OOC Group Game Discussion

Okay, no worries! I don’t really like playing bad guys anyway :P

All good! Looking forward to it! :D

Nice! I'll work on a response later tonight and helpfully get it up by morning.

I’m having a ton of fun too! No preference either way regarding you using second or third person – I just prefer to use third in my own posts.

Same. I am simply more comfortable posting in third person myself.

Working on it! Sorry, I've been pretty busy the last few days so I haven't had time yet. I'll probably have something up either tonight or tomorrow :)

I am trying to orient myself to the new situation. Khyree's background had her belonging to a desert nomad tribe. There was oasis, but not a jungle and they rode horses and camels. Think of her background as a twist on that of Luke Skywalker. Eventually, she and her master happened upon a beach and boarded a ship.

As a background, I never really thought in depth about the specific details. It was in the past.

@Seck,

I will make a concentrated effort over the weekend to focus and come up with some more circus people and perhaps a tale of one of their exploits.

I think you're doing a fantastic job! I’m having a blast :D

Feel free to move as quickly as you want through the jungle run and the circles. Khyree is the least like a traditional eastern monk as can be possible in her personality and demeanor. In the footnotes of her background, her old Master was the last of the order, so finding more doesn't really appeal to me. Its contradictory to her background.

All good! Take your time :)

Hey! Just a heads-up that I won’t be able to post much, if at all, for the next three days

Khyree has no intention of letting anyone attached to Sekkor or his essence aboard the ship. She just made a promise to her dying master to prevent that from happening, as he was murdered by one of them and now a statue is telling her to play Kumbaya with the wielder of Sekkor's gem stone? Not happening. Its makes no sense to the character..or me.

That does seem weird and contradictory.

No worries about the pace! This is one of my faster paced games on here actually… And you’re essentially running three smaller games at once right now so it’s understandable if you’re a little slower to respond than us

And I am, personally, having a lot of fun :)

Thank you for all the work you’re putting into running this game!

I have enjoyed the details of the circus very much so far and wish there was more circus and less slavers content. The concept of the traveling circus aboard a ship was awesome!

All good! I'm excited to get back into it :)

Yay! Very exciting! :D

Awesome! :D

Technically yes I suppose so hahahah
I do like that ‘Captain Admiral’ (or Admiral Admiral) sounds kind of silly, because Admiral’s ‘captain’ persona feels like a bit of a charade to him, so every time someone calls him ‘Captain Admiral’ it unintentionally rubs in how ridiculous he feels

@Seck,

I cannot see on the slaver ship where the exit from the hold leads onto the deck. This would be where Tasya emerged. She would then have backed up to the opposite side of the ship and taken her running jump somewhere in that vicinity.

Tasya is also not privy to who Admiral has beef with and who he doesn't.

Sounds good to me! :D
Admiral's probably pretty busy captaining the ship, but in his free time he would like to investigate that necklace he found in the Nightmare's hoard. He would also like to teach Skeev (and anyone else who wants to learn) a bit about sailing, since he promised Skeev that he could join the crew of the Whisker

Tas has been leveled up. I am giving her the default hps for the level. I raised her DEX with the 2 pts.

She would offer Jin his cloak back during the trip and thank Admiral for his part in rescuing she, Mischa, and Petalwing from the sewage tunnel.

Thanks. Its has an uncanny resemblance to me for something I didn't pose for.

All good! I think the picture's great! :D

Not important at all but, for some reason, the font of Eldric's journal displays differently depending on whether I'm using my phone or laptop. On my phone it's a fancy cursive font and on my laptop it's comic sans lmao
I assume the cursive font is what it's supposed to be but the tonal whiplash between the content of the journal and the comic sans is very funny hahahah

Sounds good to me!

Fine by me.

1. The most fun so far in the game for me (and Tasya) was in her first scene, performing for a crowd.

Don't get me wrong, I think the DMing is excellent. Though, how Tasya is entwined in this campaign is not fun for me. Had I some type of psychic forethought I would have expressed a clear Line against any possible involvement of her biological parents in the story. I make most, if not all, of my characters orphans or estranged from their birth families for a reason in their backgrounds. Family is a very sensitive subject for me. To me, the circus is Tasya's family. She is looking at everything from the point of arriving in Jahore until now as a very bad dream; especially in regards to these flashes from the abyss and this woman who is supposed to be her biological mother. Given a choice between this person she has no emotional attachment to and her animal companion, Stripe, she'd stay with the circus and go after Stripe.

2. Pace. In the in-betweens, like now, I'd rather fast forward with montages and not be waiting on my posts every third post in the thread. Sometimes my character has nothing to say about a situation.

