Excellent; thank you for the die roller thing.

Ben (and everyone else), here's an idea I had...one of the chief hitches of a PbP game is that it tends to lack a visual element - sure we might put quick ascii diagrams of ongoings, but I was wondering if anyone would like me to throw together some dwarven forge and miniatures of various battle scenes as we fight them out.  It might help clarify our tactical situation a bit (note - I tend to think of Dwarven Forge plus miniatures as an abstraction or just something that's cool to look at, not in the whole "battle-grid-I'll-move-8-squares-and-feystep" crap that 4e is - that's NOT what I'm suggesting).

Thoughts?

EDIT: and also, I would only really do this for rooms that merited it or particularly onerous areas to explore, not for mapping out every 10' square.  I got caves, too, as needed...

Part of the reason it took some time for me to work things out is that I've been mapping furiously during the last few days (you'll understand why later). I can host pictures and all, so that shouldn't be a problem in that regard. I'll include some points of reference for you to be able to tell me stuff like "I move to the pile of junk by area B3 and start searching there," that kind of thing. Then I'll update positions and post the new map, and so on.

I thought about using some miniatures, DF, etc at some point. Probably will, as a matter of fact.

Quote from: Benoist;417818Part of the reason it took some time for me to work things out is that I've been mapping furiously during the last few days (you'll understand why later). I can host pictures and all, so that shouldn't be a problem in that regard. I'll include some points of reference for you to be able to tell me stuff like "I move to the pile of junk by area B3 and start searching there," that kind of thing. Then I'll update positions and post the new map, and so on.

I thought about using some miniatures, DF, etc at some point. Probably will, as a matter of fact.

Okay so YOU got that, cool.  Pick me a good mini

Quote from: thedungeondelver;417820Okay so YOU got that, cool.  Pick me a good mini

I was more thinking of not choosing minis for you guys at all. More like taking pictures of what you guys see, rather than your characters. See what I mean? Of course, if you've got a miniature in mind, you can always post a link or pic here (or the future OOC thread) and I'll see if I've got it or can pick it up later on. Always searching for cool minis anyway!

On the maps I'm going to use when we start the game, I'm just going to use round tokens with your names or initials. If you've got a pic you'd like me to use instead for your character, shoot me a PM! And for God's sakes, if you do so, please choose something AD&Dish, not uber-high fantasy dungeonpunk bullshit. Thanks. LOL

Quote from: Benoist;417822I was more thinking of not choosing minis for you guys at all. More like taking pictures of what you guys see, rather than your characters. See what I mean? Of course, if you've got a miniature in mind, you can always post a link or pic here (or the future OOC thread) and I'll see if I've got it or can pick it up later on. Always searching for cool minis anyway!

On the maps I'm going to use when we start the game, I'm just going to use round tokens with your names or initials. If you've got a pic you'd like me to use instead for your character, shoot me a PM! And for God's sakes, if you do so, please choose something AD&Dish, not uber-high fantasy dungeonpunk bullshit. Thanks. LOL

Ah, I got you.

Gonna be tough on that 2nd part; Reaper has been breaking my heart for a few years now (for a while now they've jumped straight into the whole spiky dungeonpunk nonsense).

Now don't kill me for the ugliness, but I just whipped up this example in five minutes to show you what I'm talking about:



With (Yl) Ylarum, (Ot) Otho, Ulas Xegg (Ux), Rissthil (Rt), Orcs (O1-3) and a Giant (G).

You can then tell me: "Ylarum runs past Ulas towards [E1] and throws his axe at the Orc peaking from the corridor (O1). He will then take position on top of the corpse and guard that access to the room at all costs."

That kind of thing. Like around the table when you point at a map or refer to something the DM described to you.

Quote from: Benoist;417832Now don't kill me for the ugliness, but I just whipped up this example in five minutes to show you what I'm talking about:



With (Yl) Ylarum, (Ot) Otho, Ulas Xegg (Ux), Rissthil (Rt), Orcs (O1-3) and a Giant (G).

You can then tell me: "Ylarum runs past Ulas towards [E1] and throws his axe at the Orc peaking from the corridor (O1). He will then take position on top of the corpse and guard that access to the room at all costs."

That kind of thing. Like around the table when you point at a map or refer to something the DM described to you.

Okay but here's the actual course of action:

"Ylarum runs past Ulas, sees the orc...then the giant behind it and spends the rest of the round fucking running." (being 1st level and all :lol: )

Welcome to actual Dungeons and fucking Dragons, folks!

(Yes, this particular scenario MAY happen, and if it does, it'll actually make sense)

Quote from: Benoist;417843Welcome to actual Dungeons and fucking Dragons, folks!

(Yes, this particular scenario MAY happen, and if it does, it'll actually make sense)

Haha, yes, but running away often makes a great deal of sense too.

Quote from: Cole;417847Haha, yes, but running away often makes a great deal of sense too.

OHHH for sure it does! Of course!

In that kind of situation, taking on a giant at level 1 up front, you guys should have a death wish! LOL

Quote from: Benoist;417822I was more thinking of not choosing minis for you guys at all. More like taking pictures of what you guys see, rather than your characters. See what I mean? Of course, if you've got a miniature in mind, you can always post a link or pic here (or the future OOC thread) and I'll see if I've got it or can pick it up later on. Always searching for cool minis anyway!

On the maps I'm going to use when we start the game, I'm just going to use round tokens with your names or initials. If you've got a pic you'd like me to use instead for your character, shoot me a PM! And for God's sakes, if you do so, please choose something AD&Dish, not uber-high fantasy dungeonpunk bullshit. Thanks. LOL

I already posted Tudd's pic, but I can send it to you if ya like.

Quote from: Benoist;417853OHHH for sure it does! Of course!

In that kind of situation, taking on a giant at level 1 up front, you guys should have a death wish! LOL

TUDD SMASH! Uh... where you guys go? Uh... Tudd smash later....
Hey yous guys wait for Tudd....

Quote from: Sigmund;417911I already posted Tudd's pic, but I can send it to you if ya like.

Nah it's cool. I saw it, and forgot about it (thanks for reminding me!).
If you could repost your character on that thread, however, that'd be awesome.

Updated Player Characters List:

Gareth Six Fingers, Half-Elf Thief (Imperator)
Nimten, Shoal Elf Magic User (Cranewings)
Friar Otho Stoneshield, Dwarf Cleric (winkingbishop)
Rissthil Tanlithrin, Shoal Elf Fighter/Magic-User/Thief (Drohem)
Runch, Half-Orc Cleric (skofflox)
Smeads, Half-Elf Thief/Magic User (Lilaxe)
Tudd, Half-Orc Fighter (Sigmund)
Ulas Xegg, Human Assassin (Cole)
Ylarum the Doomed, Human Fighter (TheDungeonDelver)

So, just to check I got this straight: you guys basically agreed that the elves and half-elves arrived together at the docks on the same ship (that'd include Smeads/Lilaxe, if everyone's okay with it).

The Half-orcs are brothers.

Otho and Ulas Xegg (and Ylarum?) met in a local tavern, ran into some trouble there and left/were ejected/whatever the case may be, together.

Is that all correct?

He can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe skoflox was going to make Runch a straight cleric rather than cleric thief