In light of everyone’s opinions, we’ll adopt Pellius’ suggestions for combat.
• I’ll roll initiative for everyone in the party at the beginning of the combat.
• Following this, all players will have 24 hours to post their actions. Please try and consider how the round might unfold and provide alternative actions if your first is no longer viable. Make rolls for your actions. Your actions will occur in initiative order.
• After 24 hours, I’ll write an account that weaves all your actions into one narrative summary. I’ll also include a spoilerised section that includes tactical and mechanical notes.
If we find this method isn’t working after a few combats we can reassess.
I'm kind of absenting Pyotr from the discussion with Santrian about taking watches, just so I can 'make an entrance' into the scene with Rosenholt. Regardless, Pyotr would dutifully accept a watch, and would be willing to take the least desirable time and station without complaint.
Pyotr, isnt this how Mug is running his combat?
Sadly, I don't know. I was only in that pbp for a very short while before life circumstances forced me to withdraw. So, unfortunately I have no recollection of how he ran combat.
Bonegrit would obviously take a watch wherever needed. Probably towards the middle in case the more heavily armored folks want to be able to have their armor on while taking a turn (first & last).
So far we have Bonegrit on the 'middle of the night' watch.
Pyotr would dutifully accept a watch, and would be willing to take the least desirable time and station without complaint.
Oh you did already. DM is both blind and stupid.
5 characters so 5 watches........Pyotr, Bonegrit and Delkaneth take the middle 3 slots leaving first and last for the casters?
For the sake of having a default schedule, Pellius will take the first watch, leaving the last for Dunagan.
I'll be out for 24 hours. That watch schedule sounds fine =).
If anyone is smart on blacksmithing, metallurgy, etc. and I say something extremely ignorant then please let me know... I try to do a little research, but lately I haven't had much time, so I'm just kind of making it up as I go along =)
@ Dunagan - Don't worry, I'm convinced! Though I can't say I have any smarts on the subject. I'll also try and do a little more research as Dunagan's tale develops.
"Unless Master Ironcoffer asks one of us to act as his second..."
“I would like your assistance,” responds Dierik “but only as my seconds..."
Lol! I suppose I just walked us right into that one!
I suppose I just walked us right into that one!
I have only this to say on that.
If anyone is smart on blacksmithing, metallurgy, etc. and I say something extremely ignorant then please let me know... I try to do a little research, but lately I haven't had much time, so I'm just kind of making it up as I go along =)
I don't know a thing about metallurgy or smithing. But, I do know quite a bit about pontificating, and yours was excellent! =)
I have only this to say on that.
My rebuttal. =)
Pours one out for those who went before.
Ahhh, for me that was the final nail in the coffin of disappointment that was the entirety of the Star Wars prequels.
Bothans are cool though.
It's rather cool that someone's taken to take the time to slice up the Star Wars into ten second moments of quotable Youtube, although you have to wonder whether they could be doing something better with their time.
Hey DM, how do we deal with resting for spell recovery. RAW says 8 hours of 'sleep' and 1 hour of study. I'm assuming we don't need to memorize spells if we haven't 'used them up'.
How long are the days here (or nights rather)?
If possible, I'd like to memorize two 'color sprays'. If not, I'll keep the 'default' list on the PC sheet.
We're quite far north, heading into summer. Sunrise at the moment is around 5am, with sunset at about 8pm.
Watch hours for the party are assumed to be from about 9pm to 5am - 8 hours in total.
On the subject of spell preparation, I'm prepared to give some leeway on RAW. On a typical day with the caravan, Pellius will get six hours sleep and be on watch for two. I'll rule that's still enough sleep to prepare his spells.
Unused spells are retained.
However, tonight he's pulling a three hour shift; only five hours sleep so he'll have to keep his default list. If he really wants to try and prepare two colour sprays, I'd consider allowing a Concentration check to attempt it, but at the risk of losing the spell entirely should he fail. If you're interesting in this option, I'll work out a DC (likely to be challenging but impossible).
Ahhh, for me that was the final nail in the coffin of disappointment that was the entirety of the Star Wars prequels.
Bothans are cool though.
It's rather cool that someone's taken to take the time to slice up the Star Wars into ten second moments of quotable Youtube, although you have to wonder whether they could be doing something better with their time.
Hahaha! Yeah, I think that straw broke quite a few camels' backs. I didn't hate the third as much as a lot of people, and while the "Nooooooo!" was pretty bad, it didn't bother me that much.
