Doh! I already included her in the post! Eeeeek! >.< Fixed! Extra credits! She needs them because she is trying to pull up her mid term marks! Whew! ;)
Being the daughter of a brilliant doctor, she's blowing by the typical freshmen curriculum and taking advanced courses!
I see that you got her on the bus that's fine that will be a problem for both of you hahahahaha
Given Golem's obsession with art. He is probably completely distracted from other events right now. I hope it was ok to play with the Director a bit. Let me know if things need to change.
I think you are doing fine Prax.
So tomorrow morning some time after 8 on the west coast I'm going to advance the story it will be 10am as court comes to session
So if anyone wants to advance anything more just know at 10am and some time after the story will be advanced so becareful on what you advance and do around that time
Unfortunately, i['m gong to be spotty starting now...T_T
i'll hope to get postings in at night.
I am at work until 5 or 5:30pm EST tonight, but likely won't be able to post until 7:30 or 8pm. I will make one more post before heading out for work this morning.
Loving the game so far. :)
Would it cause too much clutter on Obsidian Portal if we add profiles for our contacts?would there be a particular format you'd want us to take with that? I've got some ideas floating around for the Alcorns.
That would be fine keep the same format the other NPCs have
If you have secret stuff I think you can write in the Gm only section and I can see it
Question for Broadway ...
Is your Sonar(Blindsight) always on, or do you choose when to use it? And if active (or when active) does it send out a ping that Ultrahearing would pick up? Just curious :)
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How do we go about correcting someone who assumes something and its wrong. I love the liberties and the development that has been going on with all the posts. But at the same time something you guys attempt to do or assume are not able to happen. IE Quark finding Invictus' clothes Invictus assuming that the tour could get to the floor of the trial or that he could. So how do I go about adjusting the story and making sure things still flow.
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To me gaming is a social activity and I am really enjoying this group,
So I wouldnt mind if on the discussion and or PMs we were to get to a first name basis and if we also talked about real life stuff here and there when we wanted to we are starting to a little but the more we do the more it will feel like in person gaming.
So let me start off if you didnt realize My name is Joey
Im a high school history teacher. I commute 80 miles each way to work each day, so if you see posts between 530 and 730 AM that means im more then likely driving while posting same thing if its between 245 and 430 PM im also driving. Which I dont mind doing but that would be why sometimes it doesnt make total sense. I have three kids 9, 7 and 6 weeks so some days ill be busier then others. Summer is coming up so there will be days when we go out of town and ill let you guys know so they might be slow times.
First
How do we go about correcting someone who assumes something and its wrong. I love the liberties and the development that has been going on with all the posts. But at the same time something you guys attempt to do or assume are not able to happen. IE Quark finding Invictus' clothes Invictus assuming that the tour could get to the floor of the trial or that he could. So how do I go about adjusting the story and making sure things still flow.Second
To me gaming is a social activity and I am really enjoying this group,
So I wouldnt mind if on the discussion and or PMs we were to get to a first name basis and if we also talked about real life stuff here and there when we wanted to we are starting to a little but the more we do the more it will feel like in person gaming.So let me start off if you didnt realize My name is Joey
Im a high school history teacher. I commute 80 miles each way to work each day, so if you see posts between 530 and 730 AM that means im more then likely driving while posting same thing if its between 245 and 430 PM im also driving. Which I dont mind doing but that would be why sometimes it doesnt make total sense. I have three kids 9, 7 and 6 weeks so some days ill be busier then others. Summer is coming up so there will be days when we go out of town and ill let you guys know so they might be slow times.
Good to meet you Joey. I'm loving following the game so far and just itching to get in there. Hopefully my mage will be ready to go and approved to post today. My name is Joel, and I live in Edmonton Canada. I'm a therapist for the Psychiatric units at a major Canadian hospital, specializing in the treatment of mentally ill patients with substance abuse problems. I've got two kids, 3 and 5, and a wife working on her PhD, which tends to require me to do double duty with dad responsibilities, as she has no shortage of work on her thesis to do. I'm a history nerd, took a Classics minor in University, and have a lot of education in anthropology and archaeology besides (decided to go the therapist route do to a general shortage of jobs in history, though that may be my true passion).
Hi all.
