General Chit-Chat Thread

This is for all OOC and other game related chat

Is there a formula that will work with the dice roller for 6+3d6 drop the lowest?

Not that I am aware of -- everyone else has just rolled 3d6 six time in their character creation thread and then manually did the drop one -- note you do not have to drop the lowest but yeah most folks do ;)

No problem. My basic math is pretty spot on. ;)

Anything from the other 3 players?

Not as of yet in fact you were the only one to respond to the Invite so far but I will give it a bit longer before bumping them out and bringing in someone else so do not fear eventually we will get a full crew I am sure

However I do find it hard to understand why folks apply to a game that states 4 posts per week then do not respond within a day or two of getting PM'd and Invited -- but everyone got PM'd/Invited at about the same time as you did

I didn't notice my invite. I happened to go to the original thread and saw this

I'm tempted to send them PM's, but like you said if they want to play...

Yeah I used to do that but what I found is if you have to bug someone to play then you constantly have to bug them to play and frankly I do not have time to baby sit someone -- if they want to play then they need to make sure they make themselves available and stay active -- its not fair to me and its not fair to the other players -- sorry the world does not revolve around you is my thought

Hey guys, as of today, I'm basically unemployed. I was managing a small limo/party bus company. With the COVID stuff, everything for March and half of April has cancelled. Business might pick back up in August for the fall college semester.

No idea what my free time will be like when I find a new job. The limo gig have me lots and lots of down time during the week.

I would like to stay in the game. I don't know what my schedule will be like if/when I get new employment.

Okay well just keep us informed and good luck with getting something to help pay dem bills cuz we all know those do not catch the virus sadly

Hey DeJoker, what is the status of this game or your other games?

This week was really busy and yesterday was a bust -- looking to check in and do across the board updates today

Okay Rat I got some hopefully more active players the current 3 I added have until the end of Wednesday to respond before I bump them in favor of perhaps a more active player

Cool thanks!

I apologize for not seeing that I was invited to the game sooner. I'm looking things over and trying to decided what I think I want to run.

I am fairly new to 5e, but I am willing/excited to learn the new format. Note entirely new to dnd, i've been doing 3.5 for about 15 years now.

Any ideas on what people are thinking of playing? I'm currently playing a warlock in another camp, so I'm thinking something different for this one.

My character is a Yroc, barbarian 1/paladin 2. Going to take Oath of the Redeemer @ paladin 3.

The character creation threads are open for you all to see what each others is doing in case that sparks an idea -- I have one group already create a entertainer troupe just because they all had certain abilities -- so creating pre-game ties to one another is fine by me otherwise I have a definitive means of doing so -- as your trip to the starting point gave your characters time to know one another if you had known one another prior to that

Also I have posted a Character List that outlines the Tentative choices made thus far

are we going to pick up more players?

Thanks for the heads up runekyndig... yes we did seem to lose a player and I am checking on snapperw81 status and will give them to the end of this week to reply --- Corvid has seemed to cause all sorts of issues here on GamersPlane

That said I have invited to more players to join and if snapperw81 does reply we may have 5 if not 4 its part of the reason I have that cushion ;)

Hey everybody. How’s are all y’all doin? Crazy out there. I hope everyone is being safe! Looking forward to having something to escape to with y’all.

The cabin fever is high with my 2 year old, but we are managing

Lots of time at home right now. My wife likes coming home to a clean house and a cooked meal. 😁

I have a 3 year old and an 8 month old. I can completely understand the cabin fever. My wife and I are still going to work but not as much and man days stuck at home and cant go anywhere make the days long!

Do we have an idea of how close we are to getting this thing kicked off?

Depends on my activity levels -- sorry about that -- I spent most of this weekend tutoring a student

Not a problem man. I was more curious if you had everything you need from me and where we stand with all that. Not trying to rush or bug anybody. But i cant know if I don't ask.

and the only bad question in my book is the unasked one -- so do not get me wrong I am fine with you all asking questions --- and being a sweaky wheel in PbP just shows you are interested ;) which is a good thing and helps motivate me to speed things up so all-in-all its a good thing

Squeak squeak squeak🤣

that sounds like a rat ;)

A hungry familiar is now looking for a tasty mouse

But a quiet shadow is waiting for that sound to make a move

Well here is hoping that familiar is not an owl as their wings are baffled so they make no sounds ;)

Cold Iron and Silvered -- added to the Armor and Weapons categories in House Rules

cool, you indicated that there would be extra special weapons, I can't find them

I have not posted those yet I needed to put this in place because a player has chosen to get a Silvered weapon and Silvered and Cold Iron armor/weapons are both standard things you can do with armor/weapons in DnD5e and is where I got that information from all I changed was the cost -- I so dislike flat rates that cover everything from a dagger to a full suit of plate armor (in this case) also I do not feel the benefits of Silvered or Cold Iron warrants such a high price.

I work in healthcare so I'm in the hospital everyday so I don't have cabin fever. My wife and 7yo are another story.

I'm fully aware of our unique situation, with Corona and all that follows, but do we have an idea of when we start?

Be safe man. I dont know what everyone's comfort level is talking about these things but what area are you in? Are you a nurse, facilities worker, tech?

Runekyndig I don't have a good reason why but every time I look at your name I think it says donkey. Just wanted you to know incase i call you donkey at some point lol

That's a bit random...
It's actually Danish for "someone who knows runes"

Sorry I know it was random but that happens when I'm bored and had my comp in front of me.

I too am curious what the time frame in starting is as well though

Okay I like to finish up detailing the previous group before starting on the current group -- and things have been a bit more RL than usual so that has slowed me down a bit but I am really close I think just one more character to finalize and then I start this game and begin working on finalizing the characters here -- so fairly soon and apologies for the delay but RL is RL and it does take precedence still I have been able to maintain posting -- it just takes a bit more time to finish up the finalization which I am working streamlining as well

Okay I am going to go ahead and kick this off -- and will work at finalizing your characters as we progress I pretty confident that there is no issue (if any) that we cannot deal with as I am pretty flexible

please approve our characters

Sorry about that -- done and thanks

Do we want to do a quick little what we know about each other post? Have we all traveled together before? How close are we? Why we are going here?

Do we want to do a quick little what we know about each other post? Have we all traveled together before? How close are we? Why we are going here?

Okay I can answer one of those questions -- you have been traveling for about 2 weeks with the caravan plenty of time to have gotten to know each other -- you have fought along side each other enough to have some trust in one another -- finally you have all agreed during that time (or prior to it) to form an adventuring group.

