All,
Welcome to the game. As usual, this will be for OOC discussion, conversation, scheduling, etc.
For starters, as discussed in the maps and movement will be played out in at roll20.net, so if you don't have an account please create one.
The game will be played at: https://app.roll20.net/join/533330/jOqw-w
If you recognize the Adventure Path now that you have seen the introduction, please don't comment so that the other players won't know what it is.
If you recognize the Adventure Path now that you have seen the introduction and don't want to play in this adventure path, let me know now and I'll pull in an alternate character.
If you haven't created a full alias for your character, please do so, and I will be using your alias avatar in Roll20 to represent you.
If you want to rollplay a bit in the game thread, flashback-style thoughts are welcome, but the plot won't move forward until everyone has checked in and logged into Roll20.
I generally post more during weekdays and will try to keep things moving, but won't push the plot faster than the slowest poster as long as it is at least once a day on weekdays and once per weekend.
Any questions or suggestions, let me know.
Welcome aboard!
Checking in. Think everything survived the copy-paste into my alias.
Should be fun, and I have zero idea which AP this is :D. From the weather, I think I could make a guess, but have no knowledge of anything from it.
Checking in.
Good day! Sorry, I lost track of the selection date.
Interesting intro. I don't know the AP either, but like Torrosk, I could hazard a weather-based guess.
Checked in on roll20. "RIse of the Drow".
So just to make sure I'm getting the implications right:
We were hired in Magnimar to follow Grinim and Leidra and to return Leidra to Magnimar when we catch them. We've been after them for some weeks, starting with a voyage to Iceferry and lately an overland pursuit.
joined the Roll20 campaign.
Please do check in on Roll 20.
Yes, that is the base story so far...
We may have one more joining us, so I'm going to hold off until Monday to advance the plot beyond the introductions.
However, as you all have been travelling together for the better part of a month, it might be good to discuss the intra-party relationships and what you all know about each other in the mean time.
Probably easiest to talk backstory here in the OOC. Radavek is a very young Varisian bravo. He's friendly and talkative; he's got nothing to hide. His parents run a restaurant in the Bazaar of Sails. But what he really likes to talk about is the summers he spent with his uncles' caravans. Riding, fighting, singing, and the joy of finding what's over the horizon. He doesn't carry a holy symbol, but it's clear he favors Desna and Cayden Caillean.
He's a little impulsive and will give anything a try. He likes dice and cards.
Can we get a little more history on Grinim and Leidra ? I'm guessing Grinim is male and Leidra, female. Were we hired by her family? Did they elope, or is it something more sinister?
Torrosk is very purpose driven, and doesn't talk much about his past at all. He is quite obviously a Paladin devoted to Pharasma. He tends to be crass, and blunt, with little charm about him. His style of diplomacy tends to be more intimidation than soft words. While he is good, there is little that would be considered cultured about him.
Jonnie is studying everyone. At some future time she will transition from observer to active participant and use the pronoun we.
Ravin is a bit guarded until he's sure you're not Chelish or Korvosan, at which point he becomes quite friendly. He's mostly cheerful and optimistic, often lightening the mood with a well-timed sarcastic comment or observation (though these are almost never mean-spirited).
The sarcasm stops short of cynicism most of the time.. Though you catch bits of it when he talks about Korvosa (especially its nobility and how they used to pay him to insult them).
He's quick to tell takes off getting into (and out of) trouble with his friend Sakor - and it's clear Ravin holds his friend in very high regard. He also seems very fond of the Cerulean Society, which seems to be some sort of thieves guild, from what you can tell, for being honest about who and what they are, and for thumbing their noses at the Korvosan lawmakers.
One night, once you're a good distance north, hell tell the story of the night of his final performance in Korvosa, how he belittled the 5 great houses on their home turf, finishing off by calling the queen as a gold-digger, while she was standing not 50' away... And getting out of Korvosa in one piece afterwards.
So, Jonnie is still observing, even after a month of travelling together?
Noble elves can be quite aloof :-)
Makes sense to want to come out of your shell in RP. Totally get it.
Ravin and Radavek should get on well. Although he may not be as quick-witted as the halfling, Radavek's always ready to poke a little fun at the Chels.
Please post the username you are using for Roll20 so I can associate the right icon to the right name.
Thanks!
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Torrosk doesn't carry a light source due to darkvision.
Please post the username you are using for Roll20 so I can associate the right icon to the right name.
Thanks!
GM Doctor Evil is the Roll 20 username.
Finn is a gambler and rake by training after being orphaned. He used to like to play cards or dice, using his innate luck to steer the odds in his favor, but only after he's fished a big pot out of some rube. He has tried to lay off that behavior recently.
