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New OOC thread for the game.

So, my internet woes have officially ended yesterday after I received an email from my ISP. We're now sort of back in our routine, etc. This means I'll be able to restart the game. I'm thinking this week, around Friday.

Notice to prospective players : the Ptolus AD&D game might soon grow into different directions. We might have more 1st level characters doing something entirely different in town, or mid-high level characters getting on an iconic adventure (I'm thinking the G series for those who don't know).

Details will be forthcoming as we get back on track and everything. If you want to join the game, or you are already a player wanting to play a different character in one of the different parallel directions mentioned as well, by all means, make yourselves known on this thread or PM me directly.

Ptolus/AD&D Threads on the RPG Site
Pre-game Chat (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18639)
Player Characters (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18708)
Experience Points (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=19491)
Out-of-character thread #1 (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18732)
Out-of-character thread #2 (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=20947)
People and Places of Ptolus (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18805)
In-character thread #1 - The Gold Ladder (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18731)
In-character thread #1a - Delbaeth (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18765)
In-character thread #2 - Underground (part 1) (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18798)
In-character thread #2b - Limbus Sanguineum (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=19278)
In-character thread #3 - Back to the Surface (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=19691)

I want in in everything.

Would love to continue with same character or go onto something else.
Seems our ranks have thinned a bit since the inception so whatever works for everyone.

Nimten is thinking to get his butt to the surface and unload his demon parts ASAP.
Runch just wants to spread the word of Charlathan, preferably by his sword, as he tries to keep Tudd from to much mischief!

I will most likely tag along whatever developes...
:D

Sticking with Tudd, of course, but might be willing to try a character in a separate game as well.

My life is kinda back on a more even keel these days as well, wouldn't mind stepping in if you have room for one more. So its 1st Editioon AD&D in your homebrew setting. Sounds good. What do we do from here?

For the moment, one thing is sure :

- We are moving forward with the game we have, the group investing the going-ons under the Gold Ladder at this moment. That's the priority.

Second, we have basically two options for other potential groups :

- Another 1st level party arriving in the city under similar circumstances, free to roam around town and do whatever it wants from there.

- Have a high-level (I'm thinking around 8-9th level, but that may change depending on the number of characters) party go through the G series of modules (adapted to the specifics of the setting of course).

Quote from: Werekoala;481065My life is kinda back on a more even keel these days as well, wouldn't mind stepping in if you have room for one more. So its 1st Edition AD&D in your homebrew setting. Sounds good. What do we do from here?

Welcome. :)

First you create a character. The easiest way is to use OSRIC v2.2 (http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric/) (you can use previous versions of OSRIC or the PHB AD&D First Ed without problem either). Create a 1st level character. Reposting information from the Pre-game chat (you might look into that thread as there are a lot of ideas and questions thrown around there): (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18639)

Characters are going to be straight AD&D first level characters.

Many types of humans exist, just like in our world. Gnomes and Halflings are considered distant relatives of Elves. Elves themselves are usually Shoal Elves, similar to the Sindar/Tolkien types of elves, with a love ships and the sea, though there are also Harrow Elves, who are descendants of survivors from the tortures of Ghul, the Skull King, and are basically broken, scarred, misshapen elves. There are two main sub-groups of dwarves: the Grailwarden dwarves, and the Stonelost dwarves. Think of them as differing clans with a different history to them. They don't differ in actual stats. There's more obviously, but that's a start for you to chew on.

Ability scores are generated using Method I of the DMG: Roll 4d6, discard lowest, six times, then assign scores to chosen abilities. I basically trust you on the rolls. Just think that the game is based on the idea you roll your stats. It's more fun that way. If you want to spoil your fun and cheat (not that I think any of you would, but it's worth pointing out), that's your problem, but you're doing a disservice to yourself first and foremost. So think about it, try to play the game how it's supposed to be played, and you'll have more fun that way.

You roll your starting money as well, determined by class (see rules in OSRIC or the DMG alternately for that - I could just tell you how much myself depending on your class, that's no problem)

Weapon specializations are in (see OSRIC class descriptions for that).