You are here in Far Reach to "adventure" whatever that means to your character -- but basically explore the mysterious things and hopefully find riches (in whatever form that takes for your character). Those are the basics

Of course you can stray from those basics -- one group due to how they created their characters -- formed a traveling entertainment troupe of adventurers one that started long before they came to Far Reach -- so pretty much anything is possible if you all want to work some angle based on the whom you are concepts

1: edit your posts and change to your character
2: use the ooc button for ooc talk

I think I got it now. Sorry still learning all the little details

That is fine -- its good to learn ;)

I'm open to suggestions for why we are sticking together. Bazrugh's one request is that he be given the chance to persuade any bad guys into changing their evil ways. He is a paladin of Ilmater. At paladin level 3(he has one level of barbarian), he will take the Oath of Redemption.

Note USGA_Elite you can go back and edit a previous post to put it In Character if you like ;)

Perhaps during the travel here you each saved the other from a very nasty thing from occurring during one of the various combats you had along the way -- bandits, critters, and terrain were all a bit precarious if not outright hostile on the way here. This then built into a more solid respect for one another and the feeling that you worked well together...

Or any ideas you want to inject into the mix that you all can agree upon -- in the end though you are comrades with a collective purpose

We all agreed I’m the leader and the best right?

As we know eachother, then lets make a short (1-2 lines) off-game introduction of our characters

Maethion is a highelf, he is a wizard who can use a sword. He is part of the Greenwardens (Paladin oath of the ancient) and belives that he should fight for the light in the world

With that you have an idear of who he is

I'm a registered dietitian, talking to people about food and making sure they get fed.

Ashton is a halfling bard who travels from town to town performing. His act is a combination of acrobatics, knife and axe throwing.

This was a joke. I know I don't know all y'all that well and I didn't want to come across as that cocky.

What a joke... oh man I thought you were being serious -- oh that so bursts my bubble now ;)

Hey I know but I have to appear at least appear to be modest at the start.

Oh there is a ray of hope -- my bubble is reforming ;)

I kind of get the feeling that Ashton and Milli would have gotten closer than most over their journey here. Both being of shorter stature and both loving drinking. I don't know if it is like a best friend thing but just more often times sitting together telling tales of travel and sharing drinks with one another. How does that sit with you?

Was waiting for HoorayRat to respond to USGA_Elite

Also USGA_Elite you can edit previous posts rather than make odd comments ;) within subsequent posts

Sorry about that. Response is posted.

That would be to efficient. How about I do both so the comments really make no sense?

Yeah that sounds good to me! Milli would be happy to have a drinking buddy and friend to share stories with.

Be posting hopefully sometime tonight

Hey maybe Milli could setup and sell brews at Ashtons shows. If she has the stock on hand to do so that is.

Runekyndig is Maethion going to the garrison as a representative for our adventuring group? Or is he just going on his own for himself right now?

Also if we are to be a proper adventuring party we should have an Avengers like name. Any ideas?

It is a good question

The current party looks something like this. All non-human. Perhaps "Rimwalkers" those who walk on the rim of human society, or the rim of a drinking tankard ;)

Bazrugh's Bastards!!!

J/K

Bastards and Elf’s!

The Motley Crew?

Been then everyone is going to ask -- so which ones Motley ? ;)

Assorted Alliance?

Carric is Chaotic Good

Depends on the day ;)

Were we employed for the trip and got paid or were we just tag alongs? If we were paid was that the 10 gp we have now?

Yes your characters were employed by caravan and the 10gp or whatever you have could be your pay and/or you worked to be part of the caravan for safety reasons. Basically in the end the caravan is just a vehicle to bring the characters together and give them a solid reason to be an adventuring group upon arriving at the starting point rather than have all of you meet in a tavern and for some unknown reason chose to risk life and limb with a bunch of strangers ;)

We can be "The Motley Crew".

Well if you are going that route then you ought go spell it : Mötley Crüe

Ya but I don't know how to make the letters do that...

by copying/pasting it ;) its what I did

But I am good with The Motley Crew/Mötley Crüe

Okay if you ever one to ask me a question and you want to be private but you want to be associated with the game please post it using {note="DeJoker"]Message Text[/note} but do not include any special codes within the note as that can cause the privacy part of the note to get lost.

Next feel free to bug me if I have delayed in posting and/or answering posted questions -- I have a memory sometimes like a steel sieve as the trap got broken a long while back...

Wow did not realize I had missed every question you asked -- nothing personal -- just me being blind so my apologies
Late morning some time before high-noon, yes their are people about... the folks from the caravan that just arrived, guards on the ground and walls, and once you get inside folks shopping and/or selling wares in the open market that takes up the a large portion of the inner area.
I am not sure how your character would know this without asking - but not everyone is getting stopped that is for sure - perhaps there is something different about your character than most of the others passing through the gate - something rather obvious
The group is entering the village through the South Gate and it only really has two gates the North Gate and the South Gate -- there is a "Gate" to the fort if you want to call it that and as such it would be the East Gate but you will find it is never referred to as that

I hope that answers any and all outstanding questions

I believe that was all of them and I appreciate and respect your openness. Thank you.

Just wanted to keep everyone up to date on what's going on here. Later this morning, my wife is having our new baby. That said, I may or may not be able to post over the next couple of days from the hospital as my other kiddo will have the laptop at home.

I'll try my best to keep going, but if DeJoker needs to RP my guy til Thurs/Fri, I'm okay with that. I'll be back to the "table" as soon as I can.

Congrats man that's awesome! Hopefully everything goes well!

Yes Congrats

Congratulations!!

Note I have been trying to catch up on posting as RL has been playing more havoc recently with time

fair enough - thank you for letting us know :)

trying to post right now hoping to have up here shortly maybe

Thank you all!


I'm back. We got home safely this afternoon. Mom and baby are doing great!

Boy or girl? Is this your first baby?

Baby girl, and we have one daughter already, 7 yo.

That’s awesome man. I got two boys and as scary as the first one is the second one is that much fun. I remember being so terrified when my first one came but with this one I am not stressed over every little thing and have been able to enjoy him more. Well I hope y’all get some good solid rest when you can and congrats again.

Out of curiosity if when I attack do is it my dex+prof? If it is my rapier, a thrown dagger or and thrown handaxe?

Finesse weapons allow you to use Strength or Dexterity for To Hit & Damage but only one or the other so Rapier is melee -- To Hit + Damage -- Dex or Str modifier

Thrown weapons (except Finesse) are all Dex To Hit / Str Damage --- normal missile (non-thrown) weapons are just Dex To Hit

So all my attacks (since I would be using dex) would be +2 to hit and then my rapier would get another +1 for it being the level that it is and it would get a +3 to damage but my thrown axe or dagger wouldn’t get any additions to damage because those would be strength based. Is that right?

