Sounds good, sorry I'm not up for GMing right now. If I do decide to start something up in the near future I'll reach out to you guys, this was looking to be a fun group.
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I know, I considered the same thing Derakor. I really want to play, and I'm willing to GM, but it's just at the edge of reasonable feasibility for me.... maybe. :) Kalima, are you still around and up for playing?
*kicks some dirt on it* Should we try and go GM hunting on the recruitment boards? I've seen that method used with varying success.
I am in. I always have my campaign tab open in my profile, so I get the notice "x New" when people post.
I'm am keeping zhe faith! :)
Agreed! Look how nicely shaped we are! :D
DM Cuc did we scare you away?
Just a little bumpity bump. :)
Myrdul lopes alongside the others, sometimes jogging, sometimes walking, his long legs eating up the miles. He'll bring up tactics with the others, going over various strategies, and is eager to see what lies ahead.
Good thinking
Aha! I understand. Glad you're willing to roll with our unexpected punches. :)
Myrdul watches Joanna next to the horse, looking from side to side to see if he's the only one watching. She is quite comfortable with that animal. he thinks to himself. When the repentant bandit divulges the information they seek, Myrdul gives him a silent and serious nod of approval. He'll head out with the others at a brisk pace, making sure everyone is ready and accounted for. "Come, let us end zhe bandits for good." he says with obvious excitement.
Reposting for redundancy KINGMAKER GROUP A - EQUIPMENT SPREADSHEET I've included a tab for each of us on the spreadsheet, as well as a communal "packhorse" tab for combined loot, shared resources etc... Basically stuff we're putting on the packhorse. I haven't filled out the equipment for y'all on your individual tabs, mostly because I wasn't sure if you'd use it or not. If you are going to use it, I can fill out the info for your character (or you can). If it's not something you think you'll use, then leave it blank. :) Cool? Cool.
Myrdul acknowledges Derakor's offer as well, inclining his shaggy-haired head a bit. He puts the combined rations they acquired into the packs of the packhorse they're bringing along, and decides to place the remaining arrows in as well.
Myrdul listens politely, nodding occassionally. When Kalima's rather insightful explanation is complete the barbarian takes in a big breath, seeming to consider an intelligent reply, "Log-i-sticks. Yes. Very good." and quickly becomes engrossed with cleaning his weapon.
Yup, we're keeping one horse by our last tally, no one else wanting to ride just yet. That may change in the future, at least for Myrdul, but he's still getting used to the beasts. Myrdul packed the rations as well.
Alright, I'll hold onto the bow until someone says otherwise. And yes, it'll be a public spreadsheet so we can all see it and alter it.
Myrdul stows the things he's collected from the loot pile in his pack, having a little trouble with the bow until watching Shonden and Joanna to see how they stowed theirs, emulating the way they do it after several clumsy attempts. "Zhank you Shonden. You are good man. Zhe more ve speak, you seem less and less like small man." and grips the Paladins shoulder strongly in a manly expression of camaraderie. As they prepare he is sure to approach Oleg, "Zhe bandits vill not have chance to return here. Ve shall kill zhem all in glorious battle," and risks a glance at the others, "...unless zhey are repentant. Vhen finished, ve vill return vith much things to sell. Be vatchful."
Derakor, are you keeping a loot list, I can put in a Google spreadsheet if you'd like, or you can. Whatever works.
Gotcha, anyone want to claim the composite bow? The +2 Str rating is pretty nice... Don't get me wrong, I want it, but Myrdul is unused to the bow, goes against his tactics, but he does want to learn. I'll keep the alchemists fire.
Myrdul doesn't want two bows, I put two aside cause I figured someone would want the composite. If no one does then Myrdul will use it and sell the regular longbow. So if someone else wants the composite, then Myrdul will take the regular longbow. I also don't want the alchemists fire, but I thought the group should have one. If no one else wants it, then sell it. And don't forget to sell the horses! :)
"Myrdul is ready, ve go."
Hey just out of curiosity, what loop did we throw you for? Just moving things too quickly? Or... what did you mean by throwing you for a loop?
Myrdul examines all the loot carefully, checking for quality and to see if any of the equipment interests him. He'll set aside the trail rations, alchemists fire, composite longbow w/arrows, and one extra longbow. Giving the longbow (regular one) a few experimental pulls, looking like quite the rookie. He gives a sheepish look to the others, "At some time, perhaps vun of you can teach me to be using zhis veapon?"
"True enough, but zhese funds vill be useless in zhe vilds of zhis land, yes?" Myrdul sits and quietly considers possibilities for their upcoming battle plans, but knows planning is useless without additional information from the 'repentant' bandit youth.
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The barbarian is surprised as the horses begin moving under his direction, observing their, mostly, docile manner of obedience. "This is not that bad, these horsies! After, Myrdul thinks over the logistics of attacking and transportation, "If ve are to be bringing zhe horsies back, zhen should ve not bring more zhan vun vith us?"
