|
[SORRY, Threadjacking]
just to tell you that I like the idea of the "rolled" background, and I used it for potential NPCs, and for John, that's what I got :
- -1 year
- unknown father, mother village's healer (but dead now), no family alive.
- 2 bad events : missing eye x2
- ancestor's history : ancestor has led a local cult of Iuz.
- 100 gp starting gold
and his tutor :
john's tutor
no tutor known...
Poor John, a very difficult life ahead...
;-)
|
Take the simple weapon as spear and concentrate on throwing it (Dex). That is one solution. You could still use it as hand-held but by concentrating on the Dex you would improve that stat and not the other.
Like I said before though, rolling D4+1 you could soon reach 20 Dex and still need to complete Dex based abilities if not careful.
Just a couple of thoughts.
|
|
[SORRY, Threadjacking]
just to tell you that I like the idea of the "rolled" background, and I used it for potential NPCs, and for John, that's what I got :
- -1 year
- unknown father, mother village's healer (but dead now), no family alive.
- 2 bad events : missing eye x2
- ancestor's history : ancestor has led a local cult of Iuz.
- 100 gp starting goldand his tutor :
john's tutor
no tutor known...Poor John, a very difficult life ahead...
;-)
Let's see if he makes an appearance in the party's adventures. John the blind ....
Cheers
The game's afoot.
French Wolf's Forest Force game thread
One by one I shall bring in the other characters on their own stuff. Anything else you roleplay within the village is fine by me so long as the game progresses.
Cheers
How exciting, good luck everyone! Oh and good luck to you DM on your tabletop game this Saturday. Mine is Friday nights.
I agree and changed one of my training plans. AS far as Dex goes, I am ok with over-doing it on Dex based training. If I waste some attribute building cuz I maxed out Dex, I would be happy to have a 20 Dex, no worries. I dont mind disadvantages and don't min-max either. Dex-Wis-Int-Cha are all I care about, in that order. New plan outlined below.
DM:
3) She will practice with her make-shift spear, generally throwing it when possible. She has no interest in increasing her strength, and her goal is to stay out of reach of harms way.
|
Thought I was going mad for a minute. There you go Bethsemane!The naming thing came about because I used to move around a lot and my groups tended to be very inexperienced. That led to some awful names.
You get nine bolts from your mother to keep (FOC) and she promises you one of your father's last crossbow bolts, if you are successful (it's masterwork).
Pleasure doing business with you, Sir.
The suggestion from your brother or mother (who is quite supportive of you in fact and wants you to get out in the world asap) is that you take Raggedy a bottle of your father's wine. Who knows it may help, I shall leave that up to you.
Choose a spell please.
All right. Now I'm going mad. Those last two lines were not there when I made that last post....
Orick Faust, Maybe we can work together at some point to aid one another, maybe with the heal skill... I am not training it yet, but I plan to... We could meet at Old Movvams or another place...
FW
I've added some things to Daetha's profile in regards to his starting wealth (see the description at the bottom of the profile)
Will try to look at the game thread later in the day, but I'm DMing my RL game tonight, so might need to prep for that.
Orick Faust, Maybe we can work together at some point to aid one another, maybe with the heal skill... I am not training it yet, but I plan to... We could meet at Old Movvams or another place...
We're the same age so it works for me
Orick Faust
1) The local militia give Orick the choice of training with the mace and longspear. Domar has two other children in training, Nagy Risper and Vladimir Wilhelm.
The grizzled sergeant works hard with everyone but seems to spend more time helping the other two children, especially the Risper kid. However he makes it clear that fighting skills are a level playing field and everyone must be competent to safeguard the village.
FW
I've added some things to Daetha's profile in regards to his starting wealth (see the description at the bottom of the profile)
Will try to look at the game thread later in the day, but I'm DMing my RL game tonight, so might need to prep for that.
That's fine. It fits well.
Cheers and have a good game.
What they doing?
Orick Faust
1) The local militia give Orick the choice of training with the mace and longspear. Domar has two other children in training, Nagy Risper and Vladimir Wilhelm.
The grizzled sergeant works hard with everyone but seems to spend more time helping the other two children, especially the Risper kid. However he makes it clear that fighting skills are a level playing field and everyone must be competent to safeguard the village.
Orick is likely the smallest person in this group of eight, certainly smaller then his half sister Bethsemane, and likely even smaller then Taya Risper, Nagy's sister. He looks too small to even lift the weapons, never mind learning to swing them. So unless the militia are willing to let him train with a knife (Norebo's chosen weapon) he'll return in a couple of years when he's bigger.