Die rolls use Invisible Castle. (http://invisiblecastle.com/)

From there, you'll decide together whether your character just joins the ongoing group (there's an opening right now as an NPC is basically trying to find reinforcements for hire to help them), or you create a new group along with other new players (if any) and/or veteran players who want to play a second character in that second group.

You can see who's playing what in the current group there. (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18708)

I think that's it... did I forget anything?

Maybe some information about the setting.

"Year 431 of the Imperial Age. It had been nearly 500 years since the armies of Ghul, the Skull King, the Half God, ruled the lands today under the dominion of the Lion-guarded Throne with armies born out of fire and darkness. In time, just as storms finally come to pass, so did this age of pain. The Great Empire of Tarsis rose out of its ashes, and peace came to Palastan. As the new city of Ptolus grew in the shadow of the Spire, rumours of great riches underground spread throughout the region. A new generation of would-be heroes made its way to the area, in search for gold and glory..."
– The Praemal Tales.

Think of Ptolus as a sort of medieval gold rush town in a world of magic and wonder. The word has spread around Palastan and beyond that unbelievable treasures are to be found by those brave enough to face the dangers of what lies deep under the city. Many come and camp by the city gates, trying to strike it rich by investigating possible entraces to the underworld, taking mercenary jobs offered by those the Church and the Commissar neglect, and so on. You are one of these prospective adventurers. You just arrived in town. You know little about the area, but you're determined. That may just be enough to hit the jackpot and live to spend it.

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In the east you've got the docks, with the King's River reaching the Bay of Ptolus immediately to its south-west. Going up along the King's River to the town, you can see the Market district to the north of the river (with the huge circle in the middle, by the gates), and the main area of town to the south (with Dalenguard being the fortified structure right in the middle of town, with three towers aligned right next to each other). Light grey lines are roads or more appropriately, paths usually travelled around town.

There's much more to this map than this, but that ought to give you a good idea of what the area looks like.

Ok, so would a 1st level be ok or should I "level up" to catch up with the group's current makeup? If so, what level and just assume rolls for cash at each level, etc.?

Quote from: Werekoala;481082Ok, so would a 1st level be ok or should I "level up" to catch up with the group's current makeup? If so, what level and just assume rolls for cash at each level, etc.?

They are still level 1. All you got to do is to create a level 1 straight by the book, 4d6 drop lowest, reassign rolls to your liking, and roll for starting money as well to buy your equipment. :)

Cool. I'll get on it once I get home, shouldn't take long. Seems like we've got lots of elves - I'm thinking maybe a dwarf, but not sure what class. IIRC "party balance" isn't a huge issue in AD&D and especially not at 1st level...

I'm cool with that. Just play what you really want. You can always hire people or buy services if you feel the group's deficient in one area or the other later on. :)

Is there a current list of party composition? I saw a couple in the original thread but not sure if its the current one.

There's this thread: http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18708

Ok, so, question - do we think we'll mostly be doing underground/delving type stuff? We've got a pretty fighter-heavy group with only two clerics so I'm sorta leaning that way, but I'd kinda like to try either a Gnome or Halfling maybe, since we have two of each of the "big-un" races.. :)

Edit: Bleh, reading through the OSRIC I've got the most milquetoast stat numbers imaginable for any race. Best I rolled was 16, 15, 15, 14, 14, 14. certainly better than average but nothing high enough that racial bonuses will help much probably. :)

Edit edit: Went with a Human Cleric - what are options for deities for NG?

Quote from: Werekoala;481164Ok, so, question - do we think we'll mostly be doing underground/delving type stuff? We've got a pretty fighter-heavy group with only two clerics so I'm sorta leaning that way, but I'd kinda like to try either a Gnome or Halfling maybe, since we have two of each of the "big-un" races.. :)

If you're joining the group already in progress (you might as well, but if others volunteer to create characters as well or whatnot you could start a new group as already mentioned) it looks like they'll be busy in the underground for a while, assuming they're not giving up on it to look for other jobs or whatnot.

Quote from: Werekoala;481164Edit: Bleh, reading through the OSRIC I've got the most milquetoast stat numbers imaginable for any race. Best I rolled was 16, 15, 15, 14, 14, 14. certainly better than average but nothing high enough that racial bonuses will help much probably. :)

That's fine by me. Don't worry too much about stuff like that. It's generally bad decisions, not bad stats, that'll kill you. :D

Quote from: Werekoala;481164Edit edit: Went with a Human Cleric - what are options for deities for NG?

