The Dark Ones (an evil homebrew experience) (Inactive)

Game Master Bane88

True, true.
I gotta say I'm enjoying the intellectual back and forth,
I've come to the conclusion(s?) that 1) Virgil probably wouldn't have seen more than a case or two, and wouldn't be able to connect it to canabilism
The distinctive appearance of the brain though would have stuck in his mind, and made an impression on him and now he uses it as a generic insult for people he think are doing something stupid
2) that he would nonetheless think that your character is an idiot because eating raw meat is savage and stupid, eating raw meat is unsanitary among other things
3) dang it there was a three... Oh yeah you are likely medically in trouble, long term anyway.

4) Soylent Green is people,
5) People are delicious.

4b) Soylent Green was heavily processed people

4c) Introducing new All-Natural Unprocessed Soylent Green. Now you can really taste the people!

6) you're a monster,*
*see bullet 4c, 5 and 2

It took you until now to figure out that the giant mutant, half-spawn of a forgotten elder evil god, whom you have personally witnessed killing, dismembering, and eating people, was a monster?

Glad that Int 20 is on our side!

As someone with a Int 20, please don't lump us all together. xP

P.S. I find it endlessly amusing that a brute IC is a big brain OOC.

He cuts himself open to see how he ticks
That's not going into what he does to other people.
In character he knows nothing about your race, that's out of character knowledge and doesn't count.
@rileng: agreed on finding the dichotomy hilarious.

Hi everyone! People are being extra hovery and intrusive at work today, so I'll more than likely post in a couple hours when it settles down.

Hope everyone's day is going well.

Are you actually getting your work done?
If not then they kinda have reason for it.

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Just a idea on having a game with 8 players,
Seems a number of players wish to head off to a number of other locations,
Just to suggest, this will add a lot to the GMs game post needs at a time he seems to be having problems posting. If we do a meet and greet chat over drinks that can go on with out GM input and keep the game going until such time as he can post again.
I say thins because when I see 18 discussion posts to 3 game posts I can tell players are wishing to play post but places a call on GM input before they feel the can move one.
We can do things out side of that, like chatting and getting to know a little about each other's pcs. If every one is seeking separate GM input i with 8 players it's going to be a slow game.

I agree. I know the admins over at penandpapergames wouldn't mind us using a chatroom. If yal wanna make accounts

No reason we can't RP such a thing right here. Stay in character, chat, and get to know each other. (Criminal underworld speak for "Try to learn as much about my new colleagues as I can, while revealing as little as I can about myself.")

I am saying we can let our PCs in game play and let the GM have some time etc :)

Until we get a mission/reason to be working with each other. Rileng is not going to get information on anyone by talking to them if he can get it otherwise. People tend to be bias about themselves in some fashion, objective information is preferred.

He is also scoping the room, as is his habit. Sadly that all requires DM feedback. As long as it's not weeks or anything I can wait. Anyways our DM said weekends are slow so weekdays should be more active.

Response up. Feel free to talk amongst yourselves, and intermingle, Joran will brief you all on a mission shortly.

Until we get a mission/reason to be working with each other. Rileng is not going to get information on anyone by talking to them if he can get it otherwise. People tend to be bias about themselves in some fashion, objective information is preferred.

He is also scoping the room, as is his habit. Sadly that all requires DM feedback. As long as it's not weeks or anything I can wait. Anyways our DM said weekends are slow so weekdays should be more active.

yep should be but he posted he's having a hard time at work, so being thoughtful and all that. Good news it he just posted so we have things we can post about etc.

As someone playing a PC with an of int 22, your all looking like your having a grand old time being mysterious and evil, looking beady eyed at each other in a underworld bar.

Int of 20 over here!

Pain may not be quite as intelligent as you two, but he ain't a fool :P He is just well-balanced throughout.

Aka, his lowest Ability score is higher than any of yours :P so nyeh

btw GM, what is the Level Up speed we are going?

Medium xp track!

And good day to you all. Hope everything is well.

Got a stinking cold and have to work :(

Aw poo, play by posts usually work better on fast track,
Though as we should normally be facing things with a CR about three higher it should level out.

Aw poo, play by posts usually work better on fast track,

Though as we should normally be facing things with a CR about three higher it should level out.

Actually I agree, we'll go fast. I think that I shall be handing out enough XP and encounters, but I know the frustration of sitting at the same level for months.

@LZZ
I would appreciate you don't give my character emotions and thoughts he does not have. I am all for fluff so long as it does not intrude on someone else's PC unwillingly. I rolled with your first interpretation of my PC's actions, partly to blame for not being clear enough. But as it is my PC, all thoughts, emotions, and actions are mine to choose. Otherwise he would not be my PC. If your going to use your empathy power on him, you can't grant the results. Most of all when it concerns a PC.

@DM Malleus
Same old, same old.

Rileng makes a good point.

It is important in RPGs like this to make sure you stay away from God Modding even with things like thoughts and reactions.

