PROJECT: Perimo - Legacy of Eons (Homebrew NeoExodus Campaign)

Game Master DM Grimshaad

The Church of the Kaga has enlisted seasoned adventurers from across the face of Exodus to embark on a journey to uncover relics dated back beyond the knowledge of the god-like Kaga itself...

Meanwhile, enemies of Mankind conspire in darkness as the Imperial Alliance strains under the weight of its own hubris...



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GAMEPLAY POSTING GUIDELINES:

ROLEPLAYING
Have fun! This is supposed to be fun, albeit a bit exasperating with all the formatting and the math and the so on, lol, but once we smooth out how each of us responds to each environment from roleplaying with each other to roleplaying with NPCs and the bread and butter: Combat.
Now, the following rulings are to make formatting easier for all of us and easier for me to identify the genre of roleplaying text I’m reading.
BOLD TYPE: Bold type from you guys, the PCs, is solely for speaking as in quotation marks and the like. Bold type from me, the DM, is speech in narratives and NPC speech.

ITALICS: Italics are for introspection, as in inner dialogue. Basically, it’s for what’s going on inside your character’s noggin while he gazes heroically into the distance. Italics for me is generally the basic type for narratives, very rarely will you see inner dialogues from NPCs outside telepathy or otherwise on your behalf.

BIGGER & Smaller: These added formats can be used for exposition during roleplaying in the case of smaller formatting, while bigger is more for exclamations of speech or noise.

SPOILERS: Spoilers are a silly thing to use for privacy in the scheme of things so if you need to do something secretly, away from your fellows’ prying eyes, Privately Message me. Spoilers in roleplaying will be mainly for PC-prompted skill checks where you describe your action in the spoiler’s formatting and then roll inside of it. Spoilers for me are mostly to cut down on massive freaking posts of ungodly length. If you feel that somehow your next roleplaying post is super-sized, feel free to use a spoiler as well.

COMBAT
This is somewhat of a hassle with play-by-posts but I believe that we can simplify combat to a degree where I can surmise all that is happening with our 9+ PCs and followers and quickly and effectively respond.
Now, combat will be prompted by me in the form of a bold and capitalized INITIATIVE CHECK spoiler with the names of those requiring a roll inside of it by name. Followers and such will generally roll with their master unless they are a significant distance away. Keep track of your babies, there will be mutated-two-headed dingoes ready to gobble them up should you lose track.
Anyone acting in the surprise round of combat, if there is one, stays at the top of the list while those that follow at the beginning of standard combat file in behind on the list.
Every single action you attempt will be accompanied by the following: A succinct description(does not have to be wordy but it does have to make sense), the associated roll(s), the action’s type(as in, is it a move, standard, immediate, at-will, free, or full-round action?), the action’s goal, and anything else you deem pertinent at that time.
You goal with a combat post is to communicate your intention with the action you are taking and rolling in junction. The roll must be posted with the descriptive portion and goal, or after, but not before.
Honestly, I don’t expect trouble from anyone I’m just setting this up for the record.

FREQUENCY OF POSTING
I understand that life happens and we all got other stuff to do. Please, just message me to let me know if you need a break or can’t post for a time. I’ll work my DM magic and give your PC a break gently.
Now, if I go a week and you have not messaged me or posted in that time(I will forums stalk you, my dear PCs, but I don’t want to) I will colorfully retire your character. A homebrew needs momentum once it gets moving and monkey-wrenching it with inactivity is just unkind, but so is Exodus.
I don’t foresee this as an issue, just doing my DM duty putting it out there.
As far as how often I want posting to occur: Once every 48hrs is the minimum during roleplaying stretches while once every 12-24hrs is strongly encouraged for combat. Anything less frequent than this will pique my interest and force me to try and contact you in a Private Message to see if you’re still about. Greater frequency makes the story move fast and combat even faster.
If you have extenuating circumstances and let me know ahead of time, I am happy to oblige. Seriously, talk to me. I won’t bite. My monsters might, but I won’t. I promise.

