We each dwell upon an island forged by our ignorance amidst the black seas of infinity. Should your feeble mind correlate the seemingly disassociated contents of your skull, thus affording you an opportunity to leave your island behind, terrifying vistas of reality will entomb you and you will never know peace.
It was only a matter of time...every species can smell its own extinction. The last ones left won't have a pretty time of it.
Sight delay on clanging Ssilax, I should have him all level up after I get out of work.
I promise I will not start playing Persona 5 until after I've level everything up :)
I just purchased some map making software via, Steam called Dungeon painter, which has been my go to for making the maps in the game. So I am working on making a map for the tower right meow, and for 14 bucks it has been doing very well I think, plus it helps give a rather good flavor and positioning for the party as well.
We are live again, I got done with fooling around on the software and will have the rest of the tower mapped out, sorry abouth the delay on my end of things.
That is correct good sir, every time you get hit with bleed, the effects stack, thus if I am able to hit your massive AC (which is a challenge to say the least) you will take more and more bleed damage
Sorry I've been so laggy with posting, its been a rough couple of months in RL, and the last couple of weeks I've been pretty sick. Trying to get my head back in the game :)
I'll be on holiday in Minkai from July 20 through August 13. During that time I'll have limited access to the internet, so my posting will be less frequent.
If there is anything that the group would like to see added to the city this is a good place for it: Right now we have the plans for a school, I'm sure there will be a mage school as well, a hospital and a healer's college, anything else that the group would like to see, once I get a good enough idea I can make a rough map with the software I've got and will flesh out the shape of the city.
Gaming stores, lots of gaming stores. And pubs. Gaming pubs!
Seriously, probably whatever a city that size needs. It doesn't have a government, or leader yet, does it. I propose a leader picked by us and serving for one year, with plans to have an election every year at the beginning to pick a new leader or keep the same one. I think we would pick someone with a great deal of life experience (i.e. old) and preferably someone who can make decisions, defer to experts, and who knows how to run things. The hope would be that this person would work out well and be re-elected or re-appointed after the year.
Not a bad plan, that is more or less the idea that I was going to go with while the group was off doing their adventuring and when the group comes back giving a report of what went on while the party was away and once a year giving the group a GP reward depending on how things went.
Alright first and foremost:
1: As much as I hate to do this again.... I have to take a break, since the company I work for has killed the shift I worked on, I am now on "first shift" Which means I'm at work by 6 am, which means I am waking up at 4 am. We have all seen days go by where we haven't been posting, much of that I feel is my fault. Since I've been back on first shift I've been on mandatory overtime and working most Saturdays as well, working 55+ hours a week has been rather hellish on my focus.
2: Since I've been back on first shift I've been looking for a new job and not having much luck on that part. I've yet to get my mental breath back in the last 4 months, and I've been worn down pretty bad thanks to the meetings and arguments with various bosses and the process engineers which, has basically broken down to " be more flexible for the company (translation: suck it up, you work on the production floor and you are a fungus).
3: I'm going to Youmacon this weekend.
4: As the holidays are getting closer I'm anticipating 12+ hour work weeks until the end of the year.
Final thought: I'm hoping that we take the next two months off so I can get a few points back on my sanity meter, as the last two months we've been on a bit of a standstill. If not, I will take the rest of this week off and throw more energy back into the game and post more. Once we get done with the Devil lords I'll hand this over to whomever wants to run the game or write a suitable ending to the game that way we don't have three games in a row that we started and not ended.
I do feel terrible about having to do this, again as we keep getting some steam to roll forward and then sputter out. We should take the rest of this week off and shoot me an email on Sunday and I'll let everyone know if I need a little bit longer.
TLDR: Work is kicking my mental ass, and I'm on E at the moment, working in the manufacturing field is terrible with bad management, take the rest of this week off and feel free to email me if there is anything you feel should be addressed.
Our group has played many games over the last 5+ years, and for the most part we have played together. Some people have come, gone, and others have been flayed horribly (one even joined and was swallowed by a giant worm almost immediately).
We're currently have just started a new game (LINK), after completing a short prequel on the same thread, that is starting as level 0 children with the intent of going to level 20.
Some fresh blood might be nice, and with that in mind we're opening recruitment to consider another player, or perhaps two if the four of us are unanimous in the decision.
What are you getting into?
One post per day minimum 7 days per week. Sometimes life gets in the way (hopefully not that often or a troll will eat your face), and this is no problem if you let the DM know ahead of time, so everyone isn't standing around waiting on you
Commitment to the long haul. 5+ years together, and this group has been together for the majority of it. None of us will simply disappear on you
We are rotating through DMs for this game with one running the level 0 characters, then the next tagging off to run levels 1-5, and so on. We would want you in the rotation probably as the 3rd or 4th DM
Roleplay focused. We're not looking just for a reaction to what's going on, but a dynamic character with personality (some great advice here from Painlord: LINK)
Decent writing skills and the ability to wander through their posts looking for glaring mistakes. Not expecting perfection, just a quick spell check and read over
A focus on fun! We're here for that after all. So we're hoping to get along and share a giggle
Alignments: Any, as is my norm these concepts are a device to flesh out the character and not manacles that dictate all behaviour. Some of the nicest people occasionally do bad things.