My name is Louis, I live in Bellevue, Washington. I am part owner of a small business and occasional tutor. I have a daughter, 5, who loves the pictures we have put up. I also happen to live near Paizo and I am one of their venture officers for PFS locally. This means I attend most of the conventions as a volunteer. I need to remember to talk to the guys at Green Ronin and thank them for the M&M system, I am really enjoying how they merged a hero system type creation with the d20 roleplaying system.
My posting will be a little erratic from May 22 - May 25 as I will be running every morning and evening, but I will try to get in at least a post a day.
For the record I am an Immunologist rather than a historian or art buff (why I am enjoying the character so much) so if there is anything that I missed or would add flavor please feel free to offer suggestions.
Is an Immunologist an MD, a different kind of care giver, or perhaps a research scientist?
I have a degree in Immunology and did research on cell signaling in immune responses. I am not an MD but a scientist though I am not doing research currently.
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How do we go about correcting someone who assumes something and its wrong. I love the liberties and the development that has been going on with all the posts. But at the same time something you guys attempt to do or assume are not able to happen. IE Quark finding Invictus' clothes Invictus assuming that the tour could get to the floor of the trial or that he could. So how do I go about adjusting the story and making sure things still flow.
I think you just post it as soon as you see it. Having some freedom to assume makes the game flow much faster in most case, but leads to occasional problems. In most cases it'll just have to rewind a post or two. The player can then re-post based on their new item. Even if it's a bigger chain, like if all the players post on something, then we have a record of it and can go back.
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To me gaming is a social activity and I am really enjoying this group,
So I wouldnt mind if on the discussion and or PMs we were to get to a first name basis and if we also talked about real life stuff here and there when we wanted to we are starting to a little but the more we do the more it will feel like in person gaming.
Hi, I'm Miguel and I'm addicted to gaming. It's been three minutes since my last post. I live in California, close enough to just barely hear Disneyland's fireworks. I do technical support for water quality instruments. Divorced, no kids. I'm usually able to get on both at home and work. I game in person Friday, Saturday, and Sunday so my posts in the evenings may be sparse. Wednesday nights I go to the movies, so that's also a slow night. On the other hand, I'm not a big vacationer. I use my vacation time by taking three-day weekends as much as possible. It's been about five years since I've worked three five-day weeks in a row.
I commute 80 miles each way to work each day, so if you see posts between 530 and 730 AM that means im more then likely driving while posting same thing if its between 245 and 430 PM im also driving.
Please don't do this. As much fun as I'm having, I'd much rather wait hours for a post (or even a day) then to suddenly have the game end because we don't hear anything back from the GM.
I've had a PBP game end this way. We just never got any more GM posts. It was years later that I found out that the GM had a car accident (not caused by posting) and had suffered brain damage. Eventually she came back, but they had no memory of that game at all and she was literally a different person.
I know long drives are hell, but get podcasts or audiobooks. Just don't be messing around with your phone while you drive. Please.
I do listen to audio books on the way i have read like 30 books this year alone I love Kindle Unlimited
Immunology? On another board, some of us try to futilely educate anti-vaxers. It's hard and painful work, but it's got to be done.
On a funnier note, I have to bring up a recent xkcd. Degree-off.
Patrick in Wisconsin, I'm an IT professional, mostly on software and applications.
I think in the game just don't make an assumption with other's actions or items. If it comes up to that, take your character's actions up to the point that there's any question, and leave it up to the GM or as a collaboration with the other player.
In answer about Broadway's sonar, it has to be actively turned on, and yes it does sound out a ping.
My name is Julio, in Orlando, FL. I work retail for (probably) the second biggest theme park in the world, at a popular American musician's restaurant/retail store chain (go ahead and guess). Wouldn't be surprised if I'm the youngest in our group at 26. I'm also a musician, though I haven't gone on tour in over a year, it is always a possibility that I'll be on the road anywhere from a couple days to a couple of weeks. Given that I'm sitting around in a van most the time, posting wouldn't be a problem whenever I do go back on the road.
I was Pat, but I see that name's already been taken. I write this blog thing about the middle decades of nineteenth century America, with occasional diversions elsewhere. For the past year or so it's largely been a microhistory of Bleeding Kansas. I'm on track to finish out 1855 by the end of next month, I hope.
Julio, I am guessing it has something to do with a hurricane? And tequila?
I'm 40 and teach theater and English in high school. I also dabble in book editing and ghost writing.
I have two daughters who are 9 and 12 and a wife whose age I will withold.
