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Discussion page for the Kaer Esopus Earthdawn Campaign.

Greetings, fellow travelers!

The great advantage to using Paizo is that I can copy Meg's posts for directions on how to do stuff(citing them, of course):

Well, this is Meg's new toon. As the Avatar will say... Human Female Elementalist.

Still lots to fill in, but maybe this will help you guys that are still deciding.

Here's Daniel checking in. I'm leaning toward a human warrior. Hasbrouck used to be a happy warrior, and avid participant in the town militia. He left the militia and has taken to solitary hunting in the hills.

Hasbrouck has been grappling with 'strange feelings' surrounding his service in the militia. He really loves the militia, and all things marshal. So he's grappling on the one hand with the guilt and shame evoked by his 'special feelings'. At the same time, he's feeling isolated and depressed because he can't participate in his favorite activity - his calling. Hasbrouck has been a very grumpy and moody jock for the last several months.

OK, folks - I've set up a bunch of information in a folder in google docs. You should have received e-mail with a link. If you cannot access it, let me know & I'll see what else I can come up with. The files are set up so that you can comment, but not edit. I figure that commenting allows all of you to make notes such as your relationship with various NPCs.

So far it includes the file I sent as e-mail today and another one that gives information on some of the important people. I will add to this one once I have more information on your characters so that I can add some of their friends and family.

I think that any replies you post to the google docs will go to my frequently unchecked gmail account, so if there are things that I need to respond to, post here or send to my regular verizon account.

OK, folks - I've set up a bunch of information in a folder in google docs.

Meg reminded me that by using [spoiler] I can keep the campaign page uncluttered, yet have all the information. I've put all the stuff there. I'm leaving the Google doc, though - I still think that having a place you can consolidate comments on NPCs is a good thing. You don't have to use it, but it's there.

OK - here's what it looks like we've got going so far:

Meg (not my daughter, my friend who will be participating mostly in the on-line stuff since she lives in NY) - elementalist

Karen - swordmaster

Roni - weaponsmith

Daniel (never one to shirk from a challenge and who changed his mind after he saw the dearth of casters) - nethermancer

Rachel - warrior or swordmaster

We could use a scout or an archer for longer range combat abilities.

Heya, it's Karen

I'd be happy to switch to scout for ranged capabilities. Or archer, for that matter. I played an archer before, and really enjoyed it. With my goldfish-like memory, it'd be like brand new.

Just let me know.

Any character will definitely be named Xyanna =D

Kevin just told me he's leaning toward scout, so I think we're good. Either Swordmaster or Archer, whichever you prefer.

Once everyone has their characters basically done, either post them up here (if you can figure out how), or make an appointment to sit down with me. There are some tweaks that may affect you.

Also, I figured out one of the advantages of the googledocs - I can post maps! I've got a broad overview of the valley up. It's approximately 25 sq. miles.

Once I get Dundjinni up and going again (long story - but one of the morals is "don't forget your name"), I'll be making several others.

REMINDER We need to treat Earthdawn dice mechanics manually through the message board system.

I'm thinking Maizi might be Dubois' daughter.

She discovered her "special feelings" when forced to work long hours on the farm. She was able to subtly influence plants and weather. Although she doesn't dare tell her father about this, in terror of the possible repercussions. So she spends more and more time alone amongst the plants and wind and weather.

If you are using 2nd step to create your character, please upload the file to dropbox. Thanks!

Hey, this is Kevin. Trying my first post at paizo.

I am working on a scout character and I've got most of the details worked out. Next I just need to figure out second step and then I'll upload.

Hey, this is Kevin. Next I just need to figure out second step and then I'll upload.

I'm free this evening if you want me to swing by.

And, not just for Kevin but for all of y'all, I'm crazy busy on Saturday (district gymnastics meet), but if anyone wants to come over Sunday and do/learn stuff, I'm here.

Hey all, this is Rachel. Finished rolling a human warrior, who's part of the town guard and going to be more of a standard front line fighter. I'll post her as soon as I figure out a name.

K - updated, and good-to-go.

Hey, I'm Grayson Dickerson (Alisa). This is my first post. I'll have to chose an avatar image that I like. Have yet to set my character stats.

Hey, I'm Grayson Dickerson (Alisa). This is my first post. I'll have to chose an avatar image that I like. Have yet to set my character stats.

