Stage fright! I'm afraid to roll, but I have to get it over with.
Wow... that was a large amount of work, specially when you are about to post and you notice someone finished before you, so you need to edit your own post!
Oh, and I never doubted Baolus would ACE his audition check! lol (negative charisma for the win!)
@GM: Are we allowed to 'take 10' on these rolls? This would allow us to better lead the auditions, since we are trying to 'choose' our roles by underperforming the roles we don't want.
You are allowed to, but it's not something I would reccomend since the AP gives rewards both in terms of XP and Popularity if you perform well (that is, if your result is 20 or more). As for choosing the roles, I understand your will to choose your respective roles, but performing poorly could result in you being fired out of the play. My advice is to roll and then, if you don't like your role, ask Robahl to adjust it according to your preferances.
GM, I believe you forgot to give us the Reflex save DC.
DC 15 ;)
And then you realize that a bucket hits better and harder than a group of wannabe heroes...XD
LOL! You are correct, sir. The bucket hasn't gotten less than 20 to hit any of us so far. Can you take the bucket on adventures with us?
Come on Baolus, it is up to you!
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Please try and set collective scenes when possible.
By this, I assume you mean that you'd like us to try to introduce scenes with other PCs and also more than one NPC? That way you won't have to have four separate scenes dedicated to each day.
In order to coordinate, may I suggest that we broadcast a little bit in the Discussion thread what we're thinking of doing, so that we don't necessarily have to wait for the others to post and decide which characters are there?
For instance, I'm thinking about starting the first day with a scene of Faustinia getting fitted for her costume. Any number of PC's could be in this scene, even if they're just waiting to get fitted, and multiple NPC's could be there too. Millech is obvious, due to the illusory parts of the costumes, but any of the other actors could be getting fitted as well, and Nonon could pop in. I'm going to start focusing on just Millech, though.
Ah, that makes sense. If we are in a scene together, wooing an NPC, should we make separate diplomacy rolls or do aid another?
Costume fitting is a great start. I won't get to posting til later today though.
I set a different scene from Faustinia's, thinking Catina wouldn't really try and socialize with Millech, at least on the first day. I've made my scene 'generic' enough that others could jump in as well, giving them a choice of scenes.
On another note: I seriously hope Catina's dice rolling is going to improve, or our leading lady is going to have a very miserable week ahead of her. ;)
Wow, fortunately you've burned these bad rolls on non-combat checks. Imagine this series of rolls in a dungeon O.O
Baolus raises an interesting point: Is Aid Another allowed here? Is the friendship benefit on an individual level, or as a group? And how would aiding affect that?
Friendship here functions along the same line of the Diplomacy skill, and hence individually. It would have been interesting to create a system for group friendship but in my opinion it would be too complex. As such, and to answer your question, checks are individual and you cannot use the aid another action.
Anyway, it is also important to make clear that the DCs for the checks to befriend the NPCs do not follow strictly the traditional DCs for usual Diplomacy checks. For example, befriending Calsinica requires you to make "only" a successfull DC 12 Diplomacy check, while befriending other NPCs may have a higher DC. Moreover, there are a number of situational modifier that I apply to your check's result and that could make it easier or harder for you to befriend an NPC.
Hey guys, I just heard from Baolus that he's going to drop PbP for quite some time due to personal issues. I was very sorry to hear about that, and I still need time to figure out a solution for us. I will try and recruit another player asking to some good players I know from other games to join us. I will try to come up with something credible for Baolus sudden disappearance. This is the third time it happens in this game, and I'm very sad about this :( It will take some time to figure out a solution, but I will try!
Oh, very sad to hear that. Take care, Baolus, if you're still reading this!
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I'm sorry to hear that Baolus will be leaving, but it's totally understandable - sometimes things crop up and they have to be dealt with. I hope he enjoyed his time with us, and wish him the best!
If I may suggest a fictional reason for his leaving, Baolus could probably return to the rundottari fairly easily. Since his guard captain and Arael are friends, perhaps the captain could request Baolus back as a guard for some unexplained urgent emergency.
Anyway, let's keep playing guys!
That is sad. Baolus, if you read this you did an awesome job!
Hey guys, I will be away from home and a decent source of internet connection until Saturday morning. I’m going to give a lecture at an university of another city. Please bot my character as necessary, or, if I’m your GM, enjoy a bit of hard-earned rest!
If you find someone interested, just ask him/her to PM me, so that we can talk about the game a little. And thanks!
