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No, and you can not fight. The collar is not letting you.Okay in theory I will have everything up tomorrow. Execpt my path still working on if I want to go with Fae or what.
Next question does anyone have any advice on what animal I should choose??
Last @ nightflier is that Thrisk? If so I need a bow somebody so I can shoot his butt.
I figured that. Had to ask as if he had to he would crawl over broken glass with the collar choking him just to gnaw on thrisk's foot if that was the only way to do possible harm to his one eyed butt
I mean, you haven't when I made those posts. Or Paizo's board haven't made the changes right away. For some reason, it does that. For instance, I can see that someone made a post, but I can not see and read that pose until several hours later. Boards were acting up a little these past two days, so perhaps that is what happened.
I've noticed that too. It happens to me about once a week. I'll end up double posting, or the boards will eat a post and I'll have to redo it. Annoying. I haven't managed to figure out if it's just a certain time of day, or if I'm trying to post while they're doing site maintenance, or what. Just seems like sometimes the forums are randomly unstable.
I was thinking the current posting lull was odd, so I looked through the last few. Because Sorok and Gilian posted earlier, I think that now makes it Solvi's turn.
Well, I was waiting for Nightflier to post initiative, but it sounds like Solvi action is up. She was concentrating on talking with Felina, trying to determine more of this beast's nature.
If there is anything you want Solvi to do let me know...otherwise she will assist Felina in freeing the prisoner.
Initiative score was posted yesterday. Here it is again. After Solvi it's the soldiers turn.
Ilona
Black Knight
Sorok
Chops
Solvi
Gilian
Soldiers
Ragnar
So is round 3 done?
So is round 3 done?
No, Nightflier for the soldiers then Ragnar and his undead clique still have to go.
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All posted up except for my animals, not sure what to pick. Anybody got any ideas??
I can not make heads or tail of your profile. Please reformat it to be more like the profiles of the other members of the group. Also, what does this mean: "Marked he was branded at the order of legate Thrisk -2 to dip and bluff +5 to the DC to change attitudes. +2 to intimidate if victim understands meaning of brand."? And I have found mentions of Hawkeyed in your profile - you can not take that Heroic Path.
I don't know how to say this nicely, so I'm not gonna beat around the bush: you have 24 hours to reformat your profile using both the standards of this group and the standards of English language. Also, I require of you to conform to those standards during the posting in the game thread. I am not a native English speaker and I manage to create and lead not one, but several games on this and other boards, and to tell stories in language not my own, so it shouldn't be too hard for you to do so.
You are not the only new player introduced in the game at this moment. Duncan is also new character and his character profile fits the requirements. So, that too is not that much of a task - and he is not native speaker of English.
I don't want to sound harsh, but I had half of this group complaining of your posting both here and on Facebook. This game is very important part of my life as GM and I take it extremely seriously. Therefore, I'm giving you one more chance: do this the right way or I will wright your character out of the story.
[ I will wright your character out of the story.
Hehe. Oh, irony... :)
On a more serious note, I'll play good cop to NF's bad cop.
DS, you've been patient and followed the story for a long time before even getting the chance to play. To me that shows dedication, which in a PbP is absolutely #1 on the priority list and deserves recognition.
Right now you're running into priority #2, which I call "quality of contribution". The potential is there, mostly you're just having issues with formatting. Chops already gave you the basics, but you might have missed it or not understood what he meant, so I'm going to repost the guidelines for you.
Keep in mind that these guidelines only pertain to the In Character thread. Here in OOC, it isn't nearly so important.
Many of us use bold[ to indicate speech, but not all of us and not all the time. When writing Ragnar I tend to leave off the bold when he is speaking more to himself. Solvistania, being soft spoken, doesn't always use bold, but as the game has progresses she has become more outspoken. We still use quotation marks, like a book, to further indicate speech, because it is visually appealing and a more universal sign. Essentially, bold, and the other tools I'm going to cover, indicate how your character is speaking, and the quotation marks indicate that your character is speaking.
italics indicates internal thought or monologue. It's stuff you want the other players to know about how your character thinks, but doesn't necessarily voice to the other characters. Nightflier often uses italics to give us the information our characters think of, but we as players might not know.