But, now of course, it all belongs to Disney. I'm hopeful, but not optimistic. I don't buy the novels anymore, as they've gotten really bad.
We're quite far north, heading into summer. Sunrise at the moment is around 5am, with sunset at about 8pm.
Watch hours for the party are assumed to be from about 9pm to 5am - 8 hours in total.
On the subject of spell preparation, I'm prepared to give some leeway on RAW. On a typical day with the caravan, Pellius will get six hours sleep and be on watch for two. I'll rule that's still enough sleep to prepare his spells.
Unused spells are retained.
However, tonight he's pulling a three hour shift; only five hours sleep so he'll have to keep his default list. If he really wants to try and prepare two colour sprays, I'd consider allowing a Concentration check to attempt it, but at the risk of losing the spell entirely should he fail. If you're interesting in this option, I'll work out a DC (likely to be challenging but impossible).
Sounds fair enough. Pellius will keep his retained spells but for future reference, what would the DC be to prepare spells with less than the required sleep time?
Hmmmm, that should read "challenging, but not impossible."
I think the DC would very much be a case by case scenario, dependent on the amount of sleep gained, existing levels of fatigue (e.g. if you were fighting all through the previous day), the level of the spell, study conditions and so on.
In this particular case I'd go for DC 16. Failure indicates the spell has not been memorised; the spell slot is lost until the caster prepares his spells again.
As for Star Wars, the prequels were a great letdown for me, and it was a shame to see something as potentially epic and poignant as Anakin's fall to the Dark Side dealt with in such a facile manner. Clumsy plotting and terrible acting on the part of Hayden Christensen rankled me so deeply that I'd even go so far as to say I preferred 'The Phantom Menace', Jah-Jah Binks and all. Furthermore, the prequels stripped away a lot of the mystique. Cool as it was to see Yoda kicking ass, I think it was worth more just imagining what that little green guy was capable of. Boba Fett as a faceless, badass bounty hunter with no past, way cool. Boba Fett as an awkward tween kiwi, not cool. Midi-chlorians . . . ho-hum.
I fear the Disney movies will only add to this demystification. Although I'd love to see Mark Hamill in the role of aged Jedi Master, Han Solo in his dotage might be a painful let-down (as Harrison Ford already demonstrated in the Crystal Skull). And Carrie Fisher's golden bikini days are long past!
Though there's been plenty of expanded universe stuff I've liked (The Clone Wars TV series got the tone right), it's a shame if more and more movies tarnish the shine of the original trilogy.
As for the books, I enjoyed the trilogies by Timothy Zahn and Kevin J. Anderson (although admittedly my 30s self might be a bit more discerning in literary standards then the teenage version), but after things went downhill fast. It starts to get silly when every single spare nanosecond of Luke, Leia and Han's lives have been novelised, and every alien in the cantina has copious backstories (wasn't there anyone there who was just stopping by for a drink before going back to the day job?). The Yuz(something) Vong invasion was kind of necessary in order to introduce new villains, but it didn't really feel like Star Wars anymore.
As you can tell though, I'm a great Star Wars fan. I'd love to run an RPG campaign in the Star Wars universe one day (various campaign ideas knock back and forth in my head).
Finally, in defence of the prequels, the light sabre battles were fantastic.
As you can tell though, I'm a great Star Wars fan. I'd love to run an RPG campaign in the Star Wars universe one day (various campaign ideas knock back and forth in my head).
Sounds like a good idea! =)
I tend to agree with both of you. I will say this, if you haven't read the Revenge of the Sith novel. I highly recommend it. It may be the last really good Star Wars novel that has been written. After reading it, you may even find the third prequel more palatable than before. That was definitely the case for me.
Of the many things I hate from the prequels, aside from the whiny, angsty Vader, the one thing that really tends to bother me the most is kind of silly... I hate the extreme proliferation of double-bladed lightsabers. Everyone has one now! In games, comics, books, tv, etc., etc. Before Maul, exactly one person had ever, ever had one in the entire history/cannon of the Star Wars Universe (Exar Kun, if you want some random SW trivia!).
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End of Month is always pretty tough on me. I probably will not have time (or energy) to get something up tomorrow. Should be back on track Monday, though.
Happy Easter!
**Pant, pant, pant** Glad the weekends over. I actually get to have a day off... It's been a while.
Should be good from here on, until, you know, April ends. =)
Whew, crazy Easter weekend. Catching up now.
