OOC Thread

*Thumbs up* No short jokes no pranks involving a mouse, a candle, and a little bit of red powder...

Pomin is still surrounded by only strong woman.

How will Pomin keep up?

I got short legs so I don't try, nothing like a plucky sidekick that always needs saving.

Hi peeps, just to keep you all in the loop it looks like Knighthawke has dropped off the site as they’ve been inactive for weeks now and aren’t responding to any messages so I have removed them from the game and I’ll be narrating Abadai and Nya leaving the party shortly to tidy things up. Coincidently when I was thinking to remove knighthawke Savagebob got in touch about joining so I kindof took it as a bit of a sign and accepted them to the game

Very happy to be a bit of a sign, then! Maybe that means I should play my cleric character rather than my leadership-focused guy? :P

@SavageBob, I've got healing covered (Primal magic, Cunning 4 Primal 2), so you do what you want!

I went back and forth between the cleric and the Leadership-focused face, but I finally decided to go with the non-caster. I'm pleased with the character and excited to have him meet everyone (assuming he gets approved!)

Jabari is approved, will work them in as soon as I can but please just bear with me for a spell.

Maybe his djinni makes him poof right in the middle of the scene? :P (Just kidding. Happy to wait till it's logical for him to join up.)

So, I just finished reading the current IC thread, and I realize I made a character who hates people from Al-Kalim, and technically a guy from Al-Kalim just joined your party (alongside Aya). I'm trying to wrap my head around how Jabari would react to his presence, since I'm assuming the guy is still with you, despite the fact that his player seems to have disappeared.

I'll be narrating him and the other former PC out shortly so I wouldn't stress it overly

I'm back from holiday now peeps so I'll be getting this moving again. As there's still no response from c__beck I've dropped them from the game.

Too bad he ghosted us. The fact that people do that is my least favorite part of PbP. He seems pretty active in other places (podcast, Discord).

So, Jabari's Heroic Ability (which McNeils hinted at) allows him to ask a single yes/no question that the GM has to answer truthfully. Let's assume he's up to date on the mission regarding Longbeard and Muglack -- is there anything it would be useful to know at this point? Like, "are there any captives in that tent?" "Is the goblin leader in the tent nearest the ridge?" "Is Longbeard present at this camp?"

If we're square on sneaking up to the closest tent and peeking inside, maybe it's best to preserve the ability for now. It's useful "once per session," so there's also the question of when the "session" is likely to end, since we're not sitting around the table as the clock nears my daughter's bedtime. :)

Sneaking in to gather info isn't a bad idea, especially if we limit it to the closest tent. Khurza doesn't have strong stealth so they should probably be on backup in case of complications.

Well as things stand I'm intending for this bit with the goblin camp to be the end of this 'session' so we'll be resetting any abilities, dishing out XP and resetting the Story Point Pool after.

As for the Stealth issue when you are moving as a group it would be a group check so the person with the highest dice pool would make the check with usual additions for Skilled/Unskilled assistance (whilst this seems counter intuitive to some I view it as extra eyes keeping a lookout whilst moving) and you would need 1 net success per individual moving in the group, 3 in this case.

OK, so this is a good time to call in some djinni help. I just don't know what y'all think would be a good yes-no question to ask. Presumably something geared toward identifying who might be in which tent? Maybe "Is the Dwarf known as Long Beard in this camp?"

Long Beard's whereabouts and actual machinations is down the line for the meta I think. It's really your question though so I guess go with what you think would give you the most intel or goes off one of your motivations.

Just a note that I realize I made a mistake calculating Jabari's Melee Defense rating. He should have Melee and Ranged Defense 1, not Melee 2 and Ranged 1. I mistakenly thought that his sword and shield would stack, but I realize they both provide (rather than add to) Defense. Sorry for the error! Let's hope the added squishiness doesn't cost us this battle!