Chatter

If you guys have any OOC chatter you want to keep outside of the actual gaming channel(s), let's post it here!



So I'm first: are any of you going to play No Man's Sky when it (hopefully) drops on August 9th?
If so, we should definitely trade info so we can meet up in game sometime.

Please someone talk about this game with him. He won't shut up about it. :p

Sadly I'm one of the few, the ashamed, the Xbox One owner

It's also coming out for PC, though. Do you think you could run it on yours?

Probably not, only rocking a laptop right now. I am keeping an eye on PS4 VR though

I'll be streaming at least some of my gameplay, so I'll drop my twitch link here when the time comes. Anyone is welcome to join me in my discovery of the universe!

I'll probably play it. I'll be on PC but I won't be playing it on release (damnit thesis) and I live in Aus so we won't likely be playing at the same time...

It's all good, Genisisect. We should add each other (however that will work) and play together if we can! I will likely be playing very late my time on weekends, anyway.
What are you studying?

I'm an honours student in physics. My particular field of research is Quantum Information Theory, my topic is investigating how non-Markovianity creates causal disorder. If you understand any of that that's super cool!

*crickets*
Nope. Sounds cool though! I only ever took basic physics.

Ok the long weekend gave me absolutely no time to write despite my best intentions. I hope to be able to start the solo threads today after work.
Sorry for the delay.

You're getting a bit deep on the physics there, but I have a chemistry degree, so I can follow it roughly. At first, I thought you typed "Markovnikov", in relation to anti-Markovnikov addition chemical reaction mechanisms.... but alas, you're referencing someone completely different. Damn, I thought we were going to have a moment. Lol
Good luck with all that! Feel free to post about it, or maybe post a link or two for us to do our research on it. I'm sure some of us would like to read about it.

Does anyone listen to the podcast, Godsfall? I'm doing a second listen through, and I think it's just amazing.

That was my second AP podcast, the first being Critical Hit. Now I listen to a dozen-ish or so

I can't remember which podcast it was, but there was a lot of drinking. I didn't like it. I don't listen to many APs, but I love what Godsfall does. Oh, and One Shot had done fun episodes. I love Gamerstable discussions, and their APs are like top notch radio dramas.

my podcast list is Cthulhu and Friends, Godsfall, Critical Hit, Glass Cannon Podcast, Sneak Attack, Misadventures of Max's Minions, The Indoorsmen, Campaign Pod, Never Tell Me the Odds Podcast, RPG Academy Sword Nut Radio and Grim Dark Podcast. Score one for having an office job

Nice. Mine:
Godsfall, Gamerstable, Dungeon Master's Block, One Shot, RPG Academy, Game Masters Journey, NPC Cast, Welcome to Night Vale, Alice Isn't Dead, Dear Hank & John.
I have a good half hour commute to and from work.

That's a lot of podcasts. When I'm listening, I listen to Gamerstable, too, and Robin And Ken Talk About Stuff

I've heard Robin and Ken are big name guys. I listen to what I do from stumbling upon them, starting with Gamerstable a few years ago.

Yeah, Robin Laws is a game designed. He wrote the Feng Shui RPG, Hillfolk, and a bunch of others. I'm a big fan of his. Kenneth Hite is also a game designer and historian, and their conversations are way more cerebral than you'd expect from the format.

I'm a huge Godsfall fan too! Can't wait for the season fanaly and kickstarter!

I also listen to everything put out by the ones hot network, the DUngeon masters block, Cthulu and friends and going in blind. I'll be starting the archive trawl on critical hit or rpg academy next...

I am very excited about that Kickstarter. I'll most likely be throwing a good chunk of money at that.

Wow. I don't think I have ever listened to any of those podcasts.

Blasphemy!

Give them a try. I bet you'll enjoy at least one of them.

Just a word of warning, critical hit has been going since 2009 so, you'll be set there for a while

I have avert long commute... And currently I don't fill it with releases, so I need archive binging like this.

Wow! Good work, unique_exemplar! Haven't meant to be so quiet recently, but one of my best buddies had a wedding on Saturday and I spent the last half of last week prepping for it, and the last two days recovering, haha! Man, just read through the character forums. It's gonna take me a bit to come up with something off that, but I'll be posting soon! Didn't want you to think I forgot!

Thanks for letting me know. I'm sitting on the edge of my seat over here! LOL. Sounds like the wedding was fun, and I understand those can really eat up your time if you're part of it.
I left them pretty open do you all could lead into whatever you wanted to do. Also, I think I finally understood Mul'Zeb's personal quest: because he didn't make it as a warrior (perhaps whay was expected of him), he wants to prove himself useful to the tribe his own way. Or something like that.
As always, feel free to ask me any questions.

Oh man, ton of fun. It's crazy being a part of it, though, like you said. Now I get a break, since I was also a groomsman at my other friends wedding just a few months ago.
This is exactly what I've been thinking to do. He wants to prove that even though he's not the best with a weapon, he can still defeat the Horde's foes and anyone who challenges him.

Sorry that took so long, I needed some time to put together the narrative, also I've been super busy lately.

It's all good. I think the first post is the most difficult.

I don't know what got me doing this, but I started searching for old Orgimmar images and maps. Oi that nostalgia has a strong bite.
I guess it wouldn't hurt to clarify that this is all pre-Cata Azeroth. Things like Stormwind's added pond and stuff is fine, but I miss the old Orgimmar architecture.
Also, I'm fangirling all over the place here. You all are writing great stuff. This is what I've been craving for a long time. Big thank you from me. :D

Thanks for organizing all this, too. I'm so close to reactivating my sub and rolling up a n00bling to level. I leveled up every class to 100 on Horde, plus a couple Alliance, and I've been holding off reactivating, waiting for Legion to spawn.

Legion comes in just a few short months! I'm always excited about the stories and lore to come from expansions. I have a couple Alliance 100s. I love crafting and I'm slowly but surely doing the legendary ring quest on my main (night elf druid)
And you're very welcome. I'm glad there's interest in this game.

Oh man, you guys are all killing it. I've gotta step up my game. This is going to take come serious thought, lol.

