Quoth the Crow: "Ravenmoor!" (AKA Feast of Ravenmoor, another feather-brained campaign from GM Hmm) (Inactive)

Game Master Hmm

Yeah I can understand that and I'm sure I'm part of the problem as in my 5 years of PFS I've never once audited a character at a table I GM'd at.

If people really want to cheat or fudge their character sheets, whatever I guess.

I'm just here to tell a story, hang out with friends and have a good night.

I am much more Chaotic Neutral, especially when it comes to inane rules that just make things needlessly more difficult.

Again though, I've never GM'd at a convention or played at one for that matter. I have read the complaints over the years from GM's at these conventions that they are "forced" to spend 30 minutes fixing one guys character sheets.

To that I again say, whats the bother. Take care of it after the game.

having a good time > paperwork.

My understanding (and I'm hearing this third-hand) is that there have been complaints at some of the major conventions about players showing up with a stack of half-filled and poorly-filled chronicle sheets that they'd gotten from playing online. Apparently no one was explaining to them the how or why of filling in the rest of the information, and it's fallen on the online VOs to spend a lot of time fixing those sheets.

It's not just folks that have been playing on-line.

There are a couple of folks who play in my area who have truly terrible book-keeping (makes mine look downright organized!) who have played at least a couple of times at the same table as me who couldn't find any of their chronicle sheets, and their character sheet was a piece of notebook paper with some numbers on it.

It's a bit unnerving, to say the least.

On the off chance that it wasn't obvious (the net being the net) I want to explicitly point out that my rant was in absolutely no way directed at you Hmm. I have absolutely no issue at all with a GM following the rules :-).

I admit that we're pretty poor at enforcing record keeping up here too. I do occasional spot audits but its to catch mistakes and not cheating. I honestly don't think any of the locals cheat. If they do, I don't really care as long as they're not affecting anybody elses enjoyment. But audits are only rarely going to catch cheaters anyway. One thing that really bugs me is that the one bit of information that I actually WANT from the ITS isn't there (the total amount of money the character has received and spent).

I'm a GM who tends to run long. I like to roleplay whenever there is any chance, I like to give players the freedom to get off the tracks a bit, etc. We also often start a little late (our scheduled start time is 6PM, 4 hours before the store closes, and people have difficulty getting there from work on time).

By the time the game ends I'm usually trying to put my stuff together, explain some of the story elements the players missed, arrange for a GM for next week, answer questions or give advice, etc while also filling in chronicle sheets. I have a VERY poor opinion on ANYTHING that is going to lengthen that process.

I've been having an issue trying to keep up with a huge post-rate as this is quite assuredly *the* season for busy at work.

Please work with the fact I do not have Internet at work and it can take me twelve hours to respond to a post, including botting if necessary.

Thank you very much for your time and patience.

Are we going too fast? (I've been worried that in my distracted state as a brand new VL I've been going too slow and keeping everyone waiting for forever.)

What are people's good posting times this season?

Hmm

Are we going too fast? (I've been worried that in my distracted state as a brand new VL I've been going too slow and keeping everyone waiting for forever.)

What are people's good posting times this season?

Hmm

You're a VL now? Congratulations and/or commiserations as appropriate :-) :-)

I can generally manage to check in at least twice a day. Once earlyish, once lateish

except for weds, i usually check in several times a day, sometimes on weds too, just depends... i don't always post every time, but I do try to keep up with reading at least, even if I don't have time to post and if I'm home, or don't need to format the post much, i'll post from my phone... but i'm okay with you slowing down too - whatever works for the group.

I work out of a home office, so I can pretty much check all day. I'm usually asleep from around 10pm to 6am EST.

You're a VL now? Congratulations and/or commiserations as appropriate :-) :-)

The official announcement just hasn't happened yet.

Yep. They were supposed to send the NDA download yesterday, but I think Tonya's a little behind with the holiday season. So, although the title's on backorder, the workload isn't.

I'm going to be the Online Team's PBP VL, and both Tonya and Jesse have projects that started up for me already. It's a running start, but things should settle down once I get myself oriented.

Hmm

That explains why you're following their chronicle rules, then :-) :-)

Have to lead by example :-)

On a more serious note : I'm sure that you'll do an excellent job. They picked the right person.

Yep. They were supposed to send the NDA download yesterday, but I think Tonya's a little behind with the holiday season. So, although the title's on backorder, the workload isn't.

I'm going to be the Online Team's PBP VL, and both Tonya and Jesse have projects that started up for me already. It's a running start, but things should settle down once I get myself oriented.

Hmm

Just remember that delegation, where feasible, is a wonderful tool.

Heh. I've already started, bringing you in!

Will be unavailable to post for at least nine hours. Andrietta's pretty simple to work, though, if needed.

I will be GMing live today so don't expect updates for a bit!

Hmm

I was away all day yesterday. I will catch up later today.

Just want to say, I've *already* done a bunch more roleplay in this one compared to the entire time I played it at a convention.

A.

Lot.

Just want to say, I've *already* done a bunch more roleplay in this one compared to the entire time I played it at a convention.

A.

Lot.

