OOC Discussion

Haha, that sounds awesome! Unfortunately, my own busyness has harmed my in-person games, and I had to put my long-running D&D 5e game on hiatus. It's set in the same world as this game (it's been fun for me to hint at events from each, even if I'm the only one that would notice), and I'm hoping to be able to pick it back up soon. Instead, we've started playing Masks, a Powered by the Apocalypse game, because I can run it and it can be an absolute blast with zero preparation.

I feel like the Sword might be one such nod or at least its lore...

I've heard of Masks! Teen Angst, Super Powers, and Evil Mega Corp sounds like a great combo especially coupled with no prep!

Yup. Seraph has been in the other game. He was pretty well liked in that one, because one of the PCs was a child (who was actually a crow that stole the body... of the child, cause... magic), so they got along pretty great.

OMG! Weird characters like that are great! I've been debating making a character who is totally screwed up by necromancy experiments gone wrong: mainly in that they now have 4 souls and personalities of the dead trapped inside their body which are constantly swapped in and out based on a d4 dice role.

That would explain why Seraph is so childish though!

Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know that there may not be a post today. I've just got a ton of work to get through this week and I'm going to try to get as much done asap so that it doesn't drag me down all week long. I'll try to get one tonight, but I wanted to let you all know, just in case.

Thanks. No worries. Looking forward to what we find next.

Yeah! That's my wife's character, Branwen. She's a magic crow, a pet of Nym the Ravenlord, who had the power to steal anything (memories, bodies, etc.). She ends up stealing the body of this ten-year-old on a whim (or what she thought to be a whim) and is now trying to change back. She dropped hints all throughout the game about how her character was a crow (this was never made public to the other players), talking about how she has a really big family, and her character always being excited by getting to hide in high up places. She could also talk to crows. She was rogue, but... it was flavorful and fun, so I allowed it.

Anyway, she's in the process of realizing that the 10-year-old whose body she abducted is just as special as she was.

It's been a really fun character though.

And yes! Seraph has a very real reason for being childish. It's something that the other group hasn't really figured out yet, and something that your group definitely could.
I'm looking forward to telling what's next. It's about time we jump into a new thread, anyway. I was planning on rolling with 1 thread per expedition, but they're turning out longer than planned, which is great! This next area should answer a lot of the concerns about there being too much hack n' slash.

Going to give Devanis and Erran a moment before I continue with batman's turn.

Letting you guys know in advance that I'll be out at GNCon (put on by the guys who do Order 66 Star Wars FFG podcast) from Thursday to Sunday this week, so will be gaming furiously but might miss a few posts here. MoMo, play as me as needed!

Thanks for the heads up! Have fun!

How's everyone on hp right now?

I'm just over half. I can burn a slot to heal though, but won't get anything from a short rest without borrowing someone else's medkit.

Stupid bat couldn't be fooled away from me being the tastiest treat on the bridge.

Hey, going to be really busy over the next three days, but I'll do my best to get posts out daily. After that, with it being Spring Break in my program, I should have some free time to be more active (hopefully).

So I've had the awesome opportunity to play in a really good game by lenpelletier, and the way he does combat was very fun for me, as a player. I'm stealing it here, but all credit to him (truly, he's great). We're going to try this for a few combats and see how it goes. It's more revealing, in that it'll show you their HP, so you can plan accordingly, and it's looser with movement, which I'm okay with.

I'll still use maps if things get really complicated, but I like the idea of Environmental Objects that give you some ideas of what you can interact with. Feel free to suggest other things as well; this isn't the end all be all list.

As lenpelletier does, I may be willing to give inspiration or one-time advantage to those that use the Environmental Objects in creative ways.

I just noticed the title of the battle map "Child Drawing of Descent Battle"

:)

Yeah that gave me a laugh. :-D It's not at all bad though.

Haha, thanks. I've never claimed to be an artist, but I will do whatever I can to make things clear :)

I keep forgetting that's an action! Yeah forget Hiding for now. Botched that Stealth roll anyway! :-D

I'm going to give Auroran_Sky a bit longer to post an action, since she's been historically good about that in the past. Otherwise, I have a good idea of what Pyrrah will be doing. Has the pacing lately been okay for everyone? Too slow/fast, or anything? Please let me know, so that I can try to adjust things as much as possible.
Yeah, it's one of the great reasons to be a Rogue! Also, know what else I realized? A Rogue Thief gets to add "Use an Object" to the list of things they can do with Cunning Action. If they have the Healer feat, they can use the Healer's Kit as a Bonus Action to restore hit points, can't they? Thieves are excellent healers!

Sorry about the absence. I'll post later. I've been really sick all week and to add to it it's been the week before finals. Sorry about not letting you know. You can move on and I'll catch up

No worries. As usual, it's been really busy for me, too. Nonstop essays! It's that end-of-semester rush time, unfortunately. Busyness is expected.