Hmm... once everyone shows up at the tavern, Lain will make her apperance. In case anyone is wondering.
Any comments so far?
Trunky, Herbie, Xal, and tabyk have posted. Still waiting on Cy... but then he hasn't given me his character sheet, so... well, if he gets his sheet to me (email or DCC it when I'm on IRC (which I will be)) he can join us somewhere in the game.
Four days into playing (maybe an hour gametime), and two have decided to throw in with Lain to quest for Nirae. Good to know that we're moving right along. ;p
And _oh_ but the things we learn about the subject of our quest, and oh what adventures her and Rackham must have had! ^_--
I shudder to think ^^
From your description... one would think that any shuddering was done by Nirae and/or Rackham. ;p
Rackham does NOT shudder, he makes OTHER people shudder. Honestly...
^^
Dunno. Nirae might _convince_ him to shudder if she offered enough mayham and bloodshed. ;p
Nirae DID always know how to get Rackham all hot and heavy ^^
Where is Tabyk? He should be posting about now...
I have no idea, but if he doesn't show up before Friday, his character is going to suffer a rather sudden demise. -_-;
Oi, Priss, I've finally got Ticha's history typed up.
http://www.3eprofiler.net/3ep/view.php?id=13420
This way you can incorporate it into the game if you'd like.
Ok, it's official, I begged and pleaded, and my request was granted. I will be going on vacation this week, starting with the day after Christmas. I will be back on New Year's day. If anyone has a suggestion on how to keep my char in play, please let me know.
Well, I'm familiar with Rackham, so if you send me a email with the basic gist of how he'd react to things like an impending attack or increased darkness, then I should be able to keep him in play.
As it is, I have a feeling that things are probably going to slow down at least a bit until after the holidays. ^_^;
Soooo, when do we restart?
Monday.
I _thought_ I posted a new topic about that... but I can't find it so maybe I didn't. ^_^;
How is this combat going to work? I'd like to know what sort of post you're expecting before I draft a reply.
I'm going fairly freeform, so don't expect dice rolls or anything.
At any rate, description is a definately must. If you just say "Moonshadow swings at goblin A." ... I'll probably declare you missed. I might not, but I probably will. Tell me about the how she is swinging the weapon, where she's aiming on the goblin assuming she's aiming at all. Tell me about her emotions, is she scared? Determined? Paniked? Is she doing anything special, like casting a spell (if so _please_ let me know what kind of effect it _should_ have in OCC at the bottom of the post, or I'll be forever looking up spells since my characters never use them. Of course, that doesn't mean that it actually _will_ have that effect after all.) or readying a magical device/weapon? Tell me about it. Describe it to the best of your abilities.
One of the things I've seen in good RPGs set up like this is that the story flows through the various posts. This flowing nature is accomplished by descriptions of what things look like, how things feel, the emotions going through the people. Things like that. So, if you can make me _believe_ that the attack or whatnot should work, chances are much higher that it _will_ work. There could be mitigating factors involved that you won't, or sometimes shouldn't, know about, but that's beside the point.
On the other hand though, godmode moves _Won't_ work. As in not at all, and anyone who tries it (though with this group I rather doubt anyone would) will find themselves with penelties, possibly in-game, possibly out, depending on the method of godmode.
Admittedly, goblins are fairly low level creatures. The highest one in this bunch would probably be level five or six if I bothered to figure it up. However, they're not easy kills. Keep things like this in mind. No one is going to be scything through hordes of any kind of monsters with ease. Not even Rackham in full beserker rage would be able to do that.
You might find that I handle monsters a little differently than some. If it's too much or too little, I can always adjust. But my methods and ideas are likely a bit unusual. You'll see.
Ooook. About not using OOC in the main thread. Let's just say, that's silly. If we have to jump between the two threads, there will be a lot of confusion, especialy if it's over minor things.
Plus you specificaly told us to use OOC in posts at least for spell descriptions.
The OOC thread should be for major stuff like Herb's question, 'Working 24/7 this month and can't post', and for stuff only semi-related to the game. It shouldn't pull our attention away from the main thread. We should minimize OOC stuff in the game thread, but shouldn't completely stop.
I was referring to stuff like your comment about how your computer was up and down and you needed your character sheet forwarded to you.
(BTW... Yeah, I can send your character sheet to IY, but it'd be easier to email it. Nabiki doesn't like me. ^_^;)
However, I was planning on putting a brief rundown on how many goblins there are and things like that on the OOC board. Plus, I made a point of writing up a description of how the combat should work so that we wouldn't get OOC comments like "Ticha is going to do this and that throughout the combat". After all, if the thread goes to another page or two past it, looking back just to figure out what someone is supposed to be doing is going to take up quite a bit of time. -_-;
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Oh come on, with his speed, Rackham should have reached at least ONE. O_O
He has. In fact, he's reaching several. But I was in a hurry when I made that post and just managed to get the gist of what I wanted to put down before I had to run off again. ^_^;
Damn you Priss! Why!? Whyyyyy!!!!????
