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And we're off. Feel free to introduce your characters, and if you want to introduce any character or festival event, feel free :)

Finally! I'm pretty stoked about this game.

Sorry for the delay - work travel monday + tuesday (plus no wifi in the hotel) and I caught the plague AND work has at least 3 crises going on at the moment. I'd like to get an update tonight, but I'm going to glug some nyquil and hit the sack instead. fingers crossed for tomorrow.

Worst case scenario I'll be back among the living on Monday (i'm crash coursing to get well because I'm skiing Sun Valley Saturday and Sunday unless I'm throwing up or have lost a limb).

No worries mate, thanks for letting us know. Hope you're feeling better soon.

Yeah. No rush. Take care of yourself first.

Yikes. Look like the destiny pool want you all to suffer. And as a humble servant of Destiny I have no choice but to listen *mad cackle*

I rolled obligation, and got Butler Ashdown. So your obligation triggers.

Think I've just played up to that without even realising this lol

Hey all, so I'm a little confused.

Maybe I'm alone in this feeling, but I feel that in RPGs and this system especially that - like it or not - the mechanics influence a given player/character's ability to impact the narrative in a meaningful way. Action economy in combat, skills available to accomplish micro-goals, etc. Accordingly I feel like it's best when all players in a game start from the same place mechanically - everyone deserves to tell their story and to have a chance to impact the story in the same way, right? Share the spotlight right?

Well, I'm confused about Abelsbros 2nd PC/follower/daughter. I would say it's none of my business but as someone who is just here using his free time to participate in this game, hopefully enriching everyone's experience as well as enjoyment for myself, just like everyone else, I think it is all the players business.

Did you have to pay XP for your daughter character, Abel? Or was there some other mechanical trade off for you to get the additional action economy and skills?

My thoughts on it are that it's fine. Most players avoid having any hint of attachments in their character backstories that it's actually kind of refreshing to see some one invest in something like that so heavily. I'm happy to see how it plays out to see just how much trouble Jenna get's Alaric into as a trade off to having the occasional bit of assistance thrown into the mix.

I kind of hope that Abel hasn't spent any XP on having a daughter for Alaric as if she ever leaves/is out of the picture for any reason then his character will be running at a deficit (unless the benefit would allow for a mysterious relative to pop out of the wood every time one exits....would kind of stretch credulity at that point!). The FFG SW RPG's have things like droids in so the system is already geared around characters running around with NPC's

Not a problem, if it's just me I'm fine bowing out. Abel should have the PC he wants and SA of course should run the game how he wants, I just don't have any interest in spending my time on a game with a disproportionate player dynamic like this. Just wanted to have a discussion before making my decision.

My apologies guys.

Emsquared, I apologize if I offended you. Jenna is a plot device. I expected her to fumble on her attack but she didn't because I messed up and did not add the setback die, a rookie mistake and I apologize for that; she should have fumbled. After learning the rules for shooting into a mix of allies and enemies I'm relieved that she didn't shoot one of you guys in the back and have the whole party kill me outright because she attacked the party. That would have been a mess...

It is not my intention to cause any problems guys. I'm about story and having fun, really intrigued by this system but I'm obviously a rookie. I do NOT want to cause any drama. I wrote Alaric's story based off of the blurb in the book about nobody knowing where Half-Orcs came from (which is why I picked a Half-Orc). After I wrote the story, then I created the character because I'm a sucker for stories, just rolling dice and hitting things doesn't do it for me.

Jenna is based off one of my nieces. Jenna is enthusiastic about doing things but she's not very good at doing most things. Want some food? Jenna can cook (burn) it for you. Want the lawn mowed? Jenna can run over some rocks and bust the mower blade (true story). Want some ranged cover? Jenna can probably shoot you in the back. Be careful what you ask a 10 year old to do.

As far as her attacking, I just figured that a 10 year old caught up in chaos would probably shoot an arrow at something (and miss) just because kids are crazy. (Given her underwhelming combat ability it would be safer for the group's health if she doesn't do anything but try to stay out of the way in combat, I defer to our GM about that).

