LMoT - OOC/Chatter

Just post in here if you have any OOC things to talk about that dont directly relate to the game thread.

Sclasclemski: You mentioned you were pretty new at DMing, especially PbP? Well, you're doing a great job so far! I just wanted to mention that over the past year I've gone through the processing of learning how to DM in the PbP medium, and I've made tons of mistakes! But, that didn't stop our games from being fun. I've also had the privilege of playing in the games of some amazing DMs and have learned lots of tricks.

If you have any questions about DMing, the 5e system, or PbP in general: please don't hesitate to ask! It will not diminish your authority in any way; at the end of the day, you are in charge of this game and this world and I will respect your decisions. I just know that from personal experience, I had some great players and DMs who helped me learn the ropes and were super patient with me as I experimented, and it made all the difference.

In fact, our very own HypCo was one of those people! I wasn't super green when we started Isle of Dread, but I was still figuring PbP out. For example, HypCo might recall how many different ways of doing initiative I tried.

Anyway, just want to let you know that I've been in your shoes and I appreciate you giving it a go. I know how much work this can be. Looking forward to building this story with you :)

I appreciate the kind words...I will do my best...its really fun to run games I'm finding...I never did it as a kid..but I recently got my wife and some friends to try d&d for the first time and they liked it so now I've ran a few sessions for them and its been a really good time. So hopefully this goes well also.

Just a heads up though to you all...on Sunday my wife and I will be leaving on a cruise...I will have wifi but I will probably only have limited access...perhaps once a day...so unfortunately we may experience some heavy slow down but I promise once I return it will be full steam ahead.

According to rules - nat1 and nat20 auto fail/success only apply to attack rolls.

But it's ok to houserule that it applies to everything else, although I'm really not a fan of "auto-fail on nat1 for skill checks". It's just a personal opinion

I’ll have to look that up. Not that I don’t trust you. I just like to read it too lol.

It's in PHB page 194 - "Rolling 1 or 20"

And no such mention in Chapter 7 that relates to skill check (p. 173)

Also here is an answer from D&D designers about this: https://www.sageadvice.eu/2016/05/13/does-a-natural-20-on-a-skill-check-a-critical-automatic-success/

Just moving this comment into the OOC/Chatter thread rather than take up space in the Game thread.

That's the main reason I dislike nat1 auto fail on skills.

But yeah, it's not set in stone :)

I like autofail/auto success. If you have a super ninja with a +15 stealth. He's almost guaranteed to succeed. The autofail makes it to where unplanned for things happen. No one is perfect, maybe the gods wanted you to be seen. I like that it leaves real life error in the game.

That was the best reaction ever! Great writing HypCo!

LOL agreed.

Heh, thank you. The only thing I can think about now is what would happen if Rymente and Leothorn ever met; I'm pretty sure the universe would just implode.

Yeah, very nice rp of his quirk.
Btw, the fact that Leylin's quirk isn't visible doesn't mean he doesn't have one :D
It will be revealed down the road ;)

Looking forward to it. Definitely enjoying everyone's characters and above all, the DM!

Hey Sclasclemski, do you want us to keep track of xp?

The adventure I’m running has xp guide. Beating the goblins and making it down the trail is the first award milestone.

You each get 75xp.

Thanks! Noted.

Several gameplay questions :)

Are we using "Tools and Skills Together" from Xanathar's?
For example:
Honestly I did find it strange to have the same bonus when rolling Performance and Musical Instrument check. This gives tools some "edge", in my opinion.

Second question - Sclasclemski, do you use some kind of translator for goblin language? So if Leylin will start speaking goblin I'd use the same one :)

I got xanathars guide for Xmas from my wife but honestly I haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. I’m fine with incorporating that rule. Any other rule options we can certainly discuss as we go.

Here is the link to the translator but don’t feel as if you have to use it but I do enjoy being able to feed individual characters information and have them relay it to the geoup

Also it doesn’t appear that the translator goes both ways. Just takes English and makes it goblin

This may bone things up a little but I don't think Energy Beam is half damage on a save, I believe it is all or nothing.

Yup that is correct. I just made an assumption. No biggie...we will let it slide this time.

That's all I need - to "speak" goblin :)

Hey folks. Just checking in to say my character is angry but as a player I am not upset or anything. Everybody else okay too?

