Also I'd like to know how we proceed. As of now everyone got to talk with Jimmy, tactics are clear, fun was had. We got a lot out of a sailing trip that is no original part of the adventure.
Do you have something left that you would like to do onboard, or could I write a nice post about two more uneventful days of sea travel after everyone hits the bunk tonight?
I like messing around with Gwen, so as long as there will be more opportunity for that whenever it happens, I'm Happy
Also added in a better version of the fishing via editing posts
I'm on your fish already.
I also like that part very much but it would help to have new experiences to talk about. We have to come up with something to still get quality time for these two when Oz jumps in, like him having some time with someone else of the party. We'll see about that.
As for Riddleport, please give me a rough idea what you want to do there, before walking into the woods, as I might have to read up on the town first.
And as a piece of free up front information: You will not get more detailed information about the possible enemies in the Lurkwood. If the prepper in Jimmy should speak up again :o)
Thank you Foxy, I'll think about Riddleport a bit... I need to duck for a little while again
Apologies for the confusion. That said, you have a reply.
@Jimmy
Please take your time to think about Riddleport, because that is tomorrows cup of tea. If you like we could kill that fish together now, or call it a day. Your choice.
Bluff for? Im so confused now
@Jimmy
From now on I add the recipient here. I just needed a roll for Oz and the diceroller doesn't work on private posts.
Yeah, sorry about that. This is my first time doing all of this so I thought rolling dice worked elsewhere. I was mistaken. Also, Update for Foxy.
@Jimmy
You did some fishing in real life?
You have a big fish on a hook the twine in your hands. The fish is far from helpless, it wildly flays around jumping 3 to 5 foot in te air if you don't hold it.
If you let it go, to fetch something, it will jump overboard again. So you either start grappling and pinning it, until it will fail it's constitution saves for not being able to breath, or you beat it unconscious with whatever you have. Have fun.
@foxy
Feel sorry for you, not only do you have to run a campaign for me over here, you now have to run a separate convo for Oz there, must be wrecking your nerves :P
Have done plenty fishing irl, my dad and grandad used to drag me along, wasnt my favourite past-time. If that's how you want to run it, sure thing, let me edit my post
I haven't been a member of this for more than 24 hours and we're already fist fighting tuna.
Hahaha, good fun, good fun. Dont forget the boat nearly getting one of us eaten by a shark. This seems like it is just going to get better :).
@Oz, my first pbp too, great fun
@Foxy, edited my post, is that better?
@Jimmy
It was funny in my imagination and extrapolating from the 1-2 foot fresh water fish I caught I thaught it would be quite the show without the correct equipment. Didn't intend to railroad you that much.
@foxy
Feel sorry for you, not only do you have to run a campaign for me over here, you now have to run a separate convo for Oz there, must be wrecking your nerves :P
It's rather cool, as he is running in the written adventure.
@foxy
We did fresh water too, puled out like 40 pound catfish, never killed them though, we did catch and release. They tended to flop in place mostly, don't think they knew where the water was
For now it's unconscious, you would normally gut it. If you feel like paying it back for the trouble it made, you can do that via coup de grace.
Also you might notice the saggy sails as you lost your course.
I'm off to bed now, but you can give me something to read up tomorrow with that info ;)
4:20 am here. Off to bed too
Hi, been busy all day, I'm back
All jokes aside, I have yet to go to sleep. Don't think I'll be doing that today, either. Fun times.
Not sleeping always kicks my ass. Where are you from?
I think jimmy may be streering the boat the wrong way
Eastern kentucky. Awful place, honestly. Least my neck of the woods is. Pike county. Corrupt goverment officials, pay offs, closet racists. You name it, they're probably here. Not all that bad, at least. Of course, that assumes you stay inside on a computer almost all day and do your profession indoors.
Just be glad you don't live on the southernmost tip of Africa
Disappearing for a good long while. Maybe be back later
@Jimmy
If you like to make another roll to cover for that lousy 2 and write out how you make up for it with the aid of your companions, you're welcome.
My cover roll was a 3
@Jimmy
Perfect timing today. You show up, just after I had to leave.
You still there?
Indeed
@Jimmy,
Yeah great. So want me to forward you to riddleport yet, or anything else?
@Jimmy
I have a 359 word post ready to sum up the Rest of the Journey.
But I could also give you Just the dinner and then decide if you want to take up on the offered jokes?
Up to you, I don't think I have much else to do on the boat
@Jimmy
Decision made. As Riddleport is the third biggest city in Varisia, you can find almost everything if you want to. As we are still lacking money that wont help much, but as the Info goes it is a bit low on the law abiding.
@Oz
Is it already playing time in Eastern Kentucky?
Need to duck again, sorry
Probably for the night this time.
So g'night
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Hope you're out for fun ;)
Good night.
