General OOC goofiness.

Yeah, I think there's something to that. The generation, allocation and reallocation of stones is a really tactile mechanic that doesn't translate well into a PbP paradigm. The way that actions work is a strange mix of very strict and crunchy numbers (1 stone in Teleportation lets you teleport up to 10 feet, 2 stones lets you teleport up to 30 feet, 3 stones lets you teleport up to 1 mile) and incredibly vague feels-based handwavy fluff (when teleporting, additional stones provide 'increased precision'). All of the fluffy stuff is best handled in a quick back-and-forth negotiation with the GM, but PbP is a terrible format for back-and-forth conversation.

I don't mind this system, but it leans very heavily into collaborative storytelling where every character is empowered to achieve basically whatever they want (and half-heartedly told that it's a good idea to choose to fail sometimes on the 'failure is fun' basis). I think it requires a very different mindset to play than a more typical RPG that uses a random element to determine success.

(I think we've got a good group dynamic and I'm enjoying the characters, but yes - to an extent, I think the system is getting in the way rather than facilitating.)

As much as it would suck to recreate our characters, I'd be willing to do so. This system is difficult to work pbp and I'm most of the time I'm pretty sure I'm doing it wrong. Mutants and Masterminds (or DC Heroes based on MM3) would be great. I even have the MM3 Hero High supplement for MM3 which is pretty much tailored to the kind of game we're running (minus the whole mutant thing.)

I think there's lots to be favored here. DC Adventures can be complex for making characters, there's so many options, and heroes in DC are GODS, that's definitely NOT what we're doing here.

I like this system, because I can 'try harder' and then I have a better chance to succeed. Also, I can do something successfully in a repeatable way... you don't get that in a d20 system and it works awesome for PbP so the story can continue.

Marvel, yes, the resource management is 'quirky', maybe even a hassle, but let's look at what is working and drop the rest. I think it would be a simple change. Instead of sadrielle doing all the energy management, let's come up with a shorthand everyone can contribute, then sadrielle can direct or correct us instead of doing it all. I just don't think we should make any rash decisions, we're only in the second panel of this fight.

For instance, here's what running our own energy management could look like:
9 - 4 | + 3 - 5 (3 Leadership, 2 Throwing)
Explanation - The colors are just for emphasis
9 = Starting energy
-4 = 1st Panel Expenditure - we would note our current expenditure at the end...
| is the panel division
+3 = This is the recovered energy at the beginning of the new panel
-5 = The current panel energy allocation, with the two possible actions noted.

The next round would be similar:
9 - 4 | + 3 - 5 | + 3 - 4 (4 Leadership)
As a check, I can see 9+3+3 = 15, and -4-5-4 = 13, so I can't keep this up much longer.

WE DO NOT HAVE TO DO THE COLORS!
It's just a running total, the addition of which should be easy. I can see currently I should have 2 stones left, and I'll have 5 at the start of the next panel.
OR, in the name of FUN, we could scrap energy management altogether.
OR someone besides the DM could do it.

I think we can each do a little and this will work. Marvel has more of a 'street-level' feel that I like for a superhero game.

I'll stick with this, too. I prefer a system that feels more cohesive, but I signed on for this system, and I'll stick with it.

I like strumdaddy's shorthand, that might help. I think it would help me more to include the total as we go so for Fee it would be

11-3-8=0 | 0+6-6=0 |

That way I see where I am at the end of the panel, then where I start next panel. But I'm bad at "maths."

I'm more comfortable with a d20 system, but I will go with whatever is decided. My favorite saying is "This is your boat, I'm on it. Whatever you think is best, I'll go with."

I'm up for either as well. I'm still learning the system so I'd still need a little help.

Can I suggest that you make some, like, "private conversation" threads that are only visible to one player and the GM, so that people can talk to you discreetly without passing notes? Seeing that there are new posts is a nice "Ooh, what's happening?" moment which is rather spoiled when all the new posts are just X send a note to Y, Y sent a note to X, X sent a note to Y.