Some games use bold to indicate yelling, but we don't. For that we use text, still in conjunction with quotation marks and bold so a yell would look like this:
Conversely, smaller text is used to indicate whispering. For whispers we also tend to leave off the bold, because it's visually odd to whisper while using bold, which generally indicates speech of a volume that nearby people can hear. (Solvistania is something of an exception to this. She somehow manages to be soft spoken, but still manages to have her voice be heard, hence her occasional smaller bold speech.)
We use
Finally, I use a combination of Italics and quotation marks when writing Muni, because i want to indicate that his speech is strange and unnatural. Id imagine if anyone else ever gets a companion or item that shouldn't be able to speak, but can, they will follow suit.
I hope this helps you. I wouldn't want a formatting issue to have you dropped from the game after all your patience and work. That would suck.
The fiendhearted elf finishes his leap atop one of the rapidly expiring sentries and with a flash of teeth and the singing of blades begins demolishing the body, splattering himself in gore and swallowing huge chunks of still warm flesh in the process. Between his own bestial growls of satisfaction and the horrible crunching of bones a particularly loud cry from the battlefield reach Anang's ever twitching ears and causes him to look up from his bloody meal. The elf's face is blank of emotion, his personality entirely subsumed in the single minded predatory shard left by the demon. A split second choice between finishing his meal and finding more prey and Anang leaps free of the bloody mess of a corpse, loping easily off in the direction of the battle.
Holy Shit! And I was feeling squeamish about Chops using the Bite attack!
The fiendhearted elf finishes his leap atop one of the rapidly expiring sentries and with a flash of teeth and the singing of blades begins demolishing the body, splattering himself in gore and swallowing huge chunks of still warm flesh in the process. Between his own bestial growls of satisfaction and the horrible crunching of bones a particularly loud cry from the battlefield reach Anang's ever twitching ears and causes him to look up from his bloody meal. The elf's face is blank of emotion, his personality entirely subsumed in the single minded predatory shard left by the demon. A split second choice between finishing his meal and finding more prey and Anang leaps free of the bloody mess of a corpse, loping easily off in the direction of the battle.
Dude, that was awesome!
With how dark the party's themes have gotten, I'm curious how the new guys will react.
I'm starting to think the "Serve the Dark Lord" party, might be more good aligned than the original party. ;-).
I'm starting to think the "Serve the Dark Lord" party, might be more good aligned than the original party. ;-).
Does that mean Zafina is one of the good guys, he he.
As for Solvi, the only thing keeping her from going insane is the budding feelings of romance between her and Chops. I cannot wait until Shayla shows up, he he.
I'm starting to think the "Serve the Dark Lord" party, might be more good aligned than the original party. ;-).
I'm glad you popped back up again, Scranford.
I wanted to tell you that any time Ragnar summons Sky'tor, you're more than welcome to post for him if you'd like, or any time you'd like to post as a spirit (like Anvinder does every once in a while)
When I reference him as a spirit I've tried to keep it as close you your original posts as possible, but there's nothing like the original to keep it the way it's supposed to be.
I'm starting to think the "Serve the Dark Lord" party, might be more good aligned than the original party. ;-).Does that mean Zafina is one of the good guys, he he.
As for Solvi, the only thing keeping her from going insane is the budding feelings of romance between her and Chops. I cannot wait until Shayla shows up, he he.
"You just wait you little harlot. You'll get yours then Chops'll get his. Slowly and painfully." As she speaks, her dark eyes deep set in the burn scars, glow a violent flame red. You feel the temperature of the air rise as you feel a chill in your bones.
["You just wait you little harlot. You'll get yours then Chops'll get his. Slowly and painfully." As she speaks, her dark eyes deep set in the burn scars, glow a violent flame red. You feel the temperature of the air rise as you feel a chill in your bones.
"Who do you think you are, to have a claim on Durathoin Grumdeknyr? You have no claim on him, or on me. Now, prepare to meet your Lord, Legate." Solvistania retorts, while her eyes burn with an unholy fire, flaying the legate alive.
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You know, I've thought about it and I have to bow out. DH and chops thank you for trying and being supportive in my second and a half pbp.
I'm just not having fun the quality of contribution problem is because when I had my character done the first time nightflier shows up a ATS and says nope you can't be that i need you to be this, which was fine. But then proceeds to tell me I need to hurry up and get him posted in emails. Now I don't have regular net access except through my blackberry, so I had 15 minutes on my laptop to get it posted and I rushed, now I'm being fussed at about that.