Aaaand I awaken. Turns out I did get to sleep. Sorry for the delay. That said, Foxy, you have mail.
@Oz
It looks quite good. One more thing I noticed is, that you tend to be saving on paragraphs. For the future you might consider to throw some more in here and there, for example if Oz comes out of his inner monologue and adresses someone.
As for the tense, it's no big thing when receiving and answering your posts. I didn't notice it before I started the editing to prepare them for the gaming thread. It's when you read the story we are writing together, that it becomes an issue. Everytime Oz enters the stage, the time changes to past tense.
As for your stutter. It was really annoying the first time I read it, but while reading it again and again while doing the editing, I actually got used to it. So if you still want it you can have it back.
It will have in game consequences though. Like a malus of -2 on diplomacy or perform (oratory). Intimidate would be even worse. Diplomacy to gather information would be unaffected. At least for questions asked in a sentence or two.
On the other hand you might get a bonus on bluff checks to convince someone questioning you, that you are not worth the hassle. I would decide these bonus/malus things per situation based on your actual conversation and who you are talking to.
But I guess that wouldn't affect Oz too hard, as your CHA dump build suggests you are not planning to rely on these skills anyway.
@All
Timezones make it neccessary that we do some planning. As it seems we are at
GMT -5 Oz Torm
GMT +2 Jimmy Fiddle
GMT +1 Foxy Quickpaw
and I'm back to work, starting monday. We might need to coordinate a bit if we don't want to slow down to two posts per day and person. I would be available from about 5pm to 10pm and might be able to throw in a post or two at work in my breaks. Also real life will impede my free time now and then.
Also I would really like to get the troupe together before the weekend is over as that will take some posts. Your thoughts?
Agreed, my times are roughly the same as yours Foxy. Probably more flexible though
@Jimmy
Good mornig,
ready to rock Riddleport?
@Foxy, nope, you know i told you i was ill? Well I'm off to doctor now. It isn't too serious hopefully
@Oz
From the ARG
Relations: Because of their shared ancestry, fetchlings
interact most easily with humans, though they also find
kinship with gnomes and other races that were cut off
from their home planes or are not native to the Material
Plane. Their pragmatism and adaptable nature put them
at odds with warlike or destructive races, and when they
do have to deal with orcs, goblinoids, or other savage
cultures, fetchlings will often play the part of the fawning
sycophant, a tactic learned from serving umbral dragons
and one they see as key to their race’s survival. Strangely,
their relationship with dwarves and elves are rather
strained. Dwarves find fetchlings duplicitous and creepy,
while the tension with elves is so subtle and inexplicable
that both races find it difficult to explain.
That will be interesting. I see Abomentolor after being pursuaded not to burn you, getting quite interested in you.
But I'll have to think in what subtle way you creep out Tauriel :o)
@Jimmy
Get well soon.
@Oz
As you are a creature of the shadows, it would be important to shed some light on the lighting conditions.
As I tend to play as if it were always normal light even in dungeons, for just forgetting this is an issue.
As you would loose out on some special abilities and a lot of flavor, please remind me when I forget.
As for lighting rules:
- Bright light: everything to see nothing to hide.
- Normal light: dito.
- Dim light: everyone not blind can see everything in dim light, no matter how far away. Gives 20% concealment (or 50% for Oz)
- Darkness: it is dark. nothing to see.
- Darkvision: You can see within the given range centered on yourself as if it were normal light ignoring the penalties from darkness and dim light
- Low light vision: If the source of light is a single point like a torch then the areas for normal/dim light are doubled in size.
Example:
It's a pitch black night. New moon and cloudy sky.
Person A holds a torch.
Person B (human fighter) stands 30 ft away from the torch
Person C (evil cleric) stands 50 ft away from the torch
Person D (pointy hat) stands 70 ft away from the torch
Person E (orc barbarian) stands 90 ft away from the torch
An Elf, a Dwarf and a Human (G) are watching these from 120 ft distance to the torch. All are standing in a line:
A-B-C-D-E--G
The Human can see A clearly, and B in dim Light. C, D and E are hidden in darkness
The Elf can see A and B clearly, and C and D in dim light, E is hidden in darkness
The Dwarf can see A clearly, and B in dim Light. C is hidden in darkness. D and E he can see clearly as they are within his 60ft darkvision.
That might make for some pretty interesting conversation between the three:
Dwarf: I'll whack that Orc, you shoot the caster.
Elf: What Orc? And which one of the casters, the one with the pointy head, or that evil cleric?
Dwarf: What cleric?
Human: What are you talking about? there is just that commoner with the torch, and a human figher besides him.
I'm pretty clear on the lighting rules, so no worries there. As for everything else you've mentioned, I agree. The stutters might not make much of a comeback. You're right in believing the diplomacy skills aren't my forte, either. Apart from that, I'm set to upload everything I've said up to this point when we get to that.