I figured it was better to touch base than not. I CAN post on mobile, but man, what a pain trying to format.
Out of curiosity, Laijiri, does your Varisian have a real-world equivalent? I'd like to remain consistent if I ever need to respond with it.
In the sense of representati-- oh! sec! Yeah, I pulled up a fantasy translator site. [url]http://chaoticshiny.com/langreplace.php[/url] It's Melodic 3 on the settings of that site.
Cool. I was trying to figure out why Google Translate couldn't find an equivalent. Seems like a cool site, though.
I'm taking my family to the beach all day today. Won't be able to post till tonight sorry.
I'm planning on doing the Spread part of the harrowing with a deck I made here at home. If you'd rather I roll dice on the forums, I can. Just thought I'd let you know.
I really don't mind. If it's easier for you, then please go right ahead, Aest. At least, that's my thoughts...
Not everything has to be open, and I don't mind the occasional bit of railroading for the sake of story purposes, as long as it's known about/agreed upon beforehand.
DM is DM, do what you need to.
Agreeing with kazadarin here. You're the DM, I'm happy with how you roll.
I don't mind neither. Do as you wish!
NPC Zellara: Most likely to monologue the players into a TLDR situation. Sorry.
Considering the nature of this forum, TLDR seems to be a bit counter to its purposes..
Right, posting a plan here because typing it in Gerns voice would just about kill me.
I think sending scouts while others wait at Zalaras is dangerous. If they get seen, it's a long way to run for help. It also gives Lamm and his cronies lots of time to prepare.
I think we follow a similar plan though. The less sneaky types wait close by. Near enough to see the place but still hide in the shadows or alleys. Our sneaky types can then scout, knowing we are within simple run distance to help them. If it all goes well, we can get a signal to move in and attack from the best place.
Gern is not a sneaky type. Heavy ish armour, and Dwarven speed does not a sneaky person make. He sees really well in the dark though, so he can pick up whatever signal is used quite well.
That also works. We've got three folks at Stealth +5 or higher, multiple people with Knowledge (local), and multiples with Diplomacy for gathering info. It's more how we want to allocate our resources, at this point, within a given time frame.
I agree 1 or 2 blocks away from target should be fine. Night time assault preferred.
Go ahead and let me know when you're ready to move out. I'll be running combat through an editable google doc, which I can link once it's needed. I think I've made it editable, but it's my first time messing around with the google drive, so it might not be. I'll roll everyone's initiative, but you can take your actions whenever. I'll sort them out into a big, hopefully somewhat cinematic experience once everyone's moved. If you don't take an action in 24 hours, I'll bot you, but I won't try to get you killed.
It looks like it's about time for the skill users to start, um, using their skills; would you like those of us who are doing so to start throwing dice in the main room?
I'm sure we're probably being overly paranoid about all of this, but better paranoid than dead, right?
Indeed! However, what's the plan if Litsy (hopefully not) make a fumble while trying to sneak around?
Run back to the group at the rendezvous, and hopefully the big burly types will scare any tails off. (That's Giorgio's plan too, honestly.)
Yeah, whenever you're ready to start throwing dice and gathering info, go ahead and start.
Aerodus, do you want to do two separate Diplomacy checks, or Aid Another and try for one big one?
Do you think that Litsy should disguise herself too? Maybe she would be more discreet that way...
Probably not needed, unless you're as worried as Gio is. Still, if you want to delay 10-30 minutes, it can be used untrained based off of Charisma. It's opposed by the other person's Perception, so if you're stealthed and disguised, it's basically 2 Perception rolls to recognize you.
I'll post some die rolls when I get home from work tonight (whenever that might be).
No problem, I'll have a big description post up in the next hour or so.
In regards to perception checks like that, GM, I welcome and encorage you rolling Laijiri's perception for her. If you like, I can spoiler it under her name, or post a "Reflexive Statblock" here, since that post equates to me rolling a perception check for her, and if she fails, posting nothing.
