Crystal Cave Adventure (OOC)

@vagueGM, is Asha's comment about there being no water something we shouldn't ignore?

Asha's behavior and the loss of connection to Raynor has made her suspicious. So Albert doesn't really trust her fully. It's a bit of an annoying situation and it'll take some time and investigation to get that trust back. Unfortunately, we really need water urgently and for all we know she'd be leading us away from water.

I think your characters are quite right to ignore it.
You really need water, so not looking for water would be foolish.
You have all been down here a long as she has, right? So there is no reasonable way that she should have access to definite knowledge about this fact.

Alright :) just wanted to check

A useful technique in PbP is to use phrases like: "During the previous conversation", or "while they were talking about ...", "Roald mentioned the possibility that ... delusional ... dehydrated", or some such.

We can assume that Roald said that, or you can play out saying it if you want the other to respond.

Possibly? But if we want to have everyone put their backs into it, it will open... eventually.

Yeah, let's have a roll to see how well it goes. Everyone should narrate what they are doing before we resolve it. Anyone who wants to can roll.
Yes. I will add a bit of missed detail in a followup post in the RP, but I figure it is a trapdoor at ceiling height, so not many stairs before it hits the barrier, and Albert can reach it with his staff while standing on the floor.

I went back and forth a few times about whether there are also stairs going down here. I am thinking not, but if we want, we can have some. I don't know if we want to have another level.

Better than motorboat, I suppose.

😂

Oops, I posted in the RP thread before I read over here. I will post a follow up over there and add a roll.

With Airshark's comment I couldn't help but think of this video. :P

There is no real need to make a note of that. Most PbP sites don't even support 'posting as the character' and it is usually pretty clear that the player posting in a RP thread was doing so 'in character', especially when they use the character name in the post, as you did.

If you go back and change who it was posted as, I don't think the software even marks that as a edit. It is just a cleanup to make the thread look pretty and be a little easier to read (so thanks for doing it).
I had he same problem with Asha and he captain. Initially 'the captain stepped up to help' and then 'Ahsa stepped on to a step to reach'... and I had to go back and change most of those steps to other words, like 'moves' and 'stairs'... What a messy language. :)

I see nothing wrong with it... But then I am innuendo-blind. :)

Can confirm this. If you only change the "post as", it does not add an edit date & time.

Thanks. It has been a long time since I used a character sheet and that feature.

I just realised that I somehow ended up being a player in a game and have to make sheets again, and will have to start remembering to use that dropdown. :)

Two is a quorum. Prepare to replace your 'thirst' problem with a 'wet' problem. :)

VagueGM and The Generator, thanks for the GP tips.

TheGenerator, I see what you did there. Nicely done with the "I guess that’s the next step." LOL

I don't know what you are talking about. ;D

Wait.... I just did a forum search and vague started using "Ahsa" after Asha got 'lost' in the crystal caves. So it's not just a typo. How devious!!!! Also, it's her name backwards.

Kinda cool. It's the first time I realized you can give subtle clues to players that you couldn't do in an at-the-table game.

I didn't even realize that, lol! :D

The characters have access to all sorts of extra senses that the players don't, the players have access to metaknowledge like this to hint and suggest things they might want their characters to look into.

The players picked up on some of these, so I did not feel the need to bump up the intensity, but something has changed with her, though it is subtle/hidden enough that it could be missed, but looking back the characters will go: "how could we have missed that?".