I tried getting back into WoW about 5-6 months ago and it was amazing. It was my first time playing since FotLK. Couldn't recall my old account so just made a new one. Going from Southern Durotar to Orgrimmar and seeing the changes brought back such a huge feeling of nostalgia. I was literally speechless (sad, I know) when I saw parts were now flooded and I actually remembers running through a (previously dry) Thunder Ridge killing the Thunder Lizards which are now drowned. Sadly, like most games and hobbies of mine, it only lasted for about 2 or 3 months before I moved on. Still love the game, though, which is what brought me here.

It's funny. I used to gripe about WoW not changing, and yet I hate almost everything Cata changed.

You know what's funny? If my girlfriend wouldn't have been at my place yesterday, I was going to try to get back on WoW and see if I could log into my old account. I think I will have to do that this weekend. What servers are you guys on?

Alliance - Nesingwary
Horde - Shandris & Aggramar

I don't even know what my old log in is, nor can I remember the servers I played on. I should get back into it and level a new account for legion (if I find the time)...

I just read an article about Blizz top brass meeting with the Nostralius vanilla server project manager about why they haven't ("can't") do legacy servers. I really like that they did this. They're being super careful not to say anything, thanks to their legal department no doubt, but this shows me that they're serious about getting into it. I understand it's a complicated prospect, but if a large enough fan base will go so far as to create their own servers with up to 1 million active accounts, then I think this is something Blizzard should do.

I think my accounts are on:
Horde - Terokkar
Alliance - Bloodhoof maybe?

Not that they're active at they moment.

It's nice that you can group across servers with Real ID friends now.

I'm probably into a logical merging point with Allyk's storyline. I don't know how you two would want to deal with that though. I would be fine if we just took a pause until those storylines merge (if that was the intention).

I figured it was heading there, yeah. Probably meet at the zepplin.

So I'm not reading the other character's intro threads, figuring it's easier to avoid metagaming/ problems separating player knowledge and character knowledge. Should I be?

Meh, I trust you guys to not meta-game. It's up to you.

I think it just dawned on me how much the race card is going to be used is this game... Should be fun! *nervous laughter*

Yeh I'm pretty sure that every party member will dislike another simply by the race they rolled. Let alone the fact we have some horde and alliance members.

I think the orc and troll will get along. That's about it.
I'm excited that these threads are looking like they'll merge together soon. Still gotta figure out how this dwarf gets involved.

I'm thinking Dormir might become troll dinner once day.

Also, I'm moving next week and getting married next weekend. I may or may not be able to get on here and post much the next couple days, since I'll be (hopefully) packing up practically everything this weekend. Might squeeze in one more short post right now before I go change my life forever.

Well I've not been able to write anything for you yet. Last few days have been far busier than I expected. Add anything you like. I'll know to not expect much of a response until next week or so. Good luck on changing your life forever!

Right on. I'm just going to make a quick "the next morning..." post and leave it open for you after that.

Oh, nice! Congratulations, xjremon! That's awesome.

Wow, grats xjremon!

Mazel Tov xjremon

Qralloq, after replying to mrnemo636, I realize I forgot to give you a point of Inspiration. Go ahead and take that now. Good job.
Also, everyone should know I'm raising the limit of Inspiration to 3 instead of 1.

Woot woot ''\o/''

Hi everyone! Hope the week has treated you well. I wanted to pick your collective brains about something that I greatly fear: game death.
I've been part of a few games that faded away into oblivion. Life gets busy. We all know this. Xjremon is getting married tomorrow. His solo thread will move along when he's available again. If he were with a group, I would ask to bot him during his absence. Everyone else is either just meeting or about to meet. I don't want to take that away from you guys. This kind of coming together seems better than "you meet in a tavern". It's boring and played out.
So! I want to know what you all think would help keep this game alive. More combat? More role-play? More direction? Less of something? Private message me here on Gamers Plane, email me mythicalphoenix01@gmail.com, tweet me @unique_exemplar, you can even add me on Facebook if you like. I check GP a few times a day in case my email didn't notify me of a new post - it's happened more than once.
Ttyl

I'm here, and watching. I think that it will pick up once we're all together. There may be a temptation to slack off in a solo thread that doesn't happen as much in a group thread.

I do like the idea of the solo threads - it gives the characters more life, which should be pay dividends in the group story.

Thanks. I saw solo threads on another game and thought it was a great idea. Qralloq, is there anything you would suggest I do to help keep this game alive? I know you've been active on GP for a while.

That's a tough one. If the game lags, then people get out of the habit of checking daily. Then they fall behind and everybody else is waiting on stuff... I think that you have to engage each player periodically, but I have no knowledge of the secret to success.

I believe engaging each player is important. It would suck real hard to feel left out of the game/story/action.
Meh, I guess only time will tell.

Would it be too difficult to introduce Xjremon's character after the meet up? I don't know what you have planned...

I'm sitting here smoking a victory cigar and drinking a victory whiskey. I will be able to post again on Sunday.

Hey, just want to say I love the solo thread idea as a starter. It helps us get to know one another's characters a bit more and (for myself at least) is helping me develop who I want to play. I will say I'm sorry if I take longer to respond. As I believe I mentioned in a PM, I'm more used to "roll-playing" than actual RP (not by choice), and I don't really consider myself a very creative person, so it can take me a bit to even come up with the short responses I've been giving.

First of all, xjremon, you with victory cigars and whiskey make me slightly hesitant to ask why.

Secondly, Genisisect, introducing the dwarf to a bunch of Horde characters is something I've been dreading and looking forward to. His journey seems to be taking the scenic route to the rest of you.

Glad to hear it mrnemo636! Even if you just have short responses, we can go back and forth with bursts of action instead of long scenes. It's all good for me! :)

Grats, xjremon, on your ding into a level 1 of the Spouse prestige class!

Unique_exemplar, BRUH, the victory was getting married!

Qralloq, thanks! I have acquired a lot of cross-class experience on this adventure.

I'm also digging the heck out of the slow build. And congrats again xjremon

Since the podcast was discussed previously, I was curious if anyone else backed the Godsfall Kickstarter. I'm very excited and expect to see Godsfall games here on Gamers Plane once the books and PDFs are delivered.

