Dramatis Personae:
Almah - boss lady
Daski - gnoll specialist
Eloais - male fortune teller, deceased in fire; rumored lover of Almah, hired in Solku
Father Zastoran - old human man
Garavel - male human major domo, person interested in joining everyone together on caravan
Miriam - a female pactmaster merc
Pactmaster Guard mercs (5)
Almah's personal guards (4)
Camel Drivers
Corrected list.
Happy belated birthday Zoisa!
So, I just noticed that we were using the Background Skills option, and made a few small adjustments. Carry on, nothing to see here!
Reu, I have a feeling you're a very smart person.
I work in education and like to disbelieve smart/stupid as a psychological construct, instead believing in work/not work invested in the past.
SO. MUCH. THIS. There are definitely people that have an easier or harder time understanding certain kinds of ideas, but that has more to do with how something is taught then a failure to learn well.
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Perhaps we should open up a discussion on Bluff here so we can get this taken care of. Before I launch into this, I'd like to say 1) I am not the GM and 2) I'm amused by Reuleaux so far and not put off.
Bluff rules are here. Reuleaux is correct as far as the numbers are concerned. However, the issue of how to adjudicate social skills between PCs is contested. We're not the first table to run into this, and we won't be the last. In some circles, players are allowed to use social skill rolls against each other in the manner that Reuleaux is advocating. In others, there's an understanding that other PCs have a certain degree of narrative agency that protects them from having to abide by the Bluff/Diplomacy/Intimidate/Sense Motive results and that those rolls only affect NPCs.
Reuleaux's character concept seems to revolve around being a masterful troll. By dint of his being here, the GM has given his tacit approval of this, at least where the NPCs are concerned (though I don't know that anybody, GM included, was quite prepared for Reuleaux as he is). As a social character, social roleplay is where he shines, and it would hamstring his approach to completely shut his antics down. What he's done so far has been harmless and I personally doubt that he'll intentionally derail the story in any way by his actions. (say, by stealing plot-important items and selling them for personal profit).
Personally, I would advocate that we limit "social skill combat" in the same way that we do PvP. I'm willing to play the gullible straight-man to Reuleaux, simply because that seems like it would be more fun for me personally. Even if everybody else is willing to allow their characters to be fooled by Reu, I still think it would be funny for Zoisa to get a pass. Zoisa being the "only sane man" seems like it could be fun, especially being the only other gnome, and a bit of a psychonaut at that.
I understand what you're trying to do, Reauleaux, and my exasperation was more with the dice than you. I get that bluffing is what you're made for, it's just kind of clashing with the "scrappy, excitable streetwise girl" image I had in mind when creating Zoisa, as your repeated successes are kind of giving the impression that she's gullible. Since the game's only started I really haven't been able to make her look competent in anything, especially since I made the mistake of going after the cards in the opening scene and ticking off Almah as a result.
Thanx! It'll be all the more fun when she decides to bull$#@% Reauleaux right back, like Isabela did to Varric!
Reu, your character concept is a bit odd and I'm fine with that as its interesting. However, its not an excuse to make fools of the other players. I would also like to avoid social combat so if you could play nice that'd be great.
perhaps a lie every other post is a start? LOL
I'm posting this to all games I DM for.
I'm currently in the orientation stage of a new job that is scheduling ten 8-hour shifts in the next two weeks. As such, my usual posting rate may decline at points and I hope you'll understand. These intense hours and school will make it harder to find time to post, but after two weeks my posting rate should resume to near-daily.
Thank you for understanding.
Wow...you're managing to make pugwampis actually seem SCARY instead of just annoying! You're talented, DM Default!
Also GM, would you mind adding to this and putting it in campaign info tab? I'm having a hard time keeping track of everyone (and their genders ;P).
Dramatis Personae:
Almah - boss lady
Daski - gnoll specialist
Eloais - male fortune teller, deceased in fire; rumored lover of Almah, hired in Solku
Father Zastoran - old human man, or red-headed halfling cleric
Garavel - male major domo(?), dwarf(?), person interested in joining everyone together on caravan
Miriam - a female pactmaster merc
Pactmaster Guard mercs (5)
Almah's personal guards
Camel Drivers
Just realized I never put this in the campaign tab as requested. Its there now.
See post about 4-5 above.
How's your training going, DM Default? :)
Will I make it down the rope? Will that cute goat be saved?! FIND OUT, ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF LEGACY OF FIRE! :P
In other words, GET DOWN HERE YA SLACKERS! :P
No one said pugwampis were smart. Or had good taste. I know what my first purchase is gonna be with this money. The best thieves tools I can afford!
Isn't it funny that our employer, the one paying us, is also the only one with whom we can spend our funds?
We should organize and negotiate better working conditions.
Ain't no store like the company store!
And Alem thought he was freed from slavery. How naive ;)
Just a quick announcement I'm posting to all my games.
I've just started a new job! My posting might be a little spotty over the next week or so while I adjust to the new schedule, but such issues should be minimal and temporary.
Yay for new jobs! :D
Zoisa is a bad friend. :P
Was there a miscommunication somewhere?
I was going to let Seyhannah tell a story, but I guess I can move the game along. My bad.
Update should be at least by Monday as Weekends are busyish.
Sry, the story was basically meant to be a duped up version of what we just did so I didn't really go into a lot of detail and the lack luster roll took most of the wind out of my sail to want to go more into it. She's still a young performer, her strength is in dance! Heh.
Happy Halloween!
I wondered what that smell was. ;-)
Here's hoping the mercs don't get offended by Zoisa's flippant delivery.
I have faith in you Zoisa! Lol.
Going out of town this weekend. Be back Sunday will be out of cell reception.
Ah, the benefits of playing a psychonaut character! Space is warped and time is bendable!
And the milkmen are more than they appear...
Am I doing inconsistency right? I worry I'm playing Zoisa as less "scatterbrained and quirky" and more "badly-written."
And we're off! Like a herd of turtles! :P