I think you're right about the skill check Derakor, no one can hit that very easily. Melee or range makes no big difference to me, but range first does make sense given our open terrain setting.
I like that Shonden, the order of the first two is the only thing I'm uncertain about. What's the bigger priority? Healing for after the fights, or to better our chances of surviving the fights? :) I would like to get some rope from Oleg, if he has it. I imagine the group will want/need rations, but we could probably forage.
"I do not ride zhe horsies." he says with finality as he returns to the group after securing the unruly prisoners. You are here to learn from them! he admonishes himself, "...But I vill learn zhe horsy if ve vant to ride." The large man gives the horses a suspicious look, before pushing one bodily towards the stable, "Be moving horsy! Zhat building is vhere you go now. Go!" and pushes its side again, beginning to lose patience.
I would like the mwk chain shirt when it becomes available, but I'm in no hurry. Or rather, Myrdul is in no hurry. I'm definitely in favor of benefiting the group rather than an equal share for Myrdul, and it helps he's not concerned with material possessions. Expendable items for healing seems fairly important to get sooner rather than later, giving our skill-sets. Lastly I agree that getting someone, probably you Derakor, some good gear to soak damage is a high priority.
Myrdul wipes some of the spit away with a flick of the back of his hand, then gives a hard punch to the spitter, . The voice of Oleg shifts his attention as the outpost owner approaches, and begins tying a true hangmans noose. Myrdul turns a regretful gaze to the bandit, "Small man, your friends do not yet know us, but ve vill soon be meeting zhem, I zhink. Perhaps zheir deaths vill have honor."
Myrdul sits guard over the two bandits out of sight of the others, playing with a length of rope, tying and untying it in various knots as he paces around the captives. He has no particular skill in the area of tying knots, but is keenly aware the effect it is having on their prisoners. "So," he starts in a conversational, quiet tone, "have you ever seen vhat happens when a mans neck is in zhe noose? Zhe face of men, it can make so many colors! I vonder vhich of you vill cry first for Momma, in zhe face of death. Vould you like to die vith honor? Tell me of your base, your numbers, and I vill honor you vith zhe deaths of varriors, not lowly thieves." As he speaks, he switches from knotting rope to sharpening each of his already-razor sharp throwing axes, periodically testing its edge on his upper arms, drawing tight, bright beads of blood.
Glad some decisiveness has been applied to the dispensation of justice for the three remaining bandits. While the young one is being questioned, Myrdul starts to remove the two living, evil and judged bandits to a different part of the outpost, unless someone stops him of course. He is far from gentle, perhaps even knocking their heads together once or twice to maintain quiet.
Myrdul, a stormy look on his face, takes a quick stride over to the struggling one, "You are not to be speaking now!" and backhands the bandit across the face -hard.
After putting the mouthy one in his place, he looks to Shonden, "Shonden, can you...?" he trails off and gives the begging bandit a crazy-eyed look, giving his impersonation of what detecting evil might look like.
Myrdul sets about removing any and all gear from the bandit, leaving the men in just their small clothes. He'll toss the 'leftovers' in a pile to assess what the men carried.
Myrdul's brow furrows as Oleg and Svetlana are suggested as the men's judges, which bothers him in this setting for some reason. "But Oleg and Svetlana, zhey are not varriors. Vhat can zhey know of death and zhe..." he struggles for the right words, "choosing of 'you die or you live'? I am not sure zhat is vise. Ve are varriors, ve have spilled zheir blood, ve know zhe vays of honor and zhe darkness of battle." Realizing he is rambling, Myrdul falls silent, but it's clear by his body language he remains uneasy.
Myrdul's eyes widen, "You can sense zhe evil upon zhem?" he takes an unconscious half-step back, eyes even wider, "In myself as vell?"
The barbarian looks down at the dead man, "And vhat of zhe judgement for his men? Do ve ask zhem for repentant? I have not seen zhe vay of small man judgement." Once the remaining men are well secured, Myrdul calls out, It is safe to be coming come out at zhis time!"
Myrdul nods, feeling a tinge of disappointment to be relegated to guard duty, but purposefully standing in the middle of the three dazed bandits, ready to threaten and possibly beat them down should they become unruly. "Zhis one seems not to be moving, I zhink." nudging the unmoving leader with a toe.
Myrdul surveys Kalima's handiwork with an impressed purse of his lips, "Zhat... light, it is incredible Kalima. Please do not be pointing it in my direction. Ha! Ve kill zhem now, yes?" The barbarian hefts Krasa hopefully, waiting for the go ahead to start stomping gophers, a big smile on his scruffy face.
