Dang. That dude's got some pipes!
Step up your game, Budos... this old guy's got game...
Woah. So that's what a good Capt'n looks and sounds like.
Heh. Portsmouth, NH, is about 20 minutes from where I grew up. I did my internship at the Portsmouth Herald.
Happy holiday for those of you celebrating. Hoping to update later today...
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that's a fine tune, but this cap'n is still not taking levels in bard
Yo Peeps--
Heads up that I'll be AFK from April 8th to 19th. Going to Cuba on a Culture, Economics, and Technology junket with a board that I used to be on. More info here.
Feel free to play or GMPC my <insert yahoo's name here> for all the fun and laughs you can muster. Online access in Cuba is very rare and usually dial-up speeds so I won't be able to post much, but hope to read along when I can.
I hope to be back to posting on the 20th or so, given that I have a long trip home and will need some recovery time.
Signed,
<your favorite yahoo in this PbP>
If we find ourselves embroiled in another missile crisis over the coming weeks, I will be sure to not implicate you in any way, Painlord! Enjoy your time abroad! =)
Ow.
If we find ourselves embroiled in another missile crisis over the coming weeks, I will be sure to not implicate you in any way, Painlord! Enjoy your time abroad! =)
No, no, of course. That's no my primary reason for going anyway. No, not the primary reason. No, don't think of it.
"Missile crisis", ah yes. My wife's euphemism...
LOL! (at everything, but especially Nim.)
More updates coming tonight -- 90+ percent chance -- but I must eat something.
Sorry about the delays, guys. I have a big project I'm finishing up tomorrow and then I hope to have some more time and be better about posting.
Just want to give you guys time to make a decision -- obviously this is a big choice, so I want everyone to be happy with it. :)
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Maybe that's what we should call the ship 'The Badger-Magpie Compromise...'
Brood really won't be happy unless the name of the ship is brazenly violent, like him. Slipping Besmara into the name of the vessel would also get him on board (heh heh, oh ship puns), but it's not something he'd volunteer or suggest.
But, I'm also not one to be a stick in the mud (neither is Brood) to squabble over it or drag it out. =)
EDIT: after seeing Redfingers' post: The Reasonable Compromise lol
I was going to wait a little longer, but since we're in discussion mode and I don't know how much posting I'll be doing over the next few days, I might as well tell you now: When you depart Rickety's Squibs, you sail off with a new level.
proposed boat names:
The Murderin' Murder (of Magpies)
Besmara's Wrath
Deadman's Revenge
Malice
Charon's Other Ride
I kinda like the redundancy of The Murderin' Murder and it's homage to Jakes without shouting to Harrigan 'hey, we paid a crap load to squib this ship then named it something that you would recognize right away'
The Murderin' Murder (of Magpies)
I kinda like the redundancy of The Murderin' Murder
I dig the Double M. Let's do it!
Last Level:3/7/2016
+10 hp
+1 Str
+1 BAB
+7 skillz
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+1 Perception
+1 Prof (Sailor)
+2 Know (Nature)
+1 Know (Dung)
+1 Sleight of Hand
+1 Stealth
Cargas' total wealth: 48 gp.
Murderin' Murder it is!
Also, you would have had time to try to gain some infamy, though we all forgot about it:
To gain Infamy, the PCs must moor their ship at a port for 1 full day, and the PC determined by the group to be its main storyteller must spend this time on shore carousing and boasting of infamous deeds. This PC must make either a Bluff, Intimidate, or Perform check to gauge the effectiveness of her recounting or embellishing. The DC of this check is equal to 15 + twice the group’s average party level (APL), and the check is referred to as an Infamy check. If the character succeeds at this check, the group’s Infamy and Disrepute both increase by +1 (so long as neither score is already at its maximum amount). If the result exceeds the DC by +5, the group’s Infamy and Disrepute increase by +2; if the result exceeds the DC by +10, both scores increase by +3. The most a party’s Infamy and Disrepute scores can ever increase as a result of a single Infamy check is by 3 points. If the PC fails the Infamy check, there is no change in her group’s Infamy score and the day has been wasted.
Oh, and don't forget I'll still be posting sporadically through Sunday.
Level 4!
HP +6 (5HD +1 fav class)
+1 Int
BAB +1
Fort +1
Will +1
+1 2nd level spell/day
Gain: Perfect Strike (replaces spell recall)
Skill Points (+6)
+1 acrobatics
+1 climb
+1 knowledge (planes)
+1 profession (sailor)
+1 spellcraft
+1 swim
Second Level Spells added to spellbook (2)
acid arrow
frigid touch
Gezza: Wood Enthusiast 4
BAB +1
HP + 4
Will +1
Skills +1: Craft (carpentry), Heal, Know Nature, Know Local, Prof Sailor, Spellcraft, Swim
+1 First and Second level spell/day
Intelligence +1
2 spells added to spellbook: track ship, gust of wind
Having neither the natural charisma nor the aptitude for story or boast, Cargas is not a good candidate for explaining the notorious deeds that will be attributed to the Dread Capt'n Budos and his wallowing gang of lagabouts.