Due to questions popping up (elsewhere) I got to looking at the extremely minor cantrips (Druidcraft, Prestidigitation, and Thaumaturgy) -- As such I would like to theme them a bit more which would involve expanding them and constricting them at the same time.

For instance the Druid deals with the natural world as such their Druidcraft would reflect this, conversely this is different but similar to Thaumaturgy since they both involve deities. Then we have Prestidigitation or the more Arcane spin on this.

What I am considering -- and I am asking for input on this from you all -- is as I said tailoring these to reflect a theme of a sorts. It makes sense that Druidcraft is Transmutation for most of its effects but it seems to have a bit of Abjuration and Divination in there as well. Thaumaturgy on the other-hand seems to be mostly Enchantment in nature with a bit of Transmutation and then I would expand them into the Necromantic realm as well. This would leave Conjuration, Evocation and Illusion for Prestidigitation which interestingly enough seems to fit the bill for the basic things it can do.

This way each caster type (aka specific minor-cantrip spell) would have a themed set of spell types that you could then use more dynamically to create the very-minor effects within the guidelines of what is allowed for that spell and then the "Things you can do" would simply be examples.

So again I would like to hear your input on this if you have any.

Are you asking about those three specifically or are you asking about all cantrips?

No just these 3 specific cantrips as they actually reflect a group of spells that are less than cantrips

Okay I have tweaked Druidism (aka Druidcraft) to be what I am planning to do with the other 2 spells like it. If you want to see a precursor to what the others will look like.

When do you think you will be able to post in the adventure?

I am hoping tonight - but was hoping to do it last night then got way laid -- I teach programming on the side and sometimes students pop in to ask questions.

Ok awesome and totally understand.

Nope the best laid plans of mice and men -- fell asleep at the keyboard

I hope you didn't hurt yourself. ;)

best of luck with your daughters snapperw81
I am withdrawing from this game

So I guess that means he isn’t going on our behalf. He just up and left the party lol. Typical elf! Or does Carrie just seem him turn to dust right in front of him like Thanoes snapped for only him?

Could decide he didn't like the bracelet and attempted to fight his way out of the barracks, dying in an amazing blaze of glory?

and Carric just standing there like "wtf dude" the whole time lol

Or he just goes super nova like those guys in Iron Man 3 and just explode.

All interesting options but I will phase the character out more naturally and see about phasing a new one in -- sorry for the delays this game is next on my list to make sure something gets posted to -- so am hoping things go well enough today to allow me to get one in and move things forward

@snapperw81 would you be okay with us RetConning your trip to the office basically have you have gone alone to check it out on the groups behalf -- then prior to that your character had accompanied everyone to the gate and then agreed to meet them back at the Nag Inn when you had completed things

I think staying with 4 characters will be fine for the troop -- and I am did not get a response from the potential 5th I sent a message to

That works for me. Whatever you need to do to make it easiest for you.

I'm very mellow. lol

Okay I have RetConned a few posts and editted out the now non-existent character -- you might want to glance through those posts so you are all aware of the minor changes (also if you want to add your character pic back to any post I edited please do)

Also I have Carric going to the Garrison to check it out as well as to see what kind of assignments might be available to an adventuring crew -- since the early bird does tend to get the choicest of wyrms ;)

I am going to guess that Carric will conclude business at the Garrison and arrive back at the Nag Inn about the same time as the rest of you so -- I plan to complete his interaction -- and then post him arriving at the Nag Inn prior to moving the events within the Nag Inn forward -- so that we can all be one happy family again ;)

Again sorry for the delays on this life has been interesting

Any idea when you will have a chance to do the next post?

Take your time my friend. I don't mind waiting, as I know how interesting life is. It's not terribly crazy as I live in southeast Kansas, but I'm also a registered dietitian so I'm at work every day too.

I want to emphasize that I understand and I by no means am trying to push. I was just asking for the sake of asking. Sorry if it came off any other way.

Ah will try to get it up tomorrow my bad and thanks for asking btw I appreciate it keeps spot on ;)

I didn't take it that you were trying to push. I was posting to empathize with DeJoker. I apologize if it appeared I took your comment the wrong way.

All good. Man life is crazy this year hu? I mean 2020 it’s gonna be a whole section in history class at some point I think.

My sincerest apologies. I'm bowing out of all my PbP games. I'm having to deal will a serious personal situation at home. I have no idea when or if it will get resolved.

Take care of your house first man. No worries. Hope all will be good. I don't know if you are a religious person but you're in my prayers today.

Are we okay to proceed with 3 or would you like me to round up a 4th?

I’m good with going forward with 3. Might make things easier and faster. If we pick up a 4th along the way that would be cool too

I'm good with 3, and we could maybe "meet" someone along with way!

As mentions undead as soon as our cleric left us...hard to tell if our DM is reactive or prepared...insight check on the DM!

Uh well I would suggest not going near the Marsh ;) then

Hey guys it’s been a week. Can we get some posts going?

Okay double checked to make sure it was not me ;) -- waiting on the okay we are going to do such and such -- and I think Ashton was waiting on someone else

Ya I think the only thing I was waiting on from you was to figure out my money situation. I didn’t know how much drinks cost me.

Okay well the coin is rather minor -- and if you want to continue forward -- we can say the player you were checking on was simply not present and has not returned -- you are sure they will be back eventually but not sure how long that might be -- and thus operate on your own.

Ok that works for me and if he jumps back in and says he came along then that might work. But yes let’s progress forward please.

Okay I like fluidity ;) so please post your in-game actions and such that take you in that direction this would allow the other player to tag along if they wanted to as well

I’m sorry I think I got Baz and Millie players mixed up. So Milli is still with us? So it’s Ashton, Milli and Carric right?

I hadn’t even noticed that there was another player joining us! And it comes with a gnome! What’s the doggos name?

Hello I'd be the gnome !

And we’re you going to be a rouge? I can’t remember what I read or where exactly you landed.

I will be a rogue indeed, possibly multiclassing at some point as a Rogue/Wizard or Rogue/Druid.

I am still waiting for the GM to make the final tweaks and give me the green light and start posting on the game forum though.

Well you and you pup are most welcome to the group.

Thank you !

My apologies for the delay -- got laid out over the weekend due to overheating on Friday

Oops, I skipped that part. The dog's name would be "Ais", that - provided that the source is correct - should mean "Wisdom" in Gnomish. Oh, and I have a little bird, too, called Seer!