She's a way for our GM to smack the everliving fire out of me by putting me in situations where I have to rescue her. Her mother Raina was Alaric's former partner and the leader of the bandits who raided Jenna's village and killed her mother is still at large, giving our GM some content to run if he decides he wants to run something else if we wind up playing this game long term.

This site is a fun place where I don't have to be a responsible, stressed out adult and I value that. I don't want to cause any trouble. Please don't get upset.

P.S. Ronan James (the leader of the raid on Jenna's village) is based off of LeBron James, the NBA superstar. Why? Because he's a mercenary and a villain!

I think Emsquared has already ducked out (they're not showing on the characters list pop up anymore at any rate. Seems a bit of an extreme reaction to me but everyone's got their own style of game they like to play

I'm sorry to hear that.

Well, I have a friend who has been wanting to try this system out. He's wicked smart and was interested in playing a Priest (which would come in rather handy) if you guys are interested in letting him join.

Well I'd say its selective's call on that front but I'm not opposed to it :)

Jenna is in fact an NPC, and in most cases will be controlled by me. Alaric can give orders or tell her what to do, but that doesn't mean she will always follow his words. She is an obligation (Dependent) and should be more a source of trouble than an asset in combat. I'm guessing you will end up in a lot of dangerous situations and not everyone will be appropriate to bring a 10 year old girl.

It's true that Emsquared left the game, so I'm open to a replacement player.

Hey guys. I am sorry but I need to back out of this game. Some bad shite happened and I may not have somewhere to live in a month. I havnt been able to focus on gaming due to that. I am terribly sorry, and I hope the game goes well.

Damn that sucks, hopefully Nikcollini will be able to get everything sorted and rejoin at some point. Are we pausing things for a bit to rebuild the player roster?

I'm sorry to hear that Nikcollini. I hope everything works out for you.

Sad to hear that. I'm thinking we'll keep going, introducing any new players as we go.

Looks like we are going to have a very colorful group moving forward.

Sorry for the game slowing down. It's the start of the month which means my workload has doubled. Pretty much gotten home from a 12 hour day with a toothache that's making concentrating hard. Too tired to post today, but will get it going again tomorrow.

As far as the game is concerned, I'm here for the long haul. I hope the tooth gets better and no worries about work. Got to pay the bills :)

Darn it, is there any situation where I'll get to throw another PC?!

Jimmy said you the wind beneath his wings...

Punt the Gnome used to be a thing in World of Warcraft. My idea was to sacrifice Darakar to the goddess of nature in exchange the blessing of a rainstorm. But I figured the rest of the group wouldn't have gone for it. Besides, Remnant is the wind beneath my wings.

Did you ever know that Remnant's my hero,
He's (almost) everything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than most adult dragons,
Remnant's the wind beneath my wings.

I wish Remnant's wind didn't smell like donkey crap,
And Remnant could take a punch and not just a slap.
But Remnant slings magic like he's a junkie on meth,
So I'll keep healing Remnant and protect him from death.

Like a sword, shield, and armor, like a baller and his bling,
I'll heal, buff, and keep you alive, while you kill everything!


(I'm still down with sacrificing Darakar, just BTW. Let's that call that Plan A, somebody hold him down and give me a dagger)

Refresh my memory, who in the group has a 5Brawn again?

Lol. Just kidding Meribson. No sacrificing, pretty sure Jimmy would get excommunicated or something similar for that :)

Besides, need you on the front lines.

I'm not really about always slinging spells, sometimes a song, quick thinking, or the right words does the job. If my wind doesn't smell like it should I'll be sure to ask starkiller medical advice like if I smell flowers or cinnamon. Hopefully we do more than just kill stuff though.

Oh, I'm sure that SelectiveAmnesia has all kinds of surprises in store for us.

As for Starkillers song and all the rest. I'll never hear that song again without equating the "wind" with farts. Remnant's logo Deadly Tacos with Deadpool in a sombrero does add a nice touch. You guys are quite the comedy act.

Feel free to post up a final post in the current game thread. I will post the next chapter tomorrow (hopefully). But until then, feel free to roleplay between yourself.

FYI. Chapter 2 Obligation roll ended up Aery. So that's -1 strain treshold to all and -2 to Aerys if I recall correctly.

Looking for what the goblins had, trying to figure out what they were throwing that started the fire, also the leader if he had a saddle for the dog or not, minor Scooby Doo things.

