Everyone should get 1531 XP for this adventure + 752 from before with bonus for solving the mystery which was possible but not necessary.
So Chipluck, Nabila and Nura should definitely level up and I think Fadilah because of her sleep spell. The party with all of the bonuses should be around 2283. I know Fadi is a little shy but think you wouldn't object to her getting second level as well due to RP and the sleep spell and stuff. Maudril needs 3250 to level up.
I should be a liiiiittle short but if you want me to go up now I'll do it.
I just got back from an absolutely wretched convention experience, which precipitated an emergency that kept me stuck out of town longer than planned. I'll try to catch up!
Yikes. Sorry for a crappy con time.
hi
Can we get more posting?
About what?
I've had a really rough few weeks with my household sharing back-to-back illness and intermittent internet issues. I apologize for slowness/absence and am working to get back to normal posting over the course of the week. I also apologize if you've seen this message in another game I'm in, just covering my bases because I'm so far behind in...everything!
Hi, I just had my laptop brick and so I am slowly getting it back together I should make a post pushing this forward either this evening or tomorrow morning.
Welcome back!
Going away to Disneyworld until the 5th. If I am in your game, feel free to bot me. If you are in my game, we will pick up at that time.
I am thinking about openning up recruitment for one or two more players, what do you guys think?
Seems we are lagging, maybe some fresh faces would help?
Agreed.
/I'm asking all my folks to forgive me for a few days. I had a friend commit suicide this morning and I need some time to process this. I will be back in a day or three. In the meantime, if you or someone you know needs to talk, PLEASE call someone! Send me a private message if nothing else. I am always willing to listen and I promise that it will remain confidential!!
So sorry, take all the time you need.
I'm really sorry for your loss. I don't know what else to say, that's a terrible thing and situation. As above, take your time.
I am sorry to hear that. Take as much time as you need.
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Hi there!
Glad to be here, everyone!
Couple things.
Point the First: I can't add an avatar to the profile. This is a problem with the website, and they know about it and are working on it. Hopefully they'll take care of it soon.
Point Two, the Sequel: It seems like this game has a minor issue with pace. If it's okay with everyone, there are some tips and tricks I've heard about that may be of use, if everyone is okay with it?
Tip #1) The Rule of Two.
This is a minor thing that says that if two people in the party are okay with a certain course of action, that thing happens.
I can say that I've played with this in the majority of my games and for the most part it works out well.
The benefit here is that we avoid the inevitable delay caused trying to get everyone in the party to get a universal consensus, thereby slowing the game down to the pace of the slowest poster (who probably just wants someone to do something anyway).
The only point against this is that I heard, from someone else, that one time this made the game too fast for someone. Obviously if there's an issue we can address it and change/modify/adapt what we're doing. ^_^
Tip #2) The 2-Day Rule.
This is just a minor convention that if things are happening (and they usually are =) if someone hasn't posted in 2 days, they agree to be botted to keep the game moving.
We all have lives, we all have stuff going on. I know that when I'm too busy to post, I'm also to busy to post: "hey guys, I'm too busy to post!" *heh* Hence, this is a way that we can keep going until things slow down enough for people to come back and post to a game that is fair to everyone.
So too, if -no-one has posted in 2 days, the GM is allowed to move the game along in a way that is respectful of the players that have posted with actions, and in a way that keeps the game moving.
I've found that the biggest reason people don't post is they simply don't know what to do. I admit I'm guilty of it. And this can often be solved by simply changing the scene. Either the plot progresses a bit, or some NPC can divulge a better clue as to what to do.
*whew* So, what do y'all think? =)
Well... hello there.
I like the two points.
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Hey there yourself, Maleek!
In case you can't tell, I was told by someone I consider wise that my attitude toward PbP should ABP.
That is, Always Be Posting.
Had a bad day? Screw it, post. You'll feel better.
Had a good day? Screw it, post. You'll feel better.
Had an okay day? Screw it, post. You'll feel better.
Don't like your character? Change your character and _then_ screw it, post. You'll feel better.
I believe that good posting is like a good habit: You imagine the kind of poster you want to be, and then you act as though you already possessed all those good traits, and then, POOF! It becomes a habit. =)
For me, posting is sometimes difficult. Especially right now, as I am preparing for a convention on which I serve as staff and part of the Board. Until the first weekend of March, that will occupy much of what little time I have. That said, I can usually find time to do at least a quick 'howdy' each day (except weekends, which are very busy for me). I am fine with these two points.
I will be out on Thursday, however, as I have a medical procedure that day. It's an outpatient, but will probably take most of the day.
As much as I like people posting rules to the games I run, I as GM follow the two concensus rule but I also follow the tempo of the players. If the players are rapid fire, I am rapid fire, if they take a day or two I take a day or two.
I have completed three campaigns on this board, have been running a 13 part AP and am in adventure 6 of that one. The key here is that this is 1001 nights style, genies and corsairs and stuff. This is not King Arthur. Mamluks in Zakhara would not know what is going on in Faerun so much.
Nura, I hope your procedure went well today!
It did, thank you. It was a colonoscopy and I am happy to report that I have a clean bill of health. But as a public reminder, if you are over 50 (like I am), be sure to get checked on occasion.
