The Pathadi Uprising

Game Master Browman

please keep all out of character discussion in this thread.

greetings gm

Lvl1 spells prepared

-Peacebound
-Sleep

lvl0

-spark
-Jolt(Merciful)
-Message
-Drench
-Mage Hand

I have no weapons. If I am charged I want to ready an action to evade to the side and use a free action to teleport to the top of the wagon.

am i correct in assuming we don't know each other yet?

probably a safe assumption

that would be good to assume

on an unrelated note, we appear to have already lost one person

We should PM them then.

Aside note, I am not intending to get into PvP here (and I wont) but you just pressed all of Isaacs buttons. This is the fun part of RP

who did doing what?

we lost someone already?

Lord_Viper_69 hasn't posted anything yet, maybe he is just gone for the weekend. He hasn't responded to my PM either which leads me to believe that he has not been on the site over the weekend.

Speaking of posting...I will be on vacation Tuesday(June 11) thru Sunday(June 16) at Origins . I will try and keep up and post as much as possible while there, but i may miss a day here or there.

Enjoy Origins
(it has been my fav cons during the times i used to go to major cons...)

I arrive and someone is taking a break. It works out somewhat as there are 5 folks here.

Afghan and work drew me away a bit, but I will insure to post at least 1/day unless internet is shut down (activities, etc).

Adjusted AC, max dex of chain shirt is 4, I have 5. AC from 19 to 18, or 19 with dodge.

With Elrith out for the week will the DM be controlling him to continue the dialogue between Isaac and Elrith? It is some story advancement, that's why I ask.

The problem is this early in the campaign, I don't want to force a PC into something due to me GMing him as doing something that would be out of character.

So all action waits the week out until he returns, or just his character actions?

I would like a little time to develop the scene but I understand if some don't care as much for the talky parts of role playing.

Develop away, I prefer roleplay.

This character isn't roleplay centered, more combat, but he will talk. I won't be using any social skills though.

Funny thing is I play talky characters but rarely invest in too many talky skills. Sometimes you got to enjoy your characters weaknesses just as much as his strengths.

Isaac is not a talker per say, just intense and focused. He is not even really a planer just devoted to a few ideas. Ultimately it may become self destructive but he doesn't care and I enjoy the ride.

What sort of a pace are we trying to set?

From my point of view Taliesin Flamel's charecter can feel like hes rail roading the situation in order to get to the next combat the quickest. I think it's kinda unfair to post like 8 actions and then expect everyone to just go along with it.

I feel like we can cater to both play styles as long as we don't step on each other toes too much. I don't want to contradict another player but when a player posts so many actions it's hard not to.

Here is an example of a game I was in that had some great story telling and combat that flowed at a decent pace. All the combat got piled into the OOC thread to clean up the main story thread and make it more readable.

http://www.againsttheshadow.org/index.php?topic=2306.750

My character is Clouse

what 8 actions isaac?

so far we have done 2 scenes so far:

Scene 1

The ambush

The actual ambush took less then 10 seconds before it was over.

Right after that taliesin disposed of the bodies while you were chatting with everyone else. (he toke care of that in about 1 minute)

during that time i in now way shape of form prevented you to act/react to what was happening.

And of scene 1 we move away from ambush.

DM gave us a summary / result of our travel.

Having something to do in mind, i used the opportunity to create a small scene 2.

Scene 2:

The actual scene of checking the health of the horses / looking for tracks lasted about 3 min tops (where taliesin is describing to all what his actions during that scene ares)

No one is preventing you from acting during that scene as it is not closed yet by the DM, Dera has even acted in that scene.

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I have no idea where you are getting the notion that i am preventing you to act and fast tracking every one to next combat. As i really don't know nor have any clues to what the next combat is, or where it is.

I am just acting / reacting to the moving pace, actions set by the dm and other players.