Okay. Some people in threads I've read have had issues with the DM rolling for players, so I wanted to be careful about it.
By ~all~ means. Feel free to roll anything reflexive for me (checks, saves, etc)
Same here. It doesn't matter to me who initiates the roll, as long as it gets done.
Sometimes you doing the rolls for everyone else takes a long time though DM. I have no worries with you rolling for me, but don't do too much work. PbP is lots of work for DMs at times.
I find putting dc's in and providing spoilers is fine when lots of folks need to make the roll. If it's only one character, then I often roll for them and just spoiler the result.
Cheers
It is almost a must for you to roll things such as perception, init, and saves when not in comdat for a pdb. Other wise it gets bogged down waiting for some one to post.
Agreeing with Gern!
I don't mind if you do some rolls for me, but please, leave me some fun. =P
Also, I have two questions:
Since the alleys are very dark, could Litsy possibly see something, if she perfoms a Perception check?
Does she also have a stealth bonus because of the darkness?
The alleyways are fairly dark, but it's possible you could see something down them. You wouldn't get a bonus to stealth, but those who might be watching would get a penalty on their perception checks.
Thanks a lot!
Sorry for absence. Life and temporary loss of internet...
Catching up now.
Aerodus, do you want to do two separate Diplomacy checks, or Aid Another and try for one big one?
I think two should do well. Doubles our chances, I do believe.
Sorry there's not a post today. I will have one tomorrow.
Laijiri, do you have a regular contact with the Cerulean Circle (thieve's guild)?
I was thinking that her family-- before they left-- would have put her in touch with someone in the Cerulean Circle, and the contact was hers to maintain (dumped half the starting gold in "fees" for searching and such), as well as figured that she was working under them with part of what she made in the day going to them in return for some affiliation.
I may not have a post between Wednesday and Sunday night, due to Thanksgiving. I'll be visiting my grandparents, and might not have access to a computer for a few days. I'll try to post if I can, but if I don't, it's not because I dropped off the face of the earth.
Gern is off map and waiting patiently at the moment. No real need for an in game post as a consequence.
Scouts, don't forget to have a look at the locks and take a guess on whether you can pick them or not. If we can remove the chains from doors then its easier to go in.
Also, check how big the windows are. If someone can smash a window in and go through that way without much trouble, then we can have multiple entrance points at once, without bottlenecking in the doors.
A change of clothes can happen off-screen. Lajiri is headed back to Zellara's.
Sure, Gern! However, breaking the windows would instantly reveal our presence, and we also might fall into a trap...
GM, are the footsteps coming in Litsy's direction?
I think at this point, Aerodus and Giogrio have met up with Gern, and we're just waiting for the scouts.
Would folks like to RP out the sharing of information, or save time and presume that what one of us knows, we all know?
I will post soon, I've had an animal emergency over the weekend, but will catch up soonish.
I'm assuming college, Giorgio? Whay degree are you going for?
College aye. I got my nursing degree in June, and now I'm going for my Bachelor's of Nursing. I was taking four courses this term, but my load is a lot lighter from this point forward.
sorry for my delay. Was at a wedding the last two days, and the website was down for me before that.
Gern is a not really aware of the situation with Giggles by the way. At the moment he just thinks the group has controlled the fight out there. If he finds out Giggles was involved in his brothers murder though, he will kill him without doubt or regret. Especially if Giggles is standing free with his weapon on him.
I'm letting folk know in case they want to resolve it more peacefully.
I can suggest out of character getting the half orc to walk the kids to the nearest coppers and handing himself in. Although, remember that when the charm wears off, he'll know he was magically induced and he won't be all nice and friendly anymore.
If you manage to tie him up or otherwise secure him, Gern won't kill him. His code won't allow him to kill a helpless person.
Also, if other plans come up, I'm not going to make my characters personal agenda turn into some kind of inter party conflict. Please don't feel limited in what you want to do because of Gern's background.
Cheers