OOC Discussion

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Ciao, everyone! Just saying a general hello! Excited to be starting a new game.

Was looking around to find a minifigs to use as avatars, there are a few D&D specific sets out now, but the Lego minifig creation page is currently down. : /

Welcome to the game and to GP! I know, unfortunately I haven't had good luck finding a place to make a minifig for the characters.

I used Gemini (Google AI) And it gave me some pretty good Images, I mean obviously it's not made up of real lego pieces. But at least it looks like a lego character, and has enough customization that we won't all be identical.

Derp! Why didn't I think of AI images. Hah! Ossified cranial matter.

What the flip?! That's awsome!

You've got to download and reupload Gemini Images

I cheated and pasted in a screenshot. :P

I'll be gone over the weekend and maybe not be able to post. Back on monday/tuesday. :)


By the way: Meet Enigo Brickoswky - Mountain Dwarf out of The Great Library(tm)



I think I am pretty done with characterbuilding, maybe swap a spell from this to that, but all in all nothing major should change now.

All your characters are looking great!

Have a good holiday weekend! Not expecting to start scene 1 until after the holiday weekend and everyone has submitted their characters. I'll still check the threads over the weekend though if you guys post.

I am finishing up building him out then transfering to Gamersplane :)

I am about done and happy to start after the weekend 🙂

This video about using AI for custom graphic assets for TTRPG popped up in my YouTube thread and it blew my mind. Okay. I obviously knew about AI Art Generation, and I think I kind of understood people were already doing this, but my sluggish brain just couldn't connect the dots on it's own. :) You can just get some AI to generate what you like! And you can use kind of backgroundy image to just do a general representation of movement and location if you don't want to do strict grids, etc.

Also, I read about what seemed a nice way to account for movement in theatre of the mind (or the above) using language to convey distance. Melee/Reach/Nearby/etc, and your chars movement allows you to move one or more distances. There was a simpler one with just Melee/Near/Far, but i can't remember where that article/post was.

How does posting to just one person, such as the GM, work?

I read the guide about basic posting…

Just wondering what others see…

If it's a note we see that a message was sent from you too whatever person it's sent to, if it's sent as a private others see nothing.

Generally the private tag is exclusively used by the Game Master as players don't usually need other players to be unaware that something was sent.

Regardless the GM sees all note's and all privates and for the GM the private Tag shows up almost the same as a Note except where it says not is replaced with private.



Note and Private.

Ta!!

Thank you for the explanation of the note feature~!

@Dhakhan

I will definitely keep what you've written in mind!

I just have an image of Merton being approached for a job and being told "if you are patient future opportunities might come into your lap" thinking it was a hit job but in reality he was just hired at a Wing Stop and the manager was just thinking he might be a good shift lead.

Ha ha, that's hilarious! I am afraid Merton is going to be traumatized for a bit from all the hot wing smells then.

@Dhakhan Also, not sure if you know, but you can use the drop down menu from "Post As" under quick reply and you can show up as your character when posting in Scene 1.

Thanks! I found it! Thought I'd actually used it the first time. Bahaha!! :)

So the one-shot adventure seems to have it that magic items need to be "identified" or investigated over a short rest. I see other DMs online let intelligence or other checks be enough to look at an item. Do you all have a preference? I was thinking of common to rare magic items would just be a check and very rare to legendary items would require the extra time/skill?

I have in some games ruled Identified over a short rest gets you all information, "quick" identification may give you partial information based on rarity (only the effect but no charge info, partial effects , etc)

I vote Arcana Check, DC depending on the rarity.

This seems fair, especially considering that most magical items have fairly obvious characteristics that mean even a pleb can figure it out (don't deteriorate, indistructable via normal means, uncommon materials, etc.). Surely one verse in the arcane arts can resonably deduce an items basic nature? :D Specific information should require something extra, I think.

Sounds good, we'll just do checks for the magic items and if there is something extra special or it's very rare or legendary, it may benefit from rumination during a short rest.

Brickowsky hast the identify spell. sooo... with ritual casting it would cost him 11 minutes to identify a legendary item. ;)

Nice, then you guys can also save identifying items for later as well if you like.

Just a heads up, I will be on vacation with family for the next week. I will still have internet so I should be able to post once a day still, but just to let you all know why posting will be a bit slower. Please also let me know if you guys want things sped up a bit or something else to happen in game.

I am waiting on the others to show the ghost that he is dead. :)

I already said it pretty much straight to his face I'm waiting to see if they let me kill the ghost.

that is really annoying it posted twice on my post...one with very good rolls and one with very bad rolls

One Question Each?! What should we ask? We know what's his head was poisoned. I'm presuming they brought the egg to the inn successfully and were then

Should we ask:
- Where could we find Althea or the others, assuming they aren't dead?
- How to identify this Muppet/Fairly person?
- Where is Cinderhowl's lair?
- Wast there anything to be wary of there?
- Ask if Muppet/Fairly matches the description of the bloke we met here?
- ????