I have, and plan to run a game as soon as I get my greedy hands on the worldbook.

Crud! I need to get on that. Maybe next paycheck

Oh no, I don't know if my wallet can handle Kickstarter much longer, lol. I passed on some of the more expensive games, but that doesn't matter much when I back twice as many lower/moderately priced projects...

Yes, they can pile up. I've backed four projects ever. My first two were Numenera and maps for that world. Then there was Brian Patterson's world "Karthun", and now Godsfall. I seem to average one per year.

My wife gets on me for backing too many, heh. I gotta pick my stuff. Maybe 2 a year is my plan.

Hey all. Just thought I'd pop in here on my way to work to let you know how I plan to post.
Dormir, I'll reply tomorrow.
Allyk & Meridia, I was going to allow some time for banter, but I wonder if I should nudge things along. Your thoughts?
Gazam & Mul'Zeb, you two are doing great alone. I'll keep watching and interject when needed.
Hope everyone is doing well. Take care and have fun!

I think the bants are coming to a close, we should probably move on...

Since it's come up, thought I'd let you all know that I probably won't ask for initiative. With the nature of pbp games, I think it's easier. Enemies will either go before or after everyone unless of course someone specifically wants to hold their action or something like that. I'll state something like combat starting or act now and you can just go. In face-to-face games, initiative keeps things in order but I think it just bogs things down in pbp games.
That cool with everyone? Any questions?

This sounds good to me!

Oh man, you guys were talking about Kickstarter before. My wallet just took a huge hit with Massive Darkness. I need to take a break. It's my 7th kickstarter backed in about 3 months... :-( haha, I have a problem.

Lol good job mrnemo636!
I need to cool my jets on computer and computer desk/room accessories! I have "pimped" it out enough for now. I think. Maybe just one more thing...

What's massive darkness?

It's a board game kickstarter. I haven't been into them for too long. Interest in RPGs got me into some other hobbies and board games happen to be one of them. It was a hefty pledge and something I normally wouldn't back, but I just got Zombicide from the same company (CMON) and really enjoy it and it was my b-day Sunday, so figured I'd get myself a present... that won't arrive until next year sometime, lol. It's a light dungeon crawler, but the mini's all look amazing, so if the game doesn't pan out, I've got some monsters to use in physical games.

Here's the link to the KS page, but it's over now. If anyone's interested, I think I read that you can still pledge late from their website.

Hey there. Hope everyone is doing well. If there are no posts by the end of Tuesday August 2nd, then I will move things along. Xjremon, this doesn't apply to your thread, but my reply is coming soon.

Those responsible for creating the Conversion Document I'm using for this game have made an update. Just saw this and thought I'd share though I haven't looked through it yet. If you want to use any of this new stuff, let me know.

PATCH NOTES
Patch 1.8 is released!

CLASSES
[Tinker]
Replaced the boring Scavenge (and pushed it back) to Superfunction.
Added Quick Tech at level 15.

[Apothecary]
The Forsaken-only Tinker (focused on alchemy, poisons and diseases, as well as constructing undead) is released.

[Mountain King]
The Dwarf-only Warrior (focused on a specific stance, gaining bloodline magic-casting, and several defensive abilities) is released.

SPELLS
Several spells added:
+Arcane Armor
+Capture Essence
+Chain Lightning
+Conjure Elemental Totem
+Curse of Tongues
+Earthbind
+Earthbind Totem
+Earth Shield
+Eye of Kilrogg
+Fire Nova
+Fire Nova Totem
+Freezing Sphere
+Lava Burst
+Lightning Shield
+Lightning Storm
+Parasite
+Resistance Totem
+Soulshatter
+Storm Bolt
+Water Shield
+Wind Shear

Several minor balancing and format issues resolved
+ Aerial Shackles now allow for a saving throw (with advantage if caster is smaller than target
+ Carrion Swarm's level lowered to 3rd level and turned into a debilitate spell
+ Conjure creature rebalanced
+ Corpse Explosion added to priest's spell list
+ Life Tap works off percentage of HP and MP
+ Healing Waters renamed to Riptide
+ Dominate Creature added to druid's spell spell


MONSTERS
+ Stone Golem (with rules for fire, steam, and arcane nullifier variants)
+ Naga Myrmidon
+ Naga Seawitch
+ Nerubean Seer
+ Crypt Lord Hero
+ Ogre Magus
+ Quilboar
+ Salamander (with rules for lightning lizard variant)


EQUIPMENT
+ Syringe
+ Sun Gun Gadget
+ Flamethrower Gadget
+ Frost Gun Gadget
+ Reflective Cylinder Gadget
+ Water Pump Gadget

Did I read that correctly? MOUNTAIN KING dwarven-only warrior class?!

Maaaaaaaybeeeee

Patch Notes, haha. Bang on.

Hey guys, just wanted to say sorry for being so quiet the last few days. Last week and the weekend really wore me out with work and life things going on. I'll be posting something tonight though after work, for sure!

Going to GenCon today. Probably won't be posting. mrnemo636, no worries. We all get busy. :)

*Watches Meridia and Gazam talk*
*Looks to Allyk* :-O
Shots fired!

*Ham horn*

*cries while writing in his livejournal about how mean the Elf is too him*

It's been a busy last few days for me. A lot of writing due for class tonight. Will post again as soon as possible. Have fun with the banter though.

Is anyone else getting kicked in the nuts by life? These past few weeks have been brutal. Hope everyone is doing well.

I'm actually doing 'better' then I was. Got pretty sick for about a month which I've only just recovered from so thats good.

Got a tonne of work to do so that's less optimal...

Hope you can escape./push through what ever has you down at the moment exemplar...

Thanks. Since GenCon, I haven't had much of any free time. Got surprised with a trip tubing down a river yesterday. As fun as it was, I was hoping to catch up on chores and whatnot. Oh well. As I tell my coworkers, "Gonna deal with things as best I can."

Been spending too little time on chores myself, but mostly to play games.

Lucky.