Xain in case you missed it you were just introduced ;)

Xain when you Edit your post you will be able to select your character as an option now. That being said I want to point out a few corrections to your post.
You would not have been ill-treated by the guard as that is against their protocol unless your character upset them for some reason.
You are at the northern terminus of the caravan's trip north, that said you could simply change it to "accompany the caravan on its trip back south"
The guards are not present just the 2 paladins and the other 3 adventurers
They would not have sent you that far ahead, however, they may have had you scouting the Cleave and you were delayed in getting back to the Caravan.

I don’t think I saw Xain post any of that anywhere. Am I missing it somewhere?

Never mind I’m just an idiot lol

He actually did, he wanted to start going around questioning people (about what business you can easily imagine) without wasting time in something so time-consuming and pointless as a ceremony (ahah there should be an "in character" tag actually because now I am obviously speaking in character). I suppose the guards would not take it too well.

As for your other points. I am going to edit them in.

Cheers for adding me as a character!

We getting an update today right?

yep working on that as you post ;) so-to-speak

Awesome thank you sir

A note on Casting Spells at a Higher Level --- I determined a long while back that when you increased a spells level (not Cantrips) that it basically increased all aspects of the spell by about 50% per level thus basically doubling the spells effect for every 2 levels of increase. However, I also discovered that more than 4 levels of increase broke this concept as well. So this still seems to hold true for all spells that I have seen thus far as such I will be a implementing this within the spells as we move forward and capping the casting of Spells at a Higher Level to an increase of 4 levels. So you can cast a 1st level spell at 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th but you cannot cast it using a 6th level spell slot or higher... okay well you can try but what happens if you do might not be fully beneficial its like overloading a cannon eventually the cannon just might explode as it was never designed to control that much power.

Now if I have not done this to a spell you are using and you cast it at a higher level at least you will have a better idea of what its actually increased effect might end up being.

So far the adjustments are not exactly a 50% increase but they very close and some of the adjustments required tweaking the spell slightly to accommodate a much easier progression.

Okay it appears we may have lost Milluznaul (LordoftheRows) -- do you all want me to scrounge up another player to fill the position or do you want to wait a bit longer to see if they chime back in.

I am asking a friend of mine if he wants to join us, but it mighg take some time...

I say we just move forward and see if they join us again. Until then Milli can just be in a drunken stupor and in agreement with everything and useless in a fight if that happens.

Yeah, it seems like a sensible idea - if DeJ feels like rebalancing the whole adventure for 3 players instead of 5, which must be a pretty tedious task

We were about to move forward with 3 players before you jumped in so he seemed up to making those adjustments anyway.

Besides the 3 of us could handle the workload of a normal group of 5.

Xain -- what I do not do is create a "balanced" adventure -- I create a challenging one -- and sometimes the players need to figure out what might be beyond their capabilities as to me that is part of adventuring and perhaps the most dangerous part -- getting in way over ones head.

So this is what I guarantee:

1) The enemies will act like real creatures -- which means unless they are fanatical or mindless -- they are not going to fight to the death

2) The enemies maybe weaker, as strong, or overpowering

3) If you go in unprepared you are more likely it get your butts handed to you and if lucky get out alive

4) If you go in prepared the is generally a good chance of success -- or -- you may not to dive into that hole quite yet

5) The world moves which is to say it does not wait on you

------ Some adventures are semi-static due to their nature
------ Some adventures get more difficult over time
------ Some adventures come and go and you can miss them
------ Some adventures come and go and then my come again
------ Some adventures if missed have no consequences
------ Some adventures if missed have consequences
------ Some adventures if missed have major consequences

And by adventure I am only talking about the seed for that adventure... these get tossed out from time to time as you are adventuring... some are red herrings and grabbing on to it just nets you smelly hands while others are a dragon tail and grabbing on it is --- well a lot worse than having a tiger by its tail

To give an example of what I mean : A group went out on an adventure and along the way the ran into this small group of orcs transporting and putting rocks into a wide but shallow part of a stream. They killed all the orcs and scattered the stones and continued on their adventure. After this rather difficult adventure on the way back they found a larger group of orcs transporting and putting rocks into that same section of the stream. They killed all the orcs and scattered the stones and continued back to the village they were using as their base of operations and where they had made some friends. Later on they went on another adventure this time in the opposite direction of that one where they had encountered orcs which turned out to take a while and when they returned to the village the found it razed to the ground with no survivors. After some investigation they found that some large heavy wheeled vehicle had rolled into town they track on path of it back to that stream where a stone bridge had been constructed which allowed this large heavy wheeled vehicle to cross without getting stuck -- know they knew why those orcs were doing what they were doing but had they investigated that earlier they might have prevented the village's demise. Then of course promptly set out to bring justice down on that thing for the murder of their friends.

So that is what I mean by -- Adventure -- the Orcs were a lead in to an adventure that the players overlooked -- an adventure that if overlooked had major consequences -- especially since they were not in the village when that machine rolled through it

I see! Glad to be part of a dynamic world!

Hey all, thanks for keeping the ball rolling in my absence. Wasn't my intention to go quiet like that, I apologize, but I'm back if you'll have me :)

yep you are still in the game I think you are a bit drunk right now ;) thou

just catch up on what has transpired and we can say you were there just being quiet ;) --- aka you already sworn in and all

Perfect sounds good.

When do you think we could expect an update?

Compiling the information and being very busy on my current project trying to get it into a testable state which it is not being cooperative -- an issue of something that works fine but does not work so fine in Windows (typical kind of issue in the software industry)

You know I always here people down talking on Macs but I also hear way more people complain about their Windows then I hear people complain about their Macs lol

Good luck with your project! May I ask you what it is about?

I am programming an tool that interfaces with Serial Devices that monitor engines and displays the information as a view and/or in a graph. Sounds fairly simple but its in Python-Qt which while a pair of wonderful languages to work in have elements about them that can be troublesome as well especially when your dealing with Multi-Threads and Multi-Processes (and no threads in python are not multi-processing)

Yes there is next to no OS and GUI that does not have issues and I have worked in all 3 of them as a programmer.

BTW the reason I have to compile this information is because of the 4 different groups your group is the first group to investigate things in this manner -- I applaud you all ;) -- in my games a player once made the observation that if the group goes in prepared they succeed but if they go in blind they tend to get their butts kicked soundly

I like to go into things half blind. Otherwise you get paralyzed by indecision and over think everything. I’ve already figured out it’s weregriffins but just waiting for the evidence to support that.

There are times where I make sure I'm prepared to do business... Other times, I go full on "Leroy Jenkins!" and pray something good happens. lol

If you don’t do that then you never get those amazing upsets or clutch plays!

Hey shouldn’t affect my ability to play but wanted to share my good news. I got a new job! I got let go about a month and a half ago, first time I have ever been fired and then unemployed for any amount of time, and yesterday I got an offer. The offer is actually better than my previous job in pay, commute and benefits.

