Well that was easy.
Checking in. Old thread more or less closed.
It seems that things are slowing down a little bit. Please let me know if you can't post as frequently as you thought, or if things are slow because of the holidays.
I'm trying to let you set your own pace, but I can push things along more if you prefer to play that way. I'm fine with our pace right now, but don't want you to get bored. Keep me posted.
Ya, I've been checking frequently, but kinda an awkward time in the campaign for alot of posting. Wasn't really sure what to add once I had gone to my room and fallen asleep...My posting will pick back up as the campaign progresses into more active areas. Might go harass some locals while the bookish people stop me from looting grave sites or something while they do boring knowledge checks.
Night-to-day translations are always a little awkward, but from my experience it's just a matter of waiting for all the PCs to go to sleep. I'm never really sure if it's "too early" to have my character retire for the night, because I don't want the PCs who are still awake to feel like they are being waited on.
Yeah. I don't want to stop anyone from doing anything they want to do. Just let me know if I'm moving too fast.
I've found the pace good so far. Not to fast, and not crazily slow.
Pace is going just fine.
Odds are, however, my posting rate will be slowing down because I'll be DMing a campaign of my own on the boards here.
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I am sorry guys. I didn't mention this before because I hoped it wouldn't be this bad. But I feel I must inform you all that my posting is going to slow down drastically until some time around Christmas. My work is balls to the walls busy for the next 16+ days and I am practically living there. Being off as early as I am right now is a miracle, one that I intend to fill with sleep after I catch up online. Please, DMPC me if I slow things down. I apologize for any inconvenience.
No worries. Not much you can do about the holiday rush.
All good. work always come first.
It's all good, Utho. Post when you can and don't worry too much about meta stuff. I'll be sure to correct any problems/unfair advantages that arise because of any retroactive descriptions. For the most part we can just assume you follow along.
Going to wait till tonight and/or people have checked in, commented on statue before moving on. So waiting on posts to continue.
If anyone ever has any issues with Ezebelle and her pushy nature (atm anyways. I'm RPing that she really isn't very fond of strangers) let me know and I can certainly tone her down a bit. I know were supposed to RP how we envision our characters, but I also like this group and this AP so want to make sure that I'm not causing rifts that could cause this group to stall.
Merry Christmas!
Thanks. Happy holidays to you folks. Sorry I wasn't able to post and didn't give you forewarning. I wasn't sure what my holiday was going to entail.
I want to make a note here about the usage of behind the scenes rolling and stat keeping. You should all know that I am making skill checks, the results of which I do not wish you to see. Please trust that I am being objective and fair. There are also factors such as trust, time of day and the date involved with this adventure, so I'm keeping record of those too.
You are, of course, free to make any stat checks you like; however, my rolls, if I deem it necessary, will take precedence over yours. Examples are Stealth, Diplomacy, Sense Motive, Bluff and Perception (and probably some others). There are also rules about how often you can retry certain skills that I reference often. So sometimes you make skill checks that I ignore, because you can't retry them yet. I think it works best it if I just leave it all off the books so it's not like i'm rules-lawyering and slowing down the game. If you'd rather me tell you when i'm ignoring a skill roll, then let me know, but that's up to you. I think it's my responsibility to know all of the rules, and not yours, for the most part.
None of you have given me evidence to think that you are abusing meta-data in game; this is simply the way I like to DM. I'm giving you this warning also so you don't make meta assumptions about the results of your skill checks that govern decisions you make in game. I think you're all doing a great job so far and am very pleased with your ability to manage out of character conversation and discussion, and manage issues of party separation, etc.
I just wanted to let you all know what I'm hiding from you, so we're all on the same page about how I handle these things.
You're doing a great job Wren. I have no complaints.
That's basically the same as all of us sitting at a table and you rolling behind a GM screen... works for me!
In the end you have to trust the DM to make a good call for the sake of a game even if it contradicts the rules (And I am not saying that the GM has done this at all or that this is even his philosophy in gaming)
We had a game once where a botched will save from the main villain ended up killing him pretty much outright. We were playing using 2d10 rather then 1d20 (The distribution curve works out so much better) The main villain rolled a double 1 failure (a one in a hundred chance.), got turned to stone and then was easily crushed.
Perhaps a cool turn of events except that it cut us off from much of the story and felt like a really really cheap way to win.
Sure the GM could have played the Villain so that the situation didn't happen but then how did the villain know not to look? If he had him randomly decide not to then it would be the same as fudging the dice. He could have lied about the stats or just added an extra item to his inventory for a save boost. but instead he ridgedly followed rules and kinda killed our fun.
I wish he would have fudged the dice roll. You gotta trust your GM to have your fun in mind.
Sorry, I'm a bit confused. I thought were already on our way to the temple... I might have missed something, as usual.
Edwyn, I thought that I was still at the temple while you guys were stuidying.... Ezebelle, I was hoping you would say that.
Ah, looking back, I missed that Ezra said she wasn't doing anything until Ezebelle got back. Whoops.
