Hey guys!
Here's the discussion thread for our adventure, so feel free to talk about whatever whenever. I'm not opposed to [ooc] things in the gameplay thread, but longer talk and strategy and all that jazz can just go here instead.
There's probably some house rules or something I'm forgetting to mention, but those will come up when they come up.
I hope we can all have a great game!
*Waves* (^_^)
Checking in! I should have my stats and stat block updated within the next day or so.
"Aye aye cap'n! No-eyes Bellamy reportin' in! Bear in mind I'm just a cook sir!" He said, his eyepatched face looking in the wrong direction again.
And the gameplay thread is a go! There be many drinks to be had off the port bow, so disembark and go get 'em!
Ye Ol' Salty reporting in. A question for you: I've noticed a few of our players are level 3 (Bellamy, Reijo). I thought we were level 4.
We are; Bellamy and Reijo are importing and updating their characters from a dead Skull and Shackles game. A couple of wealth and level changes are due, but the characters are solid enough for a start to the game.
Roger Roger. Just wanted to make sure. Last question for the moment. Mr. Bellamy, can you actually see? How does it work?
Thanks very much Suny, good to know!
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I in't sure a nuffin', though. Jus' sayin', is all.
(^_^)
Hey all -- looking forward to the game. Have some work to do in the kitchen, but then will catch up with the gameplay thread.
Nhati is a Magaambayan Arcanist... not the prestige class, but that's a qualitative description of what she is. She's also a sailor, and has been on quite a number of ships. She much prefers to be a "pirate with a heart of gold" than the whole murder and pillage on the high seas thing, but she's learned that sometimes she has to be flexible.
Her familiar is a parrot by the name of Tai, who speaks polyglot and has quite a mouth on him.
Oh! Realizing I haven't purchased equipment yet! I'll get on that....
So let's get the pun outta the way, shall we?
Is she a Nhati girl?
Ok I'm done
What does it mean to speak polyglot? Maybe Poly's a Glotten.
I swear I'm done
I don't know anything about the Magaambaya, could you fill me in a bit?
<3
Heh!
The Magaambya is a magic academy in Nantambu, a city (perhaps the safest and most peaceful city) in the Mwangi Expanse. Reputed to have been founded by Old Mage Jatembe himself, it's a school that values the ancient lore of the Shory empire, as well as a connection to nature, and indeed some of the wizards and such at the Magamambya end up learning some druidic magic as well. It's where Nhati did her early studies, although in more recent years she's been a shipboard wanderer.
Thanks very much!
Just letting you guys know that I'll wait until everyone's got at least a post or two and some hellos in before I start throwing ADVENTURE your way. So don't feel like you're going to throw the game off or flood the thread or bother anyone by blabbing like idiots.
I like blabbing like idiots! It's kind of my thing.
You asked for it, Mister GM.
Hey guys, how do I make the little account thing?
And do rolls?
Sorry, this is my first PbP on here.
Any help would be appreciated!
I was gonna ask earlier, but I was asleep.
Thanks, Viktorra.
By little account thing, do you mean the thing under our heads with HP, AC, Savings Throws, etc?
As for rolls, use this format
[ dice=SOMETHING]1d20 +0 [/dice]
Still working atm. Fret not, I will post later tonight!
And Viktorra, to do what the otter says, just enter the info into your Class field (and/or Gender and/or Race fields). Just check out anyone's profile and see what data gets inserted as an example.
By little account thing, do you mean the thing under our heads with HP, AC, Savings Throws, etc?
As for rolls, use this format
[ dice=SOMETHING]1d20 +0
Actually, yes. Just that. I have no idea how to do that.
And I kinda went dumb on the dice. I knew how to do that already. Sorry!
I just edited my above post to answer you Viktorra. :)
Ohhhh. That's quite intelligent.
Thank you, Reijo.
What's SM?
Something Marvelous
I actually have no idea, my intelligence is still 7
"Why don't I shows ye what S an'M be," Reijo says as he grabs a cat o'nine tails and dons his leather mask...
;)
Seriously though, it's Sense Motive. And with a +1, it is certainly not Something Marvelous. :)
I'll be posting within the hour, maybe get my stats straightened out too.
Viktorra is slightly shocked. "Well then. That picked up rather quickly..."
Why do you put Sense Motive?
Some GMs request it, so I just put it in as a matter of habit. Some GMs here even tell you the precise format they want to see under everyone's names, for their own quick reference.
Lol, with my new stat changes, my SM dropped from +1 to 0. I shouldn't really be advertising that... :D
You take a point out of Wisdom?
Yes. I roleplay Reijo with less wisdom than I originally gave him. :)
Hahah, alright.
I did some altering of Viktorra, too. Nothing major, just a few skill and ability score changes.
Figured Cha could go to 7 to make Str 13, with 4th level increase making it a 14.
Oh my Viktorra, you could take lessons from a dwarf on social etiquette! =P
Social graces are overrated, methinks. So is sense motive. And Will saves. And HP, for that matter. I've already planned each of your deaths at least three times over... so there's nothing to worry about!