Sure, it's just drama :D
Our characters never claimed to be friends, they are just random acquaintances that have very different personalities :)

You're all good in my book, Len! I think you know best, à la Rygnar, that I'm pretty good at separating characters from players. It was just coincidence that my other guy also drew a knife on you in the other game, I swear!

I’m good. My character just wants to be in folk tales!

Haha, I wasn't really worried about you, HypCo. I know you're cool with it. Mostly just want to make sure everyone else knows we are cool, like our DM so he doesn't lose any sleep over how to pull us out killing each other :)

After reading your last post HypCo Im glad we got into this argument. What a dramatic reveal!

I’m loving the tension. Definitely not what I expected but feels good. As a matter of fact I’m rewarding everyone an inspiration Die for the great RP.

Thank you all for being a part of my first pbp dm campaign and only my second ever DM game.

Oh beans, I totally blanked that you were so green. An unpredictable, mentally unstable character probably wasn't the best choice for a fresh DM; you're handling it stellarly.

I'm always glad at a good story, Len. Thanks for having the argument with him.

Thanks Hypco

@Sclasclemski there are two notes without usernames in session thread. Just a heads up :)

Yes the first one is for Sauriel and the second one was for Leylin...so much for that lol

I'm excited to get in there with you guys. Been following along since the mouth of the cave. I like the way you guys operate.

Looking forward to you getting in here, Titan! Sariel is not really a great tank but she's filling the gap for now. 17 AC but only 8 hp - 1 hit could kill her. Those 6 temp HP from Kuroi give me some hope though. I only got 1 spell slot total, so I'm holding it for an emergency shield spell and hoping that we take them down before they get many hits off.

That first level of Paladin will be a godsend. Literally, I suppose :)

I don’t see a problem with that. I’m sure when lathander grants his power to you he also has the ability to magically adjust the image on the ahi or.

Appreciate that. Loving the game - thanks for the time and effort you're putting into it.

Thanks I’m having a blast as well. I find that I’m constantly checking my email for updates lol.

Tell me what you wanted to accomplish, I might help :)

It's pretty silly and not necessary in the slightest. I just wanted to see if I could make a text shadow on a line of text. I was going to set the text color to white, and have a black text shadow behind it with zero horizontal or vertical positioning so it was like a black 'glow' around the text.

White text with black 'glow' - like this?

* Just "Quote" to this message and there will be code for the effect :)

I thought I might be interested in learning to do that until I hit quote. Lol. I’m good

Quick question...Say if I was to attack, would it be considered a surprise attack?

Given the current situation where everyone is kind of tense if you go to attack I would call for an Iniative roll but I would allow the person who goes first to roll with advantage

Okay, so I wouldn't be able to begin with an attack to "start" combat then roll initiative?

i don’t know. What are everyone else’s thoughts?

This is crazy... somehow missed this before!

Do we have line of sight on Yeemick if we go first?

I'd say allow the attack before initiative if he wants to surprise? You wouldn't role initiative for a monster if they were going to surprise attack us would ya?
I'm down for whatever though, just excited.

He would roll for initiative if the monsters were trying to surprise attack us, if he was following the rules by the book. Check out the order of combat section. Either way, by the book or not, it's up to the DM.

You have line of sight on him and vice verse.

I can see both sides of this but I’m just gonna go with my original thought but I will grant Amaris Rymente Sauriel and Leylin advantage on Iniative if you initiate th combat.

Sounds good :)

I presume it never came up if Amaris and Rymente know elven?

Don't know about Amaris but Rymente's character sheet says he knows Elven.

I'm pretty sure we need to go for this, especially after you gave the hostages a 6 hp shield. I'll wait for Amaris or Rymente to interact with the situation and then use the 'believe' trigger.

It just an question for my curiosity's sake :)
Leylin is already committed and ready for action. He doesn't trust any goblin that has any semblance of power in their hands.

Make you Iniative rolls with advantage

Titan and hugginmunnin you roll as well

Can Leylin attack as Rymente said codeword?

Iniative with advantage

Forgot advantage, rolled advantage, got the same.

Our rolls suck...

With Leylin's shield around each of the hostages, we can stand to lose initiative. Hopefully our luck will turn for the actual attacks.

I’m a dummy...can’t even remember my own rules. I’m supposed to roll Iniative for everyone. I’ll go ahead and Re roll Iniative for everyone except the goblins. I forgot to roll for Sildar anyway.

:p worked out well for me, I had a +3 I didnt add that you did.