If no one posts by tomorrow night, I'll take Meridia's vote to continue past Ogrimmar as the general consensus. I don't mean to leave anyone out, but I'm trying to keep things from fading into oblivion.

Not sure if anyone wants to use this, but I thought I'd update you all about the WoW 5e conversion doc that I modified for this game. I'm not a huge fan of rules changes, but I understand this is a fan-made "beta" rules-set. Also, this wouldn't really be WoW if there weren't patches. :p

Update: Patch 1.9 Released!

DOCUMENT
Added spell list based off class shorthand terms for ease of spellfinding.

CLASSES
[Tinker]
Cobble pulled to level 1, and is more frequent.
Improved Cobble allows for cheaper cobbling.

[Warrior: Mountain King]
Mountain King cleaned up, folded Avatar power into Spellcasting.

[Warrior: Spellbreaker]
Spellbreaker's abilities cleaned up, slight buff to anti-magic.

SKILLS
[Discovery]
2 weeks of studying can create a new spell, formula, or blueprint. It also requires money to spend and (of course) a suitable place to study.

[Engineering]
Added Arcane/Mana Engines (or Spelljamming Engine, if that's your thing!). It consumes 1 MP per EP and blocks casting for 1 hour (unless the user can pass a Spellcasting check). Mana-bombs, away!

POWERS AND MAGIC
+ Detonate Mana
+ Moonfire
+ Sunfire
+ Sunbeam (lower level entry spell)
[*]Evocative Consecration does not move with the target, but fiends and undead move at half speed. [*]Ethereal Banishment added to shaman[*]Fade added to Druid and Mage[*]Tranquility added to Shaman[*]Unholy Frenzy added to Death Knight

EQUIPMENT
Added spellcasting relics. These are attunement items that provide bonuses to a single spell, such as Libram of Wracking to Exorcism and Evocative Consecration, or Sigil of Corpses to Corpse Explosion

On the subject of patches... How's pre legion treating everyone?

Love it. Reminds me of the Necropolis event from Vanilla Naxx launch. Still haven't started my Demon Hunter. The Broken Shore event really brought out the feels. All in all, I'm very excited and hope all this hype and build up isn't for nothing.

must....stay....strong clutching his 2 year clean coin

Ha! Caedron, you know you want to adventure in Azeroth again.
One of us. One of us!

Almost time to reactivate. Might wait for a month or so after Legion launches.

Hey all! Hope things are well. I feel like I haven't really been on much lately and I wanted to apologize. The last couple weeks have been busy with work and my team production class. I take it that the rest of you have been either equally as busy or just patiently waiting.
I wondered if anyone wanted to discuss post frequency. My original thought was 3 per week, but I thought it was pretty presumptuous of me to say that's what everyone wants or can do.
So what are your thoughts? Also, do you like how I'm handling this encounter by waiting for everyone to act or would you rather a more direct course? I think too much combat can bog things down so I won't have needless encounters.

For me the post frequency is fine as a target. Sometimes you're waiting for others to respond and time slips by.

Hey, no worries. It's been pretty hectic the last few weeks, that's for sure. I'm good with whatever, but would be able to post more if requested. I'm just worried of being caught waiting for everyone to post something and then not posting anything myself.

I'm fine with the posting rate. It seems to have stabilised and that's all that really matters to me. I get a bit antsy when there is sudden and irregular gap but otherwise I'm fine.

As for busyness, I've got a thesis to write so...

If everyone could vote on if they're splitting up or staying together, I can move things along in my next post.

In character I want to split.

Pic I don't mind either way.

Well, with their news about the mage being spotted in Orgrimmar, Gazam will want to head back there.

Er, no. The mage snuck in through the zeppelin BY Orgrimmar. She was last seen entering Ashenvale.

Orc no like participles.

Allyk would want to stay away from any pockets of forbidden. So, whoever is heading away from Ogrimmar, he'll join with

"Pockets of forbidden"?

Personally I don't care which option we take but have heard too many horror stories about "splitting the party." Mul'Zeb will go with the majority consensus.

Ok, thanks for clarifying. I got confused by what the guard said and thought they saw her heading back to Orgrimmar.

To the trees!

Sounds like we have one vote for splitting, three for staying together?

Ergh I meant pockets of Forsaken :( sorry

LOL it's ok. I tried translating it but just couldn't piece it together. That makes sense. Allyk thinks he's being chased.

Sorry for the hiatus. Been trying to write this big post. I didn't leave you!

Np, with legion dropping I just assumed we were all I'm WoW comas...

Kinda.... Which is probably why it's taking me so long to write this thing.

I started Legion last week, but was totally not in the mood. Hopefully I'll get into it soon.

Yeah? Well here's hoping you get into it. I think the stories are some of the best Blizzard has done so far.

Also, I hope no one minds me doing a time skip post.

Of course that's fine. We kinda were needing a cut and break to reset the movement.

Whew! Ok, posts are made. Gotta head off to work but I really hope everyone likes what's going on. Feel free to make suggestions on how things could go. This is as much your story as it is mine.
Talk ta ya'll soon!

Ding! Ah, snap, all my talents reset.

Lmfao! Geez I hated that.

Damn it I need to reset all my macros... You guys keep going I'll catch up in 5 mins.

I've never been big into macros. Had a few for a couple characters back in WotLK. They were my "oh shit" buttons.

-50000 DKP FOR YOU!

No pls I needs that purp that draped of the last boss.

LFG Need Healer and Tank

Well I didn't intend for this to become Trade Chat, but at least it isn't Barrens chat

I have healer alt but don't have a high enough I level.

I think we should stop soon before we run out of memes.

And before I roll my eyes into the back of my head.

Oh crap, I disenchanted my handaxe

*spams Chuck Norris facts in all chat channels* is that even a thing anymore?

Lights a pipe while striking his beard. "I only play Vanilla on a custom server.

Oh dear sweet Christ. *facepalm*

Actually, I think Barrens chat died out after BC launched

LFG Heroic 5 man Nax, no DPS pls

You are really enjoying this, aren't you?

Serious question, what level should be now?

2

There is a certain amount of satisfaction flowing through me right now...