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Hey, question for the players: I can't tell if you guys keep a loot log. I started one on the top of my character sheet in my lazy-but-expedient way. If you all have a better system, just let me know!
Question for GM: Do you keep XP for the whole group, or do you also award individual awards? It looks like we're at 2283-ish?
Also, do you award XP as soon as its earned or at certain chapter breaks?
They are at 2283 and I also award individual XP based upon special situation. I usually award XP at major turning points in the story, like for example they finished the first adventure or after the desert battle.
Right now it does not make so much of a difference.
I need to apologize to my GMs and players. I have less than two weeks to a local convention on which I serve as the Game Operations Director, overseeing the entire gaming room (which is the largest gaming floor in my area). I also have to make a trip to Dallas this weekend that cannot be avoided and I have possible jury duty starting on Monday next week. Anyway, I will update when I can. I haven't forgotten you, just been very busy.
Wow, you're going to need to sleep for a week after all of that!
And I thought I was busy! Hang in there.
Okay, I'm back. The con was great, but very tiring! We had about 1500 unique visitors, which is pretty good for a convention our size. Guests included Morgan Berry (voice actress), Jay Little (gaming guest), Brendan LaSalle (from Goodman Games), and fantasy artist/gamer Melissa Gay. I found time to run two original Savage Worlds adventures (a fantasy jaunt titled "The Banshee's Tower" and a Weird War II adventure called "The Dogs of War"). Jay Little signed my copies of Age of Rebellion and Edge of the Empire and Brendan signed my copy of How to Write Adventure Modules That Don't Suck. All in all, a good weekend! I'll be getting back into the swing tomorrow.
Glad to hear that your convention was a fun experience!
Just a quick note: I've been distracted by COVID related stuff (no one sick, but RL is fully impacted, heh). I should be back to more normal posting frequency in the next few days and I hope everyone is safe and healthy.
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Liath observes the goings on and follows with a frown growing steadily on her normally up-turned lips. As Zaheed goes to gather camel dung she follows, asking him coyly, "Peradventure I have likings for this less and less. Do you think this man is some kind of rogue bent on leading us to ambush?"
What is the point of this? continues to be his number-one question.
Well buttocks, dude. You reply to someone who tries to talk to you you never know what exposition they might have had planned! =p
Time to talk about Critical Hits. I am the fan of two die rolls and then you add your modifiers once. The bad news is Zaheed's damage roll is only 17 but Uthman can roll d8 one more time for the crit.
Liath observes the goings on and follows with a frown growing steadily on her normally up-turned lips. As Zaheed goes to gather camel dung she follows, asking him coyly, "Peradventure I have likings for this less and less. Do you think this man is some kind of rogue bent on leading us to ambush?"What is the point of this? continues to be his number-one question.Well buttocks, dude. You reply to someone who tries to talk to you you never know what exposition they might have had planned! =p
Aaaallrighty, then!
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My apologies for the delay, chalk it up to the craziness of 2020 added to my own innate crazy! I will be getting back to a normal posting rate over the course of this weekend. Stay safe, healthy, and creative y'all!
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two thoughts.
1) My emotions for a 2nd PvP party facing a huge scorpion are swinging between panic at this is crazy or thinking this is awesome!
2) a medium sized creature just lifted me with one arm and two others with the other arm? I shall try not to cast too many spells so the laws of physics may weep quietly undisturbed. :)
There are two scorpions, one is a giant scorpion and the other is a huge scorpion... the one that grabbed and stung you was the giant one. The other thing is just because you see giant scorpions does not mean you necessarily have to attack them. In for a penny, in for a pound I guess.
Ok, good to know we had a choice. I didn't think we did since we were put directly into a surprise combat round. Btw, for the players, per the Monster Manual, "They are likely to attack any creature which approaches. The monster seeks to grab prey with its huge pincers while its segmented tail lashes forward to sting its victim to death with poison. This latter attack inflicts 1-4 points of damage per hit and , if a poison saving throw fails, the victim dies immediately." Hit Dice: 5+5
First, you got a surprise round which could have been used by you to leave the area(surprise because they did not know you were there most likely). Second, you should not post the information of the monster you are attacking in the discussion. Plus the version of the manual I have says the next round not immediately, which grants a healer the opportunity to cast cure poison or provide an antivenom or something.
You passed your saving throw.
You took 7 from the claw and 3 from the stinger but you passed your saving throw.
Well, to give you the truth. You had written to me about not getting XP, so I rolled on the random encounter table... It was a table for 1-4 level. I kind of forgot how deadly giant scorpions were. BUt you seemed to be doing well until they went. You should be able to pull through.
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Oh yes, I've no call to complain that we have a random encounter. Indeed, we should have more! =p It was just a question of scale that was the point.
This might just boil down to the odd bistro-math of DND where they'll make a table for PC level 1-4, even though a 4th level party is FOUR TIMES MORE POWERFUL than a 1st level party.
True story: This one time I was in a game, we were all first level, just out of town on our first adventure hook. We leave town and have a random encounter.
It's a troll.
Well we didn't want to disappoint and turn down our very very first encounter, so we unload at range, and we do quite well, we think we could pull through.
Then the DM says 'Oh, yeah, the troll has barbarian character levels' and wipes us all out.
Not exactly the shortest game ever, but close.