ftr I am basically going to finish building character on monday, and may be slow 'til then. Dealing with a new job and all that and also P5 and also I have a game to run today, so time is at a premium.
loo well I got no problem with that. Also sorr6 if things seem slow ATM. Mira I get it lol, if you want GM you can assume we are moving as a group on ahead at this point. Then we will just wait for reactions to what's next lol.
I'm gonna have to get this game just to be in the loop aren't I?
The Persona games are amazing. They're some weirdly good combination of Japanese slice of life social simulator, in depth turn based RPG, and psychology. Wikipedia says it better:
Its overall theme is exploration of the human psyche and how the characters find their true selves. The series' recurring concepts and design elements draw on Jungian psychology and archetypes, along with multiple world mythologies and popular literature.
The tone of the games (after persona 3 at least) Have different feelings in general shared by the kinds of personas characters have.
Persona 3 was a Greek tragedy. thus a lot of the said personas(summons basically) where based around Greek mythology.
Persona 4 is more like a Japanes3 Comedey, or an Scooby doo adventure depending on who you ask. In such the summons are Japanese mythological beings. (Shinto, Buddhist, Taoist etc.)
Persona 5 is kind of a crime drama, with the personas of each criminal being and outcast/outlaw of some kind. Think the gentlemen their genre kind of stuff.
It makes every game feel special and they are almost entirely independent from another so you don't need to play earlier games to understand newer ones.
Sounds awesome maybe I'll be able to afford it one day.
FYI, the bracers are +1 and that does not stack with any other armor bonus. Basically they only matter if you can't wear armor.
Lol I utterly did not realize that both Alexis and Septima had armor on. I didn't even realize that silken thing was a thing. Thus I shall tweak the loot, as is my right as a GM. Since it is a product of the Grandmasters, it'll work a little screwy. I'll let you know when I decide what it do.
Alrighty. Yeah A mara showed me Silken ceremonial armor for casty types since it's the best they can get without hindering spells lol
Silken ceremonial armor and a mithril buckler are the way to go for casters that want an armor class. ^_^
Works for me. Now I get to introduce you to the last of the homebrew elements I have before I ask for your opinion on all this. Screwy items from the Grandmasters xD
Also, sorry my own posting has been erratic lately. Warm weather has caused a bit of night shift insomnia for me. Hard to focus and no time to set up my computer to get to the proper stuff.
Hey it's cool dude.
So people are asking about you Ace in the other Chat. Want me to tell them you are a bit busy with work and will be with them as soon as possible?
Thanks but I'm handling my stuff and getting caught up tonight. Amazing what Ten hours unconscious can do for you :D
Lol that's good :3
Literally the moment I make a recruitment thread because the others are down, the site comes back...
I sit here with my cup of Earl Grey in my pajamas on my night off. As I take a sip of the smooth goodness I whisper to no one in particular "Screw you, Thrune."
L.O.L I'm glad the post board was fixed though, scared the trap out of me.
Also I know your busy making the captain but anybody from the other game standing out to you? I have only glanced at some of the posts and was curious on your general take. I mean it's irrelevant what I think in the end I know that but still, curiosity and all :3
seems like I'm gonna vote for the three of you, and I learned via PM that corsario has a pick locked in, so I believe its us. none of those poor bastards on the thread. I kinda feel bad but screw em I like you guys
Aww. I'm flattered :3 Its amusing, Gary is a pretty plane and subdued character in general, one of the few purely comedic characters I do. He is just Barbarian A barbarian (Miras) mount buddy and good pal. They even have a background story they never talk about, but it's apparently awesome. (basically it was a gag we came up with and loved so we are rolling with it.) I feel if I was gonna run a comady character, it should be in a game using cheatcodes lol.
*wiggles phalanges enthusiastically*
I stillneed to finish buying gear, maybe tonight or something.
Lol Just need a huge a lance of doom!
Also Mira just for clarification Is Barbarian A Barbarian gonna ride Synthesized Gary at any time possible or only in combat? I ask for the amusement of our introduction just being giant batlike Dragon thing being steered by sentient muscles, just casually floating or walking into the scene lol
Uh... I like the idea of them riding around anytime they need to do travel thatMIGHT cause combat.
Considering BAB's history with casters that's a lot of the time.
I would have posted a bit sooner for the flavor bit but no update happened to tell me posts happened it's. Also Septima is posting now.
Sorry again. Persona also happened to my life as well. ^^;
Yeah, P5 is the eater of souls.
