Here is the OOC discussion thread!
Hello, all! I am looking forward to this playing with all of you.
and for those who don't know - you can dot the gameplay thread - and then delete the post - you're dotting still rmains even though the post is deleted.
"Into the valley of death rode the six"
Looking forward to the game folks - great mix of characters.
Akor'maybryn, Faeryl and Kolaiah all have 22 CHA... some serious egos going to be kicking about! (as befits the game :)
A GM could scarcely ask for better PCs!
Hurkkagg, that may have been the point, though one may wonder, yes? :P
Everyone make a post and confirm that your character is 100% finalized whenever it is so.
Anyway everyone, I'm about to go get some sleep in a few minutes. Pleasant dreams!
I dotted in.
So do I need to give my best George Patton speech to get you folks to acknowledge Asmodeus?
For some reason I'm not listed as one of the characters
Never mind I'm there now
Dotting in as fullly complete and ready to go. This does seem like a very interesting group. I hope to be an excellent scout and assassin for you all, as long as the pay is good, of course.
Hurkkaag, I see you also use a CLB. That should make for some very interesting roleplay. My weapons are a huge part of my background, feel free to read it if you want to know more. I plan on reading all of yours in the next few days. Can't wait!
Yeh, I know I was not selected, but as a note for future campaigns for you all. You can "dot" the campaign thread, and then immediately delete your post. The system registers you as having posted on the thread so that it will show up under your Campaign tab, but does not end up clogging the first 10 posts of the game with "dot"s.
Hello, all! I am looking forward to this playing with all of you.
When my Mistress says "playing with all of you" - she means like umbral cat and the cave mouse :)
@Tazennin: He does indeed, the CLB was less Hurkkagg's calling card as him taking advantage of his massive STR (tis a +5 STR bow) - he'll take quiet satisfaction that no-one else can pull the damn thing (but never make that obvious of course - lest the branding irons come out from Akor'maybyrn!). The duality of scout/assassin will be very interesting - Hurkkagg is perhaps more a tracker and murderer tho lol, with a side order of brute bodyguard to his Mistress.
Plan to take 2 Weapon Fighting to best use his Weighted Spear, and poisons of course heheh.
@Kolaiah: No chance of Hell's Prince claiming Hurkkagg's misbegotten soul... already sits with another fell idol.
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Ahhh Hurkagg, we can discuss the merits of a joint custodial relationship with respect to your soul. While I, personally, choose to venerate solely the Prince of Darkness, I certainly recognize the existence of other deities, and would not endeavor to poach on their followers, per se. I merely wish to ensure that as recompense for the physical aid that He will likely provide to this little assemblage, that those members wishing to receive that aid provide proper homage to Him beforehand, as a quid pro quo and not as a post hoc ergo propter hoc type basis.
In short, He will provide aid to those that provide worship, and that worship need not be performed as an exclusive thing, although I would be remiss if I was to not point out that those worshipping him exclusively might be given preferential treatment when the time comes.
Towering over the drow Oracle the bugbear listens intently to the words, but his eyes glaze and head hurts as the theological lecture seems to be lost on the brute...
Ok, so everyone has dotted the gameplay thread and is now listed.
So far there is one post notifying me that they are 100% ready, so that is 1/6 complete.
How do I put all the stats and what stats do you want on our name listing?
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Towering over the drow Oracle the bugbear listens intently to the words, but his eyes glaze and head hurts as the theological lecture seems to be lost on the brute...
Pray to Asmodeus some, and worship him some, and good things will come your way!
Ok, so everyone has dotted the gameplay thread and is now listed.
So far there is one post notifying me that they are 100% ready, so that is 1/6 complete.
1/3
Hurkkagg is ready. Background and appearance have been tempered and improved.
