"Uh," mutters Serena, "What are you talking about?"
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Serena just waits to see if the old man responds to Evelynda. Eve was better with words than Serena was.
Ditto, regarding Inara. I look forward to a resolution regarding the game moving forward.
I mean... I don't mind the post rate, I guess. I just want it to be transparent. That would change the nature of the game in a positive way. And honestly, if we're going to be going this slow, I don't want to do hexploration. Hexploration is boring in F2F, but in 1/week PBP? We'll never be done.
I have a few questions. I hope you can answer them. 1. Where is Eliza? Is she coming back? I understand that she was very ill, and it's totally okay if she isn't able to play, but if that's true I'd like her to be replaced. If she is able to play, I'd like some kind of realistic expectation of when. 2. GM - are you going to be able to keep up a decent pace, going forward? From the very get-go, your own activity has been spotty, with long periods of absence. That would be fine if that's what the game was advertised as, but that's not the case. I'd like you to be transparent about how often you feel you can realistically post. 3. Other players - where are you at with this game? I feel myself losing connection to Serena, and spending 23 real-life days rooting out a single random spider isn't helping.
Serena squeezes tighter. The spider's lack of trying to escape helps her out a lot here - she pins the spider against the ground, getting it to a point where it can't even move, let alone bite anyone.
Serena flexes her muscles, then steps forward and attempts to wrap her limbs around the spider, restricting its movement so that her sisters could more easily whallop its ass.
Serena finds the biggest rock she can to throw into the spider's web, and then gets ready to fight it with fist and foot.
Serena talks little and focuses on their surroundings. Being from a background of urban poverty, the beauty of the wilderness is not something which she was truly prepared for until she entered it. Even their first foray into the forest did not convey to her this beauty, for she was so focused on stopping the people who had attacked them. She wishes they could travel during the day, so that she could see everything in full color... She considers bringing it up to her coven-mates, but a pit in her stomach tells her that it would be selfish of her to put Eve through any discomfort just for her own needs, that she isn't really worth it...
...This inward focus throws her off.
But that also means that he doesn't have magic items readily at his disposal? The first things I want are a mwk buckler and mithral chain, but I can't afford either, so I'll just save.
Serena silently finishes up her breakfast and then packs her things, such as they are, to travel.
Do you have ranks in those skills..? What skills do you have ranks in?
Olyenna, I'm convinced that your skill totals are calculated incorrectly. The only skills which have a higher modifier than your ability score modifier are Stealth, Swim, and Knowledge (engineering), and you have no racial or trait bonuses which modify your skills. This tells me that you've only assigned ranks to 3 skills. You should have 6 trained skills (2 base + 2 Int + 2 background). Your Know (engineering) should be +6 (1 rank, 2 Int, 3 class skill).
Serena eats quietly, planning over what they'll have to do. Seems like a long upcoming future of slogging through mud and cartography. Perhaps that was something one of them should consider picking up. She goes to find some vellum in order to begin drawing a map.
Serena's addition is nearly a whisper, but it feels more weighty than it is - "The flaws of four, turn to might."
While her sisters create the totem, Serena goes around the outside of the group with a large stick she had found for this purpose. She draws a great circle around the group, and then begins to fill it in with a simple yet dreadful pattern. Taking light steps so as not to disturb her own work, she draws herself in last, completing the pattern and tossing the log away.
That's why I'm saying I'm a little disappointed. That, and it gates all of the cool stuff way far back.
Wouldn't I have to just not be part of the coven in order to gain the higher-level spells?
Oh, I see - I do! I thought it was worse than it is, but it's still not promising. I thought it was "as a 1st-level witch". Instead, it's "as a witch = 1/2 my character level".
Based on the wording, we will never gain anything more than the 1st-level spells, if I understand right.
Free teamwork feats was definitely an exciting concept for me, so that is rather nice of you :)
At the cost of three full-round actions, but I take your point. Fog cloud is a nice spell.
