OOC Thread

The odd Out of Character post is ok in the IC threads but for anything more in-depth please stick it here.

If you feel anything in the game is bugging you or want to have a discussion around how I’m interpreting a particular rule post it in here if your comfortable doing so (PM’s to me are fine if you’d rather). I’m quite familiar with FFG’s Star Wars but as there are a few differences between that and Genesys I may trip up or intentionally do something that doesn’t follow Genesys RAW (in the latter case I’ll always endeavour to make it clear if I’m using a house rule though).

Also feel free to ask any questions about the world or setting. As I’m new to Terrinoth other than the RPG setting book (not played any of the board games set in the world) I may do something that doesn’t quite follow your expectations so if so I’d ask you to just run with it unless it really bugs you in which case I’m always happy to listen and try to change things to fit if possible.

Hi peeps, I've just posted a fairly hefty post in the IC thread with some more details about Dawnsmoor. As there doesn't seem to be much in the way of official details about the city (and even what there is seems to contradict itself between the various products the city has been noted in) I'm pretty much just winging it and building up my view of the city as I go. What I would like is to know if there is anything you'd like to see in the city (an area/location, type of or specific businesses, NPC's, etc) or even just some cool ideas you've all got for this location or surrounding area then feel free to share them and I'll try to work them in. Don't stress things if not as I've got a fair few ideas to flesh things out but as I'm a bit of a fan of collaborative world building I wanted to see if any of you had any thoughts.

I have a very, very rough map that I've thrown together for the lay of the land in the city and a high level idea about some of the different areas in the city so I'll get that pulled together and posted in it's own thread in the next day or so.

My "absence"

I got to admit I enjoy playing a fast talking gnome in this campaign, regardless of the outcome of the current conversation I'm going to deflate as soon as we get out of the meeting asking the ladies how screwed are we if we have to kill an entire tribe of goblins...

As a heads up Mushroommage has been MIA across the site for over a week, I check with the discord sever and no one has been able to get in contact.

Maybe they're East Coast...

Apologies for the delay peeps, have been having a pretty manic couple of weeks and every time I thought to move this game along I never followed through. Should have an update up later today/tomorrow

No worries I think we're down to three now with Mage being inactive.

As a heads up on Oct. 14-21 I will be taking a trip with some friends to New York, my posting will likely slow down during this time.

Just to let everyone know I'm having a few internet issues at home at the moment (damn thing keeps dropping out, have reported it and waiting on a new router which should be some time this week) and I'll be going on holiday at the end of the week so my ability to regularly post will be a tad cut down for the next couple of weeks

*Checks for a pulse*

ba-dump, ba-dump, ba-dump :)

Appologies will update this shortly, I think it dropped off the bottom of the Latest Posts view so I missed it when I was trying to get stuff updated

I feel ya it's rough keep up in 11 games myself.

Swear I had it on my post, added it.

Hi peeps, just to let you all know given that it doesn't look like Mushroommage is going to be returning (inactive for over 2 months now) I'm going to kick them from the game and look to see if there are any takers for the slot - if you have any suggestions just let me know.

Ok, I'd post a thread in the games tavern. Some people joined a few new star wars FFG games, I'd say there is some interest in more FFG system play.

I'm going to have to bow out of this game, I'm afraid. I'll stick around until a couple of replacements can be found and mcneils5 can write me out of the story, but I'm still pretty overwhelmed with outside life and need to cut down on games. :(

No worries, thanks for the heads up. Don’t worry about hanging around on my account, I’ll run Nya as an NPC until a suitable point for her to split from the party and look to get a couple of new players in :)

Thanks, buddy. Thanks for letting me play in your game...and look forward to doing it again in the future!

Hello all!

I would like to say thank you to mcneils5 for allowing me to join. Looking forward to an interesting game. :)

*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!

Well the wording on the Defence quality is as follows:

An item with the Defensive quality increases the user's melee defense by its Defensive rating.

So I read that having 2 items with the defence quality stacks unless you’re aware of something that contradicts that?

Ah, I see what you mean. I was basing my comments on the Defense discussion on p. 105. "Sources that provide defense (such as most armor) list the defense provided as a number, or say that they 'provide' defense." I was assuming that the Defensive quality "provided" Defense, but as you point out, it increases Defense. Seems I was right before I corrected myself. Carry on!

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Nothing like gaining back your strain only to consume it in a spell.

I wanted to let everyone know that I'm moving tomorrow and likely won't have Internet again until sometime over the weekend. If things get moving, please don't wait on my account.

Just thought I'd pipe up and let you know I'm keeping an eye on the IC thread but I'm enjoying you guys RPing between yourselves so I've not felt the need to step in or anything.

Will be putting a post on later today/tomorrow with XP awards and will probably narrate you all back to Dawnsmoor but if you all want a bit more time to RP where you are just let me know

Yeah, I'm enjoying the getting-to-know you stuff, since Jabari is still a relative newcomer to these two. (I think we've known each other for a half day at most IC.) But I'm also ready to move on to Dawnsmoor when you are, mcneils.

I think by now we're plenty prepared to head back whenever you get a post in for it mcneils.

