Oh, I am enjoying the heck out of this! Yes, I am the surley dwarf in the pic!
Apart from the hat, an uncanny resemblance to your avatar!
Hi, Mark! Yeah I read your spoiler on the RC thread! Players please don't read! The way they have written this it is going to be real interesting how different each campaign is going to be. How it unfolds is largely up to the players.
I am most impressed with the sandbox/investigative coils within coils within threads/whispers etc. It really seems like a living world. Reminds me a lot of playing Pirates! on the old C64!!!
* Are there physical copies of RC available? Price and shipping to Oz are ginormo-spensive but it really does seem like a book chock full of awesome!!!
* As for reading spoilers, even if I read 'em I wouldn't take advantage of them. I just don't read them so it doesn't spoil the surprise!!!!
I am sure there are. If you can spare the coin I would go for the entire package, RC, Heart of the Razor, Freebooters Guide and Fire As She Bears. Yeah, I am happy with how it intertwines, although it has been putting my ftf players into a head spin!
Yeah my players were joking that they will make me run it again and play through the campaign with a different focus next time ala playing through an online rpg again. I was surprised by both the character builds and also how they are approaching, especially as I had this to compare to.
Only one of the books I don't have physically is Fire as She bears.
I have to admit, so far, this game is just so much fun. Mainly because of the characters. I haven't had much interaction with the more...well, I guess normal would be a bad word, but yeah, our rogue, gunslinger, and cleric are pretty normal, compared to a man with a crazy mask, a dude with a animated munchkin, and a b!#@#++ crazy tatted up sailor.
And the setting is so great. Fleshed out and full of folks with dimension. I am liking Razor Coast, for sure.
I do still want to try and get the group together wherever they end up going which at this point I haven't a clue. I was going to say that only Mallory knew about Riggs hiring, but that would force you down just one path rather than keeping options open. There is still a huge city to explore!
I agree with Obi. Definitely great immersion so far and the mix of the characters is shaping up to make for interesting roleplaying both with the rich NPC tapestry of the Razor Coast and with each other.
Morgan is a fairly serious man and anti-colonial, almost rabidly so - much of it unconsciously in an attempt to define and cement his own adopted life with the Tulita. He's more Tulita than many native born, but can navigate colonial society easily - or as easily as a tattooed half dressed "native" speaking fluent colonial can... He just doesn't like to. He is much less forgiving and openminded than the wise and gregarious Sandman.
Additionally he'll want to leave Port Shaw ASAP as he'll chafe at Port intrigue and investigation, but as a player I'm up for anything!!!
Not to give away any spoilers, but 30-50% of this IS Port intrigue and investigation! Morgan will be, of course, much happier with the 30-50% of it that is spent away from Port Shaw. The Tulita are one part of a very intricate plot web.
I knew Obi's paranoia wasn't really paranoia! They're after us! There's eyes in the walls! And the mugs have ears! Oh wait...that's a handle.
Not to give away any spoilers, but 30-50% of this IS Port intrigue and investigation!
Yep. I'm aware of that, which is why I brought it up. :) Gonna have to find a place to stow my weapons. I was under the impression everyone was packing heat as a general rule like Frontier settlements of the 1700's in the Americas. Or did the Dragoons take especial notice of natives carrying weapons? As in "possible uprising"?
Also, I'm not sure whether Sandman's weapons are visible/nearby in this scene? Sandman? You got your gear stashed somewhere? Morgan's just kinda doing the Last of the Mohicans musket'n'club daywear. Oh, and a harpoon. Brings "going out clubbing" to a whole new level....
A lot of the citizenry are yes bearing arms, except the Tulita. Yes, it was the concern of another uprising that most likely caused their attention. A few of the Tulita will bear arms, but not many and they are usually hidden as to not bring the attention of the Dragoons. Yeah, walking around town with a harpoon might be a tad much<G>! Most are armed similar to your gunslinger, pistol and rapier.
'K. Good to know. Heading to bed. Go crazy folks!!!
Have a good sleep! Probably not a good idea to tell Obadiah to go crazy though<G>! LOL
Go crazy? Too late! Already there!
Of course if you all are dying to get on a boat Capt. Riggs is hiring on the Sealord's Blessing.
Sorry not massively descriptive. Travelling and code is difficult enough without typing up a storm. Back to normal tomorrow when I am on a computer.
Yeah, I watch the threads on my tablet, but don't post on it and would not want to try on my phone!
Sorry about the alignment restrictions guys, but those that meet it can explain the whys to those that don't.
I do most forum stuff on my phone. Verrrry painful.
Well I need to hold off until the other three players check in so I know where everyone is.
With Sjogren's I could never handle this on my phone. Having to increase screen resolution 125% as it is on my 17" laptop!