Experience: does not exist in the traditional sense, the group all levels at the same point at the whim of the individual DM
43 point buy, no score below 10 (for serious, these are epic heroes of legend we are crafting)
Traits: 2
Drawbacks: please take 2 from the following list: Drawbacks
Races: Any up to 14 RP, or should you wish to craft your own race you have up to 11 RP to make one (Creating New Races) and will need to pen a full write-up describing all manner of aspects of the race you have created (example of racial write-up Alman Race)
Classes: All available (minus classes that are more modern like gunslinger)
Starting gold: none, you are a street urchin
Equipment: you have one prized possession from your family up to a 36gp value
Maximum hit points at all levels
You're making a character that can get along with the other players, and has reasons to adventure and join this specific group. Our group rarely has prolonged tension between members, and never does an argument fall into a true battle or PVP
Hero points are active, you start with 1
Rolls will be done as normal in the game thread by the players and DM alike (unless the DM is being sneaksie pants)
Myth-Weavers as usual for character sheets
House Rule: Mana system is live. e.g. If you can cast 4x first level spells and 3x second level spells, you have 10 mana total, which can be used in any combination you wish.
House Rule: Magical and masterwork armour only has Armour Check Penalties based on weight, DEX limits and arcane penalties remain as normal
Gods: Using Pathfinder deities
You start alone, not knowing any other character
World: Sel Torin
Notes: Humans are dominant both in numbers (over 85% of the population) and influence (every major city is controlled by them), other races are treated as second-class citizens or much worse the more monstrous they look, arcane casters live in fear for their lives, all worship of evil deities has been outlawed, human armies march upon their neighbours perpetrating unspeakable atrocities on those that stand in their way
Background: You are the unwashed, desperately clinging to life in the gutters of whatever city the fates have cast you. Clutched in your tiny child hands is the only remnant of your family. Your bones ride against your scarred skin beneath the rags that wrap around you, speaking to a short lifetime of poverty, disease, malnutrition, and an existence constantly on the run from those that would perpetrate against you for your meagre scraps of food, meting out beatings, slavery, and worse
You each start as a level 0 child/immature specimen of your race (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/templates/simple-templat e-young-cr-1)
If chosen, please complete the following exercise for your character, but do not share it. This is to help flesh your character out for play. It is something we have only done for this game, as our goal is longevity, and each of us has seen benefit in the exercise.
Your mission is to craft the hero you are destined to become:
Possible family supports?
Why did your character get started in their chosen class?
Why is your family heirloom important to you and what is its story?
Character's goals/purpose?
Why become an adventurer?
How religious (the gods do exist, but do you care)?
How important is the accumulation of wealth and status?
Do you have any enemies?
Have you ever been arrested?
What is your view on other races? view on magic?
Throw any questions you might have out, and one of us will field them.
I have played in many PbP games the pass 2 years.
I am currently in a RotRL game only,although I do play F2F PFS games weekly.
I am interested in joining a new PbP group. I have been attempting to grasp all your information. Please be patient...lol. And thank yee.
I am attempting to read--and comprehend--the background stuff.
I assume first level, pathfinder, point buy? Any class/race restrictions?
We're building level 1 characters, but starting off using the Young Template
Yes, Pathfinder sources for the game
43 point buy, no score below 10
All classes are open, save those that are more modern like the gunslinger
Races up to 14 RP are open
Dorian 'Grey' wrote:
I have a character concept in mind. Do you want the basics?
I have decided race, but torn between a couple of classes.
And what is the character sheet formatting?
Thank yee
Ps. I am in Michigan, so Eastern Standard Time.
Feel free to use the recruitment thread to toss around some ideas and the gist of your concept would be a wonderful starting position.
I fired you a PM with links and some more information on the character sheet formatting
Everyone in the group, other than me, is on EST. I'm MST
Dorian 'Grey' wrote:
Hello all,
I have played in many PbP games the pass 2 years.
I am currently in a RotRL game only,although I do play F2F PFS games weekly.
I am interested in joining a new PbP group. I have been attempting to grasp all your information. Please be patient...lol. And thank yee.
It is a lot to digest indeed. Verbosity is a curse that I have been afflicted since I ran afoul of that witch.
Our little merry band had hopped around to a few different games over the years, from D&D 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 (for like a second), Pathfinder, EverQuest, Shadowrun, and a few others. Our norm is to craft campaigns from scratch using different campaign settings, Forgotten Realms was one of the longest ones we used. Currently we're starting with a newly minted world: Sel Torin.
Dorian 'Grey' wrote:
I was reading through your campaign stuff. I was thinking dhampir warpriest [sacred fist]. He would be a follower of Irori. He would have the knowledge and law blessings. He grew up in the streets of a big city. His go to place for food and comfort was at a monastery of Irori.
Not completely sold on sacred fist, and may just go brawler, but I like the divine aspect of it..
