Welcome to discussion, lets use this thread to keep Out of character discussion, questions, and meta discussions.
Sorry for the delays guys, busy busy busy.
I will GMPC anything we need to get to at least 4 people, I've asked a friend that's new to PBP to join us so we'll see.
Hello there !
I'm psyched to begin this adventure in good company :-).
My first message will be short, as I'm headed to bed (it's approaching 11 PM here, in France).
I may be able to post tomorrow, but I won't make it this Sunday (family reunion).
Looking forward to meeting you all here and in character.
Cheers.
I'll try and post the opening game thread on Monday. I'm thinking of having you all meet at a troll auger.
So if you wouldn't mind come up with a question you'd like divined in character. You all get a free divination attempt, its a coupon you acquired!(you can figure out how you got it or not as you please)
You will meet up in the "waiting" room for the mystic!
Great ! I'll try to think of a question... must we ask it at the beginning of the game or can we wait later ?
It'll be right away. You have a coupon for a free "reading" or "answer" burning a hole in your pocket! You feel like this is a turning point for you since you arrived in Kaer Maga.
Gameplay is a go!
The forum ate my post some 6 hours ago !
It's fortunate that I checked the gameplay thread one more time today, so that I could retype it. Really annoying though.
Waiting for one person to post, and then I will advance the story. so feel free to converse.
Also Marth has a personal issue preventing him from posting for a day or two. I will basically bot him. Right now he is basically being sort of cagey.
Also Marth has a personal issue preventing him from posting for a day or two. I will basically bot him. Right now he is basically being sort of cagey.
Found a few minutes to post something. Fire and fall back!
Seems like a good bunch of interesting characters already ! I think we will have a great group !
Some housekeeping to help me keep track and some notes:
Ragnar, it helps if you can bold the parts where you are speaking out loud
you do that with placing a [ b ] at the start of a bold section, and [ /b ] at the end. Forum code tricks are listed in a How to format your text at the bottom of the message entry window. (probably a little rough on your phone to do, if you are on android you might want to consider an app called wayfinder for posting)
On your profile for your character can you add to the class level line the following info:
Class Lvl | HP cur/total | AC## T## F## | F# R# W# | Init +# |Per +# | If low light or darkvision
example -
Shaman 9 | HP 99/101 | AC22(24) T12(14) FF21(23) | F8 R11 W11 +2 vs ill or death | Init +1 | Per +13 | Low Light
Sorry for the delay guys was waiting for a person to post, he will join us mid adventure if he makes it.
A heads up!
The next scene is very gruesome and your characters should be repulsed, surprised, and thoroughly grossed out.
If you have a problem with gore, let me know and I'll tame down the upcoming scene. It's Paizo material and artwork so you know its PG-13 but I can play down the gross factor if requested.
If you know what's going to happen, please don't spoil.
I've never played any pathfinder modules, only home made campaigns so everything will be new to me, also no worries about the gore, I enjoy a dark story .
It is a pretty shocking moment! Can't wait to finish typing it in and get it posted! Hoping for my friend to finish lollygagging and join in. Will post this evening, so you can have the weekend to get over it!
It was good gore: I thoroughly enjoyed it ;-) !
Same, It was interesting gore. Also I am enjoying everything, and we seem to have a bunch of fun and interesting characters.
Yes, and the picture summed it all, I like when we can see images from what we experience, that's why I prefer pre-written scenarios, they offer so much support with it. Also, great job describing it GM !
Thanks guys.
Paizo creates tons of fabulous art. That is from the campaign setting book City of Strangers. I will include a lot of images when I can.
I hope Vorg is east coast, since that is some early morning posting...
I have one more player coming in, if I can ever get him to finish up the build...
At the moment it looks like we will be getting an investigator to join us.
Once he's here I'll start moving us towards the actual dungeon.
So have fun with the RP, this is my favorite part, the building a group and stuff.
Unless you don't want her, Esmee will go with you on the dungeon part.
Aikio will not, but she'll be around the city and an NPC that you are friendly with.
Yes, I'm eastern time :)
It will be fun to be around a gnome, I've never been...
Yes, I'm all for Esmee joining us too.
Esmee? She can't be trusted. She has fake drinks made for the others in the party... :D But yes, I'd still like to have her along. She may yet prove to be... beneficial.
Wasn't her, probably the lizard guy.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Is my playing and 8 Charisma fighter who will - admittedly - be bitter and not given to solioquy - bugging you guys? Through much of the banter, Ragnar will by default sit there and simmer, and its fun to play someone obstinate -- but not if it's ticking folks off.
(BTW, you'll note the last drink had some effect on him, and - for a moment, at least - was more agreeable. Or something.)