PARTY MECHANICS
All I expect from you all is to work together eventually, maybe not right off the bat but at some point. There will be zero PvP.
The power level difference between each PC can seem vast when evaluated from a meta-gaming perspective but I expect courtesy from powerful characters. It’s cool getting those huge criticals and nuking swarms of zombies makes you giggle, I know, it makes me giggle too, but the spotlight is on ALL of you. Show your fellows some lovin’, yeah? (Not literally…)


Dotting in!


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Hey everyone!

DM Grimshaad wrote:
Please dot these new threads asap once they are up. In addition, post your most common/comfortable posting hours, your work hours, your time zone, and what level of detailed brutality you are comfortable with rp-wise (I favor descriptive brutality akin to Warhammer 40k novels), as I don't want to unsettle anyone with my descriptive combat style.

My time zone is GMT+7, working (or rather academic) hours are from 1:00 GMT till 7:00 or 8:00 GMT. After that I'm mostly free till about 19:00 GMT.

I'm okay with your example of descriptive brutality, though not sure if I'm going to use it myself.


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Male Enuka hp: 66/66| AC 22|Fort+7| Ref +3| Will +3| DR 3/-| Speed 40 ft| Perception +5| Init +2| 0 lvl 5| 1 lvl 6/6 Barbarian 2/ Oracle 3

Dotting In. *salutes you for reading Warhammer 40k novels*


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Alright, so I still need all the other finished & finalized character sheets for review. That's gonna be from: Burnscar, Ashe, SunstonePhoenix, and EmissaryOfTheNorth

G-unit & legoguy4492, the sooner you can complete your sheets the sooner we can begin. I'm ready for the first adventure arc, just need to make sure we're all ready.


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Looks like Burnscar is out. Still waiting on the others. I can adapt to any sized group at this point though, thankfully. I got LPJ's Obsidian Apocalypse setting stuff as well so there will be an arc in that direction at some point :)


Excellent.

-Posted with Wayfinder


Female Dark Elf Druid 5

Doot.

I am mentally prepared to get turned to stone on a daily basis.


Being stone isnt that bad. I promise.


HP: 52/85 | AC: 29 | T: 18 | FF: 22 | CMD: 24, FF: 17 | F: 8, R: 19, W: 11 | Init: +9 | Perception +15

Aayalla is all set to bring peace and order. Let the fun begin.

I am eastern standard time. I am on all day at work. 7:30am-4:30pm I post many times a day and try and keep games moving. I am out of town many weekends or doing stuff with the wife so usually do not post, but will make an effort if in a battle,


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Well, we've got a few days left now before the first arc of the campaign begins. The beginning sequence is a bout of narrative with minimal roleplaying input, mostly you guys getting the gist of the campaign's direction.

We have 4 of 5 prepped submissions done, I assume Naila's will be done shortly, with 2-3 still being polished.


HP: 52/85 | AC: 29 | T: 18 | FF: 22 | CMD: 24, FF: 17 | F: 8, R: 19, W: 11 | Init: +9 | Perception +15

Ready to go. I will be out this weekend at SCA event so don't expect anything from me till Monday if we don't start tomorrow :)


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Aayalla Rand wrote:
Ready to go. I will be out this weekend at SCA event so don't expect anything from me till Monday if we don't start tomorrow :)

Alrighty, I'll see if we're ready by tomorrow evening. I can ghost you through the beginning if you'd like? If so, I will do basic skill checks and automatic movement with the party until we reach the first combat scenario, which may take all weekend to get to anyway.

Skill Checks for Information, Everyone...:

Just a quick aside, when we roll for information on something I'd like everyone to designate the roll results as covert or overt.

A covert result is sent to you as a private message while an overt roll has the result as an explanation spoiler. Overt results can be assumed to be said aloud as they are revealed while covert results are considered unspoken and must be roleplayed out at the player's convenience.

The highest overt result will be in the spoiler and considered the 'best information available ' unless other in-game sources pop up. Even if a player is technically absent roleplay-wise for real life reasons for the overt reveal they skill overhear the information as long as their character is within earshot, obviously, and may act accordingly once they return to post.

I'm intending this as a means to shave repetitive posts and such to a minimum and provide more roleplay options if folks feel certain pieces of in-game information are on a 'need-to-know' basis only.


