OOC Thread

For OOC conversations once we get spun up.

I finally found the game forum! Woot!

Sorry for the delay.. Labor Day 3-day weekend meant more goofing off and less paying attention to GP.

Query for people who know Cypher system.

Looking at one of the foci, it says "you are practiced at X". I'm familiar with 'trained' and 'specialized' what does 'practiced' mean in this context? Just "able to use it without negative penalty but not an actual asset?"

Correct

The penalty for not being practiced seems to be one step for each class of heaviness.

Practiced for a weapon means competent to me, you know which end to hold the weapon by and sharp in goes in the other guy. Not practiced in light would mean a step up for the Task level which cancels your step down benefit for using light.

If you're only trained in light you're at +1 Step up for Medium +2 for Heavy; if you're the odd one who doesn't train in weapons I guess +1/+2/+3 to tasks using light/medium/heavy weapons.

Trained for weapons would be skill based bonus like Trained in Light Piercing Weapons would drop a task down one due to being trained (very competent) plus if you're practiced you'd be at two steps down since Light weapons drops a task level by one (I think it was done for balancing since you're doing 2 damage).

Haven't tried looking up everyone's character
Connections:
1) I'm jealous of your outfit
2) I think you're cursed but I'm unsure if I should be scared for you or of you.
3) I pulled a trick that made you violent to the point you attacked and injured me. We are now wary of each other.
4) I tricked you into believing I'm someone else as a joke, it's been too long and I'm in too deep. Not sure I should tell the truth the lie is working too well.

I think we can let these connections take place (even retroactively) as play commences as we (the players) and the characters don't yet know one another.

well, yes -- we could. but part of the potential joy of character creation is working this out together to frame and flesh out the characters. hence my suggestion to hammer it out here. this is consistent with what we did as a group with one of the numenera campaigns i was in, and it worked out well.

if y'all would rather discover this as the play unfolds -- we can go down that path, but it feels a little blank-sheety to me. :)

I'm more partial to in advance since it gives us more of a reason to be together since he's know a little about each other and there's bonds there baked in before we start play and gives the GM more to work with to work into the story our backgrounds and interactions with each other.

I go with the flow. I find it hard to keep everyone's story in mind and I haven't really thought up a backstory for mine.

Well you don't have to keep the other person's whole life story in mind, just the connection (I have no idea who his father is but the guy owes me like three fity).

Heads up -- got a heavy travel schedule for a couple weeks:

This week: Today and Wednesday (low to no posting these days).
Next week: Tuesday - Thursday (low to no posting)

Apologies for slow progress during these times.

Hey, I'm sorry I haven't posted. This week got a little busy and honestly in the time since this game first started I have over-committed on a few other games and started one of my own. I think it's probably best if I bow out of this one. I'm completely unfamiliar with the system and the setting and probably won't have the time to get up to speed.

Sorry again. I hope the game goes well.

No worries. Thanks for letting us know!

I see that we're finally moving forward. I'll post later today.

Yes sir! My travel concluded and no one else posted, so we proceed with you two!

@remnant poke! you coming along for the ride, sir?

I'll post today, gotta put this game thread on subscribed.

Thanks!

welcome back michael -- you fell victim to my sweep of 'no response in ~10 days' on the main thread. happy to have you join in!

Rule question / clarification.

Dikaios doesn't know he's a god. but does that mean he doesn't have a nimbus or he doesn't know how to perceive it? e.g. does Reojk see the nimbus around Dikaios?

He has a nimbus and may even know how to see it. He probably just has not made the connection between it and any sort of divinity.

HI all, I am here too!

Sorry about that

No worries!

Go ahead and introduce your character on the main thread -- give me something to work with and I'll drag you into our unfolding market drama.

I'm actually waiting for Mike to post something before continuing.

Fair enough.. It's been almost a week since I made the request. so we may just need to consider him unavailable.

Yeah guys. I am very sorry, but I don't think I have time to post much. Very sorry to waste your time and expectations.

On a plane to Washington, DC at the moment. Depending on in-flight wifi I may get some stuff posted. I'm in the office all day tomorrow, then fly to CA tomorrow night, then in meetings most of Wed and fly home. Short version -- it could be thu/fri before there's an update depending on wifi workload and my travel-fatigue.

Ok. I'm back. Just got 4 shots for my India trip next month, so may not type a bunch tonight. But I've got the day off tomorrow (Civ 6!) and will be getting updates in before the weekend. Thanks for your patience.

Whoops! Sorry, I thought my last post here was a game post -- that's what I get for not being thorough. Moving things right along now. We may have a new third join.

Sweet... *Hides his devil horns*

Heads up - on a plane this evening to India for a week. Uncertain of connectivity/capabilities. Won't be taking any physical CRBs with me so if we get into an odd state I can't resolve with my digital stuff, we'll hafta wait 'til I get back.

Sometimes I may have too much time between posts. I work long hours. I will still try to keep it entertaining and do at least one post a day for every day that someone else posts. If I'm playing the character too theatrically, let me know and I'll take it down a notch.

No worries. I will sometimes pause to let players interact -- sometimes I read the lay of the land wrong. :) I try not to rush things through because interacting with other players is an important part of the game.

No worries mate, I figure you're busy. That said it's a two person act so I figure it'll be a bit slow at times.

Just a heads up I'll be in NJ/NY from the 1-4th. If you're in my other games you'll see a similar post.

Quick additional heads up:

Tue 12/13 - Fri 12/16 - work travel to CA and CO. Uncertain how active I'll be.
Sat 12/17 - Uh. Rogue One. Duh.
Sun 12/18 - Sat 12/24 - skiing Sun Valley
Sun 12/25 - Christmas

So.. basically scarce between 12/13 - 12/25. If things slow down or stop during this time, that's why. I'll be back and raring to go on 12/26 however.

Rogue One is the first Star Wars movie I'm excited to see since the 80s...

I was pumped for Force Awakens -- and pretty happy with the result. It was the first time I could see a Star Wars movie with my KIDS without knowing the story already. So that was a really awesome experience.

have some map work to do.. the map in the book has all sortsa giveaways. :)

Heads up - concocted the plague on Friday -- and now in my business travel time. TBD on how/whether I can get some updates in before the weekend. If not, I'll definitely be updating on 12/26.

Get better and enjoy the travel and down time if you get any!

See you when you come back around.

I will be away on Sunday coming up. Just a heads up.

I'll be away probably until Sunday. Needed to let you all know.

Roger! Thanks for the heads up.

Not to runaway.. but I'm thinking about running away and ditching this in favor of starting up an Adventures in Middle Earth campaign playing ME using the OGL rules. I'm not super familiar with OGL, but I do know the universe and have been bopping around with One Ring enough to make it an easier thing for my time.

Would either of you be particularly sad to see this one go the way of the dodo?

Not particularly. I would have liked to see where this goes but there's only so much you can do with just two players.

Yah -- and while I'd get other interest, then they'd wander off or never post again. :)

I may try again in the future -- but I think I have to do a bit more work either fleshing out the Afterworld or possibly setting it in a more modern setting. Imagine you guys were in Chicago or something. That'd be a bit different. :)

Well you're GMing a few games so if it's stalling and posting slow I don't mind if we tap out. Although Reojk Jr. Did have a nice name to it for the kid.

I could never figure out how to pronounce Reojk.

Let's let it ride for a bit -- and if I get uptake on my AiME campaign then I'll ditch this. If not, then I'll spend some time figuring out how to reinvigorate this one...

Re O Jik

aka JOKER

Hopefully not as sociopathic... ;)