I could see a robotic museum fox that has been there since the it opened, some generations back... Connected to the InfoSphere, so visitors could prompt certain behaviors as illustration (based on digitized data, collated/compiled from numerous sources). Over time, funding decreases, maintenance becomes irregular, and somewhere in that span, the jumble of code gets a pet program written into it— the product of a fire sale, a slightly unskilled program installation, and bloatware from daisy-chaining the system for other uses as a spark fires, programs cross, and the Astronomy program provides Celestial guidance as a mind comes into being, lit by the span of suns, maps of esoteric solar lines, and gravitational wave topography that give a glimpse of truth to a system that found a window and turned it into a door...
Daily posts are not sustainable. Definitely not any satisfactory posts for me, at least.
On progression, I am generally responding to forward motion, but I'm not against dawdling and exploring if a character ventures out. I'm exploring Absalom Station with you, since the blurbs are... the seeds of an idea, but seeing the Puddles, and the Temple district was a memorable experience.
So, we can incorporate scene skip messages in the posts, or here in discussion, just a basic {Ready to move Forward}, or even simpler (>>) tag at the end of a post. A majority says progress, the next post wraps the scene and advances.
I do want to give everyone a chance to post, so two or three days is enough to usually allow for that. A month passes with no word, I'll generally count the character out and withdraw them, potentially replacing them at the next section of the AP or story beat, if it makes sense. Extenuating circumstances apply, but non-communication is non-communication.
In combats, a similar "auto action" system could be set if it comes up.
A touch of desperation is in the actions of the two assailants as the fight continues, and Kichiro is amidst the both of them again. For the one that seems like a hunter, the wounds are beginning to take their toll, not least of which was the bite that Kichiro managed as he tried to retreat. Nearby, the tree continues to burn, quite nearly the entire tree on fire now, sending a large plume of smoke to the sky and causing the horses to shy further away from the fire, forcing your escorts to try to corral them.
Gritting his teeth, the hunter sets to trying to strike Kichiro with his axe, landing a strike(4 dmg) even though it does not land as hard as he would have liked. Even the non-armored individual attempts to just touch Kichiro, but fails miserably in the ongoing fighting.
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Adulthood was puberty or thereabouts wasn't it? Considering the average lifespan for the time period (before magic) was thirty years, maybe fifty with the introduction of magic? I've seen it flux so many times, I've lost track.
I am remarkably dismayed to check and see that Jairdan has no tool proficiencies. (overly dramatic fall onto the nearest comfortable surface) His life is a lie!
The name of this character is Locket, and he is another pahtra. We're still sorting out how he has arrived from the Pact Worlds to this corner of the galaxy.
!! Aw, now I'm disappointed I didn't keep Goldenarms, they'd remember Locket.
I'm thinking that Jairdan likely wrote some of those requests at the behest of the ones making the offer if they can't read? How widespread is literacy in the town?
This is an interesting challenge, trying to write Jairdan as the insulation, somewhat socially awkward, {shrinking violet} trope while trying to keep the momentum going. I like it, but yow.
Got the crunch settled, now I'm examining the fluff justifications. That 6 in Strength had to come from something, and I was initially thinking that was from the Archfey "reshaping" Jairdan, pulling points from "strength of body" to "strength of presence" essentially, but that had to have gotten reinforced. Maybe a brief illness here, and then his primary tasks being that of a scribe in the church, recopying all of the books and manuscripts that needed doing, to where they were the one watching kids play out of the window while they worked all the time.
Herala and Thelurion being at the church means that their interactions were probably the (few) times that Jairdan could experience camaraderie, even if it was secondhand in some cases. The determining factor would have been when the pact would have been made, as I can imagine the Fey Presence (effect?/feature?) would have polarized attitudes towards them. I can see Herala being closest in that "we're both weirdos" kind of way, and if Thelurion/Terion feeling the call of being a Paladin, Jairdan could recommend books or even give lectures "tell stories", recalling some of what they had copied— or a lot if it was interesting.
...They're totally asking Jairdan to give small sermons to the faithful, aren't they? Thoughts?
With Jairdan's stats as they are, making any sort of attack rolls are out of the question, so that means they'll always be forcing saves to contribute to the party. I think it fits, as it could be something about their appearance, or some quality about their force of personality that may have been touched by their patron, giving them that intense, unearthly air of the fey at times.
There are a couple of spells in the 5ewiki that are listed as (UA), and while they fit, I did want to check about whether or not they were allowed.
is there any conflict with Jairdan having Archfey as a patron and working as an acolyte? This would put him under the authority of Calmer and Terjon, right? Would it make more sense for his father to transfer into the town, or did he transfer to Hommlet?
(6),(9),9,14,14,(18)
Half-Elf (Mask of the Wild), Acolyte(Seelie Court), Warlock(Archfey)
Common, Elven, Sylvan, Celestial, Infernal
Asking the fey for a favor was something that was heavily cautioned against, even in the best of times. For a youngling wishing upon the ideals of the most beautiful being that he had heard of, the significance of having that wish responded to by your idol may have been misunderstood. "To be more beautiful like you", has a wide interpretation, and only the strongest of gods can make something of nothing. That wish was granted, at a Cost that included Service, and So It Became.
PT: Nothing can shake my optimistic attitude.
I: Aspiration. I seek to prove myself worthy of my god's favor by matching my actions against their teachings.
B: I owe my life to the priest who took me in when my parents died.
F: I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely.
Ambitious human cook(Monk), that became a Wanted Witness for refusing to "make do" with poorly supplied facilities at a meeting they didn't realize was more important than they thought. The challenge of cooking here meant that without any magic tricks, the food has got to be good on its own. They've run into a bit of a roadblock in that no legitimate place will take them on, they've got to duck the law, and things might get downright hostile if they become too visible.
