OOC Chat

We can chat our hearts out OOC here, and I'll set up a discord as well (very hit and miss whether people use that, but I always set one up anyway :) )

Hi, just want to say thanks for letting me join your game. I’m new (totally new). I have the PHB and I’ll do my best to keep up on my characters rules etc.

No worries. I was in your position not too long ago, gotta start somewhere :)

Glad to see a fresh face to one of my favorite pastimes! Feel free to ask questions about character options and gameplay. Everyone has an opinion about generating characters, but at the least we can assist in setting up the "building blocks" of what you want to play if you find yourself in a lurch.

Also, if you find the PHB lacks the idea you’re looking for, some of us have other official sourcebooks and can offer suggestions from those. However, many great characters can come from the PHB itself.

Welcome, Fox. I think that you'll have a lot of fun and you've chosen a great adventure to join to kick off your experience!

PBP is a good way to learn the basics at.

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. Won’t lie, I’m a bit intimidated to start so it’s giving me a warm fuzzy getting such a nice welcome

This is a great place for PBP. Don’t hesitate to ask questions. :)

Also, huge props to Sass for running another game. You’re awesome dude.

Welcome aboard! Also many thanks for running this Sass.

Thanks guys. It's no bother, I've come to really enjoy DMing so it's my pleasure :)

Apologies for the lack of posts over the weekend. Busy doesn't even describe it. I'll have my Human Fighter submitted later today.

No worries. Weekends rend to be quite busy for me as well.

Just want to ask, do you prefer we post in first person or third person?

whatever floats your boat

sorry about being late everyone, I'm new to this and I've just been sitting on my hands wondering when the game will start without knowing where to look.

I'm good now, I'm at my computer six days a week generally, I won't miss a post again.

question: how are you guys adding rolls to your posts in the chapters thread? Cutting and pasting from the tools tab, or am I missing something?

wait.... I think I've got it

That’s it. I still don’t know how to do it in a little box like the others have

I’m new too, I didn’t realise at first where the game itself was haha

it's good to not be the only rookie

can I ask what brought you to D&D in this technological age? I think it's really cool. But if I didn't play as a kid, I don't know what would draw me to it as an adult

I’ve always wanted to play. Never had anyone to play with. So this has worked a treat

cool.
I'm trying out play-by-post as Covid has dried up all the in person play. But getting everyone together in one place is never easy, so I'm hoping this becomes my new normal

I've been playing for the last 42 years. I began with the Holmes boxed set and never looked back. I've played every edition of D&D/AD&D and many, many more besides. This is just the most convenient medium right now.

Got into it in College. pretty good way to meet people irl. Adopted a lifesyle that involved constant mobility which meant i was never able to attend an in person game. Got into PBP as a way to scratch the itch.

LOOT: any one have a preference to how to handle loot. Equal shares is, of course, the right thing to do. But fighting over stuff can be fun...

I've been in games where loot is assigned randomly, by dice roll, to members of the party. Trading and bargaining amongst the party usually follows, which can make down time interesting.

I'm good with splitting evenly. Kar'i'nas happened to be the one with the gemstone atm, but he has not compunction against giving each their due.

I find discussing the items that interest characters helps, without the added arbitration of a die roll.

As a rogue, Skip believes evenly splitting is fine, as long as it’s a weighted even split in his favour. Or you don’t tie your purse strings too tight

I however don’t mind. I’ll follow the party consensus on this

Lunora is less interested in money (just wanting enough to survive and resupply), but takes an interest in easily portable monies and magical items.

even split. Just leads to drama that i am not interested in if people start getting greedy. I agree with galdr about discussing interesting items in character. Maybe a good rule of thumb would be to let everyone who wants to interact with such items have the opportunity.

Even split, the party can discuss the interesting items.

Are vampires a commonly known about subject? I don’t want to run the risk of meta gaming by assuming Skip knows all about them

Are vampires a commonly known about subject? I don’t want to run the risk of meta gaming by assuming Skip knows all about them

I think vampire legends are pretty ubiquitous. And they were in medieval times too. I don't know how many "facts" about vampires are true in D&D, I've never actually met a vampire in D&D before. I'm assuming Skallagrim knows about garlic, and stakes, and turning into a bat etc. but I don't know if anything he knows is actually true.