Have you been awarded experience yet? I meant to give some at the end of the previous in game day, but I can't recall if I did. I'll be giving some out at the end of this in game day, so it's of little consequence, but I want to make sure you're rewarded for your work.
I think you granted us experience for dealing with the mob in the Restlands. Other than that, I don't think so.
ya i'm still sitting at 200XP
ok. 200 is about right for that first day. that includes some exp from the mob and some other things
Sorry for the slow down. I got very busy suddenly with a business venture in which I'm involved. I'll try to get this battle (and the game) moving faster tomorrow. I just have one thing to do tonight and things should go back to normal.
I'm not too familiar with the rules for it since I've never actually done it before, but Edwyn shouldn't have any trouble copying the spells from one or two of those scrolls into his spellbook, should he? Granted, it'd cost gold and destroy the scroll, but I figure that having it on reserve might work out better in the long run. Just a thought.
Spells Copied from Another's Spellbook or a Scroll: A wizard can also add a spell to his book whenever he encounters one on a magic scroll or in another wizard's spellbook. No matter what the spell's source, the wizard must first decipher the magical writing (see Arcane Magical Writings). Next, he must spend 1 hour studying the spell. At the end of the hour, he must make a Spellcraft check (DC 15 + spell's level). A wizard who has specialized in a school of spells gains a +2 bonus on the Spellcraft check if the new spell is from his specialty school. If the check succeeds, the wizard understands the spell and can copy it into his spellbook (see Writing a New Spell into a Spellbook). The process leaves a spellbook that was copied from unharmed, but a spell successfully copied from a magic scroll disappears from the parchment.
If the check fails, the wizard cannot understand or copy the spell. He cannot attempt to learn or copy that spell again until one week has passed. If the spell was from a scroll, a failed Spellcraft check does not cause the spell to vanish.
info is near bottom of page.
Hey, real life stuff always has to come first. Thanks for the heads up. Sorry to see you go, though.
Likewise.
Sucks to see you go. Hope everything else goes well.
I totally understand. Thanks for your input thus far. Good luck with real life stuff.
It seems that things are slowing down a bit. This is no doubt at least partially due to my effort (or lack thereof). I've had two pathfinder campaigns spring up with my live group(s), one of which I'm running, and we'll be adding a Numenera adventure into the mix shortly. That, in combination with the other non-RPG parts of my life have left me little time to post, even with my extra time at work.
I don't want to simply stop, because you've all been a great group so far and I think it'd be disappointing to stop here, especially before you get into the meat of the adventure.
How does everyone feel about the pacing? Is it alright if we simply go a little slower like we have for the past week or so? I'm thinking a post a day or thereabouts.
Let me know what you want and we can go from there.
I think the pacing is going alright so far, but I can work with whatever pacing fits the rest of the group.
I think it's been fine, for the most part. I can post as often as necessary.
I'm with everyone above. It's slower then some of my other campaigns but it's not necessarily a bad thing at all. Especially during the slower "Lets find everything out phase"
Ok good. Again, I just didn't walk to bore you all. Slower works better for me right now. Thanks all.
As much as it pains me to do this, I think I'm going to shut this game down. I've enjoyed your characters so far, but I think that I can't give my best attention to this pbp at this time. I find I much prefer in-person sessions and I've got a few of them warmed up that I didn't have when we started this thing. I apologize for any disappointment or inconvenience this might cause. I think it's better to let it go rather than give it incomplete attention.
If anyone is interested in taking up the mantle, let me know and I can forward any information you might need.
Thanks everybody
How many active players do you have now?
I think I have a few dropouts in my group and can incorporate and merge going forward, though it may be choppy as I have homebrewed a lot of stuff in order to have my campaign work in the background of the Carrion Crown campaign.
I don't like the idea of piling on a second campaign so I would need time to prep and may need you all to skip a significant portion of the beginning of this game because I want to merge you ASAP and the other group is already working on setting up the second chapter.
I am a-okay with skipping a whole bunch...I like this character too much to watch her disappear into the ether. Would we need to adjust our level any to join? We are all still level 1 atm, but I'm sure we can find out some RP way to appear at the correct time, etc.
Luckily my group is at a point where we can easily detour into a quicker grouping. Let me talk it through with them and see if they would be OK with a bit of plot forcing to allow the two groups to come together.
I also need to catch up with your groups postings to see where you are at exactly. Frankly I never even read chapter 1 except for a quick glance over because my group wasn't going to be involved in it.
We just finished Professor Lorrimor's funeral, investigated the ghost hunting stash, discovered a lot of info on the Whispering Way, and now we're investigating a poltergeist or something like that.
OK ok, well this may take a bit but I'll keep you guys updated.
sounds good. Looking forward to it.
Alright then!
Whoa. To be honest I almost hid this thread. I was kinda of worried that Edwyn would just go poof, so it's great to hear that we might have a second wind.
Looking forward to hearing more!