The major religion around is the Church of Lothian. (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?p=420712#post420712)

Now that said, there is a myriad of different gods and goddesses who are worshipped besides Lothian. I will send you information regarding them via PM.

Quote from: Werekoala;481143Is there a current list of party composition? I saw a couple in the original thread but not sure if its the current one.

Welcome Davin!
Note that many of the PC's listed have not been posting for some time.

Tudd, Runch, Ylarum...anyone else (not NPC's) still about?
:confused:
:)

Alright. I'll get my stuff together, fire a mass PM to warn all players the game restarts, and I'll get to posting later on today.

Err. I hate to say this, because that sounds crazy, but apparently the weather is so bad here that the rivers around town are cresting. Power may go out. Stay tuned. See my FB too for regular updates. I'll try to post if I got power in the next few hours after we're done preparing for the worse (school is cancelled etc, just learned about it right now).

Still have electricity. We loaded on various types of food and candles and all the stuff we could find in case that comes to that.

Gareth/Imperator: the Limbus Sanguineum (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=19278&page=19) where you are is officially live again. You might want to post in there (last post was the answer of the beings you just met). I could post again if you need a nudge. Just let me know.

I'll have a look at the Underground thread right now.

Then, I'll create a separate thread to introduce Davin to the game smoothly (updated the first post of the Player Characters thread with a link to Davin's sheet, will work out Davin's token and all that ASAP).

Bear in mind power might go out for me in the meantime. Cross your fingers.

Quote from: skofflox;481215Welcome Davin!
Note that many of the PC's listed have not been posting for some time.

Tudd, Runch, Ylarum...anyone else (not NPC's) still about?
:confused:
:)

The trouble is, I've been watching for emails for new posts, not knowing of course that entirely new threads have been created :( Will catch up over the weekend and start posting again, and get subscriptions to the new threads I need to, and maybe make a second character.

Back online guys. Catching up with stuff now. If that connection holds, I'll be posting probably tomorrow morning.

Hell yeah I'm still here; I performed a beautiful attack on one of the orchid creatures (that I better get the nod on so I can roll some damage).

I saw the 21 yes, you motherf... bastard. :D

We've got some characters without players right now. I'll try to contact them but would like to move on with the round too.

At this point we've got :

Belak the dwarf and his henchman
Ulas Xegg

How about Bill (dungeondelver) you take control of the dwarves and post for them this round, and Chris (Sigmund) posts for Ulas Xegg?

Characters and stats can be found there on the PC thread :
http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18708

Othos is holding the door as well so that's cool for now, and Rich (skofflox) is managing Nimten already.

Cool with you? If so, I'll wait til you post for those characters as well before posting myself, since you got init.

Quote from: Benoist;482647I saw the 21 yes, you motherf... bastard. :D

We've got some characters without players right now. I'll try to contact them but would like to move on with the round too.

At this point we've got :

Belak the dwarf and his henchman
Ulas Xegg

How about Bill (dungeondelver) you take control of the dwarves and post for them this round, and Chris (Sigmund) posts for Ulas Xegg?

Characters and stats can be found there on the PC thread :
http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18708

Othos is holding the door as well so that's cool for now, and Rich (skofflox) is managing Nimten already.

Cool with you? If so, I'll wait til you post for those characters as well before posting myself, since you got init.

Ok. I'll have to refresh my memory on Ulas, but then I'll post... might take a bit as I'm working... or should be anyway :D

Edit: I guess, based on Cole's last post that Ulas will be firing an arrow, but that no rolls have yet been made, so maybe at lunch I'll do the rolls.

OK Sounds good to me. :)

Quote from: Benoist;482647I saw the 21 yes, you motherf... bastard. :D

We've got some characters without players right now. I'll try to contact them but would like to move on with the round too.

At this point we've got :

Belak the dwarf and his henchman
Ulas Xegg

How about Bill (dungeondelver) you take control of the dwarves and post for them this round, and Chris (Sigmund) posts for Ulas Xegg?

