GM BrOp - Shattered Star (Inactive)

Game Master Branding Opportunity

Put myself in the spot I'd have in the marching order.

I will put myself in place as soon as I can get on my computer.

I'm back from helping run PFS at Gamestorm this weekend. I also created Petronicus as a real PFS character, and will probably add any chronicle sheets our gaming here generates to him.

Looks like I can't use Roll20 from work. I'll place myself when I get home.

I don't appear to be able to move my pawn around at all.

Any news from our GM?

PM'd him now. Will let you know if I get a reply. GM Dak also has a lot of other current campaigns, so you could see if he shows any signs of life there. Unfortunately, I'm too busy at the moment to check up on that.

I'm still here, don't worry I'm in this for the long run as you may have seen with my other campaigns that have been running for over a year. There are just some periods where my life gets crazy especially around the Con session with my second job.

So, sorry for the delay all, super busy week with my real job and my side job as we just launched our next board game Kickstarter. I should have a post up this weekend to catch up.

Same problem as Um'bala. I played in a previous roll20 campaign, so it's probably not me.

I don't mean to be critical, but the infrequency of GM posts in this adventure is starting to concern me. In my experience with PbP games, once a GM's frequency drops to less than once a day, the entire endeavor can really lose steam and lead to a general loss of interest that can kill a game. Since I have really been enjoying this adventure, I would like that not to happen.

I completely understand RL intruding and making demands. In those instances, a short post in the OOC thread to let the players know what is happening and how long it should take to resolve issues generally suffices. Basically, the most important thing it to keep players informed, as that allows one to handle expectations. If a longer hiatus is needed, then that should be announced as well.

So my questions to the GM are:

1) Do you want to continue this game (I assume yes, but want to make sure)
2) Are you planning on increasing your posting rate, or do you need to put the game on hiatus until you can? If you are planning on increasing it again, when can we expect the increase in frequency?

Again, I apologize if I am a bit too brusk. It is not my intention to offend, only to help the game.

I can only speak for myself, but I can say that I won't lose interest in this game. If I'm not too brusk too, Petronicus' suggestion about a hiatus seems reasonable to me.

I am also still checking in, and I would find either option okay.

Thanks for the comments.

I did not mean to imply that I was speaking for the group, btw. My opinions are purely my own and are based on my own experience playing these PbP games.

Likewise. Either option's fine by me.

Sorry for the delay. I most definitely want to continue with the game. As noted this is just a very hectic time. I know after the 14th I should have a lot more time but in the meantime my schedule is extremely hectic as I am halping to run one Kickstarter while also manging a dev team that is in the process of launching a Kickstarter and PAX East next week. I know for sure the 10-13 I will be completely dark.

So I will do my best to post at least every other day up through the 14th at which point I *should* be able to go back to my at least once a day posting. If you all would prefer taking a brief hiatus until the 14th I am ok with that as well. In either case, I will give you a gameplay update in just a few minutes.

Thanks for the update, Dak. I'm happy to continue as usual until you're life gets back to normal.

I wish you more business than you expected ;)

Have fun with the combat, guys. I'm out for 8 rounds :)

"I *saw* him! I just didn't think he was important!"

Bluff: 1d20 + 7 - 20 ⇒ (11) + 7 - 20 = -2
Ha, ha, ha. Yeah, no.

Anyway, Nimt, you have an action. I didn't see you declare one.

Mach is correct you have an action after the succesful will save.

I missed that initiave was alreasy rolled. Taking action.
Is the floor of the tavern made out of wood, and does that count for purposes of the Entangle action ?

I'm really hoping this works...

I'm really hoping this works...

Prone, stunned, unconscious Krupt agrees with you.

