@Percival I like your theory more than mine especially since we are staying in this thread ^^;
@GM Have fun at the Con!
Thanks for taking over. I'm looking forward to making it though this thing.
I'm ready to get back into this.
Xiakon the Blade is the right one.
and sorry took a minute to get back here
Allright, jst came home from a lot of gaming since friday.
Would start with everything here tomorrow, trying to pick it up where you people were before.
Welcome back!
I just wanted to finish of the fight below decks before we continued.
No problem Vanulf. I´ll try to read everything tomorrow and then pick it up. You can game on so long, i don´t mind.
Perhaps i´ll ask a few questions to you before i start, after i read it, regarding your style etc.
Did you use any house rules so far?
Lots of travel this week, so posting while continuing may be spotty.
With regards to house rules, nothing really comes to mind. We were using the medium XP track, but that's really all I can think of.
Oh, and our characters were built using a 22 point buy instead of something like 20 or 25.
Ah that´s already some information, if one considers that AP´s are for 4 PC´s with 15 point buy stats normally^^
I´ll remember that when adjusting APL! :D
Am i right when i assume you people have fun playing out the first part of this AP on the ship? There is a lot of roleplaying opportunity there, but else it´s not that exciting for many people. Let me know what you think please.
Same here.
Sorry, can´t keep my eyes open to read everything right now.
Since i prefer serious planning in campaigns, i´ll rather read through the whole thread carefully and also take a deeper look at your PC´s before i start posting actions.
Very high chance i´ll manage to do all that this week :D
Alright then.
I ran this on the tabletop, (Only first book) and after two straight sessions of trying to influence people, we were all bored to tears. I can't imagine how long that would take in PbP. I'd prefer to do some roleplaying, but maybe cut it short a bit.
I am cool with it, I need some well needed RP
Still waiting to start again...
Same here, is everything okay GM?
Yes, i´m here and preparing. Got some unexpected visitors over the weekend, which kept me from posting like i planned too.
No worries, start is coming pretty soon.
:)
Also i´m thinking a bit about NPC and your character personalities, so the disruption is not that big.
Waiting with bated breath (ooh, that reminds me. Time to go brush my teeth).
Awesome
So Xiakon is the cook´s mate, Jaina the rigger and the rest are swabs right?
Also you seem to be on day two?
I´ll run this with pleasure, but i totally lack the time to come up with posts like Blackaeon did daily. Will do my best for roleplay though.
You´ll be on the ship for some days and there will be a routine. You can explore, interact and generally do what you want, untill you get caught with the wrong stuff or someone minds it. Then you´ll get surprises^^
Else is sleeping, some brekafast, work, rum rations, dinner, entertainment, sleeping.
We´ll continue with that fight i guess.
If you interact with an NPC you should track that on the sheet i provided. Also you can access the map and move your own tokens there, which will go online soon.
Everybody knows how ditzie works?
Yep, those were the jobs we were assigned.
And I'm not familiar with how ditzie works. Never used it before.
Also, I can only view the NPC sheet you provided. I can't edit it at all; I think Jaina managed to make 'Ratline' Friendly the first day.
Ok just changed that. Should function now.
on ditzie:
I´ll put your character tokens from here on that map. You can move your own token (and others, what you should not^^) where you want it.
You then have to hover with the mouse over the token or somewhere, press enter and wait for the website to save and generate a new link.
You have to post this new link (from the browser adress line) as a maplink here in you post then please, so we can see what you moved.
Else your movement is lost.
Alright then.
And yes, Jaina's on deck, waiting for her assignment.
Radval is on the deck as well.
ok. I need to change location and will be on the road for ca 7h. Probably post something later tonight or tomorrow morning next.
tried to use the thing for my piece on my phone earlier, it did not work
Phone might not work yes. PC should work just fine.
Just for quick future reference with regards to the rigging jobs:
When it calls for Climb checks, how many do I need to make?
It´s only one climb check for the whole day. It´s a dicing orgy enough already^^ I´m also a bit keen to shorten this a bit. It´s only really good if you do heavy roleplaying. Mostly you are supposed to make friends or foes onboard in this first part.
That said, did you talk about the grog with the former GM? Running as written could be pretty harsh. In the RL campaign one PC is already addicted to it and loosing a lot of CON. Besides some other things hehe.
Sorry for my lateness I'll have something up after I am done with my lunch.
Once more I am sorry for the late reply. Unexpected company was able to get a surprise round on me and I was delayed...
Sorry am at the con this weekend so I have much oogling and what not to do
No problem. This is a longtime project.
I am travelling again and forgot the book. Need to put the pdf on my mobile net time. Hope can post something tomorrow.
Wow. Poor Jakes... got keelhauled twice.
Didn't think pirates would be that hard-assed over theft: generally, you'd stop at one. XD
Aw man i totally overread or forgot that!
Was just busy for about 40 minutes reading up all that stuff again an writing. Doh!
OK, we just continue from here on.
Seems we´ll post daytime and nighttime actions separately, which is fine with me.
I´ll cut it down to the important days where something is happening, i think you should have enough time to make some friends anyway. If not i´ll give you opportunity later. Else it takes too long with this part of the story and gets boring i think. It´s too much rolling jobs and stuff.
Here's a quick recap of events we've had on the ship for your convenience:
-We've met Sandara Quinn already. She gave Percival back his chain shirt and Randall his squeezebox & a chain shirt.
-Jaina has befriended 'Ratline' her first day aboard.
-Jakes Magpie has been keelhauled.
-Xiakon messed up on the cooking and almost got smacked with a rope.
-We beat up the pirates who tried to make us late for work.
-And now, Randall was volunteered as Mr. Scourge's whipping post.
On the second day onboard, you all have a strange feeling of Deja Vu, since some things seem to happen again.
Thanks for the reminder though^^
Let´s do the evening and then go to second day.
On the second day onboard, you all have a strange feeling of Deja Vu, since some things seem to happen again.
Thanks for the reminder though^^
Let´s do the evening and then go to second day.
I couldn't agree more. We spent two Saturdays making all these rolls, and about halfway through the third we decided "Aw Screw it". Let's just move on. You're going to make enough rolls to make those your friends that you want to anyway, and you don't want the party to die trimming sails, so let's move on. :-).
actually you´re past day two, since fighting the pirates under deck is day two. Nevermind, we´ll go to day three and four then.
A challenge in this AP for every GM is the roleplaying of so many characters like there are onboard the Wormwood. Also in PbP it takes a lot of time to write that out.
Probably it´s not one of me strongest sides yet, so please forgive me, if it seems a little shallow.
I´m reading a book on that at the moment though and hope to get some insights from there. If you have any comments or tipps, critisizm good or bad, please vioce it. It´s always welcome.
I decided to focus on some characters that are important for the AP and the ones you will erspecially focus on, or at least i´ll try.