Characters and stats can be found there on the PC thread :
http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18708

Othos is holding the door as well so that's cool for now, and Rich (skofflox) is managing Nimten already.

Cool with you? If so, I'll wait til you post for those characters as well before posting myself, since you got init.

Okay...uh, let me find out what they were doing...I'll roll damage this round for Ylarum and the dwarves & co are...doing whatever they were previously doing until I can find them.  Hang on a few.

Belak has an axe in hand and just helped slaughter the reptile. He's standing right next to Ylarum and can assist him in attacking the flower creature thing as well. That d20+5.

Klob is still vomitting, sickened by the pollen. You can roll a saving throw for him.

I'll walk the dog and then I'll update the threads. I'll roll for the dwarves if I don't see you have posted by then, but you'd then roll for them for the next turn OK?

Quote from: Benoist;483215Belak has an axe in hand and just helped slaughter the reptile. He's standing right next to Ylarum and can assist him in attacking the flower creature thing as well. That d20+5.

Klob is still vomitting, sickened by the pollen. You can roll a saving throw for him.

I'll walk the dog and then I'll update the threads. I'll roll for the dwarves if I don't see you have posted by then, but you'd then roll for them for the next turn OK?

I'll go ahead and roll...

Belak shouts: "Khazâd ai-mênu!" and swings...

1d20+5=13 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3205242/)

Klob struggles to remain standing...

1d20=12 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3205246/)

(any bonuses for high CON or general dwarvyness since it's V. poison?)

Ah excellent. Wait. I'll revise my post for the dwarves if that changes anything... (checking)

Nah it doesn't. Belak still misses, and Klob is still wasting his guts on the floor.

You guys by the dais fighting the orchid things : you will have to seriously consider a rest if you make it through this fight. You are taking some serious hits. Othos is a Cleric too, but with Runch down at the moment, your odds have fallen tremendously if you wish to push on into unexplored areas right this minute. :eek:

Just pointing out the obvious, you'll tell me.

I'll be surprised if we survive to be honest.

At the other side of the veil I am knee-deep in shit, too :)

Would the zombies happen to be less than a full hit die?

Quote from: Sigmund;483883I'll be surprised if we survive to be honest.

I'd say, from my side of the screen, it's feasible.

As for the hit dice, guess you'll have to find out the hard way. :D Yes I know, I'm a bastard.

Quote from: Benoist;483918I'd say, from my side of the screen, it's feasible.

As for the hit dice, guess you'll have to find out the hard way. :D Yes I know, I'm a bastard.

the reason I'm asking is Tudd's double weapon specialization means he gets more attacks/rnd against critters with < one hit die. If that's the case he will attack multiple zombies, otherwise he will attack one. Bastard or not, his skill at arms would give him some ability at evaluating the martial ability of his opponents I would think.

Quote from: Sigmund;483922the reason I'm asking is Tudd's double weapon specialization means he gets more attacks/rnd against critters with < one hit die. If that's the case he will attack multiple zombies, otherwise he will attack one. Bastard or not, his skill at arms would give him some ability at evaluating the martial ability of his opponents I would think.

That is a good point. Yes, he would be able to attack multiple zombies with his double spec. :)

Quote from: Benoist;483929That is a good point. Yes, he would be able to attack multiple zombies with his double spec. :)

Sweet, thanks Bastard, I mean Benny :D He's gonna do that.

Edit: Actually, I read it wrong. He gets the multiple attacks vs weaklings with any weapon, but it's one attack per lvl, so it's still 1 at the moment. His double spec does give him 3/2 though, so he will take 2 attacks this round.

Quote from: Sigmund;483930Sweet, thanks Bastard, I mean Benny :D He's gonna do that.

Edit: Actually, I read it wrong. He gets the multiple attacks vs weaklings with any weapon, but it's one attack per lvl, so it's still 1 at the moment. His double spec does give him 3/2 though, so he will take 2 attacks this round.

OK. Plus the results looked screwed up to me, though you seemed to have typed the coding correctly. Weird.

Roll 1d20+3 twice instead, then. We'll worry about damage afterwards.

Quote from: Benoist;483939OK. Plus the results looked screwed up to me, though you seemed to have typed the coding correctly. Weird.