Like Miguel, I am a gaming addict. I buy games I will never play just to read them, have run whole adventure paths by and for myself. I have a real world group that is going on 14 years of weekly Fridays that mostly runs Pathfinder but sometimes other stuff. I am envious of anyone who gets to go to movies on a regular schedule. I love movies but rarely get out to the cinema.
So just a quick thing even if you are not in combat or in the location please use the combat macro so I can see where everyone is. So if you are at 12s and going to post cause you have no effect on the current adversaries and its init 19 still post in the combat macro style please.
Please go back and edit your posts to reflect this Golem and TIGHTS
Please go back and edit your posts to reflect this Golem and TIGHTS
Fixed.
Ok, so that post took me forever. Sorry about that. Had to look up a bunch of rules to try to get it right. I didn't want to screw up too much. I also realized that I had a free power feat from super speed that I hadn't spent, so I bought Wall Run, which is awesome because I was wanting to have something like that.
@Dr Quark Please place it at the top of your action and use the Macro so its all in the out of character like in the Macro
Sorry couldnt fix it in time.
Thats ok its still early we are all learning.
Please post the Combat Macro at the Top so its easy to see whats all going on not at the bottom
I know now its not a big deal but as time goes on it will only get more necessary.
What's up folks? I'm Jake, long time gamer, life long geek. Used to have a table to crew in southern Ontario, then moved further north for a position here. So all I've got is online stuff, this campaign has really tweaked my interest though so looking forward to how it all plays out.
I work at a hotel, management so it's shift work, training shifts, and the occasional audit shift. I typically post early morning and follow up on the evening. Have some jerk pork skewers on the BBQ right now and will have Invictus' post up soon.
Seeing as it's unlikely that my actions will impact Ares, can I post out of order as long as my sequence is flagged with the combat macro?
Laters boys.
Yeah Ares is at that robotics competition so he won't be able to post often.
WHOOPS. Took what I thought would be a half hour nap. Welp, FOUR hours later.
So that's what I get trying to rush a post on my way out of work sorry about all the duplicate posts
Question, I am assuming that the pistols are Energy and not Physical or Ballistic correct?
Yeah energy pistols
Although probably not as complicated as it seems, I may need some help with combat. I am a newbie to M&M.
Are you familiar with other d20 games?
Sorry Watcher, I think I misinterpreted your post;
With your X ray Vision you notice that the door behind you is barred with a strange device driven in to the wall on both sides of the door frame and the door opening seems to be welded shut.
To clarify, the door with the device is the courtroom, or behind the two agents? I will revise my post once I know where the device is.
Thanks.
The device is on the door to the stair well and with your x Ray vision you can see another similar one on the court room door as well.
@Watcher, question. Shrinking is a free action, does that mean that I can change size to small, attack, then shrink back to minuscule? Or do you want to limit those free actions?
@Invictus I think you miss understand you have to rip the door down past the guards ( it has the electronic bar on it)to get into the stairwell that will take you to the lobby of the court room
@ Dr Quark I am not sure why would you want to grow then shrink again?
Well, for example there is a power feat that adds damage when you increase size. So you could grow to increase damage and then shrink to regain the defense bonuses.
I mean, I think by RAW I could be atomic sized, grow to attack, and then shrink again. Obviously I'm not looking to do that as it is silly and broken, but I was just curious.
@ Hmmmm ill have to look up the rules but I think that is what you do as a shrinker grow punch shrink grow punch shirk.
Waveform, very familiar with d20, that's why I say it's probably not as complicated as I'm thinking
@Broadway, damage is the weird part.
When you're hit you roll a toughness save against a DC of 15 + the damage level. So 24 for a base PL9 attack. If you make it, you're unhurt. If you fail by up to 4, you take a bruise. Each bruise reduces your toughness by 1.
If you fail by 5-9, you are also stunned for a round. If you fail by 10-14, you are stunned for a round and staggered for the rest of the combat. If you fail by 15, you are knocked out.
But look at hero point uses to mitigate those conditions.
I don't look at it as "flooding the courthouse" I look at it as "providing visual cover to protect the innocents."
It's all in the viewpoint. :)
Not sure where Golem is in relationship to the courtroom. Ideally I would have found one so that I could jump to the courthouse balcony, otherwise I would run up the stairwell.
You are a floor below the courtroom, in an office cubicle
Make sure all of you who had complications come up get your hero point.
First round of combat and the adventure in general what are your guys thoughts?