Also, I'm in a bad headspace. Assume Horatio shares any relevant information, and if you want to move the game ahead, feel free to do so. Kalig's already pressed the biggest question.
"Summony" -- not a summoner--they aren't full casters, and I was recommending a full caster. E.g., conjurer.
Calms down and takes deep breaths. OK...
Playing chauffeur for a friend who was in an accident last night (she's fine, the car was written off) because she has horses that need feeding. I'll post when I get back; this is definitely a matter that Horatio will want to weigh in on.
We'll wait till you can say something. Good luck to your friend!
ETA: Miro, you here? You have anything to say?
I just caught up with schoolwork, been hectic.
Kalig you approach interrogations with the same questions I do. Covered everything I was going to, so I'm all good!
Okay, my headspace was pretty bad for a while, but I think I'm on top of it. Getting real tired of the emotional roller coaster.
So I've still been following along and fully intend to continue playing, but I want to explain my lax posting.
Miro was originally designed very specifically for a certain campaign; GM Birch then invited him to join this campaign instead. He seemed to deep a character to waste so I accepted, but now I'm realizing that he's like a fish out of water. I just can't get him immersed in the story, he's like a stranger along for the ride.
So I've still been following along and fully intend to continue playing, but I want to explain my lax posting.
Miro was originally designed very specifically for a certain campaign; GM Birch then invited him to join this campaign instead. He seemed to deep a character to waste so I accepted, but now I'm realizing that he's like a fish out of water. I just can't get him immersed in the story, he's like a stranger along for the ride.
Miro - you have a few choices and it's entirely up to you.
1. Call it quits now - my least favourite option but it's an option
2. Hang on for a few weeks and when the AP ends, make a decision then
3. If you go for 2. you can still choose 1. then - or tweak Miro or rebuild a new character
I really like Miro, but if you're not feeling him, I dig that. I have learned the hard and miserable way not to stick with a character that you just don't feel is right for a campaign (or, for that matter, stick with a campaign you don't feel is right for you, but I hope that's not the case here). I hope you'll consider all the options on the table--if you can't salvage Miro, would another rogue type be more fun for you?
As for the ooc discussion in IC -- I have reposted Kalig's in-character comment, as she was waiting for an IC response. It's been made clear to me that my intentions aren't always obvious which is why I also provided an OOC "translation" underneath that post along with what I am thinking as a player. I don't mind ooc conversations in IC as long as they're directly related to what's immediately happening in the area, but my intention was in fact to spur an IC conversation and I apologize for derailing from that myself.
1) No. If I was going to leave I would have done so.
2) I don't want to make any changes until a good stopping point regardless.
3) Probably my preferred option. We definitely need a rogue type, so I might just re flavor Miro without changing him mechanically.
1) No. If I was going to leave I would have done so.
2) I don't want to make any changes until a good stopping point regardless.
3) Probably my preferred option. We definitely need a rogue type, so I might just re flavor Miro without changing him mechanically.
Glad to hear it!
That would have been a really fun puzzle to try to solve on our own. I bet we could have managed without any hints, and it would have been a fun, non-combat encounter to deal with.
The barrier to proceed seemed to have been the actual Perception check, not the puzzle solving. Probably just ignoring the Perception check would have sufficed. (I hate it when module/adventure designers put in a high DC barrier to proceed through to the next plot area. If no one succeeded, did the designer just expect everyone to turn around and leave?)
Just my 2 cents. Since you like us to avoid combat if possible, if we also just auto-succeed through the non-combat bits, what left is there for us to do?
I just thought Breaca was the only one there?
She and Miro were scouting together, in theory. And they actually hadn't gone far from where we were standing.
The "we/our" was just generic as in, probably if "we'd" had the puzzle described, "we" could have figured it out.
Maybe I shouldn't have said anything. Sorry.
Nah, it's cool, I understood you were going for a generic, collective we/our thing. I must have somehow missed that the scuts hadn't gone too far from us. If I'd been paying closer attention I may have picked up on it >.>
Kalig - duly noted - and I really like the idea. I'm still playing it out in my mind - I have to give you enough of a hint that there's a puzzle without telegraphing it plus (and this is a bugbear of mine in RPing) I have to keep challenges IC.
What I mean by that is I used to play in a group with someone with good oratory skills and another who was very intelligent. The high CHA player rolled characters with low CHA and the high INT guy played low INT characaters.
Then when presented with a challenge, they used their OOC strengths to overcome. A great speech here or a puzzle solved there. Yet a low INT player with a high INT character just has a die to roll. If they fail, we don't move on.
But overall, the game trumps logic, so I'll go with the excellent suggestion - thanks.
That is always a fair concern when it comes to things like puzzles--it does have to feel like the players aren't the ones doing the solving, but the characters. I trust you to figure out how to strike the best balance.
I avoided saying too much too early (but gave a few clues and re-posted one) but Miro's roll was sufficient to force me to spill the beans...
Apologies for slow posting - I tend to do most from a work laptop and our Firewall has been 'strengthened' to include any site with uploading capabilies and forums!
Plan B is already in operation.
Bump? I think it's been more than a few hours. =)
Sorry for the holdup. Lots of things have been happening - picked up an extra day of volunteering (and more responsibilities), fell off the rails regarding my mental health as a result, and on an unrelated note, got engaged. Been a bit busy and a bit vacant.
No worries.... and CONGRATS!!
Congratulations on the engagement!
Congratulations from me too :)
Just to say I've had a close bereavement in the family. As you might expect, my focus is not on the game. As it may be a few weeks before I'm in a position to move forward, I must pause things until the New Year. Expect to see me back something like Monday 5th January when I plan to also return to work. Sorry for the situation but as I always say to others, RL comes first. But rest assured, I will be back.
So sorry to hear that Birch. Thoughts and prayers with you and yours. Take all the time you need and we'll see you when you get back.
I'm sorry for your loss, GM. Take care of yourself, stick by your family, and I'll be happy to resume this when you're good and ready.
Happy Holidays everybody! Hope you have a very merry happy wonderful blissful jolly fantastic whatever holiday you celebrate!
A much belated 'same to you' Miro!
OK - I'm back...let's see where we go from here.
I'll understand if people are a little slow to begin with - I have been gone for some time.
And thanks for your patience :)
Here and ready to go. No worries DM. Can we get a quick recap of what's going on?
Still here and ready to go. Good to see you back, GM. =)
I'll recap once at least one more person checks in...
I am still here and ready. :)
Miro was a character I made before I got better at formatting and resource tracking. I've dedicated some time today to updating my older characters who are still in campaigns. His sheet should be much easier to read and understand now.
However, apparently I was completely awful at resource tracking with Miro, so beyond basic equipment I don't know what he actually has. Any help would be very appreciated.
Weirdly, while the other campaign I was in was updating when Birch recently posted to it, this one was not (i.e., I wasn't getting any new message notifications). I checked in because I was wondering why one game was restarting, possibly, and the other wasn't. Glad I did, and sorry for not piping in earlier. Hopefully now I've posted that won't happen again.
Anyway, I am here. Hopefully Birch will check in soon.
Miro, sorry, I have no idea. Your best bed is to read through this discussion thread and look at any treasure divvying conversations we had.
I am going to hide this thread so that it's no longer cluttering up my campaigns tab. If the game ever gets moving again, please PM me and I'll be happy to join back in.