But, I assume for the blade at my neck Im essentially grappled? Would I be able to slip my bonds or have been able to have previosuly hidden a lockpick and during the conversation have picked the lock?

You could make a sleight of hand check and attempt to free from your bonds as an action.

Sorry, meant to press "Preview", but "Post"-ed instead :(
I've added my actions to the post

Just fyi, usually it's Acrobatics to slip away or Athletics to break away from restraints.

As a heads up chief12justice will be taking control of The Shield

Are we out of initiative? Rymente is on Sildar's stance with the goblins and definitely doesn't agree to a parley.

Yes out of Iniative. Feel free to do as you please ;p

If I want to say something in a language I know, do I just make up words, because I can't find a giant translator.

Don’t feel obligated to do that if you don’t want to. I would just make it a spoiler to signify its in giant or just say "in giant"

For different languages, I usually put it in a spoiler like so:That way I don't need to know everyone's language proficiencies, those that can read it can click on it and those that can't don't lose out on part of the story.

Hey @chief12justice, hope you don't mind if my character thows a bit of shade Gu'lorg's way concerning his hobgoblin heritage. I assume you picked a monstrous race with this type of thing being a part of you character arc, but if that's not the case then just let me know. Sariel thinks of herself as a monster, and I can easily RP her as relating. But if you were hoping for a bit of friction to RP, i'm game too.

I thought your comment was appropriate. I would assume chief12justice would agree but won’t speak for him.

Gu'lorg is not tripping about people's reactions to him. He understands the prejudices, and doesn't take offense to suggestions that would better the party's situation. He may pick up a disguise self spell or an alter self spell at some point to aid in infiltration and such, but for the time being, he's content waiting for the rest of the party. He's not particularly antagonistic to people or hostile. Hobgoblins are typically honor-driven, and not so much rage-driven like orcs are.

I think it's better to use "notes", not spoilers when PC is away from the party.
Will avoid confusion like the current one...

don't disagree...I get lazy because its "slightly" easier to use a spoiler.

Hey everyone, Chief12justice brought up a good point today. He was asking about what I want to do with my character in combat so he can better support me. This is such a good question that I thought we could all share this information so we can all support each other best.

All of this below is what I'm thinking right now, but it could change based on what other people say.

When I made Sariel [that's spelled without a U by the way :) ] she could have gone either range or melee. Given the group having a lot of ranged fighters and spell slingers, I decided to focus on melee. Sometimes you just need a speed bump while your DPS guys in the second rank take down the big bad, and I think she can play the role even with a 10 Con (I rolled some pretty meh stats).

She'll probably start off holding the front line, trusting in a 17 AC and the shield spell, plus her rechargeable temp HP from the Fiendish Vigor invocation. If the combat runs long those will fail her or get used up, and then the plan is to disengage and start eldritch blasting with the rest of the ranged attackers.

I plan on using her unlimited illusion making capacity in the same way I have been with minor illusion, placing additional targets on the battlefield to soak up an action or two, or to set up some shenanigans before combat begins (cover up the spiked pit with a solid rock illusion or something).

Sariel will benefit a lot from short rests, which recharge her spell slots.

Eventually I hope to multiclass paladin, which matches a DM side quest for the character, which will give her some more hit points, self healing, and more spell slots for shielding.

People can best help Sariel by killing enemies fast (haha, our dice rolls haven't made that easy!) and debuffing her melee partners. It will definitely help if there is another person who can take on a tank / melee role. Healing her is also appreciated!

That's great to know! Thanks, dude!

Ultimately, Gu'lorg is going to grab a longsword and some better armor so that he can fight melee, too, but he's going to be a secondary melee, coming in after some spells have gone off.

Gu'lorg is going to grab some battlefield control in order to shape the fighting space to our liking, and then he will eventually start slamming.

Right now, I have feather fall prepared, along with 3 ranged attack spells (Ice Knife, Chromatic Orb, and Witch Bolt), and I grabbed 2 battlefield control spells (Fog Cloud and Grease). I think Grease would help you if you needed to disengage from the assailants, lenpettier.

I can also use mage hand if needed to give a potion to an ally or something to that effect, and my attack cantrip is Ray of Frost, which will potentially reduce the speed of attackers, too.

