Swords of Darkmoon Vale (Inactive)

Game Master Asmodeus

PLAY BY POST SCRIPTS

Initiative:

[dice=Balder Crimsonsong]1d20+2[/dice]
[dice=Chern]1d20+4[/dice]
[dice=Dakkar Mudwater]1d20+2[/dice]
[dice=Emrys]1d20[/dice]
[dice=Orderic Vitalis]1d20+2[/dice]

GOLARION
The Gods

MAPS:

Droskar's Crucible
Falcon's Hollow
Falcon's Hollow Environs
Map of Andoran

ACTIVE QUESTS
Find the three ingredients to the Blackscour cure

FOES BESTED:

Animated Object, Small
Animated Object, Medium
Grung Knifetongue, Hobgoblin Archer
Razorcrow
Spider, Giant
Tatzlwyrm
Skeleton, Dwarf
Skeleton Elite, Dwarf
Rot Tusk, Zombie Boar
Wolf

LOOT:

Coinage: After splitting the coinage and selling the garnet, wolf and worg pelts, the undead dwarfs weapons, the dwarven prayer book, the silver hammer, and the salts of familiar binding and sympathetic statuettes each characters share is 17pp, 144gp, 8 sp, and 42cp.

Gems, Jewelry, and Object d'Art:
Lumberjack's Eagle Ring

Magic:
Amulet of Natural Armor +1 [Worn by Emrys]
Hand Axe +1
Potion of Bull’s Strength
Potion of Resist Fire 10
Potion of Cure Light Wounds
Wand of Light [28 Charges]
Wand of Magic Missile [7 charges]

Mundane Equipment:

Superior Equipment:
Masterwork Light Crossbow [Orderic Vitalis]
Masterwork Shortsword
Masterwork Shortbow [This shortbow's arms look like a chain of salmon swimming upstream. Small blue gemstones serve as the fishes eyes]
Backpack, Superior [Emrys]
-Coil of silk rope
-2 days of trail rations
-A strip of coiled cloth tied with string

NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS:

Agnetha Darcshere: Emrys' mother.
Berem Tharikk: Ferryman.
Emric Darcshere: Emrys' father.
Garmen Senegar: Caravan master.
Jak Crimmy: Owner/operator of the Jak'a'Napes.
Laurel : Herbalist
Marigus Gannu: Street hustler working for Targ Brego.
Mistress Salerna: A wizard of the Academy.
Serena: Barmaid at the Jak'a'Napes.
Targ "Whistles" Brego: Dockside enforcer for the Lumber Consortium.

RULES:

Character Creation: 20 point buy. Level 1. Maximum hit points. Characters are adventurers and should exhibit the drive to explore and get into danger, taking their lumps in pursuit of fame and glory.

Critical Hits: A roll of 20 does not need a confirmation. Any other roll that results in a critical threat requires a critical confirmation role. This helps make a 20 more special.

Encumbrance: Equipment and items carried will be split up into 5 pound increments, rounded down. Increments up to a medium characters Strength score are a light load, more than the Strength score but less than double is a medium load, and more than double the Strength score is a heavy load.

Leveling Up: You gain average rounded up hit points upon gaining a level.

Posting

Thou Shall Avoid Walls Of Text

Thou Shall Not Hog The Spotlight

Thou Shall Not Assume The Actions Of Others

Thou Shall Not Assume Outcomes Of Actions

Thou Shall Not Derail Gameplay

Thou Shall Use The Discussion Thread

That’s it.

Basically, the trick to a good post is to be descriptive without being verbose, and to leave the outcome of any stated actions open-ended. Wait for the GM to give you the results. Then you can post again describing the results if you want.

It’s not good to say-

Minmaximus fires his bow, driving his arrow deep into the beast’s face.

-because, Minmaximus might actually miss, or the beast might have DR you didn’t know about, or deflect arrows, or any number of other things that might change the results of the action.

Instead, break it into two posts. One for intention (which also includes any necessary roles), and one for describing the results (the GM might do this for you, but you can still describe your character’s response to those results if you like)

Doing this tends to keep your posts shorter, which is nice, and gives you the chance to post more often, which is also nice.

When in doubt, take it to Discussion.

PvP: None. Whatsoever. Period. This includes stealing from party members. Leave it at home. It just generates hard feelings and takes the focus from the game for no good reason.

Rolls: I will roll all Initiatives, Saving Throws, and Active Skill Checks. You will roll all attacks and their damages, as well as other rolls I ask you to make from time to time.