turned-semi-succubus. That happened (in-game) seven years ago. I'm still getting a feel for how the character deals with the changes. I imagine she comes off as a very attractive young lady, and that there are misconceptions about her because of what she is. (Semi-is.)
I won't clear up these misconceptions here though. You can meet her in-game. She is also respectful (or intends to be) and honest (to a fault).
1/4 succubus...interesting. Aside from being seductively attractive, does she have any other obvious features? Wings, tail, horns, hooves, etc?
Nope. She passes for human, but does have red streaks in her hair. Her right eye is gold; her left, jade green. If you splash her with holy water, the sizzling sound will be a tell-tale sign. (Not sure about the sizzle, but I take 1 damage from holy water.)
Nope. She passes for human, but does have red streaks in her hair. Her right eye is gold; her left, jade green. If you splash her with holy water, the sizzling sound will be a tell-tale sign. (Not sure about the sizzle, but I take 1 damage from holy water.)
Thanks for the insight. It helps to understand visual specifics when it comes time to (RP).
I'm starting to get an idea of how to get you in, it's a bit hackish, but it'll half to do.
some Rumours for the newcomer
1. 7 years ago Kabran Bloodeye fled the hollow after his barge was raided.
2. 7 years ago Kabran Bloodeye was Killed off by Mr Kreed to shut him up before he was caught and cold reveal Mr Kreed's involvement with the Slave ring.
3. 7 years ago the Redrock guild was controlled indirectly by Mr Kreed through a beautiful woman.
4. The Red Rock guild still lives on they just are rebuilding themselves slowly.
5. 7 years ago during the Fall Festival that Mr Kreed help fund for the first time had a criminal running through town via the roof tops or disguised at ground level only to be caught outside of town by some bounty hunters.
6. Over 7 years ago A demoness hid itself in town and cursed the town as it ran from town, which in turn caused the day everyone forgot and the high number of tiefling births the following year.
7. Mr Kreed spiked the Wine he gave everyone on the day everyone forgot so he could do something to control the people, and not what was said later in that a bottle of a rare wine that had a aphrodisiac effect accidently got mixed into the batch of wine served.
8. The Bathhouse and the Busty Minotaur pay a bit of cash to Mr Kreed under the table so that Mr Kreed's men don't do anything to two places.
9. The Bathhouse has and had been reserved by some assassins wanting to do business in private and in comfort while making their deals and arrangements and they are never work while in or within 500ft of the Bathhouse as if it were a rule.
10. Hu runs a very small private invite only underground casino under the Bathhouse. The cash made is used to pay for illegal additives to the bathwater.
That is fine, go with it, as I forgot the premonition stuff
Pharasma’s disciplines and doctrines known as "The Bones Land in a Spiral.” I have been told that the religious text was uncovered somewhere in the area, but I haven’t been able to discern where. Perhaps you have head something about it?”
This is not the book we found that was written in dwarven is it? Also I can’t remember if we found anything else that might be related to what he is asking about including books or scrolls etc
Nope the "The Bones Land in a Spiral.” book is not in the vale as far as you know.
An early heads-up:
I will be offline for 3 weeks in July. I'm going to Hong Kong and Japan, and there's no way I can keep up with PbP's while I'm away. I plan to jump back in-game shortly after my return to the US.
Happy Easter, everyone.
I might take time today to watch Cecil B. DeMille's Last Movie
as it is also that time of year.
Thanks, AZ! Happy Easter, everyone!
Currently dissolving those Paas tablets in vinegar so my daughters can (finally) dye eggs.
@AZ, when I read your post, this three second video clip is what popped into my head:
[Gene Wilder as the Waco Kid]
Happy Easter everyone.
Oops... that's my Happy Easter post up there. The Vermilion Vixen is my vigilante from my other game(s) on this site.
In my current post, my thinking is that my youngest sib is roughly a year old. (All three of my daughters walked within a week of their first b-day.) If the age of the 7th year baby is under nine months, please ignore that first step comment.