I think this is a good question to get out of the way early. I too would like to know how much knowledge we have regarding vampires

Aside from the vampire question, I just made two really awful rolls 😂

Sorry, weekends tend to be really busy for me. Let’s keep it interesting and you guys can roll me a nature check each to see how much you know about vampires.

one nature check:

Nature

Nature is what I'm good at

I just spat my tea out 😂

Skip and Lunora, you know quite a bit about vampires. Including its weaknesses such as:

Forbiddance. The vampire can't enter a residence without an invitation from one of the occupants.

Harmed by Running Water. The vampire takes 20 acid damage if it ends its turn in running water.

Stake to the Heart. If a piercing weapon made of wood is driven into the vampire's heart while the vampire is incapacitated in its resting place, the vampire is paralyzed until the stake is removed.

Sunlight Hypersensitivity. The vampire takes 20 radiant damage when it starts its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.

I just wanted to post here to say that I'm not really an ass. I'm told that I'm a rather easy-going and likable guy. However, Lunora tends to be direct and to-the-point. If it gets to be too much, just let me know and I'll tone it back.

Your goid

I’m enjoying it all. Loving everyone characters and their quirks.

I might be an ass....
But even asses think Skallagrimm's an ass...

😂

Combat 😀😀😀

GM side of me: This is probably animate armor.
Character side of me: Heck yes, black plate! I’mma need that.
Player side of me: *Pops popcorn* Let’s do this. 😂

😂😂

@DM et all, happened to see this from Squadfather on the Absences thread:

Yeah, he was also kind enough to shoot me a DM as well, but thanks for the heads up regardless.

I’ll be posting tomorrow, had another crazy day at work today.

When you say we reached level 2. We levelling up? Or level 2 of the game?

Sorry for being unclear, you all level up 😄

Awesome

Are we rolling HD or able to take average?

I rolled. But if you want me to take av instead then I’ll adjustbit

You’re allowed to do either, that’s up to you

i'll take average

Playing Dodge'em with hurricanes again. If I'm out for a while, please bot me or wait for me (if you're in my game). This one looks to be a direct hit. See you on the other side.

best of luck. when this is all over we'll be survivor buddies!

Hello all,

Just wanted to drop in and apologize for disappearing. In the excitement of finding this community, I drastically overcommitted the number of games I jumped into playing, as well as running. Life is insane right now, but for now I need to scale back and will be dropping this campaign. Hope to see you all around!

Hey guys. As you might've noticed I've been a bit on and off in my activity over the past few weeks, which has been due to feeling stressed, overworked and to an extent slightly depressed. I've decided to take a week or two off from GP completely to recharge my batteries, this is NOT to say that I'm shutting down the game and I hope that you will all stick around and get back to it when I'm feeling better. I just think that me stressing about my activity on here isn't helping me get back to a normal rhythm. I'll write in here when I'm ready to come back, I am very sorry for the inconvenience.

No inconvenience at all. The DM is an unappreciated work horse. You take all the time you need.

As a side note, I'll be taking a canoe trip (no internet in the bush) from October 10 to 20. If you're back before then, you can put Skallagrim in a coma or something.... (don't let that gnome take his knife back while Skallagrimm is out though)

No worries, Sassafras!

Skallagrimm, I heard that Thorn considers it rude to steal and is eager to make friends with the one party member that looks his size. >;)

that...... would be interesting

Been meaning to say, thanks for the knife. I got it back a while ago ;P

That all cool Sass, take the time you need. I’ve been there, hope your ok.

I'm gonna need proof of that little guy....

Hopefully this works. I can always email it if you need

hmmm...... prepare for some world class assery

Hahahahaha I look forward to it.

I've working 14 hour days for 14 days in a row. you don't need to make excuses about slowing down posts

Hey Sassafras hows everything going?

Oh hi there! Just to let you guys know that I'll resuming my games this week. It'll probably still be a little bit sporadic here in the beginning as I'm easing my way back into things, I had planned ongoing this last week but then I got hit by the flu (no Covid luckily). Anyway, sorry for the delay and I hope you're all well.

Sorry that I didn't respond but I just chose to completely go off the grid for a while

Hey that’s cool, glad your feeling better, and glad it wasn’t the covid.

welcome back! ready to go, at any pace that works for you

your alive!

thanks!

wet, but alive....

Good canoe trip?

awesome!

bad weather, a massive tree fell right next to our tent, but the best mushroom picking I've ever seen

Awesome

fyi, i'm working on the fires (still) so i'll be slow to post