Wow, looks like G2 is the Orlovsky party here, with three relatives in one place. How crazed is that!
Also, I think you did a good job splitting up the groups accordingly. If anyone ever has problems later, I'm sure we can meet up and re-distribute if needed.
1) I've done it many times, just don't try to distribute it or sell it and they won't care. I'm not sure of the technical legality of it, but they intend those maps to be used for playing the game so I don't see an issue. Like I said, I do it all the time.
2) Just go to Play by Post and click "ADD A NEW THREAD" at the top.
Thank you Majda, I truly do appreciate the help.
No problem. Might I suggest using google docs drawings to host your map images? You can upload one, then use it as the background. Copy+paste our avatars onto it and move them around like tokens. It also has enough tools to draw and label stuff if you want.
I find it very convenient. You want a monster, just do a google search for it's name, and copy paste it onto the map. You can even use little text boxes to number like monsters.
Wilhelm - I've noticed a small problem in your profile. You're wearing medium armor so your speed should by 20'. As such you are probably not a good choice for Majda's scouting group. Might I suggest Rowan, who is not only mounted, but has a dog would be a good temporary substitution.
I can't really post in RP right now to suggest that to Viktot. I'm on my phone. Wilhelm will happily follow Viktor's orders though. I was assuming I was just going to be double timing and making fortitude saves until we got far enough ahead.
Even if both parties are moving at 20, Majda's can hustle for 1 hour with no penalty to get 2 miles ahead. When you've traveled 16 miles find a good camping spot while the rest of the party catches up to you then we camp together. That work?
That works for me, it means the Wilhelm will take 1 nonlethal damage at the start of the day as he hustles that first hour. Dantalion with his move of 30' I'm willing to say just uses his normal rate and the horse riders are fine. If you expend something that cures 1 point of damage then Wilhelm will not be fatigued so a Cure Light or a channeled energy burst fixes that.
Why would he take 1 non-lethal for the 1st hour? From the PRD:
Hustle: A character can hustle for 1 hour without a problem. Hustling for a second hour in between sleep cycles deals 1 point of nonlethal damage, and each additional hour deals twice the damage taken during the previous hour of hustling. A character who takes any nonlethal damage from hustling becomes fatigued.
They're still only travelling the normal 16 miles at 20 base movement. They'll just be hustling the first hour and quitting an hour sooner than a full day's travel to give us time to catch up to them.
If you think he should still take it, that's fine I'll end up rearranging the squads, I just want to make sure I'm not missing something.
You're right, he's just on the borderline of taking some fatique.
I swear I am not trying to have Felix come off as such an ass. Somehow he is taking it completely out of me hands.
Does everyone know that italics is internal dialogue and as players they need to know their characters are not hearing this?
I'm pretty sure everyone knows that. It's Felix's actions that everyone is noticing. I don't mind personally, it keeps the game interesting as long as he isn't too disruptive with it. And who knows, maybe with some life threatening situations Felix will grow wiser and more appreciative of friends willing to fight to keep him alive.
Marick, Viktor was responding to what was said, not anything in italics. What rubbed him wrong was refusal to shake his hand and lack of interest in cooperating, saying instead he's just there to fix things when everyone else screws up.
I'm not upset at all as a player, I think conflict can be fun in RP, but I don't really get Felix as a character. He's a neutral good life oracle who's got really high charisma and a huge diplomacy score but hasn't a single positive thing to say. I can only guess that he just really doesn't like some of the people in the expedition. If that's the case, totally legit and as a player I don't mind having other characters and mine not get along.
On the other hand, if Felix is not behaving in character the way you want him to (sounds weird but characters tend to take a life of their own sometime) maybe you need to get a more clear picture of who you think he is.
Just to be clear, I'm not offended as a player, and I'm not trying to stir things up, but Viktor's not a big fan of condescending attitudes. Might come from being a third son and all that.
Every group this size needs someone that's an ass, and you just happened to show up so "extravagantly" in the mayor's estate that it pegged you as such.
On the plus side good doesn't mean nice; high charisma is just a high force of personality and personal magnetism as well as rugged good looks not just their likability; and diplomacy is negotiation skills not just making friends skills.
Just think he is coming off a whole lot more bitter and tired, as well as a bit more stuck up, than I was going for. On the other hand his family motto is high above. He has lived without a father or mother for most of his life and has been more of a knowing what people need and knowing just how much he can squeeze out of them for it kind of person. He wants to do good for his people, he just doesn't trust any one else to do the right thing.
