Hi friends, it’s become painfully apparent (to everyone no doubt) that I’m not in a good position to be running pbp games at the moment; these days its virtually impossible for me to post from work, and usually when I’m at home the last thing I feel like doing is something that requires sitting in front of a screen and using my brain (or at least the ‘GM’ part of my brain).
Apologies for all the delays and false starts over the past several months – I really thought I would be able to get things off the ground, but t hasn’t panned out. Worse, its taking the enjoyment out of actually playing pbps, as I feel guilty about playing over GMing. Hopefully by putting GMing officially on the backburner I will be able to pick up the pace as a player.
I hope to get my games going again at some point when I have the time and energy to do so – I can’t promise when that will be. If people are around at that point and want to keep playing, that’s great, if not I would understand. In the meantime though, I’m going to put all the games I am GMing on indefinite hiatus.
Hi friends, it’s become painfully apparent (to everyone no doubt) that I’m not in a good position to be running pbp games at the moment; these days its virtually impossible for me to post from work, and usually when I’m at home the last thing I feel like doing is something that requires sitting in front of a screen and using my brain (or at least the ‘GM’ part of my brain).
Apologies for all the delays and false starts over the past several months – I really thought I would be able to get things off the ground, but t hasn’t panned out. Worse, its taking the enjoyment out of actually playing pbps, as I feel guilty about playing over GMing. Hopefully by putting GMing officially on the backburner I will be able to pick up the pace as a player.
I hope to get my games going again at some point when I have the time and energy to do so – I can’t promise when that will be. If people are around at that point and want to keep playing, that’s great, if not I would understand. In the meantime though, I’m going to put all the games I am GMing on indefinite hiatus.
Hi friends, it’s become painfully apparent (to everyone no doubt) that I’m not in a good position to be running pbp games at the moment; these days its virtually impossible for me to post from work, and usually when I’m at home the last thing I feel like doing is something that requires sitting in front of a screen and using my brain (or at least the ‘GM’ part of my brain).
Apologies for all the delays and false starts over the past several months – I really thought I would be able to get things off the ground, but t hasn’t panned out. Worse, its taking the enjoyment out of actually playing pbps, as I feel guilty about playing over GMing. Hopefully by putting GMing officially on the backburner I will be able to pick up the pace as a player.
I hope to get my games going again at some point when I have the time and energy to do so – I can’t promise when that will be. If people are around at that point and want to keep playing, that’s great, if not I would understand. In the meantime though, I’m going to put all the games I am GMing on indefinite hiatus.
Yeah, its the past 10 years of investing in PF products (and the heaps of 3rd and 3.5 stuff I still have about) that will probably keep me from being too interested in the new edition.
The current edition certainly isn't perfect, but from my point of view it ain't broke, so ...
Undead Immunities:
Bleed, death effects, disease, mind-affecting effects, paralysis, poisons, sleep and stunning.
Ability damage, ability drain, energy drain, exhaustion, fatigue, negative levels and non-lethal damage.
Any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect works on objects or is harmless).
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Under the entry for Skeletal Undead in the alien archive it also gives them DR 5/magic and immunity to cold – not sure if these are the same monster though.
Thanks for understanding guys. I've returned to work and continue to be busy (strangely the back-log of work didn't go away over the break); I'm going to try to get and keep the game going again, hopefully I'll be able to find the time to keep things chugging along, though my posting may be more limited than it was say in the first half of 2017.
Thanks for understanding guys. I've returned to work and continue to be busy (strangely the back-log of work didn't go away over the break); I'm going to try to get and keep the game going again, hopefully I'll be able to find the time to keep things chugging along, though my posting may be more limited than it was say in the first half of 2017.
Guys, I have to apologise for letting my games slide for so long.
