The dicussion thread...
Hello all,
Thanks again for applying and thanks Archlich for recruiting!
Just want to go over expectations...
1. I will try to keep to at least 1 post/day, I'd appreciate it if you would do so as well.
2. Advise me/us of any prolonged absence. Out of combat, your character will be present , just will not participate. In combat, I will bot after 24 hrs; perhaps add a section to your profile for your preferred actions in combat.
3. This came up in the recruitment; the presentation of evil acts. Let's keep it PG and refrain from any graphic depictions of sexual assault/deviance , body horror and overall gore :) We're evil...not psychopaths. And if there's any subject that's sensitive, bring it up, no judgement here.
4. If you haven't already, read Painlord's excellent guide to PBP :The link . I go back and re-read it frequently to remind myself what I can do as a player to make my games better. I do the same , now that I'm a GM, with his excellent guide for GMs as well.
5. I'll be rolling Initiative when combat begins, with groups of monsters having a single init, named adversaries having their own.
6. Occasionally, I'll also roll a perception check for you, if I feel it may speed things along.
7. I prefer that OOC comments are kept to the discussion thread, with the exception of in combat occ comments that describe the mechanics of something you're doing. You might write a nice description of what feat/spell/ability you use, but follow that with an occ comment stating what it was you used. While I might be able to figure out what you're doing , I'd rather not have to ask, slowing things down :)
8. I will use spoilers for knowledge checks, perception checks, my rolls, as well as instances where one character sees something that the others do not, and when the party is split. Nothing prevent you from reading all spoilers, just don't act on anything your character wouldn't know. I'd prefer any revelations of knowledge checks, perception etc be done in character , instead of assuming everyone read the spoiler.
9. Finally, you get to be evil! Yay! You'll be playing some nasty characters...but that's not an excuse to be nasty to each other. Have fun, be kind and let's tell a compelling story together!
10. Please dot and delete in the Gameplay thread...
11. For those of you with HeroLab, please send my your .por file to braidwood.ad@gmail.com
12. That's all....I think :) Let me know if you have any objections/observations about what I've put forth, I'm all for suggestions to make our game a better experience for everyone!
Al
Hi Spaz!
Thanks again (a ton!) for offering to run it. I truly, truly appreciate as this AP is one that is classically almost impossible to get to work (and even when we do, things don't go much beyond the first book).
@team: A pleasure to have you guys here! I know we're a little lackluster in some departments, but with flexibility I think we can make out for it.
@Dexter: I will help you get things running as I understand this is your first PbP. Please read the details from Spaz's post above. Get in touch with me and we will work on creating your alias and setting up :)
@Mazer: I truly liked your concept with the albino druid. You are our only "non-lawful" character! I know you offered to be flexible on some things, so I'd say: please, don't use the animal companion as they tend to slow PbPs a little (you mentioned a couple other domains on the recruitment, I'd love to see you go for one of them!) and, if possible, please try to help us with some off-healing together with whoever else can (since we have no "dedicated healer").
@Masin: You said alchemists are versatile, and I agree :) We have no dedicated healer neither someone who can deal with traps. Whatever you can do to help in this matter (trapfinding, infusions for cure and restore, etc.) is greatly appreciated!
@Jarithe: I liked your character too, and I think the "ranged damage dealer" angle will be very helpful, as well as the crowd control from your hexcrafter side. Since both you, Dexter and Masin are INT based, hopefully you guys can help us on the skills side!
As for me, my character is built to work as a sort of tank / melee damage dealer / face / party leader of sorts. As we evolve, I will develop him to cover for whatever other roles I can help with, and your feedback is welcome.
Thanks again you all and it's a pleasure to be here! :)
Archlich / Aramant
@GM: I posted on Gameplay but can't see any posts (nor even mine so I can't delete it)
Sigh....looks pooched.
I'll see if a new one works...