All in all I am really wanting to see if he grows out of it or falls into a bitter spiral of disappointment and disgust.
Edit: Oh yeah forgot to put it here, the whole not shaking your hand thing was because of Felix's hands issue. But I like the fact that it has been interpreted as a sign of disrespect.
Also as an aside, Viktor are you polish or just a fan of old social propaganda.
Haha, not Polish just thought that passage captured Viktor's sentiment at the moment. Viktor's a bard, but I am not so I'll need to draw on real world inspiration from time to time. :)
Yeah, I suspected your hand thing might have been an issue and had you brought it up, Viktor would have been embarrassed and apologized. Misunderstandings and perceived slights abound.
I hope you don't think I was criticizing your character. I find him quite intriguing. You're right about there being multiple ways to roleplay all those mechanics of your character and I look forward to see how it pans out.
Felix I think you are playing great its just that the whole half breed thing was in italics so I just wanted to make sure. This conflict will be interesting.
I actually very rarely get to play a political monster like Felix so this should be a treat. I do get to play courtiers in L5R but that is not the same kind of creature so we shall see. Enjoying him so far anyway, playing an actual human being instead of a caricature is always what I strive for and sometimes they just come off differently from how I perceived them originally, taking on a life of their own as they go it seems.
Before I post in gameplay, are we splitting into three threads or not?
Last Kertuffle said was yes, but it might not be until we legitimately split up. For now with your squad scouting ahead and then us meeting back up each evening I don't know if we need to.
I think we should stay one thread until we get to the next stop unless Kertfulle disagrees to keep the game going.
Alright, well, I'll move my squad out in gameplay.
Until Kertfulle creates the thread don't wait because I am inpatient and don't want anything slowing us down. :) Sorry Kertuffle if I am over stepping but I have played in several Pbp's and GM'd one and when a game goes stagnant it dies in my experience.
That's very true. But with thirteen people, beyond anyone else it's going to need to be Kertuffle who's posting multiple times a day to keep this alive and healthy. So far he's done great in my opinion :)
Kinda shot himself in the foot as far as getting involved in other PBPs though. Unless he's lucky enough to have tons of freetime, and wants to spend it all on the boards. This game is going to be a massive time commitment for him.
I suspect our group will shrink rapidly down to 10 or so. That one guy only posted once. We've got a few people posting roughly half as much as most of the others (not that that's always a bad thing). Anastacia, Rowan and Wilhelm.
Just in my past PBP experience people, even solid ones, always drop over time. RL stuff happens.
Before I make a statement in character I want to make sure of something. We are supposed to work as a quelling influence on the region and as envoys of brevoy, not as builders of our own empire. I mean we all know that is probably where this is headed but our characters don't right.
I think we will shrink down pretty quick but hopefully we can keep this going because I am already having fun and we just started.
My schedule in CST;
Tuesday nights and Saturday nights I usually game in real life, so there's going to be a tad of down time then. I also work from around 4 in morning to around 2 in the afternoon. There will occasionally be blocks of time when I can't post. I tried to plan for it, opening the gate before I left and planning to wrap anything up when I got back. Just an FYI as to when you can expect me to post.
Before I make a statement in character I want to make sure of something. We are supposed to work as a quelling influence on the region and as envoys of brevoy, not as builders of our own empire. I mean we all know that is probably where this is headed but our characters don't right.
I don't know, I think in the beginning this group is suppose to be agents of Brevoy so an independent empire is not what we are suppost to be doing. This is just what Marick wants because of his past and the fact he wants to be free of the Daggermark guilds.
My schedule in CST;
Tuesday nights and Saturday nights I usually game in real life, so there's going to be a tad of down time then. I also work from around 4 in morning to around 2 in the afternoon. There will occasionally be blocks of time when I can't post. I tried to plan for it, opening the gate before I left and planning to wrap anything up when I got back. Just an FYI as to when you can expect me to post.
Not a problem I just hope you don't mind if we take the initiative and keep things going while you are working.
Feel free, I'll just try and keep up:)
I tried to create another thread called Nivakta's Crossing but it doesn't seem to be linking back to the Kingmaker Campaign. Anyone have any ideas as to how to do it.
You can only link one thread at a time. You have to just make a [url=} tag link, and put it in the campaign info tab, under campaign description. Then it'll show up at the top of every page, making it much easier to find.
