Out-of-Character (OOC) Discussion

I noticed there wasn't an OOC thread yet, so I made one. :-)

So I was looking at that liquor cabinet. :-D

Haha, nice selection there, Jabes! Feel free to avail yourself of any of those beverages. The adventure does not take place in FR but that doesn't mean those beverages can't exist here too :)

Also, a reminder: the post frequency for this game is 2 per day. If you can't post you should let us know ahead of time. I've pmed snowy and Cosmic about stepping up their pace since they both went 24 hours without making a single post. For everyone's enjoyment I am going to be strictly enforcing this post frequency. Multiple people have asked to join this game and if you can't keep up then I'll give your seat to someone who can. Not trying to be a jerk or power tripping here, but I feel like if you sign up for a game with a posy frequency then you should make sure you can meet that frequency. Many games die on this site because they slow down, I don't want that to happen here

I'm OK to post twice or even more but don't want to hog the thread and would be funny if Torden was talking to himself. :-D

I understand. If you post once and nobody responds I know why you didn't post more.

Hey everybody, yesterday was great for posting and the game moved forward at a good pace. Adding the Watchers into the scene helped people to contribute to the scene without waiting for others to respond, and everyone made sure to post at least twice. Perfect!

Ooh I forgot that I have Thderwave! More like: forgot to put it on my spell list. :-P Could've pushed them together with Thunderwave and then Shatter!

Sorry, am not well-versed in spellcasting mechanics. Edited my post. Casting Thunderwave instead. Thanks!

Hey everyone! It has been a week since the game has started and I wanted to check in with people to see how things are going so far. Personally, I'm having a blast.

If there are things you'd like to bring up or suggestions you'd like to make, it would be great to do so now. I know some of you are more experienced DMs than myself especially in this medium, so I'm down for any construtive criticism you can send my way.

Thanks for your time you're spending on making this game fun.

I think it's been great so far! Just wishing the posting was more frequent but I guess that can't be helped.

Hey no worries Jabes. I hope you are enjoying getting to use this part of the 5e rules!

Enjoying it, yes! I hope you'll forgive the mistakes I will surely continue to make. I don't usually play casters, and this is my very first cleric. Admittedly, I'm taking baby steps here as Torden is more of a battle cleric than a full-on support guy.

That is something I am struggling with too. I have sent PMs to a couple of players who were struggling and we have seen some improvements. At the moment we're waiting on Snowy again. I'll continue to work on keeping the pace up.

As per the game rules, if a player doesn't respond in a timely manner during combat, I will just have their character do a logical, safe action and pass the turn. In the current initiative order, our players could for the most part post their actions out of order since you guys are all bunched up together.

Any other tips for keeping the pace of the game up?

I love clerics in 5e. The fact that the same character class can be used to make a dedicated support character, the party tank, a skill monkey, or a high DPS character just shows the depth of the system's design.

Mistakes are the best way to learn, keep 'em coming!

I have a question. I understand that Torden can't cast another spell (unless it's a cantrip) in the same round he cast a bonus action spell (such as Spiritual Weapon). Now let's pretend Spiritual Weapon has already been cast. The spell description says Torden can now use a bonus action to attack with it. Does using his bonus action in this way still prevent him from casting another spell?

Thanks!

Nope, because while you are using a bonus action, it's not for casting the spell, so you don't have to follow that rule in this case.

So he could cast Guiding Bolt and thus give himself advantage on the Spiritual Weapon attack in the same turn? Whoa!

Cosmic, you are right. The rule on casting a spell as a bonus action applies only on the turn you cast the spell.

Guiding bolt is great!

Would it be possible to cast Shatter now without harming Prust or Dale? What about the winch? Can I also avoid the winch? Would it be harmed by the spell if I can't avoid it?

Or are my questions too meta?

Shatter does in fact damage objects, pretty badly at that, so casting it near the winch would probably be a bad idea.