I rolled for your stabilization, nat 20 on the first try.
Moo.
Don't worry Bjorkus, I'm looking forward to reading more of your zany hijinks on your solo-adventure. Power to the bovine!
I'm heading home tomorrow, so expect me to have time to plan your adventure on Saturday Bjorkus.
Man I missed sandbox.
I'm a sad bull. =(
I know how you feel. But I would rather delay your adventure to increase the quality instead of sending you on some wild goose chase where I had to come up with something out of the blue every five minutes.
I understand.
I miss Psotheos Arjax already. Let me know if there are any problems with the new character. Otherwise, Rilka is reading for action. Though I’m also okay waiting in the wings until the next group quest is started.
You can always bring Psotheos back; I've been planting seeds to get you kingship. ;-)
Is Leadership a legal feat in this campaign?
Yeah, but you're in charge of keeping track of your followers. Plus you have to have a legitimate reason for having followers.
Cool.
I'm off to game night so I might not post for a while.
Gotcha.
Thanks for Bjorkus's little adventure. It makes up for being sad and neglected for two days. =)
I'd feel bad for you if you weren't trying to impregnate every female NPC (and possible a PC) in my world.
Pfft. That's crazy talk. Pregnancy isn't the goal at all!
You going to be around for a bit?
Probably not, I have an early morning. My break is becoming less of a break every day.
Well I'll stick around as long as you're going to be around.
I picked up Shadowrun Returns and I've been playing that the past few hours.
This is the last day I will have reliable internet until the 27th.
I saw you were applying for DM Giant's game Omen.
I was thinking the same thing.
The same thing on what? I was generally unhappy with that thread and the complete blandness of it.
Anybody else want to get anything significant done before we get thrown into the next story arc? I'm going to wrap up Bjorkus's adventure soonish.
I just meant apply in general. You weren't impressed by the DM?
Bjorkus will be heading back for his Spec Ops training after his little adventure and a bit of introspection.
Unless you planned for Bjorkus's participation to be forced on him in order for him to get his crew/ship back.
I'm curious about my family stuff but that might take longer to unfold.
Hey! No posting for you. You're supposed to be stranded without Internet.
I was very, very particularly underwhelmed. You couldn't even budge outside of core (which is fine) but also I had to ask twenty questions to even know what was going on. It seemed very poorly planned and lacked creativity. IMHO, perhaps he's an excellent DM and just hastily posted in recruitment.
@Toramin. Letters take time to deliver, assuming you survive your first mission I'll have a response for you upon your return.
I planned to have Dalton's return intersect with the beginning of this next arc; the incident was enough to spur him to action, a motivator of sorts. Usually, he would find some project to fiddle-faddle with, but nearly being assassinated changes things.
I am stranded. I'm in an attic with no heat, covered in blankets in Oklahoma. But, there is luckily internet for the first time ever.
Of course, He Who Is the Boss of Me, I had assumed that family drama would be a long running arc. I just wanted you to know that I'm enjoying it and the political stuff.
(...) perhaps he's an excellent DM and just hastily posted in recruitment. (...)
You cannot seriously think that way, can you? I saw you ask the same thing like 5 or 6 times. Ghost's game look much better, although Ghost himself haven't been in the forums for long, but hey, it seems he is trying...
It's called charity. :-p
*Shrugs* I try to assume good of people until proven otherwise. Although looking back on that thread I think I mostly asked questions just to prove how shallow his game is. Heh.
Ghost's game looks interesting, but I have learned from experience that large parties on PBP's are dreadfully slow.
Yup. A small tight party is a much better experience.
Sigh. My phone says no new posts here. Nek minit. Over 9000. Also posted stuff but it has been eaten...
Dont worry, i'll get it back up tonight.
Any chance we're going to reach some kind of climax or conclusion soonish? I need to take off for last minute Christmas errands.
Go ahead and take off. Climax soon probably, conclusion not for a bit.
I'm trying to power through this with you so we can get back to the others and the next branch of the main story.
I'll have my phone with me. I'll try to post from the mall.
Thinking about a few scenarios, I want to reassure you guys of something. I do not drop "subtle DM hints". I do not, nor will I ever have a character speak for me. For instance, multiple people in the scene with Bjorkus are recommending against fighting. However, unless I tell you explicitly AS THE DM that something is a bad/good idea, don't feel as if you have to conform to it or rocks will fall from the sky. Bjorkus is outnumbered, but he's a very strong, well equipped character who can rip through a good deal of goons like these. With that being the case a few people in the scene suggested a stop to the fighting; Barry didn't want half his men dead (or all of them) and Halfus isn't used to being so badly outnumbered. Unless you guys do something as daft as charging a great wyrm dragon at level 5 I won't attempt to control your actions.
I was just having a hard time understanding the scene. If I was a two bit loanshark operating out of Tijuana and the Marines from Zero Dark 30 showed up and started making demands I would be inclined to cooperate even if it were my own turf.
Except you're just some pirate who had his ship and men taken from him.
Harsh.
I killed a king!
Well time to put up or shut up. Killed a king, but put to death by a bunch of loan shark goons? What a sad ending to his story...
On the plus side, this will be a ton of XP!
Can you guys do me a favor and make your stat line similar to Toramin's? His is formatted very nicely and has all the included stats I want (I had to look up Bjorkus's CMD when the goons went to grab him).
Mine is the same as his already.
So it is, I appreciate that. That post was mostly directed at Bjorkus, Dalton, and Rilka.
After Bjorkus finishes up here (and hopefully claims his reward), he's going to head back to the capital to start his Aestherics training. In addition to developing a taste for this hero business, he's going to need help to take his ship back.
I changed my skills slightly. Lost a rank from stealth to gain a single rank in knowledge (nature). Halfling’s get a +4 racial bonus, so despite having 1 rank in stealth, the total bonus is +12.
Are there any problems with the background that you need me to fix? Do you want me to put in more NPCs, like rivals?
In case I didn’t mention it, Rilka wanted to be under the Drosil lead branch of the Aestherics.
The only thing Dalton really has to accomplish is seeing the Drow magic instructor for possible ways to learn of the assassin's identity for sure. He's not looking to learn such divinations, just have an answer.
Also, I will be gone until Friday night likely.
I've only glanced over the background, haven't had time to really take it apart.
Hmm, interesting Dalton. I'll start brainstorming.
Holidays are pretty busy for me.
No problem. I’ve been busy too. At this time, I don’t have any goals or hopes for the next story arc. Other than surviving of course :P Maybe something will strike me.
Also, Rilka, if you have PM'd me anything about your background that isn't in your profile could you move it there? I get a lot of PM's and hate trying to search through them.
Happy holidays!