I miss Barrens Chat - just wasn't the same after Cataclysm, though. I even made up a silly parody song about it:

Every town, has its ups and downs
Sometimes ups, outnumber the downs,
But not in Crossroads town.

I'm inclined to believe
If we weren't so down
From all that PVP
We'd fly away if we had a flightmaster not dying
Can't you see the QQs we're crying

Can there be no happiness for me?
Not in Crossroads town.

Lol *clap* fantastic song. Thank you.

Just cause I wanna toot my own horn, a couple weeks back did any see Aram tweet the video with Oinkers' theme song? Cause that was me

I didn't see that, but cool!

I have been so outta the loop lately. Link it here?

It's my pinned tweet @koshersamwich

In case anyone notices, I changed the name of the game. It's been bugging me. Doesn't seem to change the forum title though. Oh well.
Hope everyone is enjoying things after the timeskip and getting everyone together. Kinda feel like Gazam and Mul'Zeb are getting ignored. I don't mean to! Some action is coming for you soon.

No problem, following along, being an orc where appropriate

Cool! Totally didn't notice. I like the new name.

No worries! I don't feel ignored. I actually feel like I'm ignoring the rest of the group a bit.

Also, I just realized that I never leveled up to 2. I'm reading through this now and one part is slightly confusing, although I think I'm reading too much into it. For the HP boost it says: "Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Stamina modifier per priest level after 1st." I've underlined the part I'm confused by. I assume it's just saying "add your Stamina modifier to your HP every time you gain a level after first," right? It's not HP boost=(stamina modifier x priest level), cause that would be insane. I'm just taking the 5 and my modifier for Stamina is +2, so I add 7 to my current HP, correct? Not the 5[base]+(2[mod]*2[level])=9. Sorry if my wording is confusing, like I said, I'm thinking too much into it.

So the statement should be read as ( 1d8 (or 5) +your stamina bonus) per priest level. Or gain hit die + stamina each time you level up.

Ha! No that would be Dormir that is doing the ignoring.

Hint.

And yes, you've got that figured out correctly. The wording is a bit off.

OK, cool. Thanks guys!

Nice introduction to Dormir, Meridia. It's been a busy week so I was just waiting for this to happen. Is everyone ok with me "talking for you" in a way in order to get past little things like this?

Sure!

Ha! Says the one who's already posted.

Hey, if I'm taking too long, then by all means, go ahead and post for me. I can add to it after if necessary. I hate making posts like this from my phone but I forgot to check in over the weekend. Sorry!

It's cool. I never seem to be home at the right time so I either have to post from it or try to remember when next I'm in front of my computer.

Just to notify everyone, it's been 6 days since the last post. If there's nothing posts by tomorrow night, I'll try nudging things forward with a post.
That being said, I hope everyone is enjoying this as much as I am. Loving the RP. Thanks everyone!

Wow. I can't believe how much time has gone by. The holiday season seems to do this every year, and yet we're always surprised by it.
OK, moving things along.

Happy feast of wintervale (according to local server times).

HA! Happy Feast of Wintervale. :D

May the Abominable Greench never steal your reindeer.

Happy Feast everyone!

Ok now that the holidays are over, maybe we can get somewhere with this game.

Just to double check, is everyone all here and staying with the game?

Yub yub

Ah yes, the singing orc warlock. Can't go on without him. Seriously though, that was the highlight of my day when I read that. Great job!

Present! Haha, indeed, great song! I'm still checking in, just at a loss on what I can add for now.

Still here and confused why I'm walking anywhere with these heathenous, not to mention not even entirely live, gem thieves!

I love that song, too, heh. And Power of the Horde.

When I posted it, I was thinking, "Does that song fit the timeline? Eh, maybe it was a folk song before the L70ETC did their version."

I know what you mean. I feel like I'm barely moving things along because I want to give you all the time to interject/post/act as you want.

Sorry, didn't want to pad the actual play forum with an OOC comment, but the first thing that came to mind from Dormir is Gollum. "My Precious... I wants my Precious and I wantses it NOW!" Had a chuckle and wanted to share.

I actually did have to stop myself from using those words... but, yeah Dormir has a similar infatuation with his gem.

I'm listening to the DM's Block podcast, DM-Nastics episode 67, and Genisisect got a shout out about am ever shifting labyrinth! Thought that was pretty cool.

Aw shucks. I have a great love of non-typical dungeon structures. One of the games I'm running on here is a 4D dungeon, a concept I've been playing around with for a while. I didn't construct it explicitly, but since then I've been trying to construct it explicitly, having some fun with rotations and room telelocation.

Sounds insanely complex, but in a fun way!

The way I run dungeons only the DM faces the complexity, the PCs just get confused. I have a rather strong distaste for combat heavy dungeons, and I only have 1 PC who heavily engages in puzzle work, so building the puzzle into the cool thematics or RP intense encounters works great.

Very cool.

That's awesome, Gen! Sounds really interesting. I'd be interested in how you work in the "4D" though. I might have to look up that podcast.

Ok, seriously, you guys crack me up.
& Yep, yep, surely a learner would know "simple phrases such as these." Although to be fair, mazmorra (dungeon) was one of the first words I learned when learning Spanish :-)

And as always, Qralloq:

Sorry if it wasn't clear in my post. The things written in english are common, the 'simple phrases' I was referring to are the ones I wrote in orcish; "Aka'Magosh" and "Throm-Kar". I'll add a note to my original post to clear up that ambiguity.

The 4D stuff isn't the concept that got a shout out on that podcast. Though I did attempt to explain the concept behind it's design here. It's still far from a complete exploration of the them. I feel like I jump in too deep for an introduction to the concept. I've been working on a more intuitive guide which slowly gets the reader to the point of thinking in this way but I'm far from done. Time is a limited resource after all.

It's ok Gen. I understood what you meant. Yes, simple phrases like a greeting or some sort of formality would definitely be known to a scholar such as Meridia.
Also, Caedron, I can't wait for the singing automaton! XD

LMAO! And the war between orcs and dwarves began with Dormir. Nice job.

Hey guys, It seems that life has taken a toll on our time. Just want to check in and say I'm still here.

