Just an FYI, I will be in San Francisco starting today and going until next Monday night. Part work trip, part getaway. I don't expect to be as swamped as last time so posting once a day shouldn't be too hard, but they may be shorter than our RP calls for.
Have fun Brin! All told that was a fun encounter, though it probably would have been easier if we had one of those Doom style maps that can switch between top down 2D and side view 3D. Also would be helpful if I could access Google Docs from work to see the map in general, though your graphical representation with letters helped a lot.
Yeah, it was a good fight, glad you modified it to make it a bit tougher. Eventually I understood what was going on with the map, it wasn't really a big problem.
My will save though...gotta do something about that.
SF turned into a giant party from which there is no escape, lest I look bad in front of my boss.
Please feel free to bot Brin. He'd love to cast charm person to get some info.
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I'll use average on the rolls +1 for the CLW wand usage, rather than roll each time. That option is always available to you Davian if you want to use it, instead of rolling for it. I guess I'll roll you choose what type roll or avg once per encounter.... so you don't flip-flop between the two in an encounter.
That seems like a reasonable thing to do.
Is there a knowledge roll I could make to get some idea of what happened to Zove? Not sure her death lends to the storyline, but it'd be cool.
That seems like a good idea, someone who has ranks in that skill should definitely do that.
I believe I'd need to prep detect magic to do that captain :P I don't have Kn. Arcana, but with Identify + Detect Magic I could probably do all the things.
Brin will look at the mirror in a bit. He wants to focus on getting answers form this damn orc.
Maurie probably will give the shard to either Brin or Davian if they want to take a closer look after we finish with the orc.
Speaking of the orc, Maurie isn't big into torture as a whole, but she also isn't of the opinion that anything he gives us merits clemency.
She would object to throwing him from the tower (alive anyway) as that would cause a lot of noise and possibly interfere with their approach of the remaining orc forces.
No torture. Just a friendly chat.
That was a good move, Brin, it seems like you're the good cop here. Grok's not really the bad guy, I suppose that's Davian, though Davian doesn't speak orcish, unfortunately.
I think we should definitely kill Kagak before we leave, letting him live endangers the town, because even if the probability of him escaping is low his friends might find him and help him out. After we finish interrogating him we can examine the mirror, which I think we should at some point do.
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Guys/Gals .... as this is a pbp, I'm thinking that although there are more battle type encounters to be had, they are essentially just battles as you struggle towards your objective. I'm sure it works really well in a RL group and I've really enjoyed it up to now. But I thought I'd ask your opinion on how you want this played out ...
Continue with more of these skirmishes, (the foes do have different abilities) or a bit of GM waving onto the next phase..
I aim to please ..
The reason I ask, it kinda has an impact on the mirror shard's reaction to Norrick's spell.
I honestly have no preference either way. I enjoy the urban combat, but I won't object if the others want to hand wave away some of it.
Mixed feelings. Combat is a part of it all, and fun. (And a key part of a story that includes the siege of Truneau!) On the other hand, yes, combats do have the tendency to bog down PbP games. A three-round combat can easily take more than a week, and a five-round combat can easily take two weeks. That's fine, but the side effect is that players' memories fade, and sometimes they lose the thread of the story.
So... use your good GM judgement :) Strike a balance. But I'm in favor of you GM-handwaving some of the combats, if you judge that they aren't some of the most important ones.
I would prefer to stick through the combat, although Cromwin is going to be very happy once he can get Anvil back. I think running a number of fights helps flesh out the feeling of the invasion pretty well though, so would prefer not to skip anything.
I like the fights! This last one has been fun to read!
The combat is good, exciting and gives a good sense of what is going on. I say we play through all of them.
I would, however, enjoy it if you botted a bit more liberally, so that things go faster. I understand if it's too much work or you don't feel comfortable taking control of a character, of course, but I do think I'd enjoy the game more if you botted people if they don't post within about twenty four hours for a given round. Do other people agree?