Great news!

That's great, congrats! What job is it?

Facility maintenance for a company called Schluter Systems. I’ll be in charge of their new building that of almost done with construction in the DFW area.

How is our next post coming DM?

Just wondering if you have any idea when you might be posting again.

I kind of consider this game dead... But I'm here if it should resume!

... why do you consider it dead? Last I knew we were waiting for results on rolls.

Just hoping for the best but expecting the worst! I don't want to be disappointed.

But yes, secretly I am still waiting for the results of the rolls, too.

Ya sometimes posts come in fits for a day or two then there is a lul but this is definitely the longest it’s been.

Yeah normally I am actually rather consistent however as denoted in the Absence thread on this site -- I am experiencing stuff in RL that leaves me mentally drained in the evening to the point that I have often just gone to bed way early and without even turning on the computer

So one can say this is an inordinate lull but as I have stated to a few I know this cannot go on indefinitely even though it has gone on longer than I imagined it would but that is life it always throws you those unexpected things especially when you are least expecting them.

I'm still here to continue on the story whenever you're ready and able to start it back up. Real Life takes precedent.

Yeah okay just so you all know I have not been idle -- your group just happens to have been the first group to investigate the rumor mill -- and well dang I had not put any meat on dem dar bones yet -- so I have been doing my best to flesh that out when I get time to do things -- hopefully have that done soon enough -- that of course has a bonus result -- as you all actually get a bonus on those checks since you be the first

Me like bonuses.

You know what might be kind of cool is if you ran multiple games at the same time in the same world so your different party’s could meet or we could have a competitive relationship with another group of adventurers.

Yes it is sort of set up that way but without the direct competitiveness thing as that would be extremely difficult to manage on a PbP when no one seems to post at the same rate -- although way back when I had that experience in a game world -- a single GM was running multiple groups and sometimes those groups encounter each other and sometimes those groups were not friendly to one another -- sure added a whole different spin to the entire world

That’s cool make it feel more alive. Also there is the possibility of the DM’s head exploding or then having a melt down as I’m sure that is a lot to process in ones head lol

Not anything I have not dealt with before -- I once helped coordinate a game that had 5 GMs, about 25 crossing story arcs, that involved about 50 characters with individual play and teams as small as 2 and as large as 5. Making sure the major story arc that fueled the smaller story arcs stay in sync was a minor challenge but it made for a very rich game play.

Just a note I have updated the Far Reach map and its details as there were some significant elements that you all would be aware of that I had failed to mention earlier

Also a fairly significant item is that Southbridge Village sits upon a plateau that is about 400 feet below the Sky Plateau but is about 400 feet above the lower regions of Far Reach and that the Bridge is 800 feet long and drops that 400 feet to the opposite shore -- and thus is the only easy accessible point from the lower plateau to the lower regions of Far Reach

Along with a few other things that were in place that have not come up such as the two forests located upon the lower plateau

Now the road you all came in on -- being fairly insignificant -- is not displayed on the map and while not denoted the southern edge of the map is literally the Cliffs of Insanity that go straight up to the Sky Plateau and stretch along the entire southern edge of Far Reach -- I will be adding another 2 maps soon that show what can be seen from the lower plateau both to the west and the east but those are still in the works

Okay just a heads up I almost have this done and I have the other games back up and running so should have this one up and running by no later than this weekend -- again my sincere apologies for the delays hopefully once I get this back up and running things will go a bit more smoothly ;)

No worries! I think we all understand that RL takes priority and if there is anything this crazy time should be teaching up is patience and understanding. I was actually going to post a request for an update today so perfect timing.

Note to you all -- first thanks for hanging around -- and hopefully I have things in a more maintaining role which is much easier for me to do and keep on top of somewhat daily -- so hopefully things will be more like I usually run me posting and just waiting for all the players to chime in and then posting again

I am still here and active just needing to know what you all want to do at this point

Hi all, I've been moving between apartments lately so didn't have much time to participate in the forum, but that will change soon!

No worries man. I think we are just about to set out I kinda the only lead we have. We just don’t know what info you got back from your rolls. But if it changes anything we will work it out.

How are we looking on the next post coming?

Sorry Cain I forgot Puff was from the woods well. What is a fFolk? I thought it was a typo at first but now I can see it’s not.

fFolk if you will look under the World Dynamics > Patrons : Realms Races you would find this:
Along with a few other minor terminology changes

Agh ok thank you. Also it’s been a minute since we took our paths, can we make our hands glow blue??

Have you been instructed how ;) if so by all means -- if not maybe you can ask how that was done --- and no that was not an oversight by the GM ;)

I was thinking more my shitty memory didn’t retain that info lol but next moment alone I can tell you exactly what Ashton is going to try to do lol

okay should be interesting to see if he can figure it out ;) on his own

He is sure he can lol I on the other hand am just hoping for a roll high enough where I don’t turn everything blue for good lol

Well as I keep saying -- I am more than happy to let players be players and role play their characters as they see fit -- and there has been more than one occasion where I have altered my plans and direction some to make the game a bit more fun for one or more players -- for to me that is what the game is supposed to be about fun and if the players are having fun I am usually having fun as well

Okay I noticed this elsewhere and while I concurred with it I realize I had not included within the parameters of this game -- it is now within my creation guide but wanted to be sure you all were aware of this since you are done with the creation process.

I have played a lot of PbP games over the years, and player engagement and freedom with the narrative of the world about them helps to keep everyone engaged - and, it relieves the GM of trying to provide ALL the detail for every scene or the world around them all. As such you can always request things for scenes or for world content and/or just simply ask if its there or if can be be there -- all these work -- basically feel free to make suggestions for content and such as I will take that into serious consideration as many times I have shifted gears mid-game to incorporate a comment someone made at the table that sounded particularly interesting and fun to add in but I cannot over hear your thoughts so you have to post them ;)

snapperw81 it appears it is in neither yet both and they also added the Poisoner's Kit (aka Tools) in Xanathar's Guide. Sadly though it appears that the PHB, DMG, and XG contradict or confuse the issue of what each of these actually does and does not do. As such I am going to say this -- all 3 can make toxins BUT they do not do so in the same way or with the same end results. Further I am going to give Poisoner a more generic term which is how the Poisoner functions without directly being identified as such. So all 3 of these produce concoctions that are not magical in nature but each of these can augment the ability to make magical concoctions based on the what that magical concoction is being made from.