He's happy to try, but such efforts are more likely doomed to failure than not.
Access to electronics is going to be restricted until Sunday for me. Please feel free to GMPC should my attempts to sneak on prove too spotty.
Will try and Level soon.
treasure hunter 4
Dexterity +1
bab +1
saves: ref +1
scout's charge
rogue talent: bleeding attack
skills: acrobatics +2, diplomacy +2, intimidate +1, perception +2, swim +1
I'm not sure I'm understanding this. Sorry for the slowdown, but at the risk of giving the next bit away, I need to know the info before we can continue.
You want two-thirds of the crew working during the day? And one-third at night (when typically the ship is allowed to float freely/anchored)?
Also, at least two on lookout doesn't really tell me much. The only new info I have there is you're not going to have one person on, but you could have 2 or you could have 22... :)
I guess I need to know how many crew members we have. Do you have a breakdown?
EDIT: just checked the game tab and saw we have 23 crew. I'd say 5 on nightwatch, 18 on days. Of the five three ought to be ours or neutrals and no more than 2 of Plugg's cronies at a go. 1 in each crow's nest, 1 at the wheel, just in case and the rest on general watch.
Let's go with 5 sailors on watch at all times. During the day the other 18 are working. At night all the sailors have a watch shift or sleep time. We'll always have one officer (party member) on night watch as well, Budos will take one of the middle shifts on the night watch.
+5 HP (+1 HP to Magilla)
+1 BAB
+1 Fort
+1 Reflex
+1 Dex
Improved Empathic Link
+1 2nd Lvl Spell/Day
+2 Lvl 2- Barkskin, Lesser Restoration
Skills(8)
+1 Acrobatics
+1 Climb
+1 Diplomacy
+1 Handle Animal
+1 Knowledge(Nature)
+1 Perception
+1 Profession(Sailor)
+1 Swim
+1 BAB
+1 Fort
+1 Reflex
+1 Int
+1 Acrobatics
+1 Trick- Attack Any Target
I realized my crew list on the game tab was incorrect, including a couple dead sailors and at least one who stayed on the Wormwood.
The new list is updated. I've used * to indicate sailors who were friendly to you pre-mutiny, ^ to indicate sailors who hadn't really taken a side, and - to indicate sailors who were aligned with Plugg and Scourge, pre-mutiny.
Anyway, so you actually have 22 crew, along with you five officers. Not sure if you wanted to include Fishguts as regular crew. He clearly wasn't on the Wormwood.
I'm going to be out of town Friday-Monday. I plan to resume regular posting come Tuesday or Wednesday. We can continue to post today through Thursday, of course.
While you can change roles, obviously, don't forget you may eventually get siege engines too. That'll require an Exotic Weapon Proficiency and -- possibly -- Knowledge (engineering) for indirect fire weapons, such as catapults.
Also, ship to ship combat is detailed in the player's guide if you want a refresher.
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Meh. I prefer to hide overt modifiers like this because I don't believe in discussing them beforehand and making RP decisions based off them. If it's Cargas' job to sail the damn ship, he'll do that, but I think he's the bosun in charge of bosunnning, whatever that entails.
If the Capt'n assigns Cargas to tiller, Cargas will do his best.
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There is a practicality in gaming sense to knowing a PCs relative skill level. The party should never send Ol' Two Left Feet Butter Thumbs to climb the stone tower while McGrippy Spidertoes watches from below, they would have the sense to send the guy in the party who was better at climbing. Likewise, and even more so, we don't want Crashy Reeffinder driving the boat (our floating home) while Besmarason Andretti watches. If Cargas can drive better than he cooks then maybe he gets the wheel, but let's assume that Brood or Nim push him aside if it becomes obvious that he's still working on his learner's permit.
Also, everyone feel free to set a course of action for the party as we would in a normal campaign that didn't have a role of 'captain' for one PC, you're all officers on the MM and that gives you authoritah!
Cargas is being a tart. Just give the crew a Battle of the Network Stars, flesh out skills, or presumed to have done so, now that we're getting serious, and assign tasks on demonstrated merits.
As noted, I'm not 100 percent sure how much ship-to-ship combat we'll do. On one hand, I think it should be a fun part of this campaign. On the other, I suspect that like mass combat, it's a little unwieldy/unsatisfying in PBP, but let's play it out and see what happens.
