I'm still putting my purchases list together. I was trying to find a way to do it all without going bankrupt. :)
Oh sheesh, here come the rules needs again, sorry guys...ahem...
...A Mule is a Pony modified with the Advanced Template. Its sporting the Endurance and Run feats, as well as a 17 Strength.
Max load for Str 17 is 260 Lb. For a medium sized quadraped, this number goes up by 50%, totaling almost 400 Lbs.
A creature can Drag or Pull up to 5 times its max load, with favorable conditions (like wheels) doubling the amount.
So the Mule can pull a wagon without wheels that weighs as much as almost 2000 Lb. Slap some wheels on it and that number doubles ;P
Admittedly, if a Mule pulled that heavy a wagon, it would likely tire out extremely fast, even with endurance. But our wagon would likely only weight somewhere between 1200 and 1500 pounds with equipment and everyone onboard.
With a combined pulling power of almost 8000 Lbs, two Mules should be able to handle it :D
Oh yeaaaaah [/LightCigarette] thats what daddy likes [/ShiversOfPleasure]
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That being said, I find myself rather intrigued by this talk of gypsies :D
Rooooad triiiiiip! I mean...
Love the song, Hugo. *hums*
Lindsey is pretty awesome I agree. If you didnt know about her already you should totally search her other stuff, its great :)
Looked at mules - they don't have carrying capacity for a loaded wagon.
Sheesh - we'll go with plan C...might actually be a lot more interesting anyways...something about the travelling gypsies/tinkers heading that way and offering to 'give you a lift'...add Gossamer in and the trip is a whole 'nother mini-adventure and RP opportunity!!!
I like the sound of plan C... <insert big-soulful eyes here>
A little something for everybody.
Lucky Girl
Strange Brew
Whoo are you looking at?
BFFs
The Most Sacred Sacrament
Lil Dervish
Mommy Dearest
Love um!
Haha! Fabulous, Silas. Love Zinny's scowl.
Regarding transport, OOCly and ICly I am fine with any option, honestly. Zinny has enough for the most expensive route, but I recognize others might not. In character Zinny would probably choose walking due to that being how she usually gets anywhere, and horses still seem like a luxury to her, but she doesn't want to be gone THAT long from Mother Dearest, etc, so... Yeah.
The gypsy route seems like the most potentially amusing one. :P
XD
Those are too cute, Silas. I lurve the lil purple owl! =3
I like the role-playing opportunities of travelling along with the Tinkers most. So that's my vote. I guess now we need to go find out how much it costs. Just don't ask Grizzy to charm anyone. She's got like a -4 to her Diplo roll. D'oh!
my vote:-)goes to either full ownership or the tinkers, bohemian, whathaveyous
Lol, Gossamer on Hugos head!
Quite funny those avatars. Where are they from?
the characters look like 32 bits video game sprites. very cool
I wont be able to post anything more until sunday evening. Going camping for a few days
Yea - I'll be tubing tomorrow with a bunch of teens, and will probably have a lot of work work to do Sunday afternoon, but I'll do my best to keep things moving. Doc - guess you'll be the brunt of Gossamer's jokes 'till you get back...<evil grin>
So do we still not know what the Tinkers intend to charge us? Or are they implying the trip is free provided we agree to the yet to be named chores?
Grizelda will return to her own quarters for the evening, also are scrolls available for purchase in Daggermark? I can't remember if you answered my about whether Grizzy is able to scribe scrolls herself...
Yes, you can have the scribe scroll feat per the Wizard class. You can purchase up to 2nd level scrolls in Daggermark.
I am taking my DM right to not comment outside of Jerry and the sef on what it might cost to travel with the Tinkers... =)
Argh! How is a girl to finish her shopping when she doesn't know how much money she has to spend!? >_<
Ok, point taken, Grizelda will ask directly as soon as her player finishes all her dang online math exams... *eyes go crossed*
AFK or very limited net for the next 24 hours; feel free to handwave anything you may need from Zinny.
I'm having some technical difficulties currently. My laptop is unchargeable and the desktop I'm using is limping along. Hopefully it's just a cord issue and we can get the laptop back up soon. >_<
Only Ginley can prove that the men in our party have either the fortitude or the desire to remain sober. No pressure, Doc.