HP: 52/85 | AC: 29 | T: 18 | FF: 22 | CMD: 24, FF: 17 | F: 8, R: 19, W: 11 | Init: +9 | Perception +15

Sounds good.


Here is G-Unit's submission. Still need to bu a mount and equipment but I wanted to get this in so you could review it. I went with 5 levels of Investigator. As we go along if he is under-powered I'll dip in another class.


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Equipment sorted out.


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Axo-Sol wrote:
Equipment sorted out.

Well done. He looks tough enough to me :)


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Okay, so Naila looks to be out and legoguy4492 has yet to respond but it is early.

The first post is up. Let's get to it, folks :D


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Sorry. Looks like I couldn't complete the character in time. So close!
:(


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"...and then there were five..." -Me


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Looks like Brill-Mane is the only one with Giant, lol.


Ayup. I dunno if that will be a problem, but lets find out!


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Wonder where he's at...


HP: 52/85 | AC: 29 | T: 18 | FF: 22 | CMD: 24, FF: 17 | F: 8, R: 19, W: 11 | Init: +9 | Perception +15

Giant is usually one I pick up but I stuck to the setting and only picked languages from there :( Oh well, next level. That's what linguistics is for :)


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DM, I forgot about my Arcane Polyglot thingie.

Arcane Polyglot:
Arcane Polyglot: Prymidians can speak and understand the language of any intelligent creature they encounter, whether it is a racial tongue or a regional dialect. In addition, a prymidian can cast read magic at will as a spell-like ability with a caster level equal to his Hit Dice. This ability only applies to spoken languages. A prymidian does not retain the ability to speak or understand when not in the presence of a creature speaking that language.

Does it work now, or do I have to be face-to-face with a speaker of an unknown language?


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Kavon Uday wrote:

DM, I forgot about my Arcane Polyglot thingie.

** spoiler omitted **

Does it work now, or do I have to be face-to-face with a speaker of an unknown language?

Damn good catch! You'd need to be a bit closer to the 'creature' to get a gist of what it's saying.

A HEADS UP FOR EVERYONE:

I live on the east coast of Florida so I may be out of commission later this week due to the coming hurricane.

I work as essential personnel where I work so I could be held back to assist with an evacuation or 'batten down the hatches' so to speak.

Just letting you all know.


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HP: 52/85 | AC: 29 | T: 18 | FF: 22 | CMD: 24, FF: 17 | F: 8, R: 19, W: 11 | Init: +9 | Perception +15

Ah, nice I'm in Florida as well, though We should be pretty safe in Tallahassee. Stay safe.


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Just need a post from Dom-Nhal for a resolve.


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Sorry about the wait, folks. I'll begin posting again shortly.


HP: 52/85 | AC: 29 | T: 18 | FF: 22 | CMD: 24, FF: 17 | F: 8, R: 19, W: 11 | Init: +9 | Perception +15

No worries, just hope we don't loose peeps.


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I'm sorry folks, I just can't handle this right now. All these setbacks have knocked the wind out of my sails and I just don't have the creative energy I had when we first got started.

I apologize to everyone for this, but on the bright side it frees you all up to dive into more active campaigns and such.

So, until further notice, the campaign is suspended. I may return to it at some point in the future if I can find my muse again, but for now I'd rather not tether you all to it when the energy has evaporated.

If I plan on starting it back up and you're interested let me know here, in discussion, and I'll message you if I get to it.


Bummer! But no worries hope you find your mojo.let me know if/when you're ready to start back up.


Male Enuka hp: 66/66| AC 22|Fort+7| Ref +3| Will +3| DR 3/-| Speed 40 ft| Perception +5| Init +2| 0 lvl 5| 1 lvl 6/6 Barbarian 2/ Oracle 3

I hope this can continue again at some point. it was fun


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Yeah, I liked it either. Let me know if you decide to revive the game.


HP: 52/85 | AC: 29 | T: 18 | FF: 22 | CMD: 24, FF: 17 | F: 8, R: 19, W: 11 | Init: +9 | Perception +15

I'm in other games and always on the boards through the weekdays just hit me up.

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