Players please dot in here.
Cheers for the selection!
Now, what remains to be hashed out before the game begins? Do you want party members to know each other beforehand or to be strangers?
I don’t mind either way. If party members want to have some prior relationship now would be a good time to discuss that.
Erick's background is that he's been travelling for 10 years now. All over the world. So, he may have encountered one or two of the other characters, briefly, in his travels, but having met all of them would be a huge coincidence. I'd say he wouldn't know more than two of them in passing, and at most 1 well.
I'll Iron out the few kinks left in my build.
Hello!
Zyrel is meant to be new to Absalom.
He could have met people at the Kyonin borders.
He could have met people on the ship to Absalom.
If anyone was around when he last walked Avistan (130 years ago) he could have met them, or their parents then.
Thank you for choosing me for your game, Coyote.
Armanus has been in Cheliax for most of his life, only reading about other lands, so this will be a real education for our young tiefling.
Thanks for choosing elsa swiftfoot. Profile will follow.
Kristleifur popped out of the Darklands in Cheliax and made his way east, spending quite a bit of time with bands of gnomes and then roaming mountains before reaching Absalom.
If Armanus only recently left Cheliax, he might have already run into an enthusiastic, stone-skinned gnome wandering about with a battered musket, heading for the local mountain range.
Anyone else wandering between Cheliax and Absalom could have also easily run into him. Unless he's actively trying to hide, Kristleifur is unusual by dint of his race, even before speaking with him. In behaviour and mindset, he's like a cross between a stereotypical svirfneblin and a surface gnome.
Elsa Swiftfoot has been in absalom most of her life, so she isn't likely to know anyone who isn't from there.
@gm
I didn't give Kris any melee weapons. Would it be okay with you if I buy some before gameplay kicks off?
That’s perfectly fine. If people have last minute stat adjustments they want to do it’s not a problem.
I can see a exasperated tiefling taking a ship to Absalom with a annoying gnome-thing not taking the social cues that the sorcerer would prefer to be left alone.
Ha! The odd couple. I like it. :)
@GM: Cheers! Kris now has a small cold iron dagger.
@Armanus and Elsa: Kris could have certainly wandered to a port after having a gawk at the local mountains. He'd get to have a look at this strangely large salt lake. ;)
Are people ready to start, or do you all want to hash out some relations a bit more?
I'm happy to start.
I'm ready.
Pretty sure I'm ready. Looks like Erick, at most, saw some people in passing as he arrived in the city, assigned to the local Cavalier Chapterhouse.
Ready.
Wasn't sure how much information Erick might have, so played it as him not having any rather than assume he knew everything when I probably missed something.
sorry all! I'm almost finished with finals week, so I should be able to catch up and post soon.
@Erick:
With his perception Zyrel would have noticed it, but he lacks the cultural knowledge to realise it is out of the ordinary.
* If he saw someone had dropped something, he'd have returned it.
* He wouldn't be likely to have dropped something, but maybe gnomes do. Kids do, and you lot are all the age of kids.
* Your point about pickpockets was brilliant, but indicated a very keen working knowledge of how pickpockets work in the society that I just don't see someone who is primarily a wilderness guard having.
* I figure he's a bit overwhelmed in crowds, and deals with it by trying to get to a place with less people.
Please - feel free to follow up on it. It makes sense for your character to have noticed it, I think.
Erick actually has a trait about pick pockets, he get's a free AoO when someone tries to pick his pocket if he notices them. :)
@Zyrel: That makes sense to me.
@Erick: Hah, neat!
Okay - we have a potential problem.
Sedik explicitly said extras wouldn't get paid.
Thirrion has said he's just responding to a flyer.
Can I request one of;
* we ret-con what Sedik said
* we ret-con what Thirrion said
* given Sedik only just beat us out, and is walking, we (or a subset) quickly grab Thirrion to literally run over to Sedik and give Thirrion a chance to join up.
* something else clever?
I’ll say you can probably find Sedik again. I’ll have a post up this afternoon or evening.
I think Erick's got Armanus on the diplomacy side, unless we're dealing with teiflings. While they are about the same on intimidate, I think that whole teifling demon appearance is probably going to help a bit with intimidation.
If they work together, they can play a pretty mean good cop/demon cop on anyone they want to get information out of.
EDIT : And Elsa can come in and wrap up as a scary halfling lass with an attitude. Honestly, we have a fairly intimidating bunch here.
Yeah, some serious intimidation scores knocking around!
Kristleifur has -1 in bluff and diplomacy, but a +3 in intimidate. Could be scary in the right circumstances. ;)
we are all rather scary
Social skills are actually Zyrel's big weakness.
Good thing you lot are here!
@GM - When you get a chance, can you edit the campaign and uncheck as current PCs all the extra accidental post profiles? :) So we can keep the current PC list straight? Thanks!
That would be handy.
Yes, Erick is moderately paranoid. On the other hand, he doesn't let it ruin life, he just takes precautions. :)
Hey all, I just wanted to note that I am still interested, however I am having stuff in life come up, and likely won't be able to post again until next week.
A heads up. Between Friday 1st June and Sunday 3rd June, I won't be available at all. My availability on the Thursday and Monday is also likely to be very limited.
So realistically, I'm not likely to post much from Thursday May 31st until Tuesday June 5th.
Apologies for my tardiness, but the final week of uni and a bit of flu has taken its toll. Back on deck now.
Does anyone strenuously object to the plan of using the rat to flip the switch?
Or have any other ideas to try?
Armanus is choosing to remain neutral, so if this goes belly-up the tiefling can feign ignorance.
Not strenuously object, as long as your twine can slip out of the wall with the knot on it.
Assuming we have the rat to hand, no. Someone with more deceit will need to sell it.
Also, I'm a bit worried my mental model of the room is off, and the rat thing is stupid.
Go for it
Things are moving along, thankfully! The setting is really interesting and I'm keen to see more of it.
@GM Coyote: are you okay if, once the enemies have gone, we all take our actions at once?
That would speed things up.
Yes, I’m fine with that.
Hey all, I'll be camping without much, if any signal. Please bot me if I'm playing in a game, or if I'm GMing, just sit tight for a few days until I'm back.
Enjoy!
I am unlikely to be able to post this weekend.
I will be away for both of the next two weekends. I should still be able to post at points during both, but less regularly than usual for me at weekends.