Roll 1d20+3 twice instead, then. We'll worry about damage afterwards.

Ok done.

OK. I just deleted mine, since there was no point to it after you edited yours. All good now.

Quote from: Imperator;483906At the other side of the veil I am knee-deep in shit, too :)

Situational clusterfuck + mental clusterfuck + puzzles + creepy dudes = win. :D

My brain's fried due to bad sleep, and I have to prepare Halloween.
Will update the threads tomorrow!

I have also been very very under the weather. Suffering from cluster headaches for the last two weeks, and missed an entire week of work. if I missed or miss anything I give Benny or Skofflox thumbs up to run Tudd until this runs it's course.

Quote from: Benoist;487257My brain's fried due to bad sleep, and I have to prepare Halloween.
Will update the threads tomorrow!

I have been forsaken! :D

Quote from: Imperator;487278I have been forsaken! :D

LOL Last post in your thread is mine, Ramon. What the hell are you talking about ?

Also, there'll be new characters with you soon!

Quote from: Sigmund;487277I have also been very very under the weather. Suffering from cluster headaches for the last two weeks, and missed an entire week of work. if I missed or miss anything I give Benny or Skofflox thumbs up to run Tudd until this runs it's course.

It's alright Chris. You just hang in there and kick the hell out of this stuff. We'll be right here keeping your place warm. :)

Now I have to kick Bill's ass to post a different course of action for Ylarum. :D

I'll be along shortly with my trusty porter, Kid Exposition. ;)

Quote from: Werekoala;487318I'll be along shortly with my trusty porter, Kid Exposition. ;)

Man that kid knows his stuff... :D

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Quote from: Benoist;487257My brain's fried due to bad sleep, and I have to prepare Halloween.
Will update the threads tomorrow!

Quote from: Sigmund;487277I have also been very very under the weather. Suffering from cluster headaches for the last two weeks, and missed an entire week of work. if I missed or miss anything I give Benny or Skofflox thumbs up to run Tudd until this runs it's course.

sounds good...:)

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Quote from: Imperator;487278I have been forsaken! :D

I was hoping you would get your ass back with the rest of the group SOON...:p

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Quote from: Werekoala;487318I'll be along shortly with my trusty porter, Kid Exposition. ;)

been following your progress!

I had a colossally shitty day yesterday.

I will decide what to do with Ylarum either this evening or tomorrow.

Wow ya'all, crappy times seem to be going around lately. It's frickin' Halloween season too, usually my favorite holiday. I hope things get better for all of us really soon, and that things stay great for ya'all that are enjoying life currently.

We'll take care of your new character too when the headaches have subsided, Chris. :)

Argh. Internet issues since Saturday. My connection just came back on.

I will update the threads when I can, assuming it holds for the next while. :)

Quote from: Benoist;488601Argh. Internet issues since Saturday. My connection just came back on.

I will update the threads when I can, assuming it holds for the next while. :)

Man what IS it with the People's Republic of Canada and Internet? :P

;)

I imagine the same as must surely occur some isolated parts of the US's Corporate Empire. :D

Quote from: Benoist;488792I imagine the same as must surely occur some isolated parts of the US's Corporate Empire. :D

Nah, there's more and better (free) internet at restaurants, grocery stores, doctor's offices, car repair places and on and on than most people have at home :D

Assuming you DO have those facilities anywhere around, of course! :D

About the rules for Death, recuperation and so on. The passage in the straight AD&D rules can be found p.82 of the DMG, paragraph entitled Zero Hit Points. What is interesting about this is to find out how this has been a part of the rules completely ignored by most tables along the years I've been playing the game. Probably because said paragraph is buried into the text of the DMG and most DMs actually don't read the DMG, just use its tables... but yeah.

It's interesting to see how much leeway the actual rules give to the DM when it comes to death and dying. By the book, you are unconscious at 0 hit points, and start losing 1 Hit point thereafter until you reach -10 and die for good. Optionally, this may be a window from 0 to -3 hit points. If you reach -6 hit poins before receiving assistance, you may be scarred. You must rest in any case after reaching such levels of damage. The repose spell (Udo's gentle repose, if I was to give that homemade spell a name) changes the time of rest from one week to one day.