Herbalism would of course deal with plant based poisons (aka Nightshade)
Alchemy would deal with mineral based poisons (aka Arsenic)
Apothecary would deal mainly with venoms but also some poisons as well (aka Black Mamba Venom)

And to cover this in a broader sense --

Alchemist deals with making mineral based concoctions
Apothecary deals with making animal based concoctions
Herbalist deals with making plant based concoctions

Thus getting back to the age ole division of is it Animal, Vegetable or Mineral

This allows us to define them and denote what makes them different and/or why they are different. Further :

Poisons are toxins that get into the body via swallowing, inhaling or absorption through the skin.
Venoms are toxins that get into the body via actively being injected using a carrier mechanism (bite, sting, blade, etc...).

However regardless of the toxin one would have to find the recipes or make the recipes -- as Poison and especially Venoms are not a widely accepted practice throughout the Realms and in fact most places consider them to be out right illegal

That's completely fair and answers the question. Carric would not be using them in a nefarious manner. It would be to subdue prey when hunting and such. Feeling that Carric would automatically know that, he would not have asked those questions about venoms and such.

Yes that is fair you can edit your post accordingly

Due to a recent situation and some questions I have modified this section within the House Rules but presenting it here for ease of viewing it.

I am wearing Cuir-Bouilli armor. That’s light armor right?

Well normal Cuir-Bouilli is considered Medium Armor (as denoted in the House Rules) so if its normal then No it is not light armor

Ok that’s fine I just wasn’t sure. Thank you

Just to be sure, we are waiting on the DM correct?

Yeah, I think so. Carric was just going over the list of items he is supposed to find for the merchant.

Yep and I was putting that list of items together as that was where things seemed to be hinged on next

Ok just making sure I didn’t miss something. Not rushing ya just a little poke

Yes poke away ;) it helps me keep moving forward as life tends to crowd my mind sometimes

Just so you know I am working on that list (mostly done) and along with that I am also working on what I am going to do with the various Tool Proficiencies Alchemist Tools, Apothecary Tools, and Herbalist Tools --- as I am going to assume by what you all have said thus far that you might be interested in pursuing those as part of the game and making your own concoctions

You all just keep being the first in most things -- which is cool -- still I should have something maybe sometime tomorrow -- if all goes well as is I have most of the list complete -- just want to be sure to be able to answer various questions that you all might pose once you have the contents to review

No worries, man. Take your time.

Y’all think we should go to the garrison after we finish with nature book man? We still don’t have much information.

Do y’all think he’s agent is the weird Druid?

Hey just checking in. I know it’s been a little bit

Okay my bad -- will try to get something up today -- and thanks for the poke

Okay -- we been playing for a wee bit and I am curious -- as a player what do you find the must fun/exciting/interesting within a game -- having a nifty magic item -- discovering and solving a mystery -- vanquishing enemies in combat -- advancing your character in levels -- getting new and interesting abilities -- having a ongoing nemesis -- working with other players cohesively -- something else

I mean perhaps it is a combination of things and considering it is what you consider fun -- no answer can be wrong -- I am just curious because I like to try and deliver to the players that which they will have the most fun interacting with -- mostly I base it off of past experience as a player and a GM but I acknowledge that an individual player is unique and as such I would like to address as much uniqueness as I can. So please give it a wee bit of thought and as things progress forward I will see what I can deliver. Remember the fun of this game is not entirely on me -- you all have the ability to help increase the fun by supply thoughts and such. Normally in face-to-face games I can listen to banter amongst the players to get clues but in a PbP I have to blatantly ask :)

I appreciate you asking for sure! To me the most fun I have with D&D is (in no particular order) discovering cool magic items, finding unusual ways to use the environment or things both in combat and out, solving puzzles (but I only like solving them I don’t like failing to solve them lol). I like progressing in levels because it gives me more options on the way I can control and play with what’s around me.

Thanks for the response USGA_Elite Soooo what would you consider to be a "cool magic item" and then what might you consider to possibly be the "utmost coolest magic item"

I agree with USGA_Elite's no particular order remarks too! I also like building the character with things you can't find on the sheet. I like to build characters through stories, so I guess I like continuing adventures with characters and it not just be "Go-here-kill-them-save-them-treasure" (not saying I don't like treasure. lol).

I've got a halfling spellthief I have played in about 5 different campaigns, and whenever we start a new campaign I get to build on the stories he's been a part of before, mostly to the remarks of my friends as "that damn halfling again..."

Some that come to mind are:

Bag of Beans
Wand of Wonder
Robe of Useful Items

Not official items that i thought were cool:

Arrow of Displacement - An arrow tipped with a shard of quartz crystal. When it is fired, and the arrow strikes something, the archer is teleported to wherever the arrow landed. The quartz tip breaks after 3 uses and must be replaced.

Strange Key - A big iron key the size of a human forearm. It can either unlock any lock once, whereupon the key shatters, or it can be used to stab one target, ignoring AC and dealing damage equal to 3x the target’s WISDOM, whereupon the key shatters.

The raids have been happening at night right? And every night or just every now and then?

Did everyone have a Merry Christmas?

Okay I have been thinking about it and decided to look into the various Background Features -- as I have felt that some are definitely better than others and some are just a GMs nightmare. Further I have noticed that many players gravitate to the seemingly more useful ones rather than picking one for its flavor -- note not all just most thus far.

So basically I am going to try and balance them out and make them all have something useful to enhance a character that is themed to the background and the description of their current featurettes -- I have updated the Outlander in House Rules but I will -- along with the other things that deal with character creation be moving it to the Character Creation thread as these can be then copied to the character sheet with the abilities they grant. I of course will appreciate any feedback or ideas on how to make the various backgrounds more useful and less a GM headache. :)

If you feel a different background would have better suited your character but felt the benefit was just sub-par please say something now and let me know what background you would have liked had it had a more robust feature on par with some of the others.

That sounds good. I will take a look at those. Also if you are still looking for item examples I just learned about The Black Skull Amulet, possibly one of my favorite items I have read about so far ;)

Nice magic item so are you hoping you find it ;)

Curious are the other players still with us -- I can run a solo mission with NPC support if needed but often it is more fun to have others and I can easily bring others into the picture in this setting

I am but I don’t like asking a for such a specific magic item. I was just throwing out there as another example of something

And I am perfectly fine if you want to bring others in or move forward. It doesn’t matter to me one way or the other.

Well I did not want to assume the other players were non-existent if they were actually here and just letting basic in the spotlight ;) besides I thought you were a group (or some of you were) that wanted to game together -- but I could be confused on that

I will give them all until January the 6th as it could be the holidays messing with them all.