In all seriousness, though, I'm pretty lax on whichever stat bar you'd like to use. I generally use one that looks like Ol' Salty's, with other trackables added on. It's for your convenience first and mine second.
Still waiting on Reijo and Bellamy to make their entrances in the gameplay before I burst in all GM-like.
Oh my Viktorra, you could take lessons from a dwarf on social etiquette! =P
Yeah, I tend to have her be more wise, and just role play the low Cha as being very blunt. You have I be to survive on the seas, ya know?
"Looking fancy and smooth talkin' doesn't win ya a ship or booty" as she likes to say.
Or, ye can be all friendlily like an' be makin' friends an' be all gettin' a ship an' findin' shine an' stuffs, like. (^_^)
"That be the plan. That be the plan..."
Social graces are overrated, methinks. So is sense motive. And Will saves. And HP, for that matter. I've already planned each of your deaths at least three times over... so there's nothing to worry about!
In all seriousness, though, I'm pretty lax on whichever stat bar you'd like to use. I generally use one that looks like Ol' Salty's, with other trackables added on. It's for your convenience first and mine second.
Still waiting on Reijo and Bellamy to make their entrances in the gameplay before I burst in all GM-like.
And then 20 goblin barbarians rose from the depths and killed everything in sight. Roll new characters.
gg wp
In his original incarnation (many years ago), I gave Reijo a Charisma score of 8. More recently I upped it to 10, and now here I've upped it to 12. Reijo is a horrendous diplomat, as you are just beginning to see. Crass, blunt, insulting even when he tries to be cordial. However, he can scare the living nine hells and more out of the sturdiest of pirate captains with a look. And he lies so well, you'd think he believes what he says himself, so... I'm now going with the average of these skills for Charisma. :)
Helio - I still have skills and gear to work out, but I started updating him at least. Probably by tomorrow night the rest will be taken care of.
Social graces are overrated, methinks. So is sense motive. And Will saves. And HP, for that matter. I've already planned each of your deaths at least three times over... so there's nothing to worry about!
In all seriousness, though, I'm pretty lax on whichever stat bar you'd like to use. I generally use one that looks like Ol' Salty's, with other trackables added on. It's for your convenience first and mine second.
Still waiting on Reijo and Bellamy to make their entrances in the gameplay before I burst in all GM-like.
As long as it's fighting on the deck of a ship with her rapier in hand, Viktorra will be satisfied. She knows her death is inevitable. Pirates tend to have shorter lifespans.
Mr. Bellamy, can you actually see? How does it work?
I think Sunset answered this pretty good! I thought a couple of patches over each eye would be pretty atmospheric and in accordance with the rules.
(^_^)
Yay! I answered it gooder!
Wait, whut were I talkin' about? (>_>)
Overhearing Reijo's comments towards Nhati and Suny, her first reaction is to prepare herself for them to be turned towards her. The second is wondering what exactly stopped him from doing so.
Well, with your Charisma score of 7 and their 16 and 18, coupled by the fact that the other two ladies described themselves as being, at most, only partially clothed... ;)
Hey! I yam wearin' clothes!
I haz a SHIRT! *points to self proudly*
(^_^)
NOT in Reijo's mind.
;D
Oh.. well.. I can't be tellin' whut's in yer head, boy...
(^_~)
Wait? Why wouldn't me in yer head be wearin' me shirt in yer head? *Scratches own head all confuzzled, like*
I'll have you know, mister Reijo, that you CAN be purty with a Charisma of 7.
She's the "hide and see if I can trust any of them" kind of Cha 7 character. :P
Nonetheless, I see where you're coming from. I see her lack of self-esteem (when not in battle, of course) as a sort of second drawback. Just no trait gained.
Suny - Lol. I think Suny and Reijo are so far apart in their respective jubilance vs gloominess, time-space may warp and the planes collide from the black hole that appears when we are in close proximity... ;)
Viktorra - True. In that case, give Reijo a little time. He's rather simple-minded when it comes to the ladies, and presently distracted by the two lovelies who are indeed half-naked... at least in his own mind. ;)
Actually, I did see your last post in the Recruitment thread as well:
As to Reijo's attentions, I believe that Viktorra isn't attracted to men in that way. Maybe from her treatment of them, maybe because of something else. I just don't imagine her with a man. Actually had a typical "royal" girlfriend in the works, but wasn't sure how much that would be accepted, and didn't wanna start anything.
Plus, I've been selected already. Having that big of a story change might be a bad thing.
Unless the DM would let me add that aspect in?So, she should present a challenge!
I can't speak for our GM, but imo - by all means, go for it.
I figured she'd be that typical, saw her on a merchant/navy ship, and fell in love.
Didn't kill her, took her on, trained her as a pirate, etc.
Almost Elizabeth Swan-like?
Maybe she was lost in the most recent sinking of Viktorra's ship? And she's mourning/looking for her?
Hence the sour mood and eventual rejection of Reijo? (No offense, of course. Its for the story!)
What do you/y'all think?