[Ptolus/AD&D] OOC Thread #1

Benoist · February 17, 2011, 05:18:14 PM

Just completed the current XP count.

Note that some Ad Hoc allocations are pretty vague, and others are actually omitted. That's on purpose, to keep this spoiler free.

I'll be posting in the game soon.

Drohem · February 18, 2011, 11:21:37 AM

Sweet!

Benoist · February 18, 2011, 06:22:13 PM

Just a short message to say I'm not forgetting about the game.
Update of both in-character threads soon (sorry for the delay).

winkingbishop · February 21, 2011, 07:28:02 PM

Quote from: Benoist;441102Just a short message to say I'm not forgetting about the game.
Update of both in-character threads soon (sorry for the delay).

Ditto. But I did have a very complicated and busy weekend with some of it spilling over into the early part of this week. My apologies.

Lilaxe · February 21, 2011, 07:43:04 PM

will be on a trip from 2/21 to 3/5 - will try to keep up on my iphone...

Benoist · February 21, 2011, 08:43:58 PM

Quote from: Lilaxe;441728will be on a trip from 2/21 to 3/5 - will try to keep up on my iphone...

No problem (jealous about the iphone

).

Quote from: winkingbishop;441726Ditto. But I did have a very complicated and busy weekend with some of it spilling over into the early part of this week. My apologies.

It's cool, man. I'm leaving a little bit of time between posts for whoever to catch up.

Imperator · February 23, 2011, 02:30:50 AM

I do not know about you, guys, but for me this game is getting creepier and creepier.

Benoist · February 23, 2011, 10:53:03 AM

I hope in a good way!

Imperator · February 23, 2011, 12:17:39 PM

Quote from: Benoist;442082I hope in a good way!

Definitely. It is also a great way of kkeping agonizing PC's players involved, so hats off to you.

It's just that the hobbit is creepy, and the painting is even creepier.

Benoist · February 27, 2011, 02:37:19 PM

Quote from: Imperator;442100Definitely. It is also a great way of kkeping agonizing PC's players involved, so hats off to you.

Thanks! I'm glad you noticed it.

As much as I want people to play different characters and hire retinues and so on, to actually inject an old school campaign feel in the game where you can switch between different characters, upgrade hirelings to henchmen or PCs, and on the very long term, be able to play at different levels of experience, have different groups and different threads going on in completely different dimensions of the game world, I also acknowledge that you might be bummed to see your character go down, still alive, and have to wait for weeks of real time before being able to play him or her again.

That's a problem I thought about concerning the very slow pace of play-by-posts while I was building the basic problematic of the game. The situation you find yourself in was suggested by a number of background elements I built, as well as the possibilities offered by the message boards medium, in terms of different threads of conversation, i.e. simulaneous game play going on with different players without having some other group wait in the meantime. This would still be perfectly usable in a live game (it actually is, since I've experimented more than once in this regard), though it would require more experience on the DM's part to make it work effectively (via good game pacing, assistant DMs and the like). Here, on a message boards where you simultaneously have a slower pace of game play and the opportunity to post whenever and however you want, this potential issue is non-existent.

It's basically killing multiple birds with one stone.

Quote from: Imperator;442100It's just that the hobbit is creepy, and the painting is even creepier.

Benoist · February 28, 2011, 01:00:55 PM

Quote from: Cole;442906Originally I thought Ulas was south of the plate to begin with. But I suppose I needed to move into the other chamber to really address the orc, so that positioning is fine.

OK. I was unclear about that. Don't forget that one of the storage rooms has been sealed (fire), and the pressure plate trap is still active (requiring a roll to jump over/slide through/whatnot). Let me know if you want to do something on your way back to the dais area, or stick around to see what Ylarum's doing, or whatever else you can think of.

Cole · February 28, 2011, 01:55:32 PM

Quote from: Benoist;442909OK. I was unclear about that. Don't forget that one of the storage rooms has been sealed (fire), and the pressure plate trap is still active (requiring a roll to jump over/slide through/whatnot). Let me know if you want to do something on your way back to the dais area, or stick around to see what Ylarum's doing, or whatever else you can think of.

For the moment I mostly just want more cover from the manhole area "just in case."

Benoist · February 28, 2011, 05:37:59 PM

Hm. No explosion. Yet?

Benoist · March 01, 2011, 08:41:12 PM

There is a hurricane warning in effect for my area: winds are likely to blow really hard overnight. Maybe it'll reach its peak in the morning of tomorrow, maybe earlier. In any case, given my isolation, anything's possible. A power outage (which could last a few days if the weather doesn't improve immediately) is a possible outcome, so if you don't see me post here or on facebook, that'll be why.

Just a heads up so nobody's surprised.

Cole · March 01, 2011, 08:46:47 PM

Quote from: Benoist;443213There is a hurricane warning in effect for my area: winds are likely to blow really hard overnight. Maybe it'll reach its peak in the morning of tomorrow, maybe earlier. In any case, given my isolation, anything's possible. A power outage (which could last a few days if the weather doesn't improve immediately) is a possible outcome, so if you don't see me post here or on facebook, that'll be why.

Just a heads up so nobody's surprised.

Be careful up there, Ben!