I would say yes to that, but as a DM, it's confusing to manage off-forum conversation and stay in-sync with the game. Setting it up is somewhat confusing also, the way permissions work in subforums. What I would suggest is that if you need to send a note, that there be a necessity to include a character move as well. It doesn't need to be spending stones or making up actions, it could be something in the character's head:

"Spencer grinds his teeth, watching carefully as the documents changed hands. He wondered if these men were as dangerous as the news bulletin proclaimed." or something like that.

I apologize because I know my last couple of posts were exactly what inspired this, or were the straw breaking the camel's back, so to speak. I'll try to follow my own advice. It was in preparation for a big reveal, and I needed to get some details straight.

I'm sorry, kadeton!! I'll try to keep that in mind and only respond to notes when we're ready to move forward (if reasonably possible). Page 3 is still ongoing, just giving people their 48 hour window before pushing forward. ❤

It isn't an unreasonable request, perhaps I should have done it earlier. For me it would just be more simple to do general planning in private messages, and pertinent to scene information can still be done through notes.

Sorry for being tetchy about it!

Sorry folks, we're super understaffed at work at the moment so my last couple of days have been dawn-to-dusk work marathons. Gotta love low-wage labour in late capitalism! Anyways, I'm getting caught up this morning.

But one cool thing: A BOOK

Dat me. :B

Very nice!

Where is the like button on this thing...

I'm working on an idea for Logan. I'm toying with the idea of him making little statues out of different kinds of metal, but when he makes them they'll have a fantasy twist.

If he made a statue of everyone in the group, what class would you want to be seen as?

Professor Wesley would like a little bowtie on his and a philosopher stone in his hand.

Good thing Arthur can do the sneaking... lol

How long should we study for?

I feel like this game has died....

It does seem like it has. Should we call it?

I don't want to, but we haven't heard from the GM in.. what? nearly a month? It doesn't seem like it's gonna continue.

Should we start again? I like wjere we were going. I'm okay with sharing the GM as well, if someone wants to help. I learnt this game and everything, and enjoy our teen interactions.
Let me know if you want to continue, guys.

Sure, I'm okay with that. I will admit I don't know the rules that well so GM'ing is out for me, but willing to learn and play.

I'm still learning the game as well so I wouldn't be able to help dm much. I'm definitely up for continuing the game.

Okay, maybe I'll create a game tomorrow and invite everyone in. We can port over our characters and some of the other background stuff, and start where we left off.

Just curious, jas anyone sent a PM to Sadrielle? Or tried?

I have not messaged them.

I'm in for wherever this goes. If we can't get in touch with Sadrielle, maybe we could get Keleth to transfer GM to someone in the group rather than start over from scratch.

That's a really great idea! I'll connect with Keleth. If someone else wants to be GM we can transfer it once we have control of the game.

Keleth doesn't have a policy in place for this situation. He can make one of us a Secondary GM, while he decides what to do. Which is the same as a GM, but a 2nd GM can't accept new players or close the game.

Who should we have him make the GM?

I would vote for whoever is most into the idea, very active, and not prone to long disappearances.

strumdaddy has my vote

I don't know enough about the mechanics of the game to be a GM (plus I've never GM'ed a game in a format I am familiar with).

I'll vote Strum too.

Did they change anything? Are we moving forward?

Sorry, I was waiting to see if anyone else was on. It looks like just the three of us, I guess. Do we still want to move forward?

I'm okay with moving forward. Are we just a team of three of us?

Looks like, I don't we can accept new players without the actual DM. So that could be an issue.

Sorry for the delayed reply. Football season started and lots of my free time is gone. I'm still up for continuing. We could start a new game, if it would be easier.

That works for me. And I understand the free time leaving, I'm studying for a big exam I need to take, but I'm still up for playing.

Okay, I guess I'm dropping this game. You know where to find me if you want to get up to any other superhero shenanigans

I guess I'll drop out, too.