Lol I'll be here when you guys come up for air. I might have a chance to play it when a friend of mine finishes
Nice lol. Feel free to ask us if you need non spoiler help. Amara And I are on our second play through lol
Whew. Never before have I been in more that two decent campaigns at once, now I have four. Getting them kicked off might be tough, but I'm happy I've lucked out with good groups. Now if I can just get cap finished xD
Lol right? I'm glad things are going well.
I totally have enough custom Archetypes, feats, and classes to make my own 3pp book. I winder if one of the 3pp publishers would accept it? xD Ever the dreamer I am.
I'm pretty sure DriveThruRPG has a self-publishing option.
So my live players were in a stained glass room tonight. I changed them all into their most asinine characters and made them solve an incredibly frustrating weight puzzle. Three Goblins (a Rogue, a Bard, and a cleric of Erastil), A disgusting Ratfolk gunner, and a talking Dire wolf. Also, they couldn't die, despite the hilarious ways there were to die in that room. The hilarity was endless.
Oh nooooooo~ lol
Ace, you around?
yeah sorry I'll post when I wake up this evening
lol good catch. I suppose Opossum is closer, though vaguely rodent-like may also describe them. If an Opossum and a dire rat had a whole litter, this would be the one that was picked on for being ugly. And disgusting.
also, working on 3 12 hour shifts in a row this week amidst normal responsibilities, so im sorry i've been scarce, but I'll try to catch up with all my postings this weekend.
Hey guys I sincerely apologize for disappearing lately. If you'll forgive me, I'll get us kickstarted back to our brisk pace at the beginning of next week. If you'll jump into it I'll promise to try not to stall again :)
Sounds good to me.
I'm still around lol. I don't k ow about the other game tho lol. GM hasent said anything in forever, not that I can blame em.
There, finally. Four Campaigns primed to go in one fell swoop as best I can manage. now we see if any of you still have the will to run with it!
I'd like some input on a house rule I'm considering:
Overkill - A player that lands a killing blow dealing a certain excess of damage needed to kill or disable the creature may translate that damage into a bonus on an action or a free action depending on the amount in excess.
What I don't have are specifics. I figure the most basic is a free intimidate with bonus or extra damage or hit chance on next attack, but I'd like to think about other cool options. this also may be better as a feat, but I like the idea of a lesser, global bonus.
There's already a feat for a free intimidate check when you down someone in combat, IIRC. Maybe just an ad-hoc bonus to intimidate checks or other things that a grisly murder occurring seconds beforehand would help with?
Also where our casters at?
I'm sorry Septima and I completely lost track of the games between the move and the long gap in posts lol. I kinda thought it had ended we will try to post more often.
Is ok. Largely my fault, but I'm tenacious, and I've got too many cool plans to let it die just yet.
Combat does seem to bog us and every online campaign down considerably. I wonder whether something could be done to remedy that?
Honestly, the combat wasn't the thing that bogged us down so much as two people moving and the sudden hiccup of posting and paizo being down--we did it just fine for the first actual combat scenario.
True. I'm projecting a bit from other campaigns. anyway we'll regain our momentum soon enough. Summers tend to be slow too, what with there being other things to do outside and the college kids that flood the site during school being off. I remember that from my best game. Even though I was the only one that suffered from a significant change in situation over the summer, we still slowed considerably when it came around.
In my experience, party size has a lot to do with the slowdown as far as combat goes. Like, in real life optimal party size is 4-5 but online that optimal spot is closer to 2-3. It's just the nature of play-by-post, which is why I try to avoid PBPs with 5+ players.
That said, the typical semi-decent solution to combat is to just have everybody post whatever it is that they intend to do and then have the GM collate the data and figure out what the hell actually happens. In all honesty, for the sake of streamlining, the GM should be the only one making rolls in a PBP. Players keep up-to-date character sheets and state their intent. GM works their magic and relays what happens. Less fun if you're the type of player that enjoys rolling, but certainly more efficient which keeps people interested in the story.
As far as Overkill, I feel like Intimidate is really the only logical path to go down. Dealing more damage or getting extra actions after an overkill can make sense from a mechanical viewpoint, but within the confines of the fiction is illogical. You can't even use the excuse of being "pumped up" by your success because your character has no way to determine just how much overkill was dealt.
But a bonus to Intimidate for an overkill makes sense. Maybe have an overkill trigger stuff that happens on a critical hit? I can't think of any decent examples off the top of my head for that. OR (I am currently laughing at this idea) you could make it more difficult to raise someone who's been overkilled. /shrug