OOC Chat and Planning

Is a TPK a surprise party?

Only if it comes as a surprise ...

lol

No ... but a surprised party is sometimes a TPK.

:)

Lol

Well... you aren't wrong...

Nice.

I would never btw. IMO, a TPK needs to be mutually understood as a possibility of encounter, before the encounter happens. I played for a DM that clearly thrived on trying to kill the party, or at least most of it with every major encounter. Zero time for rests, no regaining spell slots. He got one of mine killed, the other was at 1 hp for the end. Brutal, for players that didn’t know. Fun if you expect it.

I just want to make sure I as the player understand what Torhak would understand regarding the term "Guardian" as it was in single quotes.

The coined term for your group in town is currently ‘Guardians of Salvation’. But Torhak would get the hint that he’s referring to you lot.

Whether that name changes, is up to the group.

Ikar, that scrapper at the bar that tips well isn't a grey dog?

Nope. He runs his own crew.

I apologize. Vice's questions make sense because I made a mistake a while back. I accidentally had Belaluur call Ikar's crew the Grey Dogs.

That was 100% my fault. The Grey Dogs are who Kalli works for. Ikars Salvage work primarily with Irullan in the Market. The Grey Dogs work with whoever will buy their salvage.

I've fixed it in the lore as well. Ikar's Salvage is the building on the edge of town. Just down from the church actually.

I sincerely apologize for the confusion.

Thank you Vice for the beautiful subtlety in pointing it out. Your notes must be awesome!

Happy Dungeoniversary!! Can’t believe it’s been two years since we started this. Some may remember I picked up this campaign when the previous DM ducked out midstream. I’ve never been a DM before, so a lot of reading and quick learning to figure it out as soon as I could. Thanks for your patience in those early days.

Salvation Outpost was designed as a quick five shot, so adapting it to a true campaign was a little bumpy. Recasting characters, re-envisioning stories, while staying true to the established world was stressful, but has been so much fun.

I have lots of ideas for where to go, but as always I want your input too. Let me know what you want to do and where you’d like to go. Eberron is massive!

I was thinking of a way to say thank you for being so dedicated. So, I have two ideas:

1. Everyone preps a level up to 6th for an event upcoming
2. You each pick a legendary item you want for your build and I will weave it into the next part of the campaign.

If that works, we’ll go with majority rules, but in the event of a tie, I leave the decision to my two senior players, 37 and Vice.

Congratulations! That's very impressive. Very few campaigns survive that long.

I don't have a strong opinion on the question you asked. Whatever people want is fine by me.

This has quickly become one of my favorite games. Congrats on the 2 year mark. Looking forward to more to come.

I also do not have a strong feeling on the vote. My character is so new :) I'm just happy to be here.

Lol I'm with those two. It's doesn't matter to me and congrats on the two year mark and for this being your first time dming. That's awesome I wouldn't have guessed. Your a natural! I've just been having a fun time with y'all.

But I do know how in some games everyone says they don't care which option takes place so no options are decided so I will say I slightly lean towards the items but I will be happy with whatever happens

This has indeed been a great game.
I'd still like to fix Cyre, the airship, and check in with Earic, but also I'm am having so much fun in Salvation

I'd also prefer the items over leveling.

Alright, that’s two for items, two for cool with whatever :D

I'm mostly used to playing this game in fairly low level and low magic settings, so I don't have much experience with legendary items in actual play.

Some of them would definitely have huge impact, so I think it will be challenging to balance things afterwards. I'm not arguing against it. Just observing that things might get a little crazy. That's not necessarily a bad thing. :)

I can't believe it has been two years! It has been fantastic, and honestly this is a perfect example of what PbP can -- and should -- be. Thank you, Nictorah, for a fantastic ride so far!

Now, as for the question at hand... I honestly am fine either way. Gun to my head, I'd probably pick a cool item just because what D&D player doesn't love cool items? But as runestone said, legendary items can have an impact on balancing. I'd hate to unintentionally disrupt the story. So I'm content with either option, really.

Edit: OK, so my attempt to mimic the GM emblem for Nictorah's name was only mildly successful. Lol