OOC

I hope you all don't feel this is too railroady. I'll try not to overuse Molotoch.

No worries! I don't feel railroaded :)

Me neither! We chose this path. Lavender on the other hand... Well, he's got to make at least a *little* bit of a stink about wandering into the woods to kill undead goblins who hold no gold or treasures as far as he knows :)

I am a bit busy this weekend. Will post on Monday

So question about the Backstab ability:

"The most successful thieves kill without their victims ever being aware of the threat. When attacking a target from behind or when the target is otherwise unaware, the thief receives the indicated attack bonus to his attack roll. In addition, if he hits, the thief automatically achieves a critical hit, rolling on the crit table as per his level (see page 37). Typically, backstabs are combined with checks to sneak silently or hide in shadows, such that a thief attacks with surprise and is able to backstab. Certain weapons are particularly effective with backstab attempts and do additional damage, as noted in the equipment list. Backstab attempts can only be made against creatures with clear anatomical vulnerabilities."

Should I be making some kind of sneak or hide roll *every* time I want to backstab? Or as long as I'm attacking from the rear and the enemy is otherwise engaged I'm good (like D&D 5e)? Just wondering how this would play out in various scenarios. Like currently, if Lavender waits until Murt has an enemy engaged can he just walk up behind them and backstab them or should he Sneak Silenty as part of his movement? Also, would undead be subject to backstabs? They probably do have one or two anatomical vulnerabilities, but just checking :)

I think undead is too broad. But I would say that undead humanoids would surely have vulnerabilities. Particularly zombies, everyone would have heard stories of going for the head of the shambling men. If an undead doesn't have a vulnerability (like a lich with her brain in a phylactery) then I would rule that on a case by case basis.

My understanding about the backstab in DCC is not like 5e. So it would be situational. But let's see. Let's try rolling sneak, if it seems that the thief is never getting to use the ability then I could be persuaded to give some 5e auto sneaks/backstabs. But not yet. Let's see how the mechanic works out a bit more situational based.

Sounds good!

Makes sense to me!

I've been having a terrible time being able to access the site!
It seems to be working. I'll update over the weekend - sorry for such a gap in posts!

No worries, I was having the same issue!

yeah it was slow but now all is good

I'll try and get back in the swing of things, the site shut down threw me off my already failing momentum.

thanks :)

In reference to Aaron's interest check in the main story thread, I for one am still excited about this game. I'm on GP at least once a day watching for updates. I would be bummed if Stearvall is MIA, but RL happens. Lavender's motivation has evolved into a pretty basic Thief; he wants to make money. Also, Malotoch aside, He is developing a pretty sizable distaste for the gods and spitting in Ro Ar's eye in particular would be a big bonus for him :)

As for keeping excitement up, I like moving on with combat after some kind of time limit has passed. We could also open up the game for new players or maybe give each of us a second character to control?

Hey folks, sorry for my absence the past few days. I have some life changes going on. Nothing bad or serious, but it is severely limiting the attention I can devote to my PbP hobby. I'm afraid I'm going to have to go on hiatus indefinitely from most of my games, including this one. Many apologies for disrupting our great game, I was having lots of fun! I hope to be more active at some point in the future once again.

I am very sorry to have been absent, but things are normalizing a bit more for me.
I'll be more present in the coming days.

I am taking a holiday break. After new years we can get back into the game :)