As for my english being my native language, I have a mental disability that gives me issues with that it makes it hard to perceive what I have written and to correct it. I had a friend edit my backstory for me. I would be willing to spend the time per post to correct this if I was having fun but getting nasty emails from nightflier about how every other player has told him to kick me or they quit just did it for me.
Also nightflier you in no way have my permission to use, write or imply anything about my character in your book just retcon him right out thank you. I have a friend who wants him for something they are working on.
Good bye guys and good luck. I have to get back to my grandfathers side he's not well and I can't take my phone in there.
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You know, I've thought about it and I have to bow out. DH and chops thank you for trying and being supportive in my second and a half pbp.
I'm just not having fun the quality of contribution problem is because when I had my character done the first time nightflier shows up a ATS and says nope you can't be that i need you to be this, which was fine. But then proceeds to tell me I need to hurry up and get him posted in emails. Now I don't have regular net access except through my blackberry, so I had 15 minutes on my laptop to get it posted and I rushed, now I'm being fussed at about that.
As for my english being my native language, I have a mental disability that gives me issues with that it makes it hard to perceive what I have written and to correct it. I had a friend edit my backstory for me. I would be willing to spend the time per post to correct this if I was having fun but getting nasty emails from nightflier about how every other player has told him to kick me or they quit just did it for me.
Also nightflier you in no way have my permission to use, write or imply anything about my character in your book just retcon him right out thank you. I have a friend who wants him for something they are working on.
Good bye guys and good luck. I have to get back to my grandfathers side he's not well and I can't take my phone in there.
Well, I am truly sorry about you having disability and all. I will not use your character in any way, do not worry about that.
Dude, that was awesome!
With how dark the party's themes have gotten, I'm curious how the new guys will react.
Cheers Ragnar. Yeah I decided that Anang hasn't really been demonic enough yet and having him go all feral and predatory after taking loads of damage seems to work. Might be a little bit of problem when he gets back to the rest of the group though...
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Dude, that was awesome!
With how dark the party's themes have gotten, I'm curious how the new guys will react.
Cheers Ragnar. Yeah I decided that Anang hasn't really been demonic enough yet and having him go all feral and predatory after taking loads of damage seems to work. Might be a little bit of problem when he gets back to the rest of the group though...
You and Chops can share recipes :)
That was pretty great. This party is terrifying in combat.
... but getting nasty emails from nightflier about how every other player has told him to kick me or they quit just did it for me.
I hope this is an exaggeration.
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... but getting nasty emails from nightflier about how every other player has told him to kick me or they quit just did it for me.I hope this is an exaggeration.
We are playing together for... what? Six months now? More? Do I seem like a person who would "send nasty emails"? I did get complaints about Eirik's posting via Facebook and email, but certainly not from all of you.
But, this matter is closed for me. Let's get on with the game.
... but getting nasty emails from nightflier about how every other player has told him to kick me or they quit just did it for me.I hope this is an exaggeration.We are playing together for... what? Six months now? More? Do I seem like a person who would "send nasty emails"? I did get complaints about Eirik's posting via Facebook and email, but certainly not from all of you.
But, this matter is closed for me. Let's get on with the game.
Nope. That's why I said something. Game on!
You should not need it because your bite is a primary attack, so i's going to be at full Bab and not at -5.
Just to make sure I am clear: 3 attacks per round with the bite.
Also, here is the Multiattack text from the Beastiary
Actually, I don't think I'd qualify unless Chops' Unarmed Strikes count as natural attacks.Multiattack (Combat)
This creature is particularly skilled at making attacks with its natural weapons.
Prerequisite: Three or more natural attacks.
Benefit: The creature’s secondary attacks with natural weapons take only a –2 penalty.
Normal: Without this feat, the creature’s secondary attacks with natural weapons take a –5 penalty.
I think that when a primary natural attack occurs in the same round as an attack with a weapon, it is treated as a secondary natural attack, and therefore should get a -5 penalty. If that is the case, Chops might have missed with his bite attacks.