I understand the GM's not wanting to bot, but also am 100% ok with botting. It happens sometimes as people get busy or have to disappear for a day or two.
i.e. for me, normally happens on Thursday night, as I work late that night :P
Typically I try to give guidelines for actions my characters would take if I know that I will need to be botted ahead of time. In the event that I don't I trust that my characters actions will make some semblance of sense, so no worries here. Don't see any upcoming bot time, but as a heads up I am having to do some studying for a work related qualification, so I might not be ghosting for a post quite as much until that is done. Shouldn't need to be botted, but might be a bit slower in posting.
Another thing is that it feels a little weird to move towards one of a variety of possible objectives. If someone else in the party disagrees, then they've got to follow me or split the party, or else we've got to retcon things, so I've been trying to wait until we get a clear majority. The other problem, however, is that if I make a post detailing how I move from one place to another, stop at the second place, and do something like talk to the other characters, only to find out at the next post that there's an ambush halfway through, it's a bit awkward.
Can you generally describe us moving from scene to scene once we've reached a consensus, Deevor? What do other people think about this?
I think I understood that...
Soccer match tonight (Pompey hosting some other team) that has longer term implications if you win, as it would put you guys on a win streak. Not sure from your post if it has bracket qualifier/divisional ramifications, but you probably will be in the stands chanting and cheering until the 90 plus minute mark.... so don't expect a post until sometime tomorrow.
I think the translation is correct. Some linguists think that in two hundred years people in the US won't speak the same language as people in Britain.
At work I now have two British contacts, two Spaniards, and 1 Pole. There's some breakage between us when speaking English but we never have issues unless things get really technical.
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@Davian, if the GM asks for a will save ... he just wants a will save .... not the Spanish Inquisition ...
...Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition .. they have two main weapons ... FEAR, SURPRISE AND ... they have three main weapons ... FEAR, SURPRISE, RUTHLESS EFFICIENCY and ...
So it is clear, she isn't bluffing. She is perfectly ok with these guys getting turned into an impromptu campfire. Granted she doesn't have the ability to pull that off (no magic spells and no quick burning things like oil in her kit) but if someone more suited to it were to take up the torch of her idea, so to speak.... well... who wants smores?
Yeah, it was site wide for two days... seems they finally implemented their fix action though.
Yeah, coincidentally, THAT'S how I heard about the error, lol. You know, *after* they fixed it xD
*facepalm*
Yeah, the site was being bad for a few days. I normally check manually anyway, so I didn't even notice.
If Maurie can see a torch nearby Grok can toss a litre of lantern oil on in a single turn. They could probably cut their way out. We keep being unable to burn people alive, despite someone always suggesting it. Gotta keep an eye out for any opportunity.
Or Norrik might be able to ignite it with a fire spell, if he has any prepared. :)
You're ok GM :P
We all disappear cause of life now and again. Thankfully, we're playing a game, and not orchestrating a corporate project with a deadline :P
My apologies for my absence. It's been an amazing past few days and I've been swept up in it.
np and take your time GM.
real life always comes first!
Hope things clear up soon. Good luck with your legal issues etc.
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Just to let you know what's been going on in the background. The long and the short of it was my family and I have been threatened with loosing our home over the past 18 months. This has taken its toll and last week we it was concluded, and we have secured our home.
So as you can imagine things like games has been a fantastic distraction, but in the last month or so, my focus was on other things, as we ran up to the proceedings Anyway with that over now, and having had a few days to calm down after it all, I plan to start you up again after Easter, so the game can resume Tuesday 18th April. It gives me a few days to get my head back to what was happening and to see how the plot is likely to go ahead.
Thank you for your patience in waiting for me. If you are wanting to continue with the game on the 18th April then please leave a message here to confirm. Thanks you all again.
I am still game, glad that you guys still have a home. (Hard to game while living in a shelter or under a bridge, after all.)
If you want to still continue this one Maurie is available. If not, Maurie (or some other character) would be available for a new adventure.