3. Tasya would leave with the circus as the current situations in the game dictate. She currently has no interest in pursuing a story arc in Hell.

4. Indifferent. If I were to continue in the campaign it would have to be with a different character, under different circumstances, or a complete change of Tasya's involvement.

1. Yep! Absolutely!

2. I generally prefer to play scenes out fully but I think montages may be good for extended travel and the like where characters don’t have much to do but wait to get where they’re going

3. No, I’m having fun with the story and with Admiral and would like to continue playing as long as you do

4. I’d like for the game to be ongoing!

Perhaps it would be possible to retcon Tasya’s story a bit so that one of the members of her troupe is trapped in the demon realm instead or something like that? Alternatively, Dharzal and Stripe both went missing in Jahore iirc so theres motivation there for Admiral and Tasya to work together to find their missing friends

1. Fun? Sometimes yes. Sometimes no. Finding the flying ship=Fun. Discovering it has a sheath aboard that belongs to a disciple of a dark dragon that Khyree can't get rid of=No Fun. Discovering that the energy in the city is the same as her dragon Ki=Fun. Having flashes of dark portals and being drawn into rescuing the dark dragon=No Fun.

2. Pace? Travel sequences are taking too long.

3. Spot to leave the game? Shrugs. I generally have felt left out and not getting anywhere with few exceptions.

4. Game Length? Depends on the contents of the game.

I don't want Tasya to be NPCed. She would leave immediately after the montage to the island with the circus troupe aboard their ship.

I'll wait to see if anyone wants to continue. I've pulled Tas from the game. If there will be a continuance, I'd consider submitting a new character, with the stipulations that they are not emotionally attached or obligated to join a foray into this demon realm. Their involvement would be because they consent to go.

@Seck,

Umm..I also removed all the circus NPCs that I created that were a part of Tasya's story.

My new proposed character is Star. I'll need to update her for the game once I understand what the situation is.

If we're changing things up to be a circus troupe, Khyree could work as a roustabout, a decent acrobat, and a fire-eater.

I am very confused.

So, you're considering shifting the concept of the game to a traveling circus troupe going forward, but removing Tasya and giving the character a different name? Why not simply remove all the inserted mother stuff that was put upon Tasya and have Tasya be the Tasya I created to start with?

I’m suggesting I leave this game going as is (and anyone can leave it who would like to). Then I will create another game on Gamers Plane focused around a circus troupe (which is not posted yet). This would be a totally new game completely unconnected to the story in this game. Of course RageRed, you could use Tasya in the new game if you want.

A roustabout, a decent acrobat, and a fire-eater sounds cool JamaisVu. You could move to the new game too if you want.

Ah! Two games. Now I understand. Yes. Tasya would play Tasya in the other game.

Could I finally raise Khyree's level to 4 like everyone else already is I think? I think I want her to go into the circus game too.

Yes please do!

@JamaisVu and @RageRed, I will work on a pitch this weekend and recruitment thread for the circus game. I'll be looking to have one more player beside RageRed and JamaisVu. I will write it up saying that we are looking for one more player. I'll invite you guys ASAP!


@oopsylon I'll also be looking for one or two players for Beyond the Known so this game can continue.

Okay, no worries! I hope you guys have fun with your circus game! :)

Thanks @oopsylon, Wish you luck with pirates, demons, evil dragons, cultists, and slavers.

Alright, did some digging. Looks like I need a Subforum for character stuff? And we're rolling stats.

Oh! Since we're level 4 are we doing anything special with gear, or just standard starting euipment?

I will create you a sub forum and we should get you some equipment that reflects being level 4.

Awesome.

It's created. We can go back a forth there a bit.

You can pick some items that you think are fair for level 4 and maybe even incorporate them into your backstory if applicable. I'll let you know if I think something could be changed.

Hello

Cordey, male Half-Sea Elf, sailor, fighter.

Great!

I see Cordey is still in the works, but I approved the character sheet for you already.

Submitted.

The only thing not finished is equipment.

Hey guys! Looking forward to playing with you both!

Sure! Sounds good to me :)

Yep and posted.

Hey just a heads up that I probably won’t be posting much over the next few days because of Christmas

Yeah, that makes sense oopsylon.

I hope to get a response to everyone’s last post today. But Don’t worry about getting your next posts in until after Christmas I won’t respond until Tuesday.

If you celebrate Christmas, have a wonderful time!

I made a post...be back after Christmas. Once again, have a wonderful time everyone!

Hello everyone. The game is back online, post Christmas. I got a continuation up and I see MaJunior got a post in, great!