As we're out of combat, I assume Krupt and Um'bala are waking up now, and have regained their sight and mobility again /

I've created a "Party Loot" entry in Petronicus' profile and am happy to keep track of anything we pick up during our travels. Basically, anything we find goes in there, and it doesn't matter who is actually holding onto it (although I can mark who IS carrying it). That way we can divvy things up fairly when it is that time, and everything stays together in one place for easy reference. Seem fair?

I'm fine with that. Thank-you for making that Krupt.

I'm good with it!

Only makes sense for Petronicus to do this, as he certainly is the most honest member of the party ... or at least thinks he is :)

*grumbles about not getting the cool-looking knife yet*

*grumbles about not getting the cool-looking knife yet*

Is that you grumbling or that voice inside your head?

Yes. "Yes."

I have a loot sheet you all can use if you want I will link it in a bit.

I've created a "Party Loot" entry in Petronicus' profile and am happy to keep track of anything we pick up during our travels. Basically, anything we find goes in there, and it doesn't matter who is actually holding onto it (although I can mark who IS carrying it). That way we can divvy things up fairly when it is that time, and everything stays together in one place for easy reference. Seem fair?

No problem in this party, I think.

Loot Sheet in google doc if we want to use this I can either make a copy of it and open it up to editing or someone else can copy it to document on.

Loot Sheet in google doc if we want to use this I can either make a copy of it and open it up to editing or someone else can copy it to document on.

Looks good! Yeah, if you would make a copy so that we can all make edits, that would be great.

Link for the version you all can edit.

Link for the version you all can edit.

Could you please place this link in the "Campaign Info" section?

How much is the bounty on Plutivarch?

Totally meant to post this up on wed but it's been a crazy weekend. Just got back from PAX East and I am launching my digital game Kickstarter tomorrow. So going to try and catch up today but it may be as late as Wed before I have a chance to post.

Good news is after Tues (unless our Kickstarter just absolutely blows up) things will be back to normal for the forceable future and I should be back to my twice a day posting.

Good news indeed. In the meantime, Mach and Krupt will be roleplaying wuite s bit ;)

By the way, do you still need beta testers for your game ?

Won't be a problem.

Well, as of right now, ol' Petey's being his usual charming self. I'm hoping it doesn't go too far, honestly.

Not exactly good form to be stabbing each other over a nickname, right?

Sorry if I crossed a line, just trying to keep things interesting. When there is no "external" drama, I tend to try to create some myself within the group.

Krupt is not actually going to harm anyone in the party. He just is having a very, very hard time letting go of all the prejudices he learned growing up in a once-great Chelish noble family. The character's arc (I hope) is to slowly learn to trust everyone, but it will take some time. I think of these long-term PbP games more as interactive novels, rather than face-2-face RPGs. In most f2f RPGs the tension is provided mostly by outside forces working against the party, while in a novel, the characters often have conflict with one another.

Most RPGs assume that the party all gets along and is working in perfect harmony with one another to overcome the various challenges the GM throws at us. Krupt will not turn on the party, but I will try to inject some tension and conflict into the game. If people are not comfortable with that, or with my level of tension, I will back off or scrap it completely.

Happy Easter!

Dak, how did your Kickstarter go ? Did it "blow up" or not ?

I hope it went well.

Sorry all for the lack of well... anything.

Just wanted to drop in for an update. The Kickstarter is eating ALL of my time. I'm spending upwards of 40-50 hours a week on it plus my normal job so I just haven't been able to get on the boards.

Things are going pretty well we are over 25% funded with 26 days to go and we are on Steam Greenlight at 50% of the way to the top 100 Greenlight games.

However, with as much time as this is taking I am not getting to check this very often. I do have every intent to keep this game going it just might be a few weeks before I can slip back into my 1-2 posts/day routine that I was in before. Hopefully you all will bear with me and stick around because this is a really great group!

No worries, GM. Glad to hear your Kickstarter's going well!

Thanks for letting us know, Dak. Don't worry, Petronicus is happy to stick around and drive off all the other players before you return with his warm and fuzzy personality!

I will stick by you.