WhtKnt |
This is the OOC board for the Mad Mage of Undermountain.
WhtKnt |
Would those who were selected please click this link and let me know you Roll20 name so I can connect your character? Thank you.
Kertak |
Kertak signing in. Thanks for the opportunity, I'm really looking forward to this - have been since the Undermountain boxed sets came out like...twenty years ago. :)
My Roll20 ID is Steve G. (with the dot). Heads up that I haven't used it much, but I've got plenty of time to learn - I might just ask the odd dumb question. :)
Also just a note that my hit points were wrong - I had 26 instead of 36. I forgot to add 2 hp/level for Constitution.
EDIT: I also had some Kertak/Kertack inconsistencies in my profile/submission. I've changed everything to drop the c, but in doing so the link up in your profile no longer goes anywhere - sorry about that.
Fornitado |
And mine is Steve C. Though you've probably already got it. I'll go ahead and spend some of my funds, now that I'm in... :-)
Varis Matrel |
Hello there. My d20 name is Adhanadel.
Looking forward to this game thanks for running it.
This is an image of my character:
Character Image
Fornitado |
Just out of curiosity are healing potions really twice as much as they are in the players handbook or is this just an oversight ?
WhtKnt |
Oops. An oversight on my part. The DMG lists them as common items, which are 100 gp value. Use the value indicated in the PHB.
Elise Wardyn |
My profile for d20 is Halimath, looking forward to the game.
Just as an aside, if we have character art... can we use that to make tokens for the Roll d20 maps? I've got a great piece of art for this character that encapsulates what I had in mind, though the Paizo image here is pretty good too.
Kertak |
Finished up.
With cleric, bard and paladin we're pretty decked out healing wise. Add in the sorceror and our persuasion skills are pretty nifty too. We'll be talking our way through Undermountain. :)
WhtKnt |
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Sure. If you would rather use a different pic for your avatar, just link me to it.
Kertak, don't worry about asking questions. it took me a while to learn the ins and outs of Roll20 and I'm happy to fill you in wherever I can.
Elise Wardyn |
Cool. I did make a token as well, but here is the link
Kertak |
Ugly - screwed up my Aliasing. :(
Didn't it used to be possible to mark a "default alias" just for a specific PBP? It doesn't seem to work like that now..
Varis Matrel |
Name suggestions anyone?
I had a group name I always liked "Lions of Fortune". I used it in another game and even made a logo:
Elise Wardyn |
Let's do it.
Kertak |
Name suggestions anyone?
I had a group name I always liked "Lions of Fortune". I used it in another game and even made a logo:
I like it. One of the things a good name has is the ability to be shortened (to just "the Lions"....).
Kertak is too passive to suggest a name (and also used to joining groups for a limited period rather than genuinely being a member or being there at the beginning). He'll agree to pretty much anything though
Elise Wardyn |
I'll get a post up this afternoon or evening; busy weekend!
Kertak |
Kertak, don't worry about asking questions. it took me a while to learn the ins and outs of Roll20 and I'm happy to fill you in wherever I can.
Okay - first question!
I'll sit down with the tutorial later tonight, but at the moment if I follow the link I say a title page with some white squares at the bottom and our five pictures. I can't see any map though and it doesn't appear to matter what link I follow - I can open chat windows and things but I must be missing something...(?)
Fornitado |
I see the startup color screen with our Icons. Has a map other than this been posted? If so I can only see the start up screen.
WhtKnt |
Frak! Forgot to move the player ribbon. I'm always doing that. Should be fixed now. Kertak, what is your Roll20 identity?
Elise Wardyn |
I always make the mistake when running on Roll20!
Kertak |
Frak! Forgot to move the player ribbon. I'm always doing that. Should be fixed now. Kertak, what is your Roll20 identity?
Steve G. (With the dot)
I can join the game okay, I just can’t see the map.
WhtKnt |
You should be able to see it now and move your character about (even edit him if you wish).
WhtKnt |
Uh, yeah. No one had a light source, so I gave you a light spell. You and Elise should be able see now.
Elise Wardyn |
It's still all black for me actually.
Edit: Nevermind, I see it now.
Kertak |
My realms lore is a little rusty and I don’t remember all those languages. Kertak would speak only common and maybe whatever the Zhentarim speak (common too?)
WhtKnt |
SOrry, just got a little behind. I'll post something later today.
Kertak |
I haven't played with Roll20 before. Am I right in assuming the DM will kind of handle inter-encounter movement? And we'll just take over when things get "tactical"?
WhtKnt |
I usually let the party move themselves, but if it is going to be a long journey that is largely uninteresting, I'll move them ahead to the interesting bits, rather than wasting time moving down a long corridor, for example (and there are a few long corridors in here).
Varis Matrel |
I was curious. What do you think the difference between passive investigation/perception and non-passive. Does the non passive give you an extra chance to roll higher than your passive? I ask because Observant feat gives +4 to passive perception and investigation, and I am unclear as to when either of the, would be used. Like if there is something that requires investigation in the room and it’s below your passive check do you succeed without looking? Thoughts?
Kertak |
One treatment that I’ve seen (though it’s not what we actually use at the table) is to regard all “clues” as being from two discrete groups:
1. Things you notice and recognise the relevance through deduction (Sherlock Holmes style - “the chalk on the floor is likely from a schoolroom, the murderer is a teacher”)
2. Things you pick up via direct inspection “aha! Tracks!”
Then you use passive without asking (kind of an auto-rolled, always on ability of taking ten). You roll whenever you declare you’re searching - with the implicit assumption that if there’s anything there it’s harder to find than your passive score.
The idea of “passive investigation” is kind of an odd beast, otherwise. On this take your subconscious is kind of processing the scene all the time.
WhtKnt |
When it comes to secret doors and the like, I use passive Perception to see if you find it automatically (based on the DC of the door) and an Investigation roll if you are actively looking for it. IMO, Perception is for things that you might notice casually, where investigation comes into play if you are specifically searching for something.
For example, if there is a pouch hidden in a room that has a DC of 12, I would use Perception to see if you casually spot it without really looking for it and Investigation if you decide to search for it.
Steve Geddes |
When it comes to secret doors and the like, I use passive Perception to see if you find it automatically (based on the DC of the door) and an Investigation roll if you are actively looking for it. IMO, Perception is for things that you might notice casually, where investigation comes into play if you are specifically searching for something.
For example, if there is a pouch hidden in a room that has a DC of 12, I would use Perception to see if you casually spot it without really looking for it and Investigation if you decide to search for it.
This is what we do too (although I allow active perception checks also to search), however there’s a question of what passive investigation does and when you’d ever refer to it.
We decided to pretty much never use it (ie passive investigation is basically perception). The observant feet is slightly weaker then.
Elise Wardyn |
Sorry for the radio silence, been away the past weekend. I'll post later today.
Elise Wardyn |
Kertak, can you take a 5' back and draw it out into the open? It'll be hard to get at the way it's presently situated.
Varis Matrel |
I'm at a cottage for the next week, with limited access. But I should still be able to post just writing offline and then posting when I get a connection.
Varis Matrel |
Kertak did you want to check out that alcove across from the statue? It looked like a hallway, but from your vantage point it looks like it's just a corner. But we might as well check it out before we leave the room.
Kertak |
Will do. I misread the DM and thought 'the alcove' was the SW corner, rather than the bit with the statue. More mucky bathwater for me! :o
Elise Wardyn |
Based on your last post, Elise will go in for a closer investigation.
WhtKnt |
Exactly as I said. The heads seem too light, but there is no sign that the brain has been harvested in the conventional sense.