I am unsurprised but a little disappointed. That's ok.
That ain't my job! I ain't party face just because I have +3 to deal with this guy because he's a male criminal!
Any thoughts on the questions? I figure we're curious about the symbol, his leader, their leader's location, etc. etc. Like, "How many more are there of you bandits?" "Where are they?" "What's that symbol of?"
Serena tries to look menacing.
Serena punches him in the nose. "Talk, and maybe Eve won't hang you. We have lots of questions."
Upon waking and breaking her fast with her sisters, Serena quickly advances upon their captive bandit. She points to his amulet. "What is that?" she asks, abruptly and without tact.
Serena is taking the booze as well.
As she collects the booze and an axe (for herself, of course), Serena shakes her head. "No, I don't think that he can," she says. "Ask him about his boss." Subtly, she slides the booze into a backpack.
...Everything alright?
Serena charges after one of the escaping bandits, dropping into a slide to tangle up the escaping bandit's legs with her own legs to drop them to the ground. "Eliza!" she calls, "The other one!"
Serena leaps around Evelynda and the bandit leader, hoping that her quick footwork helps avoid being lashed out against in retaliation. She moves to stand next to one of the prone bandits before lashing out against the bandit leader with an open palm. She swats at the leader's dagger, hoping to disarm her quickly.
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Good, good.
Linking herself up with Olyenna via their coven bond, Serena whispers towards the older changeling - "Wait for me to charge. Then you and Evelynda take out the sleeping ones. I'll keep the awake one busy." Then she focuses, readying herself for combat. She waits for the axe-thrower to throw away all of her axes. Then, as she starts to amble over to retrieve them, Serena charges the woman, going low and sweeping out her legs in a gambit to unend her.
Serena creeps closer, squinting at the fire to see how many bandits there are. She also keeps a lookout for tents and the possibility of sleeping bandits.
Hearing Olyenna's bowstring-twang, Serena charges in against the sentry, hoping to sucker-punch him into unconsciousness on her first pass.
Serena shakes her head, pushing Olyenna's arm down. "You'd have to be lucky enough to kill him in one shot," she says. She squints forward. "How many sentries are there? If there are multiple, I think we should maybe try to take them out at once." "I can wait at a distance and try to sucker-punch one?" she suggests.
As far as I read in GM Nikolaus' rules, only one of us needs to have each SLA in order for the coven to use it. It's just that person needs to be involved in the casting. With that in mind, I'm probably going to pick up: Outflank, reincarnate, speak with dead, Bonded Mind with my first few coven levels. I can count on you guys to pick up at least mind blank and commune. I'd also like to have veil available pretty soon. Something that I need to mention is the role-play potential behind some of those spells that you marked low-stars. None of us are Good, so I wouldn't necessarily rule out the possibility of having a sorta Evil kingdom (although we should maybe talk about that a bit). However, the real benefit behind the coven SLAs is that they are FREE, and we can use them INFINITELY. That means we can curse people as punishment for crimes, or charm everyone we meet at a party... a lot of the spells can be used a lot in non-combat encounters. In fact, most coven spells we should consider for non-combat.
Serena nods. "Yes, we can go in under cover of darkness. Maybe we can put out the fires and torches that the humans have. If we do that, they might as well be helpless."
Serena places a hand on Evelynda's shoulder wordlessly. Evelynda doesn't have to worry about feeling like a burden. "See any tracks, Eliza?" she asks their resident wilderness survivalist.
That... is a lot worse than I had expected. Wish her well for me.
Yeah, me too. Brand-new games need a lot of momentum to get off the ground, so I'm moderately worried.
I have no problems with that. We will be mighty one way or the other.
Serena nods curtly.
"Seems like we just need to track where they went. We go as far as we can follow tracks and if we lose the trail we make our best guess from there," she says.
When Evelynda laughs, Serena blinks for a moment. The woman had a sense of humor very different from Serena's, sure. Had she made a joke? Serene didn't suppose so.
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