I'm still around, I was waiting for the orcs indignant response but I had something prepared to jump in with...

Haha, consider it's a really long pause as the orc thinks of a comeback.

Glad you're still with us mrnemo636.
And yes, I was waiting for something to come of Dormir's ... statement. Feel free to get things moving however you like.

Good thing that guard wussed out. Dormir would have loved to point out how poorly crafted the orc's equipment was... nothin' like dwarven steel....

As in the case of Dormir going "full defensive" in combat and Allyk cobbling together a sort of warning system, these might not be explicitly stated in the rules, but unless it's something outlandish I will probably allow it. Just don't be surprised if I put a twist on it.

"You did your best with the quillboar fetishes, but you realize that something may not be quite right when a quillboar wearing a tuxedo puts a ring on your finger."

lolololololol

LMFAO

Can't stop laughing. Bravo

Sorry for the week-long pause there. Things should be getting back to what I've adopted as normal for me. Hope all are doing well. Are you all ready to play diplomat? :p

I should be fine to go. And play the diplomate?

Yes, I'm particularly curious how well an orc is going to smile and play nice in a human city.

Oooo, orcish diplomacy!

Not sure how much anyone watches Youtube, but I've been enjoying a lot of Doronsmovies. He even has a WoW Roleplay Guide playlist which I found interesting.
Hope everyone is doing well.

I wanted to post that reply immediately after Dormir but life find a way. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves. I can't believe we've been doing this for a year! Thank you for this.

Hey everyone. I just want to apologize for my prolonged silence recently. Life has pretty much kicked me in the balls as of late. That unfortunately means I haven't been able to keep up with a lot of things as much as I would like. However, I am trying to keep up with my commitments here. Today's been long and tiring and I'm a bit tired, so I'm going to try and have something posted tomorrow with Mul'Zeb's reaction or something. I just wanted to let you guys know before I forget yet again. I am really enjoying this game though and love reading the posts.

Also, holy crap, has it really been a year???

What! It's been a whole year! Yikes... Been a lot of fun!

Exciting, right!? Alright I'll give ya'll a couple days to respond. Weekends seem to be the lull time on this site. I get it. I think I've been home for 3 hours since Saturday morning - not counting sleeping.

Anyone else finding life hectic and tight on time? I intended to post more often, forcing things to move, but these past few weeks have been a bit crazy. If I somehow post too fast, we can retcon. I'm perfectly fine with that.

I'm in a similar but weirdly different state. My schedule has been all over the place and it's really messing with my ability to do basic functions such as post, sleep and eat (in descending order of significance). I too have been trying to focus on posting again, but it feels as if now that I'm doubling down many of the games I'm in are stalling, so I hope to see this one getting a combat res.

Yup, stalled games here too. I wonder if it's a summer thing.
*casting resurrection* Hold on, this has a long cast timer.

Haha. I've seen the same. Even strong moving games are sputtering. And as that happens, you sometimes can grow a habit of not checking daily to see if they have progressed.

That's the big danger, I believe. I work 50 hr/wk and so I get email notifications, but actually sitting down to post takes time that too often gets taken up by other things. Thank goodness for days off! (today and tomorrow)

Hey guys, yeah, sorry! I've certainly been slacking. Partially, it's paralysis on what to do/say but also, life. My girlfriend and I are expecting our first child September 6th (oh my god where has the time gone????)! Being the procrastinator I am normally, I've only just gotten the baby's room painted and mostly cleaned out, along with a hundred other chores I've been putting off and have left to do that's eating up a bunch of my free time. I've also been trying to get a bit more serious with Star Wars X Wing after finding a local group and just finished up a mini series of tournaments and have another one in 3 weeks, lol. And on top of all of that, my job has been slowly picking back up after a fairly long slow period. I do appreciate everyone's patience with me though and am having a lot of fun with this game!

Grats on the incoming loot drop! I'm sure it will update your Heirloom set to the next tier!

Haha! Thanks! I'm sure it will.

Whoah. Sounds all exciting and hectic. Good luck and congratulations. I understand being unsure what to post.

Congrats mrnemo! My personal life has gone ass over tea kettle, but I'm back and trying to figure out how or what to say so I'm more than a particuarly decomposing part of the wallpaper

"ass over tea kettle". Now there's a phrase I've never heard before. Glad things seem to be looking up for you though, Ceadron. Jump in whenever of course. There's a lot of discussion going on recently so I think there will be a direction chosen soon.

This made me laugh way too hard.

Anyone else wanna suggest a Moonbucket?

I felt like saying "If we do it that way it might be really hard to notice it." My blood still boils thinking about those damned pubby tanks who didn't use my light wells and then complained that I wasn't healing them enough...

MOONBUCKET! XD
I don't get why Lightwell was taken out. I looked for that thing in every group with a priest. LOVED IT.

My NE priest Basperron didn't focus on lightwells after seeing the data on how many heals were actually going out with it. He became more of a support healer and used more Renews and Prayer of Mending and totally rocked the healing charts.

Ah the good ol days

When I was working with my guild the light wells worked great, was able to put out plenty of heals, it was only really an issue when working with pubbies, which I'll admit I tried to avoid. I hated healing pubbies.

*slow clap* damn. Nice job Genisisect. If you don't already have Inspiration, you do now.

Hi unique_exemplar, I think that I'm going to drop this game. I'm spending too much time gaming online and need to drop some stuff. Thanks for having me, though!

Sorry to see you go. Take care.

Well that sucks, but I can understand clearing an overloaded plate. Ok what to do with Gazam. Any suggestions?

Aw, that sucks. It's been fun, though, Qralloq!

We've got someone wanting to join. That cool with everyone?

I'm fine with the possibility of not being the only traditionally Alliance character :)

LOL oh you poor thing. I didn't think it would be a problem. They wouldn't jump right in. I'll so a solo thread for them first.

Hey all, I'm going to GenCon today and tomorrow, so I wouldn't expect any posts from me until Sunday. Feel free to post while I'm gone though. TTYL

Have a great time!

GenCon was great! I'm back and ready to get this game going. Hope y'all are doing well.