How many people can aid another with intimidate check? Just imagine how intimidating Duncan, Ilona and Ragnar would be if all three would surround an enemy (with Chops holding him, still licking the pieces of the prisoner's flesh from around his tusks :D)
How many people can aid another with intimidate check? Just imagine how intimidating Duncan, Ilona and Ragnar would be if all three would surround an enemy (with Chops holding him, still licking the pieces of the prisoner's flesh from around his tusks :D)
I think it depends on the task. Lockpicking, probably one at most. Farming, a whole lot more.
Intimidate is a static DC, which we've already easily succeeded at, so it's not like beating it by a bunch makes him *more* scared (oh man, how I wish it did...). On top of that he's shaken from Ilona's Dazzling Display, and Frightened from Ragnar's aura.
There's not much more scared this poor guy can be.
I know, it was more of a hypothetical question. I just used this situation as an example.
How many people can aid another with intimidate check? Just imagine how intimidating Duncan, Ilona and Ragnar would be if all three would surround an enemy (with Chops holding him, still licking the pieces of the prisoner's flesh from around his tusks :D)
I'm considering not using the bite attack because Chops isn't really and animalistic character per se. As soon as he gets a chance he is going to rinse his mouth out with a waterskin and ask Solvistania or Gillian to Prestidigitate the taste out of his mouth.
I'm considering not using the bite attack because Chops isn't really and animalistic character per se. As soon as he gets a chance he is going to rinse his mouth out with a waterskin and ask Solvistania or Gillian to Prestidigitate the taste out of his mouth.
"So, Durathoin, the idea of allowing your feral side to take control of your emotions frightens you, or is it just he did not get enough minerals in his diet?" Solvistania asks him as she chants her Prestidigation spell on him, cleaning off the blood from his lips, her eyes glinting with amusement.
How many people can aid another with intimidate check? Just imagine how intimidating Duncan, Ilona and Ragnar would be if all three would surround an enemy (with Chops holding him, still licking the pieces of the prisoner's flesh from around his tusks :D)I'm considering not using the bite attack because Chops isn't really and animalistic character per se. As soon as he gets a chance he is going to rinse his mouth out with a waterskin and ask Solvistania or Gillian to Prestidigitate the taste out of his mouth.
It did seem out of character to me when you did it. You might be able to make it a character moment, him making that decision. Maybe it was Pete's amulet's influence or something (he was a savage little beast, after all)
Actually, the more I think of it, the more that seems likely. Makes having Pete's item a little scary too.
Sorry everyone,
Work is a bit hectic today, and then I'm off for the week end. I'm not sure I'll be able to post today or until Surday, so don't wait for me.
Actually, the more I think of it, the more that seems likely. Makes having Pete's item a little scary too.
I'll go with that. When I decided to use the bite attack, I was thinking "Chops has new toy," but when I thought more about it I didn't think it felt right. I could be a back-up weapon of desperation though.
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I have finished my Healer prestige class. If Gilian wants it, here it is:
Healers were never that common in the lands of Aryth, even before the Last Age. Self-sacrifice and the goodnes of one's heart needed to become the healer were rare even then.
But even in this dark age there are those who's connection with the Mother Earth is just to strong to be denied and their hearts to pure to resist the call of helping the
others.
Healers draw their power from the magic of the natural world, and even more than other spiritual channelers they are connected to the greater being that is all of Aryth.
Healers gain the powers to heal the mind and the body of living things, and even to heal the land itself.
Hit Die: d8.
Requirements
To qualify to become a healer, a character must fulfill all the following criteria:
Skills: Knowledge (nature) 5 ranks, Heal 5 ranks.
Feats: Magecraft (spiritual), any two Spellcasting feats.
Alignment: Any non-evil.
Special: Must have had another healer as a mentor and teacher.
Class Skills
The healer’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Craft (Int), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Knowledge (all skills taken individually) (Int), Profession
(Wis), Spellcraft (Int), and Survival (Wis).
Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.