My feeling is that your goal will generally be to close to combat so you can grapple and board (or perhaps escape suffering that same fate). My feeling is regardless of who's piloting the ship, whoever is first to log on when your group is up should just post the actions and rolls for the pilot and whoever's aiding (it's easy enough to see Brood's rolls, for example, and Nim's if you want to keep him doing the aid, or have your own character aid).
In the meantime, you can also of course post what you're doing as you close -- casting spells or whatever in preparation for combat.
I'll try to post an Upper Hand check when I adjudicate, so you can roll as needed and see who has the upper hand for the next round...
Again, the rules are in the Player's Guide (starting on Page 8), so you can all follow along at home.
As always, let me know if there are questions. Also, PLEASE weigh in as we go so I know whether you enjoy this aspect or not. This first one will be a little slower since I'm about to leave town in the middle of it, but I think this is the best way to try to make it work and be fun.
There is a practicality in gaming sense to knowing a PCs relative skill level. The party should never send Ol' Two Left Feet Butter Thumbs to climb the stone tower while McGrippy Spidertoes watches from below, they would have the sense to send the guy in the party who was better at climbing. Likewise, and even more so, we don't want Crashy Reeffinder driving the boat (our floating home) while Besmarason Andretti watches. If Cargas can drive better than he cooks then maybe he gets the wheel, but let's assume that Brood or Nim push him aside if it becomes obvious that he's still working on his learner's permit.
Yes and no, Budos. There is a huge difference between asking for modifiers and each of us to lay their genitalia on the table and measuring, and RPing watching each of us on the ship and seeing what we know. I think, to date, we've had active control of the MM for 3 days at sea.
When you've assigned Cargas to the helm for a few weeks, you'll see what he can do. But, in my mind, Cargas hasn't been on the wheel that often in the past 3 days.
However, I see the point that I'm just being an ass by not laying out my modifier and metagaming the entire thing. I get that...but I hope and think PbP is different/better.
OK, I've got an open ocean map up that we can use for ship-to-ship combat. I might tweak it some as we go, but it'll work for now... You guys are the bigger ship.
I wasn't able to get to the ship to ship combat rules last night, but will try tonight. And if not tonight, then over the weekend. I'm working our Adoptathon tomorrow night and busy blahblahblah...
If someone has time to read the rules and do whatever, please make it happen.
Who's adopting what, Cargas?
I'm just being an ass by not laying out my modifier and metagaming the entire thing. I get that...but I hope and think PbP is different/better
I hope you don't think that about metagaming, it is hard to avoid and should be for RPG sake. RPGs are also about character building and skills are a big part of that, so I would also hope that a PC gets to use a skill they've invested in heavily. Maybe PbP can be better, I could see the hidden modifier working for many skills, or even just a list of trained skills without numbers. I don't think it would take a few weeks to realize someone doesn't know a profession like sailing. One wrong turn of the wheel and three sailors just got flung from the rigging into the waves. I'd be cool sitting down with you and creating 'PLs PbP Playing Skills Guide', but let's work out a good middle ground before Cargas sinks the ship. Maybe we start with something simple like just knowing which of the skills the PC is trained in that can't be used untrained. Most important of all, no one should be laying their genitalia on the table, for measuring or otherwise, and now I feel like I need to bring clorox wipes to PaizoCon this year.
Will try to get to the ship rules this evening as well. Looking at the map, we're both going west and we're ahead of them rather than trailing?
From the Murder's stats in the campaign tab: Maximum Speed 90 ft. (wind); Acceleration 30 ft.
And, yes, that's correct, Budos. Thanks to the vagaries of the dice roller, you other overshot them in your pursuit or something along those lines (perhaps they executed a hard turn to cut back against the direction you both were going...).
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Also, unfortunately, it's unlikely I'll get to update again (either of our games) before heading out for the weekend. Sorry!
Oh, we're in front?? Hmm. Well, that will entirely alter the post I made =\ Ack.
Who's adopting what, Cargas?
I work in Animal Welfare IRL. The have a thing this weekend.
Also, we made it to the front page of Imgur today with one of my rescue stories.
That's a cool story. I hope everything goes better than you can hope for and all the dogs and cats and animals get happy homes. I'm a big believer in shelter animals. I currently am owned by three shelter cats.
Sorry; was all set to update today and I just did SOMETHING to my back. Just sitting here is killing me, so I think I'm going to give myself another day (or two)... Just took some aspirin and hopefully that will help.
I need to pass the role of captain to another player, who would like to take the wheel?
I nominate Cargas. Maybe it'll stop him from making up nautical terms?