Yes hopefully Lyle is still alive and hasn't died from overwork.

I'm at 45 earned XP, since I joined late. Just 5 XP short of an upgrade to my Heroic Ability. But Pomin and Khurza should both be due an upgrade, if not two, I think? Looks like y'all have earned a lot more than I have.

Y'know, I totally forgot about that actually.

Good looking out I should probably track the metric also. I started to and forgot about how it accrues.

Update: Imma audit my xp since I think I might be off...

So, mcneils5, do you prefer to RP out shopkeeper encounters, or do you use the streamlined Negotiation rules by just asking us to roll versus Rarity to find and purchase something? If the latter, what's the Rarity modifier for Dawnsmoor? (I prefer streamlined shopping, but I defer to your preference as GM, of course.)

As for finding out about the hammer, I'm guessing Streetwise to try to fence it. Would it be Negotiation to find out if there's someone in town expecting the weapon?

I'm happy with either to be honest, lets say we'll use the Streamlined method for now but if there's anything like a Despair or a boat load of Threats crop up then I'll reserve the option to drop into a narrative scene if it seems appropriate.
Base Rarity for the Warhammer is 5 (3 + 2 for being Dwarven made) and let's say -2 for Dawnsmoor (-1 for being a Major metropolitan area and another -1 for being a Trading hub) so that leaves us on 3 which would be an Easy Negotiation check but it'll be upgraded to a Challenge dice for trying to avoid selling it to it's original 'owner'

Just the one roll needed if you're just trying to sell the Warhammer. If you're wanting to actively hunt down who the original we'll work out a separate check

Sounds good let me know where you'd want the roll I'll like go Easy Negotiation so it'd be GGYR for me unless someone wants to roll instead or assist.

Do it in the IC thread please (keeps them all together there)

Jabari removes up to 3 setbacks from Negotiation, but doesn't look like there will be any, so feel free to have Pomin roll it up.

Here are a few other random things Jabari would like to hunt down:

[-50 for lantern] [Enc 1; Rarity 1]
[-5 for rope] [Enc 1; Rarity 0]
[-20 for trail rations for 10 days] [Rarity 0]
[-75 for 3 Health Elixirs] [Enc 0; Rarity 3]
[-100 for 1 Immunity Elixir] [Enc 1; Rarity 4]
[-50 for 1 Regeneration Elixir] [Enc 1; Rarity 4]
[-100 for 2 Stamina Elixirs] [Rarity 3]

With the Rarity modifier of -2, several of these don't require rolls, I think. Is that right? I'll roll for the various elixirs, but I wanted to confirm that Rarity 0 just means "pay book price and be done with it."

Well, it doesn't say specifically in the rulebook but that seems like a fairly good fay to go. For everything else as it's all Elixirs just make one Easy Negotiation check as you'd be sourcing them from the same merchant most likely.

What's the difficulty to use Negotiation versus her? And I'm guessing she's not considered "polite company" for the purposes of Proper Upbringing...

Would be good to know why you are asking as it may affect things a tad. Lets say its a base hard difficulty upgraded once due to her skill (so a Challenge and 2 x Difficulty dice), you can throw a Boost in there due to the fact she is reasonably well disposed towards you all at the moment and I'd say Proper Upbringing would apply given the setting (this is as much Polite Company as it get's in Dawnsmoor)

I'm just thinking that "How much do you want" is the classic opener of a good negotiator -- always best NOT to make the first offer yourself. I can have Jabari roll Negotiation to try to put the ball back in her court. (Also, as a player, I have no idea how much is fair, so this serves meta-game needs. ;) )

I wonder if we should start with the watch? Play the innocent citizen bit, say you were there when the Catfolk attacked, and you wanted to know what had become of them?

Hi all, apologies for the extended silence. We've been dealing with illnesses running through our house for the last few weeks which has really cut down on the time I've had for gaming on here and now I am working from home and we have pulled our daughter out of school I can't see the situation changing in at least the next few weeks. For now I'm putting all of the games I'm running on hold and will hope to pick them up again at a future date. Apologies again everyone.

That's understandable mcneil! Stay safe y'all!

No worries my game was going slower and no crisis involved.

So, just wanting to check in with people - I was going to get this going again but just wanted to see what everyone's thoughts were. Assuming you are all up for playing this again I could just pick things up where we left off or shelve all of that stuff that was going on and start things from scratch with this group.....

I'd love to start playing again. Jabari's a fun character. As for unpause versus reset, I'd vote for whichever makes you more excited, mcneils5. GMing in PbP is like a marathon, so it's just as important you're invested as it is that we are.

I am actually hesitant to start playing; for the last few months life has been pretty busy to the point it can be a struggle to maintain remaining up to date on my current games, I don't think I'm in a good position to add (or in this case resume) a game.

Hmm I guess we should pause then. Also we aren't media ressing into a prison cell yet due to what's going on so that's good.

Totally understand mate, I'm being very careful not to over commit at the moment. I'll leave this be for now then, if you decide you are up for diving back in then just shout out and we can look to get this moving again. In the meantime I might look to spin a different game up for the time being :)

Aye, I don't mind if you keep this game going; admittedly not the best spot for a character to leave.