OOC

for general out of character talk

Do you all still see the DM material subforum? I think I have the permissions right

No idea what "DM material subforum" is?

My Character is about 90% done if you want to look it over. Still haven't decided on male or female. Was a hunter or huntress. :)

Not being a STR character, I went with Marceen the Huntress.

I don't see it anymore. I think you got it.

Also, are there any pre-start continued questions not related to the character question feel free to ask.

So far I have been making time to read your backstories and everyones stuff is good.

Obviously this is a one-shot so I will do my best to tailor things as needed but what I find is that backstories are generally good to help me work out how I can word things to interest the motivations for each character.

my backstory doesn't really matter much unless you want an excuse to have an NPC that wants to hunt down a PC for being a "traitor", since he went to the hobgoblin college of devastation and ran away because he hated being bossed around. if you don't, feel free to focus on other characters.

I am just waiting for @GeneCortess to post an introduction before moving forward. He seems to have disappeared for a few days which is very out of character for him

I am going to give it to the end of my work day for Gene. Hope all is well for him, I will just have his character be "in the background" if/when he comes back and he can decide if he wants to "pop" back in or not

this is not exactly the thing I was hoping would crit immediately

Well we’re off to a lively start!

on another note I am experimenting with using Bag of Mapping for my battle maps.

Thoughts on switching out of OtFBM's into this format? It does require me to do more desktop edits vs phone edits but it is kind of cool

Whichever's best for you. I'll check it out for possible use in my games.

I'm good with experimenting. I encourage DMs to experiment, especially with what they control.

I might see if it stays feasible to use this new tool. I like the visuals aspect, and it is pretty easy to use.

I just might need to switch back if things start not working out.

Orfbm is convenient though not easy. GP does help with the [map] tag, but still can take a few minutes to update a couple character actions

yeah but I can do that on mobile. I think that is what really makes me like it. but yeah, it isn't easy to just KNOW what you are doing will work without constantly hitting preview sometimes

I am locking the piloting mechanics threads, but let me know if there are any questions.

Also feel free to take the Automidons statblock and submit a character sheet for your quick reference.

I've been a bit absent lately, apologies. Catching up tonight.