Me too :-). Vralk has definitely turned out to be my "main" character with Gallako more or less his straight man :-) :-) (not at all what I originally intended but it is hilarious to me. And I love it when characters more or less "take over" like that :-))

I'm glad you guys have been having fun so far. I certainly have fun with all of you. We've got ourselves another festival to explore! Yay!

So many delightful posts! I'm sleepy tonight, but I'll try to catch up with all of you in the morning!

I'm glad you're having fun here.

Hmm

What's holding up Hmm?

One of the local GMs is down with a fever, so I'm taking one of his tables tonight. Sorry for the lack of update -- trying to prep a game and draw maps last minute. Fortunately, it's one that I GMed before so at least I know the story.

Hmm

Its okay, a chance to breathe is nice :) gives me a chance to really go through and read everyones posts again to better understand.

Good. Chances to breathe are good. Sorry that I'm bailing on you with hardly any notice today.

Hmm

I wouldn't really call it bailing.

no problem... bail away... we're fine.. a breather is always welcome, especially this time of year... so much to do!

Okay, good. Wednesdays are often crazy for me AND it's my daughter's birthday. You'll get a an update but it will probably be at lunchtime unless the library is dead quiet today. It being the holidays, that is possible... Or it will be filled with frantic families looking for DVDs to keep the kids occupied while they wrap presents.

Happy solstice.

Hmm

I get to look forward to preparing for work and working tonight without a supervisor.

At least I get burritos for dinner afterwards!

May the rising and growing sun from this day forward keep the chill of winter off your bones.

Actually, it's sounding like it's been crazy for everyone. Do we want to do a holiday slowdown or even *gasp* a hiatus? And if so, for what dates?

Hmm

Today will be crazy, tomorrow shouldn't be, not sure about Friday, Saturday may or may not be okay, Sunday same deal, not sure about next week?

I expect that there will be fairly long periods (six hours or more) during the day that I will not have time to update. Monday things should calm down for me.

I have no issues with a slowdown. That said, I'm actually pretty available through the holidays

This week will be busy for me, but I should be able to post at least once a day, probably in the evening.

Saturday and Sunday will likely be non-posting days.

I sing in my church choir and the Christmas Eve services are probably the biggest crunch time of the year except for Holy Week.

SO it sounds like a slowdown, and not a hiatus?

Hmm

I vote not a hiatus, maybe a bit of a slowdown until the holiday is over.

no hiatus for me... a slowdown would be fine - whatever pace seems to work for the majority is fine with me.

Slow down okay for holiday, but not hiatus.

*has horrible luck with things going hiatus and never coming back*

If I put games on hiatus, it's usually for 2-3 days with a specified return date. I will get you guys a post today, but I'm working today so it may not be until a little later.

We will not disappear as a game. I finish what I start as a GM.

Hugs to all.

Hmm

*hugs*

Take the time, it's all good, it's a marathon, not a sprint.

I got busy baking pies for Christmas dinner. I probably won't get in a post until Monday.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

I gave you a couple games to play in.

Hmm

"Happy Holidays. I got TURKEY. AND BACON. No pie :-(. Cake good though. Almost as good as pie

For fighter weapon groups, the Starknife is in the blades, light group. Since many of the other weapons in that list are called out in the Tengu Swordtrained, would Tengu be proficient with Starknives?

That sounds quite reasonable. Go at it, guys!

BTW, I find it hilarious that the Raven Fights that the module mentions and glosses over as background color have turned into such an epic part of our festival!

Hmm

Regarding low strength and critical hits is there a ruling somewhere on how that actually works because if you read the text on multiplying damage:

Multiplying Damage: Sometimes you multiply damage by some factor, such as on a critical hit. Roll the damage (with all modifiers) multiple times and total the results.

The way I have run that in the past is that you roll 1d3-4 which results in 1 non-lethal since the total is less than 0, and another 1d3-4 which is also 1 non-lethal and then add them together for 2 non-lethal. It just makes more sense to me that way that you actually get some benefit out of a crit.

Regarding low strength and critical hits is there a ruling somewhere on how that actually works because if you read the text on multiplying damage:

PRD wrote:

Multiplying Damage: Sometimes you multiply damage by some factor, such as on a critical hit. Roll the damage (with all modifiers) multiple times and total the results.

The way I have run that in the past is that you roll 1d3-4 which results in 1 non-lethal since the total is less than 0, and another 1d3-4 which is also 1 non-lethal and then add them together for 2 non-lethal. It just makes more sense to me that way that you actually get some benefit out of a crit.

Makes sense to me

That was how I was ruling it. So Greediguts put in GREAT fight.

Aren't you all glad that those rolls happened in a non-lethal raven fight?

Hmm

Where two hits at the far bale were worth 5 at the middle I figured it was worth taking the long shot. I would have ended up with more points if I stuck to the middle with those rolls. The two lowest rolls wouldn't have even hit the near bale.

It's an interesting numbers game, isn't it? It'll be interesting to see how all of you do!

Hmm

Where's Hmm?

Some family stuff reared its head today that I need to deal with. See you Thursday if not sooner.

Hugs,
Hmm

Managed to get a short post in, after all!

Have a great Wednesday, and keep trying out the games!

Hmm