The last couple of months of 2017 were busy and stressful and I wasn’t finding much time to update. By the time I got a breather (over the past two to three weeks or so) I found I just needed a break, and updating my games seemed more like a chore than something enjoyable. Hopefully I’ll be in the right frame of mind (and have appropriate time) soon! Please bear with me.
Guys, I have to apologise for letting my games slide for so long.
The last couple of months of 2017 were busy and stressful and I wasn’t finding much time to update. By the time I got a breather (over the past two to three weeks or so) I found I just needed a break, and updating my games seemed more like a chore than something enjoyable. Hopefully I’ll be in the right frame of mind (and have appropriate time) soon! Please bear with me.
Guys, I have to apologise for letting my games slide for so long.
The last couple of months of 2017 were busy and stressful and I wasn’t finding much time to update. By the time I got a breather (over the past two to three weeks or so) I found I just needed a break, and updating my games seemed more like a chore than something enjoyable. Hopefully I’ll be in the right frame of mind (and have appropriate time) soon! Please bear with me.
It has unfortunately been a long time since I kept track of xp for this one (circa 2010 or so). Janosz seems to have kept his sheet up to date until the Helkashtai audience chamber fight (he has 221201, which puts it at 11201 xp above level 13 for FAST track – pretty much on the money).
Working from this, and the xp Ith has tracked, we should be at 223,637 on the fast track (and we need to hit 295,000 to reach 14).
Yeah, it's been a few years since I've partied on nye. This year I took the kids down to a local lookout point to see the 9pm fireworks over Sydney harbour, then went home and played games with them till midnight. Was in bed by about 12.15!
Hey KC, if you’re still collecting answers I’m happy for your to use mine and my username if you like. Disclaimer, I’ve never GM’d Eberron and have only played in three campaigns (one long running, one not so long and one finished before it really got started).
1. Which of these races are frequently featured when you play Eberron? Which tend to be neglected, and why?
Warforged seem most frequently featured. I’m fairly sure I’ve never been in a game with a Shifter PC (presumably for the reasons others have mentioned up-thread).
2. Do all of the races feel like they have a place within the setting? Which races feel best-situated, and which races feel the least at-home?
Warforged feel like they are very closely tied to the setting (more so if your game is set primarily in Khorvaire than elsewhere), likewise Kalashtar (probably more so if your game has a lot to do with Inspired, quori and/or psionics). Changelings and Shifters fit in ok, but they don’t seem as ‘setting specific’ as the other two.
3. Are there any races you don't know what to do with?
I wouldn’t know what to do with Kalashtar myself, as I’ve never used psionics.
4. Do you think all of these races would play just as well outside the setting?
Changelings and Shifters would probably play just as well (or poorly) outside the setting, as they are not very setting specific. Changelings in particular should really fit in anywhere (it’s what they’re supposed to do). Warforged and Kalashtar would probably need to be re-skinned a little and/or have the right setting. Warforged could probably be re-purposed easily enough, Kalashtar just seem too tied to quori and psioincs to fit in easily elsewhere.
5. Favorite race? Any you've never played that you wish you had?
Favourite race is warforged. I like the idea of shifters (despite not feeling they are particularly unique to the setting) and wouldn’t mind trying one.
6. Least favorite race?
Probably kalashtar as they wouldn’t be particularly interesting or useful if you don’t use psionics, or if the campaign wasn’t closely tied to Sarlona /Inspired/ Quori.
7. Do any of these races primarily get used as PCs? Do any of them primarily get used as NPCs? Warforged and Changelings are probably just as likely to be PCs or NPCs. Kalashtar probably more likely to be NPCs. I think we’ve had no PC and not too many NPC Shifters.
8. Is there any non-Eberron specific race (halfling, goblin, elf, etc) that you primarily play in Eberron, because you like its Eberron flavor the best?
Apart from Warforged I have played a human and a half-elf character. I like the idea of the Dragonborn houses and the Five Nations, and I think humans (and half-elves for that house that has half-elves) are amongst the best races to explore these aspects of the setting as a player.
