This is the discussion thread for Keolin's Reign of Winter Campaign, Table 2. The group has already been selected- you know who you are. Go ahead and chat about whatever here. GM questions are best placed here as well.
Hi, all! Thanks again Keolin!
I've got a handy-dandy list of (mostly) all my non-core mechanics, if anything needs to be changed.
Thanks, again, for the invite. I'll finish up my profile either tonight or early tomorrow.
Gameplay thread is open.
Please make sure all of your character info is in your alias profile so I can access it quickly.
Thanks for the invite, Keolin! Everything should be in order. Let me know if you see anything amiss though.
I'm glad to be in the game! :) Just one question: what is my starting gold? Average, rolled or maximum? All of my fluff and crunch is in my profile, I just need to purchase equipment. ^^
Average gold for your class.
Alllrighty! Equipment purchased. ^^
I also have to purchase some miscellaneous things (general goods).
Would I be able to tweak some of the minor details of my character sheet still? Noticing here that we have two Oracles, for example, we have a fair bit of overlap (both spells and skills) and it's probably better if we spread our spells known out a little...
Huh, didn't quite notice that last night. Just kind of looked over things a bit myself (Hope you don't mind!)
Seeing a couple things I wouldn't mind changing, I could swap out Bless for Burning Disarm and Guidance for Mending. Both changes should still be helpful and still retain the theme of the character (Burning Disarm is a fire spell, so gets my bonus to it's save DC, and Mending is situational but sometimes ends up being useful). I am of course always open to suggestions!
Skill wise, it looks like Diplomacy and Spellcraft are the only thing we've doubled up on at this point. Looking at the rest of the party, we'll probably have a couple others with Spellcraft as well. With 6 players there will be some overlap. After the others post, maybe take an inventory of skills (particularly knowledges) and find out what we're missing?
The orisons aren't a huge deal--we get so many of them in the end anyway that we're bound to have overlap. :) But swapping out Bless for Burning Disarm would be a good idea! It's an awesome spell and it really suits your character. And, uh, really doesn't suit mine.
(We're kind of polar opposites. Hah, polar...)
I can easily switch around some of my skills--especially the Knowledges.
Looking at the characters from the Recruitment thread, it looks like we've got all the key Knowledge skills, only missing out on Know: Nobility and Know: Engineering (I think we'll live :P). I might swap my Know: Arcana over to Survival though, so I can help out our Ranger with that kind of thing. It suits Damir, anyway.
I really like the flavour of Warded Against Witchcraft for Damir, but I could also swap that trait for Restless Wayferer (also suits his flavour, really) and move my Spellcraft rank into Stealth. Then I could swap my Cosmopolitan feat as well... probably to Extra Revelation.
This is, of course, assuming our esteemed GM has no problems.
Eventually, I can take Knowledge (engineering). ^^ It could come in useful, given the correct situation.
Thanks for the selection, Keolin. Hi, all.
Judging from introductions, it looks like Ragnok and Kohr are from Heldren as well (or at least have been in town for a bit). Considering the size of the town in the player's guide (171), we're all probably at least passingly familiar with each other. Just thought I'd mention it.
Looks like Magnus is a local, as well. Ragnok, Hyporia or Kohr might have actually patched you up after your recent hunt. Magnus, Hyporia: is it commonly known that your mothers are from Irrisen? Is there anything like an accent or specific look that gives Magnus's mother's origins away?
I actually meant Magnus and Kohr, was going by introduction thread (my inability to remember names in real life is carrying over to PBP it seems). I tend towards the same trying to avoid reading backgrounds to prevent accidentally confusing player vs. character knowledge. I do see Ragnok is local as well though.
Unless it would better fit the story, I doubt Hyporia's mother's background would be common knowledge at this point. Always willing to make adjustments for the betterment of the story though (her father could have mentioned it to someone drunk one night for example). So if there's a reason you'd rather have it be so Kohr, run it by me (and the GM) and we can discuss it.
I only wonder because it would kind of freak Kohr out...its probably better that he doesn't know.
Kohr will not deny that he is from Irrisen, but he certainly does not bring it up, and quickly changes the subject if it does come up.