Okay, I found one. Not quite what I would have chosen. That's what I looked like when I saw my parens fall. I'm really a cheerful person most of the time. You'll see.

Okay. I can't tell if this thing is posting. And if I use Firefox it's worse. Just going to have to muddle through.

Since people don't seem to having issues with dropbox, I put all the files (actually, a BETTER map) that I had on googledocs into it.

If y'all could do me a favor & post your characters on here the same way either Gilraen or Valsera is done (if you click on the name, it will take you to the profile. When you log in to yours, you'll put most of the information into the "about" box.

When I figure out what I want there, I'll tell you what to add next to your gender so it will show up across the top (the way Gilraen's does).

Also, if I haven't yet, I'll be e-mailing you about changes and suggestions, but a few general things - no one gets karma ritual, no one gets any equipment not applicable to their profession (so no armor for non-town guards, no tents or traveling stuff unless you are a hunter, etc).

I'm testing here to see if I got it right.

Didn't see the new files in my drop box. Last time I also got a message about the shared files, didn't get that this time.

Grayson Dickerson likes to go about in disguise. It's how he can go into places that he shouldn't, especially when he was a boy. His father and mother worried that someone would find out.

"You must practice your juggling, Dick my boy," my father would say. "If someone finds out you have been going around in disguise, they may get the wrong idea."

"I just want to have some adventure," I said. "Besides, if I don't study people, I can't improve on my acting."

"We are performers and acrobats first," Mother would say. "We are here to please the crowd and to make our fortune."

"I don't know," I frown.

"Do not scoff at your mother. She knows what is best. Now, let's go practice."

"Okay Father. Just let me put alway my things and I'll get changed."

It's hard to be a troubadour when you always see the same faces day after day. I wish . . . A fat lot of good that will do. Sorry, Grayson, you're stuck here. Just don't let your Mom and Dad hear that. 'They'll really be mad at you for that. Be glad you have a place they would say. They're gone now, and . . . and I can't take back my words, even if they were within my own head. Poppa, Mamma, I'm sorry.

Hey, folks - due to the nature of the Valley, please hold off on posting backstories until you discuss it with me. Thanks!

I like what Alisa put in the top bar - let's do that, only to keep it shorter, just use the initial for the attribute instead of the abbreviation, take out the word "damage", and only put recovery step, not #per day. I think that will keep it from scrolling to the second line.

Don't mind me, I'm only reliving memories. My parents have been gone now for a five years. It's hard to make a living when the rest of your troop is missing. Had to find work on my own, there just isn't a whole lot of it in a small community. And when you have to hide what you are, that's even harder. Now I heard someone was going to be married soon. I wonder if they need a juggler for entertainment. I could impress them by mimicking voices. I've been practicing.

You have to add the stats in the gender field. It doesn't look like it will fit, but it will. Using a slash as a divider and abbreviating the information will keep it on one line. Such as STR for Strength. the tighter the spacing the more you can get on a single line. It takes a few tries and previews to see what works.

I wish I could have the damage up on there, because the UNCon. Rate and Wound Threshold could be pretty important to know. But you can't have everything, so it's important to decide which information is important for the GM. Looking at the example helped.

Oh what also makes a difference, how wide you have your browser window open. If you have a very large screen 22 inches or more) you can have the browser window going across your whole screen and then the stats won't wrap. If you don't have a very large monitor, the stats will appear to wrap. I don't think people realize that.

Try that. You'll be surprised how that works.

OK, here are the requests for the line on gender (insert appropriate numbers next to abbreviations) RT stands for recovery test - just the step.

Using the | instead of / gives you significantly more space. That should leave enough room that if I decide I want a certain talent stuck at the end, there'll be room.

Gender Race Discipline |S|D|T|P|W|C| Def- PH-SP-SOC | Uncon-Death-Wound|RT-

I just added my character information and it looks good on my screen. Let me know if there are any adjustments I should make if someone has trouble seeing it.

Let me know if this looks ok.

Made some stat changes to my character sheet, should be reflected properly in the profile and uploaded it to dropbox as "Xyanna ver2". Lori, can you rename it just Xyanna and delete the other one, please?

I have a skill point still to spend as well. Still debating, but shouldn't even matter for a long time. I'm thinking some sort of local knowledge gleaned from the tavern

I've got Eriene loaded into the dropbox, she should be ready to go.