I believe, from the character sheets I can view and sans temp HP, Rymente has the highest base HP and the second highest AC behind Sariel so he is capable of tanking; the only problem is my luck isn't—DM's roll high against me and I find it difficult to hit the broad side of a barn. That said Rymente, potentially, has the ability do a massive amount of damage (1d4+2d10+3) and can do this three times. So I guess the biggest help Rymente can get (mostly due to the dice hating me) is advantage. Next level, not to mention the other juicy stuff he gets, he'll be a god at crowd control (As an action, you create a wall of wood at least one portion of which must be within 60 feet of you. The wall is 60 feet long, 15 feet high, and 1 foot thick. The wall lasts until your concentration ends. Each 5-foot wide section of the wall has AC 12 and 100 hit points. Breaking one section creates a 5-foot by 5-foot hole in it, but the wall otherwise remains intact.)

Nice. Maybe we can switch off if Sariel gets too roughed up.
Sounds like a good set of spells! You probably know, but ice knife does friendly damage in the 5 foot AoE so thanks in advance for your cautious targeting :) Fog Cloud is a funny one. Have fun adjudicating a battle in a Fog Cloud, Sclasclemski!

Do you have the 50gp diamond for chromatic orb yet? Great offensive spell.

Also, we can collaborate on the positioning of illusionary features and your spells. For example, I could lay down an illusion on top of a Grease patch before combat begins.
Love the synergy between Ray of Frost and Grease. Sariel is mostly just an eldritch blast / hex kinda gal when she's not on the front line.

Great talking tactics with you :)

Leylin is ninja. 'nuff said :D

But seriously, he is pure-ranged attacker/scout/skill-monkey character. He can be a "face" and I'm quite tempted to multi-class as a rogue to get Expertise in stealth... :D

@chief12justice "Feather fall"? I honestly don't think it's that useful in most situations unless we're at high altitudes. And no Mage Armor? As for CC spells - "Sleep" is godly at our levels and "Tasha's Laughter" can also damage. Also "Ray of Sickness" both damages and CCs. Last, but not least - Detect Magic for ritual casting is a nice spell to have. Identify would be a bonus as well. Well, "you're a wizard, Harry", so you only need to find those spells and copy them to a book :) It's harder for my sorcerer I'm playing in IRL campaign - can only switch 1 spell at level up.

Wizards cannot change their spells in their spellbook, and feather fall was one I had prepped at first level. This town has nothing for me in terms of the arcane.

I wanted some other spells :(... oh well. I have Mage Armor, just not prepped. As a war mage, I also have Arcane Deflection, which is similar to a Shield spell, so for smaller combats, it works. I only have 3 first-level spell slots, and I wanted to help more magically.

Damn, I forgot that I don't have that diamond. Shoot! I guess chromatic orb is out.

For the near future, I'm also looking for a good longsword and a set of decent armor.

I suppose I should come clean. While I do have firebolt as a cantrip, it's from being a Sun Elf. I'm a Rogue, good time bringing this up since most archetypes don't come into play until level 3. I was also planning on being a front line fighter (dual wield my favorite) but have no problem switching it up to be more ranged. It seems like we have some melee figured out with at least three of you in some form or fashion going melee. I really haven't done much research into what rogue archetype I was going to pick at third level, so I'm fairly open. I don't even mind dipping into bard if we need some extra support.
Buuuuuuuuut.......
My character sheet, I'll be updating the one on here, I just have a much easier time using dicecloud especially on the go as much as I am.

This spell is hereby named 'Rymente's Woody'

Hey folks, I'm at a bit of an impasse here. I've been thinking about the game during my character's nap the past week. I have found my play style is significantly at odds with others' play styles in the group. I'm fairly sure people find the friction I'm causing a distraction and would rather get on with the game, and I have the feeling I'm making the game worse rather than better.

At the same time, I can't bring myself to get in line with the majority play style. It's not wrong or anything, its just not how I play or enjoy RPGs. If I continue, I think I'll be regularly annoyed and be annoying to most everyone else. So, I'm gonna drop out of the game before we go any further.

HypCo, you've been my partner in crime in this, and I'm leaving you in the lurch here. Sorry about that. We could go down in a blaze of glory together, but I am concerned this is not healthy for the game and hard on Sclasclemski. Please feel free to take charge of Sariel's character if you want to see this through. I can send the character sheet to you if you like.

Scalsclemski, this is by no way a criticism of your DMing which has been fair, balanced, and probably made a lot more difficult by the different competing personalities here! Thanks for doing a great job, and for giving Sariel some memorable moments to play with.

And to everyone else, I sincerely hope you all have a great time with this adventure. Take care!

