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Hi everyone I am excited to play with you.

Good to have you on board. Here's an invite to a discord server for quicker ooc and/or game chat. (This is completely optional.

Thank you.

Hey, welcome aboard @SolarFlare. Good to have you.

Hi everyone,

I'm Adam. I'm a Brit who's been playing on Gamers' Plane for a couple of years. I've run about a dozen one-shots (short adventures) and a handful of campaigns here. I've joined this game as a co-DM in case Anti needs a hand.

This is a short tutorial adventure; it's for people who are new to RPGs, or new to DnD 5e, or just new to GP. To better provide help during the tutorial game, here's a quick survey - please select all that apply.

Hi @Koba , good to have you on board as well.

Hello! I'm happy to be here! Both me and my paladin! :D

Discord webhook works. The notifications channel will be pinged when you post something.

Hey @LauraChiGio,

I wouldn't mind for Kashi and Merana to know each other if you would like? We can either do that where they know each other or we can do it where Kashi would just approach and try to start conversation based on her pouting. I just wanted to run it by you first before I sent my post haha.

That sounds fun @SolarFlare!

How do you think we know each other? I haven't seen your character yet so I don't know much about them?

In a brief little run down, Kashi is a high elf paladin with an eagerness to protect and perform acts of kindness to those around him. He has a fascination with the cosmos and the world around him and wants to preserve it all within reason. He's constantly on the move and more than likely wouldn't be upfront about why unless someone was real close to him.

This is the closest I have to him at the current moment before I can get around to doodling him.

Mmm, Merana is a soldier who is very proud and stubborn. She sees herself as a leave people alone unless they cause trouble kind of person. She is a wood elf. I think she would not be so high to value Kashi for just niceness but maybe respect him for being honorable. What do you think Kashi would think of Merana?

That’s fun! I was going to try to paint Merana later! I was just doodling a sketch too before I painted her.

That's really nice @LauraChiGio ! I always envy those capable of drawing.

Hm... Kashi wouldn't be opposed to soldiers and would be a little more curious about her honor as far as personality goes. I think that being prideful wouldn't exactly deter him unless it got to the point of a snide noble's pride. Unwilling to swallow it for even a moment depending on the situation might deter him only slightly and would make him a little more wary about the person. He would find her being stubborn quite amusing though and might lightly tease her about it.

Teasing sounds fun! Sounds like she will get sulk 😂

It sounds like it would be fun. So maybe recent companions that probably banded together on the road after crossing paths?

Sounds good!

@Antiproduct what is the race distribution of the population of Phlan?

The Moonsea region is mainly inhabited by humans, whilst other races are a minority. Your hostess, Madame Freona and her daughters are one of those exceptions.

Here's a population race distribution of the general Moonsea area.

So both elves and dragonborns are part of 1% of population right?

Yeap. Don't let that discourage you or anything.

Phlan was known as a stopping point for caravans conducting overland trade across the trade routes and trails of the Moonsea North.Trade ebbed and flowed throughout the city's tumultuous history.

So, while being a mainly human town, the sight of strange strangers isn't something new to Phlanians.

@Antiproduct

Is the child looking at one of us in particular or just towards any of us who see her?

She's really taking a peek inside the room and is startled as some of the residents of the shared room lay eyes on her.

@SolarFlare no biggie, but using this drop-down you can post as your character with your avatar.

Ah yeah I forgot to do that. I sent off my response while in bed so honestly my b. I still might doze off here soon so I won't post again quite yet.

Don't worry. I usually doze off mid-typing.
Also, I wanna share this with you.

Congratulations!

To Kashi's defense, a halfling can look childlike even as an adult.😂

Hey guinea pigs players, here's some little thing I wanted to share with you: making a long post isn't obligatory.
Not all things are meant to require a 32-page reply. Having been in that place, it's better to just post something that shows you have seen the last posts and moves the scene forward than struggle to be elaborate and stall or get a writer's block.

Here's a recent such example of mine

@Koba I notice that Kepel only has the skill proficiencies from their background.
As a druid, they can pick two more from: Arcana, Animal Handling, Insight, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, and Survival

Also @Koba
I'm glad you asked. That'll be a DC15 history check.

Click on the gray button bellow the textbox with your character's name, scroll down and click on your skill's modifier to add that roll automatically.


You can add DC15 to the reason (no space between) and see some GP dice rules magic happen. To be able to post, you need to type something in the textbox, so either put some ooc up like "rolling" or edit your post and add the roll .

Yeah. Spaces work.

It even looks like the dice roll better with a space in the DC.

He caught me ._.

Lol!



(checks die roll) You don't know that Harper is wearing a Harper's brooch.

I think they might've meant it as in The Harper as the individuals name under the picture would be 'The Harper'.

Lol. I didn't notice that.

Kinda gave the game away, right?

Shhh it's okay. We don't know the whole story behind it.

Yeah. I'm running Descent into Avernus at the moment - I don't mind the players knowing the plot (which is kinda unavoidable), but they have to play as though their characters don't.

No yeah as a fellow GM I get it.

So as far as the pc knows - he's a mysterious hooded stranger with a thing for large string instruments.

Is it? I do it all the time.

I think it's nice for the players to know things that their characters don't.

I did exactly this with my last post in Waterdeep Dragon Heist. I gave the urchin's name as Jenks in the avatar, even though the characters don't know the kid's name.

But some players will have met Jenks, Nat, and Squiddly in other games - so it's like a famous NPC cameo for players in the know.

@SolarFlare , feel free to add that roll in your post via edit.

I'm writing the next part, but it's a slow process as I'm at work now. Should be done within the day though.

I've read your replies and I'm meaning to post soon ™. Got a bit caught up this weekend.

I'm happy to jump in with a PC if you need a hand?

Oh, just saw that the poll got a reply in. As I said, no hard feelings. I'd like to hear your thoughts about the game though.

Seems like I'll take up on that offer Adam.

I think that's the tutorial finished?

There's an epilogue missing, but yeah. That's pretty much it.

@LauraChiGio so, what do you think? I'd like your feedback on this as it was a first for me. I want to thank you for sticking around and taking part.

@Adam , of there's anything else you'd like to point out I'm all ears buddy.

It was fun. It was good to keep track and I really loved it. I hope we can play again soon.

Oh and thank you for running the game. I appreciate everything.

Thank you for your kind words. Do you think it can make a decent enough tutorial/introductory game to pbp and/or 5e?
I know I should have included more rules explaining on that part.

I think so for what I know now. I have tried other games and I never know what I am doing because the plot move so fast. This I knew all the time.

I think for a short vignette that went very well, Anti. Some social stuff, some skill checks, a bit of combat - checked all the boxes.

Good job.