General Chat

A thread for general chat and out-of-character discussion.

Please also use this thread to let me know when you're not going to be able to post for a while due to work commitments, travel, holidays, dodgy internet connections, or whatever so that I can keep the game moving in your absence.

Hi everyone, welcome to the game! Head over to the "Character Creation" thread to get started.

@Burbage, if it is OK with you, when I post in cabin font, that is an indication that I am trying to whisper, or at least taking deliberate steps so as not be heard/noticed outside my immediate are.

Sure, although remember that, at the moment, you have to speak in raised voices just to be heard above the thunderous noise of the waterfall as it crashes into the basin at the bottom of the cliff.

Absolutely. I personally find it adding to the immersion if I use a font that looks different. I picked cabin since it's only about half full of ink, so that looks like a "reduced volume" to me :)

BUT NOW WE ARE SHOUTING. OF COURSE THAT SHOULD MEAN ANY NASTIES IN THE TOWER CANNOT HEAR US OVER THE DIN EITHER, BUT WHAT DO I KNOW??

May I have access to the Maps thread @Burbage?

I've created a new "Player Mapping" thread for you to use.

I'll keep the "GM Maps" thread locked and clean for easy reference.

Very first encounter is a g-g-g-ghost?! I expect the graveyard here will fill up nicely before the end of this campaign lol.

I fear you may be about to learn lesson #1 of Arden Vul … that there is very little in the way of artificially matching encounters to the player characters’ levels. Don’t expect to only meet kobolds, goblins, etc. in these early stages. It is perfectly possible, as you’ve just found out, to stumble across much more powerful opponents. Not all of them will necessarily be hostile, but it’s worth bearing this possibility in mind as you explore new areas.

It's good Zacharias is one of 15 identical siblings 😋😋😋😋 j/k

@Burbage For future reference, are you OK if the party splits up like we're perhaps doing now? Or would you rather everyone sticks together throughout the game?

It's your game, and this is very much a sandbox. You are free to do what you want. At times it might be sensible to split up. At other times it might be foolish. There may also be times when you don't get a say in the matter ...

Fun! Looks like we're 2 and 4 at the moment then.

Giving a heads up that I'll be traveling for work in the coming week. I'll post for Jacky when I can, but mapping will have to wait until I'm back home.

Thanks for letting us know ... have a great trip.

I will be unavailable between Wednesday afternoon, October 2, and Saturday Night October 5. @Burbage, if necessary to move the story along during that period, please play my character as best you think I would. Thank you.

No probs, thanks for letting me know.

Oh, I have made a mistake. I thought having 8 INT gives Jacky +1 extra language, not that it sets his maximum extra languages at 1. That's why he knows Mithric.

How would you prefer I resolve this @Burbage?

Yes, you're right. Halflings need an intelligence of at least 16 to learn an additional language (OSRIC page 7). So Jacky does not know Mithric. Zach will need to find another tutor. It looks like Vasco and Grim are the only party members who know Mithric.

@Stalker05,@WhiteDwarf prepare to be misnamed by Zach in his quest to learn Mithric! :)