Back to bed with you! Shoo!
Also, have we lost my brother and Eldira? I haven't seen a post from either in quite some time.
Hmm
I keep telling Snowflake there is not a lot he can accidentally spoil for you, and if he's afraid he does, he can run his post past me. But he is convinced he will and that is why he's not involved a lot.
I wish I could follow his reasoning sometimes. Then again, I did marry him so I guess there must be logic to be found somewhere?
Well, I'm desperately trying to pull myself back into the swing, but yeah, we're still a bit under-represented here.
What would you need Oskar? A bit more action? A bit more time?
Snowflake promised he'd be more active once we get to the more 'active' parts.
While it is important for sandpoint to be alive as a town as it will be your base of operations troughout the AP, its also the parts more easily summarised.
I can also look for a replacement for Sebastian.
Same for everyone of course. I would love to continue with this. If there is something missing, let me know.
I want some feedback before I continue in the gameplay thread. Would we benefit from an accelerated pace? Playing out the boar hunt is fun, but it will take up a lot of time. I can easily do it in a more narrative way, speeding up the overall story.
Its all about finding a balance. I would love to continue with this, and I want to make this fun for all of you. But I need to know what we are missing at the moment.
Getting in a new player is no problem. As I choose everyone for this, I would like to know if there is someone you would like to play this AP with so we can invite that person.
An accelerated pace would be fun. We could also maybe act out the boar hunt in a more accelerated way. Maybe do a bunch of skill checks and an attack roll and then RP off the base of that?
I think though that what I most want is people to RP out of combat. I will state that I am currently playing a live RotRL game, but this game and the other one are soooo different that I'm not worried about spoilers. I do need group chemistry and interaction to continue though. I need my brother. I need Rod.
With most of the group not here... I don't have anything to play against. I think that is my biggest single problem.
BTW, Oskar, I'm willing to drop the crush if that makes you uncomfortable and just go after NPCs. Taj can be somewhat flitting in her emotions.
But if we're going to have half the group gone... I'm not sure I want to continue.
:(
Does this make sense, Woran?
I've really enjoyed this so far, but maybe it wasn't meant to be.
Hmm
I understand. Its a Roleplaying game first and foremost. Together we make the stories. Its also for me about finding a balance. You miss the social ques here. Do we want elaborate talks to every NPC? Do I speed it up a bit? I think I've found the balance now, of what to narrate, and what to leave up to you. (I hope)
I've done my best to make sandpoint come alive around you. But its GM interpretation after all, so I can imagine your other game is much different (what we do here is after all very different from when I played it).
I'll have a talk with Snowflake, and try and get him to talk with you.
I hope Oskar can get back in the swing, and with your suggestions I can get in a new player. There is plenty of opportunity to insert someone at this point.
Is there someone you would like to play with?
okay. I'm back. A few things happened
-first of all I played the first part of the ap, so I held myself back, because Iḿ remembering more and more, and I don want to spoil the fun for the rest of us. It means that I have to learn be more active, without yelling "Duck" just before the hippogriff divebombs you.
(btw, on that subject, go watch Arq on netflix)
-second: I broke my arm. Thatś healed, so more typing stuff can begin
(btw: Matt Murdock is a wuss ninja. He got me by surprise, I tell ya)
-My PC broke down, so Iḿ on back-up and mobile devices, but it hampers me.
(btwL iḿ typing this on my chromebook. Itś nifty, but it has quarcks)
So. I'll have Woran kick me more often and make me post, If we game on.
(btw: Galderos is doing that awfull thing called Vampire The Masquerade, live, all weekend)
Thank you Snowflake.
As I said, I really want to make this work. I had a lot of fun, and letting it slide like this is my fault. I should have picked it up earlier.
I want to do whatever it takes to make this continue. You're all wonderfull players and we had some amazing roleplay.
If Snowflake posts more, we will have a solid core of four:
Rataji, Oskar, Justin and Snowflake.
Rodrak will be our spiritual Silent Bob. Always there, and you know you need to pay attention when he speaks.
Sebastian is just too busy. I'm all for getting a new player in, and as I said, if there is someone you would like to get in on the game, let me know. You're free of course to talk to potential players yourself to pique interest.