Hey DM, how's it going Group B!? Happy we all made it and get to play for DM Cuc even though we're in parallel universes. :) We made a map on our end, and I thought you might like one for this group DM. Hope that's alright. Feel free to chuck it out if you'd like. Right now it has permissions for everyone to edit if they have the link. **Oleg's Trading Post - Group B** PS - I've had the fewest issues when viewing these maps in Google Chrome browser, but I also run Firefox which is mostly error-free when editing the maps. :) Happy gaming! *scurries back over to Group A's table*
Myrdul blinks some of the light from his eyes, and then roars his glee as he see's the results of Kalima's impressive trick. Two of the bandits looked all but out of the fight, and the leader seemed to have been injured! He pushes the door closed behind him, then turns to the nearby Bandit (#3), "It is wrong to be stealing!" and furiously swings his earth breaker, Krasa, at the mans torso like he's trying to fell a tree.
Personally I really like the method.
What do you mean by DEX mod exactly? And do you mean; the good guys all go, then the monsters all go (or visa versa) type scenario?
As for the skill checks that get lost on the wayside... Ideally you respond to each skill check, that's the best scenario. However, sometimes there's really nothing the check reveals, like a fisherman casting his line without the possibility of a bite. Personally I'm fine with getting no response if there's nothing to 'see', if there's no pertinent result. It's those times the player is really hoping to get some context, or get a result from their check, that a non-response can be a problem. In my experience, if the player felt the check was important to them, then the player will follow up with the GM, like 'Hey, did my perception check of the room reveal anything?' or what have you. I absolutely agree with Derakor about the GM rolling for the party, it just speeds things along quite a bit. There's as many ways to handle initiative as you can think of. I've had GMs take the average of the monsters init vs the party average init roll, and then let each group go in its entirety. I've had GM's have everyone post their actions for the round in spoilers, and then after everyone's posted, he'll do like a grand re-posting/resolution of everyone's actions in the round. Or you can just have people post when it's their turn, but that is the slowest method I've seen on pbp. GM Init Rolls - example:
INIT: Derakor [dice]1d20 + 1[/dice} Kalima [dice]1d20 + 4[/dice} Shonden [dice]1d20 + 3[/dice} Joanna [dice]1d20 + 32[/dice} Myrdul [dice]1d20 + 2[/dice} I keep something like this, along with other notes, in a text document saved somewhere convenient (like a google document) and copy and paste it into the game when rolling init for my group. Makes things easier.
I've thought of a thing or two, but really they're just things that I do, and that doesn't mean they're the best things to do by any stretch. I think we'll learn together what works and what doesn't. One thing that's seems pretty standard, for consistency in posting and cause I must be anal; is the use of text formatting. "Bolded text generally means words your character is saying out loud." "Smaller bolded text generally means whispering or speaking quietly."
Italicized text usually stands for specific thoughts your character is having. Like, I wonder what Kalima wore to bed last night Myrdul thought to himself. ... or something more appropriate.
Just a couple things I like doing in my games, you can decide if we want to adopt these or not in your game. :)
As the men enter, the thrill of coming battle transforms from a twitter, to a raging maelstrom in Myrdul's gut. Last night the large man kept waking from his sleep, as was always the case before a battle. His hand clenches hard around Krasa, and it's all he can do to keep from leaping into the fray. Remember your orders! he repeats in his mind, trying to calm his racing heart, knowing full well that a warrior who rushes headlong into the fray, against the battle plans of the whole, will probably get everyone else killed along with the fool himself. He expels his breath as silently as possible, and risks a peek at the bandits from the side of the barrel, Four. Krasa bring me honor this day! He then adjusts his legs slightly to avoid cramps, and waits with diminishing patience for the signal.
Myrdul smiles widely as the plan seems to be coming together, but the thought of Joanna the Watchful somehow posing as the owner, Oleg... just doesn't quite make sense to him. She started to sound a bit like the more crazy shamans of his tribe, as did Kalima with her talk of making them sleep, but as with the small man battle plan, he'd reserve judgement until he could witness the results. Stretching expansively, the many visible white scars on his person thinning and contorting as he does so, he hefts Krasa onto his shoulder. "I am zhinking I shall valk zhe valls." and heads out the door. He does a quick walk about of the entire interior of the trading post, noting the exits and access points to the walkway. He gets excited when he spots the war machines at the corners, and tries to see if he can get one loaded, for curiosities sake. He'll take the time to carry a barrel full of nails, easily several hundred pounds, up to his intended ambush point on the walkway. Satisfied of his cover, he heads outside. Keeping the Trading post at his left shoulder, he slowly strolls the entire perimeter, trying to keep a sharp eye out for watchers or other interesting landmarks.
Hey DM, I spent a few minutes (probably about 20 or 30) putting this together. If you like the format and versatility of these I'd be happy to make creating them for you a part of my workload lightening contribution. It can be edited to limit who can move pieces, obviously adding new images and pieces is pretty simple as well, if you have the right tools. Let me know what you think. Also with your email address, I can alter the permissions so you are the 'map controller' and you could divvy out futher permissions. Future maps wouldn't take nearly as long, but I would need the basic maps images for the 'background' layer.
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