He recently had a conversion-type experience and has dedicated his life to Desna, whom he thinks of as "Lady Luck". He is still getting used to his cleric skills, and the idea that he can heal or use divine magic is still amazing to him. He is not part of the official Desnan church.
He is good companion, quick with a joke and eager to lend a hand, but is dealing with the internal struggle of Good vs the profit motive that he grew up with. Depending on the situation, he still makes poor choices sometimes.
Chasing down the run-away bride is more of his chance to do "right" than for the money it might bring. He is fascinated by the faith of Torrosk, trying model behaviors for how a man of faith is supposed to act.
Greg M goes with Jonnie.
Tim K is Radavek
LOL Finn, that is going to be a lot of fun. Torrosk doesn't see himself as a paragon of virtue, more like the guided hand of retribution. I think fundamentally they'll get along well, since Torrosk would have gone to find the runaway bride as a sense of what was right as well. She needs to be made to honor her commitments ;)
All,
I'm trying to incorporate the lighting and line-of-sight aspects of Roll20. Please let me know how it is working for you.
Thanks!
Torrosk, ready for you to check in on Roll20 so I can enable your token.
OK, Torrosk has checked in. Everyone please confirm you can move your tokens, preferably by taking a seat in the church pews that were cleared out from you. We are officially underway.
Seems to work... Only a little clunky from a phone, too..
Digging the story so far. Gotta prove my light background is not an indicator of RP ability.
I'll be out of town this weekend and offline (thought it was next weekend, bad me) .. Back online Monday at the latest.
Apologies for the short notice.
I tend to not have much time to post over weekends as well. I will likely get one more up once Torrosk clarifies his action and that will be it until Monday.
Sorry, got called away to court unexpectedly. Generally I am available to post frequently during the week and sparsely on weekends/Holidays.
Which tokens on the map are hunters/villains and which are townsfolk/innocents?
Crellan,
I've fixed Radavek's gear. I make him at 46 lbs combat weight, 129 with backpack. He has 38 gp in cash.
Sorry been out of it... Thanksgiving complete with in-law strife, kid with strep, and even an explosion! I hope to get to things today, if not definitely tomorrow.
You weren't deep frying a turkey were you?
Two cases that I expected to be pleas of guilty over the next two weeks are now apparently going to be trials. I will try and sneak a post in every now and then but am likely to be very unavailable for the next couple weeks.
Sorry.
RL happens.
Just as a head's up, I'll be out of town and travelling in a "not getting online to check on games" sort of way for about a week, December 12-20.
I know, I know, it's a week away -- just trying to give a little advanced notice. ;)
I'll post another reminder before I go (if only to make clear when Ravin's mind can be switched to auto-pilot mode for a while...)
I'm going to feel pretty stupid if ...
A. There is no threat waiting outside. Or ...
B. There's a massive overkill threat out there.
You'll need to just imagine Ravin taunting your enemies over the next 9 days -- it's time to automate. I'll see you all soon. :)
*facepalm* and you just opened yourself to one of the classic jokes in all RP.... "I cast magic missile at the darkness"... *grin* Now if a gazebo comes out of the darkness? I'm running away :P
Hah! I forgot that old radio show... Good one!
Posting will be sporadic at best over the holidays. Happy Holidays to all!
Me too. Merry Christmas to all!
Glad to have everyone back after the Holidays. As an aside, this is my first PbP GMing, though I have been GMing tabletop for literally decades. I'd appreciate any constructive criticism as we move along, but if everyone is having fun that is great as well.
Need a clarification on something here. Joriandor was holding the shard, never lost consciousness, and didn't drop it, and we never lost sight of him. The only thing near him when the gate open popped in the two dark orbs which are dead. So we nobody was around him, he didn't drop it, and anything that could have been close to him is dead?
...
Judging by the gasps and screams of panic erupting from the crowd, this does not normally occur during the Vigil for Light ritual. The orbs begin to circle around Juriendor, spinning wildly, then begin to lash out with cold, cloying bolts of darkness that send the high priest to the floor! The moonshard falls to the ground and then through a crack in the boards to somewhere deep below. You can almost feel the frigid, lifeless grasp of some ancient evil slip its fingers around the artifact as it is dragged out of sight through the cracks.....
Three guesses what we'll be looking for shortly.
Guys, sorry about my absence. My wife was admitted on Wed for an emergency c-section and my son was born about 4 weeks premature. Mom and baby are doing fine.
I just had no wifi access for a while at the hospital. I should be back to normal in a day or so ;)
Congratulations! Hope all are doing well! First baby?
What kind of hospital has no Wi-fi for the patient rooms these days? Speaking as someone in hospital administration, I would demand your money back...
Congratulations, Kelarith. Good to hear mom and son are fine.