I'm sorry to hear this as I have found the drama that has been created to be quite entertaining. I respect whatever decision you make, if you are not having fun then you shouldn't keep playing.

I think I may be setting sail in the same boat as Len. I make my characters and play them to the fullest, regardless how dangerous or stupid their actions may be; I don't pull blows if the situation calls for something the character may or may not do (Len knows this first hand). That said, Rymente is a broken man—a mind left to itself in solitary, rotting on boredom—he isn't stable. I love playing him but feel this isn't the game for him; a risk I knew coming in to this. In a party of inquisitive people and telepathy, he is prone to outbursts which sooner or later, due to his instability, will result in him attacking one of the party.

With that said, I want to make it crystal clear, that this is no way in fault of you or your ability to create an enjoyable game; I've enjoyed being a part of this game because of you. It falls on me for liking to make characters that are hit or miss. I don't want to step on anyone else's toes by playing a controversial character that could seep their enjoyment from this game. I am adamant that the first and most important rule in D&D is to have fun. I have fun making broken characters—compulsively overprotective with anger issues, mentally broken, split personalities, full of anxiety due to abuse—but my true enjoyment of the game comes from everyone else having fun.

Well this is a bummer fellas. I guess Ill go ahead and start recruiting some new blood. Sorry to see you both go.

It really is. Sorry to see you both go.

Me too. I have had fun playing a foreigner trying to understand human behavior through the lens of a broken human mind.

Seron figured in time everyone would trust each other, learn each others quirks and what not. I don't think anyone would intentionally antagonize characters. It's was a rough start. Not everyone has to get a long all the time. Seron mostly just couldn't wrap his head around the behavior. Save each others lives a time or two though and.... I understand though.

You're viewing it wrong; don't see it as a sad occasion two are leaving, see it as a joyous one two new people get to join. Bringing along their own stories and continuing to write this one and add on to yours.

Rymente doesn't work like normal people should. Maybe save his life, he'll be perhaps grateful but really only in that moment. The second you offend him even a little, he could snap. Like I said, his mind is broken.

Does anyone know of anyone looking or have a preference for replacement players? If not I will just post a recruitment message.

I don't know if they're looking, I'd say best bet would be posting a recruitment thread and see who bites. Any of these, if they apply, I'd highly recommend:
McDunno
DramaSailor
CancerMan
Jabes (Though he is currently overburdened and dropped a bunch of games so I doubt he'll be applying)

Thanks HypCo.

Folks

FYI I will be out of town this weekend so I wil not be as active as I am normally...I will do my best to throw up a post or two but its gonna be iffy at best...will be back home Sunday evening so will be back to normal after that.

FYI guys I will make all initiative rolls...and for this fight I'm just having you three fall into the order since there is only one opponent.

Sent pms to titan HypCo and bigdogg. Hoping they all come back but will move on if needed eventually. Will give until tomorrow then proceed and will npc until either they return or we finish this map.

I’ve heard from HypCo but not Titan or Bigdogg. At this point I’m going to replace them. I already have two people ready to come in.

HypCo said it’s cool to replace him so I will probably do that eventually. I have a friend irl that I’m trying to recruit but we will just keep moving forward for now.

Bonjour, Thank you Sclasc, for the invite, Hello one& all

Hey all and thanks Ski!

Oh, hello there :)
Welcome aboard :)

Hi, nice to have some fresh blood!

What's up guys?

~epic announcer voice: "Fresh blood!"~ yup, herd yall need some players

Glad to have not you and skeeze. Should be able to get you guys in the game in the near future.

ok yea i think when hes back from vacay, we'll be able to finish our back story. other than that i believe i'm ready to go.

I'm back and ready to go!

Anyone else receives email notifications with huge delay?
I just got one from the post made almost 12hrs ago...

Yes. I’ve been experiencing that for quite awhile now

I'm a big dummy. I totally forgot to put on +2 to ranged attack for fighting style and 100% forgot to add my racial bonuses..... So if yall notice my next attack rolls being different, that's why.....smh

You still hit him :D

For humanoid favored enemy I believe ph states you have to pick two specific races of humanoids.

Oh does it? I went revised and didn't see that. Er, is revised ok? I feel like I asked but now I'm second guessing. I'll double check that.

You are fine. I’m not that familiar with revised ranger but I’m ok with you using it.

Just a note - three bugbears vs five 2nd level PCs is considered deadly encounter. Right now we're in a "oh shit, that won't end well" territory.