When you read between the lines, it's pretty clear all this stuff is subject to DM appreciation and further tweaking. What's interesting, though, is that it's been ignored well, to that extent, in my experience, in favor of some expeditive "0 hit points = death, no ifs no buts" interpretations over the years, to the point so many believe that's what the rules actually say.

As a DM, I handle death by hit-point loss thus:

1 and up, still alive obviously.  Knocked to exactly 0 = unconscious but not bleeding out.  You'll hold steady at 0 unless struck again.  Also, healing etc. that brings you up over 0 (even if it's only one point) wakes you up and makes you "all better".  That is, you're not subject to the matter of having to wait a week, etc.

Knocked from positive HP or 0 HP to -1 or -2 - now you're in trouble.  You're unconscious, bleeding out, and will die in 8 or 9 rounds unless stabilized.  Now the week's healing process has to take place before you can fight, cast spells, or do anything strenuous.  Comatose for one to six turns, although death's door will bring you up to 0 hits, conscious, and stable.  Further healing makes you ambulatory - but the week's healing still applies (this was per Gary when I asked him on DF).

Dropped to -3 or more in a single blow (from however many HP you had even if you were at 0 already) means you were slain outright.

It's less complicated than it sounds, and as much as I thought the "zero HP = just unconscious" house-rule would never really come in to effect it really and truly happens I'd say one combat in seven.

Especially at lower levels, when you have a single digit or in the first 10s hit points and most weapons don't actually do a whole lot of hit point damage, reaching exactly 0 HP or -1 to -3 HPs is totally probable indeed.

That starts to change once you start having some magical attacks, massive damage and the like as you raise in level, but then, again, if you actually play the game from level 1 and don't pad/sugarcoat/fail safe the game for the players, that's actually a challenge to gain a few levels and survive, in and of itself.

Headaches are gone and I'm ready to get back to playing :)

That's very good news, Chris. I'm glad you're feeling better. We'll have to introduce your new character. I'll post tomorrow, and I'll have to take care of Runch too... no mixing up of the names, no... hehehe... :D

OK. I totally did not plan for Rememberance day. Got an invitation for dinner tonight. Will update when I can!

So you forgot Rememberance Day. Ironic, no?

Not exactly forgot "it". I forgot it was "tomorrow", but yeah. The irony kinda stings nonetheless.

Will post in the game eventually gents. Just busy at the moment.

Ben, Werekoala, I will be mostly offline due to a trip (bank day here in Spain) from tomorrow morning to Sunday night. So my reply to the conversation will be delayed :) Apologies.

That's cool Ramon. Enjoy the trip! Thanks for warning us. :)

I will be posting on the game next week. I got to travel down South for the holidays at this point. This is going to be a long drive.
You should hear from me on Tuesday, if everything goes according to plan.

Alright. Back home now. Setting stuff up, getting back in the groove. Posts will be coming shortly.

We'll have a few things to discuss/organize OOC too. More about that later.

Alright, assuming the group survives the last zombie in the depths, we've got some stuff to talk about OOC.

I'm assuming you guys are going to retreat for now, gather your forces and catch up with the guys upstairs? That'd be a good thing to do since it'd bring back people together and would solve the situation we have where several characters are without players at this point.

As of now our active players are, by my count:

TDD (Ylarum)
Sigmund (Tudd)
skofflox (Runch)
Imperator (Gareth)
Werekoala (Davin)

This leaves these characters without players:

Ulas Xegg
Belak Agadal
Nimten
Othos
Rissthill
Smeads

These characters (assuming Rich/skofflox lets Nimten go once you're back at the surface) are basically up for grabs. If you want to control more than one character, you can take control of the ones you want. Otherwise, they will just go about their own way but stay in Ptolus as NPCs that could join back the party later on, should you need them.

What do you guys think?

Almost forgot : Player Characters thread (http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=18708), for all the details about all the PCs, stats et al.

Question for Imperator and Werekoala: shall I post in your thread guys to move on from the conversation, or would you like to go on about it? Either option is totally fine by me. Just let me know.

I'd rather just play Tudd for now. Never been a fan of trying to run more than one character, although for short periods it's not too bad. Going upstairs sounds good, and Tudd will be doing just that once the fight is over as he wants to get Runch to aid.

