OOC

Given it's the first day back from the weekend, giving @millyk until about 0800 ET on Tuesday to post, at which point I'll write up the next encounter post.

Just a few little clarifications:

@Khulod - The "ominous red square" is just the hole up to the belfry, not actually a dangerous place.
@GreyWord - Claudius has hit with both of his magic stones so far (which he's seen happen).

I mean the creature missed twice and my PC point this out to have moral advantage over the creature

Fair enough!

I am back, what did I miss

Two rounds of combat. You held one round and then shot the next. :)

ok so I wait the round to be finish? I am so new on this battle posts

No, you can still post your action this round.

Millyk, I have no idea what got your panties so bunched up but you have been nothing but obnoxious this whole game. I have no clue what you are trying to accomplish besides undermining and sabotaging the game. It started with your petulant insistence on trying to get your own little adventure going to now acting like a little murderhobo contrary to what we're trying to accomplish as a group. Since you're so bloody miserable that you can find nothing better to do but dragging us all down to your little lair of petulant self-pity and spite, why don't you just bugger off and go find some other game to fuck over?

Okay, maybe not so 'straight forward', but i second the. Can you please explain, what are you aiming for?

Because rn most of the party sees her if not as potential then definite threat, if you wanted to sabotage yourself GJ - you succeeded.

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From my perspective it's only thanks to our DM that Alan isn't planning knocking Milaki out for his own safety after your last words.

Well. Although my PC being druid totally hates what Milaki did there I do not conflate OOC and IC conflict. I would like to ask Khulod that he "Do not conflate OOC and IC conflict".
Additionally, unless @Khulod write an apology in this chat (for misbehaving) I am leaving this game. As a player I can not tolerate such behaviour and such language by other players.

I haven't caught up yet on the in character posts yet, but the treatment of the player is not acceptable @Khulod. I understand you are unhappy and you are welcome to voice that, but as I mentioned in an earlier post here, it is unacceptable to bring vitriol like that to a player. If you are unwilling to be civil player to player, then I will ask you to leave the game.

@millyk I am also confused by Milaki's trend of not trying to work with the party. I understand she is trying to stand out as the rougish adventurer trying to sort of start up a business, but it is still a cooperative party game and not one where the expectation is the party at each others throats. It is not a game style I am willing to DM.

I caught up (at a quick read through) on the game posts now. The creature did speak to you, telling you it was overmatched and asked you to yield and it did allow itself to be tied up. Your character still executed it and the reactions in game seem (for the most part) to be perfectly within reason and expectation.

Until we have this matter settled, I will not advance the game because I will not have the players actively disparaging each other out of character. Period. Regardless if one, the other, or both of you decide this is too "soft" or too "aggressive" for your personal play preferences (which is 100% allowed and I support whichever decision you make) that is what this game will be.

I would prefer to not lose either player as I think with effort there can be rewarding story development if milaki shows her worth and ability to work with the team. And for Radiza to see that not everyone has to function as a crisp mercenary team member to be worthy of being spoke to respectfully (because Radiza has been vocally anti-Milaki since the jump). However, I understand fully if one, the other, or both of you decide you've had enough and look to move on. I will repeat for extreme clarity however: if you decide to stay, the treatment out of character like this stops. Immediately. And the behavior in game needs to reflect some level of paying attention to the situation at hand and not becoming a murderhobo battalion.

Maybe I'm a bit too thick skulled, but i agree with the emotional excessiveness.

Though I'm not taking either side because I believe that both of you are at fault, milaki most likely didn't follow the situation and khuloud added a too much spice to the text for the general public ( everything here is my personal opinion), even though if we remove the excess from the text and just leave the general point it makes sense due to the situation. But since this is an online thing and not a game in a bar with a couple of drinks, my personal preference, we do have an unwritten behavior 'rules' were all ought to follow. Which is respect your fellow player and follow what's written or face the aftermath.

Though even at the bar there is a social limit to ones behavior...

I am sorry it has come to this but I think the language used by Khulod is totally unacceptable. If I was at a bar and anyone spoke like that I would leave immediately.

well...I thought my character will react like that...because yes she is a troublemaker, but ok not in purpose or for evil purpose...and she has a main flaw she cant follow plans... Flaws: If there’s a plan, I’ll forget it. If I don’t forget it, I’ll ignore it.

I am sorry, if it bothers you, then I will try to fix it...but yeah I thought it would be fun....but I do not want to bug others.
Also, sorry I forgot they speak, I thought they were monsters. :-/

Thanks for explaining, i know that it took mental strength, i really appreciate it!

It is hard to play a problematic character, so i suggest you sort out the situations, for example showing the flaw off in moments where it won't majorly impact the narrative. I don't know about you, but it really helps me when i play character with 'problematic' flaws and keep it fun.

If i may give you a couple of examples - forgetting the details of the plan shortly before a battle, and trying to whisper-yell to others so they quickly remind you. Or if we're tasked with retrieving expensive cargo safely instead of taking it with the whole fancy package, you discard it and put the cargo in your bag, that way you partially ignore the initial plan, but keep the main thing going. Another thing is that you don't overdo with showing off the flaw, keep it dosed, it will help others not become completely distrustful with your character.

I believe that you shouldn't fix the posts, because this is a good place for character growth. Try to fix or mend/bend things in character. Let's say that now she will be extra careful in similar situations, because the situation caused her lot of trouble.

These are my 5 cents to the pile.

Good advice, Bubbles... I will try to follow it and yeah Milaki seeing this reaction, does not want to do it again and be yelled at or make others angry.

I haven't forgotten this discussion guys, just been sick with a fever and a cough from hell. Covid test is tomorrow but I'm vaxed anyhow so this should work itself out in the next week hopefully. It just makes it hard to make a coherent response and I want to respect the emotional minefield here. That said, I'll agree with the narrative that my remarks were too spicy for the audience, as Bubbles aptly put it.

I'll post more when I can take a deep breath and think coherently.

@Khulod take your time and drink a lot of warm water or tea. I would recommend a mucous membrane or swab test rather than spit, because it has better clinical research result statistics and the testing method is better suited, because mucus membrane carries more genetic material.

Well stated Bubbles I entirely agree with your approach and examples. There has to be some outlet for the rogue character. It is not an easy role to play. Millyk I appreciate your comments you do seem like a team player and I will be glad to continue the game with you