Welcome to the Way of the Wicked discussion thread. Here’s where I would like the group to hone their characters, flesh out the back stories, finish the crunch etc. before we get started. Once we start, I encourage you all to use this thread for info, strategy/tactics planning etc. that might be considered ‘out-of-character’ – for instance, if your character is a meek, mild mannered librarian who wouldn’t say boo in a group but you have an idea as to how to handle combat… use the forum here to present it to the group since your ‘character’ wouldn’t necessarily be a tactician or a leader.
Now for the homework – before we start, I’d like the following completed:
1. Create your alias, complete your crunch, skills, feats etc.
2. Forgot to mention this in the recruitment but use average starting wealth for gear.
3. Flesh out your appearance /background / biography / back-story if you haven’t already done so. This *can* be a collaborative effort amongst all players should you so desire. The only thing I would ask is that you refrain from having your characters know each other at the start. I would prefer strangers thrown in to the mix together at the onset of the story. :) And you folks seriously don't ALL have to be Asmodeus followers! :)
4. Include your appearance/background / biography / back-story in your alias under a spoiler. This should include the general location(s) in Talingarde you frequented, where you grew up, your career choices, any close friends/contacts you had in your previous life etc. Feel free to reference specific locations (or make them up if they’re villages – as long as I know the general vicinity where they are, it’s all good). You can google a higher resolution of the map of Talingarde that I posted I’m sure. Shoot me a PM if you need help.
5. If you haven’t heard of or read the AP – don’t! If you’ve read or played the AP before, leave out any personal relationships with any NAMED characters please – i.e. Bardin the Stout, your close childhood friend who ratted you out is fine. You got caught when you pinched Sir Balin’s man-purse is not. :)
6. If you have a familiar, minion, follower, eidolon etc. – anything that could be considered a ‘separate’ entity that can talk, has its own actions and so own, please make a separate alias for it and post its actions using its own alias. For instance, Jojo the summoner has an eidolon that looks like an inky shadow named Steve with a whispering voice that ssssseeeeems toooo come fr-m faaaar awwaaa—yy . Steve should have its own alias – RP him well. You wanted the responsibility, you got it! Descriptions and appearance in the alias profile for this too please.
7. I’d like as much info stored in your alias’ profile if at all possible so I don’t have to go hunting through an old thread. This includes gear, limited uses/day powers, current spells memorized/used etc. etc. Have your current hp and other frequently used stats stored in your header. Again, for those that are new, PM me should you need assistance with this.
8. Please post here when you have everything checked off and are ready to start. I’ll do a final review of your character. I’d suggest refraining from posting in the game-play thread until all characters are approved.
9. The only other thing I’d ask for (as if the first 8 weren’t enough) is a post from you, the player, on the kind of game you prefer – combat-heavy (full tactical with maps and lots of rule/number crunching), more geared towards RP, puzzle solving, heavy on character interactions (with NPCs and PCs) etc. This is so I can customize the game to suit the group’s preference to (hopefully) make it an enjoyable experience for all.
Thanks for indulging my quirks folks. Looking forward to a great game.
Checking in. Ill be working on the character today, and likely have it done before today is over. Its good to have Tuesdays off ;)
Also checking in from vacation. I think I have most of this finished, let me know what else you need.
Digger's rogue being built as we speak. Well, read, not speak. You get it.
Random age check!
Checking in and working on Morlos.
Alias/character sheet finished and ready for inspection!
Checking in.
I've got a bit of work to do on background, people known that sort of thing.
I'm easy on the type of game, appreciate all they types you mentioned...gotta say tho, I loves the maps :)
Oh, yeah, as for "type of game," I'm pretty open. I think RP is an extremely important part of the game ...if it weren't for the interactions and developments you may as well play a computer game. But combat is the sauce that excites and I enjoy that too. I'm not a big puzzle guy, but neither is Charlie, he'd just leave it up to the big brains.
1. Create your alias, complete your crunch, skills, feats etc.
----------Done except for 1 language which I think i will hold off learning for now.