I have a question about Reaver’s stat block… In order to multiply a damage roll by PP spent, do I need to declare my intent to do that and spend the PP before I make the attack roll?

Okay, great! Good to know!

LOL. I had 16 and changed to a wrong 13 and now it is back to 16. Playing musical number.

I'll get a post up soon. Hopefully tonight.

18 to intimidate.

One way or another, it's on. Lol

Sorry for the slow posting! I’m travelling at the moment so I have to wait until I get to places with wifi to post

Didn't give much of a write on Cordey's post. To hit with 11. Didn't know if that hit or missed.

Hopefully I will get to a post this evening.

I think Admiral probably left Sherwood in charge and told him to remain in Maulia and keep the crew out of trouble.

Hi everyone. I'm gonna get to a post later tonight.

Sorry folks. I was hoping to post this evening, but the day was action packed. I'll get the post up tomorrow morning.

I was hoping to post today, since everyone else got a post in, but it was busy day. I'll get a post up tomorrow to move us along in the direction of the brook.

Sorry folks. I had an extra busy weekend. I hope to post this evening.

Sorry it took a few days, but I finally got a post up!

Honestly, I sort of forgot about that. Lol

Sorry for the wait! I'll get a post up Friday morning.

All good!

Are we using crit fail rules/houserules?

Sure, hope those "1" aren't crit fails cause we both did them. Least they aren't in combat rolls.

I mean, technically 5E doesn't have crit fails. They don't even have crit successes outside of combat. But house rules exist, so... 🤷

Actions are in. I hope to post late this evening.

I apologize for not posting this weekend. Busy weekend and busy day today. I will post ASAP.

Sorry again! Another busy day. I will definitely post Wednesday!

No worries! Looking forward to it :)

Are we on a pause?

No. I'm not meaning for us to be on a break. It's true I have been busy and haven't been on top of GP as much as I normally am, but also I was waiting for MaJunior to pipe in to the latest scenario.

Regardless, I'll post tonight. Thank you for checking in!

Let me get a post up. Didn't intend to hold us up... Admiral was the last to act and I was waiting for Cordey just based on initiative order. Apologies!

@Seck could I get an update on which Sahuagin are still up after Regan’s attack? I think you have S3 and S4’s hp switched around in the summary at the end of your post, so I’m trying to figure out if the one Admiral can get a grapple on is still up at this point or if Regan killed it

Fine by me!

Okay, awesome! :)

Sure! I’ll see what I can find! :)

Gene, there's a lot of good info and ideas regarding images and formatting them in this GP Community Thread:

Guide: Embedding Images into your Post

I stole my technique from there.

Okay, no problem! Sounds good to me :)

Okay on the INIT system. As a DM, I always roll INIT myself to speed up combat.

Sorry everyone! I've been caught up with work. I'll get to a post soon. By tomorrow.

All good! :)

No worries! Week has been a busy one for me too. I feel like if you weren't behind, I would be. Lol

No wonder the seaweed died. 266 damage. Winks. WOW.

It most definitely is!

Awesome! This is really helpful, thank you! Are the squares 5 feet?

Nice to know where our bodies will be later.

Yup.
Ha!

OY! I forgot that Jin was hit by two limbs he may be grappled too...

Yup. He's grappled too. I'll update previous post in this thread.

Regan is starting to feel a little left out...

The limbs keep slipping off his armor. What can I say? 🤷‍♂️

At least he blasts them with his cold magic no matter what. That's pretty cool.

D:

(Also, it doesn’t matter right now because Jin was able to get free anyway but I believe that forcibly moving a creature outside of grappling range (such as with lightning lure) should automatically end the grappled condition without needing to pass any saving throw )

Well, that makes sense, but grapple is certainly the least of Jin's worries now. 😬

I always thought a solid house rule (even if a bit cumbersome) would to make it a contested roll of some sort.

Obviously Misty Step or Vortex Warp effects just work... but...

I'm to believe a Storm Giant with a grappled faerie can't maintain the grapple just because someone used Lightning Lure or Thunderwave on the faerie? That doesn't feel right (even if I admit I'm introducing extra mechanics we probably don't need).

Yeah, the grappling rules are a bit weird/unintuitive... Maybe it would make sense for the grappler (in this case the kelp) to make a strength save against the spellcasters DC?

Sorry for the wait. I’ll get a post in today.

Gene l, you’re right about second wind. I listed it in Cordey’s stats as a condition (of sorts), but I forgot to add the HP. That latest stats post is now updated.

All good! I wasn't sure if pulling Tasya out of the grapple would count as an action or not

I'm just migrating to this OOC thread for my post regarding the medicine check topic...

