OOC Chat

For all the smack talk... I mean civilized discussions.

Nyx is here first, evil wins by default!

lol

For now, just to clear up space, I'm gonna drop this game. I'll rejoin when we get that far!

So how do we do this? I withdraw my character from the other game and submit him here?

Either that, or make a copy and submit it.

I have opened to 5 characters per person for those who have more than one. Other than Naatkinson, we will wait until the end of the week to see if the others have accepted the invite to this game or purge them.

Anyone from Crimson Crusade joining in, or just watching for now.

I am going on vacation Friday-Tuesday and internet may not be there, so will post if able.

Who is he referring to? Our group?

Also, he's an illithid?!?!

FYI I'll be on vacation this Sat-Wed. but if you're waiting on my response feel free to ping me.

He is referring to the good aligned group. Remember the orb you destroyed at the fountain. Yes he is.

Okay, how many do we still have here and how many are interested in playing on? We haven't had much input and just checking on interest.

I’m still around and down to play. Things are finally getting interesting.

I'm here, I'm just a bit confused with who the actual people on each side of this whole equation are. I'm not fully sure who Fenkas is supposed to be aligned with or not!

Still about, want to instigate some conflict....

Here.

Trying to stay in character. Ragrok has had a long day. He's tired and mostly wants to avoid a fight and keep the prince safe.

Krayt is definitely In self preservation mode. He is grateful about being rescued but not positive about how much he wants to risk his life against an unknown group.

Fenkas is on the evil group, but it would be his decision on which side of the boat he was on.

Right, I know he's part of the evil group, but in the scene I don't really know who all is on the evil group, where everyone is physically at, things like that. I'm just not getting the picture of what our landscape looks like at the moment.

https://gamersplane.com/forums/thread/3948/

You are at the blue mark.

I'm still here!

So, from the Crimson Crusade, it appears we are down two one in attendance(Naatkinson) and szemely is a no show.

In Search for the Old ways we have Jabes, Moofsalot and Naatkinson, Whipstache, MIA is Tookie.

In Darkness Rising we have Dramasailor, Sclasclemski and MIA is Genisisect

Sent P.m. to MIAs and will give them until Friday, sorry it appears people have dropped/ lost interest.

I'm here from Search for the Old Ways. *waves*

oops, sorry, didn't mean to leave you out!

I'm not in "Search for the Old Ways", but I am in the other two :P

I’m here, sorry. Following along!

Moved from the game thread.
I agree, that does happen. Although, I'd call it Also Metagaming. Intentionally not metagaming is not letting any out-of-character knowledge influence the character's decision, for better or worse. I think the intentional is important as a qualifier to remind people (myself most of all) to be aware of the factors that go into a player making a decision for a character.

"What would my character do in this situation?" is all that needs to be asked. No more, no less. But just some vague hope that metagaming isn't going to happen doesn't really work, as was pointed out. A lot of metagaming is unintentional. :)

Play your character true and follow what you/he/she has done in the past.

Generally a character has only a few Attack options anyway unless you are a spellcasdter. If you attack a certain way and notice it’s not effective the. You try something else.

But if you're seeing the rolls you are then able to tell whether your spell didn't take because the target is particularly resistant to that type of spell or if it was just a really high roll on the save.

I trust everyone here is aiming to tell a good story rather than outdo each other, but I still think it helps rather than harm if you hide your dice.

Okay, opinion time everyone.
Click the actual web page for full size. I have two world maps here and I want to know which one you like best:

Choice A:
http://www.talosrpg.com/picture_library/taloscstowns.jpg


OR

Choice B:
http://www.talosrpg.com/images/Talos.jpg

Definitely the second one.

for sure the second.

Number 2, for sure

I also prefer the second map.

Thank you for the input everyone!

I had forgotten that I had already taken damage that fight, so that puts me on -18 after that hit which is more then half my max hp. Hence I die outright from that hit. I’ll stick around for a little bit but if I’m dead and this thread is moving so slowly there is little opportunity that I’ll need to do anything any time soon...

You die only when you take your full HP in damage in one hit beyond 0 :-)

I thought it was half but looks like it is maximum. Then again my chances of getting up and doing anything useful is so slim I may as well have died...

Nobody in your party has healing?

I may have killed their healer...

Hmm was the Druid the healer...

Ragrock is Warlock/Fighter 5 levels in each due to story choices and evolution.

Kicsi was a 4th level monk and a 4th level thief, and the Crimson Crusade group was a little op on their equipment, but only 1 person made it to end game.

Iradax was through actions getting the boon, but dropped. And then Nyx was, through game choices, given the boon. Then when they left, I was trying to get someone to come in as Altharid, but no dice there either.

In the original plan, this was suppose to be a very balanced fight, unless two groups ganged up on one, which I thought might happen to the Crimson crusade group, hence the op weapons and armor. I am starting to think the pvp plan from the beginning was flawed and won't probably try it again.

In my experience pvp works under pretty much one circumstance, equal numbers on both sides and everyone’s the same level. Magic items can mess around with that balance if your sub level 5 but past there as long as the number of items on both sides are equal then it should be fine. With low level characters especially a level or two makes a huge difference, and going from 4 to 5 is a huge step up, that’s the point we’re you transition to the next tier of power (most peoples damage output doubles, everyone gets a global +1 to everything they’d good at and do on).

Story progression was a problem too. With 3 groups, it is hard to keep them at the same pace, xp and story line wise. I think I'll have to reserve this for in person games.

This ^

Levels 5 and 11 are specifically big levels for most classes. And unless it's a staff of power, it won't make up for that huge difference. Just something to remember for next time :-)

No matter how it plays out, I've had a blast along the ride. The attrition was definitely a huge factor that you couldn't really help.

Sorry for missing my turn. I just can't get into (and stay into) Fenkas's head. I think I may bow out as the firbolg fades into nothingness. Sorry all.

I believe the game is dead and moving on with it. The remaining groups have a decision.

The evil group, I have no current plans to move much with this group, as it has been almost impossible for them or the neutral group to keep players for long. If you wanted to keep going, I can come up with something.

The good/ Tethys, I can keep your story line going on or call it also. Up to you all.

I’m happy to leave it there, it’s a bit strange coming in half way though the story, and then trying to drive it from there...

I’m good with letting his one die.

Yeah it's been fun but with our primary mission to the island accomplished I think this is a good place to end it. Maybe with an epilogue. :-)

Either way, with having played through our primary goal, I'm happy :)

Haha that was great! Hey, thanks for running this game, @Lunitar!

A great way to end the game! Thanks so much for running this, Lunitar!

Great work! Thanks so much for the campaign!

No problem guys, Thanks for being part of it!

Thanks lunitar!

Thanks for the game!