Ok everything checks out for Krestimbunt..(going to call you Kres from here on out OK?)...I'll want to know your pre-game purchases before tomorrow nights post (Wednesday 4/11) . Keep in mind if you wait to buy everything in Heldren...what you want might not be available. (it's a pretty small town)..So best to make armor weapons purchases before we get rolling Ok?
That' everyone checked in....The game is officially rolling! Please look for another post from me tonight..feel free to have your characters interact anyway you see fit . (you should all be in or around The Silver Stoat. Lanfried has just bumped into Arrac (they may or may not know eachother from previous encounters).
Krestimbunt arrived 2 days ago waiting for something...but not knowing quite what. Lanfried may have been trapping and collecting rare herb and plant samples in this area for weeks now. The unusual weather has compelled him to stay and investigate. The warrior Arrec was sacked for fighting. was paid is small salary and dumped in this outlier town with few prospects for work. Finally the mysterious Hassan has his own story.
I'll post some more tonight... If you want to roll-play more before that, be my guest!
Gruth, are you getting the cat wet, Arrac wet, or both?
OK would like you all to fill in the info on slides '4' and '5' if you don't know how to make an avatar(pawn) of your character, in google slides or are using a phone primarily ...let me know, and I'll do it for you. Any 'out of town' purchases should be made by now so from here on out the only items available are those that are within the town of Heldren.
Where are the slides?
click on the "Snows of Summer" link next to my avatar
well, we are a bunch of friendly folk aren't we? At least Arrac intimidated him "politely" :P
Ok so slides 4 and 5 are complete..Slide 5 is also your default marching order unless you guys specifically call out a change O.K.? A few things we should get settled before we get moving along.
I use 'block initiative' if your character is in bold it's his turn to act...you need not wait for the person in front of you.
Please choose an alternate player, to bot' your character should you need to miss some time. (the easiest way is just to pick a bot' partner)
If there's a chance there may be an attack of opportunity..you may put you 'AoO' under a spoiler during your turn. If the AoO doesn't come about for some reason...that, roll is not used for your next attack. If your character has an AoO and you don't have an spoiler. GM will take the AoO with whatever weapon you have in hand, using no special abilities or resources (unless you had that ability on during your last attack like Rage..or power attack)
GM will roll initiative most times to speed play. On occasion, I may ask the players to roll their own initiative (if they don't post an initiative roll in a pre-set amount of time..GM will roll for them, anyway.)
GM never rolls saves. ( I may ask you to pre-roll a number or two on occasion..not telling you what they're for..but rest assured..players will always roll their own saves)
I would like a camping/sleep shift...(ie. who has first watch 2nd watch...how long do you rest (normally) ect...)
Lastly and importantly, I want a standard door opening routine..(ie do you always check for traps? Does the trap checker open the door if the all clear is given or does someone else? How far away from the door would everyone else normally stand? What weapons do you normally have in hand when opening a door? (note: this procedure will be default for all locked objects , chest, desk, cabinets, ect.. unless stated otherwise.)
Sorry I’d like to remind everyone that we promised to post every day on weekdays. Two players have been faithful to that two need to pick up the pace, let’s keep this game moving ok?
I am here and keeping up. Lanfried is just not the social type and this diplomacy/intimidate stuff is a little outside his skill set.
to be fair, its outside most of our skill sets at the moment. Save our resident Qadir, who, like Arrac, seems to only have intimidate :P
Understand it’s out of some of the skills: but we can still post thoughts ,reactions to others comments or actions, how a person positions themselves during a conversation( ie. do they move closer to over hear, are they idly staring at the sky, do the rest their hand on their blade ... be creative)
Also you don’t need to be trained in diplomacy to use it or use aid another direction diplomacy.
I just feel if you interact with the town it will allow you to connect with the people give you reason to fight. I think we all want a complete game where our characters get to know the npcs and each other right?
If you prefer to fight and fight a lot I’ve always wanted to run mud sorcerers tomb from the old dungeon magazine...should’t be too hard to convert
Point taken lucklesshero. I will make more of an effort.
just a point of reference; even though I do not allow 'taking 10' on knowledge checks (baring a feat or special ability of coarse) ..you can still make knowledge checks untrained, as long as they're DC:10 or lower.
We will take a break this weekend...I'll post once later today...Anyone can respond to it over the next couple days...we will pick up in full force on Monday...Everyone good with that?
A weekend break suits me perfectly. I am running a 28km (just over 17 mile) spartan race today and will be exhausted at the end and probably sleep the weekend away.
Just as a heads up ... I am planning on dropping Krestimbunt Gruth unless he comes up with a good explanation why he hasn't posted for 5 days...I've thought I made it very clear that, the main emphasis was for roll-play and frequent participation...
Krestimbunt Gruth, has not indicated why he's be absent and this is the second time we've had an lengthy posting absence from him. I'm inclined to move on...I've given him till tomorrow to explain his absence and request to continue playing. But, I will not tolerate unexplained absences anymore.
I really don't understand why this continues to happen. There are plenty of "campaigns" out there where posting is more relaxed in pace.
I make it clear that, I'd like to move along at a crisp pace and want plenty of roll play yet ..."people who just want to play combats at a casual pace" continue to edge in to my games."
Kinda sick of it...