Okay 2 of the players LordoftheRows and Xain have been inactive for a very prolonged period so I am reaching out for a couple new players but will hold on to these two in case they return sometime early next year.

snapperw81 -- if you would not mind responding to let me know you are still active it would be greatly appreciated

USGA_Elite I am hoping the new players that applied will respond quickly as I would like to use your "performance" and situation to scrounge them up more organically

Other than that have a happy new year

Hi.
Just joining the game and wanted to say a quick hello to everyone.

First off hello and welcome. Second; your user name is top notch!

😂 thanks, I use it on alot of stuff to be honest. Looking forward to getting into the game

Hey, sorry. The holidays have gotten me all screwed up and I haven't been at the computer except when I was at work. I'm here.

did you have good holidays Snapper?

Yeah, traveled ALOT. every day it felt like I was in the car for 2-3 hours or more visiting family.

You?

The exact opposite lol. Stayed home and just hung out. My kid is now of an age where playing with his toys is fun for me too. He got 4 remote control cars so we just spent all day swapping who was driving which ones lol.

Nice yep stayed at home with family as well -- daughter is old enough to play video games and enjoys the Zombie series I like to watch never been very good at those games (mom plays with her sometimes) more of a strategy/tactics player

Hi guys, sorry if I've been silent lately, but with the Covid situation and the new UK lockdown I am a bit struggling with my mental health - nothing too serious, a bit of depression I guess.

So I do not really feel like committing to posting regularly at the moment. Sorry for the inconvenience I have caused, and I hope I can join you again when I feel better.

Lots of love,

Andrea

Hey man take care of you first! I know we all just just barley meet but if you need to vent/rant/or just want a conversation that is unrelated to anything you are dealing with you are more than welcome to message me. I will say that when you do feel up to posting or talking it can be a welcome distraction but take whatever time you need!

Also didn't know you were from the UK. Hello from the other side of the pond!

Definitely take care of you first man. We'll be here ready when you're up to coming back to the table.

Its fine you take care yourself and in the meanwhile your character will just come down with a nasty fantasy virus to lay them up until you get back

Okay you new players can you please try and conclude and submit your characters so we can get things moving fully forward. In the mean time I will move what is going on forward so that you active players have something to do.

how many new players do we have joining us?

Looks like just the one in this game -- but doing this in 2 of the games right now

Sounds good! So expect a post in story thread in the next day or so?

Yeah and hoping our new player has something more solid close to then be a shame to lose them to the void before they even get started

Greetings! Thanks for allowing me to join this game! I’ll be working on a character and submitting later today (USA). I’m excited to jump in!

Do note you have your own creation thread if you did not see it already and welcome aboard the game has partially started so you might be jumping in with your concept before it has been fully addressed which is fine by me.

We’re excited to have you! What kind of character are you going to play?

I’m going to play a Yroc Eldritch Knight named Almthu. Although warriors his village typically wanted nothing to do with the arcane, Almthu was drawn to learning magic through some chance encounters. A notable warrior, he soon felt trapped in the role. He left his village seeking his own path, convinced that the greater world must have more enlightened souls then his small town. While he did make some notable acquaintances, his travels opened his eyes to the fact that his people had many who hated them. He returned, pledging loyalty to his people.

Okay quick heads up -- the group has spent the day in town and you agreed to meet them at the garrison on the next day -- got my games confused -- however you could walk into the mess hall and join them now ;) that would be fine

I'll jump in at the garrison, it will give me a chance to catch up on the story thus far.

The mess hall is in the Garrison do you mean you meet them in the morning after they finish their current conversation which may be a post or two away?

Ah ok, I misunderstood. I'll jump in now.

Oh btw the way folks -- a Waterskin is only a 1/2 days ration of liquid which is not a problem if you can refill it during the day -- and when it comes to Liquid vs Food you can go longer without Food than you can Liquid. I say Liquid because a Waterskin can hold Wine as well and Wine is as good as Water for providing the necessary Liquid one needs. Note not saying you need Wine just pointing out it is an option.

I keep forgetting I apparently don’t have one of those. Can we say I picked up 5 watering and filled them with wine after my performance?

You want 5 Waterskins filled with Wine ? And no we cannot just say you did that ;) but you can stop by a merchant on the way out to purchase said items assuming you find one that sells them or perhaps maybe you can get a couple of waterskins with water from the garrison until you can pick up your own. Just ask your Yroc friend, he used to live here so he might be able to help you out on that.

That’s a wonderful idea lol I’ll do that

I just added some characteristics to the notes section on my sheet. Let me know what you think

Bringing in a another player to round out the party to 4 players -- I will figure out why they were delayed and/or maybe have them be a friend of that other guy you met ;)

Hello all. Thanks for letting me join the game 😁

Hi! Welcome to the game!

*In response to Snapper's last post*

Not TMI for me man. That sucks! I can't do much form here but I send good vibes and prayers your way!

IRT Snapper - best wishes,

My character Quogrim, being reviewed now, is a wood gnome ranger beast master with a couple of unique friends 😀. First and most obvious is the giant wolf spider he often rides and a Tressym, winged intelligent cat, that likes to follow him around but doesn't always listen to him, like most cats anywhere really. Quogrim accidentally entered the Feywild at a young age and only recently found his way back out, think Allen in the original Jumangi.

Sorry to hear that snapper do keep us in the loop if you can, prayers going your way. We can ghost your character if need be or you can get one of you players to take the helm in your absence if you want.

How are you feeling snapper?

I'm feeling pretty good right now. I've kinda been out of it. I am going in for surgery later this morning, so I'll be gone from the game for a couple of days to focus on sleeping and healing. DeJoker can run Carric if he needs to move the story.

Well prayers and good vibes coming your way man. Hope all goes well and take your time to heal!

Okay thanks for the heads up and take care and heal up hope to see you back soon.

I don't know where in the world everyone is but I hope everyone is safe and warm! I am in Texas and this snow storm is crazy!

And only made crazier because snow in Texas is almost unheard of and definitely usually here today and gone tomorrow

Stay safe! I've got family near Houston who has had a rough go of it, 40 hours without power. Once power came back on, they had to shut off the water due to cracked pipes, and they feel fortunate compared to neighbors.

I got some snow but the only issue was a request not to drive till the player clears it as it came to fast for them to keep the highway clear this morning. No power and no water is tough.

Okay not sure if this affects anyone in this game but I have updated all the Backgrounds associated with any that a player has taken thus far so if yours has not been addressed as of yet it should be and you might want to take a look.

Also for Unarmed Combat I have update that in the Weapons Table but to sum it up
.... Simple Weapons version (which everyone has regardless of class) has Finesse and does 1d3-1 plus Dex/Str Mod
.... Martial Weapons version (folks you have taken or have all Martial Weapons) has Finesse and does 1d4 plus Dex/Str Mod

The Tavern Brawler Feat simply upgrades a Simple Weapons version to the Martial Weapons version and I may look into a Feat to augment the Martial Weapon version if any becomes interested in such.