I'll try to get a post in this weekend. Other suggestions: Kalindara, Lady Ladile, TOZ, Lau from the Netherlands.
BNW, Oskar, do you have any suggestions?
Lau is very interested. Rise of the Runelords has been on his wishlist for a long time.
Hey Lau! Do you think you can kick us all into activity? We need to someone awesome to spice up our chemistry again! We're about to go into a boar hunt. Do you have anyone who could show up in the middle of that?
Hmm
PS BNW, Redblade... Don't make me come and poke you two.
I've given Lau the same freedom as you in building a character. But I did retain my veto right :P
It will be interesting. There is not really a role missing in the party, but there is plenty of room for complementary roles.
Let sleeping wolves lie
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Oof, that's a disturbing amount of pages already. And I should confess I've only dabbled in PbP before. But I'm eager to give it a try.
I haven't got any immediate ideas for Sandpoint locals yet, but I can probably turn up something soon enough. Alternatively I have a draft somewhere of an elven wizard that I played for like three sessions in a now long-dead RotRL game in Leiden. I hear this is one of the wizard-y APs... :P
And you need to have memorized every word written here, and sum it up in a 32 verse epic before playing with us.
Yeah, I'm a bald faced liar. Just come in and join us. Meet us as we go!
Eek, another wizardly type! Justin, you'll have company!
Hmm
...Come on, roll that Sense Motive....
Ooh, we'll get along splendidly.
Hmm
If you're a sandpoint local (you could easily be an elf), you would know of some of the things that happened.
The players could give you a summary of what happened. A lot of it would be public knowledge. Sandpoint thrives on gossip.
@BNW: what sort of focus do you have for your magic? Looking to see if there's enough design space for another 'wizard' or if I should look further :)
Justin is mostly transmutation buffy, so if you want to leave radioactive fallout in your wake we'd be in two different niches.
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Well then. I'm starting to see the pieces falling together. I've already got an outline of concept/backstory, can work out a few more details. Do we post backgrounds for everyone to read or rather just only to Woran for now, and others to find out?
Mechanically speaking, I'm inclined towards an elven Earth school wizard, with a focus on attacking with ray spells. Although Earth "smells" a bit like transmutation it's diverse enough that I think we won't be in each others' way :)
Are those the same as in the Rise of the Runelords Anniversary Edition Player's Guide? Because those are all good.
You can post your background in your alias. If there are parts you dont want others to see, spoiler those. I trust the others not to check. Or if they do, not to use it. That way I can easily check back if I want to incorporate something from your background in the story.
Keep in mind internal monologue is a thing in PbP. So you can bring out secrets that the players will know about but the characters will not!
Hmm
Playing with the voices in your head is way more fun in PbP
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I've read rataji's post several times now, and it still makes me laugh.
PONY PONY PONY
So the pieces are coming together :D
Ooh, nice ears!
*note* justin lacks rodent empathy. So compared to normal ratfolk he is horrifically bad at this..
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Not just *rodent* empathy ;)
Fun rat fact of the day: Rats dont hiss, they spit. Puff themselfs up so they appear big, and then go 'tuh tuh tuh'.
I'll try my best to get the hunt up tomorrow. Might be thwarted by real life pathfinder session.
when you have real life fantasy and fantasy fantasy you may have a problem... :)
I also LARP. I have all kinds of real fantasy fantasy problems ;)
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Google translate, baby!
Boar spear: 1d8 ×2 (brace)
Two-Handed simple weapon.
This spear has a metal crossbar to protect you against onrushing attackers. If you ready a boar spear against a charge and your attack hits, you gain a +2 shield bonus to your AC against that creature until your next turn.
Brace: If you use a readied action to set a brace weapon against a charge, you deal double damage on a successful hit against a charging creature.
Hmm, do you want to poke Oskar? Or shall I?
I've poked him on google hangouts about three times already, and no response. I hope he's okay.
Me too. I'll send him a message.
ahh didn't see we had a map...
Eyup, the grease works. no grease for our frontliners to stand on and lots of grease it has to go through to get to the importa..erm. me.
*Snif* arghl. Concrud...