Just so we are on the same page:
- Ethana destroyed ONE crystal (the south-east one) - the one that was glowing the most brightly
- There are three more standing, glowing less bright and pulsating slower than the one destroyed by her
So who was up next to GM?
Looking at the notebook (under Organization), Lady Zal/GM Panic is next on the list.
A good pal is soon having birthday and I am running a reoccurring f2f game for him on every* one of his birthday parties.
Having some stuff to prepare for that though, so my pbp time will be short for the weekend and next week.
We shall see how much time I can scrap together to proceed us.
Out of curiosity, did we ever figure out how we wanted to do level ups/Mythic? Do we just want to level up with each GM rotation?
We did not.
I am also in favour of doing a one level up per X sessions rather than counting xp.
Maybe we just decide post-session whether the mission was long (1/lvl), normal(2/lvl) or short (3/lvl)?
I'd lean towards one level up per two sessions, myself, unless we agree it was a particularly long one.
Yep it was that one GM
All of you guys are heartless, just to let you know. Leaving Ethana collapsed on the ground without even a word to check on her? Honestly...
It's almost like you all know exactly how badly I'm hurt, and that I'm perfectly capable of getting up and walking out of there relatively fine, if I weren't being so dramatic.
...or something.
Hey, I'm handling the party member who *already* dramatically collapsed. :D
I will be on vacation starting Friday for two weeks. I will, of course, have internet, but I can't promise, I'll use it to check in with you guys regularly. Please bot whenever necessary.
So, with my f2f game dealt with, I hope that I can wrap my GM turn up nicely next week.
@Lady Zal: Are you ready to continue once everything is wrapped up?
Yep, happy to
This will me my GM alt, and Lady Zal will become an NPC for my stint.
Very well.
Have to have a look at Quercus again now, that his actual game time is about to come :-)
Ok everyone Lady Zal, is now an NPC and asking you to aid her in an investigation into where the Crystals came from.
Let me know if your happy to start.
I will be using this GM alt to post as GM
Nice idea for a handover.
I like it. Feels very natural.
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Will move us back to town soon and thus ending my turn nicely.
Thanks TGoW
The Ghost of War do you want to play out the Temple scene and reward the players for your stint.
I 'm happy to wait until your down. But could I ask a hook to the Crystal line im taking. Thanks
Yup, I plan to play out the temple scen, but try to keep it short.
Edit: Expect something coming within the next 8h-ish hours.
@Crystal line: Basically, I'd hand-over the moment the Quercus scene is over, leaving the report-back & start of the new mission in your hands. Does that sound solid?
Sounds great, :)
In the process of looking-over Quercus, and I'd really like to double-down on the tree-of-life theme.
So I am looking to incorporate Life Oracle's life link to him, which would essentially give every one* of you fast heal 5 - with me taking the damage for you. Considering I can heal myself pretty well with lay on hands and some other heal spells, this should increase the party's durability by quite a bit.
Now, how to get life link - as I am already having an oracle dip to get CHA to AC.
Some digging later you find this.
Which, after a lot more digging, the general consensus (including a statement from J.J.) seems to be that you can use UMD if-and-only-if you are an oracle to activate it even across mystery boundaries.
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Is everyone comfortable with this?
* provided I 'dump' enough levels into oracle, thus sacrificing paladin progression, since I can have one link per level
First off: thanks Panic for the praise.
That actually makes we wonder...
What do you guys think about a general round of feedback after each GM-turnover? I always feel that one does get not that much feedback (whether as a player or GM) and that seems like a wasted opportunity to me.
That's probably a good idea. Though you may want to ask specific questions--I'm kind of terrible at general feedback.
To be honest, I'm considering dropping out. I optimized my character very hard to proof that the warlock's mystic bolt can be viable. And it worked.
But I don't feel that connection to the soul of the character that is needed for good RP
What a shame.
I would not have a problem with you either changing some aspects of him (to get more fluff in) or go for a new char entirely that better speaks to you.
I know that feeling. Do you feel like it'd help if another character in the party talked with you, so you could try establishing his 'voice'?
Will that can happen, so how about a whole new PC.
Now is the time to bring them in.
Yeah. Maybe I'll try something different. I like the setting.
But with the complicated build rules, I'll not be able to do this on the fly. I wanna keep the Vigilante part of the build, because I like the superhero feeling.
a build question:
-Are you ok, with an Unchained Monk of the Four Winds? Conversion is easy. Slow time replaces 12th level ki power and done.