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Hi, GM Spazmodeus and Archlich, thank you for putting this together. Just an FYI, sometimes weekends I might not be able to post once per day, but I'll let you know.
Aramant, infusion is very high in the priority list and I'll help heal/restore/etc. The traps part I can help too, but I'll need to dip another class for the trapfinding trait, I don't think I get it as a pure alchemist (no discovery for it as far as I could find).
Happy gaming for us! Now let us scheme, heheeh
I've attached this discussion to a new campaign ...try to dot and delete now
Now it worked for me too :)
By the way, I'm spotty on weekends too. I guess most people are.
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Oh, there's an archetype which gives trapfinding to the alchemist (trap breaker). It doesn't have any superposition with the vivisectionist. It also makes sense to Masin as he wouldn't be interested with Poison (after what happened to his family).
With the GM's permission, I would stack these archetypes.
Yeah, I've noticed the site being a bit twitchy in showing a just submitted post....have to refresh to see it. I've had to reenter a few times, as the post just goes bye-bye.
@Masin, yup that combo of archetypes works..
@All, yeah RL happens. I too can get sidetracked on the weekends :)
Hey all! Glad you liked my concept of the albino druid. Excited to play this game.
I'll scratch the animal companion. Haven't really seen them in PbP before, but completely understand that they can slow down play. Probably wont be summoning anything either unless we absolutely need some summons.
Being a Nature Priest druid, have to take a domain and/or subdomain of my deity (Zon-Kuthon). Was thinking Law/Kyton. Could also drop the archetype and pick up the Uskbond Domain. Thoughts?
And Mazer is more than happy to do some healing. Will prepare Cure Light Wounds. Haven't taken much advantage of the Heal skill before but will also max it.
Ok so no show so far by Dexter or Jarithe...I'll PM them...
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Hey crew, very happy to play this game. I have always played lawful Evil when doing evil as it's so much easier to deal with and make deals with a you can depend on that person's word as being good for what they will do, which is important to me. Thanks for liking my character Arch. It's for alot of versatility and seems a good all around distance dps or drop a spell on occasion or hex sort of guy. I like the other characters as well and look forward to this
I talked yesterday with Dexter and I'm helping him set up his character and profile. It's his first PbP so we might need to help him through it!
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While we wait, I have read the other characters and I think it wouldn't be crazy if Masin knew Jarithe and/or Mazer before the campaign starts. He would see Jarithe as a potential ally in the social ranks and he would be intrigued by Mazer's knowledge and approach to nature.
Now Aramant would be more troublesome, Masin isn't very military.
Hey folks, still working out the kinks in my alias. I didn't get to formatting it yet but can you all see the correct basic info?
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Hi Dexter, glad to see you here!
Your sheet looks fine. I like to organize mine with spoilers and some formatting. Things like [ b ]Hi[ /b ] (without the spaces) produces Hi. Below the text box where you post there is a "How to format your text" button you can press for more things you can do. So check out my character to see how I like to do things. Evidently, you can do yours the way you think best as well.
The only thing I would remove from your character sheet is the CR and XP for killing you as... you know... we're not supposed to be killing each other for XP. Also, people like to change the Race, Class and Gender boxes in their sheets to produce a mini-sheet for quick reference, like my character shows under his name in his posts.
Hey Dexter - welcome to the game!
Updated Mazer. Took the Darkness domain (instead of an animal companion). Thought it'd be a bit thematic coming from Nidal. Also means I get Blind-Fight as a bonus feat.
Are there any specifics for the header? I know some GMs are particular with whats in there.
As for knowing each other, sure, that'd be useful. Mazer is relatively new to Cheliax. He believes that House Thrune (and perhaps Queen Abrogail herself) are holding his parents. So he's been hunting people down to help him find them.
Hey guys, glad everyone has managed to make it here :)
I need a couple of things ( that some of you may already have done )
1. update your backgrounds to include how/why you've come to Longacre. A few of your backgrounds are vague enough that you might already be residents.
