Thanks! It's been a rough month, but things are calming down now. Parenting is fun and joyful, but it takes a lot of time and energy! XD
Yes, it's good to have you back!
Welcome back! :D
Sorry about the slow posts guys! Typing in present tense is turning out to be much harder then I thought! At least we are finally about to claim the rightful loot. Apples. Dozens of Apples.
Hey guys,
Sorry for the long absence (once again). Thing is, between an increased workload at my job recently and a newborn at home, I haven't been able to keep up with the games, and even if it doesn't eat up that much into the day, I've been wanting to use my spare time to be with my wife and my boy, which I'm sure you can understand. But since I'm kind of a stickler for commitments, the notion that I'm holding up gameplay keeps nagging at me, so I'd rather step down at once to have some peace of mind and let you all enjoy the adventure. I've been playing on the boards regularly for over 5 years, and I know that games can take a hit when someone leaves, but it is not a decision I take lighly. I wish you all a fun and lasting campaign and I thank you for your understanding!
Cheers and game on!
Arthorion, I'm really sorry to hear that you're leaving, but obviously the demands of real life have to take precedence. I hope you and your new family have a happy future and I look forward to getting to play with you again in the future!
As for the game, it's obvious now that we should potentially re-open recruitment. How do we feel about starting a recruitment thread up and trying to add a couple new players?
Sorry to see you go! But it's completely understandable.
I think rerecruitment is a good idea.
Totally understandable Arthorion, but we'll miss you! Best of luck to you and your family! :)
I agree with recruitment. I don't want this campaign to die out!
Shame we really didn't get to play together but family comes first of course :D
I am all for rererecruitment!
I've decided to invite players from my other, now-defunct, Ironfang table. I'll see if any of them are interested before putting up a re-recruitment thread.
Hey, gang. I'm out of town for a week. I might be able to sneak a post in occasionally, but I can't promise anything.
On a different note, when I return, I'll start a proper recruitment thread. Everyone I've reached out to is unable to play.
I hope that everybody has a happy 4th, American or otherwise!
I'm back!
I'm about to set up a new recruitment thread to bring a couple new players in. I'll give it a week and then we'll see which applicants we like the most.
Sounds good!
I've sent out a short list of applicants to each of you via PM. Please check them out and message me back with your thoughts.
Hey, guys. I decided to take three people from the recruitment to bring us back up to six.
They should be reporting in soon.
Hi GM! Thanks for the invite. :) Hey guys o/ please let me know if you need me to change/adjust anything on Sekter.
Welcome! Looking forward to playing with you!
Nice last name, by the way. ;)
Great to have you!
Welcome! Looking forward to playing with you!
Nice last name, by the way. ;)
Lol that will be confusing! Hopefully we will stick to calling me Sekter.
Reporting as ordered! I'm very much looking forward to playing with all of you and trying out a new way of playing Pathfinder. This will be my first Play by Post game so I'll probably be quite active in the discussion thread while I get my feet wet and try to avoid making mistakes. Please take a look at Rolar and let me know if there's anything I need to adjust before we kick things off!
First question. I just added all my critical stats so you can see them with each post but I wanted clarification on bonuses. On saves for instance I have a +5 bonus vs. spells and spell like abilities. Combined with my natural +1 it's a total of +6. Do I put +6 in the parentheses after the saves or do I just put the +5?
First question. I just added all my critical stats so you can see them with each post but I wanted clarification on bonuses. On saves for instance I have a +5 bonus vs. spells and spell like abilities. Combined with my natural +1 it's a total of +6. Do I put +6 in the parentheses after the saves or do I just put the +5?
I would use the +5, that way I just add the necessary bonuses instead of confusing things.
For simplicity's sake, I'm going to include the three new players as a second group of Phaendar refugees that just stumbled on the camp.
Does that work for everybody?
Welcome Rolar! :)
Yes, that's fine with me. That seems like the easiest way to do it.
