Also Cel, I believe you have Henri's alchemist's kindness, for the guaranteed hangover to come.
Ah yes, thanks Xizoh. (Relevant post copied below.)
Cel, please also accept Xizoh's vial and acquaintance (if that's what you choose to do) before leaving the room to head to the stables.
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Silently, Xizoh fishes in his satchel before pulling out small vial of what looks like salt, and hand it to Cel.
Leaning against the bar, he says, "Give her that to take away the hangover." Looking uncomfortable, he heads up towards his room, before turning back. "So if both of you are going to rescue the soldiers, I guess that mean's we'll be traveling together. I'm Xizoh, a healer."
Got it, I'll add that bit
Thanks Cel, nice RP.
I think this makes 4/5 characters (Cel, Xizoh, Henri, Alaina) in for the night and ready for bed.
Dulae needs maybe 1-2 more posts to wrap up, and then I'll transition everyone to the next day at the same time.
Sounds good! Very fun intros to the characters (disregarding scary secret super-serious looking roleplay spoilers).
I'm sure I don't know what you mean... ;D
@Xizoh: I love that you're playing a Fetchling! Definitely one of my favorite races. I've got a Facebook group PbP going with a bunch of meatspace friends that I'm playing a Fetchling Shadowsworn/PrC Master Spy with. It's a blast to play with the shadow plane touch on things!
@Cel: I'm not actually a Fetchling though. I wanted to, but I'm just a half elf that's basically raised a Fetchling. I'm like a shadow Tarzan, but I like people and heal them instead of kidnapping and swinging from trees. :)
Yep, all half-elves and humans over on your guys' side of the rock. No one ever wants to commit to those stat adjustments, dammit! Still, Drow, fetchlings, basically the same thing, right? They both do... shadows...?
Oh, that's right, I remember that now. Still, I like the idea of Fetchling-like. Also, glad you reminded me...Cel's RP of your new introduction would have been pretty off if I'm writing it out as if you were a Fetchling.
Pff, Fetchlings are way better. Drow DO shadow things, Fetchlings ARE shadow things. Super important distinction for me to mercilessly exploit in the crazy characters I tend to make :D
Seriously, I like the D&D 5e changes a lot, but I'm not sure I'll be able to get into it as much with the plethora of races/classes that's out there with Pathfinder + 3pp stuff. I have a strong apprehension to "normal" characters for some reason. Also, I'll be damned if I don't get as excited about more serious characters I make as much as I do quirky characters. Feel free to read over my Toyer Peppwinhans character for an example, normal race at least, but I had to go off the rail with the class.
Well, Cel doesn't know Xizoh isn't Fetchling. Really, the only thing that says not a shadow being is the pointy ears weirdly enough. I'm still waiting for the reveal myself.
He has a point. Drow are like the bogeymen, they hide in the shadows. Fetchlings are a bad trip where you're getting choked out by an angry shadow who then teleports away.
Yeah, I've just barely started to get into and learn pathfinder, not a chance I could just switch. Besides, I've got lots of fun ideas I've still not given a proper breath of life to. Also, Crazy is more fun than sane. Unless you're playing the straight man.
Also, for the record, my interpretation was that Xizoh was considering revealing his true form, but decided to fasten his cloak around his neck so that he appears in the same form as he did the night before.
If that's not the case, let me know!
And @Xizoh: you'd be aware that the Altiendel military uses mages, and that it's fairly likely these mages would be able to tell your cloak uses illusion magic.
There's no open conflict with drow in the southern kingdom so the bias isn't as strong here as in other universes (or parts of this world), but from his past experiences Xizoh expects to face a likelihood of discrimination about on par with someone of orc heritage (in his true form).
Nah, you've got that square on. Might be weird if someone else walked out sounding just like the dude who rented a room last night, not to mention everyone wondering who it really is. Xizoh isn't exactly super foresightful outside of healing, especially when it comes to magic. He has exactly bothered to learn much of it outside his own, so he'll probably be won't be expecting the military revealing him.
Fair enough. And as well he shouldn't; they may not reveal him to the group, depending on the situation and particular mage(s), but they're an observant bunch when it comes to detecting magic.
I for one am looking forward to his interactions with military mages. Should be interesting!