For one I appreciate, even as a DM, when you guys point things out. I often forget small but important details in the rules like medicine checks of 10 or better stabilizing a downed character. And it is fun to me for roleplaying purposes to include in-game reasons why ones character knows or does something. So, thanks Ma for that and thanks Gene for citing the rules too.


That all said, nice work in that battle everyone. It got dicey there for a while! (And it was the dice rolls that determined who got attacked, not me...so it was indeed dicey.)


I'll let oopsylon get in a post in the game thread before I add a post there.

My medicine isn’t great so I was hoping that if I finished off the kelp lurker that would free up Regan to use Lay on Hands, but I should have communicated that

To be fair, at 2 failed death saves I'd at least try. I don't know what your WIS modifier is, but with a +/-0 you have 50/50 odds. Even a +1 gives you a 55% chance. Hell, even if you have a negative modifier, grab an NPC and have them Help you (as in, the help action) and roll with advantage.

I only point this out, because if I get dropped in a fight, well... lol

Yeah, that’s perfect! :D

Hey guys. Just a quick check in to see how everyone is feeling.

Are you enjoying the game?
Are the story elements fun so far and making any sense?
Do you want to keep going?
Do you want an off ramp for your character?
What kind of longevity would you prefer: an adventure wrap up more shortly, an ongoing campaign, something in between?
Anything else?

Apologies for the delay in posting! I’ve had a really busy couple of days. I wanted to get a quick in-character post in before bed tonight, but I’ll write up some proper answers to these questions tomorrow.

For now, I just wanted to say thanks for all the hard work you’ve been putting into DMing! Is there anything we could be doing better to make sure things are fun for you as well?

Are you enjoying the game? Yes! Absolutely! I have been finding combat a bit monotonous sometimes but that’s more a problem with the way I made Admiral than anything else. I think I need to pick up some more interesting spells/invocations at the next level up to make sure I’m not doing the same thing every turn in combat :P
Are the story elements fun so far and making any sense? Yep! I think so
Do you want to keep going? Yep!
Do you want an off ramp for your character? No
What kind of longevity would you prefer: an adventure wrap up more shortly, an ongoing campaign, something in between? I’m happy with either! If you feel like you want to wrap this up after this ‘arc’, I’m completely fine with that but I would also love to keep playing ongoing :)

All is good by me. :)

Thanks oops and Gene. Haven't heard from Ma yet, but I think we should move forward in any case. Hopefully Ma will pipe in soon.

Are you taking a short rest in the laboratory? Or do you have something else in mind?

Yep! That was my intention, at least

I'll get to post soon. Hopefully late this evening.

I'm back! And I am sorry!!

The past two weeks were an absolute cluster... I had double shifts with no cellphone signal, my "other mom" had multiple strokes and hospitalizations, pet euthenasia, almost had to shoot someone at 5am last Sunday, my mom's birthday, and a highschool graduation.

I'm hoping this week goes back to normal. I'm burned out on excitement.

That's alot Ma! If you are still in, we're happy to have you back! But if you need to scale things down here on GP, no worries. If you're in, I'll wait for your post before making another post so you can catch up. If you want to scale down and drop out that's okay too. Just let me know.

I'm good with staying. With any luck, life is going back to its normal comfortably boring routine. Not to make it a challenge, but I don't think life can keep this up. Lol

Sorry, if anyone read my last game post before I edited it, I accidentally said 'fork to the left'

But I meant to say that the imp says the fork to the right leads to the hag's sleeping chamber. Of course the fork to the left leads back to the place where you fought the seaweed sentinel.

In case anyone read it before I did, I am just letting you know that I updated my last post. Due to the initiative rolls and the fact that Admiral used both the dash action as well as his Feline Agility trait, I thought it makes more sense that he made it through and past the guards protecting the throne.

Also, I'm going with a surprise element here, since you all burst into the chamber and Regan's distraction was able to get everyone's attention on him. The NPCs don't get a chance to react with anything but movement.

So it is the players' turn again.

Oh, awesome! Thanks! :D

I'm just waiting for Cordey's action before making my next post.

Although, maybe I'll roll for the hag's save against lightning lure, since that may influence what Gene chooses to have Cordey do. If Admiral is successful, Cordey's action could move things along.

Sorry to do this in the middle of a fun battle, but unfortunately I'm away Monday and Tuesday this week, so I won't be able to post until Wednesday.

All good! :)

Well, hopefully you're at least away for something enjoyable!

Okay, understood! Sounds good! The Reaver mechanic you came up with is really neat btw (sort of a cool devil’s bargain type thing)

And might be the only way to save your character with the way the fight is going. Lol

Ha! You guys should’ve done that while I was gone because the battle is getting sticky!