Maybe Orick can convince the village militia leader to teach him the dagger, primarily as a thrown weapon for dexterity but also as a hand to hand weapon?
That would be fine to me. There is, or at least was, a war on.
Or Orick could see if the Ehlonnan priest is able to resolve the issue and help with learning how to use a dagger. He must be good for something?
I agree with the size thing and maybe we will just need to find you a pool of treant water. This little chap is growing on me.
Cheers
Maybe Orick can convince the village militia leader to teach him the dagger, primarily as a thrown weapon for dexterity but also as a hand to hand weapon?
That would be fine to me. There is, or at least was, a war on.
Or Orick could see if the Ehlonnan priest is able to resolve the issue and help with learning how to use a dagger. He must be good for something?
I agree with the size thing and maybe we will just need to find you a pool of treant water. This little chap is growing on me.
Cheers
Olick is only 11 remember, he's still got plenty of time to grow.
(Also I think I've chosen my 3 choices for training and Militia wasn't one of them)
Number 3 is Dex based that is good but no skill/feat/spell or anything is attached to it. That is why I am confused and trying to throw options your way.
Take a look and tell me what exactly he is doing. It needs to be clearer. At the moment it sounds like hide in shadows or move silently?
Cheers
Yes, if I take the trickery domain these become class skills, but maybe I'll change that and work on diplomacy (Cha). Anyone is town known for being a quick wit or having a silver tongue?
Hey would it be appropriate if we were all to list our class/build plans here. I'm not exactly sure what the final "party" will be composed of, especially considering chance events that could alter our plans. So, I'll start:
Fey Saboteur (ninja - Complete Adventurer)
Basically a nature forest predatory background blending of monk-rogue I guess, or even a little assasin-ish is how I see her. But not evil, very just with a strict wood-elf druidic sense of justice.
The reason I ask is because I was thinking, the name "Forest Force" while a little too close to Justice League or the like, actually describes the party pretty well.
So, I'll start:
Fey Saboteur (ninja - Complete Adventurer)
It's really hard for me to judge what Nagy's personality and outlook will be as an adult until we play through the events. Mechanically, straight-up Paladin.
FW ... Am I good here or am I missing anything?
Hey would it be appropriate if we were all to list our class/build plans here. I'm not exactly sure what the final "party" will be composed of, especially considering chance events that could alter our plans. So, I'll start:
Fey Saboteur (ninja - Complete Adventurer)
Basically a nature forest predatory background blending of monk-rogue I guess, or even a little assasin-ish is how I see her. But not evil, very just with a strict wood-elf druidic sense of justice.
The reason I ask is because I was thinking, the name "Forest Force" while a little too close to Justice League or the like, actually describes the party pretty well.
As with Nagy, so with Taya. I can only offer up a theory at the moment, and that's going to be very dependent on how the rolls and role-play go. For all I know, she'll turn into a pacifist hermit with no talent for anything at all. Or having seen some of FW's delightful events, a paranoid crone with a passionate loathing of gnome culture, victim of a riding accident that incapacitates her for life.
I'm quietly hoping she'll make a sorcerer. But I'm not clinging to anything much at this point :D
Going for wizard at the mo. Possibly a specialist, but not sure. Then again, Tricaster is rather short on the arcane casters, so I could end up being a anything.
|
|
Cheers and have a good game.What they doing?
Shackled City. We've been playing it on and off for about ... three years? And we're not even halfway through yet! Our RL games tend to run slower than some of the pbp games I'm in...
Reasonably good session last night though. They achieved their objection (sort of), no one dies (just) and only one character had to sell his soul to a devil...
Ranger most likely, but who knows for certain? Daetha doesn't. Could end up a druid or a fighter or a scout or something. But something along those lines. Fighty and/or naturey.
If all goes according to plan Cleric of Norebo . . .
I'm wondering if I might try for the Cloistered Cleric variant from unearthed arcana (pg 50), especially if I take Trickery as a domain, but it's all speculation at this point.
I had a longer, much more detailed post, but it was eaten.
Ya I have no idea where I will end up Going for a martial cleric, who knows..favoured soul, cloistered cleric, fighter, or Paladin may all seem like possibilities. Either way I am enjoying this a lot!