Ready to move forward when you are, boss.

Quote from: Werekoala;500627Ready to move forward when you are, boss.

OK. I'll just wait til tomorrow morning for Imperator's feedback. If he didn't show up by then we'll move on.

Quote from: Benoist;500681OK. I'll just wait til tomorrow morning for Imperator's feedback. If he didn't show up by then we'll move on.

Ready to keep going. Thing is, my post was going to be very long as I had to re-tell all that happened to Gareth, and I lacked the time. Can we assume that Gareth tells th whole story? I wanted to do the sum up for Werekoala's benefit, but I'm not sure if I will have the time.

Quote from: Imperator;500764Ready to keep going. Thing is, my post was going to be very long as I had to re-tell all that happened to Gareth, and I lacked the time. Can we assume that Gareth tells th whole story? I wanted to do the sum up for Werekoala's benefit, but I'm not sure if I will have the time.

Yes, you can totally pass over the detail of the tale: just indicate the broad outline of what you are telling them, and Werekoala will be able to have a look at the related IC threads and ask specific questions OOC here if he wants to.

Just be specific about the sequence of events Gareth is narrating, so we know what he ground he covers and what he leaves unsaid. I'll let you post from there.

Quote from: Benoist;500902Yes, you can totally pass over the detail of the tale: just indicate the broad outline of what you are telling them, and Werekoala will be able to have a look at the related IC threads and ask specific questions OOC here if he wants to.

Just be specific about the sequence of events Gareth is narrating, so we know what he ground he covers and what he leaves unsaid. I'll let you post from there.

OK, but assume that Gareth tries to be 100% sincere and tell everything as well as he can remember. Any omission is a failure of the player, not an intent of the PC. I'll see if I can get the post tomorrow before I run my 7th Sea game.

Quote from: Imperator;500985OK, but assume that Gareth tries to be 100% sincere and tell everything as well as he can remember. Any omission is a failure of the player, not an intent of the PC. I'll see if I can get the post tomorrow before I run my 7th Sea game.

That's not a problem.  :)

Imperator, you need to post dude, as do the guys in the dais area in the underground thread (preparing to go back up for now, I suppose?). Day 2 of my ceiling and roof repairs is about to start.

Quote from: Benoist;502780Imperator, you need to post dude, as do the guys in the dais area in the underground thread (preparing to go back up for now, I suppose?). Day 2 of my ceiling and roof repairs is about to start.

Shit, it looks like yesterday's post got lost :( I'll repost it now.

Posted. I made a quick and dirty post, so please be patiet with any mistake, cannot check for accuracy or completeness right now.

Anyway, Gareth must be yet a bit shocked, so it is no big deal.

Glad to let someone else take over Nimten...if Runch goes to Charlathan I would prefer to make up another character.
:)

Alright. I will address the events in the game this afternoon, gents. :)

(Oh, and your PC too, Rincewind)

(Oh alright Benoist - you said you were busy, so I was not storming you with PMs, heh. Thought it'd take more time.)

Quote from: Rincewind1;503546(Oh alright Benoist - you said you were busy, so I was not storming you with PMs, heh. Thought it'd take more time.)

I was and still am to some extent. The repairs on my house ended yesterday and I was able to clean up the whole mess, reinstall the furniture and shelves, move back half my RPG collection to its dedicated place so... here we are.

I just need to have some time available in quiet to actually not rush everything and take care of you guys properly. :)

Quote from: Benoist;503557I was and still am to some extent. The repairs on my house ended yesterday and I was able to clean up the whole mess, reinstall the furniture and shelves, move back half my RPG collection to its dedicated place so... here we are.

I just need to have some time before me to actually not rush everything and take care of you guys properly. :)

No problemo - take care with the cleaning. Eh, repairs.

It's done. Now there'll be lunch to prepare, the dog to walk and all that.

Posting something on the RPG discussion forum is one thing. Visualizing the environment and talking about your characters and all that is another. I need to be able to concentrate to do it properly. :)

Stomach flu today. I had a bad night, feel like crap, and probably won't be online much. I'm going to crash sooner rather than later, I think.

Quote from: Benoist;507510Stomach flu today. I had a bad night, feel like crap, and probably won't be online much. I'm going to crash sooner rather than later, I think.