How about What do you know about the goals of the dragon cult?

Who send you to Cinderhowl's lair?

Bahahahaha! D&D Movie! This time, I'm guessing Oz won't be left waiting for his last question.

Well, okay. We seemed to have gotten a bit of info. "Big Dragon Amulet around his neck". Dragon Cultist, then?

What next? If they wanted it before it died, they obviously want to hatch it. Would they take it back to the nest? We'll obviously scoure this place for clues after Oswin's gone, but we need to find out where they took it, I guess.

Do we ask Oz directly about the cult? Or Where the lair is? Or how long it's been since he died?

The egg froze to death?

No, they wanted it before froze to death. They were keen to have it ASAP.

Ah! Thank you *thumb up*

Hey whoever is still down there be sure to search around in Oswin's pile of bones. Hindle picked up the earring, but there might be other useful items, or clues to finding the remaining adventurers.

That was a clever use of Shape Water! Hah!

I agree!

Happy July 4th to those who celebrate! I understand it's a holiday for some tomorrow, but I'll keep an eye on the game in case you guys post.

Just to let you know: I will be gone from the 10th until the 19th. Most likely I'll be able to post from my phone, but if you want to move the story along, please don't wait for me. :)

Thanks for the heads-up! Have a safe trip!

Apologies, I’ve been really ill the last few days. I’ll try to catch up today.

No worries, focus on getting better.

I won't be here from the 11th to the 19th either. I'll try to post during my absence, but please feel free to move my character along if needed :)

Thanks for letting us know! Heh, no worries, everyone enjoy your trips!

Hey all, KoldikSteelskin unfortunately will no longer be able to play in our adventure. If there are no objections especially by the creator, I will try to have Derv make an interesting new aspect of the story later down the line. Thanks for playing with us @KoldikSteelskin

Isn't roaring kitty Keith Gill's (the Gamestop stonks guy) reddit handle?

Sorry I keep seeing it and I keep needing to say something

Yes, that was my idea as soon as I read about the chicken. XD

hilarious. I actually use to be in a track and field online forum he frequented pretty consistently and would play CoD with him when I was in high school/college occasionally. Funny dude. Weird dude but funny dude.

Woah! Very cool! 😎

I read his Reddit posts in Wallstreet Bets, but never bought GMC stocks.

Question on the "building" mechanic once per scene.

If I were to say I wanted to build a trap outside of the sewers before we do this, like a fire trap or spike trap or something. Is that possible? like setting up a one time "they come out of the sewers and now a bunch of grease falls on them and ignites" kind of thing.

how open to that are you?

That sounds great! Your inspiration points are for either re-rolls or a build so you can use your inspiration point to build in scene 1 and your build will be there for scene 2 along with a new inspiration point for the new scene. What would Merton like to build then?

What about some fire trap outside if the sewer where we saw the spiders.

Like pour grease and ignite

Sure, there's lots of wine in the cellar and probably grease or something to fry chicken wings in the kitchen. You already have the torch. Do you want to include something to keep the fire from moving beyond where you set it as well? Feel free to grab what you need in Scene 1, you've got the whole Inn at your disposal!

what if we actually keep it even more simple. We heat up the fryer grease put it into a pot and poor boiling hot grease on the spiders to make some Karaage spiders?

Fried chicken wings and fried spiders, mmm...

Sure, feel free to describe what Merton builds or does in Scene 1! Looks like Brickowsky and Leana are going to bait the spiders to come out and then he can pour the boiling hot grease on those pesky spiders. You roll a 1d20 to see about success, you may also roll with advantage if Merton has the oil poured from a "sneaking" position or if someone wants to help you with the build.

Heads up, will move the group down a path tomorrow

I will be gone the coming week. As we are sometimes high up in the mountains I am not sure that I can answer in time. If need be, let Brickowsky stay back as far as possible, while shotting his fire blast on anything that is fighting the group. Thanks!

Thanks for the update everyone and enjoy your summer! I'll probably keep things going slow for the next week, but have you guys ready to fight at a distance if it comes up.

Hey all, I know Labor Day weekend is popping up in the U.S. so no worries, expecting a slow down until Tuesday or Wednesday. I will still check in once a day like usual. Sorry for the delay, but Scene 3 is now up!

Plan to put up the map and the tentative initiative list tomorrow, with replies to what Leana and Brickowsky have done so far. Hope you all had a good weekend!

@Dhakhan I understand it's the weekend so not planning to move us forward until Monday around 8PM GMT, but just reminding it's Hindle's turn next and I'll put him on auto Eldritch blast if you need. Hope everyone's having a good weekend!