It got a bit delayed, but as soon as we know the result of the Alaric's survival roll I'll post next chapter.

Had my last final this morning, now it's time to do some serious job searching.

They have released a new version of the rules. Beta v1.1. You can find the change log here.

Edit: Some more changes here.

So are we keeping characters as is, or updating them?

Abilities can be updated. Some of the races has different XP now, and that would be too complicated to redo. So I'm saying, keep it as is, but use the new rules on existing powers. Some abilities/powers has just changed name, so could be smart to update for future reference.

So just double checking, but my Brawn will be staying at 5 right?

Yeah. Just means I have to arm the enemies with personal balistas :P

Good information to have and I'm glad they made some corrections. I'm not a fan of all of their changes but it's still in Beta and for a a fan made product, it's awesome...

Sorry it took so long to post the latest results. I missed the part of the post where you said you had gone back to fix it and was waiting for a new post.

On a side note Aery is headbanging out boost die... it finally worked! T.T

Sorry I haven't been in for a while, life has been a little hectic lately.

Just a heads up I'll be out of state from the 20th to the 23rd in Chicago, IL so I'll likely won't be posting.

The Beta doc has been updated with changes to the Warrior career so I'll need to tweak Butler a touch (nothing major, just changes to the names and mechanics around a couple of his abilities)

Also I'll be on holiday from 14th through 23rd July so my posting may dip considerably, happy for you to just NPC Butler if needed.

Hi peeps, just to let you know I'm going on holiday from tomorrow for a little over a week. Still hoping to be able to post on an evening at a reduced rate but I've no idea what the crack will be with regards the the interwebs so I may be completely off for a week (hopefully not though)

Have fun, I kind of wrote myself out of the hunt when I'm out of town myself XD did you want to go to the church and look at books on books on books?

Forewarning, tomorrow I'm applying for a temporary job that will leave me unable to participate for the 5-week duration. If I get the job then my shift will start at 6 PM and last until 6 AM, 7 days a week, for 5 weeks.

After the job period is over I'll see about joining back up, but there is a good chance that I will be unavailable for a long while.

Thanks for the heads up and good luck with the job.

Sorry I have been quiet lately. I live in a city that averages 230 days a year and a temperature that rarely goes above 15 degrees celcius (60 farenheit) even in the summer months, so I have been enjoying a rare period of actual sunlight and warmth. Neglecting online stuff. I will post today.

I'll be out until next week and I'm taking Abel with me. Hopefully no tattoos or knife wounds to explain when we're back.

I have put up episode 3, which starts off slow. I will update once everyone has posted with what they want to do.

About the future of the game. I started this game as I wanted to use the Narrative Dice System to start a fantasy game. As such I was wondering if maybe we should convert to Genesys when it is released. I am open to continue with the Sky Wars, but I thought I'd put it forth as an option.

The obvious benefit to sticking with Sky Wars is everyone can get a copy. I’m not expecting to see Genesis land on this side of the pond for several months after the US release if it follows the same track as most of the other FFG releases

Looks like we're down to three players since Star is inactive now. Oh and conversion I don't mind either way really but I don't know who all is getting the book (No PDFs for FFG books) but it'll probably play differently than what we got with Sky Wars (updates have slowed down due to creator's work load and his volunteer crew also being busy).

I'm across the atlantic myself, so could take a while here as well. As for PDFs, FFG actually have PDFs of all their other games, the only ones that haven't had PDFs are Star Wars and as I understand it that is due to a licensing thing. So I remain hopeful that it will release a couple of weeks later.

*inactivity poke*

I'm also unsure who's turn it is.

Just in case you peeps have missed it SelectiveAmnesia has put a post in the Absences thread to say they’re having to take an extended hiatus from GamersPlane so this game is on indefinite hold.

Yeah, sorry about that. I was going to post in the individual games as well, but haven't gotten around. I thought it better to just take some time until life calms down. Work has been increasingly hectic as has home life, and the games I've been in has really suffered long waits. This one more so than the rest, and for that I am sorry.

Thanks for the heads up Mcneils5. Totally understand SelectiveAmnesia.

I miss playing this game. Hope things work out for you SA.