Fire Within (Inactive)

Game Master Brolof

Yeah just an FYI in future, that personally, if I roll below an enemy in init, I like seeing what they do before I deliver my action, since it can affect map positioning, target selection etc. Not relevant today in this encounter, but putting this here for future.

Waiting to post until the sorcerers go.

I'll get the next round started later today, no point in waiting longer for Bescha or Melethiel.

Sorry for the delay I did not realize that it was my turn. I was waiting for Amaya.

It's alright, I suppose I need to be a bit more clearer on combat. I figured it'd turn out rather simple, but I guess I underestimated how confusing it can be via the forum.

Don't stress yourself out over it GM, handling combat on the forums can be quite the headache.

If I may make a suggestion, I think something akin to the following might help with direction:

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Description of combat! Lots of excitement and vivid descriptions and storytelling! Oh wow how cool!

Rules description of what happened, including damage and effects. Clarify which PCs are up in initiative.

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Here is an example combat post for a mid-level game for a fairly simple combat.

You have a great story to tell, and we're happy to help get over some of the challenges of playing on the forums!

Thanks Aviz, my main experience comes from the other PbP I'm in here on the forums. That one went mostly without a hitch, so I just copied that way of doing it and assumed it'd work.

Shall I assume no one's going after them and end combat?

I believe the only person who is up in initiative who hasn't acted is Bescha. I say bot her and move forward.

wait did I lose my turn again or was it just a way to wrap up the combat?

You acted this turn and then the enemies fled. If you want to chase down the survivors I'm sure you can, but many others in the party don't seem inclined to do so.

You had an AoO so I rolled it for you. I figured since no one was saying they were gonna chase, to just end the combat.

It's 54 gold coins, I figured he wouldn't go digging through to count them all at the moment.

Gotcha, thanks GM.

So... I probably should have asked this a while ago, but what do you all think of finding someone to replace Bescha? It's been a fair bit since her last post.

Has she responded to PMs? I would give her a chance to come back in.

If she hasn't/doesn't, I don't know if we really need a replacement? We have a pretty well-balanced party as is, at least theoretically.

No, she hasn't responded to PM's. And I know, I just wanted to double check people's opinions on it.

We have a rather large party, I'm fine with continuing onwards.

Bescha went back to town, and was not seen again.

We carried on.

I'm fine with carrying on

This is a PSA to all of my active games: I will be unavailable starting this Friday afternoon (the 16th) until next Thursday morning (the 22nd). I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please GMPC me as needed.

I hope everyone had a good holiday.

I'm gonna send Amaya a PM and then move it on either tomorrow or the next day depending on if she responds or not.

Happy new year, everyone!

Happy new year to you to! Holidays have been busy.

Happy New Year everybody!

The holidays have been particularly hectic for me, as I've just moved 13 hours across the country. We're still working on getting everything moved in so my posting won't be back to to normal for a little bit yet. Please GMPC me as needed!

So, now that the holiday season and my life has calmed down a bit, who do we still have left around and interested?

Still in.

Still here

In!

GM could I get a quick answer to my question about how long it would take for us to get an answer from kobold faction?

I am here, still busy with my changing life circumstances but things are beginning to settle down.

They never said how long it'd take, and I didn't see you actually ask them. You still want me to give you what the kobolds would have said in response?

Aviz would likely wait around for a bit (say 10 minutes) and then ask somebody to see how long it will take.

Ah, thought we were still in earshot of kobolds and kinda announced how long would it take. Even if you could let us know informally if it’s like an hour or a week would allow us to plan what to do next.

GM, I think what we need to know, is are we waiting like, a week for the chief to get back to us, or a few hours, or a few days etc.

You don't need to give us an exact timeframe, but giving us no timeframe means its /really/ hard to post an action, or an update, when none of us know if we should still be hanging around or going back.

Without it, I imagine we just stay here which doesn't move things along much.

I'll just say considering that none of the Kobolds actually made to go to wherever the chief is, it's probably going to be more than a day.

If they haven't even bothered, then this happens...

Ok, than we utilize the Skyrim wait feature until the Chief arrives.

It's our only plot direction at the moment, so if we must wait we must wait.

GM, our only lead right now is what we're currently following. Could we do a timeskip and get to the plot?

Alright, I'll do a time skip. My only question is this, do you all set watches for the night you spend near them?

Quellina, Amaya, then Aviz.

Watches, yes. And Flouncy's shift schedule looks good to me!

Sounds good to me, too.

So, is the party gonna go check out the meeting site before hand, or are they gonna just wait until the meeting?

Sure, let's go scope it out.

GM could you make it a little clearer in the gameplay thread what our options are? We seem to often all be waiting on each other to do something, unsure of how to proceed. A friendly nudge in the right direction with some clarification of your expectations may go a long way.

If we have a day or 2, we can check some other sites.

How high up in the trees are they? Would we be able to get them with a reach weapon?

They are fifteen feet up in the trees, you could reach them with a reach weapon. Said trees count as difficult terrain.

Excellent. Combat post coming up.