Ok, want to know about my style? Check here and enjoy!
So you all know, I had to drop that campaign (see above) because of the life and health issues. All is right with the world now, so I will take another stab at it.
I have a sarcastic/humorous streak, so get used to it.
I also believe that we should all have fun doing this, so we will! Don't hesitate to ask questions. Again, you can see how I handle it if you read the RotRL thread.
Please read it, if you think that its something you can enjoy, we will have a great time.
Some of the meat and potatoes of how I will run this:
- I mentioned I will handle Perception and Initiative rolls, and while that is mostly true, players are encouraged to state actions and provide rolls to go with those actions.
- In combat turns, a post may look like this:
Khalad roars in rage at the goblin leader. "By the Lord in Iron, you will pay for that!" Stepping forward, he takes a mighty swing with his axe, looking to cleave the creature in two!Round 1:
The purpose is to allow you to rp your actions as your character without any meta-knowledge. I then craft your posts into an end of round summation. "But Old Guy", you say, "what if another's action makes mine worthless?" Good question, that's when you throw in an if/then statement to cover the possibilities. as long as I know your intent, I will make it work for you.
- I will make every attempt to provide encounter maps for each battle. It just goes smoother. I've used RpTools in the past, and am investigating newer programs. Suggestions are welcome.
There appears to be a problem with the Gameplay tab. It is stuck on a post that I since removed to this tab, now I can't add anything to or get off of that older post in the Gameplay tab.
Can anyone see anything other than what I just described? Any suggestions?
I actually tried to post in there(I previewed it) and I got nothing. Yeah I would go into Website Feedback, bud. They'll be the only ones who could fix it for you.
Must be some kind of bug with posting the 1st post in a gameplay thread and then deleting it. I've never heard of anything like that happening so I'm just guessing.
I actually tried to post in there(I previewed it) and I got nothing. Yeah I would go into Website Feedback, bud. They'll be the only ones who could fix it for you.
Must be some kind of bug with posting the 1st post in a gameplay thread and then deleting it. I've never heard of anything like that happening so I'm just guessing.
I did. Better to get it fixed now.
I've got limited GM experience. But you could try starting a new Gameplay thread and connecting this Discussion and the Recruitment thread to it.
I think I remember a similar bug, which I did just that. However, I think everything fixed itself the next day. I think the database has to reset and connect over a night when they must do some maintenance.
Lots of "I think"'s, because I started my campaign many months ago and have a horrible memory for things that I'm not trying to remember.
cheers
Did it work? Can you post on the Gameplay thread now?
cheers
No. :(
Boo. Well, there's always the nuclear option that I described. I know that works. Create a new one and connect the threads to it.
cheers
Very weird.
I tried posting something in the gameplay thread, and the post just vanished after I hit submit. I would probably just make a new game once you have your players and make this one inactive.
It DID show up in my campaigns tab, as if I had succeeded in posting something. If I do not get accepting into the game, please move me from the active players :D
I just attempted to post in the Gameplay tab and mine vanished as well.
One thing I noticed is the thread tree:
Paizo / Messageboards / Paizo Community / Online Campaigns / Play-by-Post / Lets get to it shall we?~
When I hover my pointer over the "Lets get to it shall we?~", I get a shadow text box that copies your previous post that reads, "Some of the meat and potatoes of how I will run this:..."
Yeah, that's the post I put in Discussion then moved. Now it's stuck like that. I may be using Jubals advice very soon.
Hello hello!
For the Magnificent Seven, Congrats!! You are about to embark on a an epic (mythic??) journey that could well see the end of Golarion.
So a few things:
- Figure out now the basics of how you will want me to run you when you have to take leave. As I learn your PC's personality, I will get a better handle on this.
- Plan on sanity breaks. I can tell you now I will take them, I have trips to Origins, GenCon, and Historicon all planned, so we will have those weekends away.
- I intend to have a swift pace. To that end, you will be leveling on a schedule.
- We will start out using Init order for combat. I would like you to rp your actions, and give me the crunch rolls in spoilers. This leaves a bit of doubt as to whether someone succeeds or not. Plan accordingly. I believe this worked very well for me before. You can check with Dieter and Kazul for confirmation. Or they can tell me I'm full of it, and I will adapt.
- Trust in your GM, I will work the actions and if/thens for the benefit of the story. You won't regret it.
Hello hello!
;)
Hey Old Guy, thanks for the selection! Excited!
Woot woot, I say!