I plan to try and keep up during the week. It's a gaming convention. Tho I'm sure there may be days where that will be tough. So there maybe a chance i wont post a day. But i Will make every effort to post at least 1x a day. :)

#1)the rather large masked men, reduces to a rather normal size. He look over to the dwarf, nods. then goes over to peer into the wagon and check's for its content.

This is an action all and of itself, by moving on we don’t have time to really respond. What if someone questions you about something? You haven’t given them the time to.

once that is done, he will walk the horses into a new direction then hand over the reins to the dwarf, pointing with his spear into a direction. Then lightly slap one on the horse to tell him to move forward.
DM, i am going to use my survival skills to drive the wagon outside of the road toward a secondary back road that we could use about a day of travel. ie "escape route".

There is enough time between this whole exchange for several actions to take place. No one is given a chance to propose a different plan unless we want to contradict everything else you wrote past this point. It’s like in improv when someone says something it kills the pace to contradict it.

Once the wagon is underway with the dwarf riding it, the masked men will take the 2 bodies and will dump them on the side in a hiding place not to be seen on the road.
Should anyone object he will ignore and continue his action. One the bodies have been disposed, he will run back to where the wagon is.

This is the first time you give an if/or statement that allows for interaction

The plan is for the wagon to be tracked by wouldbe pursuers then to loose then arriving a a forest, hill, rocky, river, area. Where the masked plan to use the terrain and his survival skills to hide the tracks made by the wagon.
Should any one attempt to follow him, he will make a no no signe with his lance a few time. But if not threatened he will not attack.
A little bit before arriving at the designated disappearing point he will motion with his spear a stop, a break for the horses to relax.
he will lightly tap on the dwarf's shoulder and make a head nod toward the people that are still here...

Do you not see how this completely rail roaded the chain of events and stole our ability to make several action unless we wanted to contradict you and when I did you made a fuss over it

Well no so much since if you look back the thread as you did, you will see that after that long post i made describing both my intentions and course of actions

Interestingly enough i would like to refer to you to both Dara's actions/ reaction and to himonim's, who stopped the action before we got underway, and interacted even forcing my character to reacted to dara's action.

During that time you, Elrith and Joroth were carrying a conversation.

Then during the end of Scene 1 DM responded to an action done by Himonin who actively looked at the stuff inside the wagon. and even got things from it.)

During the closing of that scene (while my character was in his action to put the horse on the new path). You acted: casting you spell, and talked to Elrith.

You did not care to post action/reaction to what my character was doing. You could have done so at that specific time. But apparently you chose not to.

Elrith concluded his private discussion with you but climbing aboard the wagon.

Only a few post laster (therefore after other have said they were climbing the wagon, and you had even posted a few more times between my characters action and yours.

You have introduced a new action of wanting to take care of the bodies.

My post right after your action was just a friendly reminder that the bodies had already been moved (as per my previous actions). And in no way shape or form did i prevented you from doing anything at that time.

Then DM posed closing the scene, and moving forward in time/scene

So as a review once combat was over in order of action

Taliesin kills the last guard
-drags the bodies to the side of the road in the ditch (during that time you Listen to the interaction between dara and the elf, as per your post. Once they were done you casted spell and talked to Elrith)

During that conversations Taliesin points the horses in new course

-Dara takes over and turns the wagon in proper direction (during that action you continued your conversation with Elrith, as per your post, at its conclusion your character went to see the corpse)

Then DM close the scene

That scene didn't last more than 3-5 minutes tops real time. And combat was done with 2 actions.

Beginning of Scene 2

My character is no way shape or form is preventing your's to act. His action is either with NPC (the horses) or with an other PC: Dara. She posted her action indicating that she has reacted to my proposed action.

during this little time you are carrying a conversation (as per you post) with other pc's that have chosen not to do any other action than to speak (for now)

DM still hasn't closed the scene therefore you are free to still act however you see fit (and the other characters and mine as well)

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sorry for the long post everyone.

#1)the rather large masked men, reduces to a rather normal size. He look over to the dwarf, nods. then goes over to peer into the wagon and check's for its content.

Bam, this takes just as long as casting a spell (standard action 3 seconds) the conversation is less then 15 seconds.

