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Nov 10, 2018 4:20 pm
Although I have always wanted to play Darkest Dungeon I have never had to opportunity. Using the warlock that I have submitted, I will attempt to play what imagine the Flagellant is like. Elias the Flagellant will be ready to play as soon as I get spell selection and inventory sorted out.
Nov 11, 2018 9:15 am
I posted the Stress house rules!
https://gamersplane.com/forums/thread/9998/?p=455611#p455611

Everybody pick one Negative Quirk you begin the game with.
campeador says:
Although I have always wanted to play Darkest Dungeon I have never had to opportunity. Using the warlock that I have submitted, I will attempt to play what imagine the Flagellant is like. Elias the Flagellant will be ready to play as soon as I get spell selection and inventory sorted out.
Sounds cool!
dwarfwarlock says:
I'll switch up the languages, correct the hit points, is there anything else?
Just the Negative Quirk, and you're done!!! Thanks!
Nov 11, 2018 5:34 pm
I put up an intro to set the scene and the tone!

The actual game posts will probably have less "purple prose" :)

Once we have all the character sheet, I'm going to unlock the thread and post more info about the place you're currently in, the entrance area.
Nov 12, 2018 12:40 am
DarK_RaideR says:
Didn't bother with the contact as I figured roleplay and story would be close to zero, with DD essentially being an extended dungeon crawl.
1. Should I even bother with my Background Feature?

2. Will there ever be occasion to buy things down in the dungeon? I'm wondering about the 50gp you gave us to start with, as well as the option to sell off unwanted items from our class & background equipment packages.
Nov 12, 2018 1:46 am
Character submitted, sorry about the delay.
Nov 12, 2018 6:55 am
Genisisect says:
Character submitted, sorry about the delay.
Thanks, gonna check it soon!
campeador says:
DarK_RaideR says:
Didn't bother with the contact as I figured roleplay and story would be close to zero, with DD essentially being an extended dungeon crawl.
1. Should I even bother with my Background Feature?

2. Will there ever be occasion to buy things down in the dungeon? I'm wondering about the 50gp you gave us to start with, as well as the option to sell off unwanted items from our class & background equipment packages.
1. Just put something simple as your Background Feature. Don't flesh it out or anything. Even though it's a dungeon crawl, these things MIGHT end up being useful, like DarK_RaideR's criminal contact. Maybe your Hermitic Discovery as a Flagellant is "through pain and suffering comes knowledge and enlightenment"?

Also, these Features help me to hand out tasty thematic quirks and insanities :)

2. Not in the dungeon itself. But the game is not one infinite crawl, but rather a series of crawls. So from time to time you return to the village, between delves. In the village, most basic items are available. And there are traveling merchants, who sell rare items or buy up the treasures youbring back from the dungeon.

The 50gp and any extra money you can just "spend" during character creation, if you want.
Nov 12, 2018 8:34 am
Rolled hp for levels 2 and 3, added Criminal contact, languages and a Negative Quirk. Should be good to go
Nov 12, 2018 11:21 am
DarK_RaideR says:
Rolled hp for levels 2 and 3, added Criminal contact, languages and a Negative Quirk. Should be good to go
Thanks!

The other characters have some details to finalize, but overall we are ready. I will open up the in-character thread later today and start off the game!
Nov 12, 2018 12:24 pm
@evil_scientist: Understood. Elias will not have much use for worldly possessions beyond food and water, so he will probably sell or give it all away. Mortal flesh is weak and impure!

I intend to flavor most, if not all, my spells as involving some form of mortification of the flesh. I have not yet fleshed out what sort of inscrutable entity Elias has made his pact with. What is certain is that it demands this self-flagellation as tribute. How do we do that? Obviously it would be insane to have him actually deal damage to himself!

Chose Impulsive Compulsive (suffers intense need to do specific actions) as my first negative quirk. Initially I was going to have him flog himself as the specific action but I may come up with some other thing. We'll see.

Really excited to begin!
Nov 12, 2018 1:12 pm
campeador says:
@evil_scientist: Understood. Elias will not have much use for worldly possessions beyond food and water, so he will probably sell or give it all away. Mortal flesh is weak and impure!

I intend to flavor most, if not all, my spells as involving some form of mortification of the flesh.
Cool, I like that!
campeador says:
I have not yet fleshed out what sort of inscrutable entity Elias has made his pact with. What is certain is that it demands this self-flagellation as tribute. How do we do that? Obviously it would be insane to have him actually deal damage to himself!
For starters, let's just go with standard rules!

But if Elias survives long enough ;) I think we can come up with more in terms of fluff/background and also mechanics.

I can imagine house ruling in some Flagellant stuff, like sacrificing HP to get an extra spell slot (like Sorcerers with Sorcery Points).
Nov 12, 2018 4:17 pm
@campeador I love your analysis of the character. Myself, I had to settle for bad stats and no firearms, so I've kinda given up on Albrecht already in hopes of a premature death and better replacement, hence was thinking Death Wish (disadvantage on death saves) as a quirk before settling for Thanatophobia. In a way, it's the character being scared of the player at the helm wanting to kill him xD
Nov 12, 2018 5:06 pm
The in-character topic is now open, let's start the exploration of the Estate!

DarK_RaideR says:
@campeador I love your analysis of the character. Myself, I had to settle for bad stats and no firearms, so I've kinda given up on Albrecht already in hopes of a premature death and better replacement, hence was thinking Death Wish (disadvantage on death saves) as a quirk before settling for Thanatophobia. In a way, it's the character being scared of the player at the helm wanting to kill him xD
Oh, man, I'm sorry you feel that way :) Let's see how things turn out in the end! Who knows, maybe Albrecht will turn out to be the longest living hero of the game...
Nov 12, 2018 7:30 pm
under common, foreign languages

Morbid Curiosity
Nov 12, 2018 8:11 pm
dwarfwarlock says:
under common, foreign languages

Morbid Curiosity
Thanks! You can go ahead and post in-character!
Nov 15, 2018 6:13 pm
Sorry, Thursdays are my roughest days at work, I'm exhausted, so post coming tomorrow, as early as possible!
Nov 15, 2018 6:37 pm
no rush man, play by post is usually pretty slow.
Nov 15, 2018 9:37 pm
evil_scientist says:
Sorry, Thursdays are my roughest days at work, I'm exhausted, so post coming tomorrow, as early as possible!
Dazed... reeling... about to break!
Nov 16, 2018 9:52 am
DarK_RaideR says:
evil_scientist says:
Sorry, Thursdays are my roughest days at work, I'm exhausted, so post coming tomorrow, as early as possible!
Dazed... reeling... about to break!
Good one :D
Nov 19, 2018 2:05 pm
I have been listening to the entire Darkest Dungeon soundtrack. It is so good!
Nov 20, 2018 5:40 am
So, what are your plans and actions?
campeador says:
I have been listening to the entire Darkest Dungeon soundtrack. It is so good!
Yeah, awesome music!

Makes me a bit nervous, though...

I used to listen to the Morrowind soundtrack, and jump every time the battle music came up :)
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