I am contemplating rebuilding Stanis a little in line with a houserule I am implementing in my TT games to counter the insane power of Single Attribute Dependant casters: "Max 18 in any stat when starting".
You never see a rogue with 20 dex, a fighter with 20 str or a cleric with 20 wis. But every wizard in every game I have ever hosted, or been part of, the wizards and sorcs have had 20s...
And I am not sure if I am doing a very good job of conveying the poor cha, I might put the extra points from lowering int into cha, and rather make him eclectic instead of scared and bland.
Or in dex, so I can hit stuff.
What say you?
@Mordecai: Not to nitpick, but Restov IS in Rostland. South Rostland even. Though south of there you do have a few dozen miles of open lands, before the Tors of Levenies. Which is a chain of mountains that are more or less impassable due to the high density of large flying monsters like wyverns, rocs and dragons.
I say cha lol just so you have a lil higher bonus I kinda see stannis as the diplomacier in the party what with his legal knowledge and thrush :)
and mord says yes he is just bad a geography :D
i dont have a map of the area in front of me i keep forgetting that Rostland is Restov *sigh* what is west of restov that a mercenary might find himself in so i know what to change to post to so i don't sound like an idiot?
never mind just pretend i said someplace to the west that makes sense but is a little out of the way *sigh*
If you change Rostland to Dunsward, Mordecai's statement is be completely correct.
@Aria: Now that I have increased charisma, I think Stanis will refrain from being a douche :P
Is okay, no one has said IC that Mordecai is a silly person. We can just conveniently forget that he said it.
I believe, anyway. Unless someone wants to get anal and point and laugh at the fighter for not being good at something he has no talent in originally.
Im confused are we getting on the ferry or getting horses lol (Tam is just as confused as I am on this point lol)
Not giving me the edit option anymore so assume that Rostland is Dunsward. thanks Aria lolz, his entire career is just accepting jobs and fighting or defending somehthing or someone. so actually in character he doesn't know much about geography :P then again neither do I sooooo
I think James was investigating options. We have Stanis suggesting ferry at the moment, James is exploring options, and... I am not sure where you two fall, but I can re-read.
Okay, quick show of hands in here, and I can drum up a starting post
Ferry, buy horses and ride there, or just telemaport on down to the AP without discussing this stuff at all?
Ferry is quick enough, I think. We cannot afford horses unless we take up a loan, and even the bank of Abadar is likely not going to give out a loan on several hundred gold without any guarantee, even to their faithful.
My vote is for the ferry and then a march to Olegs from there. That's just his two cents cuz he's really used to forced marching. he'll go along with whatever is decided though
TAM VOTES FOR THE FERRY!!!! or we can just teleport either way goes along with my mindset of Tams feelings lol
Okie doke. I take that as three votes for the ferry, with James's player knowing that there are horses to be had later, we can move on.
I'll be working on a proper introductory post to this AP telling what ya'll will be seeing on the way down sorta glossing over the bulk of the detail since most of it occurs in later books, but might be interesting to note when you actually start setting up our little "kingdom" in the second book. Basic, "you stop here and meet some people doing x, and bunk down for the night" type stuff. If you think it is relevant that your characters would open up your hearts to each other in the 4-5 days of travel down there, go ahead and post some interaction stuff if you like, but otherwise...
Sometime this evening look for an introductory post for this AP and lets start this thang slangin'!
I suppose that's settled then. I think I may make James conflicted between speed and comfort. I'm playing him as not liking horses much at the moment.
Yeah, I figured how you traveled there wasn't as important as actually getting there. Feel free to complain in character about the trip if you like when you arrive. :P
Gibes at the GM puppeting your characters (though not specifically) will also be welcome :)
Just wanna get this show on the road.
Pretty much Mordecai is just happy to be out of Restov for several reasons, and he would of course make polite banter with his team mates. i'll wait for any IC role-playing conversation so that i don't miss out on anyone else's back stories :)
You're not going to miss anything. You guys are supposed to be together for years. :P
NOOOO not the bunny :'( lol
NOOOO not the bunny :'( lol
Poor bunny... he just wanted some bunny poon.
James, roll your fortitude save for Herpaghonnasyphilytis-AIDS. :P
I will reply to this properly in the morning. My brain is one big sponge right now. Also, I gotta figure how I'm gonna run Ladislaus in the mean time.
So, yeah, instead of posting something garbage now, there will be... quality content in the morning!
For the moment, Ladislaus is mute, unless I feel as though you guys aren't considering something in planning that may be important. If it comes to combat and he hasn't checked in, I'm just going to have him buff and heal when needed. I know that is not the awesomest role for a cleric, but short of a complete character, it's what I got. :(
While I'm double posting, is any one else considering taking leadership? I'd like to know now so I can plot how I am going to introduce worthy NPCs so you have more choices than... what is given in the books, which are woefully few...
Mordecai might take leadership, since the best role for him is General :) i was always interested in stories where the warrior general had a small elite team of warriors he trained personally but i can work with whatever ^^
Thank you very much for the heads up. I intend to design cohort worthy NPCs to kinda fill in on whatever you might lack, without stepping on your toes. I intend for one of Ladislaus's cohort choices to be this sorceress I made up who, well, while having more charisma than all of you I intend would primarily just sit in your castle keeping things running smoothly while you're away. She's lawful, and would be loyal to Ladislaus. Assuming he chooses her.