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Good luck with your computer!
I like the map; it will do wonders for things like distances, flanking, etc.
May I suggest using letters on one side so instead of 'H12/V14', it may look like 'L14'.
Game on!
(note, there is no h16)
Wouldn't it be nice to have a DM that could count into double figures!?
Pleased you like it Pellius. Let's hope that the computer survives its operation, as it's the machine with Photoshop on it, thus allowing me to create like this.
I did consider letters along one axis, but as both axes have more than 26 squares, I'd have to start using something like Aa to denote the extras, which would have made me sad.
By the way, would you mind having another stab at getting your stats under Pellius' profile name. I believe it can be done by modifying the gender box on your profile, though I've never done it myself. Perhaps your brothers in arms can help?
. I've seen both of you use 'Ser' rather than 'Sir', and it makes me curious. Is this an established form of address in Golarion (I'm not widely read in my lore beyond stuff specifically 'Follow the Flood Road' orientated)? Or are you representing your half-orcish accent?
Don't worry about the numbers. When you are typing long strings of sequential numbers, it becomes alarmingly easy to skip one. I do it all the time with dates, when I'm doing schedules and such. =)
The "Ser" title... Hmmm, I can't say there's any reason for it beyond giving things in Golarion a slightly different feel than they would have if you were writing stories about King Arthur or Charlemagne. If it's a problem, I can certainly drop it.
@Pellius: I put the stats in the 'Class/Levels' line. Just /spoiler tag it exactly like you would if you were typing in as text.
@Delkaneth: "Motherless Goat"??? Alright... but we are NOT calling ourselves 'The Five Amigos'! =)
On Ser
No problem, I kinda like it, for the same reasons you used it. A nice alternative to the obvious cultural reference!
I did consider letters along one axis, but as both axes have more than 26 squares, I'd have to start using something like Aa to denote the extras, which would have made me sad.
Yeah, that can hurt the eyes some but I still like 'AA12' instead of 'H27/V12', but I can live with the latter so no worries.
By the way, would you mind having another stab at getting your stats under Pellius' profile name. I believe it can be done by modifying the gender box on your profile, though I've never done it myself. Perhaps your brothers in arms can help?
Done; I'd forgotten about it.
I hope I'm not overstepping but I'm really excited about this new world being developed called Thunderscape, The World of Aden. It's got magic, technology, horror, post-apoc, and really interesting places.
The game is set to be released in August of this year and $15 gets you the PDF of the setting book. I'm really excited about hitting the $18,000 stretch goal which will give everyone who pledged $40 and above electronic copies and print copies of the setting book AND a six part adventure path (a real deal if I ever saw one).
Anyhow, check it out because this is probably where my next PBEM will be in.
Game on!
All I can say, Ser, is that you have excellent taste in TV shows. :)
Ah. I thought you were quoting 'The Three Amigos'.
"El Guapo, you son of a motherless goat!"
I think Song of Fire and Ice is where Ser started, although if I recall it made appearances in the Dragon Age universe as well. I had always fancied it a gender-neutral version of 'sir' though I can see no evidence to support that claim at the moment. Maybe I made that distinction up.
Pel; thanks for the stats. Another pinickity observation from your DM - could you specify how many crossbow bolts you have on your character sheet? I guess it should be ten.
On the other media tangents; loved the three amigos when I was a kid, firefly is also my first stop for insults (i think i might have already called someone a motherless goat somewhere upthread . . .), and I'm probably the only person on these messageboards who's never seen Game of Thrones. I'm sure I'll love it when I get round to it, but I don't have a TV so I'm rather behind the rest of the world.
I'll check out Aden . . . so many game worlds, so little time!
Pel; thanks for the stats. Another pinickity observation from your DM - could you specify how many crossbow bolts you have on your character sheet? I guess it should be ten.
Right, I added 10 bolts to the character sheet.
I'm finally able to devote some time to the game =) Great RP... Just waiting for my alignment to start shifting to Lawful Neutral. It is easy to be 'good' in a good aligned city... another thing to be good in the wilds.
Sorry for the complete silence, today. I've been at work since 8am... It's now 11pm... I'm too tired to see straight. I'll have a post in the morning.
*YAAAAWWWWWNNNNNNNN...... Night all.
No worries Pyotr, you're far from the only one. My wife needs the laptop this evening, so I'll save updating the Gameplay thread until tomorrow, when hopefully we'll have a few more posts.
Sweet dreams everyone! :-)