Cause I'm evil. ;3
Herbie...
To the best of my knowledge, High Elves cannot see in total darkness, like what we are in. Also, the Eyes of the Eagle don't provide the vision enhancement of infravision. See... to the best of my knowledge, elves only have Lowlight vision. However, there is no light around to enhance to give you vision in the dark.
I was willing to let it slide earlier because I was assuming that there was still a little bit of light, but we're deep in the forest in nearly total darkness, not quite the unending depth of black that is the Underdark, but still there isn't any surrounding lights to enhance. And I've actually _said_ so much in game.
So... I ask you this. How is Moonshadow seeing the goblins well enough to use that "unerring accuracy"?
From what you describe in the text, she can see them. I'm not getting a description saying "something which you cannot see is hurling rocks from the darkness", am I? I'm assuming that I can at least fire on the 'near total darkness' line of the concealment chart, essentially.
If the "vague glimmerings of the moon" aren't good enough for her "unerring elfin skill", then Moonshadow will do something about it - since she can create moonlights as a free action, it won't even slow her down,
Ok... so Ticha hides in plain sight... which means that the DC for the goblins to see her is anywhere from 55 to 74.
I'd like to know what sort of uber-senses the goblins have that allow them to even see her, let alone hit her on the back of the head with a rock.
Waiting for the replies to these inquires to Rackham can continue butt-kicking ^^
For the record, Rackham has Goggles of the Night which allow him to see in the dark. And the post describing goblins climbing into trees was to him. And... I still don't know about "unerring elfen accuracy" just because that would affectively eliminate any chance of missing... which isn't likely. Also... they're in the trees, surrounded by branches which gives them anywhere from 1/4 to 5/6 cover at any given moment... and no one has actually looked for the goblins in the trees so as far as I'm going with, no one knows where in the trees they are. All anyone really knows is that they went _up_ the trees and now rocks and sticks and things are being flung down _out_ of the trees.
And there were more than just two rocks coming from behind you. Two just managed to hit the two of you, Xal. And as I said, no damage, just a sudden pain.
Well, my spell definately does not need fine targeting and I'm would bet a couple gold pieces that quite a few goblins are experiencing heart failure at this moment.
Ok, just dumb luck then. I can live with that. ^^;
Quote from: "CyMage"Well, my spell definately does not need fine targeting and I'm would bet a couple gold pieces that quite a few goblins are experiencing heart failure at this moment.
Yeah. I'm just needing to set up the scene precisely and see how many, and which ones are effected and how. Plus I'm debating on whether or not to have possible fringe effects. I'd be able to do this in my head, but I've been working a lot of overtime lately at work and frankly my mind isn't working at a speed that's helpful at all. There is a point where exhaustion makes life just a wierd sort of hell. ^_^;
Quote from: "Priss"For the record, Rackham has Goggles of the Night which allow him to see in the dark. And the post describing goblins climbing into trees was to him. And... I still don't know about "unerring elfen accuracy" just because that would affectively eliminate any chance of missing... which isn't likely.
It's unerring "skill" not accuracy [or penetration] that Moonshadow is using, to be exact. There's a high chance that she'll miss, just because of the low visibility. But she'll certainly get arrows off *fast*, which is the skill part.
Hello all,
I'm sorry for having dropped off without word, but a lot of other projects and interests have popped up recently and I have decided that I am going to be dropping out of this game. After joining this game it quickly became appearant to me that I am not suited to a forum-style format, having played entirely too much of my life in in-person pencil/paper/dice games.
Once again, I am sorry for not communicating this earlier to everyone, especially Priss, who has put all the work/effort into running the game to begin with.
>.> <.<
First dibs on Tabby's stuff! ^^
Sorry it took me so long to get that up. Work was keeping from the 'Net.
Are you still dead, Priss?
Moonshadow doesn't glow with any sort of light ; her moonlights are like the level 1 spell dancing lights, except that they stay within 5' of her and she can only make one a round.
I'm going to be down south for a couple of days. I'll be back on the evening of Thursday 17-2--5.
Alright, Herbie.
Back! And aching all over.
Ahhh! I am _so_ sorry!
One of my coworkers had a heartattack around the end of Feburary and we've been scrambling to cover his post and train up a replacement and a metric _ton_ of paperwork landed on our heads because of it. _Especially_ on the nightshift supervisors, Bob and I. In the chaos I _completely_ forgot to keep updating on Journeys!
But! I'm back and updating _now_. ^_^;;;
I'm just waiting to see if any of the others are still active before posting again in the main thread. Cy, Trunky, Xal - are you still reading this?
Ditto.
And I'm even checking this at least once a day now. -_-;
Have you emailed your players?
Dracos
Yeah, I keep checking.
I'm still here...
Sorry about my absence. I was out of town for a week and didn't have a chance to get online before I left.