It is definitely loads of fun. One thing pbp offers I notice is a chance to really roleplay like you don't often get at the tabletop. Sure sometimes there are moments of real roleplaying fun but they are relatively uncommon, at least in most games I've been in. But here - you can really go wild and Im having fun with the roleplaying. The fact we are kids makes it more difficult, that was a long time ago! But with 2 year blocks it shouldn't be long till we are teenagers (shudder)
But seriously, the uncertainty of the character creation is a lot of fun, and I want to thank the DM for helping difficult-me come up with an unique character. I wonder FW, if you have ever considering taking this unique 0-level design and extending it to a type of build-a-bear classless system. Each level you get a matrix of choice to improve all the way up. I don't know, maybe that is to crazy, or maybe it is more like multi-classing. Anyhow...
Its lots of fun, and I wanted all to know that even though I play Finwe like she is a deadly-bunny-rabbit it is becuz I am trying to get into a really unique wood-elf ninja mentality lol. Who knows how she will turn out, I sure don't!
|
|
Yes, if I take the trickery domain these become class skills, but maybe I'll change that and work on diplomacy (Cha). Anyone is town known for being a quick wit or having a silver tongue?Number 3 is Dex based that is good but no skill/feat/spell or anything is attached to it. That is why I am confused and trying to throw options your way.
Take a look and tell me what exactly he is doing. It needs to be clearer. At the moment it sounds like hide in shadows or move silently?
Cheers
Every two weeks there is a Market Day, there is a couple of Narwell merchants that come along to sell their wares. The haggling and bartering is a good test of Diplomacy.
Otherwise the halflings are renown for that ability, especially Petunia.
|
|
FW ... Am I good here or am I missing anything?
1) and 2) are fine. However there are only three picks per training session. Number 4 is for events rolls that will take place later on.
I guess that wasn't explained well enough. You aren't the first to fall for that one and given a few more years people will do this pretty straightforward.
Patrick, my advice would be to take one skill, such as Diplomacy or Handle Animal, One simple weapon and Weapon Finesse.
Cheers
|
|
Cheers and have a good game.What they doing?
Shackled City. We've been playing it on and off for about ... three years? And we're not even halfway through yet! Our RL games tend to run slower than some of the pbp games I'm in...
Reasonably good session last night though. They achieved their objection (sort of), no one dies (just) and only one character had to sell his soul to a devil...
Oh my. Sounds great. Three years to get halfway, it definitely sounds like a great group.
I got to play a drow priestess torturing the entire party after capture yesterday. No one broke under torture but I could tell they were glad when each one's turn was over.
Cheers
|
|
If all goes according to plan Cleric of Norebo . . .
I'm wondering if I might try for the Cloistered Cleric variant from unearthed arcana (pg 50), especially if I take Trickery as a domain, but it's all speculation at this point.
I had a longer, much more detailed post, but it was eaten.
I'll take a look and let you know. Probably yes.
Ta
|
|
It is definitely loads of fun. One thing pbp offers I notice is a chance to really roleplay like you don't often get at the tabletop. Sure sometimes there are moments of real roleplaying fun but they are relatively uncommon, at least in most games I've been in. But here - you can really go wild and Im having fun with the roleplaying. The fact we are kids makes it more difficult, that was a long time ago! But with 2 year blocks it shouldn't be long till we are teenagers (shudder)
But seriously, the uncertainty of the character creation is a lot of fun, and I want to thank the DM for helping difficult-me come up with an unique character. I wonder FW, if you have ever considering taking this unique 0-level design and extending it to a type of build-a-bear classless system. Each level you get a matrix of choice to improve all the way up. I don't know, maybe that is to crazy, or maybe it is more like multi-classing. Anyhow...
Its lots of fun, and I wanted all to know that even though I play Finwe like she is a deadly-bunny-rabbit it is becuz I am trying to get into a really unique wood-elf ninja mentality lol. Who knows how she will turn out, I sure don't!
Some people speak in words, others in sentences, you use paragraphs!
And there will be a map but it will probably happen when you guys hit level 1.
And while I love this way of starting a game, it is not everyone's cup of tea. Some people prefer to choose a class and do not want it messed with. I can understand that.
Cheers
FW ... Am I good here or am I missing anything?1) and 2) are fine. However there are only three picks per training session. Number 4 is for events rolls that will take place later on.
I guess that wasn't explained well enough. You aren't the first to fall for that one and given a few more years people will do this pretty straightforward.
Patrick, my advice would be to take one skill, such as Diplomacy or Handle Animal, One simple weapon and Weapon Finesse.
