Alright guys, putting the gameplay post up in a minute here. Since we have one character, I believe (Ilorian) who is coming into the Razor from elsewhere as the game begins, we'll be starting in the Tide District, on the docks. There is presumably reason for anyone to be there, and a lot tends to happen there. As no one has said anything yet, we are going to assume that you are all currently strangers.
Please keep in mind that this adventure path is far more open ended than most published game. There are few rails here, and the story unfolding for you guys counts on PC action. The earliest parts of the game may seem largely inconsequential, but if something interests you, act on it. The more interest you show, the more you will get of the same flavor, and you will pull yourself towards certain story arcs. Without further ado, ask any questions and make any comments here, and I will get started on the gameplay thread.
Cool here. I have to finalize my character still. Do I go face with Skill focus Diplo with the familiar, or take Skill focus Knowledge Nature with that verdant 15' ranged trip/disarm/steal attack? I am feeling that at low levels that vine thing would have been fun but at higher levels the CMB of the attempt will begin to fail to impress. At level 5 the CBM would be +10 if I read it right. What do you all think?
Gameplay thread is up, and I will be heading to bed soon (I live at GMT + 8) and will check back in first thing in the morning. I figure we should have some action happening by then.
And I think the answer to your question, Diana, depends entirely on how cool or lame of an animal you would choose for your familar.
In two levels Diana could take Improved familiar and have most any familiar that matches her alignment. I am leaning towards that.
Familiars are awesome in every shape and form. I would always pick one of those critters :P
@Darlok Out of curiosity, I glanced over your sheet. Is there any specific reason you have what amounts to about 10 points worth of stats :)?
Thought it came up to 20....
Ah - yeah - thought it looked like you had 16-14-12-8-12-8 but now that doesn't seem to be the case. Maybe I just should go to bed ^^
It does appear that you haven't assigned your stat boost from 4th level however : )
I had to go make sure I had assigned my stat boost from 4th level. lol
Yeah, fixing that now.
Want to apologize now for breaking any forum-game rules I may break. I've played many a game IRL, but this my first real forum game. Be gentle mates!
No worries Jasper : )
It seems like everyone but our gunslinger found their way here - that is good!
Nini is still pretty interested in the story about the Elders - is that something the rest of you cares for or should we look around a bit more on the marketplace : )?
It seems the DM's ability to only post once a day or so is not going to slow us down much at all. :) Already enjoying this.
Well, I live in China, GMT + 8, so I can mostly post during, what for most of you, is probably mornings and evening (after 8 or 9). How late after that I can be active depends on whether I have classes or not. Wanted to put more up before I went to bed last night, but the Internet at the apartment was being pretty finicky. About to check out what's been happening while I've slept!
Wow. China. Seems very exotic to me. Where in China. And why, if you do not mind me being a little nosey. I am slowly exploring the world, but for much of my life I have had little chance to travel. China is on my list.
I've been teaching English in Tianjin for about 4 years now. It's a large city a couple hours east of Beijing.
4 years. I hope that means you like it. Do you speak Mandarin or Cantonese?
I know a bit of Mandarin - enough to get by, but I've always been a poor student when it comes to learning new languages. As to liking it, it's got its good parts and bad parts. There days where you revel in the life here, and there are week-long periods where you're ready to put someone through a wall because of how disorganized everything is.
I'd love to know more about living in China, but will not fill the discussion thread with it. But do share a little about how you landed this job and what the required qualifications are.
We've lost our Ranger.
Sorry about the absence. Been swamped the last two days
Don't get too excited yet, though. More developments coming in the gameplay thread within minutes.
Too late. I am already excited. :) Can Xander Brim also do enchanting or other crafting? Is he willing to come with us into dangerous areas to cast? I guess I need to figure that out is the gameplay thread. :)
At the risk of being called brown nosed, I gotta say that I am loving this game. It really is a sand box. Diana has so many options that I do not know where to turn and have anxiety that I may miss some great opportunity, like making an ally out of Xander, that we almost missed. I have never had a sand box game actually pull this feel off before. I expect I'll be begging for a linear plot line before long. :)
Also the color and quality of posting is great. I am really enjoying the posts from everyone.
Having a wizard spellcaster is going to be very helpful, since Nini is restricted by her 2/3 progression and low number of spells known : )
Yeah, I'm excited about it too, and I think that the PbP format might be ideal for this, since I can leaf through my book and take my time to find which encounters might best serve you where. I can tell you from experience, it's a hella ton harder to run in real time.
Where is everybody?
On a train, with very spotty internet access, on my way home :-)
Traveling this weekend. Home and catching up.
Sorry about the absence guys. My computer died a horrible death - not really sure how or why. I just got a new one today, but it's got none of my old stuff on it, so over the next couple of days I will be trying to recover whatever I can, and download what I can't. Needless to say, I currently have none of my rulebooks or the adventure installed on here. Should be back up and running by the weekend.
No worries! Concentrate on fixing your stuff first : )
Sorry to hear that. I had a hard drive failure recently that I never fully recovered from. I had a partial back up and was able to recover most of the files directly from the damaged drive after dropping it into an external enclosure. Took hours and hours. Makes me want one of those new solid state drives.
Holy wow.....I hadn't dotted this thread so I have seen 0 of the posts on it. I'm here now.
Alright, up and running again. Still missing notes and a few conversions of NPCs that I thought were too lame, but that shouldn't be an issue unless you pick a fight with someone you REALLY shouldn't be fighting yet. Internet is out at the apartment, but will be cleaned up in the next few days, and I'll be checking in from the office or from cafes in the mean time, so if someone would like to step forward with those pearls, we can get back underway.
Welcome back :D!
Hey all. Just checking in. Was sure enjoying the game. What can I do to help get us rolling again?
A quick trip down to China and poke Lorebane :P But I guess we simply wait and see =)
I am still here.
Yo. Still here too. Are we going to keep playing this game?
We can hope! To be fair, the recruitment started off with a warning about Lorebanes earlier dead pbp attempts - so we should probably not expect too much.
However, I would be glad if this pbp restarted/reanimated sometime in the future =)