Reading back over the posts, I have Silas with Beth and Obadiah maybe there also.
Morgan is looking for a ship possibly with Sandman.
Not sure what Mallory is doing. At last post she had finished playing a set with Silas.
Sandman and Mallory I need you to check in please. I have three people at the Chapter House and one that just wants to hop a boat out of town. I wouldn't even dream of trying to start and encounter until this party gels as a unit.
G$&*#%n, sorry. :( I'll get a post up tonight.
I'll likely meet up with the guy at the boat.
Got lucky with being able to recover myself. I'm gonna try harder not to fall behind. Apologies to everyone for my less than stellar pace.
It wasn't really that you were behind, but the party split up so I need to know who is with whom. You can introduce Morgan and possibly Sandman to Capt. Riggs if wish. Or you can try and make that DC 25 Knowledge (local).
Yeah I b#&$+&*s'd up the roll so I don't know about Viscount Senegar Deepwarder, but that's fine. I actually do know about and have met Riggs, so that will work!
It was a tough DC deliberately as the information would be early. Considering you only have a 5, it would have taken a nat 20. FYI, if you don't make the DC or it is not for you, please don't read the spoilers.
Hi folks. Sorry for disappearing yesterday. I had a real life double whammy that unexpectedly kept me from posting.
I'm be getting caught up now. Expect a post in the next few hours.
Hope everything is OK.
It is now. Thanks. :)
Good to hear it's ok DH...
Yes, glad to hear things are ok NOW.
Thanks guys. The story isn't really that complicated. Wednesday was my girlfriend's birthday, which I knew was going to take quite a bit of time time out of my day. What I didn't plan for is my grandmother (who has alzheimers) needing to go to the hospital on the same day.
Everything turned out alright but those two things in conjunction made it impossible for me to get any posting in.
Hope your grandmother is ok. I take care of my mother with late stage Alzheimer's here.
Morgan, from my reading and re-reading of it a perception isn't going to give you anything save what would appear to be an age spot on his left hand. Nothing out of the order for an old salt.
He's got a spot?! It's the Black Spot! We're doomed! DOOOMED!
But yeah, Sandman, sorry to hear about your gran. That is a real tough thing to go through.
But you are adventurers, of course you are doomed Obadiah!
So it IS the Spot! See? Obi isn't totally insane!
Whatever Obi wants to believe, although I don't believe he has even met Capt. Riggs yet.
lol Hey, sometimes the crazy man is right. I'm just waiting for a good chance to use his trait. I had thought to use it earlier on that check he failed, but I just couldn't think of what to use as his alternative one.
The joys of trying to be creative with a horrible headache and a sinus infection.
Inciting Incident 2: If this were a full blown encounter I would have held it up for the others to respond, but as it was resolved through role playing and we had 4 of 6 involved I decided to go with it and then give everyone the XP so no one misses out. It came close as two were rolling initiative from the get go! From here things should start to get interesting!
Not what I'd hoped for, but oh well. An evil were-shark soldier with an adamantine hammer sounds like an awesome villain to me.
He is a reoccurring villain through Act Two. Good news is you have 27 days until the next full moon. Sometimes you can only do as much as the plot allows. You were able to rescue Milliauka, which was anything but a given and do it without battling the Dragoons.
I realize your intend with the intimidate, but it is like Batman witnessing someone going to go bad at the beginning of the movie and despite his best efforts he is powerless to prevent it because that is how it is scripted.
You and you alone also realize Sandman that Darenar is a symptom and not the disease. You have much bigger problems coming,
Dajobas - The Destroyer of Worlds.
Sorry, trying to keep as many involved as I can but to me it makes sense for Mokoli Ali’i to speak with the Tulita first.
No worries. :)
I was fine with it. Just amused.
I needed to get the party together and the colonials did not need a reason to be in Port Shaw, but Sandman and especially Morgan do. I think they should now be motivated to help their fellow Tulita.
Absolutely.
Things have been moving pretty quickly with my recent real-life hecticness, so I'm a little confused about exactly what's going on, but Sandman's the kind of guy who doesn't really need to be completely coherent to be helpful. He'll trust his dreams and occasional hallucinations to guide him in the right direction.
Summary: After saving Milliauka he took you to meet the new chief of the Tulita Mokoli Ali’i, purported to be a "Son of Pele'". In this he would be superior to your local chief and all other Tulita chiefs. They have greeted you and made you welcome for the night presenting necklaces to Beth and Silas. Beth and Silas asked what how they could help the Tulita and Mokoli Ali’i asked if they could help locate the Jawbone of Kaho Ali’i.
Just having a little fun with Obi! The bracelets are a scrimshaw and hex bag that act as a sanctuary spell that only works against Obi!