Ouch. Hate the stomach flu. Take care.

Quote from: Benoist;507510Stomach flu today. I had a bad night, feel like crap, and probably won't be online much. I'm going to crash sooner rather than later, I think.

Ouch, the worst kind of flu. Get better!

Btw - I forgot to do the weapon profs for my char, but that'd be of course longsword, longbow and dagger.

(Yeah, I hope to join you guys sometime ;) )

I will be on a business trip Monday and Tuesday, so maybe I will be a bit slow those days.

OK Roger that.

Feeling better now. I'm thinking about a way to introduce Rincewind's character now. I might just go for the most direct intro and thrown him into the Surface thread as is. Might provide some needed interactions to Davin while Imperator's away.

Quote from: Benoist;507810OK Roger that.

Feeling better now. I'm thinking about a way to introduce Rincewind's character now. I might just go for the most direct intro and thrown him into the Surface thread as is. Might provide some needed interactions to Davin while Imperator's away.

Also, we may need additional people in case something nasty emerges from the well :D

Quote from: Imperator;507937Also, we may need additional people in case something nasty emerges from the well :D

Sure, as long as I'll stay at a very safe distance away from it.

Might not be able to update the threads properly today. I might, but if I don't, it's going to happen tomorrow morning. Depends on the way the next hour or so unfolds for me.

List of PCs has been edited to include Sahley Deyvir, Rincewind's character. Sahley's token is also done. He'll be introduced in the play thread soon. I'll send some IC information via PM first, though.

Sigmund. You are still keeping Algrim Fyrsjegg on standby just in case, right?

Quote from: Benoist;508742List of PCs has been edited to include Sahley Deyvir, Rincewind's character. Sahley's token is also done. He'll be introduced in the play thread soon. I'll send some IC information via PM first, though.

Sigmund. You are still keeping Algrim Fyrsjegg on standby just in case, right?

Yes.

Gareth being wounded down there would mean an instant kill in his state. It is extremely dangerous. Plus he cannot fight in his condition. This is suicide, even for a giant killer of his qualiber.

One possible alternative is for Imperator to take charge of Udo and play him as they go down to help.

Would that be a satisfying alternative for you, Ramon?

Quote from: Benoist;515670Gareth being wounded down there would mean an instant kill in his state. It is extremely dangerous. Plus he cannot fight in his condition. This is suicide, even for a giant killer of his qualiber.

One possible alternative is for Imperator to take charge of Udo and play him as they go down to help.

Would that be a satisfying alternative for you, Ramon?

Totally. Being unable to take part in the action was a bit frustrating :D

Sorry for my long absence.  Between starting school again and painting and life in general, y'know?  Fortunately I should have a little more free time now.

Would Tudd have had the time to heal a point or two of damage from his resting?

Quote from: Imperator;515677Totally. Being unable to take part in the action was a bit frustrating :D

I can totally get that. Sending you the sheet right now.

Quote from: thedungeondelver;515947Sorry for my long absence.  Between starting school again and painting and life in general, y'know?  Fortunately I should have a little more free time now.

Totally cool mate. Don't worry. :)

Quote from: Sigmund;515981Would Tudd have had the time to heal a point or two of damage from his resting?

No. Tudd would need one full day of uninterrupted rest to regain 1 HP naturally. He could still ask for some magical healing from Udo if he needs it, however.

Quote from: Benoist;516065No. Tudd would need one full day of uninterrupted rest to regain 1 HP naturally. He could still ask for some magical healing from Udo if he needs it, however.

K, can never remember from one system to the next :)

You'll notice that Imperator is now in control of Brother Udo. :)

Alright.

You will notice I have locked all the threads related to this game but this one. I have some stuff, both concerning RL and hobby, that need to be taken care of. I expect to reopen the game some time in the near future, so bear with me.

In the meantime, I want to thank everyone for participating. This first part was really fun and I enjoyed running it tremendously. You are all awesome gamers. Thank you very much indeed, from the bottom of my heart.

Keep those dice warm, til we play again!

Bye for now.

Ben

PS: I am going to close this thread as well, for the time being at least. Feel free to PM me anytime. Cheers! :)