Once the wagon is underway with the dwarf riding it, the masked men will take the 2 bodies and will dump them on the side in a hiding place not to be seen on the road.

Should anyone object he will ignore and continue his action. One the bodies have been disposed, he will run back to where the wagon is.

Taliesin kills the last guard

Perhaps this is just a mix up because the sense of time doesn't quite make sense. He did not immediately drag the bodies off.

I don't mean to rules lawyer this but I feel boundries and pacing are critical. If one person is posting in huge blocks of action then other players will fall behind and it will be really hard to follow.

This is a great example. Rather then handling one action at a time and giving everyone a chance to round robin, I have to time out all of my action to see how they line up with this single post. It makes interaction and participating problematic unless I just default to going along with Taliesin.

Taliesin I do somewhat agree with Isaac, lets try to keep posts to 2 actions max unless it is clear that you have several hours before the next scene starts. And next time (thanks to you butchering 2 guards in like 10 seconds) there will be plenty of soldiers for all of you to fight.

sure

I'll submit the stats for my familiar soon. It's the cat. They don't get along yet.

I don't know if you have a particular idea about how you want familiars played but my idea is this:

We can move to the hovel whenever you guys are ready.

I feel sufficient exploratin of my character at this point. I don't want to reveal everything too soon.

In case i didn't mention it before all deities in this setting were once mortal before becoming ascendants and eventually gods. Powerful individuals can still ascend though they mostly end up working for a diety when they do. The gods are still killable, but don't age, are immune to all known poisons and deseases.

So Turgan's method and speed at becoming a god is a little different but his ascention is hardly groundbraking and by this point he has surrounded himself with several lesser ascendants to protect himself from the other gods.

I'm sleeping and miss a part of the action, a lot happened. Maybe I shouldn't sleep anymore. Luckily I didn't miss the full fight.

Can everyone post their initiative modifier so when combat occurs I can post them all at once and make sure everyone has a fair chance to participate.

mine is 2+

+2 here

and no this wasn't necessarily supposed to go to combat, but to show you another part of the setting and further dangers to a weak/ conquered Pathad. But when someone esentially says "I am coming to rip your heart out," most people don't react kindly.

All who were in the room-you would have taken 1/2 damage from the spell as you made the save. I'm unsure how the DM wants to play it-have it be noted in the Defenses section, or tracked by each player separately.

I'm accustomed to it being noted in the posts: "Hominim incurred 2 damage from the Burning Hands spell." I was curious is all.

I would do the same were it applicable.

For tracking stuff like saves I think it is better that people roll their own saves, I will let you know what the DC is. And preferably having HP in a current/total and your AC/touch/flat in the blurb underneath your name to make things smoother.

I will add the current value to HP.

All right, lets do an initiative round-up.

Elrith: 18
Himonim: 16
Dara: 13
Isaac: 12
Joroth: 4
Loran's:1

Taliesin seems inactive, I hope he hasn't dropped out.

Assuming the priest did his attack during a surprise round, so I think his action is next. I know initiative in PBP is normally who checks in first but lets keep track of actions so people know when they need to post.

oh i am here but i am not in this fight as my character isn't due back for several houres

Well dara you sure have a lot to manage on your end...

:)

I'm working, but I will post my actions during all this soon. In the next hour or two, tops.

@Taliesin: What do you mean?

Internet down and I return with a flurry of posts (+5 attack).

No skills to contribute to this scenario, and the main points are being conducted by others. I will sit and see what happens. No need for another voice in this dialogue.

Just a forewarning I will be at Dexcon (Gaming Con in NJ) tonight through Sunday night. (5 days of playing/running PFS mostly...how bad can life be :)) I will try and check in and post once a day while there. Tho If i don't post a day during that time and am needed the GM can feel free to pick an action for me.

are we just waiting on Elrith? or are we just slowing down for a holiday weekend, though this does seem to be a con heavy weekend, I know Paizo con is going on in Seattle.