2. Forgot to mention this in the recruitment but use average starting wealth for gear.
-----------Equipped
3. Flesh out your appearance /background / biography / back-story if you haven’t already done so. This *can* be a collaborative effort amongst all players should you so desire. The only thing I would ask is that you refrain from having your characters know each other at the start. I would prefer strangers thrown in to the mix together at the onset of the story. :) And you folks seriously don't ALL have to be Asmodeus followers! :)
------------Done.
4. Include your appearance/background / biography / back-story in your alias under a spoiler. This should include the general location(s) in Talingarde you frequented, where you grew up, your career choices, any close friends/contacts you had in your previous life etc. Feel free to reference specific locations (or make them up if they’re villages – as long as I know the general vicinity where they are, it’s all good). You can google a higher resolution of the map of Talingarde that I posted I’m sure. Shoot me a PM if you need help.
----------Couldnt find the name of a rural town in the borderlands so you can decide. Do you want me to name mom and pop? (see my background) or the woman he flogged?
5. If you haven’t heard of or read the AP – don’t! If you’ve read or played the AP before, leave out any personal relationships with any NAMED characters please – i.e. Bardin the Stout, your close childhood friend who ratted you out is fine. You got caught when you pinched Sir Balin’s man-purse is not. :)
-------------gotcha.
6. If you have a familiar, minion, follower, eidolon etc. – anything that could be considered a ‘separate’ entity that can talk, has its own actions and so own, please make a separate alias for it and post its actions using its own alias. For instance, Jojo the summoner has an eidolon that looks like an inky shadow named Steve with a whispering voice that ssssseeeeems toooo come fr-m faaaar awwaaa—yy . Steve should have its own alias – RP him well. You wanted the responsibility, you got it! Descriptions and appearance in the alias profile for this too please.
-------------not yet.
7. I’d like as much info stored in your alias’ profile if at all possible so I don’t have to go hunting through an old thread. This includes gear, limited uses/day powers, current spells memorized/used etc. etc. Have your current hp and other frequently used stats stored in your header. Again, for those that are new, PM me should you need assistance with this.
--------------look it over and let me know if youd like anything else put there.
8. Please post here when you have everything checked off and are ready to start. I’ll do a final review of your character. I’d suggest refraining from posting in the game-play thread until all characters are approved.
------------doing so now. :D
9. The only other thing I’d ask for (as if the first 8 weren’t enough) is a post from you, the player, on the kind of game you prefer – combat-heavy (full tactical with maps and lots of rule/number crunching), more geared towards RP, puzzle solving, heavy on character interactions (with NPCs and PCs) etc. This is so I can customize the game to suit the group’s preference to (hopefully) make it an enjoyable experience for all.
------------Im a role player. heavy on the role. ;) I can enjoy all parts of the game but do like maps if we are in combat so I can see whats going on.
Me too. I just try to go with the flow for the most part.
4. Include your appearance/background / biography / back-story in your alias under a spoiler. This should include the general location(s) in Talingarde you frequented, where you grew up, your career choices, any close friends/contacts you had in your previous life etc. Feel free to reference specific locations (or make them up if they’re villages – as long as I know the general vicinity where they are, it’s all good). You can google a higher resolution of the map of Talingarde that I posted I’m sure. Shoot me a PM if you need help.----------Couldnt find the name of a rural town in the borderlands so you can decide. Do you want me to name mom and pop? (see my background) or the woman he flogged?
Don't have to name mom/pop, Rural town - Wolfmere (located on the southern shores of Lake Tarik) - yes I made that up, you can name the woman he flogged... she may or may not make a guest appearance?
Rest of the fluff looks good. I'll try and review the crunch tonight.
Just a quick note folks - the reason I asked for detailed background, back-stories, biographies etc. is so I can weave your stories and cater them to your character. Basically, if you like RP, you may find towns you grew up in or visited making an appearance in the campaign, people you've known etc.etc. You'll get as much out of it as you put in... so if you choose not to have a detailed background, no skin off my back. I can run a 'by the rails' adventure... for those who want that little extra, I try to go the extra mile. That's all. :)
It's not going to make or break your character at this stage of the game if you don't want to detail every aspect of his/her life.
