Hello all! I PM'd GM Bali yesterday evening--I was hesitant to post in here in case I am intruding before GM has a chance to consider what I've put together, but on the chance that he just hasn't seen the PM...here I am!
The character is really not completed yet (no wealth assigned or gear selected), but you can still see what most of his stats will be on the profile.
Cool! Welcome to the thread!
Planning on having any sort of connection to Sandpoint?
I'm still working that out, and I'm more than happy to take suggestions if you've got 'em.
GM Bali mentioned figuring out a way to work me in, so one thought I had was that I could be someone who comes from Magnimar when Sheriff Hemlock returns.
Speaking of Magnimar, I thought this abandoned old shrine of Sarenrae was an interesting find that could be a little side trek in our story at some point--it would interest Bereket to restore the shrine, although he's not going to want to tend it permanently, since he'll need to be out adventuring.
That’s what hiring Teams or taking Leadership is for!
If you were a local...you may have bumped into Hollie around the Cathedral at some point, either before or after she bonded with Draxtherian.
I'm imagining Bereket as having grown up as a Varisian wanderer/nomad. His parents, grandparents, cousins, etc. were all part of a caravan that goes around Varisia. Bereket came to favor Sarenrae over the other popular deities of Varisia and became a skilled combatant as he reached adulthood at the same time that he grew in his ability to use divine magic.
His caravan would certainly have visited Sandpoint multiple times in his lifetime (along with many other places in Varisia), but he was never settled in a home anywhere.
Welcome to the game!
Thanks!
I've added a little connection to Sandpoint besides having visited many times: old Madame Mvashti is Bereket's great-great-aunt.
I have also added equipment now--all mundane stuff. I assumed the warpriest level 1 average starting gold of 175, and I have about 63gp left over after getting the warpriest kit plus my weapons, armor, and shield.
I didn't bat an eye at it before because HeroLab did not gray it out as an invalid option, but I don't think I can actually have the Wildfire blessing, as Sarenrae does not have disasters in her portfolio (Wildfire is one of the disaster blessings from Ultimate Wilderness). I'll replace it with either Fire or Healing... probably Healing.
Just a quick note I am posting to all my games. It is Spring Break week so I get the week off. As such, I won't be around the PC as often as I am usually. Posting may be slowed a bit, but will do my best to get in at least one post a day.
Someone in one of my other games brought this to my attention and it is a huge help, so I thought I would spread the word to any interested.
For those of you utilizing Chrome on a PC to check the boards and keep up with your games there is an extension to Chrome that adds a lot of great functionality. Some of the key things I like are better organization of your campaign page, highlighting of new posts, setting different pictures for people's avatars, and most importantly setting an alias per each campaign to avoid the constant issue of posting under the wrong alias.
This is the extension Paizo Campaign Tools. Hope it helps someone else like it has for me!
I know Matthias hasn't really been on Discord at all this week because of a trip he is on visiting China. He's probably not able to post here, either. His trip goes until April 5, I believe.
If Matthias (and, more importantly, the light source he carries) moves up some, Shaedeen will lead the party forward. Right now, she's literally standing at the edge of darkness and can't do a thing.
Can other folks see what's to the right of Shae's token on the map? Even with Matt moved up, everything's black for me.
GM might have it covered with fog of war?
So I got a little confused about "my light source" now that I'm back from my absence. Matthias doesn't have the light spell prepared today but he can swap it in if helpful. He has darkvision. Did I light a lantern? Is that what you guys are talking about?
I think Jessa may be carrying a torch. She should get her money back, though, as it's clearly defective! ;)
Hi all! I just wanted to pop in to say that I am still around and will be ready to join when you reach the appropriate point as determined by GM Bali. =)
*high five*
Quick Note: I'll likely be offline longer than normal this weekend, thanks to a state holiday (Patriots' Day) on Monday. Please bot Shae as needed. Her profile/character sheet has some embedded MB macros folks might find useful for cutting-and-pasting.
You guys are doing a good job role playing the wrathful influence. Fun reading. =)
Just as a heads up, I will be leaving May 2nd to go pay homage at the House of Mouse and won’t be back home until May 12th, and then diving right back into work for a few days. Through those first 10 days, my posting may be slower than usual but I’ll still try to get a post in as able and needed.
Enjoy!
The wait to find out what Shae, Hollie, and Drax failed to see is killing me! Or maybe it's what comes at the end of the wait that'll kill us all!
she is at least glad that it wasn't their friend that turned into whatever this monstrosity was
Don't think I didn't consider it :)
Have a great trip Hollie!
Hey, wanted to get everyone's thoughts on the game and whether we wanted to look for a replacement GM. While I hate to suggest it, it seems like GM Bali's work changes have had a serious impact on his ability to post (we are almost at 2 weeks since his last post) and it has been pretty inconsistent for awhile. Since I was the one that asked him to join in the first place, I don't want to have him feel obligated to try and keep up and it seems like the rest of us could continue on at a faster pace.