I think we all know Doc has a penchant for alcohol. Namely the strong "forget your name" kind of alcohol.
I feel your pain Bluedove, had to retype my txt 3 times on my piece of **** desktop here
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Only the blondes survive the great drunkening of our time.
Love that you guys are linking songs and stuff in the thread-- Is it okay to re-mention that this is an awesome PbP? One of you jukeboxes sing God Only Knows-- Abby didn't fail her check and she's off learning to sword fight. I'll put a quarter in one of your ears if you don't.
I feel your pain Bluedove, had to retype my txt 3 times on my piece of **** desktop here
I had the same thing happen with the post I made before the last one. But just because I misclicked on a link (there are several on the page while you're typing) and it refreshed and lost the post. I was violently sad and left the computer, but came back the next day and did an even better post where Silas started to go through an early mid-life crisis...
I usually type up in word or something, I can't count how many times I lost a post trying to just compose it in the post window. I have found the preview window is good insurance sometimes though. Usually if I have previewed a post, I can use the back button to get back to it once my butterfingers have clicked on something else.
I'm mailing off my laptop today. It's disturbing how bummed out I am without it. I seem to running low on inspiration too. =(
But we have improved the desktop situation, at least. Even composing in word won't save you from a freeze! >_<
I love how you guys (and gals!!) can take my little hints and ideas and really bring them to life - often in unique ways I hadn't even thought of! You truly bring the characters to life - happy, sad, mischievous, brave, scared...you hit them all! <3
Yes GM, it really has been a pleasure.
As for Hugo, hes kinda feeling like Joe Pesci in Home Alone right now...heres hoping noone filled the puddle with turpentine!
You're the one who gives us the stage to do it, GM. Remember, this game would not have happened had you not stepped up to take on what we all knew was gonna be awesome.
Yes, this campaign is a lot of fun!
Just to be clear, I wanted to say that my ooc comments were not meant to be a commentary against the game. I'm just at a high threat level for whining and frustration since I'm mopey and miss my lappy-wappy. :'(
It's amazing what a difference being tied to a less than a reliable desk-top makes. >_<
I am enjoying the game, and even though Grizelda isn't the most outgoing of my characters, she's a lot of fun. ^_^
One of the fun little tricks you can employ in those situations is what I do often enough: if RL prevents you from posting in a timely manner, just make a big post that describes where you are during the events. Now, as you pointed out, you have little room to ultimately affect the flow of action, but it gives you the awesome narrative vantage point of being able to place yourself in a mostly scripted scenario and use that scenario to detail things about your character. The action essentially becomes expository fodder.
Or awesome comedic value. Like...
Grizelda watched all these people making "romantic connections" with the Tinkers. A lot of people accused her of being married to her magic, but in reality, Grizelda wanted the same thing any Abigail or Zinny or Tomid wanted: someone to love. Or at least, someone to flirt with her. To tell her she looked attractive in her blue dress. To tell her that hers was a solid weight without ever bringing childbearing into the conversation.
And after realizing how alone she was in this crowd, what she realized she needed more than anything else was a beer.
Wiggling her fingers, Grizelda summons a wooden mug to her hand and crosses through a throng of Tinker children playing a strange game with colored ribbons, where one child tries to bend over backwards like a rag doll just to walk below the ribbon. A smaller set of children rush past her, nearly blowing her skirts up, and she thinks to holler at them and tell them to slow down before they get hurt, but the beer keg is almost within reach! It was, of course, too heavy for her to Mage Hand to herself, but magic couldn't do everything for you.
Just before she reached it, a Tinker approached. He looked handsome. She slipped her spectacles off and tucked them into a pocket of her blouse, thinking perhaps she might seem less homely. The tinker stopped next to her and smiled. At least, she thought it was a smile. Usually smiles had more teeth than that. "I been eyein' you."
The wizardess huffs initially, but then shrugs. "Have you, now? And what exactly have you seen that you like?"
The grin becomes wider. To her horror. "I likes me a little cushion. Ain't as young as I used to be, so I'm lookin' to settle with a wiser sorta lass."