As a side note I love language and words (drayen will confirm this!) - as such I'll be peppering my brute's simple conversation and thoughts with terms and words from the Goblin language. Already dropped a few into backgrounds and some recruitment rp:
Dokk-Olv - dark elf
Geblin - goblin
Dwur - dwarf
Bugge Beran - bug bear
(using bastardisation of Old English and Greyhawk terms as my influence ;)
Xodar, your stats are fine formatted as is. It is not necessary to include the stats in your entry, although it would save me probably a grand total of 5 seconds if you format it similar to Kolaiah, Hurkkagg, Tazennin, or Faeryl. Mostly your saves, AC (Touch and Flat-footed), HP, Initiative, Perception, and Darkvision range are what would be great timesavers.
Kohlaiah, why do I picture you talking in a traditional Southern preacher voice? :P
Hurkkagg, that is great, because I love that in roleplay! 'Snik da Dwur'='Stab the Dwarf'!
Xodar, your stats are fine formatted as is. It is not necessary to include the stats in your entry, although it would save me probably a grand total of 5 seconds if you format it similar to Kolaiah, Hurkkagg, Tazennin, or Faeryl. Mostly your saves, AC (Touch and Flat-footed), HP, Initiative, Perception, and Darkvision range are what would be great timesavers.
I was thinking to myself 'That sucks as mine were the only stats he doesn't like... Oh, wait, he means up by the name in each post.' I'll have those added in when I get to work tonight.
Kohlaiah, why do I picture you talking in a traditional Southern preacher voice? :P
So, would that be a Cornish accent?
Hurkkagg, that is great, because I love that in roleplay! 'Snik da Dwur'='Stab the Dwarf'!
So help me, God, if I have to make all of my posts in another language again, a bugbear is going to die. It's been three years and I can still write in Icelandic. Mun ég drepa þig. ;P
Kohlaiah, why do I picture you talking in a traditional Southern preacher voice? :P
Suthun baptist, if you would please suh. And I preach fire and brimstone, but I tend to idealize it.
Gott kvold, Akor'maybryn! Get eg findig glas af hvitvini? Sorry for the off characters and missing symbols, my keyboard is Engrish-only!
Kolaiah, you have no idea how amusing I found that!
I'd have him in an all white cotton suit with a broad brimmed white hat if we weren't Drow.
white cotton suit? not seersucker? lol... anyway sorry for my absence all day - Weds. are usually bad for me.
FYI, and the GM is already aware. I'll be a nice and regular poster, right up til next Thursday. At which time, I am off for vacation, and will be back on 13 April.
Disney cruise, here I come!
awesome!!! sounds like fun!
If all things go according to plan, you will be in a good spot for the auto-piloting of your character.
Although Reverend Henry Kane might also be a good inspiration for this.
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If all things go according to plan, you will be in a good spot for the auto-piloting of your character.
The Lord of Contracts willing, and the creek don't rise.
As an aside, the name Kolaiah is a Hebrew name meaning "The Voice of the Lord"
I wanted an Old Testament biblical name, but Malachi and Mordecai get over used, and didn't sound elven/drow to me in the least.
I don't remeber if I mentioned it or not my wife is due any day with our son so for a day or two I will disappear I'll try to post from my phone at the hospital but there is no guarantees
So what do you need from my character still?
Congrats!!!
If you haven't already, get ahead on sleep NOW!
If this is your first, let me tell you, fatherhood is the BEST!
congrats on the impending arrival!! boy or girl?
Congratulations Xodar! As I stated before, situations like that need no posting on the day that they happen, so don't worry about it.
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We have two more it's a boy
oooh... 3! triple the awesomeness.. I've only got one myself.
Congratulations, Xodar.
Congrats mate
As a side note I'm heading over to Norway on Friday until Sunday so posting over this weekend will likely be spotty.
Cheers
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A bugbear loose in Norway? Do the Norwegian fathers know you are coming?
Should we be discussing background collaboration at this point? I know my background left House Sathys under attack and (possibly) on the verge of collapse.
Faeryl, I realize you wrote Ruul into your story, I'm sad he didn't make it, but what were you thinking as far as his ultimate fate? Was he killed en route to Vothys? Or maybe he's still with us, lurking in the background.