9. Overall, what is your opinion on Eberron's handling of the playable races?
I think the warforged is a good flavourful, mechanically decent race that really fits the setting’s lore. To a slightly lesser extent so too the kalashtar. I don’t see anything inherently wrong with the shifters or changelings, but they don’t seem as well tied to the setting. They seem a bit like they’re making up the numbers.
I just saw it today with the family. Spoiler free, I will say it didn't feel like a 'typical' Star Wars movie in many respects - which isn't necessarily a bad thing; Rogue One also wasn't a typical Star Wars movie imo, and it is probably my second favourite.
In most respects I thought the Last Jedi was quite good, though the editing could have been tighter (as I thought both The Force Awakens and Rogue One were). There were two things about it I really didn't like, but overall it was enjoyable (and some things I thought were really good).
I’m still around, just snowed under. Hopefully between having ordered a new laptop battery and being on holidays from work from Thursday I will find an opportunity to post soon!
I’m still around, just snowed under. Hopefully between having ordered a new laptop battery and being on holidays from work from Thursday I will find an opportunity to post soon!
I’m still around, just snowed under. Hopefully between having ordered a new laptop battery and being on holidays from work from Thursday I will find an opportunity to post soon!
I’m still around, just snowed under. Hopefully between having ordered a new laptop battery and being on holidays from work from Thursday I will find an opportunity to post soon!
I’m still around, just snowed under. Hopefully between having ordered a new laptop battery and being on holidays from work from Thursday I will find an opportunity to post soon!
I’m still around, just snowed under. Hopefully between having ordered a new laptop battery and being on holidays from work from Thursday I will find an opportunity to post soon!
How did your windows update go in the end Treppa? I finally had time and inclination to look at my PBP games after a couple of weeks away from the boards, and I had one of those updates … which took in the order of four hours like the one John mentioned.
Sounds very familiar. I thought it might be The Relic, but on second thought that didn't end with a helicopter escape (and was set in a museum not a factory).
Yeah, I don't quite have my head around ship combat yet either.
I'm thinking that maybe Latheera should act as a back up gunner for this combat rather than in the captain's role. Although I guess when combat breaks out it might be good for her to be able to add bonuses to people's actions through the captain's 'encourage' or 'demand' abilities.
Sorry about my lack of posting all; I was kind of using Pat's absence as an excuse due to being very busy myself ... then after he got back I got even more busy (also at various points distracted, moody, sick). I wasn't really keeping up with any of my pbp games, but this one probably slipped more than most and I was considering having to give it up in order to retain some sanity. However, I think I'm through the worst of things for the nonce and will endeavour to be a bit more active in the game!
I'm happy with the treasure distribution as proposed. Not much there for arcane casters - if there is anything that Kaygan has claimed which would be more useful for Hannik I'm happy to wait until we have some better wizardy loot before claiming anything.
This site is an absolute f&!@ing joke right now. I'm not sure if it is actually going to permit me to post this, but my other two posts show in the list of recent posts but not on the relevant threads themselves. I don't honestly know how anyone can consider Paizo a great commercial force when they can't even update their own website without massively cocking it up. Have they not heard of testing things before they release to the live environment? Totally amateurish. I've been trying to post for days and the website hasn't even been there, and now it's up I'm not sure if what I post will actually show. Pathetic. Hopefully they will get their act together. And sack Teter.
Yeah, the site has sure been frustrating lately. At least the last couple of days it hasn’t been down when I’ve had a brief moment to log on, but having to sign in again every time (including just now) is a hassle, especially when I often only have a few minutes here and there throughout the day at work to check (that extra 30 seconds to a minute needed to log on is sometimes the difference between me doing so or not bothering).
Not quite as disjointed as you’d think. Those were all top 10 charting songs (in Australia at least), in chronological order, one a year between 1991 – 2015 (except I did skip a few years). There is method to my madness!