For simplicity's sake, I'm going to include the three new players as a second group of Phaendar refugees that just stumbled on the camp.
Does that work for everybody?.
That sounds find to me. Just for clarifications sake we don't need new backstories about how we're now refugee's from Phaendar correct? I'm proceeding under the assumption that my backstory remains intact except the very end. Instead of waking up in a medical tent from multiple arrow wounds I will have arrived in camp with another group I linked up with in the Fangwood.
Hi everyone, happy to play with you and have another stab at this campaign!
I still need to boop Skalla to second level, which I will do later today when I'm at home. The point at which my old campaign stalled was when we had almost finished rescuing the survivors of Phaendar and were preparing to flee into the Fangwood.
What I had in mind was that Skalla was part of the first group of refugees to cross the bridge and seek refuge in the forest, but during the chaos and confusion of their flight a little boy got separated from the group, so Skalla went to look for him. Up to the GM if Skalla returns to camp with, or without the boy.
A bit about her: she's Phaendar's teacher, very protective of children and, by extension, of smaller folk. She's a follower of Shelyn and gay as heck.
A bit about me: I'm a game developer living in the Netherlands (so my posting times may differ from the rest of the group), have been playing TTRPGs since 1999 and play-by-post since 2011.
For simplicity's sake, I'm going to include the three new players as a second group of Phaendar refugees that just stumbled on the camp.
Does that work for everybody?
That works for me too.
And welcome welcome Rolar and Skalla!
Welcome everyone! I'm really excited to get this going again. Seems like an interesting bunch of characters. :)
Nobody needs to rework their backgrounds. It can be as simple as Sekter stumbling across a wounded dwarf and bringing him to the refugees he's been following. Skalla fetches the missing child and returns to camp around the same time as Sekter and Rolar, and we can explain her lack of familiarity with the party on being mostly separated over the previous couple of nights.
Does that work better?
I like it!
Got it!
That works!
Do I need to do something in order to show up on the characters tab or does the GM add me to that?
You can post something in the page and then delete it. That will add you to the page.
In any case, the gameplay will be back up and running today.
That did it, thanks!
Sorry about the delay! I hope that will be a good jumping off point for everybody. :)
Question about order of postings for the RP side of the game. Do we wait for each person to post then "move" to the next turn (almost like initiative order in combat), or can I for example start to engage with Skalla over his attitude toward Nissa right away?
Question about order of postings for the RP side of the game. Do we wait for each person to post then "move" to the next turn (almost like initiative order in combat), or can I for example start to engage with Skalla over his attitude toward Nissa right away?
I find that posting frequently is only a boon for a game. If your character has something to say and you have the time to write it, you should post.
GM,
Do you mind if I read the campaign setting article in the back of the AP books?
GM,
Do you mind if I read the campaign setting article in the back of the AP books?
Are you referring to the articles like The Nesmian Plains and Ironfang Legion Toolbox in the back of Trail of the Hunted?
Yes, except not the Ironfang Legion toolbox because that one is more for the GM.
In that case, you could read The Nesmian Plains, The Chernasardo Rangers, Born of Battle, Longshadow, Hadregash, Kraggodan, and Blighted Lands. I believe those are spoiler-free.
Thanks!
Oh dang, look at all the posts I have came back to! Welcome to the game guys!
Hey guys! Sorry I’m a little slow this week. I have intense activities at work until Thursday so it’s affecting my posting capabilities. I’ll normalize soon! Thanks for the understanding ;)
I'm just waiting for Sekter to drop into the gameplay thread before we move on.
Sekter, is your scar from the Darkblight visible?
It’s on the left arm, but most of the time he covers both arms with the long sleeves of his outfits. I see you have the trait too - these fey did a number on us huh?
They sure did, that's why I was wondering if it was visible to Dalvin. His is on his chest so it's pretty much always covered.
Hey GMR0B0GEISHA, just checking to see if all is well with you. Any idea when we’ll be moving into the regular flow of gameplay?