I'm checking around to see if I can find us a replacement from people I have in my other games that I know are consistent posters, worse case I could always jump in and GM if people didn't have an issue with the GM also having a character in the game because I really want to see Jess continue on.
Let me know your thoughts and I will shot the GM an email to let him know the status of things.
I am fine with either solution, but having seen your style and posting habits, I am perfectly fine and in full support of you taking over the reigns and keeping Jess as a DMPC as well.
Go DM Jess! Yeah I know DMPC's have a bad rep but I've seen them do well. Plus we could always have flexibility there if it turns out to be a little weird.
Well, haven't gotten any interest yet, so I will give it through this weekend. If I don't find a suitable replacement before then I will go ahead and take over and GMPC Jess.
Would you all have any interest in moving the game to Discord?
I've grown to prefer play-by-post on Discord very much over the forums. Mainly because it's much easier to keep posting when I'm limited to mobile, and it seems to encourage faster posting.
I’ve never done a game via Discord...but I’m open to the idea of it.
I've never used Discord either, and would prefer keeping the game here where my other MB games are.
Not saying I absolutely wouldn't play on discord...just that I'm an old dog who doesn't like new tricks.
Oh, and I gave my thoughts on the game's future to Dak in a PM. I'd definitely like to keep this game alive.
I'm a discord player more and more as well but like both. I tend to make quick, short posts on Discord more frequently vs longer posts less often on paizo. It's a phone vs computer dichotomy so I'm fine either way.
It's a phone vs computer dichotomy so I'm fine either way.
Don't take that to mean you can't do Discord from a computer rather than a phone. I'm typically near my computer throughout the day and keep the Discord client open there so I see when people post (and I have Discord notifications turned off for my phone because they can stack up pretty fast, depending on what people are posting like that day). You can also get on Discord through your browser on your computer, if you're not inclined to download and install the desktop client.
But when you have to be on mobile away from a normal computer, opening the Discord app to post from your phone is WAY easier, IMO, than navigating the Paizo forums on a mobile browser.
I’m on board for whatever keeps the game moving. Most all of my posts are from a mobile device anyway.
Let's see where things land with the GM. If I take over because I can't find someone else to GM then I would prefer to stay on the boards. I still haven't made up my mind on how I like Discord for PbP yet and when I am ready to run a game solely by Discord I would rather everyone be on board.
So, I haven't been able to find a replacement as such I will take over the reigns. It probably won't be until next week though. The work I do for the school district picks up heavily over the summer so I am busier than normal, on top of that I've been evicted from my office for remodeling for the foreseeable future and I'm about to start up my summer masters classes. Long story short, I am still getting settled into my summer routine this week.
Sounds great to me!
Ditto!
Just wanted to post this in all my games. Please bare with me over the next month. Some life stuff has complicated my schedule so my posting is a bit slower than usual if you haven't noticed :D.
Long story short, I'm not in my usual office at work, my work hours have changed for the summer and I have one of my graduate classes that meets 2 nights a week for 5 hours each night. Suffice to say its a little hectic. I will do my best to get in at least one post a day but it may be ever other day at least for the next few weeks.
As far as this game, I am almost done with my prep. I will get a post up in the next day or two to kick us back off.
No worries! I'm really busy teaching a class this summer so I'm not in a huge rush.
Just an update here. This whole 4 week class on top of everything else has been worse than I thought it would be. In any case, my posting across all my games has slowed to maybe 2-3 times a week so I'm holding off on picking this up until my schedule fixes itself. Good news is I only 4 more classes (2 weeks) so I should be getting back to normal with things soon at which point I will kick this off again.
Sounds good to me.
While we wait for Dak to kick this back off, I just wanna commend Bereket’s patience. Everyone else, too, but poor Ber hasn’t even gotten a gameplay post in yet since joining up.
I think we need a clever way to remedy that once Dak launches this back off. Maybe we find him captive down here?
While we wait for Dak to kick this back off, I just wanna commend Bereket’s patience.
Seconded!
Agreed!
Haha thanks! Not to worry, I'm not totally without a game outside this one, so I haven't been totally hanging. ^.^
Sorry for the delay all, my class is over so I'm going to work on getting back in the routine of checking the boards regularly. Just wanted to provide an update on my games I am in.
Been a hectic stretch for me lately. Had some life things crop up that have kept me occupied, and picked up a second job to try and help out with some financial strains I’ve been having. If I’m a bit more silent than usual, please don’t take it as a lack of interest.
I will continue posting as I can, but anything involving heavy mechanics posts may be slower than usual from me. If it comes down to it, this is my official authorization for the DM to take an action on my behalf to keep things moving rather than risk slowing the game because of me.
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Just wanted to drop a note. I haven't forgotten about us here. Things still are settling for me though and I'm only barely keeping up with my current games. By the end of next week I should be in a more consistent schedule and routine and can kick things off again for us here.
Looking forward to it. Did the game drop off of ya’lls list? I had to poke it today to return it to mine.
Yep. Your post should give us another 3 months before it vanishes again, if I'm not mistaken.