And I was part of a "big scene" centering around how a link to the complete mechanical profile serves the same purpose as a link to a completed profile, that finished not much earlier than your listing was built. Post 126 in this thread is the appropriate post for Marko, IIRC.
Soon as I saw big chunks of semi-heated arguing, I stopped caring about the content. Not the place or time, imo. And ultimately it doesn't really make a difference—that's just a list to tally the total number of applicants and what type of class they're playing. Given that the first list was dominated by Melee (and as a means of helping get the update in front of GM Thron) I was curious to see how the field had changed since the initial wave of applicants. Thankfully, it seems to have diluted a fair bit. I likely wouldn't have included the urls at all, but I worked off of a copied base from Thron's initial post.
I would highly recommend adopting a less combative style in your posts. Difference of opinion is fine (and healthy) but stirring a pot that needs no stirring accomplishes little. By intention or otherwise, and recognizing that text on forums tends to come off more harshly than spoken word, it results in a volatile label. As you said, people come here to escape stress and have a good time—frequently arguing semantics over trivialities is antithetical to that goal.
Apologies Alani! I hope to speak to you in-game when the choices finally come through. Truly, this promises to be an exciting campaign :D
*edit*
SO MANY OF YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE GOBLIN. You've got like SEVEN languages, and not a single one of them for the audacious little buggers ;_; So many wizards and not a one of you took an interest in the lesser intelligent guys. Some of you are even from sandpoint XD.
I guess it works though. Most of you have either been away, or left. I personally like my angle.
In all fairness, i only have four!
Its why I asked for a written something on goblin, figured i need to take a rank of linguistics to be able to talk to him, which is fine.
Not to mention the hilarious conversations in the meantime not being able to talk goblin straight.
I'm personally enjoying it to no end, though I feel as though as if I should take another trait, along with a drawback. God knows he's got more than 1.
- Broken Common
- Can't read or write.
- Socially inept...
Yeah its kind of fun being the only one that can speak to lars right now(except for Eugeni and RavBoom). it makes some good rp. just wish i had a computer to type on instead right now.
But look at it this way..., for all of his flaws, he can hit an apple at 50 feet with a battle axe.
*slaps knee with an unhealthy amount of sass*
I think I can do 1 more post before I officially lose consciousness. No classes tomorrow, and I've had far too much fun watching this thing unfold.
And Indeed he can. I still find it hilarious that I was the first person to get hexed. My will is atrocious, but that charm person was completely random, haha.
I'd say i was hoping she'd try it on me i wanted to use my feat if i failed. I still cant figure out how in that one moment i became an enemy.
*Blah Blah Blah*
*Tosses Axe*
"Liar!"
*Charms person that was lied to*
And that's how I saved Narnia.
Wait..., which book in the series was that again?
Hahaha. pretty much. still going from a friendly stranger to conspiring to hurt me is a pretty big jump to make. especially considering i tried to help her before hand.
All I know is that he has no idea he got hexed. Regardless, gentlemen, it's 2:30. I'll join you both early tomorrow. God speed you magnificent sons of b%!%*es :D
Just assume I tag along and poke at stuff I find interesting.
On my way to bed as well. Supposed to be nasty weather here tomorrow and saturday, so might have a rather large block of free time soon.
Still around, just had to travel for work starting Wednesday evening.
Wow the post counts, I can't keep up while on the road, impressive.
hustonj, I will not be considering your application any longer, and the reason is that you went out of your way to start a second argument in my recruitment thread. This was the comment made in regards to healing earlier:
If needed he can keep some healing options open, but that is not his primary focus, though if needed later on he may focus on things that would let him make items for the others to use and help them in a fight.
To which Kala Steelheart made the following comment:
Healing is best accomplished by using wands and the like out of combat. Using the occasional potion in combat is a-ok as well.
Note that at no point have you, or your character's build, been mentioned yet. Nor had Kala directly disagreed with the original poster regarding his healing style. He even stated that it was not his primary focus, so in effect, Kala was simply agreeing with him. Now, your response was as follows:
So, you inherently disapprove of my intentionally healer focused build, then, I take it?
I have a habit of building and enjoying characters that the "build experts" say shouldn't be used.
I think a social role-playing game and a solo "role-playing" game have very different goals, and I believe that most of the focused build advice is far more suited to the second than to the first.
Just an opinion, offered BECAUSE you offered the counter.
To make it clear, I don't disagree with your theory on gaming. It is an escape for me as wel. I'm currently sitting here sore, like I had done bench presses all day, from holding pressure on a patient's bleeding femoral artery for a very long time. I don't like to spend all of my time pondering my job, so I like my distractions. And I too enjoy playing a concept rather than a build. Granted, I don't always enjoy playing someone who isn't good at things, but it can be fun. I've played a 3 (yes 3) intelligence Orc who died the first night of play, but in those few hours, it was fun as all get out. So, as far as a standpoint goes, I'm on your side.