Also let me know anything else I need to write up. I'll be around later.
I've been out all day with job interviews and fixing a family member's tv, so I'll start fluff and crunch tonight.
We will call her Denara Fischer, the widow of a Fisher named Tomas and she has 3 kids.
:D
UPDATE ON PCs:
Gregor - review done! Ready to start
Darvik - sent you a PM about a possibly minor fix - Ready to start after minor change
Charlie - you may have shortchanged (ha! another short pun) yourself on the point buy. You have 25 to spend - Ready to start otherwise.
Avingen - review pending
Morlos - review pending
Jasper - review pending
I'll try and get to the other three tomorrow evening. I have things planned for the day tomorrow so will not be checking in until later in the evening. Off to finish some reviews on group Brimstone now. Cheers.
Wow, awesome catch. That makes things interesting, heh. Five more points to spend ...
It went to strength. I looked at it as a boon from the gods, heh. Also makes the most sense character-wise.
haha Charlie. We both are playing against type. Youre going Strength Rogue and Im going Dex two weapon ranger.
...and the two of you are diametrically opposed socially as well. Charles is a selfish lil thief... Gregor is an ex-sheriff. Hehe
You gotta be strong, when you grow up poor in Half-town!
That post just really locked into place this character, rp-wise. I've really got him now. Nice.
Jasper Vraxis, human summoner and future binder of devils, reporting in. Delighted to have made the cut. I'll attempt to flesh out my backstory now.
And here's Jasper's eidolon, just for easy reference.
1. Create your alias, complete your crunch, skills, feats etc.
Done.
2. Forgot to mention this in the recruitment but use average starting wealth for gear.
Equipped accordingly.
3. Flesh out your appearance /background / biography / back-story if you haven’t already done so. This *can* be a collaborative effort amongst all players should you so desire...
I've fleshed mine out. Looking for some feedback, though, as I still suck at stories and character development.
4. Include your appearance/background / biography / back-story in your alias under a spoiler. This should include the general location(s) in Talingarde you frequented, where you grew up, your career choices, any close friends/contacts you had in your previous life etc...
I've tried to do that. GM, could you give it a squiz and see if there's enough?
5. If you haven’t heard of or read the AP – don’t!
I have the pdfs, but haven't read them, and will refrain from doing so.
6. If you have a familiar, minion, follower, eidolon etc. – anything that could be considered a ‘separate’ entity that can talk, has its own actions and so own, please make a separate alias for it and post its actions using its own alias...
7. I’d like as much info stored in your alias’ profile if at all possible so I don’t have to go hunting through an old thread. This includes gear, limited uses/day powers, current spells memorized/used etc. etc. Have your current hp and other frequently used stats stored in your header. Again, for those that are new, PM me should you need assistance with this.
I'll track ammo, spells used, SLAs used, etc. on this alias profile. What stats would you like me to put in my header?
8. Please post here when you have everything checked off and are ready to start. I’ll do a final review of your character. I’d suggest refraining from posting in the game-play thread until all characters are approved.
Well, I'm posting here, and if my character looks good, I'm ready when everyone else is!
9. The only other thing I’d ask for (as if the first 8 weren’t enough) is a post from you, the player, on the kind of game you prefer – combat-heavy (full tactical with maps and lots of rule/number crunching), more geared towards RP, puzzle solving, heavy on character interactions (with NPCs and PCs) etc. This is so I can customize the game to suit the group’s preference to (hopefully) make it an enjoyable experience for all.
I like maps for combat, and visual aids are a big help for me. I have difficulty visualizing things myself at times. I like NPC interaction and role-playing, but I also like to feel like a hero (or villain, in this case) and make stuff happen.
Hi folks - one of the things I committed to as a GM was a promise to you, the players, to keep things moving. So here's the deal - if you haven't already done so, you have until Thursday, July 18, 1800 EST (that's 6 PM EST) to finalize your character's crunch and have it ready for review. That's 48+ hours after you were selected which should be more than enough time IMO :)
Anyone not checked in or without a full crunch submitted by the deadline can consider themselves summarily uninvited unless you have extenuating circumstances that may or may not grant you a pardon. I have three alternates ready and chomping at the bit wanting in and I'd much rather include players that actively wish to be involved.