And testing to see how the information looks.

Edit- not showing, but it's time for dinner. Will look at this again later.

And testing to see how the information looks.

Edit- not showing, but it's time for dinner. Will look at this again later.

You are still posting as Javadruid. At the bottom of the box where you are typing your post is a drop down menu that says "Post As" - swap it to Eriene. I have that issue a lot - which is why some of my posts are as Gilraen (who is my character in Meg's game) and some as Evaine (who is the DM and an NPC in this game).

Impatience abounds. I went ahead and posted the opening. You have until the wee hours of Tuesday to do stuff before we go ahead. You can post as spoiler if you want, but it's not necessary - I did that mostly because of space considerations. I'm going on the "you guys are smart enough to figure out that you aren't present when two other people are talking unless you've been told you are" premise.

If you have mechanics or general discussion questions, post them here - "game play" should be just that.

For example:

Valsera is wondering if Delamatar might be afflicted by a dwarven disease..
Lore: Dwarves: 2d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (6, 1) + (3) = 10

Valsera buckles in and knocks out the last of the garments for tomorrow's order.
Tailor: 1d12 ⇒ 7
previewing
conveniently, on of my lore die max'd, so I add another die, and preview again
now that no more of my dice have max'd, I hit 'post'!

Let's see if this works!

There we go. Now to get the info to display- incoming edits.

Meg - got a question - how do I show the number of posts? On your game I get a count, but I don't on this. Does it automatically happen when I hit a second page, or do I need to change a setting?

Happens automatically once there's a second page.

GM, Do I weave a good enough story along with my juggling to earn enough coinage to repair my shoes. I figured since Grayson isn't wealthy by far, he can't aways afford new clothes or new shoes. He's got to share what he earns. Give me an idea os to how much he will need to split and whether it will be enough to get new shoes for him. He's going to need them. It's winter after all.

Kevin had a question about how much action to post at a shot that I should probably go ahead and post here. I would say that you should post actions up until what looks like will be the next major event (in this case, the following evening) - if you are wrong and something happens in between that makes that impossible, we'll figure it out. I will also try to make certain I leave you with a moderately clear idea of the next major event might be.

Grayson: The next morning you take your earnings to the cobbler and negotiate for some better shoes, you still owe her a little bit, but she says you can pay her back over the next couple of days.

Dwee: I'm going on the presumption you just wanted to catch your breath and not that you had a specific plan of action - if I'm wrong, let me know.

Quick dice tutorial:

Let's say you need to roll a d4+d8 - type the following, removing spaces between brackets and the stuff in it:

[ dice ] d4+d8 [ /dice ]

which would look like this when you preview:

1d4 + 1d8 ⇒ (2) + (3) = 5

The advantage to previewing is that you can see your roll and add more to your posted based on the roll because it won't change when you post it! It also means (as Valsera pointed out earlier) that you can just put any exploding dice back into your formula and re-preview.

Daniel, how did you get the target number to show up in your dice roll? (only spoiler I've peeked at, I swear)

Also, small world! I've never played Pathfinder or used the site til this game. Yesterday a friend shared this link about his brother, John, (after remarking a couple weeks ago that his bro got an uber cool nerd job that he wasn't allowed to talk too much about):

http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5leh8?Please-Welcome-Our-New-Pathfinder -Society

Nifty!

Quick dice tutorial:

Let's say you need to roll a d4+d8 - type the following, removing spaces between brackets and the stuff in it:

[ dice ] d4+d8 [ /dice ].

That's great, but I have a more basic question: which dice do I use for each attribute? I have played a total of about 3 hours of earth dawn in my life. I undstand what exploding dice are, no problem-I played white wolf. I just need matching numbers and stats. I hate reading gaming books. Sorry if this is redundant.

Roni:

If you have Second Step, or a print-out from it, it should show what step you are on for any given attribute, skill or talent - and it should have the dice combination for that step next to it.

Karen:

He did [ spoiler ] [ooc ] against a 12 [dice ] dicecombo [/dice ] [/ooc ] [/spoiler ]

Tried to create bolded text, but it didn't work. Will have to discover the trick. Otherwise I may use Quotes. I'm a better story teller with quotes than with bolded text.

@xyanna - <dice=some text>dice code</dice>
replace angle brackets with square brackets... :)
<dice=target 15>1d12</dice>