PS. Note to other players btw :D

The way Hal sees it, you lot know what you're into. So if you believe that to be the case in character, you should mention it in character 😂

Meh idc i has job to do and right now its protcet the little guy(if i can get to him)

Hopefully I don’t kill you guys!!!

In character Leylin sees only one bugbear engaged with Hal right now and doesn't know how everyone else is doing.

PS. Just got email notification about replies in this thread... "Little" delay, eh?

Same here, just saw your reply Kuroi.

Like you said, we are in a "oh shit" situation right now, and that's on me. Hope we don't all die here!

But I could say that I participated in a TPK! *lol*

Ohhh... Sadface :(

I've participated in a TPK once. Luckily I was on the winning side of the screen ;)

lol...this is not for sure a tpk.

I know it's possible to get out of this. I'm struggling on figuring out how. I've considered running into an unexplored area but I'm worried I'll attract more attention lol

If only that was a crit... But still - I hit something! :D

I'm gonna be in vacations for the next 15 days or so. I'll do my best to check the forum at least daily and post but, you know, vacations :)

kk has fun!

Enjoy!!

Side note: Character Submitted.

you just couldnt let me take the sword could you XD

Sorry bud...not a fan of pc to pc thievery anyway so I made the narrative work as best I could.

Fair, the rest of the ic was true ish :D

You guys are probably right, i'm not often a rogue. There was one instance where i was doing the thief check and it was SoH for it..

But thinking about it now, and i really dont care to plus i dont want the characters secret to be blown, i could do mage hand ledgerman which allows mage hand to do the check that should then be SoH. but +5 is still just a decent for that. IDC either way

Yeah, I don't really care as long as we agree on the use. Just like to point out the rule so that we can choose in the knowledge of things.
Hey Kuroi, while are nitpicking, in 5e we do Attribute (applicable proficiency) checks. The difference in meaning is that anyone can do the check even if they don't have the given proficiency.

That being said, I really enjoy playing along with you guys :)

theres also varyent rules that shown in XtgE that may or maynot being used. i.e. the more common i've seen so far irl/discord is the tieing the rope check.
which has been used as Int(slight of hand) so instad of useing dex for it, it seems as how well you know knots and remember to tie it correctly or some garbage.

We did use XtgE rules on tools proficiencies before.
Int might be applicable if you're creating a knot on the spot, but I would argue that with experience it is more of a "how good your hands executing it".

It would def be thieves tools for proficiency bonus plus dex. Trough I’m not opposed to granting advantage situationally as a result of having a relevant proficiency on top of that.

So did Skeeze leave? I do like a warforged barbarian idea :D

no..he is lurking...waiting...always watching

just waiting for you bums to get off your asses and start walking lol

lol Gu'lorg and Droop are chomping at the bit! *lol*

im just trying to get them to go where i want them to XD

hahaah i didnt see that conberry was by the old owl well XD

Hey all

I set up individual sub forums for each character and am testing permissions...please let me know if you can see anyones sub forum besides your own/

I only see mine.

cool thanks

I think most of you are already aware but between site downtime and personal issues keeping me out of commission I’ve been mia. I should to be good to go again moving forward.

Hey All,

I'm actually going to be bowing out of Gamersplane for the foreseeable future. I've loved playing, but my life's demands have taken over.

I wish you all the best of luck!

- Justice

:,( I wish you the well friend. Come back when you have the chance!

Ow maaaan what will happen to Vimak? :'(
Life does that sometimes, I hope you'll be well and continue to play. I've been happy to play along with you and will be glad to hear from you if you ever come back.

Sorry for you to go but I get it. When life calls it’s hard not to answer.

Best of luck to you!

Sorry to see you go, Chief. I can certainly understand taking time off and giving real life getting the attention it needs.



On another note, I apparently am not getting notifications when new posts come up in ANY of my games.

Have Keleth switch you to a yahoo account...I made the switch and now recieve all my notifications again...I was on gmail.

Also I have sadly noticed Kuroi has been inactive for 16 days...I sent a pm and hopefully he sees it and returns.

Notifications are back to normal for me on gmail.

I'm getting notifications again. Randomly started getting grabbed by the spam filter but im good now.

Huzzah!

And I heard from Kuroi...so he is back as well! Things are looking up in this new year.

I'm back...again...vacation ended then the wife ended up have gall bladder surgery...been exciting to say the least.

