Cirque du Slav OOC

[thedarkstone]

Character List
{table="head"]Character|Player|Race|Class
Luci Talbot|OMG Ponies|Changeling|Rogue/Warlock
Arvan Gatson|Harnel|Human|Warblade
Milo Tealeaf|The Big Orc|Halfling|Rogue
Samuel|hpboy111|Human|Sorceror
Tarn Merrick|Jzabek|Gnome|Wizard (Illusionist)
Oskar the Kind|The Anarresti|Dwarf|Barbarian
Terrial "Twigshooter"|Swordgeo|Elf|Ranger/Fighter
Brazius Detotorro|Toska Moriarty|Half-Elf|Cleric
Liam of the Trees|thedarkstone|Shifter|Druid[/table]

This is the OOC thread for my 3rd level D&D 3.5 campaign. It's a tentative title for the adventure (which may turn into a series of adventures), but I think it fits.

EDIT: I hear it's standard procedure for each player to have a certain color for dialogue. Might I suggest selecting it now?

[Swordgeo]

Dibs for Terrial to be "Dim Grey"

[Jzadek]

Tarn Merrick speaks in "Dark Red".

EDIT: Nope, that looks to much like a link. I keep trying to click it instinctively. If it's okay, I'll switch to Green.

EDIT 2: Posting my sheet here now.

[hpboy111]

Then I guess I'll be red.

[Halae]

"Dark Olive Green"

[The Anarresti]

Death before dishonor!
Dark orange will do nicely for Oskar.

[The Big Orc]

Claiming Sienna for Milo

Question, will all of our characters know each other at the start of the game (aka do we need to start deciding how we met and how much the others know about us) or will we meet in the game?

[OMG PONIES]

Luci will speak in Magenta. Big Orc, a few of us have worked out connections, but it never hurts to have a "new guy" too. Up to you which way you want to go.

DM, first post should be updated, as Luci is now a rogue/warlock.

[thedarkstone]

All right, I need you to list who is and isn't in the group to begin with for me. It'll help create the starting scenario. Also, I editing the post for you, Luci.

[hpboy111]

Well it looks like Luci, Arvan and Samuel started off together, unless anybody else wishes to incorporate themselves in now.

[Jzadek]

Tarn's in their too - he met up with Arvan as they both pursued the circus.

[thedarkstone]

All right, that puts Tarn, Luci, Arvan, and Samuel together? Oskar, Terrial, and Milo are all independent, then?

[The Big Orc]

Sounds good to me.

[The Anarresti]

My character would certainly be an independent. But a quick question before we start: do you think that my guy would work better as a human? It'd take me all of five minutes to change the sheet over. I mean, I've designed him as a guerilla warrior instead of a tank, and dwarves are traditionally geared toward the tank. In terms of the actual character, with regards to roleplaying, you can always play a human as anything you want, even though I originally imagined the guy as a dwarf.
On the other hand, there's the fun of breaking a mold.

[thedarkstone]

Personally, I like the racial diversity we have going on. It adds culture to this world we're creating. Also, dwarves may be suited for tanking, but that just makes him more potent as a guerilla warfare...ist.

[OMG PONIES]

Luci Talbot's sheet is ready for review. I figured Persona Immersion was good for her actress side, as well as allowing her to (hopefully) fool anyone reading her thoughts/divining on her.

[Swordgeo]

Yeah Terrial's by himself starting off.

Like I said in the recruitment thread a bit ago, keep the dwarf thing Annaresti, it's cool and innovative. And we have to have a dwarf...or else who will hate the elf of the group until they have an epic battle together and then forge a sweet Legolas/Gimli thing goin' on?

[thedarkstone]

All right, I find it acceptable. Now, all we wait for is Arvan.

[Jzadek]

Yeah, keep the dwarf. For one thing, it gives the race a unique position in the world, having them as barbarians rather than miners. Secondly, it's a perfectly serviceable guerrilla warrior either way, and the racial diversity is cooler.

On a related note, a couple of my spells will help with your guerilla-ness - Bull's Strength and Invisibility could make for a potent combination.

EDIT: Also, the fact that he's a dwarf means that that was what the character concept was in your head. Given this seems to be shaping up to be quite RP heavy, its probably best to keep that - afterall, I spent a lot of my points on getting 16 charisma and wisdom, and I'm a wizard.

[thedarkstone]

I will begin as soon as I have Arvan's character sheet. Not to place pressure on you, Harnel, but I wait only for you.

[Halae]

Here's Arvan. Still need to spend the last of his gold on stuff, but he's otherwise set.

EDIT: oh, right, I need to pick traits too.

[thedarkstone]

All right, since that's all you need to do, I'll begin the thread. It will be named Cirque du Slav, so that you can easily distinguish it.

[thedarkstone]

That'll get us started at least. It isn't the best opening, but I'm working on limited mental reserves at the moment. Once I get into my flow, I should be able to do much better than that. Also, my apologies for railroading the beginning; I wrote out three different scenarios and ran them through my head, but this one worked the best.

[Halae]

For those desirous of a link: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=224128

[The Anarresti]

@Harnel:
You're going to want to remember your armor check penalty. For a masterwork breastplate, that's -3

[Halae]

yeah, ok. I'll add that in a second then

[Jzadek]

What are the rule for familiars? Do you control them, or do I?

[OMG PONIES]

Harnel, I always thought the only social skill that didn't work on PCs were Diplomacy/Intimidate. Is that incorrect?

[thedarkstone]

You control your familiar.

[hpboy111]

If you are Lying to a PC and that person suspects it, the it's a bluff vs. Sense motive. Diplomacy an intimidate don't affect PCs unless engaged in a Battle of Wills (see ToB).