Class Features
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Healers gain no additional proficiency with weapons or armor.
lass BaB Fort Ref Will
level
Save Save Save Special
1st +0 +2 +0 +2 Improved spellcasting, Healcraft, Little helper
2nd +1 +3 +0 +3 Lay On Hands
3rd +2 +3 +1 +3 Bonus feat, Mercy
4th +3 +4 +1 +4 Apprentice
5th +3 +4 +1 +4 Ritual Healer
6th +4 +5 +2 +5 Bonus feat, Mercy
7th +5 +5 +2 +5 Heal 1/day, Tree of Life
8th +6 +6 +2 +6 Empowered Healing
9th +6 +6 +3 +6 Bonus feat, Mercy
10th +7 +7 +3 +7 Heal 2/day, Nexus of Healing
Improved Spellcasting: Healer levels grant similar benefits as channeler levels with regards to the art of magic, bonus spells, and bonus spell energy. This means that healer
levels stack with channeler levels for the purposes of determining the highest-level spells the character can cast. A character with more channeler and healer levels than
levels in other classes adds +1 to his character level to determine the highest-level spells he can cast. Additionally, each time the character achieves a new healer level, he
gains one new spell of any level and school he can cast. This new spell must be chosen from the druid spell list from the core rules. A healer can learn additional spells
according to the normal rules for learning spells. Finally, the character’s maximum spell energy increases by one point for every level of healer he gains.
Healcraft: At 1st level, the healer learns to unlock greater secrets of healing magic. Casting healing spells becomes much easier: a healing spell costs only half the spell
energy (rounded up) normally required to cast a spell of that level. This reduction applies after spell levels have been added for metamagic feats. This reduction does not
stack with the reduced cost provided by spell talismans or any ability that allows spells to be cast with a reduced cost in spell energy. It can never cost less than one point
of spell energy to prepare a spell.
Little helper: Healer gains a familiar. If he already has one, his healer levels stack with channeler levels in order to determine familiar's abilities.
Lay On Hands: Lay On Hands (Su): Beginning at 2nd level, a healer can heal wounds (his own or those of others) by touch. Each day healer can use this ability a number of
times equal to 1/2 his channeler level plus his healer level plus his Charisma modifier. With one use of this ability, a healer can heal 1d6 hit points of damage for every two
caster levels he possesses. Using this ability is a standard action, unless the healer targets herself, in which case it is a swift action. Despite the name of this ability, a
healer only needs one free hand to use this ability.
Mercy: At 3rd, 6th and 9th level, a healer can select one mercy. Each mercy adds an effect to the healer's lay on hands ability. Whenever the healer uses lay
on hands to heal damage to one target, the target also receives the additional effects from all of the mercies possessed by the healer. A mercy can remove a condition caused
by a curse, disease, or poison without curing the affliction. Such conditions return after 1 hour unless the mercy actually removes the affliction that causes the condition.
The healer can select from the following mercies:
• Fatigued: The target is no longer fatigued.
• Shaken: The target is no longer shaken.
• Sickened: The target is no longer sickened.
• Dazed: The target is no longer dazed.
• Diseased: The healer's lay on hands ability also acts as remove disease, using the healer's level plus his spiritual channeler level as the caster level.
• Staggered: The target is no longer staggered, unless the target is at exactly 0 hit points.
• Exhausted: The target is no longer exhausted. The healer must have the fatigue mercy before selecting this mercy.
• Frightened: The target is no longer frightened. The healer must have the shaken mercy before selecting this mercy.
• Nauseated: The target is no longer nauseated. The healer must have the sickened mercy before selecting this mercy.
• Poisoned: The healer's lay on hands ability also acts as neutralize poison, using the healer's level plus his spiritual channeler level as the caster level.
• Blinded: The target is no longer blinded.
• Deafened: The target is no longer deafened.
• Paralyzed: The target is no longer paralyzed.
• Stunned: The target is no longer stunned.
Apprentice: Healer gains an apprentice as if he had Leadership feat. The apprentice is spiritual channeler of the appropriate level who serves the healer and learns from him.
If the apprentice ever takes a level of healer PrC he leaves his master and goes on his own spiritual journey. For the purposes of his relationship with his apprentice, healer
uses Wisdom score instead of Charisma score.
Ritual Healer: For the purposes of conducting or participating in the rituals of healing magic, healer is considered to have Ritual Caster feat, even if he doesn't.
Heal: At 10th level, the healer can cast heal 1/day as a spell-like ability. At 10th level can cast it 2/day.
