[OOC] General chat

Welcome to the game! This thread is for all your general OOC chit-chat needs. There's a separate subforum where I've put rules posts, and you can ask rules questions there if you like, but you can also ask them here. I won't be handing out full copies of the rules, but I will provide character-centric rules for everyone's chosen class if you need them (that'll be post-funnel, of course). If you've never played DCC before, you can check out the free quick-start rules here: DCC Starter Rules. Umerica doesn't really change the rules, except for armor (see the rules subforums) and some of the tables. It also adds a bunch of new classes that each have their own rules, of course.

As a heads up, it's been a while since I've run a PbP game, so things may be a little clunky at first.

Welcome everyone!

Things will probably get off to a slow start. Our household celebrates Christmas, so there's a lot going on this coming week. But we can go ahead and start chatting and getting fodder characters together. I'll do some session zero stuff over the next few days. Once that, and the holidays, are out of the way. We'll get gaming!

First!

Howdy everyone!

The slow start is good to me too, this is a busy week. Looking forward to the game tho' :D

I've played only one DCC game before (a funny little funnel one shot that was) so I guess I'll check the quickstart rules. And there's the character creation somewhere.....

Hello everyone! I have always wanted to try DCC and what better chance than this? I love lethal games, but DCC is well known for it's hilariously dangerous funnels. Let's make it to the end everyone!

Hello, thanks for having me! I'll be slow for a while as well due to the holidays, but things should start getting back to normal in January.

At my first DCC funnel there were 6 players, each with 4 characters. If I remember correctly my last character was the only one to make out of the dungeon. One other character was still alive but was stuck in a narrow tunnel for the rest of his days.

Has everyone done what they want to do with their characters before starting (buying gear and what not)? Are we ready to get started? I'll plan to make first post on Wednesday, unless someone asks me to delay.

I think I am more or less done with character creation. Can you check it? Also, do we get any starting money or is the gear roll all we have?

I'll try and get to the equipment as soon as possible! Otherwise I think I'm good to go.

I've been out of town for the past week and a half. Just getting caught up on things now. I should have time tomorrow morning to finish my characters and create a profile for them, at which point I'll be ready. Thanks for your patience. :)

No problem. I just got on to let folks know that I'm not quite ready because I got sick for a few days between Christmas and New Years. Hopefully everything can get going in the next day or two.

Submitted my characters, will create art for them later but otherwise good to go.

Great. I'll get the starting post up tonight, and away we'll go...

Alright, the game is afoot! It's been a while since I ran a PbP game, so apologies if things are a bit clunky to start. Anyway... welcome to the mall!

My sheet hasn't been approved... Can't post IC...

Ok. All submitted characters approved. Looks like @goldenbrand and @Roachtrout still need to submit characters to the game page.

Will do that and submit my first turn today, just got back from vacation last night. Looking forward to the game!

Gotcha! Submitted.

@goldenband sin-a-bons!!! Lmfaooooo!!!

Question for everyone:

How would you like to handle situations where I need a player or players to roll so that I now how to narrate my next post? This is for outside-of-combat situations.

The "normal" flow is:
1. I post and ask the player to roll.
2. The player rolls.
3. I post a response based on the roll.

Things move much quicker, however, if I make most of those kind of rolls. But the player doesn't get to make their own roll, which maybe isn't as much fun.

Example: currently, I could make rolls for Roachtroat's characters, then immediately post what they see. As it is now, I have asked for a roll and am waiting.

So what would people like?

On a related note, a similar question can be asked regarding Initiative rolls. I plan to do modified group initiative: Everybody rolls, then whoever beats the baddies goes first. Then baddies. Then we go into standard side initiative. Would you like to make your own rolls when that comes up? Or would you like me to make all the rolls so that people can jump right into fighting?

I generally prefer keeping the game's pace up as much as possible, so I don't mind if the GM rolls "passive" checks like perception or knowledge for my characters. Likewise, I prefer the GM to roll initiative for everybody.

I am absolutely fine with the DM making those rolls to keep things moving

I am going to be gone for at least a few days. My wife is in the hospital (not life-threatening), so that's where my attention will be until she gets home.

We'll pick up when I am available again next week.

Damn! Best wishes for her swift recovery.

Best wishes for you!

Speedy recovery!

Just to let everyone know: I'm still here. My wife is home (took longer than expected), but I'm exhausted, and we've got weekend plans. But I expect to get back to posting on Monday.

Huzzah!

Ok. Sorry about that. Lots of ups and downs IRL here. But I believe I'm ready and able to post again. Before I do, however, can I get a head count? Is everyone still here and interested in moving forward?
@dominion451 @Roachtrout @Stalker05 @Dmbraniac @goldenband

I’m here and ready to proceed.

Yup, welcome back.

Good to go

Sounds like we've got a quorum. I'll get things moving again.

I am here and good to go.

I'm sorry everyone, I just have too much on my plate. I don't think I can continue with the game. Have a great time everybody!

Thanks for letting us know, @Roachtrout.

Note to the rest of the gang. I think we can just cruise right along with 4 players. Conveniently, Roachtrout's crew is separating from the rest of the gang. I'm going to have them disappear around the side of the mall and just stay separate. Then, if anyone loses all their citizens, some of Roachtrout's crew can show up as reinforcements.

Waiting on @Goldenband to post. If they don't post today I'll move things along tomorrow.

So sorry I just noticed that y'all have things moving again. Fantastic! I'll post an update today.

Posted. I'll check every day to be sure I keep my characters moving and don't break the momentum.

Still waiting on Dmbraniac's next post, but for those that have posted, it looks like people are moving in different directions. Do you indeed wish to split up? If so, I'll split things into multiple threads for clarity. If you don't want to split up though, you need to decide which route the whole group will take (main entrance, truck bay, or wander the perimeter looking for another way in).

My crew certainly does not want to split the party...

Posts seem to be slowing down. Are folks losing interest? Or do I need to do more prompting?

Just curious. If interest has diminished, that's OK. Just want to know if I should keep pushing this along or not.

I am actually worried about kicking open that door. My guts says that one character is going to die. But, this is a grinder, let's do it.

My wife has a minor surgery tomorrow. Probably won't post anything until Sunday or Monday.

Hey, gang. Things in the real world continue to be more consuming than I'd like. I need to scale back some of my pbp commitments, and running a game is the biggest commitment I have currently, so I'm going to shut this game down. Sorry, folks. Thank you for playing the game. I'm going to try to keep up with a few games as a player, so I'll see you folks around.

No problem. I enjoyed the game and look forward to playing with you again @timplausible.

No worries. Thanks for the game!