Cheers
Fixed, thanks. Took Handle Animal, dagger and weap. finesse.
As for where Korgoth is going, hard to tell. A justice-minded fighter, perhaps as a swashbuckler, a Robin Hood-style wood rogue, or perhaps life will smack him so far down that he starts to follow a darker path. Lots of options!
|
|
I have just about finished roughing out the Events chart that you will all be using. You will all get to see the charts after you have rolled and handed in the results but that is not going to happen for a while.
This week I'd like to get everyone's initial introductions and mentors done and then possibly start on the small adventure. However I have a hectic time between now and a week on Tuesday when my end of the game stops for a week or so - I'm off to the Channel Islands for 5th to 13th August.
SargonX is off for the month so I shall try to get you done and may ask for a few pre-emptive dice rolls before you leave.
Anyone else got a holiday coming I'd like to know. Especially if you are going anywhere nice.
Cheers
No vaation for me, already took mine. I will be here writing huge blocks of text as always. A 24 hr internet connection at home and work and a propensity for long-windedness goes a long way...
So how was your game Saturday, FW, did it go well?
|
|
I have five players, none of whom have played much before. One played First edition and a little second.
They are all adults in their 30,s We only game maybe 10 days a year so I have at least a month to prepare the adventure and it shows. Best campaign I have DM'ed in about 8 years.
One or two of them started out as pure military wargamers, players who want to know the rules and win. Roleplaying was a non event. I couldn't get the cleric to even say his God's name unless I told him what bonus he would get to his dice roll first. No bonus, no mention of said god.
Session started with torture, then they escaped the mines, then found out they were in total disgrace and wanted for murder. They voluntarily let a Druid reincarnate them all (a la Doctor Who) so that the law wouldn't catch up with them and they could continue with chasing down the bad guys. Personally I think they wanted to just buy and paint some new figures.
The funny part was that the three melee characters, all ended up as halflings and a gnome. The wizard and the cleric became a human and an elf.
Great day.
And to cap it all I nearly fell out my chair when one of them suggested going to a convention! That was quite a turn around from three years ago when we started gaming together.
Cheers
Sounds great indeed.
As far as summer absences go - there are none unless I can get the family organised to go to GenCon at the end of August.
I'll be traveling from 8/7-8/19ish, but don't expect it to interfere drastically with PBPs -- might miss a day here and there.
North Carolina, Colorado, and Wyoming.
Hi guys as for Vacations I have a couple comming up:
Aug 13th-23 off to My inlaws in a cabin in the mountain lake region of British Columbia, I will have internet access regularily.
Sept 1st-21st off to Europe
Berlin, Prauge (Hope to have a beer with Sargan X :)), Vienna, Bratislava, and Budepest! I am unsure of my internet acess during this trip.....
I will check in when I can and FW I can leave instructions for RPing vladimir...
.........tongue?Every two weeks there is a Market Day, there is a couple of Narwell merchants that come along to sell their wares. The haggling and bartering is a good test of Diplomacy.
Otherwise the halflings are renown for that ability, especially Petunia.
Orick, I could set you up with a Narwell merchant called Hortin if you like. He sells a wide variety of farming equipment. Likes to bring the latest innovations to town. He is a big beer drinking chap with friends in all the inns. His only assistant is a gnome tinker who helps set the display up and acts as an expert on the use of the equipment. The gnome is Tillispey.
Orick, I could set you up with a Narwell merchant called Hortin if you like. He sells a wide variety of farming equipment. Likes to bring the latest innovations to town. He is a big beer drinking chap with friends in all the inns. His only assistant is a gnome tinker who helps set the display up and acts as an expert on the use of the equipment. The gnome is Tillispey.
Sounds good. If the fellow, or his gnome assistant, believes in luck even better.
|
|
Hi guys as for Vacations I have a couple comming up:
Aug 13th-23 off to My inlaws in a cabin in the mountain lake region of British Columbia, I will have internet access regularily.
Sept 1st-21st off to Europe
Berlin, Prauge (Hope to have a beer with Sargan X :)), Vienna, Bratislava, and Budepest! I am unsure of my internet acess during this trip.....I will check in when I can and FW I can leave instructions for RPing vladimir...
If you put the instructions on your alias that would be fine. Ta
I will leave instructions for sure.
I always thought the oddest British slang was 'Cheers' for goodbye. We in Boston use that for drinking (as in Cheers! then hoisting a beer)