Tree of Life: Healer plants a seed of a tree and waters it and tends to it for 40 days. At the end of that period a mighty tree sprouts from that seed. Tree's height in feet
is equal to the healer's spiritual channeler level plus healer level plus his Wisdom modifier multplied by three. The species of the tree is decided by the healer. The Tree of
Life gains equal ammount of spell points as the healer who planted it. When in proximity to his tree - less than a mile - the healer may use those spell points to fuel his
healing spells. The Tree of Life regains them at a rater of 1/day. Tree has the same number of hit points as the healer. If it is destroyed, the healer can not plant another
untill a year and a day passes.
Empowered Healing: All variable, numeric effects of healing spells are increased by half. This does not affect spell-like and other abilities, only spells cast by the healer,
using his own spell points, or those granted by the Tree of Life or nexus.
Nexus of Healing: After a period of meditating and fasting, the healer creates a new nexus of magical energies, dedicated to the healing powers. Nexus has the same ammount of
maximum spell energy as the spellcaster who is creating it. The time needed for the creation of healing nexus is 1 day per 10 points of nexus maximum energy. When created, the
nexus has just 1 spell point. It regains energy at the rate equal to the healer's Wisdom modifier per day. The caster is automaticaly attuned to the nexus he created. Nexus is
considered to have affinity to healing spells equal to its creator's Wisdom modifier divided by half. All Craft feats may be used, but only if the magic item created has a
healing purpose. The healer can not choose his Tree of Life as his nexus (but they are often close). If the nexus is destroyed, the healer can not create another one.
Hey Boss, why don't you post this and your other prestige classes up on AtS. They've got a lot of good stuff in them but are a little mechanically clunky. I think the guys and I over there could probably help sand the edges off them.
Hey Boss, why don't you post this and your other prestige classes up on AtS. They've got a lot of good stuff in them but are a little mechanically clunky. I think the guys and I over there could probably help sand the edges off them.I intended to, but the AtS was down last night.
yeah. I talked to Nif about that today. Apparently the site was hacked. He's awesome and had it up and running again from a backup in less than a day. They're fixing the security loophole that let the idiot who did it in.
I don't want to cause issues either, and wouldn't have posted that if I knew it was going to be a problem, but I think this is worth (respectfully) going into.
This is the second time in the game that you've voiced a concern over another character's abilities or actions effecting you. (the first was the issue with Ragnar's fear aura, which was nicely handled by GM caveat and became a moot point)
My questions, both because I'm genuinely confused, and because I want to make the game as fun for everyone is possible, are these:
1. Where is the line? If you'd been caught in Solvi's web, would that have upset you? What if Anang lost control of his demon and roleplayed attacking you? I suppose I can understand not liking any scenario that involves a loss of control of your character's actions, but in this scenario, that didn't seem to be the case. Ragnar lifted a man who Chops was holding on to. With a 20 Str (heck, even with a 16, I think) the combined weight of chops and a average human in armor is under the lift off ground limit. The issue couldn't have been mechanical, and it wasn't intended to be detrimental to your character, so I am wondering why this upset you.
2. Does roleplaying take a back seat to player comfort? This is a trickier question to me because there's really no wrong answer, but I'm curious what you think. For myself, I really try to go with the roleplaying response, even when it's something that might be detrimental to my character, another character, or the party as a whole. If it seems like what the character would do, that's what i write. The same tends to hold true to how I write with concern to players. In most games, I'd definitely err on the side of caution, but in this one, because it's Midnight, I feel like it's less necessary. This game has two in-game romances (which is pretty darn rare and can be uncomfortable) and the current scene involves a girl who's been tortured and repeatedly raped. It seems that we're well past the worry of offending each other's sensibilities. At least, that's what I thought.
Help me understand this, and let me know if I'm out of line. It'll increase everyone's level of fun. I don't want to curtail my character's actions because I'm worried about how you might react, but by the same token, I want everyone to enjoy the game as much as possible.
I don't mind abdicating some control, but I would like a little warning. One of my concepts for Chops is that he is a big bad mofo that doesn't let himself get effed with (which is why he was so determined to cross the streams with Envindr early on). That doesn't work as well when another player can just write in any action he wants to and affect my character leaving him a passive participant. Since this game is very story driven, I think it is important that each author gets complete control over his or her character aside from the GM's prerogative. I wouldn't even think about writing an action for Chops that would affect another character in a way that made them a passive bystander to "my personal story" for him.