2. now that we've got you to Longacre, provide a vignette that describes how/when you met Cimri Staelish, a local woman and troublemaker. She's on the lookout for capable individuals for a job.
Once backgrounds and vignettes are done, I'll have a better idea of who might know what and will start up the gameplay...
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Asmodeus blast it, out of coin again. No allowance for another few weeks! What's a noble to do? Jarithe curses a bit under his breath sitting at the local drinking hole having used up all his families credit and his coin too. Time to move on to the next little spot and earn some more coin and then get more credit spent and more women and more good drink. where am I again? Jarithe thought to himself? what stinking hole in the dirt am I at again? he asked out loud and a woman who seemed local called out Longacre before moving over and sitting down. Ah things looking up already. Another prospect for coin so maybe he didn't have to leave quite so soon after all.
@ Masin, that's ok. If you're new to Longacre you won't know much about the town or Cimri. One thing to remember, you aspire to be a cog in the great Thrune machine, but you aren't one yet. Your Thrune contact would have merely suggested Longacre as a suitable place to try to prove your loyalty, nothing so official as an assignment.
@ Jarithe....another newcomer ! :) But, you've been in town drinking, so will have a bit more knowledge of the town
Background kinda explains what Mazer is doing in Longacre. Let me know if the story sounds good.
I imagine him being in Longacre for only a week or so. He sticks out like a sore thumb, but he's trying to keep a low profile. Mazer and Masin could have met within the first day or so. And I'm sure he would have ran in to Cimri early on as well and working with her to find other suitable companions.
Dexter? Aramant ?
@Mazer...your background covers why you're in Longacre just fine. Could you expand on Mazer's meeting Cimri ?
@All: forgot to add, Cimri's come on for the job includes the information that her boss has connections with local government, and that means , however distant, connections with the Thrune Throne.
I'll be editing the sheet tonight! Sorry, long weekend (changing jobs here).
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@All: forgot to add, Cimri's come on for the job includes the information that her boss has connections with local government, and that means , however distant, connections with the Thrune Throne.
Cool, I think I'll leave my vignette as is. Cimri is mysterious in the encounter with Masin and it makes sense that she doesn't tell him outright what the job is.
Dexter would be on the lookout for gainful employment. He'd fled to Longacre with basically minimal supplies and dwindling cash from the sale of his villa after a long, cross-country journey.
Having heard talk of Cimri's reputation and need for hired help in the tavern of the inn where he was staying, he'd be sure to seek her out and see just how much coin was to be made in working for her.
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Wanted to take a moment and wish everyone a Merry Christmas; hope you get to spend some time with family and friends and all the best for the New Year!
Happy holidays! :) All ready here!
Happy holidays to everyone!
Hope everyone had an amazing holiday!
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Yup, busy time, even in these COVID-days!
Thanks everyone for giving me a bit to work with concerning you're first interactions with Cimri and your arrival in Longacre.
A post is forthcoming with some knowledge that each of you will have picked up in your short time in Longacre. Then I'll allow for a bit of Q&A based on that knowledge...then we'll get into gameplay...
Great! Very happy to finally get it going. This AP seems to have a stigma here in the forums, thanks again Spaz :) these holiday periods are always a little slow, but for us it ended up being a good opportunity to organize and flesh out these details.
Lol you're right! Can't help the fact the character is one thing, and the player is another heh. Let me give you some more smiles under the dark plate Hellknight armor => :) :) :)
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Of course, I could simply always include the word smurf in my discussion posts just to have a different feeling ;)
I definitely am terrified of smurfs. Those things are scary.
K, gotta ask....how're you guys doing that with your avatar?
And yes....Smurfs are terrifying!!! :)
Ah....so you mention smurfs and there they are!! Which is what you said in your first smurfy post....duh
Can't help but smurf it up. I should post like that as a serious hellknight just for the giggles!