I'm going to try and have all submitted reviews looked over tonight with any stragglers/newcomers tomorrow night. Game start will be NO LATER THAN - Friday, July 19/2013 (earlier if all reviews are done by tonight).
I hope this didn't come across as harsh but I meant it when I said I fully intend to finish this AP! :) Thank you.
:) No worries, Fyren. It doesn't seem harsh to me. I've had a job interview all day long and am having to find out where a really nasty noise is coming from in my mother's car (sounding like the roof is ripping off is very not good), but I'm gonna have the fluff done while I'm doing that and then I'll post the crunch. Sorry it's taking me so long.
UPDATE ON PC REVIEWS:
I have 30 lbs of reaper miniatures from their kickstarter showing up sometime today at me house so guess what tonight entails? I decided to find time to get reviews done earlier.
Gregor - done and ready!
Darvik - done and ready!
Charlie - done and ready!
Avingen - done and ready!
Jasper - done and ready! (your backstory is fine. as stated earlier, it's there to keep my players interactive rather than have them feel as though they're on rails moving through a static world. On a side note, you *COULD* summon your eidolon if you wanted to. It probably wouldn't be a good idea if the guards saw it though...)
Morlos - review pending
Just realized I didn't do gear...but aren't we all in prison ?
Shall I gear up anyways ?
Just realized I didn't do gear...but aren't we all in prison ?
Shall I gear up anyways ?
You don't have to if you don't want to. Could always sharpen your toothbrush to a shiv and sleep with that under your prison bed ;) haha
I've drawn Jasper's gear up with the assumption that that was what he had before his imprisonment. I also remember reading somewhere that wizards start without spellbooks, druids start without animal companions, etc, and that summoners are shackled so they can't summon their eidolon until they're free. I went with that, because it makes sense - if you know the guy can summon something to eat your face with some chanting and hand movements, why would you let him use his hands? :P
Anyway, I'm getting really eager to start! :D
I also remember reading somewhere that wizards start without spellbooks, druids start without animal companions, etc, and that summoners are shackled so they can't summon their eidolon until they're free.
Always believe everything you read Jasper? ;) I try not to make my games an adventure 'on rails'... so there may be a few (or a lot) of things that might not align with what players may have read in other threads or the AP.
Out of curiosity, are any of the specific variant versions of the tieflings allowed (like Div-Spawn or Qlippoth-Spawn)?
I've almost got the crunch finished, and I just want to make sure that the last decision there is appropriate.
Just getting crunch here, and as soon as I'm back to a computer, I'll have the fluff in.
All parts submitted, DM. Hopefully it all meets what you need.
damn whitecloaks will regret putting these manacles on me...
(eager to kill me some goodie two shoes.)
Yes indeed, not to mention our new brands. That deserves regret as well.
Goody goodies gonna die!
I'd like to see you sorry lot *try* to off a single goodie goodie... lol. As of right now you folks haven't done squat besides sulk in your cells and mope at your sorry circumstances. :)
Yes buy we mope very evil-ly ;D
Yes but we mope very evil-ly ;D
;) We are good at being mopey. Guess the cleric is going to have to do some rabble rousing.
correct. Once Im unlocked though.....then we will see bwahahahaha
I'm not the leader type, I need rabble rousing from someone. Maybe the ranger, he might know how the law should be dealt.
I'm not typically the rabble rousing type either. I'm good at saying "move!" but that's about it.
Looks like all the yappy ones ended up with Brimstone... hehe
Well at least I've got some social skills. Diplomacy for the win! Now if only we can find a way out.
I'm happy to take the role of the party face, if need be. I've got high bluff, and have considered investing in diplomacy as well. I can see this guy taking the lead, even if that means treating other people as minions. :P
:P Hey, no treating the cleric as a minion or no heal for you.
I wanna be the one that's called "Dave". I like that minion the most. Heh-eh-heh.