In game and in character (i.e no metagaming) Chops getting picked up and tossed about would lead to a PvP combat and I am not interested in that. If Anang attacked Chops, then yeah Chops would fight back and I would play that up in game. If he was caught in a web I don't see that as a big deal. I see it happening in my home games all the time not to mention PC's getting caught in friendly fire Burning Hands (with a quick "How is your Reflex Save?" and a "Do you mind if...") I understand in a PbP that that sort of things is klonky and can slow down the game, but I still don't like having narration dictating Chops' being passive in a situation and leaving him no option other than shrugging his shoulders and letting it happen.
Either way, I was merely slightly annoyed and not a milliliter more and not in a way that we can't still be FB friends ha ha. I just wanted to let you know and there is no way of saying it without coming off as b*#$$y or pissed off. I know you did it completely innocently and I enjoy your storytelling portion of the game.
Also, and I just realized this. I have been driving for about 5 hours today. Went to two different things that either A) sucked and B) wasn't where Google told me it was. On top of that I was sitting in traffic in Providence for an extra 45 minutes when the drive should have been 5 minutes and I just wanted to get home. So maybe I was being b*+*%y. I am going to take a hot shower now. I bet I wouldn't have even bother saying anything if I read that post, say err, tomorrow morning after a good nights sleep.
That all makes sense. orry to make a mountain out of a molehill. Better to be safe than sorry, I guess...forest for the trees...gift horse ect. and all those other sayings that basically just mean thanks for explaining. In the future, if I'm going to include Chops in a description, I'll try to keep your thoughts on who he is more up front.
As it was, in my head, the scene looked pretty cool, what with chops having the bastard all locked up, and ragnar getting mad and yanking them both up to standing. Chops looks briefly surprised, puts his feet don the ground and delivers his (perfectly reasonable) ultimatum. In the movie in my head, that's a neat scene.
That all makes sense. orry to make a mountain out of a molehill. Better to be safe than sorry, I guess...forest for the trees...gift horse ect. and all those other sayings that basically just mean thanks for explaining. In the future, if I'm going to include Chops in a description, I'll try to keep your thoughts on who he is more up front.
As it was, in my head, the scene looked pretty cool, what with chops having the bastard all locked up, and ragnar getting mad and yanking them both up to standing. Chops looks briefly surprised, puts his feet don the ground and delivers his (perfectly reasonable) ultimatum. In the movie in my head, that's a neat scene.
It is a neat scene for sure. That is what I figured you were going for. If Chops was just a minor character and Ragnar the main character, that would have went through as intended. But since Chops has his own RL player behind him, shit happens.
I think we may have lost Sky'tor and Pete because they might not have felt like main characters. This is a story of nine main characters, each with a writer behind them. We all have to sacrifice a little of our own agendas for the nine other agendas. When this campaign finally does come to a close, I am going to have the same feelings I felt when I finished reading The Black Company and The Dark Tower series, Harry Potter and The Watchmen. It is a story in the making, and there are ten authors. Head butting is going to occur. We are lucky we are all mature enough to voice our concerns and listen to each others. This has been and is going to be a great game and a great story. Let's kick Izrador's ass for good, then bask in the glory of victory!
Let's kick Izrador's ass for good, then bask in the glory of victory!
If we make it that far...
For clarity, I totally don't mind if you or anyone else uses Ragnar as window dressing in their writing. I tend to think of it along similar lines, but I figure when a player is writing, for that moment the spotlight is on their character, and they are the main character for that scene. You don't feel the same, that's cool, I'll try to make sure it never happens again.
For me, if you think it would be cool to have chops do something or say something that throws ragnar off for a sec, go for it. I'll roll with it and try to elaborate. I actually kind of like those moments. (might explain why it didn't occur to me that you might feel different)
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This game is homage to the Lord of the Rings, of course - but to the Black Company and Malazan novels as well. I tend to think of setting as Middle Earth and you guys as the Black Company or Bridgeburners, that is not exactly heroes, but more something like antiheroes. Bunch of people scarred and toughened by the times and circumstances that they live in. You are the kind of good guys that are sometimes worse than the bad guys - and that is the way I like it. Heck, that is the way I tell this story.
Now, when group as large as this one plays, head-butting always occurs. Both in RL and in pbps. On one hand, that keeps the group dynamic flowing, on the other that can break the group.
I am glad that we can resolve our differences here. That's what this thread is for.