Currently Vona is Pregnant, and Not had him yet.
Complete Adventurer is a old D&D 3.5 book from the complete series.
The old complete series had a section that gave a number of skills other uses then what was listed in the core book.
Hey all,
I've decided to bow out of this campaign. Between family/travel plans, art projects and the day job, I need to reduce the number of RPGs I'm involved in.
Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you AZ for inviting me to begin with!
~L. Sidekick
Thanks for the heads up Wu Chen. Sucks your leaving, but RL should be first.
Hoping they got everything fixed now.....
Seeing my last post stated that Thorion broke off and headed to his room, am I correct in assuming that at some point we all got together for this next encounter?
Yes, and you can be in the back of the group if you want to keep a low profile.
Moving OOC from Gameplay to OOC
As you mentioned, Thorion would be unaware of the efforts thus fare spent on uncovering the secrets revolving around the room. (Character motivations) Up to this point, Thorion’s only motivation is to recover the book or any information about the book that the church originally sent him to recover. The small inconvenience revolving around the slaver was, well, nothing more than a necessary distraction. Truthfully, he couldn’t give two squats about the slaver unless he interfered with his ability to investigate the book. That being said, his participation in the last encounter was more to gain the confidence of those he met in the hidden room than to actually prevent the slaver from collecting his prey. Up to this point, Thorion’s only possible lead has been that mysterious room with the mirrors and he feels that those he met in the room were not yet comfortable enough with him to be forth coming with their knowledge. He is willing to spend some time seeing if (1.) Darion can be persuaded to share what he has discovered about the room, or (2.) to determine if the room is linked in some way to the book. That being said, he will not invest seven years in this process. From my understanding, he has already spent a sizable amount of time in this small community with no real leads. That is aside from the mysterious room. The rumors he has heard about the bathhouse has him a bit curious about a possible black-market, but he is skeptical about approaching the place. Thorion will spend three days gathering information in regards to any potential black-market trade that might exist in the community (focused more specifically on the bath house). If nothing comes out of that investigation then he will spend 2 weeks interacting with those he met in the mysterious room. If he is unable to find a connection between the room and the book he will then seek out a mount and plan on heading to Olfden. Hopefully they will have better documentation and (or) chronicles of history revolving around the region. He might be able to find some information about the room or book there.
If you've been in town for a while and should know Luk is an archivist meaning he's the guy in charge of the archives, not only locally but also did so in a much bigger city before being assigned to work in Falcon's Hollow.
Now getting to the black market that may or may not exist in Falcon's Hollow would be a challenge, as this is a small town, the local underworld may not want to open up to outsiders fearing being stung especially after they may of seen you with the sheriff.
Also if this is a lost copy of a old rare religious book, then yeah it'll be hard to find records of it, especially if it is a stolen book.
Their is no thief dumb enough to steal a rare book and leave records of it. Now a thief may of hidden it in a ruin in the area and left few to no clues about it as those could get him caught or lose of his hard work in stealing it in the first place.
You should also be checking to see if the Consortium document that described an extended volume of "The Bones Land in a Spiral" was real in the first place and not some con artist's scam to make a quick buck.
Ask who was it that turned in the document, did they ask for a reward for information, etc.
Since these questions were not answered in the back story, I set the answers to them as a GM, so the document could be true and it's there, or the document is fake and it's not there.
Maybe Thorion should question the document as it may have clues to the truth and if true might itself give a lead.
You should also be checking to see if the Consortium document that described an extended volume of "The Bones Land in a Spiral" was real in the first place and not some con artist's scam to make a quick buck.
The LC is rather powerful and has a lot of influence in the whole Darkmoon Vale.
And Only those in the Top of the LC would know anything of "special books," and they pretty much own the town, with Mr Kreed controlling the town.
Now a rare book could be stolen and leave record of it's theft, simple; make people assume it's been destroyed.
As for sources you could go to the archivist and ask if he knows anything,
you could request from your superiors info about the document, etc
There is more then the room as a source of info, and the room is not tied to the book at all.