I'll find a replacement over the weekend unless Kres has a very good explanation and convinces us this will not happen again.
Be warned though...I am developing a '0' tolerance for this. I don't want to waste dozens of my own hours writing and putting together game-play ppts for people who just don't give a sh*t...
ok so Krestimbunt had a reasonable explanation of events beyond his control so we will roll forward.
Just so it's clear from this point on. "We live in an age of a smart phone." Computer access is virtually everywhere.
There's almost no excuse for not letting us at least know you will not be able to post. Especially, in the case of several days. If you know you're traveling to Alaska, Yukon, or Siberia...well airports have internet now...let us know.
By the way, before we continue I want each of the four live players to pick an opposite live player to 'bot' them should a player be gone more than a day or two. Otherwise, I'll just assign 'bots' myself. This, game is run in 'campaign' mode...no reason for GM to 'bot' missing players.
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Sorry about that everyone! I'm still here and I intend to be dedicated, things just got a little out of hand on this end, and work totally took the wind out of my sails by blocking paizo (this was when I used to post the most)
Will be more vigilant, especially about giving a heads up if I wont be able to post
If it's ok with you guys I'll just post an epilogue of what happened at the meeting tonight..(if you'd rather role-play the meeting over the next few days that's OK too!)
If there's a specific question you want to ask the council...post it in the discussion thread and I'll include it in the synopsis of the meeting. FYI there is no pay for doing this other than the gratitude of the town and a hint that Lady Argenta may reward you ..if she's found alive.
Have any questions ready by 5pm tonight Pacific time...
Sounds fine to me Lucklesshero
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Probably past the deadline, but no issues from me.
I will be traveling this weekend (starting tomorrow early AM) and it will be difficult to find time to post. I will try to get on at least once over the weekend, but please excuse if that does not happen.
Feel free to bot as necessary should we get to a point where that is necessary.
Just a note...if you guys want accurately value your items..you should discuss who should take a rank or two in appraise at the next level. Newmark is an option..if none of you want to 'waste' the ranks but be warned..I will almost always take 10 with Newmark giving you a 20% variance on most items.
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Are you tracking treasure or do we need a system for that? We have the noblewoman's jewelry and now the MW sword and breastplate.
How is the party planing on splitting loot? Obviously splitting the coin or sold items is pretty easy, but what about things we find that we want to keep (like the breastplate)? I've played with lots of ways, but not sure what we're going with here.
If no one else claims, Hassan would wear the breastplate, leaving his hide armor for sale later.
My regular group keeps a spread sheet on google drive...I'd be happy to put a link to any spread sheet you guys have...(i'll put it in the campaign description so it's always on top) As far as treasure goes Newmark will insist on a full share of the sold items and coins...+ he may ask to keep any relevant magic items a Wizard may use....
Other than that it's up to you guys to decide how you want to divide treasure. If you click on the link 'Resource sheet' next to my Risen from the Sands link...you'll see a template of how my other group tracks resources...loot ect...
what type of sword is it?
Don't think it matters yet, but typically creatures with rake attack can't use those attacks unless they being the round grappling a foe (like it will next round, likely). Think they both missed so no harm done, so far. See the link below.
Yes missed the 'begin the round part when I looked it up thx..I'll carry over the 'missed attacks' to the next round in case it still has you ...fair enough?
Guys way too busy... to post today.....sorry will post tomorrow
I likely will not be able to post from thursday through monday due to vacation. Just wanted to let everyone know.
No prob Hassan my work schedule has also been super crazy...hoping to get some regular post up soon I'll update tonight.
Having really bad internet problems in my neighborhood over the weekend guys...also my summer job's hours have been 'killer' so sorry bout' the delay.
Ok everyone so here's what's going on with me...I took a job over the summer to help 'get ahead' on some bills. Although the job pays excellent the hours are brutal and it leaves me exhausted at the end of the day. I would still very much like to play with this group. However, I'm afraid at the pace of play we've become accustom too...that I'll ....drag... the whole group to a stop by my slow post rate over the next couple of months.
So here's what I propose... Instead of dealing with erratic post from a GM who's heart is really not in to it.. let's stop the game and pick it up with gusto come 1st week of September. Otherwise, I'm afraid I just can't give you consistent content over the next couple of months and that's just not fair to you people.
So let me know how you feel about this Ok guys? I'm not giving up...only hitting the pause button.
Sounds fine to me. Happy to hit pause.
I'm fine either way. A game where the GM feels stressed/rushes/or plain tired isn't going to go well, do what ya need and see ya when you are ready mate.
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Look, I am already running one game of RoW that isn't that far ahead of this group. Would it make it better if I ran the game for a while -- do you have the bandwidth to participate as a player? I can keep things moving through the summer, and we can switch back, if you like.
I can wait if the above is not a good alternative.
Look, I am already running one game of RoW that isn't that far ahead of this group. Would it make it better if I ran the game for a while -- do you have the bandwidth to participate as a player? I can keep things moving through the summer, and we can switch back, if you like.
I can wait if the above is not a good alternative.
If I don't need to respond more than 3 times a week...that would work...but if I need to respond 4 or more I'd be lagging......I throw the ball back in you court to decide Hassan.
Lanfried and Grawlic stir from their slumber. Huh? Keep it down. We're trying to sleep