When I have more then 3 hours of sleep in an evening I'll be great. You guys had Gencon, Melbourne had 'every opera company in the city had a show on weekend' and I knew someone in each who wanted me to be there.

Hey guys, so sorry for the lack of posts from me. Last week we had a false alarm with my GF having contractions and it's put us in a bit of a panic mode to get everything straightened out and ready while we can. Unfortunately, this means that I can't dedicate as much time as I'd like here, but I appreciate how patient everyone has been so far. If it's cool with you guys, can someone take over Mul'Zeb for the next week or two? Once life settles down a bit, I hope to be back, focused and actually contributing to the story. If however, that is too much time and you wish to move on and replace me with someone who is more active, then I completely understand and no hard feelings!

Well congratz about the up and coming child :D That is awesome to hear.

Don't worry about being replaced. As long as you want to be in the game, you have a spot here. If no one speaks for Mul'Zeb, I will. Take care of your family.

Agreed, family comes first. I would take Mul'Zeb but I have yet to get into the game yet and I haven't yet read your particular separate thread.

Ok Sly, I finally got your thread started.

\\'O'/ Hallelujah!

I'm so excited! Thank you!

So ... how's everyone doing?
*Pokes sleeping bear*

*Takes extra large swig of coffee*
*unintelligible grumble*

Hey, that's my line. C

Ok so it's been over a week since anyone has posted, anyone wanting/able to continue? Life gets on the way, I understand. Just making sure this is still going on.

I'm around and more than willing to keep this going, I had kind of wanted someone else to respond though...

Yeah it has seemed like Meridia and Dormir are the most active.

I'm at a loss. It's been another week and nothing's happening. I would like to continue this game for those willing, but I can't wait like this forever. I'm sorry to do this.
mrnemo636, Ceadron, and slyfoxgames have been inactive for over 2 weeks to over a month.
I've been patient, but I feel this isn't fair to Genisisect and xjremon.
I will be running their characters as NPCs for the time being, just as I am with Gazam, until a time that I can organically remove them from the story or they return - whichever comes first.
I understand mrnemo636 has a new baby, and slyfoxgames is still very new to our game and not even with the rest of the party. I will give them more time of course.
This greatly saddens me. Should anyone else be removed from the game, I'm not certain I will open it up to more players. I feel that the game would advance just as well with 2 players.

Sorry to throw that curveball at you Genisisect. I was writing out that scene when I realized I had all the action going on, but not by the players! Well I know I don't want to be an observer when I'm a player, so I had to re-write it. Have fun! XD

So I've been working with this idea that I'd like to try, if anyone is willing. Instead of rolling 1d20, roll 3d6. Same modifiers, advantage, etc, and I have adjusted target numbers accordingly. Anyone willing?

I’d be up for this! I’ve been tintering around with my own version of this actually, using 2d6-2d6 and it’s quite interesting.

I’m curious to see how you adjusted the target numbers, as 3d6 has a pretty small standard deviation around 11

Your idea sounds interesting. Truthfully, I'm taking most of this from Dragon Age RPG/Fantasy Age. I've been unhappy with 1d20 for a long time. What I like about 3d6 is that the average roll happens more often. While that means great and horrible rolls happen less often, I'm perfectly fine with that. I don't know much about stats and "standard deviations" so.... we'll just see how this goes.

It means exactly that. If your stealing the numbers from another system then it should come out relatively ok.

For 2-3 weeks Xjremon will be visiting his wife's family out of the country after this week. I think he's been wrapped up in prepping for that. So ... I don't know how much he'll be online.

Sorry, I've been absent lately. And yes, I will not be getting online much, if at all, during the following two weeks.
I'm gonna post now, and then I will try to make another response if warranted by Friday.
Going to see my wife's family in Tanzania, so I'll have plenty of sightseeing to do that will keep me off of the internet.

Ok the last couple weeks have been pretty crazy for me, but I think things are turning around now. Should I move the story along? Xjremon should be back by now. I'll wait a couple days before making a post.
I've got a RL friend who is interested in pbp games so he might join. Nothing written in stone yet.
Hope all are doing well.

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!

...

...

finally :p

Hurray

Btw, Xjremon, you can interact now. You're all in this room.

Well, now that the holidays are over, perhaps people will return to this game.
Anyone still here?

I’m around...

lol yeah I figured you would be. If you want to continue this as a solo adventure, I'm game. You can play multiple PCs if you want.
It's rather disheartening to see this fade as it has. But oh well I suppose.

Ok I've been in contact with Xjremon. Dormir will not be back. Genisisect, would you like to continue solo? If not, that's fine. If so, is there anything you want to do differently or go from where we are?

I’ll need to have a rgibj for a little while and try to come up with what direction I’d like to take her. But I’m certainly ok swing this as a solo thread.

Ok. Let me know what you decide.

So my first use would be to roll up 3 more characters and jump into a level appropriate 5man instance... it would be hard too sustain role play with so many characters so there would be a greater focus on the fighting but I should be able to through enough dialogue to establish their relationships if we just jump in in media res... otherwise I have an interesting idea involving Meridia and Thalnazz going to have a chat with some nagas...

LMAO! Yes, let's have you control a whole 5-man party. :P (But seriously if that's something you want to try, have at it.)
Naga you say? Sounds interesting. When you're ready, post to get things going. :)

I'm so excited for allied races being available now! Gotta grind out rep to unlock both alliance options.
Do you still play?

Not at the moment, but it’s very tempting to go back...

I took a four month break, played for a couple months, and was about to take another break but something told me to hold off. Then allied races became available!
Thankfully, I can start the Nightborne right away.

Welcome, DarcySukut and jonleepettimore (jlp)!
DarcySukut (is Darcy ok?), you said you wanted to play a dwarf paladin. Is that still the case?
Jlp, you had some character ideas. Have you decided on one? Talk it out here if you like.
Remember to give your character some sort of goal or personal quest. What does your character want to achieve? Give me something to write for you.

I'm going to draw up a sheet for my human warrior either later today or tomorrow along with a brief outline for his history for your approval when you get time. Thank you and everyone else for their patience.