Hah, I'm glad it's not just me! I checked early this afternoon and I was thinking, hmmm I hope nobody is waiting on something from me.
Just a Friday, perhaps?
I would assume so, I do have my irl game tonight to be fair. Just a lot of individual roleplaying going on tonight.
Indeed, enjoy your irl game.
Cel's kind of locked in a specific state...I've been reading, but posting would probably be a reiteration of what he's already doing until something else comes along to drag his attention away!
"Oh, gotta leave," and then Henri took a bath and left.
Sorry for my absence. Been having a real hard time focusing on writing the past couple days. Every time I went to write, my brain went blank.
Reservoir-Dogs-style breakfast. Hah, indeed.
Understandable, Alaina. I did feed you all an awkward prompt to work from (meant mostly to convey that the inn expects to be busy).
Now, where's that rascal Dulae gotten off to?
Initiating auto-GM sequence 001: T-12 hours until I prep for boting Dulae and Xizoh for one post each to keep things moving along (unless they post first).
If life is interfering, that happens. If there's anything I could do to improve the gameplay or appeal of the game, let me know.
Sorry about that, life's kept me distracted.
Understandable! Life happens.
Also, @Cel: in case this curiosity of Xizoh is based on a perceived change of appearance, he is still wearing his cloak of human guise today. (Also, I would be sure to mention any major appearance changes in your spoiler when a character enters your field of view. (Assuming you don't roll a one on perception.))
Ooooh, I was just going off of his post stating that he was going to "reintroduce himself". I'm quite sure I missed something in translation, though, wouldn't be weird for that to happen! Ignore Cel's new curiosity everyone!
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Cel probably just saw that his fingernails and hair had grown a millimeter and thought he looked like a completely different person.
Definitely that
=)
I've gotten some feedback that the level of PC freedom is nice and feels immersive, but it also seems like the action is stalling.
How would folks feel about having GM-recommended meta-targets in terms of number of posts to the next story waypoint whenever the party is split?
For example, I might request all PCs be at the Southtown military headquarters within 1-2 posts (per PC) from now.
Either way, it seems like we are almost there. My interpretation is that Alaina and Cel are ready and waiting, Henri is ready, and Xizoh needs to come back downstairs. (Dulae is in position.)
Hang on to your hats - there is some (hopefully) interesting new material coming your way once you arrive.
I think that sounds reasonable.
Yep, I'm good with that! I just tend to play off of other people, but I'm pretty much always ready to go. It is Cel's nature after all!
Fine by me!
All good by me.
Sounds like there's a consensus!
In that case, I'd ask for PCs to aim to arrive at the Southtown military headquarters in 1-2 posts (ideally by tomorrow in real time).
Seems like everybody's downstairs and ready to go. I'm looking forward to seeing how you'll interact with the Altienden military.
Sounds good to me!
I apologize btw for not having come to the bar and interacting with people - it just wasn't in character!
I think everyone is doing great in terms of RP.
Eventually we'll get to a place where the party has built some trust and characters don't watch as much to see what the others do first (which is very natural now). That'll help things move a little faster too.
I'm seeing the perfect amount of meta for our purposes, I think. Thanks everybody.
Hi all, really excellent RP.
Unfortunately, something unexpected came today - I just got off a flight and now have a four hour drive ahead of me. I do plan to post ASAP, but that may not be until late tonight Eastern US time or perhaps the morning.
Excuse the delay. A lot of text coming your way as you get to see further into the military headquarters.
Hi again, this has turned into a five alarm fire. I'll post when I can, thanks for your patience.
Literally or metaphorically a five alarm fire?
Metaphorically, thankfully. Things irl are not as urgent anymore, but I won't be able to post as much as much as I'd like for the next week or so.
(I myself am perfectly well btw, perhaps I should have led with that.)
EDIT: I'm working on the next post now and hoping to have it up later tonight.
Sounds good! Good luck with fighting fires, or whatever it is you do :D!
Thanks a lot. I'm a physicist, so unless I could code the a fire away from the safety of my computer I'd probably not be very helpful.
This was a metaphorical fire of the family emergency kind, so it's now mostly people I like feeling feelings (and again the theme of not being very helpful).
Well, I hope the emergency has gone okay after the dust settled!
So, just for my own curiosity, who here is excited for Starfinder next year?
What's Starfinder?