For everyone's reference: Our GM has noted "Figure out now the basics of how you will want me to run you when you have to take leave." To that end, I highly recommend that you include basic information in your tagline. I would advise you put pertinent information (as seen above) in the "Class" field of your profile. That way, Old Guy GM has all information necessary to bot you in combat.
So, where to start:
Why are you in Kenabres right now? Do you live here? Just in for the Festival? What are your short and long term plans here? Are you planning on joining an organization? Building one from scratch? What contacts do you have here? Family? Friends? Comrades in arms? Just a drifter on the high plains of Mendev (Lucille)? Post your pre-campaign rp to these (and other stuff as you see fit) in the gameplay section, but PLEASE WAIT until I get my intro posts up, which will be tonite. Don't worry about long expositions, just give a paragraph and we will get off and running.
You must read the WotR Players guide, if you haven't already. Know your campaign trait inside and out. Know your history!!! The history of the crusades is a recurring theme in this AP, and it only adds to the experience. Knowledge: History rolls will add to what's in the Guide. Knowing Kenabres will help with the questions above. Redemption is a key theme. Learn it. Live it. That said, not everyone can be, nor wants to be, redeemed.
What is everyone good at doing?
Names are listed beside each skill beginning with the highest modifier. Highlighted skills have no ranks invested by party members, and the highest natural modifier is listed if the skill is usable untrained.
SOCIAL SKILLS
Bluff - Seraphyna7
Diplomacy - Dieter10, Seraphyna8, Bollwerk7
Intimidate - Dieter8, Lucille6, Bollwerk3, Kazul2
Knowledge (local) - Lucille5
Knowledge (nobility) - XXX
Sense Motive - Seren3
STEALTH/MOVEMENT
Acrobatics - Dieter7, Kazul6, Lucille3
Climb - Kazul6, Dieter4
Ride - Lucille8
Stealth - Dieter8, Kazul6
Swim - Kazul3
UTILITY
Disable Device - Kazul7, Seraphyna7, Lucille3
Handle Animal - Lucille6
Heal - Seren6
Knowledge (arcana) - Fabian7
Knowledge (dungeoneering) - Kazul4
Knowledge (history) - Fabian7
Knowledge (religion) - Fabian7, Seren5
Knowledege (planar) - Fabian7
Perception - Kazul6, Bollwerk6, Fabian5
Spellcraft - Fabian7, Seraphyna6, Seren5
Survival - Lucille5
Use Magic Device - Seraphyna7
CRAFTING
Alchemy - Lucille5
Sweet Lucille checking in. Thanks for the pick, Old Guy...this looks like a blast.
Good to see you again, Kazul! (I was Cinnamon Oskrev in your CotCT game.)
What organizations are available for us to join?
What organizations are available for us to join?
Born and raised in Kenabres? Guess this is something Dieter is here to find out...
Hello all -- looking forward to the game. My character is Fabian, abjurer and Riftwarden Orpahan (who perhaps hopes to be a riftwarden himself oneday.) (He doesn't usually use his last name, but the alias "Fabian" was taken, so I added the last name to the alias. It's the last name of his adoptive mother, Alissa Moldonado, a paladin of Iomedae whom he respects tremendously even though he generally doesn't use her last name.)
He's just finished his studies as an apprentice wizard. He's a Kenbares native, and is eager to join the crusades and fight the good fight. Doubtless, the reality of the horror of it all will wear him down over time.
Re: sanity breaks, I've got a trip to PaizoCon planned at the beginning of July, and will be offline a few days for that. I'm also moving sometime later in July, and will probably need to take a few days off then, although it will depend on what's happening; I may get net access and be able to keep connecting while away.
Looks to be a fun group. I'll try not to be too annoying, but I cannot make any promises, Sera's personality is modeled after my 3 year olds, so you can imagine how this will go.
I am on a lot during the days, and can post frequently from work. Nights and weekends are a bit slower for me, but I am still usually good for a post or two during that time.
As far as GMNPCing, Sera would default to her crossbow first, assuming she's armored up, and only resort to her spells if things are proving unusually resilient or tough to hit. She's still coming to understand her sorcery, so there will be a few growing pains.
The info at the top of the tag line is great, new since I was here last, and very helpful!
Opening posts are up! Let me know if you can't see the links, there should be two maps and a picture. Using Google docs on this. I used photobucket before, and it was very annoying.
So place your posts, once I have one from everyone, we will begin!