I find that these pbp games require everyone to have some patience. For those fortunate enough to be able to post multiple times a day, good for them. I don't always get even one a day, but I do try to make one a day.
JLP, have fun with the character. Either PM me or put the backstory on the character sheet. Don't forget about the personal goal/quest and consider where you/your family came from. Is your house an old line of Lordaeron nobility? Stromgarde perhaps?
TTYL

I've submitted the character sheet. I put a brief description of House Ashyld in the notes. Minor house loyal to Stormwind and House Wrynn with holds between Red Ridge and The Burning Steppes. Let me know if you need anything adjusted; I'll do what it takes to make it work.

Looks good jlp! I've accepted the character, just make sure to have that personal goal. What does Ottan want to achieve?
Also, some questions that came to mind after reading the description: House Ashyld is granted stewardship over the area between Redridge Mountains and the Burning Steppes. Does this mean their home/castle is in those mountains between the zones? How much are they connected to the town of Lakeshire?

As for personal goal; Ottan doesn't have a firm, hard 'I want to do X, Y and Z.' As the third son of a noble house, he's been left to his own devices. His brothers are the heir and the 'spare' as some are fond of saying. A third born son isn't as important as his two senior brothers. As such, Ottan has been left to pursue the things he wants. So that's what he's doing. He's looking for adventure, for a cause to join. Being a member of Church or The Silver Hand, or another order of paladins, doesn't interest him. Ottan is looking to make a name for himself, to be recognized and to earn his own fame where as his brothers are defined by their obligations.

As for House Ashyld; yeah, in my imagination, I put them in the mountains and wilderness between the two zones. I saw our version of Azeroth here, in this game, as being less well defined than what is in game. There would be a large bit of wilderness between zones. As for the connections to Lakeshire; Lakeshire would be the largest, closest settlement. Due to the rough nature of the land, the actual roads between House Ashyld's territory and Red Ridge as a whole would be limited. A small road would connect the family's holdings with the road that runs north from Lakeshire and eventually to Morgan's Vigil in the Steppes. Beyond that, there would be trails, some big, but most of them being game and livestock trails connecting the two settlements.

Let me know if that works for you or if you need me to change or modify things.

No need to change, that all sounds good. And yes, there are definitely differences like what you described in our Azeroth.
As for Ottan being left to his own devices, it sounds like he's maybe a bit aimless? I'm trying to think of how to write this out. Knighthood doesn't appeal to him, ok. What about duty? How seriously does he take the protection of his family's lands against the Blackrock orcs? Is that something he goes out and helps with or relies on others for?

Okay, so I spent yesterday at work giving this question some serious thought and here's something I came up with. Let me know what you think.

House Ashyld has three sons. Markus, the eldest. Symmon, the middle. Ottan, the youngest. Markus the eldest is known among the house, its allies and its servants as having a cruel heart. He is a hard man and makes great demands of those who serve the house. Markus is also the obvious heir to the house and works currently in close stead with the sons' father, Riccard. Markus and Riccard are of a similar disposition and both see the future of House Ashyld tied directly to House Wrynn and its current regent, Lady Onyxia.

Symmon, the middle, is known as a kind and good man. Generous, honest, and down to earth. He has convinced his youngest brother, Ottan, that House Ashyld should be seeking allies outside of House Wrynn to assist in the pressure the Black Rock orcs are putting on Ashyld territory and Red Ridge as a region. Symmon does not speak of betraying House Wrynn, merely of seeking allies who will be able to act more immediately than distant Stormwind can with its current political upheaval.

So Ottan is going out into the world to spread the good name of House Ashyld, gather friends and allies, and to attempt to serve the region as a whole.

However, Ottan is not exactly the same kind soul his brother Symmon is. Ottan is much less perfect, and is known to have a hard streak that is similar to that of his father and eldest brother. I'm making sure to include this last part because I don't want Ottan to be some sort of shining knight, but instead something more close to a Lawful Neutral noble than either of his brothers.

How does that sound?

Ok, the weekend kicked my butt (read: work). I like what you've got. Thank you! I can write something up from that. I will try to have a thread started tomorrow. No later than Wednesday night.

Ok finally got your thread began, jlp.

I know there's an "absences" sub-forum, but I don't check it and doubt everyone else does. I'm going on vacation March 4-11. I'll still have my phone to get emails and post, but I'm sure there will be a delay.

I’ll try to get my thoughts in order by the time you get back so we can kick off again!

Cool! I look forward to it!

Sorry for the wait. This trip has been amazing yet torture. Almost no signal since we've been in mountains and desert most of the time until we find a city, a hotel, and crash until early morning and do it again.
It might be Monday evening before I can post again.

I'm so sorry I missed your return, Unique. Thank you for your patience; I've posted.

No worries. It's been a rather busy week. I change jobs next week. Instead of working 50-70 hrs/wk, I'll just have 45. Hopefully, that means having a few hours more at home.
I try to be patient. We all have our own pace.

Welcome our newest players: MattParody, DMKarlos and Veyure. DM & Vey will be starting as soon as I write their starter.
MattParody, I haven't forgotten about you. I know you're working on your character. Hope ya'll have fun!

Thanks for he welcome. This is my first play by post. So bear with me as I figure this out.

No worries. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

How in depth is the world, will actions by one group affect what happens in others? or does everyone have their own small adventure?

So far this hasn't come up, but I like to remind players they're not the only ones in the world. My original plan was to bring everyone together - if they wished - so you are all playing the in same world.

Perfect. That’s what I was hoping you’d say. Haha

And suddenly, I'm worried. HAha! Ok this will be fun.

What’s going on? Is everyone on vacation?

Oh I wish. Got a big RL mess going on right now. I'm sorry. I should have given a prompt or moved things along earlier. At first, I wasn't sure if anyone was going to continue the scene or what.
Ok so I will write a post moving things along.

Thanks. Haha
I’ll remind my brother too.

Thanks. Haha
I’ll remind my brother too.

Wow. I am so sorry ya'll. This entire website has totally been off my radar since we moved. If anyone is willing to continue, I'll be here.