Lets get a head count of who is around...also have another person that expressed interest in joining and I'm not opposed to adding another with the loss of chief.

Present

meow

Sweet

I'm still around and eager to continue the adventure!

Looking forward to joining the adventure.

I'm HERE! I'm just having issues getting notifications for posts but yeah, here for sure!

Hey guys heads up, I wont be posting next week Tue-Thurs. 2/12-14

Thanks Cave!

Figured we should bring the convo into here...

Spark what are you doing...you holding the staff and the ring and wielding your shield? Mage armor isn't helpful unless you aren't wearing armor so there is that as well to think about.

Kuroi, When i created the character sheet, i named it Seven then decided to change the name right before Ski introed Nine. The character sheet has the name NINE on it but i can't change the actual title of the sheet. At least I don't know how but would be more than happy to do so if someone could tell me :)

I think if you go into your character list you can edit it there

Holy shit, you're right!! I swear I tried that before!! Good lookin' out!

Also, with second season of Critical Role your character's name kind of makes me giggle every time~

Spark will keep the armor and shield until the next long rest I guess. he atones to the magical items.
Then, his shield will stay strapped to his backpack for a long time, having the magical staff in one hand and my Shortsword in the other one. He'll put the ring on asap.

We travelled for 3+ days, so he should be attuned to both by now.

Yes this is retroactive. You are currently a day and a half away from old well as you are running into the figure on the toad

And what will that make your ac Spark? The same? Or are you removing the armor once Attuned (which you can be immediately due to the retcon

Spark will remove his armor and stash it at the very bottom of the backpack and strap his shield onto said ba, trusting his new equipements to keep him unharmed.
His AC is now 16 without Mage Armor and 19 with it.

And, in case he needs to hold a position, Spark will grab that shield and his AC will rise to 21.
But he shouldn't do that often ;-)

I just realised that now I'll have to update Spark's picture to reflect the change from Sword/Shield to Sword/Staff.

I usually stick to faces :)

haha i have my photo represent a general idea of me and have my imagination have me a huge pack like ya do when you adventure :D

Damn, I've been thinking about it all day but now that I stopped wearing armor my paladin MC is mostly wasted. I mean, it's still flavorful, but it brings near to nothing to the table :/
*sadface*

You are the only one with healing in our midst :D
Get 2nd level of Paladin for Smite, spells and stuff. Or you planned to go full Sorc after 1 level dip?

I planned to go at least Paladin 2 for smite and spells, maybe Paladin 3 for the Oath.
but given how the story is pushing me, I'd rather go full Sorcerer because that early MC slows the magic/metamagic quite a bit.

Well, it's the bane of multiclassing :D

Yup, I knew what I was getting into ^^
Also, while it messed up with my leveling plans by removing the need to wear armor, I'm still thankful for that amazing item Sclasclemski =D

Don’t thank me Thank wizards for placing it in the adventure lol. And sorry for the slowdown again. Will try to post tonight or tomorrow at the latest.

I've been swamped at work for a month now, and find it increasingly difficult to take time to come and post. I am very sorry for the delays lately. I hate it probably even more than you do.
I'm really doing my best to get things back on track. Thank you for your patience.

Its fine...the pace has slowed but as long as we move steadily along then we are still moving.

I absolutely hate that I have to write this but I'm afraid I need to go on hiatus for an indeterminite amount of time. My work life has simply become too demanding for me to perform the level of work that I need to as well as provide my family the love and attention they require. As a result of those demands, the gamersplane emails have morphed into another form of stress as it feels like another "task" I need to accomplish during the course of the week instead of something I look forward to as it once was not 6 months ago. I love this community and the people I have met here. Great creative people.

I hope that somehow my workload can be reduced in the future so that I can return in some capacity, but I have been kidding myself for the past several months as my games have drug on and on as my posting rate has steadily declined. My apologies to my players as I have had so much fun dm'ing and guiding these stories. As well to my DM's who done the same for me.

It has been a wonderful year and a half and wish you all the best!

I will leave the game open should I return in the near future and anyone still has any interest in continuing at that time.

Understand completely. I will be interested as I really would like to explore this character.

Gaming should definetly not be a stress-inducing task! Thank you for the time you've put in and hope that this adventure will continue some day! :)
Leylin (And Spider-Den) will wait :)

Thank you for being my first GM here on GP and making me stay.
I hope that we will someday be able to continue, but whether we do or not I really hope that your work will be less demanding in the future. Those can be pretty exhausting times.