-can I stack a monk's robe and the Greater Unarmed Strike feat from Path of War?
GoWs reply:
- Seems legit. I have the Unchained Monk Archetype book from Everyman (3PP but very, very solid and close to the originals ones where possible) and it is pretty much that. Only the lvl 17 and capstone looks a bit more powerful in their version but whatever. HIgh-level play is ridiculous anyway.
- The increase of stuff for monks: I'd say they stack together. But if someone would show me this and wants to the one to be treates as a monk and the other to raise it, I'd rule against it. The feat only says that your attacks to damge as if that of a monk of lvl xy. The other says that your monk levels are 5 higher for the sake of z - which would mean nothing as long as you don't have actual monk levels.
I reworked Quercus a bit.
More Oracle, more healing, more tree of life theme, less paladinism.
I can offer fast healing 5 to up to four targets - taking your healing as damage, but I have a massive hp pool and good self-healing.
The Tree-Doul oracle archetype ... I simply HAD to pick it although it is mechanically incredibly weak. But being soul linked to a tree (THE tree in my case) as a form of an oracle curse simply is too juice and thematically fitting to pass up on.
@Ktinos/All/Feedback:
Blurting out some areas I can see feedback beeing useful without it being overly subjective. Obviously, this is just blurting out what springs to my mind atm, no hard list to work through or anything.
1) Story:
- Length
- Fitting Theme
- Diversity of scenes
- Personal Highlight
2) Fights:
- Interesting
- length
- Challenging
- Offered enough possibilities (rather than streamlined)
- chaotic Vs clear (posting,positioning,map,...)
3) NPCs & Non-Combat Scenes
- Interesting / Plausible Interactions
- Atmosphere / scene setting
- open questions
4) Subjective Feedback
- Most memorable moment
- Most memorable interaction with PC/NPC
- Surprises
- ...
Sorry guys, but I decided to do reduce my number of active games a little. I hope you have fun enough, maybe you can recruit some new flesh?
Awww, too bad.
Hmmm, I think length was just about right for this. The last fight was good. The spider battles were perhaps a little boring, but minion battles often are, and we hadn't gotten dialed in on combat strength yet.
I'll have to think over the other questions.
I am posting this to all my games, GM and Player
For the next week I will be off on holiday.
Once back I will get things going, post actions.
GMing Players please carry on as you see fit, Im just going to have to hold combats and feed back until im pack.
As a player GM's feel free to bot my PC.
Swish Swish :)
Ah, right, that's what we're waiting on. :D
Posting to my games- Sorry I've been a bit absent from the boards lately, I've been busy at a summer research program, and it's picking up a lot as I near the end.
Also, in a little over a week, I'm going to be out of the country for three weeks. While I'll still try to keep everything updated, it'll be at odd hours and I may not be able to check for a couple of days at a time. So, bot me if needed in combat, and in about a month, I'll be back to my normal posting rate and schedule.
I am posting this to all my groups,
I am sorry that at the moment I am in hospital having tests,
I have no idea when I can post again.
When I have an update will let you know.]
GM Panic
Oh boy....
I hope you get well soon.
Don't worry and thanks for letting us know!
Wish you well.
Yikes! Hopefully any problems can be identified and solved quickly!
Wish you well.
Gives me some time to reconsider rejoining...I always wanted to build a Path of War character...
I guess no update yet? :(
Im sorry I have not been posting, I have been somewhat Ill of late. But I shall try and get back into the swing of things
To all who would join in the game, please post your PC getting a letter invitation form Lady Z, and making your way to her town house. I am happy for you to discribe her house and servants as you wish but 1st come 1st described
Thanks
Health comes first, don't overreach lest it won't be getting better.
But if you're recovered well enough, I'm glad to join in again :-)
Good thing I'm out. Aramyros wouldn't join any organization anyway :)
Got myself two days off work to chill through my release date anniversary.
Will likely be busy gaming with my wife and eating pizza ;-)
My pbp time will likely be limited until next week.
Ok so Ktinos is in, whos next
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FYI. I am considering (and scheming with GM) about reentering with a new character. But this would only be in a slightly later stage of the adventure. With the current speed, this will never happen :)
Thats up to you Astrapios, but things will speed up now
Yeah, I think a lot of us have been waiting for the "what can we do" shoe to drop. :D