I can't see why she would bring it up considering it's a past she's running away from. As far as I know there is no difference between the accents of, say, an Ulfen or a Kellid from someone from Irrisen.
Background talk, spoilered for other's benefits.
You can tweak whatever you want until the first combat encounter. At that point characters are locked.
Alright, changed around the following:-
- Swapped Int (to 10) and Wis (to 12)
- Swapped Warded Against Witchery for Restless Wayfarer
- Removed skill point from Spellcraft, swapped Knowledge (Arcana) for Survival
- Swapped Cosmopolitan for Extra Revelation (Icy Skin)
- Dropped Hallit, Skald, and Giant; picking up Sylvan
- Will be purchasing some misc goods :)
If you want to write something up, that would be fine with me. His mother fled Irrisen because she rebuffed her former master's (a Winter Witch) advances and attacked him when he tried to force the issue. She fled south to avoid his wrath and still fears that he will reach out at her or her family.
Swapped out the spells as above (Bless for Burning Disarm, Guidance for Mending).
Things are a bit hectic at the moment. I will try to respond tomorrow, but I will definitely have something up Saturday morning if I don't manage to post sooner.
Sorry about the delay. Moving involves a ton of paperwork even after you are all moved in and its taking entirely too long.
No worries.
Good to know we're still going. ^^
Work is a bit crazy and is probably not going to get better for a long time. Also running two tables takes more time than running one, so I've decided I'm going to slow the posting pace from every other day to twice a week, at least for DM posts. That should be sustainable and I really want these games to last. If I can post more than that I will, but twice a week will be my new quota.
Ah the craziness of real life. I do understand how annoyingly terrible it can be. While I certainly can't speak for everyone, I thank you for letting us know about events. Please do what you have to do!
No worries. Thanks for the update.
'Tis a shame, but such is life.
Keolin - I am in on roll20.
Hi all,
Sorry for my absence lately, and sorry twice because I think I'm going to have to drop this game. I've been busier than I expected lately (family problems) and need to cut back on some games. This one seemed like it would be very enjoyable, but it's also easy to back out since we're only at the very beginning and it probably won't have too much of an impact on the plot or anything.
My apologies, and I hope you guys have fun!
I hope your problems will be resolved soon -- and in a good way!
Good luck, Damir. Hopefully you can get everything resolved.
I don't plan on replacing his character. The adventure is balanced for four players anyway; we can run with five instead of six.
Sorry on so long to respond. I was out of town last week for a work meeting and I expected to have more time to post. I kind of lost track of most of my games instead.
Oh, my. ^^; My first swing is less than spectacular.
Thank you all for your patience with my lack of posting recently. Things have gone from bad to better to worse recently. While my father-in-law hasn't suffered another bout of dementia since last Thursday, we finally got the VA to schedule an in home evaluation visit now all we have to do is convince them to go ahead and do it. Now comes word that Monday night my mother-in-law was taken to the hospital with a prolapsed uterus. My wife left Tuesday morning to be with her and her dad at this time, leaving me to take care of our eight year old daughter and play Mr. Mom until her brother gets down there this weekend.
With things getting this crazy this fast I'm afraid I haven't been able to focus on these games as you deserve and I apologize. I hope things will get back to a more normal pace within the next few weeks and that you can hang in with sporadic postings from me until then. If you feel it's necessary I can remove myself from the campaign and seek a replacement GM (or player). Again I appreciate and thank you for your patience in these trying times.
Mike
No problem here. We will hold your spot. I won't wait for your character to act in the meantime, and will take an action on your behalf if it's been a while since your last post.
I hope things get better for you soon.
I've moved on behalf of Magnus. Dice are cruel... still waiting on the rest of you to act this round.
You guys alive out there?
I'm here. Ready to move out into the woods!
Ready!
I'm thinking we have a chest in front of us to examine still, so probably that is what we might be waiting on. Do we want to open it or not? Gonna throw up a quick post in that direction.
Given the whole Christmas/family coming into town business, I'll be out of commission until the New Year. see you then.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE! ^^
May your holiday season be joyous and peaceful.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! ^^