Thoughts? Just trying to get the ball rolling a bit here.
@Xodar:Congrats! My son is the best thing that has ever happened to me, so I'm sure it is an exciting moment for you. Try to take in as much as you can, because it will most likely be a blur (which I'm sure you already know, having had two others).
My background is somewhat vague on details of house and such, and those details don't concern me.
I haven't discerned what the religious affiliations of you 5 are, but really a small coven of Asmodeans could work, if that doesn't conflict with what the rest of you had in mind.
I could move from Asmodeus if necessary, but Asmodeus is a bit of a "Law and Order" kind of guy, which seems appropriate for 6 drow looking to carve out an empire in the underdark. Not to mention, Asmodeus isn't usually considered a drow god, so it could explain why we're not accepted in mainstream society.
Just thinking out loud here! Kolaiah may be a hard ass, but the puppetteer behind him isn't!
Oh, and while I would intend Kolaiah to be the spiritual heart and glue that holds the group together, it is absolutely NOT his/my intent to be the group leader, despite my insane Charisma. I have not put any points into Diplomacy, and hoping someone else does so, I would avoid it myself, although I might go for Sense Motive, and avoid Bluff/Diplomacy. I did do Intimidate though, because sometimes, well, it's needed.
And let me provide supporting fire to the above. I have, and may continue to, accomplish great things in life and career, but without a doubt, the best thing I have ever done, or will ever do, is raising my little man, who turns 5 today!
I feel the same way Kolaiah, except my 'little man' just turned 29 in NOvember lol... tell YOUR little man that I said 'Happy Birthday'... what a wonderful time in life!
As for religious affiliations, Faeryl has none in particular and all in general, she gives honor to all, but sole connection to no single one and with her Neutral alignment, that's all she will commit to.
Which doesn't mean she won't participate in an Asmodean worship service, but she won't join the club so to speak. Hope that's not too disappointing for you.
Faeryl has insane charisma too, but she's got diplomacy up the wazoo, and a little bluff and intimidate so can assist with the latter two if necessary.
As for Ruul, I'm not sure what I'm going to do with him... Perhaps if the GM allows, he can be left behind at Vothys when we go, for some reason - perhaps the Baroness wants him... and I can bring him back with a level in Leadership later... just need to make up a minotaur bodyguard and call him Ruul when the time comes for that.
Not disappointing at all, like I said, Asmodeus doesn't require all to serve him solely.
Could a bugbear bodyguard fill the bill?
I think Hurkkagg already has a mistress.
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Plus, bugbears smell horrible when they get wet!
Can I express my dislike for the creative direction that Paizo, and TSR/WOTC before them, have taken some of the classic monsters of myth?
Example 1: the minotaur is intended to be a creature made up with the large muscular body of a man, and the head of a bull. This was most excellently represented in Time Bandits, phenomenally actually! Not this walking cow thing that it has become in the last several iterations.
I have similar, but less egregious complaints on others: centaurs, satyrs, etc.
Golem's have never done justice to their origin stories.
The vast majority of monsters over the years have been pulled from the various mythos around the world, sometimes delving REALLY deep into lesser known areas of lesser known mythos. Heck, Paizo has actually introduced a hopping vampire, although not with all of the asian flavor of the hopping vampire, but enough to make me take pause and consider not writing one into a story I've had bubbling in my mind for years.
Oh, and the nuckelavee, is pretty well done!
Try looking up where "oread" comes from.
We've now got creatures in the game named for the winds, streams, and very minor spirits. That's all cool, but why muck with the core creatures that made the game great?
I'm just waiting on everyone to give me the word that they are finished revising stats, backgrounds, ect to begin. No rush, of course! *Brandishes hot iron poker for a moment for all to see before pocketing it in a fireproof bag of holding*
I'm just waiting on everyone to give me the word that they are finished revising stats, backgrounds, ect to begin. No rush, of course! *Brandishes hot iron poker for a moment for all to see before pocketing it in a fireproof bag of holding*
My affirmation was given here