There's plenty of burly bulky warrior types in the AP's NPCs, but I can come up with another, I think, but yeah, I'll need to think on it a while.
Dang James, I am almost tempted to prepare "Ghost Sound" to do this now.
(though this one might be more appropriate when Oleg is chasing your around the trading post with a pitchfork :P
OK... THAT is James' theme song. yeah.... that.
Yeah... I'm cool with how you're playing James for now with the tasteful implications, but do note that I'm gonna have to keep track of this stuff, too. I mean, if you're going to get busy with lots of different ladies when you're establishing your kingdom, it might come back on you.
Plus, there's your fellow party members who might express discomfort.
That said, I'm a lady who plays a bard priestess of calistria in a private game with my husband, so I know how fun the goddess can be, so I don't want to limit ya, just... you know, for the sake of keeping things friendly. Don't wanna be pushed into being a feminine hygiene product and coming down hard if others are uncomfy.
im still trying to find a song for tam lol
im still trying to find a song for tam lol
Hey DM? a small question for Tam concerning the wagon. is it high enough to lay inside of or hide in? if not that's fine
why yes it is, but it is currently piled high with snow. not that the bandits are going to miss that there won't be snow in it, since most of the snow about is melted only recently. Well... I think recently. Takes about 8 weeks for snow to melt completely in Norway, but we'll just assume that the Stolen Lands isn't Norway. :)
with hay piled on him lol just had fun idea for sneak attack lol if not tam will find some other place to hide
sweet tam will lay in the snow shivering his ass off hehehehe and then pop up and throw a knife at someone lol
You know, you can discuss this stuff in character as well. I assume that you guys will walk around exploring stuff for a while, and present your ideas.
But yeah, if you want to know specifics, hit me up here, like you have done.
For reference, the catapults are each inoperable and would require an engineer a few weeks of work to restore.
I'm still iffy on where Mordecai should go to wait for the ambush. otherwise, so far, we have Tam hiding in the wagon, James on the walkway above, Stanis in the stables, and Ladislaus' positioning up to you :)
EDIT: should Mordecai invest in a ranged weapon? also GM what are your thoughts of Mordecai eventually mastering his sword and taking a shield? Should he or just stick to two-handing the sword?
Sword and board is cool. Uh... I am actually going to let hubby field that question. My experience with this AP this far is as a player, when we each had 25 point buy, a wizard, a fully dedicated healing cleric and a bunch of dumb fighters who rushed stuff outside the range of my healing and got pissed when my cleric, who only had a two hander paladin with two less levels and the second worst AC in the group (my Cleric had better AC because she had a shield) got flanked and couldn't heal them directly.
I hestitate to tell you either way. Because you do have a wizard and a cleric, and a rogue who will do sneaky sneak and flank with you, at least, I think. I think we should both wait and see how the group handles combats as a whole before you start thinking about how to specialize, or not.
Really long answer for "I don't know" but, there it is. :P
lolz i appreciate it anyways ^^ the bastard sword is my favorite Medieval weapon, i just dont know how i want Mordecai to field it. i'll wait to see, as u said, and don't worry. Mordecai's survival instincts don't let him charge off alone. Being alone means surrounded by baddies. Surrounded by baddies=dead Mordecai. don't want that :)
EDIT:
Weave as you will. I think I have a good enough sense of what Mordecai looks like from description. If you wanna find a picture of what he looks like on the interbutts and post a link in your profile, that is cool, too.
Oh god, any avatar but that one of Valeros. Crap DM used it for his DMPC and I can't freaking stand seeing it. I think I will target you with every AoE in the book if you keep it. Sorry, I just... hated that DMPC so freaking much. Everything wrong with DMing and as a character. I rage even now, two weeks later.
Sorry bout delay guys we were trying to find better place for internet usuage but failed lol so back on campus and posting on all the games
So my last post is just in the future hehe
Sorry, Tam is pretty busy atm but he would rly rly rly like to see more of the dream, and frankly so would Mordecai :)
Okie, gimme a while. Doing my language lesson for the night.
ok im back u miss me?
Of course I did. :P
Yer post is up.
aw yay :) lol i replied but hey dont let us take away from your studies haha
Okie, just to confirm current plan is for Mordecai to hide in the storehouse, Tam to hide in the back of the cart, and Stanis and James will be in a position to keep the bandits from escaping from the fort, correct?
Two things I need to know, will you guys be leaving the gates OPEN for them to come through, or closing them as Stanis suggested? or closing them behind the group, to seal them in? As Mordecai is the only that can reliably close any door quickly enough and he is going to hide in the storehouse, I assume that the doors will be open.
So far you've said that you want Oleg to be out to meet the Bandits, does that mean you want to keep Svetlana hidden?
Also, what would you like me to have Ladislaus prepare/cast? Any preference for role? Or will you trust an experienced player of Clerics to get ya'll through this?
My thought was to have all of us hidden, with Oleg and Svetlana outside initially. Svetlana go inside soon after, whenever would be unsuspicious, then Oleg follow to fetch some part of their payment. Upon Oleg getting the door shut and locked, we would strike, with me attempting to keep them from the gate, while everyone else attacked. Perhaps to avoid the issue we can have Ladislau stay inside the building Oleg and Svetlana hide in, to keep them safe?
EDIT: Also, please, please, please Aria, give me more reason to come up with sayings like 'The steel back in his Longblade'. I'm not sure why but I still haven't stopped giggling at it.