Anyway, chime in if it's pissing anyone off. Just trying my hand at a different sort of character, but I don't want to drag the story down...
I like Ragnar's rough side, don't change !
I'd probably be slightly irritable if I had his foot as well, and I think you did a wonderful job designing his personality. If you like playing as him then keep it up! :)
No problem with me about Ragnar.
Diversity in characters, and in characters' styles, themes and moods is a good thing in my book !
I'm eager to go to the bottom of the matter with this motley crew :-).
So we are doing a modified version of skipping ahead. I had been planning a bit of a test combat, so you could give it a whirl before we enter the scary tomb.(Ossuary is a depository for bones of the dead). But no worries.
Assumptions:
I'm fairly sure none of you have darkvision, except for Spike.
I'm also assuming that your character info is in your profile.(Honestly I didn't review them very hard as you were all selected based on your speed of play desire, or I know you in person.)
Ragnar doesn't actually take a mechanical penalty for his mangled foot.
I'll wait for all the descriptions, will post Esmee this afternoon, then will respond to everyone's afternoon/evenings in spoilers in a megapost. Feel free to read them, but remember to keep your character knowledge separate from player knowledge.
Vorg, need to know when your spells reset. Witches and shamans pick a time to commune with their patrons. Usually this should be thematic, like sundown or midnight.
As your patron is a hawk, Noon would probably be most thematic, though that can be difficult with the whole adventure party having to take a long lunch for you to spell prep. Sunrise might be a good fit, since that is probably when the investigator's reset is.
"Mr. Investigator and Mr.Witchy, when do you prepare your spells? I prayer with the first light of the morning usually... except when I sleep in and then I pray then. Sometimes though I forget to sleep for several days when tinkering so I forget to pray. However, since Brigh considers all tinkering prayer, she usually forgives me."enquires then over-explains Esmee.
Mmh, good question. I thought at first it could be around midnight, just before sleep, since it's at night that Thunder found Vorg, but I really don't mind doing it in the morning if it's easier to synchronize with the rest of the party.
One thing I didn't do because of a lack of time and knowledge : Thunder, do I need to "roll him", or is it ok if he's just a "blank" sheet that follows me ? First time I play witch, so...
I believe he follows the familiar rules, the same as a wizard.
Familiar rules are here -
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/classes/wizard.html#familiars
As hawks are daylight creatures usually, I would've assumed that made most sense, but whenever you want to do it is fine.
Oh, the answer is no, I do not have darkvision or low light vision.
Ok, then let it be in the morning.
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Morning preparation for me as well
I should mention, since I do not want to keep the whole group waiting for my next gameplay post, that Lamtheer has done all that he cared to do before the meeting at the Godsmouth Cathedral at midnight.
So you can assume, Gm Viskous, that he's just there at the right time.
Yep, will get the midnight meeting up today, would've last night but circumstances.
Well that, and umm... well yeah.
We played adventure card game too...
and I'm in a lot of play by posts
and stuff...
<whistling softly as he watches Viskous twist in the wind>
... and smiling.
<nod to Rich Flynn> Well played, sir. Well played.
Sorry for the delay, wasn't well today. Also I found a cache of information I missed which you may want to know about. I'll try and get that up tomorrow. I'd love it if anyone had anything to add before Monday. I will try and get a post from Esmee and the priestess in before then as well. Maps coming soon, I promise...
No problem GM, the slow pacing is not just for the players but for the GM also, no stress :)
Viskous --
Ever thought of just scanning and attaching PDF's for maps, etc? Any thing you can do (scan and photoshop scans together for added info without spoilers) that might be easier might be helpful.
Oh, wait, can you attach stuff in a messageboard like this?
May be not. OK, nevermind...
I have the pdf, I need to cut it out. The problem is that there isn't a map in the module for the area that was requested. The battle map will be made, but I will basically have you all just describe whats happening and then update the map each round with new positioning.
I forgot about the appendix in the module and there is a lot of information in their. Also since we aren't running this like a pfs game at a store in a limited time slot we don't need to skip all of that.
Also I was hoping to build this game as something that doesn't have to stop when you end the module. I'd like to sorta keep going as a home game and then borrow adventures from PFS and other paizo material to keep it going forever!
I hope that what I just posted in the gameplay thread makes sense... I mean well, anyway ;-) !
It's all good, I just wish we could edit sometimes.
Just as an FYI: When it's time to move areas I'll usually make a fairly obvious post that shows that we've moved on.
Also! Post a day or at least 3 a week guys! I'm good with slow, but we need a consistent rate to keep it flowing... As long as we are not in combat, you can post 15 times a day especially if you get a response.