What I am NOT TOLERATING however, is a second argument causing more distraction from my game, and likely deterring perfectly good applicants from signing up. Heck, it's distracting me from even looking over submissions on one of my days off.
Finally, you also confronted someone who had, despite this not being their recruitment and without being asked, took the time to put together an application list to make things a little easier for me. There was no call for it, and it could have been handled tons of better ways, primarily of which would have been not saying anything and just letting it slide, as I had told you already that I was fine with your previous set up for the recruitment phase.
I wish you the best for your future applications, and hope you take something from this that helps you with them.
As frustrated as I am at this, and while I still have interested applicants, I am regretfully making the following decision:
I am not going to let the recruitment thread to continue to be a hotbed for petty arguments. So, I am going to go ahead and cut it short, since there is already a sizable list of applications. To those still looking to apply, please feel free, but hurry.
As I am cutting recruitment short, I am also going to be placing very little weight on the RP section. To be honest, it wasn't going to hold a ton of weight in the first place. I merely wanted a collected place to gauge people's posting styles. It would be unfair of me to penalize those who have not had a chance to contribute to the pregame RP by my own action of cutting the phase short, so I will be leaning primarily on the fluff, then the crunch, of the submissions.
By all means, feel free to continue in the RP thread until my decision is made ultimately made (possibly by Sunday evening, but if not then, Wednesday at the latest).
Current submissions are as follows:
Character Submissions
Melee
Ravboom - Goblin Barbarian - mdt
Os'dyn Brackwater - Half-Elf Magus - Bathmat Djinn
Morythine Ettes - Dhampir Monk - Transylvanian Tadpole
Helgarr - Human Barbarian - Edeldhur
Kala Steelheart - Human Fighter - Earl Wheaton
Baern Steelskull - Dwarf Fighter (Phalanx Soldier) - Crustypeanut
Lars, the Watcher – Human Fighter – Duboris
Ranged
Vilk Vendrovki - Half-Elf Ranger - TheCarrionCrawler
Eugeni Silva - Aasimar Warpriest - Jelani
Skill
Zoli Telani - Halfling Bard (Archeologist) - gyrfalcon
Varius Garret - Half-Elf Ninja - LilWilly5
Arcane
Xamarath Fingoth - Human Wizard - Kagehiro
Loupe Ardoc - Human Wizard - Harakani
Alina Vasario - Human Witch - Kalem
Divine
Cerinnibert - Aasimar Druid - Anoirtrou
Marco Bodi - Aasimar Oracle of Life - hustonj
Garrett Goodleaf - Halfling Oracle - Faelyn
Pallok - Human Shaman - Fabian Benavente
Eagle Eye – Aasimar Druid – thestrongangel
If I have missed anyone from the previously updated list, please let me know and I will update it as soon as possible.
Man, that is a lot of people to compete with in the melee bracket...
*Blah Blah Blah*
*Tosses Axe*"Liar!"
*Charms person that was lied to*And that's how I saved Narnia.
Hahaha. pretty much. still going from a friendly stranger to conspiring to hurt me is a pretty big jump to make. especially considering i tried to help her before hand.
Humm... I hope I didn't really offend you all and stir the pot too much. I can tame Alina down a bit if she came off too far off the reservation. I was just having a good time playing up her inability to understand what was going on around her.
Either way she'll calm down in a bit, and all will be good.
DM Thron: I may have missed this in the inital post but have you determined how many characters you'll be accepting? Is it one from each of the catagories above, or will it be some other mix?
Keep in mind, I'm not trying build a balanced party. If I get the goosebumps over 5-6 melee write-ups, I'll take 'em.
Good to hear Thron :D This promises to be a very interesting game, no matter what the outcome.
Also Alani we weren't really that bothered by it. It was just a hilarious turn of events that made sense, just not from our own characters perspectives because we could actually understand each other. I was just trying to be grossly comical. My apologies :3 Don't bother taming her down.
Well, I was actually trying to develop Helgarr's backstory in Gameplay as the conversations unfolded - it felt like a more "organic" way to do so.
Guess I'll transcribe some of that info over to her background, since little weight is going into the Gameplay section.
If you have background written up into the GP thread, I'll consider that.
I find it rather nice to stem some of your original background story during a pre-lude. You get to flesh it out just a tad bit more for interest, because the other PC's will ask questions about your character you've not even asked.
Such is the way that I came up with Lars's makeshift shack in the scrapyard, his lack of literacy, and his broken common.
It was fun for the whole family.