Thank you for the "in game" prompts. :)

Thank you for the "in game" prompts. :)

Thanks for accepting the prompts!

Hey guys!

I'll be gone from the 21th of Oct to the 13th of Nov. During this time I most likely can't post. Please take Brickowsky along and don't start a fight with a dragon. ;)

Thanks for the heads up! We'll try not to anger any dragons while you're gone. :P

That would be great. :D


Could you roll for valdattaMadun, please? He didn't answer for a while now. Maybe we can find a new player inside the cell as well as we are already one character short, because of Kodlik.

Edit: I really like this game and would love to continue. It isn't stressful, the right amount of puns and lightheartedness VS. good fights and puzzles. Please let us finish this one. :)

Yes! Please let us continue this game. I really enjoy the playfulness :)

Ah, thank you for the feedback and I have been loving how this game has unfolded so far. Sounds good, we will push forward and @valdattaMadun, hope you are doing OK! Sure, we can see if anybody wants to join and be the fifth player once valdattaMadun returns. Got to be ready for the dragon and all!

Why not :) This is a reasonably easy game to get into and one more is always welcome, right?
Provided they read what everybody else writes and try to play together and have fun, anyone is fine in my book.

*Waves* hello all!
Thank you for inviting me in. :)

hello! *waves back* good to have you with us! :D

Hideeho! Welcome to the game! :)

Welcome Heyde! Thanks for accepting the invitation and excited to have you join. It'll be fun to see if you uncover some extra secrets from your knowledge about the set. :)

I am currently halfway building through book 3 :) But I don't want to meta game it

If any of you are in Florida, be safe!

If everyone is ready, I'll put up Scene 4 today so soises can set up Brickowsky before their temporary leave. If there is something your character wants to do in Scene 3 before Scene 4 (like buying an item), go ahead and post in Scene 3 before starting to post in Scene 4.

And the other day I have finished the build of my lego set of this game. It's very impressive.

From today on, I'll be gone until midst of November. I am unsure about my ability to answer during this time.

Adrasthea can play Brickowsky in the meantime. He will waddle behind the team, identify items and shot things with his multi dmg firebolt.
Have fun and don't finish the adventure without me, please! :D


edit: Will Level up now. Done.

edit2: Please remember that Brickoswky still got:
- A plush mouse (stuffed with catnip per Leana's experience and Druidic knowledge)
- A tuft of blue-black fur

in the bag of holding they had found. This might be useful with pouncy. :)

I have levelled up and added the moon sickle (+2) to my equipment. This means -400gp, right? Anything else I should do in preparation? Thanks in advance :)

That sounds awesome! Definitely feel free to have Firina look into nooks and crannies I miss describing while we go through the game!

Perfect! Yep, 400gp for the moon sickle or use the 400gp credit for fetching Alax's silvered frying pan or trade the glowing topaz for the moon sickle. Derv can heal Leana up to 25 hp and if you want more than the one Firina found it is 200gp for the 5 health potions.

No worries, the game will be here when you get back, stay safe!

Ciao! I'll be campting and likely incommunicado for the next 3-4 days. Please puppet Hindle along as you deem appropriate.

Thanks for the heads up! Have a good time and stay safe!

Soises should be back next week as well :)

Tomorrow I'll be back in adventure business. Good to be back! :D

Sounds good! Welcome back and take your time

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! Back at it tomorrow! Hope you're doing OK @Heyde & @valdattaMadun

Happy Holidays everyone! I know with the winter holidays and new year coming up, it'll be harder to keep up with the game. I'll do my usual checking once a day and prompts every few days, but do not feel too pressured and enjoy this time of the year. ^_^

Thinking of putting out one more recruitment thread when the new year starts, but let me know if you'd prefer something else.

Happy Holiday!

I am waiting for my fellow players to react, as their PCs see more than my character atm.

A new player could bring fresh energy into this one.

Before we recruit someone I wanted to ask you "how much adventure" is left? I really like the plot, it's funny and unpredictable, but as this is a oneshot we should be in the last third - or are we not? With two NPC's and three active characters. Maybe we could split the NPC's between us players and continue until the end if it is around the corner?

sounds fine to me :)

Well, you guys are coming up to the end of the tower and leading to Scene 5 out of 6. I'm not sure if there will be people who would like to come in on the last third of a one-shot. Since we do have 3 NPCs unless players come back, we could split them between you guys and I can provide the character sheets if you like. We have Alax Jadescales, a dragonborn druid with Pouncy the displacer beast. Then we have Merton Underfinger our lightfoot halfling soulknife rogue. Finally, we have Firina Silverblood, our half-elf devotion paladin serving Selune who was investigating shady trading with contraband goods.