No rush though, get settled in as a group first
Seraphyna, you lose the Eschew Materials feat due to your archetype. Also I think your Disable Device is +8 (+4 skill, +3 Dex, +1 archetype).
Hey Cin, great to see you again. :)
EDIT: GM, since we're still in create mode, I switched a point from Escape Artist to Sense Motive.
Links look good -- everything's working for me.
Planned vacations are a road trip around Memorial Day, and PaizoCon. Work get's crazy around quarter-end (I'm a corporate accountant) and especially year-end, but the rest of the time things are pretty consistent. I'm on Eastern Time.
I like to leave parts of my background open to give hooks, so anything I haven't detailed is fair game. I'm a "Child of the Crusades". My parents were Crusaders, and my father made me promise on his deathbed that I would come to Kenabres and learn the family history -- do as much or as little with that as you like.
Thanks for the opportunity!
Bollwerk checking in.
One thing -- is anybody else a Riftwarden Orphan?
It says in the WotR Player's Guide that all Riftwarden Orphans should be siblings. I'm guesting that this may not work well, as there's a halfling sorcerer, and my character is a human wizard.....
GM: are you sticking to this requirement? (I don't know how this plays out in the AP, of course, so I have no idea how hard it is to modify.) If so, then we should think a bit....
One thing -- is anybody else a Riftwarden Orphan?
It says in the WotR Player's Guide that all Riftwarden Orphans should be siblings. I'm guesting that this may not work well, as there's a halfling sorcerer, and my character is a human wizard.....
GM: are you sticking to this requirement? (I don't know how this plays out in the AP, of course, so I have no idea how hard it is to modify.) If so, then we should think a bit....
No, I'm not. There are plenty of orphans in a war zone, and I will make it work for the story.
Seraphyna, you lose the Eschew Materials feat due to your archetype. Also I think your Disable Device is +8 (+4 skill, +3 Dex, +1 archetype).
Fixed the Disable Device math, I took Eschew Materials as her normal 1st level feat because I just cannot fathom how my blood inspires me to grab X and Y item and used them like Z just to make my magic work. I just have a mental block over Sorcerers with components.
Annnnddddd we're off!
Quite the opening, eh?
Yes, if you wanted Sera to be a sniveling pile of tears and urine...
Poor silver dragon!
I think what makes it so jarring is that the very first adventure path, Rise of the Runelords, likewise starts during a festival in a small town. We are thinking that we will hear a nice speech, meet some of the local townsfolk, swear to fight in the crusade, then be sent on a mission.
NOPE. Everything blows up.
Also, Wayne Reynolds is always nice eye candy.
I think what makes it so jarring is that the very first adventure path, Rise of the Runelords, likewise starts during a festival in a small town. We are thinking that we will hear a nice speech, meet some of the local townsfolk, swear to fight in the crusade, then be sent on a mission.
NOPE. Everything blows up.
I know. It's like, the only time I ever got to *actually* go to the party was Ravenmoor. And that sure turned out well...
Also, Wayne Reynolds is always nice eye candy.
Ditto that.
I think what makes it so jarring is that the very first adventure path, Rise of the Runelords, likewise starts during a festival in a small town. We are thinking that we will hear a nice speech, meet some of the local townsfolk, swear to fight in the crusade, then be sent on a mission.
NOPE. Everything blows up.
LOL Dieter!!! That's twice I've sent you to a party only to have it crashed in the first page!
This one's a bit different from the goblins though...
Comparatively speaking, goblins would be very welcome right about now. ;)
Just an info. Sometimes I post with my smartphone. Small errors can happen in orthography. I apologize in advance.
Let me know if you want me to tone down the drama, going for a reluctant hero kinda thing, but I don't want to be too abrasive and annoying.
Just an info. Sometimes I post with my smartphone. Small errors can happen in orthography. I apologize in advance.
Great. You made me look up "orthography."
Let me know if you want me to tone down the drama, going for a reluctant hero kinda thing, but I don't want to be too abrasive and annoying.
Is okay by me, rough moment right now, with all that is going on with the PCs. I have the interjection planned.....muhahahaha!!!
Little bit of "GM License" there with Fabian's actions, but I think it will all work out. ;)
Using a PC as a socket puppet for a little narrative exposition is usually fine. Unless, of course, Fabian betrays the party on the very first day and keeps all of the scales to himself...
"So what did the dragon tell you?"
"She said I should be king."
Agreed, Dieter. I wouldn't do that to a party of mine. Having him grab the scale to move the story is one thing. Making him do it to spring a curse or geas is quite another.