Hey guys, a quick update on the campaign status. Our game is currently on hold, and it will stay so until I don't have at least one player willing to join us. I've got two candidates so far, and I'm considering to let both of them join our group, so that if a player bows out of the game in the future we won't experience the same difficulties we're having now.
In the meantime, perhaps we can put the scene at the theater on hold and have you roleplay some flashback scenes. There's something in particular that you would like to roleplay?
Welcome back, Giuseppe. It's good to hear you have two candidates. :)
I've had a busy day today (tomorrow as well), but I've been thinking about your question. Could we maybe go back to early morning, when we were strolling along the city together? That might give us a few hooks for roleplaying, while cementing our bond with each other and Westcrown.
Aaaand....We're live again. Thank you for your suggestion Catina, but I had already written my post.
Important: This is a hard time for our campaign. Every campaign has to endure hard moments, and if we want to keep playing we must accept this and work a little harder in order to not let this game crumble. As such, I think we should make an effort to regain our pace and post 1/day as usual, even though we don't move forward the story. It is very important for the game, trust me. In this moment, we need to stay focused while I work to get new players on board.
Giuseppe, could you find a way to create a link to this post to the top of our campaign, somehow? It's the one where you introduce all of the other Eyes, and I find myself referring to it quite a lot. It would be easy to have it quickly available, rather than have to search through the gameplay thread each time.
Giuseppe, could you find a way to create a link to this post to the top of our campaign, somehow? It's the one where you introduce all of the other Eyes, and I find myself referring to it quite a lot. It would be easy to have it quickly available, rather than have to search through the gameplay thread each time.
Did it!
A quick update about the new members of our group. I've given them a deadline ending tomorrow, then I will review their submission and work with them in order to ensure their characters have enough hooks and reasons to join the campaign. We will do so during the weekend, provided the candidates manage to complete their submissions in time.
I'm a little concerned about Petals' silence as well. I'm going to poke her with a PM.
Sorry all, as I just sent to our GM, I check in the morning and usually after work. Yesterday I was waiting on responses when I checked. This morning... um... can't remember. I have 3 kids, both time and brain cells suffer from that occasionally.
I'll post in a bit.
No worries Faustinia, thanks for letting us know. I will post something for Catina and Petals in a few hours, so that they can have the chance to roleplay while we wait for Faustinia's post.
Dot.
Most of my profile is complete. I just need to finalize some formatting and purchase gear.
Welcome on board!
Welcome, Alessandro!
Hello and welcome!
I'm going to answer to Petals' scene now, and to Catina's tomorrow. Then, I will move the story forward tomorrow evening, hoping that Alessandro will be ready to go by then; if not, I will move the story forward anyway and introduce him on Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on when he'll be ready.
P.S. Alessandro, consider investing some skills in Perform (acting). If you manage to find a good way to justify those ranks in your background, it would be even better!
Edit: I just realized that I also need to answer to Faustinia's scene with Millech. As such, I'll be giving Alessandro an additional day to get ready for adventure. In the meantime, I will post once in the morning and once in the evening, answering to Catina and Faustina respectively. I will then move the story forward on Tuesday morning.
I'm pretty much ready to go however you want to introduce him. I can work in some perform (act). I'll revise that next time I get a chance.
Thanks. Nice to meet you guys.
It occurred to me that if we don't think Baolus is coming back that the magical breastplate could go to Catina instead. +1 more ac would come in handy since you are now our tank as well as healer :)
There is also the magical weapon he picked up if anyone wants it and if Giuseppe is okay with us scavenging the spoils of our last fight. Petals is happy with her hammer as her primary weapon and the rapier as her secondary though.
I've added 1 skill point into Perform (act). I don't have any Cha bonus, so it'll give me a +4 bonus, which is better than nothing. As for justification, the the opera being a favorite pastime of many Wiscrani, Alessandro has seen his share of shows and perhaps sung to himself without an audience but nothing more.
I finished up my gear as well.
I think everything should be done and good to go.
Important update: I'll be posting tomorrow afternoon, setting the scene for the new day at the theater.
I'm working on my post now but I'm currently at work. I might not able to finalize it until I get home but I'll have it done today.
Hey folks! Giuseppe has graciously allowed me to join up, and I I've played with two of you in his Price of Immortality series as Korech. Delighted to be joining the group.
For those I have not yet met, I'm Dave from Canada. I run multiple games on here as GM SpiderBeard.
I'll have the alias set up today at some point. Just need to know starting money for gear.
Standard wealth by level ;)