Out of Character

Thread for out of character discussions and questions.

*Rolls Icon Relationships*

Update: Nothing for me this go around.

I'm going to update my background section after rereading that part and realising I haven't assigned any points to it...

Icon Relationship Rolls

Relationship rolls:

Just a quick thought about how I want to run icon rolls:-

1. We roll them at the start of each calendar month that the game is running.
2. You are responsible for defining what exactly your advantages are (for both a 5 or 6)
3. I will define the 'twist' to any 5 rolls.

All good with that?

Empress Claudia - negative (1d6)
( 4 ) = 4

Imehoten - conflicted (1d6)
( 1 ) = 1

Golgoth - positive (1d6)
( 4 ) = 4

Any particular objection to me changing this game to a post a day? We're sort of going at that rate anyway.

I'm pretty sure I could do that? I'll have to set myself a reminder every day though. Is it more common for people to post more frequently at the beginning of a game?

I'm likely to slow down on the weekends.

Yeah, I don't plan to post much at the weekend either, if at all. Weekdays is all on work time though......

I've found that having a post per day starts out that way then after a while slows to 2-3 posts/week. I'm fine with you upping it. I'll also chime in with weekends being pretty bad for my posting.

Thank you for having me here! I've submitted my Chaos Mage for approval. Once approved I'll introduce him properly.

By way of introduction, I've been gaming for 30 years, mostly D&D until a couple of years ago when I joined a local gaming community and discovered other systems. I joined GP early last year and it's been a blast!

As for 13th Age experience, I've joined 1 RL campaign, and 2 here on GP, but all 3 of those died out fairly quickly. I'm hoping this one will last!

I've already approved your character. Welcome aboard. However, can you review your sheet to use the Nocturne specific icons, referenced here:
Nocturne Icons

Thanks! I must confess I'm only familiar with the default setting so this is completely new to me. I'm reading up on the icons now. After that, will get caught up with the story so far. Looking forward to jumping in! :-)

Caledoniaman, I've just started on the story thread, and so wasn't aware of what your family is going through. I'm reakly sorry to hear it, and wish your family all the best. I echo everyone's sentiments: you take break if you need it. If a distraction is what you need we're here for you. Hang in there, man!

Hi mate. This has been a welcome distraction. I've had a lot of time in hospital sitting around so I've been running this game and it's been a real lift. We're back on track now and he's getting home today. Thanks for your kind words.

Can you return to the story thread and roll initiative as soon as you can. That way the next round can continue.

I guess it's time to introduce my character. And then pose some questions.

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Blackstar, Human Chaos Mage.

Major Tom Sagar is a human astronaut whose spacecraft, the Blackstar, got pulled into a wormhole that transported him to the 13th Age of the Dragon Empire. He regained consciousness among the wreckage of his ship, in the bowels of a Hellhole. He never tells the tale of how he fought his way out of the Hellhole, but his time there, as well as his subsequent solo trek through the Moonwreck badlands, did very weird things to him. The tentacles that sprouted out of his back were only the beginning.

His travels brought him to Forge where he did his best to keep his growing weirdness hidden. He had some dealings with the dwarves there, but sadly none of them were able to help him make his ray gun work again (he had used up all its power cell charges fighting his way out of Hell Marsh).

He continues his wandering but little by little, as the chaos magic overtakes takes him, he remembers less and less about his home world, and his desire to return to his former life diminishes by the day.

Blackstar is a gaunt, 6-ft tall human, though he looks somewhat different from other humans normally encountered in the Empire. His eyes seem to change color with his emotions (often not even matching each other), and his shock of singed hair seems to be a slightly different shade & length each day. On most days, the tentacles sprouting out of his back are hardly visible. He wears his worn-out space suit like outlandish padded armor. Strapped to his hip, opposite the useless ray gun, are a jagged titanium dagger and wicked titanium throwing knives that he fashioned out of his ship's wreckage. Hidden in his sleeve is another piece of titanium, scorched and twisted, that he has fashioned into a wand.

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Ok, my questions:
1. I see that the Nocturne icons are different from those in the rulebook. How does that affect my iconic spells?
2. We in a different setting altogether, yes? I don't recognize any of the place names mentioned here. I did see Haven mentioned in the game thread though.
3. I apologize in advance for all the high weirdness. :-D

Ah ok, do we need to align the Nocturne Icons to the Standard ones for your character to function? Not a problem, although may take a couple of attempts.

Also, your attacks look wrong on your character sheet. I calculate them as:

Melee -1 to hit. DMG 1d4-2
Ranged +4 to hit. DMG 1d4+3

Can you check again.

@ Caledonianman he probably just needs to know which icons translates to the native icons from the basic setting.