Okay due to recent events it has come to light that the price for magic item consumables is inconsistent and as such I am applying a consistency aspect to them so that I can more easily calculate their values and this can give you all a means of getting an idea of what a magic item might be worth.

First : Spell Level of the Effect x 100gp
Second : Casting Level of the Effect if not equal to Spell Level an additional +50gp per level
Third : Consumables cost half as much

For instance a Healing Potion cast at 3rd level would cost as follows
1st Level Spell Effect -- 100gp
3rd Level Casing ------- +50gp x2
Consumable Magic Item -- (100gp +100gp) / 2 = 100gp

Note this currently only applies to Spell Effect Levels from 1st through 3rd -- upon entering 4th and above I have to refactor this in order to make sure those magic items get the appropriate costing structure. I will be trying to make a list of the magic item consumables that are not Scrolls and pricing them out -- however if anyone wants to lend a hand please do as that would just speed things up.

Also if you did purchase a Scroll at the 100gp -- you can use the 50gp refund for another scroll or you can apply it some other magic consumable if you like -- in short you get the refund but you must use it or lose it as previous

Welcome back Snapper! You feeling better?

You know when we might get our next post DM?

Hopefully today had a nasty headache yesterday.

Welcome to the group Sjoyner!

Thanks!

Looking forward to the campaign. I am in the middle of making my barbarian. I decided Human in the end. Now I'm wondering about Wild Magic plus a magic -type feat to make them more of a shaman, or stick with a brutal type of berzerker barbarian.

Wild magic sounds fun. Just stand over there when you go off. :)

You can stand next to me when you go off. I embrace chaos! lol

Just a note while I have nothing against it and have no problems with a player having it, my version of Forgotten Realms is pretty much pre-wild magic era. Still with the Gnomes of Lantan existing producing dangerously explosive effects it is not unheard of, even though what the Gnomes do is not truly wild magic it is kind of viewed as such. So while it does exist it is rather uncommon and those using it (if it is known) a bit mistrusted or considered dangerous to be near. Kind of like Psybermagi's statement "Oh okay... just stand way over there when you go off." And Yrocs have a different name for it ;) altogether

Russian roulette?

Settled for path of the berserker, but you still might want to stand a little away to avoid all the blood!

No Yrocs call it the Waagh and while they respect it they tend not to stand to close to those who possess it, as they tend to explode sooner or later and those to close tend too explode right along with them ;)

Welcome sjoyner!

Total bummer about losing Carric
So, um, how is Ashton set up for healing? Hope everyone had some potions. :)

Yeah I concur -- oh did you not now Ashton is a closet cleric ;)

Greta is ready to rage! Just let me know when to post in the story. Also, could I get a readers digest of what the party is up to? Why are they searching the farms for obelisks?

So the others can chime in because I’ll undoubtedly miss something important, but we’re on our way to the western woods to investigate a person who has gone missing. There’s also been reports of damaged property to the farms leading out to our destination. We (Quogrim) found an entrance to a tunnel that had been dug by something small. The first 100 feet or so was investigated. Quogrim’s cat did see some type of creatures, possibly goblins, in the tunnel but we were unable to locate them and with our party split we decided to keep moving toward the woods.

The obelisks are something we investigated in the town, but couldn’t make heads or tales of it. We passed the information along to some who may be able to decipher the ancient runes written on the obelisks.

Don't worry I've got one spell slot a day I dedicate to a healing spell. So everybody gets one, but not all at once!

The only thing I will add to oddtrails recap is there was a list of plants but I think both the people who were looking at that are gone now so...maybe not lol.

There is also a page for notes that we are trying to keep track of who all we have meet and everything. I have forgotten to update it with the three farmers we just meet though.

To clarify Puck the cat did not see goblins, he smelt them aka they had been there recent enough to leave behind a scent but no visible bodies were spotted.

Yes if anyone wants to pick up the list and get into alchemical / herbal gathering business let me know -- it does take at least proficiency in Nature to gain the insights that Carric had.

Also Greta is now replacing Carric so within reason all things accredited to Carric are now her's provided she wants to further any of those things he began. This also means Greta is with the rest them doing the current scouting of the area near the current farm.

And we know Greta from the caravan or from the garrison?

Oh, and we befriended an artificer that invited us to dinner when we get back to town... provided we bring all the food.

You know Gretta just like you knew Carric

Also I have added some pictures to help you visualize the landscape of the plateau

Quogrim can pick up the botanical collection list, he had nature and herbalism kit proficiencies. I will start adding nature checks on my searches. For anything on the list and anything else useful, ex potion of healing or antidote ingredients

Mostly for the new players benefit but for everyone in general -- to avoid using a days rations one has to succeed at a Survival check for the areas DC depending on how good that roll is determines whether they use a 1/2 ration, a full ration or have an extra 1/2 ration to share with someone else but at no point will surviving off the land cover more then 1.5 daily rations.

Of course if the farmers feed you then that can cover ones daily rations as well thus 2 farmer meals is a days rations.

Do we need Kumo's list or can we just say we look for anything on the list?

If you want the list your character can have gotten one from Kumo -- however knowing what each item is on that list is part of the test Carric had only completely identified the Nature based items (Herbal and Apothecare) but the Alchemical ones would require an Arcana roll which no one had successfully made.

So one person can forage for the party? Everyone has to do it themselves?

Yes that is correct if you wish to forage for food and water you must make a survival check for your supply of food -- some classes can aid this I think but everyone makes their own roll --- if you fail it simply means you consume one of the daily rations you have brought with you and the water situation can be dangerous -- although here you can refill your water at a farm for free

Also note it takes 2 Waterskins of water for a full days ration of water not just one

Again survival in the wilderness is supposed to be a serious aspect of this game -- aka it is a threat in and of itself. Not treating it with caution as you would a monster means you could end up in not a good situation. This of course brings to highlight those abilities that actually help with surviving in the wilderness that would otherwise be of little to no use.

Ya but Ashton is more the sit around the campfire and provides the vibes while others provide the food type of survivalist. You know he feeds the soul...

I could always have Cef catch you something extra. He might even be able to bring it back alive!

Lol Ashton will try to catch himself something when we are done searching for the hole.

Finding nuts and berries and the like as you travel is just something else you can get and sometimes more long term hunting/gathering does provide more food. We are currently just talking about gathering while you travel kind of thing.

Also if someone gets enough for a days ration they can share half of that with another but the key is in the end how much of the rations you have brought along with you get consumed.