I'd planned to flesh out the details of Alina's background in the GP thread as well. For example I have no idea what happened to the person she hexed and left alone, but plan to figure it out in future posts. Typically I just create a basic background that allows me framework to create details as the character developes.
There's also nothing stopping you from catching up to us, Alina. Right now the crowd consists of myself, Varius, Eagle Eye, Eugeni and Xama. We're just strolling up to the cathedral.
Nothing in game. I'm at work now though and haven't gotten a chance to read the GP posts.
I like being able to rp with a character it allows me to flesh out how i want them to be. And Alina you dont need to tone anything down i actually found the whole situation funny.
If I can come up with an interesting character that I would like to play, I may attempt to submit an application before the close time. It seems that I'm caught up on all my PBF's these days.
Or do you think it would be too late to submit something considering the deadline? I was thinking of a Oracle with the Seer archtype.
I will use these dice to make a character if it is not too late to be considered.
= 14
= 12
= 14
= 14
= 10
= 13
Not too great on the rolls, but I might be able to work with them.
You've just abused the dice rolling mechanism. You weren't even subtle about it.
If it is complete and submitted by midnight EST, it is eligible.
How have I done that? If I have somehow abused the dice rolling mechanic I would like to know why I did it to give myself scores that are the same as a 20 point buy, but not as customizable.
As the man with 15 point buy as a result of dastardly abyssmal rolls, it just bothers me that you didn't roll for your stats in the previous 2 posts. It's not my call however, and I'll talk no more of the matter.
Duboris - My posts were short because I was posting from my phone during my lunch break. It wasn't an attempt to circumvent anything. Anyone who has played with me before can testify I don't have any ability to alter dice rolls. I tend to roll very poorly, very often.
A young man, a very young man - almost a boy - jogs into Sandpoint just as the festival is getting under way. "Did I miss it?!" A brightly colored scarf flares out behind him as he almost trips over a green, chicken-legged, bipedal lizard bedazzled with red and orange spots. "Moninga, we can't be too late. Something tells me at long last that this is where my destiny begins."
The lizard sneezes, almost in contempt.
The youth chances a stern look downward as he continues to run. "Don't you start. I know I said that on the ship, and at port, and even at Kaer Maga. This just feels different. Now hurry!"
Might wanna take it to the gameplay tab, V'Thamuus. I made the exact same mistake, haha.
Just trying to make my application a bit more interesting than another "Hey! me too!" Heh.
But you're right, might be fun to pal around with the others in GamePlay. I hadn't looked, but wow! The party hasn't even been chosen yet and its on the third page. I hope I've got a shot coming in late like this. I would love a high post frequency game.
Yeah, the amount of pre-game RP to catch up on makes things a little more murky from the selection process standpoint. We might be too late to this party.
Anyone who has played with me before can testify I don't have any ability to alter dice rolls. I tend to roll very poorly, very often.
I can attest to this. If he breaks a 5 on the dice roller, it's deemed miraculous.
Lurking Tyranny - I think he's saying you abused the dice roller, because there is a new random seed for each post. But I'm not even sure if that's true. Let me test....
Just previewed a d20 and it came up an 11. Now let me post this and roll again in a new post just after to see if the number changes.
Indeed it did. So you could have potentially cheated by previewing 24d6 in your first post, not liking the results, so posted something offhand.
Then did it again, not liked the results again, so posted another one sentence comment to reset the seed.
Then you saw numbers you liked in the third try, so posted those.
Now that implies an understanding of the dice bot which you clearly don't have, either that or you're just lying. Since we have no evidence that you're lying, I'd say you weren't cheating, had no intent to cheat.
Also, since the DM didn't specify that you roll your stats with your first post, it's even less cool to call it cheating.
-shrug- DEFINITELY NOT trying to start an argument, just pointing out what he meant by "you are abusing the dice roller".
Curious? How can you tell if there is a new random seed in each post? I don't see anything in your first post to indicate you previewed anything.
Well maybe I'm lying :P
Just try it yourself if you don't believe me. It's true. Each thread generates a random seed for your account which resets each time you post in that thread. It's supposed to prevent cheating, but if one really really needs to be an asshat to have fun, there are ways to circumvent it (obviously, see above).
And as I said earlier, if someone were willing to cheat on their rolls, I'd catch 'em in something sooner or later and drop them in the prepared demiplane I have that contains nothing but a Balor with a Ring of Sustenance.
Sounds reasonable. Cheating is totally lame, and takes away the point of even having rules in the first place. Cheating+role playing is that game that everyone used to play when they were little kids.
"You've got a bazooka? Well I've got fifty bazookas!"
"Well I've got a t-rex with a bazooka dick and laser teeth!"
"Well, well...I've got a t-rex with Death Stars for eyes!"
(^_~)