What she said.
OK, a new thread is up for Nivaktas Crossing. Continue to post conversations and actions that occur in the evening in the first thread and anything anyone wants to do at Nivakta's Crossing in the thread with it's name. Again, thanks for the advice, Majda.
Rowan - You are mounted so if you want to hunt while moving at 20'. Rowan has a ranged weapon, so he can hunt while traveling with the group, if you want to hunt with Argos then you'll be having to leave the group for a while and then come back.
As for mounted eidelon's, I think I'm going to rule that would take at least an additional trick for the mount. It's up to Casimir what the weight of Talon is. I'm willing to let it weigh between 150 to 300lbs., anything above that and it should probably have some sort of evolution equivalent to Stability. I would like to point out that the more it weighs the more useful it would be for some engineering situations.
I don't currently plan on the eidolon being mounted. It doesn't fit the concept and ruins the image of the pairing. That said, Casimir having a mount is not so distant in comparison.
That said, since you are gracious to let me decide the weight, I'd like to actually make it a ratio of % increase based on HD, starting at 220lbs, with a 1% increase in weight per additional HD and maybe dependant on some of the other 'upgrades' [read: evolutions]. That way, I can use some realistic physics with him.
I also do plan on making him Large size, eventually!
Your choice of weight is fine, He currently weighs in at a 100 kilos and I'll let you add a kilo per hit dice.
Deal. I might add speed to his evolutions using the [Limbs: Legs] option, but I'll never actually add more limbs unless I can actually envision it (and I'll be sure to specify!). I'd rather not have a walking blender of steel weapons in the literal sense, after all!
In that case, after speaking with Majda about your eidolon in character, I'll probably end up swapping you and Rowan soon. Rowan is a better thematic fit for Majda's group and having your eidolon in group 3 will help offset the absence of Vors should he not return to the game.
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If you say so. It's only half a fighter, and I'm still as squishy as any rogue - I just have a reach weapon and Grease going my way, is all!
Basically your eidolon and Marick will be the frontmen. Marick's a little too squishy to do it by himself. Plus life oracles are about the best healers so hopefully Felix will be able to take care of y'all.
It is pretty much all we are good for. I still need to grab selective channel at 3rd so i don't end up healing the enemies with channel, but my cures are going to end up pretty potent. Won't matter to much as soon as I get my hands on dazing spells but until then we will have to muddle through as best we can.
Dazing Spell scares me.:) I've never had a PC use that particular combo but I can see that its going to be pretty nasty.
I've seen Dazing Fireballs do massive changes to encounters. It's frightening with an Evoker, indeed.
Yeah, myself and Marick, along with the Eidolon, will probably make the frontline. I'm about as tough as he is, if not as squishy, and we're both hybridized. It'll take us a couple levels to really shine, but we'll work well until then.
Dazing flaming sphere is amazingly bad. Just be thankful I don't get ball lightning as a spell, dazing version of that just hurts my head. But not the worst combo ever to come out.I have a monk of the four winds that uses the whole slow time vital strike combo. 4 vital strikes tends to bring down most big bads.
Not sure if I will be going that route though now that I think about it, considering I can get more mileage out of summon monster in pbp.
I suspect our group will shrink rapidly down to 10 or so. That one guy only posted once. We've got a few people posting roughly half as much as most of the others (not that that's always a bad thing). Anastacia, Rowan and Wilhelm.
For what it's worth, I'm only posting half as much because I'm out of town this weekend and work has been nuts this past week. I don't anticipate problems with sticking with the PBP. I will say I probably won't try to sustain the same posting rate as some of you have managed as I tend towards fewer longer posts.
Waiting for vors and venkar to catch up in this post. I would like to do some interactions with other members while in camp but some of that is going to depend on what i learn of my squad first. Also need to handle the change in squad mates at camp.
It also just occurred to me that I recall Venkar saying he doesn't have internet access during the weekend (for the time being). I think it was mentioned in either the recruitment thread or maybe earlier in the discussion thread. I don't really have time to go trolling through the archives looking for it but it may be worth keeping in mind.
You know I seem to remember him mentioning that also, but I couldn't find exactly where. I'm glad someone else remembered it.
Is Rowan getting switched out before or after Majda's squad leaves the manor? I'll take 10 on survival for hunting on the go, providing enough food for the day for five people or preferably one meal for 15 people so everyone can have a good dinner at camp.
After the first night on the road