Journey to Lands Far Far Away (OOC)

Congrats on your first RP post, QuietPanther :)

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I was going to ask about the dagger here. I don't think it was ever mentioned explicitly what happened to the ritual dagger. But then I thought, why not ask it IC? So Airshark, if it's ok with vague, you can decide what happened to the dagger. :)

It happens all the time, don't fret about it. :)
This does not 'change' anything, and you will see that the software did not even mark the post as 'edited'.

The rule about not editing is about changing the content of what was there and what others have already read (once you post it to the internet, you have to assume others have read it, no matter how fast you think you can edit it). Just as you did, make your posts clear enough that there is no ambiguity that it is from Lille's perspective, then it does not matter who you 'post as', and changing that should also not affect how people read it.

I find it can help to try use more explicit names than one would ordinarily do, to make things clear. Pronouns can get confusing. For instance: it might take a minute to realize that 'the woman calls the group to a halt' did not mean that Lille as calling for them to halt, but that it was Ezme, the rest of the sentence made it all clear, but it could be less clear at other times. :) I get that Lille does not know the names, so something from her perspective feels weird using them to describe others actions, so there are times when such tactics don't work as well.
Definitely not. That is much worse than editing clearly, it hides the fact that an edit was made, and leaves people searching for the second post that they were notified about. Some GMs disable the ability to delete posts, but I suspect that is because they fear people cheating and deleting posts with 'bad rolls'.

Indeed. Very nice.
By all means, you are welcome to have ended up keeping the knife. Probably 'by mistake', and talking about it and without any confidence about how long it will keep working.

I usually ask myself "Does this change create a narrative difference between people who have already read it and those who haven't?" If it's a no, I'll edit the post. If yes, I make a new one.

If you really need to change something that's significant, you can make the change and then post in OOC what you changed. But that rarely happens.

Is Daryl still with the group? Is there a description of Theo somewhere?

I will post for Lille later. She would be keeping a general watch as they walk, since she’s concerned about the mists. But she wouldn’t specifically expect anyone to be following the group. Should I include a roll to spot Wankle or others?

Sorry, yes he is. That was never in doubt for the others, so I completely forgot to mention him for the new players. /whoops :(
Slightly more of a nerd than a jock. Spoiled son of a village mayor, ran away with the group to get some adventure and to get away from his dad. After spending most of that adventure locked in a cage while some crazy women planned to sacrifice his sister he decided to leave his home and go to university in the big city. For reasons of plot convenience the university required 'references' and an 'essay about his life accomplishments' so he is trying to accomplish something with his life by staying with the party a bit longer.
All woodsmen would. We assume your character is doing the sort of thing that it would make sense for such a character to be doing. If something comes up that you feel your character would have already taken steps to counter, even if we have not mentioned it, speak up, we can go back and see how well your skipped over actions worked out.

I tend to use phases like 'if you entered the room you would find ...' rather than 'you enter the room and find', this is deliberate, it avoids your character being forced into any action, and avoids me taking control of your character's actions away from you, while still allowing the story to continue if you want to take the mentioned action (and tells you that you don't need to to 'look for traps' just to enter the room:). I trust my players to not use the information they would have found until they actually find it, but it also tells the players where they could find more information of that sort (unless things change in the living world:).
No.

If rolls become relevant we will see this in the fiction first. The fiction always comes before the rolls.

If we need for your character to interact with Wankle we can engineer it, but that is currently a mystery that we will need to wait to have unfold.

... Do we only have the one three-person tent for the five of us?

... Oh, okay... I guess I'm just gonna presume someone must have introduced me to Daryl at some point....

I have no idea, I don't pack your gear for you. :)

The others have been on the road for a while, so I assumed they were sorted. Maybe the weather has been particularly good and you all will have to make a plan when it turns wet?

Where do you get that it is a three-person tent? I sorta assumed it fitted one, it is the same price as a waterskin, after all. Maybe it can cover more if you spread it out (turn it into a rain cover with no sides?) or get really close.
One would hope so after you barged into his room and had a punch-up. :)

It was my intention to do so. But then things got sped? Up.

We can pretend it happened, we can take the time to talk more with the NPCs (and other PCs) now that we have settled.

Well, I took the liberty of describing her 2-person tent in the story earlier [ref]. I considered it reasonable for her to carry a tent of that size, but nothing larger... Three was only if people got super cuddly. But if you think that's too much to ask, maybe three people would actually require the tent being used unconventionally, in the manner that you described in the quote above.

Liberty indeed. :)

Given your size, your 1-person tent is another's 2-person tent. It might be sold as a '3-man tent', but if you have ever used one, you will know that they lie, and all tents only actually accommodate half the persons they claim. Many a new camper has been caught out by this trick.

:)

Ooh, boy! Learning 'foreign culture rituals' by assuming significance to misunderstood actions... that is a recipe... but we won't say what for. :)

I don't think we ever used a tent. It was sleeping under the stars or in a bed.
Since this will be a long journey, some kind of protection will probably be in order.
Setting up a shelter for 4 people to stay dry should be doable if we stop in time to make camp.

Yeah, you have been lucky. Maybe you can find inns and a way to pay for them, or maybe you risk the weather and we deal with it. :)
Agreed. Though you were bargaining on the carriage and Humphrey's arrangements, so you may find that you are under-prepared and need to make a plan. (Lille could prove useful in that regard once you get desperate enough and finally connect).
If you have the time, absolutely. If things go wrong on the trip you may have to sacrifice that time to 'traveling a little further', just as you did tonight. It is something to play with while you journey.

Yes. Remember though, that it is not really a 'Wild roll', as such. The Special Ability allows you to attempt a social roll where others would not even be able to try, it opens the door and gives you permission to do things in the fiction.

Logically this seems like a roll +CHA, but you can motivate for another Attribute if you think it fits the fiction better (or add to your description (in a new post) if you need to justify some other Attribute (but you did not describe any 'use of body language' or anything in your post, and bears might not respect DEX:)). Your roll outcome would set the bear's disposition towards you and the party, but currently it does not seem 'hostile' so even a 6- should not lead directly to a fight, it would depend on what you do next.

A 7-9 would see things mostly go your way, but you may have to compromise or take more actions to fully get what you are after. A 10+ would see the bear readily accede to your reasonable request (boring:), and a rare 12+ would provide a boon that we can talk about if you are so blessed.

You can edit the post and add the roll to the post, that does not change anything about what was written (and the site won't even mention the 'edit'). Let us know here when it is done, and maybe the result and any desired extras that may come with the result.

On a 10 or 11 you can just go ahead and narrate the outcome the way you wanted it.

Remember that we’ll be up to six: Alfred and Roald, Theo and Daryl, Ezme and Lille. Plus gear, plus packages that probably ought to stay dry. Between Ezme and Lille, I’m sure we can rig up something with a few more supplies.

Indeed.

Correct, but Ezme has the tent and Lille is not in the picture yet.
I think I wrote that ooc in character 😂