Ha! You guys should’ve done that while I was gone because the battle is getting sticky!

This current turn Admiral has already taken his action (a death save). Regan has as well, which was bludgeoning the sahuagin that closed in on him. Just waiting for Gene to take an action before I post the NPC turn.

Gene has been MIA for a couple days it seems. Hopefully he's ok and life just got a little extra lifey.

I hope so too!

I moved us along. I really hope Gene is okay and he'll pop back in here. Untill he hopefully does, I'll take his moves so we can continue on.

Welcome back!
I believe it would functionally just be a regular scimitar (1d6) that disappears if it is more than 5 feet away from Admiral for one minute… So probably not very useful to Cordey. All the bonuses are hexblade stuff and warlock invocations

Great to have you back Gene!!

Alright we'll dig into Cordey's action here. Take a look at the game post. Hopefully this will be fun...

Everything alright, Seck? Are we waiting on anyone’s turn?

I'm so sorry everyone! A perfect location opened up to move my business and I have been totally occupied by getting many things in the works to get into the place. I apologize for disappearing, but things are looking good on that front, so I hope to post in our game tomorrow.

Thanks for asking and giving me a kick oopsylon.

All good! There’s no rush! I just wanted to make sure everything was alright. Congrats on moving your business! :D

Would this be an automatic death save fail for Admiral?

Also, are the Pact Tally death save rules still in effect even though Admiral is no longer holding Reaver?

Yes, taking any amount of damage would be an automatic death save fail for Admiral, BUT (especially since Reaver rejected Cordey) not having Reaver in hand would not interfere with the pact bond between Reaver and Admiral. So the Pact Tally death save rules are still in effect. I think if Admiral were conscious he could call Reaver to his hand from anywhere, so I don't see why Reaver couldn't channel life force into him from a few feet away.

Okay, great! In that case, I’ll take the 100 Pact Tally points and stabilise. I don’t trust myself to not roll a natural 1 :P

I’m back up! :D
Is Admiral hindered by the ice?

I hope not, I did say Regan was trying to hold you up out of it.

Admiral is not hindered by the ice because like Ma said Regan was holding him up. Although he might be rather shocked to regain consciousness and find that he’s being supported by Reagan in that position 🙃

oopsylon, also you have unlocked another feature of Reaver. You may at will add any amount of damage to a successful damage roll made by Reaver, but the catch is that every point of damage you add increases your pact tally by one. So, for example, if you add 10 points of damage to a successful attack made by Reaver, your pact tally increases by 10.

Okay, amazing! Thanks, MaJunior :)
Oooh! Awesome! :D

One more thing oopsylon,

You may opt to have the extra life force that Reaver drains from opponents be channeled directly into Admiral's Current HP.

BUT when doing so the catch is that Admiral must double his pact tally increase. For example, in the case of finishing off the hag, you opted to deal an extra 11 points of damage to the hag by having Reaver drain her life force. That incresed Admiral's pact tally by 11 points. If you double the pact tally point increase to 22, then the 11 HP drained from the hag could be channeled to Admiral's Current HP.

OR - you may instead channel the life force into the TEMP HP of a party member or other creature for the same double pact tally cost to Admiral. The party member or creature must be within 5' of Reaver to recive the TEMP HP.

I would let you do that in this scene if you want. If not that's okay. Up to you, but it will be an option for you going forward.

I want Reaver II. Must be even better!

Hi Everyone. I apologize for dropping off the face of the Earth, or Mystara in this case. Been very tied up in moving my business. I love this game and want to continue. I will make a post later today.

Ohhh, I misunderstood hahahah

Hi everyone. I'm still here. And also still in the process of moving my business. I want to keep our game going. I apologize for posting very, very slowly Lately. I will try to keep mt posts to at least once a week. Hopefully in a month the bulk of this move and remodeling will be behind me.

No worries! Thanks for the update!

Hope the work goes well.

Thanks Gene. It is going and things are moving forward nicely. It looks like mid November will be when the move will be completed.

Well, I hope your done there soon.

Hmm. New month.

He said "mid-November."

It's November 1st.

By his own comment, we've got another 2 weeks before we should start questioning the game.

After losing hours of creative writing on characters multiple times, I just can't see using this site as I have noted. I'm exiting this site.

Sorry to hear that, GeneCortess! It’s been fun playing with you

Alright. I'm cleaning up my games list a bit. Let me say that if we get these games up and running again I am absolutely willing to jump back in! Send me an invite and I'll be here.

For now though, I'm bowing out. Hope to see y'all soon!