"Wiser?" Grizelda asks, the mug shaking in her hand. Or was it her hand shaking? "My good sir, if by wiser you mean more experienced, then that I have in spades. But I take umbrage with what you seem to intimate I am more experienced in; do I strike you as a sad strumpet? Why sir, I am a highly skilled and talented woman. I could, indeed, blow your mind," Grizelda fumes, breaking one of her cardinal rules and employing air quotes, "as is the vernacular in the bordello. But the manner in which I would do so, I assure you, would not be to your liking! Not at all."
To accent her point, she snaps her fingers below the man's nose. A shower of sparks bursts forth, singing his eyebrows and causing him to yelp and step back.
"Do I really look that desperate?" she asks, and no sooner had the question left her lips than she regretted ever asking.
"Well...well...yes," the Tinker whimpered before making his way under a rock.
Grizelda's shoulder sank and she heaved herself the rest of the way to the keg, where she stood in contemplation for several moments, staring at the fire. Anything to distract her from that wonderful boost to her self-esteem. There is a loud bang and a flash from the bonfire. She squints, her glasses still in the pocket. Must be fireworks going on! She smiles and lifts her mug, ready to fill it from the keg.
"Cheers! I suppose I shall drink to that."
Just as she reaches for to untap the keg for a good hearty drink, the priest kicks it over and spills the contents into the mud, shouting at everyone to jump in a mud puddle.
Not only can Grizelda not get a man to buy her a drink, it would appear she also just plain cannot get a drink. Period.
lolz...that is all.
Um... please don't write for my character. That may be how you would play Grizelda, but it's not remotely how I see her. And for the record, I want nothing to do with an interaction like that. -_-
I'm a mother of two, taking 12 hours of summer online classes, and I'm playing in two games and GMing another. I write when I feel inspired to do so and it doesn't happen easily at all if I'm not. I admit I'm in a poor mood and have had a somewhat resentful outlook when sitting at this desktop, so I've been writing less. I felt slightly neglected when we went a whole page without a single @Grizelda, but I suspect the GM was just being considerate of my lap-top less state.
Sorry, but I'm a reactive role-player. I'm never going to narrate what NPCs are doing of their own accord. And I'm really trying not to be offended by this little tip, which reads more like a critique of my role-playing... but it did not make me happy, no matter how well intended it was.
Fair enough. My apologies. It was all intended to be tongue in cheek, advice and silly story included.
Ok, no harm, no fowl! *unruffles feathers*
We can't all be like Silas, there would never be enough trees to hide behind. ;P
I'm gearing up for online finals and back-to-school shopping. Picture me running around with a harried expression until you hear otherwise. XD
Hah! If you were all like him, this would indeed be a very different game.
Thanks for understanding.
Hot damn, the buffs :) Well its only fair I guess -.-
I have to say I really like this. 10 pts buy to make with what you will, then periodic handout which may or may not be effective, but match the story.
This just keeps getting better.
Now to go find a feat or something that requires Endurance :P
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Abigail simpers behind the tree, cursing her fate. She draws a flask from her hip, draining it while thinking of the better times, when she wasn't threatened by playful otters who would no doubt thew her asunder if she dared eek out of safety. She pines for a better time, when she seduced buckets full of innocent and nubile farm boys using her authority as a barmaid as a cover to hide her lecherous debauchery...
Abigail as Silas, everyone.
(tongue-in-cheek, and I hope you don't mind.)
Yeah, weapon finesse! I'm one step closer to begging the DM to let me take a version of Dervish Dance usable with a rapier.
Beyond that, I'm not sure what Abby will take. Maybe Toughness. :P
And she was all like "Heyo, farmboy..."
Is her milkshake bringing all the boy to the yard? Tavern have milkshake, right?
you guys
you guys i'm trying to have a miserable day here IRL
stop making me laugh
Also, hot diggety, +2 CHA. Wheee! *pats my faerie dragon*
Wow...just...wow =)
You guys CrAzY!!
So im guessing these are all spoofs on rap song, but im too much of a honkie to recognize any of em : /
This can go on forever.
Please. :)
So im guessing these are all spoofs on rap song, but im too much of a honkie to recognize any of em : /
Bwahaha! I was with you on the milkshake, but I soon got lost as well. Gin-u-wine hickified honkie here too! XD
cool. So I know I havent been posting enough lately. I started a new job and i have to develop new routines and find time for my online gaming. I apologise in advance for the inconvenience. On a different note, oh boy another discovery. Gotta hit the books and find somethung that fits now