A dhampir sounds like an amazing addition to the team. It's a human-centric world where everyone else is a second-class citizen (at best), so of course to a man we all picked outcasts. A dhampir has a lot in common with the group , especially since all but one character has darkvision (mine), and one other character has sensitivity to light (mine).
The group currently has a rogue, slayer, and two wizards (one remaining wizard the whole way, and the other planning to delve into mystic theurge), so a hybrid divine spell caster would be a great addition (our slayer will need your services the most, but he's a zealot, so giggles are likely to ensue there).
Glad to see another Michigander in the group, as both EJB and myself reside in this lovely state (Ann Arbor area).
I'm not sure if Loki fired over the link already, but we use Myth-Weavers for the main character sheet. If you want to make a character profile page once you get up and running that's groovy.
I would say that we are a very role-playing heavy group, hence the start at 8 years old, we enjoy us some development, lol.
Giving the lifespan of the Dhampire (similar to elves) I might do a little tinkering to make the age thing work. Also, I have no problems with a half-dead person in the party, more fun times, plus they look pretty close to humans, so that's helpful. I think I'm playing the only race that is very nonhuman out of the gate (Dragonkin).
I generally try to post in the morning after I get out of work, and am usually available for chatting/private messages/or returning posts until noon-1 ish. Some days I'm up much later, insomnia is fun like that :P
Thank you for responding. I appreciate the invite. I have been gaming(one form or another), since age 9, so I have experience. I also enjoy good PbP, because the role-playing part is highlighted.
Was considering negative channels, but I could go positive, if the group prefers.
I am not sold on warpriest(especially sacred fist), so please allow me some serious thinking...lol.
I have a live PFS game in a bit, but I will post some ideas tonight or tomorrow after work.
Oh, from Fraser, Macomb county. Just outside Detroit. I work Monday thru Friday, 7am-430pm.
Once this initial character creation is finished, I easily post daily.
There's a CoC quote in the title of this thread, which everyone seems to be ignoring, or atleast not referencing/adressing. This somehow worries me a little.
There's a CoC quote in the title of this thread, which everyone seems to be ignoring, or atleast not referencing/adressing. This somehow worries me a little.
Very perceptive of you to notice.
The horror-themed game we played as a prequel to this one was heavily influenced by Lovecraft. It did not end well for the players, who are each relegated to horrors unimaginable for all eternity.
"You will fall, trapped here in this lightless place forever. The denizens will feed on your bodies for eternity, leaving you screaming and cursing until centuries hence madness will steal your every waking thought."
We are playing in the same world, and though the nightmares have turned their dispassionate eyes elsewhere that is always in the back of our minds. As is shown by the self-crafted campaign setting, which starts with:
"There was a time when mankind knew not of the gods, or things beyond the mortal ken, as the gods had long since turned their backs upon mankind. Mankind, in their arrogance saw themselves as unto gods. The ancient gods revealed themselves and ruled for millennia, but in-fighting made them blind. This complacency was their downfall, for things who witnessed the birth of time itself, had gazed down upon the ancient gods with indifference and cruelty. These "Dark Ones" slaughtered the ancient gods and brought fire and ice to ravage the world of man. The current pantheon holds sway over the few that have survived, impersonally demanding that temples be erected in their honour through their revelations alone, unaware that they too are being watched with indifference and cruelty."
The description also is Lovecraftian: "We each dwell upon an island forged by our ignorance amidst the black seas of infinity. Should your feeble mind correlate the seemingly disassociated contents of your skull, thus affording you an opportunity to leave your island behind, terrifying vistas of reality will entomb you and you will never know peace."
My timing for posts is a bit erratic due to work, I generally try to post in the middle of my work shift. Always good to have another gamer from Michigan added to our group
I appreciated the LC references.
Definitely, I am going dhampir. I am still stuck on which class to get him where I can envision him.
I'll look at a few more tomorrow after work and post a rough draft for opinions.
I still need to pick feats, traits, and drawbacks.
Wouldn't that end up being 4 traits total then?
Dhampir monk works
Please edit the profile of your alias and link the Myth-Weavers character link to the "Race" slot (e.g. [*url=http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=]Dorian Dhampir Monk[/url] if you take out asterix and put in your character's proper link)
You pick 2 traits
Post here when you're prepared for one of us to go over the crunch of your sheet with a fine-toothed comb
We are looking forward to seeing your background, description, and disposition (including those other questions to answer that you keep to yourself to help fill in the gaps and really get into the character)
I've only been doing PbP in this sense for a couple of years, but I've been roleplay ing online for about eight years and I've got about 13 years of tabletop roleplaying experience. I am also on EST.
That bit of an introduction out of the way, I have THE character idea (for me). I'd actually be writing part of her story as we go since her childhood was already written to be precisely how you've described we would be starting.
I'll get together what I mean soon. Just to be clear though; are you still looking for someone?
It's a pretty chill town. It's sort of like having the World in my backyard. It's quite the crush of different cultures (cause they all come for that U of M degree, lol), I dig it :)
If by some random chance you find yourself in Michigan again, let us know :)