Every player controls the Agency of his PC. I think we are all good enough writers to remember that if your character makes an assumption about another PC that it should be stated as such and not a straight statement of what that player's PC is feeling or thinking.

You guys are all doing great so far!

My idea is we find their boat, have Dryden go underwater and punch a hole, perhaps several holes in the boat as soon as they get far enough away from the town, and let them drown.
We then come by in another, probably smaller boat, have Dryden load up anything of value into it.

@LZZ

I would appreciate you don't give my character emotions and thoughts he does not have. I am all for fluff so long as it does not intrude on someone else's PC unwillingly. I rolled with your first interpretation of my PC's actions, partly to blame for not being clear enough. But as it is my PC, all thoughts, emotions, and actions are mine to choose. Otherwise he would not be my PC. If your going to use your empathy power on him, you can't grant the results. Most of all when it concerns a PC.

I agree, But there seems to be some miss understanding, I thought your long and complicated posts on your PCs internal thinking and Emotions WAS for my PCs benefit. So I could work out what he was feeling for Empathy. I do so apologise if that was not the case Rileng. But I hope you can understand why there may have been some miss understanding there. The in-depth way your showing us all what he is thinking and feeling just seemed to be so helpful. So how about this, pop them long internal monologues for my PC under spoiler, I mean its not like any PC can read your PCs mind, then in future so there is no more miss reading of your PCs extended internal monologues for my PC. Could you tag on under a spoiler for my PC a simple one liner, stating the core feeling he is having. Then there will be no misunderstanding on my part. Say 'Happy' or 'Confused with a little hint of sadness' that kind of thing. I will be happy to let you know when she has Empathy up and is within its range. That way there will be no future misunderstanding and you will get my PC to have just the right impression of your PC v Empty that you want. Can't be fairer than that. :)

@DM Malleus -> PM

@LZZ
I was not aware you were using the power on him at all until you made that post. Also Rileng is a thinker, he will think about anything and everything, one subject will often lead to another and shortly after have little or nothing to do with the original one. That is what I have been showing. Could have just asked. Maybe you should state your target, that's what I try to do when I use abilities.

@Dryden
The problem is we don't know where there boat is. We would have to find them then wait until they were about to raid. It could be days before they do and we would have to watch them without losing them or being noticed ourselves. It's a basic job, I would go for a basic solution this time around. My 2 copper. ;)

I would just stay at the docs if we know which doc they are launching from... But then we don't know what the boat looks like...

@LZZ

I was not aware you were using the power on him at all until you made that post. Also Rileng is a thinker, he will think about anything and everything, one subject will often lead to another and shortly after have little or nothing to do with the original one. That is what I have been showing. Could have just asked. Maybe you should state your target, that's what I try to do when I use abilities.

I could have done if there had not been a misunderstanding as I said,

Spoiler-ing is always best if you don't want misunderstandings :)

Ugh no time for a long post. Can I request a pause in gameplay until I get off work?

I'm happy to Pain :)

Well your not the only one that has yet to reply. So I am fine with waiting. Work comes before play. ;)

Yea i only get tiny breaks between rushes. And I don't want everyone coming to consensus before I get the chance to say my plan

Yea i only get tiny breaks between rushes. And I don't want everyone coming to consensus before I get the chance to say my plan

A consensus! your in an Evil game in the with a group of mad blood killers and you want a vote, NO my lad you will be TOLD what to do.

No but really, I came up with a plan to help us split up and roll play as groups, The idea being if one group slows in its posting the others can carry on, that way no one player can hold up ALL 8 players etc. Seemed to be the way to go with so many playing. But like my PCs said, some up with a better plan and we will do that.

Sense this is a mission we get an allowance for it or was that one of the things tossed? It was 5000 gp right?

That was changed if I recall correctly. You should start with 3k gp and I think we go with whatever we earn and steal from missions.

Oh dear gods. You all are so capable of keeping up a steady post rate. Between my work, daughter, wife, and sleep, I've been slugging a bit I know. I like to try to stay about 3 posts a day, but lately there's been so much OT I've been at 1-2

I think it will level off, I post a lot, Me and LF2 post a lot.
I think it will slow down as we move into thing, games tend to do that after the mad start.

I usually aim for one a day, per game, but I've been able to post a bit more than usual in this game so far.

Off work, got my post up :) enjoy yal

I'm starting to think maybe we should'v given each other physical descriptions of our characters beforehand.

Some have, I've provided an image on my profile and am gradually elaborating on certain details as we move along.

@Virgil, I am portraying your character quite like the avatar you have selected. You said you had 18 str were you insinuating that your character has quite a muscular build?

He's a blacksmith, so yeah.

here would be a good image of what he looks like
But with a shirt on.

Ah so actually close to the same build as Pain

Thought blacksmiths always have huge shoulders.

Generally yes,
The image isn't perfect
He also doesn't have a screw in his head
But he has shaggy grey hair, stitches crisscrossing his body, somewhat pale skin, large muscular arms, large circular glasses, and very nice abs
The image works well for most of that.